Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XIII, Issue I - Spring 2019 | Page 14

ATHLETICS
UPDATE
ATHLETICS UPDATE
A Record-breaking Season Volleyball Region 8 Champs
The women’s cross country team defended their state/regional
title as National Junior College Athletic Association/Florida College
System Activities Association (NJCAA/FCSAA) Region 8 Women’s
Cross Country Champions. The three-time champions (2016,
2017, 2018) set a new school record with a 10 th place finish at the
NJCAA D1 National Championship—the program’s highest ranking
since finishing 13 th in 2011 and 2012. The team, alongside 38 other
colleges in the race, battled cold temperatures, wind gusts up to
32 mph and rolling hills on the Buffalo Dunes Golf Course. The
Bobcats wrapped up their season at the NJCAA Half Marathon
Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala. on November 17 with a fourth
place finish. Pasco-Hernando State College women’s volleyball team
clinched the regular season Florida College System Activities
Association (FCSAA)/National Junior College Athletic Association
(NJCAA) Region 8 Division II Sun-Lakes Conference with a 3-2
win at Lake Sumter College on October 17. The team went 9-0
in conference play. The Bobcat’s season ended in the NJCAA
District P Championship finals in early November with a win over
South Florida State College 3-0 in the semi-finals before losing
in the finals to Lake Sumter State in a thrilling five-set match.
The Bobcats finished with a 21-8 record and will return eight
contributing freshman to the roster for the 2019-20 season.
Bottom L-R: Olivia D’Angelo; Brenna Moran; Grace D’Angelo; Montana
Gottman; Zoey Speros; Megan McDowell; Joann Speros; Madaline
Toth; and Avery Mayer. Top L-R: Athletic Director Steve Winterling; Asst.
Coach Lee Rietsma; Quincy Mayer; Savanna Van Wechel; Dominique
Phillips–Alvarez; Addison Womack; Isabel Oliveto; Anna Moore; Jordyn
Avers (team manager); and Coach Jacki Wachtel.
14
PHSC Perspective
Fall Ball
The men’s baseball and women’s softball teams wrapped up their
fall seasons and are preparing for conference play in spring, while
the men’s basketball team began their season with several nail-
biter scrimmages. Visit athletics.phsc.edu for full schedules and
player rosters.