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Old Dominion
Athletic Conference
Athletes of the Week
April 14, 2008
BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Andrew Chrismer, Bridgewater College
Chrismer, a junior from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, helped lead
the Eagles to a 3-2 week by batting .647 and going 11-for-17. He
went 2-for 3 with three RBIs in a win over Eastern Mennonite and 6-for-7
in a doubleheader sweep against Emory & Henry. Over the course of
the week, he collected 10 RBIs and hit two homeruns to help get him a
slugging percentage of 1.117.
BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Bryon Mendenhall, Randolph-Macon College
Mendenhall, a freshman from Falls Church, Virginia, collected
two wins for the Yellow Jackets and did not allow a single run.
Against Emory & Henry, Mendenhall stuck out nine batters in seven
innings and in a 10-2 win over Washington and Lee, he struck out five
batters. Mendenhall improved to 5-0 on the season with his two
ODAC victories.
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Baseball Honor Roll |
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Zach
Polloi, Eastern
Mennonite |
Slugged
1.067 and batted .600 on the week while collected two home
runs and three RBIs in four games. |
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Brad
Buchman, Guilford |
Launched
his tenth home run of the season while slugging .800 and
batting .400 in four games. |
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Nick
Price, Hampden-Sydney |
Went
6-for-11 from the plate while notching two doubles, two runs
scored, two RBIs, and two stolen bases. |
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Daniel
Hard, Hampden-Sydney |
Earned his
sixth complete-game victory against EMU. He one run on
six hits and one walk while striking out five batters. |
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Ronnie
Laurie, Lynchburg |
Has a
16-game hitting streak going, while also stealing five bases
and scoring seven runs. He also broke the LC record
for single season stolen bases with 27. |
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Joe
Devlin, Lynchburg |
Went
1-0 in two appearances allowing nine hits and three runs in
14 innings of action. He also struck out five batters. |
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Graham
Thacker, Roanoke |
Notched 14
hits in five games to lead the Maroons to a 3-2 week.
Collected two doubles while scoring five runs and driving
home five runners. |
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Barrett
Henderson, Roanoke |
Collected
two wins for the Maroons by striking out 16 batters and
allowing only six runs in 13.1 innings of play. |
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Charlie Hart, Randolph-Macon |
Batted 7-for-15, with two
homeruns against Emory & Henry in a 3-2 week for the Yellow
Jackets. |
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Phil Candle, Virginia Wesleyan |
Connected on eight hits in 19 at
bats, which was highlighted by a 3-for-4 effort in a 3-1 win
over Lynchburg. |
MEN'S GOLF ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
Liam McGowan,
Guilford College
McGowan, a freshman from St. Andrews, Scotland,
helped lead the Quakers
to a 7th place finish out of fourteen teams at the Emory Spring
Invitational in Stone Mountain Georgia with a 36-hole 152 (74-78), which
ranked 19th among 80 competitors. His 74 was the team’s lowest in the
first round.
MEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Colin Dunn, Hampden-Sydney
Dunn, a senior
defenseman from Chevy Chase, Maryland, scored four goals and notched one
assist to lead Hampden-Sydney to a critical 2-0 week. On Saturday
afternoon, Dunn tallied three goals, including a behind-the-head,
overtime game-winner to propel the Tigers to a thrilling 13-12 extra
time triumph over rival Roanoke College. In the game, Dunn also dished
out an assist and picked up six ground balls, helping the Tigers end a
five-game losing skid to the Maroons. On Wednesday, Dunn scored one
goal, scooped three ground balls and forced three turnovers in
Hampden-Sydney’s 14-7 victory over host Guilford College. On the season,
Dunn has registered five goals and three assists, while picking up 49
ground balls.
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Men's Lacrosse Honor Roll |
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Joe
Dauksis, Guilford |
Scored a
game- and career-high three goals and picked up five ground
balls in a loss to Hampden-Sydney. |
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Norby
King, Lynchburg |
Won
17-of-24 face-offs in wins against Randolph-Macon and
Virginia Wesleyan. Also collected one assist and eight
groundballs on the week. |
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Stephen Weis, Lynchburg |
In two wins for the Hornets,
came away with eight goals and one helper. |
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Austin Wernecke, Washington and
Lee |
Picked up six groundballs and
led a W&L defense that only allowed 3 goals in a win over
Randolph-Macon. |
WOMEN'S LACROSSE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Gina Valles, Roanoke College
Valles, a sophomore from South Windsor,
Connecticut, scored 10 goals and had two assists once again this week to
lead the Maroons to a 2-0 week in ODAC play. Notched two goals a
two groundballs in a 14-5 victory against Bridgewater and
led a second half surge
against Virginia Wesleyan with six goals, an assist and six groundballs,
including 2-2 in free-position shots for the 15-10 win.
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Women's Lacrosse Honor Roll |
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Sarah Wade, Bridgewater |
Notched six
goals and three assists in three games for the Eagles. |
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Mary
Hutchins, Guilford |
Led the
Quakers to a 2-1 week with eight goals and six assists for a
team-high 14 points. |
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Morgan
Hutchinson, Randolph-Macon |
Tallied six
goals and four assists in a 1-1 weeks for the Yellow
Jackets. |
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Meredith
Newman, Sweet Briar |
Netted five
of Sweet Briar's 11 goals in a 11-10 victory over
Bridgewater. |
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Jillian Boyd, Virginia Wesleyan |
Tallied 13 points on nine goals
and 4 assists while grabbing 8 groundballs to lead the
Marlins to a 2-1 week. |
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Colleen Evans, Washington and
Lee |
Scored a career-high five goals
in a 16-6 win over Guilford. |
SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Katie Bruce, Lynchburg College
Bruce, a freshman from Lanexa, Virginia,
had a dominating week
on the mound and in the batter box. In addition to going 4-0 with a 1.33
ERA in the circle, Bruce hit .500 in six starts (as the designated player when
she wasn’t pitching). She had an on-base percentage of .550 and a
slugging mark of .833, including two walks and two home runs. She drove
in a team-best 10 runs and scored eight times.
SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Nicole Wade, Eastern Mennonite University
Wade, a sophomore from Madison Heights, Virginia,
pitched 16 innings in
three complete-game victories for the Royals. She allowed only one
earned run over that span while striking out 13 batters. Opponents hit
only .203 pitching three complete games. Wade leads the team with a
10-1 overall record and is tied for the team lead in innings pitched
(84.1).
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Softball Honor Roll |
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Caity
Butler, Bridgewater |
Helped the
Eagles post a 5-1 week by hitting .417, while scoring twice
and tallying 10 RBIs. |
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Ashley
Gills, Bridgewater |
Pitched
16.2 innings for the Eagles including complete-game victory
over Randolph-Macon and allowed only two unearned runs on
the week. |
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Miranda
White, Eastern Mennonite |
Batted .444
with three runs scored, a home run and eight RBIs in a 301
weeks for the Royals. |
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Kelly
Guarnieri, Guilford |
Connected
on 10-of-17 at bats for an average of .588 including three
doubles during a 4-2 week for the Quakers. |
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DeNina
Eldridge, Guilford |
Notched a
4.00 ERA while fanning 11 in 14.0 innings while limiting
opponents to a .250 batting average. |
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Lindsay
Cross, Randolph |
Hit .333 for the
WildCats, including a 2-for-3 performance in game two of a
doubleheader against Roanoke. |
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Hillary
Hudgins, Roanoke |
Batted .529 with
nine hits, three doubles and five walks in addition to
scoring nine runs and driving two runners home. |
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Melissa
Viar, Sweet Briar |
Averaged .364
this week, while scoring three times and collecting one RBI. |
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Mandy
Nixon, Virginia Wesleyan |
Hit 8-for-10,
including one double and one triple, in a 4-2 week for the
Marlins. |
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Brittaney Brown, Virginia
Wesleyan |
Struck out 19
batters, bringing her season total to 109, which makes her
only the sixth pitcher in VWC history to surpass the 100-K
plateau in a season. |
MEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
William Moss, Hampden-Sydney College
Moss, a sophomore from Fredericksburg,
Virginia,
led the Tigers to a 3-0
close to the conference slate with several solid performances. Moss
helped Hampden-Sydney to a strong 7-2 win over regional No. 16 Roanoke
College with a 6-0, 6-1 singles win over Maroons’ top hitter Hart
Callahan, and earned an 8-6 doubles victory alongside teammate Rich Pugh
at No. 1 doubles. Moss dispatched of Randolph-Macon No. 1 Thomas Hanes
6-1, 6-0 after teaming up with freshman Pugh to top the Jackets’ pair of
Hanes and Dan Doherty, 8-1. On April 9, Moss and Pugh defeated Virginia
Wesleyan’s Steven Wright and Devin Crosby 8-6 before Moss ousted Wright
in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.
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Men's Tennis Honor Roll |
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Mike Muir, Guilford |
Went 1-0 at
#5 singles against Averett, 2-0 at #4 singles against
Bridgewater and Lynchburg and 1-1 in doubles play for the
week. |
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Jay Duimstra, Lynchburg |
Went 1-1 in #3
singles and 2-0 in #3 doubles to lead the Hornets to a 1-1
week. |
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John Best,
Randolph-Macon |
Topped
Randolph with a 6-0, 6-0 win at #2 singles and an 8-0 win at
#2 doubles. |
WOMEN'S TENNIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Hilary Teeter,
Bridgewater College
Teeter, a senior from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
was 3-0 at No. 1 singles and 3-0 at No. 1 doubles this past week, all
against conference competition. She won all three singles matches in
straight sets, losing a total of just six games. In doubles, Teeter and
partner Diana Ricker lost just two games in three matches.
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Women's Tennis Honor Roll |
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Megan
Fair, Guilford |
Helped lead
the Quakers to a 3-0 week by yielding only five points in
six sets for the week. |
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Whitney Robinson,
Randolph-Macon |
Led R-MC to a
2-0 week going 2-0 in #4 singles and 2-0 in #2 doubles. |
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Virginia
Edahl, Sweet Briar |
Won four of
eight matches at #1 singles and #1 doubles for the Vixens. |
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Meredith
Willett, Virginia Wesleyan |
Led the Marlins
while going 2-0 at #4 singles and 2-0 at #2 doubles in wins
over Sweet Briar and Randolph. |
MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Melvin Queen, Bridgewater College
Queen, a senior from Chesapeake, Virginia,
won the 100 meters, 200 meters and ran on the winning 4x100 relay team
to lead Bridgewater to the team title at the 18-team Messiah
Invitational. Queen won the 100 in a time of 10.79, missing the NCAA
provisional mark by 1/100th of a second. He won the 200 in
21.77 to set a new Bridgewater College record, this time missing the
NCAA provisional mark by 2/100ths of a second. In the relay the Eagles
won with a time of 42.02, again missing the NCAA provisional mark by
2/100ths of a second.
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Men's
Track Honor Roll |
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Chris Word, Lynchburg |
Won the
400-meter dash in 48.22 at the Lynchburg Track Classic,
which provisionally qualifies him for nationals. |
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David Paco,
Virginia Wesleyan |
Set four
VWC records in the high jump (5-9), 4x400 (3:34.01), 400
hurdles (57.76) and 110 hurdles (17.99). |
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Billy
Billington, Washington and Lee |
Won the hammer throw at the
Lynchburg Track Classic with a throw of 47.29m, a new W&L
record. |
WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Dominique McCoy,
Roanoke College
McCoy, a sophomore from Williamsburg, Virginia, is a provisional
national qualifier in the long jump, which she won at the Lynchburg
Track Classic with a jump of 18'5". She also placed third in the
triple jump with a jump if 36'7" and finished sixth in the 400 hurdles.
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Women's Track Honor Roll |
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Samantha
Phillips, Bridgewater |
Was apart
of the 4x100 relay team that set a BC record of 48.54, which
provisionally qualifies them for nationals. |
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Michelle
Leaman, Eastern Mennonite |
Broke the school record in
the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.94 and in the
400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.90. |
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Kyra
Richardson, Lynchburg |
Was apart
of the 4x100 relay team that set the Lynchburg school record
of 49.99. Also ran a 26.29 in the 100-meter dash. |
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Elizabeth Webb, Washington
and Lee |
Was the second collegiate
finisher (top DIII) in the 1500m at the UVA Invitational
with a time of 4:40.37, which is a new W&L school record. |
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