Greenville's Sutton Three-Peats; Two Others Repeat as Athletes of the Week

St. Louis, Mo. - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the Athletes of the Week for the week of October 4-10.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Greenville College's Cole Prins, a senior from Monticello, Ill., has been named the Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week of October 4-10.

Prins placed 17th out of 170 total runners competing at the Gibson Family Cross Country Invitational hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He posted a time of 27:27 on the 8K course and led the Panthers to a seventh place finish out of 13 teams. Prins, who is the third different Greenville men's cross country athlete to earn SLIAC Runner of the Week honors this season, was also the Panthers top runner for the first time this season.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Greenville College's Michelle Sutton, a senior from Springport, Mich. (Jackson), has been named the Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week of October 4-10. This marks the third time this season that she has earned the honor.

Sutton won the individual title at the Gibson Family Cross Country Invitational hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She ran a time of 23:08 on the 6K course to finish first out of 118 total runners competing. Her time, which was the seventh best 6K time in Greenville history, was 20 seconds ahead of the second place runner.

MEN'S SOCCER - OFFENSIVE
Blackburn College's Evan Ryherd, a freshman from Springfield, Ill. (Rochester), has been named the Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for the week of October 4-10.

Ryherd, a forward, recorded five goals for a total of 10 points in three games played last week. He scored two goals in a 4-1 win against Robert Morris-Springfield. Ryherd then recorded a hat trick with three goals in a 3-0 shutout versus Eureka College.

MEN'S SOCCER - DEFENSIVE
Greenville College's Steve Beam, a sophomore from St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet), has been named the Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the week of October 4-10.

Beam, a center back, anchored the Panthers defense in their 1-0 victory versus Principia College and a 1-1 double overtime draw against Fontbonne University. The Griffins goal was the first goal Greenville's defense has conceded in five conference games this season.

"Steve's defensive organization and ability to maintain defensive shape helped us shut down our opponents' attack," said head coach Brian McMahon. "He was especially strong in his defending one-on-one situations."

WOMEN'S SOCCER - OFFENSIVE
Blackburn College's Samantha Ferguson, a freshman from Jerseyville, Ill., has been named the Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for the week of October 4-10. This marks the second time this season that she has earned the honor.

Ferguson, a forward, had three goals, including one game-winner, for a total of six points in three games played last week. She scored the lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Robert Morris-Springfield. Ferguson then scored two goals, including the game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory versus Eureka College.

WOMEN'S SOCCER - DEFENSIVE
Principia College's Cristina Post, a sophomore from Malibu, Calif. (The Principia School), has been named the Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the week of October 4-10.

Post, a defender who plays left back, played every minute of three games last week for Principia and helped her squad post two shutouts. She scored the lone goal for the Panthers in a 2-1 non-conference loss to Millikin University, while also tallying an assist in a 2-0 victory versus Greenville College. Principia went 2-1 on the week with a 6-0 shutout against Spalding University.

"Cristina [Post] was a dangerous player both offensively and defensively in each game last week," commented head coach Lee Ellis. "Against Greenville she was arguably the strongest player for us, making runs down the flank and creating a number of opportunities for Principia's attack, including assisting the first and game-winning goal. Defensively she helped shut down the Greenville attack, including a goal line clearance that helped preserve the clean sheet."

VOLLEYBALL - OFFENSIVE
Spalding University's Paige Dellis, a junior from Louisville, Ky. (Mercy), has been named the Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week for the week of October 4-10.

Dellis, an outside hitter, recorded a total of 56 kills, 49 digs, nine service aces, three blocks and had a .482 attack percentage in four matches played last week. She posted two double-doubles, with 17 kills and 15 digs versus Fontbonne University and 20 kills and 12 digs versus Greenville College.

In a 3-0 victory versus MacMurray College, Dellis had 11 kills, nine kills, four service aces and a .523 attack percentage. She added eight kills, 13 digs and three service aces in a 3-0 win over Principia College. Spalding went 3-1 on the week, also defeating Fontbonne, 3-2, and losing to Greenville, 3-2.

VOLLEYBALL - DEFENSIVE
Webster University's Sarah Bailey, a senior from Columbia, Ill., has been named the Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week for the week of October 4-10. This marks the second time this season that she has earned the honor.

Bailey, a libero, tallied 105 digs in five matches played last week. She had a high for the week of 32 digs in a 3-2 victory versus the University of Dallas. Bailey added 27 digs in a 3-1 win versus Westminster College (Mo.), and 25 digs in a 3-0 win versus MacMurray College. She also had 16 and five digs respectively in 3-0 losses to Mount Union College and Washington University-St. Louis.