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Picard Reaches 1,000-Point Milestone*
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AJ Picard (Souderton) didn’t have his sights set on reaching the 1,000-point milestone when he embarked on his collegiate career, but the former Souderton standout reached that magical plateau on Monday night in Cabrini’s 95-84 win over Gwynedd Mercy College.
“It’s a great accomplishment as a player,” Picard said after the game. “I got it in high school - I really didn’t think I could do it again in college, but I did.
“That’s just because every year I had people around me that set me up for success and coaches that believed in me. That’s why I accomplished it again.”
Picard, who transferred to Cabrini for his senior year, amassed 894 points in three seasons at Goldey-Beacom College. He surpassed the 1,000-point mark with a three-point play with 8:35 remaining in the game.
“That’s a great accomplishment,” Cabrini coach Marcus Kahn said. “Whether they got all their 1,000 points here or not, that’s a great milestone for any player to reach.
“It speaks volumes to the work he has put in over the course of his college career. To do that at the start of his senior year when he has the rest of the year to go – that means he should be finishing well over that mark, which is very impressive.”
Picard finished the game with 20 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. He is averaging 16.1 points a game through eight games.
“What he’s brought to our program – we knew we would be having a new point guard this year,” Kahn said. “We brought in two freshmen to play that role. What he’s done is given us stability and now allows us to bring along those freshman while getting a Division II level point guard in our program, which is what we had.
“He certainly makes our team better and gives us a lot of stability at probably the most important position on our team. He’s done a great job for us. He’s a pleasure to be working with.”
Cabrini is off to an 8-0 start, and Picard is one of trio of players leading the charge, joining forces with Fran Rafferty (Upper Merion) and Aaron Walton-Moss. Rafferty is averaging 17.1 points a game and Walton-Moss is the team’s top scorer, averaging 25.9 a game.
“We work well with each other,” Picard said. “We started getting our chemistry early in the season. We knew if we got the chemistry together and got everyone involved – the sky is the limit. We’re all clicking on all cylinders.”
Cabrini is ranked sixth in the latest poll.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Senior Dalton Pepper (Pennsbury) scored 20 points and tied his career-high with five assists in Temple’s 81-80 overtime loss to Texas at Wells Fargo Center on Sunday In Wednesday’s 77-69 win over St. Joe’s, Pepper had 16 points.
Sophomore Travis Bryan (Hatboro-Horsham) had eight rebounds in DeSales University’s 78-62 win over FDU-Florham on Wednesday.
Chris Davis (Norristown) scored 16 points in Alvernia’s 67-66 win over Lycoming on Wednesday. Teammate Steve Schneider (Central Bucks South) added eight points, including a pair of three-point baskets.
Marcus Badger (Plymouth Whitemarsh) scored 12 points in Randolph-Macon’s 66-56 win over Washington & Lee on Wednesday.
Ryan Connolly (Souderton) scored 18 points in his return to the lineup after missing a game due to injury. He connected on three three-pointers in Kutztown’s 85-74 win over Mansfield on Wednesday. Josh Johnson (Norristown), this week’s PSAC East Freshman of the Week, continued his streak of double-digit scoring efforts, finishing with 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting while only playing 16 minutes due to foul trouble. In Saturday’s 85-71 loss to West Chester, Johnson scored 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting. He has scored in double figures in each of his first six games, the first KU freshman to do so since Kevin Handy did so in each of his first seven in the 1999-2000 season.
Zach Sibel (Pennsbury) hit four treys and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line as he ended the day with 18 points and four boards in Delaware Valley’s 69-56 win at Eastern on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 74-64 win over King’s College, Sibel hit six three-pointers and matched his career high with 20 points.
Freshman Arron Goodman (Council Rock North) scored 16 points in Gwynedd Mercy’s 98-79 win over Cairn on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 57-56 win over Neumann, Goodman scored 13 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to record his sixth double-double of the season.
Senior Connor Poston (Hatboro-Horsham) connected on the game-winning free throw with four seconds to lift Gettysburg College past Washington College 60-59 on Saturday. He finished with 16 points and five rebounds. For Washington College, Sean Brooks (North Penn) had six points and three assists. In Tuesday’s 70-65 win at Johns Hopkins, Poston scored 16 points and pulled down 17 rebounds.
Senior Fran Rafferty (Upper Merion) scored 11 points in No. 6 Cabrini’s 100-71 win over Baptist Bible College on Saturday. In Tuesday’s 95-84 win over Gwynedd Mercy, Rafferty had a season high 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting in just 25 minutes of play. AJ Picard added 20 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Senior guard Nick Christian (Bensalem) had 10 points and nine rebounds in Philadelphia University’s 79-69 win over Felician on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 76-68 win over Chestnut Hill, Christian had six assists. In last Sunday’s 82-67 loss to Dominican (N.Y.), Christian also had six assists.
Justin Lewis (Upper Merion) scored 20 points in Cairn University’s 98-79 loss to Gwynedd Mercy on Saturday.
Junior forward Mike Marvin (Hatboro-Horsham) scored his 1,000th career point with his first basket of the game in Wednesday’s 73-69 win over NEAC conference foe Gallaudet. He ended up leading the squad with 21 points.
Sophomore Ryan Arcidiacono (Neshaminy) contributed 11 points and four assists in No. 14 Villanova’s 98-68 win over St. Joe’s on Saturday.
Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown) scored 14 points in Bloomsburg’s 80-61 win over Shippensburg on Saturday. The win was the sixth straight for the Huskies. In Wednesday’s 72-57 win over Cheyney, Christmas scored 10 points.
Junior All-America guard Whis Grant (Plymouth Whitemarsh) had 24 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals as No. 17 East Stroudsburg continued its unbeaten start with a 96-68 win at Millersville on Saturday. Grant was 5-for-6 from the three-point line. He has scored 100 points in ESU’s 4-0 divisional start, becoming the first Warrior in 12 years under head coach Jeff Wilson to score 20-plus in four straight games with 23 against Mansfield, 29 at Kutztown, 24 versus Lock Haven and 24 at Millersville. He averaged 14.0 points in four non-conference wins. In Wednesday’s 102-87 win over Lock Haven, Grant had 24 points.
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Sophomore guard Helena Gemmell (Council Rock North) had a career-high 12 points, five rebounds and four steals in East Stroudsburg’s 75-64 loss to Millersville on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 75-67 win over Lock Haven, Gemmell had seven points, five rebounds, five assists and nine steals.
Alex Wheatley (Council Rock South) had 15 points in Princeton’s 110-90 loss to Oregon last Sunday.
Shippensburg sophomore Stephanie Knauer (North Penn) was named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 1 after leading the Raiders to an 81-70 home win over Bowie State. Knauer led SU with 20 points and posted her third double-double of the season with 15 rebounds to guide SU to victory. Knauer had already recorded her double-double by halftime as she shot 6-of-8 from the floor and 8-of-13 from the free throw line on the game to go along with an assist and a block. Knauer has scored 20 or more points in all but one game this season and ranks second in the PSAC with 19.3 points per game and fourth with 10.2 rebounds per game. It is the eighth weekly award of her career and her first of the season.
Knauer had 16 points and shot 10-of-12 from the free throw line in Shippensburg’s 92-83 win over defending conference champion Bloomsburg on Saturday.
Sophomore Carley Kendall (Souderton) pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds and also added two blocks in Washington College’s 49-48 win over McDaniel on Thursday.
Kelsey Ryan (Neshaminy) scored nine points and added five rebounds in 24 minutes in Lock Haven’s 75-67 loss to East Stroudsburg on Wednesday. In Monday’s 62-60 loss to Chestnut Hill, Ryan had six rebounds.
Junior guard Shayla Felder (Cheltenham) scored eight points in Chestnut Hill’s 65-53 loss to Philadelphia University on Wednesday. In Monday’s 62-60 win over Lock Haven, Felder led the way with 20 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Sarah Kiely (Council Rock North) had 10 rebounds to lead American in the Eagles’ 47-41 win over Drexel on Sunday afternoon. In last Sunday’s 77-54 win of Dartmouth, Kiely had 10 points and eight rebounds.
Jessica Schmidt (Abington) put up a double-double in Penn State Abington’s 71-45 loss to St. Elizabeth on Saturday, scoring 19 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. In Wednesday’s 55-41 loss to Gallaudet, Schmidt posted 18 points and 15 rebounds. Freshman guard Kayla Nolan (Abington) contributed 14 points.
Senior Brittany Sandone (Souderton) scored 14 points to lead Cabrini to a 92-43 win at Cairn University on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 87-27 win at Notre Dame (Md.), Sandone had 11 points. She had nine points in Cabrini’s 63-55 win over Gwynedd Mercy on Monday.
Ginny Edwards (Central Bucks South) had eight rebounds and two points in Wilkes University’s 66-45 loss to DeSales on Saturday.
Colleen Hinde (Wissahickon) scored 10 points in Neumann University’s 70-61 loss to Immaculata on Saturday. In Monday’s 89-86 loss to Keystone College, Hinde had 13 points.
Freshman Curtrena Goff (Upper Dublin) scored 13 points in Rosemont’s 72-26 win over the Notre Dame of Maryland University on Wednesday. In Monday’s 97-84 loss to Marywood, Goff had 11 points.
Natasha Matthews (Norristown) had eight points in Gwynedd Mercy’s 85-38 win over Baptist Bible on Sunday. In Wednesday’s 80-78 loss to Marywood, Matthews had a game-high 21 points. Jordan Dominic (Pennridge) had eight points, two assists and two steals. In Monday’s 63-55 loss to Cabrini, Matthews had seven points while Dominic had five.
Sophomore Ciara ‘CC’ Andrews (Cheltenham) connected on 7-of-12 shots from the floor, scoring 14 points and pulling down two rebounds in St. Joe’s 63-60 win over Villanova on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 73-53 win over Temple, Andrews had 10 points and two rebounds. In Sunday’s 84-69 win over Quinnipiac, Andrews came off the bench to score 12 points in 23 minutes of action. St. Joe’s is 7-1 on the season.
Junior center Emily Leer (Abington) scored 12 points in Villanova’s 63-60 loss to St. Joe’s on Saturday.
Lexi Scrivano (Central Bucks East) had eight points in Millersville’s 75-64 win over East Stroudsburg on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman center Tyra Roberts (Bensalem) scored 12 points in Alvernia’s 72-59 loss to Albright on Saturday. She had 14 points in Alvernia’s 65-61 loss to Lycoming College on Wednesday.
Shannon Barlow (Neshaminy) scored eight points in Delaware Valley’s 85-65 loss at Eastern University on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 77-56 win over King’s College, Barlow had 13 points and five boards.
Point guard Amie Eppolito (Pennsbury) had 10 points in Cairn University’s 92-43 loss to Cabrini on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 84-29 loss to Centenary, Eppolito shot 6-for-14 from the floor, scoring 16 points. Eppolito had 11 points in Cairn University’s 81-32 loss to Marywood on Monday.
FIELD HOCKEY
Bloomsburg senior Samantha Facciolla (Council Rock South) was named a 2013 second team All-American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA). A senior midfielder, this is the first All-American honor of her career. A two-time All-PSAC selection (second team All-East in 2012 and third time All-PSAC in 2013), Facciolla scored the first two goals of her career this season and assisted on two others while starting all 20 games for Bloomsburg. Her first career goal came in a win over Mansfield while her second was in a victory over Kutztown. Bloomsburg finished the season with a 13-7 record and reached the second round of the conference postseason tournament.
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Shippensburg senior defensive end Jake Metz (Souderton) was named the Super Region I Defensive Player of the Year, joining junior wide receiver Trevor Harman on the 2013 Daktronics All-Super Region 1 First Team. It is the second year he has been named to the first team. Metz was the top vote getter at defensive end. The PSAC East Defensive Player of the Year, Metz totaled 11.0 sacks – a half sack short of tying his single-season school record – as well as 18.0 tackles for a loss (13th nationally) for a Division II-leading 113 yards. His 1.0 sacks-per-game average ranks among the Top10 nationally.
West Chester senior Trey Farmer (North Penn) was named to the 2013 Daktronics, Inc., All Super Region I first team. The North Penn grad finished seventh out of 14 candidates in the regional voting for the Gene Upshaw Award. He is one of three offensive linemen for the Golden Rams that were honored on either the first or second team. The three linemen are a big reason why West Chester (12-1) won the Super Region I championship. The trio opened holes for Rondell White to run into the record book while also protecting the quarterback, who turned in one of the most prolific seasons in West Chester history as well. The Golden Rams rank 37th in the nation in rushing with just under 200 yards per game average.
West Chester junior Derek Schatz (Council Rock South) was named to the 2013 Daktronics, Inc., All Super Region I second team. He is one of three offensive linemen for the Golden Rams that were honored on either the first or second team. The three linemen are a big reason why West Chester (12-1) played in the regional championship game. The trio opened holes for Rondell White to run into the record book while also protecting the quarterback, who turned in one of the most prolific seasons in West Chester history as well. The Golden Rams rank 37th in the nation in rushing with just under 200 yards per game average.
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West Chester punter Rich Bruno (Council Rock South) was named to the 2013 Daktronics, Inc., All Super Region I second team. He is ranked 17th in Division II in punting with 42.1 yards per punt average. However, he does not have enough punts to qualify for the leaderboard. As it is, West Chester is fourth in Division II in net punting because of Bruno. He has put 12 punts inside the 20-yard line this season and boomed seven punts over 50 yards, including a 74-yarder.
Brandon Pepper (Pennsbury) returned an interception for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to help break open a tight game and lead No. 15 West Chester to a 28-7 win over No. 6 Shepherd in the Super Region I Championship of the NCAA Division II Tournament on Saturday at Rams Stadium in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Pepper’s interception was one of two interceptions returned for TDs in a 17-second span. Pepper finished with a pair of interceptions and now has intercepted a pass in each of the Golden Rams’ three postseason contests. He has three INT’s and one forced fumble combined in the team’s three NCC Tournament games. West Chester advances to the national semifinals where the Golden Rams will face Lenoir-Rhyne.
California University (of Pa.) junior offensive lineman Jack Abercrombie (Hatboro-Horsham) was named to the 2013 Daktronics All-Super Region 1 second team. The Hatboro grad started all 11 games this season at center after playing right guard last year. A team captain, he anchored an offensive line that helped Cal U average 360.1 yards of total offense and 28.5 points per game.
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
IUP’s Andrew Richey (William Tennent) was part of the 200-yard medley relay that set a school record and helped to lead the men to a first place finish at the Zippy Invitational. He also hit the PSAC standard in the 200 freestyle with a time below 1:52.48.
UNC sophomore Ozzie Moyer (Souderton) finished third in three-meter diving at the 2013 Janis Hape Dowd Nike Cup earlier this fall. He also captured fourth place in the one-meter diving. Moyer was named the ACC Male Diver of the Week for the week ending Nov. 3 after Carolina’s dual meet win over No. 13 Louisville. Moyer took first place in three-meter diving and second place in one-meter diving. Moyer achieved an NCAA zone diving qualification on the three-meter board with a score of 373.80 points, his career high total. His previous best was 366.15 points as a freshman. His score also made him the fifth highest scorer in the ACC this year in the event.
La Salle’s Dave Derr (Upper Dublin) tested his skills against some of the nation’s stiffest competition Friday at the AT&T Winter National Championships in Knoxville, Tenn. Derr swam in the 100-yard backstroke, posting a 46th place finish in the 65-swimmer field in the 100-yard backstroke when he touched the wall at 50:42.
Bloomsburg’s Matt Ortlieb (North Penn) posted a PSAC qualifying time in the 100 fly with a time of 52.43 in the preliminaries and then lowered that in the ‘B’ final with a time of 52.09 to take 10th. He also posted a PSAC qualifying time in the 200 IM. Tyler Washington (Central Bucks West) took fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.85. Pat Stasio (Hatboro-Horsham) was part of the 200 medley relay that finished third with a time of 1:34.65. Mark DiLemmo (Central Bucks East) finished eighth in the 500 free finals, and he also posted a PSAC qualifying time in the 200 IM. Greg Beyer (Wissahickon) posted a PSAC qualifying time in the 500 free with a time of 4:57.36 in the preliminaries.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Junior Chelsea Kozior (Council Rock South) won the 200 free with a time of 2:02.89 in Ursinus College’s 134-71 win over Swarthmore on Saturday. Freshman Marisa Ferrari (Central Bucks East) was second in the 200 free with a time of 2:05.25.
IUP’s Caroline Rudkin (Upper Dublin) hit the conference mark in the 100 back with a time of 59.75.
Taylor Mateja (Upper Merion) finished fourth in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:25.33 in Franklin & Marshall’s 122-80 win over Widener on Saturday.
Alex Wheatley (Upper Dublin) was part of the 400 medley relay that broke a Bloomsburg school record and posted a NCAA ‘B’ cut time at the Zippy Invitational at the University of Akron on Saturday. The relay posted a time of 3:51.21, breaking the school record of 3:55.23 set two years ago. The time easily went under the ‘B’ cut standard of 3:54.36. Wheatley also set a school record in the 100 backstroke when she swam a 58.06 in the prelims to break the previous mark of 58.59. She then turned around in the evening and lowered her own mark to 57.51 to tie for sixth in the ‘A’ final. The time also was an NCAA ‘B’ cut time. Teammate Chelsea Wysong (Springfield) posted a PSAC qualifying mark in the 200 IM with a time of 2:13.51, which is under the standard of 2:15.73.
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
University of Pittsburgh freshman Chris Spadaro (Council Rock South) highlighted the jumps on the men’s side on the final day of the Golden Flash Gala hosted by Kent State University with a second place finish in the long jump (6.65M) and taking fourth in the triple jump (13.87M).
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Gwynedd Mercy sophomore Zakiyyah Richardson (Pennsbury) captured first place in the 60-meter dash at the Ursinus College Bow-Tie Invitational, posting a time of 7.69 seconds. The performance was just off Richardson’s best of 7.66 from a year ago. She bettered the ECAC standard of 8.10 seconds. Richardson also was part of the 4x200 relay that finished fourth, posting a time of 1:51.17.
WRESTLING
Ursinus junior Richard Jasinski (Pennridge) finished fourth on the day at the Petrofes Invitational hosted by Messiah College on Saturday. He had an 8-2 win over Erik Meyers of McDaniel, then scored a 16-5 major decision over Stephen Turner of Wilkes before falling to Larry Cannon of Messiah, 4-2.
Penn State senior James Vollrath (Council Rock South) took on No. 13 Nestor Taffur at 157 in one of the most anticipated match-ups of the Nittany Lions’ match against Boston University on Friday and nearly pulled off the upset. Taffur was able to notch a takedown with just :14 left and, after a late Vollrath escape, fight off his final effort and escaped with a 5-4 win. Penn State came away with a 34-6 win over the Terriers. In Sunday’s match against Pittsburgh at a sold-out Bryce Jordan Center, Vollrath earned a strong 7-2 win over Cole Sheplock at 157. Penn State, the three-time defending NCAA champions, earned a 28-9 win in front of 15,996 fans.
Bloomsburg’s Matt Rappo (Council Rock South) finished second at 141 at the 2013 PSAC championships on Saturday at Edinboro University. Rappo, seeded third, beat AJ Fisher of Seton Hill by a fall in 3:52 to start the day. He followed that with an 8-0 win over sixth seeded Mitch Voelker of Kutztown and a 12-4 win over Pitt-Johnstown’s Dave Cawley in the semifinals. In the finals, he lost to nationally-ranked Mitchell Port of Edinboro. The Huskies, ranked 24th in the USA Today/NWCA/AWN Coaches poll, finished second as a team.
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