FOOTBALL
Head Coach: John Snell
RECORDS: 6-3 overall
5-3 OAC
THIS WEEK -- The Baldwin-Wallace College football team travels to University Heights to play Ohio Athletic Conference and Cleveland cross-town rival John Carroll at Don Shula Stadium on Saturday. It is the final regular season game for both teams.
The Cuyahoga Gold Bowl Trophy -- B-W and JCU annually battle for the honor of taking home the Cuyahoga Gold Bowl trophy. B-W leads the all-time series between the two schools, 20-19-1; leads the Cuyahoga Bowl Bowl series, 8-7, and won last year in Berea, 36-0.
LAST SATURDAY (Nov. 6) -- B-W lost at OAC rival Marietta, 26-0, at Don Drumm Stadium in Marietta.
Offensively, sophomore running back Brandon Hedges (Oregon/ Clay) had his seventh 100-yard day in nine games with a team-high 112 yards in 25 attempts.
Defensively, junior Joe George (Massillon/ Perry) had a team-high 12 tackles for his third straight game with double-figure tackles (41 total in that span).
The special teams were led by freshman punter Kevin Soflkiancs (Middleburg Heights/ Midpark) as he averaged 46.0 yards for three punts, including a 48-yarder.
Eight-Game Statistical Leaders -- After nine games, Brandon Hedges tops the team and OAC with 1,128 rushing yards on 206 attempts (5.5 yards per carry) and 13 TD. Hedges also leads the team in receiving with 21 catches for 152 yards and is the OAC's leader in scoring (78 points) and all-purpose yardage (1,280 yards). In passing, sophomore quarterback Mike DiAngelo (Steubenville Senior) has completed 105 of 203 passes for 51.7 percent with 1,249 yards and eight TD with nine interceptions. He has a 107.54 efficency rating. The receiving corps are led by senior All-American tight end Nate Wilder (Youngstown/ Cardinal Mooney), junior WR David Peterson (Cuyahoga Falls/ Walsh Jesuit) and senior WR's Dave Ehrman (Strongsville) and Gary Kopchak. Wilder is second with 17 catches for 184 yards and a team-leading five TD. Peterson has 16 grabs for 159 yards. Kopchak is fourth with 14 grabs for 200 yards and one TD. Ehrman is tied for fifth with sophomore Scott Kovelan (North Olmsted) as each has 11 catches. Ehrman has 11 grabs for 183 yards and a TD. Kovelan has 11 receptions for a team-leading 228 yards and one TD.
Defensively, Joe George and Justin Princehorn lead the team with in tackling. George has a team-high 80 stops with 4.5 tackles for lost yardage and one interception. Princehorn is second with 68 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, a team-leading two interceptions and nine pass deflections. Senior defensive end Ryan Lewis (Holland/ Springfield) has the most QB sacks with seven for 48 yards in losses. He also tops the team with 12.5 total tackles for losses of 64 yards. Senior two-time Academic All-OAC defensive back Justin Andes (Canal Fulton/ Canton Central Catholic) is third with 51 tackles.
On special teams, Kevin Soflkiancs is averaging an OAC-leading 42.6 yards per punt in 51 attempts with a long punt of 66 yards and 19 landing inside the opponent's 20-yard line. Aaron Redd is 20-of-23 in PAT kicks and three-of-six in field goal attempts for 29 points. Freshman Brad Rhoden (Galena/ Big Walnut) is averaging a team-high 15.0 yards in 13 punt returns and 21.2 yards in 11 kickoff returns.
The Streak -- B-W has a seasonal winning streak of 38 years. The streak is the second longest in ALL of college football. The Yellow Jackets have not had a losing season since 1966.
Hedges is Fourth All-Time -- Brandon Hedges' 1,128 rushing yards currently rank fourth all-time in a single-season and are 291 shy of the B-W single-season record of 1,419. He needs one carry against JCU to tie Kaili Hunt's school-record of 207 set in 2000.
MEN'S SOCCER
Head Coach: Reid Ayers
RECORDS: 14-5-1 overall
5-3-1 OAC (fourth)
OAC Trny.: Third
THIS WEEK -- The men's soccer team has completed its season.
LAST WEEK -- The Yellow Jacket men lost on Wednesday to top-seed Wilming-ton, 1-0, in the semi finals of the OAC Tournament at Wilmington.
Despite the loss, junior goalie Nate Christian (North Ridgeville) made four saves.
FINAL 2004 Statisical Leaders -- In 20 games, Brian Sugerman topped the team in scoring with 23 points on a team-high 11 goals and one assist. Freshman forward Alex Restaino (Hudson) was second in scoring with 12 points and second in goals with six. Sophomore All-OAC midfielders Louie Rolko (Hudson) and Alex Williams-Witzky (Marysville) tied for first with seven assists each. Williams-Witzky was also third in scoring with 11 points. Williams-Witzky took the most shots with 40 and was followed by freshman Matt Pietro (Canfield) with 37, Sugerman with 35 and Rolko with 28. Overall, B-W outscored its opponents, 45-19 (one own-goal) and outshot them, 295-225. In goal, Nate Christian played in all 20 games and a total of 1804 minutes and faced 223 total shots, including 102 on-goal. He had a single-season school-record 0.95 goal-against-average with the school-record-tying eight shutouts and 84 saves.
The Shutout Records -- Nate Christian tied the single-season school-record with eight shutouts. Christian had eight last year and is tied with Ken Knobel (1987) for the seasonal record. Christian's 16 career shutouts are a school-record.
Freshmen Pace Scoring -- Of the 126 total points, 44 individual goals and 38 assists this year, first-year players (freshmen) scored 80 points on 33 goals and 14 assists.
Yellow Jackets Set Win Mark -- B-W's 14 wins and 14-5-1 record set the school single-season mark for victories. B-W's 10 straight wins at midseason is a record. The five OAC wins tied a record. The Yellow Jackets 5-3-1 OAC slate and their 10 away wins is the best-ever.
Ehrnfelt Named Academic All-Diostrict IV -- Sophomore defender Tom Ehrnfelt (Strongsville), who carries a 3.4 grade average in business, was named as a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District IV player. He now qualifies for the national CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Head Coach: Reid Ayers
RECORDS: 10-9-1 overall
2-7-0 OAC
THIS WEEK -- The women's soccer team has completed its season.
FINAL 2004 Statistical Leaders -- After 20 games, sophomore All-OAC forward Jenny Miller (North Ridgeville) led the team in scoring with a team-leading 12 goals and five assists for 29 points. Freshmen forwards Jaime Saathoff (Wadsworth) and Whitney Zunic (Canfield) were tied for second in scoring with 15 points each. Saathoff had five goals and tied with Miller for second in assists with five. Zunic was second in goals scored with seven. Emily Roll was fourth in scoring with 12 points and third with six goals. Junior midfielder Kellie Corbett (Silver Lake/ Cuyahoga Falls) was fifth in scoring with nine points. Miller took the most shots with 84 and shots on-goal with 42. Saathoff was second in shots with 37 and Roll was fourth with 33 shots. Sophomore All-OAC midfielder Ashley Belardo (North Royalton) led the team in assists for the second straight year and had six. She was also fifth in total shots with 27.
In goal, Michelle Neff and sophomore Emily Leonard (Stow) allowed 31 goals in 20 games for a 1.50 goal against average. Leonard had three shutouts and allowed 1.07 goals per game in 587 minutes with 24 saves. Neff had two shutouts and allowed 1.70 goals per game in 1273 minutes of action with 88 saves.
Miller and Lawrentz Named Academic All-District IV -- Jenny Miller (3.3 grade average in business) and Emily Lawrentz (3.903 grae average in elementary education) were each named as second-team CoSIDA Academic All-District IV selections.
VOLLEYBALL
Head Coach: Vicki Brault
RECORDS: 22-13 overall
7-2 OAC (second)
OAC Trny.: Second
THIS WEEK -- The Yellow Jackets have completed their season unless the NCAA gives B-W an At-Large berth in next week's Division III National Tournament.
LAST WEEK -- B-W had a 2-1 record as it beat Otterbein, 3-0, and Capital, 3-1, before losing to top-seeded Ohio Northern, 3-1, in the OAC Championship match.
In the win against Otterbein, senior three-time All-OAC middle hitter Laura Leach (Norwalk) led the front line with 15 kills and junior rightside player Emily Albanese (Mentor) had 12. Sophomore Kristin Habegger (Oregon/ Clay) had 37 set assists and 10 digs. Sophomore libero Kim Stoll (Norwalk/ St. Paul) had a team-leading 24 defensive digs.
In the win against Capital, Leach again led the offense with 22 kills and five blocks. Albanese had 19 kills and 16 digs and freshman Kelsey Hills (Toledo/ St. Ursula) had 15 kills. Habegger set up the offense and had 55 assists. Stoll and freshmen OH Meggie Marten (Bowling Green) tied for the team-lead with 25 digs each. Senior defensive specialist Kari Kuhn (Amherst/ Steele) also had 15 digs.
Despite its loss to nationally-ranked ONU, Leach again led the offense with 24 kills and four blocks. Albanese had 17 kills abd 18 digs. Hills had 14 kills and two blocks. Habegger had 49 set assists in four games (12.25/ game) and 16 digs. Stoll topped the team in digs with 28, and Meggie Marten added 12.
OAC Championship Match -- B-W advanced to the OAC Championship Match for the seventh time in school history, including the third time in the past five years. B-W won its only OAC Tournament title in 2000. The Jackets' also have six second place finishes.
Vicki Brault is OAC Coach of the Year -- Yellow Jacket veteran Head Coach Vicki Brault was named as the 2004 OAC Coach of the Year. It is her second coach-of-the-year award in the past four years. Brault is 205-126 at B-W in 10 years and 275-176 in her 14-year career, including a 70-50 slate in four years at Claremont (Calif.) Mudd-Scripps College.
All-OAC Selections -- Laura Leach was tabbed as a first-team All-OAC pick. It is her third All-OAC honor. She was joined on the honor squad by second-team choices Emily Albanese and Kim Stoll. Kelsey Hills was named honorable mention team and as the co-Freshman of the Year.
FINAL Statistical Leaders -- In 35 matches, Laura Leach led the offense with 629 kills (5.03/ game) and had the most blocks with 87, including 63 solo blocks. In addition, Leach topped the team in hitting at .337 and had 188 digs and 30 service aces. Kelsey Hills was second with 384 kills, third in hitting at .261 and had 57 blocks to rank second. Emily Albanese led the team with 60 aces, was second with 618 digs and with a .268 hitting percentage and third with 51 blocks and 382 kills. Freshman outside hitter Meggie Marten was fourth on the squad with 182 kills. She also had 402 digs, 42 aces and 18 blocks. Freshman setter Nicole Igarashi (Eastlake/ North) topped the team with 1,088 assists (11.33/ game), was fifth with 347 digs. Kim Stoll led the team with a single-season school-record 859 digs and also had 36 aces. Kari Kuhn was third with 530 digs and second with 50 aces. Freshman MH Betsy Gilbert (Mansfield/ Madison) was fourth in blocks with 38. Gilbert also had 92 kills and 62 digs.
Stoll Resets Her Own Record -- Kim Stoll broke her own Yellow Jacket single-season record for digs in a season with 859. She set the mark last year with 754. Her current two-year career total of 1,613 digs already ranks fourth.
In addition to Stoll, Emily Albanese's 618 digs this season ranks fourth and Kari Kuhn's 530 ranks seventh.
Leach's Totals -- Laura Leach has 629 kills this season to rank second all-time in a season. Leach finished seven kills shy of the single-season school-record of 636 set last year by All-American Cassie Palmer '04. Leach's career total of 1,340 kills currently ranks fourth. She was also third all-time in hitting and solo blocks (150). Her 63 solo blocks this season ranks seventh.
CROSS COUNTRY
Head Coach: Dr. William Taraschke
THIS WEEK --B-W travels to Alma, Michigan to compete at the 2004 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Championship Meet on Saturday.
TWO WEEKS AGO -- The Yellow Jackets hosted the 2004 OAC Cross Country Championship Meet on Saturday at Wallace Lake in Berea in the Cleveland Metroparks System.
The Yellow Jacket women finished third of 10 schools and the men were fifth of 10 schools.
Leading the way for the women was senior Jamie Luketic (Rootstown) in 11th place as she finished the 5,000-meter course in 24:05 overall. Luketic was followed by senior Lisa Bartkiewicz (Berea) in 12th place in 24:09, sophomore Megan Via (Brookville) in 16th place in 24:23, senior Lindsay Bukovec (Willowick/ Eastlake North) in 19th place in 24:37 and junior Brigid McHugh (Westlake/ St. Joseph Academy) in 23rd place in 24:54 overall.
For the men, freshman Ian Michalik (Sandusky/ Perkins) led the way on the 8,000-meter course by finishing 13th in 27:29 overall. Michalik was followed by sophomore Chris Buhoveckey (Brunswick/ Parma Padua) in 20th place in 27:46 and sophomore Ben Mills (Grand Rapids/ Otsego) was 23rd in 27:54 overall.
Women's Regional Success -- The B-W women have placed in the Top 5 at the NCAA Division III Great Lake Regional Meet every year since 1993, including four second place finishes.
SWIMMING & DIVING
Head Coach: Mike Gallagher
2004-2005 Records
Men: 3-0 overall, 2-0 OAC
Women: 3-0 overall, 2-0 OAC
THIS WEEK -- The Yellow Jackets travel to Delaware on Saturday to swim versus Ohio Wesleyan.
LAST WEEK -- The Yellow Jacket men and women both had a 2-0 record as each beat Oberlin and Wilmington.
For the men, sophomores Luke Grilli (Londonderry, N.H./ Londonderry) and Alex de la Pena (Elyria/ Catholic) each won three events and freshman Dave Fournier (Toledo/ St. John's) won four individual events and all three swam on two winning relay teams.
Grilli won the 200-yard freestyle against Oberlin in 1:50.55 and wwon the 200-meter free at Wilmington in 2:07.94. He won the 100-yard backstroke versus Oberlin in 57.14 seconds.
de la Pena won the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.46) against Oberlin and won the 200-meter IM (2:21.67) and 400-meter free (4:30.60) at Wilmington.
Fournier won the 50-yard free (22.36 seconds) and the 100 free (50.01 seconds) against Oberlin and the 50-meter free (25.57 seconds) and 100-meter free (57.65 seconds) at Wilmington.
For the women, sophomore Sara Gombash (Perrysburg/ Toledo Notre Dame Academy) won four times individually and senior Kristen Showalter (Bowling Green) won twice and each swimmer competed on two winning relay teams.
Gombash won the 200-yard IM (2:19.71) and 100-yard butterfly (1:01.85) against Oberlin and the 200-meter IM (2:42.38) and 100-meter fly (1:11.89) at Wilmington.
Showalter won the 500-yard free (5:28.36) versus Oberlin and the 100-meter free (1:03.91).
WRESTLING
Head Coach: Rich Fleming
2003-2004 Records
Overall: 10-9
Duals: 6-7 overall, 2-4 OAC
OAC Trny.: Third
THIS WEEK -- The Yellow Jackets travel to Case on Saturday to compete at the annual CWRU Quad Meet against Case, Waynesburg (Pa.) and Mt. St. Joseph.
The 2004-2005 Preview -- The wrestling team has high hopes that it will battle for an OAC title in 2004-2005.
Entering the 2004-2005 campaign, Fleming welcomes back 11 veteran grapplers, including 10 lettermen of which four individually have competed in the OAC championship match of their respective weight class. The four include junior 197-pounder Devin Carman (Ashtabula/ Geneva High School), junior 285-pounder Bryan Kmetz (Brunswick), senior 165-pounder Joe Heiland (Shelby) and junior 141-pounder Jared Selover (Wapakoneta). Heiland and Selover each won an OAC title two years ago and also advanced to the OAC Championship match last year. Selover was a Division III All-American in 2003.
Carman compiled a 23-7 record as a freshman and placed second at 197 pounds at the OAC tourney. A year ago, an ilnness hindered his season and he finished 11-3 overall and did not compete at the OAC tourney.
Kmetz is a junior but wrestled for the first time last year. He compiled an outstanding 28-5 overall slate and was nationally-ranked much of the year. He lost in the OAC Championship match.
Heiland, one of the top wrestlers in the OAC the past four years, despite being beset by injuries, is looking forward to a strong and healthy senior season. As a junior, Heiland had a 32-7 record and won an OAC title but was injured in his first match at the national tourney. Last year, he had an 18-6 mark but again suffered a midseason injury then battled back to compete in the OAC 165-pound title match. He has a 62-18 career record.
Selover will move up a weight class and compete at 141 pounds this year. As a freshman, he won an OAC title at 125 pounds and finished 35-8 overall. He capped his season by placing sixth at the nationals. Last year, Selover split time between 125 and 133 pounds and had a 22-7 slate and wrestled in the OAC title match.
In addition to his top four grapplers, Fleming returns six other lettermen, including senior 149-pounder Scott Conrath (St. Clairsville), junior 125-pounder Mike Ham (Concord Township/ Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin), junior 133-pounder Chris Harrold (Willoughby/ South), junior 133-pounder Eric Jaynes (West Carrollton), senior 184-pounder Sterling Sebek (Columbus, Ga./ Brookstone), junior 174-pounder T. Terry (Bedford/ St. Peter Chanel) and junior 157-pounder Steve Vaughn (Parma/ Normandy). In addition, Fleming gets sophomore 141-pounder Joe Smith (Bellevue) back this year after missing last year because of a car accident during the summer of 2003.
Of his newcomers, Fleming feels that freshman 125-pounder Brett Thomas (Gates Mills/ Mayfield), sophomore 133-pounder RayShawn Eatmon (East Cleveland/ Shaw), freshmen 157-pounders Brian Haines (Amanda/ Teays Valley) and Gino Russo (Northfield/ Nordonia) will be the top performers. The "others" in the wrestling room who Fleming is referring to include freshman 165-pounder Jeremy Feador (North Olmsted), freshman 174-pounder Bryan Gulich (Richmond Heights), freshman 133-pounder Scott Haber (Parma/ Normandy), freshman 149-pounder Dave Hilden (Westlake), junior 285-pounder Mike Pelton (Parma/ Valley Forge), sophomore 174-pounder Patrick Rawlinson (Berea), junior 149-pounder Muhammed Shareef (Gahanna/ Columbus Academy).
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