Two W&L Athletes Honored by ODAC
SALEM, Va. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference
announced its Athletes of the Week on Monday afternoon and
Washington and Lee had two athletes honored.
Senior Lauren Caire (Nashville, Tenn./Harpeth Hall) took home the
women’s tennis award, while junior pitcher Gregg Laswell
(Houston, Texas/Memorial) was honored as the baseball pitcher of
the week.
Caire helped lead the Generals (12-3, 10-0) to a 3-0 week as she
posted a 3-0 record at No. 1 singles and a 3-0 mark at No. 1/2
doubles. Caire and her playing partner, sophomore Ellen Yeatman,
(Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Central) defeated a doubles team
from Randolph College at No. 1 doubles (8-0) and a team from Mary
Washington at No. 2 doubles (8-5). Caire then partnered with senior
Blair Brzeski (Westlake Village, Calif./Agoura) to top a team from
Lynchburg College at No. 1 singles (8-0). Caire dropped just three
games in posting singles victories over Lynchburg’s Krysten
Bishop (6-1, 6-0), Mary Washington’s Courtney Goimarac (6-1,
6-1), who was ranked 18th in the Atlantic South, and
Randolph’s Lori Gerlach (6-0, 6-0). Caire boasts a record of
5-1 in singles and 5-3 in doubles competition this season, while
also being ranked seventh in the Atlantic South region.
The Generals are currently ranked sixth in the nation and second in
the Atlantic South region. The squad also boasts four players
ranked regionally in Caire (seventh), sophomore Ann Morris
(Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic) (10th), sophomore Lauren Lukas
(Manitowoc, Wisc./Lincoln) (15th) and Brezski (22nd). Two doubles
squads are also ranked, with Morris and Lukas third and Caire and
sophomore Trelsie Sadler (Wakefield, R.I./Groton School) 15th. The
Generals return to action on Wednesday as they host No. 4 Chicago
for a 4:30 pm contest.
Laswell earned two wins and picked up one save in three appearances
out of the bullpen for the Generals (6-9, 4-3). For the week, he
threw 7.0 innings, allowing four hits and one run with no walks and
five strikeouts. Laswell tossed three scoreless innings, allowing
just one hit and striking out three, to earn the save in a 6-0 win
over Roanoke on Tuesday. He also pitched the final two innings in
both of the Generals’ 5-4 wins over Guilford. For the season,
Laswell currently ranks third among W&L pitchers with a 2.37
earned run average, while striking out 20 batters faced and
limiting opponents to a .182 batting average in 19.0 innings
pitched, both bests on the squad.
The Generals return to action on Tuesday as they travel to
Shenandoah for a 3:30 pm contest.
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