Old
Dominion Athletic Conference
Athletes
of the Week
September 1, 2008
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
RUNNER OF THE WEEK
BRANDON SPALDING,
BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE
Spalding, a senior from
Stuarts Draft, Virginia,
took top individual
honors Saturday at the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins Cross Country
Invitational. Spalding placed first overall with a time of 27:19.2, 30
seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
| Men's Cross
Country
Honor Roll |
|
Tyler Brown, GC |
Placed 46th overall at the Blue Marlin Invitational with the
Quakers' fastest individual time of 31.09.1. |
|
Rich Apgar, LC |
Helped the Hornets to a second place showing at the Blue Marlin
Invitational by finishing 10th overall in 28:23.7. |
|
Nick Lauter, VWC |
Turned in a career-best time of 27:51.0 to place fourth
individually and help the Marlins to their first team win the
10-year history of the Blue Marlin Invitational. |
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
RUNNER OF
THE WEEK
JESSICA SHAW,
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
Shaw, a senior from
Dallas, Texas,
helped lead the
Washington and Lee women’s cross country team to a first-place finish at
the Virginia Wesleyan Blue Marlin Invitational on Saturday by finishing
first out of 88 runners. Competing in her first career cross country
event, Shaw crossed the finish line in 22:17.8, a full 20 seconds in
front of the next closest competitor. A senior, Shaw is competing in
cross country for the first time this fall after earning All-America
honors in track last spring. She has also been a member of the W&L
swimming team for three years.
| Women's Cross
Country
Honor Roll |
|
Katie Lee, BC |
Led the Eagles at the Blue Marlin Invitational with a 28th place
time of 26:01.2. |
|
Grace Normann, GC |
Ran Guilford's fastest time at the Blue Marlin Invitational,
crossing the line 46th in 27:22.3. |
|
Jennie Pernisi, LC |
Helped the Hornets to second overall at the Blue Marlin
Invitational with a 24:53.2, good for 13th overall. |
FIELD HOCKEY PLAYER OF
THE WEEK
ERIN FUNKHOUSER,
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
Funkhouser, a
junior midfielder from Natural Bridge, Virginia,
scored once and dished out an
assist on the game-winning goal as LC won its 2008 season opener over
Dickinson College, 2-1, on Sunday. Funkhouser opened the scoring just
4:06 into the game, as she took a pass from sophomore
Caitlin Gibb.
With the game tied at one all early in the second half, Funkhouser
carried the ball from coast-to-coast and laid if off for
Allie
Weir,
who found the back of the goal for the eventual game-winner.
| Field Hockey
Honor Roll |
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Kathleen Tamberrino, BC |
Anchored the defense that allowed just one goal in two games to
win the Mapp Invitational; recorded one defensive save. |
|
Allison Byler, EMU |
Scored a goal each in helping the Royals go 1-1 with a 2-0 win
over Dickson against a loss to Gettysburg; her four points
currently lead the team. |
MEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JOSH REED,
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
Reed, a junior from Newark, Delaware,
tallied
four goals and three assists this weekend to lead the Hornets to the
Arby's/Hampden-Sydney Classic team title and to earn MVP honors. He had
six points Saturday in a 9-1 win over Shenandoah, netting two goals and
adding two assists, and posted two goals and an assist against Mountain
State Sunday in a 5-0 win.
| Men's Soccer
Honor Roll |
|
Chris Thomas, BC |
Finished a two-game weekend for the Eagles with one goal and one
assist. |
|
Junior Kamandua, EMU |
Enjoyed a five-point weekend in wins over Frostburg State and
LaRoche; he assisted on the only goal against FSU and scored
twice in a 4-0 victory against LaRoche; was one of three Royals
named to the Frostburg State All-Tournament Team. |
|
Kereith Pinnock, GC |
In
his first collegiate contest, scored the Quakers' lone goal of
the Sonny Carter Invitational at Emory in a loss to Oglethorpe. |
|
Will Robertson, H-SC |
Notched five points on his weekend in helping the Tigers to a
2-0 start to the campaign; scored twice in a 5-0 win over NAIA
Mountain State, and tallied the opening assist in a 2-1 win over
Shenandoah; named to the Arby's/Hampden-Sydney Classic
all-tournament team. |
|
Mike Urbanik, R-MC |
Netted his first career goal in R-MC's 2-1 loss to Catholic;
named to the Randolph-Macon Select All-Tournament Team. |
|
Adam Thompson, RC |
Registered a pair of shutouts in the Roanoke Invitational while
making two total saves in wins over SUNY-Old Westbury and
Rutgers-Newark. |
WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
BETSY KWIATKOWSKI,
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
Kwiatkowski, a sophomore forward from Mount Jackson, Virginia,
led
Lynchburg to its second-consecutive Haverford Kick-Off Tournament Title.
She scored one goal in a 3-2 win over Montclair State on Saturday, and
netted the game’s only score on Sunday in the Hornets’ 1-0 win in the
title game.
| Women's Soccer
Honor Roll |
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Amanda Sperr, GC |
Scored the winning goal in the Quakers' 3-1 victory over Spelman;
the tally marked her 11th goal of her career. |
|
Ashley Malinowski, R-MC |
Scored once and assisted on another goal in the Yellow Jackets'
season-opening 4-0 victory over Averett. |
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF
THE WEEK
TRICIA DAVIS,
BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE
Davis, a junior from New Kent, Virginia, led the Eagles to a 4-0
start to the 2008 season on the way to being named the Most Valuable
Player of the Emory & Henry Invitational. The setter racked up 137
total assists for a 10.5 per game average. She also hit .400 on 10
kills against no errors to go with eight service aces and 43 total digs
(3.3 per game). In the final two matches of the tournament, Davis
hit a combined .444 with 74 assists and 29 digs in 7 games.
| Volleyball
Honor Roll |
|
Rachel Fertitta, E&H |
Freshman helped the Wasps to a 3-1 opening weekend record at
their own tournament; collected 59 kills (3.93/g) and 11 blocks
(0.73/g) while hitting at a .418 clip. |
|
Taylor Phillips, GC |
Named to the All-Tournament Team at Eastern Mennonite after
leading the Quakers in assists in all four matches; dished out a
career-high 24 assists in five games against Catholic; also had
10 digs vs. CUA. |
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Savannah Tinsley, LC |
Gathered 75 total digs (5.8/g) including three 20-dig efforts in
a 2-2 showing for the Hornets at the EMU Tournament; also had
six aces in a win over the Hornets. |
|
Sam Block, R-MC |
Led the Jackets to a 1-1 weekend at Marymount with 28 assists
over eight games; she also collected 10 digs between the two
matches. |
|
Caitlyn Long, Roanoke |
Was named the MVP of the Cougar Classic (Averett) after
collecting 68 digs across 15 games (4.5/g) and four Maroon match
victories; she also notched nine service aces, including five
against Huntingdon, as RC opened the season at 4-0 for the first
time since 1988. |
