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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Shippensburg junior Alex Balla (Quakertown) placed 23rd with a time of 25:11 in the Brown race at the Paul Short Invitational on Saturday. Freshman Brian Iatarola (Central Bucks West) crossed the finish line with a time of 26:03. Shippensburg finished fourth out of 45 teams.
Joe Varughese (Bensalem) continued his stellar freshman campaign, finishing 50th with a time of 27:37 at the Paul Short Run on Saturday. Cairn University competed against other NCAA Division II and III schools, finishing in 17th place in the 34-team field.
Penn State Abington freshman Troy Green (Upper Dublin) ran his way into the record books with a fourth place finish at the Charger Invitational on Saturday, posting a time of 28:57. Alexander Beltz (Abington) finished in seventh place with a time of 29:07. Sophomore Michael Cooney (North Penn) was ninth with a time of 29:14. Minaam Ahmed (Pennsbury) posted a time of 32:46 in 37th place.
Villanova redshirt freshman Casey Comber (Hatboro-Horsham) finished in 17th place with a time of 24:24.2 at the Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday at Agri Park on the Arkansas campus. The Wildcats finished fifth in the strong field.
Ursinus freshman Logan Mazullo (Central Bucks West) crossed the finish line in 28:05 at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University. Ursinus placed 10th as a team to register its highest finish at the event.
Widener sophomore Thomas Rozinski (North Penn) posted a time of 25:52 to finish 103rd out of 401 runners in the Men’s Brown 8K Division at the Paul Short Run on Saturday. Sean Stovall (Springfield) was the fourth Widener runner to cross the finish line with a time of 28:11. Widener placed 39th as a team.
West Chester redshirt freshman Eric Chapman (Neshaminy) finished 143rd in 30:03 in the Men’s White 8K event at the Paul Short Run on Saturday.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Elizabethtown junior Kelsey Brady (Council Rock South) finished 16th with a time of 23:03.4 at the Mike Woods Invitational hosted by SUNY Geneseo on Saturday. The Blue Jays finished second in the team standings with 55 points.
St. Joseph University freshman Meridith Twomey (Pennsbury) posted a time of 22:53 at the 43rd Annual Paul Short Run on Saturday.
Penn State Abington freshman Claire Reeves (Central Bucks South) placed sixth with a time of 26:52 at the Charger Invitational on Saturday. That time puts her into eighth all time in the Top Ten Performances for the women’s cross country program.
Philadelphia University senior Victoria Frisbie (North Penn) posted a time of 23:45 to finish in 47th position at the 2016 Paul Short Run White Race on Saturday at Lehigh University.
Led by the seventh place showing of freshman Stephanie Bresadola (North Penn), Kutztown finished first in the team standings out of 32 teams in the 6K event at the Paul Short Run. It was a career-best time for the North Penn graduate. Olivia Dettore (Central Bucks West) was KU’s fifth fastest runner, placing 61st with a time of 23:59.
Shippensburg sophomore Jackie Kinkead (Central Bucks East) placed 67th overall with a time of 22:23 in the Brown race at the Paul Short Invitational on Saturday. Kinkead’s fastest time in college had been her victorious run of 22:40 on the fast Lock Haven course last year, but her effort on Saturday was 17 seconds faster. Sophomore Lindsey Gerlach (Central Bucks West) also ran her best cross country race as a collegian, placing 85th overall in 22:37 for a 37-second personal best despite the fact that it was her first 6K race of the season. Gerlach has had an outstanding start to 2016 and has been a scorer in both of her races thus far. Shippensburg finished fifth as a team.
West Chester freshman Tara McLaughlin (North Penn) finished in 24:40 for 98th place in the Women’s White 6K event at the Paul Short Run on Saturday. It was her third consecutive personal best in as many races for the Golden Rams.
Gwynedd Mercy sophomore Cara Landis (North Penn) posted a time of 31:50 in the Women’s White 6K race at the Paul Short Classic on Saturday. Gwynedd finished 32nd out of 41 teams.
FIELD HOCKEY
Senior Gabby Tofig (Council Rock North) put home her second goal of the season in Lehigh University’s 4-3 overtime win over Siena on Sunday. Classmate Marissa Glatt (Central Bucks East) corralled a rebound and found Tofig, who beat Siena goalkeeper Mary Crumlish from a tough angle. In Friday’s 1-0 win over Holy Cross, Glatt scored the game’s lone goal in the second half.
Freshman Becky Gerhart (Quakertown) made two defensive stops – one in each half – in Temple’s 2-0 win over Holy Cross on Sunday. She is ranked in the top five nationally in defensive saves. The win was the third straight for the Owls. In Friday’s 4-1 win over Georgetown, junior Rachael Mueller (William Tennent) scored a goal that proved to be the game winner. It is Mueller’s second game winner in a row.
Muhlenberg junior Emma Rosenthal (Central Bucks East) was named Defensive Player of the Week by the
Centennial Conference for the week ending Sept. 25. The CB East graduate did not allow a goal in 127:30 as the Mules shut out De Sales and Johns Hopkins to remain undefeated for the season. She made eight saves in the two games, including four in a 1-0 CC shutout of Johns Hopkins. For the season, Rosenthal is second in the CC in both goals-against average (0.58) and save percentage (.833). Before the win against Hopkins, she ranked eighth in Division II in goals-against average.
Rosenthal recorded five saves in 18th-ranked Muhlenberg’s 3-2 win over Dickinson on Saturday in a showdown between two of the three teams who entered the day undefeated in the Centennial Conference. With the win, Muhlenberg improved to 9-0 and now has the second best start in program history. In Wednesday’s 3-2 win at Haverford, Rosenthal was credited with two saves.
Courtney Konowal (Plymouth Whitemarsh) scored her third goal in the last two matches in Kutztown’s 3-0 win over Slippery Rock on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Mercyhurst, Konowal recorded the first two-goal game of her career.
Kristin Donohue (Council Rock South) contributed a goal and two assists in Messiah College’s 5-0 win over Widener University on Saturday. Shelby Landes (Souderton) was forced to make just one save in the shutout.
Rachel Gorman (Central Bucks South) contributed a goal and was also a key to a dominant defensive performance in Lebanon Valley’s 3-0 win over Misericordia on Wednesday.
Freshman Emma McLaughlin (Quakertown) scored her second goal of the season and also contributed an assist in Villanova’s 7-0 win over LIU Brooklyn on Sunday. In Friday’s 5-2 loss to Quinnipiac, McLaughlin stopped the ball for Abby Siana, who scored the first goal of the game during corner play.
Seniors Amber Steigerwalt (Central Bucks South) and Ann Kopera (Neshaminy) both scored a goal in Ursinus College’s 6-2 win over McDaniel on Saturday. Steigerwalt also had an assist. In Wednesday’s 6-0 win over Swarthmore, Steigerwalt scored a pair of goals, and freshman Anna Hall (Central Bucks West) contributed her first assist. Kopera recorded her first defensive save of the season.
Junior Megan Hamilton (Central Bucks South) contributed an assist as well as a defensive save in the second half to preserve Providence’s 3-2 win over Fairfield on Sunday. In last Sunday’s 5-1 win over UMass Lowell, Hamilton scored her fourth goal of the season.
Maggie Walsh (Central Bucks South) contributed an assist in Gwynedd Mercy’s 5-2 win at Marywood on Wednesday.
FOOTBALL
Villanova University senior defensive end Tanoh Kpassgnon (Wissahickon) was named the CAA Defensive 
Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 25 for his efforts in the Wildcats’ 31-14 win at Lafayette. In the victory, Kpassagnon tallied seven total tackles (five solo), three tackles for loss, two quarterback sacks and a fumble recovery. The fumble recovery came on the first play of scrimmage that he returned 25 yards for a touchdown. After four games this year, Kpassagnon has registered 16 total tackles, including 8.5 tackles for a loss to go with four sacks, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and a blocked kick.
Kpassagnon had 2.5 tackles for a loss as well as a sack in No. 17 Villanova’s 42-7 win over Elon on Saturday as he continued his superb season. He has 11.0 tackles for loss and five sacks among his 19 total stops this season. The 11.0 tackles for loss are already a career high for a single season, and Kpassagnon still has more than half the year to go.
Sophomore Josh Adams (Central Bucks South) was the leading rusher with 103 yards on 20 carries in Notre Dame’s 50-33 win over Syracuse on Saturday.
Kevin Goetz (Neshaminy) kicked a 45-yard field goal in Albright’s 27-7 win over King’s on Saturday.
Redshirt senior quarterback Bruce Campbell (Pennsbury) was 2-for-6 for 77 yards and a touchdown in East Stroudsburg’s 54-12 win over Cheyney on Saturday night. The Pennsbury graduate also had four carries for 54 yards in his fifth straight start.
Senior Corey Kelly (Plymouth Whitemarsh) caught eight balls out of the backfield for 57 yards in Ursinus College’s 33-32 loss to Moravian on Saturday. Freshman Stacey Gardner (Upper Dublin) scored his first career rushing touchdown on a two-yard plunge late in the first quarter. Freshman Jack Spingler (Neshaminy) had a hand in eight tackles. He also had his first collegiate interception and rant it eight yards for the touchdown.
Kutztown redshirt freshman Craig Reynolds (Abington) earned PSAC East Offensive Athlete of the Week 
honors for the week ending Sept. 25. The Abington graduate was a key contributor in KU’s 41-13 win over Millersville. This is his first Athlete of the Week honor. Reynolds carried the ball 20 times for 157 yards and a career-high four touchdowns while also catching two passes for 60 yards. It marked his third straight 100-yard rushing game, the first Golden Bear to accomplish that feat since 2001. He was just one touchdown shy of tying Stephen Gammage’s school record of five in 2002. Through four games, Reynolds carried the ball 69 times for 528 yards (second in PSAC) and eight touchdowns (second) while adding 104 receiving yards and 146 return yards. His 778 all-purpose yards also rank second in the PSAC.
Senior Alex Krivda (Pennridge) passed for 194 yards in Widener’s 24-21 win over Lycoming in four overtimes. Sophomore Vince Char (William Tennent) delivered a key sack in the fourth overtime to stymy Lycoming. Widener went on to win on a 33-yard field goal.
Freshman quarterback Michael Marino (Wissahickon) was 21-for-38 for 272 yards and three touchdowns in Chestnut Hill’s 29-24 win in Friday’s home opener in the Collegiate Sprint Football League. He also had 17 yards and one touchdown on four carries.
Kenny Williams (Plymouth Whitemarsh), a West Chester transfer, celebrated his first win over his former team with seven tackles in the secondary in Kutztown’s 20-14 victory over the defending PSAC Eastern Division champion Golden Rams on Saturday night.
Junior quarterback Andrew Derr (Upper Dublin) was 21-for-32 for 248 yards and two touchdowns in West Chester’s 20-14 loss to Kutztown on Saturday night.
MEN’S GOLF
Cabrini junior Clay Anders (Souderton) fired a three under par 68 to claim the top spot on the leaderboard at the Ursinus College Men’s Invitational at the Raven’s Claw Golf Club. Cabrini posted a team score of 289 to score an 11-shot victory at the event.
Penn State Abington senior Mike Lam (Neshaminy) shot a 72 on the par 71 course to finish in fourth place at the Ursinus Invitational on Tuesday at Ravens Claw Golf Course. Sean Ailtmar (Central Bucks South) finished tied for 19th out of the 52 participants with 80 strokes. Penn State Abington finished fourth as a team.
Millersville redshirt senior Rodney Anders (Souderton) tied for first place at the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational. Anders posted his second top-2 finish within a week. The Souderton graduate shot even par for a score of 72 during the first round. He shot 2-over-par in the second round for a score of 74. Anders finished the tournament 2-over-par overall. Millersville finished second in the team standings.
St. Joseph University junior Tyler Sokolis (Central Bucks West) finished in a tie for 33rd place to lead the Hawks at the Patriot Intercollegiate at the Laurel Hills Golf Course in Lorton, Va. Sokolis shot 72 and 77 on Monday for a three-round score of 73-72-77/222.
WOMEN’S GOLF
Ursinus sophomore Rebecca Chiger (Abington) tied for seventh with an 86 at the Ursinus Fall Invitational at Raven’s Claw on Tuesday. For the first time in program history, the women’s golf team came away with the trophy at the invitational, edging Division II Millersville by two strokes.
MEN’S SOCCER
Senior Tyler Afflerbach (Souderton) came up with five saves in Drexel’s 1-0 loss to No. 24 UNC Wilmington on Saturday. Three were particularly impressive stops that kept the high-powered Seahawks off the board until they converted a penalty kick in the 72nd minute. In the first half, Afflerbach stonewalled Stian Sandbekkaug on a breakaway. He also delivered back-to-back stops from close range late in the game.
Zach Miller (North Penn) scored a goal on the rebound of a goalie save in Delaware Valley’s 4-1 loss to Penn State Brandywine.
Austin Transue (Neshaminy) scored his fourth goal of the season in Bloomsburg’s 1-1 draw with Slippery Rock on Saturday. For the Neshaminy grad, it was the 22nd goal of his career, putting him into a tie for ninth on the Huskies career goal scoring list. In Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Philadelphia University, Transue scored the Huskies’ first goal.
Richard Domico (Neshaminy) scored the game winner in Penn State Abington’s 2-1 win over SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday. It was the eighth goal of the season for the Neshaminy graduate, putting him tied for third in the NEAC.
Eric Gutierrez (Harry S Truman) made a career-high six saves in Philadelphia University’s 3-2 overtime win at Bloomsburg on Wednesday night.
Freshman Evan Vare (Central Bucks East) buried a penalty kick in Lafayette’s 2-0 win at Army on Saturday. In Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Fairleigh Dickinson, Vare found the back of the net for the fifth time this season, scoring the game winner in the 52nd minute.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Shaelyn McCarty (Central Bucks West) scored what would become the game winner in the 88th minute in Drexel’s 1-0 win over James Madison on Friday. It was McCarty’s fourth of the season, which is a team high for Drexel.
Sophomore Michaela Finneyfrock (Council Rock North) scored a goal and teammate Lindsay Walder (Upper Moreland) contributed an assist in St. Joseph’s 2-1 win over George Washington Thursday.
Freshman Emma Loving (Central Bucks East) contributed a goal – her fourth of the season – in Penn’s 5-0 win over Cornell on Saturday.
Sophomore Marissa Sheva (Pennridge) scored from nine yards out for her first goal of the season in Penn State’s 2-0 win over Illinois on Friday.
Sarah McDonald (Pennsbury) anchored the defense with three saves in McDaniel’s 1-0 win over Ursinus on Saturday. It was McDaniel’s eighth straight shutout. In Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Goucher, McDonald recorded two saves.
Freshman forward Haley Miller (North Penn) netted her fourth goal of the season to give the Nittany Lions a 2-1 advantage in Penn State Abington’s 3-1 win over SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday.
Senior midfielder Haley Mangiaruga (North Penn) scored the game’s lone goal in the 28th minute on a breakaway after a failed clear in ninth-ranked West Chester’s 1-0 win over No. 20 Edinboro on Saturday. It was her second goal of the year. Senior Lexi Brown (Neshaminy) assisted on the play. She leads the team in that category with five. In Tuesday’s 5-0 win over visiting Millersville, Mangiaruga scored her first goal of the season. Both Brown and Linzi Wolfe (Quakertown) contributed assists in the win. Junior McKenna Mullin (Neshaminy) closed out the game in goal.
Gwynedd Mercy sophomore Kailey Hopkins (William Tennent) was selected the CSAC Women’s Soccer Defensive Play of the Week for the week ending Sept. 25. It is the third time this season she has received the honor. In two wins last week, Hopkins recorded a pair of shutouts, making five stops in the win at John Jay (6-0) and six stops against Clarks Summit in a 2-0 victory. She has started all eight games and owns a 0.71 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage.
Hopkins recorded three of her four saves in the second half of Gwynedd Mercy’s 1-0 loss to Centenary on Saturday.
MEN’S TENNIS
Tarik Dashields (Cheltenham) earned a 7-6 (14-12), 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) win at fourth singles in Penn State Abington’s 6-3 loss to Drew University on Wednesday. The Cheltenham graduate also was part of the third doubles team that earned an 8-1 win.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Emily Zygmunt (Pennsbury) earned a 6-4, 6-0 win at third singles in Ursinus College’s 9-0 win over Cabrini on Friday. Zygmunt was part of the third doubles team that earned an 8-2 triumph for its team-leading sixth victory.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Sophomore Sam Jones had 10 digs in Kent State’s 3-1 win over Bowling Green on Saturday.
Stephanie Elechko (North Penn) had 14 kills in No. 13 Eastern University’s 3-0 win over Messiah on Saturday. In a 3-1 loss to Stevenson earlier in the day, Elechko also had 14 kills.
Freshman Kate Woolsey (Central Bucks East) had five kills, two blocks and eight digs in Delaware Valley’s 3-0 loss to Lycoming College on Saturday. Allison Wilson (Central Bucks South) added six digs. In Del Val’s 3-0 loss to Arcadia later in the day, Woolsey tallied seven kills, 13 digs and three service aces. In Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Yeshiva University, Woolsey had nine kills and 13 digs.
Chelsea Gallagher (William Tennent) and Katie Kennedy (Plymouth Whitemarsh) each had five digs in Elizabethtown’s 3-0 loss to Susquehanna. In Elizabethtown’s 3-0 loss to 10th-ranked Juniata later that day, Gallagher had 10 digs.
Haley Sheehan (Quakertown) had six kills in Cairn University’s 3-0 loss to Marywood on Wednesday night.
Maddi Richard (William Tennent) had 22 digs in Penn State Abington’s split of its series with Gallaudet University (0-3) and Wilson College (3-0) on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Immaculata, Richard earned 27 digs.
Miranda Foster (Neshaminy) had four kills and four blocks in Ursinus College’s 3-2 loss to Penn State-Berks on Friday. In Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Bryn Mawr, Foster had five kills.
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