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November 6, 2009 |
Sophomore forward Anthony Campbell scored 15 first-half points while sophomore center John Fraley scored 15 second-half points to lead Austin Peay State University to a 95-75 exhibition basketball win against Oakland City, Thursday night, in Dave Aaron Arena.
Fraley finished the night with a double-double, 21 points and 10 rebounds while Campbell ended with 20 points, three assists and two steals in the Governors exhibition opener. Senior guard Wesley Channels, the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference selection added 15 while sophomore forward Marcel Williams had a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds to go with three blocks.
 John Fraley scoring for APSU
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November 4, 2009 |
Gulf Shores, Ala. – Austin Peay State University women’s golf team was unable to end the fall portion of its schedule on an upswing, firing a second-round 322 to finish 11th in the 12-team UAB Fall Beach Blast, Tuesday, at the par-70, 5,880-yard Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club.
Senior Angelina Manzitto fired a second-round 79 to lead the Lady Govs second-day effort. She finished 51st with a two-day 162. Junior Chelsea Harris led the Lady Govs with a two-round 156, following her opening-round 75 with a second-round 81, and finished 31st. UAB’s Carolyn Cochran won the individual medalist honor with a two-over par 142 (72-70).
 Senior Angelina Manzitto led the Lady Govs with a second-round 79, Tuesday, at the UAB Fall Beach Blast (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)
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November 4, 2009 |
Nashville – A run in with the Atlantic Sun Conference’s regular-season champion saw Austin Peay State University’s volleyball team on the wrong end of a three-set loss (25-13, 25-21, 25-21) to Lipscomb, Tuesday night, at Allen Arena.
After watching Lipscomb (23-3) lead wire-to-wire in the opening set, Austin Peay fought close contests in both the second in third sets.
 Senior outside hitter Stephanie Champine led the Lady Govs with 13 kills in a loss at Lipscomb, Tuesday night. (Courtesy: Lois Jones/Austin Peay)
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November 1, 2009 |
Sophomore guard Whitney Hanley scored 19 points to lead the Black squad in a 77-68 victory against the Red team in the Austin Peay State University women’s basketball scrimmage, Sunday. Junior guard Salem Richardson led the Red squad with 18 points.
The Black squad’s defense forced 27 turnovers, Hanley leading the Red team’s defensive effort with six steals. That defensive effort negated the Red team’s 43-32 rebounding lead. «Read the rest of this article»
November 1, 2009 |
All five Black team members scored in double figures as Austin Peay Black ran away from the White team in an 80-59 scrimmage Saturday morning that was interrupted for 30 minutes by a power outage.
Sophomore forward/center Marcel Williams, who scored just two points while taking only three shots in Wednesday’s scrimmage, led the Black team with 22 points, on 9-of-13 shooting while grabbing 10 rebounds, dishing out five assists and collecting four steals. Freshman guard Eric Mosley added 20 points while junior guard Caleb Brown added 17. The Black team shot 61.1percent (33 of 54) from the floor. «Read the rest of this article»
It was easy to forget prior to kick-off a football game was being played on Halloween night. Not only was Lane Kiffin keeping in the headlines with his comments regarding the officiating at the Alabama game, the fan base was distracting itself with a fashion controversy. Were the Vols going to appear in black jerseys? More importantly, should they? After all, black is not a traditional Tennessee color, and UT is nothing if not a school grounded in tradition.
Another UT tradition is losing to Steve Spurrier. Stretching back to his first job as a head coach at Duke, the Vols have a 5-13 record against him. Philip Fulmer had a particularly dismal 3-8 record against the Old Ball Coach.
Old Ball Coach, meet the New Ball Coach. «Read the rest of this article»
November 1, 2009 |
Jacksonville State ran off 14 unanswered second-half points, Saturday, and defeated Austin Peay State University, 28-10, in Ohio Valley Conference action at Governors Stadium.
JSU improved to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the OVC, although the Gamecocks are ineligible for post-season play because of Academic Progress Rates (APR) penalties.
The loss dropped APSU to 3-5 on the season and 2-3 in the OVC. It snapped the Govs’ two-game losing streak and their modest two-game homecoming victory streak.
 Rickey Thomas (#25) blocking Patrick Tatum’s punt at the JSU 34 yard line, with Freshmen Jeremy Ross (#20) waiting in the wings to run it in to score for APSU! «Read the rest of this article»
October 31, 2009 |
Austin Peay def. Morehead State, 3-1 (22-25, 25-19, 25-14, 24-23)
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Austin Peay State University’s volleyball team got its five-match road trip off to a good start, posting a 3-1 (22-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-23) Ohio Valley Conference victory against Morehead State, Friday night, at Wetherby Gymnasium.
Austin Peay (18-6, 11-2 OVC) got off to a slow start offensively, recording just 12 kills while committing seven attack errors in the first set. Morehead State had no such troubles, posting 18 kills against eight errors. The Lady Govs led the opening set, 8-4, before surrendering six straight points – including three straight courtesy attack miscues. The Eagles held that lead throughout the set and won 25-22.
The Lady Govs controlled sets two and three nearly wire-to-wire. The second set in particular was an impressive display of Austin Peay’s offense as it recorded 17 kills and committed no errors (.486 attack percentage) and rolled to a 25-19 win. The third set saw the Lady Govs offense cool, recording 12 kills and a .310 attack percentage. Morehead State helped APSU’s cause, committing five attack errors and four service errors as the Lady Govs won 25-14. «Read the rest of this article»
October 31, 2009 |
Austin Peay State University has been picked to finish third in a preseason Ohio Valley Conference poll of league coaches and sports information directors. In addition, senior guard Wesley Channels has been voted preseason All-OVC.
That was announced Thursday in a basketball preseason media-day teleconference.
The Governors, who finished tied for second in the OVC a year ago at 13-5 and lost in the league tourney championship game, received 114 points, leaving them behind league co-favorites Morehead State and Murray State, which not only received 10 first-place votes each but finished with 154 points as well.
Austin Peay has had tremendous success in the league over the last decade, including advancing to the OVC Tournament Championship game in six of the last seven seasons. The Governors claimed that crown in 2008 but came up just short in 2007 (1-point loss) and a year ago (2-point loss in double overtime). «Read the rest of this article»
October 29, 2009 |
Freshman guard Eric Mosley scored 30 points while senior guard Wes Channels made 10 of 11 shots to lead the White team to a 78-66 victory over the Black team during Wednesday afternoon’s scrimmage.
Mosley connected on 11 of 19 shots, including six three pointers, to go with four assists and four steals. Channels finished with 25 points, including a perfect five-of-five from three point range, along with six assists and six rebounds. Freshman forward Chris Reaves added 12 points.
For the Black team, sophomore Tyrone Caldwell, a local product, led with 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting while dishing out seven assists. Center John Fraley added 18 points and 10 rebounds, including six off the offensive glass. Junior forward Duran Roberson added 15 points and eight rebounds while sophomore forward Anthony Campbell contributed 11 points. «Read the rest of this article»
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