FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11-4-02
This Week In Armstrong Atlantic State Athletics
Monday, November 4
• Golf at Rollins College Invitational (Ocoee, Fla.)
Tuesday, November 5
• Golf at Rollins College Invitational (Ocoee, Fla.)
Wednesday, November 6
• Volleyball at North Florida, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 7
No Events Scheduled
Friday, November 8
• Volleyball vs. USC Aiken, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 9
• Volleyball vs. Augusta State, 4:00 p.m.
Senior Day
Sunday, November 10
No Events Scheduled
Volleyball (25-8 Overall, 10-1 Peach Belt Conference)
The Armstrong Atlantic State volleyball squad won two Peach Belt Conference last week, running its winning streak to four games as it heads into the final week of regular season competition.
Friday, the Pirates defeated UNC Pembroke, 31-29, 30-14, 30-25. The Pirates overcame a sluggish first game in which they hit just .086 in winning, 31-29, to hit .309 in the final two games to pick up the victory. Senior Sofie Hakansson led all players with 11 kills and 12 digs, while senior Sarah Haynes hit .588 for the match with 10 kills and no errors in 17 attacks. Senior Erin Melius recorded 37 assists and also notched her 100th kill of the season, giving the Pirates eight separate players who have collected at least 100 kills this season, a school record.
Against Francis Marion, the Pirates won, 30-17, 30-12, 30-20. AASU hit .327 for the match and was led by senior Shelley Weekes, who hit .526 with a match-high 12 kills, and senior Sofie Hakansson, who hit .500 with 11 kills. Senior Erin Melius tallied 35 assists as the Pirates reached double-digit wins in Peach Belt Conference matches for the fourth year in a row. Prior to 1999, the most league wins the Pirates had recorded was five in 1997.
This week, the Pirates play for first place in the Peach Belt Conference with a Wednesday, November 6, meeting at No. 14-ranked North Florida. AASU then returns home to host USC Aiken on Friday, November 8, at 7:00 p.m. and Augusta State on Saturday, November 9, at 4:00 p.m. Saturday's match will be Senior Day, where the Pirates will pay tribute to their five seniors before the match - setter Erin Melius, outside hitters Sofie Hakansson, Shelley Weekes and Kinsey Ross and middle hitter Sarah Haynes.
Men's Golf
The No. 18-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State golf squad is in action on Monday, November 4 and Tuesday, November 5 at the Rollins College Invitational in Ocoee, Fla.
The Pirates are one of three Peach Belt Conference schools in action at the Rollins Invitational - joining Georgia College & State University and Columbus State in the field.
Other teams in the field include: host Rollins, Florida Southern, Montevallo, Saint Leo, Barry, Tampa, Eckerd, Nova Southeastern, Florida Gulf Coast and Lynn.
AASU is coming off of a third-place finish at the North Shore/Pfeiffer Intercollegiate, where sophomore Ashley Loyd captured medalist honors, the third AASU golfer to record medalist honors since the golf program was reinstated in 2000.
Loyd will be competing in the tournament along with Trey Kent, Thomas Whittaker, Jonathan Cox and Chris Epperson.
Last year, the Pirates finished sixth out of 17 teams in the Rollins Invitational.
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