TranSouth Sports Weekly Update
November 3, 2004

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CROSS COUNTRY - The Union University men’s and women’s cross country teams earned the TranSouth Conference cross country conference championship last Friday. This is the second straight title for the women and first for the men. In both the men’s and women’s race, Lyon’s team finished second and Freed-Hardeman fi nished third.

In the individual honors, Union’s Janelle Campbell and Phillip Thompson were named Runner of the Year for their first place finishes. Also from Union, Candace Cross and Thompson were named the Freshmen of the Year. Gary Johnson, also of Union, was named the cross country Coach of the Year.

Members of the women’s All-Conference team were Janelle Campbell (UU), Ruth Schroeder (UU), Candace Cross (UU), Jill Konkol (UU), Kate Graham (UU), Rachel Miesner (LYON), and Rachal Cazalas (UU). Runners named to the men’s All-Conference team were Phillip Thompson (UU), Chris Winter (UU), Douglas Martin (UU), Clint Channell (UU), John Fox (UU), Glenn Ritter, (LYON), and Adam Pasters (CUMBERLAND).

The NAIA Region XI Meet is on Nov. 6 in Louisville, Ky. followed by the NAIA National Meet on Nov. 20, also in Louisville, Ky.

MEN'S SOCCER - Martin Methodist earned the TranSouth Conference regular season championship by completing a perfect 5-0 record in the league. The seedings for this weekend’s conference tournament in Pulaski, Tenn. has Cumberland at No. 2 behind Martin Methodist, with Union coming in at No. 3 and Lyon earning a No. 4 seed. On Friday at noon, Union will battle Cumberland follow by Martin Methodist playing Lyon. The championship game will be played on Saturday.

Martin Methodist is ranked No. 20 in the fi nal NAIA Rankings and remain the only conference team listed. In the final NAIA Region XI Rankings, Martin Methodist is No. 2 and Cumberland is No. 4 with Union falling from the top 5 spots after two straight weeks at No. 5.

Graeme Orr, of Martin Methodist College, was named the conference Player of the Week.

WOMEN'S SOCCER -Martin Methodist fi nished out the regular season with a perfect 4-0 conference record to earn the Tran- South regular season title. In today’s TranSouth Conference Tournament championship game, it was the No. 1 seeded Martin Methodist defeating the No. 2 seed Cumberland University 7-0 to earn the tournament championship. Hurumi Someya, of Martin Methodist College, was named the conference Player of the Week.

The RedHawks remain the only TranSouth team ranked in the NAIA polls as they moved up to the No. 8 spot in this the fi nal poll of the year. In the fi nal NAIA Region XI Rankings, Martin Methodist remained No. 2 and Cumberland remained No. 4.

In the postseason honors, Martin Methodist swept the indiviual awards as Asuka Kabota was named the conference Player of the Year, Amanda Johnson was named the Freshman of the Year, and Garry Cleary was named the Coach of the Year.

VOLLEYBALL - With all of the TranSouth regular season matches being played, Union posted a perfect conference record (10--0) to earn the 2004 regular season championship. Freed-Hardeman fi nished runner-up with an 8-2 mark, with their only two losses coming to Union.

Union (23-2) moved up one spot to No. 13 in this week’s NAIA National Rankings. Also joining Union in the national polls is Freed-Hardeman. The Lady Lions came in this week receiving votes at No. 27. Freed-Hardeman has posted an overall record of 24-2 on the season. The TranSouth has three of the top fi ve teams in the NAIA Region XI Rankings with Union at No. 1, Freed-Hardeman at No. 3, and Martin Methodist at No. 5.

Freed-Hardeman’s Cherri Kull was name the NAIA National Setter of the Week, as well as, the NAIA Region XI and TranSouth Conference Setter of the Week. Union’s Gladys Wandera was named NAIA Region XI and TranSouth Conference Player of the Week, while Suzie Harper of Lyon College was named the TranSouth Conference Libero of the Week.

BASKETBALL - TranSouth basketball is underway with all team starting either last weekend or sometime this week. Also, in both the men’s and women’s NAIA preseason national rankings, the TranSouth Conference was very well represented. In the women’s rankings, Union is No. 4, Freed- Hardeman is No. 6, and Trevecca Nazarene is No. 20. On the men’s side, Cumberland is No. 7 and Union is No. 16. Freed-Hardeman and Martin Methodist received votes at No. 30 and No. 33 respectively.