Trojan women net victories in soccer, volleyball

Published in Sports on September 17, 2006 2:16 AM

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MOUNT OLIVE -- Sam Mitchell recorded 22 kills and a career-high 26 digs as Mount Olive rallied for a 28-30, 34-32, 34-32, 30-25 victory over Queens in their Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference volleyball match Saturday afternoon at Kornegay Arena.

The Trojans placed four players in double figures in kills as Racey Bartley tallied 12 kills, Alicia Mote added 11 kills and Corie Skislak finished with 10 kills.

Bartley and Skislak finished with four blocks apiece, while Joanie Werling added three blocks to go with 48 assists. Nikki Murphy recorded 18 digs, while Pope finished with three aces and Skislak added two aces.

Keatin McKenzie led Queens with 19 kills, Burt added 23 assists and three aces. Dee Dee Matthews recorded a match-high six blocks, followed by Katherine Gladstone and Kristin King with five blocks apiece.

Saturday's match - the first of six in a row for Mount Olive - marked the Trojans' second win over Queens in a span of eight days. Mount Olive defeated the Royals in four games last Saturday in Charlotte.

Trojans snap skid

MOUNT OLIVE -- Kate Painter and Kirsten White scored two goals apiece -- all in the first half -- as Mount Olive recorded its highest-scoring output of the season and snapped a four-match losing skid with a 6-2 victory over Limestone in their Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference women's soccer match Saturday afternoon.

Gina Dos Santos scored a goal and assisted on both of Painter's goals, while Emily Escolas recorded assists on the Trojans' final two goals.

The match was scoreless in the 28th minute when Mount Olive (5-4-0 overall, 1-1-0 CVAC) exploded for four goals in a span of less than 10 minutes. White got a touch on April Jacobs' corner kick at the 27:27 mark to break the deadlock and Painter scored on a one-on-one six minutes later to give the Trojans a 2-0 lead. Dos Santos found Painter again less than two minutes later and White scored on a takeaway two minutes after that as

Mount Olive went into halftime with a 4-0 lead.

The Trojans extended their lead to 5-2 in the 63rd minute when Jessica Smoot capitalized on a one-on-one opportunity for a goal. The Trojans closed out the scoring in the 75th minute after Emily Escolas captured her own deflection off the Limestone goalkeeper and found Dos Santos, who scored from 15 yards out.

Trojan goalkeeper Ali O'Steen recorded six saves.

Mount Olive returns to action Wednesday at CVAC foe Pfeiffer University.

Saints escape 1-0

MOUNT OLIVE -- Tom Beattie's goal in the 62nd minute proved to be the game-winner as nationally-ranked Limestone defeated Mount Olive 1-0 on the CVAC men's soccer scene Saturday afternoon.

The Trojans' best chance for the equalizer was denied when Bradley Carroll's 20-yard blast was tipped over the crossbar in the 85th minute.

Mount Olive (3-4-0 overall, 0-2-0 CVAC) held No. 11 Limestone to one shot in a scoreless first half, but was limited to only two shots of its own. The Saints (7-0-1, 3-0-0) had three shots from inside the box in the first 15 minutes of the second half, but two shots went over the cross bar and Trojan goalkeeper Chris Roush made a save on the third. Roush finished with two saves for the match.

The Trojans pressured midway through the second half as Adrian Daniels dribbled from midfield into the attacking third. But Limestone goalkeeper Ryan Robinson came off his line to cover the ball inside the box just before Daniels could take a shot.