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Women's Lacrosse Loses in Last Minute while Softball is Swept by CNU

DANVILLE, Va. - The baseball team came back Saturday afternoon to win 4-2 and to gain a split of its weekend Dixie series with Averett in the process.

Shenandoah (17-12, 5-7 Dixie) received another outstanding pitching performance from junior Chris Kees (Gore, Va./James Wood). Kees outdueled 2000 NCAA Division III Pitcher of the Year Jason Dooley to win his sixth game of the season and second in as many outings against Dooley. Kees struck held Averett (21-11, 7-5) to just four hits on the day and struck out seven against five walks. He held the Cougars scoreless for the first six innings and the punctuated the victory with a strikeout for the last out of the contest.

After the two pitchers held the hitters in check for the first four frames, the Hornets finally broke through with two runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth. Shortstop John Cowell (Devon, Pa./Conestoga) led off the fifth with a single and scored the first run of the game on a Tony Canterna (Linthicum, Md./Anne Arundel CC) sacrifice fly. SU made it 2-0 when Jeremy Schutt (Annandale, Va./Prince George's CC) tripled into the gap in leftcenter and then came home on an RBI single by Jake Fiedler (Fairfax, Va./Chantilly).

Catcher Shane Lloyd (Alexandria, Va./Hayfield) was 3 for 4 while Cowell and Schutt both had two hits each.

A complete box score can be found at http://www.su.edu/athletics/bb/2001/041401.htm

Shenandoah hosts Bridgewater Monday night at 7:00.

Women's Lacrosse

WINCHESTER, Va. - The SU women's lacrosse team was unable to find the win column again on Saturday afternoon as the squad dropped a 10-9 Dixie Conference decision to Ferrum College.

Shenandoah (0-6, 0-3) saw its best chance to earn its first win of the season slip away as Ferrum (2-6, 2-1) got a goal from Karen Helton (Chester, Va.) with 44 seconds to play to give the Lady Panthers the lead for the final time of the game.

After SU scored the opening goal of the contest on an unassisted tally from freshman Sharon Sparwasser (Baltimore, Md./Kenwood), the two teams traded goals back and forth for entire way. Neither team led by more than one goal all afternoon long and the game was tied for the majority of the 60 minutes.

Sparwasser led the Hornets with four goals while Angela Daniel (Charlottesville, Va./William Monroe) added two. Sparwasser's fourth straight hat trick caps a week in which she scored 11 goals in three games.

SU hosts Hollins on Thursday before entering play as the No. 4 seed at next weekend's Dixie Conference Tournament. Shenandoah will face top seeded Greensboro at 2:00 before Ferrum and host Christopher Newport play at 4:00.

Summary:

SU Goals: Sparwasser 4, Daniel 2, Tupper, Higgins, Mattox

Assists: Tupper

Shots

SU- 23

FC - 28

Free Positions

SU- 2 for 8

FC- 2 for 7

Turnovers:

SU - 18

FC - 22

Groundballs

SU - 42

FC - 24

Fouls

SU- 24

FC - 30

Draw Controls: FC 12 of 21

Saves:

SU: Casey Peterson 9 (60 min, 10 ga)

FC: Candice King 10 (60 min, 9 ga)

Women's Softball

WINCHESTER, Va. - The women's softball team fell to 2-26 overall Saturday afternoon as Christopher Newport swept the Hornets 12-0 and 17-5 in a Dixie Conference doubleheader.

Shenandoah banged out 12 hits in the two contests; sophomore Jennifer Jones (Radiant, Va./Madison County) was 2 for 3 with an RBI in game two after going 2 for 2 in game one. Freshman Katey Wilson (Amissville, Va./Rappahannock) was the only other player to have more than one hit on the day. Wilson was 1 for 2 in game one and 1 for 3 with two RBI on fifth inning double in the second contest.

Complete box scores can be found at http://www.su.edu/athletics/sb/2001/0414011.htm and http://www.su.edu/athletics/sb/2001/0414012.htm

SU hosts Mary Washington Tuesday at 3:00.

Men's Tennis

Complete Results

Greensboro 6, SU 1

Singles

1. Tommy Waters (GC) def. Farai Tsiga (SU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Mitch Haney (GC) def. Peter Rouch (SU) 6-1, 6-4
3. John Moczydlowski (SU) def. Michael Smith (GC) 4-6, 6-4, (9-7)
4. Lucas Conkle (GC) def. Trey Chavis (SU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Henderson Hicks (GC) def. KC Hatton (SU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Pete Kusiak (AC) def. Will Rice (SU) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Waters/Haney (GC) def. Tsiga/Moczydlowski (SU) 8-4
2. Hicks/Smith (GC) def. Chavis/Rouch (SU) 8-3
3. Conkle/Kusiak (GC) def. Hatton/Rice (SU) 8-1

Methodist 7, SU 0

Singles

1. Adam Hunter (MC) def. Farai Tsiga (SU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Kevin Criscoe (MC) def. Peter Rouch (SU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Marcus Dudley (MC) def. John Moczydlowski (SU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1
4. Steve Strawn (MC) def. Trey Chavis (SU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Lowell Fischer (MC) def. KC Hatton (SU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Matt Avery (MC) def. Byron Pitts (SU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

1. Hunter/Keith Kussauf (MC) def. Tsiga/Moczydlowski (SU) 8-0
2. Criscoe/Dudley (MC) def. Chavis/Rouch (SU) 8-2
3. Keith Cuccia/Fischer (MC) def. Hatton/Rice (SU) 8-0

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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