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Old
Dominion Athletic Conference
Athletes of the Week
March 12, 2007
BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
David Miller,
Washington & Lee University
Miller, a senior from
Oak Hill, Va., went deep once and knocked in nine runs to help the
Generals to a 4-0 week including three conference victories.
Miller recorded three multi-hit games including a four-hit effort in
game two versus Eastern Mennonite. In that contest, he went
4-for-7 with two doubles, four runs batted in and four runs scored.
His long drive came in the week's opening match up with Guilford.
Overall, five of his nine hits went for extra bases.
BASEBALL PITCHER OF
THE WEEK
Larry Greene,
Hampden-Sydney College
Greene, a senior from
Alexandria, Va., tossed a complete game shutout to earn a 1-0 win over
Roanoke last week. In seven innings of work, Greene allowed only
four hits while walking once and striking out three.
| Baseball
Honor Roll |
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Phil Drew, Guilford |
Went 3-for-10 with a double and an run batted in last week...
Quakers' catcher did not make an error while picking up a pair
of assists from behind the dish. |
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David Toney, Hampden-Sydney |
Went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI in a 10-8 win over
Roanoke. |
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Eric O'Brien, Lynchburg |
Batted 7-for-12 for the week with a double, triple and four runs
batted in... He went 4-for-4 against NC Wesleyan while driving
in three funns |
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Jonathan Nichols, Lynchburg |
Earned a victory in two relief appearances last week... Allowed
only one hit and and struck out a pair in 6.1 innings of work. |
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Greg Meleski, Randolph-Macon |
Went 7-for-17 with a homer and six RBI... Scored three runs and
drove in a trio in a victory over Catholic. |
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Kurt Breitmeyer, Randolph-Macon |
Picked up his third win of the season in his first ODAC start
against Guilford... Struck out a pair and gave up one run in 5.1
innings for the win. |
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Jim Plantholt, Washington & Lee |
Recorded two saves in just as many appearances out of the
Generals' pen... Allowed only one hit in his 2+ innnings of
work. |
GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Peter Latimer,
Guilford College
Latimer, a freshman from
Markinch Fife, Scotland, was the top D-III finisher at the Lonnie D.
Small Spring Classic hosted by Campbell University at Keith Hills #1 in
Biers Hill, N.C. Latimer went 77-75 to post an 8-over par 152 to
help Guilford to a ninth place finish.
MEN'S LACROSSE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kelly Mattie,
Hampden-Sydney College
Mattie, a junior from
Charlottesville, Va., led the Tigers to a 16-3 non-conference win over
Marymount last week. He pumped in three goals and assisted on six
others for nine total points. He also picked up a pair of
groundballs. Mattie leads the #14 Tigers in points with 15 on the
season. He has scored seven goals and helped on eight others.
| Men's Lacrosse
Honor Roll |
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Todd Bochenek, Guilford |
Scored twice and assisted on two others in a 12-11 overtime loss
to Kean. |
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Tyler Tolson, Lynchburg |
Scored six times in a 16-7 win over non-conference Ursinus. |
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Brian Vierheller, Randolph-Macon |
Made 38 saves between the pipes in a 1-1 week for the Yellow
Jackets... he also picked up 13 groundballs. |
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Deana Welsch,
Lynchburg College
Welsch, a sophomore from Yorktown Heights,
N.Y., scored nine points in the Hornets' two games in St. Croix.
Against E-town, she scored four times and assisted on a fifth tally.
She backed that up with a second four-goal showing, this one against #12
Mary Washington.
| Women's Lacrosse
Honor Roll |
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Mary Hutchins, Guilford |
Scored a
game-best and career-tying six goals in a 16-8 win over
Frostburg State. |
SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Kaitlyn Bowman,
Bridgewater College
Bowman, a sophomore from Dayton, Va., led
the Eagles to a 7-1 record by hitting 15-for-16 (.577) with 10 runs
scored. Nine of her 15 hits went for extra bases as she hammered
three doubles, stretched out a triple, and cleared the fence five times
while driving in 17 runs. She hit safely in each contest,
hammering out multiple hits in all but one contest. Her highlight
performance came against Roanoke in which she went 3-for-4 with two
homers and three runs batted in.
SOFTBALL PITCHER OF
THE WEEK
Shannon Harris,
Emory & Henry College
Harris, a junior from Hendersonville, N.C.,
went 3-1 this past week with a victory over Virginia Wesleyan and two
more versus Randolph-Macon. She fanned 26 batters in 21.2 innings
of work, putting on an ODAC record-pace of 9.29 strikeouts per seven
innings pitched. Harris went the distance to get her win over VWC,
and struck out 13 batters in 6.2 innings of work against the Yellow
Jackets to pick up those to victories. Her lone loss came to
non-conference Maryville when the international tie-breaker runner
crossed the dish in the eighth inning to give Maryville a 1-0 win.
Harris had pitched
| Softball Honor Roll |
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Ashley Gills, Bridgewater |
Won twice the
Eagles spring trip, defeating Widener and Pitt-Greensburg... She
struck out nine in 10 innings of work, allowing only two
unearned runs. |
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Dana Detmar, Emory & Henry |
Hammered three
homeruns in a 30-1 win over Salem College... she drove in nine
runs during that game to with her roundtrippers, both ODAC
season highs. |
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Andrea Hixson, Randolph-Macon |
Went 9-for-13
in a 2-2 week for the Jackets... scored six runs and drove in
three more. |
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Loren Messick, Roanoke |
Knocked 10 hits
in 19 at bats to help the Maroons to six wins... was also
perfect on 25 chances in the field, and boasted a .571 on base
percentage. |
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Kelsey Ruitenberg, Roanoke |
Won three games
in the circle, fanning 19 batters in 20 innings of work... Held
the opposition to a .127 batting average. |
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Krysal Ellis, Sweet Briar |
She homered in
each contest as she went 4-for-7 in two wins for the Vixens...
Also had two doubles and nine RBI. |
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Becca Almond, Sweet Briar |
Went the
distance (5 inn.) in a 22-1 win over Salem... struck out 10
batters and didn't allow a hit, but surrendered five free
passes. |
MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
Nat Estes,
Washington & Lee University
Estes, a junior from Charleston, S.C.,
helped the Generals to a 4-0 week by going 4-0 at #2 singles and 3-1 at
#1 doubles. He helped lead W&L to a 5-4 win over 17th-ranked
Denison by winning 6-4, 6-4 in singles action and then teamed with Tim
Ross to knock off the Big Red's top doubles tandem by an 8-2 tally.
For the season, Estes has posted an 11-4 record in singles and an 8-5
mark in doubles.
| Men's Tennis Honor Roll |
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William Moss, Hampden-Sydney |
Won his only #1
singles match of the week, 6-4 and 6-2 over Washington & Lee. |
WOMEN'S TENNIS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Hilary Teeter,
Bridgewater College
Teeter, a junior from Gettysburg, Pa.,
finished with a 4-0 record at #1 singles and 2-2 at #1 doubles on the
Eagles' spring trip. She started the week with a straight set win
at Guilford (7-5, 6-1), and then added wins against Tri-State (three
sets), Lebanon Valley (6-1, 6-4) and Olivet (7-6, 7-5). She also
won doubles contests against Guilford (8-1) and Lebanon Valley (8-4).
| Women's Tennis Honor Roll |
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Morgan Howard, Guilford |
Won twice in
straight sets at #6 singles in a 1-1 week for the Quakers |
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Emily Applegate, Washington & Lee |
Perfect on the
week in both singles and doubles... won both her singles matches
6-0 (one at #1, one at #3)... Defeated #16 Denison in #2 doubles
(9-7) and then won at #1 doubles over Sweet Briar (8-2). |
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