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SPORTSDAY |
ECSU VIKINGS
DEFEAT CHOWAN
UNIVERSITY 66-56
ECSU Snaps Four
Game Losing
Skid; Evens
Record at 8-8
Overall |
ECSU LADY
VIKINGS DEFEAT
CHOWAN
UNIVERSITY 82-66
Trahan’s
Double-Double
Leads Four Lady
Vikings in
Double |
GOODRICH AND
BULLDOGS
EMBARRASS
VIRGINIA UNION
Bowie State
Crushes Virginia
Union 92-70 |
LUSBY SHOOTS
DOWN VIRGINIA
UNION
Bowie State Lady
Bulldogs Down
Lady Panthers
69-66 |
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GRAMBLING
STATE'S WILLIAMS
EARNS WEEKLY
MEN'S BASKETBALL
HONOR |
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Rams Versus
Demon Deacons
Tickets
Available At WFU
Ticket Office |
LADY VIKINGS’
SMITH NAMED CIAA
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Senior Forward
Reached 1,000th
Career Point
Last Week at
Fayetteville
State |
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 VUU's
Underwood Named
CIAA Coach of
the Week
Virginia
Union
University's
head women's
basketball coach
was selected as
the CIAA Women's
Basketball Coach
of the Week for
the week ending
on
January 20,
2007.
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LADY VIKINGS’
SMITH NAMED CIAA
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Senior Forward
Reached 1,000th
Career Point
Last Week at
Fayetteville
State
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They Say The
Third Time’s The
Charm…How About
The Fifth Time?
Rookie forward
Jerry Hollis
(Charlotte, NC)
has been named
CIAA Men’s
Rookie of the
Week for the
fifth time this
season as
released by the
conference
office today.
Playing two
games this week
Hollis averaged
13.5 points per
game, blocked
four shots, five
assists and four
steals. |
 Devilettes
Defeat Lady
Tigers
The Devilettes
of Mississippi
Valley State
University
picked up their
second
Southwestern
Athletic
Conference win
tonight as they
defeated the
Lady Tigers of
Texas Southern
60-52. |
 Delta
Devils Upset
SWAC Leader
The Tigers
entered the game
9-8 (5-1 SWAC)
but thanks to
MVSU’s 64-54
victory they
tucked their
tails and left
5-2, leaving the
SWAC with four
teams tied atop
the conference
standings;
including the
Delta Devils.
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 Drummond's
Double-double
Keeps A&M
Rolling
Bulldogs still
unbeaten in SWAC
with solid
defensive effort
over Jags
AAMU
outrebounded
Southern 42-29.
Felicia
Drummond's
double-double of
10 points and 10
rebounds led
Alabama A&M,
which moved to
11-7 overall and
7-0 in the
conference. |
 Bulldogs
Hold On;
Gladness Has
Career Night
AAMU gets second
league win 68-63
over Southern
For 36
minutes Monday
the Alabama A&M
Bulldogs looked
like a team that
had turned the
corner.
Mickell Gladness
notched the
finest
performance of
his career with
15 rebounds and
nine more
blocked shots to
go along with
eight points.
The junior leads
the nation in
blocked shots
with 104 total
and 5.8 per game |
Eagles Never
Trail in 64-53
Victory Over
South Carolina
State
The Coppin State
women's
basketball team
never trailed in
its 64-53
victory over
South Carolina
State in
Mid-Eastern
Athletic
Conference
action on Monday
at the Coppin
Center. |
Aggie Women
Without MEAC
leading
rebounder Lamona
Smalley in the
lineup,
Patricia-Cage
Bibbs started
Wilmington
native and
freshman Shantar
Waddell.
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BEARS HOLD OFF
AGGIES
Wills records
sixth career
double-double |
Pirates
overpower
Longwood 80-59
to close out
non-conference
slate
Rashad West
scored a
game-high 19
points to lead
four Hampton
players in
double-figures
and freshman
Mike Freeman
posted his third
double-double of
the season to
guide the
Pirates to an
80-59 victory
over Longwood
Monday night. |
HAWKS HOLD OFF
WILDCAT COMEBACK
UMES wins 44-36
in a cold
shooting night
for both teams |
 MEAC
Player of the
Week
Rashad West
(Guard, 6-1,
175,
Jr.-Raleigh, NC)
of Hampton Univ.
averaged 29
points and 4.5
rebound while
shooting 50
percent from the
field as the
Pirates finished
the week 1-1
among MEAC
conference
opponents. |
Meac Rookie
of the Week
 Hampton’s
Michael Freeman
(Forward, 6-8,
220,
Fr.-Alexandria,
Va.)
averaged 17
points and 11.5
rebounds after
posting
back-to-back
double-double
performances
last week
against Florida
A&M and Morgan
State. |
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BASKETBALL |
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Mark Your Calendars |
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The
Lady
Bulldogs
return
to
action
–
Tuesday
(1/23)
when
they
host
Virginia
Union
University’s
Lady
Panthers.
Tip-off
time
is
set
for
5:30
p.m.
in
Bowie
State’s A.C.
Jordan
Arena. |
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J.C.Smith
moves
on
to
play
St.
Augustine’s
College
on
Tuesday,
January
23,
2007.
Game
time
is
scheduled
for
5:30
p.m.
in
Charlotte,
NC. |
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The
Devilettes
and
Devils
will
be
in
action
again
on
January
27
when
they
travel
to
Jackson,
Miss.
to
take
on
the
Lady
Tigers
of
Jackson
State
in a
3:00
p.m.
tip-off.
Men
5:30
p.m.
tip-off.
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Coppin
State
returns
to
action
on
Saturday
(Jan.
27)
when
it
faces
Howard
at
2p.m.
in
Burr
Gymnasium. |
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The
Aggies
host
Norfolk
State
on
Saturday
at 2
pm
women
and 4
p.m
men.,
and
play
on ESPNU
Monday
night
at 7
p.m.,
against
Hampton
in
Corbett
Sports
Center.
The
Aggie
ladies
will face
Hampton
Monday
afternoon
at 4
in
Corbett
Sports
Center.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
 CIAA
Welcomes Six in 2007: CIAA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has selected
six CIAA Legends to be inducted into the John B. McLendon, Jr.
Hall of Fame on Friday, March 2, 2007, 11:00am at The Westin
Hotel, Charlotte. Each of these well-deserving inductees will
also be acknowledged during the CIAA Basketball Tournament at
Bobcats Arena.
CIAA Welcomes Whitfield to List of Hall of Fame Inductees |
 WSSU
Athletics Adds Trevin Goodwin As Assistant Sports Information
Director
Winston-Salem State University Department of Athletics officials
announced on Tuesday that Trevin Goodwin has joined the
staff as the Assistant Director of Sports Information as of
January 7, 2007. |
 Millicent
Sylvan has resigned as head volleyball coach at North Carolina
A&T effective immediately, Athletics Director Dee Todd announced
Wednesday. Assistant volleyball coach Lyndsay Schmiedel will
take over the day-to-day responsibilities for the program until
a replacement is found. |
CHANGES
MADE TO MVSU FOOTBALL STAFF
According to athletics director
Lonza Hardy Jr., head coach Willie Totten’s recommendations to
terminate the contracts of his defensive coordinator and
linebackers coach have been approved. A search to fill those
positions will begin immediately. |
 Lafayette
Stribling to be inducted into SWAC Hall of Fame
Former Mississippi Valley Sate University’s head men’s
basketball coach Lafayette Stribling has been named as been
named as part of the 2006 induction class to the Southwestern
Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. |
Livingstone Begins A National Search for its Next Head Football
Coach
Livingstone opens a national search for its next head football
coach. The announcement comes after the dismissal of former
coach Robert Massey. The football program, with Massey at the
helm, finished the year with a 1-9 overall, and 1-6 conference
record and finished the 2005 season with the same record. |
FSU Volleyball Players Invited to Participate in Summer Tournament
Invitations have been extended to seniors Tammy McFadden and Crystal Huffman, junior Sha’ Quana Veney and sophomore Heather Chance. Player selected by the USAAI must be nominated by their coach, have excelled on the playing court, made an outstanding contribution to their community and are model student-athletes. |
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TRACK
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NCCU'S HOPE,
MlLLS WIN AT
MARYLAND
INVITATIONAL
North Carolina
Central
University
junior Brian
Hope won the
men's 60-meter
dash and
sophomore
Jessica Mills
won the women's
triple jump at
the University
of Maryland
Terrapin
Invitational on
Saturday. |
Pirates run to
three first
place finishes
at the Terrapin
Invitational
Hampton senior
Andrew Peresta
and junior
Terrance Burton
captured first
place in their
signature events
then came back
to close out the
day by leading
the Pirates’
4x400 meter
relay team to
victory at the
Terrapin
Invitational
Saturday
afternoon at the
Prince George’s
Sports &
Learning Complex
in Landover,
Maryland. |
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BSU TRACK AND
FIELD COMPETES
IN TERRAPIN
INVITATIONAL |
Bethune-Cookman Track & Field Has First Competition under New Coach
Bethune-Cookman College women’s and men’s track & field got to business over the weekend cracking open the new era of head coach Garfield Ellenwood at the helm of the Wildcats program. |
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2006 MEAC Track and Field Weekly Notes - Week 5 |
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BOWLING |
WSSU Bowlers
Post 3-2 Record
On Day One Of
MEAC Southern
Division
Round-Up
The
Winston-Salem
State University
Lady Rams’
bowling team
posted an
impressive 3-2
record on the
first day of
competition from
the Mid-Eastern
Athletic
Conference
(MEAC) Southern
Division
Round-Up in
Norfolk,
Virginia on
Saturday
afternoon as
WSSU earned wins
over South
Carolina State,
Florida A&M, and
Norfolk State
University. |
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MEAC
Women's
Bowling
Weekly
Release-Week
9 |
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Wildcat Bowlers Finish Up Weekend with 10-2 Overall Mark at MEAC Round-Up |
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2006-07 MEAC Women’s Bowling Weekly Release-Week 8 |
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FOOTBALL
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NCCU APPOINTS
RISON AS INTERIM
HEAD FOOTBALL
COACH
North Carolina
Central
University has
appointed Mose
Rison as the
Eagles interim
head football
coach, NCCU
Director of
Athletics Bill
Hayes announced
Friday (Jan.
19). |
 BROADWAY
ACCEPTS
FOOTBALL
COACHING
JOB AT
GRAMBLING
STATE
Rod Broadway, the head football coach at North Carolina Central
University
for the
past
four
seasons,
has
accepted
the job
as head
football
coach at
Grambling
State
University.
FOUR
EAGLES EARN
BLACK COLLEGE
ALL-AMERICA
FOOTBALL HONORS
NCCU's Brown
Named Offensive
Player of the
Year, Broadway
Coach of the
Year |
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TSUs Stacey
Thomas Named to
SBN Sports Black
College
All-American
Team |
  Hampton’s Durant and Paterini join list of three-time Black College All-Americans
The team will be honored during the annual BCAA Awards Weekend Feb 16-17 in Atlanta, Georgia. |
Hampton places three on East-West Shrine Game roster
After leading Hampton University to its third consecutive conference championship and appearance in the Division I Football Championship,
Justin Durant, Alonzo Coleman and Travarous Bain have been selected to play in the 2007 East-West Shrine on January 20 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. |
 QUEEN
NAMED PIGSKIN CLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The accolades for Bowie State University senior running back
Nathaniel Queen continue to roll in. This time, the Pigskin
Club of Washington, DC has selected Queen as their 2006
Metropolitan College Player of the Year.
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 PIONEER
BOWL WRAP UP
For the sixth time the SIAC took home the coveted Pioneer Bowl
trophy with Tuskegee prevailing 17-7 over Johnson C. Smith, thus
giving Tuskegee their 5th Pioneer Bowl victory. |
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Alton Pettway named to All-America teams |
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THREE EAGLES EARN ALL-AMERICA FOOTBALL HONORS |
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