Tonight Alive The Other Side Vinyl
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The Golden Eagles (6-6-1, 2-3-1 OVC) checked the tie column for the first time this year, while keeping their conference unbeaten streak at home alive in the process. Tech is now 13-0-2 in the last 15 OVC clashes in Cookeville, a stretch dating back to the 2015 season
Naerdemann secured seven stops in preserving her fifth clean sheet of the season and 33rd of her Tech tenure to extend an already OVC record for career shutouts. The Herne, Germany native's seven halts tied for the third most all season, and with a campaign-best 10 Tuesday against Belmont, Naerdemann now has 17 halts in her last two matches.
"She came up big tonight," TTU head coach Steve Springthopre said, in regards to his senior goalkeeper. "I think she has played really well the last couple of weeks. Kari was great the other day in our win vs. Belmont and tonight she was the same. I thought she was very mature and showed a lot of leadership in the back. She did well with her distribution and made a number of key saves when we needed it. She played Kari-esque tonight."
Among the seven stops for Naerdemann, none proved to be larger than a denial less than a minute into overtime. 50 seconds into the extra frame, SEMO junior Katie Lever found space in the box before smoking one that saw Naerdemann climb the ladder and just poke it above the crossbar to keep the match preserved. The Redhawks (3-7-2, 1-3-2 OVC) would then be kept at bay in a pair of subsequent corners over the next three and a half minutes.
In the 97th minute, the scene shifted to the other end of the pitch where Kendall Powell came within inches of playing the role of hero. After just entering the box from the right side, the Cookeville product fired one that appeared destined to sneak under the crossbar, but SEMO freshman Bailey Redden was able to leap and pop the ball over the bar to keep the scoreless deadlock intact.
"It was a tough battle out there with two teams fighting for points to be in the top eight in the conference," Springthorpe said. "SEMO came in very motivated. I thought they played well and caused us some issues during the course of the game. Maybe we were fortunate in some instances, but at the same time I thought we had some good opportunities in the second half and overtime. It was just a hard-fought game with two teams that needed a win."
SEMO's Esmie Gonzales recorded a match-high seven tries, two of which were on-goal including an attempt in the 20th minute that looked destined to split the pipes. After a Lexi Grote shot from deep was clipped by a leaping Naerdemann and into the crossbar, the rebound fell to the shoe tops of Gonzales. The Fort Worth, Texas native kept it low and went far side, but thanks to a sprawling Naerdemann display, Gonzales could not find the back of the net.
"Anytime you can get a shutout in conference play, it's great," Springthorpe said. "I think our defense broke down every once in a while, but the effort was there, and the desire to keep a goal from going into the back of the net was certainly there. I thought we bended at times, but didn't break. It's unfortunate that we couldn't find the back of the net, but their keeper did make some great saves. Overall I'm happy with tonight."
Tech will hit the road for the final time in the regular season with a pair of weekend matches. The Golden Eagles will flock to Morehead State on Friday, Oct. 12 for a 5 p.m. CT battle with the Eagles before heading to Eastern Kentucky for a 12 p.m. CT matchup with the Colonels on Sunday, Oct. 14.
1. Thank you, President Lennox, for a chance to address the smartest audience I will ever have, including parents who are present to see their children inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. I am happy to speak at the initiation banquet honoring our top scholars. In fact, I am ecstatic to be able to share with you the passions which led me to St. Olaf in 1970, then sent me around the world many times with students, all the while challenging me to absorb new fields of knowledge and adapt to new styles of teaching. I am here tonight to present sculpture and poetry which are the result of my creative experience at St. Olaf. This place gave me my destiny as an artist and professor. It gave me the chance to fulfill my dream of teaching in a liberal arts curriculum set in theological dialogue, which was constantly inspired by many students and esteemed colleagues.
2. First I will pass around small versions of the bronze sculpture pieces, BEARING THE BURDEN OF PEACE and ROOTS AND WINGS, but be careful, they are heavy. It is important that you touch them because I made them in clay with my fingers. You will experience them better if you touch them, too.
7. Tell about the sculpture and recite the poem: ROOTS AND WINGS, by Mac Gimse, Professor Emeritus of Art, presented at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, February, 2004. Given to Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2002.
a. The cycle of life includes birth, childhood, youth, partnering, family, setting roots, flying from the nest and dying. Ones struggle for freedom is between planting roots and taking wing. The sculpture envisions this process using a variety of human forms and ethnic types. The bronze ROOTS AND WINGS is heavy, but it can be lifted by one person. It is easier if two or three share the burden (of life). Pick up ROOTS AND WINGS and pass it to someone along with your blessing of peace.
b. One WING has pre-natal forms following an umbilical cord (umbilicus mundi ) into birth. This is the beginning of human existence, and once set free from the womb, one will never return. On the opposite side children climb a rope (axis mundi) upward into community and along the way they learn, especially through play, to develop friendships and help each other.
c. A second WING is to remind us of the interdependence of family. On one side a woman embraces a child who remains dependent on her mother. From the other side a male figure reaches around to the woman and child in a gesture of family unity. Clinging to his leg is a passion-inspiring child (Putto ) whose presence signals love.
d. A third WING has a young couple flying from opposite ends into partnership in the center where they begin their life of love and childbearing. The other side carries the ROOTS AND WINGS theme. A figure looking downward, stands on a shelter (Habitat for Humanity), while roots grow up around him, a reference to non-violence (ahimsa) espoused by Mahavira in Jain religion. The female figure standing on his shoulders looks upward and sprouts Pegasus-like wings. Her crescent-shaped hooves tap a spring that waters plants whose fragrance deprives snakes of their poisonous venom. We can all participate in the process of peace from where we stand or anywhere along the path to peace.
Four Boilermakers recorded double figure kill tallies, led by redshirt sophomore Leah Wischmeier's 17. Freshman Melanie Ukovich posted 16, while juniors Kim Cappa and Kim McConaha each put down 12. McConaha finished the night with her eighth double-double of the season, adding 15 digs and eight blocks to the Purdue effort. Junior Daren Poe posted 16 digs to lead the team. Four Boilermakers contributed to the team's ace tally, with Renata Dargan, Ukovich and freshman Katie Dobson each registering a pair. Purdue out-blocked the Badgers 11 to 8 in the match.
Wisconsin took the early lead in game one at 7-4, but Purdue went on a 6-1 run including two Dobson aces to take a 13-10 lead. The teams then tied nine times until The Badgers went up 27-25 on a kill and a Purdue error, but then allowed the Boilermakers to go up 28-27 on a pair of UW miscues and a kill by Cappa. Another pair of errors and a Morgan Shields service ace gave Wisconsin the game at 30-28. The Boilermakers had four blocks in the game to none by the Badgers.
Game two saw Purdue in front early with a 5-2 lead. Trailing 6-4, the Badgers scored four straight to take the lead. The point-margin rose to six at 18-12, but kills by McConaha and Wischmeier cut it to four. Wisconsin then went on a 10-3 run to make it 28-17. Purdue held the Badgers off with a two-point run but a kill and an error gave Wisconsin the game at 30-19. UW hit .441 in the game to Purdue's .186 percentage.
"I was really proud of the way our team competed tonight," head coach Dave Shondell said. "The first two games were not a good representation of the kind of volleyball we have been playing. I think it was a situation where for whatever reason our team was playing with pressure and playing for the outcome rather than just going out to play the game and have fun and that was evident in the way we played. After the break when we had a chance to address that in the locker room, our players came out like the team that we have seen for most of the Big Ten season. A break or two here or there or a heads up play here or there and this match could have turned the other way."
The Boilermakers turned a 3-1 deficit into a 5-3 lead in a run that included an ace by Dargan. The lead expanded to five at 13-8 as four different Purdue players tallied kills. The Badgers cut the lead to two at 18-16 and eventually tied it up at 19. The Boilermakers bounced back to stretch the point-margin to four at 27-23. Wisconsin would not give up cutting the lead to one at 28-27. A McConaha kill set up Purdue's first game-point attempt, but back-to-back UW kills tied it at 29. A block by McConaha and Dargan and a kill by Wischmeier clinched the game at 31-29 for Purdue.
The Badgers started game four on a roll, tallying the first five points, before allowing Purdue on the board with a Wischmeier kill. The Boilermakers fought clawed their way to within one at 10-9, capped by a three-point run featuring a McConaha service ace. Wisconsin raised the point-margin to five at 19-14 including a 4-0 run. Trailing 21-16, Purdue rattled off four points, capitalizing on three Badger miscues to force a UW timeout at 21-20. Wisconsin made it a five-point game at 27-22, but the Boilermakers showed resiliency, cutting the margin to one at 27-24 on kills by Cappa, freshman Ukovich and Dobson. The Badgers tried for match point at 29-26, but a pair of Cappa kills kept the Boilermakers alive. A Jill Odenthal kill, her 14th of the night, ended the match with a 30-28 win for Wisconsin.
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