Highlanders Looking For Breakthrough Season in 2012: Omen S
Highlanders Looking For Breakthrough Season in 2012: Omen S
Highlanders Looking For Breakthrough Season in 2012: Omen S
TARTAN SCOREBOARD
SPORTS
Mens Soccer
W T L W Virginia Tech Gardner-Webb Liberty Winthrop 2-1 0-0 0-3 3-1
Big South: 4-4-1 Overall: 9-8-1 (Thursday, Nov. 10, 12:00) --@ Liberty
Womens Soccer
L T W W Campbell UNC Asheville Liberty Campbell 1-2 1-1 4-1 1-0
Field Hockey
L L L L Richmond Davidson California Paci c 0-1 1-2 2-5 1-3
Volleyball
L L W W Winthrop Liberty High Point Campbell 0-3 2-3 3-0 3-2
CHRISTIAN STEPHENS | The Tartan Freshman guard Kiera McIvor is one of ve RU freshmen who will have to learn quickly in 2011 as the season draws near.
Big South: 7-5 Overall: 13-14-0 (Friday, Nov. 11, 7:00) -- @ UNC Asheville (Saturday, Nov. 12, 5:00) -- @Gardner-Webb
Notes of Worth
CHRISTIAN STEPHENS | The Tartan Freshman forward Jalen Carethers is one of six freshman on the squad this year.
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the Yellow Jackets advanced all the way to the Division III NCAA Final Four and enjoyed a regular season record of 26-7. Now in his first year at RU, Byers looks to provide a fresh face and a burst of energy into the program. Its been a whirlwind trying to get everything together before the season, but its been great to see the guys start to come together and for our chemistry to start to build as were getting our new system and building our culture, Byers said. You come to work refreshed every day because you know that its just another day we can use to get better. The last member of the new staff is a man who served with Mike Jones as a fellow assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth University under Head Coach Shaka Smart during the Rams
Radford University Womens soccer received numerous Big South awards on Nov. 2. Head coach Ben Sohrabi was named Coach of the Year. He led the Highlanders to 15-5-1 overall record and an 8-2 record in the conference. Sohrabi has been coaching for 18 years (16 at RU). The upcoming NCAA tournament will be the fourth time hes had a team make an appearance. Another notable award was given to sophomore defender Tyler Drake as she was named Defensive Player of the Year.
The number of goals womens soccer sophomore forward Sahar A aki scored in the semi- nal game of the Big South tournament. The Highs ended up defeating Liberty 4-1. However, the clutch hat trick from A aki wasnt the rst three times shes found the back of the net. She led RU in goals in the regular season with nine, despite only six starts. The Highs won the Big South tournament on Nov. 6 with wins over UNC Asheville, Liberty, and Campbell.
COURTNEY EARLL | The Tartan Mens Basketball added six freshman over the summer, compared to just two seniors returning.