Tritons Volleyball Serves Up Three-Game Sweep Over Thunderwolves

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

St. Petersburg, Fla. - Eckerd College junior outside hitter Regi Silva scored a “three-of-a-kind” on Thursday night, going for seven kills, seven digs, and a whopping seven service aces as the Tritons (3-2) defeated the CSU-Pueblo Thunderwolves by a score of 3-0 (25-13, 28-26, 25-19) at the McArthur Center in the team’s home-opener.

Serving proved to be the difference in this match as the Tritons teamed up for 12 service aces, compared to just five for CSU-Pueblo.

The Thunderwolves gave the Tritons their toughest test in game two when they hit for a .316 attack percentage. Tied at 26, however, Eckerd’s Lydee Benoit and Allegra Shaw combined for back-to-back kills to notch the game two victory for the Tritons.

While the Eckerd serve fired on all cylinders, Pueblo’s offense sputtered as the team failed to notch 10 kills in any of the three games.

Benoit chipped in with seven kills and eight digs of her own while Keisha Carter led all attackers with 10 kills. Benoit and Silva, Eckerd’s two outside hitters, impressively hit over .300 each.

Eckerd will return to action on Friday, September 5 as they travel across Tampa Bay to take participate in the University of Tampa tournament. In their lone day of action, the Tritons will take on Ferris State at 11am and Minnesota State-Mankato at 3pm.

Sheekey's Hat Trick Leads Tritons Men's Soccer at PBA

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Eckerd junior forward Luke Sheekey scored three goals and assisted on a late Dan Parker goal to lead the Tritons (2-1) over the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish (2-1) on Wednesday night at Magic Jack Field.

Eckerd College Office of Sports Information Announces Fall 2008 Tritons Radio Network Schedule

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Eckerd College Sports Information Director Guy Harrison has announced the schedule for the Fall season on the Tritons Radio Network in conjunction with Stretch Internet. The schedule begins on Thursday, September 4 with women’s volleyball’s home opener at 7pm against Colorado State-Pueblo.

Men's Soccer Falls at #18 Lander, 5-0

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Less than 24 hours after beating USC-Aiken, Eckerd (1-1) lost in convincing fashion to the Lander Bobcats (1-0). The Bobcats were ranked 18th in the NSCAA preseason poll and, on Sunday afternoon, played as advertised, beating the Tritons by a score of 5-0 at the Lander Soccer Field.

Men's Soccer Wins Season Opener; Hangs on at USC-Aiken

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

The Eckerd Men’s Soccer team (1-0) rallied from a 1-0 deficit and held on to beat the South Carolina-Aiken Pacers (0-2) by a score of 4-3 on Saturday night at the Pacer Pit. Four different goal scorers contributed to the victory for the Tritons.

Women's Soccer Makes it Two in a Row, Beats Converse 3-0

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Sarah Bird, who assisted on Friday night’s game-winning overtime goal, scored twice and assisted on another goal as the Eckerd Tritons (2-0) won its second game in as many days, defeating the Converse College Valkyries by a score of 3-0 on Saturday night on the campus of Georgia Southwestern.

Tritons Volleyball Loses One, Wins One on Day Two of UWF Comfort Inn-vitational

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

The Eckerd Women’s Volleyball team (2-2) fell to the 16th-ranked Indianapolis Greyhounds (3-0) in a three-game sweep before besting the Flagler Saints (1-3), 3-1, on the second and final day of the UWF Comfort Inn-Vitational at the West Florida Fieldhouse.

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