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Washington
and Lee Picked Atop Volleyball Preseason Poll
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Washington & Lee University received ten first place votes and 120 poll
points as the Generals were picked first by the league’s coaches in the
2008 ODAC Volleyball Preseason Poll. Randolph-Macon College collected
98 points for second place and Bridgewater College recorded 95 points to
round out the top three selections. Virginia Wesleyan College received
the final first place nod and finished with 97 total points.
Washington and Lee won its seventh straight and 11th overall
ODAC title last season
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Virginia
Wesleyan Tabbed First in Men's Soccer Preseason Poll
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Each of the top three teams in the 2008 ODAC Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll
received multiple first place votes from the league’s coaches. Virginia
Wesleyan College topped the annual survey with 112 total poll points and
five top selections. Roanoke College, the 2007 ODAC Tournament
champion, garnered 106 points and three high marks while Hampden-Sydney
College sits in third with 101 points and the remaining trio of first
place votes.
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Wesleyan Headlines Women's Soccer Preseason Poll
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Only 15
points separate the first team from the fourth squad in the 2008 ODAC
Women’s Soccer Preseason Poll. Virginia Wesleyan College picked up a
half-dozen first place votes on its way to leading the annual coaches’
survey with 134 points. Lynchburg, the 2007 conference champion,
collected 127 points and four top tallies with Roanoke College and
Washington and Lee University each receiving one first place nod towards
123 and 119 points, respectively.
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ODAC
Announces 2007-08 All-Academic Team
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For the second straight year, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference
All-Academic Team eclipsed 1,000 student-athletes. Through 2007-08
academic year, 1,056 ODAC athletes were honored amongst the conference’s
competing schools with an All-ODAC Academic Award.
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Lynchburg
Picked to Win Third Straight Field Hockey Crown
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Lynchburg College,
winners of the past two ODAC field hockey championships, were selected
by the league’s coaches to win the title for a third consecutive time in
the 2008 ODAC Field Hockey Preseason Poll. The Hornets garnered five
first place votes and 60 total points. Eastern Mennonite University is
just four points back (56 pts.) after picking up a pair of top marks.
Washington and Lee University sits in third with 49 points and the
remaining highest rank.
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Washington
and Lee Selected Atop Men's Cross Country Poll
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Washington and Lee University earned seven first place votes in the 2008
ODAC Men’s Cross Country Preseason Poll, topping the annual survey with
95 total poll points. Lynchburg College came away with two top billings
and 83 total points while 2007 runner-up Bridgewater College trailed its
Hornet counterparts with 82 points and the remaining top tally.
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Washington and Lee Headlines Women's Cross Country Poll
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Washington and Lee University earned 79 total points and seven first
place votes as the coaches tabbed the Generals to win their fifth
straight women’s cross country title in the annual ODAC Women’s Cross
Country Preseason Poll. Roanoke College (68 pts.) and Lynchburg College
(67 pts.) are separated by only one point for second and third,
respectively, with each garnering one top vote.
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ODAC
Announces New Presidents Council Leadership
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The Old
Dominion Athletic Conference is proud to announce leadership changes in
its governance structure beginning with the 2008-09 academic year.
Virginia Wesleyan College President, Dr. William Greer, will assume the
role of Chair of the ODAC Presidents Council following the two year term
of Lynchburg College’s Dr. Kenneth Garren. Emory & Henry’s Dr. Rosalind
Reichard has been appointed the chair-elect and will begin her service
on the council as well.
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Hampden-Sydney Picked Atop ODAC Football Poll
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Hampden-Sydney was chosen to repeat as gridiron champions in the 2008 ODAC Football
Preseason Coaches Poll. The
Tigers received 47 overall votes and five first place nods with
Randolph-Macon occupying the second position with 41 tallies and
the remaining two top selections.One
vote separated Bridgewater from Washington and Lee
(28 to 27) for third place with the same margin benefitting Guilford over Catholic
(21 to 20) for the fifth slot.Emory & Henry sits in the seventh position after
receiving 12 poll points.
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Bill
Leatherman Retires as Bridgewater Men's Basketball Coach
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Bridgewater College head basketball coach, Bill Leatherman, has
announced his retirement after 23 years at the helm of the Eagles' men's
program. Hired in 1985, Leatherman leaves the hardwood with a
335-262 career record, the most wins of any men's basketball coach in
Bridgewater history.
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ESPN
Salutes R-MC/H-SC Rivalry Across All Sports
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The
oldest collegiate rivalry in the South doesn't feature any Division I
school that might immediately come to mind. You need only look to
a pair of ODAC campuses to find that distinction. In a gridiron
battle simply penned "The Game," Randolph-Macon College and
Hampden-Sydney College will be meeting for the 114th time this November,
continuing an annual football feud that began in 1893.
While the
pigskin may provide the most visible example, those that follow Yellow
Jacket, Tiger and ODAC athletics know that same spirit spreads to other
R-MC/H-SC showdowns no matter the sport. Chris Preston from the
Shelburne News and Varsity Magazine touched on this and more in a recent
feature for ESPN posted on ESPN.com.
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