Vote for the March “Bulldog of the Month” presented by Zaxby’s

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Another month of UNC Asheville Athletics action has flown by, highlighted by some great team and individual performances. To vote for your "Bulldog of the Month" presented by Zaxby's, review the nominees and supporting information, and click the link below! Voting will end Monday, April 4 at 11:59 a.m.

March Bulldog of the Month Poll

Baseball - Dominic Freeberger - Senior - Baltimore, Md.

Led Asheville with a .410 batting average in March
Also picked up a pair of saves on the mound and held hitters to a .188 batting average
Reached base in all 15 games for the Bulldogs last month
Posted five multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit outings

Men's Basketball – LJ Thorpe – Redshirt Senior – West Palm Beach, Florida

Averaged 17.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists per game in March (3 games)
Helped lift the Bulldogs to first postseason victory since 2011 with 11 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals in win over Stephen F. Austin
Shot 46.5% from the floor and 66.7% from 3-point range and was 11-of-14 from the free throw line
Scored 18 points against Charleston Southern, 24 against Northern Colorado
Caps off career with 1,254 points, 458 rebounds, 292 assists is 19th in all-time scoring at Asheville and 12th in the Division I era

Women's Basketball - Nadiria Evans - Senior - Gainesville, Florida

Evans led the way for the Bulldogs at the Big South Tournament averaging a team-high 19.7 points per game and 5.7 rebounds in the three games in Charlotte
Posted a pair of 20-plus point outings in Charlotte
While at the Tournament, Evans broke the program's Division I era record for single-season scoring with 561 points
Was named to the All-Tournament team following the tournament

Women's Golf – Venecia Zaia – Sophomore – Murrieta, California

Tied for 11^th individually at Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate (74-75-74)
T-11 is Zaia's 4^th Top-15 finish this season and fifth of her career
T-27 at both Low Country Intercollegiate (79-75-79) and Rivertowne Invitational (80-75-76)

Men's Tennis – Harry Thursfield – Junior – Twickenham, United Kingdom

4-2 in singles action, 3-2 at the No. 2 flight
Three of four losses came in straight sets
9-2 in singles action this season

Women's Tennis – Ami Grace Dougah – Junior – Lawrenceville, Georgia

Big South POTW 3/2 and 3/23 (4th player in Big South history to win POTW three or more times in a season)
Three singles wins in March; two in straight sets
4-1 in doubles matches in March, all by 6-2 or 6-1 scores

Men's Track & Field - Solomon McDonald - Senior - Carthage, N.C.

Broke the outdoor school record in the shot put at the Montreat Invitational (17.61-meters)
Logged four top-four finishes so far during the outdoor season

Has also set new personal-best marks in both the discus (51.57m) and hammer throw (46.86m)

Women's Track & Field - Claudia Prieto - Senior - Madrid, Spain

Won the long jump at the Montreat Invitational (5.91-meters)
Improved her marks in both the long and triple jumps from the first outdoor meet to the second
Holds Asheville's top marks so far in 2022 in the 100-meter dash (12.27), long jump (5.91m), and triple jump (11.60m)

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Players Mentioned

Ami Grace Dougah

Nadiria Evans

Dominic Freeberger

Solomon McDonald

Claudia Prieto

LJ Thorpe

Harry Thursfield

Venecia Zaia

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