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 Swimming teams surge past LaGrange
The men’s and women’s swimming teams swept its second consecutive dual meet Nov. 22 as both teams defeated LaGrange College at the Chatham County Aquatic Center. The Bees defeated LaGrange 78-23 in the women’s meet, while the men’s team defeated the Panthers 80-52. The men’s team improved to 3-0 while the women leveled their record at 2-2. SCAD returns to action Dec. 7 when they take part in the Emory Invitational in Atlanta. SCAD won 15 of the 20 events contested at the meet. Laine Benthall, Bill Parris, Cynthia Plasschaert and Dede Brown each won two events. Benthall won the women’s 50-yard freestyle (25.88) and 100 backstroke (1:04.76). Parris won the men’s 200 individual medley (2:16.21) and 100 backstroke (1:00.73). Plasschaert won the women’s 200 freestyle (2:18.35) and 500 freestyle (6:13.81) events while Brown won the women’s 100 freestyle (1:05.91) and 100 breaststroke (1:20.06). Other winners include Jeff Billon who qualified for the 2004 NAIA National Championships that will be held March 3-6 in Lawrence, Kansas by winning the men’s 50 freestyle with a time of 22.80. It is the eighth event the first-year program has qualified for in just the first month of the season. Christine Felman (women’s 200 individual medley — 3:00.63), Andrew Perez (men’s 100 freestyle — 51.62), Seth Carlson (men’s 500 freestyle — 5:30.37) and Alex Enas (men’s 100 breaststroke – 1:05.63) also picked up wins for the Bees. Women’s basketball picks up first victory The women’s basketball team rallied from 11 points down in the second half and defeated Methodist College 77-71 in overtime Nov. 30 at the Methodist/Ramada Limited Turkey Shootout. SCAD improved to 1-3 while Methodist remained winless in four tries. SCAD returns to action Dec. 2 when they face Rhodes College in a 7 p.m. in Memphis, Tenn. The Lady Monarchs led 29-25 at halftime, and led by as many as 11 points, 52-41 with 9:33 remaining. Methodist appeared to have the game in hand with a 64-56 lead with 2:20 remaining. That’s when SCAD finished off regulation with a 10-0 run to send the game into overtime. The Bees’ Beth Henson converted consecutive baseline jump shots, trimming the Lady Monarch lead to 64-62 with 37 seconds remaining. With 15 seconds remaining, Methodist’s Allison Compton had an opportunity to possibly seal the game for the Lady Monarchs with two free throws. However, she missed both ends, giving SCAD one final opportunity. Kacie Moreland was fouled underneath with five seconds remaining, and the 6-foot forward sank both free throws to send the game into overtime. Methodist took a two-point lead twice in overtime. However, a jump shot by Moreland and a driving lay-up by Rachel Hennon gave the Bees a 70-68 lead with 2:38 remaining. Methodist earned two free throws to tie the game at 70. But SCAD got a jump shot from Alexis AuBuchon and two free throws by Kerise Delcoure to take a 74-70 lead with 1:43 remaining. Free-throw shooting hurt the Lady Monarchs as they converted only 46 percent (15-for-33) from the charity stripe. Henson scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for SCAD, while AuBuchon scored 12 points, Delcoure scored 11 points and Moreland, who was named to the all-tournament team, added 10 points. SCAD dropped a 67-59 decision to Ferrum College in the tournament’s opening game Nov. 28. Kacie Moreland led the Bees with 14 points and 14 rebounds. The Bees opened the season Nov. 21-22 at the Country Hearth Inn Tournament in Danville, Ky. SCAD lost to Louisiana College 91-72 in the first round and dropped a 76-73 overtime decision to host school Centre College in the consolation game. Men’s basketball evens record; Davis becomes school’s all-time leading scorer Gerard Bowden scored 19 points to lead three men’s basketball players in double figures as the Bees defeated Johnson & Wales University 73-61 Nov. 29 on the final day of the Snyder Classic hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Neb. SCAD improved to 4-4 while Johnson & Wales fell to 2-5. The Bees, who led the entire game, took a 39-32 lead at halftime as Bowden scored 13 points. SCAD outscored Johnson & Wales 11-3 over the first six minutes of the second half to take a 15-point lead (50-35) on a three-pointer by Stu Melvin. Johnson & Wales cut the Bees’ lead down to 10 points (50-40) with 12:31 left before SCAD opened some breathing room with a 15-5 run over the next five minutes to take a 65-45 lead on two free throws by Melvin. SCAD’s Keith Davis was named to the all-tournament team after scoring 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and five steals. Nathan Henderson also scored 12 points for the Bees. The University of Dallas defeated SCAD 89-78 Nov. 28 on the first day of the Classic. Davis recorded another double-double as he led the Bees with 26 points and 10 rebounds. The Bees scored the game’s final 12 points Nov. 26 as they defeated Averett University 65-55 in Danville, Va. Davis led SCAD with 20 points and 15 rebounds. The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University men’s basketball team held on for the 77-75 victory over the Bees Nov. 22 to claim the Trip Sports Invitational at the ICI Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. Davis, SCAD’s all-tournament selection, led the Bees with 27 points and 17 rebounds, cut the lead to 74-69 with 2:35 left. Davis, who scored 18 of his team’s 33 first-half points along with 12 rebounds, became SCAD’s all-time career leading scorer eclipsing Jerry McChristian’s (1993-95) scoring record of 1,141. The senior from Waycross now has 1,207 in his career. Women’s golf ranked 20th in preseason The Savannah College of Art and Design women’s golf team is ranked 20th in the 2004 NAIA Women’s Golf Preseason Rating. This is the first time since SCAD rejoined the NAIA Sept. 30 that a SCAD team has been nationally ranked. The Bees are averaging rounds of 351.60 so far this season, an improvement of 15 strokes over last season’s team. SCAD returns to action Feb. 7-8 at the Tusculum College Women’s Collegiate Golf Invitational at Kiawah Island, S.C. Women’s soccer earns team academic award The women’s soccer team earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Team Academic Award for the second consecutive season. In all, 265 women’s programs earned the award by achieving a 3.0 grade point average as a team during the 2002-03 academic year. The women’s team, under the direction of Andy Williamson, compiled a 3.59 grade point average last season. That grade point average was fifth best out of any NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III or NAIA institution. Only the College of St. Mary (3.64), Alma College (3.61), University of Rochester (3.61) and Indiana Wesleyan University (3.60) had higher grade point averages. Two men’s soccer players named to all-America team Two SCAD student-athletes were named to the Daktronics-NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete Men’s Soccer Team. Earning the award for the Bees were senior Shawn Monaghan and junior Blake Taylor. There were 151 student-athletes named to the team. Recipients for this award must be a junior or above in academic standing and maintain a cumulative 3.50 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Monaghan, a 5-foot-6 forward from Aurora, Ill, finished with two goals this season as he started all 15 matches for the Bees this season. Monaghan maintains a 3.70 grade point average as a computer art major. Taylor, a 5-8 defender from Tucson, Ariz., has been a mainstay in the Bees’ backfield has he started all 15 matches for the Bees this past season. Taylor maintains a 3.78 grade point average as a broadcast design major. Fencing club hosts invitational The fencing club hosted and participated in the McIntosh-Elholm Fencing Tournament Nov. 15-16. The team participated in both the foil and sabre events. The SCAD participants in the foil open were: Lianne Cruz, Christine Phelan, Robin Holstein, Tiffany Borchardt, Tran Do, Ronald Corden, Ollie Perishic, and Matt Ornstein. SCAD had seven fencers in the top 10, including a second-place finish from Lianne Cruz, who earned her United States Fencing Association “E” rating. She is the first women’s team member to earn a rating. In the Open Sabre event, Jacob Clark, Teddy Hartle, Karl Horvath and Christine Phelan represented the team. Clark placed third in the event earning SCAD’s first medal in a sabre competition. This was the first tournament sponsored by the fencing team The event was well attended drawing teams from the University of South Carolina, Wesleyan College, Georgia Southern University and the Savannah Fencing club. Men’s soccer coach steps down Director of Athletics Jud Damon announced men’s soccer head coach Bryan Thorp has resigned to pursue other opportunities, effective immediately. “The college greatly appreciates Coach Thorp’s efforts over the past three seasons and we wish him all the best in the future,” Damon said. The Bees finished the 2003 season with a 3-12-0 record. During Thorp’s tenure at SCAD, the Bees were 17-31-3 (.363 winning percentage). A national search to fill the position will begin immediately, according to Damon. MacEachern is the SCAD sports information director. |
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