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SCAC Players-of-the-Week
(9/4/07)
Men's Cross Country
NICK LEWIS
OF RHODES
COLLEGE, a senior from
Gaylord, Mich.,
has been selected the SCAC Men's
Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, August 31 and Saturday, September
1.
Lewis was the top Division III finisher (sixth overall) at
the University of the South Invitational. Lewis ran 26:59 over the
8k course and helped pace the Rhodes men to a fourth place overall
finish - second among Division III schools.
Women's
Cross Country
JOCELYN JENKS
OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a senior from Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., has been selected the SCAC Women's
Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, August 31
and Saturday, September 1.
Jenks finished 14th out of 57 runners with a personal record of
19:21 to lead the Tigers to a 14th-place finish at the Adams State
Joe I. Vigil open in a field of some of the top Division II programs
in the country. Jenks' personal best before Saturday was
19:32.
Field Hockey - Offensive
TERESA
JOHNSTONE OF CENTRE COLLEGE,
a junior forward from Louisville, Ky., has been selected the SCAC
Field Hockey Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played Friday,
August 31 through Monday, September
3.
Coming back from recent knee surgery, Johnstone scored a hat
trick in Saturday's 6-0 win over Oberlin - finding the net on all
three of her shot attempts. Johnstone played a solid
all-around game in the Centre's 2-0 win over College of Wooster on
Sunday, and was quite a presence over the entire weekend as the
Colonels jumped to a 2-0 start to the 2007 season.
Field Hockey - Defensive
ANN
GUAGLIARDO OF CENTRE COLLEGE,
a senior goalkeeper from Louisville, Ky., has been selected the SCAC
Field Hockey Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played Friday,
August 31 through Monday, September 3.
Guagliardo
posted consecutive shutouts against Oberlin and College of Wooster
over the weekend, leading the Colonels to a 2-0 start to the 2007
season. Guagliardo saved all 10 shots on goal as well as a
penalty stroke behind a Colonel defense that allowed just 18 shots
in total over the weekend.
Football - Offensive
BLAKE MEARS OF SEWANEE:
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH,
a 6-0, 205-pound senior running back from Lizella, Ga., has been
selected the SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games
played Thursday, August 30 and Saturday, September 1.
Mears rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries
in Sewanee's season-opening win over Westminster (Mo.). He averaged
5.7 yards per carry, including a long of 50 yards. This is the
second straight stellar season-opening performance for Mears.
Last season, he rushed for 149 yards and three touchdowns and caught
three passes for 109 yards, including a 73-yard scoring reception,
in Sewanee's 42-35 victory over Hampden-Sydney.
Football - Defensive
ADAM HAY OF CENTRE COLLEGE,
a 6-2, 205-pound junior linebacker from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been
selected the SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games
played Thursday, August 30 and Saturday, September 1.
Hay had a
huge opening day helping the Colonels defeat Bluffton (Ohio)
University 14-9 on the road. Hay recorded 20 total tackles,
including six solo and 14 assisted tackles, in helping Centre limit
the Beavers to only 179 total offensive yards, with only 63 of those
coming on the ground. Hay also tallied four tackles for loss,
including his first two sacks of the season in the win.
Men's Soccer - Offensive
JEREMY RIELLEY OF DEPAUW
UNIVERSITY, a
senior midfielder from Evanston, Ill., has been selected the SCAC
Men's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from
Friday, August 31 through Sunday, September 2.
Rielley scored five goals in wins over Wabash (3-0) and Holy
Cross (7-0) as DePauw opened 2-0 for the first time since the 2003
season. Rielley had two goals in the first half against
in-state rival Wabash and found the back of the net three times in
the match's first 18 minutes in Saturday's win against Holy Cross.
Men's Soccer
- Defensive
NICK DASCOLI OF DEPAUW
UNIVERSITY, a
senior defender from Indianapolis, Ind., has been selected the SCAC
Men's Soccer Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from
Friday, August 31 through Sunday, September 2.
Dascoli spearheaded the defensive effort that resulted in two
shutouts over the weekend for the Tigers. DePauw's opponents
recorded just five shots combined in the two contests.
Women's
Soccer - Offensive
CASEY GRIER OF SOUTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY, a
junior forward from Spring, Texas, has been selected the SCAC
Women's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from
Friday, August 31 through Sunday, September 2.
Grier
scored a pair
of goals and was credited with one assist as the Pirates went 1-1
for the weekend.
In the 4-0
shutout of LeTourneau, Grier had an assist on the Pirates’
second goal of the game and then put SU ahead 4-0 during the 67th
minute with an unassisted goal. The following day, the Pirates faced
#4 Hardin-Simmons and Grier scored the only Southwestern goal
on a penalty kick with less than two minutes left in the game.
Women's Soccer -
Defensive
MELISSA TAYLOR OF HENDRIX
COLLEGE, a senior goalkeeper from Little Rock, Ark., has
been selected the SCAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player-of-the-Week
for matches played from Friday, August 31 through Sunday, September
2.
Taylor
played the full
90 minutes in each of Hendrix's first two matches of the season -
which produced a 1-0-1 start to the season for the Warriors.
Taylor finished the week with five saves and just one goal
allowed and earned a clean sheet in Hendrix's 3-0 defeat of
Louisiana College. Her 0.50 goals against average is the best in the
SCAC after the first weekend of the 2007 season.
Volleyball
ANNA CLITHERO OF COLORADO
COLLEGE, a junior
outside hitter from West Linn, Ore., has been named SCAC Volleyball
Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Friday, August 31 through
Monday, September 3.
Clithero
was voted MVP of the Molten
Pikes Peak Challenge by the opposing coaches for leading the Tigers
to four consecutive three-game victories. She finished the
tournament with a .389 hitting percentage while averaging 3.90 kills
and 3.50 digs per game. With the tournament title on the line
against the Rochester Institute of Technology, Clithero
posted her second straight double-double with match highs of 14
kills and 15 digs. She hit .619 for the match with only one hitting
error on 21 attacks. She also had a double-double with 10 kills and
16 digs against Northland College. With her 39 kills on the weekend,
Clithero became the ninth player in the program’s history to
reach the 900-kill plateau for her career, finishing the tournament
with 904. She also surpassed the 800-dig mark and now ranks 12th on
CC’s all-time list with 323.
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