Winter 2000

Men's Cross-Country Team Wins Second TAAC Title; Kolb Named All-TAAC Freshman After Nine-Goal Season

Cross-Country
The Samford men's cross-country team won its second consecutive Trans America Athletic Conference title, and the women's team finished second at the conference championships in Buies Creek, N.C., Oct. 28.

Five men's team Bulldogs finished in the top 10, led by Brett Baddorf in fourth place. Other top 10 finishers were Andrew Spear, sixth; Chad Johnson, eighth; Chad James, ninth; and Mark McBride tenth.

Samford won the men's title with 37 points. Georgia State was second at 68, followed by seven of the other eight TAAC members.

Lauren Floyd finished sixth to pace the women's team, which placed five runners in the top 20.

The women's team scored 64 points, trailing only Georgia State (51). All 10 TAAC schools competed in the women's championship.

Glenn McWaters is head coach and Sarah Fletcher assistant coach of both teams.

Soccer
Freshman Hayley Kolb, who scored a school-record nine goals for the season, was named to the TAAC All-Freshmen Team. Kolb added two assists to account for 20 points as Samford posted an 8-8-1 record.

Senior Mitzi Mahan scored six goals and added five assists for 17 points. She finished her four years as Samford's career leader in points (66), goals (23) and assists (20).

Junior goalie Carrie Ollom allowed only 27 goals in 248 shots for the season, a game average of 1.54 goals. She is Samford's career leader with 270 saves in 81 games.

Barry Spitzer coaches the soccer team.

Football
The best thing about the Bulldogs may have been the ground game. Coach Pete Hurt's team averaged 202.6 yards an outing to finish 18th in the nation in rushing.

The 'Dogs got off to a 3-2 start, but a rash of injuries-particularly at quarterback and defensive back-contributed to an inconsistent run from midseason on. Still, the 'Dogs rallied to defeat Charleston Southern at Homecoming before finishing 4-7.

Fullback Kadell Wright and running back Rashad Brewer, both seniors, led the ground game. Wright gained 517 yards and scored six times, finishing his career with 29 touchdowns (second all-time) and 174 points (fourth). Brewer gained 507 yards and finished with a career total of 2,494 (second all-time).

Linebackers Lewis Cole and Clay Romano were the leading tacklers.

Volleyball
Junior Whitney Miller was named to the All-TAAC First team after compiling 399 kills, the fourth highest total in school history. She averaged 3.69 kills per game and became the first Samford player with 30 kills in a match against Campbell Oct. 14. Miller recorded 20 or more kills six times and 15 or more 13 times.

Junior Shellie Ouldhouse averaged 3.45 kills per game.

The Bulldogs recorded their first shutout since 1997 when they blanked Belmont, 15-0, during a 3-0 sweep in the season's final match. Coach Vickie Nichols' team finished with a 14-16 record.