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September 4, 2007
SLIAC ANNOUNCES ATHLETES OF
THE WEEK FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 2
ST. LOUIS - Five student-athletes have earned the first St. Louis
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Athlete of the Week honors
for the Fall 2007 season. MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Greenville College's Josh Bond, a senior from Erie, Ill., has
been named the SLIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week
of August 27-September 2.
Bond placed 34th out of 124 runners at the
Washington University Early Bird Meet held in Forest Park. He marked a
time of 27:41.88 to lead the Panthers to an eighth place finish out of
12 teams competing. Bond was also the top runner to finish the 8K course
out of all the SLIAC competitors. WOMEN'S
CROSS COUNTRY
Eureka College's Mary Ackerman, a freshman from Morton, Ill., has
been named the SLIAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the
week of August 27-September 2.
Ackerman posted a time of 18:20.69 in her first
collegiate 4K race. The Red Devils competed at the Elmhurst Early Bird
Invitational, where Ackerman placed 117th out of 181 total runners.
Eureka did not post a team score. MEN'S SOCCER
Principia College's Spencer Brown, a freshman from Camarillo,
Calif. (Viewpoint School), has been named the SLIAC Men's Soccer Player
of the Week for the week of August 27-September 2.
Brown, a 6-1 forward, scored both game-winning
goals for the Panthers as they went 2-0 at the 2007 Rhodes Classic in
Memphis, Tenn. Principia defeated Millsaps College 3-1 and host school
Rhodes 2-1. WOMEN'S SOCCER
Webster University's Kelsey McClure, a sophomore from
Columbia, Mo. (Hickman), has been named the SLIAC Women's Soccer Player
of the Week for the week of August 27-September 2.
McClure, a forward and last season's SLIAC
Newcomer of the Year, led the Gorloks to a 2-0 record last weekend with
four goals and two assists total. She had one goal and two assists in
Webster's 3-2 season-opening victory versus Millikin University. McClure
then recorded her first hat trick of the season with three goals in a
6-0 victory against North Park University.
VOLLEYBALL
Principia College's Christina Speer, a junior from
Chesterfield, Mo. (Principia), has been named the SLIAC Volleyball
Player of the Week for the week of August 27-September 2.
Speer, a 6-2 outside hitter, was named to the
All-Tournament Team at the Monmouth (Ill.) Invitational after leading
the Panthers to a 2-1 record. In 12 games played she recorded 55 kills
and a .303 attack percentage, while also adding 11 block solos, four
block assists, 26 digs and six service aces. Speer had 18 kills versus
both Monmouth College (Ill.) and Loras College, and she tallied 19
kills, a .371 attack percentage, three service aces, nine digs and five
solo blocks versus Hannibal-LaGrange College. |