Gardner-Webb freshman setter Morgan Hornaday, a graduate of Greenfield-Central High School, is a three-time Big South Conference Freshman of the Week.
Gardner-Webb freshman setter Morgan Hornaday, a 2022 Greenfield-Central High School graduate, was named The Big South Conference Freshman of the Week for the third time.
Hornaday collected 83 assists (8.3 per set) and 20 digs (2.0 per set) between Friday’s 3-2 loss at Campbell and Saturday’s 3-2 win at Charleston Southern.
Friday’s win saw her post the fifth double-double of the season with 42 assists and 11 digs while Saturday she was a dig away from her sixth as she finished with 41 assists and nine digs.
This marked her third time being selected as the conference freshman of the week. Hornaday is the first player from Gardner-Webb to earn this honor at least three times in a season since Laura Wilcox in 2008.
Bulmahn has career high
Valparaiso junior setter Victoria Bulmahn had a career-best six kills on 10 attacks, hitting .500 while adding 21 assists and 15 digs for the 29th double-double of her career in a 3-1 victory at Southern Illinois Saturday.
A former Mt. Vernon High School standout, she was playing against her sister’s team. Ceci Bulmahn is a freshman outside hitter at SIU, but was unable to play in the match due to injury.
Football
Hockett gets first college TD
Former New Palestine quarterback Damon Hockett, a freshman at Taylor University, scored his first collegiate touchdown in a 52-23 victory over Madonna University Saturday.
Hockett scored on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter.
He rushed five times for 46 yards with a long run of 21 yards. He was also 1-for-1 passing for nine yards.
Jacob Hockett, a senior linebacker and former Dragon, was the Trojans top tackler with 11 stops including one sack. Aven Jones, another former New Pal linebacker, had four tackles in the victory.
Hook back for Rockets
In his first game since playing briefly on Oct. 1, Toledo defensive back Maxen Hook, the former New Palestine Dragon, made an impact in his return to the Rockets lineup Saturday.
Hook tied for the team-high in tackles with 12 in a 34-27 loss at Buffalo. He led Toledo in solo tackles with eight.
Men’s Soccer
Murphy is MIAA Offensive Athlete of the Week
Tyler Murphy of the Trine University men’s soccer team, and former standout at Greenfield-Central High School, has been named Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Men’s Soccer Offensive Athlete of the Week.
It is his second Athlete of the Week award of the 2022 season and this marks the fifth time he was won in his career.
The junior forward netted a pair of goals in last week’s matches against Hope College and Alma College. The Thunder drew with the Flying Dutch on Wednesday 1-1 after the teams traded penalty kick scores. Trine was victorious over Alma by a score of 2-0 on Sunday afternoon to take sole possession of second place in the MIAA standings.
Murphy’s penalty kick goal came just eight minutes into the match at home versus Hope when he got behind the defense and had to be fouled inside the penalty area to avoid surrendering an easy goal. The junior converted the penalty attempt, making him 4-for-4 on the season.
Against the Scots, Murphy was in the right place at the right time for his eighth goal of the season. Teammate Liam Zimmerman set up Murphy for the insurance goal at the 53-minute mark after a cross from the left side. He was right in front of the net and used the heel of his foot to secure the match win at 2-0.
Statistically in the MIAA, Murphy is tied for fourth in goals scored (8) and points (18).
Women’s soccer
Swingle scores in Bearcats win
Maddie Swingle, a freshman at the University of Cincinnati, and former Mt. Vernon High School standout, scored a goal in UC’s 2-0 victory over Houston on Thursday.
It was the second goal of the season for the first-year defender and first goal in an American Athletic Conference match.
On Saturday, in a 2-0 victory over South Florida, the Bearcats clinched a spot in the AAC postseason tournament.
Swingle has started the last three matches and has started eight times in 14 matches played.
Cincinnati is 7-2-6 and 3-1-3 in the AAC.
