The team began their match play by beating New Mexico who was representing the Southwest section, fo

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Former Boston Red Sox slugger Trot Nixon is pumped up about Boston's appearance taos new mexico hotels in the 2013 World Series. Click the play video icon to get Nixon's take on this year encounter between Boston and St. Louis.
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Kevin Schneider Big Shots Basketball hosted a Big Shots North Carolina Showcase with Flight 22 at Laney High School over the weekend. Kevin Schneider and Laney head basketball coach Nathan Faulk both hosted the event. Click the play video icon at the top of the page to see Monday's coverage of the event.
The Giants began the season with six losses in which they were the team turning over the ball and showing little penchant for playing defense. But against the Vikings (1-5), they were efficient enough, if not overwhelming, and had three takeaways.
Peterson, the league's taos new mexico hotels MVP last season, was held to 28 yards rushing five days after his 2-year-old son was buried in South Dakota. The man accused in the death was indicted on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Monday.
“The two wins over JMU and WM will certainly taos new mexico hotels go down as one of the most memorable weekends for our program since I have been at UNCW,” said UNCW Head Coach Amy Bambenek. “Christi played with tons of confidence and was a tremendous sparkplug that made it difficult for either JMU or W M to gain any momentum against us. She was creative with her shot selection, which kept our opponents guessing and ultimately led to a great attacking performance from Christi all weekend.”
A native of Severna Park, Md., Laite recorded 30 kills (5.0 KPS) and posted a .472 hitting percentage in leading UNCW to sweeps of James Madison and William Mary last weekend at Hanover Hall. She committed just five attack errors in 53 total attempts to power a Seahawks lineup that combined to hit .191 for the weekend.
Against taos new mexico hotels James Madison, Laite finished with 12 kills and just three errors in 21 total attempts for a .429 hitting percentage against the Dukes. She followed that performance with 18 kills and only two miscues in 32 tries for a .500 attack clip against William Mary. She also added four total blocks, including one solo rejection, versus taos new mexico hotels the Tribe.
Huddy becomes just the second league newcomer to earn the award on more than one occasion this season. She was also honored on Oct. 14 following her first career shutout against College of Charleston.
“Goalkeepers get the chance to keep you in games and Carolyn certainly did that this weekend,” said UNCW Head Coach Paul Cairney. “Our other goalkeepers push each other in practice, so Liisa (Rahkola), Liz (Thompson) and Jordan (Brown), along with Coach (John) Adams, all share in this honor with Carolyn.
Huddy opened the road swing by making nine saves in a 2-1 loss to the Dukes on Oct. 18 before recording seven saves in a 3-0 win over the league-leading Tribe on Sunday taos new mexico hotels that gave the Seahawks their first victory over William taos new mexico hotels Mary in program history.
“In our JMU game, Carolyn made a few key saves to keep us in it and on Sunday at W M she made at least two class saves to keep the Tribe off the board,” taos new mexico hotels said Cairney. “Carolyn was drafted into action just a few short weeks ago after Liisa’s injury, so she deserves a lot of credit for how she has responded.”
UNCW (8-8; 3-3 CAA) plays its final two games of the regular season taos new mexico hotels this weekend as it hosts Drexel (Oct. 25) and Delaware (Oct. 27) at the UNCW Soccer Stadium. The Seahawks can clinch a spot in the upcoming CAA Women’s Soccer taos new mexico hotels Championship with a win or tie in either contest.
Aita (Lima, Peru) and Williams (Bristol, England) punched their ticket to the ITA National Men’s Tennis Indoor Championships in Flushing, N.Y., early Monday by completing an unbeaten run in the ITA Carolina Regional at Cary Tennis Park.
Aita and Williams, the No. 2 seeds, defeated N.C. State’s Robbie Mudge and Sean Weber, 8-4, for the right to travel to New York. The team beat opponents form Elon, Duke, North Carolina, South Carolina and N.C. State en route to the championship.
“We take a lot of confidence from this because taos new mexico hotels we have so much respect for the teams in our region,” said seventh-year Head Coach Mait DuBois. “We feel real good going into the national indoors next month.”
WILMINGTON, NC (CCL RELEASE) taos new mexico hotels -– Country Club of Landfall’s ACES 14’s Intermediate Junior Team Tennis team won the Junior Team Tennis National Championship for the first time ever this past weekend. The team competed in the United States Tennis Association’s taos new mexico hotels National Junior Team Tennis Championships in Columbia, South Carolina, competing against teams from sections all over the country, including Southwest, Eastern, Middle States, Missouri Valley and Southern California.
The USTA has over 19,000 Junior Team Tennis Teams competing on an annual basis and over 300 juniors competing at the national level for the 14’s age group tournament. The team qualified taos new mexico hotels for Nationals by winning the Junior Team Tennis North Carolina Championships and the Southern Championships held in Alabama earlier this summer.
“This very same team lost at Southern’s last year and ever since that loss they set a goal to at least qualify to compete at Nationals this year,” said Lauren Isenhour, Country Club of Landfall Assistant Tennis Professional and Head Coach for the 14’s. “To see the team come together and work hard throughout the year to not only meet their goal of qualifying, but to actually win a National Championship is the ultimate accomplishment; as coaches we couldn’t taos new mexico hotels be more proud.”
The team is comprised of Keegan Bigoness, Lila Das, Lexi Lampkin, PJ Middleton, Taylor taos new mexico hotels Walicki, Patrick Senior, Holland Baynard, Kara Ferner, Eddie Janosko, Robert Schuett, Westley Gaines and coached by Country Club of Landfall Head Tennis Professional Jonathan Ingham and Assistant Tennis Professional Lauren Isenhour.
The team began their match play by beating New Mexico who was representing the Southwest section, followed taos new mexico hotels by New Jersey out of the Eastern section and then Pennsylvania taos new mexico hotels out of the Middle States section. After those three wins, CCL’s ACES qualified to play in the National Semifinals. Battling taos new mexico hotels from behind during their semi-final match against a tough Oklahoma team from the Missouri Valley section, they took the win and earned a berth in the finals for the National Championship. The final match was against a team from San Diego out of the Southern California section. Again, playing from behind the teams pulled out a victory with the final match of girls doubles tipping the win.
“Each match we played got tougher and tougher and entering into the semi-finals and finals we played a number of matches from behind,” stated Jon Ingham. “The team’s ability to come back speaks to their mental toughness; they definitely earned this title and are the best in the country.”