November 6, 2009
WILSON, NC — The Barton College women's volleyball team clinched a spot in the Conference Carolinas Tournament Friday night with a 25-20, 25-14, 27-25 victory over visiting Converse College.
The Lady Bulldogs of head coach Patrick Morgan are locked into the seventh spot in the league standings and should play at No. 2 seed Pfeiffer Tuesday night. The game will likely be contested at 6:30. Barton concludes the regular season Saturday at 2 in Wilson Gymnasium against league rival Limestone.
"The first game was a game of runs, and we just had the last run," Morgan said, noting that the Valkyries had closed within 20-19 before the Lady Bulldogs ran off the last five points. "In the second game, we played well, and unfortunately, they did not. They just made a lot of unforced errors, and we capitalized on that. We just stayed aggressive in the third game, played well and eked out the victory."
Barton was up 24-21 in the final set when Converse scored four straight to take a 25-24 lead. The Lady Bulldogs rattled off three straight points to win the match.
Morgan was happy that he was able to get junior Meagan Parrott back on the court for the first time in 2 1/2 weeks. Parrott has been one of two injured starters for the Lady Bulldogs. Junior libero Cassie Blackmon is still out after breaking her thumb.
Junior setter Carly Cash accounted for 16 assists, six digs and two aces and junior setter Macon Harmon added 19 assists in running the show for Barton. Junior outside hitter Mel Ritter pounded 12 kills, had 16 digs, made three blocks and served up three aces. Freshman outside hitter Kati Wood added 15 kills and two digs.
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November 5, 2009
HIGH POINT, NC — The Barton College men's basketball team must replace the leadership, heart, scoring and rebounding of the most successful senior class in school history if it hopes to continue its run of outstanding seasons in 2009-10. However, the Conference Carolinas coaches still feel the Bulldogs are the team to beat, evidenced by Barton's pick as the No. 1 team in the 2009-10 Coaches Poll.
David King, Bobby Buffaloe and Errol Frails led Barton to a sensational 103-26 (.798) record, including three trips to the NCAA Tournament, three conference regular-season and tournament championships, East Region titles in 2006 and 2007, NCAA Tournament appearances in 2006, 2007 and 2009, Elite Eight appearances in 2006 and 2007 and the NCAA D-II National Championship in 2007.
The Bulldogs return 15 players from last year's 25-7 (17-3 conference) squad that shared the Conference Carolinas regular season championship and won the tournament title. Leading the Bulldogs this season will be 6-3 senior forward L.J. Dunn, a returning first-team All-Conference Carolinas choice. Dunn, an All-America candidate who made the All-Southeast Region team, averaged 14.6 points and 9.2 rebounds last season while shooting a sensational 61.4 percent from the floor. Junior guard Greg Mammel is the other returning starter. He averaged 7.3 points, three assists and 1.2 steals per game.
"It is a tremendous honor for the conference coaches to vote us No. 1," 14th-year head coach Ron Lievense said, "but it is not where you start, but where you finish. We have lost a lot of tremendous players that have left a great legacy at Barton. Now, it's time for all these young players here to leave their own legacy. I think a lot of this vote has to do with the success we have had in recent years. Our guys will have to step up to earn this honor."
Mount Olive College returns three All-Conference players from last year's regular season conference co-champions, including preseason second team All-American and 2008-09 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year Kendrick Easley. The Trojans finished 18-10 last year and won a share of its second consecutive regular season Conference Carolinas title with a 17-3 mark. Easley ranked nationally and led the conference in scoring with a 21.2 points per game average. The senior guard was also nationally ranked in free throw percentage and three-point field goal percentage. Junior forward Craig Hayes and senior guard/forward Mike Holloman both earned All-Conference Carolinas honorable mention last year.
The Trojans graduated two-time All-Conference point guard and Trojan career assists leader Justin Melton, but bring back sophomore Derek Staton, who started eight games last year while Melton was injured. Mount Olive opens the season at Lenoir Rhyne before hosting the annual Mount Olive College Pickle Classic. This year's Classic includes two of the last five national champions in Barton and Virginia Union.
The 2009-10 Anderson University men's basketball team returns ten players, including four starters from a 15-win team (15-14 overall, 12-8 league) and fifth-place Conference Carolinas regular season finish. Last year's team ranked third in the conference and 33rd in the country, scoring 80.8 points per game. Guard Brandon Young and forward Stephen Cobb lead the group of returnees. Young, who is poised to join the 1,000-point club this season, was a First Team All-Conference performer last season after averaging 16.8 points per game. Cobb averaged 12.7 ppg and shot 43.8 percent from the field last year as a sophomore. He was named to the Conference Carolinas All-Tournament team. The Trojans return 85 percent of their potent scoring offense from last season and bolstered by two newcomers, look to be contenders this season.
Rounding out the men's poll 4-11 was: Pfeiffer, Belmont Abbey, Erskine, Queens, Limestone, Coker, Lees-McRae, and St. Andrews, respectively.
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November 5, 2009
HIGH POINT, NC — Barton College has been voted by Conference Carolinas head coaches as this year's preseason league favorite.
The Barton women have played in three of the last six NCAA D-II tournaments and would like nothing more than to be tipping off in the postseason come March of 2010. Head coach Wendee Saintsing, in her 21st season, returns three starters (Esty Flores, Jannetta Robinson and Jamila Johnson) and has a freshman class of nine, so developing team chemistry will have a lot to do with how successful the Lady Bulldogs will be this year. Three other players return from a 2008-09 squad that finished 22-6 overall and won the Conference Carolinas regular-season championship at 18-4. However, the Lady Bulldogs were left out of the NCAA Tournament, so they have a point to prove this season.
Flores, the 5-foot-3 point guard and reigning Conference Player of the Year, will again run the show for Barton. The All-Southeast Region first-team pick averaged 20.5 points and 5.1 assists last season. Senior 6-1 center Sharnita Alston, 5-8 junior Destiny Hamlin and 6-2 junior Kelsey Sill are experienced players as well.
"Nobody knows what you have," Saintsing said. "It (preseason poll) is really based on last year, so you can't put a lot of weight in preseason polls. We're young and talented, so I think that success will come when we are able to gel and get everybody thinking and doing the same thing. It's just a matter of how long that will take."
Mount Olive College places second in this year's preseason poll as they return three starters from last year's squad, which eclipsed the 20-win mark for the second straight year and made their second consecutive appearance in the Conference Carolinas Tournament championship game. The Trojans rode a school-record 14-game winning streak to a 23-7 mark and finished second in the conference standings with a 17-5 record. Senior forward Jasmine Whitby earned All-Southeast Region honors and was named to the All-Conference Carolinas first team. Whitby became the first player in Trojan basketball history - women or men - to record a "30-20″ game with 32 points and 20 rebounds against Erskine. She ranked seventh in the conference in scoring with a 15.8 average and also ranked in the top five in rebounds and steals.
Also returning is junior point guard Shequanta McGee and junior forward Brittany Miller. McGee ranked sixth in the conference in assists and hit a crucial three-pointer in the final minute of the Trojans' semifinal win over Belmont Abbey in last year's Conference Carolinas Tournament. Miller ranked sixth in the conference last year with a 53.7 percent field goal percentage and blocked a three-point attempt at the buzzer in a two-point win at Queens. After winning the Conference Carolinas Tournament championship and advancing to the NCAA Tournament Regional semifinals in 2007-08, Mount Olive was conference tournament runner-up last year.
Anderson University comes in tied for the third-place spot in the preseason poll with Belmont Abbey. The Trojans are coming off their sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament following their fourth Conference Carolinas tournament championship. The Trojans return five players, including two starters, from last year's squad, which posted an 18-13 overall and 14-8 league record after winning nine of their last 11 games. The backcourt is anchored by guards Shanice Wilson and junior Alexa Neal. Wilson started all 31 games, while Neal started 28 contests. Neal earned All-Tournament accolades and Honorable Mention All-Conference honors after averaging 14.5 points and a team-high 4.4 assists (ranking fourth in the conference). The Trojans also welcome eight newcomers to the 2009-10 squad.
The Belmont Abbey College women's basketball team returns seven players, including its top three leading scorers, for Coach Susan Yow, who will be entering her third season after guiding the Lady Crusaders to back-to-back 19-10 records (16-6 league record). Forward Shayla Jackson returns as the Abbey's leading scorer at 13.4 points per game, while senior guards Courtney Naquin and Ashley Giddens averaged 12.9 and 9.76 per game, respectively. The returners will complement five recruits for the upcoming season - Kelsey Campbell, Alyx Ingram, Kiandria "Kiki" Allen, Dana Middleton and Autumn Smith-Faulkner.
Rounding out the women's poll at 5-12 are: Queens, Erskine, Coker, Limestone, Pfeiffer, Lees-McRae, Converse, and St. Andrews, respectively.
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November 5, 2009
HIGH POINT, NC — The 2009 All-Conference Carolinas men's soccer team was announced this week during the league tournament. Barton (5-13-1, 2-7-1) did not have anyone selected for the three squads by the league's coaches.
Regular-season champion Lees-McRae, currently ranked 7th nationally in NCAA D-II, had four players named to the first team.
Men's All-Conference 1st-Team
Berin Boracic, Lees-McRae - Forward
Emmanual Yamson, Belmont Abbey - Forward
Paulo Passini, Anderson - Forward
Alistair Benson, Limestone - Forward
Lasse Sohrweide, Anderson - Midfielder
Kash Knight, Pfeiffer - Midfielder
Renato Barbosa, Pfeiffer - Midfielder
Dale Parker, Lees-McRae - Defender
Luke Duffy, Lees-McRae - Defender
Dominic Casciato, Limestone - Defender
Sean Paradise, Lees-McRae - Goalkeeper
Men's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Richard Guffens, Lees-McRae - Forward
Alex Landim, Pfeiffer - Forward
Eric Stiefield, Coker - Forward
David Palmer, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Keegan Ziada, Limestone - Midfielder
Lee Smyth, Limestone - Midfielder
James Moseley, Anderson - Defender
Marc Mergena, Coker - Defender
Jack Reid, Belmont Abbey - Defender
Wilver Menacho, Pfeiffer - Defender
Alex Moreno, Pfeiffer - Goalkeeper
Men's All-Conference 3rd-Team
Daniel Shrizad, Coker - Forward
Junior Ellis, Limestone - Forward
Daniel Montero, St. Andrews - Forward
Luke Perry, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Jack Kimber, Erskine - Midfielder
Nick Brindley, Pfeiffer - Midfielder
Jamie Bladen, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Rayon Markland, Anderson - Defender
James Burke, Limestone - Defender
Luke Vernon, Pfeiffer - Defender
James Sweeney, Coker - Goalkeeper
Freshman of the Year
Luke Perry, Lees-McRae
Player of the Year
Berin Boracic, Lees-McRae
Coach of the Year
Chris Whalley, Lees-McRae
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November 5, 2009
HIGH POINT, NC — The Conference Carolinas All-Conference women' s soccer team for 2009 was announced today during the week's league tournament. Head Coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote upon the award winners. Barton was represented on the second team by sophomore forward Hilary Peterson (Hampstead, NC), who led the Lady Bulldogs (3-12-2, 3-6-2 league) with 17 points off seven goals and three assists.
League regular-season champion Belmont Abbey was represented by four players on the first team.
Women's All-Conference 1st-Team
Connie Axiotis, Belmont Abbey - Forward
Kristen Wright, Queens - Forward
Jessica Kleinberg, Anderson - Forward
Vickie Rich, Lees-McRae - Forward
Alyssa Wombwell, Pfeiffer - Midfielder
Celene Molera, Belmont Abbey - Midfielder
Nicole Voets, Belmont Abbey - Midfielder
Sara McCormack, Pfeiffer - Defender
Amanda Maddock, Belmont Abbey - Defender
Katherine Johnson, Queens - Defender
Kristen Kornacki, Queens - Goalkeeper
Women's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Kirsten Bartsch, Pfeiffer - Forward
Samantha Brown, Pfeiffer - Forward
Hilary Peterson, Barton - Forward
Ashley Cotton, Anderson - Midfielder
Megan Reaves, Pfeiffer - Midfielder
Madi Dulisse, Limestone - Midfielder
Mary Dorn, Lees-McRae - Defender
Lindsay Palm, Belmont Abbey - Defender
Katelyn Conover, Anderson - Defender
Hilary Parkin, Converse - Defender
Suzie Hinman, Pfeiffer - Goalkeeper
Women's All-Conference 3rd-Team
Tia Rose, Mount Olive - Forward
Molly Harpe, Erskine - Forward
Rebekka Hagarman, Limestone - Forward
Aerial Gregston, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Lindsay Patterson, Erskine - Midfielder
Maribeth Novak, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Krystal Hedderman, St. Andrews - Midfielder
Patrice Clarke, Mount Olive - Defender
Caroline Smith, Mount Olive - Defender
Tiffany Caudle, Pfeiffer - Defender
Si' Ara Washington, Erskine - Goalkeeper
Freshman of the Year
Kristen Wright, Queens
Player of the Year
Connie Axiotis, Belmont Abbey
Coach of the Year
Renee Lopez, Lees-McRae
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November 3, 2009
WILSON, NC — Senior Night for Stacy Way (Graham, NC) and her Barton College volleyball teammates was spoiled by visiting Coker on Tuesday night as the Lady Cobras exited with a 25-17, 19-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-11 victory.
The loss left the Lady Bulldogs 13-17 overall and 7-10 in Conference Carolinas play while Coker improved to 4-25 overall and 2-14 in the league. Barton is home with Converse College at 7 Friday night and concludes the regular season at 2 p.m. Saturday in Wilson Gym vs. Limestone.
The loss left Barton's hopes of getting into the eight-team conference tournament in jeopardy. Barton currently occupies the seventh spot, but is one game up on Belmont Abbey and 1 1/2 games up on St. Andrews. If Barton wins either of its last two matches, it will in the tournament, or if Abbey or SAPC lose one match, Barton will qualify.
The Lady Bulldogs, who played without injured starters Meagan Parrott and Cassie Blackmon, got a strong performance from junior middle hitter Chancey Sebranek (Garden City, KS), who had 12 kills, three digs and three aces and recorded a .400 hitting percentage. Junior outside hitter Mel Ritter (Wescosville, PA), wound up with 17 kills and eight digs while freshman outside hitter Kati Wood (Pasadena, MD) had some big plays and finished with 14 kills and four digs. Junior setter Carly Cash (Oxford, NC) accounted for 27 assists and 12 digs and freshman libero Marina Field (Bloomingburg, NY) added 13 digs.
Coker rode 13 kills, seven digs and two aces from sophomore Cynallyhia Indriago (Columbia, SC). Junior Kristen Teets (W. Columbia, SC) tallied eight kills, three solo block and one block assist while freshman Lisa Ross (Bowling Green, KY) accounted for seven kills and two aces. Freshman setters Abby Frame (Sylvania, OH) and Molly Bookhart (Orangeburg, SC) notched 19 and 17 assists, respectively, and senior Trisha Moore (Rock Hill, SC) added nine digs.
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November 1, 2009
BANNER ELK, N.C. - The Lees-McRae College Lady Bobcats (23-5, 14-1) defeated the Barton College Lady Bulldogs 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-16) on Senior Day in Williams Gymnasium in a Conference Carolinas women's volleyball match.
Megan Epperson led Lees-McRae with 12 kills on 24 attempts with three errors for a .375 hitting percentage. Legg followed with 10 kills on 21 attempts with only one error for a .429 hitting percentage. Trisha Reese and Lauren Dickover had 19 and ten assists respectively, and Luana Rocha had 13 digs and three service aces. Justice and Taylor Stice had four total blocks.
For Barton (13-16, 7-8 Conference Carolinas), Kati Wood had nine kills and Chancey Sebranek had seven kills. Carly Cash handed out 14 assists and Mel Ritter picked up 15 digs.
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November 1, 2009
MARS HILL, N.C. - Rury Caulfield (Glasgow, Scotland) scored two goals to lift the Mars Hill men's soccer team over Barton 4-0 on Senior Day at Meares Stadium.
The Lions ended the regular season at 6-7-4. The Bulldogs ended their season at 5-13-1.
Before the game, seniors Kel Cox (London, England), Jason Ford (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Kenny Wallace (Glasgow, Scotland), and student athletic trainer Chelsea Daugherty (Summit, N.J.) were recognized for their dedication to Mars Hill athletics during their collegiate careers.
Steven Bivens (Douglasville, Ga.) scored the first goal of the game and second of the season in the 21st minute. He followed a deflection that Brian Riesenberg (Fort Thomas, Ky.) was unable to collect and put the ball in the net. Danny O'Neill (Glasgow, Scotland) had an assist on the play.
In the next minute, Caulfield scored his first goal of the day. He took the ball around one Barton defender and beat Riesenberg to give the Lions a 2-0 advantage.
Caulfield struck again in the 50th minute. He blasted a direct kick from 18 yards out for his team-leading ninth goal of the year.
Zach Wheeler (Greenville, S.C.) scored the last goal of the day in the 81st minute.
Mars Hill outshot Barton 24-14. Alex Huckabee (Kernersville, N.C.) made eight saves for the Lions. Riesenberg recorded nine saves for the Bulldogs.
Mars Hill will next compete in the 2009 Food Lion SAC Men's Soccer Tournament.
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October 30, 2009
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Barton College's Tom Muto, Jr. has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas men's golf Player of the Month during the month of October.
Muto, a senior from Wolcott, N.Y., just completed one of the best fall seasons in school history while leading the Bulldogs to a national ranking of No. 3 in Golfstat. He finished third of 105, third of 90 and second of 87 players in three team events in October. The Bulldogs beat eight teams in the top 10 nationally to finish third of 21 teams at the AFLAC Cougar Invitational hosted by Columbus State on Oct. 5-6. Muto was the leader in the clubhouse for two hours before finishing third at 70-69–139 (-3).
The next week in the Queens Invitational at the TPC of Sawgrass, Muto fired 70-72–142 (-2) to finish tied for third overall as the Bulldogs claimed the title of the 17-team field with identical even par rounds of 288. Barton's 576 was five shots clear of runner-up Florida Southern.
Muto was in contention for yet another title at the Will Wilson Southeast Regional Preview at Tanglewood Oct. 18-20 and finished just one shot off the pace again at 71-67-73–211 (+1), good for a tie for second as Barton won the 16-team event at 299-284-296–879 by two shots over USC Aiken.
For the month, Muto, an Academic All-American last season and a DIII All-American at St. John Fisher before transferring to Barton, averaged 70.29 and shot six of seven rounds at par or better. He is ranked among the top five nationally in DII scoring through four events at 70.7.
"I am very proud of Tom and the rest of my team," 13th-year Barton head coach John Hackney said. "They are making great decisions on how to work their way around golf courses, and it's showing. Now, we just want to stay in shape, catch up on some schoolwork, stay motivated during the winter, then come out playing some great golf in the spring (Barton's next event is Feb. 6-8 in Orlando)."
With the departure of All-American Jonathan Burke (a fifth-year senior now doing his student teaching), Hackney says Muto has stepped to the forefront.
"Tom has taken on a leadership role with this team, both on and off the course," Hackney said. "We played some outstanding golf courses in the fall, and he still posted a scoring average under par, so that speaks volumes about the level of his game."
Muto hitting an outstanding 71.6 percent of the greens in regulation and has a .658 short-game save percentage, which ranks him among the country's best. He converts 29.3 percent of his birdie opportunities and is averaging 30.3 putts per round.
"His game is sharp on almost every level," Hackney said. "He — and all of us — have some big goals, and we're off to a good start."
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October 29, 2009
Some of the best Barton College basketball players from the last two decades will be back on the court Saturday when the men's and women's basketball teams stage their alumni games in Wilson Gymnasium. Anywhere from 15 to 20 former players each from the men's and women's programs will be on hand to take on the 2009-10 Bulldog squads.
The women's game is set for a 1 p.m. tipoff, with the men to follow at 2:30. Admission is free.
The women's game will feature Barton Hall of Famers Karen Edmonds Watson ('91), Michelle McClure Pittman ('91), Teasha Murphy ('96) and Tanisha Adams Dixon ('98). Murphy was just inducted into the Barton Hall on Oct. 23. Point guard Vivian Blue ('96), the school's all-time assists leader, will also take the floor.
Former conference Players of the Year Shemkia Reid ('02) and Keauna Vinson ('07) will also be playing. Former all-conference players Shindy Chalmers Taylor ('00), Seneka Blackwell ('02), Kelly Lamotta ('05), Jo Denevan ('06), Anjessa Evans ('07) and Sara Fleming ('09) will be joined by Barton alums Latrice Evans ('00), Trisha Vann ('04), Kimi Stevenson ('04), Susan Doggett ('05), Janet Hurley Bradley ('06), Adrienne Walker ('07), Veronica Johnson ('08) and Kim Butts ('08) in completing the alumni team.
The Barton men and women are the preseason picks to win their respective Conference Carolinas crowns.
The men's game will feature Barton seniors Bobby Buffaloe and Errol Frails, who helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2007 NCAA D-II National Championship. Both young men have exhausted their eligibility and finishing their degree work.
Daniel Colvin ('92) will be the oldest player in uniform for the alumni group. He is still the all-time leading 3-point shooter in school history and is in his 7th year as an assistant coach for the Barton women's team.
John Green ('04), who was N.C. High School Athlete of the Year from Beddingfield High School in Wilson before starring on the hardwood for the Bulldogs, will be back in action alongside Casey Moore and Courtney Coffer, who helped the Bulldogs to the Elite Eight in their senior season ('06).
Chris Allen ('00), Jakob Bron ('01), Marc Eugene (last year played was '01), will be joined by Melvin Baldwin, Derek Chavis and Adrian Stewart from the Class of '02. Big men George Turner and Jacoby Key and guard Steve Burroughs from the Class of '05 will complete the alumni group.
Barton men's coach Ron Lievense and women's coach Wendee Saintsing said a few others may also show up to showcase their skills, so it should be an entertaining afternoon of basketball in the "Dog House."
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