Old Dominion Athletic Conference

Athletes of the Week

March 24, 2008

BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jon Crews, Lynchburg College
Crews, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia, enjoyed a lot of success this week, as he was 6-11 (.545) with four doubles and a homerun. In the first game against R-MC Saturday, Crews was 3-4 with five RBI and two runs scored, blasting his fourth homer of the season. Crews reached base in 10 of his 15 plate appearances, also extending his hitting streak to a team-best eight games. Out of the 24 games LC has played so far this year, Crews has hit safely in all but one.

BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Daniel Hadra, Hampden-Sydney College
Hadra, a senior from Mechanicsville, Virginia, earned the complete-game win against Guilford in his only action on the week.  The right-hander threw seven scoreless innings against the Quakers, allowing only two hits while walking none.  Hadra also retired eight batters with strikeouts.
 

GOLFER OF THE WEEK

Nathaniel James, Washington and Lee University
James, a senior from Keller, Texas, helped lead the Generals to a ninth-place finish out of 26 teams at the Jekyll Island Invitational over the weekend by carding a 70-72-76—217 (+1).  Individually, James finished third overall, just six strokes behind champion Nick Bova of Methodist.  For the year, James is averaging 72.4 strokes over 13 rounds played.
 

MEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Ryan Cranston, Lynchburg College
Cranston, a senior from West Chester, Pennsylvania, posted six goals and four assists in a 2-0 week for the Hornets. In a 17-4 victory over Greensboro College on Wednesday, he posted two goals and two assists along with one groundball. In a 14-8 defeat over #15 ranked Villa Julie College, he posted four goals and one assist in the second half, along with one assist in the first half.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Emily Matthews, Washington and Lee University
Mathews, a freshman from Baltimore, Maryland, tallied eight goals and one assist over a two-game week.  In a 14-9 win over Roanoke, Mathews notched a career-high five goals and in the victory over No. 19 McDaniel, she recorded three goals and one assist.  For the season, she has scored 12 goals to go with three assists.

SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Drew Rutledge, Bridgewater College
Rutledge, a freshman from Brookneal, Virginia, hit .476 with a 1.047 slugging percentage in five games – all BC wins. Rutledge hit a walk-off two-run homer in a 9-7 victory over Gordon. She was 2-for-4 with a homer and a double in a 4-0 win over St. Joseph’s. She also was 2-for-4 with three RBIs in a win over Wisconsin-Plattesville. For the week she scored eight runs and had nine RBIs in five games to go along with three homers and three doubles.

SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Ally Eates, Virginia Wesleyan College
Eates, a freshman from Portsmouth, Virginia, put together a 3-0 week that was part of a 6-0 week for Virginia Wesleyan.  She pitched three complete games, all shut outs for the Marlins.  She gave up only five hits in her three starts, which included a no-hit effort against Emory & Henry and a one-hitter against Sweet Briar.  Eates struck out five batters in the three games, which included a victory over Christopher Newport University.  Eates now owns an ERA of 0.68 and a record of 6-1, which includes five shut out wins. 

MEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
William Moss, Hampden-Sydney College
Moss, a sophomore from Fredericksburg, Virginia and the No. 1 singles hitter for Hampden-Sydney, scored a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Washington and Lee No. 1 and regionally ranked Tim Ross on Friday, March 21. Moss cruised in the first set, then overcame a 0-5 deficit, running off seven straight games to claim the win. In doubles, Moss teamed with Tigers’ No. 2 Rich Pugh to capture an 8-4 triumph over the Generals’ Ross and Jamie McCardell. Earlier in the week, Moss defeated Lynchburg No. 1 Kristian Richardson 6-0, 6-1 in Hampden-Sydney’s 9-0 victory on Thursday, March 20, and turned back Ferrum College’s Brandon Brown 6-0, 6-1. Moss was 3-0 on the week in both singles and doubles.

WOMEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Lauren Caire, Washington and Lee University
Caire, a sophomore from Nashville, Tennessee, Helped the Generals pick up a quartet of wins over the week and improve to 12-0 overall (9-0 ODAC). On the season, Caire is 15-1 overall in singles and 13-2 in doubles.

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Chris Word, Lynchburg College
Word, a sophomore from Lynchburg, Virginia, qualified provisionally for national competition in three different events Saturday as the hornets hosted the LC Invitational. Word provisionally qualified for national competition in the 400, winning the 30-person event in 47.66 to rank second all-time in the event at LC. Both Hornet relay teams also provisionally qualified for nationals, as Word joined J.J. Johnson, Earl Graves and Brandon Edwards to win the 4x100 relay in 41.88. Word teamed with Will Tolbert, Edwards and Graves to qualify in the mile relay in 3:16.53.
 

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Michelle Leaman, Eastern Mennonite University
Leaman, a sophomore from Broadway, Virginia,

set a new meet record at the Jopson Invitational in the women's 100 meter hurdles as she clocked in with a time of 15.29, breaking the school record as well.   Leaman broke the old record of 15.72 in the 100 meter hurdles while also moving to fourth on the EMU all-time list in the 100 meter dash, placing seventh overall in that event. Leaman also placed third in the women's 400 meter dash with a time of 1:03.55.