October 13, 2014

ODAC Players of the Week

Thru Week Prior to: October 13, 2014

FOOTBALL
Tre'von Lightfoot, Emory & Henry, So., Defensive Back
Lightfoot, a sophomore from Big Island, Va., helped the Wasps move to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in league play by accounting for half the turnovers caused by the Emory & Henry defense. The Wasps for four turnovers, including three interceptions. Lightfoot came down with two of those takeaways in the second half, keeping the Eagles' offense at bay in E&H's 34-21 win. Lightfoot's first interception came late in the third quarter. His second pick early in the fourth quarter and quelled a possible scoring play as the BC receiver had gotten behind the defense, but Lightfoot recovered to make the leaping interception. Lightfoot added six total tackles, all solo. The interceptions were the first of the season for Lightfoot, helping the Wasps to an ODAC-best 10 as a team.

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FOOTBALL
Nash Nance, Hampden-Sydney, Sr., Quarterback
Nance, a senior from Calhoun, Ga., did a little bit of everything on Saturday afternoon as he was involved in six touchdowns in the Tigers 55-32 road win at Washington and Lee. Nance completed 19-of-27 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns. He completed passes to 10 different receivers, connecting with four wideouts on plays of 30-yards or more. Nance added to his day with 42 yards and two more touchdowns on 15 carries. His sixth touchdown came in a reversal of roles as he had a 31-yard catch-and-run from receiver Holton Walker early in the second quarter. On the season, Nance is second in the ODAC in touchdown passes (14), passing yardage (1,312) and completion percentage (102-of-155, 65.8%).

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FIELD HOCKEY
Kelsey Link, Lynchburg, Sr., Attack
Link, a senior from Spotsylvania, Va., helped the Hornets to a pair of wins last week, including a double-overtime triumph on the road at Randolph-Macon. Link started her week by contributing to half of Lynchburg's goals in its 8-0 win Ferrum. She scored twice and assisted on two others. Then over the weekend at R-MC, Link helped the Hornets erase 3-0 deficit to come away with a 4-3 2-OT win. Link scored the game-tying goal late in the second half to push the game into extra time. For the season, Link leads the ODAC with 26 points and is tied for first with 11 goals scored.

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GOLF
Conley Hurst, Washington and Lee, So.
Hurst, a sophomore from Little Rock, Ark., helped the Generals to a fifth place team finish at the Royal Lakes Invitational hosted by Oglethorpe University in Flowery Branch, Fla. Hurst tied for fifth overall, posting a two-round total of one-under-par 143 after rounds of 75 and 68. W&L was fifth of 16 competing teams. Hurst currently leads the ODAC with a 72.4 scoring average covering seven rounds of play.

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GOLF
Marin Warring, Bridgewater, Jr.
Warring, a junior from Williamsburg, Va., picks up her second weekly award of the season after winning the Generals' Invitational hosted by Washington and Lee at the Lexington Country Club. Warring fired a career-low 75 in the final round of competition to overcome a two-stroke deficit and claim medalist honors. She finished at 11-over-par 155, joined her second round 75 with an opening 80. Bridgewater finished second as a team at 73-over 649.

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MEN'S SOCCER
Chris Cooke, Virginia Wesleyan, Sr., Forward
Cooke, a senior from Hampton, Va., helped lead the Marlins to a 2-0 week in ODAC competition. He opened his week by finding the back of the net from 15 yards out in the 69th minute against Randolph-Macon, scoring what would be the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win. He followed with two goals in a road win at Shenandoah, bookending the Marlins output in a 3-1 triumph. Cooke has now scored four goals with one assist on the season.

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SWIMMING
Noah Schammel, Washington and Lee, Fr.
Schammel, a freshman from Greenville, S.C., is the inaugural ODAC Men's Swimmer of the Week after helping the Genreals to a first place finish among four competing teams at Centre College over the weekend. Schammel won both the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly events, posting times of 54.38 and 1:59.88. He also finished second in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:04.02.

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SWIMMING
Elisabeth Holmes, Washington and Lee, So.
Holmes, a sophomore from Raleigh, N.C., kicked off the season with a bang, winning three individual events and aiding her teammates in one relay to help the Generals to first place among four teams competing at Centre College. Holmes won a trio of freestyle disciplines, stopping the watches first in the 200-yard, 500-yard and 1,000-yard races with times of 1:57.68, 5:12.26 and 10:43.27, respectively. Holmes anchored the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team, which posted a time of 1:43.31.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER
Catherine Major, Shenandoah, So., Midfielder
Major, a sophomore from Harrisburg, Pa., helped the Hornets to a 2-0 week in conference play, running Shenandoah's record to 5-3 in in ODAC competition and fifth in the league standings. Major scored four goals on the week, two in each contest. She netted tallies in the 45th and 50th minutes in a 6-1 win over Eastern Mennonite. She followed that with the first two goals -- in the 28th and 38th minutes -- in a 3-0 triumph at Guilford. Major now has five goals on the season, second-best on the squad.

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VOLLEYBALL
Courtney Lowers, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Outside Hitter
Lowers, a junior from Suffolk, Va., put together a stellar performance last week, setting ODAC season-highs in the process. In a 3-2 win at Randolph, Lowers registered a career-high and school-record 34 kills, tying for the fourth highest single-match total in ODAC history. The 34 kills are the most since former Roanoke standout Melissa Slusher notched 34 winners in 2002 and out-pace the next closest total this season by 10 kills. Lowers averaged 6.80 kills per set and hit .337 for the match on an ODAC season-high 83 attacks. She added a team-best 26 digs and a block, accounting for 34.5 points. For the year, Lowers leads the ODAC at 4.56 kills per set and is second with 301 overall winners.

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CROSS COUNTRY
Ray Parsons, Shenandoah, Fr.
Parsons, a freshman from Clayton, N.J., finished fifth at ther Hornet Harrier Invitational over the weekend. He completed the six-kilometer course with a time of 20:25.10, making him the top ODAC finisher. SU placed fifth as a team.

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CROSS COUNTRY
Dorothy Earner, Shenandoah, Sr.
Earner, a senior from McLean, Va., won the Hornet Harrier Invititational over the weekend, helped Shenandoah to a first place team finish over. Earner completed the five-kilometer course in 20:16.70, which bested the second place finisher by nearly 16-seconds.

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