Men’s Basketball

Head Coach: Rob Harris

Overall Record: 6-10 Dixie Conference Record: 0-4

The men's basketball team lost two of its three games this past week to move to 6-10 overall and 0-4 in Dixie Conference play. The men opened play on Wednesday by snapping a six-game losing streak with a 72-67 overtime victory over Villa Julie College. SU held double digit advantages in both the first and second halves of the contest but needed a stickback from sophomore Michael Atkins (Winchester, Va./Sherando) with two seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. The Hornets then won the first overtime game of the Rob Harris era by outscoring the Mustangs 12-7 in the extra period. Atkins led four players in double figures with a career high 19 points; he also pulled down 10 rebounds to record his second double-double of the season. Atkins was joined in double figures in the scoring column by Ted Davis (Clifton Forge, Va./Allegheny), Craig Shelton (Charlottesville, Va./Charlottesville) and Jacob Bates (Berryville, Va./Clarke County) with 14, 12 and 10, respectively. Junior Fred Cooke (Wheaton, Md./Albert Einstein) helped the cause defensively with a career high six blocked shots. SU completed the week with a pair of Dixie Conference losses, 75-63 to Methodist on Saturday and 75-57 to Greensboro on Sunday. Harris' club held a two point lead with just under seven minutes to play in Saturday's contest with the Monarchs, but saw Methodist score 19 of the final 24 points of the game to take the 12 point victory. Junior Ronald Merriweather (Frankfurt, Germany/Giessen American) had 15 and Davis 14 in the losing cause. The Hornets ran into a hot Greensboro squad in Sunday's defeat; the Pride made eight of its nine 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes of play to help themselves to an 11 point halftime advantage. Freshman Chad Brashears (Hagerstown, Md./St. Maria Goretti) was the only SU player in double figures. He had 14 points. This week the men complete the first round of Dixie play with home games against Ferrum on Thursday and Averett on Saturday. Both games are doubleheaders with the women.

Women’s Basketball

Head Coach: Kathy Orsini

Overall Record: 6-7 Dixie Conference Record: 1-3

The women's basketball team lost both of its games this past week to fall under the .500 mark for just the second time all season. On Saturday, SU was held to just 27.4 percent shooting from the floor (17 of 62) in a 84-46 loss to Methodist College. Senior Carrie Weimer (Williamsport, Md./Williamsport) had 10 points to lead all SU scorers in the losing effort. Sophomore Adina Trammel (Leesburg, Va./Loudoun County) had her fourth double-double of the season on Sunday at Greensboro, but it was not enough as the Hornets fell 74-56. Trammel had 14 points and 12 rebounds to go along with seven assists in the loss. This week, the women play a pair of Dixie doubleheaders with the men. SU hosts Ferrum College on Thursday at 5:30 and Averett College on Saturday at 2:00.

Shenandoah University offers 16 intercollegiate sports, eight for men and eight for women. For further information, please contact the Office of Athletic Communications at 540-665-5417 or visit our web site at http://www.su.edu/athletics. For Dixie Conference Information, please visit the Dixie Conference home page: http://www.dixieconference.com.

Shenandoah University is a comprehensive Level V private university with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students in five schools: School of Arts & Sciences, Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business, Shenandoah Conservatory, Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and the School of Health Professions (Athletic Training, Nursing, Respiratory Care, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant). The University offers more than 60 programs of study at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels