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Chuck Knight
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Mon, Oct. 3, 2011
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Hattiesburg, Miss. - The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced the players of the week for the week ending October 2, 2011.
Volleyball - Player of the Week
Taylor Reuther # 2 of Xavier (La.)- Winner at the Conference level
A 5-7 FR OH from Metairie, La.
Team Record: Week:1-1 Overall: 10-3
| Opponent | Site | W/L | Score | Games Played | Kills | ERR | TA | Digs | Rec Err | Serves |
| Aces | ERR | S | A | E |
| Southern | A | L | 0-3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dillard (La.) | A | W | 3-1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals: | 7 | 35 | 23 | 83 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Averages: | 3.50 | 5.00 | 3.29 | 11.86 | 0.14 | 4.86 | 0.07 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.07 |
| Attack %: | 0.145 |
Notes: Recorded two more kill-dig double-doubles -- the freshman has seven this season, more than twice as many as Xavier had a year ago -- and hit .419 in the final three sets Saturday in the victory at defending GCAC Tournament champion Dillard. It was the first time in Xavier's four-year history (after 28 losses) that the Gold Nuggets won on an opponent's floor after losing the first set. Reuther put Xavier ahead to stay in the fourth set with a kill, and she ended the match with a kill.
Men's Cross Country - Runner of the Week
Matt Pieri # of Xavier (La.)- Winner at the Conference level
A JR from New Orleans, La.
| Date | Event | Individual Finish | Individual Time (mmm:ss) | Total # of Runners | Distance | |
| 10/1 | Gulf Coast Stampede | 21 | 26:51 | 98 | 8K | Results |
Notes: Ran Xavier's fastest 8K since Farris Gransberry set the record in 1998. Led Xavier to fifth place out of 13 teams. The Gold Rush are 29-16 through five meets after finishing 18-22 in 2010.
Women's Cross Country - Runner of the Week
Monicah Jepkemboi # of Southern-New Orleans (La.)- Winner at the Conference level
A JR from Kapsabet, Kenya
| Date | Event | Individual Finish | Individual Time (mmm:ss) | Total # of Runners | Distance | |
| 10/1/11 | Asics McNeeese Cowboy Stampede | 22 | 19:01 | 60 | 5K | Results
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