Weekly Recap - Feb. 9 - 15

Monday, Feb. 9 – WBB @ High Point
The women’s basketball team went on the road and took down one of the top teams in the Big South this year, handing High Point an 82-79 loss. It was just the third conference loss of the season for HPU. CSU used 17 three-pointers to grab the victory, shattering the school and Big South records for threes made in a game. It would be one of two records that CSU would take down during the week. Pam Tolbert led the way with 20 points, including six threes, while Tina DeCarvalho connected on five of her eight three-point attempts for 15 points. Katie Tull and Kelsey Wasmer chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Monday, Feb. 9 – MBB @ VMI
Winning on the roadh is never easy, and it’s even harder when you are playing at VMI, the nation’s top-scoring team. The Bucs did all they could to hang with the Keydets before eventually falling 82-76. The game was closer than the final score would indicate as there were eight ties and 12 lead changes, including a nine-point lead with seven minutes left. Omar Carter recorded a double-double for the sixth time this year while Jamarco Warren led the team with 21 points.

Friday, Feb. 13 – Tennis vs. USC Upstate
Originally scheduled to play Saturday, the CSU tennis team moved their match to Friday due to a wet forecast. It was not a move that benefited the Lady Bucs as they fell 6-1 to USC Upstate. Olga Makhova and Marija Dzakovic won their doubles match, but close losses (8-6, 9-7) in the other two gave USCU the point. Makhova moved her individual record to 2-0 on the season winning easily in her singles match 6-2, 6-2, but it would prove to be the only singles victory of the day for CSU.

Friday, Feb. 13 – Saturday, Feb. 14 – SB @ Camel Stampede hosted by Campbell University
Trying to ride the momentum of a big three-game sweep of N.C. Central, the softball team traveled to Campbell to take on Ohio, Bucknell and St. Joseph’s as well as the host school. CSU dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 decision in game one to Ohio, but bounced back to easily defeat Bucknell 9-1. Up late in the game in their third game of the day against St. Joseph’s, costly errors allowed SJU to put three runs on the board and take the game 3-1. In their only game Saturday, CSU tallied five hits but no runs as they fell to the host Camels, 5-0. Megan Lombard led the way with five hits for the tournament, scoring three runs. Jamie Wellons had four hits including a triple, and led the team with four RBI.

Friday, Feb. 13 – Saturday, Feb. 14 – Track @ Tiger Paw Invitational
Three school records fell over the weekend as CSU continued to prove they belong amongst the best the in nation. In her first 60m dash event of the season, Dionne Gibson broke her third school record of the year (200m/400m) and won the event with a record time of 7.55 seconds. Gibson also teamed up with Amerikorie Odey, Jessica Thomas and Chidi Walsh to run 3:51.50, breaking the school’s 4x400m record as well. On the men’s side, it was James Hayes who tossed the weight 56 feet, 1.25 inches (17.11m), almost four feet past his previous best. His mark broke the nine-year-old school record, held by throwing coach Josh Aydlette. A number of other season and personal bests were also accomplished during the two day meet.

Saturday, Feb. 14 – WBB @ Coastal Carolina
CSU needed just five three pointers to tie the single-season record in the Big South, a feat they accomplished in the first half alone against the Chanticleers. They went on to hit 10 threes in the game, shattering the record with five regular season games remaining. Katie Tull single-handedly put CSU over the mark, making six of her 10 three point attempts, leading all scorers in the game with 23 points. Unfortunately for CSU, they fell in heartbreaking fashion as Amanda Stull hit two free throws with :02 on the clock to push CCU to the 63-62 victory over the Lady Buccaneers.

Saturday, Feb. 14 – MBB vs. Liberty
Another three point record fell Saturday, this time on the men’s side at the Buc Dome. Sophomore guard Jamarco Warren needed just two three pointers to break the CSU single-season record, a record he battled Chris Moore for last season. Moore set the record at 81 threes, but with five threes in the game, Warren set the new mark at 85 with five games left in the regular season. Omar Carter again tallied a double-double, his seventh of the year and fifth in the last six games.

Schedule For the Week:
Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 16-17 – MGolf @ Jacksonville Invitational
Monday, Feb. 16 – MBB vs. Radford – 7:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21 – SB @ Georgia Southern Tournament
Friday, Feb. 20 – WTennis vs. ETSU – 2 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 20 – Baseball vs. Marist – 2 p.m. (Season Opener)
Saturday, Feb. 21 – Baseball vs. Maris – 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 21 – WTennis @ UNC Asheville – 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 21 – WBB vs. Radford – 5:30 p.m. (Think Pink Night)
Saturday, Feb. 21 – MBB vs. Presbyterian – 7:30 p.m.

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