Belderes named new women’s lax coach at SAPC

July 8, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC—St. Andrews Athletic Director Howard Reichner announced that Stephen Belderes has been named head coach of the Knights women’s lacrosse program.

“I am very pleased and excited to have Stephen leading the women’s lacrosse program,” said Reichner.

Belderes expressed, “I am very excited about this opportunity and have high expectations for the future.”

Belderes becomes the second head coach of third-year program after serving as an assistant coach to the men’s lacrosse team for the past two years. In his two years with the men’s program the Knights finished in the upper half of the Deep South Conference (DSC) both times.

Belderes played his collegiate lacrosse at St. Andrews where he was a DSC Academic Team honoree, DSC All-Tournament Team selection and the recipient of the Knights Award. In his senior season Belderes led the Knights in goals while St. Andrews won a program best 10 games that season and made it to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II National Tournament.

The Orlando, Fl. native graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Religious Studies.

Belderes takes over a very young team that went a disappointing 3-23 in its first two seasons of play, but he will be looked upon to build the program.

“I have been very impressed with the support for our program. We have set lofty goals for our team and we are looking to improve on last year’s record,” concluded Belderes.

#9 Lady Saints defeat St. Andrews

April 20, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC—Junior midfielder Brook Nowell (Linthicum, MD) recorded 10 points on Wednesday helping No. 9 nationally ranked Limestone College to a 21-2 victory over host St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference women’s lacrosse action.

The Saints finish the regular season with a 10-5 overall and 6-2 CVAC record while the Knights end the season 2-12 and 0-8.

St. Andrews kept the game close for the opening 15 minutes and sophomore Terrell Wood (Houston, TX) scored the Knights only goal in the first half with 15:09 left to cut the deficit to 3-1. However, Limestone ripped off the final 11 goals of the first frame and held a 14-1 advantage at halftime.

The Saints outscored the Knights 7-1 in the second half and cruised to the 21-2 victory. The Knights second goal came on a free position shot by Corey Whitbeck (Newark, NY), who finished the season with a team-high 21 goals and just missing her single season record of 23 goals from last season.

Nowell split her points evenly with five goals and five assists. Kristen Black (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) also had five goals for the Saints. Susie Russell (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) had a hat trick. Tana Strout (Vero Beach, FL) and Andrea Poor (Oswego, NY) added two goals apiece. Poor also provided two assists. The other Saints goals came from Jessica Verran (Lansing, MI), Erica Handleman (Crofton, MD), Judy Ranns (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) and Aricka Piersma (Columbia, SC).

Jackie Weaver (Carthage, NY) did not make a save in her 30 minutes of work between the Limestone pipes but picked up the win. Erin Cavanaugh (Ellicott City, MD) played the final half for the Saints.

Ashley Kondziela (Vernon Hills, IL) had 14 saves for the Knights.

Wood named CVAC women’s lax Player of the Week

March 30, 2005

THOMASVILLE, NC—Terrell Wood of St. Andrews Presbyterian College (2-8 overall, 0-4 CVAC) has been selected as the NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (CVAC) women’s lacrosse Player of the Week.

Sophomore midfielder Terrell Wood scored a career-high five goals in St. Andrews 13-3 win against Averett on Tuesday. The Houston, TX, native also added one assist to lead the Knights with six points. Wood has started in all 10 games for the second year program and has seven goals and two assists on the season. Wood also obtained eight ground balls in the game.

St. Andrews next visits CVAC rival Queens University of Charlotte on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.

SAPC women’s lacrosse notches 2nd win

March 22, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC—Sophomore midfielder Terrell Wood (Houston, TX) had five goals and an assist to lead the St. Andrews women’s lacrosse team to a 13-3 victory over visiting Averett College. The Knights improved to 2-8 while the Lady Cougars fell to 0-8.

Wood scored her five goals on ten shots and had eight ground balls and an assist. Wood has seven goals on the season.

Sophomore Corey Whitbeck (Newark, NY) increased her team-leading goal total to 16 with a hat trick. Junior Nikki Heath (New Bern, NC) scored twice to reach double digits in goals on the season with 10. Senior Erin Masterson (Charlotte, NC) tallied her seventh of the year. Senior Ashley Kondziela (Vernon Hills, IL) and sophomore Tenille Inman (Washington, DC) each scored their first goals of the season. Whitbeck and Masterson had the other assists on the day.

Sophomore Meghan McAuliffe (Poway, CA) earned her first win in net after making seven saves.

Darcie Jones scored all three goals for the Cougars.

The Knights visit CVAC rival and No. 10 nationally ranked Queens University of Charlotte on Saturday, April 2 at Noon.

Lady Bobcats Lax defeats St. Andrews

March 13, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC—Sophomore Margie Lesser recorded eight points to guide the visiting Lees-McRae women’s lacrosse team to a 22-4 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference victory over St. Andrews Presbyterian College Sunday. The Lady Bobcats (1-6 overall, 1-2 CVAC) picked up its first ‘W’ while the Knights fell to 1-5 and 0-3.

Kaylen Keith scored the first Lees-McRae goal 21 seconds into the contest and the Lady Bobcats never relinquished the lead.

Lees-McRae held a 3-0 lead before sophomore Corey Whitbeck (Newark, NY) scored St. Andrews’ first goal. The Lady Bobcats would rip off the next six goals including three by Lesser. Junior Nikki Heath (New Bern, NC) scored her eighth goal of the season in the 20 th minute. Lees-McRae scored four of the final five goals in the first half and held a 13-3 halftime lead.

The Lady Bobcats maintained the momentum in the second half with nine consecutive goals including four of Jenn Alevetsovitis’ game-high six tallies.

Whitbeck ended the Knights’ drought by registering a hat trick with 1:11 remaining. Whitbeck leads SAPC with nine goals.

Lesser finished with five goals and three assists; Alevetsovitis scored six times; Kaylen Keith tallied four goals; Stephanie Jaworski added three goals and an assist; Brittany Dabkowski chipped in with two goals and three assists; and Stephanie Gallant supplied four assists.

Senior Knight Ashley Kondziela (Vernon Hills, IL) made nine saves while Anita Hekman picked up the win in net for LMC with two stops.

St. Andrews hosts CVAC rival Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.

Lady Knights Lax downs Ferrum for first win

March 9, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC—Senior Erin Masterson (Charlotte, NC) scored a career-high five goals Wednesday, helping the St. Andrews women’s lacrosse team to a 13-2 win over visiting Ferrum College. The victory was the Knights’ (1-4) first of the season while the Lady Panthers start out 0-1.

SAPC jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first 12 minutes including three scores in a 41 second period.

Senior Jennifer Phillips (Ferrum, VA) scored on a free position shot with 9:48 left in the first half to put Ferrum on the board.

The Knights headed into halftime with an 8-1 lead after scoring the final three goals of the period including freshman Lexey Booth’s (Monmouth Beach, NJ) first collegiate goal.

Phillips started the scoring in the second half with her second free position goal and cut the deficit to 8-2.

St. Andrews added five goals in the second half to take the 13-2 victory.

Masterson finished with five goals and an assist to lead the Knights. Junior Nikki Heath (New Bern, NC) followed with four goals and an assist. Sophomore Corey Whitbeck (Newark, NY) tallied a hat trick and sophomore Terrell Wood (Houston, TX) supplied an assist.

Senior Knight Ashley Kondziela (Vernon Hills, IL) made five saves for her first win in net while Jessica St. Clair (Salem, VA) had nine stops for Ferrum.

St. Andrews hosts CVAC rival Lees-McRae College on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Pfeiffer defeats SAPC women’s lacrosse

March 3, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC— Pfeiffer University scored the first five goals in Thursday’s Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference women’s lacrosse match and went on to defeat host St. Andrews 18-3. The Lady Falcons picked up its first win of the season improving to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the CVAC while the Knights fell to 0-3 and 0-2.  

Elie Fenton scored three of Pfeiffer’s first five goals including the eventual game-winner.   Sophomore Cory Whitbeck (Newark, NY) got the Knights on the scoreboard after fighting her way through traffic and finding the back of the Falcon net.

Pfeiffer added the final eight goals of the first half and held a 13-1 lead at halftime.  

SAPC saw more scoring opportunities in the second half. Sophomore Terrell Wood (Houston, TX) scored her first goal of the season after picking up a ground ball in the offensive end and quickly putting away the easy goal. The Knights final goal came on a nice pass from senior Erin Masterson (Charlotte, NC) from behind the Falcon goal. Masterson found junior Nikki Heath (New Bern, NC) just outside the crease for the one-timer and her team-leading third goal of the season.  

Lady Falcon Charlotte Dixon picked up the win with five saves while St. Andrews goalkeeper Ashley Kondziela (Vernon Hills, IL) made 11 stops.  

Fenton finished with five goals and Brenna Clark tallied four Pfeiffer goals. Dawn Rich had a hat trick and Ashlee Anderson and Alison Butler each had two tallies.  

The Knights next host non-conference Newhaven on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Knights fall to Nationally Ranked Limestone

March 2, 2005

GAFFNEY , SC — The Limestone College women’s lacrosse team, ranked sixth in the nation, took an impressive 26-2 win in their season opener. Limestone dominated CVAC rival St. Andrews from the start and rolled to the big win, tying the program’s record for goals in a game.  

Limestone (1-0 overall, 1-0 CVAC) sprinted out to a 19-0 lead at halftime. Limestone took a 4-0 lead after just over 4 minutes of play. Junior Brooke Nowell scored five goals on five shots in the period.  

In the second half, the scoring would slow down. Limestone led 22-0 when senior Erin Masterson (Charlotte, NC) found the net for the Knights (0-2, 0-1) with 19:30 left in the game. Junior Nikki Heath (New Bern, NC) scored the Knights other goal.  

Andrea Poor finished with five goals and five assists. Nowell found the net five times while Susie Russell and Marissa Pesce each scored four goals. Jessica Verran and Shannon Nolan scored three goals a piece.  

The Knights host CVAC rival Pfeiffer University on Thursday at 4:00 p.m.

Methodist spoils season opener for SAPC women’s lax

February 25, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC—Senior midfielder Emily Neilson ( St. Louis, MO) scored seven goals to lead the Methodist College women’s lacrosse team to a 25-2 victory over host St. Andrews Friday. The Monarchs improved to 2-0 while the Knights open up the season 0-1.

Methodist took control early with five goals in the first seven minutes including three goals by freshman Katelyn Cushman ( Bennington, VT).

Junior attack Nikki Heath ( New Bern, NC) put the Knights on the board with an unassisted goal. Sophomore midfielder Corey Whitbeck ( Newark, NY) cut the St. Andrews deficit to 7-2 with a goal at the 19:20 mark of the first half on a pass by senior Erin Masterson ( Charlotte, NC).

The Monarchs scored the final nine goals of the first half for a 16-2 advantage at the break. Methodist held St. Andrews without a shot in the second half while scoring nine more times for the 25-2 victory.

Neilson added two assists to her seven goals. Sophomore Lauren McGonagle ( South Burlington, VT) tallied five goals and five assists. Cushman finished with four goals and Tracy Goff ( Barington, RI) and Lindsey West (Davidsonville, MD) each had three scores.

Sophomore goalkeeper Kim Collier ( Marston, NC) improved to 2-0 on the season without making a save. Senior Ashley Kondziela ( Vernon Hills, IL), who is normally a midfielder for the Knights, made 12 saves in net.

St. Andrews visits CVAC rival Limestone College on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.