EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) - A total of 10 UW-Eau Claire student-athletes have been recognized by being named an Athlete of the Week for the fourth week of the 2014-15 season.
Football
Offense: Lucas Emmerich, Tight End, 6-5, 235,
Junior, Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial
Competing at 20th-ranked Wheaton College
(Ill.) on Saturday, Emmerich led the Blugolds in receiving with
nine catches for 71 yards. He is currently second on the team this
season, averaging 49 receiving yards per game.
Defense: Jayden Dobbs, Outside Linebacker, 6-1, 227,
Junior, Athens, Wis.
Starting at outside linebacker at
20th-ranked Wheaton College (Ill.) on Saturday, Dobbs
finished with four solo tackles, including two for a loss, while
breaking up one pass.
Women’s Tennis
Singles: Brooke Volpone, Freshman, Monticello,
Minn.
Volpone won singles draw No. 7 at the Gustie Fall
Invite by going 4-0 this weekend. Volpone defeated Gabby
Queenan of Macalester 7-6 (4), 6-3, Shannon Hautzinger of Grinnell
6-0, 6-3, Catilin Fitzgerald of UW-Whitewater 3-6, 6-3, 10-5, and
in the title match, she defeated Sam Fleming of UW-La Crosse 1-6,
6-2, 10-7.
Doubles: Renee Nelson, Senior, Madison, Wis./La
Follette & Olivia Gallagher, Sophomore, Lodi, Wis.
Nelson and Gallagher won the consolation doubles draw
No. 1 at the Gustie Fall Invite this weekend. They started with an
8-1 win over Luther opponents and then won two more to advance to
the championship. In the title match, they picked up an 8-5 victory
over Carroll opponents.
Volleyball
Offense: Jenna Smits, Setter, 5-8, Junior, Green
Bay, Wis./Preble
Smits led the Blugolds in set assists with 144 (11.08
per set) this weekend as the team went 3-1 hosting the Sandy
Schumacher Memorial Tournament. She helped lead the Blugolds’
balanced offensive attack, which finished with a .233 team hitting
percentage. Against St. Norbert, Smits had a career-best 45 set
assists to lead the match. Smits also recorded 29 digs and had two
blocks (one solo, one assist) along with six service aces, second
most on the team. She was named to the All-Tournament Team at the
conclusion of the weekend.
Defense: Jamie Dimka, Defensive Specialist/Libero,
5-7, Junior, Wausau, Wis./East
Leading the Blugolds with 88 digs in three matches,
Dimka helped guide the team to a 3-1 record this weekend, hosting
the Sandy Schumacher Memorial Tournament. In the final match of the
weekend against St. Norbert, she had a career-high 36 digs, which
also tied for sixth most in school history and the most since
Lauren Sutherland finished with 38 against UW-Platteville on Oct.
29, 2011. Dimka also had two service aces and five set assists.
Women’s Golf
Emily Stone, Senior, Eden Prairie, Minn.
Stone helped lead the Blugolds to a second place
finish out of 13 teams after two rounds of competition at the
UW-Whitewater Fall Invitational this weekend. She finished with 161
strokes to come in sixth place.
Men’s Cross Country
Josh Thorson, Sophomore, Wayzata, Minn.
Thorson was UW-Eau Claire’s top runner as the
Blugolds opened the season Saturday at the St. Olaf Invitational.
Thorson ran a patient race, passing through the 4,800-meter mark in
15:10, and then finished strong, closing his final 3,200 meters in
9:46 to finish second out of 246 runners in an 8,000-meter and
person-best time of 24:57. He was less than four seconds behind the
winner, Grant Wintheiser from St. Olaf, who was third at nationals
a season ago. As a team, the Blugolds took second place with 56
points while the University of Sioux Falls, a nationally-ranked
NCAA Division II school won the meet with 49 points. The Blugolds
finished in front of St. Olaf, which is currently ranked No. 1 in
Division III and the defending national champion, by five
points.
Women’s Cross Country
Lucy Ramquist, Junior, River Falls, Wis.
Ramquist was UW-Eau Claire’s top runner at the
St. Olaf Invitational, where the Blugolds opened the season
Saturday. She finished 17th out of 264 runners with a
6,000-meter time of 23:28 to help lead the Blugolds to a
fourth-place finish out of 16 teams.
