Weekly Recap - November 2 - 9

With big victories in and out of Big South play, a number of athletes earned Big South honors, including women’s soccer Player of the Year Marky Boyce, Amanda Hill and Cori Holeman from the volleyball team, Olivia Jordan-Higgins for Women’s Golf, and A.J. Toscano from football.

Boyce is no doubt the CSU Athlete of the Week after earning Big South Player of the Year honors. She was also named first team All-Big South and was the CSU representative on the Big South’s All-Tournament team after scoring a goal for the Lady Buccaneers in the first round.

Boyce led the League with 14 goals and seven assists. She is third on the CSU single-season list in goals and points (35). She had a school-record seven game-winning goals throughout the season.

In addition to Boyce, Caitlin Wesnesky earned first team all-conference honors, while Jen Vroman and Sarah Catenacci earned second team honors. Morgann Wood and Rebecca Hollstegge were named to the all-freshman team and Lindsey Trexler earned a spot on the all-academic team.

November 2-3 – W. Golf @ Pinehurst Challenge – 11th
Olivia Jordan-Higgins earned Big South Golfer of the Week honors after finishing third in the tournament. She finished the tournament two over par en route to carding her second third-place finish in a row. The team improved 17 shots in round two and finished just five shots behind Appalachian State. Freshman Amanda D’Ostroph carded a top-30 finish with a two-round 155, tied for 28th overall.

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Results

November 5 – W. Soccer vs. Radford (Big South Tourn.) – L, 2-1 (OT)
For the second time this year, the Lady Buccaneers, who at one time stood atop the league standings, fell in overtime to Radford. This time, it ended the Lady Buccaneers’ season. CSU still finished the year with a 12-6-2 overall record and a 5-2-2 mark in the Big South, tying the school record for wins in a season. Marky Boyce had a header to give CSU the lead in the 10th minute, but a foul in the 20th minute gave Radford a chance to tie, and they took advantage. It wasn’t until eight minutes into the first overtime that a ball found the back of the net as Caitlyn Roan corralled a rebound and tucked it home for the game-winner for the Highlanders.

Game Story
Box Score

November 7 – Football @ Presbyterian College – W, 46-32
Four early interceptions led to a 46-32 victory over Presbyterian College. The interceptions were the first of the year for Jacques Bazile, Charles James, Antwain Harvey and Fred Godfrey. It also more than doubled the number of picks this year for CSU. Harvey tallied the longest return in CSU history with a 100-yard return early in the game. QB A.J. Toscano had a career-high 290 yards passing and accounted for a school-record tying five touchdowns (4 passing, 1 rushing).

Game Story
Box Score
Postgame Quotes
Photo Gallery

November 7 – VB @ Radford – W, 3-0
Finally a road win for the volleyball team and it couldn’t come at a better time as they reach the final stretch of the season. It also comes as the team (hopefully) finishes recovering from the flu that got passed around over the past few weeks. They have no won five games in a row and hit .340 as a team and recorded 12 blocks in the three sets.

Game Story
Box Score

What’s coming up?

November 13 – VB vs. High Point – 5:30 p.m. (live stats, live video)
November 13 – WBB vs. Limestone – 8 p.m. (live stats, live video)
November 13 – MBB @ Maryland – 8 p.m. (live stats)
November 14 – XC @ NCAA East Regional (Lousiville, Ky.)
November 14 – FB vs. Stony Brook – 1:30 p.m. (live stats, live stats, live video)
November 14 – VB vs. Liberty – 6 p.m. (live stats)