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Old Dominion Places Sixth at Pinehurst

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Thursday, 14 March 2013 23:46

March 12, 2013

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

FINAL INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

PINEHURST, N.C. – The Old Dominion men’s golf team placed sixth at the 2013 Pinehurst Intercollegiate tournament after shooting a team total of 301 in the third and final day of competition. The Monarchs tied for sixth place with Belmont University.

Thomas Wilde shot a 74 today, giving him a 223 three-day total and ended-up tying for 14th place. Wilde finished only nine strokes back from the Pinehurst individual champion, Tyler Merkel of Ball State. Merkel shot a 71 today, giving him a grand total of 223 for his three days on the links in North Carolina.

Garth McGee shot a 75 in the final day of competition and tied for 17th out of over 90 total golfers.

John Dawson shot an ODU day three best 73, which put him at 226 for the three days and tied for 22nd place.

Jamison Randall shaved two strokes off his score from yesterday and shot a 79 at Pinehurst today. Randall finished tied in 42nd.

Ashton Newsom tied for 48th after shooting an 84 in day three.

Richmond’s Daniel Walker shot a round-three individual best score of 65, which was four strokes better than any other golfer in the field at Pinehurst in day three.

Ball State won the 2013 Pinehurst Intercollegiate title after shooting a 282 as a team today, bringing their three day total to 885. Richmond tied Ball State for the best third round team score of 282. The Spiders tied with VCU for second place.

The Monarchs will be back in action on March 16 in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., where ODU will compete in the Mission Inn Collegiate Classic.

Team Standings

1. Ball State 293-310-282=885

T2. VCU 291-308-289=888

T2. Richmond 296-310-282=888

4. Winthrop 295-314-288=897

5. UNCG 292-311-296=899

T6. Old Dominion 286-313-301=900

T6. Belmont 297-313-290=900

T8. Eastern Michigan 299-317-299=915

T8. Toledo 302-318-295=915

10. Miami of Ohio 307-328-287=922

11. Ohio 306-323-287=924

12. Xavier 299-329-298=926

13. Marshall 315-321-291=927

14. Eastern Kentucky 305-330-296=931

15. Villanova 291-338-307=936

16. Campbell 308-328-306=942

Old Dominion Golfers

T14. Thomas Wilde 73-76-74=223

T17. Garth McGee 73-77-75=225

T22. John Dawson 71-82-73=226

T42. Jamison Randall 72-81-79=232

T48. Ashton Newsom 70-79-84=233

Top 3 Placers

1. Tyler Merkel (Ball State) 70-73-71=214

2. Adam Ball (VCU) 73-73-69=215

3. Daniel Walker (Richmond) 74-77-65=216

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Old Dominion Topples East Carolina, 5-3

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Thursday, 14 March 2013 23:40

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Old Dominion University baseball team jumped out to an early lead and held on late to defeat East Carolina on Tuesday evening at Clark-LeClair Stadium, 5-3.

Old Dominion (9-5), now winners of six of their last eight games, came out victorious for third consecutive year in Greenville on Tuesday.

Freshman left-hander Jake Josephs (2-0) hurled 5.0 scoreless innings as he scattered three hits and struck out a batter to earn his second victory. The Monarchs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning when freshman centerfielder Connor Myers cranked his second homer of the season over the right field fence.

The Monarchs added another run in the fifth on an Austin McGowan RBI single up the middle that scored Michael Perez. Junior third baseman Jordan Negirini hit his first homer in an ODU uniform to lead off the seventh inning to left field and two runs would come around to score later that frame when sophomore leftfielder Josh Eldridge smacked a two-run triple to right center field brining home Perez and McGowan to make the lead 5-0.

East Carolina (9-6) would get three runs of their own in the bottom of the seventh as the Pirates loaded the bases against freshman right-hander Tommy Alexander. A two-run double by Dylan Brown off new pitcher junior right-hander Brad Gero would plate two and an RBI groundout by Philip Clark would score another but Gero was able to strikeout a pair of Pirates to end the frame and strand an ECU runner at third to preserve ODU’s two-run lead.

The Pirates would threaten against ODU senior right-handed closer Brandon Smith in the bottom of the ninth as they loaded the bases with one out. Smith was able to induce a foul out to first base and fly out to left to end the threat and record his fourth save of the season.

Eldrige, McGown and Perez each collected two hits in the game while Negrini went 3-for-4 to lead Old Dominion. Brown went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI while Nick Thompson went 3-for-3 with a run for the Pirates. ECU starter Nick Durazo (0-1) took the loss, allowing two runs and six hits in 6.0 innings to go with a walk and three strikeouts.

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Rob Deutsch Earns At-Large Bid, ODU send four to NCAA's

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Thursday, 14 March 2013 23:24

March 13, 2013

2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship BRACKETS

NORFOLK, Va. – The NCAA announced the 330 student-athletes will be participating in the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The NCAA also announced the 170 first-round match-ups, as well as the 12 seeded wrestlers within each of the 10 weight classes. The NCAA wrestling tournament will be held on March 21-23 in Des Moines, Iowa.

"We are very proud of all four of our guys for qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Three out of our four qualifiers are freshman, so we know that the future is very bright here at Old Dominion. As a program, we have now qualified 11 student-athletes for the national tournament in the past two seasons. Our guys are really looking forward to the opportunity to stand on the podium and compete in (what will be) a sold-out and extremely hostile Wells Fargo Arena next week."

No. 17 Rob Deutsch (26-9) earned one of just four at-large bids to the NCAA Championships within the 125 pound weight class. Deutsch will first wrestle eighth-seeded Matt Snyder from the University of Virginia. Snyder, a redshirt senior, is now a three-time NCAA qualifier and 20-7 on the season.

Last weekend Deutsch, a redshirt freshman from Cherry Hill, N.J., just missed out on the CAA’s sole automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA’s. Deutsch won via major decision and tech fall in his quarterfinal and semifinal matches, respectively. In the championship match, Deutsch faced Hofstra’s All-American and three-time NCAA qualifier, No. 16 Steve Bonnano. In a highly competitive match, Deutsch came up a mere one point shy (3-2 decision).

Head coach Steve Martin said, "Rob has had a tremendous freshman year. He grinds hard every day in practice and has wrestled a lot of matches for us this season. Because of this, he has made some major improvements. At this point, we feel like Rob can beat anyone in the country."

No. 12 Chris Mecate (34-7) earned the twelve-seed for this year’s NCAA tournament and will take on Purdue’s Brandon Nelsen. Nelsen is a redshirt sophomore who went 25-12 this season.

Mecate, a redshirt freshman from Highland, Calif., punched his ticket to Des Moines, Iowa, after winning the CAA Championships last Saturday. In Mecate’s championship match, he defeated Drexel’s No. 17 Frank Cimato, 7-1. Mecate is now on an 11-match win streak; his last lass (7-3 decision) came on Jan. 11 against the No. 5 ranked wrestler in the nation, Mitchell Port (Edinboro).

Coach Martin exclaimed, "A large part of why Chris has already beaten six national qualifiers this season is because he has one of the best work ethics on the team. When Chris is on, there is no one that he cannot beat."

No. 31 Alexander Richardson (27-12) drew the four-seed, Cole VonOhlen (25-2) from Air Force. VonOhlen is a senior and has now qualified for the NCAA Championships all four years of his college career.

Richardson, a true freshman from Jersey City, N.J., qualified for his first NCAA tournament after earning one of the two CAA automatic qualifying bids within the 149 pound weight class. Richardson made it all the way to the conference’s championship match, before being defeated by All-American (placed third) and three-time NCAA qualifier from Binghamton, No. 3 Donnie Vinson.

Coach Martin expressed, "Alexander has really turned it on towards the end of this season. Not many guys qualify for nationals as a true freshman. All wrestlers go through their ups and downs throughout a season; especially freshmen. But, Alexander's toughness and athleticism has allowed him to control his own destiny now."

No. 30 Billy Curling (20-10) will have a showdown with Pittsburgh’s Nick Bonaccorsi. Bonaccorsi is a redshirt-freshman, who went 17-7 this season.

Curling, a redshirt junior and native of nearby Chesapeake, Va., automatically qualified for the NCAA tournament after becoming the CAA champion at 174 pounds last weekend. In the conference final, Curling defeated Hofstra’s Jermaine John, 6-3.

A proud Coach Martin said, "Billy is a great hometown story. Let's not forget that he suffered an injury in the middle of this season. Billy not only did not allow the injury to end his season, but he also qualified for the national tournament after returning to the mat. He has made the South Hampton Roads area very proud."

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ODU Shutout at No. 18 NC State, 5-0

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Thursday, 14 March 2013 23:22

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Old Dominion University baseball team was shutout on Wednesday evening at Doak Field by No. 18 North Carolina State, 5-0.

Old Dominion (9-6) managed just three hits against NC State (14-4), who used seven different pitchers on Wednesday, as Karl Keglovits (1-0) hurled 3.0 scoreless innings scattering two hits and walking one to earn the victory.

Andy Roberts (1-1) took the loss for the Monarchs, going 3.0 innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with two strikeouts.

The Wolfpack struck in the bottom of the first when leadoff man Bryan Adametz reached on a throwing error and would later come around to score on a sac fly by Tarran Senay. Jake Fincher led the second off with a double, stole third and scored on an RBI groundout by Will Nance to make it 2-0.

NC State would get three in the bottom of the fourth inning off the ODU bullpen as the Wolfpack loaded the bases with no outs against redshirt senior right-hander Erick Baker. Matt Bergquist then grounded out to score Fincher and Adametz flew out to right center to score Nance. Freshman Tommy Alexander then came on and the fifth run of the game would come around to score on a wild pitch.

Freshman Connor Myers and senior Austin McGowan each doubled for Old Dominion while junior Ben Verlander had the only other hit for the Monarchs. Juniors Ben Slaton and Tyler Urps each drew walks. Alexander was able to settle in and hurled 2.1 scoreless innings in relief while sophomore right-hander Michael Rienerth and redshirt senior right-hander Mike Ney each tossed scoreless innings of relief as well.

For the Wolfpack, Brett Austin went 2-for-3 while Fincher went 1-for-3 with a pair of runs. NC State shutout an opponent for the second consecutive day as they blanked Quinnipiac on Tuesday, 1-0.

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Five Lady Monarchs Land on All-CAA Teams

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Thursday, 14 March 2013 23:17

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Five members of the Old Dominion University women’s basketball team were named to the 2012-13 Colonial Athletic Association’s Women’s Basketball teams, it was announced by the league office on Wednesday evening at the annual conference awards banquet.

Sophomore forward Shae Kelley was named to the All-CAA second team and to the All-Defensive team while senior guard Jackie Cook earned third team All-CAA honors. Freshman point guard Galaisha Goodhope was named to the All-Rookie team and redshirt senior forward Mairi Buchan earned All-Academic first team honors while sophomore point guard Ashley Betz-White was All-Academic honorable mention.

Kelley, the only underclassmen named to the first, second or third teams, was in the top-10 in the league in scoring, rebounding, steals, blocked shots and field goal percentage. The Denver, Colo. native had a team-high seven double-doubles and scored in double figures in 21 of ODU’s 30 games this season, including the final seven games of the regular season. The sophomore averaged 13.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. She shot .495 from the field and had 70 steals, 58 assists and 36 blocks on the year.

Cook became the 30th player in Old Dominion history to score 1,000 points this season. The Hinckley, Ohio native led the team in scoring at 13.8 points per game and was second in rebounding at 5.1 per contest. Cook scored 20 points or more on six occasions, scored in double figures in 22 games and has tallied over 100 career three-pointers and steals.

Goodhope played in all 30 games, starting in eight of them and the final six of the regular season. The Norfolk, Va. native scored 5.6 points per game and added 59 assists and 24 steals. The freshman scored a career-high 21 points (19 in the second half) in ODU’s huge comeback win at Georgia State in their CAA opener and was named CAA Player of the Week.

Buchan was named All-Academic first team for the third consecutive year after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.93 in pre-med (biology). In February, the Stirlingshire, Scotland native earned All-Academic CoSIDA first team honors for the second straight year. Buchan is third on the team this year in scoring at 6.6 points per contest while adding 3.2 rebounds per game. She has also added 55 assists, 27 steals and 22 blocks. On Dec. 2 against Dartmouth, Buchan scored a career-high 23 points in the Lady Monarch victory.

Betz-White was a member of ODU’s Dean’s List this semester and has a cumulative GPA of 3.40 as a communications major. The sophomore point guard led the team with 64 assists and was third on the team with 41 steals while adding 5.5 points per game. The Mechanicsburg, Pa. native recorded a career-high nine assists on Jan. 31 in ODU’s win over Drexel and scored in double figures in five games.

Old Dominion (19-11) finished in fourth place in the CAA this season and added eight wins to their total from a year ago while going 9-3 in non-conference action.

Delaware senior guard/forward and all-time CAA leading scorer Elena Delle Donne earned the CAA Player of the Year honors for the second straight year and third time overall. Northeastern’s Daynia La-Force was named the CAA Coach of the Year while James Madison’s Precious Hall earned CAA Rookie of the Year. Hofstra’s Candace Bond took home the CAA Defensive Player of the Year and Drexel’s Hollie Mershon was tabbed as the Dean Ehlers Leadership Award winner.

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