October 24, 2011

ODAC Players of the Week

Thru Week Prior to: October 24, 2011

FOOTBALL
Miniard Culpepper, Catholic, Senior, Defensive Back
Cuplepper, a senior from Milton, Mass., helped setup the Cardinals game-winning drive as Catholic came back in the game's final seconds to defeat Emory & Henry on Saturday. With 2:35 to play and Emory & Henry with the ball and a 24-21 lead, Culpepper recovered a fumble on E&H's first play of the drive in the Wasps' backfield. That led to the Cardinals' game-winning touchdown with 0:21 on the clock. Culpepper was one of seven Cardinals with at least five tackles as he made five stops from his defensive back position. He also broke up a pass as CUA held E&H to just three points in the second half.

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FOOTBALL
Charlie Westfal, Wash. and Lee, Senior, Quarterback
Westfal, a senior from New Canaan, Conn., picks up his second straight weekly award after leading the Generals to a 52-42 win over Bridgewater. The Washington and Lee offense racked up 606 yards of total offense, including 444 yards on the ground. Westfal completed 11-of-15 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns, and he rushed 16 times for 109 yards and two more touchdowns. In the fourth quarter when W&L score 21 points and the two teams combined for 35 points, Westfal ran for 86 yards and both of his touchdowns. In the victory, Westfal set a new W&L career total offense record with 6,508 yards, breaking the former mark of 6,383 held by Christian Batcheller since 1999. For the season, Westfal has completed 62.2 percent of his passes for 1,141 yards and 10 touchdowns with just one interception. He has also rushed 108 times for a career-best 602 yards (sixth in the ODAC) and six more scores (tied for fifth in the ODAC).

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FIELD HOCKEY
Galen Goodman, Bridgewater, Sophomore, Attack
Goodman, a sophomore from Poquoson, Va., helped the Eagles stay in the running for second in the ODAC field hockey standings by leading Bridgewater to a comeback victory over Randolph-Macon last week. Goodman kicked off the game's scoring with the only first half goal of the contest, but Randolph-Macon added two in the second half to take a 2-1 lead. Goodman knotted the game with a little less than seven minutes to go, scoring the final goal of regulation. She completed her hat-trick 4:26 into the extra frame, propelling the Eagles to victory. Goodman leads BC with eight goals this season.

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MEN'S SOCCER
Ryan Tavermaris, Bridgewater, Junior, Midfielder
Tavermaris, a junior from Staunton, Va., scored a pair of goals to help the Eagles to a 1-1-1 week. In a 1-1 tie with Washington and Lee, Tavermaris scored in the 76th minute to tie the game, which held through regulation and overtime. He capped his week with the game's lone goal in the Eagles' 1-0 win over Guilford. Tavermaris leads Bridgewater with 11 points on five goals and one assist.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER
Carmen Graves, Roanoke, Junior, Midfielder
Graves, a junior from Christiansburg, Va., notched a pair of goals to help Roanoke to a 2-0 week in ODAC action. She began her week by scoring the game's only goal in the 16th minute of a 1-0 win at Guilford. Then again on the road, this time at Randolph-Macon, Graves found the back of the net in the 49th minute for a 2-0 lead that eventually grew into a 3-0 victory for the Maroons. Graves leads Roanoke with 17 points on seven goals and three assists.

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SWIMMING
Jocelyn Cassada, Washington and Lee, Senior
Cassada, a senior from Charlotte, N.C., led the Generals during two meets over the weekend, finishing with seven first-place finishes and two second-place finishes. In a 162-100 win over Mary Washington on Friday night, she finished best in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.20), 100-yard freestyle (54.54), 200-yard medley relay (1:52.76) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:41.71). The win over UMW was just the first in program history for the Generals. On Saturday, Cassada helped the Generals finish first out of nine teams at the ODAC Relays, held at Cy Twombly Pool. She swam as a part of the winning 3x50 backstroke relay (1:27.18), 200-yard medley relay (1:56.82) and 8x25 freestyle relay (1:30.28) teams. Additionally, Cassada swam on the second place 400-yard freestyle relay (3:47.19) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:43.69) teams.

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VOLLEYBALL
Mallory Carter, Randolph-Macon, Junior, Outside Hitter
Carter, a junior from Moseley, Va., helped Randolph-Macon to a 2-1 week in which their only loss came at the hands of Eastern University, which is ranked #5 in the country. Carter collected 32 kills for the week including a pair of double-digit kill contests. She knocked out eight winners with four aces, nine digs and a block in a key ODAC win over Lynchburg. She followed that with 11 kills and eight digs against Eastern. Carter capped her week with 13 kills and 14 digs to go with two aces and a pair of blocks. R-MC is now idle through the remainder of the regular season. Carter currently leads the ODAC with 360 kills, which is third most in Randolph-Macon volleyball history.

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