Men’s Cross Country
On Nov. 2, the Carnegie Mellon men’s cross country team competed in the UAA Cross Country Championships, held in Waltham, Mass. Carnegie Mellon placed second out of the eight teams competing, and senior Matthew Coyle was the individual champion with an 8k time of 24.21.0.
Senior Colin McLaughlin and junior Ryan Podnar were the other two Tartans to finish in the top 10 with times of 24.41.9 and 24.44.1, respectively. Senior Eamon Brady was just behind and finished 11th with a time of 24.44.8, and graduate student Anthony Toskin was 19th with a 25.01.6.
Coyle was the first Tartan to take the UAA individual championship since 2014. He earned All-UAA first team honors, and McLaughlin, Podnar, and Brady were recognized as All-UAA second team.
Women’s Cross Country
On the women’s side, the Tartans placed fifth out of eight teams in the 6k championship.
Sophomore Ananya Devpura was the first Tartan to finish, coming in 15th with a time of 21.55.0. Junior Orit Shang was 20th with a time of 22.10.0, junior Margaret Ann Healy finished 23rd with a 22.17.9, freshman Emma Horsley ran a 22.85.5 for 29th place, and junior Jackie Lu finished 30th with a 22.30.3.
Carnegie Mellon’s next meet is on Nov. 16 in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional.
Men’s Football
On Nov. 2, the No.17-ranked Tartans hosted the Westminster College Titans at Gesling Stadium. Carnegie Mellon took an early lead and won decisively by a score of 45-20.
Graduate student quarterback Ben Mills threw a shovel pass to graduate student running back Tre Vasiliadis for the first score of the game. A second Mills touchdown pass went to senior tight end Matt Evert to give Carnegie Mellon a 14-0 first quarter lead. A 45-yard bomb from Mills to sophomore wideout Reece Kolke and a 21-yard field goal from junior kicker Justin Caputo put the Tartans up 24-0 with 1:10 remaining in the first half. Junior defensive back Jacob Franze picked off Westminster on their final scoring attempt of the half and ran it back for a fourth Carnegie Mellon touchdown in two quarters.
A two yard rush from junior running back Willem Bouma gave Carnegie Mellon a 38-0 lead midway through the third quarter. After Westminster returned a kickoff for their first points of the game, Bouma scored again on a 26-yard rush. Westminster scored two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Puzzlingly, Westminster did not shake hands with the Tartans after the end of the game. In the elation of their two garbage time touchdowns, perhaps they simply forgot?
With the win, the Tartans moved to 7-1 and extended their home winning streak to 22, the second longest in Division III. Their next game is on Nov. 9 at home against Allegheny College.
Men’s Golf
On October 29, Carnegie Mellon finished play at the O’Briant-Jensen Memorial. They carded a 321 and finished sixth out of the field of 21. Freshman Leonard Vieira and junior David Zhang both scored 151, tying for 20th individually out of 108 golfers. Junior Jay Saluja and sophomore Ryan Dannegger both scored 156 and senior Justin Chan fired a 159 in total.
Women’s Swimming and Diving
The Carnegie Mellon women’s Swimming and Diving team hosted Case Western Reserve University on Nov. 2 and won by a score of 161-139.
Senior Katie Rock won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:54.66. Freshman Alexandra Scharpf finished second with 10:55.71. Freshman Yuchen Zhou won both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke, with times of 58.83 and 2:08.34, respectively. Junior Audrey Lambert took the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:05.77 and Junior Audrey Soetanto the 200-yard butterfly in 2:07.27. Sophomore Elizabeth Schaffer won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:26.28. Junior Sophie Elliott won the 500-yard freestyle with a 5:17.14, and sophomore Cat Bryan won on the 1- and 3-meter board.
Men’s Swimming and Diving
The men’s Swimming and Diving team also beat Case Western, topping the Spartans in 13 events and winning by a score of 221-87.
Sophomore Brayden Morford won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:40.58, the 100-yard freestyle in 46.17, and the 200-yard IM in 1:51.18. Freshman Matvey Malinovsky took the 100-yard backstroke in 49.61 and the 200-yard backstroke in 1:48.52. Senior Christian Lanuza won both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, and junior DJ Lloyd won in the 50-yard freestyle. Freshman William Gao won the 100-yard butterfly in 50.67, and senior Jonathan Lindstrom won both the 1- and 3-meter diving events. The Tartans also won relay events in the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle.
The Tartans will next compete at Gettysburg College on Nov. 9.
Women’s Soccer
On Oct. 27, the No. 3 Tartans suffered a road loss at the University of Chicago by a score of 1-0.
Chicago scored the only goal of the game in the 30th minute. The Tartans had two total shots on goal in the game. Junior Abby O’Connor had three saves.
Men’s Soccer
The men’s team, also at the University of Chicago, played the Maroons to a 1-1 tie. Sophomore Nicholas Kourakis scored the Tartans’ single goal in the 57th minute. Sophomore Kai Yamamoto had 11 saves in the match and was named the Tartan Athlete of the Week.
Carnegie Mellon next hosts New York University on Nov. 3.
Women’s Volleyball
On Oct. 27, the Tartans lost two close matches at home in UAA Round Robin No.3 against Washington University and Case Western.
The Tartans won two out of the first three sets against Case Western, but dropped sets four and five to allow the Tartans a 3-2 victory. Junior Julianna McFarland led the Tartans with 17 kills, sophomore Neha Tummala had 60 assists, and senior Abby Chen had 21 digs.
Against Washington University, the Tartans played the first four sets to an even 2-2 before a decisive 15-13 victory from the Bears gave Wash U a 3-2 win. Junior Katherine Jackson and graduate student Laura Reichard led the team with 15 kills each. Tummala recorded 55 assists and Chen had 21 digs.
On Halloween, the Tartans swept Point Park University by set scores of 25-19, 25-18, and 25-18. This time, sophomore Bella Woodard led the team with 14 kills, tying her career high. Tummala and Chen again were tops among Tartans with 39 assists and 12 digs.
Carnegie Mellon will next host Grove City and Oberlin on Nov. 9.
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