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October 2, 2007
SLIAC ANNOUNCES ATHLETES OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24-30
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC)
has announced the Athletes of the Week for the week of September 24-30. 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 September 24-30. This is Bond's second time this season to earn the
honor. Bond paced the Panthers at the Rhodes
College Invitational last weekend in Memphis, Tenn. He ran a time of
27:06 on the 8K course to place 14th out of 128 individual competitors.
Bond also led Greenville to a seventh place finish out of 15 schools
competing. WOMEN'S
CROSS COUNTRY
Fontbonne University's Rachel Hanson, a freshman from
Clarksville, Tenn. (Rossview), has
been named the SLIAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the
week of September 24-30. This is Hanson's second time this season to
earn the honor. Hanson placed second overall on a
hilly, challenging 5K course at the Gary Stoner Invitational hosted by
Central Methodist University. She posted a time of 20:09, finishing 19
seconds behind the leader from CMU.
Fontbonne finished third overall behind host
Central Methodist and Lincoln University.
MEN'S SOCCER
Fontbonne University's Mike Utley, a sophomore from St. Louis,
Mo. (Pattonville), has been named the SLIAC Men's Soccer Player
of the Week for the week of September 24-30.
Utley, a forward, scored three goals and added
one assist for a total of seven points last week. He recorded the
game-winning goals in a 1-0 victory versus Maryville University (Mo.)
and a 5-0 victory versus MacMurray College, that helped his squad remain
undefeated in conference play at 4-0.
Utley now leads the Griffins on the season in
goals (6) and points (13).
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Principia College's Jennai Taylor, a senior from
Claremont, Calif. (Flintridge Prep), has been named the SLIAC Women's
Soccer Player of the Week for the week of September 24-30.
Taylor scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2
Principia victory versus Maryville University (Mo.) on the road. The win
kept the Panthers undefeated in conference play at 3-0.
Taylor currently leads Principia in goals (11),
assists (6) and points (28).
VOLLEYBALL
Principia College's Rachael Richards, a junior from
Bellevue, Idaho, has been named the SLIAC
Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of September 24-30.
Richards, a setter, averaged 9.29 set assists, 1.0 digs an 3.24 digs in
17 games and five matches played last week. She also had seven blocks
total for the week.
Richards recorded 38 set assists twice - in a
3-1 loss to No. 18 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a 3-1 loss to
Wartburg College. She also added 34 set assists, five service aces and
15 digs as the Panthers defeated University of Wisconsin-River Falls
3-0. Other notable stats for the week include 26 set assists and six
service aces versus Westminster College (Mo.) and five kills, five
service aces and nine digs versus UW-La Crosse. |