ODAC

BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ricky Read, Bridgewater College
Read, a senior from Goode, Va., hit for a .500 average on the week, going 10-for-20 over five games played.  In conference play, Read was 7-for-11 with six RBI in three wins.  In a double-header against Randolph-Macon, he was 6-for-8 with two runs bated in and a homer.  He also went 1-for-3  against Eastern Mennonite with four runs driven in.  For the week. Read knocked in six runs while scoring a pair himself. 

BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Chase Davidson, Roanoke College
Davidson, a senior from Vinton, Va., pitched eight-innings of four-hit ball to get the victory in Roanoke's win over Guilford on Friday.  In his only start of the week. Davidson allowed just four hits while striking out three batters.  The victory marked his third of the season, evening his record at 3-3. 

GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Peter Latimer, Guilford College
Latimer, a freshman from Markinch, Scotland, won his first college tournament on the third hole of sudden-death playoff in the Emory Invitational at Smoke Rise Golf Club.  He posted the first top-10 finish of his college career with a 72-73-145 (+1) score in 36 holes of competition.  He finished tied with two others after the two rounds of regulation, and all three students shot even-par on the first and second playoffs on the 18th hole.  Latimer won the event with a par four on the third try while both of the others golfers carded bogey-fives.  Latimer helped Guilford place second among 14 teams and go 7-1 against teams ranked in the April Golf World/Nike poll.  The win marked the second victory for a Guilford student-athlete this season.

MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ryan Harrington, Hampden-Sydney College
Harrington, a senior from Dallas, Texas, powered the 16th ranked Tigers to a big win over conference foe and 17th-ranked Washington & Lee, 6-5.  Harrington scored four of the six HSC tallies including three after Hampden-Sydney found itself down 4-1 after the first quarter of play.  Harrington leads the Tigers with 28 goals, a mark that puts him fifth in the conference at 2.33 goals per game. 

WOMEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amanda Hutchins, Roanoke College
Hutchins, a junior from Guilford, Conn., scored eight goals and had an assist in the Roanoke's two ODAC wins last week.  She scored five times in the team's win over Bridgewater, and then netted three goals and an assist in the home win over Virginia Wesleyan.  Hutchins leads the Maroons with 24 goals scored, one of four players with at least 21 tallies.  She is eighth in the conference at 2.0 goals scored per game. 

SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Laura Barry, Bridgewater College
Barry, a junior from Richmond, Va., hit for a .500 average (10-for-20) during the week as the Eagles went 6-0 to improved to 30-4 on the season.  She had five multi-hit games during the week, scoring nine total runs.  In an ODAC double-header sweep of Randolph-Macon, Barry was 4-for-7 with three runs scored, four RBI, two homers and a double.  She knocked four doubles and a pair of homers on the week, giving her a 1.000 slugging percentage with 20 total bases in 20 at-bats. 

SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Jamie Fraysher, Eastern Mennonite University
Fraysher, a sophomore from Waterford, Va., along with Natasha Viafora, each pitched a no-hitter on Tuesday with Fraysher shutting out Shenandoah over five innings while allowing two walks and striking out five batters.  She then led EMU with another pitching gem against Virginia Wesleyan as she went seven innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits to pick up her 10th win of the season. 

MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ian Koons, Eastern Mennonite University
Koons, a senior from Avvanadale, Va., went 3-0 last week against ODAC competition.  The Royals' #1 singles player defeated previously ranked Tim Ross of Washington & Lee on Sunday in three sets, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1) and 10-6.  He also earned victories over Bridgewater and Guilford College, both in straight sets.  With the results from the past week, Koons finished the season with an overall record of 9-4 and has a chance to become the first ranked player in EMU men's tennis this decade. 

WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Blair Blincoe, Sweet Briar College
Blincoe, a freshman from Vienna, Va., ran her consecutive match winning streak to six contests with a decisive 6-0, 6-0 win at #2 singles against Emory & Henry.  Her fifth match win of the streak came earlier in the week when she won 6-1, 6-0 against Lynchburg.  She also went 1-1 in double action, winning 8-1 against the Hornets.  Blincoe's steak also includes singles victories over Guilford, Randolph-Macon and Bridgewater. 

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Nathan Turner, Eastern Mennonite University
Turner, a sophomore from Elkton, Va., captured another shot put title while finishing in second place in the hammer throw at the Lynchburg Track Classic this past weekend.  Turner threw a distance of 15.46 meters in the shot while reaching a mark of 47.44 meters in the hammer throw. 

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Dominique McCoy, Roanoke College
McCoy, a freshman from Williamsburg, Va., was named Field Athlete of the Meet at the Lynchburg Track Classic last weekend.  She won the long jump with a leap of 5.47 meters, and followed that up with a win in the triple jump with a mark of 10.81 meters.  She finished her day with a third place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:10.19.