Saturday Wrap-Up

Men’s Lacrosse Finishes with Win

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Men’s and Women’s Tennis

NEWPORT NEWS , Va. – The SU women’s and men’s tennis teams stand third and sixth, respectively, after the first day of play at the Dixie Conference Championships at Huntington Park in Newport News.

The Hornets have assured themselves of a best ever two All-Conference selections; the No.1 women’s doubles team of Jen McNeal (Verona, Va./Fort Defiance) and Wendy Legge (Stephens City, Va./Sherando) will play for the Dixie Championship while McNeal will have a busy day will  attempt to win the second No. 1 singles crown of her career when she takes on defending Rolex singles national champion Elena Blanina from Methodist College at the No. 1 singles position.

All-Conference is determined by the place in the tournament championship; all winners are considered first team and runners-up second team. SU has had three first team All-Dixie singles selections for the women: Lauren John (No. 1) in 1995, Carla Gorman (No. 2) in 1996 and McNeal (No. 1) in 1999. 

On the women’s side senior Laura Turek (Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown) and sophomore Jessica Padgett (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ross) will be playing for third place at No. 4 and No. 6 singles, respectively, while Sakiko Horikowa (Chiba, Japan/SHOWA) will play for fifth at No. 2. Legge has clinched fifth at No. 3.

No. 3 James Ham (Burke, Va./NoVa CC), No. 5 Tim Dunford (Pembroke, Va./New River CC) and No. 6 Will Rice (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) have all clinched fifth place for the men. No. 5 Alex Bhaskarla (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) will be playing for third place and Hatton will round out his day with a fifth place match at No. 2 singles.

Complete results can be found on the Dixie Conference web page at http://www.dixieconference.com

Golf

DANVILLE, Va. – The golf team shot a solid 322 Saturday afternoon to put itself in sixth place after the first round of the Dixie Tournament at Goodyear Country Club in Danville.

Greensboro leads the tournament with a collective three-over-par 287 while Methodist is 13 strokes back with an even 300. SU stands 12 strokes behind fifth place NC Wesleyan but is 18 ahead both Chowan and Ferrum, who finished tied for seventh in the eight team tournament with a pair of 340s.

Sophomore Byron Pitts (Nokesville, Va./Home School) shot a team best for the Hornets with a four-over-par 75 on the par 71, 6324 yard Goodyear CC course. Dallas Strait (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle) carded an 81, Jason Aud (Mount Airy, Md./Frederick CC) 82 and Kevin Richards (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls) 84 to round out the scoring. Tim Detweiler (Manassas, Va./Middle Tennessee State) had an 89 from the fifth position.

Results

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Men’s Lacrosse

SCRANTON , Pa. – Senior Matt Burton (Ashburn, Va./Woodbridge) completed his career in style Saturday evening as his school record nine goals helped the Hornets to a 25-1 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference victory over College Misericordia.

Burton, who came into the contest as the SU career leader in goals with 92, broke Jason Tresidder’s two-year old game record of eight with the nine-goal onslaught. Tresidder had set the record in a 23-8 triumph over Marietta College in 2000.

Burton’s fellow starting attack teammates Chris Keller (Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg) and Elmer Baker (Fort Montgomery, N.Y./O’Neill) helped Shenandoah to achieve the most lopsided victory in the 10 years of the program with a combined 14 points. Both scored hat tricks; Keller added five assists and Baker three.

Senior Yaquay Brooks (Annandale, Va./Annandale) had five goals and junior Jeff Paolozzi (Brownville, N.Y./Governor Brown) three goals and one assist to round out the Hornets multiple point scorers.

Goalkeeper Dave Behan (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem) had four saves in 38 minutes before yielding to John Schaefer (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) for the final 22 minutes of the game. Schaefer stopped all three shots on goal he faced.

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, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Care, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy). The University offers more than 60 programs of study at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.