November 25, 2008
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Barton College's Esty Flores (1-1 overall, 0-0 conf.) has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women's basketball Player of the Week during week number one in the 2008-09 season.
The junior point guard from Virginia Beach has gotten off to a phenomenal start, averaging 29 points, 4.5 steals and three assists in powering the Lady Bulldogs to a 1-1 start against strong opposition. She has also hit 14-of-15 foul shots (93.3 percent), is 6-of-11 (54.5 percent) from downtown and 19-of-43 from the floor (44.2 percent). Barton lost a 66-68 heartbreaker in its home opener against Francis Marion, despite 23 points, 9 of 9 foul shooting, 3 assists and 2 steals from Flores.
The Lady Bulldogs, preseason pick to win Conference Carolinas, rebounded with a thrilling 90-87 overtime win at Catawba Thursday night. Flores dumped in a career-high 35 points on 13-of-28 shooting, including 4-of-7 from 3-point land, as Barton topped Catawba. She also registered a sensational seven steals and three assists with just three turnovers while playing all 45 minutes.
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November 15, 2008
WILSON, NC — Francis Marion University sophomore guard Shannon Bates knocked down a 10-foot jumper in the lane with 16 seconds left, then, after three Barton College timeouts, stole the inbounds pass with five seconds left to help the Patriots capture a season-opening 68-66 road win in Wilson Gymnasium.
Bates (South Norwalk, CT) finished with a team-high 18 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. Senior Jennifer Dyer (Wake Forest, NC) added 12 points and six rebounds for the Patriots and sophomore guard Robin Colbert (Mitchellville, MD) notched eight points and eight boards for FMU.
For Barton, junior point guard Esty Flores (Virginia Beach) netted a game-high 23 points and went 9-for-9 from the foul line. Barton cashed in 19-of-22 foul shots for 86.4 percent while FMU was 18-of-25 for 72 percent. The sloppy game featured 33 turnovers by the Patriots and 29 by the Lady Bulldogs.
Barton got off to a strong start and led until less than five minutes remained in the opening half. That's when FMU's pressure defense led to a number of Barton turnovers and the visitors surged to a 37-34 halftime edge. Barton regained the lead with 15 minutes left and never trailed again until Bates' basket with 16 seconds left. Barton's biggest lead of the second half was seven points at 62-55 with 6:47 to play. In its final 17 possessions of the game, the Lady Bulldogs turned the ball over 10 times, went 0-5 from the floor and made all four foul shots.
After a bevy of turnovers both ways down the stretch, Bates cut across the lane and hit a contested shot that proved to be the game-winner. Following three timeouts in front of its bench, a Barton guard threw the ball right into Bates' hands on the inbounds play and Francis Marion ran out the clock.
Senior forward Sara Fleming (Stanley, NC) finished with 14 points and eight rebounds for Barton. Freshman guard Jannetta Robinson (Willard, NC) added 11 points and six boards in her collegiate debut.
Neither team shot the ball well. Barton was 22-of-70 for 31.4 percent and FMU swished 22-of-69 shots for 31.9 percent. FMU controlled the boards 56-45.
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November 14, 2008
HIGH POINT, NC — Barton College sophomore Melissa Ritter (Wescosville, PA) earned honorable mention acclaim Friday night when Conference Carolinas officials announced the 2008 award winners at their annual Volleyball Honors Banquet at Lees-McRae College. The Lady Bulldogs of third-year head coach Patrick Morgan were eliminated in the opening round of the tournament by Queens University and finished the year 9-22 overall and 7-13 (8th) in Conference Carolinas play. Ritter, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter, recorded 403 kills with a .211 attack percentage. She averaged 3.47 kills per game and 3.78 digs.
Awards include All-Conference First, Second, and Honorable Mention teams, Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, & Regular Season Champions. Head coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote on the award winners who represent the best of the best for the league.
The Volleyball Honors Banquet dinner was held in conjunction with the Conference Championship semifinals and finals that is also being hosted by Lees-McRae College. Tournament competition began Monday and Wednesday with first and second round games being played at the higher seeded home courts. Semifinal matches took place this afternoon (Friday) with the championship final concluding today (Saturday).
All-Conference 1st-Team
Melissa Thomas Limestone College
Amanda Edwards Anderson University
Racey Bartley Mount Olive College
Brittany Dickens Pfeiffer University
Petra Ljubicic Pfeiffer University
Mallory Peavler Mount Olive College
Morgan Liebert Pfeiffer University
All-Conference 2nd-Team
Galina Podolsky St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Alicia Mote Mount Olive College
Lauren Spiotta Pfeiffer University
Whitney Kiser Lees-McRae
Ashley Prince Anderson University
Adria Mullaney Anderson University
Lindsay Doggett Anderson University
All-Conference Honorable Mention
Mel Ritter Barton College
Samantha Flannery Limestone College
Emily Frohnapfel Belmont Abbey College
Kell Bogdan Lees-McRae College
Joanie Werling Mount Olive College
Freshman of the Year
Megan Epperson Lees-McRae College
Player of the Year
Melissa Thomas Limestone College
Coach of the Year
Ben Guiliano Pfeiffer University
Regular Season Champions
Pfeiffer University
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November 9, 2008
WINGATE, NC - As has been the case all season, seniors Corey Winner and Gina Castro were the frontrunners for the Barton men and women, respectively, in the 2008 NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning.
Winner covered the 10-kilometer course at Wingate University in 35 minutes, 10 seconds to place 40th of 140 runners. Queens University of Charlotte captured the team championship easily by putting all five of its runners among the top seven. Finishing 1-2-3 for the Royals were Oscar Ogwaro (30:54), Michael Crouch (31:07) and Futsum Mebrahtu (32:05). LMC notched 19 points, while Columbus State was a distant second with 87 points.
Barton did not have a team score in either race. Also running for the Bulldog men were Austin Higgins (129th in 42:24) and Charlie Healy (136th in 44:24).
Castro concluded her career with a time of 26:12 in the women's 6K race, good for 56th of 155. Allison Kreutzer of Clayton State made it 7-for-7 in individual wins with a scintillating run of 22:24, which was 39 seconds ahead of runner-up Ashley Morris of Carson Newman (23:03). The Conference Carolinas' top runner, Whitney Bischoff of Anderson (SC), took third in 23:15.
Conference Carolinas champ Lees-McRae won the women's regional title with 85 points, followed by Augusta State at 110 and Lenoir-Rhyne with 158. Carla Swart paced LMC at 23:54, good for sixth place.
Also competing for the Barton women were Christina Roberds (140th in 30:38), Brittany Cowan (143rd in 31:23) and Saybah Reed (145th in 31:41).
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November 8, 2008
WILSON, NC — Visiting Lees-McRae College defeated Barton 25-12, 25-18, 23-25, 25-13 on Saturday afternoon in a Conference Carolinas regular-season volleyball finale.
The Lady Bobcats will finish either third or fourth in the league standings at 14-6 and stand 17-14 overall. Barton finished tied for 8th in the league at 7-13 and is 9-21 heading into the first round of the Conference Carolinas Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs will be the 9th seed and play at 8th-seeded Queens University of Charlotte at 6:30 on Monday night.
Taylor Stice, Megan Epperson and Whitney Kiser accounted for nine kills apiece to pace LMC. Kiser and Katie Legg notched four blocks apiece and Stice added three. Trisha Reese dished out 27 assists while Lauren Hall had four aces. Defensively, Kell Bogdan recorded 20 digs, Megan Epperson 18 and Lindsey Brunt 11.
For Barton, junior Melissa Ritter had 20 kills and 20 digs and senior Liz Strange finished with 11 kills, 11 digs, one block and one ace. Freshman Cami Fledderman had 17 assists, five digs and one ace.
LMC broke from a 4-4 tie in the first set to win going away at 25-12. Whitney Kiser got the Lady Bobcats off to a good start in set two and they never trailed en route to the 25-18 win. In the third set, Ritter went off, recording 10 kills as Barton claimed a 25-23 victory. The fourth set was close at 6-8, then LMC went on a 6-0 run to take a 14-6 lead and never looked back.
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November 6, 2008
High Point, NC – Conference Carolinas announces the All-Conference teams during this weeks Conference Carolinas Championship Soccer Tournament. Head coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote upon the award winners who represent the best of the best for the conference. Barton senior forward Allie Wilkerson was a first-team selection while senior teammate Eboni Nichols, a midfielder/forward, was a third-team pick. Wilkerson was the 2007 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year. No one was selected from the Barton men's team.
Women's All-Conference 1st-Team
Mary Ashley Davino, Queens
Amanda Lear, Limestone
Kristin Voirin, Belmont Abbey
Celene Molera, Belmont Abbey
Kirsten Bartsch, Pfeiffer
Allie Wilkerson, Barton
Lyndsay Brennan, Mount Olive
Lauren Faerber, Belmont Abbey
Megan Blevins, Pfeiffer
Sami Striano, Queens
Anna Wells, Belmont Abbey
Women's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Amanda Maddock, Belmont Abbey
Katie Franca, Pfeiffer
Danielle Kubinski, Belmont Abbey
Erin Saleeby, Queens
Amanda Tinker, Erskine
Kari Byzewski, Queens
Katherine Carr, Queens
Alyssa Wombwell, Pfeiffer
Madi Dulisse, Limestone
Nicole Voets, Belmont Abbey
Garrison Burton, St. Andrews
Women's All-Conference 3rd-Team
Caroline Smith, Mount Olive
Becky Bradenburg, St. Andrews
Ashley Hollander, Anderson
Connie Axiotis, Belmont Abbey
Rebecca Mateo, Belmont Abbey
Virginia Cates, Anderson
Kathryn Friedmann, Coker
Jackie Jimenez, Mount Olive
Eboni Nichols, Barton
Madison Kerth, Pfeiffer
Kristen Kornacki, Queens
Freshman of the Year
Connie Axiotis, Belmont Abbey
Player of the Year
Celene Molera, Belmont Abbey
Coach of the Year
Katie Talbert, Queens
Regular Season Co-Champions
Belmont Abbey & Queens
Men's All-Conference 1st-Team
Dominic Casciato, Limestone
James Owusu, Belmont Abbey
Dale Parker, Lees-McRae
Chad Pinnick, Queens
Lee Squires, Lees-McRae
Lasse Sohrweide, Anderson
Michael McEmerson, Limestone
Stephen Henry, Anderson
Nick Brindley, Pfeiffer
Lahnden Onger, Anderson
Bryan Alenky, Belmont Abbey
Men's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Kyle Bennett, Erskine
James Burke, Limestone
Rayon Markland, Anderson
David Palmer, Lees-McRae
Justin Garton, St. Andrews
Ali Benson, Limestone
Kevin Valkenburg, Anderson
Tom Beattie, Limestone
Kyle McGimsey, Lees-McRae
Sean Boyle, Limestone
Sean Paradise, Lees-McRae
Men's All-Conference 3rd-Team
Bradley Sisk, Pfeiffer
Kyle Fenner, Belmont Abbey
Luke Duffy, Lees-McRae
Anthony Payne, Mount Olive
Max Pembleton, Belmont Abbey
Dennis Gonzalez, Coker
Christian Ocampo, Belmont Abbey
Keegan Ziada, Limestone,
Renato Barbosa, Pfeiffer
Nick Robinson, Lees-McRae
Ronald Murray, Erskine
Freshman of the Year
Lasse Sohrweide, Anderson
Player of the Year
Lee Squires, Lees-McRae
Coach of the Year
Rob Miller, Anderson
Regular Season Champions
Lees-McRae
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November 3, 2008
WILSON, NC - After 110 minutes of scoreless soccer, Limestone College netted its first four penalty kicks on a rainy Monday night to advance 4-2 past host Barton in the opening round of the Conference Carolinas Women's Soccer Tournament.
Fifth-seeded Limestone, now 8-9-1, will play at top-seeded Belmont Abbey Thursday night at 7 while fourth-seeded Barton finished its season at 8-7-3. For the Lady Bulldogs, it was a bad taste of déjà vu, since they exited in the first round 5-4 on penalty kicks after a scoreless finale against Queens last season.
Barton senior Jessica Galasso was the first player to take a penalty kick, and it was batted away by diving Limestone keeper Brittany Clark. Senior Lura Carter, freshman Hope Lee, sophomore Monica Velez, and freshman Ashley Alderin-Fleagle all scored on their PKs around a miss from Barton senior Allie Wilkerson to seal the outcome for the Saints at 4-2. Junior Dillon Sauls and sophomore Leah Singleton hit their shots for the Lady Bulldogs.
After a scintillating start to the season, Barton was atop the league standings, but went 1-4-3 in its last eight matches.
The Lady Bulldogs had an apparent goal denied with 30 minutes left in regulation when the official stopped play for an injured Saint at midfield. With just over three minutes left, Velez had a point-blank shot denied by Barton keeper Ashley Gregory, and Vanessa Jarrett's follow-up went wide left.
The two teams slogged through two 10-minute overtimes without any real threats, resulting in PKs.
Limestone finished with 11 shots on goal and Barton tallied four shots on goal. Clark totaled four saves and Gregory notched 11.
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