Fall Frosty Awards Nominees: Comeback of the Year

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Posted: Dec 29, 2023

From now until Jan. 2, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester. These are the fall nominees for Comeback of the Year. Saturday, we'll unveil the fall nominees for Male Performance of the Year.

The 11th annual Frosty Awards will take place April 30 and honor athletic excellence in Carson-Newman's athletic department.

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Comeback of the Year

Men's Basketball v. King: With 24 seconds left, Nick Brenegan (Greenville, S.C.) curled around a screen, snagged a pass from Bryce Weinmunson (Ponchatoula, La.) and calmly buried a 25-foot three from the top of the key to complete a comeback and get Carson-Newman a 74-72 win over King. Brenegan's triple capped a furious C-N rally. The Eagles trailed 63-53 with 6:45 to play after a Myles McCrary layup capped a 13-3 King run. However, the Eagles closed the game forcing King to miss eight of its final nine shots while outscoring the Tornado 21-9 down the stretch.

Football at Newberry: With 1:22 on the clock on third and eight in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, quarterback Jaylen Myers hit wide receiver Cade Meeks with a 42-yard bomb down the right sideline to seal a 34-21 win for the Eagles at Setzler Field. It was the first win for Carson-Newman in Newberry since 2010. It was the defense that kept the Eagles in the game, holding Newberry out of the endzone for the second and third quarters after surrendering the two early touchdowns.

Men's Soccer v. Tusculum: Down 1-0 with less than 30 minutes to go, Stephen Lyons' team rallied for a 3-1 senior day win over Tusculum. The win clinched a spot into the South Atlantic Conference. It's the sixth time this season that Carson-Newman trailed at halftime, but the first time it has won when trialing at the break. Under Lyons, it's just the second time he has coached a team to a comeback victory when down at halftime and first time this season. The win to kick off November is the first time since 2015 that the Eagles have won a game in November. It's also the first regular season win in November since 2014. The go-ahead goal was scored by Daniel Vennesland, who raced across midfield and began dribbling the ball into the attacking half. It wasn't until just outside the box that a Pioneer defender stepped up to force the ball off his feet where he found Tim Haans. Haans gave it right back to Vennesland who booted a left footed shot off the right post that bounced back into the net to make it 2-1. The goal was Vennesland's first career goal and it was Haans who got his first career assist.

Women's Soccer v. Tusculum: Carson-Newman trailed by two goals early in the second half, but erupted for three goals in an eight minute stretch. The comeback victory is the first time in more than 15 years that Carson-Newman won a game when down two goals. The win is just the seventh under Duffy when C-N allows the first goal of the match. After a short pass corner was quickly taken, Addie Henry (Chattanooga, Tenn.) lifted a ball toward the back post where Alba Delgado (Oviedo, Spain) headed back toward the other post and Molly Zander (Baneberry, Tenn.) was there to finish the sequence with a header of her own to bring C-N within a goal in the 51st minute. Four minutes later, Carson-Newman was fouled in the box giving the Eagles a penalty kick. Felicia Frick (Eschen, Liechtenstein) stepped over the ball and drilled a shot in the bottom left corner of goal to tie the match at 2. Frick is now a perfect 5-5 on penalty kick goals in her career. Four minutes after the equalizer, Selina Jud (Wilderswil, Switzerland) had the ball get knocked to her feet at the top of the box, where she rocketed a shot that deflected off the goalkeeper and into the back of the net to put Carson-Newman ahead 3-2 in the 59th minute. Jud's goal was her fourth this year and the seventh of her career.

Volleyball v. Alabama Huntsville: After dropping the first two frames of their season opener against Alabama Huntsville, Carson-Newman displayed their grit by taking three sets in a row to take down the Chargers. Sets one and two started slow for the Eagles, beginning with a four point deficit in the first set.Set three changed the trajectory of the match with four kills from Taylor Adams and three from Julia Wheeler and Molly Langford. Skylor Weaver swung a perfect three kills in three attempts. C-N led the entire set until a tie at 16-16 and the match remained tight until the Eagles took the final score 25-23.Set four ended in comeback fashion as well, the Chargers leading the entire match until a tie at 23-23 gave Carson-Newman the extra push. In the beginning points of the deciding set, Carson-Newman and Alabama-Huntsville traded the lead a few times before four scoring runs of at least three points sealed the victory for the Eagles.

Women's Soccer v. Anderson: Three days after the Tusculum comeback, Duffy's team did it again in the SAC quarterfinals against Anderson. C-N was down 1-0 early in the second half, before Krista Nielsen scored the equalizer in the 58th minute. With less than three minutes to play in the second overtime, the Eagles struck gold. Selina Jud (Wilderswil, Switzerland) sent a shot off the top crossbar, and it deflected out to Frick. She secured possession and sent a shot that soared over the head of the goalkeeper and into the back of the net to put the Eagles ahead in the 108th minute. The goal was Frick's fourth this year and sixth of her career. It's her first goal that has not been a penalty kick goal. Her double overtime goal is the first for C-N since Holly Talbut Smith scored in the 101st minute in a 2-1 win over Catawba back on October 27th, 2018. That being the last time C-N won a double overtime game. The Eagles overtime win is the first in the SAC tournament since November 3rd, 2017 when the Eagles knocked off Tusculum in the SAC quarterfinals.