April 4, 2011
ODAC Players of the Week
Thru Week Prior to: April 4, 2011
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BASEBALL
MATT MORGAN, Lynchburg, Senior,
Pitcher
Morgan, a senior from Bedford, Va.,
fired a complete game five-hitter in helping the Hornets to a 5-1
victory over ODAC-rival Roanoke. In nine innings on the bump,
Morgan fanned five Maroons and walked a pair, surrendering just one
unearned run. So far this season, Morgan has collected five wins
without a loss, while also registering three scoreless outings.
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BASEBALL
C.J. THOMPSON, Washington and Lee,
Junior, Outfielder
Thompson, a junior from Ponte Vedra
Beach, Fla., helped lead W&L to a 3-1 week, including a win
over ODAC-leading Bridgewater and a split with Randolph-Macon, by
hitting .692 (9-of-13) with four RBIs, five runs scored and five
extra-base hits. Thompson started his week with a pinch-hit home
run to leadd off the top of the ninth inning in W&L’s 4-2
road win at Eastern Mennonite. His hot hitting continued with a
2-for-4 effort in the Generals win over Bridgewater. Thompson was
4-for-4 with a double, two triples, two RBIs and two runs scored in
a 14-8 loss in game-one against Randolph-Macon. He followed that up
with two more hits, including his second double of the week, and a
run scored in the eight-inning nightcap win against the Yellow
Jackets. Thompson raised his batting average 137 points, from .219
to .356, over the last week.
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MEN'S LACROSSE
RICHARD LACHLAN, Roanoke, Sophomore,
Attack
Lachlan, a sophomore from British
Columbia, Canada, helped the Maroons to a 24-9 ODAC win over
Virginia Wesleyan last week. He tied a career-high seven goals in
the victory, including four in the first quarter as Roanoke mounted
an early lead. Lachlan is currently tied for the conference lead
with 25 goals and a 2.5 goals per game average. He is seventh at
3.10 points per game.
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MEN'S TENNIS
HAYDEN WHITE, Washington and Lee,
Sophomore, No. 1 Singles, No. 2 Doubles
White, a sophomore from Baltimore,
Md., helped the Generals to a 1-1 week with a 9-0 win over Roanoke
on Tuesday and a 6-3 loss to 17th-ranked Carnegie Mellon on
Saturday. In the win over Roanoke, White notched a 6-1, 6-3 win at
No. 1 singles and combined with junior Brian Roberts to post an 8-0
win at No. 2 doubles. He then recorded a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 1
singles against CMU, but he and Roberts fell at No. 2 doubles, 9-7.
For the year, White has notched a 15-3 record in both singles and
doubles.
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OUTDOOR TRACK
SEAN WHITSON, Virginia Wesleyan, Junior,
Distance
Whitson, a junior from Stephens City,
Va., turned in another stellar effort, this time in the 10,000
meter run at the Colonial Relays hosted by the College of William
and Mary. He finished 10th in the race as the only Division III
runner in the field of 21. He smashed his own VWC record time of
32:05.05, finishing in a time of 30:58.60. His time is currently
the fifth fastest nationally in DIII and is VWC’s first
provisional national qualifier in track and field.
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OUTDOOR TRACK
CARMEN GRAVES, Roanoke, Sophomore,
Sprints
Graves, a sophomore from
Christiansburg, Va., picks up her second outdoor weekly award of
the season. Graves placed second overall and first among NCAA
Division III runners in the 800-meter run at the Liberty Collegiate
Invitational. She posted a time of 2:16.76, just .19 second slower
than her ODAC-best seasonal time in the event.
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SOFTBALL
MACKENZIE CREECH, Virginia Wesleyan,
Freshman, Pitcher
Creech, a freshman from Hillsborough,
N.C., pitched in all four games this past week for VWC and lowered
her league-leading earned run average to 1.14. She struck out 19
batters to increase her season total to 100, marking her as only
the fourth VWC rookie to record 100+ strikeouts in a season. The
VWC rookie record is 118. She also improved her record to 12-2,
tying the third highest victory total by a VWC rookie. The record
is 16. Creech allowed just one earned run in 21.1 innings in the
circle.
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SOFTBALL
LISA SCRUGGS, Roanoke, Senior, DH/2nd
Base
Scruggs, a senior from Lynchburg, Va.,
picks up her second weekly award of the season. She helped lead RC
to a 4-0 record against two conference opponents last week, hitting
6-of-13 with three home runs, two doubles, six runs and six RBI.
Scruggs crashed two solo home runs to help lead Roanoke to a 6-4
come-from-behind victory in game one against Lynchburg. She added a
double and a home run with three RBI to lead the Maroons to a 7-0
victory over Randolph in game one.
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WOMEN'S LACROSSE
KELLY EGAN, Randolph-Macon, Junior,
Attack
Egan, a junior from Arnold, Md., put
together a season-best 27 point week in helping the Yellow Jackets
to a 2-1 week. Egan began her scoring explosion with six goals and
six assists in a 22-10 win over Notre Dame (Md.). She added three
ground balls in that contest. She went on to post seven goals with
five assists, two groundballs and one draw control in a 23-14 ODAC
win over Bridgewater. She continued her scoring run in a loss to
Roanoke to end the week, notching two more goals and another
helper. For the week, Egan scored 15 goals and dished out 12
assists. She now leads the ODAC in total points (66), points per
game (6.60), assists (34) and assists per game (3.40).
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WOMEN'S TENNIS
JEN SYNDER, Washington and Lee, Junior,
No. 3 Singles, No. 2 Doubles
Snyder, a junior from Highland
Heights, Ohio, helped lead the No. 9 Generals to a 6-3 win over No.
8 Carnegie Mellon on Saturday at the Duchossois Tennis Center.
Playing No. 3 singles, Snyder defeated CMU’s Alexandra Tapak
in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. In doubles, she partnered with junior
Ellen Yeatman to top the CMU duo of Jennifer Chui and Alexandra
Tapak, 8-2, for W&L’s only doubles victory of the
match.
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