This Week In Goucher Landmark Conference History (November 2-8)
We have had a lot of great moments since Goucher joined the Landmark Conference in 2007. While the college athletics world is still on pause due to COVID-19, we will look back at events from our teams from the past since we joined the conference. Each week we will focus on the days that occur from Monday to Sunday for the 2020 calendar year with events from our fall and winter sports every Thursday. The regular season has pretty much ended by this point for cross country, field hockey, soccer and volleyball so we highlight some of our postseason moments while men's and women's swimming is also making a splash this week. This week we will focus on events that occurred from November 2-November 8.
November 2
The Goucher cross country team had three runners finish in the Top-10 of the 2013 Landmark Conference Championships on November 2, 2013. Katherine Currier led the way finishing third with a time of 23:45.7 to become the first three-time All-Landmark Conference first-team performer. June Chiango became the third Freshman Runner of the Year for the Gophers after she placed eighth with a time of 24:42.4 to also garner second-team honors. Katelynn Zidanic was 10th to join Chiango on the all-conference second team with a time of 25:07.5.
Lizzie Barminski tied the match at 1 off an Olivia Dickert assist at 57:42 in the second trip to the Landmark Conference postseason for the Blue and Gold field hockey team on this date in 2016. The Gophers would fall to Elizabethtown 2-1 in the conference semifinals despite eight saves by Liz Zengel.
Also on this date in 2013, the Goucher men's soccer team earned a 3-1 win against Moravian to finish the season 8-7-3 for the squad's first winning season since 1992. Nate Margolis converted a penalty kick at 25:06 before Parker Bay (62:12) and Marco Grotto (80:13) found the twine to propel the victory.
November 3
Despite 13 kills and 13 digs by Kasey Quinn, the women's volleyball team fell 3-1 (21-25, 25-14, 25-13, 25-15) to Moravian in the Landmark Conference quarterfinals on November 3, 2010. Ashley Fan added 27 digs, while Megan Chalk narrowly missed a double-double with 13 digs and nine kills.
November 4
Megan Smith recorded 18 digs and 17 assists to power the women's volleyball team to its only Landmark Conference postseason win with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-16) win against Moravian in 2009. Claire Sauvage-Mar tallied 31 assists and 16 digs while Rebecca Schaefer (17 digs) and Catie Ditmore (10 digs) also had double figures in digs. The Gophers finished the year 17-12.
Alexis Regopoulos won a pair of events to help the women's swimming team to a 174-63 win against Juniata on this date in 2017. Regopoulos won both the 1000 free (11:23.04) and the 200 free (2:05.27). Kyanna Cadwallader also was victorious on the afternoon after taking the 200 breast (2:43.88).
Just like the women, the Gopher men's swimming team split a tri-meet by earning a 162-10 win against Juniata on this date in 2017. Ian Furst was the catalyst after winning the 1000 free (11:07.62) and then finished second in the 200 back (2:19.57) and third in the 500 free (5:32.81).
November 5
The Blue and Gold men's soccer team battled toe-to-toe with Catholic in the Landmark Conference semifinals on November 5, 2014. The contest ended in a 1-all draw that sent the game to penalty kicks to be decided. Penalty kicks go at least five rounds, but this battle took eight rounds before Catholic earned the right to move onto the championship match. Catholic took a 1-0 lead in regulation in the 75 minute before Lashaw Salta tied the game on an unassisted goal at 87:34 to send the game to the extra session and then penalty kicks. Nicholas Stolarz made nine saves in the contest. The Gophers finished the season 8-6-3 for its second-straight winning campaign.
Chalk posted 18 digs and six kills in women's volleyball's last appearance in the conference postseason on this date in 2013. Sarah Johnson added 18 assists and Tori Rain had 10 digs in a 3-0 (25-11, 25-9, 25-16) loss to Catholic in the quarterfinals.
November 7
The women's volleyball team made its debut in the Landmark Conference semifinals, but came up against perennial national powerhouse Juniata. Smith had nine kills in the 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-17) loss to Juniata.
Georgi Shalamanov and Kyle Williams each won two events to help the Blue and Gold men's swimming team to a 124-76 win against Gallaudet win on November 6, 2019. Shalamanov won the 400 IM (4:26.85) and the 100 breast (1:03.36) while Williams touched the wall first in the 100 free (10:54.42) and the 100 back (56.10).
Sarah Eastland won the 100 breast to propel the women's swimming team to a 131-72 win against Gallaudet in 2010. Eastman posted a time of 1:19.49 in the event while Abigail Wegman, Erika Flores, Patrice D'Orazio and Victoria Adinofi teamed up to win the 200-free relay (1:58.87). Make sure you check out the MEN'S and WOMEN'S Swimming All-Decade Ballot!