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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Cairn University freshman Joel Varughese (Bensalem) finished fifth with a time of 28:45.6 at the CSAC Championships on Saturday to earn All-CSAC first team honors. Cairn captured its third straight CSAC team title.
Ursinus freshman Logan Mazullo (Central Bucks West) posted a time of 27:25.3 to finish 38th overall at the Centennial Conference championship.
Penn State Abington freshman Michael Cooney (North Penn) earned second team All-NEAC honors for his 11th place finish in a personal best time of 28:35 at the 
NEAC Championships on Saturday. His performance vaulted him into ninth place on the top 10 all-time performances in the 8K. Freshman Troy Green (Upper Dublin) earned third team All-NEAC honors with a personal best of 28:51 to finish 16th overall. Alexander Beltz (Abington) was next to finish for the Nittany Lions with a time of 30:26, and Minaam Ahmed (Pennsbury) finished in 45th overall with a time of 31:33. The Nittany Lions finished second in the team standings.
La Salle’s Francis Ferruzzi (Upper Dublin) finished sixth at the A-10 Cross Country Championships on Saturday with a time of 24:52.3 to earn first team All-Conference honors for the second straight season.
Widener’s Thomas Rozinski (North Penn) posted a time of 28:29.9 and finished 44th at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship on Saturday. Sean Stovall (Springfield) posted a time of 30:32.4. Widener captured its fourth straight MAC team championship.
Villanova redshirt freshman Casey Comber (Hatboro-Horsham) placed 10th with a time of 25:03.33 at the BIG EAST Championships on Friday. The Wildcats captured their fourth straight team title.
Shippensburg freshman Brian Iatarola (Central Bucks West) placed sixth overall in 26:05 on the 8K course in Lock Haven for the team’s annual Go Fast River Run Saturday. Senior Alec Brand (Central Bucks East) was the team’s No. 2 runner in 26:40, finishing 13th overall for a 15-second improvement on last year’s race.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Elizabethtown junior Kelsey Brady (Council Rock South) ran a personal best time of 22:14.94 on Moravian’s 6K course to finish fifth at the Landmark Championships on 
Saturday. Brady, who dropped her time by over a half minute, earned All-Landmark First Team honors. Liz Wedekind (Pennsbury), who finished 13th a season ago at the 2015 meet, jumped into the top ten in 2016 for the best championship finish of her career. Wedekind was ninth in 22:58.02, her first race under 23 minutes for E-town. Elizabethtown won its third straight Landmark Conference team championship.
Penn State Abington freshman Claire Reeves (Central Bucks South) earned NEAC Second Team All-Conference honors with a 14th place finish at the NEAC Championships on Saturday, finishing in a time of 26:18.
Shippensburg freshman Maria Antoni (Upper Moreland) claimed fourth place at Lock Haven’s Go Fast River Run held on the 6K track in Clinton County, posting a time of 24:03. Sophomore Abbie Todd (Council Rock North) was close behind in fifth place with a time of 24:04. Freshman Katie Booth (Council Rock North) was SU’s No. 4 runner, placing 18th in 25:36 for a 33-second collegiate PR.
St. Joseph’s freshman Meridith Twomey (Pennsbury) set a personal record with a time of 18:40.4 at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning hosted by the University of Richmond at Pole Green Park. It is the first time the Pennsbury graduate went sub-19:00 ] in her collegiate career, placing 66th overall. 
La Salle’s Kaitlin Poiesz (Central Bucks South) earned first team All-Atlantic 10 Conference honors after finishing second in a field of 131 runners at the Atlantic 10 Championships on Saturday. Poiesz earned her second consecutive all-conference nod by turning in a time of 17:19.8. Alyssa Quinn (Hatboro-Horsham) posted a time of 19:52.7.
Lock Haven’s Steph Dowd (Souderton) posted a time of 26:04.3 at the LHU Go Fast River Run on Saturday.
East Stroudsburg senior Mary-Kate Killoran (William Tennent) posted a time of 25:45.50) at the Lock Haven River Run on Saturday.
FIELD HOCKEY
Gabby Tofig (Council Rock North) enjoyed a Senior Day to remember, recording her first career hat trick in her final career game in Lehigh University’s 4-2 win over visiting Brown on Sunday. With Tofig’s three goals, she finished her season and collegiate career with seven goals over her final nine games. “What an amazing performance,” Lehigh coach Caitlin Dallmeyer said. “She’s been working really hard and has worked on little pieces and details of her game. To see everything come together for her on Senior Day, it was probably just as satisfying for us as a staff as it was for her.” Senior Marissa Glatt (Central Bucks East) contributed an assist on one of Tofig’s goal.
Junior Emma Rosenthal (Central Bucks East) recorded five saves in No. 12 Muhlenberg’s 2-0 loss to Ursinus College in its regular season finale. Muhlenberg will be the second seed in the upcoming Centennial Conference tournament.
Kristin Donohue (Council Rock South) scored a goal in No. 1 Messiah College’s 12-0 victory over Hood on Thursday. In Saturday’s 4-1 win over William Smith, Donohue contributed an assist. Shelby Landes (Souderton) recorded three saves in goal.
Rachel Gorman (Central Bucks South) assisted on both goals in Lebanon Valley’s 2-1 win over Stevenson on Thursday. The win clinched the number four seed in the upcoming MAC Commonwealth Tournament.
Freshman Emma McLaughlin (Quakertown) scored a goal in Villanova’s 3-2 win over Georgetown on Saturday.
Ursinus College senior forward Amber Steigerwalt (Central Bucks South) was selected as the Centennial 
Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 22. She also earned honorable mention for the title of Longstreth/NFHCA Division III Offensive Player of the Week. Steigerwalt contributed two goals and three assists in wins at Washington College and Dickinson. The co-captain opened the scoring to spark the eighth-ranked Bears to a 3-1 result in Chestertown. She followed that up with a goal and a career-high three assists as Ursinus coasted to an impressive 5-1 rout of playoff-bound Dickinson. Steigerwalt’s recent surge has vaulted her into fourth in the conference in both goals (13) and points (30). She now ranks sixth in program history in each of those categories (54 goals, 133 points).
Ann Kopera (Neshaminy) scored a goal while Steigerwalt added an assist in No. 7 Ursinus College’s 2-0 win over #12 Muhlenberg on Saturday. Jules Singer (Council Rock North) collected just one save, and that came with 36 seconds remaining. Her save was massive – if the Mules had scored, the conference would have conducted a three-way coin toss to determine the host of the conference championship. In Tuesday’s 4-0 win over Catholic University, Kopera and freshman Erin Saybolt (Souderton) each scored a goal. Singer finished with four saves – all in the second half – to collect her fourth solo shutout of the season.
Abigail Gabriel (Souderton) had a goal and two assists in Gwynedd Mercy’s 7-0 win over Cedar Crest College on Tuesday. Maggie Walsh (Central Bucks South) added an assist.
Freshman Becky Gerhart (Quakertown), already ranked second in the nation in defensive saves, added another in Temple’s 3-1 win over Lafayette on Sunday. She now has eight for the season. Junior Rachael Mueller (William Tennent) collected her team-leading 10th goal of the season.
Freshman Sam Scoma (Wissahickon) scored twice as Widener rallied to earn a 2-1 road victory over Arcadia on Thursday.
FOOTBALL
Sophomore Josh Adams (Central Bucks South) had a 41-yard touchdown run and finished with 96 yards on 12 carries in Notre Dame’s 30-27 win over Miami on Saturday.
Kevin Goetz (Neshaminy) connected on a 29-yard field goal in Albright’s 33-9 win at Widener on Saturday.
Freshman quarterback Thomas Garlick (Quakertown) was 18-for-29 for 143 yards and added 25 yards on the ground in Ursinus College’s 42-7 loss to No. 9/7 Johns Hopkins on Saturday. Freshman Jack Spingler (Neshaminy) tallied 2.5 tackles for a loss among his nine stops.
Senior Steve Gozur (North Penn) made a game-high 10.5 tackles and forced a fumble in Widener’s 33-9 loss to Albright on Saturday.
Freshman quarterback Michael Marino (Wissahickon) connected on 14-of-33 passes without a turnover in Chestnut Hill’s 14-8 loss to Franklin Pierce University on Saturday.
Mike Class (Pennridge) took it in from six yards out in West Chester’s 41-14 win over East Stroudsburg on Saturday.
Evan Stahl (Central Bucks South) booted a pair of field goals (30 and 35 yards) in Millersville’s 34-6 win over Cheyney on Saturday.
Craig Reynolds (Abington) had a 63-yard touchdown return and finished with 87 yards in Kutztown’s 24-21 win at Shippensburg on Saturday. The Abington graduate moves up to sixth in school history in single-season rushing yards with 1,105. Defensively, Kenny Williams (Plymouth Whitemarsh) led the charge with nine tackles – eight solo – from his safety position. Jalen Nieves (Bensalem) had an interception and seven tackles.
MEN’S GOLF
Cabrini junior Clay Anders (Souderton) tied for 20th with an 85 at the Alvernia University Fall Invitational at Ledgerock Golf Club on Tuesday. Cabrini captured the team title.
St. Joseph’s junior Tyler Sokolis (Central Bucks West) tied for 39th at the Old Dominion/Outer Banks Intercollegiate with a score of 71-75-76. The Hawks finished 14th overall.
Penn State Abington senior Mike Lam (Neshaminy) earned a first place finish to help lead Penn State Abington to a third place finish out of eight teams at the Rutgers Camden Fall Invitational on Monday. Lam finished first out of 39 golfers with a score of 72, only two strokes over par. Sean Ailtmar (Central Bucks South) finished with an 87 to finish 23rd overall.
Widener’s Lenny Welch (Souderton) finished in a tie for sixth to lead the Pride, shooting an 84 at the Dutchmen Invitational on Monday at the Lebanon Country Club.
MEN’S SOCCER
Senior goalkeeper Tyler Afflerbach (Souderton) matched a career high with 10 saves in Drexel’s 1-0 loss to William & Mary on Saturday. Drexel was outshot overall by a 28-3 margin. In Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to UMBC, Afflerbach had a then season-high eight saves, including a number of impressive close-range stops.
Nick Miller (North Penn) scored a pair of goals off rebounds as Delaware Valley blanked Pennsylvania College of Technology 2-0 on Thursday. In Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Valley Forge, freshman Austin Daniels (Central Bucks East) contributed an assist.
Austin Transue (Neshaminy) scored his team-leading sixth goal in Bloomsburg’s 3-1 win over Shippensburg on Saturday.
Senior Richard Domico (Neshaminy) and Thomas Vessels (Abington) both scored a goal in Penn State Abington’s 2-1 win over Keuka College on Sunday.
Senior defender Mike Stuski (Council Rock South) launched a long pass from the defensive end of the field to set up a goal in St. Joseph’s 3-2 loss to La Salle on Saturday.
Devon Memis (Wissahickon) scored a goal in Philadelphia University’s 2-1 overtime loss over Chestnut Hill on Tuesday. Eric Gutierrez (Harry S Truman) made three saves.
Senior Ben Marks (Central Bucks East) and freshman Evan Vare (Central Bucks East) both scored a goal in Lafayette’s 3-2 loss to Navy on Saturday.
Junior Kyle Woulfe (Quakertown) scored his second goal of the season in Ursinus College’s 2-1 loss to No. 22 Haverford on Wednesday.
Kevin McKenna (North Penn) scored his team’s only goal in Widener’s 6-1 loss to Hood on Saturday.
Matt Robinson (North Penn) scored a goal in La Salle’s 3-2 win over St. Joseph’s on Saturday.
Sophomore Jake Shefsky (Council Rock South) contributed an assist in Shippensburg’s 3-1 loss to Bloomsburg on Saturday. In Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Chowan, Cole Kropnick (Wissahickon) scored a goal while Shefsky had an assist. It was the second goal of the year for Kropnick and his first career game winner.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Senior defender Carly Black (Hatboro-Horsham) of No. 1-ranked West Virginia University was named to 
the 2016 Academic All-District 2 Women’s Soccer team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA). The honor is the third career award for Black. She will advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballots where first, second and third team All-America honors will be selected. Black was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s Soccer Second Team in 2014. The Hatboro-Horsham graduate boasts a 3.91 grade point average in exercise physiology and is also pursuing a minor in sport and exercise psychology. A two-time member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, she also was named to the 2014 NSCAA Scholar All-Region Honorable Mention Team. Black has been on the President’s and Dean’s Lists throughout her five-year career at WVU, and she also has been named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll. A 2016 team captain, Black has played in 12 games this season and started four. The duo helped the Mountaineers (15-1-1, 7-0) claim their fifth straight Big 12 Conference regular season title. Additionally, she has been part of a defensive unit that has posted 11 shutouts – seven straight in Big 12 play – and allowed just six opponent goals, the second fewest nationally.
Sophomore midfielder Megan Engeland (Pennsbury) scored the game-winning goal to lift Washington and Lee to a 1-0 victory over Randolph-Macon on Wednesday. It was Engeland’s fourth game-winning goal of the season, and it came in the 27th minute when she scored on a free kick from 27 yards out. Washington and Lee is the number one seed ending the upcoming ODAC Tournament.
McDaniel junior Sarah McDonald (Pennsbury) was named the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of 
the Week for the week of Oct. 17-23. It is the fourth straight week she earned the honor. McDonald led the Green Terror to a 1-0-1 week. She posted her ninth individual shutout of the season with two saves in a 1-0 win over Gettysburg, and she collected seven saves in a 1-1 draw at Haverford. For the season, McDonald is 12-1-1 with nine individual shutouts. She has posted a 0.29 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage.
McDonald, the four-time reigning CC Defensive Player of the Week, made eight saves in McDaniel’s 3-2 win over Johns Hopkins on Tuesday.
Freshman midfielder Nicole Abbott (Plymouth Whitemarsh) scored her first career goal in the 68th minute in No. 13 East Stroudsburg’s 8-2 win at Bloomfield on Monday. She was assisted by sophomore midfielder Nikki Weiss (Central Bucks South).
Grace Bendon (Central Bucks West) recorded a pair of saves in St. Joseph’s 2-1 win over St. Bonaventure on Sunday. Bendon improved to 5-0-0 with the win. In Thursday’s 2-1 rain-shortened victory at Massachusetts, Bendon recorded one save. With the win, the Hawks – for the first time in program history – clinched the Atlantic 10 regular season championship.
Senior Haley Mangiaruga (North Penn) scored a goal with an assist from Katie Huber (North Penn) in West Chester’s 1-0 win over Seton Hill on Saturday to finish the regular season undefeated.
Lexi Brown (Pennsbury) scored a goal while sophomore Linzi Wolfe (Quakertown) logged an assist in West Chester’s 11-0 win over Salem International on Monday.
Kailey Hopkins (William Tennent) recorded her eighth shutout in Gwynedd Mercy’s 1-0 overtime win over previously unbeaten Cabrini on Thursday night, recording seven saves. In Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Cairn University, Hopkins recorded 11 saves, five in the first half alone, for her seventh shutout of the year.
Senior Katie Miller (North Penn) was credited with her first career assist while teammate Alyssa Ryan (Wissahickon) scored a goal in Kutztown’s 4-0 win over Slippery Rock on Saturday in its regular season finale. In Tuesday’s 5-0 shutout of Pitt-Johnstown, Ryan contributed an assist.
Penn State junior Megan Schafer (Neshaminy) earned All-Big Ten third team honors. The junior forward has netted 14 points on five goals and four assists during the 2016 season. She ranks second on the team in points, goals and is tied for second in assists.
Schafer had an assist in Penn State’s 2-0 win over Ohio State on Wednesday, a win that propelled the Nittany Lions to Big Ten title number 18.
The College of New Jersey sophomore Abigail Emmert (Central Bucks East) was named the NJAC Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 23, scoring twice as TCNJ clinched a first-round bye in the NJAC Championship Tournament.
Morgan Valera (Upper Moreland) buried a penalty kick in Penn State Abington’s 3-0 win over Alvernia on Wednesday.
Seniors Erin Farrell (Neshaminy) and Jeannie Jasinski (Pennridge) each scored a goal in Ursinus College’s 3-0 win over Eastern University on Wednesday.
Laura Zimmerman (William Tennent) contributed an assist in Lebanon Valley’s 5-2 win over Alvernia on Saturday. The win clinched a playoff berth in next week’s MAC Commonwealth Tournament.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Kate Woolsey (Central Bucks East) racked up seven kills, three service aces and two blocks in Delaware Valley University’s 3-1 loss at Penn State Abington on Thursday.
Chelsea Gallagher (William Tennent) had 18 digs in Elizabethtown’s 3-1 win over Alvernia on Saturday. Katie Kennedy (Plymouth Whitemarsh) had a pair of aces. In Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to Dickinson, Gallagher went over 300 digs for the season with a team-high seven digs.
Haley Sheehan (Quakertown) collected her second double-double of the season in Cairn University’s 3-1 loss to Bryn Athyn on Thursday, collecting 10 digs and 11 kills.
Cori Watson (Souderton) had 31 assists in Penn State Abington’s tri-match split with Bryn Mawr College (3-0) and Goucher College (2-3) on Saturday.
Sophomore Maddi Richard (William Tennent) had six aces in Penn State Abington’s 3-1 win over Delaware Valley on Thursday night.
Stephanie Elechko (North Penn) put away 10 kills in the opening set of No. 13 Eastern University’s 3-0 win over Muhlenberg on Saturday. She finished the match with 20 kills. In Eastern’s 3-0 sweep of Hunter later in the day, Elechko led the way with 14 kills and hit .393. In Friday’s 3-1 win over Lycoming, Elechko had a match-high 18 kills. In Wednesday’s 3-0 sweep of Delaware Valley, she served seven straight points in the first set. She put away seven kills on eight attacks.
Lauren Laucella (Hatboro-Horsham) recorded five kills, three service aces and seven digs in Philadelphia University’s 3-0 win over Dominican on Saturday. In Friday’s 3-0 sweep of the University of the Sciences, Laucella had seven kills. In Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Wilmington (Del.), Laucella turned in her best performance of the season with 11 kills.
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