Spotlight Samford Sports: #1 App. St. Beats Samford 35-17



Samford lost at home to top ranked Appalachian State 35-17 last Saturday, Sept 25th. The Mountaineers had 4 INT to help their cause and keep their #1 ranking.

Anthony Bolus interviews Samford head coach Pat Sullivan after the game followed by a quick recap on the rest of Samford sports by Jordan Gotfredson.

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Junior safety Hunter Cassity
blocked a Newberry
punt which gave the deciding
lead to Samford

Sophomore linebacker
Darion Sutton ran in the
blocked punt 24 yards
for the big TD



Football headlines our sports segment this week as the Bulldogs came from behind to beat Newberry College last Thursday.  Now the Dogs are preparing for #1 Appalachian State, this Saturday at 2 pm at Seibert Stadium, to open Southern Conference play. 

Anthony Bolus talks with a few of the student-athletes after the game last week, followed by a sports recap from Jordan Gotfredson on Samford soccer, volleyball, and cross country.


 

Samford 38, Newberry 35 - Highlights

The Samford Bulldogs (2-1) overcame a determined effort from Division II Newberry College for 38-35 win in the Bulldogs home opener Thursday night. Here are play-by-play highlights from the game, from Mike Grace of the Samford Sports Network:

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Junior Goalkeeper
Alyssa Whitehead
named SOCON
player of the week







Leading Story this week is Samford Women's Soccer as the WVSU sports staff, Anthony Bolus and Jordan Gotfredson, interviews players from the soccer team who are on a winning streak and keep you updated on other Samford sports from the past week (Samford football, volleyball and men's golf).



Football defeats Northwestern State 19-7

The Bulldogs improved to 1-1 on the season with a road win at Northwestern (La.) State, 19-7.

Here are a few highlights from the Samford victory. Mike Grace of the Samford Sports Network with the play-by-play...

Samford Finishes Bulldog Invitational 2-2

Senior setter Hillary Fountain was
named SoCon offensive player
of the week as she posted about 9
assists per set along with a double-
double against Tenn Tech with 33
assists and 15 kills.

The Bulldogs played in the 2 day tournament last Friday, September 3rd and Saturday, September 4th. Samford won the first game on Friday against Northwestern St 3-0 followed by losing a rough game to North Texas 3-1 later in the evening. On Saturday, the Bulldogs walloped Tennessee Tech 3-0 in their first match of the day then lost to the Orange of Syracuse 3-0 that night. Syracuse went undefeated for the tournament to become tournament champions.

After the Bulldog Invitational was completed, Anthony Bolus was able to interview Head Coach Derek Schroeder of Samford to hear his thoughts on the tournament.

The volleyball team will travel to Oxford, Mississippi this weekend (Sept. 10-11) for the Magnolia Invitational as they will play against the University of Louisiana, Southern Miss and host team Ole Miss.

Spotlight Samford tonight

Tune in today and every Wednesday at 5 pm for Spotlight Samford, an update on what's new and exciting at Samford University. On today's sports segment, Anthony Bolus and Jordan Gotfredson talk soccer and get a volleyball update from coach Dex Schroeder.

Samford-FSU: Bryce Smith and Dustin Taliaferro

Samford junior quarterback Dustin Taliaferro and senior linebacker Bryce Smith talk with the media following Saturday's game at Florida State.

Samford-FSU: Pat Sullivan

Samford football coach Pat Sullivan talks with the media following Saturday's game at Florida State.

Samford vs. Florida State

Mike Grace and Jay Roberson set the scene at Bobby
Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium before Samford's
game with Florida State.

The Bulldogs lost to the 20th-ranked Florida State Seminoles 59-6 in the season opener for both.

Follow the Bulldogs all season on WVSU-FM 91.1 and online at www.samford.edu/wvsu.

Samford Volleyball defeats Troy 3-1

Redshirt freshman Lyndsey
Holt recorded 11 kills and 13
digs - her first double-double.

The Samford volleyball team defeated Troy 3-1 in Wednesday's home opener at the Pete Hanna Center. The Bulldogs (3-1) dropped the first set, then took the final three from the Trojans (1-3).

After the match, WVSU's Anthony Bolus talked with Samford coach Dex Schroeder.


The Bulldogs host the Samford Invitational Friday and Saturday, featuring Northwestern State, North Texas, Tennessee Tech and Syracuse.

Jimbo Fisher-ACC Teleconference

Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher talks with the media about his first game leading the Seminoles - vs. Samford - Saturday at 11 am (CT) in a game televised nationally by ESPN-U. Fisher succeeds legendary FSU coach Bobby Bowden, and played at Samford under head coach Terry Bowden.



Mike Grace and Jay Roberson will have play-by-play coverage of the game, beginning at 10:30 am on WVSU-FM 91.1 and WVSU Online.