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ENMU arrow Athletics arrow News arrow Weekly Updatesarrow October 10, 2005-October 16, 2005
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ENMU Weekly Highlights (Oct. 10 - Oct. 16, 2005)

Football (4-4, 2-2 LSC South)
*Oct. 15 — Tarleton State (Ranked #22) defeated ENMU, 34-27

Michael Benton (So., QB, 5’11”, 192 lbs., Everman, TX/Everman Joe C. Bean HS)
—24 carries for a career-high 176 yards and 2 touchdowns (both on 1-yard runs)
—Set an ENMU quarterback record with 13 rushing touchdowns on the season and needs just one touchdown to tie the ENMU overall record for rushing touchdowns in a season (14), set by Charlie Painter in 1951

Mark Patterson (Fr., CB, 6’0”, 187 lbs., Farmer’s Branch, TX/R.L. Turner HS)
—5 solo tackles, 2 assisted tackles (7 total tackles)
—Forced a fumble on the opening possession of the second half to give Eastern the ball at the TSU 27, setting up a touchdown to tie the game at 21-21
—Came off the bench after being injured in recent weeks

Derrick Hunter (Sr., WR, 6’0”, 180 lbs., Lamesa, TX/Lamesa HS)
—Caught 3 passes for 19 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown with 53 seconds left
—Set an ENMU record for career touchdown receptions (21), breaking the old record of 20, set by Steve Jackson (1983-84)
—Moved within two catches of the ENMU career record for pass receptions (126), set by
Robert Griggs (1985-86 and 1988-89)

Cross Country
*Oct. 15 — Men placed 1st at South Plains College (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 10th - Score of 24)
*Oct. 15 — Women placed 3rd at South Plains College

Felix Boit (Fr., 5’8”, 130 lbs., Eldoret, Kenya/Samoei Secondary School)
—1st place; 27:53.9 for 4-mile run

Jason Garcia (So., 5’7”, 134 lbs., Alamogordo, NM/Alamogordo HS)
—2nd place; 28:03.7 for 4-mile run

Orlando Sanchez (Sr., 5’9”, 135 lbs., Los Lunas, NM/Los Lunas HS)
—3rd place; 28:35.6 for 4-mile run

Joyce Doan (So., 5’6”, Kent, WA/Pacific Lutheran Univ./Kentlake HS)
—8th place; 21:00.7 for 3-kilometer run

Volleyball (6-15, 2-3 LSC South)
*Oct. 11 — West Texas A&M defeated ENMU, 30-25, 29-31, 30-24, 30-23
*Oct. 14 — Central Oklahoma defeated ENMU, 30-18, 30-23, 30-20
*Oct. 15 — Midwestern State defeated ENMU, 30-13, 30-12, 24-30, 30-16
*Oct. 15 — Southeastern Oklahoma defeated ENMU, 30-26, 25-30, 22-30, 30-24, 15-9

Grace George (Jr., MB, 5’11”, Kaaawa, HI/Kahuku HS)
—Recorded 71 kills (3.38 per game) and a .259 hitting percentage during the week
—22 kills vs. SE Oklahoma, 20 kills vs. West Texas A&M, 16 kills vs. TAMU-Commerce
—20 total blocks for the week, including 8 total blocks vs. SE Oklahoma

Rhea Wortman (Fr., OH, 5’10”, Prineville, OR/Crook County HS)
—Achieved 58 digs (2.76 per game), 45 kills (2.14 per game) and 4 total blocks (0.19 per game) during the week
—Career-high 23 digs vs. SE Oklahoma and 10 digs each vs. West Texas and Central Oklahoma
—15 kills each vs. TAMU-Commerce and SE Oklahoma

Women’s Soccer (10-5, 3-2 LSC)
*Oct. 14 — ENMU defeated East Central, 4-0
*Oct. 16 — Northeastern State defeated ENMU, 1-0

Megan Dozier (Jr., F, 5’4”, Midland, TX/Midland HS)
—Earned a hat trick (3 goals) in 4-0 win at East Central
—Leads Zias with 19 scoring points and 7 assists this season
—Ranks second on the team with 6 goals scored

Stephanie Sanchez (So., GK, 5’10”, Belen, NM/Belen HS)
—Played the first 74 minutes in Eastern’s 4-0 shutout win over East Central
—Allowed one goal in 90 minutes against Northeastern State
—Gave up one goal in 164 minutes during the week to lower her goals against average to 1.57

Men’s Soccer (3-11-1, 1-8 SSC)
*Oct. 14 — Midwestern State defeated ENMU, 5-1
*Oct. 16 — St. Edward’s defeated ENMU, 3-1

Jonathan Holman (So., F, 6’4”, 180 lbs., Rio Rancho, NM/Rio Rancho HS)
—Scored Eastern’s only goal against Midwestern State
—Leads the Greyhounds with 13 scoring points and 7 assists on the season

Francisco Roman (So., MF, 5’9”, El Paso, TX/Cathedral HS)
—Scored Eastern’s only goal against St. Edward’s for his first-ever goal as a Greyhound

Rodeo
The ENMU rodeo teams did not compete during the week

 

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