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Old
Dominion Athletic Conference
Athletes
of the Week
September 22, 2008
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.
| Men's Cross
Country
Honor Roll |
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Palmer Hicks, GC |
Paced Guilford at the Maroon Invitational with a 23rd place time
of 29:36.00. |
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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. |
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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.
| Women's Cross
Country
Honor Roll |
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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. |
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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.
| Field Hockey
Honor Roll |
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Allie Weir, LC |
Scored once and assisted on another in the Hornets 5-1 over St.
Mary's. |
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Mary McCarthy, R-MC |
Scored once and provided good service off penalty corners for
the Yellow Jackets in their ODAC win at Roanoke. |
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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. |
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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.
| Golf
Honor Roll |
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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.
| Men's Soccer
Honor Roll |
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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. |
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Mitchell Leap, EMU |
Scored the lone goal of the game in the Royals' 1-0 win over
Washington and Lee. |
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Peter Truitt, GC |
Made 14 saves over two games in goal for the Quakers, including
a 10-stop effort against Randolph. |
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Matty Rocawich, R-MC |
Made 11 total saves between two Jacket games... a win over
Eastern Mennonite and a tie with Bridgewater. |
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Shaman Douglass, RC |
Scored twice, including the would-be game-winner, in the Maroons
3-1 win over Virginia Wesleyan. |
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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.
| Women's Soccer
Honor Roll |
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Kathy Bundrick, BC |
Scored the lone goal in the Eagles 1-0 win over Emory & Henry
last week. |
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Valerie Brubaker, EMU |
Propelled the Royals past Guilford with the game's only goal. |
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Bree Vohs, GC |
Scored the Quakers only goal in a loss to Methodist last week. |
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Ashley Malinowski, R-MC |
Tallied a goal and an assist in the Yellow Jackets 4-0 win at
Hollins. |
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Meredith Grunewald, RC |
Scored three goals in a 7-0 win over Hollins and notched another
in a loss to Christopher Newport. |
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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. |
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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.
| Volleyball
Honor Roll |
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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. |
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Shanika Tunnell, GC |
Led Guilford with 11 total blocks and eight kills through a pair
of matches last week. |
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Kristina Giordano, LC |
Posted 86 assists in 10 games over three matches (8.6 apg), all
Hornet victories. |
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April Hines, R-MC |
Had 10 kills in 19 attacks to help the Jackets to a 3-0 win over
Randolph. |
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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. |
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