Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Centre College goalkeeper Aaron Arndt recorded his first assist of the year against Division-III Trinity University on Friday and the Colonels maintained an early 2-0 advantage against the No. 1 ranked Tigers, but could not hold on following a costly penalty.
Facing nationally-touted Trinity (Texas), Centre jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead. Arndt, a former Madisonville-North Hopkins standout, even provided an assist on the second score from goal with a booming kick to an open Patrick Garvey.
Later, a red card against the Colonels, however, meant Centre had to play the remainder of the game a man down.
The one-player advantage proved to be too much against the Tiger offense and the Colonels eventually succumbed 3-2. Arndt finished the game with six saves.
Two days later, Centre rebounded to defeat visiting Southwestern University (Texas) 2-1 in the team’s regular season finale.
Arndt made three saves in the game and with the win, the Colonels secured second place in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and finished 15-5 overall and 7-3 in the SCAC.
Women’s basketball
Webster County graduate Caitlin Owen has played in each of Brescia University’s three basketball games this season, but the team has struggled, opening the year with a three consecutive losses.
Owen has seen plenty of action on the floor, averaging the most minutes of any reserve coming off the bench.
Through three contests, Owen has scored in every game.
After an 11-point season-opening loss to Lindsey Wilson College and a 94-45 loss to the University of the Cumberlands, Brescia nearly knocked off Pikeville College, but eventually fell 97-92.
Lee University’s Kari Jo Harris came off the bench on Thursday to lead both Lee and all opposing Morris College (S.C.) players in minutes played.
As the “sixth man,” Harris, a 2008 Hopkins County Central graduate, played 27 minutes and accumulated four points, three rebounds and two assists in her team’s 100-66 victory.
On Saturday, Lee defeated Milligan College (Tenn.) in a similar fashion, winning 98-63. Harris tallied four points and two rebounds in 13 minutes of floor time.
Football
The Virginia Military Institute football team continued its mid-season slide losing 38-26 to the Liberty Flames (Va.) on Saturday, despite quarterback Tim Maypray’s consistent play.
Maypray, a former Maroon, rushed 16 times for 53 yards and ended the day 1-of-4 passing for another 53 yards.
Down 21-5 as the first half approached its close, Maypray’s 11-yard touchdown rush pulled VMI within striking distance for a possible second-half comeback.
With the loss, the Keydets drop to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the Big South Conference.
Men’s swimming
Four former North swimmers took part in two separate swim meets during the weekend for Transylvania University with each seeing plenty of pool time.
The Pioneers lost 142-62 to Wabash University (Ind.) on Friday and defeated Union College 134-86 in Saturday’s match-up. There was plenty of brotherly competition between former Maroons Daniel, Joseph and Stephen Porter, but teammate Yunan Yang may have had the most impressive weekend.
Yang finished with the highest individual place by taking third in the 200-yard individual medley on Saturday.
In Friday’s meet Yang beat out Daniel in the 200-yard breaststroke.
On the same day, Yang teamed with Joseph and Stephen in the 400-yard freestyle race, taking sixth of nine participating teams. Yang and Stephen also swam together on the 400-yard medley relay while Daniel took part in the same race, but on a different team.
Rounding out Friday’s results, Daniel swam in the 200-yard individual medley while Joseph and Stephen participated in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke respectively.
All three Porter brothers entered the 200-yard freestyle relay against Union. Joseph and Stephen’s team finished second with Daniel’s team a couple seconds behind at third.
Daniel got a bit of revenge in the 100-yard freestyle though with a fourth-place victory and .25 seconds advantage against Joseph. Despite the narrow loss, Joseph still earned a point for his team.
Joseph also swam in the 50-yard freestyle while Stephen took part in the 200-yard medley relay and 100-yard backstroke. Both Daniel and Yang entered in the 100-yard breaststroke.
n At Centre College, former Central swimmer Zach Ford swam against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis on Friday, but the Colonels lost 152-142.
Ford, a freshman, participated in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.59) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:42.96).
Women’s swimming
On the women’s side at Transylvania, Maggie Davenport and Claire Dorris each experienced a pair of successful meets against Wittenberg University (Ohio) and Union College.
Like the men, the women’s team split its meets, losing 165-71 to Wittenberg on Friday and defeating Union 137-54 on Saturday.
Both swimmers contributed greatly to their team’s success by accumulating several points.
Davenport swam the first leg of Friday’s second-place 400-yard medley relay and Dorris took a leg on the fourth-place finishing team in the same race.
In the same meet, Dorris participated in the 200-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle while Davenport finished out the day quite strong. Davenport earned nine points in a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.80) and lost out to another Transy team for first in the 400-yard freestyle relay. For the 200-yard backstroke, Davenport claimed second place.
Dorris and Davenport teamed up to win Saturday’s 200-yard medley relay race in 2:00.38. Davenport began the race and Dorris swam anchor.
Later, Davenport earned points by taking second place in the 200-yard individual medley. Dorris led off the first-place 200-yard freestyle relay team and also swam the 200-yard freestyle.
Volleyball
The Barry University (Fla.) volleyball team swept its competition in three separate matches last week to improve to 15-10 overall and 5-9 in the Sunshine State Conference.
Former Maroon Julia Ridley and the Buccaneers began the three-game win streak with back-to-back 3-0 wins against Nova Southeastern (Fla.) on Nov. 3 and Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) on Friday. During the two contests, Ridley posted a total 16 kills, 16 digs, two blocks and one ace.
On Saturday, Barry went five games before defeating the St. Thomas Bobcats (Fla.). Ridley had her best game of the week, recording 12 kills, 10 digs and three blocks.
The Buccaneers close out the season this weekend 7 p.m. Friday at Florida Southern and 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Leo (Fla.).
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