SPORTS THE EMORY WHEEL
Tuesday, November , Sports Editor: Elizabeth Weinstein (eweins2@emory.edu)
CROSS COUNTRY
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Women, Mees Run at NCAAs
Women’s Soccer After defeating Carnegie Mellon University in a shootout in the 0-0 tie in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III tournament, the women’s soccer team will advance to the Semifinals round for the first time in school history.
Men’s Basketball
By Megan Hunter Staff Writer
The men’s basketball team opened their season with two victories, blowing out Huntingdon 98-70 a defeating the University of the Ozarks in a tough 90-80 game. Senior Alex Greven and junior Jake Davis combined for 46 points in the second game.
midair. However, with a chance to thread the needle, junior defenseman Caitlin Clark’s shot was saved by Carnegie Mellon junior goalkeeper Anna Albi. Both the Eagles and Tartans converted their next three penalty kicks. Tied at 10, heading into the 13th round, the Eagles caught a break when junior defenseman Brittany Couture’s shot deflected off the post, giving the Eagle’s a chance to advance. Sophomore midfielder Jennifer Grant came through in the clutch, netting the Eagle’s 11th and gameending penalty kick that punched the ticket to the heralded Final Four. “I was so nervous I could barely watch,” Patberg said. “I tried to
This past weekend, the Eagles ran in the NCAA Division III National Championship Cross Country Meet. The meet was held in Terre Haute, Ind. on a course that the Eagles have run earlier in the season. The Eagles were represented by seven of the Emory women and freshman Lukas Mees of the men’s team. Thirty-two teams and 56 individual qualifiers competed in each championship race. The women’s team established themselves as the 31st-ranked team in Division III. The team’s seven representatives included senior captain Calleson Edwards, sophomores Hannah Moriarty, Marissa Gogniat, Hannah Smith, Stephanie Crane and Tamara Surtees, and freshman Aileen Rivell. This NCAA Championship Meet was the first national appearance for four out of the seven women competing. Moriarty led the Eagles through the 6k course with a time of 23 minutes and 17 seconds. Gogniat trailed three seconds behind Moriarty for a finish of 23:20. The Eagles’ remaining scorers included Surtees, Rivell and Smith. “The season didn’t end up quite like I would have wanted it to at Nationals,” Edwards said. “But it gave the younger kids experience.” As a graduating senior, Edwards feels that the qualifying for NCAAs was bittersweet. “I’m glad we had one more shot to race after Regionals. I just wish I’d ended on a better one,” Edwards said. Head Coach John Curtin said that he feels that a season of inconsistent performances prevented the team from reaching their full potential. “This season has been such a roller
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Women’s Basketball The women’s basketball team began its season by winning the Emory Tip-off Classic, overwhelming Spelman 94-37 and defeating Piedmont 72-54. Senior forward Misha Jackson pulled down 17 rebounds in each of the games, a career high and the most for the Eagles since 1991.
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The women’s soccer team gathers together to celebrate advancing to the Final Four. Led by two goals from Emily Feldman, the Eagles defeated Loras College 2-1 and tied Carnegie Mellon 0-0 before edging them in penalty kicks to advance to the Final Four.
Eagles Advance to Final Four By Drew Heuman-Gutman Staff Writer
SWIMMING & DIVING
Squads Fall, Post Eight ‘B’ Cut Times
The Emory women’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals for the first time in school history, edging Loras College (Iowa) 2-1 and Carnegie Mellon University (Penn.) in penalty kicks. “We could not be more excited about beating two great teams such as Loras and Carnegie Mellon,” Head Coach Sue Patberg said. “They were tough games; between both of them, we had to play our best every minute of each game.” The Eagles moved to 14-1-7 on the year, while the Duhawks and Tartans fell to 19-5 and 14-1-5 respectively. The Carnegie Mellon game was exactly as advertised, with two of the top defenses squaring off and deter-
mined to relinquish no goals. Possession was evenly matched throughout the duration of regular time, with both teams having 12 shots, five each on goal. “The fact that we played them [CMU] twice in two weeks allowed them to match up well against us,” Patberg said. “Defensively, they were very physical; they did not make any mistakes, which gave us very few opportunities to capitalize.” The shootout was an absolute nailbiter, with Emory needing 13 rounds to advance past the Tartans. In the fifth round of the shootout, junior defenseman Lauren Gorodetsky was able to net her penalty kick, sending the shootout into extra kicks. In the opening rounds of the extra free kicks, junior midfielder Kelly
Costopoulos, sophomore forward Emily Feldman and senior midfielder Merril Bachouros were all able to convert their penalty kicks.
“I was so nervous I could barely watch ... I tried to breathe and was so stunned at the same time; it was truly an amazing feeling.” — Sue Patberg, head coach Knotted up at seven apiece heading into the ninth round, senior goalkeeper Kaele Leonard caught junior forward Cecilia Zischkau’s shot in
By Bennett Ostdiek Asst. Sports Editor Squaring off against one of on elite Division I squads in the country, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both fell to the University of Georgia (UGA) Bulldogs this weekend. During the meet, the teams posted a total of eight provisional qualifying times and a pair of victories. The men’s record is now 0-4 on the season, while the women stand at 2-2. “We will race anybody that wants to schedule us,” Head Coach Jon Howell said. “There are a lot of teams who may be intimidated by UGA, but we will race anybody and race hard. For us it is a question of getting better.” The men did not make the victory easy for Georgia, losing to the 10th ranked Bulldogs by a score of 114-83. “Georgia is strong on the men’s side, but we had a chance to win some races,” Howell said. “It was a lot of fun for our guys to be in that situation.” The Eagles were led by a strong, first-place performance in the 200yard freestyle relay. The team, consisting of junior Jake Stephens, junior Ryan Bass, senior Richard Upton and junior Ross Spock, won the race with a time of 1:23.04, posting a NCAA ‘B’ cut time in the process. “The 200 free relay team has been good all season long and did a great job,” Howell said. “They had to be good as a foursome, and keep their heads in the right spot and they won that event outright.” The men also delivered outstanding performances in the 200-yard butterfly, with senior Miller Douglas winning the event with a time of 1:52.21 and sophomore Hayden Baker finishing second, posting a time of 1:53.20. Both swims merited provisional qualifying times. Also recording ‘B’ cut times were Stephens in the 400-yard individual medley, completing the event in 4:04.28 and senior Justin Beegle in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:06.21). Spock also contributed a second
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Team Begins Campaign With Two Strong Wins By Ryan Smith Asst. Sports Editor
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Junior point guard Savannah Morgan handles the ball for the Eagles. She scored 15 points over the weekend as the Eagles won both their games.
Season Opens With a Bang By Nicola Braginsky Staff Writer The No. 21-ranked women’s basketball team got their season off to a strong start this weekend, posting a 94-37 victory over Spelman College and 72-54 victory over Piedmont College to win the Emory Tip-off Classic. Senior co-captain Misha Jackson led the team’s dominating performance, and was the team’s high scorer and one of four with double-digit points. She put up 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, the 10thhighest mark in a single game in the program’s entire history and the most
by any Eagle since 1991. The Eagles jumped out to an early lead over Spelman, and the score stood at 12-0 score within the first five minutes of the game. Spelman scored its first basket with a little over 16 minutes still left on the clock for the first half, but the Eagles immediately countered with a three-pointer from junior and preseason all-American Hannah Lilly. Jackson followed by scoring another pair of points with a lay-up and a jump shot, bringing the Eagles lead up to 19-2 at the 15:44 mark. Over the course of the first half, the Eagles held a lead of at least 25 points three different times.
“We started each half tremendously strong, and that was a big part of the game,” Head Coach Christy Thomaskutty said. “We executed really well offensively and defensively, although there is room to improve on defensive play. We have to limit the other teams’ ability to get to the rim.” After a pair of free throws by Jackson, Emory led 46-21 at halftime. Jackson’s 17 points and 11 rebounds were game highs in both categories, while junior guard Savannah Morgan added six assists in the first half. “Friday night was a great start to
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The men’s basketball team opened its season on a strong note, sweeping the Black Tie Classic in Birmingham, Ala. The Eagles posted a 98-70 win over the Huntingdon College (Ala.) Hawks on Friday and a 90-80 victory over the University of the Ozarks (Ark.) on Saturday to start the season 2-0. “We’re 2-0,” Head Coach Jason Zimmerman said. “That’s a great weekend. We weren’t looking at the weekend trying to win two games, we wanted to win each game separately.” Emory got out quickly against Huntingdon and never looked back, riding a 51 percent field goal percentage — including 55 percent from three-point territory — to a 52-35 halftime lead. Junior guard McPherson Moore contributed 12 of his 15 points in the first half, including a key three-pointer that gave the Eagles an 18-8 lead just seven minutes into the contest. The Eagles ran the lead to 20 points on a series of big plays from senior guard Alex Greven with nine minutes remaining in the half. Greven first converted on a threepoint play, following a layup with a foul shot, then found senior forward Michael Friedberg for a three-pointer. The team’s second half was equally dominant. A 7-0 run to open the half—the first four points of which were provided by junior forward Jake Davis—gave the Eagles a 59-35 lead. The Hawks responded with a run of their own, scoring 11 unanswered points to cut the lead to 14 with 15 minutes remaining. But the Eagles halted the run with a Davis layup and
went the rest of the way unchallenged. Five players landed in double digits for the Eagles, led by Davis’ 21 points on nine for 12 shooting. Friedberg and Moore both contributed 15, with Moore going three for four from beyond the arc. Greven and sophomore forward Alex Foster were the other two double-digit producers, notching 12 and 11 points, respectively. Sophomore guard Josh Schattie led the team in rebounds with eight, while sophomore guard Michael Florin contributed a team-high seven assists. The Eagles shot 55 percent from the field, including an impressive 50 percent from three-point range, but made just 53 percent of their free throws. They held the Hawks to 43 percent shooting. “I think the team played well,” Greven said. “We had a lot of different guys step up to make big plays in certain situations. At the same time even if we win games, we use each game as a learning opportunity to figure out how we can improve and what we need to do better.” Emory was in for a tougher test in the Black Tie Classic finale against the Ozarks, but still started quickly en route to a 43-29 halftime lead. Moore, Greven, and Davis fueled the Eagles in the first half, combining to shoot 58 percent in the game’s first twenty minutes. With the score at 20-16 with just over seven minutes left in the half, Davis spurred a 14-4 run with seven consecutive points to give the Eagles a cushion. Florin stretched the lead to 16 points early in the second half with
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