The volleyball team opened its conference schedule on Friday in Tyler against Texas College. The Saints beat the Steers in three sets, 25-20, 25-15 and 25-13. The team then traveled to Austin on Saturday to play a tri-match with Huston-Tillotson University and Dallas Christian College. The Saints won all six sets against the two teams. Read more online.
Victoria Vazquez earned a share of the Red River Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week award for Sept. 2-9. Vazquez, a senior midfielder from Helotes, Texas, compiled two goals and three assists in a 1-0-1 week for the Lady Saints. She scored one goal to help OLLU claim a 2-2 tie against St. Mary’s University before playing a part in four goals in an 8-1 trouncing of Schreiner University (Texas). The Saints stand at 3-0-1 overall. Amaris Tavaris of OLLU was nominated for this week’s defensive award. Read more online.
Robert Alexe was recognized with the Red River Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week award for Sept. 2-8. Alexe, a junior forward from Chicago, booted in a pair of goals and assisted on another as the Saints won their only game of the week, 7-1, over Schreiner University. Alexe got the scoring started with a goal and assisted on OLLU’s second goal to establish a 2-1 lead. The Saints extended the lead from there and climbed to 3-0 on the season. Angel De La Garza of OLLU was nominated for the defensive award. Read more online.
Throughout the year, OLLU will host a series of fundraising events to benefit the OLLU men’s and women’s athletics teams. The first event of the year is the OLLU Benefit Bash for Men’s Basketball and introducing new Men’s Golf Coach Alan Baxter on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Special guests include President Jane Ann Slater and Board Chair Roy Terracina.
See below for the incredible Silent Auction items and Door Prizes we have for your consideration.
Details:
Cha-Cha’s Restaurant
6:30-8:30 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 11)
5616 Bandera Road, 78283
Food and beverages generously provided by Cha-Cha’s and Glazer’s
For more information or to RSVP, contact Alan Baxter at 210-846-5507 or Russell Vanlandingham at 210-219-2042.
The OLLU Cross-Country Teams have partnered with Lids Team Sports to sell OLLU gear to the public. Funds raised will support the teams in their travels throughout Texas and various states throughout the country. Cross-Country Coach Stephen Sherman said, “The selections we are offering are attractive and each honors OLLU’s brand and spirit. We hope the OLLU community will support us by purchasing these items for themselves and for their family.” The fundraiser concludes Sunday, Sept. 15. Go online for more information.
OLLU women’s soccer team tied the Rattlers from St. Mary’s University 2-2 at the OLLU Soccer Field Thursday night. The Saints came back from being down 0-2 and junior forward Stephanie Diaz tied the game with only eight seconds left in the second half. After a 45-minute lightning delay and two overtime periods, the scored remained at 2-2. Read more online.
Freshman Amaris Tavares and her hat trick led the team to an 8-1 win over NCAA Division III Schreiner University on Friday afternoon. The win moves the Saints to 3-0-1, while Schreiner drops to 0-3. Read more online.
In the last of three games in the week, the Saints faced NCAA DI University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) for the first time ever. Despite a tough battle, the Saints fell 1-0 to the Cardinals. OLLU is now 3-1-1 on the season.
OLLU women’s cross-country ran their first meet of the season as a team when they competed in the 2013 Bill Libby Invitational, hosted by McMurry University, at Nelson Park in Abilene, Texas. The team finished in seventh place out of eight teams with a total time of 1:48:55.39. Head Coach Stephen Sherman had high expectations on his team after last year’s meet in Abilene. “I was disappointed we didn’t run as a team as well as we did here last year, but it is certainly nothing that we are worried about.” Read more online.
OLLU men’s cross-country ran its second meet of the season when three runners participated in the 2013 Bill Libby Invitational hosted by McMurry University at Nelson Park in Abilene, Texas. Freshman Jonathan Yanez (pictured at right) was the first Saints runner and 20th overall to complete the 8000m around Nelson Park with the time 28:09.44. Read more online.
Robert Alexe and Giovanni Sierra each scored two goals and led the OLLU men’s soccer team to a 7-1 win over Schreiner University from Kerrville, Texas. The win keeps the Saints undefeated with a 3-0 record, while NCAA Division III Schreiner drops to 0-2-1. The Saints outshot the Mountaineers 27-7. Alexe led OLLU with four shots, three on goal. Sierra and Jonathan Garay also had four shots each. Read more online.
Jonathan Yanez raced to the Red River Athletic Conference Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week award for Aug. 26-Sept. 1, and OLLU’s Ceara O’Donnell was named the RRAC Women’s Runner of the Week for the same dates. Yanez, a freshman from Bay City, Texas, broke the school record in a 6,000-meter race in his first OLLU meet, the Alamo City Opener. He finished fifth in a field of 20 runners with a time of 20:11. O’Donnell, a freshman from Corpus Christi, Texas, was also competing in her first collegiate race and finished 10th in the women’s event at the Alamo City Opener. She ran the 4,000 meters in a time of 15:54 against a field of 22 runners from NCAA schools. Read more online.
The OLLU volleyball team participated in the Texas Wesleyan University Hughes Classic in Fort Worth over the weekend and won one of four matches. The Saints are now 3-3 on the season. In the first match of the tournament, the Saints faced NAIA’s Rocky Mountain Collage from Montana and lost in three straight sets, 15-25, 16-25 and 16-25. In the second match, the Saints were matched up against NAIA’s Lewis-Clark State College from Idaho. OLLU lost again in three straight sets, 25-27, 19-25 and 21-25. The Saints faced Briar Cliff University, also an NAIA school, in the third match of the tournament. The Saints lost 18-25, 12-25 and 20-25. In the final match of the tournament, the Saints met Texas Wesleyan University and won three of five sets, 25-22, 14-25, 25-21, 22-25 and 15-8. Read more online.
