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Phoenix celebrates year-long success
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Baseball
Record: 36-19, 19-8
Southern Conference finish: The Phoenix clinched the Southern
Conference league title and are currently playing in the
tournament.
Accolades: Steven Hensley, Cory Harrilchak, and Thomas
Girdwood were all selected to the First Team All-SoCon Team.
Hensley was name Pitcher of the Year, Girdwood was named
Freshman of the Year, and head coach Mike Kennedy was named
Coach of the Year by the SoCon for a second time.
Volleyball
Record: 17-16
Southern Conference finish:
Lost in the opening round to
number 4-seeded Chattanooga
Accolades: The women
fashioned a seven-match
winning streak during the
season
Track
Indoor Southern Conference
finish: 5th
Outdoor Southern Conference
finish: 5th
Accolades: Dominique Price
retained her title, winning the
60-meter hurdles league title
for a second straight year. The
indoor team broke at least
one record in every one of its
meets.
Football
Women’s
Tennis
Men’s Tennis
Record: 15-10, 5-4
Southern Conference finish:
Lost in the semi-finals to top
seeded Furman
Accolades: Anna Milicin and
Deanna Bailey were named to
the All-SoCon First Team
Record: 17-9, 7-2
Southern Conference finish: Lost in the championship game of
the tournament to Furmein University
Accolades: The tecim had a home winning streak of 30 matches
and a conference regular season winning stresik of 18.
Oscar Podlewski was ncimed SoCon Freshmcm of the Year and
Damon Gooch was named All-SoCon First Team in singles and
doubles, with Philip Nemec as his partner.
Women’s Soccer
Record: 5-12-2, 3-6-1
Southern Conference finish: Lost in
the opening round to top-seeded UNC-
Greensboro
Accolades: In the off-season, the
Phoenix hired a new head coach, Chris
Neal, former assistant coach at UNC-
Wilmington.
Men’s Soccer
Record: 8-7-4, 4-3-0
Southern Conference finish:
Lost in the semi-final round to
No. 22 Furman University
Accolades: The men went on
an 8-game win streak during
the season. Brett Pascall, Justin
Wyatt and Steven Kinney were
all selected to the All-SoCon
tecim.
Women’s
Basketball
Record: 12-20, 6-12
Southern Conference finish:
Lost in the semi-finals to
Western Carolina, a team they
had lost to by one point in
40Ts in Alumni Gym during
the regular season.
Accolades: Tierra Bumbrey was
named to the All-Conference
TcEim and the All-Tournament
team, along with Kitara
McMoore. In the offseason,
Karen Barefoot was iiired to
replace Brenda Paul as the head
coach.
Men’s
Basketball
Record: 14-19, 9-11
Southern Conference finish:
Lost in championship game to
Davidson College
Accolades: The men made
one of the most historic run in
the history of Elon athletics.
Seeded seventh, the Phoenix
made it all the way to the
championship game, becoming
the first team with such a low
seed ever to do so. They were
also the first team since 1988
to make it to the final game
with a losing regular season
record.
Softball
Record: 26-27, 12-11
Southern Conference finish: Lost in first round to UNCG
Accolades: Tracey Dahlen, Melanie Helterbran, Jackie Gonzalez
were all selected to the Second Team All-Conference
Record: 7-4, 4-3
Accolades: Scott Riddle, Terrell
Hudgins, Michael Mayers break
many Elon and SoCon records
en route to one of the best
recent seasons in Elon football
history. Hudgins was named
to the First Teeim All-SoCon
and Riddle led an offense that
remciined one of the nation's
most highly ranked units
throughout the 2008 season.
Men’s Golf
Highest finish: 1st place at
Elon Sea Trails Invitational and
Wexford Plantation Invitational
Southern Conference Hnish:
6th
Accolades: Senior Jimmy Lytle
selected to the NCAA Regional
Tournament. He was also the
golfer of the week and the
month in the SoCon.
Women’s
Golf
Highest finish: 1st at Sea Trails
and Wofford Invitation
Southern Conference finish:
3rd
Accolades: Danielle Mills cind
Samantha Widmer were named
to the All-SoCon First Team
Women’s Cross Country
Record: Highest finish was 3rd at the Catamount Classic
Southern Conference finish: 5th
Accolades: Caitlin Beeler earned All-Conference honors
Men’s Cross Country
Record: Placed second at Catamount Classic for highest finish of
the season
Southern Conference finish: 6th
Accolades: Rick Myers was named SoCon Runner of the Week
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Men’s basketball assistant
coach to leave
Joel Justus, an assistant
men’s basketball coach at Elon
University for the past four
years, has been named head
varsity basketball coach and an
assistant director of admissions
at Woodberry Forest School In
central Virginia.
Justus will also become
director of Woodberry’s Summer
Basketball Camp for boys ages
10-14, which is scheduled for
July.
Elon joins ISP Sports
Elon Athletics has recently
joined a list of national major
college athletic programs
represented by ISP Sports,
the nation’s largest and fastest
growing collegiate sports
marketing company.
With the partnership, ISP
receives the rights to all sales
and marketing opportunities
associated with the Phoenix,
including live radio play-by-
play broadcasts, advertising
in various athletic department
publications and on the official
athletic Web site, and all signage
in university athletic facilities.
Elon joins Appalachian
State as Southern Conference
members who are aligned with
ISR