Spring 2002
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Spring 2002 |
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Football Team Rewrites Offensive Record Book The Rose-Hulman football team set single-game and single-season passing records and placed five players on the all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference team in its first season using the pro-spread offense. Junior quarterback Jared Tharpe completed 188 of 369 passes for 2,223 yards and 13 touchdowns, while senior Jake Yoder made 61 receptions for 724 yards to lead the offense. The Engineers’ team set single-season school records with 215 completions and 2,621 yards passing. Tharpe established single-game records with 42 completions, 71 attempts and 453 yards passing in a loss to Rhodes. Senior Dan Schwartz earned unanimous first-team all-SCAC recognition, first-team academic all-district recognition and honorable mention All-American honors after starting all 10 games at left tackle. Other all-conference performers included Tharpe, Yoder, senior Jim Munafo and freshman Jake Vieck. The season highlight occurred on Oct. 27, when the Engineers earned victory in their first-ever overtime game, a 28-27 decision over Case Western Reserve. The team finished the season with a 2-8 record.
The Rose-Hulman volleyball team set single-season school records with 11 conference wins and 17 overall victories, earning head coach Brenda Davis recognition as the SCAC Coach of the Year. The team finished 17-19 overall and 11-7 in the conference. Davis led the team to a fourth-place finish in the league standings, the best placement in program history. Senior Jennifer Krause, who graduated with 18 school records, smashed 419 kills to lead the team’s offense, while freshman setter Lindsey Kerbel joined Krause on the all-SCAC team after setting a single-season school record with 983 assists. Junior Jamie Tepool paced the defense with 345 digs.
The Rose-Hulman women’s soccer team earned a school-record eight victories to highlight a successful campaign under first-year head coach Brad Hauter. The squad’s final 2001 record was 8-10. Sophomore Jessica Farmer blasted a school record 15 goals to lead the offense, with freshman Amy Sibilia adding four goals and four assists. The goalkeeping duo of Amanda Brindley and Amy Stutler allowed just 1.48 goals per game in helping lead the team to three conference wins. Farmer earned first-team academic all-district recognition and second-team all-conference honors, while junior defender Anna Burgner was named third-team all-SCAC.
The Rose-Hulman men’s soccer team won four of its last nine matches to cap off the season and senior John Fell capped a standout career in memorable style to highlight the fall season. Fell scored three goals against Illinois Wesleyan on Senior Day for his second career hat trick to lead the Engineers to victory. He ranks third on the school’s career goals list with 26 and tallied six to lead the 2001 team. Freshman Tom Drochner earned third-team all-SCAC honors after starting all 18 games in the midfield, tallying one goal and four assists. The team’s final record was 4-14.
The Rose-Hulman men's and women’s cross country teams each placed seventh in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship this fall. Junior Richard Hale led the men to a seventh-place finish with a time of 28:38 in the league meet, with freshman Matt Robertson just behind in 29:29. Freshman Larissa Oaks paced the women’s effort with a time of 21:15, while sophomore Beth Emborsky finished in a time of 21:17.
The Rose-Hulman football team donated $1,000 and 21 sets of socks to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, to aid those in need following the Sept. 11 tragedies in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. The team’s financial donation came from the gate receipts at the Homecoming game against the University of Chicago. The red and black socks were donated from the team’s practice gear. Financial donations were also raised by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the football game and at Saturday’s soccer doubleheader vs. Manchester. Before the Rose-Hulman and Chicago football game, a moment of silence was held in memory of the East Coast victims and their families. The United States Army ROTC color guard honored America by raising the nation’s flag to full mast during a national anthem by the Rose-Hulman Chorus. Finally, the flag was lowered to half-mast throughout a subsequent playing of the Lee Greenwood song God Bless the USA. American flags, provided by the Exchange Club of Terre Haute, were handed out to 400 fans prior to kickoff.
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