2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!When it comes to water sports at SRU, a main staple is the coach of both the women's swimming team and women's water polo team, Jim Yeamans. Yeamans has been coaching women's water polo since 2003 and coached men's water polo teams from 2004-2005. In addition to coaching, he is the Coordinator of Aquatic Programming in the Aebersold Student Recreation Center (ARC).
While "Sticks and stones," "Do unto others" and other nuggets of grade school insight sometimes fall by the wayside, one axiom has stood the test of time in the world of sports: "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game." And Rock baseball head coach Jeff Messer is still buying it, even after his team went just 1-2 in a midweek stretch that served as a warm-up to the team's home-and-home four-game clash with California (Pa.
The No. 34 ranked SRU women's tennis team recovered from a 9-0 defeat by California of Pa. to defeat its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West rival Indiana of Pa. 9-0 Thursday. The number one doubles team of sophomore Kayla Blackburn and freshman Laura Handy defeated the IUP number one partners of Adriana Nunic and Caitlin Heston by a 3-0 retired score.
The SRU softball team swept the doubleheader against Ursuline Tuesday, improving its record to 10-8 on the season. With the two wins, the Rock got above .500 for the first time since the win against Nebraska-Omaha during spring break. "I think getting above .
Senior offensive set/driver Erika Brunner scored five goals and recorded one assist on Sunday morning to lead the Rock women's water polo team's effort. But the team still fell, 16-9, to the Indiana Hoosiers at the Morrow Field House pool. "It was a really good game, we played them better than we played Michigan," coach Jim Yeamans said.
The SRU track team received 10 first place finishes at the Early Bird Invitational at California University of Pennsylvania last weekend. "I am really pleased with how everything went," coach John Papa said. "The weather held out and I am excited with the direction of the team.
The Rock women's lacrosse team knew what to expect walking into their first varsity season. Aspirations of walking home with a championship at the end of the season never once took place in team members' minds, but neither did being outscored 67-9 in their first three games.
© The Rocket. All rights reserved. No portion of this web site may be reproduced or distributed without the permission of The Rocket's Editor-in-Chief.
