MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK
NATHAN RITTENHOUSE, BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE
Rittenhouse, a senior from Green Bank, West Virginia, won the
Roanoke College Invitational with a time of 25:52.52. Rittenhouse
paced a 1-2-3 Eagles sweep of the top spots and helped lead the
Eagles to the team title. Rittenhouse's time was a personal best
over an 8K course.
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Palmer Hicks, GC | Paced Guilford at the Maroon Invitational with a 23rd place time of 29:36.00. |
Ricky Flynn, LC | Placed fourth individually and as the top D-III runner at the Dickinson Long-Short Invitational with a time of 26.19.65 on the 8.1-kilometer course. |
Michael Welsh, W&L | Placed 15th individually at the Dickinson Long-Short Invitational with an 8.1k time of 26:59.46. |
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE WEEK
LIZ MUMAW, ROANOKE COLLEGE
Mumaw, a junior from Berryville, Virginia, won the
Maroon Invitational with a five-kilometer time of 20:45.00.
Although this is her first win of the year, Mumaw has led Roanoke
in each of its three meets this season.
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Grace Normann, GC | Led the Quakers at the Maroon Invitational with a 5k time of 22:46; she has recorded Guilford's best time in each of the team's three races. |
Jennie Pernisi, LC | Paced the Hornets at the Dickinson Long-Short Invitational by placing 26th with a 6k time of 24:30. |
FIELD HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
BECKY NOLT, EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY
Nolt, a sophomore from East Berlin, Pennsylvania,
made a season-high 10 saves in shutting out #20 Lynchburg College,
2-0, this weekend. The shutout was her conference-leading
third of the season. She also moved into second in the
conference in goals against average at 1.32.
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Allie Weir, LC | Scored once and assisted on another in the Hornets 5-1 over St. Mary's. |
Mary McCarthy, R-MC | Scored once and provided good service off penalty corners for the Yellow Jackets in their ODAC win at Roanoke. |
Chelsea Baker, VWC | Made 26 saves over a 1-1 week for VWC with a career- and ODAC season-high 22 saves in a loss to McDaniel. |
Christina Merchant, WLU | Scored the game-winner in overtime in the Generals' first win of the season, a 3-2 effort over Catholic. |
GOLFER OF THE WEEK
RALSTON KING, RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE
King, a senior from Richmond, Virginia, shot a
two-under-69 on Sunday to go along with a 70 on Saturday to take
Individual Medalist honors at the Tom Kinder Invitational in
Harrisonburg, Virginia. King helped R-MC to a second-place finish
behind host and tournament champion Bridgewater College. King
(70-69-139) finished five under par, five strokes ahead of Mike
Redwood of BC and six strokes in front of the Eagles' John
Phillips.
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Brian Creghan, GC | Shot a career-low 216 even par over 54 holes to place 6th overall and help the Quakers to a second place team showing at the Sea Trail Intercollegiate; his finish was tops for D-III competitors. |
MEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK
BRYAN WHARTON, HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
Wharton, a freshman from Glen Allen, Virginia, helped
Tigers to a pair of victories last week with three goals. He
opened the week with a two-goal showing against Stevenson, scoring
the first and last goals to second a 3-1 H-SC win. He then
opened the scoring again on Saturday to lead the Tigers to a
conference victory over Emory & Henry. For the season,
Wharton is second on the team with 11 points on five goals and an
assist.
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Zane Lineberry, BC | Minded the Eagles' net in a pair of 0-0 ties against Washington and Lee and Randolph-Macon. |
Mitchell Leap, EMU | Scored the lone goal of the game in the Royals' 1-0 win over Washington and Lee. |
Peter Truitt, GC | Made 14 saves over two games in goal for the Quakers, including a 10-stop effort against Randolph. |
Matty Rocawich, R-MC | Made 11 total saves between two Jacket games... a win over Eastern Mennonite and a tie with Bridgewater. |
Shaman Douglass, RC | Scored twice, including the would-be game-winner, in the Maroons 3-1 win over Virginia Wesleyan. |
Ben Bartlett, W&L | Made eight saves apiece in a tie with Bridgewater and a loss to Eastern Mennonite. |
WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK
KATIE SANTOS, LYNCHBURG
COLLEGE
Santos, a sophomore from Cheltenham, Maryland, scored
at least one goal in each of the #4 Hornets three win this past
week. She scored once Tuesday in a 10-0 win at Randolph
College. She netted another goal Saturday in a 5-1 win at Methodist
and followed up with two goals and one assist in another 5-1 win at
Meredith. Santos scored the four goals on only six shots.
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Kathy Bundrick, BC | Scored the lone goal in the Eagles 1-0 win over Emory & Henry last week. |
Valerie Brubaker, EMU | Propelled the Royals past Guilford with the game's only goal. |
Bree Vohs, GC | Scored the Quakers only goal in a loss to Methodist last week. |
Ashley Malinowski, R-MC | Tallied a goal and an assist in the Yellow Jackets 4-0 win at Hollins. |
Meredith Grunewald, RC | Scored three goals in a 7-0 win over Hollins and notched another in a loss to Christopher Newport. |
Courtney Whorten, VWC | Scored the Marlins' goal in the 1-0 win over Randolph-Macon, and delivered a perfect cross on VWC's first goal in a 2-1 win over Washington and Lee. |
Anne Masich, W&L | Notched her first career hat-trick in a 9-0 win over Ferrum last week. |
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ERIKA DIRNAGL, BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE
Dirnagl, a junior from Stephens City, Virginia,
averaged just over three kills per game as the Eagles finished with
a 4-1 record on the week. The Eagles won their only ODAC match,
defeating EMU in straight games as Dirnagl led the team with 13
kills. BC then went 3-1 at the BC Invitational. Dirnagl finished
with 39 kills in the four matches and was named to the
all-tournament team. She also collected 17 digs, 11 total
blocks and eight service aces.
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Twyla Sessor, E&H | Averaged six digs per game on the way to a 24-dig effort in a 3-1 win over Guilford. |
Shanika Tunnell, GC | Led Guilford with 11 total blocks and eight kills through a pair of matches last week. |
Kristina Giordano, LC | Posted 86 assists in 10 games over three matches (8.6 apg), all Hornet victories. |
April Hines, R-MC | Had 10 kills in 19 attacks to help the Jackets to a 3-0 win over Randolph. |
Marah Schmitz, W&L | Performed well at the Emory National Invitational with 49 digs and 10 services aces; finished the week with 58 digs and 36 kills to go with six blocks over five matches. |