Women’s Soccer Defeated in Regular Season Finale by No. 9 Washington & Lee
Quakers locked in as fifth seed, will travel to Randolph-Macon for ODAC Tournament
feom Bryce Johnson, Director of Athletic Communications
LEXINGTON, Va. – The Guilford College women’s soccer team concluded their regular season falling to Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) foe No. 9 Washington & Lee University, 3-0, at Watt Field on Saturday afternoon.
Wrapping up their regular season slate, the Quakers finish at 12-4-2 on the fall and 6-3-1 in conference play. Needing a win to securing hosting privileges, they instead lock in as the fifth seed and will travel to Randolph-Macon College for the ODAC Tournament on Tuesday. For the Generals, they had already secured the league’s regular season title, but now complete conference play unblemished at 10-0-0, and 15-1-1 overall.
Facing a season-highs of 33 total shots with 15 on goal across the first 86 minutes, Ady Franken (Peoria, Ill.) performed admirably, but ultimately surrendered three tallies against 12 saves, the most she has had to make in ODAC play this season, to fall to 10-4-2. Madison Musgrave (Lexington, N.C.) played three minutes of mop-up duty, making a pair of saves on the two shots sent her way. Abby Groff played all 90 minutes for W&L and did not face of shot on goal among the three Quaker attempts, completing league play facing a mere nine shots on target.
Sarah Zimmerman posted a brace for the Generals, netting the game-winner among her pair of tallies. Her sister, Elizabeth Zimmerman contributed with one of her own. Ann Riley Huber added a pair of assists as well for the home team. Guilford mustered just a trio of shots, with Kylee Berry (Kernersville, N.C.), Karly Griffin (Fort Mill, S.C.), and Lily Brown (Boone, N.C.) each getting one off.
Under pressure virtually from the first touch, Washington & Lee commanded the tempo, quickly accumulating nine shots, six on goal, and seven corner kicks over the course of the first 37 minutes of play. Junior captain Sarah Zimmerman would finally break through with an unassisted goal in the 38th minute of play to give the hosts the advantage.
For the remainder of the first half, and then into the second stanza, Guilford would hang on defensively, permitting shots but not scores. However, they could only contain the Generals’ ODAC-best offensive attack for so long as Elizabeth Zimmerman struck for W&L in the 73rd minute of play, assisted by Huber.
Just a few minutes later, Huber and Avery Hannah set up Sarah Zimmerman’s second tally of the afternoon in the 77th minute, bringing the final score to 3-0.
The Quakers permitted season-highs of 35 shots and 17 on frame, with both marks far exceeding any number they had allowed in a conference game to this point. Offensively, their three shots were also a season-low as they were held without a shot on frame for just the second time all season.
No matter the result, Guilford is ODAC Tournament bound for the third-consecutive season, this year as the fifth seed. They will travel to Randolph-Macon College who is now locked in as the four seed with the two squads playing on Tuesday. Start time has yet to be announced.
Cross Country Teams Battle at ODAC Championships
Men’s Team Secures 11th Place, Personal Records Litter the Quakers
from Reagan Hune, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant
SALEM, Va. – On Saturday morning, the Guilford College men’s and women’s cross country teams battled in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC Championships), at neutral site Green Hill Park. While the women’s team did not qualify for a team score, the men’s team secured an overall 11th-place finish.
Kendel Lowe (Winston-Salem, N.C.) continued to out-do himself with a new PR of 31:57.6, 94.2 seconds faster than his previous 8k run at the Elon Phoenix XC Invitational and was the top Quaker finisher, placing 93rd overall.
The second Quaker to finish was Alex Nunes-Palomares with a time of 33:23.3, a new PR that was 114.5 seconds faster than his last 8k. Next man standing for Guilford was Jeremy Harway (Apex, N.C.) who finished with 34:58.0 while Trenton Torain (Durham, N.C.) placed right behind him with a time of 35:42.2. Teammates Jerome Moore (Mount Olive, N.C.) and JC Yañez (Thomasville, N.C.) were the final Quakers to cross the finish line for the men with times of 39:07.6 and 40:42.1 respectively. Moore had a PR in the ODAC Championships with it being 72.5 seconds faster.
As for the Women’s 6k, Piper Campbell (Wilmington, N.C.) placed 78th overall with a time of 27:08.2, 65.9 seconds faster than the Elon Phoenix XC Invitational. The second Quaker finisher was Natalie Viera (Winston-Salem, N.C.) placing 87th and earning a PR with a time of 29:14.1. Bess Parnell (Cario, Egypt) was the final Guilford finisher for the women as she had a time of 31:46.3.
For Guilford’s final contest for the 2024 season, the Men and Women will compete in the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Championship in Jackson, Miss. hosted at Millsaps College on Saturday November 16th. Time is TBD.
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Volleyball Comes Up Short on Senior Night Against Lynchburg
Solid showing from Moore despite dropped contest on Senior Night
from Reagan Hune, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Natalie Moore (Talbott, Tenn.) finished with 15.0 points, an ace, and two blocks as the Guilford College volleyball team fell to the University of Lynchburg, 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-17) on Friday night on Jack Jensen Court in the Ragan-Brown Field House.
The Quakers stand at a 12-12 record, 6-5 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) while the Hornets finish with a 16-11, 8-4 in the ODAC.
Statistical leaders for the Quakers included Moore with a baker’s dozen in kills alongside eight digs, Maddi Page (Jonesboro, Ga.) with team-high 25 assists paired with eight digs, and Madison Bozarth (Greensboro, N.C.) with 16 digs and team’s second-best four assists.
Standouts for the Hornets were Leash DiNardo with 12 kills, Tori Williamson with 11 kills paired with team-high nine digs, and Jaina Leek with game-high 33 assists. Kailey Keough and Haydyn Proscia also had an effective night with nine kills coming from Keough and nine digs from Proscia.
The score swung both ways between GC and UofL towards the start of set one thanks to Lynchburg errors and to efforts from Kaci Johnson (Winterville, N.C.), Moore, and Page. Bree Spainhour and Ava Meinhardt were the catalyst for the away team that inspired the 9-1 run due to kills from Williamson and Spainhour paired with blocking errors, making it 16-9. Chrisbel Alcantara (San Juan, P.R.), who finished with the second highest on the team for kills with six, Madison Duvall (Sophia, N.C.), and Moore attempted to end the Guilford slump, however, DiNardo, Keough, and Williamson made an impact for the Hornets. Despite the 9-2 run for the Quakers with the help from Vanessa Johnson (Charlotte, N.C.), Alcantara, Duvall, and some aces from Bozarth, Lynchburg secured the set win, 25-23.
Back-to-back Moore kills and efforts from Alcantara and Vanessa Johnson gave the Quakers energy towards the beginning of set two. An 11-1 run was soon followed by Lynchburg through service aces and two of her six kills in this set from DiNardo. Moore and Kaci Johnson tried to keep GC afloat, but UofL fired back with kills from Ava Meinhardt and DiNardo. For Vanessa Johnson, three of her four total kills came this set and was a part of a 9-0 sequence. Three kills from Moore stemmed from this stretch alongside an ace from Zoe Whisnant (Greensboro, N.C.) to make it 22-21. Although the Quakers had great effort, the Hornets escaped with a set victory of 25-22.
Moore garnered three consecutive kills at the start of the final set to motivate Guilford. UofL was on a roll in set three as they capitalized on GC errors, even though two Kaci Johnson kills were delivered to make it 8-7. Guilford started to get into the groove and leveraged the Hornets’ blunders, but a 9-1 run was thrown at the Quakers thereafter. Williamson, Keough, and DiNardo stepped up for Lynchburg throughout the match, but especially in the final points. Alcantara and Moore attempted to turn things around, however the University of Lynchburg won the final set 25-17 and earned the uncontested victory, 3-0 for the match.
Guilford will play in one final regular season game for 2024 as the previously scheduled Tri-Match against North Carolina Wesleyan University and Pfeiffer University has been canceled. Although the Quakers wrap up Senior Night with a loss, Guilford is still in the dance for the ODAC tournament as Randolph College along with Shenandoah suffered recent defeats. GC will battle against Ferrum College in Ferrum, Va. on Wednesday, November 6th at 7 PM.