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Checking in with CSU Men's Basketball - Jan. 30

2012-01-30T07:42:00.000-08:00

Charleston Southern head basketball coach Barclay Radebaugh posed a simple question last Saturday after his Bucs defeated Winthrop for their third consecutive victory: “How good can we be?” The answer to that query will play out in February, but CSU’s latest win provided yet another reason to believe there could be some March hoops on the horizon as well.

On the surface, a 75-64 win over a struggling Presbyterian College team is nothing special, but the way the Bucs dealt the Blue Hose their seventh straight loss was particularly impressive.

For starters, this was precisely the type of game a contending team doesn’t lose. And despite the best efforts of PC big-man Al’Lonzo Coleman (25 points), the Bucs turned back a senior laden and capable (PC downed then No. 20 Cincinnati in the Queen City on Nov. 19) Blue Hose club even after falling behind 37-30 early in the second half.

The reasons for that comeback were manifold, as CSU once again showcased its array of options while PC could not muster much offensive firepower outside of Coleman’s powerful post game.

Arlon Harper took the lead in a rather pedestrian first half, drilling three treys to spark a 15-2 run which erased an early 7-0 deficit and allowed the Bucs to stay within striking distance heading into halftime.

Saah Nimley entered intermission without a single point, but Harper’s backcourt mate took the game over in the final twenty minutes with a resolve and competitive zeal that his coach compared to that of Kelvin Martin. Nimley poured in 16 points, time and time again breaking down PC defenders off the dribble to get in the lane and to the free-throw line, where he converted 7-of-8 attempts as part of team-effort which tallied an 18-for-21 final mark.

As he always is in one way or another, Martin was a factor as well. The senior was a catalyst for the Bucs in halting the Blue Hose before they could swell the advantage to double digits, scoring six of his 14 markers during the opening six-plus minutes of the second half. Martin also addressed the Bucs about committing defensively (cited by Nimley in a postgame interview) and provided yet another highlight with a steal and two-hand dunk on a fast break which gave CSU the lead for good.

CSU’s second most experienced player was the unsung hero of the night. Jeremy Sexton finished with only four points and one assist in 19 minutes of action off the bench, but the junior guard’s two buckets were huge. They came back-to-back midway through the second half, as Sexton twice went off the bounce late in the shot clock to hit tough mid-range jumpers.

And there was Mathiang Muo. At 24, the well-traveled junior forward is sometimes jokingly referred to by teammates as old-man Muo, and the Sudan native has shown a knack for hitting big shots. That ability was first on display in the closing minutes of regulation against Coastal Carolina when he drove to the rim for several scores. Muo resorted to his favorite spot at the three-point line versus PC, connecting on four triples total, including two dagger threes late in the contest.

By virtue of Campbell’s loss to UNC Asheville, CSU (14-7, 8-3) sits alone at third in the Big South Conference standings, and has a chance to vault into second next weekend. The Bucs head to Buies Creek to face off against a Fightin’ Camels squad looking to avenge an 18-point loss at the Buc Dome Jan. 5. Then it’s on to Conway for a rematch with Cliff Ellis’ Chanticleers, who handed CSU a heart-breaking 80-77 overtime defeat in Charleston on Jan. 7. Should be a fun weekend. And you can hear all the action on 106.3 WJNI Thursday starting at 6:50, followed by a 1:50 matinee air-time on SportsRadio 1450 Saturday.

Now that I have my self-serving radio plug out of the way, it’s on to the more important business of sharing the odds and ends of another road trip with the CSU basketball program. Enjoy, in bullet format.
• Tip of the cap to Charleston Southern Director of Basketball Operations JT Blair for his itinerary. Not only did we stick to the times almost to the minute (no easy task), but Mr. Blair also managed to include a fun-fact: PC is home to Cyrus, the largest bronze statue of a Scotsman in the world. Nothing like random tidbits, and I’m still upset I didn’t find a way to work that in on the broadcast.

• Another tip of the cap to our bus driver, Terry Cummings, for turning me on to the poppy seed rolls at FATZ. It was this northerner’s first trip to the southern restaurant chain and the bread – served with a delicious cinnamon butter – definitely made pre-game meal.

• Apologies for providing some incorrect information in my game notes. Through a conversation with Brad Dobbels and Ahmad Smith, I discovered that Mr. Dobbels was not a member of the 1986-1987 CSU team that went 21-9 and captured the Big South Conference Tournament. Dobbels arrived a year later from junior college, and contribute to a Buccaneers squad which posted a 17-12 mark en route to finishing second.

• Got a chance to talk to Coach Smith about my New Jersey/New York roots, and I don’t think he was terribly surprised when I told him I had not played too much ball at the city’s famed Rucker Park. My skills didn’t carry me too far beyond the glory days of grade-school, although I still take pride in the sixth-grade intramural championship squad of which I was an integral part.

• Close but no cigar to BJ McKie for guessing that I hailed from White Plains. It’s as good a guess as any, but I’m Staten Island born and bred and was exposed to some pretty good mid-major basketball up on Grymes Hill at Wagner College. The Seahawks have it rolling this year at 17-4 and 8-2 in the Northeast Conference. It would be a good one if Dan Hurley’s club got together with CSU. Too much to ask for a BracketBusters matchup?

Buccaneer BasketBlog: Shay Jones

2011-12-08T08:53:00.000-08:00

What's cracking Buc Fans and Family
Shay here, to tell you guys how big of a week we have had since Thanksgiving. Going hard and beating each other up in practice has been our emphasis in practice through out the week. By doing that we exceeded expectations and got two very very huge road game victories over our cross town rivals College of Charleston and yes the ACC Clemson Tigers. Well I'll start off by saying WE ARE THE CITY CHAMPS for two straight years. We hit the Cougars hard with our defensive pressure the entire game which means we pressed them the whole game. By pressing them, we forced 32 mistakes and in turn 36 points for us. We held the Cougars to 45 points, which is a big deal for us. We really proved to ourselves how defense can win games. Also, with Coach Lambert being a former player ,and graduate of The College, it was pretty awesome for her to sit on the CSU bench and beat her alma mater -lol.

Moving forward to the big time win over Clemson. Boy it feels so good to beat an ACC team! I don’t think they had any idea what we were capable of! We started the game focused and determined to come out with a W. WE LEAD THE GAME THE ENTIRE first half. The second half was an exhausting battle and we lost the lead a couple of times, but that did not stop us as we tried to capitalize on every offensive possession we got. Winning the last four minutes of the game was crucial in helping us come out victorious. It was teamwork that won the game, but a huge part came from our “too legit to quit” post player, Lakeitha Alston, who scored 31 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Her awesome performance was recognized by our conference as well as she was named the Big South Player of the Week. This was also a big time win for Coach Calvert who graduated from Clemson and also worked with the women's team. To beat both of these teams in the same week, was an awesome accopmlishment for our coaching staff who had personal relationships with both universities. (I think Coach Newland and Coach G were pretty happy too)

Well hope we are making you guys proud and anxious to come watch. All is left to say is BIG SOUTH WATCH OUT AND DON'T LET THE SIZE FOOL YOU!!!

Shay Jones #5

Bucaneer Basketblog:Helen Terry

2011-11-10T11:40:00.000-08:00

What’s up all my Buc fans? It’s your girl Helen aka H-Teezy or HT, which ever you prefer. HaHaHa! I hope you all are as excited about the upcoming season as I am.

This past Saturday we kicked off our season with an exhibition win over the University of the South Sewanee 114 to 35. What better way to come out and play in front of our special visitor that we had in attendance! We came out and dominated the Tigers in every stat line. It felt great to finally be out on the floor again in front of our fans and see our freshman play as well as they did. Everyone came out and did what they needed to do to get the win for the Bucs. After the great victory we are looking forward to a week of hard work in practices as we have three games in FOUR DAYS this weekend. We face Furman Friday night @ 7pm, whom we fell short of a victory to last season by 1 point in a great game. I really look forward to this game because we are hungry for revenge. I'm excited to see how we will do this time. Saturday night @ 7pm we have a quick turn around and play Southern Wesleyan before we hit the road Sunday for our first road game Monday night @ 7pm against Western Carolina.

I look forward to seeing all of our great fans in the stands supporting us and I know we are ready to do some big things this year in Big South! With that being said Presbyterian, Winthrop, Gardner-Webb, UNCA, Radford, Liberty, Campbell, High Point and Coastal Carolina better watch out! We have a great cast of returning players to go along with some awesome freshmen that have joined us, and we are ready to show the Big South how we roll! We definitely have a lot to prove this season, and we will be BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS this year! Believe that!

-Helen Terry #12

Lakeitha Alston's Buccaneer Basketblog

2011-11-04T09:48:00.000-07:00

What up what up what up Bucs!? What has 2 thumbs and is ready for basketball season to kick off?? THIS GIRL (me)!! Boy oh Boy I can smell packed out arenas, sweaty gym socks, and court burn in the air already! It got here quickly and I'm glad. This season is going to be something special I can just feel it. Us Lady Bucs are preparing for our exhibition game Saturday night (November 5th) at 8pm and we are all excited. I can't wait for the Buc Dome to be filled with screaming fans! I'm getting pumped up just typing about it. We've been working on a lot this past week in practice and I must say I have seen an improvement already. This first game will be a great learning experience for all of us, even the returners. We will develop even stronger as a team after our first contest and what could be better than that?? I suppose I've talked enough, God Bless and Go Bucs!!

Tuesday Tidbits: O’Rourke’s Observations on CSU Football and Basketball

2011-11-02T06:31:00.001-07:00

Each Tuesday, I’ll pen my musings from the previous weekend’s games, and hopefully provide some food for thought going forward. Why Tuesday? Well, Monday provides an extra 24 hours for reflection, and makes my attempt to copy Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback column slightly less apparent. Without further ado – or failed attempts at humor – here are a few notes from the Bucs’ 14-7 loss at Gardner-Webb, plus some reaction to happenings around the Big South.

Missed opportunities cost Bucs’ in difficult road defeat

Fifty-two underclassmen populate the 2011 Charleston Southern football roster, making Jay Mills’ squad one of the younger squads in the Big South conference, if not the country. It is often said that young teams have to learn how to win, and it appears CSU is doing just that. For the second time in three weeks, the Bucs had a road victory in their sights, but could not seal the deal. Here’s a look at a few reasons why that was the case.

• Heading into the Liberty game, Charleston Southern ranked second in the Big South in turnover margin. That has changed in the last two weeks, however, as back-to-back negative outings have dropped the Bucs to fifth at a -4 margin. To add insult to injury, both turnovers came on fourth quarter interceptions with CSU driving for potential game-tying scores. In the interest of fairness, neither was particularly egregious as one pick came on 3rd-and-13, and the other on an all-or nothing 4th-and-17 play with 36 seconds left. What was more probably more disappointing was that despite another stellar statistical defensive performance, no takeaways were produced for a second consecutive week…

• Of course, that could have been different if a key fourth-quarter forward progress whistle had not been blown. Runnin’ Bulldogs running back Ricky Rhodes was stripped of the football near his own 15-yard line, and returned for a touchdown that would have put the Bucs’ an extra point away from forging a 14-14 tie. Instead, the officials ruled that forward progress was stopped and Gardner-Webb was able to punt the football away with a seven-point lead in tow, and a long field to defend. Another key call went against CSU late in the first half, when Charles James ripped off a big punt return down the left sideline which brought the ball inside the G-W 15-yard line. James’ return could have given quarterback Richard Mounce a shot or two at the end zone and at least a field goal opportunity before intermission, but a block-in-the-back call on Mike Davis wiped out the big play and forced Coach Patrick Nix’s unit to take a knee and go into half knotted at 7-7.

• While those two whistles negated potential game-changing plays, the CSU offense had a couple of chances at momentum-swinging big-hitters that slipped just past their fingers. Mounce had several good throws dropped, and narrowly failed to hook up with Nathan Perera and Corvaughn Archie on second half deep balls which had the potential to be touchdowns. Gardner-Webb, conversely, had limited scoring opportunities but were able to punch the ball across the goal line with the help of the wild cat formation. Some good fortune – which Charleston Southern is still in search of – aided Ron Dickerson, Jr.’s cause as well, particularly on Rhodes’ decisive touchdown pass which was tipped by a Bucs’ DB only to sail right into the hands of tight-end Treymaine Schley.

• The biggest reason Mounce and company tallied only 7 points was the Gardner-Webb pass rush. In reigning Big South freshmen of the year Preston Pemasa and Matt Goods, Charleston Southern’s offensive line knew it would be tested. Back-up Maurice Dickson wreaked the most havoc, though, recording 4.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks as part of a swarming defensive showing which brought down Mounce behind the line of scrimmage seven times. While the final line was not pretty (14-of-39, 169 yards, TD, 2 INT), Mounce’s outing was one of the positives CSU fans can take out of the latest hard-fought defeat. Starting his first game in over four years, the redshirt junior took a beating but kept coming all day, racking up 56 yards on 28 carries. A telling statistic of Mounce’s durability was this: of the 82 plays the Bucs ran, 67 relied on the Columbia native’s right arm or legs.

• Gardner-Webb’s defensive line stole the headlines with a seven-sack afternoon, but Charleston Southern Defensive Line Coach Rashan Frost’s unit was pretty stout as well. A week after scampering for 143 yards to win Big South Offensive Player of the Week honors, Rhodes accumulated only 52 yards on 22 carries, 32 of which came on a single rush. A big and experienced offensive line yielded 2.5 tackles for loss to freshman defensive tackle James Smith, who spearheaded an effort which held the Runnin’ Bulldogs to 84 rushing yards on 41 attempts – including just 7 on 17 first half carries.

Stony Brook coasts over Coastal, PC proves a tough out against Liberty

Coach Chuck Priore’s Stony Brook Seawolves moved to 3-0 in Big South play for the third straight year with a 42-0 rout of Coastal Carolina. While the Chanticleers’ struggles have been surprising (since entering the national rankings at #20 three weeks ago, Coastal has been pounded by Liberty and Stony Brook, sandwiched around a home loss to Gardner-Webb), the Sea Wolves old-school running attack has been even more impressive. It’s not often that a team wins a game in which it goes 0-for-6 passing, but Stony Brook accomplished just that with a ground game which churned out 446 yards and five touchdowns. Miguel Maysonet scored three TD’s as part of 191-yard effort, and Brock Jackolski chipped in 193 yards and another score Coach Priore’s club thrived in the elements on the snowy afternoon. The defense was not half bad, either, yielding only 73 total yards to an explosive Coastal offense.

Presbyterian College is now 2-6 and 1-2 in league play following a 27-20 overtime loss @ Liberty on Saturday, but the Blue Hose have signaled that they are now a player in the conference after going a combined 2-20 (1-11 Big South) the previous two seasons. Playing its second contest of the year against a ranked opponent, PC was once again on the doorstep of a breakthrough win, having fallen to #9 Wofford by a 35-28 count to start the year. Wins are the ultimate objective, but there appears to be plenty of reason for optimism in Clinton.

All that sets the stage for a home bout with Stony Brook this Saturday. Tune in to the Coach Jay Mills Show tonight at 7 p.m. on ESPN 910 to get reaction to the Gardner-Webb game, and a preview of a good Stony Brook team embedded in the conference title race.

Tuesday Tidbits: O’Rourke’s Observations on CSU Football and Basketball

2011-10-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

Each Tuesday, I’ll pen my musings from the previous weekend’s games, and hopefully provide some food for thought going forward. Why Tuesday? Well, Monday provides an extra 24 hours for reflection, and makes my attempt to copy Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback column slightly less apparent. Without further ado – or failed attempts at humor – here’s what stood out from the Bucs’ 38-16 loss to Big South leader Liberty this past Saturday.

“Critical Errors” Cost Bucs

Head coach Jay Mills put it perfectly in his postgame comments to the Post and Courier. “We knew we could not make critical errors, and we had to hope they would make some critical errors, and just the opposite happened,” said the ninth-year head man. CSU took advantage of some Liberty miscues to stay in the game early, something that has been a challenge for a Bucs’ team that entered play having been outscored 75-0 in the first quarter. Following a three-and-out from the offense, Thielen Smith’s defense bent but did not break as the Flames were flagged for chop block, holding, and delay of game penalties on three consecutive plays to push themselves out of field goal range. Although they did not score on the subsequent possession, Patrick Nix’s unit chewed up 6:55 of the game clock and developed an early rhythm with three first downs, including a 3rd-and-15 conversion courtesy of a pretty 25-yard hook up from Malcolm Dixon to Nathan Perera on the left sideline.

The first mistake ensued after Charleston Southern turned the ball over on downs, as Mike Brown hit Pat Kelly on a short crossing pattern over the middle that turned into a 52-yard touchdown thanks to a blown coverage. Nonetheless, Liberty entered as the No. 3 scoring offense in the nation, and Brown was bound to make some big plays at some point. Displaying their balanced attack by relying on running back Aldreakis Allen, the Flames pushed their advantage to 14-0 with a 13-play, 79-yard march that ended in a Brown bootleg touchdown pass to his backfield mate.

While the defense settled in, particularly after halftime (more on that later), it was the Bucs’ offense which enabled Liberty to blow the contest wide open. Two pick-sixes – one on the goal line with CSU threatening to close within 14-7 – eliminated any realistic shot at entering the win column for the first time of 2011. It was particularly frustrating since Dixon and company were moving the ball very efficiently against Danny Rocco’s stout 3-4 defense, anchored by 6-5, 380 lb. nose tackle Asa Chapman. Matt Bevins added a field goal as the first half clock expired, and Kevin Fogg broke several tackles to spring loose for an 82-yard return which stretched the cushion to 38-0 and could have easily deflated a young CSU squad still in search of that evasive first win. Instead of allowing things to get uglier, the Bucs responded with a spark from….

Mounce’s live arm turns it loose in eye-opening 2nd half

Before launching into praise of redshirt junior quarterback Richard Mounce’s performance in relief of Dixon, it’s important to keep perspective. The Flames were up 38-0 at the time of his entry, and Dixon too had exploited the Liberty secondary outside of the interceptions, hitting on 9-of-15 first half passes for 110 yards. As Mills mentioned in his postgame breakdown, Mounce made mistakes as well, overthrowing two balls that ended up in the hands of ball-hawking defenders keying in on the pass with a healthy lead. Still, the final numbers – and the way he produced them – were particularly impressive.

Mounce connected on 14-of-27 attempts for 193 yards and two scoring strikes, showcasing the arm strength which made him an elite pitcher at Blythewood High School before making his way to Clemson on a baseball scholarship. Those who listened to Saturday’s broadcast could hear the excitement in Jon Davis’ voice (and he does not lack in that quality, providing ample color and good humor throughout) as he noted the impressive passes which sailed from the right or left hash to the opposite sideline with accuracy and gusto. South Carolina’s 2007 Mr. Football award winner may not possess the quickness of Dixon, but he showed some deceptive speed to elude several defenders in the open field en route to a team-high 32 rushing yards on nine carries. It remains to be seen what the quarterback situation will be going forward, (tune into tonight’s Jay Mills Show at 7 p.m. on ESPN 910 to hear what coach has to say) but Mounce’s outing was encouraging and should give the Bucs a bit of a bounce as they head back on the road at Gardner-Webb this week.

Mounce’s play will make for interesting conversation on this evening’s broadcast, as will these other storylines out of the 22-point defeat to Liberty. In the interest of brevity (that can be a challenge for me, at times, if you haven’t noticed), here’s some bullet points:

• Nathan Perera set career-highs with 7 catches for 100 yards, and is stepping to the forefront of a largely inexperienced receiving corps. The 6-3, 200 lb. Orlando native can go get the ball at its highest point, and did so to out-tussle a Liberty defender and reel in a career-long 36-yard reception. The sophomore added a 25-yard grab, marking the second straight week in which he hauled in two passes over 20 yards.

• The depth of the receiving corps was also on display, with Kevin Glears, Mike Davis, and Estevan Cintron recording three receptions each. Kirby Broome chipped in two catches, highlighted by a perfectly thrown 51-yard deep ball that signified CSU’s longest play from scrimmage this season. Despite missing high on several throws, Mounce’s rapport with the wide outs was particularly impressive due to his relative low amount of reps with the first-teamers in practice, as quarterbacks coach A.J. Toscano mentioned in an engrossing postgame interview (more credit to A.J.’s insight than my own line of questioning).

• Coach Mills expected Charles James to respond in the wake of his critical fumbled punt against VMI, and the redshirt junior did just that. A year after picking off Brown – the two-time reigning Big South Offensive Player of the Year – twice, James may have been even better in shutting out Chris Summers. Summers enjoys a seven-inch height advantage over the 5-10 James, but the conference leader in receptions and receiving yards per game could not shake the Jacksonville native loose. James was flagged for a pass interference which negated a pick-six on the game’s opening play, but the play set the tone for the afternoon. He was physical with the tall and rangy Walter Payton Award candidate, and even went up in the air with him on several jump-balls.

• James led the squad with a season-best nine tackles, and the Charleston Southern defense allowed only 17 points to a Liberty offense which averages over 37 a game. The absence of Brown in the second half meant the Flames were a different group offensively, but the Bucs’ performance after intermission was outstanding, as they yielded only 38 yards and zero first downs after surrendering 14 in the opening 30 minutes.

All that sets the stage for a trip to Boiling Springs, North Carolina and a meeting with Gardner-Webb this Saturday at 1:30 on Sports Radio 1450. The Runnin’ Bulldogs have dropped the Bucs’ each of the last two campaigns, and will look to do the same and generate momentum off a dramatic 26-24 upset win at Coastal Carolina this past week. Hear what Coach Mills has to say about Ron Dickerson, Jr.’s team tonight at 7 on ESPN 910 (had to get another plug in), and keep your eyes pealed for Thursday’s preview of the GW game.

Weekly Recap - May 16-22

2011-05-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

Some tremendous things going on in the department as all of our sports continue to wind down. The baseball team beat a nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina team and ensured that they would have a top-4 seed in the upcoming tournament. As it turns out, they got the #3 seed after being picked eighth in the preseason poll! Also announced this week was the fact that
Javon Young, Tamisha Foster and the men’s 4x100m relay team will be going to the NCAA Preliminary Round in Indiana later this week, and Amanda D’Ostroph was named to the Capital One Academic All-District first team. Rounding out the good news and sticking with golf is a top-35 finish by Jacobo Pastor at the NCAA Southeast Region, and a 23-shot victory by Coach Kory Thompson in the Charleston Women’s Amateur Tournament. Way to go Bucs! As always, it’s a great time to be a Buccaneer!

Nick Chinners has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after going 6-for-12 against Coastal Carolina. Additionally, Chinners became the first player since Derek Smith more than a year ago to homer twice in the same game.

Chinners had three extra base hits, including the two home runs, and also accounted for three RBIs in the series. Jeff Hartsell also just wrote a great feature story about Chinners in today's Post and Courier..

Also Nominated: Brantley Meier (Baseball)

What’s coming up?
May 25-28 – Baseball @ Big South Championship (Lexington, Va.)
May 26-28 – Track & Field @ NCAA National Championships – Preliminary Round (Bloomington, Ind.)

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Weekly Recap - May 9 - 15

2011-05-16T11:59:00.001-07:00

As the seasons continue to wind down, we see the end of another tournament as the softball team ended the year with their championship, entering the tournament as the No. 4 seed. After upsetting and eliminating the No. 3 seed, Presbyterian, the Bucs fell to the top-ranked Radford Highlanders. The baseball team took two of three games from Presbyterian and is in the third seed after this weekend’s action with three conference games remaining in their conference tournament.

Due to a staff retreat this morning in the department, this release will be slightly abbreviated too. We mentioned baseball and softball, but would be remised if we didn’t include track, who had an excellent weekend. Tamisha Foster (triple jump) posted the best collegiate mark, as did Javon Young (100m dash). The 4x100m relay team broke the Big South and school record, winning the event in the fifth-best time on the entire eastern side of the U.S. All three, along with Patria Norman, will likely earn a bid to the NCAA Championship First Round, which will be announced later this week.

Jaren Sustar has been named this week's CSU Athlete of the Week after batting .722 (13-18) in four games last week, with four doubles, seven runs scored and four RBI.

Sustar opened his week with two hits, one double and one run at defending national champion South Carolina, and followed with a .733 clip in a Big South-series win over Presbyterian College. Sustar went 5-6 with two doubles and four runs in the series opener against the Blue Hose, and collected three hits and three RBI in game two. He concluded his week 3-4 at the plate on Sunday, and finished with a .722 on base percentage and .944 slugging percentage in helping the Buccaneers win their most Big South games (14) since the 2000 season.

Also Nominated: Kimberly Hobbs (Softball), Javon Young (Men's Track and Field)

What’s coming up?
May 17 – Baseball vs. Georgia Southern – 2 p.m.
May 19 – Baseball @ Coastal Carolina – 6 p.m.
May 20 - Baseball @ Coastal Carolina – 6 p.m.
May 21 - Baseball @ Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - May 2-8

2011-05-09T06:53:00.000-07:00

Back to action this week, and it was a good weekend as the baseball team swept High Point on the road, and the softball team took two of three from regular-season champion Radford. Three track and field Lady Bucs also competed this weekend.

With back-to-back shut outs of Radford to give CSU the double-header sweep and series victory, softball pitcher Morgan Dowdy has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

Dowdy did what no one in the Big South has been able to do since 2008 and that is shut out the Highlanders, and Dowdy did it for 14-straight innings as CSU won both games of the double header 3-0. The pair of victories helped CSU tie the program record for Big South wins in a season, and was the first victory over the Highlanders for CSU since the 2006 season.

Also nominated: Nick Chinners (Baseball), Megan Lombard (Softball)

Baseball @ Georgia Southern – L, 13-12
You always wonder how the team will bounce back after having a week off from competition due to finals, and the break clearly did not stifle the bats of CSU as they scored 12 runs against Georgia Southern. Nick Chinners had one hit, and with that base-knock, tied the school record for career hits. Freshman Alex Tomasovich was 5-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, and scored the game-tying run in the top of the ninth. CSU scored three runs in the top of the ninth and had a two run lead, but a two-run homer sent the game into extra innings, where GSU won it in the 11th.

Baseball @ High Point – W, 5-3
The bats may not have been as hot, but behind strong pitching performances by Stew Brase and Corey Deighan, CSU got all the offense they needed, holding a 5-0 lead before HPU scored three runs in the eighth. Chinners had another hit and became the sole-leader in CSU history in career hits with 245. CSU got three hits from Jaren Sustar and two each from Brantley Meier and Walt Quattlebaum, who also scored a pair of runs.

W. Track and Field @ Bob Pollock Spring Invitational
Tamisha Foster posted a season-best in the triple jump, finishing third behind a pair of Clemson jumpers, while Deona Jones took fourth in the long jump. The only other competitor for CSU, Daisy Whitaker finished eighth the shot put and fifth in the discus.

Baseball @ High Point – W, 10-3
The bats woke back up on Saturday as the Bucs had 16 hits and scored 10 runs to take the series victory. With a tough decision whether to skip the game and attend graduation back in Charleston, the seniors chose to play, and accounted for seven of the team’s hits, led by Brantley Meier who had three hits. Jaren Sustar and Walt Quattlebaum also had three hits on the day. Ali Williams earned the victory with 4.1 innings of relief work, striking out six while walking just one and not giving up a hit. Charlie McCready earned the three-inning save.

Softball vs. Radford (DH) – W, 3-0, W, 3-0
As mentioned, Morgan Dowdy stole the show with her 14 innings of shut-out ball in the circle, but she did get a lot of help from her defense, and some timely hitting to give CSU the double header victory. Megan Lombard tied the career home run record, pounding her 20th in game two. Jessica Brock also homered in game two, accounting for two of the team’s three runs on solo homeruns. Dowdy gave up a combined seven hits on the day. With a runner on third and one out in the sixth, a liner to Jana Matthews recorded the second out, and Matthews made a great throw home to nail the runner trying to tag, ending the threat and the inning.

Softball vs. Radford – L, 3-2
Kimberly Hobbs took the circle as CSU honored its three seniors, and Hobbs pitched another gem for CSU, going eight innings with just three runs scored against her. Trailing for the first time in the series, CSU tied the game 1-1 in the fifth as a sacrifice fly by Melissa Adams scored Trea Steele from third. Both teams scored in the eighth, and a leadoff double in the ninth proved costly as later in the inning Dowdy allowed the ball to get too far inside on an intentional walk and Nichole Beall reached out and poked it into center field to score what would be the game-winning run.

What’s coming up?
May 10-11 – W. Track @ Demon Deacon Combined Event
May 11 – Baseball @ South Carolina – 7 p.m.
May 12 – Softball vs. Coastal Carolina (Big South Tournament) – 3 p.m.
May 13-14 – Track and Field @ North Florida Invitational
May 13 – Baseball vs. Presbyterian College – 2 p.m.
May 14 – Baseball vs. Presbyterian College – 2 p.m.
May 15 – Baseball vs. Presbyterian College – 2 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - April 25 - May 1

2011-05-02T06:53:00.000-07:00

Last week was the start of finals and they continue into the first part of this week here at CSU, so nothing new to report on the athletics front.

Here are a couple of things that did happen around campus over the past week:

W. Golf Season Recap
M. Golf Season Recap
W. Tennis Season Recap

Four Bucs Named NSCA All-American Athletes
Tom Burkett
Marija Dzakovic
Kelsey Wasmer
Joel Walton

Bucs Host 45th Annual Awards Banquet
VB Adds Junior College Player
MBB Adds One More as Well

What’s coming up?
May 4- Baseball @ Georgia Southern – 6 p.m.
May 6 – Baseball @ High Point – 6 p.m.
May 7 – Softball vs. Radford (DH) – 2/4 p.m.
May 7 – Baseball @ High Point – 7 p.m.
May 7 – W. Track @ Bob Pollock Spring Invitational
May 8 – Softball vs. Radford – 1 p.m.
May 8 – Baseball @ High Point – 1 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - April 18-24

2011-04-25T07:10:00.001-07:00

With four more Big South Championships this week (M/W Track, M Golf, W Tennis), we are officially to finals week on campus! Before we mention that, though, the good folks here at CSU hope that you and your family had a wonderful Easter celebrating the resurrection of our Savior. As I told people yesterday, I am so thankful that death has been defeated so that I can have eternal life, and I pray that you know the peace that comes with that salvation as well.

With three victories and two runner-up finishes at the 2011 Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Javon Young has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

Young continued the CSU domination in the sprint events by winning both the 100m and 200m dashes, as well as the 4x100m relay. It is the fifth time in six years that CSU has won the 100m dash, the sixth time in a row that CSU has taken home the victory in the 4x100m relay and the seventh-straight victory in the 200m dash. Young also took on the long jump for the first time in his career and on his first jump, got out 7.31m (23-11.75) and was leading the event for nearly three rounds until teammate Lavon Allen passed him. He did not need to jump again and earned a second-place finish in the event. He rounded out his tremendous meet with a runner-up finish in the 4x400m relay.

Also Nominated - David Denlinger (M. Golf), Patria Norman (Women’s Track), Jesse Cadenhead (Baseball), Kimberly Hobbs (Softball)

April 18-20 – M. Golf @ Big South Championship – 6th
Sophomore David Denlinger had the tournament of his young career and finished fifth overall at the 2011 Big South Championship, earning All-Big South honors. Denlinger shot under par for the first time since coming to CSU. Jacobo Pastor finished 20th overall, while Jonathan Rustin claimed 23rd in his final tournament for CSU. Overall, the Bucs combined to shoot 300-297-301 for a total score of 898.

April 18 – Softball @ Winthrop – W, 10-1
For the third time against the Eagles, CSU had to come from behind, but they were able to do so in dominating fashion, using a five-run sixth inning to run-rule Winthrop in the series finale. Kimberly Hobbs earned the victory, going 3.2 innings with seven strikeouts, giving up two hits. Jessica Brock went 3-for-3 and Megan Lombard had two hits and two RBI.

April 19 – Baseball vs. The Citadel – L, 11-3
Walt Quattlebaum continued to hit the ball well, as did Alex Thomasovich, as each went 2-for-4 with a run, but late-inning runs broke open what was a 2-0 game through four innings. A combined nine runs in four innings after that is what distanced the Bulldogs and gave them the season sweep. Levi Mauldin took the loss, despite giving up just two earned runs in 3.1 innings. After Mauldin’s exit, the Bucs used five more pitchers to finally close out the game, with all but Corey Deighan giving up at least one hit.

April 20 – Softball vs. College of Charleston (StrikeOut Cancer) – W, 5-2, L, 5-3
Before the game, the Bucs honored Melissa Adams’ mother, a cancer survivor, as they held their StrikeOut Cancer game, donning pink jerseys and using pink bases. The sale of pink t-shirts raised more than $400 for cancer research in what turned out to be a tremendous event. After all the pregame festivities, CSU opened the double header with a 5-2 victory in game one. The rotation of Morgan Dowdy and Kimberly Hobbs in the circle continued to work out well as the duo combined to give up just two runs, striking out six in the victory. In game two, the strikeouts weren’t there, and with early trouble for Dowdy, she left after two innings. Hobbs finished out the game, but was charged with two runs. CSU scored a pair in the bottom of the seventh inning, and had the tying-run in scoring position, but the Bucs couldn’t get one more hit and split the DH with the Cougars.

April 21-23 – Track and Field @ Big South Championship – 3rd/3rd
The Bucs had four individual Big South Champions on the men’s side, while the programs combined to break three school records at the meet. Both the men’s and the women’s teams finished third in the team race, the men missing second by a mere 2.5 points. Javon Young won the 100m and 200m dash events, as well as the 4x100m relay, while Patria Norman earned Most Outstanding Field Performer after finishing second in the heptathlon, winning the long jump with a school record mark, finishing fourth in the shot put and earning all-conference honors as part of the 4x100m relay.

April 21-23 – Tennis vs. GWU @ Big South Championship – L, 4-3
Coming off an injury that had her sidelined for a couple of matches, Olga Makhova returned, and looked to be alright with a doubles victory with Marija Dzakovic. It was the only victory in doubles, though, and CSU found themselves quickly in a 1-0 hole. Dzakovic, Pletcher and Alia Nour won their singles matches, so it came down to the wire, but CSU couldn’t get that final victory to advance, and their season concluded at 8-11, due to a tough non-conference schedule.

April 22-23 – Softball vs. Gardner-Webb – L, 3-2, L, 1-0, W, 7-4
Game one came after a crazy day of sitting around waiting on the weather, and what was originally a double header starting at two, ended with a halted game in the bottom of the seventh inning, after starting game one at approximately 6 p.m. Trailing 1-0 with darkness looming, CSU tied the game on an Ari Tedesco single in the seventh, prompting the umpires to call the game due to darkness, forcing the teams to come back all even at 1-1 on Saturday. After loading the bases in the seventh, CSU could not score the winning run, and an error in the 8th proved costly as the Bulldogs took game one, 3-2. Game two was a pitcher’s duel as well as the Bucs failed to score a run and lost 1-0. Finally in game three the offense showed up for CSU as they posted seven runs. Erin Kegley went 3-for-3, while Megan Lombard had a pair of hits and an RBI. CSU used a six-run sixth to come from behind to claim the victory and earn the split of the double header.

April 22-23 – Baseball @ Winthrop – L, 3-2, W, 7-6, W, 7-3
Stew Brase did what few pitchers can, and went the complete game, even into extra innings, giving up just one earned run in the 9.2-inning outing. Brantley Meier and Tom Burkett each had a couple of hits in the day. The two teams came back the next day for a double header to avoid playing on Easter Sunday. Two more solid outings on the mound led the Bucs to a DH sweep and series victory over Winthrop on Saturday. Patrick Dolan earned the victory in game one, while Jesse Cadenhead won game two with his second complete game of the year and the second for CSU in the series.

What’s coming up?
April 25-30 – FINALS WEEK

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Weekly Recap - April 11-17

2011-04-18T07:20:00.000-07:00

While students focus on their last week of classes before final exams, women’s golf wrapped up their 2011 season, and we have four more teams (men’s and women’s track, men’s golf, women’s tennis) facing their Big South Championship in the coming week. Good luck to all of them and GO BUCS!

With 12 strikeouts in six innings of relief, senior pitcher Kimberly Hobbs has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

Hobbs came into the game in relief in both games of the double-header against Winthrop, earning a win and a save on the day. She struck out a total of 12 batters, including seven in three innings in game one to earn the save. In game two, she held the Eagles without a hit and struck out five to earn the victory on a late CSU run. The 12 strikeouts puts her at 106 for the year, and along with Morgan Dowdy’s strikeout total, marks the first time in CSU history that two pitchers have recorded more than 100 strikeouts in the same season. Hobbs now leads the Big South in strikeouts, followed by Dowdy who is in second place.

Also Nominated - Walt Quattlebaum (Baseball), Jacobo Pastor (M. Golf)

April 11-12 – M. Golf @ Wofford/Coca Cola Invitational – 4th
Led by Jacobo Pastor’s 210 and individual championship, the Bucs finished fourth as a team in the two-day tournament. It is the second victory of the year for Pastor, who also won the 2011 Charleston Shootout. The team’s +12 total put them fourth overall, and was the best score of the spring semester, and the second best of the year. Jonathan Rustin shot 215 to finish ninth after carding 11 birdies and two eagles.

April 11-13 – W. Golf @ Big South Championship – 7th
Poised to shock the conference in second place after day one, the rest of the tough Big South field caught up to the Lady Bucs, with CSU finishing seventh overall. Torey Johnson came on strong late in the season, and led the team at the championship with an 11th-place finish of 235. Amanda D’Ostroph tied for 13th at 237 and Vanessa Jay shot 244 for 25th after shooting her lowest score of the season. Jordan Hollinshead finished 28th and Katelyn Bensch shot 253 to finish 37th overall.

April 12 – W. Tennis @ East Carolina – L, 6-1
In a match that was forced indoors because of weather, the home team got the best of CSU, 6-1. Only Marija Dzakovic was able to win her singles match at flight two, taking the 6-3, 6-3 victory. Olga Makhova retired in the middle of the first set, and Brooke Pletcher took her opponent to three sets, but eventually fell as well.

April 12 – Baseball vs. College of Charleston – L, 10-9
The CSU football team showed up with their “Rally Helmets” on and spurred a comeback in the ninth inning, but the tying runner was stranded on third base as CSU fell 10-9. After three innings, it was an 8-0 deficit for CSU, and the Bucs climbed back in the game, trailing 10-6 going into the bottom of the ninth. Walt Quattlebaum had three hits and three RBI on the day to lead CSU.

April 13 – Baseball @ College of Charleston – W, 4-3
A day after a rally fell short, the Bucs took advantage of a throwing error and Ben Qualkinbush scored from second to give CSU the lead in the top of the ninth inning. From there, Charlie McCready pitched lights out in the bottom half, sitting down all three in order to get the save. It was the first win over the Cougars since the 2007 season. Nick Chinners went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI, while Tom Burkett was 2-for-5 with a run.

April 13 – Softball @ Coastal Carolina – L, 4-1
Looking for the sweep in an odd format, the Bucs travelled to Coastal Carolina for the third and final game of the Big South series. CSU put themselves in a position to win, tying the game at 1-1 in the top of the seventh, but after a call did not go the way CSU thought it should have, the Bucs gave up a three-run, walk-off homerun in the bottom of the inning.

April 15-17 – Baseball vs. VMI – L, 11-0, L, 15-12, L, 9-1
It was a tough weekend for the Bucs, as the dropped three games to the Keydets of VMI. In games one and three, CSU struggled to find any offense, and after scoring eight runs in one inning of game two, let the lead slip away late in the game. It was just the second time this year that CSU has been swept in a Big South Series (Liberty). CSU had four errors in game three, leading to five unearned runs in the contest.

April 16 – Memorial Spring FB Game – Defense 29 – Offense 23
The defense scored with 11 tackles-for-loss and a 37-yard interception return for a touchdown as they downed the offense for the first time since 2008. At halftime of the game, the team gave out their most-improved awards, the Servant Leadership Award was presented to Chuck Kelly, and the 2011 Edward A. Gadson Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Zac Johnston.

Most Improved:
DL – Coril Joseph
LB – Michael Chocholousek
DB – Jordan Fulford
OL – Jeff Hartung
TE – Nathan Prater
QB – Richard Mounce
WR – Wes Murray
RB – Teddy Allen
Distinguished Service Award
Chuck Kelly
2011 Edward A. Gadson Memorial Scholarship
Zac Johnston

April 17 – Softball @ Winthrop (DH) – W, 5-3, W, 2-1
Relief pitching was the name of the game as Kimberly Hobbs came into the game in relief in both games, striking out 12 batters in a combined six innings of work. In doing so, her and Morgan Dowdy became the first duo in CSU history to record 100 strikeouts in the same season. Erin Kegly had a pair of hits, while Megan Lombard had a three-run homer for her only hit of the day. In game two, Jessica Brock had three hits and an RBI, while Erin Kegley earned the other RBI on a bases-loaded walk that forced in the winning run.

What’s coming up?
April 18 – Softball @ Winthrop – 5 p.m.
April 18-20 – M. Golf @ Big South Championship
April 19 – Baseball vs. Citadel – 3 p.m.
April 20 – Softball vs. CofC (DH) – 2/4 p.m. (Strikeout Cancer)
April 21-23 – Track & Field @ Big South Championship
April 21-23 – W. Tennis @ Big South Championship
April 22 – Softball vs. Gardner-Webb (DH) – 2/4 p.m.
April 22 – Baseball @ Winthrop – 6 p.m.
April 23 – Softball vs. Gardner-Webb – 2 p.m.
April 23 – Baseball @ Winthrop (DH) – 2/5 p.m.
April 24 – EASTER SUNDAY

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Weekly Recap - April 4-10

2011-04-11T06:58:00.000-07:00

A record fell on the track, tennis hosted (and won!) their senior day and the baseball team took another Big South series, this time getting it done on the road.

Jermal McClendon has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after setting a school record and winning the 400m hurdles at the Duke Invitational.

McClendon ran 52.10 in the hurdles to break Doug Hazel’s mark of 52.50, which he set back in 1997. The time qualified McClendon for USATF Junior Nationals, and marked the top time run in the Big South this year. It is the second school record that McClendon has put his name on, tying the indoor high jump record, clearing 2.04m (6-8.25).

Also Nominated - Patrick Dolan (Baseball), Brook Pletcher (W. Tennis)

April 4 – Softball vs. Coastal Carolina – W, 9-1, 6-2
Game one took just six innings to decide, as Trea Steele knocked in a run on a bases-loaded single to put CSU up 9-1. Kimberly Hobbs pitched extremely well, getting the complete-game victory with five hits and one run given up. More importantly, she finally got the run support she needed, and then some. CSU had 12 hits on the day with 11 singles and a triple by Jana Matthews, who scored three times. Jessica Brock and Stephanie Sbardella each had a pair of RBI, while that pair, along with Steele and Erin Kegley, each had multiple hits in the first game. In game two, CSU used a four-run second inning to give Morgan Dowdy a cushion in the circle, as she finished off the double-header sweep by giving up just two runs on six hits. CSU had just five hits, but took advantage of three walks and two CCU errors as they scored six runs. Megan Lombard had two hits and four RBI on the day, while Hayes Holdsworth scored a pair of runs.

April 5 – Softball @ South Carolina – L, 12-4
A six-run fifth inning pushed South Carolina past CSU a day after the DH sweep. Trailing big, CSU cut the lead to 6-4, but the game ended early as they failed to stop the bleeding in the fifth inning. Jana Matthews and Jessica Brock each hit a home run, making half of the team’s four hits, bombs. Trea Steele had scored a run and had another RBI, while Melissa Adams accounted for the team’s fourth run.

April 5 – Baseball @ Georgia – L, 8-1
The CSU defense held #30 Georgia at bay for a while, including four scoreless innings, but the offensive rhythm was not there as the Bucs managed just one run. Derek Smith led the Buccaneer effort, going 1-for-3 and scoring the team’s lone run. Walt Quattlebaum went 1-for-4 to earn the RBI on Smith’s run, while Jaren Sustar went 2-for-4 with three stolen bases. Ali Williams got the start and took the loss, giving up five runs and six hits while striking out two in 2.0 innings. Brennan Dorsett came in to relieve Williams, and gave up two runs off of five hits in 5.0 innings. Dorsett also struck out three and walked none.

April 4-5 – W. Golf @ World Golf Village Intercollegiate – 8th
The tournament was cut short due to rain, putting CSU in eighth place with a 646 team score. Torey Johnson had an excellent tournament, finishing 12th overall, while all five Bucs finished in the top 50 of the field. Daytona State won the tournament after shooting an impressive 611.

April 6 – W. Tennis @ #68 UNC Wilmington – L, 6-1
Once again, Olga Makhova did what she was supposed to and led the team from the #1 singles spot. Unfortunately, she was the lone victor on the day as CSU faced another nationally-ranked team. All six singles matches went down in straight sets, including Makhova’s 6-3, 6-1 victory.

April 6 – Baseball @ Georgia – L, 3-2
CSU scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning and looked like they would get back even or take the lead, but five UGA relievers combined to shut down the Bucs, striking out six and giving up just three hits. Jaren Sustar and Brian Welch each had a pair of hits and a run scored in the contest, while Cody Austin and Alex Thomasovich tallied the RBIs on the day.

April 6-9 – W. Track @ Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
Only one Lady Buccaneer took to the track at Texas, as Patria Norman competed in the heptathlon in preparation for the 2011 Big South Championships. Norman finished the two-day competition in 21st place with 4490 points.

April 8-9 – Track @ Duke Invitational
There were plenty of strong performances, including a fifth-place finish by Tamisha Foster in the triple jump. Deona Jones finished six in the long jump as CSU placed three in the top-15 of the event. On the men’s side, Rozzie Johnson and the 4x400m relay team finished fourth, while Jermal McClendon won the 400m hurdles and broke a 14-year-old school record in the process. The freshman already tied the indoor school record in the high jump.

April 8-9 – Softball @ Liberty – W, 6-2, L, 9-1, L, 4-1
CSU scored more in the second inning of game one (5) than they did the rest of the three-game series, dropping the Big South series 2-1 to Liberty. Morgan Dowdy earned the victory in game one, while Erin Kegley had a pair of hits, including a double. In game two, Kegley again posted two hits, but only Courtney Konyk crossed the plate as Liberty scored nine runs on nine hits. Trying to salvage the series, CSU cut the LU lead to 2-1 in the fourth inning of game three, but surrendered two runs in the fifth to fall 4-1. Dowdy took the loss, while Hobbs came in and closed the door, giving up just one hit in the final inning of the game.

April 8-10 – Baseball @ Gardner-Webb – L, 11-0, W, 5-2, W, 6-3
The Bucs did not get the start they wanted on the road against GWU, despite a pair of hits from Nick Chinners, who returned to the lineup after missing five games with a hand injury. Stew Brase (3-4) took the loss, giving up eight total runs and five earned runs off of eight hits in 3.0 innings. Kyle Ward threw 3.0 innings in relief, giving up two earned runs and striking out two batters. The Bucs rebounded from the loss to take the series, sparked by Patrick Dolan’s nine strikeout performance on Saturday. Charlie McCready came in and closed the game out, continuing to drop his ERA by not giving up a run. Derek Smith got it done on Sunday with two runs and two RBI, while McCready came back into the game and earned the victory pitching 1.1 innings, after Jesse Cadenhead left after 4.2 innings and giving up three runs. Ali Williams earned the save, going 1.1 innings without giving up a hit.

April 9 – W. Tennis vs. Campbell – W, 5-2
CSU maintained its .500 record with a victory on senior day, honoring the seniors in the process as both seniors (Brooke Pletcher and Angie Torres) were able to pick up singles victories on the day. Pletcher also combined with freshman Alia Nour to win their doubles match. CSU won five of the six singles matches, including straight-set victories by Olga Makhova (#1), Nour (#4), Alexandra Walters (#5) and Torres (#6).

April 10 – Softball @ Longwood – L, 7-5, L, 3-1
Their fourth and fifth games in three days, CSU dropped a pair of games at Longwood, despite out-hitting the Lancers in both games. The Bucs had four extra base hits, and nine different Bucs had a hit, but the home team found just enough run support to take the victory. In game two, it was a homer, an RBI single and a wild pitch that allowed the Lancers to take the 3-1 victory after CSU and Morgan Dowdy limited them to just three hits on the day. Megan Lombard had two hits and scored the team’s only run on a homerun to start the game.

What’s coming up?
April 11-12 – M. Golf @ Wofford Invitational
April 11-13 – W. Golf @ Big South Championship
April 12 – W. Tennis @ East Carolina – 2 p.m.
April 12 – Baseball vs. College of Charleston – 3 p.m.
April 13 – Softball @ Coastal Carolina – 4 p.m.
April 13 – Baseball @ College of Charleston – 6 p.m.
April 15 – Baseball vs. VMI – 2 p.m.
April 15 – W. Tennis @ Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m.
April 16 – M. Track and Field @ Chanticleer Classic
April 16 – Softball @ Winthrop (DH) – 12/2 p.m.
April 16 – Baseball vs. VMI – 2 p.m.
April 16 – Football – Spring Game – 2 p.m.
April 17 – Softball @ Winthrop – 1 p.m.
April 17 – Baseball vs. VMI – 2 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - March 28 - April 3

2011-04-04T07:24:00.001-07:00

Off to their best start in more than a decade, the baseball team got two big wins over UNC Asheville this weekend to highlight action in Buccaneer Land this week.

Charlie McCready has been named this week’s CSU athlete of the Week after posting 5.2 innings of scoreless relief for the baseball team this week.

McCready’s longest outing this week was five innings against UNC Asheville to preserve the shutout victory in game two. Entering this week, McCready was tied for first in the entire nation in ERA with a 0.36, dropping that to 0.29 with his work this week. It is expected that he will be all alone atop the leader board when the new rankings come out Monday afternoon.

Also Nominated - Walt Quattlebaum (Baseball), Lavon Allen (M. Track and Field), Andrew King (Men’s Track and Field), Marija Dzakovic (W. Tennis)

March 29- Baseball @ The Citadel – L, 12-5
One bad inning, a five-run sixth, broke open a tie game and allowed the Bulldogs to power past CSU. The top of the order got it done for CSU as the top five all had at least one hit, with Nick Chinners leading the way with three hits. Brantley Meier and Jaren Sustar each had a pair of hits. Anthony Markham was charged with seven runs on 10 hits in 5.1 innings of work and took the loss for CSU.

March 30 – Baseball @ Furman – W, 14-4
Unsure of if they would even play with rains pounding South Carolina, the Bucs did make the trip up to Furman and are glad they did after coming away with a 14-4 win. Kyle Ward picked up his first win of his career, as CSU this time had a five running inning to distance themselves. Walt Quattlebaum had three hits, as did Brantley Meier and Alex Thomasovich.

March 31 – W. Tennis @ UNC Greensboro – L, 5-1
In a match that was forced indoors, CSU faced a conference-leader for the second time in as many weeks as they took on SoCon leader UNCG. Marija Dzakovic claimed the only victory of the day for CSU at the #2 flight with a straight-set 6-4, 6-4 victory. The #6 flight was left unfinished with CSU leading it in the third.

April 1-2 – M. Track and Field @ Pepsi Florida Relays
The relay team finished 10th in the nation, while Javon Young and Lavon Allen finished in the top five in their respective events to highlight the CSU action at the 67th Pepsi Florida Relays, one of the most prestigious and competitive meets in the nation. Additionally, Andrew King broke 15 minutes in the 5,000m run, his best time of the year.

April 1 – Softball vs. PC (DH) – L, 2-1, W, 7-2
Struggling against PC’s ace, the Bucs scored one in the first game but couldn’t overcome two early runs given up in the first inning and dropped the opening game of the series. They rebounded and took advantage of walks in game two, winning 7-2 in a game that was never in doubt. CSU walked 15 times in game two, while CSU pitcher Kimberly Hobbs was on point, striking out a career-high 11 batters to hold PC down.

April 1 – Baseball vs. Asheville – L, 9-2
For the fourth time this year, a pitcher went the distance against CSU, while the Bulldogs’ bats got hot late against the Bucs. Tied 2-2 going into the eighth, Asheville exploded for four runs in the eighth and added three more in the ninth to take a tight game and make it look like a blowout. Stew Brase took the loss for CSU pitching 7.2 innings, with the first seven being stellar before seemingly running out of gas late. Offensively, CSU had just five hits, with no one player recording more than one hit.

April 2 – Softball vs. PC – L, 2-0
A sacrifice fly that scored two runs was the only offense for either team in the series finale between the Bucs and Blue Hose. Again Hobbs gave CSU a solid outing in the circle, but Leslie Hensley got her second victory over CSU, striking out seven CSU hitters without giving up a walk, and then drove in both PC runs. Trea Steele had a pair of hits and an outstanding game in the field for CSU to lead the way offensively.

April 2 – W. Tennis @ Asheville – W, 6-1
Back to Big South play, the Bucs moved to 4-2 in the conference with a 6-1 win over Asheville. With a forfeit at the #6 singles flight and #2 doubles flight, the Bucs made sure those would not provide an excuse as they dominated the other matches, winning both doubles matches and four of the five singles competitions.

April 2 – Baseball vs. Asheville – W, 6-0
Patrick Dolan and Charlie McCready combined to pitch a shutout for CSU, while Walt Quattlebaum was a homer shy of the cycle to lead the CSU offense. Dolan went 4.0 innings with three strick outs and just one hit, while McCready came in and pitched the final five innings with 12 strikeouts. Brantley Meier had a pair of hits, while Jaren Sustar and Matt Still each had a pair of RBI on the day.

April 3 – Baseball vs. Asheville – W, 7-5
The game went back and forth, with the lead changing three times, but CSU had late runs in the seventh and eighth innings and held off the Bulldogs to clinch the series victory, 2-1. Matt Still had three hits, including a two-run homer in the eighth that sealed the victory for CSU. Alex Thomasovich had a pair of RBI in the seventh, the final two runs in a three-run inning that gave CSU a 5-4 lead at the time. The final UNCA run would not come until the top of the ninth.

What’s coming up?
April 4-5 – W. Golf @ World Golf Village Intercollegiate
April 4 – Softball vs. Coastal Carolina (DH) – 2/4 p.m.
April 5 – W. Tennis @ Coastal Carolina – 2:30 p.m.
April 5 – Softball @ South Carolina – 5 p.m.
April 5 – Baseball @ Georgia – 7 p.m.
April 6-9 – W. Track and Field @ Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
April 6 – W. Tennis @ #70 UNC Wilmington – 2 p.m.
April 6 – Baseball @ Georgia – 5 p.m.
April 8-9 – M/W Track and Field @ Duke Invitational
April 8 – Softball @ Liberty (DH) – 2/4 p.m.
April 8 – Baseball @ Gardner-Webb – 6 p.m.
April 9 – W. Tennis vs. Campbell – 10 a.m.
April 9 – Softball @ Liberty – 1 p.m.
April 9 – Baseball @ Gardner-Webb – 2 p.m.
April 10 – Softball @ Longwood (DH) – 12/2 p.m.
April 10 – Baseball @ Gardner-Webb – 2 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - March 21 - 27

2011-03-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

Plenty of good performances again this week for CSU as the softball team got a couple of solid nonconference victories, and the baseball team got a sweep of Radford. The women’s tennis team handled PC and the track and field programs performed extremely well at the South Carolina Weems Baskin meet. With a complete-game victory on Saturday, Jesse Cadenhead has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week. Despite having to pitch a day earlier than expected after the threat of rain moved Sunday’s game to the second half of a Saturday double-header, Cadenhead struck out nine batters in the second complete game of the season for CSU. He scattered nine hits and gave up just one run as he helped the Bucs earn the first Big South sweep since the 2005 season. He had one pick off and did not walk a single batter in the victory. Also Nominated - Tom Burkett (Baseball), Olga Makhova (W. Tennis), Kimberly Hobbs (Softball), Jana Matthews (Softball), Breeann Guerra (W. Track and Field), Rozzie Johnson (Men’s Track and Field) March 22 – Baseball vs. Coppin State – W, 11-1 Anthony Markham allowed just two hits in seven innings of work to help push CSU past Coppin State, 11-1. Nick Chinners was 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBI. His lone hit was a double, moving him into a tie for fourth place in CSU’s all-time records for career doubles with 41. Leadoff hitter Tom Burkett was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI, while Blake Hunt was 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBI. March 22 – Softball @ Campbell – L, 0-2, W, 2-0 CSU had five hits but could not manufacture a run in the first game as Morgan Dowdy did all she could giving up just four hits in six innings of work. Megan Lombard had two of the five hits for CSU, while Jana Matthews, Trea Steele and Hayes Holdsworth had the other three. In game two, the Bucs had eight hits, including doubles by Kristin Kelleher, Erin Kegley and Jana Matthews as the Bucs got just enough offense for the victory. Kimberly Hobbs gave up four hits, but did not allow a run, striking out nine batters in the victory. March 24 – Softball vs. Elon – W, 5-4, L, 0-6 After giving up a 3-run lead in the top of the seventh inning, Jana Matthews responded with a walk-off home run to give CSU a thrilling victory in game one of the double header against Elon. Matthews finished the game 3-4 with two runs and three RBI after hitting her fifth homer of the year, while Melanie Stickney was 2-2 with a run and an RBI. The bats fell silent in game two as CSU had the Bucs’ only base hit with a single in the third inning. Trea Steele reached twice after getting hit by two pitches, while Matthews was hit once to account for the only base runners for CSU. Kimberly Hobbs pitched well for most of the game but finished with five runs given up in six innings of work. March 25 – Softball vs. Elon – L, 6-4 The third and final game of the series took 10 innings to finish as Elon scored three runs in the 10th to take a 6-4 victory. Elon had 16 hits in the game, but the CSU defense did a good job of forcing them to strand 13 runners. Hayes Holdsworth earned her first two-hit game of the season, drove in a run and scored once. Jessica Brock went 2-for-4 with one RBI, while Melanie Stickney and Megan Lombard added one RBI apiece, with Lombard’s RBI coming via a home run. March 25 – W. Tennis vs. Winthrop – L, 7-0 The doubles-duo of Olga Makhova and Marija Dzakovic won 8-6 at the number one flight, but it was the lone victory on the day for CSU as they fell to a nationally-ranked Winthrop team. Makhova took her opponent to three sets, falling 10-8 in the third set, while Alia Nour also took her opponent to the third before falling. March 25 – Baseball vs. Radford – W, 12-6 CSU got plenty of production out of the top of the lineup as Brantley Meier, Tom Burkett and Nick Chinners accounted for eight of the team’s 12 hits, and six of the 12 runs scored in the 12-6 victory. The comfortable victory allowed CSU to use just two pitchers as Stew Brase picked up the victory with Charlie McCready earning the save on four innings of work after giving up just three hits and no runs. March 26 – W. Tennis vs. Presbyterian – W, 6-1 After struggling against Winthrop, the tennis team got back on the right track with a dominant victory over Presbyterian College. CSU swept through the doubles competition and earned victories at all but one singles position to earn the victory. Olga Makhova, Alia Nour, Angie Torres and Alexandra Walters each earned straight-set victories at their respective flights. March 26 – Track and Field @ Weems Baskin Adrienne Cuff finished fourth and Heidi Dean finish fifth in the steeplechase, while Deona Jones claimed fifth in the long jump to highlight CSU’s women at the Weems Baskin. On the men’s side, Rozzie Johnson, Andrew King and Avery Coe all carded runner-up finishes, while Lavon Allen, the 4x100m relay team, Chris Seigler, Michael Bailey and Dantwan Spreads all finished in the top-5 in their respective events. March 26 – Baseball vs. Radford – W, 5-4, W, 3-1 With bad weather in the area, the Bucs were forced to play a double header against Radford on Saturday, earning the double header, and series, sweep. Jesse Cadenhead pitched a complete-game gem in game two, holding Radford to just one run as CSU finished off the series. In the first game, it was a bases-loaded ground ball by Tom Burkett that gave CSU the victory as his speed put the pressure on the short stop, who made and errant throw and allowed the winning run to cross. What’s coming up? March 29 – Baseball @ The Citadel – 6 p.m. March 30 – Softball vs. Coastal Carolina (DH) – 2/4 p.m. March 30 – Baseball @ Furman – 6 p.m. March 31 – W. Tennis @ UNC Greensboro – 2 p.m. April 1-2 – M. Track @ Pepsi Florida Relays April 1 – Softball vs. Presbyterian Coll. (DH) – 2/4 p.m. April 1 – Baseball vs. Asheville – 2 p.m. April 2 – W. Tennis vs. Asheville – 11 a.m. April 2 – Baseball vs. Asheville – 2 p.m. April 2 – Softball vs. Presbyterian – 2 p.m. April 3 – Baseball vs. Asheville – 2 p.m. Don't forget the following links: Twitter Facebook YouTube Video Streaming Live Stats Purchase pictures of your favorite Bucs And CSUsports.com for all the latest CSU news and information

Weekly Recap - March 14-20

2011-03-21T06:53:00.000-07:00

Hopefully everyone had a great spring break. Things were quiet around campus with everyone out enjoying the beautiful weather, and hopefully getting some much-needed rest before the final stretch of the semester.

With a 3-0 singles record and a 3-1 doubles record this week, women’s tennis player Olga Makhova has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week.

With four matches this week, Makhova paired with Marija Dzakovic at the top flight in doubles play, as the team posted victories in all but one match, including a dominant 8-1 victory over Jacksonville State and 8-2 victory over Radford. Additionaly, Makhova continued her singles winning streak at the number one flight, moving it to six-straight matches with three victories this week, sitting out singles play against Jacksonville State. Two of her victories came in straight sets as she took down Radford’s top player 6-1, 6-2 to help CSU to the team victory.

Also Nominated - Jacobo Pastor (M. Golf), Stew Brase (Baseball)

March 13-14 – W. Golf @ Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate – 17th place
The Lady Bucs snapped out of their slump and improved 18 shots in the final round, taking 17th-place overall in the tournament. After struggling in the first two rounds, Amanda D’Ostroph alone improved nine shots to move up 30 places and finish 36th overall.

March 13-14 – M. Golf @ General Hackler – 14th place
In a loaded field, the Bucs held their own and finished 14th, edging out PC and Gardner-Webb, who finished right behind them in the tournament. Jacobo Pastor finished 19th, while Brandon Caddow-Young finished 46th with one of his best tournaments of the year. After a tough first two rounds, David Denlinger regrouped to shoot a 75 in the final round and move up to 51st place.

March 14 – W. Tennis vs. Jacksonville State – W, 6-1
It was a dominant effort by the Bucs as they won all three doubles matches (8-1, 8-1, 8-5) and all but one singles match en route to a 6-1 victory. It was the first home match in more than two weeks for CSU and part two of a three-day stretch in which the Lady Bucs had a match. Brooke Pletcher moved up and played at the #1 flight, earning a dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory to lead the charge. Out of the five singles victories, four of them came in straight sets, with Alexandra Walters (#6) tying Pletcher for the most dominant victory on the day with 6-2, 6-0 scores.

March 14 – Baseball vs. Fordham – L, 10-7
It took 12 innings to decide who would win the fourth and final game of a series between Fordham and CSU. In the end, the visitors would score three runs in the top of the 12th and hold on to split the series at 2-2. CSU had 12 hits, including three each by Jaren Sustar and Derek Smith, and even led 7-4 in the top of the ninth inning, but couldn’t close things out. In the end, Fordham scored in just three innings, tying the game at 4-4 and 7-7, before taking the 10-7 victory.

March 15 – Baseball @ Savannah State – L, 8-7
Errors were the story of the game, as the Bucs committed five of them and again surrendered a late lead, falling 8-7 on the road at Savannah State. The bats continued to be hot for CSU as all but one starter had a hit, but four runs in the seventh inning put the Tigers on top. George Schaefer, Matt Witt and Tyler Vick combined to close out the game without giving up a hit, but the damage had already been done.

March 15 – W. Tennis vs. Southern Illinois – W, 5-2
The final in the three-games-in-three-days stretch, the Bucs won again, taking down Southern Illinois, 5-2. CSU won both doubles matches, and three singles matches, also taking advantage of a forfeit at the #6 flight to even the Lady Bucs’ season record at 4-4. Olga Makhova made quick work of the reigning MVC freshman of the year 6-2, 6-3 at the top spot, while Marija Dzakovic (#3) and Susita Das (#5) also got straight-set victories.

March 15 – Softball @ East Carolina – L, 4-0, L, 3-0
The pitching was on par, but CSU got no production out of the bats against a very solid East Carolina team. Although you would like to hold the opposition down a little more than 4 and 3 runs, respectively, the frustration at the plate no doubt led to some frustration in the field. Failing to get a single hit in game one, the Bucs did have three base runners with a hit-by-pitch, a walk and an error, but couldn’t manufacture a run. In game two, Megan Lombard, Jessica Brock and Melissa Adams each had a hit, with Lombard pounding a double, but again, the Bucs failed to get the runners around to score.

March 16 – Baseball @ USC Upstate – W, 15-13
If you weren’t following along, you might not believe what happened. After trailing 8-0 after two innings, the Bucs came all the way back and scored a combined seven runs in the seventh and eighth innings to earn the road victory. Brennan Dorsett ended up getting the win, while Jesse Cadenhead got his first save of the year on the mound. CSU had a total of 18 hits and 14 RBI with Nick Chinners tallying three hits and four RBI, while Walt Quattlebaum had four hits on the day.

March 18-20 – M. Golf @ Furman Intercollegiate – 10th
Jacobo Pastor finished 10th overall, and the team shot a second-round 290 to finish 10th as a team. In addition to Pastor’s outstanding tournament, Jonathan Rustin helped the team on day two with a team-best 69 and finished third on the team, just behind David Denlinger, who finished 34th after shooting 74-72-75. The Bucs tied with Winthrop and just ahead of UNC Wilmington in the team standings.

March 18- Baseball @ Liberty-L, 2-1
A pitcher’s duel to the fullest extent, both teams used just one pitcher in the game, with Liberty’s Linza getting the best of the matchup against Stew Brase. CSU held a 1-0 lead after one inning, but Liberty found a way to scratch out a pair of runs in the late innings to take the victory in the opening game of the series. Jaren Sustar, Matt Still and Blake Hung each had a pair of hits, with Sustar scoring the lone run for CSU.

March 19- Baseball @ Liberty – L, 5-1
Liberty got a complete game for the second day in a row, limiting the Bucs to one run on five hits, and posted two big innings after loading the bases in the fourth and seventh innings to take the victory. Again, CSU led 1-0 early on, but couldn’t hold off the Flames. Matt Still scored the only run on a Cody Austin single to account for the lone CSU run.

March 19- W. Tennis @ Liberty – L, 4-3
It came down to the doubles point as it so often does, and Liberty had claimed two of the three matches, with all three posting an identical 8-5 score. Olga Makhova, Marija Dzakovic and reigning Big South Freshman of the Week Alia Nour each won their singles matches, but the Lady Bucs dropped their first Big South contest of the year, evening their Big South record at 1-1.

March 20- Baseball @ Liberty – L, 5-2
Tom Burkett benefited from a move up to the leadoff spot in the order, reaching base all four times at the plate, including two hits and twice being hit by a pitch. He would come around to score once and tallied one RBI. Brantley Meier also had two hits and an RBI on the day, as the top pair in the order accounted for two-thirds of the team’s hits. Jesse Cadenhead took the loss after going 6.0 innings and striking out three, while Liberty got the third-straight complete game by their pitcher, using just three total pitchers in the three-game series.

March 20 – W. Tennis @ Radford W, 4-3
Knowing the previous match came down to the doubles point, the Lady Bucs posted a dominant sweep in the doubles on Sunday, winning 8-2, 8-5 and 8-1. Additionally, Olga Makhova, Alia Nour and Alexandra Walters posted singles victories at the 1,4 and 6 spots, respectively, to gives CSU a 5-5 overall record and a 2-1 Big South record.

What’s coming up?
March 22 – Baseball vs. Coppin State – 2 p.m.
March 22 – SB @ Campbell (DH) – 4/6 p.m.
March 24-25 – Track & Field @ ASICS Winthrop Invitational
March 24 – SB vs. Elon (DH) – 2/4 p.m.
March 25 – W. Tennis vs. Winthrop – 2 p.m.
March 25 – Baseball vs. Radford – 2 p.m.
March 25 – SB vs. Elon – 2 p.m.
March 26 – Track & Field @ Weems Baskin
March 26 – W. Tennis vs. Presbyterian – 2 p.m.
March 26 – Baseball vs. Radford – 2 p.m.
March 27 – Baseball vs. Radford – 2 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - March 7 - 13

2011-03-14T07:21:00.000-07:00

Highlighting this week’s action at CSU was the end of the winter seasons with an appearance at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships, and the Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament. We also had the start of the outdoor track and field season, and the start of spring football practice, and you can see Coach Jay Mills’ thoughts here.

Sophomore third baseman Jaren Sustar has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after having a career-week for the Bucs.

In the first game of the week, Sustar hit the first homerun of his CSU career, doing it in style with a grand slam against USC Upstate. Sustar had one other RBI, giving him five for the day and set a new career high with five RBI in one game. The next game, Sustar did exactly what the coaches wanted and gave himself up to advance the runner every time at the plate. He finished the day 0-0 in the box score, but had four sacrifice bunts, tying the NCAA single-game record. Sustar went on to go 3-for-4 on Saturday in a victory over Fordham and added another hit on Sunday.

Also Nominated - Jessica Brock (Softball), Katie Tull (WBB), Rozzie Johnson (Men’s Track), Javon Young (Men’s Track), Olga Makhova (W. Tennis)

March 6-8 – W. Golf @ Myrtle Beach Spring Classic – 14th
It was a tough tournament for CSU and they finished 14th overall, edging out High Point in the end. With an extremely tough field, Amanda D’Ostroph finished 37th overall and was the highest finisher of the Big South schools in the event. The Lady Bucs show 320 and 322 in the first two rounds of the tournament and were right in the thick of things before stumbling with a 340 team score in the third and final round.

March 7 – WBB vs. Winthrop – W, 70-55
After the emotions proved too much on senior night, the seniors responded in a big way in their final home game of the year, beating Winthrop 70-55 in a game that was never really in doubt, with the Bucs leading by as many as 20 for most of the game. Katie Tull broke her own single season 3point record, and scored 24 points, while Kelsey Wasmer added 23, giving the duo 47 points, nearly outscoring Winthrop by themselves. Lakeitha Also was kept off the boards, but did score 10 points for CSU and nearly everyone who saw action in the game scored at least one basket.

March 9 – Baseball vs. USC Upstate – L, 13-10
A late rally by Upstate proved too much for the Bucs as they gave up five runs in the ninth inning, and eight runs in the final two innings, the first real hiccup for the bullpen this season after starting the year as one of the team’s strengths. On a bright note, Jaren Sustar hit his first career home run, and in spectacular fashion as he blasted a grand slam in the process … but his best accomplishment came later in the week. Tom Burkett finished the game 4-for-4 at the plate with two RBI. The game also chewed up the relievers for CSU as only two pitchers (the starter, McCready 3.0, and Ali Williams 1.2) got through more than one inning, forcing the Bucs to use eight total pitchers in the loss.

March 9 – Softball vs. Furman – W, 7-5, W, 10-5
Despite a solid start to the year, it was the first double header sweep of the season for CSU, playing mostly tournaments thus far. After taking a 5-2 lead in game one, the Bucs had plenty of base runners but failed to get the timely hits, allowing Furman to climb back in and tie the game in the top of the sixth. Kristen Kelleher and Jessica Brock provided RBI doubles in the bottom of the inning and CSU held on in the seventh to win the first contest. Game two was a different story as CSU trailed 4-0 early, but scored six runs in the third inning to come back and take the lead 8-5. They would add a couple more insurance runs, but wouldn’t need them as Morgan Dowdy, who came into the game in relief, and allowed just two hits the rest of the game.

March 11 – Track and Field @ NCAA Indoor Championships
For the second year in a row, Javon Young qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Unfortunately, for the second year he is ousted in the first round after not getting the performances he wanted. According to Coach Langford, Young did not get the start he wanted in the 60m dash and the competition was just too good to make up any ground on. In the 200m dash, he got the start he wanted but seemingly ran out of gas down the stretch. He is still expected to earn All-American honors, which will be announced later in the week.

March 11 – Track and Field @ Palmetto Classic
The men’s team posted four victories in the opening meet of the 2011 outdoor track and field season. Andrew King won the 5,000m run with a new meet record, Jermal McClendon won the long jump, Avery Coe won the triple jump and Zach Pociatek won the hammer throw, and that was without competing in any sprint events, proving there are big things to come for the Bucs this season. For the women, Breeann Guerra won the discus and Tia Haberham won the hammer throw, leading a top-four sweep by the Lady Bucs in the event.

March 11 – WBB vs. High Point (Big South Championship) – L, 77-49
When you play the host school, you never really know what you are going to get. Unfortunately for the Bucs, they got the absolute best shot from the High Point and the careers of four senior Bucs came to an end in disappointing fashion. You look for a hot start to take the crowd out of the game, and it was a hot start for the wrong team as HPU opened an 8-0 lead to start the game. Kelsey Wasmer had 15 points, Katie Tull had 12, but CSU had no answer for the Panthers, who put four of their starting five in double figures. We do want to mention our gratitude for the four seniors (Wasmer, Tull, Lydia Johnson and Abby Poole), who have given their hearts and souls to this school over the last four years, and brought the program to a new level. Even though this season didn’t go exactly as they wanted, we are so thankful for their careers. I have no doubt that all four will have an extremely bright future, whether they continue to play basketball or enter their chosen career field.

March 11 – Baseball vs. Fordham – W, 4-3
Stew Brase gave a tremendous performance on the mound, going 7.0 innings and striking out five while walking just one to earn the victory. Stealing the headlines, though, was Jaren Sustar, who did exactly what you would hope from your #2 hitter, accepting the call to sacrifice all four at bats on the day. A quick look at the box score and Sustar shows up 0-0, but he had four sacrifice bunts, tying the NCAA record for sac bunts in a single game. The bunts directly led to all four runs for the Bucs, too as they proved the ability to manufacture runs.

March 11-12 – Softball @ NC State Tournament – 1-3 record
The Bucs opened the Wolfpack Challenge with a 6-3 victory over Maine, thanks in large part to Morgan Dowdy and her strong pitching in relief, keeping the Black Bears without a hit in the final 6.2 innings. Starter Kimberly Hobbs gave up just one hit, but left the game with a no-decision. Stephanie Sbardella and Megan Lombard each had two hits, while Jessica Brock had a three-run homerun in the seventh inning. Game two was not as positive for CSU as they surrendered eight runs in the middle innings and then had a rally fall short in the end, losing 11-8 to James Madison. Jana Matthews had five RBI as she had a home run, while Erin Kegley also blasted one out of the park. On day two, Stony Brook jumped out to a quick 6-3 lead over the Bucs. Kristen Kelleher had a pair of hits, but the Bucs had three errors in the game and were out-hit 14-6. CSU finally found themselves back on top on the scoreboard in the final game of the tournament against Fairfield, as they led 2-0 in the top of the sixth inning, but late runs by the Stags ruined an excellent outing by Dowdy (no-hitter through five innings) and gave Fairfield the victory.

March 12 – Track and Field @ CCU Invitational
Rozzie Johnson won the 100m dash, his first victory in the Blue and Gold, to highlight CSU in the second outdoor meet of the season, and the weekend. Also notable was Chris Seigler, who ran a personal best in the 3,000m steeplechase. On the women’s side, Brittney Greer finished third out of almost 70 competitors in the 100m dash, while Adrienne Cuff finished as the runner-up in the 3,000m steeplechase, her first attempt at the event. Tamisha Foster also claimed runner-up honors in the triple jump.

March 12 – Baseball vs. Fordham – W, 11-2
In the same week in which Jaren Sustar hit a grand slam as his first home run, Zach Hagaman homered for his first hit of his career. Coupled with a solid pitching outing by Patrick Dolan and a six-run fifth inning, the Bucs cruised to their second victory in as many days over Fordham. Sustar was not asked to sacrifice four times, and instead posted a 3-for-4 day with a team-high three RBI. Derek Smith and Tom Burkett also posted multiple hits on the day.

March 13 – Baseball vs. Fordham – L, 7-3
The Bucs had the base runners but couldn’t get the timely hits that the needed to top the Rams in game three of the four-game series. The Bucs tried to keep pace, but were trailing 4-2 after four innings and the Bucs left nine runners on base. Jesse Cadenhead took the loss, despite striking out eight batters in six innings of work. Tom Burkett had a pair of hits on the day, while Brantley Meier and Zach Hagaman combined to score all three runs.

March 13 – W. Tennis @ College of Charleston – L, 5-2
Olga Makhova and Alia Nour posted singles victories, but it would be the only two wins on the day for CSU as they fell to their cross-town rivals 5-2. The Bucs led the doubles matches halfway through, but ended up falling 8-5 in all three pairings. Heather Isbell took her opponent to three sets in singles, including a 6-2 victory in set two, but eventually fell.

What’s coming up?
March 13 – 14 – W. Golf @ Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate
March 13 – 14 – M. Golf @ The General Hackler
March 14 – Baseball vs. Fordham – 2 p.m.
March 14 – W. Tennis vs. Jacksonville State – 2 p.m.
March 15 – W. Tennis vs. Southern Illinois – 2 p.m.
March 15 – Baseball @ Savannah State – 2 p.m.
March 15 – Softball @ East Carolina (DH) – 3/5 p.m.
March 16 – Baseball @ USC Upstate – 4 p.m.
March 18 – M. Golf @ Furman Intercollegiate
March 18 – Baseball @ Liberty – 7 p.m.
March 19 – W. Tennis @ Liberty – 1 p.m.
March 19 – Baseball @ Liberty – 3 p.m.
March 20 – Baseball @ Liberty – 1 p.m.
March 20 – W. Tennis @ Radford – 1 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - February 28 - March 6

2011-03-07T06:40:00.000-08:00

Highlighting this week’s action at CSU was a baseball sweep of Siena, the softball team’s runner-up finish at the 2011 Lowcountry Invitational, and a historic women’s basketball victory over Liberty.

Fresh off his victory in the 2011 Charleston Shootout, men’s golfer Jacobo Pastor has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

The victory was the first individual crown in a tournament in five years. To earn the victory, Pastor had a shoot a seven-under, 209 to claim the one-shot victory over Campbell’s Vaita Guillaume, who shot a 64 in the first round. Pastor put together rounds of 68-72-69 for the victory.

Also Nominated - Derek Smith (Baseball), Lavon Allen (Track), Trea Steele (Softball)

February 28 – WBB vs. Liberty – W, 54-51
The week couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start for CSU as the women’s basketball team took down Liberty, winning for the first time since January 18, 1999. Although it got close midway through the second half, the Bucs never trailed in the contest after jumping out to an 8-1 lead and holding Liberty without a field goal for more than four minutes to start the game. Kelsey Wasmer had 16 points and nine rebounds, while Katie Tull and Helen Terry added 13 and 11 points, respectively for CSU.

February 28 – March 1 – M. Golf @ Charleston Shootout – 5th
Jacobo Pastor posted an outstanding finish, improving by three shots to win the 2011 Charleston Shootout, helping CSU to a fifth-place finish as a team. The final team score of 886 (+22) put them just behind Baylor, who won the event, and Radford, who claimed third, but put them ahead of other Big South competitors Gardner-Webb, High Point and Presbyterian College. Jonathan Rustin finished 22nd, while David Denlinger claimed 43rd.

March 1 – Baseball vs. Savannah State – W, 5-3
Nick Chinners earned his senior-captain title with a 3-for-4, 2-RBI performance as he led the Bucs past Savannah State 5-3. The bullpen of CSU proved solid as three relievers combined to pitch 6.2 scoreless innings, only allowing a single hit during that span. The Bucs actually trailed by as big as a 3-1 margin going into the bottom of the third, but score a run in the third, two in the fifth and an insurance run in the seventh to claim the victory.

March 1 – MBB @ Asheville (Big South Quarterfinals) – L, 73-63
Just a few days after feeling like they had a chance to host the first round of the 2011 Big South Tournament, the Bucs found that their season was over after a road loss to eventual champion Asheville on Tuesday. Kelvin Martin scored the 1,000th point of his career and Jamarco Warren continued his tear down the stretch with 20 points, but the Bucs couldn’t steal the victory on the road, and the season came to an end, also ending the CSU career of Warren, who leaves as the second leading scorer in CSU history.

March 4-5 – SB vs. Lowcountry Invitational – 2-2 Record
The Bucs posted a 2-2 overall record and claimed runner-up honors at the final home tournament of the season. CSU split their games each day, falling to USC-Upstate on day one before bouncing back to beat Georgetown 8-6 in the last game of the day on Friday. Knowing they needed to win to earn a spot in the championship game, the Buc offense exploded for 11 runs against UNC Wilmington, winning on a walk-off homerun in the fifth inning by Megan Lombard. That meant the Bucs got another shot at Upstate, who has one of the best pitchers in the country. The Bucs did some damage in the championship game, scoring a couple of runs and had a chance at some more, but fell 5-2, finishing as the runners-up.

March 4 – WBB vs. Coastal Carolina – L, 61-58
The basket seemingly had a lid on it to start the game as CSU was dreadfully cold in the first part of the contest, going 0-13 out of the gates and falling in a 15-0 hole on what they had designated senior night, even though they have one regular-season game remaining. The shooting did eventually pick up for CSU and they even had a chance to tie the game after a missed free throw as time wound down, but an errant pass ended the hopes of a last-second shot, devastating the four seniors.

March 5 – Track @ Virginia Tech Final Qualifier
Only a few Bucs went to Blacksburg to compete, and while they all put down solid performances, they did not get the marks that they were hoping to. Javon Young finished fourth in the 60m dash and seventh in the 200m dash, while Lavon Allen claimed third in the long jump. Despite the placements, CSU failed to improve their best marks of the season, and will continue to sweat out a bid to the 2011 NCAA Indoor National Championships, which they should find out on Monday evening.

March 5 – Baseball vs. Siena (DH) – W, 14-8, W, 5-4
Trailing big late in the game, CSU found a 10-run sixth inning, including three homers in the frame to take a commanding lead and a victory in game one of the day’s double header. The second game would not be so lopsided, as the heroics came even later, as Derek Smith pounded out an RBI single, scoring Brantley Meier for a walk-off victory in the bottom of the ninth inning. Smith finished the game 3-for-4 with four RBI, while Corey Deighan picked up the victory on the mound.

March 6 – Baseball vs. Siena – W, 5-4
The Bucs earned the sweep with a 5-4 victory on Sunday behind Brantley Meier’s 3-for-4 day. Cody Austin also had a couple of hits and knocked in two runs, the only Buccaneer with multiple RBI on the day. After proving so solid for the majority of the season, the bullpen was rocky at best for CSU in Sunday’s game, forcing the Bucs to use five pitchers in the final three innings, getting into a precarious spot with the bases loaded, before getting out of the jam to maintain the lead. Anthony Markham ended up earning the victory, while Corey Deighan got his fourth save of the year.

What’s coming up?
March 6-8 – W. Golf @ Myrtle Beach Spring Classic
March 7 – WBB vs. Winthrop – 7 p.m.
March 9 – SB vs. Furman (DH) – 2/4 p.m.
March 9 – Baseball vs. USC Upstate – 2 p.m.
March 11-12 – Track & Field @ NCAA National Championships/CCU Invite / Palmetto Classic
March 11-12 – SB @ N.C. State Tournament
March 11-13 – WBB @ Big South Championship
March 11 – Baseball vs. Fordham – 3 p.m.
March 12 – Baseball vs. Fordham – 2 p.m.
March 13 – Baseball vs. Fordham – 2 p.m.
March 13 – W. Tennis @ College of Charleston – 4 p.m.
March 13-14 – W. Golf @ Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate
March 13-14 – M. Golf @ The General Hackler

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Weekly Recap - February 21 - 27

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The men’s basketball regular season came to a close but that just means that March Madness is almost here. The 2011 Big South Men’s Basketball Championship begins on Tuesday so make sure you log on to www.BigSouthSports.com to get all the information or watch the tournament on the Big South Network, presented by State Farm. The women still have three regular season games remaining, all at home, so make sure you come out and support them down the stretch as they try to make a run going into the tournament.

Coming off his second-straight Big South Track Performer of the Year honor, Javon Young has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

Young won the 60m and 200m dash events at the 2011 Big South Indoor Track and Field Championships at Clemson, and was also a member of the first-placed 4x400m relay team, scoring 30 points for the team. Young already ranks in the top-15 in the nation in the 60m dash and will hope for an at-large bid to the NCAA Indoor Championships for the second year in a row.

Also Nominated - Kelsey Wasmer (WBB), Jesse Cadenhead (Baseball), Erin Kegley (Softball), Michael Bailey (Men’s Track), Daisy Whitaker (Women’s Track), Jermal McClendon (Men’s Track), Olga Makhova (Women’s Tennis)

February 20-22 - W. Golf @ Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic – 24th
The Lady Bucs shot a consistent 315 in the final two rounds to finish 24th out of a huge and tough field at the 2011 Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic. The team shot 954 for the tournament and edged out fellow Big South teams Bucknell, Presbyterian and Winthrop, as well as the College of Charleston. Amanda D’Ostroph shot 233 for 56th place individually, while Katelyn Bensch carried her hole-in-one on the practice round into a 234 and a tie for 59th.

February 21 – WBB @ Presbyterian – W, 63-52
A game after exploding for 98 points and a Big South record 18 3’s, the CSU women’s basketball team found another way to win a game…defense. In a low-scoring affair, the Bucs held PC to just 52 points and kept themselves in the conversation for a fourth-place finish in the league. The game was just 20-18 at halftime, getting close to season-lows for points in a half for both teams. Lakeitha Alston had 18 points while Kelsey Wasmer had her seventh double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

February 22 – Baseball vs. Furman – W, 5-3
Nick Chinners and Derek Smith had the first two homers of the season for the Bucs and Brantley Meier scored twice for CSU as the Bucs got past Furman for the second win of the year, evening the record at 2-2. Anthony Markham earned the victory, despite coming into the game in relief. Corey Deighan finished the game out, striking out two batters in the ninth for his second save of the year.

February 22 – Softball @ College of Charleston, L, 6-3, L, 4-3
CSU had a lead in both games, but surrendered late runs in a double-header loss to College of Charleston. After giving up four runs in the sixth inning of game one, the Lady Bucs showed a lot of heart bouncing back from game one to hold a lead going into the seventh inning of game two, but a game-tying homer sent the game to extra innings and the College of Charleston prevailed, sweeping the double header from CSU. Kristin Kelleher had two hits, both doubles in game one, while Kimberly Hobbs gave the Bucs a chance in game two, retiring 14-straight batters to start the game.

February 22 – MBB vs. Gardner-Webb – W, 72-61
GWU proved to be a hiccup on the road earlier in the season, but facing them back at home, where the Bucs have been so dominating, the Bucs took care of their business and kept pace for a home seed in the upcoming Big South tournament. Jamarco Warren had 20 points, giving him 71 in the last three games as the senior appears to be willing his team to victories down the stretch. Kelvin Martin had yet another double-double with 14 poitns and 12 rebounds.

February 24-25 – Track and Field @ Big South Indoor Championships
Javon Young led the men’s team with 30 points, three first-place finishes, earning him Track Performer of the Year honors for the second year in a row, while the Bucs posted a total of 12 all-conference (top-3) performances and four conference champions as the men’s team finished third and the women’s team finished fourth overall. Nearly everyone who competed posted a season or personal best during the week, and the Bucs broke a pair of school records with Michael Bailey doing so in the 3,000m run and Jermal McClendon tied the high jump record.

February 24 – W. Tennis vs. North Florida
After taking two of the doubles matches and winning that point, play was suspended. No date has been set at this time as far as making up the singles play.

February 25-26 – Softball @ Hatter Classic, 3-2 record
The Buccaneer softball team finished in third place after taking down the hosting Stetson Hatters 9-4 in the consolation game of the Hatter Classic. After posting a 2-2 record and tying for a chance to take part in the championship game, the Bucs lost the tie breaker due to runs allowed over the course of the tournament. Erin Kegley hit .571 for the weekend as CSU rebounded from a 4-1 loss to Valparaiso on day one to beat Bethune-Cookman twice, (3-2) (11-3) before falling to Stetson on Saturday night, 9-5.

February 25-26 – Baseball @ First Pitch Classic
An unofficial tournament, hosted by Clemson, the Bucs posted a 1-2 record on the weekend with losses to Michigan State (3-0) and Clemson (19-1). In the final game for CSU, they took down Cincinnati 9-5 as Jesse Cadenhead got the victory on the mound, pitching 6.1 innings with five strikeouts. Derek Smith had four hits for CSU with a home run, while Brantley Meier had three hits and a career-high four RBI.

February 26 – W. Tennis vs. Gardner-Webb – W, 4-3
It came down to the final match as the Bucs got their first Big South win of the year, 4-3 over Gardner-Webb. After dropping the doubles point, CSU knew it had its work cut out, but Brooke Pletcher made quick work of her opponent at the number three flight to even the match. Susita Doss and Alia Nour also won their matches, leaving it up to Olga Makhova to pull it out for CSU. After falling 6-7 in the first set, Makhova dominated her opponent 6-2, 6-3 in the final two sets to clinch the victory for CSU.

February 26 – WBB vs. Radford – L, 81-78 (OT)
Kelsey Wasmer hit a huge three at the end of regulation to tie the game and send the game into overtime, but with Danielle Gibson, Lakeitha Alston and Katie Tull all on the bench having fouled out, CSU struggled to find offense and eventually fell in overtime to Radford. The Bucs were called for 31 fouls in the game to Radford’s 18, and there was an incredible 41-11 discrepancy at the free throw line, favoring the visitors.

February 26 – MBB vs. Coastal Carolina – 81-77
Warren again tried to will his team to victory, scoring 30 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Bucs fell to Winthrop, 81-77 in the final regular-season home game of the year for the Buccaneers. Kelvin Martin had 16 points but just five rebounds in the loss. Unfortunately for the Bucs, the loss eliminated the Bucs from contention to host a first-round game in the upcoming championships, which will start on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Instead, the Bucs will travel to Asheville for their first round matchup against the #3 seeded Bulldogs.

What’s coming up?
February 28-March 1 – M. Golf – Charleston Shootout (Stono Ferry)
February 28 – WBB vs. Liberty – 7 p.m.
March 1 – Baseball vs. Savannah State – 2 p.m.
March 1 – MBB – Big South Tournament (1st Round) – 7 p.m.
March 4-5 – SB – Lowcountry Invitational (USC Upstate, Georgetown, UNC Wilmington)
March 4 – WBB vs. Coastal Carolina – 7 p.m.
March 5 – Track and Field @ Va. Tech Last Chance Qualifier
March 5 – Tennis @ Wofford – 10 a.m.
March 5 – Baseball vs. Siena – DH – 11:30 a.m./3 p.m.
March 6 – Baseball vs. Siena – 1 p.m.
March 6-7 – W. Golf @ Myrtle Beach Spring Classic

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Kelsey Wasmer - February 24, 2011

2011-02-24T10:53:00.000-08:00

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What’s up everybody? I’m here to fill you in on what’s going on in the Lady Buc’s world. Well as I’m sure you already saw, we went 2-0 on the road this past weekend! It definitely was one of our best road trips of the season…well I might want to take that statement back... I am not sure if Coach G would say it was one of the best for her... Let’s just say her body does not enjoy riding a bus throughout the mountains. However, she was definitely a trooper because she never once missed a practice or shoot around. We all decided that she should be called Super Woman!

Okay, back to what I was saying… This past weekend was huge for our team since we have been struggling on the road throughout the season. However, we believe these two wins will really help us finish strong in our last 4 home games and also give us momentum going into the Conference Tournament. This week we have been getting ready for our next opponent –Radford University. We will be playing them Saturday at 2 pm. We lost a close one against them at their place so we definitely are ready for some revenge. Also, we are asking all our fans to bring any type of toiletries to our game for the fundraiser ‘Soap for Souls.’ We will be donating all that we collect to families who are in need. If you bring 2 or more toiletry items you will be put in a drawing for prizes that will be occurring during halftime of our game. The prizes consist of a gift card or some type of CSU Women’s Basketball apparel.

Well that is all I got for now but before I go I just wanted to say thank you to all our fans out there. We appreciate all your love and support for this basketball program. You all make everything so much better for us and we are so blessed to have each of you on our side. See you all on Saturday at 2! Love ya’ll!

#22 Kelsey Wasmer

Weekly Recap - February 14 - 20

2011-02-21T06:52:00.001-08:00

Highlighting this week’s action was the men’s basketball team claiming the Big South’s lone victory in the Sears/ESPN BracketBuster games, while the baseball team took a game from North Florida in their season opener. Additionally, the women’s basketball team set a new Big South record for 3-pointers made in a game (18) in a rout of UNCA and the softball team took down Virginia Tech in their home tournament. We also want to give a shout out to the golf programs who claimed hole in ones on back-to-back days. Even though it didn’t count in competition, Katelyn Bensch, hit a hole in one on the ninth hole during a practice round at Kiawah. Then the next day Coach Mike Wilson hit one on 13 at Crowfield in a match play competition, winning the match for him putting him four up.

With 51 points in two games, both victories, Jamarco Warren has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week.

Warren started the week with a 31-point performance in the Bucs’ victory over UNC Asheville, a victory that kept them in the heart of the race to finish in the top-4 and earn the first round home game in the upcoming Big South Tournament. He followed that up with 20 points against UNC Wilmington in a non-conference game that was part of the Sears/ESPN BracketBuster series. The Bucs were the lone team in the Big South to win out of the nine conference teams participating.

Also Nominated - Kelsey Wasmer (WBB), Stew Brase (Baseball), Trea Steele (Softball)

February 15 – MBB vs. UNC Asheville – W, 79-70
Jamarco Warren bounced back from a tough weekend to drop 31 points and lead CSU back from an 11-point hole to beat UNC Asheville and make a big claim to a top-4 seed in the conference tournament. With the victory the Bucs continue to control their own destiny in regards to getting that placement and in turn, a first-round home game. With two games remaining, if the Bucs win out, they are guaranteed a home game. Kelvin Martin also returned to the lineup for the Bucs with a 13-point, 11-rebound performance.

February 18-19 – SB vs. Va. Tech, Ohio, Mercer (Buccaneer Invite) – 1-3 Record
After taking down Virginia Tech 10-9 in extra innings, the Buccaneers looked like they would roll to the championship game, but offensive struggles in the final three games dashed those hopes. The Bucs fell 5-0 to Mercer in a game that stretched over two calendar days due to darkness on Friday night, and then had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th against Ohio, but a fluke play on a ball that looked like it was going up the middle ended the game at 1-0 for Ohio, and put CSU at 1-2 after the round-robin play. The loss also put CSU in the consolation game against Mercer, where they scored once late but fell 5-1.

February 18-19 – Baseball vs. North Florida – L, 12-8, W, 2-1, L, 7-0
Walt Quattlebaum, Nick Chinners and Brantley Meier each had five hits on the weekend, while Stew Brase turned in an excellent pitching performance on Friday to help the Bucs get the victory, going 5.1 innings with one run allowed and scattering five hits. The Bucs had plenty of hits, just one less than UNF, but couldn’t get the timely ones as they were outscored 20-10 on the weekend.

February 19 – WBB vs. Asheville – W, 98-79
Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, was falling for the Lady Buccaneers in the first half as they shot 60 percent from the floor, and scored 58 points in the first half alone with 11 3-pointers. The 58 points was more than CSU has scored in 10 different games this season. Lakeitha Alston had 21 points, including a 3-3 mark behind the arc, while Kelsey Wasmer led all scorers with 23 points and seven 3-pointers.

February 19 – MBB vs. UNC Wilmington (BracketBuster) – W, 63-58
As mentioned, out of nine teams participating, the Bucs were the only Big South team to win their BracketBuster game, doing so in what some on the team described as the best atmosphere this season, facing a homecoming crowd in Wilmington. Jamarco Warren had 20 points and seven rebounds, while Kelvin Martin just missed his second-straight double-double back from injury as he had 13 points and nine rebounds.

What’s coming up?
February 20 – 22 – W. Golf @ Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic
February 21 – WBB @ Presbyterian – 7 p.m.
February 22 – Baseball vs. Furman – 2 p.m.
February 22 – SB @ C of C (DH) – 4 p.m.
February 22 – MBB vs. Gardner-Webb – 7:30 p.m.
February 24 – 25 – Track & Field @ Big South Indoor Championship
February 24 – W. Tennis vs. North Florida – 2 p.m.
February 25 – 27 – SB @ Stetson Tournament
February 25 – Baseball vs. Michigan State
February 26 – Baseball @ Clemson – 1 p.m.
February 26 – Baseball vs. Cincinnati – 7 p.m.
February 26 – W. Tennis vs. Gardner-Webb – 1 p.m.
February 26 – WBB vs. Radford – 2 p.m.
February 26 – MBB vs. Coastal – 4:30 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Abby Poole - February 17, 2011

2011-02-17T09:53:00.000-08:00

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Hey there Lady Buc Fans….

What’s going on? It’s been a while since I got to tell you about what’s going on with us. I am in my last semester here at good ole CSU, I have to admit it’s bittersweet. I am excited to graduate and move on to another chapter in my life. First though….we have to win the Big South Championship. This past weekend, Beth Boyle, one of our biggest fans came along with us on the bus and the whole trip to High Point. The day of, if you walked past her office she was bouncing off the walls excited to come and be a part of the team. Beth told us she had never been a part of a team before, I was excited to be a part of her first experience. The whole trip up Beth was wide awake she couldn’t sit still. She showed us a video that was made by her for us, about our team…she had other people on campus give us words of encouragement…Mrs. Dixon, some students, Jessie our bible study leader, Coach Kelly….all of them were amazing, for a few of us seniors including myself the video brought tears to our eyes….and many of us were ready to play as soon as she showed us the video!!! It was awesome & I hope she puts it on Facebook soon..Hint hint!!

As you all know Valentine’s day was this past Monday… Valentine’s day for me is very special because it is the same day as mine and Andrew’s anniversary…a whole 16 months!! Coach was so gracious to re-schedule practice from 4pm to 6:30am so that we would be able to have Valentine’s night off. Mine started off great around 1ish I was delivered a beautiful bouquet of tulips (pictures on facebook), but if you know me you know Andrew likes to spoil me, later that day I spent the rest of my time with him and his family. We had dominos heart shaped pizza’s for dinner then we exchanged valentines gifts. You would have thought it was Christmas all over again…Andrew gave me a stuffed animal, chocolate covered pretzels..my favorite, some new earrings, and an auxiliary cord for when I get my birthday present installed. I gave him 2 DVD’s and some candy…he loved it. That isn’t the end of Valentine’s though, we went out to eat on Wednesday to California Dreaming, gosh that place is so good!! The good thing about February is that it’s my birthday month also!!! Which means more reasons for Andrew to spoil me…I already know what I’m getting for my birthday and its getting installed on Saturday when we are out of town so Monday night when we get back from spanking PC and Asheville I will already have my Birthday present!! I bet your all wondering what it is…he is getting a new radio/cd player put into my car so that I will be able to play my ipod without having to find a good channel. WOOOHOO! If you are interested to see what else he surprises me with check out Facebook next week I’m almost positive there will be pictures!!

I just want to add that all of my teammates are amazing and by far this year has been the best year! I love you all so much and thank you for making my senior year so great!! SENIOR NIGHT IS FRIDAY MARCH 4 AT 7pm—vs Coastal Carolina. We better have a packed house that night..and get there early to watch us seniors get recognized!! Thank you all for all of your support this season, you guys are what make it so enjoyable to play and be proud to represent an amazing school like CSU.

Love y’all

Abby Poole #14

Weekly Recap - February 7-13

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Softball started their season with a pair of victories, while the women’s tennis team got the first road win of their young season and the men’s track team competed against some of the best in preparation for the end of the indoor season.

With a bunch of strong performances around the department this weekend, Jonathan Rustin has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after posting an undefeated record in match play.

While the Bucs posted a 2-2 overall record, Rustin was 3-0-1 as an individual, one of the only players in the tournament to escape unscathed. He won 3-and-1 in the first match against Kennesaw State, winning 3-and-2 against Morehead State and 2-and-1 against his opponent from Cleveland State.

Also Nominated Zack Pociatek (Men’s Track), Javon Young (Men’s Track), Katie Tull (Women’s Basketball), Heather Isbell (Women’s Tennis), Johathan Brooks (Men’s Basketball), Morgan Dowdy (Softball)

February 10 – M. Basketball @ Winthrop – L, 75-68
In the absence of Kelvin Martin, Johathan Brooks stepped up with another double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds, but the Bucs managed just eight offensive boards in a road loss at Winthrop. Sheldon Strickland had 20 points and Jeremy Sexton had 10, but Winthrop had an unlikely offensive explosion, with four players scoring at least 15 points.

February 11-12 – M. Golf @ The Match Play – 2-2 record
Led by Jonathan Rustin’s 3-0-1 record, the Bucs beat Loyola-Maryland and Cleveland State but fell to Morehead State and Kennesaw State. It was the first match play tournament of the year for the Bucs, pitting the Bucs up against their opponents in a one-on-one match up.

February 11-12 – M. Track & Field @ Tiger Paw
Javon Young finished first in the 200m dash, while the 4x400m relay finished second to Clemson but seven seconds ahead of everyone else in their heat. Additionally, Zack Pociatek threw a personal best 15.62m in the weight throw, the fourth-best throw in school history. It was the last meet of the season before facing the Big South Conference the last weekend of the month.

February 11-13 - Softball @ Palmetto State Showdown – 2-2 record
Melissa Adams had five hits on the weekend, while Hayes Holdsworth hit her first career-homerun, a game-winner, to lead CSU to a 2-2 record with victories over Winthrop and Furman, falling to South Carolina and tournament-champion USC Upstate. Morgan Dowdy had a strong showing in the circle, pitching 20.2 innings with a 1.02 ERA and a 2-0 record. In four games, the Lady Bucs have already hit six home runs, giving up just two.

February 12 – W. Tennis vs. Stetson – L, 6-1
Heather Isbell won her singles match in dominating fashion (6-2, 6-3), while teaming up with Alia Nour to win doubles (8-5), but it was the only two matchups that the Bucs won as they fell to a 4-0 Stetson squad in Alabama as part of a three-team tournament. The Bucs would take on the hosts, Troy, later in the weekend.

February 12 – W. Basketball @ High Point – L, 68-54
Katie Tull had 19 points, but for the first time in her career, Kelsey Wasmer was shut down and held scoreless, and the Bucs got just four points from their bench, a combination that makes it nearly impossible to win on the road in the Big South. Lakeitha Alston had 17 points for CSU, but got in foul trouble late in the game, limiting her minutes down the stretch.

February 12 – M. Basketball @ Presbyterian – L, 61-48
Shooting just 23 percent, including an 8-29 (27 percent) clip in the second half, the Bucs had their lowest point total since the season-opener against Georgia Tech. Jeremy Sexton was the lone Buc in double-figures, while Brooks had 14 rebounds to pace CSU. The Bucs cut the lead to six with 4:06 to go, but a nine-point spurt by PC put the Bucs away for good.

February 13 – W. Tennis @ Troy – W, 4-3
It took a major comeback, but CSU won its first match of the season, beating Troy 4-3 after starting in a 1-3 hole. Troy swept the doubles action, forcing CSU to get it done in the singles action. Marija Dzakovic made quick work of her opponent to tie the match at 1-1 before Troy rattled off two-straight singles victories. Alia Nour won hers, and after dropping a set each, Olga Makhova and Brooke Pletcher had to work back and win their singles, which they did to win the match for the Bucs.

What’s Coming Up?
November 15 – MBB vs. Asheville – 7:30 p.m.
November 18-19 – SB hosts Buccaneer Invite (Va. Tech, Mercer, Ohio)
November 18 – Baseball vs. North Florida – 2 p.m.
November 19 – Baseball vs. North Florida – 2 p.m.
November 19 – WBB @ Asheville – 4:30 p.m.
November 19 – MBB @ UNC Wilmington (BracketBuster) – 7 p.m.
November 20 – Baseball vs. North Florida – 2 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - January 31 - February 6

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If you have been following us on Twitter or Facebook recently, you’ve heard about the streak and probably know that it came to an end this weekend. Even so, the Bucs were one of the last four standing in which neither the men’s nor the women’s team had lost a game on their home court this season. We have a great home court advantage here at CSU, and it is thanks to fans like you. We want to encourage you to continue to come out and support both basketball teams as we get down the stretch. Both teams are tied for fourth in the Big South right now and need you to come out and be loud as they try to finish strong. Also, we are in the second week of February, which means that the softball season starts this week, and baseball is just another week away. Good luck to both of those teams as they begin their quests toward the Big South Championship.

After winning the long jump in record-setting fashion, Lavon Allen has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

Allen took on a field of nearly 50 competitors at the New Balance Invitational and won the college division with a jump of 7.54m. The mark bested Anthony Reed’s record of 7.36m, which he had held since 1999.

Also Nominated - Katie Tull (Women’s Basketball), Johathan Brooks (Men’s Basketball), Heidi Dean (Women’s Track and Field), Jacobo Pastor (M. Golf)

January 31 – WBB vs. High Point – W, 80-72
The “Texas Twosome” as I like to call them (Katie Tull and Kelsey Wasmer) led the way, scoring a combined 52 points (26 each) out of the team’s 80, leading CSU past High Point at home. Wasmer played all 40 minutes of the game and had a double-double with 12 rebounds and four assists, while Tull played 36 minutes, draining six threes, including five in the first half. Danielle Gibson provided a much-needed boost with nine points, five of which came at the free throw line. Trailing by seven at halftime, the Bucs kicked it into high gear in half number two, shooting 58 percent from the field.

January 31-February 1 – M. Golf @ Jacksonville Invitational – 11th
Jacobo Pastor had four birdies in the final round, helping the Bucs to an 11th-place finishon the history TPC Sawgrass course in Jacksonville. Jonathan Rustin, David Denlinger, Brandon Caddow-Young and Will Pieper also shot well, as the Bucs beat out the hosting Jacksonville team, as well as Georgia State, James Madison and Old Dominion.

February 3 – MBB vs. VMI – W, 101-90
The game proved everything we thought it would be; fast-paced, high-scoring and close. That’s the way VMI plays, and CSU took advantage of the athleticism, scoring 100 points for the first time in Big South play and the fourth time this year. The Bucs shot 62.9 percent from the field for the game, including an unbelievable 71.9 percent in the first half as they out-scored VMI 55-48 in the first frame. A 10-12 mark from the free throw line in the second half helped CSU hold off the Keydets as six Bucs scored in double figures, including all of the starting five, and Sheldon Strickland off the bench.

February 4-5 – M. Track @ New Balance Invitational
The 4x200m relay team defended its title, edging out a professional team for the championship. The Bucs also got a record-breaking performance out of Lavon Allen, who shattered the old mark held by Anthony Reed since 1999, winning the competition in New York.

February 4-5 – W. Track @ ETSU Niswonger Invitational
Brittney Greer and Heidi Dean ran personal bests this weekend, as the Lady Bucs competed in one of the largest meets they will see in the indoor season. Again the weight throw seemed to be the best event for CSU as they put three of four competitors in the top-20, and all four in the top-25. Tamisha Foster also ran a season-best in the triple jump to finish fifth.

February 5 – WBB vs. Gardner-Webb – L, 71-64
Gardner-Webb got on a roll in the second half, knocking down everything they put up, and finished the half shooting better than 53 percent as GWU handed the Bucs their first home loss of the season. Undersized once again, the inside presence for the Bucs held strong, holding the top-four forwards for GWU to 19 points, getting 17 points out of Lakeitha Alston alone, but the Bulldogs just had too many weapons and hit key free throws down the stretch, becoming almost automatic in the second half (10-11).

February 5 – MBB vs. Liberty, L, 70-69
Jamarco Warren launched a half-court shot at the buzzer that hit the front of the rim as the Bucs’ hope of knocking off the second-ranked team in the conference also fell just short. Again all five starters for the Bucs scored in double figures with Johathan Brooks earning the double-double (14 points, 10 reb.) but the Bucs were out-scored 42-30 in the second half. Even so, that gap was made up less than eight minutes into the second half, when the game was tied at 49-49. From that point on, neither team led by more than three points.

What’s coming up?
February 10 – MBB @ Winthrop – 7 p.m.
February 11-12 – M. Golf @ The Match Play Championship
February 11-12 – M. Track & Field @ The Tiger Paw Invitational
February 11 – SB @ South Carolina (Palmetto State Showdown) – 3 p.m.
February 12 – W. Tennis vs. Stetson – 1 p.m.
February 12 – SB vs. USC Upstate(Palmetto State Showdown) – 3 p.m.
February 12 – SB vs. Winthrop (Palmetto State Showdown) – 5 p.m.
February 12 – WBB @ High Point – 4 p.m.
February 12 – MBB @ Presbyterian – 7 p.m.
February 13 – SB vs. Furman (Palmetto State Showdown) – 10:30 a.m.
February 13 – W. Tennis @ Troy – 1 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Katie Tull - February 2, 2011

2011-02-02T11:16:00.000-08:00

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What's up Buc Fanssss!!

If y'all didn't have a chance to catch our Monday night game, let me just tell you about it! We had a super exciting win over High Point University. They always have a competitive team, especially this year. Playing in our gym is beyond fun and the amount of student support we get each game helps us bring out our best performance. This was a huge win for us and hopefully will give us some momentum heading into Saturday's game vs. the Gardner Webb Bulldogs (boooo). Saturday is also our annual "think pink" game where our school and program tries to raise awareness and support for breast cancer, and breast cancer survivors. It will be an exciting match up, and an even better cause to come out and be a part of! Classes are going pretty smooth so far for my teammates and I, however last week was the first week of tests so some prayers for those results would be greatly appreciated :)

So, I'm from Texas and I got a picture from my mom yesterday saying they were SNOWED IN and couldn't go into work (she's a school teacher). Seeing as my whole family, especially myself, hateee the snow, calling my mother to inform her i was wearing shorts and a t-shirt in beautiful Charleston today was pretty entertaining! I heard a rumor that it was ground hog day, although my sources could definitely be pulling my leg....however, IF today is that special day, let's all pray for the beginning of spring time!

Thanks to all of our fans and supporters, your presence in our program means so much to us. Check out the website to see how our game goes Saturday, and definitely be cheering us on if you get the chance!! Hope everyone has a blessed week.....MP :)

Katie Tull

Weekly Recap - January 24-30, 2011

2011-01-31T06:52:00.000-08:00

The second of two weeks on the road, the MBB team had a thrilling win at Radford, while the track teams competed at South Carolina in a midweek meet.

Averaging 17.5 points and nearly 10 rebounds a game in two Big South Conference games this week, Kelvin Martin has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

Martin started out the week with 24 points and 13 rebounds in an overtime victory at Radford, leading the team in both categories. In that game, he scored the final five points of regulation, including his first 3-pointer of the season, to tie the game and extend it into overtime. He followed that performance up with 11 points and six rebounds against High Point, shooting 4-6 from the field and 3-4 from the free throw line, giving him an 85 percent clip from the charity stripe.

Also nominated: Kelsey Wasmer (Women’s Basketball)

January 24 – WBB @ Radford – L, 60-56
A Shay Jones 3-pointer with 0:23 left in the game cut the Radford lead to four, but CSU could not find another basket at the end of the game, falling on the road to one of the league-leaders. Lakeitha Alson had 13 points, while Jones finished with 11, including three triples in the game. With 10 points, Kelsey Wasmer hit the 1,000 point mark for her career at CSU.

January 25 – Tennis @ #10 Clemson – L, 4-0
The Bucs knew it would be a tough start to the season with a pair of nationally ranked opponents to start it off, the highest of which was #10 Clemson. The Tigers won the doubles point with 8-4, 8-6 and 8-0 scores, and then rolled in three singles matches, leaving the other three unfinished. Brooke Pletcher has played well in the early season as a member of the doubles team that fell 8-6, also playing the closest singles match falling 6-4 in the first set and leading 2-1 in the second before it was left unfinished.

January 26 – Track and Field @ Gamecock Open
It was a strange track, with three lanes and four 90-degree turns, and even though the times may not have been what CSU would normally expect, they still posted high finishes against members of the South Carolina, Benedict, and South Carolina State programs. Patria Norman had a trio of runner-up finishes, doing so in the 55m hurdles, the high jump and the shot put events. Tenasia White won the weight throw, Adrienne Cuff finished second in the 800m run, and Riyadh Smith claimed third in the 400m dash. For the men, Avery Coe won the 400m dash, while Zack Pociatek won the weight throw and Lavon Allen finished second in the 55m dash.

January 27 – MBB @ Radford – W,70-62 (OT)
Up big midway through the second half, Radford made a furious charge on their home court, taking a five-point lead with less than a minute to go. Kelvin Martin hit the first three of his season, then got fouled on his way to the basket, sinking both free throws to tie the game and send it into overtime. From there, the Bucs composed themselves and used a 9-1 advantage to seal the road victory in the Big South, putting them a half game up on Asheville in the standings.

January 29 – MBB @ High Point – L, 77-75
The Bucs looked for late-game heroics again as they found themselves trailing by one with 2:41 to go in the contest. The Bucs had six possessions in the last 2:41, but hit just one shot, and could not maintain a one-point lead on the road for the final minute. Five players, including four of the starting five had double-figures for CSU, led by Jamarco Warren’s 19 points.

What’s coming up?
January 31 – February 1 – Men’s Golf @ Jacksonville University Invitational
January 31 – WBB vs. High Point – 7 p.m.
February 3 – MBB vs. VMI – 7:30 p.m.
February 4-5 – Men’s Track @ New Balance Invitational
February 4-5 – Women’s Track @ ETSU Niswonger Invitational
February 5 – WBB vs. Gardner-Webb – 2 p.m.
February 5 – MBB vs. Liberty – 4:30 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - January 17-23, 2011

2011-01-24T08:11:00.000-08:00

It was a busy weekend for CSU as both the men’s and women’s indoor track and field programs began their seasons, men’s and women’s basketball continued in conference play and the tennis team took on a very solid ACC opponent to start their 2011 campaign.

Katie Tull has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after breaking the Big South Career 3-Point record and leading the Bucs to a 1-1 record on the week.

CSU started off the week with an 85-74 victory over Asheville, a game in which Tull had 27 points and tied the record, earning her Big South Player of the Week honors. She followed up with 11 points against Liberty, including three long-range shots, the first of which put her all alone atop the career charts. She has now scored in double figures in six-straight games for CSU.

Also nominate: Jamarco Warren (Men’s Basketball), Edward Ponton (Men's Track and Field), Daisy Whitaker (Women's Track and Field)

January 17 – WBB vs. Asheville – W, 85-74 In the previous two games, CSU had struggled to score the basketball, but that was not the case on Monday as the Bucs dropped 85 on Asheville in a Big South victory. Katie Tull had 27 points and tied the Big South career record for 3-pointers made (more on that in a minute). A huge help in the victory was Helen Terry, who caught fire early and finished the game with 23 points. Kelsey Wasmer and Lakeitha Alston continued to be steady with 11 points each, finishing one-two in rebounded with nine and eight, respectively.

January 20 – MBB vs. Gardner-Webb – L, 50-58 Jamarco Warren hit five of the team’s seven 3-pointers but it wasn’t enough for the Bucs to steal a victory on the road in the Big South. Up by one at halftime, the Bucs looked like they were in good position as they have outscored nearly every opponent in the second half this year, but GWU proved too tough at home as they snapped a nine-game losing streak and beat CSU for the sixth time in a row.

January 21-22 – Track & Field at Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational Both track programs went up to Blacksburg this weekend to start the 2011 indoor season. Both had plenty of success in the early season with top-20 finishes in a highly competitive field. Daisy Whitaker broke the freshman shot put record, while Edward Ponton broke the 60m hurdles school record. A couple of other records nearly fell, but surely will by the end of the season.

January 22 – Tennis at #46 North Carolina State – L, 0-7 They knew it would be a tough matchup to start the season as the Bucs traveled up to face #46 N.C. State, and it was. Reigning Big South Player of the Year Olga Makhova was involved in the closest match as she fell 6-3, 6-1, while Alexandra Walters and Brooke Pletcher fell 8-4 in the closest doubles match.

January 22 – MBB at Asheville – L, 69-77Down by as many as 13, the Bucs cut the Asheville lead to two but couldn’t take the late lead as they again fell on the road in Big South play. Jamarco Warren did more into the top-10 in career points in the Big South and second in CSU history after dropping 22 points in the loss. Kelvin Martin had 16 points and Jeremy Sexton had 11, while Kenny Mitchell narrowly missed the double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.
January 22 – WBB at Liberty – L, 63-49Too much height was the name of the game as the Bucs went on the road to Liberty. CSU managed just a 29 percent clip from the field and 28 percent from 3-point range, while Liberty got big points from their starting five. Only four of the Flames’ 63 points came from the bench. With her first three of the game (she hit three total), Katie Tull move atop the leader board in career threes made in the Big South Conference, a tremendous accomplishment with 10 games to go in the regular season.

What’s coming up? January 24 – WBB @ Radford – 7 p.m.
January 25 – Tennis @ #11 Clemson – 1 p.m.
January 26 – Track and Field @ Gamecock Open
January 27 – MBB @ Radford – 7 p.m.
January 29 – MBB @ High Point – 7 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Margaret Spaulding - January 19, 2011

2011-01-19T06:56:00.000-08:00

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Hey Bucs Fans!

The new semester got off to a slow start with all the delays due to ice, not that I minded (Haha). Classes were postponed for a day and a half making Christmas break just a little bit longer. And after I thought things couldn’t get better, we started a three game winning streak. First we took down Coastal in over time, then PC. Our defense Monday night soundly put away UNC Asheville. I’m so excited to watch our season unfold and be a part of my team’s success. Practices have been great and everyone is put forth the effort to become Big South Champions. It’s great to be a part of a team where everyone knows what hard work is.

Classes have also been good……..so far. All my professors seem interesting. My favorite class by far is my Political Science class. We have interesting discussions and debates based on our reading. Since I plan on being a lawyer one day debating is particularly enjoyable to me. The work isn’t very heavy but its tons of reading. As much as I love class I still can’t wait until it’s over so I can start my summer break.

Margaret Spaulding #23

Weekly Recap - January 10-16, 2011

2011-01-17T07:19:00.000-08:00

It was a perfect week for the Buccaneers as the two basketball teams combined to go 4-0 in Big South Conference play! Both teams are moving up the rankings as we near the midpoint in the conference season.

Kelsey Wasmer averaged 17 points and 10.5 rebounds in two Big South victories this week for CSU. She led the team in scoring in both games, and scored the final four points in the victory over Presbyterian College.

Wasmer tied for team-high honors with 15 points and 13 rebounds in the Bucs’ overtime victory over Coastal Carolina. Then, in the second game of the week, Wasmer had 19 points and six rebounds, but hit two late free throws to put CSU up by three, and a jumper as the shot clock expired to make it a five point lead with 0:33 left in the game. It would prove to be the final four points of the game as CSU won its second-straight Big South game.

Also nominate: Kelvin Martin (Men’s Basketball)

January 11 – WBB @ Coastal Carolina – W, 60-53 (OT)
After icy roads forced the two teams to postpone their contest for a day, CSU made it up to Conway and walked out with a thrilling overtime victory. It was the first OT game of the year for CSU. The big three did it again for CSU as Lakeitha Alston and Kelsey Wasmer each had 15 points and 13 rebounds, while Katie Tull added 12 points to account for more than 70 percent of the team’s points in the game.

January 13 – MBB vs. Presbyterian - W, 76-71
Presbyterian made a late charge after CSU led by double-digits for most of the game, but it was clutch free throws down the stretch that allowed the Bucs to hold on and grab the five-point victory. The win moved CSU to 10-8 overall and 4-2 in the Big South. The Bucs hit 23 of 30 free throws, and were led by Jamarco Warren (22 points), Kelvin Martin (19 points, 13 rebounds), and Kenny Mitchell (15 points). The final nine points of the game for CSU came at the charity stripe.

January 15 – WBB vs. Presbyterian – W, 52-47
When the women’s team took on PC, Saturday, it was the opposite story as CSU trailed the visitors for the majority of the game. The Bucs cut the lead to two (47-45) on a couple of Kelsey Wasmer free throws, and then finally took the lead in a big way with 2:39 on the clock as CSU finished off a five-point play. Helen Terry launched a deep three to put CSU up by one, and as the shot was going up, a PC player blew through Wasmer’s screen, giving the senior a chance to add two more points at the free throw line, which she did. With time running out on the shot clock, Wasmer again had the dagger, nailing a jumper with 0:33 left in the game to make it a two-possession game.

January 15 – MBB vs. Winthrop – W, 69-60
A battle for third place in the league went the way of the home team as the Bucs jumped out to a huge lead to start the game and then held on to sit alone in third place. It was a 26-10 run to start the game for CSU as everything went their way early. From there, it was an 86 percent effort from the free throw line, making more free throws (25) than field goals (18) that allowed CSU to earn the victory. Jamarco Warren had 27 points, 13 of which came from the free throw line as he was near perfect (13-14). Martin again got his double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

What’s coming up?
January 17 – WBB vs. Asheville – 7 p.m.
January 20 – MBB @ Gardner-Webb – 7 p.m.
January 21-22 – Track & Field @ Virginia Tech Invitational
January 22 – W. Tennis @ #47 North Carolina State – Noon
January 22 – WBB @ Liberty – 2 p.m.
January 22 – MBB @ Asheville – 4:30 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - January 3-9

2011-01-10T07:57:00.000-08:00

It may be snowy and icy outside depending on where you are, but the Buccaneer basketball teams are heating up the hardwood, and with four home games coming up this week (and next Monday). Both teams have played extremely well at home and are facing key Big South matchups so make sure you come out and support the teams!

Johathan Brooks posted a career-best week for CSU, helping the Buccaneers to a 1-1 record on the road, earning him CSU Athlete of the Week honors.

Brooks averaged 10.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game over the two-game Big South span. He had 12 points and a career-high 14 points against Liberty, his second double-double of the year, and added nine points, 13 rebounds in the victory over VMI. He also had a career-best five assists and four blocked shots against the Keydets.

Also nominate: Katie Tull (Women’s Basketball), Kelvin Martin (Men’s Basketball)

January 3 – WBB @ Gardner-Webb – L, 67-51
The Bucs knew they had a tough test in Gardner-Webb, but hung around to sit within five points at halftime, despite shooting just 37 percent to GWU’s 45 percent. Things just got worse for CSU in the second, though, as they hit just one of 14 three point attempts (7.1 percent) and GWU used four double-digit scoring performances to distance themselves. The Bucs spread out the scoring, but Katie Tull was the only one who manager more than 10 points.

January 6 – MBB @ Liberty – L, 68-54
The road woes continued for CSU against a very good Liberty team as Flames guard Jesse Sanders posted an impressive triple-double performance to do-in the Bucs. Johathan Brooks had 12 points and 14 rebounds for CSU, while Jeremy Sexton poured in 17 points, but a slow start (36 percent shooting in the first half) allowed LU to grab a 10-point halftime lead and extended it to as many as 25 midway through the second half.

January 8 – WBB @ Winthrop – L, 75-53
The second of three-straight road games for the women’s basketball team, CSU had to face Winthrop on the road. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, because the story is very similar to the game against GWU. The Bucs trailed by just two at halftime, shooting 37 percent, and allowing the other team to shoot 50 percent. The second half was a mighty struggle, as CSU hit just seven of 24 shots, while WU connected on 18 of 30 (60 percent) to pull away.

January 8 – MBB @ VMI – W, 88-80
Not only did the Bucs have to shake off a tough loss, but a quick turnaround from a late-night finish to a 1 p.m. tipoff, the earliest of the season, posted another obstacle for the Bucs. Not to mention a very solid and fast-paced VMI squad. CSU had a number of impressive performances, including two double-doubles (Kelvin Martin, 22-10, Kenny Mitchell 19-17), with Johathan Brooks narrowly missing a third one (nine points, 13 rebounds). CSU hit 24 of 28 free throw attempts that no doubt aided in the victory, shooting 43 percent from the field, limiting their three-point attempts (12) since they were finding easy looks inside. It was the first road win of the season for the Bucs and moved them back to a winning record (9-8, 3-2) for the year and in the Big South.

What’s coming up?
January 10 – WBB @ Coastal Carolina – 7 p.m.
January 13 – MBB vs. Presbyterian Coll. – 7:30 p.m.
January 15 – WBB vs. Presbyterian Coll. – 2 p.m.
January 15- MBB vs. Winthrop – 4:30 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Anicia Dotson - January 7, 2011

2011-01-07T12:00:00.000-08:00

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I was counting down for Christmas break for about two months. I couldn’t wait to get back home to my family and friends. We played against Mercer University in Macon, Ga., the day before we went home for Christmas. We got a great win on the road!!! I rode home with my BFF Abby Poole. I know she was a little upset because she could have been home 3 minutes earlier, but she had to make a stop and drop me off.(HaHa) Like always, Abby always catches me when I do something stupid. On our entertaining trip home, I fell asleep with my mouth wide open and almost broke my neck when my head fell off the back of my seat. Of course Abby had to laugh at me. When I got home I ran and jumped in my momma’s arms. I was so happy to see her! She is truly the greatest inspiration and role model in my life. My brother was only home from Florida for a few days, but it was great to see him. Christmas is such a fun holiday for my family and you can always expect lots of fun, games and laughter when we all get together. My family tends to grow in numbers from one Christmas to the next, which makes playing games even more fun! Over the break I was also excited to see my friends, all though I spent most of my time with my mother and little brother. I was able to see my high school team play and practice with them. On Christmas morning I woke up and cooked breakfast for everybody. After breakfast we went to my grandparents’ house to exchange gifts. I was blessed with many things that I need for school like money and new shoes. We had a family dinner at the church and played a really fun game called the Wrights Family Christmas. Later on that day I went to eat at IHOP with my best friend Maranda. On our return to Charleston, Abby and I drove through snow-so beautiful! Time really flew by at home and before I knew it, it was time to return to Charleston to be with my other family, the CSU Buccaneer basketball team. I really missed my CSU family and I couldn’t wait to see them! Happy New Year!

Anicia “Nish” Dotson #33

Weekly Recap - December 27, 2010 - January 2, 2011

2011-01-03T06:30:00.000-08:00

Happy 2011 to all the Buccaneer fans out there. Hopefully you were able to rest during the holiday break and are ready for a great year of CSU athletics and honoring God in all that you do.

Jamarco Warren has been named the CSU athlete of the week after averaging 24 points per game in three contests this past week, including one on the road at Georgia.

The senior guard dropped 24 points in each of the three games leading the Bucs to a 2-1 record during that time, with two wins coming in Big South Conference play. It is his sixth 20-point game of the season and the 10th time in 15 games in which he has scored at least 10 points.

Also nominate: Kelsey Wasmer (Women’s Basketball)

December 28 – MBB @ Georgia – L, 70-55
Jamarco Warren led the charge with his 24 points, adding three assists, but a stagnant Buc offense show below 30 percent for the game and a 50 percent effort from the SEC opponent proved too much. Kelvin Martin had a team-high six nine rebounds for CSU. UGA jumped out to an 22-9 lead midway through the first half, and although the Bucs looked strong in the second period, couldn’t overcome the deficit.

December 31 – WBB vs. College of Charleston – W, 86-74
What a great way to end the year and the non-conference slate as the women’s basketball team took down the College of Charleston in front of a great home crowd on New Year’s Eve. Four Buccaneers scored in double figures for CSU, led by Kelsey Wasmer’s team-high 21 points adding seven rebounds. Lakeitha Also and Anicia Dotson added 18 and 11, respectively, inside for CSU while Kiki Rutledge had 16. The Bucs held a 45-34 lead at halftime, after shooting 46 percent and forcing 11 CofC turnovers.

December 31 – MBB vs. High Point – W, 77-69
The Big South home opener for CSU, the Bucs put three in double figures and caught fire in the second half to earn the first Big South victory over the year. CSU shot better than 50 percent in the second half, after holding a four-point halftime lead. Kelvin Martin earned a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Jamarco Warren scored 24, despite holding a 3-7 mark behind the 3-point line. The victory evened the team’s record overall (7-7) and in Big South play (1-1) and gave them a chance to get over .500 two days later against Radford.

January 2 – MBB vs. Radford – W, 73-58
The three starting guards for CSU combined to account for 49 of the team’s 73 points (64 percent), with all three scoring in double figures as CSU dominated the Highlanders to give the Bucs a winning record overall and in the Big South this year. It is the first time since 2002 that the Bucs have started 8-7, also doing so in 1996.

What’s coming up?
January 3 – WBB @ Gardner-Webb – 7 p.m.
January 6 – MBB @ Liberty – 7 p.m.
January 8 – MBB @ VMI – 1 p.m.
January 8 – WBB @ Winthrop – 4:30 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - December 13-19

2010-12-20T06:21:00.000-08:00

With Christmas just five days away, we at Charleston Southern would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Hopefully you will have a chance to see friends and family during this holiday season.

Freshman Sheldon Strickland has been named this week’s CSU athlete of the week after his incredible performance against the College of Charleston on Wednesday.

Even though the Bucs lost, Strickland was a perfect 7-for-7 from three point range, finishing with a career high of 27 points. He also had two rebounds and two steals in the game. The Cougars tried everything to stop Strickland, including switching 6-8 Antoine Wiggins on him, but it did not affect the freshman as he continue to pour in the buckets and keep CSU in the game with a chance to win late.

Also nominate: Kelsey Wasmer (Women’s Basketball)

Wednesday, December 15 – MBB Charleston Clash presented by Stokes Honda – vs. C of C – L, 69-77
Sheldon Strickland shot a perfect 7-for-7 from three point range and scored 27 points, shattering his career high, but it wasn’t enough as the Cougars were led by two 20-point scorers in Jeremy Simmons and Andrew Goudelock. The Bucs actually had a better shooting percentage (45.3 percent / 41.9 percent) but made just three of their six free throw attempts, and only one player other than Strickland was able to connect on a three.

Friday, December 17 – WBB @ UNC Wilmington – L, 57-79
For the second time this year the Lady Bucs had to suit up for an early tipoff, going at 11:30 a.m. against Wilmington as they hosted 4,500 elementary school children for the game, putting the Bucs in the midst of a screaming frenzy for the majority of the game. The move paid off for the Seahawks as they used a 15-0 run in the first half to put CSU away. Kelsey Wasmer had 18 points, while Katie Tull has 15 and Lakeitha Alston added 10.

What’s coming up?
December 20 – WBB @ Mercer – 7 p.m.

December 21 – MBB vs. Bluefield – 7:30 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Erin Bratcher - December 15, 2010

2010-12-15T12:47:00.000-08:00

What up Buc Fans?!?

How’s everybody been?!? I know the Lady Bucs are feeling pretty good after that win Saturday! Yeah, if you didn’t hear the Lady Bucs took care of business Saturday against Pfeiffer and made sure that only the Bucs win in the Buc Dome (OBWB). Putting a beat down on Pfeiffer Saturday and getting back on the winning track was the perfect way to start off our winter break here at CSU. We finished off a long week of studying and practicing last Friday. It was funny because by Saturday morning the campus was pretty much empty besides our team and the guy’s basketball team after most students went home for the break. It’s a little different not being able to roll into the Caf for every meal or hear a bunch of chatter around the dorms from our hall mates, but it is nice to get to spend more time with our teammates. It’s also been really nice to not have to worry about classes or study hall this week. We have been able to really focus on just basketball and practice with what we need to do to get better. Of course many of us have also been spending some of our free time at the malls and outlets taking care of Christmas shopping and our Secret Santa gifts. That’s right, we all drew names for Secret Santas last week, and were excited for our Christmas Party at Coach Goodenough’s house tonight when we exchange gifts and find out who’s was who’s! And I know some people on the team have a countdown going so they already know this but in less than a week the Bucs will heading home for some time with our families for the holidays. First and most importantly though, we have to finish off this week of practice then don’t miss our game Friday at UNC Wilmington, GO BUCS! O and it hasn’t warmed up here much at all… and I know not all of you guys are lucky enough to have JG (Coach Goodenough) text you every morning to remind you to bundle up and tell you the wind chill, but take it from us… were freezing here for South Carolina weather!! Anyway that’s all the excitement for this week, hope you all have a great holiday season and enjoy time with friends and family! And while you’re with them don’t forget, “Above all, live each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” -1 Peter 4:8 Well, that’s all I got, but we want you all to know how much we really do appreciate everyone’s support and be sure to support your Lady Bucs on Friday against UNC Wilmington! So let’s go Bucs, MP, Bring it!

Erin Bratcher #3

Weekly Recap - December 6-12

2010-12-13T08:37:00.000-08:00

With finals last week it was a slow week for athletics, with just two on campus events, plus a couple of athletes who played in the FCS Senior Scout Bowl. Both basketball teams were victorious in their games, while the South won the senior bowl, thanks to the contributions of the Buccaneers, most notably Gerald Stevenson, who caught the game-winning touchdown pass with less than a minute to go in the game.

One other thing that needs to be mentioned was the untimely passing of Will Bedenbaugh, one of the CSU baseball players, who was killed in a car accident late Saturday night. A tremendous athlete and person, the news shook the entire CSU family, and we certainly want to let the Bedenbaugh family, as well as all of those who knew Will, know that our thoughts, our condolences and our sincerest prayers are with you all.

Jamarco Warren has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week after his game-high 27 points in the Bucs’ 106-61 victory over Milligan. His points moved him into a tie for third place in CSU history with 1,557 career points.

Warren connected on eight of his 13 shots, including a 3-5 mark behind the arc and hit eight free throws to lead the way. Warren completed his day with a team high in assists (6) and steals (5). 15 of his points came in the second half, including 11 during a 38-9 run in which CSU put the game out of reach.

Also nominated: Kelvin Martin (Men’s Basketball), Katie Tull (Women’s Basketball), Kelsey Wasmer (Women’s Basketball)

Saturday, December 11 – WBB vs. Pfeiffer – W, 74-59
Katie Tull scored a career-high 29 points, while Kelsey Wasmer added her third double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds, beating Pfeiffer 74-59 in the first game back after finals. CSU shot 41.7 percent for the game and hit a combined 10 three pointers (seven by Tull), adding 11 steals and forcing 26 Falcon Turnovers.

Saturday, December 11 – MBB vs. Milligan – W, 106-61
The first game back after finals, the men's team perhaps had some rust, holding a 45-39 lead after the first half against Milligan of the NAIA. If so, they shook it off nicely in the second, outscoring the visitors 66-22 in the second half, getting it done on both sides of the court. Kelvin Martin continued his hot-shooting, going 4-6 on the game and a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line for 14 points, adding a team-high 14 rebounds. Jamarco Warren scored a team-high 27 points as four of the five starters finished with double figures, and all but two people who saw time, scored at least two points.

What’s coming up?
December 15 – MBB vs. College of Charleston (North Charleston Coliseum) – 7:30 p.m.

December 17- WBB @ UNC Wilmington – 11:30 a.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Kirklin Kirkpatrick - December 8, 2010

2010-12-08T06:22:00.000-08:00

Hey Lady Buc Fans!

How’s it going out there? We’ve had a tough week here at CSU with some hard fought games and studying for final exams. We have been working very hard on the court to fix the little things that will help us win. Not only are we working hard on the court but off the court as well. This week is exam week! I was a little nervous because this is this the first time I have had to take exams at the college level. Fortunately, I only have to take three exams because I took an accelerated computer class earlier this semester which ended October 14th and I am in Freshman Seminar which does not have an exam. I have already taken two exams, College Algebra and Art Appreciation. I made an A on my Art exam and I am still waiting to receive my grade in math. My last exam is Friday- Public Speaking so wish me luck! Yesterday, December 7th, was a special day for me. It was my dad’s birthday and I found out that my cousin is having a baby girl. Her due date is Cinco de Mayo- pretty cool, huh? Ha.

I am really looking forward to Saturday… home game baby! OBWB (Only Bucs Win in the Bucdome) This is one of our goals as a team and I know that we can do it! Our opponent this Saturday is Pfeiffer at 2 pm so be there!! We are all excited to play and I know we’re going to have an awesome game to glorify God. It’s also a double header which is fun because I really like to watch the guys play... especially #11 Matt Kennedy :) Their play is much different from the guys teams where I’m from because guys couldn’t ever really dunk in games, so our men’s team is much more exciting to watch… I know this is a tad long but I just want to add- I love my team. We have a really special bond- better than any team I have ever been a part of and with every day I learn more about them and they teach me things about myself. I am so thankful for all of them. I love you guys! :)

Oh and beware there is a wind chill today (a text from JG at 6:51AM!) who ever knew it was going to be freezing in Charleston?! I was trying to get away from the cold weather! I'm from the mountains of Western North Carolina- it snowed there this week and my brother & sister were out of school.... so jealous! But I thought Charleston was warm- I was definitely mistaken! Well, that’s all that’s going on this week. Have a great Christmas holiday everyone! Remember, Luke 18:27 “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”- so bring it! MP!! GO BUCS!

Kirklin Kirkpatrick (Kirk) or according to Lyd- Kirkie :) #21

Weekly Recap - November 29 - December 5

2010-12-06T06:37:00.000-08:00

It is officially finals week here on campus, which means it will be a quiet week in terms of athletics. Both teams were in action last week, though, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

After averaging 15 points a game in two contests this week, Lakeitha Alston has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week.

Alston had nine points, two assists and two rebounds despite foul trouble against South Carolina, beating the bigger Gamecock forwards with her quickness. She followed that up with 21 points on the road at Furman, adding five rebounds as well.

Also nominated: Kelvin Martin (Men’s Basketball)

November 30 – MBB vs. Toccoa Falls – W, 120-43
Zimmy Nwogbo had his first career double-double and was one of six Bucs to score in double figures as CSU blew out Toccoa Falls, a team who showed up with seven players on the roster. It was good experience for the younger players, and they took advantage of it, scoring 66 points off the bench. The victory nearly set program records for points (141) and margin of victory (84). The Bucs finished the game shooting almost 60 percent from the field, and hit 13 of 23 three point attempts (56.5 percent). Every player who got in the game for CSU scored at least two points and had at least one rebound.

December 1 – WBB @ South Carolina – L, 75-53
Unlike the men’s game against TFC, this women’s score against USC wasn’t really indicative of the game, as CSU hung around for the majority of the game. In fact, midway through the first half it was just a one point game, and the lead was as low as seven points midway through the second half. Foul trouble hurt CSU, though, as Kelsey Wasmer picked up a couple of early fouls, and then Lakeitha Alston (4), Katie Tull (4), and Helen Terry (3) all had foul trouble as well.

December 4 – WBB @ Furman – L, 71-70
CSU overcame an 11 point halftime lead and tied the game late, but a free throw by Furman’s Kaitlin Murphy proved the final scoring of the day as Furman held on for the victory. Despite stellar performances from Katie Tull (24 points) and Lakeitha Alston (21 points), the Bucs could not get a shot off in the final minute of play, turning the ball over twice. Kelsey Wasmer added 10 rebounds and three assists, but only managed four points.

December 4 – MBB @ Coastal Carolina – L, 73-71
If Saturday’s game was any indication of how Big South play will look, fans should start buying tickets immediately! What a game between CSU and preseason favorite Coastal Carolina. The Bucs staged a furious comeback and tied the game with less than 10 seconds, thinking they were destined for OT with all the momentum. Chad Gray ended the hopes on a dunk with 1.7 seconds left that gave the Chanticleers the victory. Kelvin Martin shot 60 percent (6-10) and had a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Jeremy Sexton had 14 points and Jamarco Warren overcame a tough start to finish with 11 points.

What’s Coming Up?
FINALS WEEK – Good luck to all our student-athletes and other students taking finals
December 11 – Women’s Basketball vs. Pfeiffer – 2 p.m.
December 11 – Men’s Basketball vs. Milligan – 4:30 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Helen Terry - December 1, 2010

2010-12-01T07:18:00.000-08:00

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Hey what’s up everybody? It’s your girl Helen aka “H.T” or “H-Teezy”, whichever one you prefer haha. Well this past week was very LOONG week for the LADY BUCS. It started off with a WIN Monday night in the BUC DOME over UNC Greensboro 77-67. We took off for Texas at 4:45 Thursday morning, It was a very funny flight because Shay had never flown before and her and Kiki were both SOOO SCARED once we took off, their faces were PRICELESS :(. Once we arrived in Lubbock, Texas we checked into our beautiful hotel at the Hawthorne Inn which was by far one of the best hotels I have ever stayed in. We all spent our Thanksgiving night together and with family who had came to watch us play. Friday, Saturday and Sunday we had games back to back to back vs. Texas Tech, Sam Houston and American. Unfortunately we ended up falling short to all teams :(. We were very disappointed in our performance because we all knew we could have played much better than we did. After experiencing these losses it opened up our eyes to ALL the little things that we need to work on but we took it as a learning experience. After finishing up with the games we got a tour around Texas Tech by Coach Newland who showed us all the buildings and his old dorm and we took team pictures in front of their Christmas tree & university seal :) which u can find on facebook posted by Abby Poole lol. During the tour, we stopped at the best frozen yogurt place I had ever been in. When I walked it I felt like a kid in a candy shop. You fixed your own cup from self serve machines. They had all the flavors you could think of cookies and cream, cheesecake, strawberry kiwi, pink lemonade, I mean you name it and more than likely they had it. On top of that they had ALLL the toppings, one of my favorites which are SOUR GUMMY WORMS yummy. I ended up getting the strawberry kiwi and pink lemonade mixed, with sour gummie worms, strawberries and kiwi on top and boy was it DELICIOUSSSSS. Our last day in Lubbock we got to go to the biggest one story mall in the nation! (As I was told from Katie Tull… sooo it might not be quite right lol jk love you girl). When we left the mall and were headed to the airport we saw little precious prairie dogs OMG I wanted to hop off the bus and catch me one and take it home with me too bad I couldn’t :( . We were scheduled to take off from Lubbock and head to Houston at 4:15 pm but once we got on the plane and settled the pilot comes on and tells us that the brakes are currently broken so we have to get off and wait for later departure. We were stuck at the Lubbock airport for 5 LOONG HOURS. We ended up having to fly to Dallas and stay the night there. Half of the team flew back to Charleston at 8:30 am and the rest didn’t arrive until 6 pm. Once we all were back in the Chuck we met for practice at 8 to prepare for a VICTORY over the Gamecocks and get back on the winning streak. Well that’s all for now folks continue to support your LADY BUCS. GET BIG…MP…BRING IT AYEEEEEEE!!!!

Helen Terry #12

Weekly Recap - November 22-28

2010-11-29T07:36:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a great break and a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family. While you were away eating turkey, our men’s and women’s basketball teams were hard at work in the Midwest at their respective tournaments.

Kelvin Martin is the first men’s basketball player to earn CSU Athlete of the Week honors for 2010-11, following his performance in the Chicago Invitational Tournament and his all-tournament team selection.

Martin nearly averaged a double-double in three games against Southern Illinois, Austin Peay and Southern. He had 15 points in the Bucs’ 89-54 victory over Southern, and nine points apiece against the other two schools. He had a season-best 14 rebounds against Southern Illinois and added four assists, one block and five steals for the tournament. He shot at a .765 clip for the tournament and had 28 rebounds in three games.

Also Nominated: Kelsey Wasmer (Women’s Basketball)

November 22 – Women’s Basketball vs. UNC Greensboro – W, 77-67
Before heading to Texas for a tournament, the women’s basketball team took down a solid UNC Greensboro team at home. Katie Tull moved to the top of the career record books for threes made, while four Buccaneers had a double-digit scoring performance. Kelsey Wasmer had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Hellen Terry had 13 points, and Lakeitha Alston had 12 points.

November 23 – Men’s Basketball @ Southern Illinois – L, 85-67
We mentioned the Richmond game last week, and the men’s basketball team continued to compete in the Chicago Invitational on the road against a perennial NCAA tournament qualifier in Southern Illinois. CSU shot better than 46 percent in the second half, but couldn’t slow down the Salukis, who shot almost 60 percent from the field for the game. Kenny Mitchell had a double-digit scoring night with 15, while Jeremy Sexton was the lone Buccaneer with multiple three-point makes.

November 26 – Men’s Basketball vs. Austin Peay – L, 70-64
An oddly formatted tournament meant that CSU finally went to the Windy City for the third and fourth games of the Chicago Invitational, after traveling to Richmond and Southern Illinois in the first two games. Facing Austin Peay, the Bucs again struggled defensively, giving up 70 points, 24 to Anthony Campbell, and allowing the Governers to shoot better than 50 percent. Jamarco Warren had 18 points for CSU, while Jeremy Sexton had 14, the only two Bucs in double figures.

November 26 – Women’s Basketball @ Texas Tech – L, 82-57
The first game of the World Vision Classic, the Bucs had to face the home-standing Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12. The inside game of Tech proved too much as they outscored CSU 28-10 in the pain in the first half, shooting at a 63 percent clip. Even so, it was a seven point game (48-41) with 15:55 left in the game before the depth of Tech took over as they steadily pulled away to stay 5-0 on the season.

November 27 – Men’s Basketball vs. Southern – W, 89-54
CSU moved to 3-4 on the season with an easy victory over Southern. Four Buccaneers scored at least 12 points, while 10 CSU players had at least one bucket in the game. The Bucs showed their depth playing a total of 14 players in the contest. Kelvin Martin and Kenny Mitchell narrowly missed double-doubles with 15-9 and 15-7 performances, respectively. The victory ended a long road trip that began last Sunday with a game against Richmond.

November 27 – Women’s Basketball vs. Sam Houston State – L, 76-70
The second of three-straight days with a contest, the Bucs hung with Sam Houston State, and had three players (Lakeitha Alston, Lydia Johnson, Helen Terry) record a double-double, while Kelsey Wasmer also had a double-figure scoring effort, but Britni Martin’s 37 points proved too much. The starting five for CSU each played at least 27 minutes of the contest, with Johnson, Wasmer and Tull each playing 34 minutes or more.

November 28 – Women’s Basketball vs. American – L, 60-49
The legs finally caught up to CSU as they shot just 27 percent from the field and only Kelsey Wasmer scored more than 10 points with 18. Wasmer earned all-tournament team honors for her performances in the tournament. It was an early run that really did in CSU as they went 0-7 as American went on a 17-0 run early in the game.

What’s Coming Up?
November 30 – Men’s Basketball vs. Toccoa Falls – 7:30 p.m.
December 1 – Women’s Basketball @ South Carolina – 11 a.m.
December 4 – Women’s Basketball @ Furman – 2 p.m.
December 4 – Men’s Basketball @ Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Shay Jones - November 23, 2010

2010-11-23T08:38:00.000-08:00

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Hey BUC FANS,

This has been a GREAT WEEK for us after winning our game against Voorhees College on Tuesday. Having four days of intense practices got us ready for UNC Greensboro yesterday. They could not handle our Lady Buc swagg on the court so they took a L 77-67. When we played them last year it came right down to the wire, but this year having so much improvement and leadership we beat them by 10! Last night’s game has had to be the best game we have ever played!!!!! Taking 5 CHARGES and just getting after it on the defensive end. This win will certainly help us get ready for Texas trip over Thanksgiving. We leave Thanksgiving morning at 4:40AM and I'm so excited because I have never flown before, and what a great way to fly for the first time with my teammates. We play 3 games back to back, but that’s no biggie cause we are never scared. Speaking of Thanksgiving, on Sunday we delivered turkeys & other traditional Thanksgiving food to families. I love when we do this! It is so much fun seeing the families faces when receiving the turkeys and the boxes. I see that even having pet ducks is possible after visiting that neighborhood. I really really want a pet duck; hopefully LAKEITHA will get me one for Christmas since she is such a nice teammate..........But stay tuned for more because season is just getting started and this team is UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

Shay Jones #5

Weekly Recap - November 15 - 21

2010-11-22T08:04:00.000-08:00

Volleyball made a run through the tournament but their season came to an end, as did the football season, officially marking the end of the fall schedule. Now we focus on basketball before we take a break for Thanksgiving!

Katie Tull has earned CSU Athlete of the Week honors after breaking a school record, and reaching a career-mileston in the team’s 96-63 victory early in the week.

Tull connected on a school-record nine three pointers, one shy of the Big South’s single game record, and scored career-high-tying 27 points to lead CSU. Her points also pushed her past the 1,000 point mark for her career. She is the 12th player in CSU history to score at least 1,000 points, and will quickly move up the ranks in her senior season.

Also Nominated: Amanda Hill (Volleyball), Sheldon Strickland (Men’s Basketball)

November 16 - Women’s Basketball vs. Voorhees – W, 96-63
Katie Tull had her 27 points, while Helen Terry added a career high 23 points and had six steals as CSU ran away from Voorhees, 96-36. So far this year at home, CSU is averaging more than 94 points per game, including an 87-57 victory in an exhibition game.

November 16 – Men’s Basketball vs. The Citadel – W, 68-61
It was a packed house as CSU took on cross-town rival Citadel, and the Bucs came out victorious. It took a late rally, outscoring the Bulldogs 8-1 over the final two and a half minutes of play, but the Bucs won consecutive games over the Citadel.

November 18 – Volleyball vs. Asheville – W, 3-0
For the second year in a row, the Bucs entered the tournament as a six seed, and for the second year in a row, the Bucs pulled the 6-3 upset, taking out Asheville 3-0 in the first round. It was one of the most dominant games of the year for CSU posted the first sweep of a three seed in tournament history. It was the first time since 89-90 that CSU has advanced to the semifinals in consecutive years, holding Asheville to .073 hitting after blocking the Bulldog attack 10 times.

November 18 – Men’s Basketball vs. Montreat – W, 103-85
Even at 18 points, the final score is not reflective of the domination by the men’s team over Montreat. Jamarco Warren led the team in scoring with 29 points, 22 of which came before half time, but Sheldon Strickland posted his first career double-double with 16 points and 10 assists. CSU 61-38 at halftime and cruised to the victory at home.

November 19 – Volleyball vs. High Point – L, 3-1
A point away from taking a 2-0 lead in the second set, which looked like it would propel CSU to the finals, High Point found a way to overcome CSU in the set, winning 26-24 and went on to finish off CSU 3-1 in the Big South Semifinals. The Panthers ended up winning the championship the next day with a victory over Liberty. Most importantly for CSU, the loss means the end of the CSU career of Amanda Hill, Cori Holeman, Trisha Rodl, Amberle Trinder and Emily Libertowski, a senior class that has meant the world to this school and this program, and they will be missed on and off the court!

November 20 – Football @ Coastal Carolina – L, 70-3
I don’t know how many times I’ve been ask “What happened?!?” when telling the score of the final game of the season. Coastal Carolina knew they had to shut down the CSU offense in order to have a chance at earning the Big South’s automatic bid. Surrendering just 3 points ended up doing the trick as the Chanticleers earned the bid based on a three-team tiebreaker. For CSU, the end of a disappointing season was in sight and the Bucs could not get anything going offensively or defensively, struggling mightily on the road.

November 21 – Men’s Basketball @ Richmond (Chicago Tourn.) – L, 82-71
Richmond shot 70 percent in the first half and 64 percent from the game, but somehow CSU managed to stay in the game, making a late run on the road against a very good Richmond team. Jamarco Warren scored 21 points, while Jeremy Sexton added 17 and Sheldon Strickland scored 12 to lead CSU, but four players in double digits and two more with eight for Richmond put the Spiders on top. The game was the first of the Chicago Invitational Tournament. CSU will now play at Southern Illinois in Carbondale, before going to Chicago for the final two games against Austin Peay and either Southern or Oakland.

What’s Coming Up?
November 22 – WBB vs. UNC Greensboro – 7 p.m.
November 23 – MBB @ Southern Illinois (Chicago Tourn.)– 8:05 p.m.
November 26 – MBB vs. Austin Peay (Chicago Tourn.)– 1 p.m.
November 26 – WBB @ Texas Tech (World Vision Classic) – 6 p.m.
November 27 – MBB vs. Oakland/Southern (Chicago Tourn.)
November 27 – WBB vs. Sam Houston State (World Vision Classic) – 8 p.m.
November 28 – WBB vs. American (World Vision Classic) - Noon

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Kiki Rutledge - November 17, 2010

2010-11-17T09:17:00.000-08:00

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What’s up Buccaneer Peeps! How’s everything going out there? I hope well, this past week we started our official games. Man, I can’t tell you how happy I am to step back on the court! We started off with Erskine College on Saturday and went to sleep with a victory under our belts, 101-54. That was the highest scoring game since 2002; we are already starting to make history. On Sunday, we played Clemson University, but fell to them by 33 points. A good thing about the visit to Clemson is my family got to finally see my play for the first time since my freshman year. I was out all last season with an acl injury. The loss to Clemson opened our eyes to the things we need to do a lot better. We worked hard to fix those things in Monday’s practice in order to grab another win on Tuesday against Voorhees College 96-63. It is a lot of work having three games in four days, but also a lot of fun going out to battle with one of the best teams I have ever played on. Playing three games in four days forces us to become physically and mentally tough, which together makes us stronger than our opponents. It will be a huge help for our team when we travel to Lubbock, Texas next week for a Thanksgiving tournament when we play Texas Tech, Sam Houston State, and American on back-to-back-to-back days. I have already seen an improvement in our team within the past week and I am excited to see what conference play has in store for us. Well, that’s all I have for now fans. Come support us and get Buc Wild!!!!!

Kiki Rutledge #0

Weekly Recap - November 8 - 14

2010-11-15T12:15:00.000-08:00

The end of the fall sports is on the horizon and basketball is just gearing up, making this a great time to be a Buccaneer!

Amanda Hill has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week after breaking a pair of CSU records during two games this week.

Hill capped a sensational regular season with a 25-kill performance Saturday vs. Presbyterian, giving her 534 kills in 2010. Friday vs. Gardner-Webb, Hill posted her 19th double-double of the season, with 12 kills and 19 digs in the Lady Bucs sweep of the Runnin’ Bulldogs. She also added three aces and four blocks on the weekend, and posted three kills during a 5-0 run to open up a 17-8 lead during a 25-11 set two win vs. GWU.

Also Nominated: Lakeitha Alston (Women’s Basketball), Johathan Brooks (Men’s Basketball), Malcom Dixon (Football)

November 12 – Volleyball vs. Gardner-Webb – W, 3-1
Amanda Hill broke the single-season and career matches played records on Friday night in a 3-1 victory over Gardner-Webb. Kayla Klinger and Hill both posted double-doubles with Klinger getting the upper hand in kills with 14. Amberle Trinder had six blocks, while Erin LaVenice registered a season-high five kills and also had three blocks.

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Match Highlights

November 12 – Men’s Basketball @ Georgia Tech – L, 52-39
The defense did its job, holding ACC foe Georgia Tech to just 52 points and held them to just 28 percent shooting on the night, but CSU turned the ball over 29 times and made just seven of 12 free throws in the second half. Freshman Johathan Brooks led the charge for CSU with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

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November 13 – Cross Country @ NCAA Southeast Region Meet
Andrew King and Adrienne Cuff led their respective squads, each posting times better than they did at the same course last season. It was the final meet of the year for the cross country teams as they now turn their focus to the indoor track and field season.

Men’s Recap
Final Results

Women’s Recap
Final Results

November 13 – Football vs. Presbyterian – W, 42-39
The Bucs led as much as 42-24, but 15 points in the fourth quarter by Presbyterian College made some of the 18 seniors sweat in their final home game of the season. A total of 21 members of the football program (18 seniors, 3 senior student assistants) were honored before the game in which CSU ended a six-game losing streak this year. It was the fifth win in a row over PC.

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Postgame Quotes (Article)
Postgame Interview - Gerald Stevenson (Video)
Postgame Interview - DeMarcus Moon (Video)
Postgame Interview - Malcom Dixon (Video)
Postgame Interview - Coach Jay Mills (Video)
Game Highlights (Video)
Photo Gallery

November 13 – Volleyball vs. Presbyterian – L, 3-1
The pressure of senior day may have been too much for the volleyball team as they also honored a large group (5) of seniors before the game as they tried to make it 2-0 against PC for the Bucs on Saturday. CSU earned a victory in set two, tying the match, but could not get over the hump in the final two sets. They will enter the 2010 Big South Championship as the sixth seed, facing Asheville in the first round.

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November 13 – Women’s Basketball vs. Erskine – W, 101-54
It was never really a contest, despite not shooting well in the first half. The Bucs used a 15-2 first-half run and cruised to a season-opening victory at home, finishing off a busy day of CSU athletics. Kelsey Wasmer had 17 points and 12 rebounds, while Katie Tull added 12 points. Lakeitha Alson stole the show, scoring a career-high 27 points, dominating the paint for CSU.

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Box Score

November 13 – Women’s Basketball @ Clemson – L, 85-52
A quick turnaround after a late night, CSU had to try to take on Clemson with barely 12 hours of rest. Kelsey Wasmer had 15 points, but CSU could not get the three pointers to drop, shooting just 10 percent from behind the arc as tired legs seemingly prevailed.

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Box Score

What’s Coming Up?
November 16 – WBB vs. Voorhees – 5 p.m.
November 16 – MBB vs. The Citadel – 7:30 p.m. (Game is sold out so bring your ID and arrive EARLY!)
November 18 – 20 – VB @ Big South Championship
November 18 – MBB vs. Montreat – 7:30 p.m.
November 20 – FB @ Coastal Carolina
November 21 – MBB @ Richmond – 4 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Lakeitha Alston - November 9, 2010

2010-11-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

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Ahhhhh! November, November, oh how I love thee! The air is filled with basketball and turkeys. No wasted time to get this season started, November 6th is when we departed. Haha! I’m the next Shakespeare :). This past week was the beginning of something special. First off, we made the official Lady Buc Swag video, check it out on MTV;). Then I guess you can say we roasted some meat on Saturday against Montreat. The game went very well. Our freshmen played a vital role in our victory. Some of us were MVPs and some of us *cough cough me* we a little foul happy. But HEY, it happens haha. This Saturday we’re getting ready to give Erskine the business too! We’re soooo pumped about getting into the swing of things. After the game, the one and only Mrs. Jessie Evans arranged a cookout for the team and coaches. We greatly appreciate her and her motives. That was far too kind of her to do such a thing for us. Her cooking was impeccable. The chili was amazing and the oysters we’re delicious also quite eventful. Most people on the team had never eaten oysters so there was a lot of taste testing going on. Erin, being one of the ones that had never eaten them before, stole practically every oyster I opened! Good thing I’m a nice teammate :) Coach Newland seemed to enjoy the oysters a little too much. He created a triple-decker saltine cracker sandwich! He went a little crazy Hahaha! The oysters were also very dangerous. Kelsey and I sliced our hands and fingers up while trying to open them!! :( We’re okay though, I know you all cared if we were or not. Anywayyyyy, the past week went well and we’re going to keep it going by improving in practice and getting more W’s. Watch out Big South, it’s our year! GET BIG…MP….BRING IT!

Lakeitha Alston #24

Weekly Recap - November 1 - 8

2010-11-08T08:01:00.000-08:00

The football team had a good showing against Kentucky, the volleyball team swept Coastal Carolina, men’s golf had a solid finish in its home tournament and the women’s basketball team got a big victory in their first game of the season, albeit an exhibition game.

Senior Cori Holeman has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after posting a combined 19 kills and 12 blocks in two games this week, including 11 kills in the team’s sweep over Coastal Carolina. Holeman also posted seven combined blocks, with three solo rejections in that game.

Holeman set the school record for block assists last year with 122 and has 95 block assists in 2010. After her 11-7 game against CCU, Holeman posted eight kills on just 18 attacks against UNC Asheville, adding five blocks against the Bulldogs in a four-set loss by the Bucs.

Will Pieper, Amanda Hill, Kelsey Wasmer, Malcom Dixon and Chris Kuzdale were also nominated for the honor.

November 1-2 – Men’s Golf – Kiawah Island Intercollegiate – 6th
Jacobo Pastor shot his best round of the tournament, a 75, in the final round of the tournament, finishing 16th overall and helping the Bucs to a sixth place finish, four shots ahead of South Carolina. The tournament, hosted by CSU, had teams like the Gamecocks, Western Kentucky and tournament champion Indiana.

November 2 – Volleyball vs. Coastal Carolina – 3-0
The Charleston Southern volleyball team downed rival Coastal Carolina in straight sets (25-22, 25-17, 25-11), earning CSU’s first sweep of Coastal since 1993. Tuesday served as the Lady Bucs second win in the last three meetings with the Chanticleers following a 21-match CCU winning streak in the series. CSU turned the tables on the Chanticleers, as Coastal had previously swept the Lady Bucs in the conference opener Sept. 21 at Kimbel Arena. On Tuesday, CSU owned the net, hitting .305 as a team while holding Coastal to a .057 attack percentage. The Lady Bucs posted 10 blocks and seven service aces on the evening, with six players serving up at least one ace. CSU out-hit CCU, 37-28, in the kills department, and earned 42 digs to the Chanticleers 25.

November 5 – Soccer vs. High Point (Big South Tournament) – L, 1-0
The two teams played even until the 83rd minute when Sara Rager found the back of the net, downing CSU 1-0 and eliminating them from the Big South Championship. High Point, the number 5 seed in the tournament, went on to win its second consecutive championship, while CSU ended the season with 12 wins, tying the school mark for wins in a season for the second year in a row.

November 6 – Football @ Kentucky – L, 49-21
Late in the second quarter, the crowd of more than 61,000 at Commonwealth Stadium was silent as they feared the upset from CSU with the Bucs scoring to tie the game at 14-14. Too many big plays from Randall Cobb and the UK offense came in the second half as the Wildcats pulled away in the second half. Chris Kuzdale had an interception and a fumble recovery, his first in either category this season. The person who stole the attention of the crowd, and the media though, was CSU freshman Malcom Dixon, who came in on the first series to take his first snaps at quarterback this year. Dixon completed 7-8 passes and ran 19 times for 96 yards.

November 6 – Volleyball @ Asheville- L, 3-1
CSU played the Bulldogs close, with 32 ties and 13 lead changes in the match, but eventually fell 3-1 in the final road game of the season. For the first time since 2009, Amanda Hill, Amy Nokes and Kayla Klinger each posted double-doubles in the match, as once again the team is stepping up late in the season.

November 6 – Women’s Basketball vs. Montreat – W, 87-57
CSU got the performance they were looking for from senior Kelsey Wasmer as she led the way with 24 points in just 26 minutes of action as CSU saw its first live action of the season. Even though the victory won’t help the final record, there was plenty of positives to take from the game as Kiki Rutledge bounced back from last year’s injury to score 14 points on a 6-9 shooting night at the point guard position. A lot of freshmen also got good playing time, with 11 players seeing at least nine minutes of action in the game.

What’s Coming Up?
November 12 – Volleyball vs. Gardner-Webb – 7 p.m.
November 12 – Men’s Basketball @ Georgia Tech – 7:30 p.m.
November 13 – Cross Country @ NCAA East Region
November 13 – Football vs. Presbyterian – 1:30 p.m.
November 13 – Volleyball vs. Presbyterian – 6 p.m.
November 13 – Women’s Basketball vs. Erskine – 8 p.m.
November 14 – Women’s Basketball @ Clemson – 2 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Danielle Gibson - November 3, 2010

2010-11-03T11:23:00.000-07:00

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Hey Buc Fans!

What’s that I smell in the air? Basketball season! We officially start the season this Saturday, November 6th at 2 p.m. in the Buc Dome! I am so excited that the season is finally here. This past Saturday we got to scrimmage another team. It felt so good to finally play against somebody other each other. Even though it was a closed scrimmage and our fans were not there, we still approached the game like it was the real thing. This scrimmage helped us out a lot by getting us back to "game speed." Even though we practice "game speed" every practice, it always seems a little faster when the game actually starts. Not only did the scrimmage help us get back to "game speed," but it also allowed me and my teammates to mess up (Yes! I said mess up!) This is perfectly fine that we messed up because it gave us an opportunity to make all of our mistakes now so we can fix them and not let them cost us games in the long run. For the most part, our scrimmage went very well and our freshman also stepped up to the plate. I was very happy and after the scrimmage, we got to enjoy our victory with good old East Bay Deli (a restaurant that sells good subs.)

Because our scrimmage was at 2, this allowed me to go back and try to enjoy what little bit of a Saturday I still had left, and what greater way to do that other than the Fair! Charleston’s Fair is huge and not that far down the street from CSU. With all this being said, I grabbed a group of my closest friends, got dressed, and we went to the fair. I had a blast riding rides, playing games, and taking pictures. Not only that, but I must confess, I ate some great Fair food including funnel cakes and some other not so good food, and I LOVED EVERY MOMENT of it! It was a great way to end such a beautiful day. This has to be one of my favorite times of the year because the weather is starting to cool down, basketball season starts, and the smell of funnel cakes fall under my nose.

I always say that there is not enough days in a weekend because they go by so quick and before I know it, my weekend was gone. It's back to hard work for a couple more days before being able to relax for what seems like a split second. A test here and there, basketball practice and film, and practicing for my skit I have to perform later on in the week (I love acting class.) Busy week ahead of me, but that's ok because my busiest day is out the way (Monday) and Tuesday is an off day. Time to relax, wash clothes, and catch up on things. Before I know it, tip off will be here and the start to a great season will have begun. As I like to say GET BIG! It's all about Mission Possible.

Danielle Gibson #42

Weekly Recap - October 25 - 31

2010-11-01T07:19:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe it is already November and we have basketball on the calendar for this week as the Lady Buccaneer basketball team takes on Montreat in an exhibition game next Saturday. Before we get to far into that, we want to make sure that the women’s soccer team gets the recognition they deserve for their regular season finish. The Lady Bucs finished with a 12-6-1 overall finish and a 6-2-1 mark in the Big South, tying the program record for wins in a season, but most importantly, tied for the Big South regular season championship! They will be the #4 seed in the upcoming tournament after coming up short on the tiebreakers, and face High Point in game one of the 2010 Championship. Congratulations to Coach Eric Terrill and the women’s soccer team, everyone at CSU is so proud of you!

Casey Bolduc has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week after scoring her first-career goal in the women’s soccer victory over Gardner-Webb. The game helped CSU clinch a share of the regular season Big South Championship.

The junior defender from Spartanburg picked an opportune time to get her first scoring tally as it went down as the game-winner in the Lady Bucs’ final regular season game.

Gerald Stevenson, Marky Boyce, Amanda Hill, Kayla Klinger and Adrienne Cuff were also considered for the honor.

Unfortunately this has to be a short weekly recap so that our staff can head down to Kiawah Island for the men’s golf tournament. If you get a chance, you should come down and support the Bucs, it should be a tremendous tournament.

October 25-26 – W. Golf @ Palmetto Intercollegiate – 15th
Freshman Torey Johnson led the way for CSU for the second time this season, finishing 11th overall as the Lady Bucs claimed 15th at the 2010 Palmetto Intercollegiate. CSU shot a three-round total of 939, including rounds of 307 and 308 to start the tournament before struggling in round three.

October 26 – Volleyball vs. C of C – L, 3-0
The Lady Bucs may have lost the game to the College of Charleston, but serving as the “Dig for the Cure” game, I would say everyone won with more than 500 people in attendance at the game which was scheduled to help raise awareness for breast cancer.

October 27 – Soccer @ Winthrop – L, 1-0
CSU struggled to find the offense on the road as they suffered a road loss to Winthrop, who tied CSU for first in the league, and ended up with the number 1 seed entering Thursday’s Big South Championship.

October 29 – Soccer @ Gardner-Webb, W, 3-1
Knowing they needed a victory to stay in the hunt for a championship, the offense came up big thanks to a couple of assists by Marky Boyce, who is among the nation’s leaders in goals scored this season. Michelle Dennis, Casey Bolduc and Toni Lashley each scored a goal in the victory, which tied the school record for wins in a season.

October 29 – Volleyball vs. Liberty – L, 3-2
CSU game the top-ranked Flames all they could handle in an attempt to deliver the second Big South loss of the season to Liberty. The Flame’s balanced attack, including five players with double digit kills, prevailed for the road team. Even so, Coach Bellush and the team proved they are as good as anyone in the Big South and will try to use that as they get ready for the Big South Championship in a couple of weeks.

October 30 – Cross Country @ Big South Championship – M-8th, W-8th
Neither team posted the finish they would have liked, but our first championship of the 2010-11 season is complete. The women’s team improved to eighth overall after finishing last in 2009, and with all freshmen and sophomores in the lineup, there is no doubt a bright future for the program. The men also finished eighth, having lost one of the top runners to injury before the season, and a number of other guys battling injuries and illnesses during the year.

October 30 – Football @ Stony Brook – L, 41-21
Too many big plays kept the Seawolves undefeated in Big South play, using 13 plays of 20 yards or more to do in the Bucs. Gerald Stevenson hit a couple more marks in the record books, while DeMarcus Moon rushed for a couple of touchdowns. Andrew Trudnowski finally played like we knew he could, completing 73 percent of his passes (22-30) including a touchdown and no interceptions.

What’s Coming Up?
November 1-2 – M. Golf – Kiawah Island Intercollegiate
November 2 – Volleyball vs. Coastal Carolina – 6 p.m.
November 4-7 – W. Soccer @ Big South Championship
November 6 – Football @ Kentucky – 12:30 p.m.
November 6 – Volleyball @ Asheville – 2 p.m.
November 6 – WBB vs. Montreat (Exhibition) – 2 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Lydia Johnson - October 26, 2010

2010-10-26T08:02:00.000-07:00

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Hey Buc Fans!

If I must say so, fall is by far the best time of the year. Here in Charleston that weather is starting to cool down, football season is well under way, and basketball games are coming up fast!

So far basketball practice has been tough. Coach Goodenough has been teaching us new plays (well, they are new to the freshmen) and new defensive sets. She has been challenging us all mentally and physically for our scrimmage this Saturday and for the season ahead. I have been very impressed by the all of the freshmen’s ability to pick up on new things and run with them. I think they will definitely help us accomplish all of the goals that we have set for this year. Nothing is impossible for the 2010-2011 Buccaneers.

This past weekend I watched what seemed like a lot of football. I think it seemed like so much because I was standing on the sidelines. If I had gotten to play it would be a different story. This fall I was assigned to Stratford High School as my clinical site for my Athletic Training major. Thursday night I watched the B-team and JV team bring in wins. The B-team game went into overtime which eventually caused me to miss the CSU Fall Festival. But that was fine with me because the B-team won. From what I hear, the Fall Festival was a lot of fun. My teammates all dressed in our travel suits and enjoyed riding the mechanical bull and some great music and cheers. Friday I had the opportunity to see some CSU men’s basketball alumni play in an alumni game. Some of the men who looked “older” could still move up and down the floor really well and made the younger guys look bad. It was fun to watch everybody on the floor and in the stands have a good time with one another. Saturday morning we had the privilege of sleeping in and practicing at 7:45 AM. After practice we watched our CSU Buccaneers face off with VMI for the homecoming football game. But that was only part of the reason that we watched the game. Katie Tull had the traditional duty of passing down the crown to the new homecoming queen. (Yes, Katie was our school’s homecoming queen last year.) So we were all there to support her.

So those were the highlights of this past homecoming weekend. It was a lot of fun and excitement on campus for our team and student body. But I cannot wait until we start playing games, because that is when the real fun starts.

Lydia Johnson #30

Weekly Recap - October 18 - 24

2010-10-25T06:34:00.000-07:00

Hopefully everyone had a great time at homecoming, I know we had a great turnout at all of the events surrounding the football game. It was also great to see some of the members of “The Team that Started it All” at the 1985 football reunion.

Sophomore women’s golfer Amanda D’Ostroph has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after carding the highest finish of her collegiate career this week. D’Ostroph, who received consideration for Big South Golfer of the Week honors, shot 75-75 to finish eight over par with a 150.

Her score was enough for fifth-place out of 68 golfers, four shots off the lead, and helped lead the Buccaneer team to a fifth-place team finish. She was tops in the field on par 5 scoring, averaging 4.67 for the tournament, while registering four birdies.

Also Nominated: Amanda Hill (Volleyball), Michelle Dennis (Women’s Soccer), Deon Lee (Football)

October 18-19 – Women’s Golf – Wendy’s Invitational – T-5th
Amanda D’Ostroph finished fifth overall, leading the Lady Bucs to a fifth-place team finish in their lone home tournament of the fall season. CSU shot 323 in the first round, but improved to 311 in round two to move up to fifth.

Full Recap
Final Results

October 18 – Women’s Soccer vs. Presbyterian – W, 5-0
Michelle Dennis scored a couple of goals, including one 3 minutes into the game, leading CSU past Presbyterian. Dennis, along with Toni Lashley and Caitlin Wesnesky each score their fifth goals of the season, while Rebecca Holstegge scored in her second-straight game to give her two for the season. The Lady Bucs out-shot PC 35-4 and did not allow a shot on goal all game.

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Box Score

October 19 – Volleyball vs. Winthrop – L, 3-0
It was a busy week for the volleyball team with three Big South matches. The week did not start as CSU had hoped, dropping the first one on the road at Winthrop. The Bucs played the Eagles close when the game was in Charleston, but couldn’t get much going on the road. Amanda Hill had 11 kills, her ninth straight double-digit kill match, while Kayla Klinger had eight kills and 10 digs.

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Box Score

October 22 – Volleyball vs. High Point – L, 3-0
The Panthers came out swinging against CSU, dominating the first set 25-13, and although CSU improved throughout the match, they could not take a set from High Point. The Bucs had just 25 kills on the day with 11 of those from the arms of Amanda Hill. Tricia Rodl had a team-high 17 digs and Cori Holeman had five block assists.

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Box Score

October 22 – Soccer vs. Coastal Carolina – L, 2-1
For the first time this season in Big South play, CSU lost a game, doing so by a 2-1 count to Coastal Carolina. In a physical game, the Bucs held their own, and the game looked like it would come down to a late goal to decide it. CSU thought they had it as Michelle Dennis score her sixth goal of the season, settling a ball in the box and putting it away in the 68th minute. CCU immediately went back on an all-out attack and scored to even the match in the 80th minute, finding the game winner in the 88th minute to hand CSU its first loss of the Big South slate.

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Box Score

October 23 – Football vs. VMI – L, 34-16
Charleston Southern outgained VMI 386-242, but lost their homecoming contest against the Keydets 34-16, Saturday at Buccaneer Field. The loss drops the Bucs to 2-5 (0-3) and marks the first time since 2003 that CSU has lost three home games in a season.
Andrew Trudnowski set new career high in completions (25), attempts (53) and passing yards (326) in his second career start. His 53 pass attempts are the third-most in a single game in school history, while his 25 completions ties for the 10th most in school history. For the second time this year, the Bucs had two receivers top the century mark with Gerald Stevenson leading the way with seven receptions for 129 yards. Deon Lee had six catches for a career-high 112 yards. With three kick returns for touchdowns in the past two games, Stevenson was held without a kick return in the game, while the Bucs combined for five returns for 59 yards. Stevenson did have two punt returns for a total of 15 yards.

Full Recap
Box Score
Postgame Quotes - Head Coach Jay Mills (Article)
Postgame Quotes - Head Coach Jay Mills (Video)
Photo Gallery

October 23 – Volleyball @ Radford, W, 3-0
CSU got back on the winning track with a 3-0 sweep of Radford, Saturday. It was the best hitting performance of the Big South season with 50 kills at a .340 pace. 50 kills was the most for any team in a three-set match this season. Kayla Klinger had a season-high 14 kills with 13 digs, while Amanda Hill had 16 and 12 on the match. Tricia Rodl earned 17 digs for the third match in a row. Amy Nokes dished out 38 assists and added eight digs. Cori Holeman tallied eight kills while Amberle Trinder had six. Emily Libertowski set a season high with four service aces.

Full Recap
Box Score

What’s Coming Up?
October 25-26 – Women’s Golf @ Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate
October 26 – Volleyball vs. College of Charleston – 7 p.m.
Dig for the Cure game
October 27 – Women’s Soccer @ Winthrop – 4 p.m.
October 29 – Women’s Soccer @ Gardner-Webb – 6 p.m.
October 29 – Volleyball vs. Liberty – 7 p.m.
October 30 – Cross Country @ Big South Championship
October 30 – Football @ Stony Brook – 3 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Abby Poole - October 19, 2010

2010-10-19T09:39:00.000-07:00

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What’s up Lady Buc fans?!

This week was a different week than most for our team. Fall break here at CSU started on Wednesday afternoon at 5pm. That means Thursday and Friday we just have to go to basketball practice and weights, whoo hooo. Coach told us Tuesday that if our Wednesday, Thursday and Friday practices were all good and everybody was going hard that we would get Saturday off. Also, this week we started real full blown practice (2+ hours) which takes a lot of focus to get through amongst other things, but so do games.

For me personally this week was a very special week because I had a one-year anniversary with my boyfriend, Andrew White. Thursday once practice was over I was able to get dressed up and go enjoy an amazing dinner at my favorite restaurant in Charleston (The Boathouse on the Isle of Palms) and exchange gifts. He is a special part of my life.

Back to basketball…I want to let all of you know that in my years of being here at CSU we have never had a team practice this hard or be as vocal as we are during practice. I am very pleased with the effort that we as a team are giving to get better day after day. Sunday we were challenged with getting the Perfection Drill in 6 minutes and we did it on the first try! This was a major achievement for us, but it is only one little piece that will make us better come game time. Friday after practice Lakeitha and I put together our warm-up CD to get us pumped up and ready to play a game. Saturday night, a bunch of us girls went to the Boone Hall haunted house, maze and hayride. Some of the girls just did one or the other while a few of them did the maze and the haunted house. I was told that Shay Jones was the most scared and didn’t even want to go through the maze but was pulled in by our teammates. : ) Well, that pretty much sums up another great week of Lady Buc Basketball. I hope all of y’all have a great week and we hope to see you in the Buc Dome on November 6 for our first game!!!

MISSION POSSIBLE BABY!!!!

- Abby Poole #14

Weekly Recap - October 11 - 18

2010-10-18T09:44:00.000-07:00

Volleyball is riding a three-game winning streak, the soccer team is establishing themselves as one of the best in the Big South with a dominant 8-0 victory over UNC Asheville, the cross country teams are at their best as they prepare for the Big South Championship, and football continues to post impressive performances despite the final score not being what they would like.

Also coming out this week were the preseason Big South men’s and women’s basketball polls as well as the preseason All-Big South selections. The men were picked seventh, while Jamarco Warren was selected to the all-conference team, while the women were picked fourth, their highest preseason ranking since 1996. Katie Tull earned a spot on the women’s all-conference team.

Gerald Stevenson can add CSU Athlete of the Week to his accomplishments after becoming the first player in CSU and Big South history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game.

Stevenson had returns of 92 and 81 yards, giving him three kick returns for touchdowns in the last two games. His 92-yard return made it on ESPN’s Top-10 Plays, coming in at #7. In addition to CSU Athlete of the Week, Stevenson was named Big South Special Teams Player of the Week, and the CFPA Kick Returner of the Week, both awards were given to Stevenson for the second-straight week.

Stevenson shattered the CSU and Big South records for all-purpose yards with 389 against Gardner-Webb.

Also nominated: Amanda Hill (Volleyball), Marky Boyce (Soccer)

October 11-12 – Women’s Golf @ Lady Pirate Intercollegiate – 16th
Torey Johnson and Amanda D’Ostoph each shot a 79 in the final round of play as the CSU women’s golf team took 16th place at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate on Monday. The tournament, hosted by East Carolina, was held at the par-72 Greenville Country Club in Greenville, S.C. The Lady Bucs shot 325-315-323-963 to finish 111 over par as a team. The University of Maryland took top honors with a score of 876 for 24 over. Terrapin Christine Shimel took first place, shooting 71-72-69-212 and was the lone player to finish under par at one under.

Full Recap
Final Results

October 11-12 – Men’s Golf @ Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate – 12th
The steady play of David Denlinger paced the CSU men’s golf team to a 12th place finish at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate at the Savannah Quarters Country Club in Savannah, Ga., on Tuesday. The Bucs carded a team score of 300-288-300-888 to finish 24 over par. Florida Gulf Coast University took top honors, carding a score of 844 that put them 17 strokes ahead of second-place Wofford. However, it was Davidson’s Richard Fountain who moved up from ninth place to win the tournament, shooting a 206 for 20 under and defeating Logan Blondell of host Georgia Southern in a five hole playoff.

Full Recap
Final Results

October 12 – Volleyball vs. Savannah State – W, 3-0
The Charleston Southern volleyball team utilized an efficient attack on the way to a 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-22) sweep over the Savannah State Tigers (2-19) Tuesday, Oct. 12 at the CSU Field House. The Lady Bucs (7-13) hit a season-best .398 in snapping a four-match winless streak. CSU earned 45 kills on the evening, compared to 26 for Savannah State. The Lady Bucs also contributed four blocks and five service aces, while SSU did not record a block or an ace in the match.

Full Recap
Box Score
Highlight Video

October 15 – Cross Country at Royals Cross Country Challenge – M, 22nd, W, 16th
The cross country programs went to the Royals Cross Country Challenge, which proved to be a tough challenge as they ran against the likes of Georgia Tech and Florida State. It served its purpose, though, as five of the six runners on the men’s side ran season-best times on the Charlotte course, the last tune up before the Big South Championship on October 30. The women’s team had three runners post season-bests at the same meet, and everyone proved they had more to give, coming through the two-mile mark well ahead of their record pace.

Men’s Recap
Men’s Results

Women’s Recap
Women’s Results

October 15 – Volleyball @ Presbyterian – W, 3-1
CSU got a season-best 15 blocks from the defense as they won a Big South match on the road for the first time this season. It was the most blocks for CSU since doing the same against Radford in 2007. Amanda Hill had 16 kills, moving into seventh all time in Big South history, while Cori Holeman had 11 kills and Kayla Klinger posted 10 kills.

Full Recap
Box Score

October 16 – Volleyball @ Gardner-Webb – W, 3-0
The Charleston Southern volleyball team capped a perfect 3-0 week with a three-set (29-27, 25-16, 25-19) sweep at Gardner-Webb Saturday, Oct. 26 at Paul Porter Arena. CSU (9-13) has completed the first half of confrence play at 3-5, while the Runnin’ Bulldogs are now 5-18, 0-8 in Big South matches. The Lady Bucs posted 43 kills, hitting .340 as a team, the second match this week in which they have posted a .300 or better hitting percentage. G-W posted a .206 attack percentage, registering 38 kills. CSU recorded 41 digs to Gardner-Webb’s 32. The Lady Bucs served up a season-best eight aces.

Full Recap
Box Score

October 16 – Soccer vs. Asheville – W, 8-0
The nation’s leader in goals scored, Marky Boyce, added to her tremendous total with a hat trick in the first half against UNC Asheville. Boyce’s three goals brought her season total up to 19, two shy of the CSU school record. Olivia Urig and Rebecca Holstegge scored their first goals of the season, while Allison Lewis, Toni Lashley, and Michelle Dennis each notched a scoring tally as well.

Full Recap
Box Score

October 16 –Football vs. Gardner-Webb – L, 35-25
What else can you say about the kickoff return game of CSU, led by Gerald Stevenson? The team has three returns for touchdowns in two games and was featured on ESPN’s Top-10 plays. Stevenson crushed the CSU and Big South records for all-purpose yards, but the Bucs could not stop GWU RB Patrick Hall, who ran for a career-high 129 yards and two touchdowns.

Full Recap
Box Score
Postgame Quotes
Postgame Video - Head Coach Jay Mills
Postgame Video - Senior Gerald Stevenson
Photo Gallery

What’s Coming Up?
October 18 – 19 – W. Golf – Wendy’s Invitational (Coosaw Creek CC)
October 18 – W. Soccer vs. Presbyterian College – 4 p.m.
October 19 – Volleyball @ Winthrop – 6 p.m.
October 22 – W. Soccer vs. Coastal Carolina (Blackbaud Stadium) – 7 p.m.
October 22 – Volleyball @ High Point – 7 p.m.
October 23 – Football vs. VMI (Homecoming) – 11:30 a.m.
October 23 – Volleyball @ Radford – 4 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Katie Tull - October 12, 2010

2010-10-12T06:25:00.000-07:00

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What's up to all the CSU fans out there?! Its round two with this blog shindig and it’s my turn to give it a go. My name is Katie Tull and I'm a senior here at the University...I'm not near the grammatical genius that Miss Wasmer is so you'll have to bear with me :) This past week has been a crazy one, but it feels good to get some real live basketball practices under our belts. A top highlight for us as a team; we KILLED the Olympic shooting drill, we are setting the bar high this year baby!! It’s the time of year that BANa (our rehydration drinks) and ice baths become our best friend; but hey it'll be worth when we're winning our conference rings right? :) Coach G, being the saint that she is, so graciously gave us the weekend off which gave me and my teammates time to relax and catch up with the friends and fam. Some of the girls used their weekend off, as well as some of the coaches to help out with Habitat for Humanity...I hear they had a blast, and it’s definitely a testimony for the character of the team we have this year. You know, I was thinking the other day, and became pretty curious as to the actual definition of a Buccaneer, and here it is: buccaneer is taken from the word "boucanier" which literally means, to smoke some meat. Well, I think this definition is darn near perfect, because that's EXACTLY what we plan on doing this season, smoking some Big South meat :) sooo, anyone up for a cook out, jump on board! That's all I have for now, we'll see ya on the court

-Katie Tull #25

MP BABY
"For man this is impossible, but with God ALL things are possible"

Weekly Recap - October 4 - 10

2010-10-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

CSU had plenty of career performances this week, all while going against some of the best competition in the Big South. As a result, Gerald Stevenson and Charles James earned weekly honors from the Big South.

Charles James earned Big South Defensive Player and CSU Athlete of the Week honors for his performance against Liberty this weekend.

The sophomore defensive back tied the Big South Conference single-game record with a school-record three interceptions Saturday at Liberty, in addition to recording 10 total tackles (seven solo, three assisted) and four pass break-ups. James limited Chris Summers to just four receptions for 48 yards and no touchdowns when he was in the game (Summers’ final reception, a 29-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with :28 seconds left was without James in the game). James now has five interceptions in his last two games.

Also nominated: Amanda Hill (Volleyball), Marky Boyce (Soccer)

October 3-4 - Men’s Golf @ 3rd Annual Rees Jones Collegiate – 9th
The men’s golf team went to Daufuskie Island, an exclusive resort and golf club, to take part in the Rees Jones Intercollegiate, hosted by Michigan State University at Haig Pointe. The team finished ninth overall with scores that were higher than normal, but that was true across the board as no individual finished the tournament under par. Jacobo Pastor led the way, making a jump from 23rd to 14th place individually on the final day.

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Final Results

October 3 – Soccer vs. High Point – W, 3-2
It took extra time, but the Lady Bucs took advantage of some space in the box as Staci Ulichnie found Michelle Dennis wide open and the senior finished the job for the golden-goal game winner. Marky Boyce got her 14th goal of the season in the first half, while Toni Lashley added a second midway through the period, giving CSU a 2-0 lead. HPU came back right out of the gates at halftime and tied the score with 30 minutes left in the game. It wasn’t until the 102nd minute that CSU found the game winner.

Full Recap
Box Score

October 8 – Volleyball vs. Asheville – L, 3-2
It was a hard-fought match with career highs from Amanda Hill (31 kills), Cori Holeman (15 kills) and Amy Nokes (58 assists), but it wasn’t enough against a balanced attack from Asheville. CSU won the first set 26-24 and the third set 25-22, but after a gutty performance in set four that went to the Bulldogs, the Lady Bucs couldn’t bounce back in the final set.

Full Recap
Highlight Video
Box Score

October 8 – Soccer @ Radford – T, 1-1
After a tumultuous trip that included bus trouble and traffic, the team arrived at the field, exhausted and frustrated. They were able to gather themselves, even bouncing back from a 1-0 deficit in the first half, earning a 1-1 draw with one of the best defensive teams in the Big South. It would have been easy to cash it in, but the senior-laden team fought to the bitter end. Michelle Dennis added her second goal of the week right out of the halftime gates to tie the score at 1-1.

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Box Score

October 9 – Football @ Liberty – L, 44-20
Charles James set a school record with three interceptions, while Gerald Stevenson returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, the longest possible return in college football and his first return for a TD of his career. Five turnovers, including two late TOs really cost CSU, turning a 16-14 score into a 44-20 game. The Bucs looked to have the lead late in the game, trailing by two and driving, figuring they at least had a field goal, CSU fumbled the ball ending the threat with no points. Andrew Trudnowski came in at quarterback and provided what Coach Mills called an “inspiring performance” with a career-high 189 passing yards.

Full Recap
Box Score
Postgame Quote Article – Coach Jay Mills and Charles James
Postgame Quotes (Video)
Game Highlights (Video)
Photo Gallery

October 10 – Soccer @ VMI – W, 6-0
It obviously didn’t take the team long to recover from the long trip and tie two days earlier as the Bucs posted 33 shots and six goals in a 6-0 victory over VMI. Marky Boyce got her 15th and 16th goals of the season, while Morgann Wood scored her first tally of the year. The offense of the Bucs took the pressure off, but the defense held tough as well, allowing just 10 shots and forcing GK Amy Arroyo to make just two saves all game.

Full Recap
Box Score

What’s Coming Up?
Oct. 11 – 12 – W. Golf @ Lady Pirate Intercollegiate
Oct. 11 - 12 – M. Golf @ Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate
Oct. 12 – Volleyball vs. Savannah State – 6 p.m.
Oct. 15 – Cross Country @ Royal Cross Country Challenge (Charlotte, N.C.)
Oct. 15 – Volleyball @ Presbyterian – 7 p.m.
Oct. 16 – W. Soccer vs. Asheville – 11 a.m.
Oct. 16 – Football vs. Gardner-Webb – 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 16 – Volleyball @ Gardner-Webb – 2 p.m.

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Buccaneer BasketBlog - Kelsey Wasmer - October 5, 2010

2010-10-05T09:43:00.000-07:00

The women's basketball team will be providing fans a unique look inside the program as members of the team contribute to a weekly blog.

What’s up everybody?! How are all the Lady Buc fans doing? I’m doing just great, especially considering this past Monday the 4th was our last conditioning workout and we are now on our way to official practice! It feels good to have fought through the grueling preseason conditioning. All of us Lady Bucs are in the best shape ever and now ready to prepare for great things this season. We are all feeling good about this coming week. We’re all so hyped and ready to move forward as a team. Also, Coach Goodenough so generously gave us this past Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday off. I think this was really good for each of us. While many of the girls got to go home and see their families a few of us stayed around the Chuck and relaxed and enjoyed time with our other families here. One of the girls on the team, Anicia, aka “Nish” got into a car wreck while she was home in Clemson. We are all very thankful that she and her mom are okay. They both came out with burns and bruises but other than that the good Lord had his guardian angels watching over them! Well Lady Buc fans that’s all I got for now. Keep us in your prayers. We all know God is preparing to do great things with us as a team and family this season. “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible (Luke 18:27).” Ready for the Challenge - Mission Possible BABY!

Peace out,

Kelsey

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Weekly Recap - September 27 - October 3

2010-10-04T07:06:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of announcements that we want to make sure you are aware of: First, the 2010 cross country media guide has been released online. Make sure you check that out to find out more about the men’s and women’s cross country programs. Also, make sure you go to ESPN.com and vote for Jordan Lancaster as the captain for the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. You can follow this Link or can go directly to ESPN.com and search for key word “Good Works.”

Marky Boyce has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after posting three goals in two games, two of which were game-winners.

Boyce scored the game-winner with 0:01 on the clock against Longwood, corralling a back-heel pass from Caitlin Wesnesky in the box before hammering it home with time running out. The goal gave CSU a 2-1 victory over Longwood. She followed that performance up on Saturday with two goals against Liberty, helping CSU to a 3-2 victory. Her first goal was off a nice pass that got Boyce loose in the box. With all the patience in the world despite defenders bearing down on her, Boyce settled the ball and drilled it into the corner of the net. Then in the 67th minute she intercepted a cross from the LU defense and again found the back of the net for what proved to be her second game-winner in a row.

September 28 – Soccer vs. Longwood – W, 2-1
A regulation soccer game is 90 minutes long and it took the Lady Bucs 89:59 to find the game winner, but they did so on a beautiful back heel pass from Caitlin Wesnesky to Marky Boyce, who despite the clock winding down took a touch in the box and buried it in the back of the next with one second showing on the clock. It was a hand ball in the 55th minute that gave CSU their first goal as the result was a penalty kick that freshman Emma Krantz buried in the corner of the net.

Full Recap
Box Score

September 28 – Volleyball vs. Winthrop – L, 3-0
Calling it a sweep does not do justice to how close the match was as CSU fell to Winthrop in straight sets. The final two sets were decided by just two points, including an extra-point decision in set two. Amanda Hill had 12 kills and 16 digs, and lined up a rocket shot on set point in game two but it was dug out nicely by the Eagles. Cori Holeman had eight kills and four blocks, while Tricia Rodl had 13 digs.

Full Recap
Box Score
Match Highlights

October 1 – Cross Country @ The Charlotte Invitational – M- 15th, W – 15th
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams had outstanding showings at the 2010 Charlotte Invitational, claiming 15th overall. On the women’s side, five of the six runners posted season best times, including the first time this year that our top five all got in under 21 minutes on the 5k course. The men’s team ran their best average time as well, with the top three runners all posted season bests, while Brandon Harris knocked a minute off his time from the same meet last year.

Women’s Recap
Women’s Results

Men’s Recap
Box Score

October 2 – Volleyball @ Liberty – L, 3-0
Amanda Hill posted her 15th double-digit kill of the season (in 18 games) with 10 kills, while Emily Libertowski posted two service aces, but it was not enough as the Lady Bucs fell on the road at Liberty. The Flames out-hit CSU with 48 kills to CSUs 25 as the taller Liberty squad kept hitting over the Bucs’ block. CSU was in set one 25-20 but after dropping that tough decision, couldn’t get things going in sets two or three.

Full Recap
Box Score

October 2 – Soccer vs. Liberty – W, 3-2
CSU gave up an early 2-0 lead, with Liberty scoring on their first two shots of the day. Late in the first half Marky Boyce got back in the scoring column for the third game in a row, calmly collecting the ball inside the 18 and pounding it off the keeper’s hands but into the corner of the net. After Toni Lashley had a one-on-one with the keeper blocked, she got another chance in the second half and did not miss, finding the equalizer. In the 67th minute, CSU scored again, this time it was a poor clearance by the Flames’ defenders that put the ball right at the feet of Boyce at the top of the 18. Again, she knew what to do with it, scoring her 13th goal of the season and giving CSU the 3-2 victory.

Full Recap
Box Score

What’s Coming Up?
September 4-5 – Men’s Golf @ Rees Jones Collegiate Invitational
September 4 – Women’s Soccer vs. High Point – 4 p.m.
September 8 – Volleyball vs. Asheville – 7 p.m.
September 8 – Women’s Soccer @ Radford – 7 p.m.
September 9 – Football @ Liberty – 3:30 p.m.
September 10 – Women’s Soccer @ VMI – 1 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - September 20-26

2010-09-27T07:07:00.000-07:00

There was plenty of good news around CSU this week, with Jordan Lancaster earning a spot on the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. It is a tremendous honor given to 11 players in all of FCS football. Fans can vote for Lancaster as the team’s captain by going to this link and selecting Lancaster. Also good news for CSU, soccer alumni Brittany Bolick was named the head soccer coach of Watauga High School, her alma mater. Finally, we would like to thank everyone for coming out to the CSU vs. Hawaii Football Watch Party. We had another great turnout for the game. Thanks to Jordan Pace and SGA for the giveaways, and thanks to Tom with Aramark for providing the drinks and food.

Jacobo Pastor is our CSU Athlete of the Week after posting a third place finish at the Sea Trails Collegiate Invitational. Pastor shot 211 for the tournament, five shots under par for his top finish of the fall.

Pastor was at or under par in all three rounds of the tournament, including a first round 68 on the par 72 course.

We also considered Emma Krantz (Soccer), Amanda Hill (Volleyball), Charles James (Football) and James Nunley (Football) for the honor.

September 21 – Soccer vs. S.C. State – W, 2-1
In its only game of the week, the soccer team took down South Carolina State, 2-1. Marky Boyce got back in the scoring column with her 10th goal of the season, while Emma Krantz scored her first goal of her young CSU career. The Bucs scored less than five minutes into the game, and led the entire way, giving up a late goal as SCSU forced the issue, pushing everyone forward in the waning minutes.

Game Recap
Box Score

September 21 – Volleyball @ Coastal Carolina – L, 3-0
The match was closer than the 3-0 final would appear as CSU lost by a total of seven points in the final two sets. Amanda Hill had eight kills and 16 digs, while Cori Holeman had six kills and two solo blocks. Amy Nokes had 22 assists for CSU, while Tricia Rodl dug out 14 balls.

Game Recap
Box Score

September 24 – Volleyball vs. Radford – W, 3-0
CSU earned its first conference win with a 3-0 sweep of Radford, doing so in dominant fashion, including a 25-16 victory in set one. Amanda Hill passed 1,600 kills for her career, earning her 10th double-double of the season. She is the 10th player in Big South history to achieve that number of kills. Also jumpstarting the team was the return of Chrissy Skokan, who saw action for the first time this season, earning five kills and four block assists as CSU held a 9-1 advantage in blocks.

Game Recap
Box Score

September 25 – Volleyball vs. High Point – L, 3-1
Amanda Hill posted another double-double and Amy Nokes did the same, missing the triple double by two kills (8 kills, 23 assists, 10 digs). CSU battled tough, but the taller and balanced Panthers attack put down 62 kills on the Bucs. Laura Grace Swindler added 12 assists. Despite a deceptive 25-19 score in favor of HPU, CSU hit .344 in the third set with 12 kills and just one error.

Game Recap
Box Score

September 25 – Cross Country @ Will Wilson/Citadel Invitational – M- 4th, W-5th
In a large meet with a total of six races (M/W College, M/W HS Varsity, M/W, HS JV), the CSU men finished fourth out of six and the women fifth out of six Division I programs as the teams raced at James Island County Park. Scott Morrison improved two minutes on his time as he continues to get healthy, while Susanna McKee did the same thing on the women’s side.

Men’s Recap
Men’s Results

Women’s Recap
Women’s Results

September 25 – Football @ Hawaii – L, 66-7
The Bucs were a 48-yard missed field goal away from posting the same score as they did against Hawaii in 2007 when CSU traveled out to the islands. Despite a fairly ugly score line, CSU did have some positives. Charles James tied the school record with two interceptions in the game, becoming the 10th player in CSU history to do so. A.J. Toscano moved into second on the all-time passing list at CSU, while DeMarcus Moon finally got over that 1,000 yard mark, the seventh player in CSU history to do that.

Game Recap
Box Score

September 24 – 26 – M. Golf @ Sea Trail Intercollegiate – 6th
After posting two very strong rounds to start the tournament, CSU fell a bit, dropping a couple of shots late as the rain started to fall, finishing at +2 866 in sixth place. Jacobo Pastor finished -5 for the tournament to claim third, while Jonathan Rustin shot -3 for sixth place.

Final Recap
Final Results

What’s Coming Up?
September 28 – Soccer vs. Longwood – 3 p.m.
September 28 – Volleyball vs. Winthrop – 6 p.m.
October 1 – Cross Country @ Charlotte Invitational
October 2 – Volleyball @ Liberty – 2 p.m.
October 2 – Soccer vs. Liberty – 3 p.m.

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Life is Goodenough - September 24

2010-09-24T13:31:00.000-07:00

Freshmen 2010
(Class of 2014)

Once again we have been blessed with an incredible class of freshmen, Anicia Dotson, Margaret Spaulding, Kirklin Kirkpatrick and Erin Bratcher. Like most fall semesters, the fear and anxiety of the freshmen year causes homesickness and bouts of tears, but the great part of being a collegiate student-athlete is that you already have an inherent family on campus from the very beginning. Our affable upperclassmen have been very hospitable in welcoming our newcomers to the family.

With a swift introduction to college, we have overloaded our freshmen calendars with full class loads, even some night classes, early morning conditioning on the track and in the gym, strength training with Coach Tobi Jacobi, treatments with Tuesday Patterson, laundry duties, individual skill development with our staff, chapel, study hall, hosting recruits, etc. Their organizational skills and collective teamwork have enable them to handle all of their responsibilities so far.

After completing their fifth week of college(yea!), our freshmen class enlightened me on their perspective on “life as a freshmen basketball player” at Charleston Southern. The consensus was that CSU basically “rocks” especially the women’s basketball team. Anicia does miss her momma, while Kirklin misses her whole family and the family dog. Margaret misses face to face conversations with her family as well as her boyfriend. Erin actually spent the month of June with us so she has not been quite as homesick as the others but she does miss her high school friends and her family.

The freshmen acknowledged that time management has been the most difficult transition from high school to college. Staying organized with class assignments, team workouts, and meetings, while having to do laundry and run personal errands without the help of their parents, occupies most of their time. Taking an accelerated night class has been a new challenge for Kirklin and Margaret, however they agreed it has been a great investment since the class will be completed about the same time basketball practices begin. Though their free time is sparse, this group has enjoyed eating in historic downtown Charleston, shopping at the outlet mall, and hanging out at the beach.

Everyone has preconceived notions about beginning new chapters in their lives, especially something as monumental as starting college. Some of those thoughts have been dispelled since the freshmen became residents at CSU. Besides the pleasant surprise that the cafeteria food is really good, Anicia believes that her classes are much better than she anticipated. While Erin and Kirklin are really pleased with how well they are getting along as not only teammates, but also roommates, the personable and caring attitudes of the professors has been very appreciated by Margaret. The group all agreed that the upperclassman have made the adjustment to a new team very easy.

When asked about the best and the worst parts about college, the players commented on only two items that they deemed negative, which were study hall and missing loved ones. The extensive list of positives included awesome teammates, genuine Christian atmosphere on campus as well as in our locker room, beaches, challenging basketball workouts that make you feel good about the work you are investing, friendly professors, and a team that is all on the same page and focused on working together and winning together.

I love these ladies and am so excited to be their head coach and am anxious for our fans and the CSU community to embrace them and support them as they represent their families, CSU, and God on the court this season. GO BUCS!

Weekly Recap - September 13-19

2010-09-20T10:51:00.000-07:00

The volleyball team got a nice road win at the Georgia Southern Tournament, while the football team beat Mars Hill to close out its three-game home stand. The men’s and women’s golf teams also began their fall seasons. WBB player Katie Tull did our first video recap of the season, and we look forward to that each week. Keep checking www.youtube.com/csusports for all of those videos, as well as others.

Gerald Stevenson has been named this weeks' CSU Athlete of the Week after posting a career-high 198 receiving yards and becoming the second-leading receiver in CSU school history.

Stevenson played a key role in Charleston Southern’s 28-14 win over Mars Hill Saturday. He caught six passes for 198 yards -- tied for the fourth-most in a single-game in Big South history -- and averaged 33.0 yards per catch. While he did not reach the end zone, Stevenson opened the game with a 26-yard kickoff return that jump started a two-play, 69-yard scoring drive to put CSU up just 0:53 into the game. On the first drive of the second quarter, the Bucs faced a 3rd-and-23, and Stevenson hauled in a jump ball for 26 yards and a first down. Three plays later he added another 27-yard catch on a third down play that set up the Bucs’ second touchdown. His third catch of the game was a 38-yarder on first down just before the half that put CSU in scoring position. Stevenson had a 27-yard catch on the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter that eventually led to a field goal attempt, and added a 42-yard reception on 3rd-and-18 in the fourth quarter that led to another touchdown. He would add one more 38-yarder on the Bucs’ final scoring drive. Stevenson finished the day with 246 all-purpose yards and kept alive three scoring drives with his four third down catches.

Also nominated were: A.J. Toscano (football), Amy Arroyo (Soccer), Amanda Hill (Volleyball.

September 12 -14 - Women’s Golf @ Cougar Classic – 21st
The Lady Buccaneer golf team started their fall with a loaded field, facing teams like Mississippi State, Miami, North Carolina and Penn State. With only two returners, nerves may have played a part as the team did not post the numbers they would have liked, but still fared well, shooting 966 for the tournament to finish 21st overall. Amanda D’Ostroph led the team with a 233 to tie for 77th overall.

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Results

September 13 – 14 – Men’s Golf @ Springhill Suites Intercollegiate – 11th
The men’s golf team also started their fall season this week as they went up to Florence, S.C., to compete against a solid field, including a few Big South teams. Jacobo Pastor earned Big South Golfer of the Week honors for his performance, finishing seventh overall at -1 for the tournament, despite in his own words not playing all that well. Jonathan Rustin also posted a top-20 finish with rounds of 73, 71, 74.

Full Recap
Results

September 17 – Women’s Cross Country @ CCU Invitational – 5th
Adrienne Cuff led the way, while Morgan Nieto posted a career-best on the 5k course at the Coastal Carolina Invitational. CSU finished fifth overall as a team, but believe they can improve significantly over this result. “I am disappointed with the result,” said Coach Ryan Thompson. “I felt like we had the opportunity to compete better than we did.”

Full Recap
Results

September 17- 18 – Volleyball @ Georgia Southern Tournament – 1-2 record
Once again, Amanda Hill made the all-tournament team for her performances, helping lead CSU to a 1-2 record on the weekend. It is her third such honor in as many tournaments. CSU dropped 3-0 decisions to ETSU and GSU, but gutted out a five-set victory over South Alabama, having to come from behind in the final two sets to win.

Day 1 Recap
Day 2 Recap
Full Stats

September 18 – Soccer vs. The Citadel – L, 4-1
Despite the score, CSU goalie Amy Arroyo had one of her best games of the season, making a season high 11 saves. The effort was not enough as CSU was outshot 29-20 and only managed to find the back of the net one time. Toni Lashley did find her first career goal, working the ball around the goalie for the score after taking a long ball from Emma Krantz.

Full Recap
Box Score

September 18 – Football vs. Mars Hill – W, 28-14
It was a career day for QB A.J. Toscano (374 yards) and Gerald Stevenson (198 receiving yards) as the Bucs posted 445 yards of total offense against Mars Hill, dominating the game despite the score. Stevenson also had six receptions, giving him 127 for his career and moving into second place all time at CSU. James Nunley, who was selected as a captain for his play on special teams, had a career-high 102 receiving yards as well. The victory moves the Bucs to 2-1 on the season, their best start since 2006 when they went 9-0.

Full Recap
Postgame Quotes
Postgame Interview: Jay Mills
Postgame Interview: Gerald Stevenson
Game Highlights
Photo Gallery
Box Score

September 18-19 – Women’s Golf @ Great Smokies Intercollegiate – 19th
CSU posted a season-best 301 in the final round to move up to 19th place at the 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate. Amanda D’Ostroph continued to lead the way with a 25th place finish, shooting 74 in each round. Jordan Hollinshead finished 44th, while Torey Johnson shot 159 to finish 73rd overall. All five players got in under 80 in the final round, the first time they have accomplished that this season.

Full Recap
Results

What’s Coming Up?
Sept. 21 – Soccer vs. S.C. State – 4 p.m.
Sept. 21 – Volleyball @ Coastal Carolina – 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 – 26 – Men’s Golf @ Sea Trail Intercollegiate
Sept. 24 – Volleyball vs. Radford – 7 p.m.
Sept. 25 – Cross Country @ The Citadel Invitational
Sept. 25 – Volleyball vs. High Point – 4 p.m.
Sept. 25 – Football @ Hawaii – 11:35 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - September 6 - 12

2010-09-13T07:03:00.000-07:00

Facing some tough competition this week, Charleston Southern did not necessarily come away with the number of victories that they hoped, but it was still a positive week with a number of student-athletes earning all-tournament honors at their respective tournaments.

Amanda Hill and Amy Nokes earned their second such honor this season, doing so at the UNF Tournament, while Marky Boyce, Caitlin Wesnesky and Amy Arroyo were named to the all-tournament squad at the Navy Tournament.

Caitlin Wesnesky has earned CSU Athlete of the Week honors this week after scoring the game-winner against Navy.

Wesnesky found the back of the net off her own rebound to score the game’s golden goal in the 106th minute against the Midshipmen, who were ranked in the top 10 in the regional poll. It was her third goal of the season and helped her garner all-tournament honors.

Also considered for the honor were: A.J. Toscano (Football), Amanda Hill (Volleyball), Chris Patrick (Football)

September 7 – Volleyball vs. UNC Wilmington – L, 3-2
The only midweek contest for any of the CSU teams, CSU dominated the match, but came up short on the final scoreboard as the Seahawks used two extra-point sets to win. The Lady Bucs posted dominant 25-18 and 25-14 victories in sets one and three, but eventually dropped sets four (27-25) and five (15-11) to suffer their first home loss of the year. Amanda Hill had a career-best 29 kills with 12 digs and three aces, posting the most kills in a match since Jennifer Monson had 44 on Oct. 10, 2001.

Full Recap
Box Score
Highlight Video

September 10 – Soccer vs. Navy – W, 2-1 (2OT)
Senior Marky Boyce scored for the sixth game in a row, doing so in the 18th minute of the game to give CSU a 1-0 lead early on. The Midshipmen tied the game just a few minutes later, and it stayed 1-1 until the 106th minute. In the second overtime, Rebecca Holstegge, Boyce and Caitlin Wesnesky combined to score the game’s golden goal, giving CSU the 2-1 victory.

Full Recap
Box Score

September 10-11 – Volleyball @ UNF Tournament

Vs. Illinois-Chicago – L, 3-1, vs. Troy – L, 3-0, vs. UNF – W, 3-1, vs. Chattanooga – W, 3-2
With 17 kills in the first match of the tournament, Amanda Hill tied the career record for kills with 1,469. She would go on to obliterate it, sitting now with more than 1,500 career kills. Kayla Klinger had a career-best 12 kills in the same game against UIC. Looking to salvage the tournament after a tough day one, CSU had a tough task in the hosting UNF Ospreys and the SoCon opponent Chattanooga. They proved up to the challenge though, posting a 2-0 record on day two as Hill and Nokes each earned a spot on the all-tournament team. The Lady Bucs also worked in some new faces over the weekend, including walk on Erin LaVenice, who had six block assists against UTC.

UIC Recap
Box Score

Troy Recap
Box Score

UNF Recap
Box Score

UTC Recap
Box Score

Football vs. Wofford – L, 34-23
The Buccaneer football team had its chance to take down the Terriers, a team that they have never beaten, but two late touchdowns put the SoCon opponent over the top once again. It was a career day for a number of players for CSU, including Chris Patrick who led the way with 14 tackles and two tackles for loss. Freshman James Nunley also had a career-best four receptions for 55 yards, including all four catches being at least 13 yards. Finally, quarterback A.J. Toscano completed a career-best 25 passes on 41 attempts, marking just the second time in his career that he has completed that many passes.

Full Recap
Box Score
Postgame Interview – Coach Jay Mills
Game Highlights
Photo Gallery

Soccer vs. Towson – L, 1-0
For the first time in seven games, Charleston Southern was shut out of a game, falling to the Navy Tournament champions, Towson, by a score of 1-0. A defensive battle, Towson has now posted four shut outs on the season. Amy Arroyo came up big for CSU to give the Lady Bucs a chance, making a season-high eight saves, earning her a spot on the all-tournament team. Marky Boyce and Caitlin Wesnesky, each of whom scored a goal in the game against Navy, were also named to the all-tournament team.

Full Recap
Box Score

What’s Coming Up?
September 12-14 – W. Golf @ Cougar Classic
September 13-14 – M. Golf @ Raines Development Group Intercollegiate
September 17 – Cross Country @ Coastal Carolina Invitational
September 17-18 – Volleyball vs. ETSU, S. Alabama, Ga. Southern (Ga. Southern Tournament)
September 18-19 – W. Golf @ Great Smokies Intercollegiate
September 18 – W. Soccer vs. The Citadel – 11 a.m.
September 18 – Football vs. Mars Hill – 1:30 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - August 30 - September 5

2010-09-06T09:15:00.000-07:00

What a great week to be a Buccaneer! So many great things happening around campus this past week as we entered into September. Volleyball beat The Citadel, football beat North Greenville and the cross country teams proved that their high hopes for this season were with good reason.

Tricia Rodl has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week after becoming just the seventh player in program history to reach 1,000 digs for her career.

Rodl posted a career-best 29 digs against The Citadel on Tuesday, pushing her over the mark. The 29 digs was by far her best performance this season, almost tripling her total from the match before.

August 31 – Volleyball vs. The Citadel – W, 3-2
Their only game this week, the volleyball team played The Citadel at home in front of a great crowd. After easily winning the first two sets, the Lady Bucs looked like they would cruise to the sweep, but out of the intermission, the Bulldogs came back and won two straight sets to tie the match. The crowd took over during the deciding fifth set, yelling and cheering the team on to the victory. Amanda Hill passed the 1,400 kills mark in the match, while Tricia Rodl eclipsed the 1,000 dig mark, with Rodl posting a career-high 29 digs in the match to do so.

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Box Score

September 4 – Cross Country @ Eye Opener Invitational
Two returners raced on Saturday, each running almost the exact time that they did last year at the same event. The difference was everyone else that led CSU to an 8th place finish. Adrienne Cuff again led the way with a 28th place finish. Susanna McKee ran an almost identical time as she did the previous year, but instead of finishing second on the team, was sixth. Hannah Burkholder, Mary Davidson, Heidi Dean and Morgan Nieto have all come in to their first season at CSU and immediately improved the program to where they feel they can compete in every meet.

The men’s team didn’t worry as much about competing as they did working together as a team. Andrew King still led the crew, but spent most of the time pacing Matt Smith, who finished second on the team. Brandon Harris also ran very well to finish third on the team. The men’s team finished 12th out of 21 teams.

Men’s Recap
Men’s Results

Women’s Recap
Women’s Results

September 4 – Football vs. North Greenville – W, 41-31
It was a slow start for CSU, but the team scored 20 unanswered points on three-consecutive drives in the second quarter to take a 20-9 lead. Four different athletes had at least five carries, with DeMarcus Moon rushing for two touchdowns and Teddy Allen had a team-high 44 yards. A.J. Toscano also had an outstanding day with 223 yards and four touchdowns. Freshman Matt Hardy and junior Chris Kuzdale led the team in tackles with nine each, while Daniel Dieudonne recorded the first turnover of the season for CSU, intercepting a pass on the goal line at the end of the first half.

Full Recap
Postgame Quotes
Box Score
Photo Gallery
Highlight Video

What’s Coming Up?
Tuesday, September 7 – Volleyball vs. UNC Wilmington – 6 p.m.
Friday, September 10 – Volleyball @ Illinois-Chicago * - 9 a.m.
- Volleyball @ Troy * - 3 p.m.
* - Part of the UNF Tournament
Friday, September 10 – Soccer @ Navy – 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 11 - Volleyball @ North Florida * - 11 a.m.
- Volleyball @. Chattanooga * - 5 p.m.
* - Part of the UNF Tournament
Saturday, September 11 – Football vs. Wofford – 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 12 – Soccer @ Towson – Noon
Sunday, September 12-Tuesday, September 14 – W. Golf @ Cougar Classic

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Weekly Recap - August 23-29

2010-08-30T05:38:00.000-07:00

As we officially enter the first week of the college football season, two Charleston Southern teams are already in the thick of action, with volleyball getting started on the road at the RTP/Hilton Classic at North Carolina Central, and the soccer team hosting three home games.

As tough as it is to repeat as CSU Athlete of the Week, it’s just as hard to deny that senior Marky Boyce’s performance this week was one of the best performances in school history. Boyce scored goals in all three games this week, including two game-winners and notched a hat trick in the victory over Jacksonville.

With seven goals in four games this season, Boyce in on pace to shatter the school record for goals in a season, currently at 21. She is easily proving why she was named the 2010 Preseason Big South Attacker of the Year, and the best player in the conference according to topdrawersoccer.com. She already has two game-winners and two multi-goal games on the young season.

Monday, August 23 – W. Soccer vs. College of Charleston, L, 3-2
Wet conditions forced the in-town rivals to move their contest for the silver cup to Blackbaud Stadium. CSU jumped on top early, scoring in the ninth minute when Marky Boyce put it in the back of the net off a cross from Rebecca Hollstegge. After CofC tied the game, CSU went back in front as Allison Lewis scored her first collegiate goal. A quick answer from CofC made the game seem like it would end in a tie or at least see extra time, but a late header on a set piece proved to be the game-winner for the Cougars as they maintain control of the silver cup.

Full Recap
Box Score

Friday – Saturday, August 27-28 – Volleyball @ NCCU Tournament (1-3 record)
Although the results didn’t come out the way the team would have wanted, the play of a number of freshmen and the way they blended with the upper classmen has to be encouraging to Coach Danyel Bellush and the team. Amanda Hill picked up where she left off with 61 kills in four matches, but the balance next to her (four players with 19 or more) will help the Lady Bucs this season. Amy Nokes already tallied 119 assists, along with 19 kills, while Amanda Hill’s 50 digs lead the way. Cori Holeman already has seven total blocks to lead the team in that category. The road trip was not all lost, though, as CSU did get the victory over the home team, North Carolina Central.

Day 1 Recap
Match 1 Box Score
Match 2 Box Score

Day 2 Recap
Match 3 Box Score
Match 4 Box Score

Friday, August 27 – W. Soccer vs. Maine, W, 2-1
Taking on a team that embarrassed them in the last meeting, CSU got a big win at home, the first of the season played at Buccaneer Field, beating Maine 2-1. Allison Lewis got her second goal in as many games as she tied the game late in the first half. It doesn’t seem like a game without a Marky Boyce goal, and Boyce satisfied the crowd on a header from Michelle Dennis, her fourth goal of the season, but the best was yet to come from Boyce.

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Box Score

Sunday, August 29 – W. Soccer vs. Jacksonville, W, 3-2 (OT)
Much like it was against the College of Charleston, CSU came out firing and ended up with the game’s opening goal early in the contest. It was Marky Boyce once again doing the damage as she headed the ball in the net in just the third minute of the game. With an equalizer in the first half, it looked like we were set for a back-and-forth affair. Just two minutes into the second half, Jacksonville took the 2-1 lead, and looked in good shape, despite being a man down after a red card, when the keeper stopped a CSU penalty kick. The Lady Bucs did get the equalizer with 15 minutes to play, sending the game into overtime. It lasted just four minutes before Boyce again nodded the ball into the corner of the net for her second game-winner and second multi-goal game of the season.

Full Recap
Box Score

What's Coming Up?
Tuesday, August 31 - VB vs. The Citadel - 6 p.m.
Saturday, September 4 - XC @ Eye Opener Invitational
Saturday, September 4 - FB vs. North Greenvile - 1:30 p.m.

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Trinder's Take: August 29, 2010

2010-08-30T05:33:00.000-07:00

Charleston Southern middle blocker Amberle Trinder provides an inside look at the 2010 Lady Bucs volleyball season, beginning with the NCCU Tournament.

Friday, Aug. 27
Going into my senior year, I am filled with many emotions. I am happy that the season is finally here and I get to play volleyball, but also sad about this chapter of my life coming to a close.
I am so excited to start out our season at NCCU. Currently I’m in our van on the ride up to our hotel. I began thinking of the Lord and how he has helped the “underdog” in other situations. The story that first came to my head was David and Goliath. In 1 Samuel 17-18, the Lord helps David, a youth, to overcome all odds and defeat this huge warrior, Goliath, with just a sling and a stone. Goliath has a sword and a shield and size all on his side. This really hits close to the CSU Lady Buc volleyball team. We might not have all the money in the world, or all the height, but we have a lot of heart. The Lady Bucs also have Jesus on our side. Being a Christian university, we strive to bring Christ into all that we do.
I know I personally love that we try to integrate our faith in our everyday lives. I am coming off a slight knee injury and I know that through the power of prayer, the Lord is going to help me be strong and do my best for my team and for Him. I love that we can pray before every match and just have that sense of calm walking out onto the court, knowing that we are not just playing for ourselves, our school, or our team, but we are playing for Him. The Lord is so amazing in all that he does and I thank Him every day for the graces he has blessed me and my wonderful teammates with.
As we walked into the gym this morning I didn’t know what to expect. We have 6 new freshmen and a load of injuries to boot. Our first match started out a little shaky and ended in a loss. Coach had a great talk with us after our first game, I think that kick started us and helped us to believe in ourselves and to get back on track for our second match.

Tomorrow we have 2 more games and I know this team has what it takes to come out on top and do it with style, class, and some Jesus pride too!
Saturday, Aug. 28
Well, the weekend ended in somewhat of a disappointing manner. However, I am not upset. I think this weekend gave us insight into our strengths and weaknesses. I look forward to our practices this week to iron out the kinks, and to get better every day. Our next match will be at home on Tuesday, August 31. This will be an exciting match as well and I can’t wait to see what the Lady Bucs will do next!
Thanks for reading!
“Peace begins with a smile.”-Mother Teresa

Weekly Recap - August 16 - 22

2010-08-23T05:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to our CSU Athletics Weekly Recap. After what I’m sure was an all-too-short summer for everyone, our students are back on campus and our athletes are back in action already.

Senior Marky Boyce has been named this school year’s first CSU Athlete of the Week after a two-goal performance in the season-opener.

The Preseason Big South Attacker of the Year, Boyce was also named the top player in the Big South by topdrawersoccer.com. In the first game of the regular season, Boyce took seven shots and put a team-high four of them on goal. She found the back of the net twice, both coming in the second half of a 3-0 CSU victory over USC Upstate.

That game against USC Upstate was the only regular season competition of the week, but that doesn’t mean it was the only thing going on in CSU athletics. Here’s a look at some of the other things happening on campus.

August 20 – W. Soccer @ USC Upstate – W, 3-0
As mentioned, Marky Boyce scored twice, while Caitlin Wesnesky added a third to push CSU to 1-0 on the season with a 3-0 victory on the road at USC Upstate. The Lady Bucs out-shot Upstate 40-4, forcing a career-best 14 saves by the Spartan Keeper. Staci Ulichnie and Olivia Urig each notched their first assists of the season. Facing just two shots on goal, Amy Arroyo was up to the task, earning her first shut out of her career, making two saves.

Full Recap
Box Score

August 22 – Fall Picnic
Twice a year, the entire athletics department gets together with all of the staff and student-athletes. The first of these meetings is a gathering before school starts as the athletes get their student-athlete handbooks and enjoy some good food and great company. The women's tennis team was recognized for their regular season Big South Championship, while the women's golf team unveiled their banner for winning the 2010 Big South Tournament Championship.

Read more about the fall picnic
Watch the birthday icebreaker

We also posted the first Big South FLIPPED: On Campus video as we took a look at move in day. You can watch that video here.

Weekly Recap - May 24 - 30

2010-05-31T08:11:00.000-07:00

It was a quiet week around campus as the final team in competition traveled to Greensboro for the preliminary rounds of the NCAA Track and Field Championships.

Gabrielle Houston has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week after qualifying for the quarterfinals of the 200 meter dash, this past weekend. Houston ran 23.69 in the first round of the event, finishing 13th overall, easily making the field of 24 for the quarterfinals.

Houston went on to finish 15th overall, missing a spot in the semifinals by three spots and a mere 0.2 seconds. She was the only Charleston Southern athlete to get out of the first round this weekend.

Track and Field @ Preliminary Rounds - NCAA Championships
As mentioned, it was a disappointing weekend for the Bucs as they took to Greensboro with high hopes of qualifying for the semifinals as many as five events in Eugene, Ore., but came up empty. On the men's side, Javon Young and Levi Brooks continued to battle leg injuries, failing to qualify in their open events (the 100 and 400 meter dash, respectively). Dantwan Spreads had a pair of opportunities to advance, including the 100 and 200 meter dash. Those three, along with Anthony Ward tried to limp through the 4x100m relay, but also came up empty. Houston was the lone CSU woman to copmete, making it out of the first round of the 200 meter dash, but came up just short in round two.

Houston will still compete at the AT&T USA Track and Field National Championships, while freshman Rob Grabill will compete at the USA Track and Field Junior National Championships at the end of June.

With no one making it out of the meet, the collegiate season for CSU comes to an end, as does our weekly recaps. Continue to check in with us as we will have other features over the summer, and will pick back up full force in August.

Weekly Recap - May 17 - 23

2010-05-24T07:17:00.000-07:00

As we approach the final full week in May, we have officially wrapped up all of the home events for the year, with only two programs still competing. Baseball ended their season this weekend, while golfer Kelvin Day had an outstanding showing and a top-25 finish in the NCAA Southeast Regional.

Brantley Meier earned CSU Athlete of the Week honors, finishing the year fourth in the Big South with a school-record 84 hits. In his final week of action, Meier hit .389 with seven hits to overtake the record, set in 2006 by Justin Fyle.

He scored two runs and had a double this week, knocking in three RBI. He had a 1.00 fielding percentage for the week, a .455 on base percentage and was a perfect 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts for the week. He ends the season on a career-best 10 game hitting streak.

Kelvin Day also earned consideration for the honor this week.

Baseball vs. UNC Wilmington – L, 6-5
The baseball team added a midweek game against UNC Wilmington, and for the second time this year, fell by a run to the Seahawks. The Bucs made it interesting, though, as they rallied from a 6-1 deficit in the seventh inning to get within a run. Kyle Ward and Corey Deighan pitching a combined 3.1 innings of scoreless relief to finish the game and give CSU a chance.

Baseball vs. High Point L, 15-7, 10-8, 16-11
It was perhaps one of the strangest series of the year, with CSU needing a sweep over the Panthers, who were battling for a fourth-place finish, in order to qualify for postseason play. The sweep came, but certainly not how the Bucs wanted it, falling in a 13-inning affair in game two, and a rain-delayed and lightning-shortened game three. Meier took advantage of the series to break the school record for hits (84), and will look to improve that mark next season. He ends the season on a 10-game hitting streak that will carry over to next year.

Kelvin Day @ NCAA East Region
The lone participant from CSU, Kelvin Day shot a combined 214 (+4) to place 21st overall at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional at the Capital City Club. By earning a bid to the tournament, he became the first Buccaneer to do so since Shawn Hall went in 2006. Hall went on to finish 52nd in the tournament. Day moved to as high as 12th overall after shooting an even par on day two, but a two-over in the final round moved him to 21st.

What’s Coming Up?
May 27 – 29 – Track and Field @ NCAA East Regional Championship

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Weekly Recap - May 10-16

2010-05-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

After the past week’s Big South Softball Tournament, only a pair of sports and an individual is still in competition. Baseball has only one midweek game against UNC Wilmington as well as a very important early-weekend series against High Point left in their regular season. The track and field programs have the NCAA First Round in Greensboro at the end of the month, while Kelvin Day represents CSU as an individual in the NCAA East Region this week.

With a school record performance in the heptathlon, Patria Norman has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week. Norman finished eighth overall in the competition with a two-day, seven-event total of 4,728 points.

Norman finished in the top-10 in all but one event, including a victory in the shot put competition. She also finished as the runner-up in the 100 meter hurdles and third in the long jump.

Brantley Meier and Megan Hall were also nominated for the honor.

May 11 – Baseball @ Georgia Southern – L, 12-7
Drew Woodall hit his first collegiate home run, and the team hit a season-high four homers with Jesse Cadenhead, Nick Chinners and Derek Smith also homered, but even that wasn’t enough to get the victory on the road.

May 12 – Baseball @ South Carolina – L, 10-2
It was a rough start for CSU as they faced one of the best and hottest teams in the country in a midweek affair. After giving up four homers and a 7-0 lead in the first couple of innings, CSU fought hard the rest of the way, scratching out a pair of runs, including a home run by Matt Still.

May 13-14 – Softball @ Big South Championship
The Buccaneers did exactly what they couldn’t afford to, lost in the first game, falling 8-3 to Gardner-Webb in the first game of the 2010 Big South Championships. In a double elimination tournament, it doesn’t sound like it would be a major blunder, but it forced CSU to win three games on Friday and three more on Saturday if they wanted to win a championship. They started the trek with a victory Friday over Presbyterian, but couldn’t overcome the home team as Coastal Carolina used a big inning to end the season for CSU. They still finished with 30 wins, the most since 1993 and the first winning season since 2001.

May 14-15 – Track and Field @ Georgia Tech
CSU decided to take on the best in hopes of improving placement, and even adding qualifiers, to the NCAA First Round as they went to Georgia Tech. It didn’t happen, despite a number of solid performances for CSU. Before the Ga. Tech meet, Patria Norman also went to Wake Forest, setting a new school record in the heptathlon, but even that wasn’t enough to get her into the NCAA meet.

May 14-16 – Baseball @ UNC Asheville
The baseball team continued to struggle on the road in big south play, suffering a sweep at the hands of UNC Asheville, including two one-run losses in the final two games of the series. In the race to the finish line, CSU now finds themselves in ninth place, 1.5 games behind Asheville, and will need to win a couple of games this weekend against High Point.

What’s Coming Up
May 18 – Baseball vs. UNC Wilmington – 2 p.m.
May 20 – Baseball vs. High Point – 2 p.m.
May 21 – Baseball vs. High Point – 2 p.m.
May 22 – Baseball vs. High Point – 2 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - May 3 - 9

2010-05-10T06:38:00.000-07:00

After finishing finals, the athletes went back to work, including women’s golf action in the NCAA Tournament, track traveling to last chance meets, and home series in baseball and softball. More importantly, a number of CSU student-athletes walked across the stage at the North Charleston Coliseum as they graduated from the University on Saturday.

Trea Steele has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after pounding a pair of home runs on Thursday against Howard.

Steele had three hits in the first two games of the four-game series, including the two homers. Her second proved to be the game-winner in game two as she sent one over the wall in the fourth inning to put CSU up 3-2.

Gabrielle Houston and Jana Matthews were also nominated for the honor.

May 6 – 8 – Women’s Golf @ NCAA East Regional – 23rd
The women’s golf team knew they were in for a challenge, going up against 16 of the top-50 teams in the country in the NCAA East Regional. With a three-day score of 948 (+84), CSU ended up in 23rd place overall. Perhaps the saddest part of the result is that it means the end of the careers of Madison Jeter, Katrin Rumpf, and Olivia Jordan-Higgins, three seniors who have put CSU golf at the top of the Big South. The senior class won the Big South twice during their careers, including this year’s championship with a Big South record score of 881 (+17)

May 6 – 7 – Softball vs. Howard – W, 5-0, 3-2, 5-4, 8-7
If the softball team was looking for some momentum going into the Big South Tournament, they got it in the form of a four-game sweep of Howard. The victories clinched a winning season for CSU, who sits at 29-26-1 this year. They need just one victory in the tournament to post the most wins for the program since 1993. The home careers of seniors Megan Hall and Caitlin Allen also came to an end. Obviously, we hope that their careers continue for a couple more weeks with a run through the Big South Tournament, but if not, it is another class that has stuck through the difficulties of changing coaches, and now has their team on the rise, as CSU finished tied for third in the Big South.

May 7 – 9 – Baseball vs. Liberty – L, 7-5, 4-1, 13-4
The baseball team had plenty of chances to steal one or two games from the second-place team in the league this weekend, but came up empty as they were swept by Liberty. The most disappointing part of the weekend, though, had to be the injury sustained by freshman Jon Matthews. As Matthews squared to bunt in game two, he was drilled in the face with a pitch. He stayed in the game briefly, but was then taken out of the game and to the hospital where he had to have surgery. It goes without saying, but our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family, and we hope that you will say a prayer for him as well. Jesse Cadenhead continued to be hot at the plate, extending his hitting streak to five games, while Brantley Meier extended his streak to nine games from the leadoff spot.

May 8 – Track and Field @ Orange and Purple Classic
Lavon Allen, Anthony Ward and Dominique Riggins each ran season-bests for CSU this weekend. Although neither time was fast enough to earn a bid to the NCAA First Round, they will have another chance this week. Marcus Schoultz likely would have run a personal best as well, but kicked his blocks out on the start. Gabrielle Houston broke her own school record in the 100 meter dash, hitting the USATF qualifying standard for the AT&T USA National Championships in June. Rob Grabill qualified in the hammer throw for the USATF Junior National Championships, while Tamisha Foster missed the qualifying mark in the triple jump by 0.01 meters, and will likely get it this weekend at Georgia Tech.

What’s Coming Up?
May 11 – Baseball @ Georgia Southern – 6 p.m.
May 11 – 12 – Track and Field @ Wake Forest Invitational
May 12 – Baseball @ South Carolina – 7 p.m.
May 13 – Softball vs. Gardner-Webb (Big South Tournament) – 9 a.m.
May 14 – 15 – Softball vs. Big South Tournament
May 14 – 15 – Track and Field @ Georgia Tech Invitational
May 14 – 16 – Baseball @ UNC Asheville – 1 p.m., 1 p.m., 1 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - April 26 - May 2

2010-05-03T06:45:00.000-07:00

Even though it was finals week and there were no competitions going on, there is still plenty going on at CSU. Early in the week the women’s golf team found out their destination for the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Regional, and they will be staying as close to home as possible, competing in the East Region, hosted by East Carolina. We all wish them luck and hope they can continue their hot play against some very good competition. You can follow their progress on www.CSUsports.com, where Coach Kory Thompson and senior Katrin Rumpf will be blogging about their adventure.

Even with no competition this week, Tyrese Harris earned CSU Athlete of the Week honors after being the star of last week’s Spring Awards Banquet. Harris was named the football team’s sportsmanship award winner as well as one of four team captains. Harris also earned the SAAC Distinguished Service Award, and was the 2009-10 winner of the Michael Frost Christian Athlete Award.

We also considered Levi Brooks (Senior Male Athlete of the Year, M. Track), Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Senior Female Athlete of the Year, W. Golf), Sam Sasan (R.L. Win Christian Leadership Award, VB), and Andrew McKain (Hunter Cup, FB)

Other news out of CSU this week;
FB Wide Receiver Kwame Krakue and WBB player Tina DeCarvalho were named to the NSCA All-America Team.
Krakue Story
DeCarvalho Story

Former CSU golfer Jim Gardas was named to the Big South Hall of Fame
Gardas Story

The women’s soccer team released its 2010 schedule
W. Soccer Schedule

And the sports information department wrote a couple of great feature stories about our athletes still in competition.

Jana Matthews (SB) Makes the Most of her Freshman Campaign
Matthews Story

Jordan-Higgins caps historic career at East Regional
Jordan-Higgins Story

Kelvin Day Waits, Hopes for Regional Opportunity

Day Story

What’s Coming Up?
May 6-8 – NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Regionals
May 6 – Softball vs. Howard (DH) – 2 / 4 p.m.
May 7-9 – Baseball vs. Liberty - 2 / 3 / 2 p.m.
May 7 – 8 – Track and Field @ Clemson Orange and Purple Classic

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