Fall sports start season off strong

Sports Editor|September 18, 2012

Volleyball

The volleyball team opened with the Hilltopper Classic, a home tournament on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.

The Hilltoppers defeated Abilene Christian, fell to Colorado State-Pueblo, swept Midwestern State and fell to Angelo State to split the weekend. Hilltopper senior libero Michelle Hundt was named the Heartland Conference Player of the Week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2.

The Hilltoppers opened conference play with a win over TAMU-International and bested St. Mary’s in the annual Battle of the Saints match in a nail-bitingly close win.

The Toppers suffered their first loss play to Dallas Baptist. They then swept SW Oklahoma State and fell to West Texas A&M. Hundt was honored with another Player of the Week award for the week of Sept. 3-9, along with Senior Mary McNamara.

Women’s Soccer

The women’s soccer team has had a successful run this season, creaming all their competition in all of their five games thus far.

The Toppers bested New Mexico Highlands with a 2-0 victory, with goals scored by Jessica Traves and Taylor Wiseman.

The team fell behind in their next game against Adams State College, but came back for a victory thanks to goals from Megan Anderson and Lauren Heller.

Junior defender Kate Orklid was named Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2.

The team hosted Metro State, Incarnate Word and Regis College in an unofficial tournament Sept. 7-9. The Hilltoppers beat Metro State in their first game of the tournament, 2-1 and beat Regis with a 1-0 shutout. In the latest game against 9th-ranked Dallas Baptist, the Hilltoppers surprised everyone with a 5-1 win against the conference heavyweight.

Men’s Soccer

Men’s soccer opened with a loss to Colorado School of Mines, ultimately falling short in a 3-2 loss. The Hilltoppers then played no. 1-ranked Fort Lewis College. The first half of the game ended in a 0-0. Fort Lewis took control of the game in the second half and won 2-0.

The team traveled to play Dallas Baptist Sept. 13 for the conference opener. Daniel Riley scored his first goal of the season, as did Andrew Fox. James Martin added the game’s third goal just three minutes later to clinch the win. The Hilltoppers played fifth-ranked Midwestern State this weekend in a rainy match, which ended 0-0.

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Moments before the second goal was scored against the Patriots. “Those moments where you had to push yourself were a big highlight for me,” Reyes said. “This journey, this season, it was a moment. I think about how I started the season, focusing on things, on little things, and the things that were going to become big things too.”

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Bailey Featherstone (21) and J.P. (1) celebrate a basket against Colorado School of Mines. Featherstone and J.P. were both named to last year’s Lone Star Conference All-Freshman Team.

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The women’s club basketball team poses after their first win of the season. “These girls come into practice and they work hard every single time,” Rae said. “They take their time out of their day outside of practice to work on their skills too, so they're not only coming to practice and working hard, but they're doing it on their own time too. They have a lot of dedication, they have commitment, and that's all I could ask for. They work really hard in practice. They help each other out. We're in practice, and if someone is struggling, whether it's a bad day or they just can't get a skill down, some of the other teammates are there to help 'em, pick 'em up, show 'em how to do it. We work as one unit and these girls have put in so much hard work, and even with just six of us, we have grown so much. And tonight we pulled off this win. And I think that it also wouldn't be fun without them. They have such great energy, especially in practice, keeping it lighthearted. We're always supporting each other, we're always making each other laugh, and it's just all making it worth it. And that's why I do this. That's why I want to manage the team, so that I can make the program possible for them to play.”

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Irvin Abarca, who scored SEU’s first goal against Dallas Baptist University, dribbles against a Patriots’ forward. Throughout this season, Abarca has played all 17 games of the season, and accounted for four assists and scored his first goal during the Homecoming game.

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Sports / Soccer

The calm before the kick – Christian Mezas focused and preparing to strike in University of Texas at Tyler game. “I believe in them,” head coach Brian Young said. “I’m proud of the guys, we went down a goal and came back from it. We’re still a young team of mostly freshmen and sophomores, once we got that goal the spirit was definitely lifted.”

St. Edward’s secures 2-1 LSC Tournament quarterfinal victory over UT Tyler with late penalty goal

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SEU wins homecoming match against Dallas Baptist University 2-0

Freshman forward Christian Mezas runs up the field towards the box in an attacking effort against an Oklahoma Christian defender. Mezas was one of the players responsible for assisting Arthur Souza, who scored the goal for the Hilltoppers at the 82nd minute.

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Annie Rocha shoots for a goal while a Texas A&M player tries to block her shot. Rocha was the player of the match, scoring both goals in the first half, just 10 minutes apart from each other.

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