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Where Are They Now? Colorado Christian's Whitelaw was RMAC athlete of month
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2/17/12
Christina Whitelaw, St. Mary's
Basketball players Western New Mexico’s Chad Carter and Colorado Christian’s Christina Whitelaw have been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Athletes of the Month for January 2012. The league’s 14 sports information directors nominate student-athletes from their institution which are then selected by the RMAC office.
A sophomore guard, Whitelaw averaged 16.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 4.6 steals and 0.6 blocks per game in January, helping Colorado Christian to a 6-2 record. Whitelaw notched two triple-doubles in the month of January, and is now leading the nation in the category (she is the only player in Division II with more than one triple double). She finished the month ranked second in the nation in steals, averaging 4.5 per game. She totaled 37 steals in the month of January, including a season high eight against Regis on Jan 6.
Whitelaw put up three double-double performances in January, including a 26-point, 11 rebound showing against Regis on Jan. 6, 22 points and 14 rebounds against Western on Jan. 20, and 24 points and 13 rebounds against Nebraska-Kearney on Jan. 27. She scored in double digits in seven of the eight games in January, and stole the ball at least four times in six games. The Colorado Springs native was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Player of the Week three times – for her offensive and defensive efforts on Jan. 9, and again for her offensive efforts on Jan. 23. She also picked up NCCAA National Player of the Week honors Jan. 9 and 23. Whitelaw led CCU to a 6-2 record in the month of January, including an upset of then-ranked No. 2 Metro State (25 points, nine rebounds, five assists, four steals).
She was also RMAC player of the week ending in the first week of February.
Chucky Jeffery, Sierra
Junior guard Chucky Jeffery leads the Colorado Buffaloes at 15.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. She is prominent on the Pac-12 leader board, ranking third in steals (2.5 spg), fourth in assists, sixth in free-throw percentage (.744) and defensive rebounds (5.6 dprg), seventh in scoring, 10th in overall rebounding, blocked shots (1.1 bpg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (0.8) and 14th in field-goal percentage (.449) and 3-point percentage (.338).
Jeffery has scored in double figures in 20 of Colorado’s 24 games and reached the 20-point mark for the sixth time this season with a game-high 21 against Arizona. She became the 24th player in team history to reach 1,000 points during her 18-point performance against Oregon. She has a team-best five double-doubles on the season, tied for 11th in the Pac-12. She was the MVP of CU’s Omni Hotels Classic and was named Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Dec. 4.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Courtney Carnes scored the game winner to lift Buffalo State (7-13-2/4-10-1) to a 2-1 victory over visiting Cortland (4-14-1/2-12-1) in an ECAC West game at the Ice Arena.
The Bengals outshot Cortland, 26-20, and Jordan Lee turned aside 19 shots to earn her seventh win of the season.
Jared Esquivel, Falcon
Playing in 40-degree temperatures did not stop the Peru State College Bobcat baseball team from capturing their first win of the season. After travelling to Bethany, Okla., in anticipation of playing four games, the Bobcats ended instead playing just one game, but won 8-4 over Southern Nazarene University.
In the top of the fourth, Kyle Fredrickson reached base on a walk and Jared Esquivel came in to run for Fredrickson. Esquivel advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and then went to third on an SNU throwing error. Jonathan Castillo then reached base on a fielder’s choice driving in Esquivel giving the ‘Cats a two-run cushion at 6-4.
2/10/12
Chris Zaremba, Liberty
A senior on the Plymouth State University men’s ice hockey team was recognized Monday with top weekly recognition from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC).
Senior assistant captain Chris Zaremba was named MASCAC Player of the Week for his efforts in a pair of wins last week. Zaremba was a key component who helped the Panthers win two games and move back into first place in the MASCAC.
A 5'8", 170-pound forward, Zaremba tallied three goals in PSU’s 2-0 week, including a power play marker and a game-winner. He scored once in Thursday’s 4-2 win over Westfield State and added two more goals, including the game-winner, in Saturday’s 4-3 triumph over Framingham State. His third-period power play goal against Framingham ended up as the game-winner.
Zaremba, who missed four games earlier this season, has played in 16 games and ranks second on the team with eight goals and tied for fifth with 12 points (8-4-12). Three of his eight goals were game-winners.
Plymouth State, 12-6-2 overall, is atop the MASCAC standings with a 7-3-2 league mark with four games remaining. PSU has a week off before returning to the ice this Saturday, Feb. 11, with a visit to Salem State University.
Jeannie Folan, Fountain Valley
Hamilton College swimmers and diver accounted for 11 event victories in the Continentals' dual meet win against Rensselaer at Hamilton's Bristol Pool on Feb. 4.
Allie Reeder took first place in the 200 free (2:01.19) and was second in the 100 free (56.91 seconds). Jeannie Folan finished second behind Reeder in the 200 with a time of 2:01.69.
Chucky Jeffery, Sierra
Junior guard Chucky Jeffery scored 18 points and became the 24th player in Colorado history to reach 1,000 for a career, but one prolonged drought gave Oregon a 67-62 decision Saturday afternoon at the Matthew Knight Arena.
The Buffaloes drop their third straight game, falling to 15-7 overall, 4-7 in Pac-12 play. Oregon improves to 13-10, 5-6.
Colorado went 9 minutes, 18 seconds between the end of the first half and beginning of the second half without a field goal, allowing the Ducks to erase a double-digit deficit with a game-changing 18-0 run, including 13 straight to start the second half.
CU, which led by as much as 13 in the first half, hit just 33 percent in the second half and missed 13 consecutive shots during Oregon’s big run.
Jeffery, now with 1,010 points, scored her 1,000th point on a layup with 12:46 in the second half. Lexy Kresl had a career-high 17 points and matched a personal best with five 3-point field goals.
“Chucky does so much for us, and I know she wanted the win more than 1,000 points, but it’s quite an accomplishment,” CU head coach Linda Lappe said.
Chucky Jeffery is the 24th player in team history to reach 1,000 career points (now 1,010). She is the 10th player to achieve 1,000 before her senior year. Surpassing 1,000 in her 81st career game, she ties Tera Bjorklund (2000-04) for the ninth fastest to reach 1,000.
Jeffery tied her own team season highs with seven assists and six steals. Jeffery has 22 steals over the last six games (3.7 spg).
Jeffery climbed into a tie for 9th in steals on CU’s all-time list with Julie Hoehing (1980-84) at 180. Jeffery is also tied for 14th in assists with Stephanie Mack (1989-83) with 316. She had four rebounds, moving past Mindy Henry for 17th place with 544.
2/4/12
Jared Esquivel, Falcon
Esquivel has largely been a pinch-runner, but looks to receive more playing time this year for Peru State's (Neb.) baseball team as a sophomore infielder.
Brett Green, Peyton
A pair of home conference wins combined with losses by six of the top 10 teams in nation allowed the Colorado Mines men's basketball team to jump six spots from No. 11 to No. 5 in this week's NABC/Division II Coaches Poll, which was released on Tuesday afternoon.
The Orediggers (17-2, 13-2 RMAC) posted a 98-68 win over Chadron State on Friday before avenging an early season loss to Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday with a 77-61 victory. Junior Brett Green was named this week's RMAC/Baden Offensive Player of the Week after leading the team with an average of 18.0 points per game.
The No. 5 ranking is the highest in program history, and tops the No. 6 ranking the squad received earlier this season on Dec. 13, 2011. CSM has spent the entire season in the top 25 rankings after opening the season at No. 18.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Jordan Lee had 17 and 24 saves in two Buffalo State hockey losses this past week.
1/27/12
Jenna Howerton, Pine Creek
Jenna Howerton, a two-time all-state selection at Pine Creek High School who played at UNLV last year, has transferred to Colorado College and joined the women’s soccer program for the 2012 season.
A sophomore forward, Howerton will have three years of eligibility with the Tigers.
“It’s one of those situations where we couldn’t have found a better fit,” coach Geoff Bennett said. “Jenna is a great player who is an even better person because she comes from a great family, which we always love to add to our program.”
Last season with the Rebels, Howerton played in all 21 games and tied for second on the team with three goals. She struck for the game winner just 11:42 into her first collegiate contest, a 3-0 victory over UC Riverside and later added a pair of tallies, including one in overtime, to give UNLV a 4-3 triumph against Loyola Marymount midway through the season.
“We’re getting a very good player who also has been very well coached,” Bennett said. “Jenna will be a different type of forward for us. She likes to play with her back to the goal a little bit more than our current forwards, so she brings something we don’t have.”
Howerton also will re-unite with former Pride Soccer Club teammate and current Tiger midfielder Kaeli Vandersluis, with whom she won a pair of state championships as members of the Predators ’93.
Regan Tekavec, Doherty
Concordia University Director of Athletics Tom Rubbelke has announced the hiring of Regan Tekavec as Assistant Athletic Director. Tekavec will start Feb. 1 and serve as compliance coordinator and senior women's administrator.
"Regan has already been able to acquire a vast amount of college experience in her young career and I have no doubt that she will make a tremendous impact for our athletic department."
She comes to Concordia after serving the past two athletic seasons at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference of which Concordia was formerly a member before joining the Northern Sun. At the UMAC, Tekavec was hired as the league's first-ever assistant commissioner in a two-year position made possible primarily through the NCAA Division III Ethnic Minority & Women's Internship grant program.
With the UMAC, she was actively involved in all aspects of the league office including compliance & governance, championships, officiating development, public relations, marketing, sports information and fiscal management.
Prior to joining the UMAC, Tekavec was an assistant sports information director at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., her alma mater where she was a student-athlete on the volleyball team.
Tekavec reflected on returning the conference at which she competed, "I am very excited to become a part of the Golden Bear athletic staff. Although since the completion of my time as a Division II student-athlete I have had experience in various areas of athletics, I have retained a strong affinity for the Division II philosophy and I am eager to return to the Northern Sun. I look forward to working with the coaches and staff to continue to uphold the already strong reputation of Concordia University."
She's also worked for the NBA Development League with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, Sioux Empire Baseball and USA Volleyball in a career that has exposed her to collegiate, professional, Olympic and community sports administration.
Marcus Ford, Mesa Ridge
The Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s basketball team dropped their second game of the week to Lone Star Conference rival Incarnate Word, 59-55. Marcus Ford scored 12 points in the loss. The Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball team led for only 9 seconds in their game with visiting Texas A&M-Kingsville, but it was enough to get a 60-56 Lone Star Conference victory. Ford caught fire for the Javelinas in the second half hitting a trio of three-pointers within a six-minute span. His last three-pointer gave the Javs a 53-43 lead with 6:10 remaining in the game. Ford tallied a season-high 18 points and grabbed five boards.
Chucky Jeffery, Sierra
Junior Chucky Jeffery hit two free throws with 1.2 seconds to play, pushing the Colorado women’s basketball team past Southern California 69-67 at the Coors Events Center. She scored 19 points, had six rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Jeffery hit a midrange jumper with 17.7 seconds left to help Colorado edge Arizona 56-54 in a Pac-12 Conference contest at the McKale Center.
Jeffery scored all seven of her points in the second half, and none more important than the 10-foot jumper just to the right of the key off a Meagan Malcolm-Peck pass. The win snaps a three-game Colorado skid as the Buffaloes improve to 14-4 overall, 3-4 in league play. Arizona falls to 13-6, 2-5.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Courtney Carnes got Buffalo State (6-9-2/3-6-1) on the board first, but No. 2 RIT (16-1-1/10-1-1) scored six unanswered as the host Tigers defeated the Bengals, 6-1, in an ECAC West hockey game. RIT peppered the Buffalo State net with 50 shots, compared to the Bengals’ 12. Jess Garland and Jordan Lee split time between the pipes and both finished with 22 saves apiece.
1/19/12
Marcus Ford, Mesa Ridge
Ford set the Texas A&M-Kingsville career record for blocks recently.
The Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s basketball team ran off a 30-8 second half run against Lone Star Conference rival Abilene Christian to blow open a tight game and cruised to a 72-59 victory on Saturday at Kingsville Hampton Inn Court. Marcus Ford's second-half block broke the school's career record giving him 65. Brown entered the game as the top free throw shooter in the country and is now shooting 96.5 percent from the charity stripe for the season.
Patrick Slogic, Liberty
In addition to being named to the All Ivy league men's soccer first team, Slogic was named to the NSCAA all-Northeast Region first team, as well as the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference first team. Patrick was the only Ivy League player named to the all Northeast Region's first team.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Trinity blanked Buffalo State 2-0 in a nonconference hockey game. The Bantams scored on the power play in the first period and added an insurance marker in the third to account for all of the scoring.
Trinity held a 29-21 advantage in shots and finished 1 for 5 with the extra skater. The Bengals were 0 for 4 on the power play and Jordan Lee had 27 saves between the pipes for Buffalo State.
1/12/12
Drew Zamora, Rampart
Northern Arizona punter Drew Zamora has been selected to play in the Casino del Sol College All-Star Game. The game will be played at Kino Stadium in Tucson on Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on FOX Sports Arizona.
“This game is a really big opportunity for me,” said Zamora. “To be a smaller school guy to get in a big game like this I hope to showcase what I can do for my hopeful future. The professional attitude of the game really sets a good stage for me. I am really excited.”
Zamora averaged 41.5 yards per punt with 10 punts of 50 or more yards with a season-long of 70 yards. He earned All-America honorable mention accolades from Beyond College Sports last week. He graduated with a degree in hotel and restaurant management in December.
“Since graduation, I have moved to Tempe and have been training full time,” said Zamora. “I have been working on my flexibility and stretching three times a day. We are kicking three days a week and tweaking some things in the punt game with my drop. So far I have seen great results and better consistency.”
After transferring to NAU from New Mexico, Zamora handled the kickoff and punting duties for three seasons with the Lumberjacks. He was an All-Big Sky second-team selection in 2010 with a 42.2 per punt average with 16 punts inside-the-20 with a long of 70. The Colorado Springs, Colo., native ranked third in the Big Sky and 12th in the nation in punting average, recording two 70-yard punts during the season to become the second punter in school history to record two punts of 70 yards or more in the same season.
“I have lots of good memories at NAU especially with the specialists group,” said Zamora. “We had a real close group. NAU really gave me a chance and Coach Souers gave me an opportunity to keep playing football. I am going to remember the big games in the Skydome and playing in the Big Sky Conference.”
The Casino del Sol College All-Star Game, formerly known as the Blue-Gray Game and Eastham Energy All-Star Classic, will feature more than 90 college seniors in a game played in front of scouts from more than 30 NFL teams. Former college coaches Houston Nutt and Pat Hill will serve as the game coaches.
The All-Star Game moved to Tucson this year. In 2011 it was played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. This will be the first of four upcoming college all-star games, including the NFLPA College Football All-Star Game in Los Angeles and the East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg on Jan. 21 and the Senior Bowl in Mobile on Jan. 28.
Marcus Ford, Mesa Ridge
The Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s basketball team ran off a 30-8 second half run against Lone Star Conference rival Abilene Christian to blow open a tight game and cruised to a 72-59 victory on Saturday at Kingsville Hampton Inn Court. Marcus Ford's second-half block broke the school's career record giving him 65. Brown entered the game as the top free throw shooter in the country and is now shooting 96.5 percent from the charity stripe for the season.
Ashton Kalhorn, Colorado Springs
A pair of talented sophomores – Ashton Kalhorn, who lived in Colorado Springs but graduated from a school in Henderson, Nev., and Arthur Romanet – will lead the 2012 Bradley men’s tennis team as the spring season opens this week with five matches in three days.
As a freshman in 2010-11, Kalhorn finished second on the team with 20 singles victories, playing primarily in the Nos. 3 and 4 positions. He added a 9-4 record last fall, pushing his career record to 29-23. Majoring in chemistry with a business emphasis, Kalhorn has posted a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average through his first three college semesters and represented Bradley at the 2011 NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum in Chicago.
Christina Whitelaw, Colorado Christian
Christina Whitelaw, a sophomore guard, was named RMAC women's basketball player of the week as she helped Colorado Christian to its fi rst back-to-back wins of the season this past weekend
with two victories over Regis and No. 2 Metro State. She averaged 25.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and
6.0 steals. Whitelaw, who scored a game-high 25 points Saturday night against MSCD, made 16-of-33 fi eld goals and 13-of-19 free throws. She is currently ranked third in the nation with 4.3 steals per game.
Dani Hering, TCA
Aubrey Bagley, Dani Hering and Megan Woodworth were all recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America on the College Scholar All-West Region teams as announced by the NSCAA over the weekend.
Both Hering and Woodworth were named to the First Team while Bagley earned recognition on the Second Team.
Junior midfielder Hering is studying Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and has a 3.52 cumulative GPA which earned her recognition on the RMAC Academic All-RMAC Honor Roll in 2011.
A NSCAA Third Team All-Central Region selection, Hering was critical to both the CSM attack and defense appearing in all 23 matches scoring one goal (a game-winner) and tallying four assists. Hering was also named the RMAC All-Tournament Team.
Brett Green, Payton
A night after topping the No. 1 team in the country in Metro State, the No. 12 Colorado Mines men's basketball squad kept the momentum going with an 80-56 dismantling of visiting Regis on Saturday evening at Lockridge Arena in Golden.
The Orediggers came out of halftime with a 13-1 run through the first 6:05 of the second half to go up 47-24, capped off by a 3-point basket by junior Brett Green.
Green and Trevor Ritchie contributed 10 points apiece on the night with Green adding two rebounds and two assists and Ritchie chipping in three rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Chucky Jeffery, Sierra
Freshman Jen Reese recorded her first career double-double and Colorado fought back from a second half double-digit deficit for the second time in three road games to clip Washington State 57-56 Saturday afternoon at Beasley Coliseum.
The Buffaloes nearly had a double-double trifecta with Chucky Jeffery finishing with 12 points and nine rebounds and Julie Seabrook pitching in 11 points and nine boards.
Carter McElhany, Coronado
In its first dual meet of the 2011-12 season, the Air Force wrestling team picked up a 19-18 victory over Coe College Friday evening at Eby Fieldhouse. The Falcons won six of 10 bouts on the evening against the Kohawks, who are currently ranked fifth in Division III.
Carter McElhany, a freshman, won a 7-1 decision over 10th-ranked Chris LeClere at 141 pounds to give Air Force its first lead of the dual.
1/6/12
Brian Bennett, Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Bennett is in the midst of his senior season at Gallaudet University, the nation's university for the deaf and hard of hearing. He has set four school records this season (100-, 200- and 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly). He holds nine program records. The 2010-11 North Eastern Athletic Conference (Division III) Men's Swimmer of the Year has earned three conference swimmer of the week awards so far this season. The Bison recently won their fifth meet of the year to clinch the first winning season since 1965 and only the second winning season all-time.
Brett Green, Peyton
Green, playing basketball for Colorado School of Mines, was named the top December men's hoop player in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. He helped Colorado School of Mines men's basketball squad hold tight at No. 12 in this week's NABC/Division II Coaches Poll.
Marcus Ford, Mesa Ridge
After four straight losses, the Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s basketball team got the New Year started with a 72-67 win at Lone Star Conference rival Angelo State on Wednesday night. Marcus Ford tied the school record for career blocks in the game and has 64.
Chucky Jeffery, Sierra
Washington guard Jazmine Davis scored a game-high 27 points to lead the host Huskies to a 75-67 Pac-12 Conference win over Colorado Thursday. The loss snaps Colorado’s 12-game winning streak to start the season (12-1, 1-1 Pac-12) while Washington improves to 9-4, 1-2 in league play.
Chucky Jeffery had 20 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a team season-high six steals.
12/29
Brett Green, Peyton
Colorado Mines' Brett Green was RMAC men's basketball player of the month for November.
In addition, Green, Dale Minschwaner and Trevor Wages combined for 58 points and a 23-of-23 effort from the foul line to lead the No. 6 Colorado Mines men's basketball squad to a 73-65 victory over Chadron.
The Orediggers (8-1, 4-1 RMAC) posted a season-high 84.8 percent shooting effort from the foul line (28-of-33), and their efficiency on free throws was especially important because Mines shot a season-low 14.3 percent (1-of-7) from long range. Chadron State (2-7, 2-3 RMAC) shot better from the field (44.2 percent) and from 3-point land (45 percent) in the loss, but were doomed by a collective 10-of-19 effort from the foul line while committing 17 turnovers compared to 11 by Mines.
Green posted 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor while going 7-of-7 from the free-throw line. He added two rebounds, an assist and a steal in 38 minutes of action.
The Orediggers will return to action after the holiday break for a matchup against New Mexico Highlands on Friday, December 30, at 8 p.m. in Las Vegas, N.M.
Mackenzie Morris, Doherty
The Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer team featured a lineup in 2011 with 23 letter-winners, who came from four states including Mackenzie Morris. The roster included 15 players from the New Mexico, including 11 participants from Albuquerque.
Patrick Slogic, Liberty
Patrick was named to the NCAA Division 1 All Northeast Region 1st Team men's soccer team. He was the only player from the Ivy League to be named to the 1st team. Patrick started all sixteen matches for the Cornell University Big Red, men's soccer team at center back and played every minute of all the matches. He scored 3 goals and had 3 assists while leading a defensive unit that only allowed 13 goals in 16 matches, the lowest allowed in the Ivy League.
Thomas Hoang, Liberty Hoang, a senior soccer midfielder for Fort Lewis, made the 2011 NSCAA/Continental Tires NCAA Men's Division II All-America first team. Matt Friesen, Lewis-Palmer Friesen, a senior forward for UCCS' soccer team, made the 2011 NSCAA/Continental Tires NCAA Men's Division II All-America second team.
Mitch Magrini, Cheyenne Mountain
The Tiger track and field season opened with the Doane Holiday Multi-Event Meet in Crete. Mitch Magrini took 16th in the heptathlon meet with 3,304 points. His top point total came in the 1,000-meter run as he notched 555 points with a time of 3:11.66.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Courtney Carnes netted a pair of goals and Buffalo State (6-5-2) skated past host Castleton State (5-5), 4-3, in a nonconference game at Spartan Arena.
Castleton held a 33-19 advantage in shots, but Jordan Lee made 30 stops to preserve the win for Buffalo State.
Dani Hering, Classical Academy
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America released both All-Region and All-American teams and a total of four Colorado School of Mines women's soccer players earned individual honors.
Four players earned All-Central Region honors. Anna Evans, Kelsey Neal and Megan Woodworth were named to the First Team. Dani Hering garnered Third Team honors. Woodworth also received First Team All-American honors. The first women's soccer player at Mines to earn First Team honors from the NSCAA.
Junior midfielder Hering earns post-season honors for the first time in her career. Hering, who spent time in both the midfield and in the backline, was critical to both the CSM attack and defense. In 23 matches, Hering finished with one goal (a game-winner) and four assists.
Hayley Hollenga, Air Academy
Hollenga, a senior forward for Fort Lewis, earned second-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Central Region honors.
Claire Stewart, Classical Academy
Claire Stewart has been honored for her contributions to the Central College volleyball team.
The Dutch compiled a 24-11 overall record and a 4-4 Iowa Conference mark, advancing to the league tournament. Central knocked off two higher-ranked seeds to reach the title match but fell short against Cornell College, finishing second.
Stewart, a freshman setter, earned a varsity letter by playing in three matches and getting seven assists and a block.
Chucky Jeffery, Sierra
University of Colorado junior guard Chucky Jeffery was named the Bank of the West Pac-12 Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4, Commissioner Larry Scott announced.
Jeffery’s award is Colorado’s first for women’s basketball and the fourth overall for the Buffaloes in their inaugural Pac-12 season, joining three football winners from earlier this fall. The league Player of the Week honor is also the first for women’s basketball since Brittany Spears was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 23, 2009. For Jeffery, it’s her second similar honor, as she was the Big 12 Freshman of the Week winner on Jan. 11, 2010.
A native of Colorado Springs, Jeffery led the Buffaloes to wins over San Francisco (84-66) and Idaho (68-59), posting big numbers in both games. She recorded career-highs in points in consecutive games, first scoring 26 points against USF, then bettering that mark with 30 against the Vandals. Against the Dons, she made all of her 3-point (2-2) and free throw attempts (4-4) while shooting 10-of-14 from the floor to go along with 12 rebounds. Grabbing 10 boards against Idaho, she also had a good shooting night, going 10-for-17 from the floor, 6-for-7 from behind the three-point arc and 6-for-7 from the charity stripe. Her 30-10 double-double was the first of its kind for a CU player since Jackie McFarland had 32 points and 12 rebounds against Villanova in the 2008 Postseason WNIT.
Christina Whitelaw, St. Mary's
The Colorado School of Mines' women's basketball team put three scorers in double figures and used sizeable height and depth advantages to post a conference-opening 71-61 victory over Colorado Christian.
The Orediggers (2-5, 1-0 RMAC) posted a 38-to-32 rebounding margin while also denying seven CCU (2-5, 0-1 RMAC) shot attempts during the contest. Mines ran 13 players on the floor and those fresh legs combined with a 40.0 percent (6-of-15) effort from long range in the second half allowed them increase their lead throughout the final 20 minutes. A 7-of-9 effort from the foul line in the second stanza, including a 6-of-6 showing during the last 30 seconds put the game out of reach and solidified the victory.
The Orediggers surrendered the lead for the first time in the game with 34 seconds to go in the first half on a jumper by Christina Whitelaw that put the Cougars up 31-30, but a baby hook at the foul line by senior Stephanie Fogle put Mines back up 32-31 with five seconds to go before recess.
12/2
Chucky Jeffery, Sierra
Chucky Jeffery had a career-high 26 points to lead Colorado to an 84-66 win over San Francisco Wednesday night at the Coors Events Center.
Colorado improves to 6-0, its best start since beginning 7-0 in 1993-94. San Francisco, led by Rheina Ale’s 23 points falls to 1-7.
Jeffery also had 12 rebounds to notch her second-straight double-double and third of the season.
The Buffaloes gave up a season-high 66 points, but also tied their season-best output with 84, shooting 51 percent from the floor (33-of-65).
Jeffery had 12 rebounds, her second-straight double-double. Julie Seabrook also had a career high with 18 points.
“I was just playing the game, I didn’t force anything and I just took what was given to me, I knocked down my shots and that is what coach tells me to do is when you get open shots; take them,” Jeffery said.
Earlier, CU won its third consecutive Omni Hotels Classic championship and remained unbeaten with a 58-48 victory over Wisconsin at the Coors Events Center.
Improving to 5-0 for the first time since the 2000-01 season, the Buffaloes trailed only once against the Badgers (2-0) and maintained a double-digit lead for the game’s final 15:34. UW dropped to 2-5 on the season.
Three CU players reached double figures, led by freshman guard Lexy Kresl with a career-high 16 points, which included eight-for-eight from the free throw line. Jeffery, a junior, recorded her 12th career double – 14 points, 11 rebounds – sophomore guard Brittany Wilson contributed 10 points.
The same three players helped the Buffs advance to the Omni Classic title game in a 60-32 rout of Valparaiso on Friday. UW defeated Montana State 71-61 to advance. Jeffery, who scored 28 points and collected 20 rebounds in two games, was named the tournament MVP, while Kresl was named to the all-tournament team. Jeffery averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds and four assists in the two games.
"It’s huge, it’s our own tournament so we know we have to come in and be ready for anything. We can’t take anybody lightly, but we know we’re hosting something in our house that we have to take the tournament. I think it’s real great, 2 years coming in. Us starting 5-0, that’s big, because I don’t think we’ve been undefeated this early for years. So I think that’s real great," Jeffery said.
On being named tournament MVP, Jeffery said: "It’s big, I’m thankful. It just makes me want to keep working and I know I can’t dwell on it. I love it, it’s good, it’s great but I just got to come back ready to work harder. Got to get some shots in obviously, so I’m not great in all areas but it’s good. It feels good."
It is also her 13th double-figure rebounding game and her 41st double-figure scoring game.
Jeffery leads the Buffaloes at 14.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and five assists per game. She is second in the Pac-12 in assists and ranks fourth in defensive rebounds (6.8 drpg), fifth in blocks (1.8 bpg), seventh in rebounding, 10th in minutes played (31.6 mpg), 12th in scoring and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) and 13th in field-goal percentage (.576).
Brett Green, Peyton
Colorado School of Mines’ Brett Green has been selected as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week as announced today by the RMAC.
Green, a 6-4 junior guard / forward from Peyton, Colo. (Peyton H.S.), scored in double figures for the fourth straight game last weekend helping Mines to a pair of wins. In two games, Green averaged 20.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists shooting 59.1 percent from the field and 84.6 percent from the free throw line.
Against the University of Sioux Falls, Green finished with a season-high 22 points while shooting 66.7 percent from the field (6-of-9 FG), 50 percent from the three-point line (3-of-6) and 77.8 percent from the free throw line (7-of-9) adding six rebounds, two assists and a steal. Green recorded career-highs in rebounds (8) and assists (7) in Mines’ win over Northern New Mexico finishing with 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field (53.8) while making all four free throw attempts.
Green currently ranks fourth in the RMAC in assists (4.0), sixth in scoring (16.5) and 10th in free throw percentage (84.2).
The 18th-ranked Orediggers (4-0 overall) will open RMAC play on the road at Colorado Christian on Saturday, Dec. 3rd at 7:00 pm. CSM returns home to host UC-Colorado Springs on Friday, Dec. 9th at 8:00 pm.
Nils Carlson, The Classical Academy
Nils Carlson, former goalkeeper at TCA and the Pride Soccer Club is playing for Embry-Riddle University, Daytona Beach, Florida. Nils has been awarded the Sun Conference Defensive Player of the year 2011. Nils Carlson, a true freshman recorded 10 clean sheets, which is a Embry Riddle school record.
Embry Riddle Eagles won the Men Soccer Sun Conference Title against SCAD Savannah with a 1-0 victory on November 11.
Website: daytona.embryriddlesports.com
DU's Colorado Springs players
Tournament MVP Reilly Smith scored two goals to lead the Miami RedHawks to a 4-2 victory over the Denver Pioneers in the championship game of the Denver Cup Classic Saturday night at Magness Arena. Ty Loney scored his first collegiate goal and Chris Knowlton (Colorado Springs) added another as Denver falls to 6-4-3 overall and has its four-game unbeaten streak snapped.
Stats update for Springs players: F-Jr. Chris Knowlton (five, four goals); Fr. Matt Tabrum (one assist in five games). D-Sr. John Ryder (no points in 11 games).
Daktronics All-America teams
Soccer Third Team:
Thomas Hoang, Fort Lewis, Liberty graduate
Football All-Super Region 3 Second Team - Defense
Mark Sterling , CSU-Pueblo, Sierra graduate
11/25
Hayley Hollenga, Air Academy
Four Fort Lewis College women's soccer players were named to the Daktronics Women's Soccer Division II All-Central Region team, regional coordinator Chris Day announced today.
Sara Egbom and Hayley Hollenga were named to the first team, while Megan Striedel and Madyson Wellcome received second team honors.
Hollenga, a 5-foot-7 fifth-year senior forward, has been named to four all-region teams during her career. She was also a second team NSCAA All-American in 2010, a three-time all-RMAC selection, a three-time RMAC all-Academic pick, and the RMAC Athlete of the Month this September. As a junior in 2010, she also appeared in ESPN's “Faces in the Crowd.”
Hollenga is FLC's career leader in scoring (116 points), goals (43), assists (30), and game-winning goals (15). She was named to FLC's all-Century Team, which featured the 100 top athletes, coaches, and administrators in school history, earlier this fall. She's also played on seven FLC teams that have qualified for NCAA playoffs — four in soccer and three in basketball. She leads the Skyhawks in scoring again this year with 28 points on 10 goals and eight assists.
“Hayley has been the most consistent threat the program has ever had and she performs well under pressure,” coach Damian Clarke said. “She is one of the best attacking players in the region.”
The eighth-ranked Colorado School of Mines women’s soccer team met Fort Lewis College for the third time this season and for the final time came away victorious, 1-0, in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Hollenga hit the post in the 75th minute after a dangerous chance earlier.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Three Buffalo State women’s hockey players were recognized by the ECAC West as Christine Williams collected Player of the Week honors, while Jordan Lee and were named to the Honor Roll after helping the Bengals to a pair of conference wins over the weekend.
Lee, a sophomore goaltender, stopped 29 of 30 shots in two games against Chatham. A criminal justice major, she recorded her first shutout as a Bengal with 10 saves on Saturday and turned aside 19 shots on Sunday in a 4-1 win.
Division II cross country All-America
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Monday the 80 student-athletes who received All-America honors for the 2011 NCAA Division II Cross Country season. Overall finish at the NCAA Championships is the determining factor as the top 40 individuals from both men’s and women’s races earn All-America plaudits from the USTFCCCA.
On the list were Canon City's Tabor Stevens (Adams State) and Woodland Park's Julianne Payton (Western State).
Kaitlyn Mileto, Mesa Ridge
Kaitlyn Mileto is one of six freshmen on the University of Wyoming basketball roster. She’s one of only two who have started every game so far for the Cowboys (1-2).
She is averaging 31 minutes and ranks third on the team with 8.0 points. Her four 3-pointers are tied for most onthe team lead.
Wyoming plays Northern Iowa in Los Angeles in the Loyola Marymount Tournament on Friday.
11/17
Lindsay Weaver, Pine Creek
Lindsay Weaver is a key volleyball player for the NCAA Division I Fairfield University Stags. The Stags are seeded second for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament starting Nov. 19. Fairfield, 19-9 overall, 16-2 conference, has two Colorado natives in the starting lineup; Rachel Romansky, Wheat Ridge (setter), and Weaver (middle blocker). Entering Saturday's playoffs, Weaver accumulated 158 kills with a .221 percentage and 56 blocks with a .202 percentage during the regular season.
Patrick Slogic, Liberty
Patrick Slogic, 2010 Liberty graduate, 2009 Metro Player of the Year and Cornell sophomore starting center back, was named to the first team all-Ivy League Soccer Team. Patrick was 1 of 2 underclassmen named to the team. He had 3 goals and 3 assists and was instrumental in holding Ivy League opponents to a league-low 13 goals in 16 games. Patrick started and played every minute of the Big Red's 16-game schedule. Patrick was named to the all-Ivy League Team Honorable Mention as a freshman.
Jackie Hendrickson, Rampart
When Concordia (Ore.) University opens the first round of the NAIA women’s soccer playoffs, Jackie Hendrickson will be in the middle of it.
Hendrickson is a starting midfielder for the No. 8 Cavaliers. Hendrickson has been a mainstay for the Cavaliers, starting all four seasons and twice being named NAIA All-American honorable mention.
Entering Saturday’s playoff game, Hendrickson had five goals and six assists this season.
Nikki Kinzer, Rampart
The all-Central Region volleyball second team featured three outside hitters, two middle blockers, a setter and a libero. Middle blocker spots went to Haley Lake of UNK and Nikki Kinzer, a junior from Colorado-Colorado Springs.
The Central Region is comprised of schools from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Hayley Hollenga, Air Academy
Fort Lewis and Colorado Mines, who will play each other for the regional championship, had four total selections for the Daktronics Women's Soccer NCAA Division II Central Region team, as did Minnesota State, which bowed out of the NCAA Tournament after a 1-0 overtime setback to Colorado Mines on Sunday. One of Fort Lewis' selections is senior forward Hayley Hollenga.
The first team selections, made up of four forwards, four midfielders, four defenders and a goalkeepers will now be placed on the national ballot for Daktronics All-America honors that will be announced on Nov. 30.
The team is voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA), with the online nomination and voting process powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.
The Central Region is made up of 25 women's soccer playing institutions in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Thomas Hoang, Liberty
Seven Fort Lewis College men’s soccer players were named to the Daktronics Men’s Soccer Division II All-Central Region team.
Four Skyhawks — Berekk Blackwell, Thomas Hoang, Fabian Kling, and Ryan Wirth — were named to the first team. While at Fort Lewis, all four have been part of three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season, postseason, and NCAA playoff teams (2008, 2009, and 2011) and FLC’s 2009 NCAA Division II national championship team.
Hoang, a 5-foot-11 senior forward, was named to the all-Central Region first team for the second year in a row. Earlier this season, he earned All-RMAC first team accolades and was a third team All-RMAC selection as a junior. He ranks among FLC career leaders in assists (third, 30), total points (seventh, 74), and goals (ninth, 22) in 71 career appearances. He scored the biggest goal of his Skyhawk career when he banged home a rebound with 6:06 left in regulation this past Sunday in FLC’s 1-0 win over Incarnate Word in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.
“Thomas is a very special player and as a coach I am lucky to have been given the opportunity to work with such a talent,” said Kennedy. “He is so dangerous around the box and always looks as if something positive will happen when he gets hold of the ball. I think even though he is not wearing a captain’s armband, he displays great leadership through his play and how hard he works on the field.”
Matt Friesen, Lewis-Palmer
Friesen, a 5-10 senior forward for UCCS, was named to the Daktronics soccer soceond team.
Jackie Hendrickson, Rampart
Hendrickson is is currently playing soccer at Concordia University in Portland, Ore. Her team has qualified for the NAIA National Tournament. Jackie has been a starting mid-fielder for four years and this is her fourth consecutive year competing in the NAIA National Tournament. Her coach is Grant Landy.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Jordan Lee had 20 and 21 saves in Buffalo State women's hockey OT 2-1 loss and 2-2 tie vs. Neumann.
11/11
Hunter Huffman, Cheyenne Mountain
The Ohio Athletic Conference has announced that Muskingum University junior soccer goalkeeper Hunter Hoffman was named second team all-OAC and that junior midfielder Daniel Meehan was named all-OAC honorable mention. Huffman ranked second in the OAC in saves with 93 and third in save percentage. He ranked fifth in goals against average, fifth in saves per game (4.89) and eighth in shutouts with two. Huffman, who was an OAC player of the week nominee during the year, started 18 games and played 1,576 minutes between the pipes. This marks the second straight year that Huffman has been honored with all-OAC accolades. In 2010, he became the first-ever Muskie to be named OAC Goalkeeper of the Year.
Hayley Hollenga, Air Academy
Five members of the Fort Lewis College women’s soccer team earned all-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honors, RMAC Assistant Commissioner Eric Danner announced.
Two Skyhawks — Midfielder Sara Egbom and forward Hayley Hollenga — were named to the all-RMAC first team.
Hollenga, a fifth-year senior, also earned all-RMAC recognition for the third time in her career. She was previously a first teamer in 2010 and a third team pick in 2009. Like Egbom, she repeated on the RMAC all-academic first team this year and was an Honor Roll performer as a sophomore in 2009.
Recently, Hollenga was chosen as the RMAC athlete of the month for September, the RMAC offensive player of the week on Sept. 6 and Oct. 25, and to the CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll on Oct. 10. As a junior in 2010, she earned NSCAA second team All-America accolades, was named to the all-Central Region first teams by both the NSCAA and Daktronics, and appeared in ESPN’s “Faces in the Crowd.” She earned third team all-Central Region as a sophomore in 2009.
Hollenga is FLC’s career leader in scoring (116 points), goals (43), assists (30), and game-winning goals (15). She was named to FLC’s All-Century Team, which featured the 100 top athletes, coaches, and administrators in school history, earlier this fall. She’s also played on six FLC teams that have qualified for NCAA playoffs — three each in soccer and basketball.
“Hayley is more than just a first team RMAC player for this team, she is the blood that pumps through the heart of this program,” said Clarke.
Natasha Ray, Cheyenne Mountain
Sophomore middle Katie Jackson (Centennial) hit a match-best .444 with nine kills and added a match-high seven blocks on Saturday afternoon to lead the Franklin Pierce University volleyball team to a 3-0 win over Assumption in Northeast-10 Conference play at the Fieldhouse.
Sophomore right side Natasha Ray took the ball for the Ravens and ran off five more points to give Franklin Pierce a commanding, 16-2 lead in the second set, and the club would not look back the rest of the afternoon. Over a 22-4 run, Ray chipped in two aces, a kill and a block assist. Ray had six kills and three block assists total.
In a 3-0 win over American International, Ray had 13 digs, 10 kills and two block assists.
Jordan Lee, Widefield
Brianna Murphy (Depew/Lancaster) assisted on both of Buffalo State’s (1-2/0-1) goals, but the Bengals dropped their ECAC West regular season hockey opener 3-2 against visiting Potsdam (1-1/1-1) at the Ice Arena. Jordan Lee made 20 stops in goal for the Buffalo State Bengals.
11/3
Clarence Bumpas, Sierra
Northern Colorado sophomore linebacker Clarence Bumpas continues to lead the Big Sky and rank fifth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in tackles per game with 12.8 and has been in double digits in seven straight.
Bumpas went to Kansas State out of high school but since transferred.
Alex Dotseth, Air Academy
Liberty League Fall All-Academic Team has been announced and 66 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes were honored. Student-athletes must have at least sophomore athletic and academic standing with a minimum grade point average of 3.20 to be selected including Alex Dotseth, sophomore, mechanical engineering.
Chris Zaremba, Liberty
The puck drops on a new season for the Plymouth State University men’s ice hockey team Saturday when the Panthers skate against Southern New Hampshire University in a nonconference game at The Ice Den in Hooksett, N.H.
The Panthers have plenty of depth on offense, with senior Chris Zaremba ready to step in.
Anna Brown, Cheyenne Mountain
Amherst College had a three-set NESCAC victory against Hamilton College at Amherst's LeFrak Gymnasium on Oct. 29.
Hamilton's 17 wins (17-12, 1-9) are the most in a season since the Continentals finished 17-14 in 1999. Anna Brown '15 ended up with 19 digs.
Hamilton College lost in three sets against Middlebury College in a NESCAC match played at Amherst College's LeFrak Gym on Oct. 28. Brown, who was named NESCAC Player of the Week on Monday, led the defense with 15 digs.
Natasha Ray, Cheyenne Mountain
Franklin Pierce University volleyball team was defeated, 3-0, by Pace at Goldstein Fitness Center. Sophomore right side Natasha Ray had 11 digs.
Sophomore right side Natasha Ray narrowly missed a double-double with eight kills and 12 digs on Friday night, though the Franklin Pierce University volleyball team was defeated, 3-0, by Adelphi. Ray hit .350 on the evening with one error against her eight kills in 20 attempts.
Ashley Willis, Coronado
For the second time under coach Todd Bramble, the Alabama soccer team will head to Orange Beach for the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Alabama used a dramatic 30-yard goal off the foot of Ashley Willis with under three minutes left to earn a thrilling 3-2 win over rival Auburn.
The win is the first over the Tigers since 2005 and it marks the first trip to the SEC tournament for the Crimson Tide since 2008. The victory also guarantees the first winning season for Alabama (9-7-3, 4-5-2 SEC) since 2003.
“This is a resilient team and once again they showed it tonight,” Bramble said. “That is what I am most proud of. Once that second goal went in for Auburn I was curious to how we would react. We fought back and it was fun to watch.”
After seizing a 2-0 advantage in the 62nd minute, Auburn rallied to even the score with five minutes remaining.
Willis then answered for the Tide in the 88th minute. After a clearance by the Auburn defense, Willis drilled the upper-v, far post from the sideline, 30 yards out to give Alabama the win.
10/27
Kaili Simmons, Lewis-Palmer
Kaili Simmons would be proud of her Palmer Ridge field hockey team competing in the state semifinals. Simmons, a Lewis-Palmer graduate, played with the field hockey team last season.
This season she’s playing for Division II Slippery Rock (Pa.) University. The Rock freshman has a goal and two assists in 19 games – 18 started – with 20 shots and 13 shots on goal.
Everett Goldberg, Mesa Ridge
Everett Goldberg kicked his way into an MEAC award recently.
The Mesa Ridge alumnus and Norfolk State University kickoff and long field goal specialist was named the MEAC special teams player of the week after hitting field goals of 47 and 50 yards in the Spartans’ loss to Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 20.
Goldberg is 5-of-7 on the season and every one of his field-goal attempts has been from at least 47 yards. He’s nailed three kicks of 50 yards or more for the Spartans.
The Spartans are 6-2 overall, 4-1 in conference.
Nils Carlson, The Classical Academy
Nils Carlson former goalkeeper at TCA (The Classical Academy) and the Pride Predator Soccer Club is now playing for Embry-Riddle University, Daytona Beach, Fla. Nils, a freshman goalie, has been awarded the Sun Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of The Week three times during the fall. The Embry-Riddle Eagles are ranked #21 in the nation in the NAIA right now with a 11-4-1 record. Playoffs will start in November !
Website: http://daytona.embryriddlesports.com/splash.aspx?id=splash_3
Natasha Ray, Cheyenne Mountain
Freshman libero Lauren Miller (Alexandria, Ind.) of the Franklin Pierce University volleyball team has been named Northeast-10 Conference Libero of the Week for the week ending on Oct. 23, as announced Tuesday by the Conference office. In addition, sophomore right side Natasha Ray has been selected to the Conference’s Weekly Honor Roll.
Ray averaged 3.09 kills and 4.18 digs per set while .153 and receiving serve at a .975 clip (two receiving errors in 81 attempts). Ray finished with eight kills and 14 digs at Saint Michael’s; 16 kills and 16 digs against Saint Rose; and 10 kills, 16 digs and two block solos against Le Moyne.
It is the fourth Weekly Honor Roll selection of the season for Ray, who was previously honored for the weeks ending on Sept. 4, Sept. 11, Sept. 25 and Oct. 16.
Franklin Pierce notched a 3-1 win over Saint Anselm Oct. 25. Ray had a team-high 13 kills and 14 digs.
Anna Brown, Cheyenne Mountain
Hamilton College's Anna Brown '15 was selected the NESCAC women's volleyball player of the week on Oct. 24.
Brown was named to the 2011 Continental Classic all-tournament team after she averaged 5.0 digs in 14 sets, and led Hamilton to a 4-0 record and the tournament title on Oct. 21 and 22. She added six kills, five assists and four service aces in the four matches.
Brown helped the Continentals to their first victory against Trinity College since 1993 with 28 digs in a 3-1 triumph on Friday. Her dig total was the most by a Hamilton player in a four-set match in 2011.
Brown is ranked sixth in the NESCAC with 4.34 digs per set. She is third on the team with 28 aces.
The Continentals (17-10 overall) have won their most matches in a season since 1999, when the team finished 17-14. Hamilton aims for its eighth straight victory on Friday, Oct. 28, when the Continentals take on Middlebury College at Amherst College in NESCAC action.
Everett Goldberg, Mesa Ridge
Goldberg played for Mesa from 2006-2009 and is now at Norfolk State University a D1-AA in Virginia. They are having a great year so far at 6-2 and #1 in the MEAC conference. Also, he won the conference player of the week award. Here are links to articles about this past week
http://www.nsuspartans.com/news/2011/10/24/FB_1024113410.aspx
Russ Winger, Pine Creek
Russ Winger finished seventh at the Pan Am Games with a mark of 19.11m/ 62-8.5 on his first attempt at shot put. He told USA Track and Field: “It’s October and it has definitely been hard to hold onto any sort of peak and also be in shape to start preparing for next year. I try to go into meets like this without any expectations. I gave it everything I had but, for some reason today, I just couldn’t put anything together.”
Carmen McDermott, Pine Creek
Wyoming, which plays at Air Force on Oct. 29, has five players on its roster from Colorado, including freshman goalkeeper Carmen McDermott who attended Pine Creek High School.
Alex Dotseth, Air Academy
Rensselaer sophomore midfielder/forward Alex Dotseth is a member of the RPI men’s soccer team. In 15 games, the Colorado Springs, CO, native has two goals and one assist for the Engineers in scoring for 5 points. A graduate of Air Academy High School, he also has 15 shots, including 7 on goal.
For more information about Alex, please go to http://www.rpiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4691&path=msoc
Rensselaer (6-5-4; 2-3-3 Liberty League) is back on the field on Wednesday with a 6:30pm match at home on Renwyck field against Keene State. The Engineers then close out the regular season with an 11:00am match on Saturday at Nazareth. RPI remains in playoff contention as it is currently fourth in the Liberty League standings with the top four teams advancing to this year’s tournament.
10/21
Connor Stevens, Pine Creek
Connor Stevens was a 2010 graduate of Pine Creek HS. He was a three year all-region selection by the Gazette and is now starting at linebacker at Adams State in Alamosa. He recored nine-plus tackles in his first two starts this season for the Grizzlies. His 20 solo tackles ranks 10th on the Grizzlies and his 30 total tackles ranks seventh. He has seven total tackles-for-loss, third most on the team.
Drew O'Cain, Colorado Springs Christian
Drew O’Cain, was named the Heart of America Conference special teams player of the week for his performance Oct. 8 with Evangel University. He hit two field goals and three point-after attempts.
Anna Brown, Cheyenne Mountain
Hamilton College defeated host Hartwick College in a thrilling five-set championship match and the Continentals captured the Hartwick/Holiday Inn Invitational title at Lambros Arena on Oct. 15.
Hamilton (13-10 overall) breezed to a three-set victory against Utica College early Saturday afternoon to set up the championship match with Hartwick. Against Utica (1-27), Hamilton cruised to an easy win by scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-2. Cheyenne Mountain grad Anna Brown served for 22 straight points in the third set rout.
Hartwick (12-16) won the first set 25-16, but Hamilton responded with 25-10 and 25-21 victories in the next two sets. The Hawks then edged the Continentals 27-25 to force a deciding fifth set, which Hamilton won 15-9.
Brown served four aces and came up with 15 digs.
Hamilton College split its first two matches at the 2011 Hartwick College/Holiday Inn Invitational on Oct. 14.
Hamilton (11-10 overall) lost in five sets against SUNY Plattsburgh in the early evening match. The Continentals defeated Plattsburgh in five sets at the Hamilton Invitational, and in three sets at SUNY Potsdam's Victory Promotions Invitational in early September. Hamilton swept the host Hawks in three sets in the late match.
The Cardinals (11-12) rallied to defeat the Continentals 21-25, 27-25, 20-25, 28-26 and 15-11. Brown led the defense with 24 digs.
Against the Hawks (11-15), the Continentals breezed to victory by scores of 25-19, 25-10 and 25-16. Brown dug out six hitting attempts.
Natasha Ray, Cheynne Mountain
The Franklin Pierce University volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision to Southern Connecticut State in Northeast-10 Conference play at Pelz Gymnasium in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 13. With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 9-9 overall (3-4 Northeast-10), while Southern Connecticut State improves to 15-6 (5-4 Northeast-10). Franklin Pierce won the first set, 25-21, but SCSU answered with consecutive victories of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-16 to take the four-set victory.
Sophomore right side hitter Natasha Ray finished with 11 and 10 kills. Ray finished with 14 digs to complete her third straight double-double.
Sophomore right side Natasha Ray and freshman outside hitter Catie Swiderski (Rocky Point, N.Y.) of the Franklin Pierce University volleyball team have been named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on Oct. 16, as announced by the conference office.
In two matches last week, Ray averaged 2.88 kills and 4.38 digs per set, while chipping in four block assists, as the Ravens went 1-1. In a 3-1 win over Merrimack on Tuesday, she finished with 13 kills, 21 digs, two aces and a block assist. On Thursday at Southern Connecticut State, Ray tallied 10 kills, 14 digs and three block assists.
It is the fourth Weekly Honor Roll selection of the season for Ray, who was previously honored for the weeks ending on Sept. 4, 11 and 25.
Ray had eight kills and 14 digs in a straight-sets loss to St. Michaels.
10/14
Ashley Willis, Coronado
Alabama junior defender Ashley Willis, who went to Coronado High School, was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week, a few weeks ago. Willis earns the honor after scoring goals in back-to-back matches, leading the Crimson Tide to three straight wins.
Willis scored in the second minute of the match against Morehead State on Sunday. The goal was her seco
