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

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The spring semester is beginning to wind down, but April had no shortage of big moments for UNC Asheville Athletics and its student-athletes. Make sure to look at the nominees and supporting information below and vote for your April "Bulldog of the Month" presented by Zaxby's! Voting will end Monday, May 2 at 11:59 a.m.

April Bulldog of the Month Poll

Baseball - Dylan Bacot - Junior - Fayetteville, N.C.

Hit .412 with 19 RBI and 11 runs scored last month
Was named the Big South Player of the Week on April 25
Picked up at least one hit in 12 of the 14 games played and drove in at least one run in nine games in April, including a season-high five runs in Asheville's 25-8 win over Radford

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

6^th-place finish at Big South Championship is best finish in program history at event
Total score of 224 tied Madyson Gold's score of 224 for lowest in the Big South
Earned first All-Conference honor in program history with Honorable Mention, All-Academic status
Finished 2021-22 season with two Top-10 finishes, five Top-15 finishes and seven Top-30 finishes

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

2-1 in singles action, 2-0 at the No. 2 flight
1-1 at No. 2 doubles
Named All-Big South First Team Singles with 11-3 individual record
Both victories came in straight sets with lone loss being pushed to three
Teamed up with Quinn Fender to top Hampton's No. 2 duo 6-0

Women's Tennis – Lize Alet Morkel – Sr. – Western Cape, South Africa

Named Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year and First Team Singles
Five combined wins throughout April
Pulled off a 7-5 comeback down 4-1 in the quarterfinals with Taylor Love to clinch the doubles point against Presbyterian

Men's Track & Field - Jalen Anderson - Sophomore - Monroe, N.C.

Broke the school's outdoor record in the 100-meter dash not once but twice at the Catamount Classic with times of 10.45 and 10.35
Also rebroke the program's outdoor record in the 200-meter dash (20.97) at the Georgia Tech Invitational
Was also on the 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay teams that broke the school's outdoor records in those events with times of 40.49 and 3:13.50, respectively

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

Was named the Big South's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week on April 6
Has tallied Asheville's top marks in the 100-meter dash, long and triple jumps
Set new outdoor school record in the long jump with a leap of 6.09-meters

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

Players Mentioned

Jalen Anderson

Quinn Fender

Madyson Gold

Taylor Love

Lize Alet Morkel

Claudia Prieto

Harry Thursfield

Venecia Zaia

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