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Sports Update for Sept. 30
FOOTBALL
With a 3-1 record after a September schedule that called for three road trips, the Sam Houston State football team is preparing for a crucial Parents Weekend home encounter with Northwestern State Saturday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m. at Bowers Stadium. The game will be the Southland Football League opener for both teams. Sam Houston State and Northwestern State each have brought prestige victories to the SFL with wins over NCAA Division I-A opponents. The Bearkats defeated Louisiana-Monroe in their opener. The Demons knocked off TCU in overtime a week ago.This past weekend, Sam Houston defeated Mississippi Valley State 68-13 in Itta Bena, MS. The Bearkat "kick block" team set a school record with four blocks. DeJuan Davis earned SFL "Special Teams Player of the Week" with two punt blocks, both recovered for touchdowns. Mark Hughes and Kelvin Randall each blocked a field goal. The 68 points represented Sam Houston State's second highest point total in an NCAA Division I-AA football game.
VOLLEYBALL
Carrie Sartain led Sam Houston State to a pair of exciting five-game victories in the Bearkats opening two home Southland Conference matches last week. On Tuesday, Sartain had 23 kills as the Bearkats defeated Northwestern State. Then, on Friday, she totaled 28 kills as Sam Houston State defeated Stephen F. Austin for the first time since 1996. With a 2-2 Southland Conference record, the volleyball team plays three matches on the road this week, traveling to Texas-San Antonio Tuesday and to Nicholls State and Southeastern Louisiana on Friday and Saturday. Next home action for Sam Houston will be against Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Johnson Coliseum.
CROSS COUNTRY
Karina Mancias placed eighth in the women's 5,000 meter race with a time of 19:05 and Raul Villarreal was 12th in the men's 8,000 meter competition with a time of 26:30 to highlight action Saturday for the Bearkat cross country team at the Texas Intercollegiate in Austin. Joe Amburn (16th, 26:51), Vance Bridges (22nd, 27:28), and Isai Llanes (24th, 27:49) also finished among the men's top 25 individual runns. Kelli Alexander was 25th in the women's race with a time of 20:56.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Four Bearkats bounced back from first round losses to reach the consolation finals of their respective singles flights at the Lamar Invitational Tennis Tournament Friday and Saturday in Beaumont. Ivette Andrade defeated Erika Rudich in an all-SHSU consolation final in the A singles flight. Veronica Castillo was the consolation runner-up in the B singles flight. Shanna Elias won the D singles flight.
MEN'S GOLF
The Sam Houston State men's golf team competes in their third tournament of the 2001-2002 fall semester when they play in the SMU Stonebridge Classic Monday and Tuesday at Stonebridge Golf Club in McKinney.
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Sept. 30, 2001
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