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SCAC Players-of-the-Week (10/11/04)

Men's Cross Country
BEN STALLSWORTH OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been selected the SCAC Men's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9. Stallsworth finished 20th out of 273 at the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Border Wars Invitational. Stallsworth ran 26:23 on a moderately hilly course. The meet featured eight teams that ranked in the top 25 national polls. Stallsworth has been a solid number 2 runner for DePauw all year.

Women's Cross Country
JULIE COATS OF HENDRIX COLLEGE, a junior from Conway, Ark., has been selected the SCAC Women's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for meets run Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9. Coats was Hendrix's top finisher at Harding University's Ted Lloyd Invitational in Searcy, Arkansas last weekend. After 36 hours straight of rain totaling over 1.5 inches, and the college men's race, the loop course was a slop yard. Coats ran by herself the entire way, and looked very smooth in finishing sixth overall in 19:17.17 - a personal best by 18 seconds. Coats broke up Harding's second and third runners - no small task as Harding's women are ranked seventh in Division II. And to prove Coats' versatility, she was also a SCAC Player-of-the-Week in softball last season.

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 Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10. Etchen led the way for the Lynx with two goals in Rhodes' 4-0 win over Transylvania. The Lynx went 2-0 on the weekend with wins over Sewanee and Transy. The 2-0 shutout of Sewanee maintained Rhodes' second place standing in the SCAC (3-1; 7-4 overall). For the week, Etchen had two goals on just four shots for a shooting percentage of .500.

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 Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10. Cowley shutout Sewanee and Transylvania this weekend with three saves against the Tigers and one against the Pioneers. Cowley, who helped improve the Lynx record to 7-4; 3-1 in league, has four shutouts on the season.

Football - Offensive
DANIEL SWANSTROM OF RHODES COLLEGE, a 5-11, 197-pound senior quarterback from Houston, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, October 9. Swanstrom threw for 409 yards and five touchdown passes to rally Rhodes to a 38-31 double overtime win against Rose-Hulman, in Terre Haute. Trailing 21-0 in the second quarter, Rhodes rallied to send the game into overtime on a Swanstrom to Matt Dement 40-yard TD pass with 28 seconds remaining in the game. After the two teams swapped field goals in the first overtime period, Rhodes went right for the quick score when Swanstrom hit Dement on a 22-yard touchdown pass to give the Lynx a 38-31 lead and the eventual win. Swanstrom completed 26 of 47 passes, and his five TD passes were a career high. After Saturday's performance, Swanstrom moved into fifth place all-time on the CAC/SCAC passing list with 6,578 career passing yards. His 48 touchdown passes is also good for fifth all-time. Swanstrom is fourth all-time in total offense with 7,385 yards.

Football - Defensive
DUSTIN HERTEL OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a 6-2, 215-pound junior defensive end from Batesville, Ind., has been selected the SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, October 9. Hertel had eight total tackles, including six solo, as the Tigers defensive line held Sewanee to just 54 yards rushing on 35 carries in Saturday's 27-13 SCAC victory. Hertel had one quarterback hurry and two sacks for eight yards in losses and totaled 4.5 tackles for losses of 15 yards - a single-game high in the SCAC this season. Currently, Hertel is fourth in the league in sacks (4.5) and leads the league in tackles for loss with 11.0. He is averaging 4.0 tackles per game.

Men's Soccer - Offensive
FRANK MONTELEONE OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a sophomore forward from Courtland, N.Y., has been selected the SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10. Monteleone scored the game-winner in Friday's 2-1 win against Sewanee; and he had a goal and an assist in Sunday's 3-0 shutout of Centre. This weekend's sweep of Sewanee and Centre is the first time Oglethorpe has defeated those teams in the same season since 1992. In fact, since the 1992 season and before this weekend, Oglethorpe had a combined 2-19-1 mark against Sewanee and Centre. Monteleone now has nine goals and six assists for 24 points in just 10 games. He is currently third in the SCAC in goals per game (0.90), assists per game (0.60) and points per game (2.40). 

Men's Soccer - Defensive
DANNY HEINE OF RHODES COLLEGE, a senior defender from Metairie, La., and DAVID MUELLER OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, a first-year defender from St. Louis, Mo., have been selected the SCAC Men's Soccer Defensive Co-Players-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10.

Heine organized a Lynx defense that conceded only six shots on goal over the weekend in wins against Rose-Hulman (4-1) and DePauw (2-0). Heine also added to the attack by assisting on the game-winning goal at Rose-Hulman.

Mueller
anchored the Stormy Petrels defense that only gave up one goal in three wins against Lagrange (4-0); Sewanee (2-1); and Centre (3-0). Mueller also made a surging late run in which he assisted on Frank Monteleone’s game-winner against Sewanee on Friday.

Women's Soccer - Offensive
TORY PAVLOVICH OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, a junior midfielder from Leawood, Kan., has been selected the SCAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10. Pavlovich had two goals and two assists in Friday's 7-0 blanking of Hendrix. She added an assist in Sunday's 3-0 defeat of Rhodes. With the weekend sweep, the 13th-ranked Tigers improved to 8-2-1 overall and 5-1 in the SCAC. For the season, Pavlovich has three goals and five assists for 11 points, good for fourth on the DePauw team. Her five assists ties her for fourth in the SCAC.

Women's Soccer - Defensive
SARAH OXFORD OF SEWANEE-UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, a senior defender from Winston Salem, N.C., has been selected the SCAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10. Oxford was part of Sewanee's strangling defensive effort over the weekend. The Tigers allowed no goals against Oglethorpe and Millsaps and just two opposition shots in both matches combined. With the weekend sweep, Sewanee is tied for first place in the SCAC standings with 15 points (5-1-0), along with DePauw and Rose-Hulman.

Volleyball
ASHLEY FARRIMOND OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior setter from Garden Ridge, Texas, has been named SCAC Volleyball Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10. Farrimond led the Tigers to five wins at the SCAC Cross-Divisional, extending Trinity's conference winning streak to 63 matches. The streak is a record for overall conference matches, and the team is 80-1 in SCAC play since Farrimond joined the team in 2001. She averaged 14.70 assists per game (147 total) over the weekend, also recording three aces, 13 kills, and 17 digs. Farrimond led the team to a hitting percentage of .293 (247-74-590) over the weekend. For the season, Farrimond is averaging 12.31 assists per game (788 total), and is second in Tiger history with 4,887 assists - less than 600 assists from the school record.