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March 8, 2010
LACROSSE
Russo Earns Defensive Player of the Week Honors
BIG EAST Conference awards sophomore for her outstanding play
CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati sophomore lacrosse goalkeeper Katherine Russo (Westminster, Md./Winter Mills) was named the BIG EAST Conference Defensive Player of the Week after her outstanding performances in the first two games of the season for the Bearcats.
“This is a great reward for Katherine after an impressive weekend in goal,” said third-year head coach Lellie Swords. “It’s not surprising that she set a new school record for saves as she sets her goals high and does what is needed to achieve them.”
Russo earned her first victory of the season by allowing only four goals and recording seven saves at Detroit. The Bearcats won 10-6 against the Titans.
Against Duquesne, Russo set a new school record by recording 23 saves in the Bearcats 14-13 double overtime loss to Duquesne. The previous record was 17 saves, set by Russo last season and Jen Mott in the 2008 season.
Russo’s performance against Duquesne was even more impressive because five of her saves came in the overtime periods. She made a clutch save on a free position attempt with 11 seconds left in the first overtime period that kept the Bearcats in the game.
Russo’s honor is the second time that a Cincinnati player has earned a weekly conference honor after the first week of play in a season. Last season, Laura Simanski was named the BIG EAST’s Offensive Player of the Week after the opening week of play for the Bearcats.
Cincinnati will return to action on Saturday, March 13, when they host Presbyterian College at Noon in Nippert Stadium.
March 7, 2010
WOMEN'S GOLF
Dela Paz Leads UC to 10th-Place Finish at Rio Verde Invitational
Junior places 13th to pace Bearcats
Complete Results
RIO VERDE, Ariz. - Bambee Dela Paz (Caloocan City, Philippines/Miriam College) placed 13th to lead the University of Cincinnati women's golf team to a 10th-place team finish at the Rio Verde Invitational on March 5-7 at the Quail Run Golf Course.
Dela Paz carded rounds of 77-74-76=227, good for 13th place. Ashley Bauer of Michigan was the individual champ, shooting a tournament-record 68-68-73=209, topping second-place Robyn Scott of Eastern Michigan by nine strokes.
Jenny Linville (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West) finished 37th with a three-round total of 82-79-74=235. Kate Moore (Shepparton, Australia/Goulburn Valley Grammar) was 43rd, shooting a 79-76-81=236 and Kristin Price (Dandridge, Tenn./Jefferson County) placed 52nd, carding rounds of 77-80-81=238.
The Bearcats finished 10th, four shots back of host Western Michigan (317-306-308=931). Michigan won the team title with a 291-287-303=881, 14 shots ahead of second-place Minnesota. The Wolverines became the first team to win the Rio Verde Invitational twice.
March 7, 2010
MEN'S GOLF
Bearcats Post 22nd-Place Finish at USF Invitational
Kastelic, Tepe lead the way for UC
Complete Results
DADE CITY, Fla. - Joe Kastelic (Newton, N.C./Fred T. Foard) and David Tepe (Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East) led the University of Cincinnati men's golf team to a 22nd-place finish at the USF Invitational on March 5-7 at the Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club.
Kastelic and Tepe each fired three-round totals of 226, tying for 68th place in a loaded field.
Zack Bates (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Kenston) tied for 85th after rounds of 74-73-82=229. Matt Ledom (Leawood, Kan./Rockhurst Jesuit Prep) rounded out the UC scoring with a total of 76-77-79=232.
The Bearcats three-day total of 300-301-309=910 was 11 shots better than 23rd-place Marshall and eight shots shy of Rhode Island, which finished 21st. Florida Southern won the team title, coming in at 12 under par with rounds of 288-281-283=852.
Matt Stauch of Florida Southern won the individual title by five shots, firing a 12-under 204. He posted rounds of 68, 65, and 71.
March 7, 2010
LACROSSE
Duquesne Wins Overtime Thriller, 14-13
Bearcats fall in second overtime
CINCINNATI – Katherine Russo set a new school record with 23 saves but the University of Cincinnati (1-1) was unable to score the first goal in the sudden death, second overtime against Duquesne University (1-4) at Nippert Stadium on Sunday afternoon, losing 14-13.
Cailin Colegrove scored for Duquesne with 1:47 remaining in the fifth period on a free position attempt, giving the Dukes the victory. Colegrove was one of three Dukes to record multiple goals against the Bearcats. She had two goals, Katie Rekart scored three goals, and Meghan Frederick found the back of the net seven times in the Duquesne victory.
Russo recorded 11 saves in the second period and had crucial saves in the third and fourth period (first overtime) keeping Cincinnati’s hopes alive. The Bearcats had five goals from freshman Katie Liberatore, who handed out an assist to classmate Katie Kiriazoglou with five seconds remaining in the second period, sending the game to its first overtime. Laura Simanksi recorded four goals and Kiriazoglou hit the back of the net twice, while Natalie Starvaggi and Ali Mattingly each scored once.
Duquesne scored first before the Bearcats took a two-goal advantage, 3-1, with 17:28 to go in the first period. Cincinnati’s lead swelled to three goals, 5-2, before the Dukes rattled off four goals and took a 6-5 lead with one tick left on the clock in the first period.
UC scored first in the second period when Duquesne scored a string of three goals, taking a 9-6 lead. The Bearcats did not go away, closing the gap by two goals. The Dukes held a 12-10 advantage with 5:46 left in the game but Cincinnati found the back of the net twice over a span of 2:42. With 38 seconds left Duquesne scored what appeared to be the winning goal, but Liberatore passed to Kiriazoglou off a free position attempt and she hit the opposite corner to tie the game.
Cincinnati won the draw control battle, 17-14, but committed 50 fouls to Duquesne’s 41.
The Bearcats will return to action on Saturday, March 13 when they take on the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College at Noon in Nippert Stadium.
March 6, 2010
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Bearcats Bow Out of BIG EAST Championship
Rutgers hands UC 70-44 loss
HARTFORD, Conn. - Kahla Roudebush (Noblesville, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) scored 19 points, but the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team dropped a 70-44 decision to Rutgers in the second round of the 2010 BIG EAST Championship on Saturday night in the XL Center.
Shareese Ulis (Toledo, Ohio/Trinity Valley C.C.) added 10 points and Michelle Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) scored five points and grabbed six rebounds in her final game for the Bearcats (12-18).
Brittany Ray scored a game-high 21 points and hit five threes to pace the Scarlet Knights (18-13).
Rutgers (18-13) raced out to a 16-11 lead with 13:06 left in the first, but three straight three-pointers by Ulis, Roudebush, and Shanasa Sanders (Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault Senior) gave UC a 20-16 lead with 11:30 to go.
From there, Rutgers used a 13-2 run to take a 29-22 lead with just over six minutes to go. A Jones layup stopped the run and cut it to 29-24 with 3:48 to go, but Rutgers closed the half with a 6-2 spurt to take a 35-26 lead into the break.
The Bearcats twice cut the lead to eight early in the second half, but the Scarlet Knights shot 57 percent in the period and extended its lead to as much as 28 with just over two minutes to play.
Cincinnati shot just 27 percent for the game and lost the rebounding battle, 38-26.
Khadijah Rushdan scored 14 points with six assists and April Sykes tallied 13 points and eight rebounds for the Scarlet Knights, who advance to play Georgetown in the quarterfinals at 8 p.m. on Sunday night.
Sanders started for the injured Carla Jacobs (Cleveland, Ohio/Regina) and tallied three points and six rebounds.
Roudebush finished just two points shy of ninth place in school history with 1,463 points. She finishes her UC career in the Top 10 in eight statistical categories.
March 5, 2010
LACROSSE
Cincinnati Defeats Titans 10-6
Four players score first collegiate goals
DETROIT – Katie Kiriazoglou (Abingdon, Md./John Carroll) and MacKenzie Parsons (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) each scored two goals leading the University of Cincinnati (1-0) to a 10-6 season-opening victory at Detroit on Friday at Titan Field.
Detroit scored the first two goals of the game before Cincinnati took a timeout and regrouped. Laura Simanski (Reistertown, Md./Roland Park) scored UC’s first goal on a free position attempt. Maddie Fink (Alpharetta, Ga./Chattahoochee) tied the score at two with her first collegiate goal, also on a free position attempt. Rachel Mercier (Catonsville, Md./Chapelgate Christian Academy) scored her first collegiate goal on an assist from Natalie Starvaggi (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) to give UC a 3-2 advantage.
The Titans tied the game at three before Gabby Sinmaz (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) gave UC a 4-3 lead with a goal on a free position attempt. Parsons gave the Bearcats a two-goal cushion when she found the back of the net in traffic with 6:23 left in the first half. Kiriazoglou scored her first collegiate goal when she came from behind and zipped it mid-goal past the goalkeeper on the left side. Jenn Doran (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) scored on a free position attempt to give UC seven goals in the first half and a 7-3 advantage at halftime.
Detroit came out in the second half and scored two goals until Kiriazoglou scored her second goal of the game, spinning in front of the goal and sliding her shot into the net with 19:49 remaining. Detroit scored off of the next draw control, but would not score again for the game.
Parsons scored her second goal of the game with a jumping free position attempt that went to the opposite side of the goal and Katie Liberatore (Finksburg, Md./Notre Dame Prep) scored her first collegiate goal after she caught a pass from Kiriazoglou and dove in front of the goal and managing to get the shot off and into the net.
Katherine Russo (Westminster, Md./Winters Mills) recorded seven saves in goal and earned the win for the Bearcats. UC had 52 ground balls to Detroit’s 51 and forced the Titans into 30 turnovers.
March 5, 2010
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Bearcats Bounce USF in First-Round Upset
HARTFORD, Conn. - Kahla Roudebush (Noblesville, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) scored a game-high 19 points to lead the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team to a 63-51 win against USF in the first round of the BIG EAST Championship on Friday night in the XL Center.
Shareese Ulis (Toledo, Ohio/Trinity Valley C.C.) added 17 and Shanasa Sanders (Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault Senior) chipped in 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds to help the 14th-seeded Bearcats (12-17) to the first-round upset.
KeNeisha Saunders led the Bulls (15-15) with 14 points and six rebounds.
The Beacats have won two straight BIG EAST Championship first-round matchups, defeating Marquette, 60-54, in the 2009 tournament before falling in the second round to USF.
Roudebush, who was honored on court prior to the game for her selection to the all-BIG EAST second team, came out on fire. She hit three of her first four shots, including a pair of threes early in the first.
After falling behind 2-0 and 4-2, the Bearcats used a 14-6 spurt to take a 16-10 lead on Roudebush's second three. The lead swelled to 28-20 on a Daress McClung (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) layup with 4:13 to play in the half.
Ulis drove to her left and scored on a layup while being fouled. She completed the three-point play to give the Bearcats a 10-point lead - its largest of the half - going into the lockerroom at 36-26.
USF scored the first five points of the second half, all by Saunders, but UC answered with an 8-3 run of its own to push the lead back to double digits at 44-34 with 14:14 to go.
The Bulls twice cut the lead to six and were threatening after a 4-0 run made it 51-45 with 7:12 remaining. USF didn't score again until the 1:40 mark after an 11-0 run for Cincinnati, placing the Bearcats in firm control. UC shot 18-of-24 from the free throw line, including 6-of-8 during the deciding run.
The Bearcats shot 40 percent from the floor and outrebounded the taller Bulls, 35-28. Jessica Lawson, USF's first-team all-BIG EAST center, tallied just eight points and six rebounds, thanks to suffocating defense from Michelle Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) and the rest of UC's frontcourt. Lawson came into the game averaging 14.4 points and 10.7 rebounds per contest and posted 17 double-doubles during the regular season, including 22 points and 12 rebounds against Cincinnati on Jan. 30.
Jones finished with six points and four rebounds in 31 minutes.
March 4, 2010
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Roudebush Earns Second-Team All-BIG EAST Honors
HARTFORD, Conn. - University of Cincinnati senior guard Kahla Roudebush (Noblesville, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) was named to the all-BIG EAST second team on Thursday (March 4), the conference announced on the eve of the 2010 BIG EAST Championship.
Roudebush earns the honor for the second straight season and becomes the first UC women's basketball player to earn multiple all-BIG EAST honors.
The fifth-year senior, who led the Bearcats and ranked 13th in the BIG EAST in scoring at 13.6 points per game, ranks in the Top 10 in school history in eight statistical categories. She is 10th in career scoring - having moved past Debbie Merrill in UC's last outing against Marquette on March 1 - with 1,425 points. She also ranks in the Top 10 in career free throw percentage (6th, .778), field goal attempts (10th, 1,165), games played (10th, 116), and minutes played (7th, 3,537).
Roudebush is second in school history in three-point percentage (.377) and third in both threes made (194) and threes attempted (515). She has led the Bearcats in scoring in each of the last three seasons and has rarely come off the floor. Over the last three seasons (87 games), she has averaged 37.0 minutes per contest, including playing 38.5 minutes per game in 2008-09, which led the BIG EAST and ranked No. 8 in the nation.
Roudebush has been even more productive in BIG EAST play this season, averaging 15.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and shooting .403 from beyond the three-point arc and .828 from the free throw line. She averaged 38.8 minutes per game in conference play, being on the floor for 620 of a possible 655 minutes.
A three-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recipient in 2009-10, Roudebush is just the second UC player to earn all-BIG EAST honors, following guard Treasure Humphries, who was named to the second team following the 2005-06 season.
March 1, 2010
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Bearcats Drop Season Finale at Marquette
UC will take on USF in BIG EAST Championship first round
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Kahla Roudebush (Noblesville, Ind./Hamilton Souteastern) scored a game-high 22 points, but the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team dropped a 69-63 overtime decision at Marquette on Monday (March 1) in the Al McGuire Center.
Val Schuster (Wausau, Wis./Wausau Newman Central), playing in her home state for the first time as a collegian, tied a career high with 11 points and grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds for her first career double-double.
Lauren Thomas-Johnson led the Golden Eagles (15-14, 6-10 BIG EAST) with 17 points. Paige Fiedorowicz posted 13 points and 11 rebounds.
The Bearcats (11-17, 4-12) opened a seven-point lead at 12-5 at the 14:18 mark of the first half. After a short 4-0 run for the Golden Eagles cut the deficit to 12-9, the Bearcats pushed the lead back to six at 17-11 on a Roudebush three with 7:21 to go.
A three-point play from Feidorowicz tied it at 22 at the 4:21 mark and Marquette closed the first half on a 13-6 run to take a 32-28 lead into the break.
Back-to-back threes by Tatiyiana McMorris and Jessica Pachko gave Marquette a six-point lead at 57-51 with 4:05 to play. Schuster hit a short jumper to get it to four and after Roudebush and Schuster split a pair of free throws each, the Bearcats trailed by just two with 28 seconds left and possession. Shareese Ulis (Toledo, Ohio/Trinity Valley C.C.), who struggled from the field all night, drove left and converted a layup with four ticks on the clock. An Angel Robinson jumper at the horn was off and the game headed to overtime.
Marquette scored the first four points of overtime before a Ulis jumper made it 61-59 with 2:08 to go. A steal by McMorris and layup for Thomas-Johnson at the other end gave MU a 63-59 lead with 1:26 to go.
Roudebush hit a pair of free throws to cut the lead to two, but the Golden Eagles were 4-of-4 from the charity stripe to put the game away and hand UC its fifth straight defeat.
Roudebush moved into 10th place on UC's all-time scoring list, passing Debbie Merrill. She now has 1,425 career points. She also moved into third place on the career three-point field goals and three-point attempts lists, with 194 and 515, respectively.
Carla Jacobs (Cleveland, Ohio/Regina) had 10 points and Michelle Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) scored eight points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
The Bearcats earned the No. 14 seed in the BIG EAST Championship and will take on USF in the first round of the tournament on Friday, March 5, at 8 p.m. in the XL Center. UC, picked to finish 16th in the league by the coaches, finished with one more conference win than in each of the last two seasons.
February 27, 2010
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Bearcats Fall to Panthers on Senior Day
CINCINNATI - Kahla Roudebush (Noblesville, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) scored 19 points, but the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team dropped a 72-60 decision to Pittsburgh on Senior Day in Fifth Third Arena on Feb. 27.
Michelle Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) had 15 points and four rebounds in her final home game for the Bearcats (11-16, 4-11).
Chelsea Cole led the Panthers (16-12, 5-10 BIG EAST) with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Brittany Thomas and Jania Sims scored 15 points apiece and Taneisha Harrison added 10 for Pitt, who outrebounded the Bearcats, 42-29.
The Bearcats jumped out to a 6-0 lead and led by as much as 9, 13-4, with 15:04 left in the first half. A 10-0 run for Pitt, capped by a Sims three at the 5:30 mark, gave the Panthers a 26-23 lead.
The Bearcats answred with five straight points and took the lead, 28-26, on a three from Roudebush with 4:04 remaining.
A three-point play from Shareese Ulis (Toledo, Ohio/Trinity Valley C.C.) gave Cincinnati a 33-31 lead, but Pitt got a layup from Sims at the end of the half to tie the game at 33 heading into the break.
A Val Schuster (Wausau, Wis./Wausau Newman Central) jumper tied the game at 41 with 14:10 left, but an 11-1 run for Pitt made it 52-42 with 10:39 to go.
The Bearcats cut the lead to eight on Roudebush's third three of the game at the 3:23 mark, but that was as close as they would get and Pittsburgh held on for its fifth conference victory.
Senior Stephanie Stevens (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central), also playing in her final game in Fifth Third Arena, scored six points and got her first start of the season.
Head coach Jamelle Elliott pledged $2 per point and $5 per three-pointer made to the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Elliott and the women's basketball program have formed a team to walk in the 21st annual Walk MS in downtown Cincinnati on April 24. More information can be found at http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/ucwomensbball.
Cincinnati honored four seniors prior to the game: Shelly Bellman (Ottawa, Ohio/Ottawa-Glandorf), Jones, Roudebush, and Stevens.
February 24, 2010
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Elliott and Bearcats to Walk for Multiple Sclerosis
21st annual Walk MS will take place on April 24
CINCINNATI – First-year head coach Jamelle Elliott and the University of Cincinnati women’s basketball program have formed a team that will walk in the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s 21st annual Walk MS, which starts at Sawyer Point in downtown Cincinnati on April 24, 2010.
Elliott has been affected by MS since the age of 12, when her mother was diagnosed with the disease and eventually passed away in 1999 after being confined to a wheelchair. Elliott wishes to carry on the spirit of hope through assisting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in mobilizing people and resources to drive research for a cure while addressing the challenges of everyone affected by MS.
Join the Bearcats team as a walker or a volunteer or simply make a donation to help move closer to a world free of this disease. The team is accepting donations at http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/ucwomensbball with a goal of raising a total of $2,000 for the cause.
Elliott has pledged to donate $2 for every point and $5 for every three-pointer her team scores in the Bearcats’ regular season home finale on Feb. 27 against Pittsburgh in Fifth Third Arena. Representatives from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National MS Society will be on hand to accept donations and distribute promotional materials prior to the game.
Help the team move toward a world without MS. Join the cause or donate now!
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