Viking SportS WeeklyVolume 2 • Number 6October 1, 2012

SuljeVic & Men’S Soccer Back HoMe on WedneSday

Men’s Golf Host CSU Invi-tational... page 2

Havas Tied for League Lead in Points... page 2

Women’s Tennis Back in Action at Michigan State... page 2

Cross Country Heads to Florida... page 2

Sparrow Named Viking of the Week... page 3

VOLLEYBALL The Vikings will continue Horizon League play on the road this weekend, traveling to Valparaiso and Wright State. CSU will face the Crusaders at 8:00 p.m. EST on Friday (Oct. 5), and the Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 6). CSU enters the weekend standing at 11-6 overall and 3-1 in league play. Last weekend the Vikings split their first homestand of the league schedule, defeating UIC (3-0) and falling to Loyola (0-3). Against the Ramblers, Kara Koch moved into third place on the all-time career kills list at CSU, and ended the weekend with 1,375 career kills. On the season, Koch has a team-high 299 kills (4.90 kills per set), while Marie Frease leads the team with a .338 hitting percentage and 56 blocks, and Amanda Medvetz leads the Vikings with 282 digs.

Women’s Soccer Senior Day on Saturday CSU concludes its three-match homestand with two contests this week, starting with a 5:00 p.m. league match against Green Bay on Wednesday (Oct. 3). The Vikings then host Francis Marion on Saturday (Oct. 6) at 1:00 p.m. in a Senior Day contest where Jaime Avona, Carla Ragone, Valerie Stahl, Rachel Strongoli and Sarah Zawie will be honored in a pre-match ceremony. The Vikings fell to 3-8 overall and 0-2 in the Horizon League with a 2-1 setback to Valparaiso on Friday (Sept. 28) night. Vickie Havas scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season off assists from Sarah Wood and Jaime Avona. For Havas, it allowed her to move into a tie for first place in the league with 14 points. She is tied for the league lead with four assists and is second with five goals.

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MEN’S TENNIS CSU will take a break from competition this week, and prepare for the ITA Mid-west Regional, which begins on Thursday, October 18. This past weekend the Vikings competed at the Ball State Fall Invitational, bring-ing home a doubles title for the third straight weekend. The Viking duo of Matt Ford and Matt Kuelker claimed the championship in the Flight B Doubles draw following a 4-0 weekend, which included wins over Louisville and Marquette. Jorg van der Vloet had a strong weekend in singles play for CSU, reaching the championship match of the Flight A Consolation bracket after picking up three wins at the invite. Entering the ITA Midwest Regional, Joe VanMeter has a team-best 7-4 singles record, while Ford is close behind with a 6-3 mark and Kuelker and Ali Shabib stand at 5-4.

WOMEN’S TENNIS The Vikings will take a week off from competition this weekend, and will return to the courts on Friday, Oct. 5 at the Michigan State Invitational. The MSU Invite will be the final fall tournament for CSU before the Vikings take part in the ITA Midwest Regional. Kara Sherwood and Ellen Folkers each won their re-spective singles flights at the BGSU Invitational last weekend, posting 3-0 records in singles play. Sherwood won the title in the Flight 4 draw, while Folkers picked up her championship in the Flight 5 bracket. The duo also teamed up to play No. 2 doubles for the Vikings, reaching the championship match be-fore losing their first contest. Folkers and Sherwood lead the Vikings with four wins each on the young season, while they are one of two Viking doubles teams to have two wins on the year – joined by Folkers and Mengdi Liu.

MEN’S SOCCER Cleveland State returns home for just the second time this season when the Vikings host Belmont on Wednesday (Oct. 3) at 2:00 p.m. at Krenzler Field. CSU is 4-5-1 on the season and 0-1 in Horizon League play. The Vikings went 0-1-1 last week, earning a 0-0 draw at Cincinnati on Sept. 26 before falling at Wisconsin, 2-1, on Sept. 29. Brad Stuver made six saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season at Cincinnati. At Wisconsin, the Vikings fell behind 2-0 at the half. The Vikings got a goal in the 86th minute from Aaron Adkins, but could not get the game-tying goal. Adkins now leads the team with three goals and is tied with Zach Ellis-Hayden for the team lead with six points.

WOMEN’S GOLF CSU is out of action until Oct. 8-9 when the Vikings compete at the Butler Bulldog Invitational. CSU was last in action when the Vikings finished second at the CSU Invita-tional at Pine Hills G.C. on Sept. 24-25. 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).

CROSS COUNTRY CSU will travel south this weekend to Orlando, Fla. to compete in the Walt Disney World Classic. The collegiate women’s 5K race is slated for an 8:30 a.m. start, and will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Last weekend the Vikings were one of over 40 schools to participate in the All-Ohio Championship, finishing sev-enth out of the Division I schools. Tori Holt once again paced the Vikings, crossing the finishing line in 19:26, her fourth straight sub 20-minute 5K this season.

MEN’S GOLF The Vikings are back in action next Monday and Tues-day (Oct. 1-2) when CSU hosts its own invitational at Canter-bury G.C. CSU was last in action when the Vikings won the John Piper Invitational on Sept. 17-18, carding rounds of 296-291-299 (886) to defeat Oakland by five shots. Andrew Bailey finished third overall with rounds of 73-74-72 (219), while Michael Klaric was one shot back at 220, firing rounds of 79-71-70. It was CSU’s first tournament title since the 2011 Horizon League Championship.

WOMEN’S TENNIS After a week off from competition, the Vikings will travel to East Lansing, Mich. for the Michigan State Invita-tional this weekend. The MSU Invite will begin on Friday (Oct. 5) and run through Sunday (Oct. 7). Entering the week, freshman Ellen Folkers leads CSU with a 5-1 singles record, while junior Kara Sherwood stands at 4-2. Folkers also has a team-best 4-3 doubles record, teaming with Mengdi Liu and Sherwood throughout the first two tournaments of the season.

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ariel SparroW // Women’s GolfClass: Senior

Position: No. 1 Hometown: Strongsville, Ohio

laSt WeekSparrow recorded a runner-up finish at the CSU Invitational at Pine Hills G.C. on Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 24-25), carding rounds of 73-79 (152). Her 73 in the opening round was tied for the second low-est round in program history, just one shot shy of equaling the school record. Sparrow’s 36-hole total of 152 also tied the school record. She leads the team with a 79.1 scoring average this season.

tHiS Week’S ScHedule Cross CountrySat. Oct. 6 at Walt Disney World Classic TBA

men’s GolfMon. Oct. 1 CSU INVITATIONAL 8:30 a.m.Tues. Oct. 2 CSU INVITATIONAL 8:30 a.m.a

men’s soCCerWeds. Oct. 3 BELMONT * 2:00 p.m.

women’s soCCerWeds. Oct. 3 GREEN BAY * 5:00 p.m.Sat. Oct. 6 FRANCIS MARION * 1:00 p.m.

women’s tennisFri.-Sun. Oct. 5-7 at Michigan State Invitational All Day

VolleyballFri. Oct. 5 at Valparaiso * 8:00 p.m.Sat. Oct. 6 at Wright State 7:00 p.m.

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

laSt Week’S reSultSSept. 24-25 Women’s Golf hosts CSU Invitational 2ndSept. 26 Men’s Soccer at Cincinnati T, 0-0Sept. 28-29 Men’s Tennis at Ball State Invitational NTSSept. 28 Women’s Soccer hosts Valparaiso L, 2-1 Volleyball hosts Loyola L, 3-0Sept. 29 Cross Country at All-Ohio Championship 7th Volleyball hosts UIC W, 3-0 Men’s Soccer at Wisconsin L, 2-1

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