ATHLETICS: Falcons provide an assist with
"Night of Champions"
BIRMINGHAM – Over
40 members and student-athletes from the University of Montevallo athletic
department recently took part in the Lakeshore Foundation’s third
Night of Champions, a celebration of
the state of Alabama’s Olympic connection and the culture of the host
country for the 2008 Olympic Games, China.
The event, which
attracted nearly 700 attendees, served as a marquee fundraising event for
the Lakeshore Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that assists
persons with physically disabling conditions while also serving as an
official U.S. Paralympics training site.
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MONTEVALLO (8/19) -- The University of Montevallo
will begin the 2008 season ranked in the Top 5 of NCAA
Division II Men's Soccer. The Falcons are No. 4 in the
first NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II
National Rankings poll
of the 2008 season, it has
been announced.
The four participants in the national
semifinals occupy the first four spots. Defending national
champion Franklin Pierce (NH) (17-2-4) is No. 1.
Lincoln Memorial University (20-4-1) is No. 2.
Midwestern State University (TX) (18-3-2) is No. 3.
After UM,
Northern Kentucky University, is No. 5. Sonoma State
University (CA) is No. 6, Metro State (CO) is No. 7,
East Stroudsburg University (PA) is No. 8. Dowling College (NY)
is at No. 9, while Lee-McRae College (NC), the team the Falcons
defeated in the national quarterfinals rounds out the
Top 10.
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MONTEVALLO (8/19) -- For the first time
in the history of the program, the University of Montevallo
women's
soccer team will begin a season ranked in the Top 25.
The Lady Falcons are No. 16 in the first NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II
National Ranking poll
of the 2008 season, it has
been announced.
National champion University of Tampa
(20-2-2) is No. 1. Franklin Pierce University (NH)
(18-2-5) is No. 2. Grand Valley State University (MI)
(21-1-1), is
No. 3. Seattle Pacific University (WA) (23-1-0) is No. 4
and Columbus State University (20-3-2) is No. 5.
University of the Incarnate Word (TX) is No. 6 West Chester University (PA)
is No. 7. Minnesota State University-Mankato, College of
Saint Rose (NY) and the University of Central Oklahoma
round out the Top 10.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Falcons add three more for 2008-09
MONTEVALLO (8/22) – The University of
Montevallo has added three more
student-athletes for the 2008-09 season,
it has been announced.
Manal Cali (6-0, Northampton, England),
Tateshia Page (6-3, Canton, Miss.) and Wakesha Searight (6-2, East Cleveland,
Oh.) will join the Falcons this fall.
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ATHLETICS: Forrester named Sports Information Director at UM
MONTEVALLO (8/19) -- Sean Forrester has been named the new
Director of Sports Information at the University of Montevallo, it has been
announced by athletic director Jim Herlihy.
Forrester takes over for
Alfred Kojima, who was named Coordinator of Special Projects for Athletics,
an administrative position, earlier this summer.
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BASEBALL: Falcons add fourteen for 2009
MONTEVALLO (8/7) – The University
of Montevallo baseball team has
announced their 2009 signee class.
14 student-athletes make up the
class of 2009. Ten student-athletes
are transferring to UM, while four
student-athletes will be incoming
freshmen for the 2009 season.
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MEN'S and WOMEN'S SOCCER: Both Falcons
squads picked to finish second in their respective GSC Pre-Season Coaches
Polls -- Five Falcons and three Lady Falcons named to Pre-Season All-GSC
Teams
BIRMINGHAM (8/7) --
The University of Montevallo men's and
women's soccer teams were both selected to finish second in their respective
2008 Gulf South Conference Pre-Season Coaches polls, it has been announced.
Five Falcons were named to the Pre-Season All-GSC Team. Senior forward
Jonathan Maloney was a unanimous selection. Also named to the team were
senior midfielder James Ward and senior defender Jim Witherow
along with sophomore midfielders Milan Pualic and Otavio
Tramontina.
Three Lady Falcons were named to the Pre-Season All-GSC Team, including
senior defender Adele Jackson, who was named to her third consecutive
Pre-Season All-GSC Team. Also selected were senior forward Kami Kapaku
along with senior midfielder Stacey Balaam. Jackson and Kapaku were
unanimous selections.
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VOLLEYBALL: Tortorici named to Pre-Season All-GSC
Team -- Falcons picked to finish seventh in GSC Coaches Poll
BIRMINGHAM (8/6) --
For the third consecutive season,
Monika Tortorici has been named to
the Pre-Season All-GSC Team, it was
recently announced.
Torotorici led the team last season in
service aces per game (.51), along with blocks (110). She was also second on
the team in blocks per game (.88) and third in kills per game (2.36).
As a team, the Falcons were picked to finish
seventh (East) in the 2008 Gulf South
Conference Volleyball Coaches Poll.
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ATHLETICS: Montevallo intends to apply for
Peach Belt Conference membership
MONTEVALLO — The University of Montevallo
announced that it plans to apply for membership in the NCAA Division
II Peach Belt Conference. Montevallo, which would continue to compete in the
15-team Gulf South Conference during the coming year, would begin play as
the 12th member of the Peach Belt Conference in the fall of 2009, pending
approval of its application for membership. The decision reflects
Montevallo's continued commitment to its student-athletes and the growing
regional reputation of the University.
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