An October Weekend to Remember
The Tulane Green Wave spent the first weekend of October collecting trophies, weekly awards and rankings across half a dozen sports, from the pool to the bowling lanes. A round-up of the weekend published on October 7 by Yahoo Sports, drawing on Tulane athletics coverage, counted success from sailing and bowling to volleyball, cross country, swimming and diving, and golf.
Pool Records and Weekly Honors
Swimming and diving took fourth at Saturday’s TYR Fall Classic on 1018.50 points and a stack of top-five finishes. Sophomore Eliza Lennox swept the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle, rewriting the meet record in both races, and the American Conference named her Swimmer of the Week. Teammate Fiona Keilly earned Freshman Diver of the Week after taking third on the three-meter board and 11th on the one-meter.
Runners, One Through Six
At the Nicholls XC Invitational, Tulane entered four women and watched all four finish inside the top six, though too few to post a team score. Morgan Matthews was the runner-up in the 5K at a personal-best 18:35.3, freshman Sophia Galiano-Sanchez took third in 18:48.8, and Eliza Brand (19:26.2) and Jasper Newton (19:04.9) landed sixth and fifth, respectively.
Court, Lanes and Links
Volleyball kept its historic conference start alive with a 3-1 defeat of Wichita State, its eighth consecutive win and a perfect 4-0 mark in American play. The Green Wave took the opening set 25-17, dropped the second, then closed out sets three and four. Lauryn Mack was named the league’s Offensive Player of the Week on the strength of 36 kills, 26 digs, 39.6 points, five blocks, two assists, one service ace and a two-match haul.
The 17th-ranked bowling squad won the Southwest Intercollegiate Bowling Conference I behind a 5,317 qualifying total, then knocked off No. 7 Louisiana Tech in the bracket final, with Vicky Lizarazo, Valeria Colon and Malia Briggs sweeping the top three spots. In the traditional-format SWIBC II, Tulane finished runner-up, and Juanelyz Solla, Linnea Holcomb and Colon landed in the top five.
Women’s golf took third at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate, played at the University of Denver Golf Club, carding a three-round 863 (-1) with 49 birdies. Sophomore Sophia Macias tied for the individual lead at 7-under 209, and Francesca Pompa tied for ninth at 214 (-2).
Two Regattas, Two Solid Finishes
The sailing team raced twice, taking third of 17 in the opening round of the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship, on a score of 103 through 10 rotations, then sixth of 19 at the Danmark Trophy in Connecticut with 188 points across 11 rotations. Six sports, one weekend, and a Green Wave athletic department with plenty to celebrate.
