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SCAC Players-of-the-Week
(9/6/04)
Men's Cross Country
JOHN
HERLIN OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior
from Palacios, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross
Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Wednesday, September 1 through Saturday, September 4.
Herlin - an NCAA qualifier a year ago - won the Trinity Invitational on Wednesday, marking
the first time he has won the meet in four attempts. Herlin ran a personal-best (27:18) for the course on a warm
day after chasing down the Division II frontrunner in the last
part of the race.
Women's
Cross Country
EILEEN SCHILLING OF CENTRE COLLEGE,
a sophomore from Louisville, Ky., has been selected the SCAC Women's
Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Wednesday, September 1 through Saturday,
September 4.
Schilling, coming off of a great freshman cross country/track year, proved
this past weekend that she plans on continuing her running success.
Schilling placed fourth at the Sewanee Invitational out of 155 athletes,
cruising the moderate 5,000 meter course in 19:11.05. She paced the
Colonels to
a third place finish out of 17 teams.
Field Hockey - Offensive
KATHARINE ETCHEN OF
RHODES COLLEGE,
a senior forward from Louisville, Ky., has been
selected the SCAC Field Hockey Offensive Player-of-the-Week for
matches
played Wednesday, September 1 through Sunday, September 5.
Etchen had the game-winning goal against Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday in the
season-opening 2-0 win for the Lynx.
On Sunday, she had the game-tying goal in a stunning 2-1 victory over NCAC and
Great Lakes Region powerhouse The College of Wooster.
For the weekend, Etchen had two goals and four points in helping the Lynx to
one of their best starts in school history.
Field Hockey - Defensive
ALICE COWLEY OF
RHODES COLLEGE,
a junior goalkeeper from Louisville, Ky., has been
selected the SCAC Field Hockey Defensive Player-of-the-Week for
matches
played Wednesday, September 1 through Sunday, September 5.
Cowley posted a shutout on Saturday against Ohio Wesleyan in the 2-0
season-opening win, and recorded two saves in the process.
The
following day, Cowley was once again outstanding
in the cage - allowing Wooster just one first-half goal. She
recorded 13 saves in 65 minutes in net in the 2-1 win over Wooster.
For the weekend, Cowley had 15 saves in 140 minutes in the cage for
a save percentage of .938 and a goals against average of 0.50.
Football - Offensive
JERROLD JONES OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY,
a 5-7, 189-pound junior running back from Katy, Texas, has been
selected the SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games
played Saturday, September 4.
Jones opened the season in style, rushing seven times for 117 yards
(16.7 yards/carry) and three touchdowns in a 52-10 victory over Austin College
on Saturday night. Jones gave Trinity the early lead with a 24-yard
scamper on just the second offensive play of the game for the Tigers, and then
scored his second touchdown on his fourth carry of the night early in the
second quarter. To start the second half, Jones made his final carry of
the night his best, exploding for a 53-yard score on the second play of the
third period (14:01). Jones also caught one pass for 10 yards in the
game. He was second on the team in rushing last year, gaining 339 yards and
three TD's on 86 carries (3.9 yards/carry).
Football - Defensive
BRYCE
BECKSTROM OF ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
a 5-11, 200-pound junior defensive back from Wyoming, Ill., has been
selected the SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games
played Saturday, September 4.
Beckstrom grabbed two key interceptions to help Rose-Hulman
earn a come-from-behind 16-12 victory over Earlham (Ind.) College.
His 24-yard return set up the Engineers' first touchdown of the game
to trim the margin to 12-7, and his second pick helped Rose-Hulman
boot a field goal to cut the halftime deficit to 12-10.
Beckstrom added one solo tackle and one pass breakup.
Rose-Hulman's defense forced three interceptions and allowed just 88
second-half yards to help the Engineers earn the win.
Men's Soccer - Offensive
KEN BODE OF RHODES COLLEGE,
a senior forward from Metairie, La., has been selected the SCAC Men's
Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Wednesday,
September 1 through Sunday, September 5. Bode
scored five goals and
assisted on two others as the Lynx started the year with three wins in as
many contests - including two victories at the SCAC/SLIAC Classic. Bode
had two goals on four shots in Wednesday's 3-2 overtime win against
University of Ozarks - a 2003 NCAA Tournament participant. In Saturday's
4-0 blanking of Principia, Bode added two more goals on six shots,
and on Sunday, he had one goal on five shots in the 5-0 win against
Blackburn.
Men's Soccer
- Co-Defensive
DAVID HORNE OF CENTRE COLLEGE,
a sophomore stopper back from Louisville, Ky., and SEBASTIAN GIRALDO
OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a senior defender from Corpus Christi,
Texas, have been selected the SCAC Men's Soccer Defensive
Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Wednesday, September 1 through
Sunday, September 5.
Horne
was an integral part in reducing
the Colonels' opponents to just five shots on goal and only one goal
scored. And on Sunday, Horne produced offensively as well. Against
Albion College, he scored two goals within two minutes of each other,
including the eventual game-winner, as Centre won 3-2. On the first goal,
Horne chipped the ball over an onrushing goalkeeper to give Centre
the lead at the 80:29 mark. He then headed home the eventual game-winner
off a corner kick at 82:05 to push the score to 3-1.
Giraldo
played consistent defense to secure the Pirate's double overtime tie
against 11th-ranked University of Redlands, and helped the team hold on to
defeat Pomona Pitzer, 2-1, in overtime.
Women's
Soccer - Offensive
BECKY GADDIS
OF SEWANEE-UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a sophomore midfielder from
Franklin, Tenn.,
has been selected the SCAC
Women's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from
Monday, September 1 through Sunday, September 5. Gaddis had a hand
in all three goals the Tigers scored this weekend. In Friday's 1-0 triumph
against Guilford, she assisted on the winning goal, and in Sunday's 2-0
blanking of Piedmont, Gaddis scored both goals as Sewanee opened
the 2004 season with two victories and won its own Labor Day Classic.
Women's Soccer -
Defensive
LAUREN ANDREWS OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY, a junior defender from Houston, Texas,
has been selected the SCAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player-of-the-Week for
matches played from Wednesday, September 1 through Sunday, September 5.
Andrews, a junior transfer, led the Tigers in recording two 1-0
shutouts to open the season (over Texas Lutheran and Hardin-Simmons). Not
only did she play a crucial role in preventing goals in the two games, but
Andrews was key to holding two opponents to just seven total shots in the
two games.
Volleyball
SARAH BURGER OF CENTRE COLLEGE,
a first-year middle hitter from Goshen, Ky., has been named SCAC Volleyball
Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, September 1 through
Sunday, September 5. Burger
led the
attack for the Colonels as they went 4-0 and won the Earlham College
Quaker Classic last weekend. The freshman had a stellar performance going
attack errorless in two of the four matches. In her college debut against
Bluffton, Burger tallied 10 kills with no errors on 23
attacks for a .435 attack percentage. Against
Goshen, she had her best match of the weekend racking up 14 kills with
zero errors on 25 attacks for a whopping .560 attack percentage and 4.66
kills per game. Burger continued to perform for the Colonels when
she had 13 kills with only one error on 37 attacks
(.324) against Wilmington in the championship match. Burger, who
played in every game for the Colonels last week, tallied 48 kills (3.4
kills/game) with only six errors on 199 total attacks
to hit .352 on the weekend. She also added an assist, four digs, five
block solos and nine block assists. For her efforts, Burger was
named to the All-Tournament team.
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