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{Sports Roundup}<br />

Baseball: Lewis Named<br />

All-SEC, Players Drafted<br />

Right-handed pitcher Jensen Lewis, a<br />

junior from Cincinnati, was named to <strong>the</strong><br />

All-Sou<strong>the</strong>astern Conference Second Team<br />

by a vote of <strong>the</strong> league’s 12 coaches.<br />

Vanderbilt led <strong>the</strong> SEC in team pitching with<br />

a 3.38 ERA, and Lewis led <strong>the</strong> Commodores<br />

with an 8-3 record and 2.62 ERA.<br />

Major League Baseball showed great<br />

interest in <strong>the</strong> Vanderbilt program and drafted<br />

13 players—eight current players and five<br />

signees—in <strong>the</strong> 2005 draft. Leading <strong>the</strong> list<br />

were Lewis and junior<br />

Lewis<br />

left-handed pitcher<br />

Ryan Mullins, chosen in<br />

<strong>the</strong> third round; junior<br />

first baseman Mike<br />

Baxter, picked in <strong>the</strong><br />

fourth; and senior pitchers<br />

Jeff Sues and Ryan<br />

Rote, taken in <strong>the</strong> fifth.<br />

Vanderbilt finished<br />

<strong>the</strong> regular season with a 34-21 overall record,<br />

13-17 in <strong>the</strong> SEC.<br />

Men’s Tennis: Brown<br />

Named All-SEC<br />

Vanderbilt senior Scott Brown was named<br />

to <strong>the</strong> All-Sou<strong>the</strong>astern Conference First<br />

Team at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> regular season,<br />

posting a record of 16-5, 6-4 SEC, at <strong>the</strong><br />

No. 1 singles position. Combined with his<br />

record at No.<br />

1 doubles, he<br />

became <strong>the</strong><br />

“winningest”<br />

player in <strong>the</strong><br />

history of<br />

Vanderbilt<br />

men’s tennis.<br />

Brown<br />

ALL PHOTOS BY NEIL BRAKE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED<br />

Lacrosse: Women Earn<br />

Postseason Honors<br />

Four Commodores have been honored for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

performances during <strong>the</strong> 2005 lacrosse season.<br />

Junior Kate Hickman,<br />

sophomore Molly<br />

Frew, and freshmen<br />

Sasha Cielak and<br />

Margie Curran were<br />

named to <strong>the</strong><br />

American Lacrosse<br />

Conference’s All-<br />

League Team:<br />

Hickman to <strong>the</strong> first<br />

team and Cielak, Curran and Frew to <strong>the</strong><br />

second team. Cielak and Hickman were both<br />

named to <strong>the</strong> Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse<br />

Coaches Association South All-Region Second<br />

Team. Cielak also was named to <strong>the</strong> Inside<br />

Lacrosse All-Americans Third Team. Hickman<br />

led <strong>the</strong> Commodores with 41 goals, and Curran<br />

was second on <strong>the</strong> team with 30 goals and 28<br />

draw controls. Cielak and Frew were <strong>the</strong> team’s<br />

defensive leaders, combining for 50 caused<br />

turnovers and 76 ground balls. Vanderbilt finished<br />

with a 6-9 record, 3-3 in conference play.<br />

Women’s Tennis: Falk<br />

Named All-American<br />

Vanderbilt senior Audra Falk advanced to<br />

<strong>the</strong> Sweet Sixteen round of <strong>the</strong> NCAA<br />

Individual Championships and was named<br />

an All-American for <strong>the</strong> second consecutive<br />

year. She finished<br />

Falk<br />

<strong>the</strong> season with a<br />

20-9 record,<br />

having won at<br />

least 20 matches<br />

in each of her<br />

four years as a<br />

Commodore.<br />

Pole-vaulter Paige Roberts, a senior<br />

from Atascadero, Calif., cleared a<br />

personal-best 12 feet outdoors at <strong>the</strong><br />

2004 SEC championships.<br />

V a n d e r b i l t M a g a z i n e 21

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