Women’s Tennis
NSU Women’s Tennis got off to a strong start to their season on Sep. 27, going 7-2 at ITA South Regional. Sophomore Natalie Espinal started her season off hot, with a 6-0, 6-1 singles victory over Aneta Golawska of Mississippi College in the first round, which she followed up with a 6-0 retirement in the second round. Doubles had another great effort, with the duo of Espinal and senior Sarah Wardenburg taking an 8-1 win.
Men’s Cross Country
Men’s Cross Country team posted a fourth overall finish out of nine qualifying teams in their meet on Sept. 27. Freshman Trey May continued to improve his time from his last race, posting a 27:45.7 in the 8K, placing him fifth overall in his respective category. Freshman Inigo Cillero placed 15th, followed by senior Joel Lacy in 16th place. On Oct. 11, Sharks will travel north to Tallahassee for the FSU Invitational.
Men’s Swim
Men’s Swim team hosted the University of Florida and Indian State College in a tri-meet on Sep. 27, coming in second out of the three teams. In the 100 breaststroke, sophomore Alessandro Xella finished in third with a time of 58.32, while junior Matteo Masiero took second in the 100 butterfly. The Sharks will host their 10th Annual Shark Invitational on Oct. 11-12 at the NSU aquatic center.
Men’s Soccer
On Sept. 28, Men’s Soccer lost in overtime to Florida Southern, 2-1. After going down 1-0 early in the first half, the Sharks came back in the 29th minute to tie it up 1-1. In overtime, Florida Southern was able to score the golden goal in the 94th minute to take the win. Our Sharks look to improve on the road next Tues., Oct. 1 when they take on Flagler College.
Women’s Golf
In their season opener at the BUBBA Burger Jacksonville Classic, Women’s Golf continued to improve on their success last season, placing first out of 13 teams in the tournament. Head coach Heather Walls guided her team to a record score (+11) of 299, which was an impressive 8 shots over the second place score (+16). The Sharks were just one of four non-Division I teams in the tournament and are now the only team currently with three players in the Top 10 of the leaderboard. They look to continue their early season success when the final round continues on Oct. 1.
Sourced: R. Renith
