The ETSU track and field team had an outstanding day at the Furman Invitational Saturday as 14 different Buccaneer athletes claimed titles in their respective events, and collected 18 titles overall. The men brought home 11 titles and the women came away with seven.
ETSU senior Rhys Davies continues to put his name in prestigious company. Colonial Country Club and The Friends of Golf (FOG) in cooperation with the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), has announced the 10 semifinalists for the 2007 The Ben Hogan Award.
Following two, straight-set victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions, ETSU's Predrag Burmazovic has been selected at the Atlantic Sun Player of the Week, league officials announced. Burmazovic, a junior, business major, earned his No. 1 singles win in conference action against Mercer's Tobias Ohrstrom (6-3, 6-3) and then moved to No.
After tallying 23 runs on 22 hits on Friday, the ETSU softball team improved those numbers by recording 25 runs on 25 hits in a critical Atlantic Sun sweep over Lipscomb Saturday afternoon. The Bucs took game one, 12-0, as seniors Stephanie Gaynord and Allison Burnette each recorded a home run on Senior Day, and ETSU won the nightcap, 13-1, as they pushed runs across the plate in all four innings.
Becoming just the first female in school history to amass 100 career victories, ETSU's Masha Ilina has been selected at the Atlantic Sun's Player of the Week, league officials announced. Ilina, a senior from Kyiv, Ukraine, defeated Lauriane Auvergne of Mercer in the No.
In a week where almost any member of the ETSU softball team could have been named Atlantic Sun Player of the Week, senior Stephanie Gaynord received the honors by the league office Monday afternoon after her dominating efforts over Belmont and Lipscomb this past weekend.
Freshman Danny Petro capped an improbable game one rally with a bases-loaded, 10th-inning single, propelling the Bucs to a 7-6 victory, and senior Caleb Glafenhein turned in his third consecutive complete game effort in the nightcap, holding the Owls to two runs on 10 hits as ETSU completed the weekend sweep, 5-2.
I usually reserve this for the end of my column but this topic affects the future of this country, as we know it. WHAT THE @$#!. The Knothole Little League in Cincinnati has banned one of the most time-honored traditions in baseball: Chatter to the other team.
East Tennessee State University women's soccer head coach Heather Henson has announced the Buccaneer soccer schedule for the 2007 season. In their third year in the Atlantic Sun Conference, the Buccaneers look to improve on their conference record while adding to their non-conference slate of teams.