March 19, 2012
ODAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
THRU WEEK PRIOR TO: MARCH 19, 2012
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BASEBALL
Pat Smith, Washington and Lee, Senior,
Pitcher
Smith, a senior from Basking Ridge,
N.J., helped the Generals to a 2-1 comeback victory over Guilford
College as he fired a nine-inning complete game in Lexington on
Saturday. He allowed an unearned and just four hits in stifling the
Quakers' offense. He walked two and fanned six on the way to his
first win of the campaign. Smith lowered his earned run average to
1.67, second-best in the conference.
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BASEBALL
Michael Del Buono, Lynchburg, Junior, 2nd
Base
Del Buono, a junior from Clifton, Va.,
registered helped the Hornets to a 5-1 week with six multi-hit
games on the way to a .478 batting average (11-for-23). Among his
11 hits were four extra-base hits including a double, triple and a
pair of homeruns, which he smacked against Tufts University. Del
Buono scored nine runs and drove in 10 more on the week. He had
three runs batted in against Ferrum, Averett and Tufts to open the
week. He also walked twice for 20 total bases. Del Buono is eighth
in the ODAC with a .397 batting average, and he's first with four
triples and a .679 slugging percentage. His four homers are also #2
in the league.
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GOLF
Noah Ratner, Guilford,
Junior
Ratner, a junior from continues to
light up the NCAA Division III golfing ranks as he won yet another
tournament over the weekend. Ratner led the Quakers to their fourth
team title of the season with his school record-tying fourth
medalist honor at the TaylorMade-adidas Intercollegiate. He shot
77-76-78--231 to win the 50-man tournament in South Carolina by
five strokes. He carded the low second-round score and the
second-lowest first- and third-round totals. Ratner's fourth win
ties the school record set by Bill Brooks in 1983.
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MEN'S LACROSSE
Max Voumard, Lynchburg, Junior,
Midfielder
Voumard, a junior from Cape May, N.J.,
scored 3:44 into overtime to lead the sixth-ranked Lynchburg
College men's lacrosse team to a 13-12 victory at #13 Roanoke
College in ODAC play Saturday evening. Voumard finished the day
with three goals on eight shots with one assist and a ground ball.
He also helped the Hornets top McDaniel, 11-5, earlier in the
week.
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MEN'S TENNIS
Hayden White, Washington and Lee, Junior,
No. 1 Singles, No. 1/2 Doubles
White, a junior from Baltimore, Md.,
helped lead the Generals to a pair of wins over ranked opponents
during the week by going 2-0 in both singles and doubles play. In a
5-3 win over 23rd-ranked Case Western Reserve on Saturday, he
notched a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 1 singles and then teamed with
first-year Taylor Shamshiri for an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles. In a
5-4 win over 16th-ranked Mary Washington on Sunday, he logged a
6-4, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles and then posted an 8-3 win at No. 2
doubles with Shamshiri. For the season, White has registered a 13-5
singles record and an 8-5 doubles mark.
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OUTDOOR TRACK
Johnathan Smith, Guilford, Sophomore,
Sprints
Smith, a sophomore from Conyers, Ga.,
continued right where he left off his All-American indoor campaign
as he won the 200-meter dash and placed sixth in the 100-meter dash
at the Wake Forest Open. He set school records in both events and
established the fastest times in both events in NCAA Division III
in the early outdoor season. Smith defeated 112 sprinters, mostly
from higher NCAA divisions, to win the 200-dash in 21.26, which
broke his own standard set a year ago. He eclipsed the ODAC and
school records in the 100-dash, posting a mark of 10.53 seconds in
the preliminaries (Melvin Queen, BC, 10.58 in 2008), which was the
day’s second-fastest time. He finished sixth in the finals
(10.68), tops among Division III contestants as he was the lone
D-III runner in a filed of 63.
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OUTDOOR TRACK
Janey Fugate, Washington and Lee,
Freshman, Hurdles
Fugate, a freshman from Atlanta, Ga.,
finished first overall in 400-meter hurdles and set a new school
record with a time of 1:04.24, eclipsing the old mark of 1:04.45.
The time is the top mark in the ODAC in the early season. Fugate
also ran on the 4x100-meter relay team that took fourth overall and
first among NCAA Division III competition with a time of 51.55.
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SOFTBALL
Kristina Karagiorgis, Virginia Wesleyan,
Freshman, Pitcher
Karagiorgis, a freshman from Ashburn,
Va., helped the Marlins to a 3-1 week that included a split with
#18 Salisbury and a sweep of ODAC-foe Guilford. Karagiorgis hurled
a pair of complete game shutouts. She opened the week by
surrendering just three hits and a pair of walks in a seven-inning
whitewashing of Salisbury. She came back with a four-hitter against
Guilford while offering just one free pass in six innings. She
struck out four batters in each outing. At the dish, Karagiorgis
helped her cause with five hits, two runs scored and three runs
batted in.
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SOFTBALL
Lisa Lee, Eastern Mennonite, Senior, 3rd
Base/Pitcher
Lee, a senior from Buckingham, Va.,
was effecting in the leadoff spot for EMU this week, leading the
Royals to a 5-1 record. She batted 10-for-21, including seven extra
base hits for a .476 batting average and a 1.000 slugging
percentage. Lee hit four doubles, two triples and a homerun during
the week, and scored eight times. She triggered an eight-run first
inning in a game at Mary Washington, scoring twice and knocking in
three with a bases loaded triple during the frame. Sunday in a 5-2
win over York, Lee was 3-for-4 with two doubles and another triple.
She drove in six runs on the week. Lee in fifth in the ODAC in
doubles, triples, total bases, fifth in runs, and fourth in
homeruns.
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WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Kathleen Wager, Roanoke, Junior,
Midfielder
Wager, a junior from Lexington, Va.,
helped the Maroons to a pair of wins last week by scoring 10 goals
and dishing out five assists in victories over Fitchburg St. and
Wittenberg. She scored a career-best eight goals and handed out
three assists in the 17-10 victory over Fitchburg St. on Tuesday.
On Sunday vs. Wittenberg, she had two goals and two assists in the
non-conference win. Wager leads Roanoke with 20 goals scored and is
second with 27 points.
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WOMEN'S TENNIS
Katy Bergey, Bridgewater, Sophomore, No.
2 Singles, No. 1 Doubles
Bergey, a sophomore from Harrisonburg,
Va., led the Bridgewater Eagles women’s tennis team to a 2-0
week on the courts including a big conference victory over Hollins.
Bergey opened the week with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at her number two
singles post against R-MC’s Morgan Parks before knocking off
Hollins’ Victoria Coffee by a 6-2, 6-4 tally to move to 2-0
in singles play on the week. With doubles teammate Katie Gordon,
Bergey picked up an easy 8-0 win in top flight doubles action
against the Yellow Jackets before the duo dropped a tight 8-6 match
to the Montoya sisters from Hollins.
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