Thursday, September 25, 2008
Centre College goalkeeper Aaron Arndt propelled the Colonels to back-to-back victories to open up Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play last week.
Arndt, who graduated from Madisonville-North Hopkins, made three saves as Centre downed Oglethorpe University (Ga.) 1-0 on Sept. 19. Two days later Arndt made three more saves as the Colonels defeated Sewanee-University of the South (Tenn.) 3-1 to improve to a 7-2 record overall.
Following the team’s strong conference opening, Centre was listed as No. 24 in the country in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas Division III national rankings, which were released Tuesday.
Men’s cross country
Former North runner Tim Hall took seventh place overall for Austin Peay State University in the Fleet Feet Sports/Earl Jacoby Memorial Invitational, hosted by the University of Alabama-Huntsville on Saturday.
Hall paced the Governors with at time of 26:45.50 in the 8K event, just ahead of teammate Ryne Sexton (8th, 26:46.00). As a team Austin Peay claimed third place.
Thus far on the season, Hall has finished with the Governors’ best time in each of the team’s four races.
On Sept. 9, Hall was named Ohio Valley Conference Runner of the Week. On the same day he was named APSU Athlete of the Week, selected each Tuesday by the APSU sports information staff.
Hall and the Govs will enjoy a bit of rest before taking part in its next race, the Tiger Invitational, 10:15 a.m. Oct. 4 at Auburn (Ala.).
Football
Blake Boyd corralled the third of four first-half interceptions in Western Kentucky University’s 50-9 home-opening victory over Murray State on Saturday.
Boyd, who formerly starred at North, made the pick with 7:42 left in the second quarter and returned it 25 yards for the score to give Western a 27-6 lead.
Defensively, the Hilltoppers limited the Racers to just 11 yards rushing on the day. In addition to his interception, Boyd accumulated five tackles.
With the win, Western improves its record to 2-2 and next plays the University of Kentucky 6 p.m. Saturday in the first ever meeting between the football teams.
Women’s soccer
Kentucky Wesleyan’s Laura Nance started in two home soccer games last week for the Lady Panthers.
Nance, a former North soccer star, played in Wesleyan’s 4-0 loss to Drury University (Mo.) on Friday and 7-1 loss to Rockhurst University (Mo.) on Sunday. Nance also played as a substitute in the team’s 4-1 win against Brescia University on Tuesday.
The Lady Panthers’ record stands at 3-4-1. Wesleyan next plays at 5 p.m. Friday at University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Women’s tennis
Former North tennis player Brittany Deese, now at Kentucky Wesleyan, earned a win in doubles competition on Sept. 19 against Brescia.
Deese and partner Katie Cecil defeated Brescia’s Miranda Pendly and Kayla White 9-8 in doubles play as the Lady Panthers swept Brescia as a team.
Wesleyan is now 2-1 on the year and its next match is Friday at Oakland City University (Ind.).
Volleyball
Julia Ridley, a former North volleyball product, continued her strong play last week for Barry University (Fla.), although the Lady Bucaneers dropped two matches.
Barry opened up Sunshine State Conference play with a five-set loss to Rollins College on Sept. 19 and lost the next day to the Florida Tech Panthers in four sets.
Ridley played well despite the losses, collecting a total of 24 kills and five blocks.
The Lady Bucaneers began the season 3-0, but have since lost three straight matches and stand 0-2 in the conference. Barry will look to bounce back 7 p.m. Friday at Eckerd College (Fla.).
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