Sports Roundup: Week 5

Sports Roundup: Week 5

Football-
With the football team being on a bye this week and starting off 4-0, the Saints are looking real good with the first half of the season in the books. The defense is playing really well allowing only 10.3 points per game and the rushing attack is looking outstanding averaging 217 rush yards per game. The real focus is after the bye week, the Saints kickoff the second half of the season with the Homecoming game against Taylor, Ind. This should be a really good contest, seeing Taylor is averaging almost 37 points per game. But the Saints have a strong defense that should eliminate Taylor’s offense. Also with a balanced offense, a powerful special teams and a probable sold-out stadium, the Saints are primed to continue the winning streak and go 5-0.

Baseball-
The Saints now advance to 9-5-1 this fall winning three of the five exhibition contests this week. The Saints went out and defeated UNOH two of the three games and defeated Schoolcraft in a three team matchup with UNOH. Unfortunately, the Saints ended this week with a loss to Lourdes at home. As a whole, the team is looking very solid from fielding, to pitching, to hitting. The Saints have the weekend off and will return to play on Wednesday against Lourdes in looks of getting revenge.

Bowling-
At the SHU Halo Classic, the men’s bowling team finished sixth of nine teams, while the women’s team was a handful of pins away from winning it all, finishing second of six. The men’s bowling leader in pin count was Mitchell Rusinek with 1127 pins awarding him 11th individually. Tryna Gladstone led the ladies with a pin count of 1109 which was good enough to receive 4th overall and only 87 pins from first. The next match was Oct. 6 and the Saints will compete in the WHAC Jamboree #1.

Women’s Soccer-
The Saints’ winning streak came to an end at nine this weekend as they lost 3-0 to Madonna. The Saints were able to finish the week on a positive note getting the 5-1 over Michigan-Dearborn. The offense was in top form putting up an astounding 30 shots on goal. Senior Taylor Mulder scored three goals making her have 14 on the season. She had help increasing the lead from Genesis Pena scoring two herself. Kara Bishop had two saves on the day in goal and was rewarded with her sixth win on the season. Her save percentage is now 90 percent. The Saints will look to improve their record to 11-1 as they play Indiana Tech Oct. 6.

Men’s Soccer-
The men’s team was also able to finish on a positive note this week though splitting as well bring their record to 5-5-1. The week started with a 4-2 loss to Madonna but ended with a 3-2 win over Michigan-Dearborn. Against Madonna, the Saints were able to take a 2-1 lead at the half with Matt Lentine scoring at the 21 minute mark and a minute later another goal was scored by teammate Chris Ornelas. Leo Hisamatsu was in goal and recorded twelve saves in that contest. In the win over Dearborn, Ornelas, Justin Gray and Lentine scored in this match and Lentine scored in the 89th minute of the game right before the end of regulation. Andrew Kozan was awarded the win in goal with four saves. The Saints played Oct. 5 against Indiana Tech at home.

Volleyball-
The Saints went down a rocky road this week losing all three games. In the 3-0 loss to Aquinas, the Saints statistically looked better recording six blocks to the opposing four and eleven aces to their seven. Christine Tylutki had seven kills for the offense in the contest. The next day the Saints encountered a tough 3-2 loss to Cornerstone. The Saints won the first two sets but unfortunately lost the last three. Ashleigh Shay finished the day with eleven kills and a team high hitting percentage of .385. Carrigan Gray also contributed to the success of the offense with thirty-six assist, five kills and two blocks. In the final game, the Saints lost 3-1 to Lawrence Tech. Taylor Felver led the Saints on the day recording her second double-double on the year with ten kills and thirteen digs. Janel Ruhlman had four blocks and eight kills in this game. The Saints played Rochester Oct. 6 at home.

Golf-
The golf team had a busy schedule this week as the Saints finished second at the Cleary Fall Invitational. The Saints were only four strokes away from Aquinas, which finished first with a team score of 358. Allie Barron finished second individually with 87 strokes. Her teammates, Gabrielle Anderson, tied for third with 88, and Madisyn Reed tied for fifth with 89 strokes. The Saints will compete in the WHAC Jamboree #2 on Oct. 8-9.

The men’s team competed in two tournaments this week finishing third in the Cleary Fall Invitational and fourth in the Lourdes Fall Invitational. At Cleary, the team finished with 328 strokes, and leading the way with 77 was Bryce Henderson. At Lourdes, the Saints finished with 311 strokes. The team leader was Hunter Walsh with 75 strokes good enough for 10th. Colin Duffy was the individual leader and tied Walsh at 75 strokes. The Saints will travel and participate in the Ken Venturi Invitational in Angola, Ind., on Oct. 12.

 

Information was courtesy of the Siena Heights Athletic web site