Golf Members Honored Cycling Teams Added to Athletic Lineup Men’s Soccer Rallying a Successful Season

Golf Members Honored

Three members of the Senator men’s golf team Evan Lewis of Bromsgrove, England, Sean Addie of Prestwick, Scotland, and Jordan Hyland of Belfast, Northern Ireland, earned All-American Scholar status. Presented by Srixon/Cleveland Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America, the honors are presented to student-athletes who excel in golf and academics. As Division II student-athletes, those selected for the awards must participate in 40% of their team’s competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 78.0 and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. Recipients must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university. In spring 2021, the Senators men’s golf team was the first Mountain East Conference program to advance to medal match play at NCAA Nationals. The team has shown success this fall as well with first-place finishes in the two-day Stonewall Invitational in Roanoke, West Virginia, and the Shriners Hospital Invite, hosted by Ohio Valley University. In September, the men’s and women’s golf teams broke school records while taking top honors at the Dr. Wally Edgell Invitational in Davis. The men came in first, finishing with a 16 under par total of 560. Addie set a new program 36-hole scoring record of 11 under par and was named a Mountain East Conference co-Player of the Week. The women’s team finished second with a score of 682. Freshman Lucrezia Speranza of Rome, Italy, set a new program 18-hole scoring record of 72 in round two of the invitational. The women’s team claimed a first-place finish at the Fairmont Invitational. At the MEC Championship Conference, Speranza finished second overall and only two strokes out of first place in leading the D&E women to a fifth-place finish. The men’s and women’s golf team is coached by Alasdair Forsythe.

Cycling Teams Added to Athletic Lineup

Cycling will be the newest intercollegiate sports offering at D&E for the 2022-2023 academic year. The addition of men’s and women’s teams will grow the Senators’ department to a total of 26 teams and will be the only varsity level cycling program in West Virginia. “Prospective students from across the state and nation who love cycling, and specifically mountain biking, are about to get some wonderful news,” said D&E President Chris A. Wood. “As a D&E Senator, they will not only experience a transformational education, but they will be able to practice their sport in one of the premier geographic locations in the country.” The Senators’ cycling program will be affiliated with USA Cycling and plans to compete in the Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference. USA Cycling’s collegiate varsity cycling program competes across five disciplines: track, mountain bike, cyclocross, BMX and road. Races take place in fall and spring. “Given our location and geography, I feel this is a natural fit,” said Davis & Elkins Director of Athletics Patrick Snively. “Elkins is perfectly situated for outdoor activity and recreation. It is also ideal for athletes who seek the beauty of the outdoors and the adventure in exploring it. There is plenty of terrain for mountain bike enthusiasts, but Elkins also has quite a bit of level and inclined roads on which to ride.” Two sites, within a short drive of campus played Members of the Senators men’s golf team, from left, Evan host to large mountain Lewis, Sean Addie and Jordan Hyland display their All- bike races this fall. One American Scholar plaques. event, held at Canaan Martin Lago of Vigo, Spain, was named MEC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Senators 1-0 season opening win.

Valley Resort saw over 200 youth competitors drawn to the area. The other, an international championship event that was nationally televised, took place at Snowshoe Mountain Resort. A national search for a head coach has begun and qualified individuals can apply at www.dewv.edu/ human-resources/. Student scholarship opportunities are available and all prospective student-athletes interested in participating in the inaugural team are encouraged to visit www.dewv.edu/request-information/.

Men’s Soccer Rallying a Successful Season

The D&E men’s soccer team claimed the Mountain East Conference (MEC) regular season championship with an undefeated season (16-0-2).

As of Nov. 8, the team held onto the No. 1 seed and was ranked No. 3 in the nation. The is the first MEC title for D&E men’s soccer since the College joined the league in 2019.

The MEC Men’s Soccer Tournament, Nov. 10 and 14, will pair the No. 4 seed and No. 1 seed, and the No. 3 seed and No. 2 seed. The winners will square off in a matchup for the tournament crown.

Throughout the season, the D&E men captured 16 wins with two ties against No. 3 Notre Dame (Ohio) and No. 2 University of Charleston (West Virginia).