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Volleyball
and Soccer Lose
Men’s and Women’s Soccer Fall in Doubleheader with
Greensboro
For
More Information Contact: Scott
Musa, 540.665.5417
Women’s Volleyball
WINCHESTER
,
Va.
– The women’s volleyball team was unable to extend its Dixie
Conference winning streak to three Sunday afternoon as
Averett
University
took a 3-1 (30-32, 35-33, 30-19, 30-13) win at SU.
Junior Tara Russell (Williamsport,
Md./Hagerstown
CC) had 15 kills and Aly Benton (Bunker Hill
,
W. Va./Musselman) added 13, but Averett (11-8, 5-1) swept games two
through five after the Hornets (8-13, 3-3) won the opening contest.
Junior Lesley Beard (Youngstown,
Ohio/Austintown
Fitch) contributed 39 assists offensively.
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Score
SU completes its first round of
Dixie Conference action Tuesday evening at Ferrum.
Women’s Soccer
WINCHESTER,
Va.
– The women’s soccer team dropped its third straight Dixie
Conference contest Sunday afternoon; the Hornets fell 8-0 to Greensboro
College.
Greensboro
(3-3, 2-2) took a 2-0 lead into the halftime lockerroom and then
added four more goals in the first 18 minutes of the second half to
cruise to the victory.
The Pride outshot SU (
2-7-1
) 25-3 in the contest.
Freshman keeper Karen Hild (Ellicott
City, Md./Centennial)
made nine saves in just under 68 minutes of action. Stephanie Rush (Spotsylvania,
Va./Spotsylvania)
added two more in relief of Hild.
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Shenandoah ventures to the
nation’s capital on Wednesday for a non-league game against
Trinity
College.
Men’s Soccer
WINCHESTER
,
Va.
– The men’s soccer team also was unable to defeat Greensboro
Sunday afternoon; the Pride earned a 3-1 Dixie Conference victory on
the strength of two first half tallies.
GC (4-3, 2-0) got all of the goals
it would need in the first 32 minutes when Buddy Forward converted a
penalty kick in the 10th minute and the Duncan Edwards
had an unassisted goal 22 minutes later.
Shenandoah (3-4-2,1-1) got itself back into the contest in the 61st minute
when junior Jesse Fullerton (Catharpin,
Va./Stonewall
Jackson) one-timed a Luis Collantes (Alexandria, Va./TC Williams)
volley from 20 yards out.
Shenandoah continued to keep up the
pressure on the GC goal, but the Pride sealed the victory with 11
minutes left when Charlie Blackwell re-directed an Edwards cross
past SU keeper Tom Malinosky (Clearwater,
Fla./Clearwater
Catholic) from right in front of the net.
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Shenandoah is now off until hosting
Ferrum
College
in a Saturday afternoon contest. This Homecoming 2002 game starts at
1:00.
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, 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.
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