Golf Opens with 4^th Place Showing

Volleyball Wins First as Women’s Soccer Loses

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Men’s Golf

HERSHEY. Pa. – The SU golf team opened its 2001 fall season Tuesday afternoon with a 4^th place showing at the 19 team Elizabethtown Invitational in Hershey , Pa. The Hornets shot a 313 over the 7061 yard, par 71 Hershey Country Club course to finish just 11 shots in back of team champion Susquehanna University .

Sophomore Chris Fraser (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg) led SU in the opening match with a two-over- par 73 to finish 2^nd overall. This is the highest finish ever for an SU golfer in an 18 hole tournament. Classmate Kevin Richards (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls) and junior Dallas Strait ( Greencastle , Pa. /Greencastle) each shot a 78 and Jason Aud ( Mount Airy , Md. /Frederick CC) an 84 to round out the Hornets scoring.

SU is now off until they host Marymount on October 2.

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Women’s Soccer

WINCHESTER , Va. – The women’s soccer team was not as fortunate as the golf program as the women fell 6-0 to Methodist College in the squad’s Dixie Conference opener.  

The Monarchs (6-1, 2-1) jumped on SU (0-4, 0-1) for three goals in a 15 minute span midway through the first half to take a commanding 3-0 lead into the halftime lockerroom. MC then added three goals in the final 45 minutes to provide the final margin.

SU keeper Dana D’Agostino (Wantage, N.J./High Pointe Regional) made 12 saves in the losing effort.  

A complete box score can be found at http://www.su.edu/athletics/wsoc/2001/091801.htm

Shenandoah is in action again on Thursday when they travel to Harrisonburg to take on Eastern Mennonite in a non-league match.

Women’s Volleyball

WINCHESTER , Va. – The women’s volleyball team gave coach Ellie Tanner her first ever victory as Head Coach of the Hornets Tuesday evening with a 3-0 (30-18, 30-27, 31-29) victory over the College of Notre Dame. The win is the first that Tanner, a 2000 SU graduate, has earned since taking over the program full-time this past January.

Senior Brandy Kuykendall ( Winchester , Va./James Wood) led SU (1-5) in the win with 34 assists and 12 digs. Freshman Jenny Gray ( Sumerduck , Va. / Liberty ) had a team high 13 kills and also played well defensively with 10 digs.

Complete SU statistics are available on the SU web page at http://www.su.edu/athletics/vb/2001/091801.htm

Shenandoah is now off until it opens the Dixie slate on Friday at Averett College .

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