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. Friday, we'll unveil the candidates for Male Performance of the Year.
The 10th annual Frosty Awards will take place May 2 and honor athletic excellence in Carson-Newman's athletic department.
Categories:
- Team Performance of the Year
- Female Newcomer of the Year
- Male Newcomer of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- Team of the Year
- Play of the Year
- Male Freshman of the Year
- Female Freshman of the Year
- Upset of the Year
- Comeback of the Year
- Male Performance of the Year
- Female Performance of the Year
- Female Athlete of the Year
- Male Athlete of the Year
Comeback of the Year
Volleyball at Tusculum: After dropping the first set 25-13 and falling behind 2-0 for the match, Carson-Newman battled back to force a fifth set only to fall behind 14-12 before a Julia Wheeler kill, back-to-back attack errors opened the door before Wheeler slammed it shut with a service ace sealed a comeback win. It is the only time in 15 tries that the Eagles have overcome a 2-0 deficit in a match under coach Ashley Tiernan.
MSOC vs West Alabama: Trailing 1-0 in the final 15 minutes and playing down a man, the resilient Eagles battled back for a 2-1 victory against West Alabama in the season opener. UWA committed a foul inside the box, resulting in a red card, and it granted the Eagles a penalty kick. Senior Jannik Schulte stepped up and drilled the PK into the bottom left corner of goal to tie the match at 1 in the 77th minute. Six minutes later, senior Willem Kruijk made a fabulous run up the left side and sent a shot into the back of the net to give the Eagles the lead. C-N held strong defensively in the final seven minutes to begin the season 1-0.
Football v. Newberry: Carson-Newman turned in a defensive performance for the ages, limiting the Wolves to 17 yards of offense after halftime en route to collecting a win over a top-10 team and the 650th victory in program history. The Eagles scored the final 24 points in the contest to take a 24-14 decision from the Wolves. Newberry led 14-0 in the second quarter after returning a blocked field goal for a touchdown. Carson-Newman would rattle off 24 unanswered to score their first win when trailing by two touchdowns since 2014. C-N trailed 28-7 with two minutes left in the second quarter to North Greenville on Homecoming before coming back to win 35-34. The comeback effort is the Eagles' ninth win when trailing by double-digits since the year 2000, but just its third when facing a two-TD deficit.
Women's Basketball at Aiken: In a game where the Lady Eagles trailed by as many as 10 and by six at halftime, C-N scored the first 14 points of the second half and and outscored the Pacers by 24 points in the final 20 minutes to secure an 18-point triumph. Campbell Penland led all players with a career-high 21 points going 6-for-10 from the field draining five three-pointers adding nine rebounds, four steals and three assists. She led a group of four double-digit scorers in the game.
