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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Kutztown’s Anthony Lee (Abington) was rewarded for another effective week with his fourth PSAC Eastern 
Division Freshman of the Week award of the season for the week ending Jan. 31. His four Freshman of the Week honors are the most for a Golden Bear since Josh Johnson (Norristown) had four two years ago. Lee averaged 21 points last week while shooting 50 percent from the field and making 15-of-17 free throws as Kutztown went 2-0 and moved into second place in the division. He posted his best games of the year against Kutztown’s best competition. On Jan. 16 at East Stroudsburg, he scored a season-high 28 points. Against 17th-ranked West Chester, Lee scored 23 points on 7-for-12 shooting, including a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line. He grabbed seven rebounds and added three assists. Against Millersville, he contributed 19 points, four rebounds and added three assists. Lee not only has scored in double figures in eight straight games since the calendar turned to 2016, he has scored 16-plus in those eight games. He now leads the East in free throw percentage at 89.4 percent, and over the last five games, he made 36-of-41. For the season, he co-leads the team at 13.8 points per game, leads the team at 58.8 percent shooting from the field and 47.9 percent from 3-point range and ranks third at 4.7 rebounds per game. His 3-point percentage is on pace to break the KU single season record while his free throw percentage ranks second best in school history.
Josh Johnson (Norristown) finished with 21 points, eight rebounds and two blocks in Kutztown’s 81-78 win over Shippensburg on Saturday. Ryan Connolly (Souderton) was 4-for-6 from beyond the arc and ended the game with 16 points. Lee had 13 points and five rebounds. In Wednesday’s 90-71 win over Lock Haven, Johnson notched his second straight and eighth double-double of the season with 24 points and 11 rebounds. He was a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line, the seventh player in program history to make at least 11 free throws in a game without a miss. Lee came up with a season high four steals.
Senior Ryan Arcidiacono (Neshaminy) scored 16 points in No. 3 Villanova’s 72-60 road win over No. 11 Providence on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 83-58 win over Creighton before a sellout crowd of 6,500, Arcidiacono contributed nine points and four rebounds.
Jaylen Bond (Plymouth Whitemarsh) notched his sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and a game high 13 rebounds in Temple’s 83-79 overtime win over Tulsa Thursday. It was Temple’s first ever win against Tulsa.
Gwynedd Mercy junior Arron Goodman (Council Rock North) was named to the Colonial State Athletic 
Conference Men’s Basketball Honor Roll for the week ending Jan. 31. The CR North graduate averaged over 20 points in two CSAC wins. He was 15-of-31 shooting (48.4 percent), 2-for-4 from three-point range and 9-of-10 at the free throw line. Goodman also added 14 rebounds along with two blocks and two assists. In Gwynedd’s win over Cabrini, he scored 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting and added five boards. At Keystone, Goodman netted a season high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds. On the season, he is averaging 15.5 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting over 56 percent from the floor.
Goodman scored 15 points while Julian Hyden (Bensalem) added 13 in Gwynedd Mercy’s 98-80 win over Rosemont in Saturday’s special fundraiser, #PlayForJalenAndJP, the children of Griffin head coach John Baron. Jaylen and JP’s mother is courageously battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer and with each game around the CSAC Saturday, there was a $2 admission charge with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Jaylen and JP. In Wednesday’s 88-77 loss to Neumann, Hyden had a game high 24 points. In Monday’s 75-73 CSAC win at Immaculata, Hyden led the way with a game high 24 points while Goodman scored 10 points and Aaron Morgan (Council Rock North) had seven. Morgan’s two big free throws late in the game gave Gwynedd Mercy the lead for good.
Sophomore Aaron Burton (Cheltenham) contributed eight points and eight rebounds in DeSales University’s 73-58 win over Delaware Valley University on Saturday. With the win, DeSales moved into a first place tie with Del Val.
Wes Brooks (North Penn) once again hit the game-winning shot for the Green Terror, this time putting back his own miss with 14.1 seconds to play in McDaniel’s 65-64 win over Ursinus on Saturday. Brooks finished with a game high 21 points. Josh McWilliams (Council Rock North) drained a pair of three-pointers in the game’s final 1:18. In Tuesday’s 73-66 loss to Dickinson, Brooks scored 10 points and McWilliams added six.
Julian Bond (Plymouth Whitemarsh) scored nine points in Lock Haven’s 90-71 loss to Kutztown on Wednesday.
Dave Knox (Central Bucks South) recorded a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds in Washington College’s 69-62 loss to Dickinson on Saturday. It was his fourth double-double of the season and 13th of his career. In Tuesday’s 79-69 loss to Haverford, Knox had a team high 16 points to go along with seven rebounds.
Senior Mark Wonderling (Souderton) turned in his best performance of the year in Ursinus College’s 79-53 win over Washington College on Thursday, contributing 12 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Freshman guard Jimmy Murray (Plymouth Whitemarsh) scored 23 points in Moravian’s 88-66 loss to No. 18 Susquehanna University on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 68-53 loss to Scranton, Murray tallied eight points and four rebounds.
Tom Townsend (Council Rock South) nailed several timely three-pointers and finished with a career high 15 points off the bench in Millersville’s 61-50 win over Cheyney on Wednesday.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Senior Alex Wheatley (Council Rock South) scored 16 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone in Princeton’s 92-83 win over Harvard in overtime on Sunday. The CR South grad came into the game 16 points away from the milestone, and that’s exactly how many she got. She became the 24th women’s basketball player in program history with at least 1,000 points. Wheatley also added 13 rebounds and five assists. In Friday night’s 85-48 win over Dartmouth, Wheatley scored 11 points.
Sophomore Kaitlin Kelly (Pennsbury) contributed nine points and seven rebounds in DeSales University’s 62-49 win over Delaware Valley University on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 77-45 win over Misericordia, Kelly had a team high five assists.
Freshman Regie Robinson (Upper Merion) scored 15 points in Eastern University’s 78-64 loss to FDU-Florham on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 76-47 win over Wilkes, Robinson tallied a double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds.
Alysha Lofton (Central Bucks South) had eight points, five rebounds, four assists and a blocked shot in No. 15 Albright’s 71-63 win over Messiah College on Saturday, extending its winning streak to eight straight games. Emily O’Donnell (William Tennent) added eight points. In Wednesday’s 85-65 win over Arcadia, O’Donnell finished with 11 points while Lofton led the Lions with 11 rebounds.
Amie Eppolito (Pennsbury) scored nine points and pulled down nine rebounds in Cairn University’s 82-37 loss to Cabrini on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 77-34 loss to Neumann University, Eppolito played all 40 minutes and finished with nine points.
Sophomore Ashlee Ruzicka (Quakertown) scored six points in Lycoming College’s 71-58 loss to Stevenson University last Monday.
Sophomore Vicky Tumasz (North Penn) hit a pair of three-pointers to finish with six points off the bench in Shippensburg’s 86-81 road win over Kutztown on Saturday.
Junior guard Rachel Falkowski (Central Bucks South) scored nine points in East Stroudsburg’s 64-47 win over Cheyney on Saturday.
Freshman Taylor Thames (North Penn) recorded a career high 11 points in Kutztown’s 86-81 loss to first place Shippensburg on Saturday. Keifonna Ferguson (Norristown) contributed six points.
Sophomore Allison Gallgher (Souderton) scored a team high 19 points to go along with six boards and two blocks in Widener’s 72-63 loss to Stevenson on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 67-64 loss to Lebanon Valley, Gallagher finished with 15 points and seven rebounds to go along with three steals.
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Junior Dylan Cooper (William Tennent) was part of the second place 200 free relay in Ursinus College’s 105-100 loss to Franklin & Marshall on Friday. The Bears lost the final event of the night by a mere .19 seconds. Freshman Maxwell Coulter (Pennridge) placed third in the 100 breast.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Junior Emily Houser (Upper Dublin) finished second in both the 200 freestyle (2:02.77) and the 500 free (5:27.71) in Dickinson’s 110.5-94.5 win over Swarthmore on Saturday. She also was part of the winning 200 free relay that posted a mark of 1:43.00. In Wednesday’s 119-85 loss to Gettysburg, Houser finished second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:02.26. She also was part of the second place 200 free relay that posted a 
time of 1:43.72.
Marist sophomore Megan Berardelli (Wissahickon) was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Swimmer and Diver of the Week for the week ending Jan. 31. Berardelli won all four diving events she competed in during the week. She won the 1-meter dive with a mark of 233.65 points in the home finale versus Seton Hall and also took the top spot at three maters with 279.22 points. At Binghamton, Berardelli racked up 258.75 points in the 1-meter event and posted a winning score of 270.90 points at three meters.
Junior Marisa Ferrari (Central Bucks East) was part of the first place 200 free relay that posted a time of 1:42.87 in Ursinus College’s 139-66 win over Franklin & Marshall on Friday. In Saturday’s 114-65 win over Bryn Mawr, Ferrari was part of the first place 200 medley relay (1:56.92).
La Salle freshman Olivia DiStefano (North Penn) was named Women’s Swimming and Diving Rookie of the Week in the Atlantic 10 for the week ending Jan. 31. The North Penn grad won the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.18 seconds and finished second in the 50 backstroke in 27.63, just .21 seconds off the winner in a dual meet at Penn. This is the fourth time this season that DiStefano has been honored by the Atlantic 10 with a weekly award.
Kutztown sophomore Bridget Perdoch (Pennsbury) posted a career best mark in the 500m free at the East Stroudsburg Invitational on Saturday. The Pennsbury graduate finished second in the event in 5:36.76. Caitlyn Falguera (Hatboro-Horsham) placed fifth in the 100 backstroke (1:08.05) and sixth in the 200 back (2:24.88).
Rebecca Samson (Council Rock North) was part of East Stroudsburg’s winning 400 medley relay that posted a time of 4:14.51 at its annual ESU Invitational on Saturday. Shirley Samson (Council Rock North) posted PSAC qualifying times in the 100 breast (1:10.91) and 200 breast (2:33.68).
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Pitt junior Chris Spadaro (Council Rock South) set a personal record in the triple jump on the third and final day of the Doc Hale Elite Meet on the Campus of Virginia Tech on Saturday. Coming off a personal record in the long jump Friday, Spadaro set a personal record with a distance of 14.76. He was the third collegiate finisher in the event and fifth overall and bettered his previous career mark of 14.35, which he set last outdoor season. On Friday, Spadaro placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 7.05 meters.
Jeff Wiseman (Council Rock North) and Drew Magaha (Council Rock North) were part of the University of Pennsylvania’s 4×400 relay that finished second at the Villanova Invitational on Saturday with a time of 3:15.26. Penn finished first as a team in the nine-team field. Last Saturday, Wiseman and Magaha were part of the 4×400 relay that finished first at Navy’s Wesley Brown Invitational with a time of 3:20.61.
Sophomore Mitch Schlegel (Souderton) ran a personal best in one event and had a season best in another 
for the Elizabethtown College men’s track and field team at the Bucknell Bison Open & Multi. For his performance, he was named the Landmark Conference’s Indoor Athlete of the Week for the week ending Jan. 31. In the preliminaries of the 200m dash, Schlegel posted the fastest time for an E-town sprinter since 2010, breaking 23 seconds for the first time in 22.97. The time is the sixth fastest in school history. Previously, Schlegel had the program’s seventh best time in the 200. His time at Bucknell was the 10th best in the prelims and qualified him for the event final. Schlegel finished in 23.25 and placed eighth overall in the final. After the weekend, the sophomore owned the fastest 200m time in the Landmark Conference. Schlegel competed in a second individual event, the 400m dash. The Souderton grad ran 53.56, a season best and the sixth fastest 400m time in the conference. He also was one leg of the men’s 4x400m relay team that finished in 3:36.16 to close out the meet. The Blue Jays already have the fastest time of all the conference teams.
Elizabethtown senior Sam Brooks (Wissahickon) finished third overall in the 800m run with a time of 1:59.86 at the Crusader Classic at Susquehanna University on Saturday. Schlegeltook fifth in the 200m dash with a time of 23.25. He and Brooks were also members of the second place 4×400 relay team that turned in a season best time of 3:30.88 and was second only to Shippensburg.
Shippensburg senior Jalen Ramsey (Norristown) cleared 6 feet, six inches in the high jump for first place and a season best at Susquehanna’s Crusader Classic on Saturday. Junior Alec Brand (Central Bucks East) finished fourth overall and got his PSAC cut in the 5K by running 15:47.80.
East Stroudsburg junior Sean Hagerty (Pennridge) won the long jump with a PR of 22-9 at the 17th Annual DeSchriver Invitational on Saturday at Koehler Fieldhouse. He also won the long jump as a freshman in 2014. Eric Conard (Souderton) was second in the pole vault (13-1 ½) and 12th in the 55m hurdles where he posted a PSAC qualifying time of 8.27.
La Salle sophomore Chris Berry (Central Bucks West) posted an 8:33.70 in the 3000m run for fourth place out of 14 entries at the Yale Giegengack Invitational on Saturday. Sophomore Joseph Leconey (North Penn) finished seventh in the 800m run with a time of 1:58.20. In last Saturday’s Lehigh Covert Classic, Leconey placed third in the 1000 meters with a time of 2:37.93, and Berry was fourth out of 28 entries in the 3000 meters. Berry ran an 8:54.45 for the top four finish. Sophomore Fran Ferruzzi (Upper Dublin) finished 15th in the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:49.89.
Widener junior Alex Cucciarre (Souderton) finished third in the shot put with a personal throw of 13.96 meters (45’-9.75”) at the Villanova Invitational on Saturday.
Lock Haven junior Lamier Dodson (Bensalem) recorded a season best mark in the weight throw with a toss of 49-08.25 at the Youngstown National Invite on Saturday. He was 10th out of 26.
Kutztown redshirt sophomore Anthony Bullaro (Pennsbury) posted his second top 10 time of the season on Saturday at the DeSchriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg University. He placed third overall in the 55m hurdles in a career best and PSAC qualifying time of 7.86 seconds. It puts him in a tie for the eighth best time in the event in school history. Jhaloni Johnson (Springfield) and Ron Smith (Neshaminy) were part of the winning 4×400 relay team that crossed the line in 3:26.17. Smith placed eighth in the 200m dash with a time of 23.32. Senior Chris Varichione (Quakertown) placed fifth in the shot put with an existing PSAC mark of 48-06.00. He also had a strong showing in the weight throw, placing second with another existing PSAC mark of 52-06.50.
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Pitt sophomore Melanie Vlasic (North Penn) set a personal record en route to a third place overall finished in the mile with a time of 4:51.66 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet on the campus of Virginia Tech on Friday. Vlasic ran four seconds faster than her previous career best and was just three tenths of a second away from winning the race.
Temple senior Sydnee Jacques (North Penn) logged an 11.66m jump to place third overall in the triple jump at Saturday night’s Villanova Invitational.
Bloomsburg’s Jessica Quesenberry (Wissahickon) posted a time of 19:00.38 in the 5000m at the YSU National Invitational at Youngstown State University on Friday.
Emily Magnant (Hatboro-Horsham), Dara Lindsey (Central Bucks East) and Courtney Taylor (Central Bucks South) were part of West Chester’s first place 4x200m relay team that posted a time of 1:45.32 at the DeSchriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg University on Saturday. Emily Dusellier (Souderton) was part of the winning 4×400 relay that posted a time of 4:03.28. Christine Johnson (North Penn) was runner-up in the weight throw with a toss of 50-11 while finishing eighth in the shot put, putting it 36-9 ½. Sara Damon (Pennridge) was eighth in the 5000m.
Elizabethtown sophomore Kelsy Brady (Council Rock South) placed fourth in the 800m run with a time of 2:20.45, the fourth fastest time in school history, at the Crusader Classic on Saturday. She also was part of the third place 4×400 relay that posted a time of 4:10.43 and joined the top 10 list at fifth.
Kutztown freshman Stephanie Bresadola (North Penn) posted her first PSAC time in the 800m of the season at East Stroudsburg University’s DeSchriver Invitational on Saturday. She finished in fifth place at 2:26.15, her best this year. Pole vaulter Anecia Alexadi (Upper Merion) cleared the highest mark of her career to finish second in the field. She vaulted 11-03.75, an existing PSAC mark and good for sixth all-time in KU history.
Ursinus senior Elizabeth Cooley (Quakertown) uncorked a new indoor personal standard in the pole vault at Saturday’s Frank Colden Invitational. Her 9-10.00 puts her fifth on the Centennial Conference performance list. Junior Erin Farrell (Neshaminy) shattered her previous high-water mark in the 200m dash (26.96), placing fourth overall and moving just two-hundredths of a second out of second on the CC performance list. Sophomore Jenna Kelly (Upper Merion) moved up to 10th in the league with a time of 1:03.28 in the 400m dash, which earned her an eighth place standing. On Friday, sophomore Jequann Mitchell (Upper Merion) was part of the 4×400 relay that won the event in 3:27.81, a time that placed them only two-hundredths of a second off the conference standard held by Haverford.
Shippensburg sophomore Lindsay Sheehan (Pennridge) and freshman Allison King (North Penn) were part of the second place 4×400 relay that posted a season best 4:01.91 at Susquehanna’s Crusader Classic on Saturday. King finished fourth in the 60m dash with a PSAC qualifying time of 7.99 while Sheehan was sixth with a time of 8:34. Freshman Jackie Kinkead (Central Bucks East) finished third in the 3K with a PSAC qualifying time of 10:44.31.
Gwynedd Mercy junior Sarah Hughes (Souderton) finished fourth in the mile run in 5:24.26 at Susquehanna University’s Crusader Challenge on Saturday. Sophomore Beth Ann Davies (Quakertown) finished fourth in the pole vault with a height of 2.90 meters (9-6.25). Sophomore Casie Cronk (Quakertown) was part of the 4x400m relay team that finished sixth in a time of 4:18.70.
East Stroudsburg junior Kelley Anne Stuetz (Cheltenham) posted a PSAC qualifying time in the 55m hurdles (8.85) to finish second at ESU’s 17th Annual DeSchriver Invitational on Saturday. She was part of the second place 4×400 relay that posted a time of 4:05.12. Freshman Victoria Collins (Abington) cleared 5-2 ½ in the high jump to finish second. Victoria Matthews (Abington) was fifth in the high jump with a PSAC qualifying height of 5-0 ½ and also finished ninth in the 800m (2:31.12). She was part of the second place 4×400 relay. Mary-Kate Killoran (William Tennent) finished sixth in the 1000m with a time of 3:28.46 and was part of the fifth place 4x400m relay (4:12.80).
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
St. Francis junior Daniel Ford (Council Rock North) and Mount Olive sophomore Jeff Yasalonis (Pennsbury) have been named finalists for the Off the Block/Springbak National Player of the Month. The 
award recognizes the best individual performances from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball players during the month and gives volleyball fans from around the world the chance to determine who was the best 
player. Fans will determine the winner of the National Player of the Month award through online voting on the Off the Block website. The online poll is now open and closes at 11:59 p.m. (EST) Wednesday. This is the only national monthly award presented in the sport. It is also one of the two national awards determined solely by fans.
Ford led St. Francis to a conference-best .280 attack percentage through the first month of the season. He also is third in the EIVA with a 9.56 assists per game average and had three matches with more than 50 assists in January.
Yasalonis led Mount Olive to a conference best .361 attack percentage and finished the month second in the Conference Carolinas with an 11.73 assists per game average. The setter also has more than 40 assists in the last three matches as Mount Olive ended January in third place in the Conference Carolinas.
Christian Lizana (Pennridge) had four kills in No. 10 Vassar College’s 3-0 sweep of Newbury on Saturday. In Wedneday’s 3-0 sweep of Purchase College, Lizana contributed three digs, two aces and two kills.
WRESTLING
Philip Torresani (Hatboro-Horsham) posted a 7-5 decision at 125 in Elizabethtown’s 25-14 win over King’s College on Friday. Josh Stencler (Pennridge) pinned his opponent in 1:58 at 184 for his second win of the season.
East Stroudsburg freshman Collyn Dorney (Quakertown) is 11-11 on the season at 125.
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