It was our last week of competition before the student-athletes take a break for final exams, and while the week brought plenty of great performances, perhaps the week was capped off by the 44th annual athletic awards banquet on Sunday night.
Matthews started the historic day with a triple to right center in the first inning, coming back with a homerun in the third, making it 4-0 CSU. The double came in the fourth, while the RBI single came in the fifth and final inning of the game.
Kelvin Day (M. Golf), Olivia Jordan-Higgins (W. Golf) and Levi Brooks (Track and Field) were also nominated for the honor this week.
Trailing the leaders by 12 shots after round one, CSU came all the way back to pull within one stroke midway through the final round. Kelvin Day shot a final-round -4 (68) to help pace CSU, but it wasn’t enough as the Bucs finished as the runners up in the event. Ross Thomson earned All-Conference honors with a fourth-place finish, as did Jacobo Pastor, who carded a 10th place finish, despite struggling on the final day.
April 21 – Softball vs. College of Charleston – L, 5-2, W, 4-1
Although a split wasn’t what CSU and Coach Shane Winkler wanted against the College of Charleston, the Bucs still took five of six against the Cougars this season after coming back in game two to record a 4-1 victory. Megan Hall and Shayla Cullum hit back-to-back home runs in the first game, but CSU could not manage any additional runs. CSU manufactured an early run in game two to take the lead, and despite allowing CofC to tie the game in the fourth, CSU came right back with a run in the bottom of the inning, then added two more in the sixth for good measure.
April 21 – Baseball @ #6 Florida State – L, 12-4
The Bucs thought they were going down to Tallahassee for a two-game set with Florida State, but lightning early on in game one forced the contest to be cancelled. In game two, Derek Smith and Tom Burkett each went yard, the fifth homerun of the season for both guys. The four runs that CSU managed was not enough against another top-10 team.
Taking advantage of the first-round bye they received for winning the Big South regular season championship, CSU’s women’s tennis team blew past hosting Radford in the second round, winning 4-0 to put themselves in the championship match for the second year in a row. CSU took out Winthrop in the regular season, making history, but the Eagles had revenge on their minds having won nine of the last 11 titles. Unfortunately for Buc fans, they got the revenge they were looking for, blanking CSU 4-0 in the championship match for the second-straight year.
April 23-24 – Baseball vs. Gardner-Webb – W, 18-4, L, 9-8, L 5-4 (10)
CSU held the lead in all three games, and after winning game one 18-4 and taking a 6-1 lead in game two, it looked as though the Bucs would have an easy sweep on their hands. It was not to be as Gardner-Webb scored in the latter innings in both games of the Saturday double header to sweep the day and take the series from the Buccaneers. Andrew White pitched a solid 10 innings in the final game of the series, but took a loss on the day as Daniel Merck stole home to give GWU the 5-4 lead in the 10th inning. Jesse Cadenhead also had a banner day, pounding his first career home run over the left-centerfield wall.
April 24 – 25 – Softball @ Gardner-Webb – L, 3-2, L, 7-5, W, 16-5
Megan Hall had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored during the double header on Saturday, but CSU was not able to steal a road victory on the first day of competition against Gardner-Webb. The Bucs apparently had a good night’s rest, though, and came out with 16 runs on Sunday in a game that continued to be pushed back due to rain in the area. Once they finally got to play, it was all CSU as the team posted 15 hits. Megan Lombard and Trea Steele each had three hits, but the show was stolen by Jana Matthews, who went four-for-four and hit for the cycle, accounting for six RBIs and four runs in the game.
Olivia Jordan-Higgins was named the Senior Female Athlete of the Year, fresh off her 2010 Big South Individual Championship, while Levi Brooks, who won the 400m dash at the Big South Championships, earned Senior Male Athlete of the Year honors. Other top award winners included Sam Sasan (R.L. Wynn Christian Leadership Award), Tyrese Harris (Michael Frost Christian Athlete Award) and Andrew King (Hunter Cup). The baseball team took home this year’s Buc Cup, awarded to the team with the best attendance at selected events throughout the year. The football program went home with the team community service award.
What’s Coming Up?
April 27- Reading Day (No Classes)
April 28 – May 5 – Finals
April 6-8 – NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Regionals
April 6 – Softball vs. Howard (DH) – 2 / 4 p.m.
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