The Thomas More College men’s soccer team has cracked the top 10 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Continental Tire National Poll for the first time in program history.
The Saints (10-1-1, 2-0 PAC) are ranked No. 7 by the coaches association. Thomas More is currently on an eight match unbeaten streak. Through their first 12 matches the team has out-scored their opponents by a combined margin of 37-12 and have out-shot them 200-138, including 109-51 on-goal.
Thomas More is led in scoring by senior forward Austin Juniet (Fort Thomas, Ky./Newport Central Catholic), who has 30 points on a team-best 10 goals and 10 assists. Junior forward Brian Runyon (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg) is second on the team in with 21 points on eight goals and five assists, while sophomore defender Colin Dean (Fort Thomas, Ky./Highlands) is third with 10 points on five goals.
Freshman goalkeeper Jeff Paulin (Alexandria, Ky./Bishop Brossart) has anchored the defense as he has played 1054:24 in goal and has a 1.02 goal against average and has three shutouts with 38 saves.
Thomas More returns to the pitch on Monday when it travels to Greenville, Pennsylvania to play Thiel College at 4 p.m.
Saints sweep Presidents’ Conference volleyball tri-match
The Thomas More College volleyball team swept a pair of matches today (Thursday, October 8, 2015) as it defeated Chatham University and Waynesburg University both by a score of 3-0 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) tri-match at Chatham’s Athletic & Fitness Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
With the sweep, the Saints improve to 11-3 overall and 10-0 PAC.
In the first match of the day, Thomas More defeated Chatham by the scores of 25-7, 25-15 and 25-9. Freshman defensive specialist Leanne Dant (Louisville, Ky./Bethlehem) led the offense with six service aces. Junior middle hitter Jessica Knaley (Florence, Ky./St. Henry) led the team in kills with 17, while sophomore setter Jenna Fessler (Fort Mitchell, Ky./Beechwood) led the team in assists 17, while sophomore defensive specialist Rachel Bronner (Reading, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) added four assists.
Defensively for the Saints, Dant had nine digs, freshman defensive specialist Haley Cundiff (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) had eight digs and Bronner finished with seven digs.
In the second match of the day, the Saints downed Waynesburg by the scores of 25-13, 25-10 and 25-11. The Saints’ attack was led by senior outside hitter Stacy Howell (Cincinnati, Ohio/Glen Este) with 10 kills and junior outside hitter Marisa Meyer (Cincinnati, Ohio/Seton) with nine kills. Knaley led the team in service aces with four, while Fessler added three. Fessler led the team in assists with 21 and Knaley finished with five.
Meyer led the team in digs with 14, while Howell added 11 and Bronner finished with nine.
Thomas More returns to the court Saturday when it takes on Grove City College at 7 p.m. inside Grove City College Arena in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
From TMC Athletics