Old Dominion Athletic Conference

Athletes of the Week

April 7, 2008

BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mike Lenox, Bridgewater College
Lenox, a junior from Fredericksburg, Maryland, hit .421 during the week to help the Eagles to a 5-0 record. Lenox was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in a 3-2 victory over nationally-ranked CNU. He was also 2-for-4 with a run and RBI against Roanoke and closed the week with a 2-for-5 effort against Ferrum.  He finished the week with three multi-hit games and a pair of triples.  He scored a run in each contest, ending with six over the five games.

BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Jon Nichols, Lynchburg College
Nichols, a junior from Stafford, Virginia, tossed his best start of the season Wednesday against Hampden-Sydney, as he went eight innings allowing no runs. He also scattered five hits while walking one and striking out seven Tiger hitters.
 

MEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Damian Becker, Virginia Wesleyan
Becker, a freshman from Lynbrook, New York, scored a career-high four goals to help lead VWC to a big 9-6 ODAC victory at Hampden-Sydney, the program’s first win ever on the Tigers’ field.  Becker scored one of VWC’s first three goals as the Marlins took a 3-0 lead and tallied again with only two seconds remaining before halftime to give the Marlins a 5-2 edge.  He tacked on two more goals in the fourth quarter as VWC opened up a 9-5 lead.  Becker has scored at least one goal in each of VWC’s last four games and is now the fourth-leading scorer with 11 goals and 16 points.  So far this season, Virginia Wesleyan has earned ODAC wins over both Roanoke and Hampden-Sydney, both of which were ranked in the top 20 in all of the major preseason polls.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Gina Valles, Roanoke College
Valles, a sophomore from South Windsor, Connecticut, scored 10 goals and added five assists in three games this week, going 2-1 and winning an ODAC game vs. Lynchburg.  She scored three goals and had four assists in the win over Hornets.  She also notched four goals in a victory over Frostburg St.   She capped her week with three goals and one assist in overtime loss to Christopher Newport, including the goal that would eventually put the Maroons into overtime.  She leads the team in scoring and goals this season.

SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kelsey Ruitenberg, Roanoke College
Ruitenberg, a sophomore from Geneva, Illinois, went 9-for-12 with four runs, two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI.  She also rapped out a slugging percentage of 1.667 and on-base percentage of .769.  Ruitenberg had 15 putouts with six assists and didn’t commit an error.  She had 20 total bases in four games and batted .750.  She also won two games on the mound with one complete game.  In 12.2 innings of work, struck out 11 batters and allowed four earned runs.

SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Samantha Golley, Guilford College
Golley, a freshman from Street, Maryland, went 2-0 with a 0.70 ERA in two appearances.  She fanned 13 in 10.0 innings and limited opponents to a .121 batting average.  Golley leads Guilford with seven wins on the season.  She tossed a five-inning two-hitter in the Quakers’ 9-1 win over Randolph, fanning a career-high nine batters in the win.  She did not allow an earned run in Guilford’s 3-2 loss at Sweet Briar April 5.  Golley yielded two hits and struck out four.  She also enjoyed a solid week at the plate where she hit .583 in four games with seven hits and four RBIs.  She extended her hitting streak to a team-best 12 games.

MEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
William Moss, Hampden-Sydney College
Moss, a sophomore from Fredericksburg, Virginia, defeated Guilford No. 1 Jose Ortiz 6-0, 6-0 to lead the Tigers to their fifth conference victory. Moss teamed up with freshman Rich Pugh to score a 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles, propelling Hampden-Sydney to the 8-1 win.  Moss is 7-2 at #1 singles this season, 5-0 in ODAC contests.
 

WOMEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Caitlyn Mayton, Guilford College
Mayton, a senior from Lewiston, Idaho, won both singles’ matches in the Quakers’ 1-1 week… posted a straight-set win in her first second-singles action of the season versus Greensboro… scored the Quakers’ lone point in Guilford’s 8-1 loss to Roanoke with a straight-set win at third singles.
 

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Stanley Peyton, Bridgewater College
Peyton, a senior from King George, Virginia, broke one of the oldest records in the BC record book during the Duke Invitational.  Peyton ran the 800 in a time of 1:54.04 to break a record that had stood for 24 years. The old record was set in 1984 by Mark Luiggi with a time of 1:54.36. Peyton’s time is the best in the ODAC this season. Peyton also ran the 400 meters at Duke with a personal best time of 49.77 – the first sub 50-second 400 run by a BC athlete since the 2000 season. Peyton’s time ranks third in the ODAC this season.
 

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Sammy Mizerak, Bridgewater College
Mizerak, a sophomore from Purcellville, Virginia, ran on two winning relay teams, won two individual events and placed third in two more to help lead the Eagles to a second-place team finish at the Don Frail Invitational hosted by Marietta College.  Mizerak ran on both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams. Both teams won and both set new meet records in the process. The 400 relay team ran a 48.67, just missing the NCAA provisional standard of 48.65. The 400 relay time was also a new BC record. The 1600 relay won with a time of 4:11.66. Both relay times ranks second in the ODAC this season.  Mizerak won both the long jump and triple jump. Her winning long jump was 17-feet, ¾ inches and her winning triple jump was 34 feet, 1 ½ inches. Both jumps rank No. 2 in the BC all-time records book. She also placed third in the javelin and third in the 400 meter hurdles.