Women’s Soccer Shut Out  

Volleyball Drops Two Dixie Contests

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Women's Soccer

WINCHESTER, Va. –  The women’s soccer team was unable to get its first Dixie Conference victory of the season Monday afternoon as NC Wesleyan took a 4-0 victory.

NC Wesleyan (9-3-1, 5-1 Dixie) cruised to the win with three first half goals. Kristi McGuire scored what proved to be the game winner in the 17^th minute when she had an unassisted tally from four yards out. Caitlin Sanderson and Katie Hodge then added goals in the 34^th and 44^th minutes to give the Bishops a 3-0 lead heading into halftime.

Camil Velazquez had the final goal of the game with an unassisted conversion in the 62^nd minute.

Freshman keeper Dana D’Agostino (Wantage, N.J./High Pointe Regional) had nine saves for Shenandoah (2-11, 1-4) in the loss.

A full box score can be found at http://www.su.edu/athletics/wsoc/2001/100801.htm

SU is on the road on Wednesday at Ferrum. Game time is 4:00.

Women's Volleyball  

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The SU women's volleyball team also was unsuccessful Monday afternoon; the Hornets dropped Dixie Conference matches to Greensboro 3-0 (12-30, 27-30, 18-30) and Methodist 3-2 (30-24, 30-22, 24-30, 19-30, 8-15).

Shenandoah (2-13, 1-6) lost the Methodist contest after being up 2-0 in the best of five match. Freshman Jenny Gray (Summerduck, Va./Liberty) had a combined 18 kills and 12 digs in the two matches while senior Brandy Kuykendall (Winchester, Va./James Wood) added 39 assists. Sophomore defensive specialist Lesley Beard (Youngstown, O./Austintown Fitch) also played well with 11 digs.

Complete SU stats for the two matches can be found at http://www.su.edu/athletics/vb/2001/1008011.htm and http://www.su.edu/athletics/vb/2001/1008012.htm 

The women host Dickinson College Tuesday night at 7:00.