Slinde Named Student-Athlete of the Week
September 11, 2017 03:23 PM | Men's Soccer, Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 11, 2017) - Following a week in which she helped WVU to a 3-0 record at the Holiday Inn Invitational at Wright State, West Virginia volleyball sophomore Erin Slinde has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
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On Saturday, Slinde finished with a career-high 56 assists in the team's 3-1 win over Wright State. The assist mark topped the Big 12 last week. She also led the Big 12 with 12.89 assists-per-set last week.
Slinde also had a season-high four aces in Friday's sweep of Harvard, hitting .800 with 34 assists. She dished out 26 assists in the 3-0 win over Tennessee Tech to open the weekend.
The Rosemount, Minnesota, native finished the weekend ranking fourth in the Big 12 with .56 service aces per set, with five in WVU's three matches. The setter also hit .500, added four blocks and averaged 1.22 kills per set.
This Week in Women's Soccer: No. 3 WVU takes to the road for the first time since Aug. 18 with a pair of matches in Princeton, New Jersey, next weekend … the squad kicks against the Tigers on Friday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m., and against La Salle on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. … Friday's match will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Last Week in Women's Soccer: The Mountaineers (5-2) split their weekend at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, falling 4-0 to No. 6 Duke on Sept. 8 before bouncing back with a 3-0 win against Richmond on Sept. 10 … the Blue Devils put two away in both halves against WVU, including the game-winner in the 29th minute … WVU outshot Duke 14-11 and placed five on-frame … sophomore Rylee Foster made four saves in the loss … on Sunday, junior forward Grace Cutler tallied the game-winner just 1:42 into the match for the ninth-fasted goal in program history … senior forward Heather Kaleiohi added an insurance goal in the 57th minute, and junior forward Sh'Nia Gordon tallied her own goal in the 70th minute … Gordon assisted on Kaleiohi's goal for game-best three points … Foster made one save for the team's fourth clean sheet of the year … WVU finished with a 34-3 shot edge and placed 17 on-goal, the fifth-most in program history … WVU also earned a 5-1 edge in corner kicks.
Notes: Cutler and Kaleiohi's goals Sunday were their firsts of the season … Gordon paces the team with seven points (2 G, 3 A) … Abam assisted on Cutler's game-winner, pushing her career point total to 83 (34 G, 15 A), and she continues to rank No. 9 in program history … freshman midfielder Lois Joel assisted on Gordon's goal for her first career point … WVU is now 2-2 against top-10 teams this season.
This Week in Men's Soccer: West Virginia's next three games are on the road in the Washington D.C. area … the trip begins on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at UMBC in Baltimore, and kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET … the Mountaineers then travel to Fairfax, Virginia, to face George Mason on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m.
Last Week in Men's Soccer: For the second consecutive match, West Virginia played to a 0-0 draw, tying UCF on Saturday night at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium … WVU remained unbeaten on the season with its fourth of the year … the Mountaineers had 16 shots, three on goal, while the Knights had nine shots, three on net … Junior keeper Stephen Banick recorded three saves … nine of the Mountaineers' 16 shots came in the second period, and WVU out-shot UCF 5-2 in overtime … the Knights held a 4-2 edge in shots in the first 45 minutes.
Notes: With back-to-back scoreless draws, West Virginia is unbeaten in 2017 with a 3-0-2 record … the Mountaineers have allowed just one goal this season, on a penalty kick … WVU is nationally ranked again this week, remaining at No. 19 in the College Soccer News poll and dropping one spot to No. 24 in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings … the Mountaineers were No. 14 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, which is announced each Tuesday.
Coach Marlon LeBlanc following Saturday Night's draw: "I want to make sure I stay positive, because we did get another shutout, we still haven't given up a goal in the run of play, our defending is excellent. We played well enough to win again tonight. Central Florida is a very good team and a tough team to break down, but we did break them down, we got behind them we had shots, we had opportunities. We just weren't clinical. We had the PK, a chance to win the game, and we missed a penalty. We had a chance to win it at the end there as well. But from a defensive standpoint, yeah, we're pretty good, but we have to take our chances better. To many good, quality opportunities built for us to get nothing out of it."
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia hits the road twice this week … the Mountaineers travel to Huntington, West Virginia, on Tuesday for a tilt with in-state foe Marshall … first serve is set for 6 p.m. at the Cam Henderson Center … WVU heads to its final tournament this weekend when the team travels to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York for the Black Knights Invitational on Friday and Saturday … the Mountaineers take on Akron at 11 a.m. Friday before facing host Army West Point at 7 p.m. that evening … the team concludes the event on Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. match against Providence.
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers won the Holiday Inn Invitational by going 3-0 on the weekend … the event was hosted by Wright State at McLin Gym in Fairborn, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday … sophomore right side Natania Levak was named to the all-tournament team … WVU got things started with a 3-0 win over Tennessee Tech on Friday morning … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey had a team-high 11 kills while sophomore setter Erin Slinde had 26 assists … the Mountaineers recorded their second straight sweep with a 3-0 win over Harvard later that evening … Levak led the squad with 11 kills, while Caffrey recorded six aces … freshman middle Katie DeMeo had a career-best five blocks to lead the team … the team picked up its third straight win with a 3-1 triumph over host Wright State … sophomore outside hitter Katelyn Evans had a team-best 18 kills while freshman libero Alexa Hasting had a career-high 20 digs … Slinde set a career best with 56 assists.
Notes: Sophomore setter Erin Slinde led the league with 12.89 assists per set this week … she also ranked fourth with 0.56 service aces per set … freshman middle blocker Katie DeMeo ranked in the top 10 in blocks per set (eighth) and hitting percentage (fourth) … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey ranked third in aces with 0.60 per set … senior middle blocker Mia Swanegan was seventh with 1.11 blocks per set … WVU and Marshall will play for the Golden Ball Trophy on Tuesday … it marks the 50th meeting between the two teams … WVU owns a 29-20 lead in the series … Marshall claimed the Golden Ball Trophy in 2016 with a 3-2 win at the Capital Classic in Charleston, West Virginia … the Mountaineers last took home the trophy in 2015 with a five-set thriller in Morgantown.
This Week in Cross Country: West Virginia is off this week ... the Mountaineers next compete on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Greater Louisville Classic in Louisville, Kentucky.
Last Week in WVU Cross Country: West Virginia made a familiar stop to Penn State's Blue-White Golf Course in University Park, Pennsylvania, last Friday for the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational. … WVU finished sixth at the meet. … redshirt senior Amy Cashin led the Mountaineers with a 12th-place finish, running the 6k course in 21:49. … WVU featured three runners in the top 30 of the event. … redshirt sophomore Olivia Hill placed 24th in a time of 22:17, while redshirt freshman Sarah Wills claimed 26th in a time of 22:22. … redshirt freshman Antigone Archer finished 38th overall after posting a time of 22:48. … redshirt sophomore Andrea Pettit (27:41) finished 85th.
Notes: Last Friday was the sixth consecutive season WVU has competed at the Spiked Shoe Invitational. … it also was the eighth time since 2014 the Mountaineers have traveled to Penn State for a meet. … Pettit made her WVU cross country debut, while Hill made her season debut last Friday. … the meet was scored as duals with the host Nittany Lions receiving six wins for their first-place finish … Georgetown (five wins), Syracuse (four wins), Pitt (three wins) and Bucknell (two wins) rounded out the top five … WVU earned one win for its sixth-place showing, ahead of seventh-place Edinboro.
Coach Sean Cleary after last Friday's meet at Penn State: "Cross country is a unique sport in that rarely does the first week of September resemble what the team looks like in November," Cleary said. "I believe we will be much improved in a month."
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On Saturday, Slinde finished with a career-high 56 assists in the team's 3-1 win over Wright State. The assist mark topped the Big 12 last week. She also led the Big 12 with 12.89 assists-per-set last week.
Slinde also had a season-high four aces in Friday's sweep of Harvard, hitting .800 with 34 assists. She dished out 26 assists in the 3-0 win over Tennessee Tech to open the weekend.
The Rosemount, Minnesota, native finished the weekend ranking fourth in the Big 12 with .56 service aces per set, with five in WVU's three matches. The setter also hit .500, added four blocks and averaged 1.22 kills per set.
This Week in Women's Soccer: No. 3 WVU takes to the road for the first time since Aug. 18 with a pair of matches in Princeton, New Jersey, next weekend … the squad kicks against the Tigers on Friday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m., and against La Salle on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. … Friday's match will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Last Week in Women's Soccer: The Mountaineers (5-2) split their weekend at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, falling 4-0 to No. 6 Duke on Sept. 8 before bouncing back with a 3-0 win against Richmond on Sept. 10 … the Blue Devils put two away in both halves against WVU, including the game-winner in the 29th minute … WVU outshot Duke 14-11 and placed five on-frame … sophomore Rylee Foster made four saves in the loss … on Sunday, junior forward Grace Cutler tallied the game-winner just 1:42 into the match for the ninth-fasted goal in program history … senior forward Heather Kaleiohi added an insurance goal in the 57th minute, and junior forward Sh'Nia Gordon tallied her own goal in the 70th minute … Gordon assisted on Kaleiohi's goal for game-best three points … Foster made one save for the team's fourth clean sheet of the year … WVU finished with a 34-3 shot edge and placed 17 on-goal, the fifth-most in program history … WVU also earned a 5-1 edge in corner kicks.
Notes: Cutler and Kaleiohi's goals Sunday were their firsts of the season … Gordon paces the team with seven points (2 G, 3 A) … Abam assisted on Cutler's game-winner, pushing her career point total to 83 (34 G, 15 A), and she continues to rank No. 9 in program history … freshman midfielder Lois Joel assisted on Gordon's goal for her first career point … WVU is now 2-2 against top-10 teams this season.
This Week in Men's Soccer: West Virginia's next three games are on the road in the Washington D.C. area … the trip begins on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at UMBC in Baltimore, and kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET … the Mountaineers then travel to Fairfax, Virginia, to face George Mason on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m.
Last Week in Men's Soccer: For the second consecutive match, West Virginia played to a 0-0 draw, tying UCF on Saturday night at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium … WVU remained unbeaten on the season with its fourth of the year … the Mountaineers had 16 shots, three on goal, while the Knights had nine shots, three on net … Junior keeper Stephen Banick recorded three saves … nine of the Mountaineers' 16 shots came in the second period, and WVU out-shot UCF 5-2 in overtime … the Knights held a 4-2 edge in shots in the first 45 minutes.
Notes: With back-to-back scoreless draws, West Virginia is unbeaten in 2017 with a 3-0-2 record … the Mountaineers have allowed just one goal this season, on a penalty kick … WVU is nationally ranked again this week, remaining at No. 19 in the College Soccer News poll and dropping one spot to No. 24 in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings … the Mountaineers were No. 14 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, which is announced each Tuesday.
Coach Marlon LeBlanc following Saturday Night's draw: "I want to make sure I stay positive, because we did get another shutout, we still haven't given up a goal in the run of play, our defending is excellent. We played well enough to win again tonight. Central Florida is a very good team and a tough team to break down, but we did break them down, we got behind them we had shots, we had opportunities. We just weren't clinical. We had the PK, a chance to win the game, and we missed a penalty. We had a chance to win it at the end there as well. But from a defensive standpoint, yeah, we're pretty good, but we have to take our chances better. To many good, quality opportunities built for us to get nothing out of it."
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia hits the road twice this week … the Mountaineers travel to Huntington, West Virginia, on Tuesday for a tilt with in-state foe Marshall … first serve is set for 6 p.m. at the Cam Henderson Center … WVU heads to its final tournament this weekend when the team travels to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York for the Black Knights Invitational on Friday and Saturday … the Mountaineers take on Akron at 11 a.m. Friday before facing host Army West Point at 7 p.m. that evening … the team concludes the event on Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. match against Providence.
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers won the Holiday Inn Invitational by going 3-0 on the weekend … the event was hosted by Wright State at McLin Gym in Fairborn, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday … sophomore right side Natania Levak was named to the all-tournament team … WVU got things started with a 3-0 win over Tennessee Tech on Friday morning … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey had a team-high 11 kills while sophomore setter Erin Slinde had 26 assists … the Mountaineers recorded their second straight sweep with a 3-0 win over Harvard later that evening … Levak led the squad with 11 kills, while Caffrey recorded six aces … freshman middle Katie DeMeo had a career-best five blocks to lead the team … the team picked up its third straight win with a 3-1 triumph over host Wright State … sophomore outside hitter Katelyn Evans had a team-best 18 kills while freshman libero Alexa Hasting had a career-high 20 digs … Slinde set a career best with 56 assists.
Notes: Sophomore setter Erin Slinde led the league with 12.89 assists per set this week … she also ranked fourth with 0.56 service aces per set … freshman middle blocker Katie DeMeo ranked in the top 10 in blocks per set (eighth) and hitting percentage (fourth) … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey ranked third in aces with 0.60 per set … senior middle blocker Mia Swanegan was seventh with 1.11 blocks per set … WVU and Marshall will play for the Golden Ball Trophy on Tuesday … it marks the 50th meeting between the two teams … WVU owns a 29-20 lead in the series … Marshall claimed the Golden Ball Trophy in 2016 with a 3-2 win at the Capital Classic in Charleston, West Virginia … the Mountaineers last took home the trophy in 2015 with a five-set thriller in Morgantown.
This Week in Cross Country: West Virginia is off this week ... the Mountaineers next compete on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Greater Louisville Classic in Louisville, Kentucky.
Last Week in WVU Cross Country: West Virginia made a familiar stop to Penn State's Blue-White Golf Course in University Park, Pennsylvania, last Friday for the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational. … WVU finished sixth at the meet. … redshirt senior Amy Cashin led the Mountaineers with a 12th-place finish, running the 6k course in 21:49. … WVU featured three runners in the top 30 of the event. … redshirt sophomore Olivia Hill placed 24th in a time of 22:17, while redshirt freshman Sarah Wills claimed 26th in a time of 22:22. … redshirt freshman Antigone Archer finished 38th overall after posting a time of 22:48. … redshirt sophomore Andrea Pettit (27:41) finished 85th.
Notes: Last Friday was the sixth consecutive season WVU has competed at the Spiked Shoe Invitational. … it also was the eighth time since 2014 the Mountaineers have traveled to Penn State for a meet. … Pettit made her WVU cross country debut, while Hill made her season debut last Friday. … the meet was scored as duals with the host Nittany Lions receiving six wins for their first-place finish … Georgetown (five wins), Syracuse (four wins), Pitt (three wins) and Bucknell (two wins) rounded out the top five … WVU earned one win for its sixth-place showing, ahead of seventh-place Edinboro.
Coach Sean Cleary after last Friday's meet at Penn State: "Cross country is a unique sport in that rarely does the first week of September resemble what the team looks like in November," Cleary said. "I believe we will be much improved in a month."
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