All Things Athletics #3

Post Season is drawing ever closer and things are heating up at Mossy Creek despite the weather getting colder. The women's soccer team is 11-0 and they are not the only ones on a winning streak. Volleyball is on a 5 game win streak and Football has not lost in the past four. The men's soccer team had a heart aching lost to Lincoln Memorial in front of a large home crowd but redeemed themselves with a win over Lenoir-Rhyne later in the week. Cross Country's Brooke Earheart took her first individual college win at Belmont Abbey.Football-The Eagles had a dominating performance against Mars Hill, beating the Lions 55-22. Quarterback, Alex Good completed 9 of 10 passes for 196-yards and one touchdown. Carson-Newman had 245- yards rushing for a grand total of 441-yards of total offense. Buck Wakefield had 3 touchdowns making it Wakefield's second three touchdown performance. The defense was their game, forcing four Mars Hill turnovers including a fumble return for a touchdown. Zeke Andrews recorded four tackles and two sacks to lead the way.

Women's Soccer- On Wednesday, the Lady Eagles defeated Tusculum 3-1. Carson-Newman scored first when Trenna Howell took the ball from the defense buried a shot inside the goal. Seven minutes later, Andrea Saevik got past the defenders to add a goal of her own. Tusculum scored with 10 minutes left in the half. Later in the second half, Lizeth Munguia scored off a corner kick from Trenna Howell.

On Saturday, the Lady Eagles continued to roll defeating Mars Hill 3-0. The first goal came in the 40:39 mark when Howell scored off a pass from Morgan Gruenenfelder. The second score did not come to the second half when Sandra Kaelin converted a penalty kick. The final goal came from Nikki Brannen when she put the ball past the goalie from three yards out.

Men's Soccer- On Wednesday, Carson-Newman fell to Lincoln Memorial 2-1. The Eagles outshot LMU 15-7. Fouls were a plenty with both teams racking up 53 combined fouls. LMU scored first in the seventh minute and it was not till the 41st minute that Carson-Newman responded with a goal off a deflected header put into the net by Ben Backstrom. In the second half, the Eagles controlled the ball but sadly, LMU was able to head the ball past Jordon Moore off a free kick.

The Eagles got back to winning on Saturday defeating Lenoir-Rhyne 2-1. After a scoreless first half, Omar Cooke quickly scored off a throw-in by Backstrom, heading the ball into the net. L-R responded five minutes later to tie the game. Robert Hill scored the match-winner off a pass from Daniel Zitt at the 67:36.

Volleyball- Volleyball had an action packed week winning three games. On Tuesday, the Lady Eagles defeated Mars Hill 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-12). After a tight first match where the Lady Eagles came back from a 20-16 deficit, the Lady Eagles took over the next two sets for the win.

Friday's game against Lenoir- Rhyne would not be that easy. The Lady Eagles battled back twice to outlast L-R 3-2. L-R took the first set coming back from being three down, 25-22. Carson-Newman took the second set coming from behind to take the set. L-R took the third set. The Lady Eagles took the fourth. In the fifth set, Carson -Newman used a .438 attack percentage to defeat L-R.

After the thriller on Friday, Carson-Newman swept Brevard 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-23). In the first set, Carson-Newman steadily built their lead before pulling away. The Lady Eagles were on their A-game in the second set with a .333 attack percentage. In the third set, Carson-Newman jumped out to an 8-3 lead before Brevard rallied back to take a 23-22 lead. Three straight points by Carson-Newman finished the game.

Cross Country-Both the men's and women's Cross Country teams took second at the Belmont Abbey Invitational. The women's team missed coming in first by two points behind Converse. The Lady Eagles were led by freshman, Brooke Earhart that took her first collegiate win this weekend covering the 5 course in 19:49. The men's team was second (48 points) behind Catawba (41 points). Jonathan Madden was first for the Eagles placing third with a time of 29:11 over the 8k course.