Viking SportS WeeklyVolume 2 • Number 10October 29, 2012

Winton & VikingS open 2012-13 SeaSon thiS Week

Men’s Soccer Runs Un-beaten Streak to Six... page 2

Volleyball Strengthens Hold on First Place in Horizon League... page 2

Cross Country Runs at League Champion-ship... page 2

Rodas Named Viking of the Week... page 3

VOLLEYBALL The Vikings return home to close out the regular sea-son with a three-match homestand, beginning with a pair of matches this weekend. CSU will host Wright State at 7:00 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 2) and Valparaiso at 4:00 p.m. on Sat-urday (Nov. 3). Saturday’s contest against the Crusaders will serve as Senior Day, as the Vikings will honor will the gradu-ating class of 2012. CSU enters the week on an eight-match win streak, af-ter defeating UIC and Loyola with matching 3-1 victories last weekend. With the victory over Loyola, CSU is beginning to pull away from the other eight teams in the league standings, owning a 10-1 record, with Valparaiso in second place (7-3). Kara Koch led the Viking offense with 35 kills last weekend, becoming the first league player to reach 400 kills this season.

Wrestling Opens Season on Saturday The wrestling team will finally be on the mat this weekend to start the regular season as they head to the state of Michigan for the Eastern Michigan Open on Saturday (Nov. 3). The open competition will begin at 10:00 a.m. The Vikings will be looking to improve on last season with a young roster that includes 17 returnees to go along with 10 freshmen. Six of those returnees wrestled at the League Championships last season. Seniors Corey Carlo (165 pounds) and Brian Roddy (184 pounds) were na-tionally recognized in the Wrestling USA Magazine preseason edition as “top chal-lengers” in their respective weight classes.

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MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING The Cleveland State men’s swimming team will be back in the pool once this week-end, as they take on Miami (Ohio) at 1:00 p.m. CSU will be looking to keep their momentum going coming off a 3-1 weekend that saw them go 2-0 Saturday at home against Niagara and Gannon. Junior Al Shillito will also be looking to continue his top swimming form as he was named last week’s Horizon League ‘Swimmer of the Week’.

WOMEN’S SOCCER CSU’s season came to an end with a 5-0 setback at Milwaukee on Friday (Oct. 26). The Vikings finished the sea-son with a 6-11 overall record and a 2-5 mark in the Horizon League. Freshman Vickie Havas finished her first season leading the team in goals (5), assists (5) and points (15). She ranked second in the Horizon League in all three categories. Jaime Avona tied Havas for the team lead with five goals, finishing with 12 points. Avona was one of five seniors who concluded their ca-reers along with Valerie Stahl, Sarah Zawie, Carla Ragone and Rachel Strongoli.

CROSS COUNTRY Cleveland State will have two weeks off from competi-tion, before closing the 2012 season at the NCAA Regional meet in Madison, Wis. This year’s regional meet will take place at 1:00 p.m. EST on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Zimmer Championship Course. Last weekend, CSU competed in the Horizon League Championship, with five runners recording personal-best times. This group was led by Tori Holt who finished in a time of 19:13, followed by Maddie Korak (20:34), Angela Kirila (20:56), Ashley Berlin (21:14) and Megan O’Keefe (21:36). As a team the Vikings placed ninth overall at the league meet.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CSU begins the 2012-13 season this week, hosting Walsh University and Ursuline College in a pair of exhibi-tion contests. CSU will face Walsh at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday (Nov. 1) in Woodling Gymnasium and will then host Ursuline at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday (Nov. 4) in the Wolstein Center. Cleveland State returns three starters from last season and eight letterwinners, including Preseason Horizon League First Team honoree senior Shalonda Winton. Winton, along with classmate Honesty King and sophomores Cori Coleman, Kiersten Green and Imani Gordon will compromise CSU’s starting five, after combining for 96 starts last year. Also returning for CSU this season is senior Kaila Mont-gomery, junior Haley Schmitt and sophomore Tess Zufall. The eight returners will be joined by four freshmen; Adesuwa Aid-eyman (5-7, G), Jasmine Flanagan (5-5, G), Nafeshia Holif-ield (6-0, F) and Allison Mitchell (5-9, F).

MEN’S SOCCER CSU closes the regular season on Saturday (Nov. 3) with a 2:00 p.m. match at Green Bay. The Vikings enter the week at 9-5-2 overall, but more importantly, CSU is in second place in the league with 13 points (4-1-1), two points behind Detroit (5-1; 15 points) for first place. The Titans close the regular season at UIC on Fri-day. The Vikings won a pair of matches last week to run their unbeaten streak to six straight, going 5-0-1 during the stretch. The week began with a 3-2 overtime win at Loyola on Wednesday (Oct. 24) in which CSU rallied from an early 2-0 deficit. The Vikings came back with a 1-0 win over UIC on Saturday (Oct. 27).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING The women’s swimming team will be back on the road this week as they head in state to take on Miami (Ohio) this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The squad is coming off a 2-2 weekend that saw them, like the men, go 2-0 this past Saturday at home against Gan-non and Niagara. Last week’s Horizon League ‘Swimmer of the Week’ Joanna Olsson continues to swim well for CSU as she won four times over the weekend.

Viking oF the Week

aSlinn rodaS // Men’s soccerClass: Junior

Position: Midfield Hometown: San Francisco, Calif.

laSt WeekRodas helped the Vikings to a pair of wins last week, extending CSU’s unbeaten streak to six straight matches (5-0-1). In the two matches last week, Rodas notched a goal and an assist. Rodas began the week by as-sisting on the game-winning goal with 29 seconds left in overtime in a 3-2 win at Loyola (Oct. 24). He then scored the lone goal in Saturday’s (Oct. 27) win over UIC, helping CSU maintain its hold on second place in the league with 13 points, two behind league-leader Detroit.

thiS Week’S Schedule women’s BasketBallThurs. Nov. 1 WALSH (EXH) 7:00 p.m.Sun. Nov. 4 URSULINE (EXH) 2:00 p.m.

men’s soCCerSat. Nov. 2 at Green Bay 1:00 p.m.

men’s swimming & DivingSat. Nov. 3 at Miami (Ohio) 1:00 p.m.

volleyBallFri. Nov. 2 WRIGHT STATE * 7:00 p.m.Sat. Nov. 3 VALPARAISO * 4:00 p.m.

wrestlingSat. Nov. 3 at Eastern Michigan Open 10:00 a.m.

* - Game can be seen live on the HORIZON LEAGUE NETWORK

laSt Week’S reSultSOct. 24 Men’s Soccer at Loyola W, 3-2 (OT)Oct. 26 Women’s Soccer at Milwaukee L, 5-0 Men’s Swimming vs. Kenyon W, 175.5-121.5 Men’s Swimming at Ohio State L, 171-110 Women’s Swimming vs. Kenyon L, 155-143 Women’s Swimming at Ohio State L, 179-110 Volleyball at UIC W, 3-1Oct. 27 Men’s Soccer hosts UIC W, 1-0 Men’s Swimming hosts Gannon W, 186-48 Men’s Swimming hosts Niagara W, 172-65 Women’s Swimming hosts Gannon W, 195-48 Women’s Swimming hosts Niagara W, 189-48 Cross Country at HL Championship 9th Volleyball at Loyola W, 3-1

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