Park gives Eagles scoring punch

Mary Washington roundup

From STAFF REPORTS

Date published: 9/3/2006

From STAFF REPORTS

Tommy Park provided all the offense the University of Mary Washington men's soccer team needed yesterday as the Eagles opened the season with a 2-0 victory over Eastern Mennonite at the Battleground complex.

Park scored in each half, the first a chip shot in on an assist from freshman Ryan Snyder and the second on a header following a cross from junior Luke Hostetter.

UMW will host Shenandoah University today at 3:30 p.m.

Colleen Stuart scored the game's only goal in the 73rd minute, and Gettysburg College held on to beat UMW yesterday in Gettysburg, Pa.

The Eagles (0-1-1) will host Christopher Newport University at 3:30 p.m. Saturday as part of the UMW Classic.

Sophomore Kelly Hueber scored eleven kills in two matches as the Eagles opened their season with a pair of 3-0 victories over Cabrini College and Washington College. Sophomore setter Kaitlyn Butler registered 28 assists in the first game and 31 assists in the second. The Eagles will make their home debut Wednesday, when they host Virginia Wesleyan College at 6:30 p.m.

The Eagles women placed second overall in the eleven-school Sea Gull Opener in Salisbury, Md., yesterday, while the Eagles men placed fifth.

Junior Ann Tripp was UMW's top woman finisher, taking seventh overall with a time of 23:34, while senior Justin Kirk, who took 18th place with a 26:56 time, led the Eagles men.

Both the men's and women's teams will return to action Saturday when they compete in the Lebanon Valley College Invitational in Annville, Pa.

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Date published: 9/3/2006