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PEMBROKE, N.C.  – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball student-athlete Andres Rios was named to the 2018 National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America Preseason All-American team as a Honorable Mention announced Thursday.

Rios, a senior from San Diego, California, also earned a First Team All-Central Region preseason selection as well, and will look to lead UAM at the second base position this season after appearing and starting in all 54 of the Weevils’ match-ups a year ago.

Andres found himself in the top five of multiple Arkansas-Monticello stat categories including second in runs batted in (44), third in doubles (11), third in at-bats (191), fourth in batting average (.309), and fourth in hits (59).

Rios also finished 2017 second overall in sacrifice flies in the Great American Conference, 10th in runs batted in, along with 11th in assists and sixth in fielding double plays on the defensive side of the field.

The Weevils will look to continue from the success of last season after capturing its’ second straight GAC Championship Tournament Title, and earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row as well.

Arkansas-Monticello will begin its’ 2018 campaign with a non-conference home series against Pittsburg State this weekend, starting on Friday, February 2 with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at Weevils Field.

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On this week’s edition, we get to hear from UAM receiver Jalen Tolliver and NWOSU volleyball coach Jeremy White.

GAC Weekly Oct. 11, 2017

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MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team notched its first victory of the 2017 season taking down the Tigers of Ouachita Baptist in extra innings, 7-5.

This victory marked win number 161 at UAM for head coach John Harvey as well, making him the all-time wins record holder in Arkansas-Monticello Baseball history, passing the late Carl Preston.

UAM (1-2) led throughout most of this game against the Tigers of Ouachita Baptist (0-4), starting off with a home-run to left field by senior Guy Halbert in the top of the second inning. This was followed with a sacrifice bunt by senior outfielder Lathan McFadden to give the Weevils the 2-0 lead.

Arkansas-Monticello added two more runs the following inning after a McFadden sac fly, Nick Piraino singled to bring in one run. The senior shortstop Piraino added his second RBI of the day with a sac bunt in the seventh to give UAM the 5-3 advantage.

Ouachita went on to tie the game up at 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh inning however, and would send this match-up into extra innings. The Weevils just needed to top of the 10th to reclaim the lead after an Andres Rios double to left center brought in two runs to seal the game up at 7-5.

Dawson Moser (1-0) was credited with the win in the contest, throwing 2.0 innings at the end of the ballgame, and recorded four strikeouts.

The Weevils will return to the field next this Friday as they face off against Southern Arkansas on Feb. 10 at Weevils Field with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.

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The Weevils are in the 2017 preseason poll at No. 31.

UAM finished last season with a school record 40 wins (40-16) and won the Great American Conference postseason tournament.

Henderson State also received votes in the poll.

Here is the entire poll:

Receiving Votes: Missouri-St. Louis, Oklahoma Christian, St. Mary’s (TX), East Stroudsburg, Delta St., N.C. Pembroke, Colorado-Pueblo, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Washburn, Augustana, Alabama-Huntsville, Lynn, Valdosta St., Oklahoma Baptist, Lee, Shepherd, Southern Arkansas, Minnesota-Duluth, Lenoir-Rhyne, Azusa Pacific, Carson-Newman, Northwest Nazarene, Western Oregon, Sonoma St., Cal. St. Monterey Bay, Flagler, Rockhurst, Drury, Trevecca Nazarene, Lewis, Missouri Western St., Henderson St., Nebraska-Kearney, Florida Tech., Slippery Rock, West Virginia St., Shippensburg, California (PA), North Greenville, Erskine, Tusculum, Columbus St., Felician, Molloy, Merrimack, Bridgeport, LeMoyne, Stonehill, Pace, West Texas A&M, Colorado School of Mines.

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MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team dominated the Patriots of Baptist Bible College in non-conference action Saturday afternoon with a 100-29 victory inside Steelman Field House.

The Weevils (7-0, 4-0 GAC) began the contest on a 24-5 run with 10:05 left in the opening half of play over the Patriots. UAM continued to surge ahead, holding a 51-6 halftime lead over BBC and Arkansas-Monticello carried that momentum into the second half, with multiple big point runs to seal the victory at 100-29 over the visitors.

Leading the UAM offense during the afternoon was junior Derylton Hill with 18 total points and also pulled down six overall rebounds in the game. Senior Vicktor Arnick added 16 points on 7-for-8 shooting from the field as well.

Multiple Weevils found themselves in double figure scoring in this match-up as Hunter Daley finished the game with 15, Cobe Goosby contributed 11, and Tyrin Jones added 10 points. Goosby also recorded his first double-double of the season as he was able to grab 10 total rebounds and also dished out eight assists. Karim Mawuenyega posted a solid stat-line of his own with seven points, seven rebounds and nine assists as well.

Arkansas-Monticello finished the contest shooting 56 percent from the field (44-for-78), 40 percent from beyond the arc (8-for-20) and 57 percent on free throws (4-for-7). BBC ended the match-up at 18 percent from the field (10-for-56), 22 percent on threes (8-for-36) and 25 percent on foul shots (1-for-4).

UAM will be back on the court next on Saturday, December 31 as the Weevils will host non-conference opponent Carver College inside Steelman Field House with tip-off scheduled for 6 p.m.

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MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team upset #23 ranked Delta State University in a non-conference match-up Sunday afternoon by a final score of 77-67 at home.

UAM (4-0, 2-0 GAC) began on a hot start against the Statesmen of DSU (3-1, 0-0 GSC) as the Weevils created a 17-1 run over the first six minutes of the opening half. Arkansas-Monticello maintained a double-digit lead throughout the remaining ten minutes of the first half to lead the #23 ranked Statesmen, 41-26.

The Weevils saw its biggest lead of the day at 21 points midway through the second half after back-to-back three-pointers by Karim Mawunyega and Hunter Daley fueled the home squad ahead. Delta State put together small runs in the last seven minutes of the contest to trail only by eight points with 00:32 seconds left, but Arkansas-Monticello closed the game out on free-throws to upset the visiting Statesmen, 77-67.

Offensively the Weevils were led by junior Karim Mawunyega who totaled 23 points overall on 7-for-14 shooting from the field. Mawunyega contributed a team-high four assists, two steals and one rebound to his stat-line as well.

Junior Cobe Goosby added 15 points, five boards and four assists in the winning effort, and freshman Hunter Daley finished the game with 11 points and went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. Junior Derylton Hill provided a defensive force on the glass as Hill recorded a season-high 11 rebounds in the match-up also.

Arkansas-Monticello ended the game shooting 44 percent from the field (24-for-55), 40 percent from beyond the arc (8-for-20) and 84 percent on free throws (21-for-25). DSU ended the match-up at 39 percent from the field (24-for-62), 24 percent on threes (4-for-17) and 68 percent on foul shots (15-for-22).

UAM will return to the court next on Thursday, December 1 as the Weevils head to Weatherford, Oklahoma to take on Great American Conference opponent Southwestern Oklahoma State, with tip-off slated for 7:30 p.m.

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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Ouachita survived the upset attempt from Arkansas-Monticello to win in five sets in Thursday’s second quarterfinal at the Great American Conference Volleyball Championships – Presented by Subway, from the Bank of the Ozarks Arena. Three Tigers reached double figures in kills, led by Tabatha Huckabee’s 24.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS:                           
UAM –                  Shay Mitchell: 28 kills, .347 attack percentage
Kya Standford: 15 kills, .387 attack percentage, 21.0 points
Kendall Vondra: 63 assists
OUA –                  Tabatha Huckabee: 24 kills, .358 attack percentage
Caitlin Cantrell: 17 kills, .350 attack percentage
Kori Bullard: 17 kills, four aces, 23.0 points

DEFENSIVE LEADERS:
UAM –                  Macy Mitchell: 40 digs
Carolina Gasparini: 18 digs, five blocks
Stanford: 10 blocks
OUA –                   Ashley Wake: 36 digs
Stormi Leonard: 19 digs, 60 assists
Jayme Shell: 18 digs

FIRST SET HIGHLIGHTS:
Standford, Shay Mitchell and Maggie Pyles each totaled four kills as the Blossoms took the opening set, 26-24. UAM took a 13-8 lead only to see Ouachita rally off six straight points. From that point on, neither team held a lead greater than three points. Stanford hit .800 and scored 5.5 points. Kendall Vondra dished out 14 assists and Macy Mitchell tallied 14 digs in a      set that included six ties.

SECOND SET HIGHLIGHTS:
Ouachita evened the contest with a 25-14 decision in the second set. After hitting .146 in the opening set, the Tigers hit .345, led by Caitlin Cantrell, who racked up six kills and hit .750 in the set. The Tiger defense also stepped up, limiting the Blossoms to a .059 attack percentage, after they hit .229 in winning the first set. Standford continued her strong play by picking up six more kills, against only one error, in nine attempts.

THIRD SET HIGHLIGHTS:
For the second time in the contest, the Tigers and Blossoms went beyond the 25-point march as the Tigers won the set, 29-27. The set saw the score tied 10 times. Huckabee has a dominant set as after totaling five kills in the opening two sets, she tallied nine and accounted for 9.5 points. Stormi Leonard handed out 15 assists. On the UAM side, Shay Mitchell, who had hit .182 in the first two sets, hit .429 after registering six kills against only one error.

FOURTH SET HIGHLIGHTS:
The Blossoms ran off the first four points of the set and never allowed the Tigers to take the lead, despite coming back to tie the set twice. The Blossoms put together their best attacking set of the match, hitting .288. Shay Mitchell continued to excel as she collected nine kills without an error on any of her 22 attempts. Vondra registered an assist on 19 of UAM’s 21 kills in the set. She added six digs. For Ouachita, Huckabee recorded her second-straight set with nine kills and hit .600 for the set.

FIFTH SET HIGHLIGHTS:
Ouachita pulled out a 15-13 win in the decisive fifth set, a set that featured six ties and two lead changes. Kori Bullard’s fourth ace of the match gave the Tigers the winning point.

NOTABLE:

• With Ouachita’s win, teams losing the first set of a GAC Championship match improved to 8-29.
• In matches tied after two sets, the winner of set three has gone on to win 13 of the 16 such contests.
• Ouachita-UAM: eighth GAC Championship match to go five sets – the higher seed improved to 8-0.
• Ouachita: Tied GAC Championship record for digs in a match, 116 (tying its own record set vs Southwestern Oklahoma State set on November 21, 2013)
• Mitchell (UAM): 28 kills – GAC Championship single match record (old record: 24 by SWOSU’s Carly Zak vs Northwestern Oklahoma State on Nov. 19, 2015)
• UAM – tied the GAC Championship record for assists in a match with 71 (tied Arkansas Tech vs Harding on November 12, 2011)

WHAT’S NEXT:
Ouachita will face Southern Nazarene at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.

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ARKADELPHIA – Henderson State compiled over 500 yards of offense as the No. 15 Reddies defeated Arkansas-Monticello 45-17, Saturday at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium/Ruggles Field in Arkadelphia, Ark.

With the win, head coach Scott Maxfield secured his seventh straight winning season at Henderson becoming the only coach in HSU football history to accomplish the feat.

Henderson, 6-1 this season, scored on its opening possession as Jaquan Cole broke free for a 46-yard scamper just 90 seconds into the game.

UAM, 2-5 on the year, put together an 11-play, 59-yard drive capped off by an 18-yard field goal with 8:33 left in the quarter. The Weevils had 1st-and-goal on the Reddie 6, but big defensive plays by Gary Vines and Cameron Sonnier kept UAM from reaching pay dirt.

Cole would score his second touchdown of the game just before the end of the quarter plunging in from 6 yards out to make the score 14-3. Andrew Black had a 22-yard rush on the drive and the hit Zacari Lavender on a 14-yard pass to set up the score.

Jeremy Wilson picked up his longest rush of the year early in the second quarter with a 78 touchdown jaunt to put Henderson on top 21-3.

UAM would cut into the deficit late in the half on a 7-yard touchdown toss from Cole Sears to Jalen Tolliver.

However, the Reddies quickly answered as Black would spin out of several tackles and go 62-yards to the UAM end zone to give Henderson a 28-10 advantage at the break.

Houston Ray set the Henderson career field goal record with a 23-yard kick to begin the scoring in the second half to extend the Reddie lead to 31-10. Ray increased his career total to 42 field goals surpassing Bo Adkisson who had 41 from 1974 to 1977.

UAM put together a 19-play, 75-yard drive on its next possession with Sears scoring on a 1-yard dive to make the score 31-17 with 2:56 remaining in the third quarter.

Again Henderson responded quickly as Evan Lassiter moved the Reddies down field with a 24-yard pass to Wilson, followed by an 8-yard toss to Lavender. Wilson then scored on a two-yard plunge to put the Reddies back in front by 21 points.

The final score came on Henderson’s next possession with Lassiter hitting Cole for a 49-yard score on the first play from scrimmage.

Henderson would finish with 513 yards of offense on just 55 plays including 295 rushing yards. UAM compiled 410 yards, running an astonishing 94 plays.

The Reddies averaged 9.3 yards per play having the ball for just 20:58 compared to UAM’s 4.4 yards per play and 39:02 time of possession.

Wilson led the Henderson rushing attack with 98 yards on 10 carries, while Black had 90 yards on 5 attempts and Cole carried the ball 6 times for 76 yards.

Defensively the Reddies were led by Sonnier with 14 tackles including 1 ½ stops for lost yardage. Dondre Wright followed with nine tackles and a pair of pass breakups.

The Reddies totaled 11 pass breakups for the game with Sheldon Watson and Jonathan Edouard both having an interception and Malik Brown a fumble recovery.

Henderson State will next travel to El Dorado, Ark. on Saturday, October 22, to face Southern Arkansas in the Murphy USA Classic. Kickoff is set for 2 pm at Memorial Stadium.

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Today on the GAC Weekly, we get to hear from Arkansas-Monticello football coach and Southern Nazarene volleyball coach, Kevin Ingram.

GAC Weekly Sept. 13, 2016

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