2004-05 Year in Review
 

Baseball
Sixth-seeded Hampden-Sydney reeled off four consecutive wins in the ODAC Tournament, capped off by a 4-3 win over Lynchburg to earn the conference’s AQ … The Tigers advanced to the Division III National Championship Series when they captured the South Region Championship … HSC's season came to an end with losses to Rowan and Cortland State in Appleton, Wisconsin … Lynchburg’s Lucas Jones earned Player-of-the-Year honors after he hit .481 with 50 RBI, 36 runs, .535 and .656 on-base and slugging percentages, respectively … HSC right-handed hurler John Schoenholtz was named the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year … The Dhahran, Saudi Arabia native logged 92.2 innings on the bump, going 11-2 with a 2.14 ERA while striking out 85 batters … Tiger backstop Jason Bour was selected by the ODAC skippers as the league’s Rookie-of-the-Year. The Centreville, Va., native played in 33 games hitting at a .356 clip. Bour hit two home runs and drove in 33 runners on the season … HSC’s Jeff Kinne was named Coach-of-the-Year by his peers after leading the sixth-seeded Tigers to their first ODAC title since 1989. Kinne’s squad finished the season with a 27-15 on the year.

Men’s Basketball
Virginia Wesleyan topped Randolph-Macon 71-57 in the ODAC Tournament finals to capture the league title and advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Marlins opened up with a first-round win over New Jersey City, 76-57 before falling to eventual Final Four participant York College, 90-80, in the second-round … Yellow Jacket junior center Justin Wansley was given the Kurt Axe Player-of-the-Year Award and earned First-Team All-America honors after posting 18.6 points a game and led the league with 10.2 rebounds a contest … Bridgewater’s Bill Leatherman was honored by his peers with his fourth Coach-of-the-Year honor. In his 20th season patrolling the sidelines in the ODAC, Leatherman led his team to a 17-8, overall record, a 12-6 mark in the league … Kerry Atkinson from Guilford was named the league’s Freshman-of-the-Year … Clay Michael of Bridgewater was named the Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Women’s Basketball
Behind ODAC Player-of-the-Year and First-Team All-America Megan Silva, Randolph-Macon finished the regular season with a perfect 20-0 record in the league and went on to earn the league’s bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 72-55 win over Bridgewater in the ODAC finals … The Yellow Jackets won their first three tournament games, defeating Mary Washington (89-76), Trinity (Texas) (82-79 in overtime), George Fox (63-51) and earned a spot in the National Championship game when they defeated then number-one Scranton 70-65 in the semis before losing to Millikin, 70-50, in the title game … Silva finished the season leading the league in scoring with a 19.9 points per game average and ranked 10th or better in six ODAC statistical categories, including a league-leading 5.5 assists per contest. The Glen Allen, Va., native also accepted the league’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year award … Yellow Jacket head coach Carroll LaHaye was tabbed by her peers as the league’s top mentor. A veteran of 23 years at the Ashland, Va., college, LaHaye did what no other coach has done in the ODAC – lead her team to a 20-0 record … Roanoke’s Erin Hanson was named the conference’s Freshman-of-the-Year after averaging in double figures with 13.2 ppg.

Women’s Cross-Country
Washington and Lee won its eighth ODAC championship with 27 points when the Generals placed three runners in the top six spots at the league meet in Harrisonburg, Va. … Roanoke was second with 48 points followed by Lynchburg which had 74 points … General Lindsay Erickson was the top overall runner with a time of 24:42.89 earning Runner and Freshman-of-the-Year honors … Erickson earned a spot at the National Championship race at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire where she finished 84th out of 215 runners … W&L’s Kris Hoey was recognized by her peers as the Coach-of-the-Year and LC’s Kelly Archibald was awarded Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year honors by the ODAC sports information directors.

Men’s Cross-Country
ODAC Runner-of-the-Year Nathan Johnson paced Washington and Lee (32-points) to a first-place team finish at the league championship with a top-time of 28:15.56 … Roanoke came in second with 46 points followed by Lynchburg with 55 points … Johnson was followed by his teammate, second-place finisher and Freshman-of-the-Year Alex Mahoney … Johnson advanced to the National Championship race at UW-Eau Claire were he placed 83rd out of 215 runners … W&L's John Tucker was honored as the league’s Coach-of-the-Year and Johnson was named the Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year.

Equestrian
Randolph Macon Woman’s College won the 2005 ODAC Equestrian Championship, which was hosted by Hollins University. The Wildcats totaled 19 points. Washington & Lee (17 points) was named Reserve Champion. Hollins and Bridgewater finished tied for third place with 10 points … Randolph Macon Woman’s College took home two of the top individual awards, with J.T. Tallon being named Coach of the Year and Codi Lambert named Rider-of-the-Year with an 82.5pt average in the show. Bridgewater’s Alison Noe was named Freshman-of-the-Year after averaging 81.75pts ... Hollins junior Jennifer Champagne was named the ODAC Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Field Hockey
Virginia Wesleyan captured the league championship with a 2-1 win over top-seeded and home-standing Lynchburg in the ODAC finals … The Marlins advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they were topped by Messiah, 6-1 … LC’s Andrea Fleming earned Player-of-the-Year honors after leading the league with 32 goals for the season … Roanoke’s Liz Hudson was named the Freshman-of-the-Year after scoring a team-best 17 goals. She added four assists for 38 points which was good for fourth-best in the ODAC … Hornets head coach Enza Steele was named the Coach-of-the-Year after directing LC to a perfect 9-0 regular season mark in the ODAC and a 16-5 overall record … Jonalyn Denlinger of Eastern Mennonite was awarded the Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award.

Football
For the fourth consecutive year, Bridgewater ran the table (6-0) in league play to capture the ODAC crown and advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles lost their first round contest at Washington and Jefferson, 55-48, in double overtime … Hampden-Sydney running back CW Clemmons capped a stellar career rushing for a league best 1,098-yards, he also pulled in 31 passes for 366 yards and scored a combined 13 touchdowns on his way to receiving the ODAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year award and setting the ODAC career scoring mark with 282 points and 46 touchdowns … BC defensive lineman Lawrence Frierson won the first ODAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year honor after making 42 tackles, 11 of which were for losses and three sacks on the season … HSC wide out Drew Smith took Rookie-of-the-Year honors after hauling in 30 passes for 648 yards and 10 touchdowns … Washington and Lee field general Frank Miriello was tabbed Coach-of-the-Year. W&L went 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the ODAC … Clemmons was also named the Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year by the league’s Sports Information Directors.

Golf
For the second time in four years the Quakers of Guilford College won the NCAA Division III National Championship, running away with the title by 25 strokes in Howie-in-the-Hills, Fla. … Colin Clark and Dave Patterson paced GC, tying for first-place at the national championship. Clark won the medallist competition, topping Patterson in a one-hole playoff … Randolph-Macon won the school’s first OCAC golf title topping the field at the league tournament … RMC shot a 628 to edge Washington and Lee by four strokes. Guilford placed third (635 strokes) followed by Bridgewater (655 strokes) … Yellow Jacket Blake Smith took individual honors at the league championships, shooting nine over par … Clark was selected by the league’s coaches as the 2005 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Golfer-of-the-Year. Clark finished second at the league championship and led the ODAC in stroke average with a 74.5 average in 21-rounds … Nathaniel James of Washington and Lee earned Freshman-of-the-Year honors after compiling a stroke average of 74.9 in 21-rounds … Jeff Burns was selected as the Coach-of-the-Year after leading Randolph-Macon to the school’s first league championship.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field
Lynchburg successfully defended its title at the ODAC Indoor Track and Field Championship meet held in Newport News, Va. LC accumulated 247.5 points to take the title and was followed by second place Eastern Mennonite with 73 points and Roanoke in third-place with 49 points. Mike Lansdowne was named the Athlete-of-the-Meet winning three championships in the 200-meter dash (22.29), the 400-meter dash (49.74) and was a member of the LC winning 4x400 relay team … Teammate Brian Viar was tabbed as the Freshman-of-the-Year after winning the 55-meter hurdles in 8.09 and cleared 6-02 to win the high jump. He also placed second in the long jump and third in the triple jump … Dr. Jack M. Toms of Lynchburg was named the Coach-of-the-Year and W&L's Nathan Johnson was the Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year … Lansdowne qualified nationally in the 400-meters, earning All-American status. His teammate Ryan Holmes qualified for the triple jump.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field
The Hornets of Lynchburg College won their eighth ODAC championship, posting 152 total points to finish ahead of second place Roanoke (95 points) and third-place Eastern Mennonite (94 points) … Ashley Palmer of LC took home Athlete-of-the-Meet honors winning the 200-meter (27.11) and 400-meter (59.48) dashes and the long jump (16-02.50). She was also member of the title-winning 4x400 relay team, and placed second in the 55-meter hurdles and sixth in the 55-meter dash … Casandra Williams of Roanoke was named Rookie-of-the-Year on the strength of her win in the 55-meter dash (7.45). She also went on to take second place overall in the 200 meters, finishing the race in 27.23. To cap off her night, Williams was a part of the Roanoke 4x400 meter relay team that placed second overall … Dr. Jack M. Toms of Lynchburg was honored as the Coach-of-the-Year and Wendy Driver of Eastern Mennonite was recognized by the league’s Sports Information Directors as the Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year … Palmer qualified for the NCAA National Competition in the 400-meters and long jump, while Megan Mlinarchik of Eastern Mennonite qualified in the pole vault.

Men’s Lacrosse
Lynchburg downed Roanoke 11-10 in thrilling fashion to capture the ODAC championship and conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament … Despite falling to LC, RC earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament where the Maroons downed Widener 18-12, while Lynchburg topped Denison, 9-6, in second-round action. The two squared off in the third-round of the tournament with Roanoke prevailing 10-9 before losing to eventual champion Salisbury 13-11 in the semifinals … Maroon keeper Matt Madalon was tabbed as the Player-of-the-Year. The junior posted an 8.37 goals-against average and a. 619 save percentage in leading RC to a 15-3 overall record … LC net minder Garrett Curran was named the Freshman-of-the-Year after posting a league best 6.94 GAA and a .605 save percentage, helping LC to a 13-5 overall mark … Roanoke’s Bill Pilat and Lynchburg’s Steve Koudelka shared Coach-of-the-Year honors. The award was Pilat’s sixth and Koudelka’s second … A.J. Tinklepaugh of LC was named the Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year.

Women’s Lacrosse
Head Coach Jan Hathorn led the Washington and Lee Generals to their third consecutive ODAC championship with a thrilling 6-5 win over Randolph-Macon … W&L won its first NCAA Tournament game with an 11-9 victory over then number-four Amherst before being upended by Salisbury, 15-4 … General Kristen Brown was named ODAC Player-of-the-Year in a season in which she started all 19 games for W&L scoring nine goals, picking up 46 ground balls, winning 13 draw controls and causing 16 turnovers … Hathorn was honored by her peers by being named the 2005 ODAC Coach-of-the-Year after leading the Generals to a perfect 8-0 mark in the league and an overall record of 15-4. It was Hathorn’s third consecutive coach-of-the-year honor and her seventh overall since joining the program in 1988 … Ellie Donahue of Sweet Briar took home Rookie-of-the-Year honors after finishing third in the league in scoring with 47 goals in 16 games. Donahue also had eight assists on the season for a total of 55 points to earn All-ODAC First-Team recognition … Virginia Wesleyan’s Kristen Jehl was honored by the ODAC Sports Information Directors as the 2005 Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year.

Men’s Soccer
For the third time in four years, Roanoke College won the ODAC Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Maroons upended Lynchburg 2-0 in the finals to capture the school's seventh league championship. RC played Arcadia (Pa.) in the opening-round of the national tournament, bowing out with a 1-0 loss in overtime at home … Bridgewater ‘s Matt Brock was named the ODAC Player-of-the-Year in a season in which he scored 12 goals and dished out 10 assists. Brock’s 34 points were second-best in the ODAC and helped lead the Eagles to an 8-6-2 overall record, a 4-3-2 mark in the league and an appearance in the ODAC Tournament semifinals … Roanoke College keeper Austin Rose was named ODAC Rookie-of-the-Year after leading the Maroons to an ODAC best 7-2 league record. Rose started 19 games, posting a 1.01 goals against average and eight shut outs … RC head coach Scott Allison and Lynchburg’s Chris Yeager were named ODAC Co-Coaches-of-the-Year by their peers … The ODAC Sports Information Directors voted Brett Ralls of Guilford the Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year.

Women’s Soccer
Lynchburg capped off a perfect ODAC season with a 1-0 win over Washington and Lee in the ODAC finals … The Hornets finished the regular season with a perfect 11-0-0 mark in the ODAC before winning the league tournament and advancing to the NCAA Tournament where they topped Emory 1-0 in overtime and lost to Christopher Newport 1-0 in the Round of 16 … LC keeper Erin Johnson garnered ODAC Player-of-the-Year honors after posting a league-best 12 shut outs and a 0.19 GAA. Johnson and the LC defense yielded just six goals all season with her in net. Johnson was also named ODAC Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year by the league’s Sports Information Directors … Lauren Askey was named ODAC Rookie-of-the-Year after starting all 22 games for the Hornets and scoring eight goals … Lynchburg’s Todd Olsen was named Coach-of-the-Year by his peers.

Softball
Roanoke prevailed as league champion for the sixth-time in seven-years when it was victorious over Lynchburg 6-3 in the championship game of the ODAC tournament … RC opened up the NCAA Tournament with a 2-1, nine-inning win over Moravian but lost its next game to Salisbury, 6-1, and then a rematch against Moravian, 5-0 … Christy Mays of Lynchburg was voted Player-of-the-Year as she hit .403 with a home run and 36 RBI. Mays had an on-base percentage of .426, made just three errors in 292 chances and ranked in the top five in nine different ODAC offensive categories … In addition to her performance on the field, Mays was recognized as the softball Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year by the league’s Sports Information Directors … Lyndsi Craig of Roanoke was named the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year after leading the Maroons to their second consecutive ODAC championship. Craig was 14-3 with a 1.53 ERA and struck out an ODAC best 124 batters in a 114.2 innings pitched … Bridgewater’s Jennifer Hall took Rookie-of-the-Year honors after starting all 42 games for BC, batting .384 with three home runs and 19 RBI … Lynchburg skipper Dawn Simmons was tabbed as Coach-of-the-Year by her peers after leading the Hornets to a 31-9 overall record and an appearance in the ODAC championship game.

Swimming
Washington and Lee continued to lead the way in the pool with its 12th consecutive league title in 2005. The Generals claimed 596 points at the ODAC championship meet to finish ahead of Randolph-Macon (475), Randolph-Macon Woman’s (249.5), Sweet Briar (230), Hollins (213) and Guilford (118.5) … Randolph-Macon junior Erin Ewalt was named the conference Swimmer of the Year for the third consecutive season after winning three events at the championship including the 200IM, 400Im and 200 backstroke. Ewalt broke two of her own past conference records in the process with her 2:11.06 mark in the 200 IM and 4:37.89 in the 400 IM. Ewalt was also tabbed the Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year … Sweet Briar’s Nicole Snyder and Randolph-Macon’s Sarah Swann were tabbed co-Rookies of the Year … Sweet Briar’s Jason Gallagher was recognized by his peers as the ODAC Coach of the Year. Gallagher, in his second year at the helm of the SBC program, led the Vixen to a fourth place finish in the conference championship.

Men’s Tennis
The Generals of Washington and Lee won their 10th-straight conference championship, claiming four singles flights and all three doubles flights at the ODAC Championship Tournament … The Generals tallied 85 points and were followed by Roanoke (76) in second-place and Guilford (66) in third … In the NCAA Tournament the Generals beat Carnegie Mellon 4-1 in the first-round before falling to Emory 4-0 in the second-round … Hampden-Sydney junior Patrick Gee was named the ODAC Player of the Year after winning the No. 1 singles flight … Roanoke freshman Kyle Allen was named the ODAC Rookie of the Year after finishing as the runner-up at No. 2 singles. W&L head coach David Detwiler was named the ODAC Coach of the Year, while W&L senior Paul McClure was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was a member of the All-America team after advancing to the NCAA singles tournament … McClure and his doubles partner David Shay also competed in the NCAA Tournament and were named All-Americans.

Women’s Tennis
Head Coach Cinda Rankin led her Washington and Lee Generals to the school's 14th ODAC Championship in 15 years, a spot in the National Championship match and helped senior Lindsay Hagerman to the NCAA singles crown … The Generals swept both the single and doubles flights at the ODAC Championship to garner 72 points, followed by Emory and Henry with 36 points and Hollins with 32.5 points … W&L won its first four NCAA team matches downing Swathmore (5-0), Carnegie Mellon (5-0), Denison (5-1) and Middlebury (5-3) before losing to Emory in the championship match, 5-3 … Hagerman posted a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 win over DePauw’s Liz Bondi to win the NCAA Singles Championship. She was also named ODAC Player and Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year, an All-America and a finalist for the Honda Award presented to the Division III Female Athlete-of-the-Year.

Men’s Track and Field
Coach-of-the-Year Dr. Jack M. Toms and his Lynchburg Hornets won their 15th men’s track and field title in 16-years. Lynchburg accumulated 212 points, followed by Eastern Mennonite with 117 and Bridgewater College with 98 … Washington and Lee senior Nathan Johnson earned Male Athlete of the Meet honors after pulling off the double win in the 1500-meter and 5000-meter runs. He ran the 1500-meter in 4:04.20 and the 5000-meter in 15:47.60. He was also named the ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Roanoke’s Dana Mueller took home ODAC Male Athlete of the Year accolades. He won the 800-meter run in 1:53.57 and captured fifth in the 1500-meter run in 4:10.50 … Freshman of the Year honors went to LC's Brian Viar. Viar won the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.54 seconds, placed second in both the high jump at 1.87 meters and the long jump at 6.70 meters and finished fourth in the triple jump at 13.19 meters … Mueller, Andy Rollins (LC/Pole Vault), Doug Thomasey (LC/Decathlon), Jeremy Webster (EMU/200-meters) and Ricky Easterling (BC/High Jump) all qualified nationally, with Easterling and Thomasey earning All-America honors at the national meet in Iowa.

Women’s Track and Field
Behind ODAC Female Athlete-of-the-Year Ashley Palmer, the Hornets of Lynchburg won their third consecutive league title … LC recorded 169 points, followed by Roanoke with 120 points and Eastern Mennonite with 91 team points …Palmer was named the Female Athlete of the Meet after placing in the top five in eight events and winning four … She set a new ODAC championship record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.93. She won the 400-meter dash in 59:39 seconds and the long jump in 5.24 meters … Meredith Withers of Roanoke won the 100-meter intermediate hurdles in 16.11 seconds, finished third in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:08.53, tied for third in the high jump at 1.58 meters, and ended up fifth in the shot put with a throw of 9.87 meters to earn Rookie-of-the-Year honors … Wendy Driver of Eastern Mennonite was named Scholar Athlete-of-Year and Dr. Jack M. Toms was honored as Coach-of-the-Year … Palmer (Heptathlon, 400-Meters, Long Jump) and Megan Mlinarchik (EMU, Pole Vault) earned national berths with Palmer achieving All-America status in the 400-Meters.

Volleyball
Washington and Lee won its fourth-consecutive ODAC title and its eighth in 10 years with a three-set win over Randolph Macon 30-23, 30-23, 30-13 in the championship match … The Generals won their opening-round NCAA match versus Maryville 3-0 (30-28, 30-25, 30-23) before losing to Emory 3-1 in the second-round … W&L setter Christine Gladysz was named Player-of-the-Year after dishing out a league best 1, 161 (12.2 apg) assists on the season. She also posted 49 service aces and 320 digs. Gladysz along with teammate Emily Wolfing were named All-America … Randolph-Macon setter Elizabeth Kite was presented ODAC Rookie-of-the-Year honors. Kite was third in the ODAC with 1, 235 assists (10.6 apg). She also had 29 service aces and 299 digs …After leading his Generals to a perfect 11-0 ODAC record and 24-7 overall mark, Washington and Lee’s Bryan Snyder was recognized as the 2004 ODAC Coach-of-the-Year … Wolfing was also named the Scholar-Athlete-of-Year.

2003-04 Year-in-Review