Viking SportS WeeklyVolume 2 • Number 7October 8, 2012

Holt & VikingS HaVe Final tune-up BeFore league CHampionSHip

Men’s Golf Plays Final Fall Event... page 2

Women’s Soccer Back on Road for Two League Matches... page 2

Men’s Soccer Hosts Wright State and Travels to Valparaiso... page 2

Swimming & Diving Opens Season... page 2

Avona Named Viking of the Week... page 3

VOLLEYBALL The Vikings will close out their three-match roadswing with a single match this weekend, traveling to Youngstown State on Friday (Oct. 12) at 7:00 p.m.. Cleveland State enters the week with a 13-6 record (5-1 HL). Last weekend the Vikings posted a 2-0 league record, defeating Valparaiso and Wright State. CSU and Loyola enter the week with matching 5-1 Horizon League records, sitting at the top of the standings. As a team, CSU leads the league in hitting percentage (.247), kills (14.35 per set) and assists (13.33 per set), while the Vikings also rank second in digs (17.74 per set). Individu-ally, Marie Frease leads the league with a .345 hitting percent-age and Kara Koch is tops in the league averaging 4.88 kills per set.

Swimming and Diving Open 2012-13 Season The CSU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams open the 2012-13 season when the squads compete at the Dennis Stark Relays at Notre Dame on Friday (Oct. 12) beginning at 5:00 p.m. Bothteamsarecomingoffoutstandingseasonswiththewomenfinishinga program-best second place at last year’s Horizon League Championship. The CSU men scored 726.5 points at last year’s league championship, the most team points scored by the Vikings since CSU won the team title in 2006. ItalsoallowedtheVikingstofinishsecondatlastyear’sleaguechampion-ship. When it was all said and done, 16 of the 42 events were won by the Vikings - eight by the men and eight by the women - at the league championship.

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B e r r y Th o m p s o n

MEN’S SOCCER The Vikings return to Horizon League action with two matches this week, hosting Wright State on Tuesday (Oct. 9) at 7:00 p.m. and heading to Valparaiso for an 8:00 p.m. EST contest on Saturday (Oct. 13). CSU enters the week at 5-5-1 overall and 0-1 in the league. CSU was in action just one time last week, rolling to a 4-0 win over Belmont on Wednesday (Oct. 3) at Krenzler Field. Cazz Warren scored a pair of goals, while Jacob Naumann added his first goal of the season and Mike Derezic scored his second of the season. Cameron Eisses, Cristian Arboleda and Alfonso Sandoval recorded assists. Brad Stuver made six saves to record his fifth shutout of the season.

WOMEN’S SOCCER CSU hits the road for two key Horizon League matches this week, starting with a 7:00 p.m. contest at Youngstown State on Wednesday (Oct. 10). The Vikings then head to De-troit on Sunday (Oct. 14) at 1:00 p.m. The Vikings are 5-8 overall and 1-2 in league play af-ter winning two matches last week. CSU defeated Green Bay, 1-0, in double overtime and cruised past Francis Marion, 4-1. Against Green Bay, Jaime Avona headed in a corner kick from Vickie Havas in the 102nd minute for a Golden Goal. Avona came back with a goal and assist in the win over Francis Marion to move into a tie for the team-lead with five goals. She is also third in the league with 12 points. Shea Levi, Kelcey Fischer and Brittany Koester added goals against the Patriots.

WOMEN’S GOLF Cleveland State returns to action for its second to last event of the fall when the Vikings compete at the Butler Bull-dog Invitational on Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 8-9). CSU was last in action when the Vikings finished sec-ond at the CSU Invitational at Pine Hills G.C. on Sept. 24-25. The Vikings shot rounds of 320-313, with the final round 313 just one shot of tying the school-record for lowest round. Ariel Sparrow tied the 36-hole school-record with rounds of 73-79 (152) to finish second, while Madeline Kaminski was fourth at 155 (80-75). Shelly Ford tied for 14th place at 161 (83-78) and Mi-caela Cronin and Allyson Hackman tied for 31st place.

CROSS COUNTRY The Vikings will compete in their final tune-up before the Horizon League Championship this weekend, traveling to Wilmington, Ohio for the WC Fall Classic. The women’s col-legiate race is set for a 4:30 p.m. start on Friday, October 12. Last weekend CSU competed in the Walt Disney World Classic, placing 14th. Tori Holt was CSU’s top finisher for the fifth straight race, placing 18th overall in a time of 19:49. The trio of Ashley Lydic (63rd), Katie Webb (68th) and Maddie Korak (87th) were once again the next three Vikings to finish, while Megan O’Keefe, Angela Kirila, Amanda Kalain, Rachel Niemi and Ashley Berlin also competed in the race.

MEN’S GOLF CSU concludes its fall season when the Vikings com-pete in the UC Bearcat Invitationa on Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 8-9). The Vikings finished second at the CSU Invitational on Oct. 1-2 at Canterbury G.C, carding rounds of 297-293-284 to finish three shots behind Oakland. Jon Riemer placed fifth overall, firing a 54-hole total of 215 (68-78-69), while Andrew Bailey (T-6th), Michael Klaric (T-10th) and Michael Balcar (12th) all had top-15 finishes.

WOMEN’S TENNIS Cleveland State will have two weeks off from compe-tition, as they prepare for the ITA Midwest Regional which is set to begin on Thursday, October 18. This year’s regional will take place in Champaign, Ill. and will be hosted by the University of Illinois. Last weekend the Vikings participated in the Spartan In-vitational, which was hosted by Michigan State. Mengdi Liu led the Vikings on the weekend, as she advanced to the final match of the Draw F Singles bracket and reached the semifi-nals of the Draw C Doubles bracket. Ellen Folkers reached the backdraw finals of the D singles bracket, and the duo of Alex Power and Maria Lazaris advanced to the backdraw finals of the B doubles draw.

Viking oF tHe Week

Jaime aVona // Women’S SoCCerClass: Senior

Position: Midfield Hometown: Boardman, Ohio

la S t We e kAvona had two goals, both game-winners, and an assist to help the Vikings win two matches last week. In a 1-0 double overtime win over Green Bay on Wednesday (Oct. 3), Avona headed home the game-win-ning goal off a corner kick in the 102nd minute. She came back in Sat-urday’s (Oct. 6) 4-1 win over Francis Marion to record a goal and an assist. Avona moved into second place in the Horizon League with five goals and into third place in the league with 12 points this year.

tHiS Week’S SCHedule Cross CountryFri. Oct. 12 at WC Fall Classic 4:30 p.m.

men’s GolfMon. Oct. 8 at UC Bearcat Invitational All DayTues. Oct. 9 at UC Bearcat Invitational All Day

women’s GolfMon. Oct. 8 at Butler Bulldog Invitational All DayTues. Oct. 9 at Butler Bulldog Invitational All Day

men’s soCCerTues. Oct. 9 WRIGHT STATE * 7:00 p.m.Sat. Oct. 13 at Valparaiso * 8:00 p.m.

women’s soCCerWeds. Oct. 10 at Youngstown State * 7:00 p.m.Sun. Oct. 14 at Detroit 1:00 p.m.

men’s swimminG and divinGFri. Oct. 12 at Dennis Stark Relays 5:00 p.m.

woen’s swimminG and divinGFri. Oct. 12 at Dennis Stark Relays 5:00 p.m.

volleyballFri. Oct. 12 at Youngstown State * 7:00 p.m.

* - Game can be seen live on the HORIZON LEAGUE NETWORK

laSt Week’S reSultSOct. 1-2 Men’s Golf hosts CSU Invitational 2ndOct. 3 Men’s Soccer hosts Belmont W, 4-0 Women’s Soccer hosts Green Bay W, 1-0 (2OT)Oct. 5 Volleyball at Valparaiso W, 3-2Oct. 5-7 Women’s Tennis at Michigan State Invitational NTSOct. 6 Cross Country at Walt Disney World Classic 7th Women’s Soccer hosts Francis Marion W, 4-1 Volleyball at Wright State W, 3-0

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