(Archived) Sports Update 10/7/01

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Sports Update for Oct. 7

FOOTBALL

Keith Davis Causes Key Fumble
Richard Nira/The Huntsville Item

Joe Rauls rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns, Josh McCown passed for 167 yards including a TD strike to Jonathon Cooper, and Keith Davis made 10 tackles including two big defensive plays as 25th ranked Sam Houston State defeated 15th ranked Northwestern State 30-14 in the Southland Football League opener for both teams Saturday at Bowers Stadium. An excellent Parents' Weekend crowd of 12,230 saw the hard-hitting Bearkat defense limit the Demons to just 57 yards rushing and create two big fumbles. The first turnover came six minutes into the second quarter. Northwestern State, down 7-0, had driven 82 yards and Mike Peters was about to take a pass into the SHSU end zone when he was hit and fumbled to turn the ball over to the Bearkats. In the fourth quarter, Davis picked up another Demon fumble and returned it 31 yards for the game clinching touchdown. Sam Houston State travels to Nicholls State this Saturday before hosting Stephen F. Austin State on Thursday, Oct. 18, in a Fox Sports Cable TV game at Bowers Stadium.

VOLLEYBALL

The Sam Houston State volleyball team plays three important Southland Conference matches at home in Johnson Coliseum this week. The Bearkats host Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday (Oct. 10), Texas-San Antonio on Friday (Oct. 12), and Southwest Texas on Saturday (Oct. 13). Led by Carrie Sartain, who collected 26 kills, the Bearkats defeated Nicholls State in five games Saturday in Thibodaux to up their record to 6-9 for the season and 3-4 in Southland Conference action. Sartain, a sophomore, leads the Bearkats with 218 kills (3.69 per game) this season. Earlier last week, the Bearkats lost in four games at Texas-San Antonio and in three at Southeastern Louisiana.

CROSS COUNTRY

Raul Villarreal of Sam Houston State finished third individual to pace the Bearkat men's team to a fourth place finish at the North Texas Intercollegiate Cross Country Meet Friday in Denton. Villarreal posted a time of 25 minutes, 30 seconds on the 8,000 kilometer course. Joe Amburn was 13th with a mark of 26:19 and Matt Buehner was 28th at 26:55. The Sam Houston State women placed fifth in the meet. Karina Mancias was the top performer for the women's team with a 13th place finish, completing the 5,000 kilometer course in 18:45.

MEN'S GOLF

Led by Shaunn Goodwin, a freshman from Spring who finished seventh individually with a 54-hole total of 73-73-69--215, the Bearkat men's golf team placed seventh out of 18 teams in the SMU Stonebridge Invitational in McKinney Oct. 1-2. Goodwin's finish marked his second consecutive top 20 individual medalist finish as a Bearkat. His three-under final round 69 is the lowest single round score by a Bearkat this season.

WOMEN'S GOLF

Freshman Raman Saran from British Columbia, Canada, led the SHSU women by posting a 23rd place individual finish with a 54-hole total of 83-77-81--241 at the Arkansas Razorback Invitational in Rogers, Ark., Oct. 1-2. The Bearkats placed 12th in the team competition.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

The Sam Houston State Invitational Tennis Tournament will be held at the McAdams Tennis Center Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13-14. The tournament was postponed following the tragic events of Sept. 11. Six college and university teams are expected to compete along with the Bearkats in the singles and doubles competition.

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Oct. 7, 2001
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