November 17, 2014
ODAC Players of the Week
Thru Week Prior to: November 17, 2014
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FOOTBALL
Michael Shields, Washington and Lee, Fr.,
Defensive Back
Shields, a freshman from Charlotte,
N.C., helped the Generals finish their season with a 40-23 victory
over Shenandoah. He posted a team-high 11 tackles, including 10
solo stops. His biggest play came on the Hornets' first possession
of the game. After SU had driven to the W&L four-yard line on
10 plays, Shields turned the ball over for the Generals on the
11th. He forced and recovered his own fumble at the one-yard line,
denying a potential Shenandoah touchdown on first-and-goal and
maintaining Washington and Lee's early 7-0 lead. For his rookie
season, Shields recorded 41 tackles, an interception, and blocked a
kick.
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FOOTBALL
Matt Pawlowski, Guilford, Jr.,
Quarterback
Pawlowski, a junior from Greensboro,
N.C., helped the Quakers wrap up their first 8-2 season since 1997
with a 52-28 win at Emory & Henry. Pawlowski threw for 389
yards and five touchdowns on 38-of-48 passing, good for a
79.2-percent completion rate. He also ran for 43 yards. He
completed passes to nine different receivers. Austen Thompson was
his favorite taret, hauling in 10 passes for 71 yards and three
touchdowns. Pawlowski threw TD passes of 21, 49, 3, 8, and 13
yards. The latter three came in the final 23 minutes of the contest
as the Quakers out-scored E&H, 28-7, to the final horn. For the
season, Pawlowski set Guilford records for passing touchdowns (38)
and completion percentage (67.8), leading the ODAC in both. He also
led the conference passing yardage (3,476) and yards per game
(347.6). He only threw three interceptions, good for one every 123
pass attempts. Pawlowski threw for 300 yards in a game eight times,
and had four or more TDs in a game on six occasions.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Andy Kleinlein, Washington and Lee, So.,
Guard
Kleinlein, a sophomore from
Chesterfield, Mo., helped the Generals start off with two victories
to win the Gettysburg Classic Title. Kleinlein earned MVP honors
for his performance, which including the game-winning shot to
defeat the host Bullets in double-overtime. He sunk the deciding
bucket with four-seconds to play in the second extra frame,
finished with 13 points, six boards and three assists in the 76-74
triumph. In the first game, a 72-65 win over Hood, Kleinlein scored
19 points with three rebounds and a apir of assists. He was 5-of-9
from three-point territory and 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
Overall, Kleinlein shot 60.0-percent (9-of-15) from the field
including 7-of-11 (63.6%) from downtown. He was also 7-for-7 from
the stripe.
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SWIMMING
Tommy Thetford, Washington and Lee,
Fr.
Thetford, a freshman from Birmingham,
Ala., won twice and participated in a pair of second-place
finishing relays as W&L finished second at the Carnegie Mellon
Invitational Tri-Meet. Thetford won the 50-yard freestyle in
0:21.38 and then added the 100-yard freestyle title in 0:47.44. He
and his teammates finished second in the 200-yard medley and
200-yard freestyle relays with times of 1:38.74 and 1:27.93,
respectively.
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SWIMMING
Elisabeth Holmes, Washington and Lee,
So.
Holmes, a sophomore from Raleigh,
N.C., helped the Generals to a second place showing at the Carnegie
Mellon Invitational Tri-Meet. She won four individual events,
setting one ODAC seasonal top mark and posting times that would
have second in the conference to her previously established best
marks. She won the 50-yard freestyle in 0:24.90, which is the top
time in the ODAC by nearly a half-second. She also stopped the
watches first in the 100-yard, 500-yard and 1000-yard freestyle
events in times of 0:54.16, 5:15.38 and 10:50.01.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Tatum McKee, Roanoke, Sr.,
Forward
McKee, a senior from Cornelius, N.C.,
earned MVP honors at the Guilford Tip-Off Invitational after
leading the Maroons to the tournament title with a pair of wins,
including a 74-62 triumph over 18th-ranked Christopher Newport
University. McKee opened with a double-double in a 64-47 win over
Meredith. She posted 15 points and 11 rebounds with five steals.
She made all eight of her foul shots. She missed just one over the
two games as she was 7-of-8 against CNU on the way to 18 points and
eight rebounds with two assists and another steal. She knocked down
a trio of three-pointers. The two victories also mark the first for
new head coach Carla Flaherty.
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