The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Page: 5 of 8
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Sports
November 10, 2010
Seniors leave on high note
Eliana Mijangos
emmijangos@mail. txwes. edu
The Lady Rams volleyball team
slid past Southern Nazarene's Crim-
son Storm to get a win on Senior
Night Nov. 2 in the Sid Richardson
Center.
The Lady Rams started slow, un-
able to make any solid returns.
Nazarene capitalized on Wesleyan
mistakes taking a 25-15 win in a
short-fought battle.
In game two, the Lady Rams re-
fused to step down. Kristen Venhui-
zen, senior outside hitter, capitalized
on the errors of the Lady Storm by
killing them with three solid spikes.
Lynsay Buell, freshman middle
blocker, came off the bench with lots
of energy and some vital returns giv-
ing them a 10-6 lead. Haelee Home,
freshman outside hitter, finished the
game off with a block, setting them
up for a 25-10 lead.
Taking an early lead in game
three, the Lady Storms errors made
for an early four-point lead. How-
ever, Nazarene's Kira Roberts, fresh-
man middle blocker, came into the
game sweeping the Lady Rams with
a powerful block and kill that Wes-
leyan failed to return. This put the
Lady Rams above the Storm 20-16.
The Lady Rams' back row jeopar-
dized the lead as Nazarene took a
23-21 lead with some irretrievable
kills. Venhuizen tried to pick up the
team's tempo, but the Lady Rams fell
25-23.
Both teams kept the game close in
game four, but Venhuizen pushed
the Lady Rams ahead to take a
12-7 lead with several solid serves.
Jennifer Kline, freshman middle
blocker, and Buell had two double
blocks in a row sending a message
to the Storm that they brought
their umbrellas and wouldn't go
down easily Marissa Rangel, junior
defensive specialist, and Stepha-
nie Dominguez, freshman setter,
played a strong back line sealing
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Angie Ruiz | Rambler Staff
Senior outside hitter, Kristen Venhuizen, sets up for a dig during a close
game against Southern Nazarene University. The Senior Night game
honored Wesleyan seniors Nov. 2.
Angie Ruiz | Rambler Staff
Senior setter, Evoni Darling tops off her Red River Conference "Setter of
the Week" title with an assist to freshman middle blocker, Lynsay Buell
for a game-winning kill.
the Lady Ram lead. Venhuizen shut
down the Storm with a powerful
kill assisted by senior setter, Evoni
Darling, to seal a 25- 15 win.
"I think it was a great win," Rosen-
bush said. "We all played hard to win
for the seniors because we will miss
them so much."
The Storm scored early in game
five as the Lady Ram fans sat on
edge, but Wesleyan quickly took the
8-7 lead. A serve by Nazarene's Rob-
erts that the Lady Rams couldn't re-
turn gave them a 13-11 lead. Errors
on the Storm's side left them with
a 13-13 tie. Kline came out of the
time out with a powerful kill setting
the Lady Rams up for a 15-14 lead,
and Katherine Rosenbush, fresh-
man middle blocker, followed close
behind with the winning serve that
the Storm just couldn't handle. The
Lady Rams finished the game 16-14
as they celebrated Senior Night for
Darling and Venhuizen.
"The win over SNU was a great
win for us going in the conference
tournament. We showed discipline,
fought for every point earning the
match," said head coach Christy
Clawson.
Darling was named Red River
Athletic Conference setter of the
week as of Nov. 1 with 69 total as-
sists.
"As for the seniors, they have giv-
en so much to this program over the
course of four years. They have been
leaders and mentors on the court
and in the classroom, and friends to
this young team. They have grown
and matured into two young ladies
I am proud to say that I have had the
opportunity to coach and been in-
volved in their lives," Clawson said.
"Although some of the freshmen
haven't had as much time with the
seniors as I have, I know we will
all miss their leadership and, more
importantly, their friendship," said
sophomore middle blocker Chris-
tina Daniel.
Lady Rams miss their conference title goal
Eliana Mijangos
emmijangos@mail. txwes. edu
The Lady Ram Soccer team
competed in the first round of
the Red River Athletic Confer-
ence tournament in Browns-
ville Nov. 4.
The Lady Rams faced the
Louisiana Shreveport Univer-
sity Pilots in the quarter finals.
Jessica Watton, sophomore
forward, came into the game
leading the RRAC conference
with 43 points. She scored an
early goal, setting the tempo
for the Lady Rams that re-
mained throughout. This first
goal was assisted by Karissa
Olsen, freshman forward. Pi-
lot's Heather McCutchen, mid-
fielder, tied the game 1-1 right
before the half.
The Watton-Olsen duo came
out the second half refusing to
settle for anything less than
a lead and took another early
goal. Leah Valtman, freshman
midfielder, quickly followed as
she scored and gave the Lady
Rams a 3-1 lead.
Shreveport tried to get back
in the game with a last minute
goal, but Katy Houchin, junior
goal keeper, made four saves to
seal the 3-2 win.
This win advanced the Lady
Rams to the Oct. 5 semi-final
round against the Red River
Athletic Conference winners,
Northwood University.
"When you play the regular
season champion, you have
to perform to near perfection,
and we weren't able to do that,"
said head coach Josh Gibbs.
The Lady Rams took a hard
3-0 loss to Northwood, with all
three goals scored in the first
half.
A free kick at 10:26 was goal
one. Goal two came from a
corner kick by Northwood's
Natalie Cater, sophomore for-
ward, who 10 minutes later
scored again.
"I thought versus North-
wood we had a bad day, collec-
tively, at the worst time," Gibbs
said.
The Lady Rams finished
conference play 13-6, taking
fourth place in the RRAC.
"I promised my team that I
would be whatever they need-
ed me to be whether it was the
best forward in the conference
or the best cheerleader on our
bench," Watton said, "So all the
sacrifices and injuries were all
worth it, and I'd do it all over
again."
The Lady Rams will lose six
seniors to graduation.
"We lose one of five players
in the back that set school re-
cords for fewest goals allowed
in a season (20) and best goals
against average (1.05)," Gibbs
said.
Watton led the Lady Rams
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Meisa Keivani Najafabadi I Rambler Staff
Jessica Watton, sophomore forward, (shown preparing to cross her defender from Lubbock
Christian University) was named Red River Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Player of the
Week Oct. 18-24. She was also named Second Team All-Conference, a title that comes with
her eight division one national rankings for points, assists and goals. "Everything I accom-
plished this year wouldn't be possible without the team or coaches '/ had behind me. I was just
being what they needed me to be to win," Watton said.
Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff
Junior defense, Kayla Mason (as shown hustling for an assist at Martin Field) was one of four
Lady Ram soccer players receiving Second Team All- Conference mentions for the Red River
Athletic Conference. Karissa Olsen, freshman forward, Jodi Blowers, senior mid-fielder, and
Jessica Watton, sophomore forward joined Mason in these honors.
in goals, assists and shots, and Olsen was ranked Na- legiate Athletes Division One
Houchin led the team in saves, tional Association of Intercol- for total points and goals.
-RRAC Tournament Women's
Volleyball
TWU vs. Southwestern Assemblies of
God University
Fri. Nov. 12th 12:00 pm
-TWU Women's Basketball vs.
Tarleton State University Nov. 13, 7:30 pm
-Home Opener vs. TX Lutheran Nov. 16th
5:30 pm
-Men's Basketball vs.
Southwestern Adventist University
Nov. 15th 7:30 pm
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