DID YOU KNOW?

This year the athletic department will be competing in a new conferecnce starting this fall.

It is the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or otherwise known as the SLIAC.

Th conference is made up of 9 schools that span 3 states, including Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky.

Spalding Athletics has Stellar Weekend

The weekend started off on the right foot when the Men’s Soccer team traveled to Georgetown, KY to take on the Tigers of Georgetown College and defeated them 3-2. This may have looked like your everyday matchup but after delving into it more you began to realize the importance of this game. Georgetown came into the match with an undefeated record of 3-0 while Spalding came in with a stellar 4-1 record, with their only loss coming at the ends of Bellarmine University, a Division II program.

Spalding took the early lead on the road with a goal at the 7 minute mark but the Tigers of Georgetown came roaring back with a goal 5 minutes later and another one before the end of the first half. Spalding went into halftime down 2-1 but being familiar with this position they once again refocused their efforts to put the pressure back on their opponents. Justin Robbins started the comeback for the Golden Eagles with a goal in the 50th minute; the assist went to Miloljub Damnjonovic. With momentum on their side and fresh legs, Spalding’s Jazmin Lizdo put in the game winning goal to the give Spalding the 3-2 victory and move their record to 5-1.

The Volleyball team traveled to Centre College to play in the Centre College Invitational. The opening game of the tournament was Spalding vs. the host school, Centre College. The Colonels proved to be too much as they beat Spalding in three straight matches, 21-25, 22-25, and 18-25. Leading the way for Centre was Laura Hench with 8 kills while Megan Gatewood pitched in with 10 digs.

The second game saw Spalding get back to its winning ways as they defeated Asbury College in three straight sets. The only set that was close was the first one of the match as Spalding won 25-22. The momentum carried them into set two and three as they took those easily by scores of 25-18 and 25-20. The Golden Eagles pushed their record to 9-2.

Rounding off the weekend was the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams who competed in the Berea College Invitational. Both teams faired very well against the tough competition in the meet but the Men’s team stood out with a tremendous 3rd place finish. The star of the race was Alec Zeremba who finished 3rd overall out of 66 runners with a time of 27:50:57 in the 8k. Coming in 17th was Abram Deng with a time of 29:19:49.

Kerry Campbell and Sarah Hodge both ran very well on the Women’s side with both finishing in the top 45 of the race. Campbell put together a time of 25:06 for the 5k while Sarah Hodge finished close behind her with a time of 25:40.

Notes:
The Men’s and Women’s Soccer games this weekend were cancelled due to weather. No make-up date has been scheduled at this time.

This week in Golden Eagle Athletics:
The Men’s and Women’s golf teams are both in Campbellsville, KY for the Campbellsville Invitational. On Tuesday the Volleyball team travels to Franklin College to take on the Grizzlies. The weekend coming up sees even more action as Volleyball once again is on the road as they take on Marian College on Friday night. Both Soccer teams have a busy weekend as they open up their conference schedule against MacMurray College on Saturday and then take on Hanover College on Sunday. The Cross Country teams will be traveling to the Quad Cities as they run in the Augustana Invitational. And rounding out the weekend, we will see the Baseball Team travel to Hanover College to play in a doubleheader starting at noon. This will be the one and only time that the baseball team plays this Fall.