Volleyball places second in 24-team tournament
The volleyball team traveled to the Great Lakes Center in Aurora, Ill., Saturday, April 19, where it turned in its second straight top-three finish of the spring volleyball season by placing second.
On the road to the championship, the Billikens only lost one match. They fell in the final to Georgia Tech in a 30-point championship game. Head Coach Anne Kordes said the team played “awesome,” throughout the weekend.
“I was impressed with our offensive efficiency and passing,” Kordes said in a press release. “It was a total team effort. We are well-balanced with talent at every position. It makes it hard for teams to stop us.
“I was particularly impressed with [sophomore] Bridget Fonke and her leadership. [Fonke] hurt her ankle last weekend, but she lit it up all day, especially at the end. [Junior] Lauren Christman also had a great tournament.”
Six women’s basketball players recognized for hard work
In the annual women’s basketball awards banquet this year, sophomore guard Theresa Lisch was named Most Valuable Player, and five other players were recognized for their accomplishments on Wednesday, April 23, in Chaifetz Arena. At the end of the season, Lisch led the Billikens in scoring (16.8 points per game), free-throw percentage (88.2 percent), 3-point field goals (39) and steals (34).
Senior guard Hayley Leake earned the Defensive Player of the Year title. Leake and sophomore center Amanda Kemezys shared Practice Player of the Year laurels. Senior guard Jackie Gilbert was named Most Improved Player, and junior forward Heather King collected the Coaches Award. Junior forward Jameela Haynes was presented the Billiken Award for her passion, leadership, selflessness and community involvement.
SLU presents awards at Senior Student-Athlete Banquet
On April 8, three student-athletes and a student athletic trainer were recognized for their accomplishments at the Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet held at Chaifetz Arena.
Brad Byars of the swimming and diving team, who was the Atlantic-10 100-meter freestyle champion, was named Saint Louis University’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year, while soccer player Liz Fox, who was selected for the All-Conference first team, was named Female Student-Athlete of the Year. Amanda Hellberg of the tennis team was honored as Most Inspirational Student-Athlete of the Year.
Steve Nagel of the student athletic training staff received the Spirit Group/Athletic Training Award. Nagel worked with nearly every SLU sport in addition to his involvement in men’s club soccer as its president. Awards are based on academic achievement, athletic accomplishment and community service.
Four men’s tennis players snag All-Conference honors
Senior Felipe Acosta, junior Sean McManus and sophomore P.J. Hendrie of the SLU men’s tennis team have been selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference team by a vote of the league’s head men’s tennis coaches Friday, April 18. Junior Adam Reeb was chosen to the A-10 Academic All-Conference team by the league’s sports information directors.
Acosta posted an 11-17 record at No. 1 singles and was 8-19 at No. 1 doubles. He concluded his career tied for 17th in singles wins (21) and 20th in doubles wins (21) on SLU charts.
McManus, who played primarily No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles, was a second-team choice. He had team-high 15 singles victories.
Hendrie’s 13 doubles wins gave him 25 for his career, lifting him into a tie for 15th place all-time at SLU. He finished 2-1 at the A-10 Tournament.
Reeb is a repeat selection on the six-player Academic All-Conference team. He paired with senior Marcus Fadul to go 11-5 in doubles.
