Weekly Recap - November 1 - 8

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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