PIRATE SPORTS ONLINE - Vol. 3 No. 2, Thursday, August 28, 2003

Wednesday, August 27, 2003
PARK-JEWELL WOMEN'S SOCCER MATCH CHANGED TO AVOID HEAT
PARKVILLE, MO--The Park University women's soccer season opener on Thursday, September 4, has been moved to 7:00 p.m., due to anticipated heat restrictions.  Park will host William Jewell College in the match, which will be played at Park University's Julian Field.

Monday, August 25, 2003
BETHEL LEADS WOMEN; ATEM, KIDD PACE MEN IN 2003 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON
2003 Women's Cross Country Preview
Park University's 2002-2003 Female Student-Athlete of the Year, Crystal Bethel, a senior from Nassau, Bahamas, brings considerable leadership and poise to the women's program, as the only senior on the 2003 roster.  Bethel will chase her lifetime best performance of 19 minutes, 30 seconds, established last season at the Baker University Open.  She'll be followed closely by sophomores Amanda Geno and Amy Musil who return as letterwinners from the 2002 season.
     Bethel is also a multi-year NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete.  In 2002, she finished 12^th at the NAIA National Championship, completing the course in 19 minutes, 59 seconds, just behind Park teammate and 2003 graduate Jessica Ferguson.  Ferguson and Bethel finished second and third respectively at the 2002 MCAC Conference Championship meet as the Pirates claimed the conference title. 
     "The most important aspect of this season will be the ability of our student-athletes to be consistent in their training and growing process," said Renshaw.  Renshaw's young team consists of four freshmen—Dione Friends, Helen Franchon, Tatum Anderson and Rebecca Tackett, and six sophomores—Geno, Musil, Lanessa Hubbard, Haley Daniel, Reagan Mackey and Adhel Riak.  Bethel, the program's lone upperclassman in 2003, will lead the Pirates in their pursuit of a repeat conference championship and return to regional contention on September 6 at the Kansas Invitational in Lawrence, Kan. | MORE |

Sunday, August 24, 2003
2003 Women's Volleyball Preview
VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM SETS SIGHTS ON MCAC CONTENTION
PARKVILLE, MO—After a rigorous preseason regimen, Park University head coach Peggy Tuter, now entering her fourth season with the Pirates, affirmed a promising outlook for 2003 season.  Citing the loss of just one senior—Brianne Lehr—from the  2002 roster, Tuter has mixed ten returners with three experienced, highly touted newcomers: Sugglis Chinchilla, a 6-0 junior outside hitter from Merida, Venezuela;  Veronica Mobley, a 6-1 right side hitter from Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Meghaan Fountain, a 5-10 sophomore middle hitter from Gladstone, Mo.  According to Tuter, Chinchilla is "an explosive outside hitter.  She will be an impact player for us."
     Altogether, the roster is marked by considerable improvements in size and depth.  The 2002 kill and block-leading tandem of Jilian Creighton (284 kills, 88 blocks) and Tenysha Brown (280 kills, 110 blocks) return to reinforce the Pirates' attacking presence.  Junior outside hitter Jessica Silliman also returns to the lineup; in 2001, she led the team with 284 kills, the same number posted by team-leader Creighton last season. | MORE |

Sunday, August 24, 2003
Women's Golf News
PGA PRO KELLY DEFEO HEADS UP WOMEN'S GOLF PROGRAM
PARKVILLE, MO--Kelly DeFeo, a class I-A PGA member with the Midwest Section since 1995, has been named head coach of the women's golf program at Park University. DeFeo's recent work has been as a teaching professional at the Robin Nigro Golf Academy in Kansas City, Mo. She has also served seasonally as an assistant golf professional at the Eldorado Country Club in Indian Wells, Calif., with Tiffany Greens in Kansas City, Mo., and as the Head Golf Professional at Mission Hills Country Club in Mission Hills, Kan. 
     DeFeo brings vast professional golf experience to Park University, including workshops with the PGA/USGA on rules and tournament administration, fitting seminars, and short game seminars. She conducted clinics and individual lessons for the UMKC women's golf program in 1997, and she served as the chairperson for Sectional Junior Girls' Events in 1991. DeFeo has also been a contributing writer for Tee Times monthly magazine. She lives with her husband, Charles, in Kansas City, Mo. 

For more information, visit the Park University Department of Athletics web site at www.park.edu/athletic.

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% Designates Senior Day - The final home regular season contest before which seniors will be recognized.