BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ronnie LaBrie, Lynchburg
College
LaBrie, a senior from Vinton, Virginia, helped lead
his team to a 3-1 week while notching a hit in each of the four
games including 4 hits in Lynchburg's win over Emory &
Henry. LaBrie averaged .530 at the plate throughout the week
and managed to steal four bases, score seven runs and drive in
seven runs.
BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Rich Glover, Lynchburg
College
Glover, a junior from Bedford, Virginia, worked two
scoreless innings against Greensboro on March 6th and allowed only
four hits in six innings of play against Emory & Henry on March
9th while striking out four batters. Glover is leading the
Hornets with a 1.23 ERA and only allowing batters to hit .208
against him.
Baseball Honor Roll | |
Drew Elkis, Bridgewater | Hit .538 for the week and collected five RBIs and four runs scored in three games. |
Nolan Schaffer, Bridgewater | Pitched a complete, three-hitter game to lead the Eagles 2-1 over Guilford. |
Zach Polloni, Eastern Mennonite | Hit .500 in two games including two home runs and a double while also collecting a team-high three RBIs. |
Alex Starbuck, Guilford | Batted .333 for the week with four hits including three doubles. Also scored a team-high three runs. |
Sammy Stuart, Guilford | Earned his first college win over Lake Erie on March 4th while yielding three unearned runs and four hits with two strikeouts in 4.2 innings. |
Bruno Gora, Randolph-Macon | Batted 7-for-11 in a 3-0 week for the Yellow Jackets, including one home run and onedouble. Scored the game willing run in extra innings in a 5-4 win over Hampden-Sydney. |
Dillon Sheads, Randolph-Macon | Did not allow a run in his three appearances this week while striking out three batters. |
Alan Moore, Roanoke | Hit .455 and a .818 SLG% with a double, a home run and three RBIs in 2-1 week for the Maroons. |
C.J. Rhodes, Virginia Weslseyan | Notched back-to-back home runs in an 11-1 win over W&L. Batted .421 in a five game week while recording eight RBIs. |
MEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Nathaniel James, Washington and Lee
University James, a senior from Keller, Texas,
finished in a tie for 11th out of 83 golfers at the Callaway
Collegiate Invitational held on Mar. 3-4 at the Callaway Gardens
Golf Club in Pine Mountain, Ga. James carded an eight-over
par score of 76-76-152 in helping the Generals tie for seventh out
of 16 teams at the event. For the season, James is averaging
72.4 strokes over 10 rounds.
MEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Pat March, Roanoke College
March, a sophomore from Burnie, Maryland, scored
seven goals to go with five assists in a pair of high-profile wins
for Roanoke. He scored four times and dished out three
helpers including the keying pass on the game-winner in a 13-12
come-from-behind win over R.I.T. He helped key a 14-6 win
over St. Mary's with three goals and two assists. He also
picked up six ground balls between the two games. For the
season, March has scored nine goals to go with six assists for a
team-best 15 points.
Men's Lacrosse Honor Roll | |
F.J. Ientile, Guilford | Scored a career-high three goals in a 9-6 victory over Neumann. |
Tyler Tolson, Lynchburg | Scored three times each in a 25-1 win over Neumann and a 14-13 overtime loss to #18 Haverford. |
Billy Rowe, Randolph-Macon | Notched six goals, three coming in a win over Catholic and another trio in a loss to Shenandoah. |
Jordan Kenney, Va. Wesleyan | Scored nine goals in two wins for VWC with seven ground balls; notched two in the 4th quarter in an 11-9 win over Greensboro and tallied the game-winner in an 11-10 win over McDaniel. |
WOMEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Deanna Welsch, Lynchburg College
Welsch, a senior from Yorktown Heights, New York,
notched nine goals, four assists and a pair of draw controls in two
wins for the Hornets last week. She scored five times (on
eight shots) and chipped in an assists in a win at Frostburg
State. She backed that up with a four-goal three-assist
showing in an ODAC win over Bridgewater, 19-13. Welsch ended
up tallying the decisive goal in each match.
Women's Lacrosse Honor Roll | |
Lindsay Snyder, Bridgewater | Scored 11 goals to go with 3 assists in a 1-2 week for the Eagles; Scored 6 times in an 18-5 win over Shenandoah. |
Jennifer Abelin, Guilford | Scored four times including a three-goal day in a win over Marymount; also notched an assist an 13 ground balls. |
Katlyn Scarlett, Roanoke | Made 41 saves during three games on the Maroons' spring break trip. |
Stewart Hulfish, Sweet Briar | Scored five goals to go with two assists, three draw controls, a trio of ground balls, and just as many caused turnovers in a loss to Washington College. |
Bethany Adomanis, Va. Wesleyan | Scored eight goals to go with two assists in a 1-1 week for the Marlins; notched a career-high five goals in a 15-5 win over Bridgewater. |
SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mandy Nixon, Virginia Wesleyan
College
Nixon, a senior from Virginia Beach, helped lead the
Marlins to a 4-1 week and extended her hitting streak to eight
consecutive games by going 8-16 in her five game week. Nixon
tallied 3 RBIs and collected 6 stolen bases. She leads the
Marlin hitters with a .519 batting average through eight games.
SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Gretchen Wolfe, Roanoke
College
Wolfe, a freshman from New Windsor, NY, helped lead
the Maroons to a 3-1 week by pitching three complete games in four
starts with a .59 ERA. She struck out a team best 28 batters
in 30.2 innings of play.
Softball Honor Roll | |
Brittney Allsop, Lynchburg | Hit .429 for the week while delivering a double and a home run in a win against #23 Moravian. |
Katie Bruce, Lynchburg | Allowed just two and one walk in 5.1 innings of play. Opponents hit just .125 for the week with no extra base hits. |
Katie Raulerson, Randolph-Macon | Surrendered just one unearned run in 11-innings of play in a 4-0 week for the Yellow Jackets. |
Loren Messick, Roanoke | Batted .371 with 13 hits and 9 nine runs last week. Also notched two doubles and four stolen bases. |
Ellie Witt, Sweet Briar | Hit a home run and picked up a team high three RBIs against N.C. Wesleyan. |
Brittaney Brown, Virginia Wesleyan | Struck out 29 batters in four games including a season high of 12 batters fanned in a 7-6 loss to Wilkins. |
MEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Sam Varner, Randolph-Macon College
Varner, a junior from Charlottesville, Virginia,
helped R-MC to a 5-4 victory over ODAC rival Virginia Wesleyan on
Sunday. Varner won his No. 4 singles match and was also victorious
with Leigh Thompson Hanes in No. 1 doubles, winning 8-3.
WOMEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Sarah Budrus, Hollins University
Budrus, a freshman from Huntington, West Virginia,
went 3-1 on the week. She won #3 singles 6-3, 6-1 vs. Sweet Briar
and won #1 doubles, 8-6. Against ODAC-preseason #2 Virginia
Wesleyan, Sarah lost at #1 doubles, but with the match tied 4-4 she
won at #3 singles in a three set tie breaker. She won the deciding
match and lead Hollins to the road upset of VWC.
Women's Tennis Honor Roll | |
Maria Migliarese, Roanoke | Went 1-2 in doubles action with a new partner and 2-1 in singles play over the Maroons' spring break trip. |
MEN'S INDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Justin Wray, Lynchburg College
Wray, a sophomore from Newburg, Maryland, took third
place in the mile at the Virginia Tech. Last Chance meet over the
weekend. His time of 4:17.37 finished third overall and ranks
second all-time in the Lynchburg men's track history books.
The mark also set a new ODAC seasonal top time for the event.
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Michelle Leaman, Eastern Mennonite University
Leaman, a sophomore from Broadway, Virginia, ran in
the women's 200 at Virginia Tech, placing 20th with a time of 28.11
seconds. She also competed in the 60-meter hurdles where she
finished with a time of 9.13 seconds. Her time in the hurdles
is a school record as well as an all-time ODAC record for the
event. She is currently rated 14th in the nation in the
60-meter hurdles.