Sunday, August 26, 2012

Friday's college roundup: W&M men open soccer season with tie, women with 2-OT loss

In men's soccer Friday, William and Mary began its season with a 0-0 draw against Butler at the VCU Invitational at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond.

The Tribe, which struggled on offense but was solid on defense last season, started 2012 in the same way.

W&M goalkeeper Bennett Jones made seven saves in his second collegiate start, and the Tribe outshot Butler 17-16.

Women's soccer:

Tennessee beat William and Mary 1-0 in double overtime at a tournament in Knoxville, scoring on Caroline Brown's penalty kick in the 107th minute.

The Tribe fell to 0-2 despite Caroline Casey's nine saves.

Field hockey:

No. 9 Penn State overcame No. 3 Old Dominion 5-2 in the season opener for both.

ODU tied the game at 2 a minute into the second half on goals by Christy Longacre and Sarah Breen, but Kelsey Amy's second goal of the game gave the host Nittany Lions the lead for good about nine minutes into the second half.

Women?s volleyball:

Hampton started its season by beating Elon 3-2 but losing to Winthrop 3-2 at North Carolina Central?s tournament in Durham.

Krista Kraskura had 30 kills and 17 digs as HU won 25-16, 23-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-9 its first match. Bibiany Fonseca had 56 assists.

In Winthrop's 25-20, 19-25, 12-25, 25-21, 15-11 triumph, Kraskura had 20 kills and 16 digs, while Fonseca had 42 assists. ...

Duke edged W&M 26-24, 25-18, 25-23 in an opener at the Duke Invitational despite Shaylin O'Connell's eight kills and three blocks. Manon Murray added eight kills for the Tribe. ...

Nebraska-Omaha beat Norfolk State 18-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-13 at Navy?s event.

Administration:

After Norwood Teague left his athletic-director job at VCU to take that position at Minnesota, associate Mike Ellis will join him there.

According to cbssports.com?s Jeff Goodman, Ellis will take the Villa 7 program with him. That?s the project that connects elite assistant coaches with athletic directors ? it led to Shaka Smart becoming VCU?s basketball coach.

Source: http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt-college-roundup-20120824,0,1970729.story?track=rss

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