Athletics

• Vanessa Irving is Bethany's CPC Player of The Week

  VANESSA IRVING, a 5'10" junior forward Sacramento, led Bethany University to a pair of victories over Dominican University 69-61 and Simpson University 59-39 last week. Against Dominican University, she scored 20 points, pulled down 10 rebounds, passed off for 5 assists, and blocked 1 shot and had 1 steal, while making 8 of 13 shots from the floor and all 4 from the freethrow line. Versus Simpson University, Irving scored 21, had 6 rebounds, 1 assist, and 5 steals while connecting on 8 of 15 shots from the floor and 5 of 7 from the line.

• The Bruins Beat the Redhawks

  Bethany University 71 Simpson University 61.
  
  The Bruins record their second straight win in as many nights. Senior, Mack Stewart led all scorers with 20 points, and 8 rebounds. Gabe Gonzales was the only Bruin not to score tonight, but he contributed with 3 great assists down the stretch in 10 minutes of play. Coach Mooney was so excited coming off of a win with the women's team, and was not disappointed by the men. He said, "We really got after it tonight, the guys are starting to get into rhythm together and by doing that I was able to give everyone minutes on the court. Grant Marple scored his first college points tonight, Phillip Sparling scored a few points, and we played good basketball. To see the fans come out and really get excited with us about how we played tonight is just tremendous and very much appreciated." Thank you to all the fans that came out tonight.

• The Lady Bruins Capture their First Win!

  The lady Bruins record their first win of the season tonight against the Slugs of UCSC. Tonight was a much needed win for us to get our confidence up after a very tough preseason. We had a strong presence underneath the basket with outstanding play from Junior, Vanessa Irving who led all scorers with 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. Sarah Kritscher also helped out with 13 points 7 rebounds, to go along with her stifling defense. Kritscher's had 5 steals in 35 minutes of play. Overall the Bruins overcame early foul trouble with determination to finish the job and outscored University of California Santa Cruz 54-49, to bring their record to 1-7.

• Watkins Caps off a Winning Season with All American Honors

  Ashley Watkins attended the NAIA National Cross Country Meet on Saturday November 19th in Louisville, Kentucky with her teammate Michelle Roth, coach Ron Marsh and wife. Despite suffering from severe cold and lower leg soreness, Watkins finished the 5K course in 19:37 placing 129th. The flat and fast course at EP Sawyer Park hosted 259 of the NAIA's fastest female runners from all over the nation. Ashley found herself in good company at this meet as an average of 15 runners finish within 10 seconds of each other. Weather didn't seem to be a problem even though temperatures dipped into the 20's the evening prior to the race.
  
  Ashley also received the NAIA All American Scholar Athlete Award for maintaining her outstanding GPA while competing at the national level. She was recognized with other athletes from around the nation at Friday's awards ceremony.
  
  The national meet was a first for Watkins and Bethany University. Armed with experience, knowledge and support from the University, Watkins and Roth eagerly set their sites on returning next year.

• The Bruins get it done

  B U 3 games NDNU 1.
  
  The Bruins upset Div. II Notre Dame Namur University tonight in Scotts Valley.B U Jumped up and took an early 2 game win before losing the 3rd game due to mental fatigue. But after a brief intermission the Bruins roared back with outstanding setting from Kat Durnbaugh and the consistent kills from Katie Meledy and Christine Axtell. Also stepping up their play tonight to take any hope away from the Argos, was Angela Holme and freshmen phenom Andrea Olmstead. On paper NDNU Head coach Devin Grant seem to have the advantage with senior 5'11 setter Kristine Everett to complement 4 young and talented six footers in the middle. But, Bethany University Head coach Veronica Cortese motivated the Bruins to work the plan to perfection, as the Bruins Defeat the visiting NDNU Argonauts for the first time in school history.

• Bethany University Athlete Selected to Represent the United States of America

  The Netherlands Olympic Committee recently named the USA Athletes College Basketball team that is traveling to Utrecht, Netherlands (Holland) from May 23-31, 2006 to compete in the 2006 Mega Invitational Basketball Tournament (MIT). It is an excellent event that fosters international goodwill and friendship among nations, as well as promoting the game of basketball.
  
  Brian Waugh was selected to be apart of the USA Athletes International team. The mission of the team is to give amateur athletes an opportunity to participate in sporting events in the international theater, while also allowing them to broaden their educational and cultural knowledge of the world through the experience.
  
  With the exception of the U.S. Olympic program, there are few opportunities for athletes to experience the competition, history and culture of other countries on an international level. We salute Brian Waugh and pray blessings on his experience.

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