Marcus Tracy (Wake Forest men’s soccer) – As reported on wakeforestsports.cstv.com, the Wake Forest men’s soccer team controlled possession, dominated play and outshot UC Santa Barbara 17-10, but the Deacons were ousted from the College Cup by the Gauchos after falling, 4-3, in penalty kicks ... The Deacs had a great opportunity in the 83rd minute when sophomore Evan Brown served a ball from the Deacs’ own end over the Gauchos’ backline and onto a streaking Marcus Tracy. The sophomore used his speed to race past two Gaucho defenders and into the goal mouth, but his shot was saved by UCSB goalie Kyle Reynish.

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Tim Lux (Middlebury College swimming & diving) – Tim Lux finished first in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes to lead the Panthers to a 163-135 win over Amherst in Middlebury College’s 2006-07 dual-meet opener. Lux finished 1:01.23 in the 100 breast and 2:15.83 in the 200 breast and added strong legs in the 200 medley relay (Middlebury finished first at 1:36.71) and the 400 freestyle relay (Middlebury finished second at 3:14.77). The Panthers will visit Springfield on December 9 and then take a holiday haitus before hosting Colby on January 6.

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Abby Atkinson (Bucknell University swimming and diving) – The Lady Bisons dropped to 1-3-1 with a 129-106 loss to UMBC (University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Atkinson finished fifth in the 200 backstroke at 2:15.20 and fifth in the 200 breaststroke at 2:33.61, earning two points for the cause. She was also seventh in the 200 individual medley at 2:15.56. The Bisons will return to the pool after the holiday break on January 3 for a meet at Princeton University in New Jersey.

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Tierney Carey (St. Michael’s College swimming & diving) – Tierney Carey’s third-place finish in the one-meter diving was the top finish for Saint Michael’s College at the Northeast-10 Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on December 2 and 3. The Purple Knights were seventh overall as Carey notched 16 team points with her 281.10-point performance in diving. She finished behind Ali Bronson of SCSU (375.05) and Tezzy Bergantz of Bentley (296.40).

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Catherine Maher (Trinity College women’s basketball) – Cat Maher scored 11 points as Trinity topped Smith College, 57-46, on November 28 while shooting 4-of-8 from the floor. Maher had a tough couple of games on November 30 and December 2, but the Lady Bantams are 3-2 and maher is averaging 6.4 points a game with seven totals assists and five steals.

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CJ Maurer (St. Bonaventure swimming & diving) – The Bonnies competed in the 2006 Summa Care Invitational last weekend at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. They were seventh out of eight teams after Day 1 and sixth out of eight teams after Day 2. The 1-3 Bonnies will resume their dual-meet schedule at Canisius on December 10 and then will be off until January 14 when they meet West Virginia and Georgetown in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Amy Robinson (University of Vermont swimming & diving) – The Lady Catamounts finished second at the Harold Anderson Invitational hosted by the University of Rhode Island last weekend. Maine won the meet with a total of 847 points while the Catamounts followed with 736, the best finish and the most points ever for Vermont at the meet.

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Amber Butler (Bucknell University cheerleading) – Butler is co-captain of a squad that has been cheering on the men’s basketball team (3-5) and women’s basketball team (5-4).

 

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