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The 2010 fall season was arguably the best in school history. The College ranked eighth in the Learfield Cup after the fall season, repre- senting the top Division III overall athletic pro- grams nationwide. The Hornets hosted and won three conference championships the same day. Three student-athletes earned All- American honors, and four teams advanced to NCAA Post-season Play.
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Field Hockey Lynchburg, ranked eleventh in the nation, made it to the Sweet 16 after cap- turing the fifth-straight ODAC title. Sopho- more Shelly Milks earned second-team All-American honors and was named ODAC Field Hockey Player of the Year. Jenny Weir capped a stellar four-year career with first- team All-ODAC and All-Region accolades, and was named All-State Player of the Year; she set a record with 55 career assists. Coach Enza Steele was named ODAC Co-Coach of the Year.
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and won the contest 2-1 in overtime to reach the finals. Lynchburg led 1-0 against defend- ing champion Messiah College in the title game with five minutes left, but the Falcons scored to force overtime and netted another goal in the extra period to capture the title. A win would have given Lynchburg College its first ncaaDivision iii team title in history. Hunter Smith, identical twin of sidelined
Cameron Smith, earned the odac Player of the Year Award, and Yeager was named the conference, region, and state coach of the year before landing the national title. Freshman Michael Releford was named state Rookie of the Year. With eleven seniors wrapping up their lc
career in style, a return trip so deep into the national tournament would seem unlikely, but to count out the remaining Hornets would be a mistake.
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Women’s Soccer Lynchburg won the ODAC title by defeating Guilford 9-0 and Washing- ton & Lee 3-0 to set up the ODAC title match with Virginia Wesleyan. The teams tied 2-2 and LC advanced to the second round of tour- nament play. Senior Betsy Kwiatkowski was named the ODAC Player of the Year, fresh- man Tori Dott earned Rookie of the Year, and Dr. Todd Olsen was named the ODAC Coach of the Year. Kwiatkowski closed her career by earning second-team All-American honors. Senior Lauren Hammond was named the ODAC Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned a spot on the 2011 CoSIDA/ ESPN Academic All-District Second Team. The National Soccer Coaches Association named senior Jackie Bader a scholar All-American.
Men’s Cross Country LC finished twenty- ninth in national competition, winning its third consecutive ODAC title and finishing 30 points ahead of second-place Guilford College. LC also won the South/Southeast Regional and advanced to the NCAA Champi- onship meet as a team. Senior Ryan Van Als- tine finished third at the regional meet, and
freshman Cody Stanton finished sixth, with sophomore Nolan Compton close behind in seventh place. First-year head coach Doug Thomasey earned conference and regional Coach of the Year awards.
Women’s Cross Country The Hornets ran to a fifth-place finish at the South/Southeast Regional meet after Lynchburg finished one point shy of winning back-to-back conference titles. Senior Jennie Pernisi successfully de- fended her ODAC individual title, and sopho- more Molly Galloway was named the women’s cross country Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Freshman Krystal Foster took fourth at the ODAC meet, and Galloway finished eighth. At the regional meet, Pernisi and Fos- ter finished sixth and fourteenth, respectively, to earn a trip to nationals.
Volleyball The Hornet volleyball team posted an 18-11 record, 7-3 in conference play. LC scored impressive victories over Washington & Lee University, Bridgewater College, and Mary Washington College, and defeated Roanoke College in the ODAC Tournament first round. Senior Michelle Boucher and sophomore Rachel Huffman were named to the All-ODAC second team. Huffman led the conference with a .322 hitting percentage, and Boucher ended her career with 977 kills, putting her third in school history.
Toms inducted into
Hall of Fame Lynchburg College legend Dr. Jack Toms ’69 was one of six coaches to be inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA) Hall of Fame in December. The mentor of the LC track and cross country teams for thirty-one years, he retired from active coaching but remains the director of athletics.
LC To see an interview with Chris Yeager, Jack Toms’ acceptance speech, and a soccer photo gallery, visit
www.lynchburg.edu/spring2011
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