UTPB roundup: Soccer / Cross Country

October 9, 2007 - 11:25 PM

Lady Falcons lose

DALLAS Sarah Meierhofer scored two unassisted goals to help Dallas Baptist beat UTPB 3-0 in a Heartland Conference women’s soccer match on Tuesday.

Meierhofer scored one goal in each half to help Dallas Baptist (3-8 overall, 1-4 conference) stop a seven-match losing streak.

Goalkeeper Stephanie Ward made four saves for UTPB (3-7-2), which lost for the third time in four matches.

Letha Irvin and Tiffany Richter had the lone shots on goal for UTPB, which was outshot 16-2.

Ramirez gets eighth

SAN ANGELO UTPB’s Raul Ramirez ran to an eighth-place finish at the ASU Blue & Gold Classic at Angelo State on Tuesday.

Ramirez finished in 28 minutes, 8 seconds to lead UTPB, whose men’s team finished fourth with 94 points.

Ventura Ramirez finished 36th in 31:30 to lead Odessa College, which was fifth with 135 points.

Tarleton State, which had the top two finishers, won the meet with 33 points.

Yomi Bueno finished 20th in 21:56 for UTPB, which finished seventh with 154 points.

Tarleton State, which had the second-, third- and fourth-place finishers, won the women’s race with 19 points.

CROSS COUNTRY

ASU Blue & Gold Classic

Tuesday at Angelo State University

GIRLS (2 miles)

Team Standings

1. Tarleton State, 19; 2. West Texas A&M, 56; 3. Abilene Christian, 95; 4. Angelo State, 114; 5. Lubbock Christian, 126; 6. Eastern New Mexico, 130; 7. UTPB, 154.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Winrose Karunde, unattached, 17:39; 2. Claudia Castanon, Tarleton State, 19:54; 3. Shadoh Campbell, Tarleton State, 20:05; 4. Kyberlee Trnka, Tarleton State, 20:09; 5. Jisel Bailon, West Texas A&M, 20:27.

Other area runners

20. Yomi Bueno, UTPB, 21:56; 32. Monica Tavarez, UTPB, 23:59; 35. June Rodriguez, UTPB, 24:20; 37. Jessica Alvarez, UTPB, 25:47; 39. Jessica Urquieta, UTPB, 26:37; 45. Jessica Rios, Odeessa College, 30:32; 46. Lorina Olgin, UTPB, 32:27.

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BOYS (3.1 miles)

Team Standings

1. Tarleton State, 33; 2. Eastern New Mexico, 45; 3. Angelo State, 66; 4. UTPB, 94; 5. Odessa College, 135.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Rey Hinojosa, Tarleton State, 26:50; 2. Gerzain Valenzuela, Tarleton State, 27:04; 3. Nimrod Lelei, Eastern New Mexico, 27:25; 4. Joshua Katam, Lubbock Christian, 27:30; 5. Thomas Veal, unattached, 27:33.

Other area runners

8. Raul Ramirez, UTPB, 28:08; 24. David Phillips, UTPB, 29:45; 33. Oscar Vela, UTPB, 31:10; 36. Ventura Ramirez, Odessa College, 31:30; 40. Josh Holland, UTPB, 32:26; 41. Arturo Rios, Odessa College, 32:46; 43. Andrew Benavides, Odessa College, 33:23; 47. Gabriel Gordy, 35:38; 49. Heriberto Ramirez, Odessa College, 36:41; 50. Robert Findley, Odessa College, 43:39.