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BASEBALL
Joe Molettiere (Pennridge) fired 3.1 innings and allowed two unearned in Monmouth’s 6-4 win over Woffard on Saturday in Spartanburg, S.C. The Pennridge graduate fanned six and did not walk a batter in the winning effort.
Senior Mike Kacergis (Pennridge) delivered a two-run double and finished the game 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two walks in DeSales University’s 10-9 loss to UMass Boston on Friday in Winter Haven, Fla. In Thursday’s 13-8 win over Mount Union, Kacergis, who had a pair of hits, had a two-run single in the fifth inning.
Senior right fielder Cory Capaldi (Souderton) hit a two-run home run in Pace’s 6-2 loss to St. Joseph’s (Ind.) on Saturday in Auburndale, Fla. In Wednesday’s 6-4 loss to No. 20 LIU Post, Capaldi was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a double.
Kyle Wenger (Souderton) had three hits and Jeremy Hefele (William Tennent) picked up the win on the mound in Delaware Valley University’s 15-4 win over Norwich in game one of a doubleheader sweep on Saturday in Fort Pierce, Fla. Hefele went six-plus innings and allowed just two earned runs while striking out a career-best 10 batters. In a 4-2 win in game two, senior Trevor Dalton (Pennridge) allowed just two runs and seven hits in a complete-game win. In Del Val’s 3-2 win over Bridgewater State, Wenger hit for the cycle as he went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and two runs batted in. Wenger, the 2015 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom Player of the Year who missed the final 15 games of last season with an injury, had a double in the first, an RBI triple in the third, a solo home run in the fifth and a single in the seventh. He is now batting .444 in the early going with five extra-base hits and seven RBIs. In Monday’s 6-5 win in game one of a doubleheader sweep, Wenger was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and run scored. In the Aggies’ 12-4 win in game two, Wenger was 2-for-4 with a double, home run, two runs scored and four RBIs.
Mike Christy (North Penn) was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in Elizabethtown’s 7-5 loss to Penn State Behrend on Friday in Fort Pierce, Fla. Nick Bein (Abington) drilled a pinch-hit triple and scored a run in the seventh. In Thursday’s 2-1 loss to Eastern Nazarene, Bein went 1-for-3 with a double and run scored. Christy threw out a runner at home plate from left field to prevent a run in the fifth. In Elizabethtown’s 9-2 win over Eastern Nazarene, Christy scored three runs. In Tuesday’s 17-15 loss in 10 innings to Wilkes, Christy had three hits and scored three runs.
Relief pitcher Ryan Clow (Central Bucks East) threw 3.1 innings with five strikeouts while allowing three hits and two runs in Kutztown’s 4-3 win over West Virginia State on Saturday in Wilson, N.C. In a 10-7 loss to Clarion on Saturday, Zach Schram (Council Rock North) scored a pair of runs.
Penn State Abington junior Matt Meyers (Cheltenham) was named the NEAC Baseball Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending March 5. Meyers hit a milestone with his 100th career hit against Penn State Altoona over the weekend. Over the week, Meyers scored four runs, recorded eight hits, 11 RBIs with a double, triple and two home runs over the five games.
Senior Trey Guaglionona (Abington) became the 10th player in program history to reach 100 career hits in Penn State Abington’s doubleheader against Muskingum. In the Nittany Lions’ 8-5 loss in game one, Guaglionona singled and drove in a run, and Brett Guaglionona (Abington) contributed a sacrifice fly. In Wednesday’s 15-1 loss to DeSales, Brett Guaglionona went 1-for-4 with an RBI double.
Kadar Namey (North Penn) had three hits and scored a pair of runs in St. Joseph’s 13-9 loss to Yale in Williamsburg, Va., on Saturday.
Senior reliever John Santoianni (Souderton) stranded two inherited runners in the bottom of the third inning and wound up pitching 1 1/3 scoreless inning with one hit allowed and a strikeout in Villanova’s 11-6 loss to Western Michigan on Saturday in Punta Gorda, Fla. In Wednesday’s 8-1 loss to USF, Santoianni threw a scoreless inning in relief.
Sophomore Carter Usowski (Central Bucks East) had three doubles and three RBIs in Ursinus College’s sweep of Muskingum in a doubleheader in Winter Haven, Fla., on Friday, giving him an eight-game hitting streak and a .516 batting average (16-for-31) for the Sunshine State swing. In Ursinus 6-3 win in game one, Usowski was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. In the Bears’ sweep of SUNY Poly on Thursday, Usowski produced two more multi-hit games. In the Bears’ 8-2 win in game one, Usowski was 2-for-4 with a double. In Tuesday’s 5-4 win over Penn State Altoona in nine innings in game two of a doubleheader split, Usowski delivered a base hit into right field with the bases loaded and nobody out in the ninth inning for the walk-off win. Sophomore David Drea (Central Bucks South) pulled several Houdini acts to take a shutout into the seventh. Altoona had runners on second and third with no outs in the first and the bases loaded with nobody out in the third, but he escaped both jams unscathed. He exited after issuing back-to-back walks to open the seventh. In the Bears’ 5-2 loss in game one, Usowski became the second Ursinus player to homer. In Monday’s split with New Jersey City, Usowski finished 5-for-6 with two doubles. Junior Matt Radwanski (Central Bucks South) earned his first career victory with a strong outing in a 4-3 win in the opener. He worked into the sixth inning, allowing four hits and one unearned run and striking out seven.
Paul McElroy (William Tennent) was 6-for-6 in Philadelphia University’s 21-1 triumph over Queens (N.Y.) on Thursday. McElroy, who had a RBI single in the first and fourth innings, is the first Ram to go 6-for-6 at the plate since 2006. Ryan Lucas (William Tennent) threw one scoreless inning in relief, striking out one. In Wednesday’s 5-2 win over LeMoyne, senior pitcher Casey O’Donnell (Hatboro-Horsham) turned in his best performance of the season, working six strong innings and fanning a season-high seven batters while allowing just two runs on three hits. After giving up two runs in the second, O’Donnell retired 12 of the final 15 batters he faced – sitting down the Dolphins in order in the third and fourth innings.
Gwynedd Mercy sophomore Dave Tatoian (Pennridge) was selected the CSAC Baseball Hitter of the Week for the week ending March 5. In four games, Tatoian batted .538 (7-for-13) with seven runs, six RBIs, five stolen bases, two doubles and a home run. He also posted a .923 slugging and .667 on-base percentage. In the season opener at Salisbury on Feb. 11, he went 4-for-5 with five RBIs, three runs, a walk, double, and homer. For his efforts, he was selected to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
Tatoian drove in Jason Mulvey (Bensalem) who singled in Gwynedd Mercy’s 13-2 loss to Ohio Northern on Friday in the final game of the team’s spring trip to Auburndale, Fla. In Wednesday’s 11-4 loss to Wentworth Institute of Technology, Nick Mulvey (Bensalem) doubled and scored twice. In Tuesday’s 11-1 win over Jersey City, Nick Mulvey went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Tatoian contributed an RBI double in the first, and Mulvey’s run-scoring single in the second put Gwynedd Mercy ahead 2-0. Mulvey’s two-run bases loaded single highlighted a five-run fourth. Jason Mulvey (Bensalem) scored twice and swiped two bases.
Senior third baseman Austin DiBonaventure (Plymouth Whitemarsh) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs in Chestnut Hill’s 10-9 win over Florida Memorial University on Tuesday. In Chestnut Hill’s 10-3 win over Wilkes that same day, senior left fielder Brandon DiBona (William Tennent) and sophomore center fielder Vincent Case (William Tennent) both recorded two hits.
Cole Swiger (Upper Dublin) doubled and drove in a pair of runs and Blake Gular (Souderton) doubled in a pair in Bloomsburg’s 7-2 win over Brevard on Sunday in Brevard, N.C. In Saturday’s 13-3 win over Brevard, Gular had an RBI double.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Freshman Max Wagner (Pennridge) had a career-high 14 points in No. 10 Kutztown’s 94-80 loss to No. 8 Indiana (Pa.) in the first round of the NCAA Atlantic Regional on Saturday. He also had a career-high three steals. Anthony Lee (Abington) added 13 points. Lee made one three-pointer to end the season with 67, tied for ninth in program history. Ryan Connolly (Souderton) made one three-pointer to end his career with a program record 229, which included a KU record 77 this season. He also grabbed eight rebounds, one shy of a season-high, to become the 10th Golden Bear in program history to surpass 500 in a career. His five points gave him 1,191 in his time with the Maroon and Gold, good for 15th in program history.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
American University senior Lauren Crisler (North Penn) earned one of the highest academic honors of the season when she was named the Corvias Patriot League Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Crisler also was recognized on the Academic All-League Team. The North Penn graduate has maintained a 3.92 GPA while pursuing a degree in finance and minor in economics. She was recognized on the 2016 CoSIDA Scholar-Athlete Team, the 2016 Academic All-Patriot League Team and is a four-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member. On the court, Crisler has been a consistent leader for the Eagles, guiding the team to an 11-7 season in the Patriot League. She averaged 10.2 points per game off of 50.4 percent shooting from the field, 70.8 percent from the line and averaged 5.7 rebounds. Crisler crossed the century mark earlier this season with her 100th game and is tied at number four in program history for games played with 122.
Crisler scored 13 points in her final game in Bender Arena in American University’s 57-51 win over Boston University in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament on Monday.
Freshman Jordan Vitelli (Central Bucks South) knocked down all seven of her free throw attempts and three of eight shots for 13 points in the University of the Sciences 77-67 loss to Queens College in the round of 32 in the NCAA DII Tournament on Saturday. Freshman Mikaela Giuliani (North Penn) added five points and two rebounds. The Devils – who advanced to the second round of the NCAA DII tournament for the first time in history – ended their season with a 27-6 record and a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular season south and tournament championship title. In Friday’s 73-66 win over Bentley, Vitelli posted 11 points while reeling in six rebounds with a steal, a block and an assist.
Albright junior Alysha Lofton (Central Bucks South) earned Eastern College Athletic Conference 2016-17 Division III South honorable mention. The CB South graduate finished the season shooting 53 percent from the field and averaged nearly a double-double, scoring 11.8 points per game while grabbing 9.4 rebounds per game. The MAC First Team selection ranks second in the league in rebounding and is second in double-doubles. She finished the season with 13 double-doubles. She is also ranked third in the conference in steals and third in assist-to-turnover ratio. Lofton won two MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week awards.
Stephanie Knauer (North Penn) had six points and five rebounds in Shippensburg’s 63-51 loss to Mercyhurst in Friday’s opening round of the NCAA Atlantic Regional Tournament. She finished her career eighth all-time in scoring. Knauer concluded her final season by shooting 63.8 percent from the field which is a new SU single-season record and good for seventh all-time in PSAC history.
MEN’S GOLF
Embry-Riddle freshman Quinn Guzman (Souderton) fired a 74 on Tuesday to finish with a 231 (77-80-74), tying for 37th place overall at the Panther Invitational in Viera, Fla.
MEN’S LACROSSE
Chris Fleming (Upper Moreland) scored four goals in Misericorida University’s 13-12 loss in overtime to Methodist on Friday in Clearwater, Fla. In Monday’s 20-10 win over Alvernia, Fleming had five goals, three assists and three caused turnovers.
Sean Fechter (Pennridge) scored a goal in Eastern University’s 13-6 loss to No. 10 Gettysburg on Saturday.
Senior Corey Kelly (Plymouth Whitemarsh) caused two turnovers, including one in the second overtime for a defense that withstood six Montclair State possessions after regulation in 14th-ranked Ursinus College’s 11-10 triple overtime win on Wednesday. It was the first triple overtime game in program history. In Sunday’s 15-10 win over Elizabethtown, senior Steve Palo (Hatboro-Horsham), making his first start of the season and third of his career, finished 12-for-20 at the face-off X and collected a career-high seven ground balls.
Jacob Snavely (Central Bucks South) scored two goals in Gwynedd Mercy’s 11-10 overtime loss to Mount Saint Mary on Sunday.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Devon Mela (Council Rock North) scored a goal in Albright’s 11-10 loss to McDaniel on Saturday.
Emily Hawkins (Cheltenham) scored a goal and also was credited with three draw controls in Keystone College’s 16-7 loss to Penn State Abington on Thursday.
Senior Brenda McDermott (North Penn) had four assists and a pair of goals in Temple’s 11-7 win over Bucknell on Sunday. Sophomore Amber Lambeth (Souderton) scored a goal. McDermott entered Sunday’s game with a team-best 15 assists to rank fifth in NCAA Division I. She also had 13 goals.
Junior Alycia Hildebrand (Upper Dublin) was credited with an assist for her first career point in Ursinus College’s 12-9 win over Emerson in Colorado Springs on Thursday.
Senior attack Alyssa Matthews (Pennsbury) scored a career-high four goals in Philadelphia University’s 13-7 loss to No. 4 LIU Post on Wednesday.
Junior Allison Fugate (Pennridge) scored a golden goal with 10 seconds remaining in the first overtime to propel Shippensburg University to a 10-9 comeback victory over Findlay on Friday. It was Fugate’s second goal. She also had two ground balls. Kyra Shank (Souderton) also had two goals to go along with two ground balls and one caused turnover.
Senior midfielder Jamie Damirgian (Council Rock South) had three draw controls in Millersville’s 16-2 win over Holy Family on Saturday.
Junior midfielder Chessie Rahmer (Souderton) had two goals and three assists in East Stroudsburg’s 12-6 win at Mount Olive on Sunday afternoon in Mount Olive, N.C. Senior attack Lauren Green (North Penn) also scored a goal. In Wednesday’s 15-7 win over St. Thomas Aquinas, Rahmer scored three goals. Green also had a goal.
SOFTBALL
Junior Carly Coleman (Neshaminy) singled and scored the go-ahead run in Eckerd’s 4-2 win over Quincy in game one of a doubleheader sweep on Wednesday.
Senior Rae Holden (Abington) hit a three-run double in East Stroudsburg’s 6-4 loss to Chowan on Sunday. In Saturday’s 6-2 win over Glanville State, Holden delivered an RBI double.
Fordham senior Lauren Quense (Neshaminy) was honored by Fordham Athletics Leadership Academy as a Leader of Distinction. In order to be recognized, all members of the Leadership Academy must do a self-evaluation, be evaluated by their teammates and also by their head coach. Members who scored 105 or better on the evaluations are deemed Leaders of Distinction.
Quense picked up her 12th win of the campaign by going the distance and allowing just one unearned run in the first inning in Fordham’s 2-1 win over Ball State on Saturday in Boca Raton, Fla. She allowed just three hits while walking two and fanning three.
Heather Lutz (Hatboro-Horsham) was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored in Millersville’s 3-1 loss to Tiffin on Saturday. In a 12-4 loss to West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday, Lutz was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and one RBI.
Christina Bascara (Pennsbury) laced a two-run double to left to score the game-tying and game-winning runs to lift La Salle to a 5-4 win over Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday in Clearwater, Fla. In Friday’s 10-2 win over Butler, Mackenzie Obert (Pennsbury) had a solo home run. Angelina Refice (Central Bucks West) tripled to open the third, and the game was tied 2-2 on a Bascara double. Bascara had a pair of RBIs in the win. Suzanne Swanicke (Pennsbury) was 2-for-2 with one RBI and run scored.
Senior center fielder Ashleigh Sharp (Upper Dublin) was 2-for-3 and knocked in two runs in Chestnut Hill’s 5-3 loss to the University of Tampa on Wednesday.
Ally Horvath (Central Bucks South) was 3-for-4 out of the lead-off spot in Widener’s 3-1 loss to Simpson on Thursday. On Tuesday, Horvath won her first decision in the circle, allowing seven hits and three earned runs in 5.1 innings of work. She struck out one and did not issue a walk.
Sarah Keeny (William Tennent) had five hits and scored three runs in Kutztown’s split in a pair of games in Clermont, Fla., on Sunday.
AlyssaWilkinson (Quakertown) singled and scored a run in a 6-2 loss to Husson and Bates on Saturday in Leesburg, Fla. In Friday’s 7-5 loss to Roger Williams, Wilkinson had an RBI single.
Freshman Jennifer Hammons (Springfield) tossed the final four innings in Ursinus College’s 4-3 loss to Wilkes on Thursday in Myrtle Beach, Fla., striking out three and allowing two runs on five hits. In Wednesday’s 9-6 loss to Mary Washington, Hammons had an RBI single. In Monday’s 5-2 loss to Eastern Mennonite, Hammons worked a perfect sixth inning.
Jovanna Alfonsi (North Penn) was 2-for-4 in Philadelphia University’s 4-2 loss to Millersville in game two of a doubleheader on Wednesday.
Freshman Meghan Klee (Quakertown) had three hits – a double and two home runs – in Shippensburg’s three games at the West Virginia Wesleyan Tournament on Saturday. Maddie Mulhall (Quakertown) had a hit and RBI. The Raiders were 2-1 on the day. In a pair of wins on Friday, Klee had three hits on the day. In the Raiders’ 13-2 win over Salem International, Mulhall delivered a pinch-hit, two-run double.
Nikki Canfield (Souderton) went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored including her 100th career hit in Gwynedd Mercy’s 10-4 win over Anna Maria on the final day of the Griffins’ spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday. In Thursday’s 9-8 win over Penn College, Canfield delivered a two-run base hit to knot the score 8-8. In Tuesday’s 9-7 win over Mary Washington, Canfield, who had a home run and walked once, drove in three runs, scored twice and had a double. In Monday’s 14-6 win over Robert Morris-Springfield, Becki Christoffers (North Penn) drove in three runs.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Marist junior Megan Berardelli (Wissahickon) racked up 224.35 points in the 3-meter dive at the 2017 NCAA Zone Qualifier Diving Championships on Monday. Just two days after being named Diver of the Meet at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships, she placed 39th out of 55 divers in the event. On Tuesday, Berardelli finished 46th with a score of 190.60 in the women’s 1-meter dive.
Arcadia senior Megan Obarowski (Council Rock South) earned the silver in the 400 IM at the 2017 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships.
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Gettsyburg sophomores Katie Bell (Souderton) and Danielle DeMichael (Central Bucks East) were named to the 2016-17 Centennial Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll. To be nominated for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing and have a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or higher.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Senior Chrisian Lizana (Pennridge) had 11 kills and a team-best 10 digs in No. 6 Vassar College’s 3-1 win over No. 8 NYU on Saturday. Lizana posted his 500th career kill.
Senior Daniel Ford (Council Rock North) had 15 assists in Saint Francis’ 3-0 loss to No. 6 UC Irvine on Wednesday. Senior Nick Bennett (Central Bucks East) had three kills.
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