October 12, 2015

ODAC Players of the Week

Thru Week Prior to: October 12, 2015

FOOTBALL
Thomas Freeland, Washington and Lee, Fr. Defensive Back
Freeland, a freshman from Franklin, Tenn., had a banner day in his first collegiate start to help the Generals to a 35-28 win at Hampden-Sydney. Freeland posted a team-high 13 tackles, including 10 solo stops, with 1.5 tackles for a loss that cost H-SC seven yards of offense. No tackle was bigger than his stop of Hampden-Sydney running back Kyree Koonce on the 1-yard line on third-and-goal with 12-seconds remaining. Freeland made an open field tackle on the wing short of the goal-line to keep the Tigers' back out of the end zone. The Generals' interior defense held one play later to preserve the seven-point win. Freeland also recovered a fumble at the W&L 32-yard line and returned it seven yards late in the first quarter. That setup the Generals' second touchdown for a 14-0 lead. Freeland currently has 24 tackles on the season.

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FOOTBALL
Adam Smith, Guilford, Sr., Wide Receiver
Smith, a senior from Mocksville, N.C., picks up his second weekly award of the season after helping lead Guilford to a 55-38 shootout win over Shenandoah. Smith averaged 25.3 yards per reception as he caught 10 passes for a school-record 253 yards and three touchdowns. The 253 yards are tied for the fifth-most all-time in ODAC history and the sixth most in NCAA Division III this season. The three touchdowns mark the third time this season he has hauled in three scores in a game. Smith's scoring plays went for 20, 21 and 36 yards, while only one of his receptions was for less than 11 yards. He had seven receptions of at least 20 yards. Smith currently leads the ODAC in receiving yards (755), yards per game (151.0), yards per catch (19.4) and receiving touchdowns (10). He's second with 39 receptions.

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FIELD HOCKEY
Maggie Waxter, Washington and Lee, Jr., Attack
Waxter, a junior from Baltimore, Md., helped the Generals to a pair of ODAC wins this week, keeping them tied atop the conference standings at 3-0 with Shenandoah. Waxter posted four goals on the week, including both of the game's tallies in a 2-0 win over Roanoke. She followed that up with the first and fourth goals in a 4-0 road win at Eastern Mennonite. Waxter is tied for second in the ODAC with eight goals and is fourth with 17 points.

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GOLF
Luke Farley, Washington and Lee, So.
Farley, a sophomore from Durham, N.C., helped the Generals to fourth place at the Royal Lakes Invitational hosted by Oglethorpe University. Farley tied for 10th overall, posting a pair of 73's to finish at 2-over par 146 on the 6,792-yard par-72 track at Royal Lakes Golf Club in Flowery Branch, Ga. Washington and Lee (590) finished seven strokes back of team champion Spalding University. Farley owns a 72.75 per round average, tops for W&L and third in the ODAC.

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GOLF
Christina Herbert, Bridgewater, So.
Herbert, a sophomore from Williamsburg, Va., is on a streak not seen in the short history of ODAC women's golf. She won both tournaments in which Bridgewater competed this week, giving her three individual medals in her three starts this season. She has earned four individual medals in a row, dating back to her first place finish at the 2015 ODAC Women's Golf Championships. Herbert started her week by claiming the title at the Generals Invitational, posting rounds of 76 and 75 to finish at 7-over par 151 and one stroke clear of W&L's Liza Freed on the 5,804-yard par-72 layout at the Lexington Golf & Country Club. BC placed second as a team, six shots back of W&L. Herbert's second win of the week came at the Bridgewater Fall Invitational. She carded rounds of 75 and 74 to win by seven strokes at 5-over par 149 on the 5,803-yard par-72 track at Lakeview Golf Club. BC won the team title by a gaudy 118 strokes. Herbert leads the ODAC with a 74.0 per round average.

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MEN'S SOCCER
Jordan Couch, Emory & Henry, So., Forward
Couch, a sophomore from Abingdon, Va., had a hand in all four of Emory & Henry's goals this week as the Wasps ran their ODAC unbeaten string to three games (2-0-1) with a 1-0-1 showing. In a 2-1 win over Guilford, Couch tallied the opener in the fourth minute of action, and followed up with the would-be game-winner in the 52nd minute. In a 2-2 draw with Shenandoah, Couch leveled the game 1-all in the 12th minute off a one-timer, and then dished out the assist on the game-tying goal in the 80th minute to send the game into overtime. Couch is currently tied atop the ODAC in both goals scored (6) and points (15).

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SWIMMING
Sam Childress, Washington and Lee, Fr.
Childress, a freshman from Springfield, Ill., helped the Generals to a season-opening 157-91 win over Centre College with a victory in his first collegiate event. He won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:58.68.

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SWIMMING
Katie Gardner, Washington and Lee, So.
Gardner, a sophomore from Irvington, N.Y., won twice individually and contributed to a relay victory in the Generals' season-opening 158-98 win over Centre College on Saturday. Gardner won both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke events, posting times of 1:08.79 and 2:35.73, respectively. She later contributed to W&L's win in the 200-medley relay, which stopped the watches in 1:52.05.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER
Morgan Singer, Lynchburg, Sr., Forward
Singer, a senior from Yorktown, Va., helped the Hornets to a 3-0 week with a trio of ODAC victories. After recording a pair of shots in a 1-0 win at Washington and Lee, Singer got on the scoreboard with the opening tally in a 2-0 win at Randolph-Macon. She followed that by contributing to both goals in a 2-0 victory over Bridgewater, handing out the assist on the Hornets' first goal and finding the back of the net herself with the second. Singer is currently second in the ODAC in assists (6), third in points (20) and fifth in goals scored (7).

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VOLLEYBALL
Tiffany Barrett, Virginia Wesleyan, Jr., Outside Hitter
Barrett, a junior from Stafford, Va., put together a banner week in helping Virginia Wesleyan to a 5-0 showing that included a win over Lynchburg and four victories at the Gallaudet Worthington Classic where Barrett was named the Most Valuable Player. She posted 70 kills, 56 digs, eight aces and seven blocks while hitting .305 over the course of the week. She had 16 kills, 10 digs and two blocks in a 3-1 win at Lynchburg, one of three double-doubles on the week. On the first day at Gallaudet, she hammered 14 kills with 16 digs in a 3-0 win over FDU-Florham, and then added 12 kills, seven digs and five aces in a 3-0 victory over the host Bison. Barrett started day two with eight kills, 11 digs and three blocks in a 3-0 win over Illinois Tech, and finish with 20 kills, 12 digs and two blocks in a 3-2 triumph over DeSales University. Barrett currently leads the ODAC with 289 overall kills and is third at 3.71 kills per set.

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CROSS COUNTRY
Anthony McBride, Lynchburg, Sr.
McBride, a senior from Meriden, Kans., led Lynchburg at the Royals XC Challenge hosted by Queens University. McBride posted an eight-kilometer time of 25:55.4 to finish 43rd overall in the largely NCAA Division I and II dominated event.

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CROSS COUNTRY
Samantha Yates, Washington and Lee, Fr.
Yates, a freshman from Birmingham, Ala., placed fifth overall out of 225 competitors at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. She completed the five-kilometer course in 18:45.10 as the top NCAA Division III competitor. Washington and Lee placed fifth overall and second out of NCAA D-III squads, just one point before host Carnegie Mellon.

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