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Football

Furman 7 at Wofford 24 
Passing: Joe Newman, ’20: 4 for 8 and 48 yards. 
Rushing: Blake Morgan, ’20: 22 rushes, 147 yards and 1 touchdown. Newman: 7 rushes, 40 yards and 2 touchdowns. 
Receiving: TJ Luther, ’22: 3 catches and 21 yards. D’Mauriae VanCleave, ’22: 1 catch and 27 yards. 
Defense: Joe Beckett, ’21: 6 tackles. Keyvaun Cobb, ’23: 5 tackles. Mason Alstatt, ’20, 5 tackles. Brandon Brown, ’21: 5 tackles and 1 interception. Jireh Wilson, ’20, 5 tackles. 

Wofford 31 at The Cidadel 11 
Passing: Newman: 5 for 7 and 53 yards. 
Rushing: Nathan Walker, ’22: 10 rushes, 94 yards and 2 touchdowns. Jacquez Allen, ’23, 2 rushes, 41 yards and 1 touchdown. Morgan: 12 rushes, 41 yards and 1 touchdown. 
Receiving: Luther: 2 catches and 30 yards. 
Defense: Robbie Armstrong, ’20: 9 tackles and 1 sack. Alstatt: 9 tackles. Brown: 8 tackles. Corey Prince, ’22: 8 tackles. Michael Mason, ’23: 8 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 combined tackle for a loss. Cobb: 6 tackles, 1 interception, and 2 passes broken up. 

Tennis 

ITA Carolina Regional 
Singles 

Javi Casasolas, ’21: Round 1 win – 6-2, 6-1. Round 2 loss – 6-1, 6-0. 
Bryce Keim, ’22: Round 1 loss – 6-0, 6-1. 
Julian Chousa, ’20: Round 1 loss – 6-4, 6-4. 
Diego Losada, ’21: Round 1 loss – 6-4, 6-2. 
Callum Rendel, ’23: Round 1 loss – 5-7, 6-4, 1-6. 
Omar Williams, ’22: Round 1 loss – 6-1, 6-1. 

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Doubles 

Chousa/Williams: Round 1 win (against a team from Duke) – 8-5. Round 2 loss – 8-4. 

Wake Forest Invitational 
Singles 

Williams: Round 1 loss – 5-7, 6-4, 4-6. Round 2 win – 5-2 retired.
Round 3 win – 6-3, 6-1. Round 4 win – 6-4, 7-6 (5). 
Chousa: Round 1 loss – 6-2, 6-1. Round 2 loss – 6-1, 6-0.
Round 3 win – 6-1, 6-1. Round 4 win – 7-5, 6-2. 
Keim: Round 1 win – 6-3, 6-4. Round 2 win – 6-2 7-6 (5).
Round 3 loss – 6-2, 7-6 (4). 
Casasolas: Round 1 loss – 7-5, 6-1. Round 2 win – 6-3, 6-0.
Round 3 loss – 6-4, 6-4. Round 4 win – 6-0, 5-7, 6-0. 
Losada: Round 1 win – 6-1, 7-6 (5). Round 2 loss – 7-6 (1), 6-1.
Round 3 win – 6-3, 3-1 retired.  
Lucas Cerbelli, ’20: Round 1 win – 6-1, 6-4. Round 2 win – 6-1, 6-1.
Round 3 win – 3-6, 6-0, 6-0. 

Doubles 

Casasolas/Keim: Round 1 win – 6-4. Round 2 win – 7-6 (5). Round 3 win – 6-1. Won flight B2. 
Cerbelli/Losada: Round 1 win – 6-1. Round 2 win – 7-6 (4). Round 3 win – 7-6 (5). Round 4 win – 6-4. Won flight C. 
Chousa/Williams: Round 1 win – 6-3. Round 2 lo ss – 6-3. 

Fall Athletic Awards 

Hannah Steelman, ’21. 
3rd place overall at the 6k Virginia Invitational. 
1st place overall at the 5k Royals Cross Country Challenge. 
Second straight 1st place overall at the SoCon Cross Country Championship. 
5th overall at the 6k NCAA Southeast Regional. 

Qualified to compete for the individual NCAA championship. 
23 place finish in the NCAA championship. 

2019 NCAA All-Amercian, first ever from Wofford. 

Football
SoCon Coach of the Year: Josh Conklin. 
SoCon Offensive Player of the Year: Joe Newman. 

The SoCon’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner (for best offensive lineman in the conference): Blake Jeresaty, 21. 

First team All-SoCon Coaches poll: Newman, linebacker Jireh Wilson, ’20, and offensive linemen Justus Basinger, ’20, and Jeresaty. 

Second team All-SoCon Coaches pool: offensive lineman Michael Ralph, ’20, defensive lineman Michael Mason, ’23, and defensive back George Gbesee, ’20. 

Frist team All-SoCon Media poll: Newman, Basinger, Ralph, Mason, and Wilson. 

Second team All SoCon Media poll: Jeresaty and Gbesee. 

All-Freshman Awards: Running back Jacquez Allen, defensive back Keyvaun Cobb and Mason. 

Soccer 
SoCon Freshman of the Year: Adrian Roseth. 
First team All-SoCon: Adrian Roseth. 
Second team All-SoCon: Sam Ross, ’20, and Buster Sjoberg, ’23. 
All-Freshman team: Roseth, Sjoberg, and Brandon Oddy. 

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