Allegheny College Athletics - Solan named NCAC Player of the Week

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Athletes of the Week

Women's Track and Field

Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison. She was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season.

Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds and then successfully defended her title in the 200 (:26.37).

As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39.

Tony Dipre

Men's Track and Field

Allegheny's Tony Dipre set a meet record and posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying time while winning the mile at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team for the Gators, who placed third among nine teams at Denison.

Dipre, who was named the NCAC Distance Runner of the Year, claimed his individual win with a time of 4:10.84 and held off Denison's Makorobondo Salukombo (4:12.23). The previous meet record was set in 2009 by the Gators' Jeramie Parker (4:13.89). The Blue and Gold has now won three straight indoor miles at NCACs.

Mike Vlah, Alex Gorski and Chris Marker joined Dipre on the DMR squad, which clocked in at 10:35.79.

Solan named NCAC Player of the Week

11/2/2009 3:39:25 PM

MEADVILLE, Pa. – Caitlin Solan, a senior outside hitter on the Allegheny volleyball team, has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 25 - 31. It is the first time she has earned the honor this season.

Solan had 2.90 kills and 4.20 digs per match in a 1-2 week for the Gators (16-17, 10-6 NCAC). She recorded 29 kills and 42 digs to go along with seven blocks. Solan posted 11 kills against Behrend and Denison, while recording double-digit digs in all three matches.

She leads the team with 326 kills and is third with 380 digs. Solan also has 60 blocks and 22 aces this season.

Allegheny earned the No. 4 seed in the upcoming NCAC playoffs and will travel to Wittenberg for the semifinals on Friday. The Gators will face the top-seeded Tigers, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

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