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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The honors continued Tuesday for Christopher Newport University junior guard
Toa Hollenbeck following his record-setting performance last Wednesday night. Hollenbeck, from Chesapeake, Va., was named to the National Team of the Week by D3hoops.com following his 43-point effort in CNU's win over the University of Mary Washington. The scoring outburst set a new Freeman Center record, and is tied for the third-highest single game point total in school history.
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Hollenbeck, who was also named the Player of the Week in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference for the fourth time this season on Monday, will lead his team back into action on Wednesday night. Christopher Newport will travel to Maryland to take on the Sea Gulls of Salisbury University. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Maggs Center on the SU campus.
The Captains, now 18-3, moved up four slots in the new weekly national poll from D3hoops.com. CNU is ranked eighth in the country this week and riding a ten-game winning streak.
John Krikorian's squad has also won 17 of its last 18 games following a 1-2 start to the season.
Salisbury enters Wednesday night's game with a record of 10-11, and the Gulls have dropped their last four games, most recently a 75-70 road decision on Saturday at Penn State Harrisburg. Wednesday's game will be the 56th meeting of the Captains and Sea Gulls, and Christopher Newport holds a 39-16 lead in the all-time series. The Captains won both meetings last season, and CNU has now won 16 of the last 17 games played in the series.
Christopher Newport games are broadcast live on the Home of the Captains, Xtra 99.1 FM and CNUsports.com. The pre-game show will begin at approximately 7:10 p.m. A link is provided at the top of this story to access the live CNU radio broadcast.
The video of the action will be streamed live by Salisbury University and links to watch the game as well as to follow the live stats are also provided at the top of this story, as well as the link to the complete CNU game notes package.
Following Wednesday's game, the Captains have another road contest on Saturday, as CNU will travel to Fredericksburg to take on the University of Mary Washington for the second time in a ten-day span. The Eagles fell to the 11th spot in the new weekly poll after two losses last week to the Captains and Randolph-Macon College. Saturday's game will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Anderson Center on the UMW campus.
