.jpg) Mike
Yost Named CAA Men's Field Performer of
the Week; Three Other UD Athletes
Honored
DATE:
April 20, 2005
RICHMOND,
VA -- University of Delaware spring
student-athletes continued to earn honors
from the Colonial Athletic Association at
an impressive rate Tuesday as four were
honored as their respective CAA Performers
of the Week.
Delaware
had eight student-athletes honored this
week as their sport's Player or Rookie of
the Week and for the spring season have
earned 19 CAA weekly awards in the sports
of baseball, softball, men's lacrosse,
women's lacrosse, men's tennis, women's
tennis, and men's outdoor track and
field.
Delaware
athletes honored Tuesday were Men's Field
Athlete of the Week Mike Yost (right),
Women's Tennis Singles Player of the Week
Alexa Dragonette, and Men's Tennis Doubles
Team of the Week Jesse Carl and Jason
Hanschmann.
Yost, a
senior co-captain from Felton, DE (Lake
Forest High School), led the Delaware
men's track and field team to a third
place finish at the Rider Invitational
Saturday as he captured both the discus
and hammer and was the Blue Hens' lone
double champion. He won the discus throw
with a career-best mark of 158-2 and
captured the hammer competition with a
career-best toss of 177-5. Both distances
qualified him for the IC4A regionals in
May. It marked the second straight week
that Yost has won two events at a meet.
Dragonette,
a freshman from Wyomissing, PA (Wilson
High School), led the Delaware women's
tennis squad to a 2-1 week as she won all
five of her matches during the week. She
posted singles wins over Georgetown's
Kristen Drew and James Madison's Rebecca
Vanderelest and was also 3-0 in doubles,
winning two matches with Susan Pollack at
No. 1 doubles and with Marissa Singer at
No. 3 doubles. Dragonette improved to 11-6
in singles and 18-3 in doubles this
season.
Carl, a
junior from Northbrook, IL (Glenbrook
North High School), and Hanschmann, a
freshman from Palatine, IL (Palatine High
School), won all three of their matches
last week, including a pair of wins over
CAA foes. The duo posted a pair of 8-4
victories and an 8-3 win to improve to
16-4 this season and extend their unbeaten
string to six. The 16 wins are just two
shy of the Delaware record set in 1973-74.
Hanschmann also set a new UD single season
wins record for a freshman with a 17-7
mark.
All three
Delaware teams will be competing in their
respective CAA Championships this week.
The Delaware men's and women's track and
field teams will take part in the CAA
championships April 22-23 at George Mason
University in Fairfax, VA and the UD men's
and women's tennis teams will take part in
the CAA Tennis Championships April 21-24
at Huntington Park in Newport News, VA.
The UD women are the No. 6 seed and will
take on No. 3 Old Dominion in Friday's
quarterfinals and the Delaware men are the
No. 7 seed and will battle No. 2 William
& Mary in Friday's quarterfinals.
- DDD
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