Thesd October23 2012 | sports@te(hnewsii CIARAN KOHL LVNCH 7 Cross country teams travel to Oshkosh, Wisconsin By Kira Vincent 5w: warm: On Odober 13th, both the men and women’s cross countryteams tmvelled to Wise consin to compete in the UWrOshkosh Brooks invitational The women competed in a Sin kilometer race and the men competed in an eigntrkilometer mce Due to storms,the races Were started two minutes apart :0 that both men and women could compete before the eyents had to be called due to lightning The combination of rain, mud, and oyer 1000 me dryiduals competing on the same course at the same time made this a tough day for eyeryone Despite the conditions, both men and women rose to the challenge and come peted well There were complications with the chips for the womens race, so indiyidual times are unknown Courtney Rouse led the way for the women She was followed by teammate Abby Jahn, then Jordan Kelch Kira Vincent was the fourth girl across the line and was followed closely by Anne Crete teau, who finished out the top fiye women Natalie Kruit and Claudia Garcia were sixth and seyenth, respectiyely, for the team The mens team had a strong show ing as well Philip Cano was first for the mens team with a time of 27 01 Ethan Montague was next across the line followed closely by teammate Zach Gate: with time: of 7.7 7.6 and 27 37, respectively Kenny Murphy was fourth forthe men with a time of2744, and Landon Vowels finished out the top fiye with a time of 29 23 DerekBurgerBeddeyandAndrew Mona tague finished sixth and seyenth forthe team with times of 29 29 and 2947, respectively it was tough for the teams to stay positiye and confident with conditions as unr desirable as they were during the meet, bu both teams managed to stay strong and push through the wind and the rain Both teams compete again on October 20th in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which will be the last race of the season before the Conference Meet photosay Kim Vimrlt Lance Armstrong avoids doping questions, loses sponsorships By Cial’all Karin—Lynch snows EDiroR The sporting world has been rocked by allegations brought against sevenrtime Tour de France winning cyclist Lance Armstrong A number ofhigh profile cyclists, including ere teammates,hayeproyided compellingeyidence to the US AntirDoping Agency that Aime strongs US Postal Seryice Team ran, “the most sophisticated, professionalized and success ful doping program that sport has everseen” At a fundraiser for his Liyestrong charity on Sunday, Armstrong avoids ed questions regarding the claims Appeanng publrdy for the first time since the AntirDOping Agency pube lrshed a 1,000 page report detailing the dnarges brought against him, Armstrong simply remarked he had endured a couple of, “difficult weeks,” and that he has, “been Mixed fortunes for soccer teams By Cial’all Karin—Lynch snows EDiroR Thepast weeksaw mixed results for themensandwomenssoccerteams The men’s team performed admirably against a strong Saint Xavier side on Tuesday afternoon, but ultimately could not convert their domination ofthe match into goalrsconng opportunities andlost 21 Liam Barrettscored a free kickfor the Hawks with ten minutes remaining on the clock and a series ofpoor refereeing decisions hurt theteam in their attempt to find an equalr izing goal Saturday saw more disappointe ment for the squad, losing to to riyals Robe ert Morris Uniyersity The loss left the team seyenth in conference, fighting to make the conference playoffs in pst oyer a weeks time The womens team performed beta ter,winning 371 against Saint Xavier on Tues day eyening Freshman forward Ade Maron scoredtwo goals, with the other coming from senior midfielder Heather Bickerton The Hawks then surrered a heartbreaking defeat against a strong Robert Morris University side at an away game on Saturday A contror yersial late goal for the RMU side tied the game, and a golden goal in second oyertime secured all three points for the home team Conference victory gives volleyball hope in tournament By Roma Miriiteiiko 5w: warm: This past week the minors Tech Womens Volleyball Team won their confer ence match against Trinity intemational Unir yersity When the Scarlet Hawks first faced them this season they lost in three sets whose score: were close 24726, 2372.5, 2377.5 This time the Hawks were looking for reyenge, and they succeeded Standouts from the game were sophomore Taylor Duman with 16 krlls and Junior Kate Kendall with 14 Setter senior Rebecca Bograd finishedthe matchwrth 27 as sists whrle sophomore Shea Manley finished with 24 Winning in three sets , 7.5714, 25723, 25719 , the Scarlet Hawks are more than ready to take on their next opponent Judson Univerr sity The Scarlet Hawks are excited to play Judson Uniyersity on Tuesday away from home The last time they faced each other, Tech came out with a victory in five sets Durr ing this match, the key components ofTech’s game planwerebeingscrappy andhayingtheir hitters use their angles to find the open court space Captain Kate Kendall stated that to win they would need to use their confidence and their mental toughness to overcome a scrappy Judson With these things Tech should clinch anotheryictory Odober Zélh and 27th are big days for the Scarlet Hawks as well They will be hosting the Chicago Collegiate Athletic Cone ference Crossoyer Tournament They will be playing Purdue Uniyersity , Calumet on Frir day at 3 on p m and Uniyersity ofSt nancis at 7 on p m On Saturday they will be playing Calumet College ofSt Joseph at 900 a m and Trinity Christian College at ll 00 a m Come to Keating on both days to watch some great yolleyball and to cheer on the Scarlet Hawks better” This is unlikely to draw much symr pathy from former fans ofthe man who far mously oyercame testioilar cancer in 1996 to become the sports’ most decanted cyclist So far Armstrong has been dropped by many ofhis sponsors Most nor table are the cessation of hi: wntmcts With Radio Shack and Nike, the latter of which chose not to end business relations with golfer Tiger Woods after a highly publir cized scandal regarding his personal life The company announced that, “due to the seemingly insurmountable eVir dence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for more than a decade,” they had been forced to imr mediately terminate the cyclists’ contract Fans ofcycling across the worldwrll hopethat these charges against Armstrong will resultinachangeofdirectionforasportthathas long been riddled with doping controyersies ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Office or Campus ui. 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