Weekly Recap - October 25 - 31

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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