The Campus Chronicle

Volume 3, No. 15
February 28, 2003

Sophomore Dalton Harpe holds the trophy he won for achieving the only sub-par round of the day at the Newberry College/Persimmon Hill Invitational Tournament Feb. 23 in Saluda, S.C. The Bees won the tournament.
Photo courtesy of SCAD golf

Baseball earns first two wins of season

By Michael MacEachern

The Savannah College of Art and Design baseball team swept two games from Piedmont College Feb. 23 in Demorest. The Bees defeated the Lions 8-4 in completion of a suspended game from Feb. 22 and then won 3-2 in the nightcap.

The Bees improved to 2-6 while the Lions fell to 2-2. SCAD returns to action Feb. 28 with a 2 p.m. contest against Alma College at Chain Field.

In the opener, SCAD jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Brad Kempson, who had three hits, started the rally with a one-out single and later scored on Alex Cotto’s RBI double. Scott Frederick put runners on the corners for the Bees with a bunt single. A double steal by Frederick and Cotto resulted in the second run for SCAD, while James O’Connell drove in the final run with an infield single.

The Bees took a 7-0 lead with four runs in the fourth inning. Sean Smith made it 5-0 when he drove in a run on an error. Kempson drove in two more runs with a double and Cotto, who had three hits, drove in another run with his second double of the game.

SCAD starter Harold Jones improved to 1-2 with seven innings of work, while Chris Rud picked up his first save as he pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

In the nightcap, SCAD only managed three hits, made them count against the Lions.

SCAD took a 1-0 lead in the third without the benefit of a hit. Salomon Rincon walked and stole second base. A fielder’s choice by Smith moved Rincon to third. Rincon would later steal home to give the Bees the lead.

SCAD added a run in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead on Armando Abreu’s sacrifice fly. The Lions closed the margin to 2-1 with a run in the bottom of the inning, before the Bees took a 3-1 lead on a two-out double by Kempson in the fifth.

Kempson improved to 1-2 as he scattered six hits in his first complete-game of the season.

Men’s golf captures tournament; Harpe earns honors
The 13th-ranked men’s golf team had the only sub-par round of the day, a one-under 71 by sophomore Dalton Harpe as the Bees won the Newberry College/Persimmon Hill Invitational Tournament Feb. 23 by 11 strokes over host Newberry College in the one-day event in Saluda, S.C.

SCAD recorded its first team title of the season as it defeated eight other schools with a round of 321. The Bees return to action March 3-4 when they travel to Southern Pines, N.C., for the Pine Needles Invitational.

Rain forced the cancellation of Feb. 22’s round one action, shortening the event to just a one-day event at the par-72, 6,925-yard Persimmon Hill Golf Club course.

Harpe and Newberry’s Erik Martin joined a group in a three-way tie for third place with rounds on the All-Tournament Team that included Newberry’s Chase Bridges, Montreat College sophomore Brent Atkins and SCAD junior Grant McMahan.

Freshman Jon Orchin recorded a top-10 finish for SCAD as he finished in sixth with a round of 82. Freshmen Matt Doane and Drew Mersinger finished tied for 20th for the Bees with rounds of 87.

Women’s basketball splits two on the road
Nicole Moody scored a career-high 32 points to lead four players in double figures as the women’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 91-84 victory over Peace College Feb. 21 at the Hermann Student Center in Raleigh, N.C.

The Bees improved to 11-13 while Peace fell to 9-13.

Moody, who was 9-of-16 from the field and hit 12-of-14 free throws in the game, and Becki Tower combined for 26 points in the first half as the Bees took a 42-41 lead at the half. Moody scored 15 points in the opening 20 minutes, while Tower scored 11 of her 17 points in the first half.

The entire game was nip and tuck as neither team enjoyed more than a seven-point lead and also featured 13 ties. SCAD took the lead for good at 79-76 as Tower nailed one of her three three-pointers with 5:07 remaining. Kerise Delcoure, who scored a career-high 14 points, followed with a jumper 32 seconds later to push the lead to five points (81-76).

Peace would get as close as three points (81-78) on a free throw by Sherata Williams with 4:06 remaining, but they wouldn’t get any closer the rest of the game. The Bees held off Peace as SCAD connected on 5-of-6 free throws in the final two minutes.

Monique Lewis added 14 points and led the Bees with nine rebounds. Moody added eight rebounds while Delcoure dished out a team-high seven rebounds.

Meg Coe scored a career-high 22 points to lead Methodist College to a 79-63 victory over SCAD a day earlier in Fayetteville, N.C.

Methodist used a 17-4 run midway through the first half to take a 12-point lead (23-11) on two free throws with 10:44 left by Coe, who scored 16 points in the opening 20 minutes. The Bees got back in the game as they put together a 13-3 run late in the half to tie the game at 31 on a layup by Rachel Breiner with 1:17 left. The Monarchs took the lead for good 10 seconds later on a Coe jumper and led 37-33 at the half.

The Monarchs used a 12-3 run midway through the second half to break open the game and push their lead to 13 points (59-46) on a layup by Brandy McCollum with 9:33 remaining. The Bees, who only hit 22.9 percent (8-of-35) of their shots in the second half, got as close as 10 points (59-49), on a free throw by Tower with 7:50 left. Methodist put the game out of reach as they reeled off the next 11 points to take its largest lead of the game (70-49) on two free throws by Christen Snyder with 4:15 left.

Tower and Moody each tossed in 14 points while Lewis added 10. Moody and Hagwood each grabbed 10 rebounds.

Women’s basketball duo earns honors
Tower was one of 10 NCAA Division III women’s basketball players who were named as finalists for the Jostens Trophy. The awards will be presented March 20 in Salem, Va.

The Jostens Trophy seeks to honor the true Division III student-athlete: excellence in the classroom, on the court and in the community. A national selection committee that consists of college coaches, former athletes, college administrators and selected members of the media votes on the finalists. The members of the national selection committee cast their votes based on three criteria: basketball ability, academic ability and community service.

Tower, a 5-foot-10 senior forward from Wrentham, Mass., leads the team in three-point field goals (40). She is second for the Bees in scoring average (15.1 ppg), points (362) and free throw percentage (.787), and fourth in assists (60) and steals (21). Tower, who was named to the Verizon Academic All-District III first team for college division women’s basketball last week, has started in 21 of the 24 games she has played this season and scored a career-high 32 points in a win over Wesleyan (Ga.) College last month. Tower, who has a 4.00 grade point average as a computer art major, has scored 745 points in 99 games (7.8 ppg). She also has 184 rebounds, 112 assists, 46 steals and 25 blocks in her career. Away from the basketball floor, Tower has served as a volunteer at the local humane society and with an area YMCA girls’ basketball team (age 10-11).

Moody, a 5-10 sophomore guard from Phoenix, Ariz., was named to the Verizon Academic All-District III second team, leads the team in scoring (17.5 ppg), rebounding (8.3 rpg) and field goal percentage (.464, 140-of-302). Moody, who has a 3.83 grade point average as a product design major, has scored 701 points (14.9 ppg) and pulled down 311 rebounds (6.6 rpg) in 47 career games.

Equestrian program wins Florida championships
Members of the equestrian program fared well at two horse shows Feb. 22-23.

The Bees won three championships at the Horse Shows in the Sun held Feb. 22-23 in Ocala, Fla. The HITS is a premier series of A-rated shows that run in Florida, New York and California.

Jordan Siegel aboard SCAD horse “Art History” won the Adult Amateurs Hunter 18-35 title while Lilly deSousa aboard “Art and Design” captured the Adult Equitation title. SCAD’s other title was the Novice Adult Equitation captured by Ashley Kelly aboard “Industrial Design”.

Ashley Grainger aboard “Sculpture” finished second in the Ariat Adult Medal, in the Charles Owen Adult Medal and in both Adult Equitation classes.

The Bees also participated in a horse show at Full Partner’s Farm Feb. 23 in Gainesville, Fla. Patty Ormaza was the champion of the Hopeful Jumpers category and was the reserve champion in the Low Hunters competition. Rissy Fiora also was named reserve champion in the Walk-Trot-Canter division.

Kristina Ahearn, Larissa Carpenter and Jessica Brown all placed in the top three in the Modified Adult Hunter division.

SCAD returns to intercollegiate competition March 15 when they compete at the College of Charleston Horse Show in Charleston, S.C.

MacEachern is the SCAD sports information director.