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October 8, 2001

CORNELL’S KNAKE AND BUENA VISTA’S ZORN NAMED IIAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
SIX OTHERS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ATHLETIC ACHIEVMENTS

MOUNT VERNON, IA . . .  The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today its Male and Female Athletes of the week for the period ending Sunday, October 7.  Cornell College football player Chet Knake (Bellevue, IA/Bellevue HS) was selected as the IIAC Male Athlete of the Week and Buena Vista golfer Debbie Zorn (Lincoln, NE/East HS) was selected as the IIAC Female Athlete of the Week.

Zorn won the Iowa Conference Golf Championship by six strokes with a two-day score of 159.  She shot an 84 on Friday and followed that with a 75 on Saturday.  The senior was also named the Conference Most Valuable Player for the third time in her collegiate career having earned similar honors as a junior (2000) and co-MVP honors as a sophomore (1999).  Zorn’s performance also led the Beavers to their second consecutive IIAC Golf Championship.

Knake, a junior linebacker, recorded 15 tackles (six solo) in the Rams’ 28-7 victory over Luther.  In addition, he had two tackles for losses, 1.5 sacks and recovered two fumbles, one of which he returned for a touchdown (11 yards).  Knake also plays tight end in Cornell’s JUMBO package and had a seven-yard touchdown reception.

Also announced on Monday were the IIAC Players of the Week for each of the Conference’s eight fall sports.  Zorn and Knake earned the weekly honor for golf and football respectively, while the following student-athletes were honored in the other sports:

Men’s Cross Country:  Wartburg College senior Brock Lehman (Fremont, NE/Fremont HS) finished second in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Invitational in a time of 26:55.  Both Lehman and the race’s winner, a member of the WI-Platteville alumni team that participated in the race, set course records.

Women’s Cross Country:  Wartburg College senior Erin Van Zee (Pella, IA/Community HS) won the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Invitational in a course record time of 18:50.

Men’s Soccer:  Luther College junior goaltender Rick Isaacson (Urbandale, IA/Urbandale HS) finished the week with a 3-0-0 record and a 0.33 goals against average.  The lone goal he surrendered came in the final 30 seconds of the Norse’s game against Wartburg on Thursday.  Isaacson posted shutouts against Simpson and Gustavus Adolphus, who was ranked third in the West Region.

Women’s Soccer:  Loras College junior forward Maggie Moore (Crestwood, IL/Mother McAuley HS) had five goals in three games during the week.  She had two two-goal games (Cornell and Nebraska Wesleyan) and also scored the game winning goal twice (Nebraska Wesleyan and Dubuque).

Tennis:  Loras College sophomore Katherine Trevino (Fort Dodge, IA/St. Edmonds HS) posted identical 3-0 records at number one singles and number one doubles in matches against Cornell, Simpson and Augustana (IL).

Volleyball:  Simpson College senior outside hitter Casey Spree (Parkersburg, IA/Aplington-Parkersburg HS) had 83 kills on 216 total attacks, 113 digs and five service aces in 19 games.  In Wednesday’s match against Central that ended Central’s 56-match Conference winning streak, Spree had 25 kills on 53 total attacks and 25 digs.

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