Viking SportS WeeklyVolume 1 • Number 23March 12, 2012

Men’S BaSketBall traVelS to Stanford for firSt round of 2012 nit

Softball Takes Part In

Rebel Games...page 2

Men’s & Women’s Golf Opens Spring

Slate...page 2

Men’s & Women’s Tennis Continues Spring

Season...page 2

Winton Named

Viking of the Week

...page 3

What to Watch forTHIS WEEK IN V IK ING ATHLETICS | MARCH 12 , 2012

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MEN’S & WOMEN’S TENNIS Afterhavingtheirfirstmatchpostponedduetorain,theVikingswillcontinuetheirSpringTrainingTripwithatleasttwomorematchesthisweek. ThemenwillfaceStetsonat2:30p.m.onTuesday(March13)andFloridaAtlanticat2:00p.m.onWednes-day(March14),whilethewomenwillalsoplayFloridaAtlanticonWednesdayandAlbanyat2:00p.m.onThurs-day(March15).CSUwasscheduledtoplayEmbry-Rid-dleonSunday,butduetorainintheareathematchwaspostponed and the two teamswill try to reschedule thecontestforlaterthisweek.

SOFTBALL TheVikingswillstayinFloridatotakepartintheRebelGamesthisweek,playingeightgamesoverafive-dayspan.CSUwillopenplaywithBryantandNebraska-OmahaonMonday(March12)andwillthenfaceManhattanandFair-leighDickinsononWednesday(March14).WagnerandHowardwillbeupnextonThursday(March15)beforeCSUclosestheweekwithLafayetteandRideronFriday(March16). ClevelandStatewent0-5overtheweekendattheUnderArmourShowcase,hostedbySouthFlorida.TheVikingoffensestruggledearlyinthetournament,postingtworunsintheirfirstthreegamesbeforebreakingoutforsixrunsinalosstoCanisius.Theweekendconcludedwitha3-2losstoWagner,agameinwhichtheVikingshadsevenhits.

MEN’S BASKETBALL TheVikingswillheadtothepostseasonforjusttheseventh time in program historywhen the sixth-seededVikingsopenplayinthe2012NationalInvitationalTour-namentatthird-seededStanfordonTuesday(March13)at11:00p.m.EST.ThiswillbethefifthtriptotheNITforCSUwiththeVikingsowninga3-4recordall-timeinthetournament. ClevelandStatewillbeledbythetrioofTreyHar-mon,D’AundrayBrownandAntonGrady,whoallearnedHorizonLeaguehonorsthisseason.Harmonearnedaspoton the all-league second team and all-defensive team,while Brown joined him on the all-defensive team andGradywasnamedtotheall-newcomerteam. ThreeVikings are averaging doule-digit points ontheseason;Harmon(12.9ppg),Brown(11.0)andJeremyMontgomery(10.8),whileTimKamczycisclosebehindwith9.0pointspercontest. TheVikingslastplayedonMarch3whentheyfelltoDetroit intheHorizonLeagueChampionshipsemifinalsandentertheNITwitha22-10overallrecord.Tuesday’sgamewillmarkthefirst-evermeetinginmen’sbasketballbetweentheVikingsandtheCardinal.

Men’s Golf opens sprinG season at BenBow invite

Cleveland State opens the spring season this week when the VikingscompeteattheBenBowInviteinJacksonville,Fla.,onMondayandTuesday(March12-13). TheVikingsenjoyedasolidfallseason,includingthreeconsecutivetop-fivefinishestoendtheseason.TheduoofJuniorMichaelKlaricandSopho-moreAndrewBaileypacedtheVikingsduringthefall,Klaricaveraginga73.8perroundandBaileywithateam-best73.4scoringaverage. KlaricandBaileywillbejoinedbyjuniorJonRiemer,sophomoreBrendanByrneandfreshmenMikeBalcar,KeithBrooksandNickPaxosduring thespringseason.

WOMEN’S GOLF TheVikings will kick off the 2012 spring seasonthisweekastheytraveltoJacksonville,Fla.fortheBut-lerBenBowInviteonMonday(March12)andTuesday(March13). JuniorArielSparrow led theVikingswith an80.4scoringaverageinthefall,includingacareer-lowroundof73attheZippyInvitational.Sparrow’sclassmate,LisaBarber, averaged82.2per round in the fall, includingacareer-low76ontwooccasions. Thetwoupperclassmenarejoinedontherosterbyatalentedquartetof sophomores-SteffCamarata,MicaelaCronin, Shelly Ford andMadelineKaminski-aswell asfreshmanColleenMiller.

FENCING ClevelandStatehostedtheNCAAFencingMidwestRegionalovertheweekendwiththewomencompetingonSaturday(March10)andthemenonSunday(March11). Alex Dickinson placed 10th in the epee contestwhileStephanieLeewas17thof20foilistsonSaturday.Thefollowingday,fourCSUmen’sfencersplacedinthetop12:TomBienvenuplaced10thinthesabregroup,onespot aheadof teammateWesMiller.LeviYoung (epee)andPhelanSpence(foil)eachtook12thintheirrespec-tiveweapons.BryanTwitchellandMikeMcDonaldtook14thand17th,respectively,inthesabrecompetition.JohnCuturicwas16thinthefoilgroup. Theeventfeaturedstudent-athletesfromClevelandState, Detroit, Lawrence, Northwestern, Notre Dame,OhioStateandWayneStateandwasofficiatedbywell-knownrefereesatthenationalandinternationallevels.

Viking of the Week

Shalonda Winton // Women’s BasketBallClass:Junior

Position: Forward

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.

laSt WeekShalonda Winton became just the third Vi-

king in program history to record 500 points and 300 rebounds in a single season last week, following her seven-rebound effort at Detroit in the Horizon League Quarterfinals. Winton, who finished the season with 566 points and 303 re-bounds, joins Lanette Taylor (91-92) and Audra Cook (99-00) as the only players to reach the milestone.

Winton finished her junior season among the all-time career leaders at Cleveland State, rank-ing seventh in rebounds (763), 12th in scoring (1,181), second in defensive rebounds (499), fourth in offensive rebounds (264) and seventh in blocked shots (75).

March 5 Takima Keane WBKFeb. 27 Kacey Cummings WSDFeb. 20 Kate Peterson Abiad WBKFeb. 13 Shalonda Winton WBKFeb. 6 Carys Behn WSDJan. 30 Anton Grady MBK

Jan. 23 Alice Sommerville WSDJan. 9 Tim Kamczyc MBKJan. 2 Nick Flannery WRSDec. 27 Shalonda Winton WBKDec. 12 Trey Harmon MBKDec. 5 Justin Kermack MSD

Nov. 28 Aaron Pogue MBKNov. 21 Alice Sommerville WSDNov. 14 D’Aundray Brown MBKNov. 7 Amy Grabiec VBOct. 31 Frederike Dubeau WSCOct. 24 Joanna Olsson WSD

Oct. 17 Brad Stuver MSCOct. 10 Kara Koch VBOct. 5 Admir Suljevic MSC

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upcoMing Schedule men’s BasketBallTues. March 13 at Stanford (ESPN2) 11:00 p.m.

softBallMon. March 12 vs. Bryant 1:00 p.m. vs. Nebraska-Omaha 3:00 p.m.Wed. March 14 vs. Manhattan 9:00 a.m. vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 11:00 a.m.Thurs. March 15 vs. Wagner 9:00 a.m. vs. Howard 11:00 a.m.Fri. March 16 vs. Lafayette 11:00 a.m. vs. Rider 1:00 p.m.

men’s tennisTues. March 13 at Stetson 2:30 p.m.Wed. March 14 at Florida Atlantic 2:00 p.m.

women’s tennisWed. March 14 at Florida Atlantic 2:00 p.m.Thurs. March 15 vs. Albany 2:00 p.m.

men’s GolfMon. March 12 Butler BenBow Invite All DayTues. March 13 Butler BenBow Invite All Day

women’s GolfMon. March 12 Butler BenBow Invite All DayTues. March 13 Butler BenBow Invite All Day

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March 5 Women’s Basketball vs. Youngstown State W, 59-56March 7 Women’s Basketball at Detroit L, 79-43March 9 Softball vs. Temple L, 6-1March 9 Softball vs. Villanova L, 8-0March 10 Softball vs. Central Michigan L, 6-1March 10 Softball vs. Canisius L, 10-6March 11 Softball vs. Wagner L, 3-2