Amy Sheppard and Brad Sears were chosen as the St. Thomas Tommies Coors Light Athletes of the Week for the week of Sept. 19 to 26.
Sheppard is a fourth-year women’s soccer player, while Sears is a fourth-year player on the men’s rugby team.
A news release from the STU athletics department said Sheppard calls Scotchtown, N.S. home and played a solid two games for the Tommies women’s soccer squad on Sept. 17 and 18 at Scotiabank Park South.
The release said Sheppard, who normally plays wing back, recently moved from the Tommies’ defense to the midfield, moved the ball well and helped create much of the team’s offense in STU’s 3-1 win over the Crandall Chargers Sept. 17 and 2-2 tie against the University of New Brunswick Saint John Seawolves the next day.
The news release said Sears comes from Lincoln – outside Fredericton – and played a key role in the Tommies men’s rugby team’s 29-14 victory over the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers on Sept. 18 at Scotiabank Park South.
The release said Sears recorded a big tackle on UPEI’s eight-man unit, was a defensive force throughout the contest, provided breakdown support and notched a try.
STU athlete recognized by ACAA
Sheppard was also named the Female Athlete of the Week by the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association for the week of Sept. 20.
Sheppard was recognized by the ACAA for the same reasons as she was commended by the STU athletics department.
The ACAA Male Athlete of the Week was third-year striker Ibra Sanoh of the juggernaut Holland College Hurricanes, who scored four goals in two games for the Hurricanes on Sept. 17 and 18.
Golf results
The St. Thomas Tommies golf squad took part in two tournaments last weekend.
In the first one on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Mactaquac Golf Course, Morgan Matheson had the lowest score for the Tommies with a 77.
Doug MacFarlane recorded a score of 81, and Jake Lloy’s score was 83 for STU.
Nick Brown was fourth on the Tommies with 85, and Jonah Burridge was six strokes behind at 91.
On Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Kingswood Golf Course, Matheson was once again the top Tommies golfer with a score of 82.
MacFarlane shot 83, while Burridge’s score was 84 and Brown shot 87 – the highest STU score of the day.
The University of New Brunswick squad had the lowest team scores both Saturday and Sunday.
Cross-country results
Seven Tommies cross-country runners took part in a meet Saturday, Sept. 24 at Université de Moncton.
In the women’s division, the highest finisher from STU was Chelsey Hall. She recorded a time of 27:43.60 in the six-kilometre race, good for 48th out of 76 participants.
Clarisse Nicholas of STU placed 64th with a time of 31:14.80, while Noelle Gouchie of the Tommies was 70th and had a time of 33:11.50.
Alexandra Hachey of STU came in 74th after posting a time of 37:07.40, while Jensen Elliot was close behind in 75th place at 39:05.70.
The average STU time was 33:40.60, with the Tommies’ total time set at 2:48.23 – good for seventh and last place.
In the men’s eight-kilometre race, Terry Ryan of STU finished 19th with a time of 29:04.60.
Connor Ryan of the Tommies was 44th in the men’s eight-kilometre race. His time was 32:36.50.
