Bowling Green State University Athletics
Roflow Named MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week
September 14, 2005 | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 14, 2005
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bowling Green's Jamie Roflow (cross country) and Ohio's Austen Everson (football) were named the MAC Scholar Athletes of the Week, the league office announced on Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 14).
Roflow (So., 3.89, undecided, Cincinnati, Ohio) was the individual champion as the Falcons won the nine-team Mel Brodt Invitational. She was the individual winner for the second weekend in a row. Roflow ran a personal-best time of 17:31 to eclipse her PR, set the previous week, by 25 seconds. She finished first in the 83-runner race, crossing the finish line 30 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.
Everson (QB, Jr., 3.56, management and strategic leadership, Brentwood, Tenn.) set a new career high with 13 pass completions on 23 attempts and finished with 112 yards through the air while managing an offense that did not commit a turnover in leading the Bobcats to one of the biggest victories in school history. The Bobcats defeated Pittsburgh,16-10 in overtime on Thursday.
The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.
Female Nominees:
Ball State: Alison Becker (soccer, GK, Jr., 3.478, biology, Bettendorf, Iowa) allowed no goals in two wins for Ball State this past weekend. She registered three saves in 56:28 minutes in goal in BSU's 6-1 win over IPFW Friday and one save in 90 minutes in a 2-0 victory at Wright State on Sunday. Overall, she has tallied three shutouts and allowed only three goals for the Cardinals in just six games this season.
Buffalo: Natalia Crofut (soccer, forward, Sr., 3.588, English, East Aurora, N.Y.) scored goals in both of UB's weekend games, including the game-winner in Friday's 2-1 win against crosstown rival Canisius. Crofut is three points away from becoming the first UB player since Paula Listrani ('97-'00) to score 10 points in all four of her seasons. She is currently eighth in both career points (52) and goals (21) in UB history.
Central Michigan: Cortney Blanchard (field hockey, forward, Jr., 3.03, marketing, Cape Town, South Africa) scored a second-half goal which tied the score against Virginia on Saturday and helped CMU force overtime. The Chippewas later won in OT by a 2-1 count.
Eastern Michigan: Bethany Piccolini (volleyball, Sr., 3.37, sports medicine, St. Clairsville, Ohio) led Eastern Michigan to the finals of the Valpariso Tournament, where EMU had wins over Drake and St. Louis, then finally lost a tough five-game match to the tournament host. For the entire tournament, Piccolini had a 38% kill percentage. She had 44 kills, scored 52 points, recorded one block and assisted on six other blocks. As a result, Piccolini was named to the all-tournament team.
Miami: Carli Reihman (volleyball, middle hitter, So., 3.25, exercise science, Cincinnati, Ohio) was named to her second consecutive all-tournament team and the third of her career, spearheading Miami to a 3-1 week and a 6-2 overall record, which is the best start for a Miami team since the 1998 squad started the season 8-1. Amidst a strong tournament field at the Pittsburgh Invitational, which boasted three 2004 NCAA Tournament teams, Reihman led Miami to a second-place finish, falling just short of the tournament title in a five-game loss to Maryland. Reihman averaged 4.21 kills per game over four matches to lead the RedHawks and posted a team-best .381 hitting percentage for the week. She notched 11 kills and a sizzling .625 hitting percentage versus Morehead State, making just one attack error off 16 attempts, while knocking down eight blocks (2.7 per game) versus the MSU Eagles. She set a career-high with 18 kills in a three-game win over American to average 6.0 kills per game, while boasting a .571 hitting percentage. In a five-game brawl with defending ACC Tournament Champion Maryland where the RedHawks were edged in the final game, 26-28, Reihman again amassed 18 kills to tie a career-high and added 14 digs. She led Miami in kills or tied for the team lead in all four matches last week. She also posted a team-leading seven aces for the week, collecting two aces against Morehead State, American and Maryland.
Northern Illinois: Gina Guide (volleyball, libero, Jr., 3.36, therapy, Orland Park, Ill.) was named the most valuable player of Bradley's Radisson Hotel Invitational as the Huskies claimed the title with a record of 3-1. In four matches, the junior libero recorded 66 digs for an average of 16.5 per match. For the week, Guide recorded 84 digs for an average of 16.8 digs per match. For the season, Guide leads NIU with 188 digs. Guide is also seventh in school-history with 1,102 digs.
Ohio: Melissa Griffin (volleyball, middle blocker, So., 3.81, hearing/speech and language sciences, Whitehall, Mich.) recorded 33 kills (3.00/game), 16 digs, eight blocks and five aces over three matches to help the Bobcats to an undefeated record and the crown at the Albany Tournament. The sophomore posted her first career double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs against Iona.
Toledo: Suzi Siwinski (soccer, defender, So., 3.109, multi-age education, Solon, Ohio) tallied two assists in UT's 4-0 victory over Valparaiso on Friday. The Solon native also registered two helpers in UT's 2-1 win over Pittsburgh last Sunday. The four assists is a team-high and after five games, Siwinski has matched the season-highs for the Rockets in each of the last two seasons.
Male Nominees:
Bowling Green: Bryan Jackson (cross country, Sr., 3.27, accounting, Pittsburgh, Pa.) finished third on the Falcons and 17th overall of 102 total finishers as BG was third in the nine-team Mel Brodt Invitational. Jackson finished in a time of 27:17.
Buffalo: Aaron Sanders (football, defensive end, Sr., 3.485, marketing, Clarence, N.Y.) has already amassed 6.5 tackles-for-loss and three sacks in two games this season. The senior defensive end ranks second in the nation in tackles for loss and is tied for eighth in the country in sacks. Sanders now has 10.5 career sacks which is tied for nineth all-time in school history. The former walk-on has 22 tackles for loss in his career. He has recorded at least one tackle for loss in seven straight games. Against Syracuse on Saturday, he recorded a career-best nine tackles and four tackles for loss. Sanders added a sack (his third of the season) and a quarterback hurry as well.
Central Michigan: Joseph Staley (football, offensive line, Jr., 3.17, business administration, Rockford, Mich.) is CMU's starting left tackle who helped block for CMU's 569 yards of total offense in a 38-37 MAC opening win on the road at Miami last weekend. The win snapped CMU's string of 13 straight road losses. Staley and the line blocked for QB Kent Smith who set a school record for total offense with 478 yards, a mark that ranks 10th in MAC history.
Eastern Michigan: Matt Bohnet (football, QB, Sr., 3.71, communications, Grand Ledge, Mich.) led Eastern Michigan to a 31-10 win over Louisiana Lafayette. Bohnet threw for two touchdowns, of 38 and 14 yards, and ran for two others, from three yards and one yard out. Bohnet's passing and running accounted for all four Eagle trips to the end zone. In addition, Bohnet finished 26-for-36 passing, with 263 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. On the ground, Bohnet was the game's leading rusher with 85 yards on 19 carries.
Miami: Chris Swisher (cross country, Sr., 3.35, environmental science, Milan, Ind.) won his second consecutive race of the 2005 season and helped the Miami University men's cross country team finish as the runner-up at the Miami Invitational on Saturday. Swisher, who paced the field at the Flyer 5K Challenge last week, finished the 8K race in 25:25.8, nearly seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Northern Illinois: Chris VanDuerm (soccer, junior, midfielder, Jr., 3.21, pre-business, Wheaton, Ill.) registered the match-winning goals in both of Northern Illinois' weekend wins which kept the Huskies unbeaten at 3-0-1. On Friday, he capped off NIU's dramatic rally with a goal 4:11 into overtime to give the Huskies a 3-2 victory in the home-opening win over Western Illinois University -- a 2004 NCAA participant. On Sunday, VanDuerm tallied the gamewinner with just 1:10 left in regulation for a 3-2 road victory over Valparaiso University. He is one of three Huskies with two goals this year. VanDuer received MAC Soccer Player of the Week honors as well.
Previous Winners:
Female Week 1 (Sept. 7) --- Katie Bean, UT (volleyball) Week 2 (Sept. 13) -- Jamie Roflow, BGSU (cross country)Male Week 1 (Sept. 7) --- David Bazuin, CMU (football) Week 2 (Sept. 13) -- Austen Everson, Ohio (football)
