UP Sports Briefs

Soccer

The Lamar University women's soccer team is conducting a spring soccer camp from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Mondays through March 26. All sessions will take place at the Lamar Soccer Complex off Rolfe Christopher Drive.

The 10-week session will cover all aspects of the game. Members of the Lamar women's soccer program will serve as instructors.

The cost of the entire 10-week session is $75. For more information, call 880-2334 or visit LamarSoccerCamp.com.

Men's tennis

The Lamar University men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 non-conference decision at Rice University in the spring season opener for both teams Saturday.

Lamar hung tough with Rice, which is ranked 39th in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, but the experience of the Owls proved to be too much for the Cardinals.

"Rice played a solid match all around," Lamar coach Scott Shankles said. " We came out nervous and fell behind early in doubles and couldn't recover."

Lamar returns to action at noon Feb. 5 with a non-conference match at SMU.

Women's Tennis

The Lamar University women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to visiting North Texas in a non-conference match, Saturday.

Lamar's Carolina Salas registered her first victory at No. 1 singles, posting a 7-5, 6-4 win over Valentina Starkova.

Lamar's other point came at No. 2 singles, as Carolina Maso battled to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 win over Paula Dinula.

"I thought we played better singles today. It was better than (Friday)," Lamar coach David Wong said, referring to a 7-0 loss to Rice. "At least we were on the court competing."

Lamar returns to action at 3 p.m. Saturday at TCU, ranked 51st in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Track

The Lamar University men's and women's indoor track teams combined to win three individual titles at the Leonard Hilton Invitational over the weekend at the University of Houston.

In the men's competition, Chris Smith won the 800 meters in 1 minute, 57.38 seconds, while Joe Wade captured the mile run in 4:14.59. In the women's competition, Taylor Cloy won the 5,000 meters in a time of 18:07.15.

On the men's side, Sam Stabler was second in the mile run in 4:16.00, while Chris Jones was 10th in 4:28.45. In the 800 meters, Josh Raglon was fifth in 1:58.35, Aaron Malek was sixth in 1:59.77 and Mark Woodley placed seventh in 2:00.52.

Matt Johnsen took second in the 5,000 meters in 15:02.29, while Antony Pequeno took fifth in 15:37.64. Corey Atkins took second in the men's 60-meter hurdles in 8.36, while Wesley Williams placed sixth in 8.51.

In the women's competition, Samantha Walkow placed fifth in the mile run in 4:59.35, while Alisha Cofer took ninth in the 200 meters in 26.83 seconds. Claire Miles was third in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:22.21, while Angela LaBorde took eighth in 19:11.37.

Leslie Beard finished third in the pole vault with an effort of 3.40 meters (11 feet, 1.75 inches).

Lamar is attending the Birmingham Invitational, today, in Birmingham, Ala.

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