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SCAC Players-of-the-Week (10/15/07)

Men's Cross Country
DUSTY KIME OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a senior from Cassville, Mo., has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13.

Kime
finished seventh at the Great Lakes Pre-Regional at Calvin College as the DePauw men finished fourth at the event. Kime's time of 25:11 is just seven seconds off of his personal best. Kime ran well with the lead pack of several all-Americans.

Women's Cross Country
LAUREN REICH OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a sophomore from Mesa, Ariz., has been selected the SCAC Women's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13.

Reich
finished third at the Great Lakes Pre-Regional at Calvin College. She covered the 6k course in a personal best time of 21:57 finishing between Calvin's all-Americans. Reich's time ranks second on DePauw's all-time list, and her performance helped her team to a second place finish - just 19 points behind the No. 2 ranked Calvin team.

Field Hockey - Offensive
MARCY TICKNER OF SEWANEE-UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a senior forward from Rockville, Md., has been selected the SCAC Field Hockey Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

Tickner made senior day one to remember, scoring the game-tying and then game-winning goals in Friday’s 3-2 upset win over first-place Centre College. Tickner’s final goal gave her 20 for her career and made her one of just four players in SCAC history to total 20+ career goals. For the season, Tickner has seven goals and four assists for 18 points (tied for fourth in the SCAC).

Field Hockey - Defensive
CLARKIE CRAWFORD OF SEWANEE-UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a junior goalkeeper from Louisville, Ky., has been selected the SCAC Field Hockey Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

Crawford
had an another outstanding game as she backstopped the Tigers to a 3-2 upset over first-place Centre on Friday. Crawford faced 15 shots and had 12 saves. She played a perfect second half, coming up with eight of her 12 saves in the period while allowing no goals in order to secure the one goal win for the Tigers.

Football - Offensive
BLAKE BARMORE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a 6-3, 213-pound senior quarterback from Friendswood, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, October 13.

Barmore
enjoyed the best game of his career – and one of the top performances in school history – in a must-win on the road against DePauw University on Saturday, leading the team to a 43-28 victory. Barmore finished with a school and SCAC record 518 yards of total offense in the game, including 476 yards passing – the fourth-highest total in school history. Barmore completed 22 of 32 passes and threw two touchdowns, and also rushed for 42 yards and two scores. He accounted for four of the team’s six touchdowns. For the season, Barmore has completed 118 of 181 (65.2%) through the air for 1,802 yards and 11 touchdowns. He is averaging 300.3 yards per game passing and holds an efficiency rating of 164.46 on the year. The two rushing touchdowns this week were the first of the season for the senior quarterback.

Football - Defensive
JONATHAN BROOKS OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE, a 5-8, 175-pound junior cornerback from Roxie, Miss., has been selected the SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, October 13.

Brooks
picked off two passes and returned a fumble 14 yards for a score to pace a Millsaps defense that allowed a season-low 125 total yards in a 45-7 win at Sewanee on Saturday. In his first year in a Majors uniform, Brooks leads the team with four interceptions and is tied with teammate Marcus Harris with nine passes defended.


Men's Soccer - Offensive
CHRIS BAUMANN OF CENTRE COLLEGE, a junior center midfielder from Louisville, Ky., has been selected the SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

Baumann scored a game-winning goal and had two assists for the 10th-ranked Colonels, leading them to a pair of SCAC road victories over the weekend against Sewanee and Oglethorpe. On Friday against Sewanee, Baumann consistently created scoring opportunities with through balls out of the midfield, and his is efforts resulted in two assists to help Centre get the 5-0 win. Then on Sunday, Baumann scored the game-winning goal from a 30-yard bomb just under 20 minutes into the first half. The Colonels went on to post the 2-0 victory and extend their winning streak to nine games. For the season, Baumann ranks third on the team with 13 total points tallying three goals and seven assists (second in the SCAC).


Men's Soccer - Defensive
JOSEPH FISHER OF CENTRE COLLEGE, a senior outside back from Cullman, Ala., and JOE HOUCHINS OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior defender from Austin, Texas, have been selected the SCAC Men's Soccer Defensive Co-Players-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

Fisher led the 10th-ranked Colonels to another pair of shutout wins in SCAC play over the weekend, defeating both Sewanee and Oglethorpe on the road. Fisher and the Colonel defense extended their shutout streak to four games and have now gone 420 minutes without allowing a goal. On Friday at Sewanee, Fisher scored the game-winning goal in the 18th minute on a prolific strike from 30 yards out. For the season, Fisher has scored three goals, including two game-winners, for six total points as an outside back.

Houchins led a Tiger defense that recorded two shutouts last weekend, blanking both Colorado College and Austin College in SCAC play. Houchins and Trinity’s defense held its two opponents to just eight total shots in the two games, including a stingy total of two shots to Colorado College on Friday night. Colorado College came into the game averaging over 21 shots per game (second in the SCAC). Houchins also scored a goal as a defender on Sunday, opening the second half scoring with an unassisted goal in the 57th minute. It was the first goal of the season for the senior back line player.


Women's Soccer - Offensive
JENNIFER WRAY OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior midfielder from Abilene, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

Wray scored the only goal in the team’s only game of the week, lifting the Tigers to a 1-0 win over Austin College on Sunday afternoon. Wray hit a 74th minute goal to break a scoreless tie on the road, tying for the team lead with her seventh goal of the year. It was also her third game-winning goal of the season, tying her in that category as well. Trinity is now 21-2 whenever Wray scores a goal, and 30-2-2 in her career when she scores at least one point. For the season, Wray has seven goals and five assists, leading the team with 19 total points. She has three game-winning goals this season, and has nine game-winners in her career.


Women's Soccer - Defensive
LIZ SPRAGENS OF SEWANEE-UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a first-year goalkeeper from Nashville, Tenn., has been selected the SCAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

Spragens, who had never played goalkeeper before this weekend, was forced into action after both of the Tigers' keepers were shelved with severe injuries. With just a week of practice leading into this weekend's matches. Spragens earned a shutout on Friday against regionally-ranked Centre - the league's second-highest scoring team. She then nearly logged another shutout in a tough 1-0 loss to DePauw on Sunday. Spragens had 22 saves on the weekend - 10 on Friday and 12 more on Sunday.

Volleyball
SARA BUROS OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior right side from Austin, Texas, and JESSICA PHILLIPS OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a sophomore setter from Irving, Texas, have been named SCAC Volleyball Co-Players-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

Buros led the fourth-ranked Tigers to a 5-0 record last week, hitting an impressive .387 and averaging better than three kills and three digs per game. Buros committed just one error among 62 total attacks, collecting 25 kills for a team-high 3.12 kills per game. She was also second on the team with 30 digs and a 3.75 dig per game average this week. In the weekend finale against Colorado College, Buros tallied a team-high 18 kills to go with 14 assists, committing zero errors in 40 attacks to give her a .450 hitting percentage. It was the eighth double-double of the year for Buros. For the season, Buros is second on the team with 210 kills (2.56 per game) and a hitting percentage of .282 in 556 total attacks. She is also second on the team with 44 service aces and with 313 digs this season, averaging 3.82 per game.

Phillips
put together one of the best weekends of her career as 14th-ranked Austin College swept DePauw, Centre, Sewanee, and Southwestern at the SCAC East/West Divisional #2 at Trinity. Phillips averaged 14.73 assists per game with a high of 74 against Southwestern - the third highest total in Austin College program history. She also had six service aces and averaged 2.64 digs per game, and added seven blocks. For the season, Phillips leads the SCAC in assists with 1,071 (13.56 per game). She is on pace to set the new SCAC single-season assists per game mark - currently held by Ashley Farrimond of Trinity who averaged 13.01 per game in 2002.