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PHILADELPHIA – Wednesday night’s CACC showdown pitting Philadelphia University against Goldey-Beacom at Herb Magee Court had a decidedly SOL look and feel about it.
Three former SOL standouts – Eddie DiRugeris (Pennsbury), Jim Connolly (Souderton) and Nick Christian (Bensalem) - played starring roles for Philadelphia U in its 74-55 win while freshman AJ Picard (Souderton) played important minutes off the bench for Goldey-Beacom.
It was Christian – who finished with 13 points – scoring on a drive to put PU on top 4-2, and the Rams led 8-4 after the freshman guard stripped the ball from a Lightning ball handler and coasted in for a layup.
Picard – in a game that was a homecoming of sorts – entered the game with 14:13 remaining in the half, and just over a minute later, he hit nothing but net on a trey from the top of the circle to pull his team to within five (17-12).
Connolly soared for a defensive rebound and fired the ball to teammate Corey Francisco for a fastbreak bucket that put the Rams on top 21-17, and then DiRugeris – in his first game action after being sidelined with an injury – went to work.
First, the sophomore point guard down broke down his defender for a layup, and shortly after Picard – who found himself defending Connolly – took a long defensive rebound and went coast-to-coast for the score to make it a 23-22 game, DiRugeris buried an outside jumper that put the Rams on top by six. A Connolly trey from NBA range gave the Rams a 31-22 lead, and after DiRugeris buried a baseline trey as time expired, the Rams led 38-29 at the intermission.
The Rams had the better of play in the second half on their way to the big win. Picard finished the night with seven points, three rebounds and an assist. Christian had 13 points, three assists and one steal while Connolly and DiRugeris both had 12 points for the Rams, who improved to 4-3 on the season (1-0 CACC).
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Sophomore Khalif Wyatt (Norristown) scored all nine of his points in a 20-6 run that gave Temple a 49-48 lead in its 54-51 loss to Texas A&M in the fifth place game of the Old Spice Classic last Sunday morning.
Senior Lavoy Allen (Pennsbury) posted his first double-double of the season to lead Temple to a 65-53 win over Central Michigan on Wednesday night. Allen matched his season-high in points (13) while also pulling down 10 rebounds. He also rejected a career-high five shots.
Philadelphia University sophomore Jim Connolly (Souderton) earned ‘Honorable Mention’ accolades from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference this week. Connolly averaged 17 points and 5.5 rebound in two games. He played all but two minutes in both games combined, and he is averaging 16.2 PPG on the season and is shooting 93 percent from the free throw line. He also has seven steals.
Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown) and Ronnie Benson (Souderton) both scored six points in Bloomsburg’s 86-36 rout of PSU-Hazleton on Monday.
Lavail Owens (Wissahickon) scored seven points in Mansfield’s 82-81 overtime heartbreaker at No. 19 Bowie State on Friday. On Wednesday, Owens scored seven points in Mansfield’s 94-65 win over Lock Haven.
Cameron Prince (Hatboro-Horsham) tied a career high with 14 points in Lebanon Valley’s 60-51 loss to Alvernia on Saturday.
Senior Chris McDevitt (Central Bucks West) scored five points in Widener’s 80-72 win over Messiah on Saturday.
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Sophomore Shakia Robinson (North Penn) contributed 18 points, seven rebounds and two steals in the University of Massachusett’s 78-55 win over Brown on Wednesday night. Robinson buried 7-of-11 shots from the floor.Redshirt sophomore guard Ashley Rosario (Harry S. Truman) scored 10 of her 14 points in the first half of Goldey-Beacom’s 80-74 win over West Florida in the second game of the UWF Thanksgiving Classic last Saturday.
Sophomore Mercedes Harris (Norristown) had another monster performance in Montgomery County Community College's 64-47 win over Gloucester County College on Saturday. The Norristown alum scored 26 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. The Mustangs are 8-1 overall and 4-0 in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference. On Thursday night, Harris lit up the net for 32 points in Montco's 74-62 win over Central Pennsylvania College. In Tuesday night’s 65-46 win over Harrisburg Area Community College, Harris led the Mustangs with 30 points. Teammate Kris
ty Ragbir (Wissahickon) added 11 points.
ty Ragbir (Wissahickon) added 11 points. Erin Gold (Council Rock North) scored a team-high 15 points in Wesleyan's 71-29 win over Keystone in Friday night's opening round of the Courtyard by Marriott Tournament. In Saturday's championship game, Gold scored 12 points and also had six assists, two steals and four rebounds in Wesleyan's 77-65 loss to Bridgewater. She earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
Freshman Daniella Ciccarone (Quakertown) is averaging 10.3 points off the bench for a Walsh University squad that is 5-3, 1-0 American Mideast Conference. Ciccarone is 37-of-42 from the foul line and is shooting a team-leading 88 percent in only 19 minutes a game. Ciccarone led all scorers with 15 points off the bench in Walsh’s 63-31 loss to the University of Massachusetts Lowell last Saturday.
Freshman Brittany Sandone (Souderton) leads Cabrini’s offense, averaging 9.8 points per game. Sandone scored a game-high 12 points in Cabrini’s 58-48 win over Rosemont College on Saturday. In Cabrini’s 65-57 loss to Gwynedd-Mercy on Thursday night, Sandone scored seven points.
Freshman Sarah Martin (Central Bucks East) scored eight points while junior guard Jen Sroba (Council Rock North) had four steals in Ursinus College’s 65-30 rout of Bryn Mawr on Thursday night. As a result of the win, the Bears improved to 5-1 overall, 3-0 Centennial. In Tuesday night’s 60-55 win over Franklin & Marshall, Martin scored a team-high 16 points
Senior Lindsey Tennett (Pennridge) came off the bench to score 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field in Holy Family’s 87-51 win over Wilmington on Wednesday night. Holy Family is ranked eighth in the most recent USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25.
Princeton senior Addie Micir (Council Rock North) was named the ECAC co-Player of the Week, it was announced on Tuesday. Micir was named the Ivy League co-Player of the Week after leading Princeton to a 1-1 record at the Vanderbilt Tournament and being named to the all-tournament team. In addition, she was named the GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete of the Week. Down by two with five seconds to play, Micir hit both of her free throws to give Princeton a 60-59 win over USC on Friday. She finished the game with 10 points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal. It was the first time a Princeton women's basketball team had ever beaten a PAC-10 team. In the championship game on Sunday against Vanderbilt, Micir led the team in scoring with a season-high 20 points. She shot 6-for-13 from long range, matching her career best of six three-pointers in a game. This time all six came in a single half.
Micir hit six three-pointers for the second time in as many games on Wednesday in Princeton’s 68-50 win over Delaware.
Freshman Shayla Felder (Cheltenham) scored 13 points, which included hitting 6-of-8 from the foul line, in Dowling’s 72-69 win over Bloomfield College last Sunday. For her performance, Felder was named the ECC Rookie of the Week.
Senior Kathryn Stockbower (Upper Dublin) scored 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds in Swarthmore’s 70-62 win over Ursinus College on Saturday. In Thursday’s 86-67 loss to No. 18 Muhlenberg, Stockbower contributed 18 points and 13 rebounds. The double-double was Stockbower’s fifth of the season and 69th of her career. On Tuesday night, Stockbower scored 13 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in Swarthmore’s 75-66 win over McDaniel.
Ashley Gale (Cheltenham) scored a team-high 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in La Salle’s 86-73 win over Tulsa on Sunday afternoon.
Senior Liz Leer (Abington) scored 16 of her game-high 18 points in the second half of American University’s 46-43 come-from-behind win over George Mason on Thursday night.
Nicole Pender (Cheltenham) scored nine points in Mansfield’s 83-74 win over Lock Haven on Wednesday. Heather McHugh (Norristown) scored eight points for Lock Haven while freshman Kelsey Ryan (Neshaminy) added five points.
In Lock Haven’s 75-58 win over Lincoln on Saturday, McHugh had 11 points and two steals while Ryan added eight points and four rebounds. Teammate Jamie Donovan (Central Bucks East) added three points.
Ashley Rosario (Harry S. Truman) contributed four points and six rebounds in Goldey-Beacom’s 71-62 win over Philadelphia University on Wednesday. For Philly U, Taylor Magnus (Plymouth Whitemarsh) contributed five points, which included a trey. In Philly U’s 73-68 win over Bloomsburg on Saturday, Magnus had three points – all from the foul line. Danielle Derr (Upper Dublin) had two points for the Huskies.
Brittany McClain (Harry S. Truman) contributed seven points and four rebounds in East Stroudsburg’s 79-51 loss to Felician on Saturday. In Friday’s opening round 73-55 loss to Nyack, McClain had 13 points. On Tuesday, McClain had 19 points and eight rebounds in ESU’s 68-52 loss to the University of the Sciences. She scored seven of ESU’s first 15 points. McClain is averaging 15.3 points and 7.7 rebounds a game.Teanna Ziegler (Souderton) contributed four points in Elizabethtown’s 57-50 win over Arcadia on Saturday afternoon.
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Shippensburg senior Sean Stetler (Central Bucks South) was his team’s No. 4 runner at Saturday’s 2010 NCAA Division II National Championships. He finished 59th with a time of 31:58.4. Shippensburg finished seventh in one of its best showings in school history.
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Bloomsburg saw its streak of four consecutive NCAA Division II championships come to an end on Thursday when the Huskies fell to Shippensburg 1-0 in the national semifinals at the University of Louisville. SOL alums on Bloomsburg’s roster were Julia Rush (Quakertown), Madison Schoch (Quakertown), Samantha Facciolla (Council Rock South) and Brieann Wolfe (Pennridge). SOL alums on Shippensburg’s roster are Kerry Senderling (North Penn), Chrstina Gaudio (Upper Merion) and Brittany Brown (Neshaminy). Shippensburg came up just short in its bid to win a national title, falling to UMass Lowell 1-0 in the title game.
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East Stroudsburg senior outside linebacker Matt Freed (Souderton) has been named the Daktronics Division II Super Region One Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year, it was announced Wednesday. Freed had 120 tackles, 14 tackles for a loss, 7.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and an interception in his final season for the Warriors as he wrapped up one of the top careers in school history. Freed, the only defensive player among the 24 candidates for the Harlon Hill Award for the top player in Division II, will be one of four players on the ballot for the Daktronics Defensive Player of the Year Award. He was also voted to the All-Region first team for the third straight season and is a two-time first team All-American. Freed finished his career ranked third in school history with 399 tackles and 45 tackles for a loss, 22.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and five interceptions as a four-year letter winner and three-year starter. His 228 career solo tackles and 5.3 solo tackles per game are both in the top 10 in Division II since 2000, and he ranks 13th in total career tackles.
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Shippensburg senior Tim Smullen (Upper Dublin) made his debut in the 1650-yard freestyle at the annual Zippy Invitational this weekend and posted a solid PSAC qualifying time of 16:59.80. Smullen also was part of the 400-yard relay team that posted a time of 3:11.47. R.J. Phiambolis (Pennridge) swam a PSAC qualifying time of 48.31 in the 100 free preliminaries. He finished 22nd in the final with a time of 48.72. He also finished 15th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:00.99. Joe Keefe (Neshaminy) finished 19th in the 200 back with a PSAC qualifying time of 1:57.76.
Bloomsburg’s Brendan Malone (Hatboro-Horsham) posted a time of 17:10.51 in the 1650 free, the seventh best time in school history. In the 200 breastroke, Tim Dorsch (Souderton) swam a 2:12.94, seventh best all-time at Bloomsburg. In the 200 fly, Mark DiLemmo (Central Bucks East) finished 11th with a time of 1:58.04. In the prelims, DiLemmo posted a mark of 1:57.70, sixth best in school history.
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Paige Whitmire (Souderton) was part of Penn State’s fourth place 400-freestyle relay team that posted a time of 3:20.19 on the final day of the Georgia Invitational on Sunday. The Nittany Lions finished fourth at the prestigious event. On Saturday, Whitmire placed seventh in the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.45, which bested the NCAA ‘B’ Standard. On Friday, Whitmire was part of Penn State’s third place 200-free relay team at the Georgia Invitational.Shippensburg’s Colleen Stiles (North Penn) finished 21st in the 1650 free with a time of 18:28.53 at the annual Zippy Invitational this weekend. Teammate Alyssa Boeggeman (Neshaminy) was part of Shippensburg’s 400 free relay team that finished 10th with a time of 3:41.91.
Bloomsburg’s Madeline Barlow (Pennsbury) finished seventh overall in the 200 fly with a time of 2:09.01, the fifth best in school history, in Sunday’s Zippy Invitational.
Senior Amy Rowland (Upper Moreland) was part of East Stroudsburg’s third place 200-free relay that posted a time of 1:40.00 at the Grove City Winter Invitational this weekend. Rowland took seventh in the 200 back (2:20.95), fifth in the 50 free (25:20) and seventh in the 200 back (2:20.95).
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Shippensburg’s Eric Wolfe (Central Bucks) posted PSAC qualifying times in the 400-meter dash (52.25) as well as the 4x400 relay (3:25.20). Teammate Kyle Raguz (Central Bucks) also posted qualifying times in the 400-meter dash (52.28) and was part of the same 4x400 relay as Wolfe.
Millersville junior Zac Kohler (Pennridge) finished third with 3,809 points in the heptathlon at Lehigh’s Multi Event this weekend.
East Stroudsburg’s Alfred McHanley (Cheltenham) finished third in the long jump (25-5 ½) in this weekend’s Lehigh Valley Season Opener.
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Laura Henzy (Neshaminy) was part of Shippensburg’s 4x400-meter relay that finished second only to Georgetown in this weekend’s Bucknell Season Opener. She also turned in a PSAC qualifying time of 42.15 in the 300-meter dash. Others attaining PSAC qualifying marks were Caitlin Stuetz (Cheltenham) in the 300-meter dash with a time of 44.21. Stuetz was part of the 4x400 relay that posted a time of 4:15.35.
Millersville senior Jess Rhyner (Quakertown) collected 2,788 points in the women’s pentathlon to place third amongst the seven competitors at Lehigh’s Multi-Event this weekend. Rhyner’s top event was the long jump where she captured second place, jumping a distance of 5.31 meters.
East Stroudsburg’s Kayla Littrell (William Tennent) finished 19th with a time of 29:16 in the 200 meters at this weekend’s Lehigh Valley Season Opener.
WRESTLING
East Stroudsburg senior Jesse Dunn (Harry S. Truman) won a 5-4 decision over Shippensburg’s John Lindquist (Neshaminy) at 165 in the 2010 PSAC Wrestling Championships on Saturday. Dunn was pinned by No. 2 Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Clarion and lost an 8-6 decision to Edinboro’s Ethan Saylor.
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