Viking SportS WeeklyVolume 2 • Number 23February 11, 2013

Bailey & Men’S golf open Spring SeaSon in orlando

Men’s Basketball Plays on ESPNU on Friday Night ... page 2

Women’s Basket-ball Continues Busy Stretch With Three Games ... page 2

Softball Hosts Tour-nament in Dome ... page 2

Shabib Earns Viking of the Week Honors... page 3

MEN’S BASKETBALL Cleveland State continues its busy stretch with three games this week, starting with a 7:00 p.m. contest at Detroit on Tuesday (Feb. 11). The Vikings then return home to host Green Bay on Friday (Feb. 15) at 9:00 p.m. on ESPNU and Milwaukee on Sunday (Feb. 17) at 2:00 p.m. CSU is 12-13 overall and 4-7 in the Horizon League after splitting a pair of home games last week. The Vikings de-feated Youngstown State, 66-60, on Tuesday (Feb. 5), but fell to league-leading Valparaiso, 80-72, on Saturday (Feb. 9). Devon Long scored a career-high 23 points in the win over YSU, hitting 9-of-11 from the floor to lead the Vikings. Bryn Forbes tallied a career-best 24 points in the loss to Val-paraiso, his 17th game in double-digits out of the last 19 con-tests. The 24 points are the most by a CSU player this year. Charlie Lee handed out nine assists in the two games and became the fifth player in school history to reach 200 career assists as a sophomore. He enters the week with 202 career assists and leads the league with 5.1 assists per game.

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MEN’S GOLF The Vikings head to Orlando to open the spring season at The Match Play at Reunion on Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 11-12). CSU had a very successful fall season, winning the John Piper Invitational and placing second at the CSU Invitational at Canterbury G.C. Andrew Bailey led the squad with a 72.4 scoring average, including seven rounds of par or better, while Jon Riemer averaged 74.1 per round and had the team’s low round of the fall with a 68.

WOMEN’S TENNIS CSU closes out its six-match roadswing this Fri-day, traveling to Xavier for a 7:00 p.m. contest. The Vikings dropped a 6-1 contest at Bowling Green on Saturday with Kara Sherwood earning CSU’s lone point with a victory at No. 4 singles. The doubles team of Ellen Folkers and Mathilde Orange also picked up a win, earning an 8-6 victory at No. 3 doubles. Entering the week, Sherwood has a team-best 2-2 singles record this spring, while Folkers and Orange own a 2-3 doubles record.

WRESTLING CSU is out of action until Feb. 24 when the Vi-kings host a quad with Ohio, Gardner-Webb and Illi-nois in Woodling Gym. The Vikings dropped a pair of matches last week-end, falling at Kent State (31-10) and at home to Clari-on (23-9). Nick Flannery picked up two wins at 141 pounds, earning a 14-4 triumph at Kent State and a 6-3 win ver-sus Clarion to improve to 7-2 in duals this season and 10-10 overall.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CSU embarks on its busiest week of the season with three games, beginning with a 7:00 p.m. home contest against UIC on Monday. The Vikings then head to Green Bay at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday (Feb. 14) and Milwaukee on Saturday (Feb. 16) at 2:00 p.m. The Vikings are 11-11 overall and 3-6 in league play after splitting two games last week. CSU rallied from a 19-point deficit to defeat Wright State, 68-63, on Thurs-day, but fell at Loyola, 79-78, on Saturday. Shalonda Winton leads the league in scoring (22.2).

MEN’S TENNIS Cleveland State will return home this weekend, hosting Buffalo at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16. Sat-urday’s contest will take place at the Chagrin Valley Athletic Club, as the Vikings will be trying to break the program attendance record which was set last season. Last week, CSU dropped a pair of tough road con-tests, falling to Western Michigan and Illinois State by matching 5-2 scores. The doubles team of Ali Shabib and Niklas Jonsson picked up two wins on the week, including a victory over an Illinois State tandem that was ranked 58th in the nation.

SOFTBALL The Vikings will host the first-ever CSU Dome Tournament on Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 16-17) with each team playing four games. CSU will play Bucknell at 3:00 p.m. and Canisius at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Bucknell at 2:00 p.m. and St. Bonaventure at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. CSU opened the year by dropping all five games at the East Carolina Pirate Classic over the weekend. Susan Knight hit .333 (4-12) with three runs, a double, a homer and two RBI over the five games.

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VikingS of the Week

ali ShaBiB // Men’s Tennis

laSt WeekShabib won a pair of doubles matches and one singles match last week. In a setback to Western Michigan on Friday, Shabib teamed with Niklas Jonsson for an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles and also earned a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles. The following day, Shabib once again teamed with Jon-sson at No. 1 doubles and earned an 8-6 win against the 58th-ranked team in the nation from Illinois State.

thiS Week’S Schedule men’s BasketBallTues. Feb. 12 at Detroit * 7:00 p.m.Fri. Feb. 15 GREEN BAY (ESPNU) 9:00 p.m.Sun. Feb. 17 MILWAUKEE * 2:00 p.m.

women’s BasketBallMon. Feb. 11 UIC * 7:00 p.m.Thurs. Feb. 14 at Green Bay * 8:00 p.m.Sat. Feb. 16 at Milwaukee * 3:00 p.m.

men’s GolfMon. Feb. 11 at The Match Play All DayTues. Feb. 12 at The Match Play All Day

softBallSat. Feb. 16 BUCKNELL 3:00 p.m. CANISIUS 5:00 p.m.Sun. Feb. 17 BUCKNELL 2:00 p.m. ST. BONAVENTURE 4:00 p.m.

men’s tennisSat. Feb. 16 BUFFALO (Chagrin Valley Athletic Club) 4:00 p.m.

women’s tennisFri. Feb. 15 at Xavier 7:00 p.m.

* - Game can be seen live on the HORIZON LEAGUE NETWORK

laSt Week’S reSultSFeb. 5 Men’s Basketball hosts Youngstown State W, 66-60Feb. 7 Women’s Basketball hosts Wright State W, 68-63Feb. 8 Men’s Tennis at Western Michigan L, 5-2 Women’s Tennis at Bowling Green L, 6-1 Wrestling at Kent State L, 31-10 Softball vs. Towson L, 9-2 Softball at East Carolina L, 5-2Feb. 9 Men’s Basketball hosts Valparaiso L, 80-72 Women’s Basketball at Loyola L, 79-78 Men’s Tennis vs. Illinois State L, 5-2 Softball vs. Towson L, 7-2 Softball vs. Ohio L, 3-1Feb. 10 Wrestling hosts Clarion L, 23-9 Softball vs. Rider L, 3-2

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