Checking In: Alumni Update 3-13-11

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Chris Edgar (North Penn) singled and scored a run in Millersville’s 19-3 rout of Chowan on Saturday. In Thursday’s 7-3 loss to Wingate, Edgar also contributed a single and scored a run. The loss snapped Millersville’s seven-game winning streak. In Wednesday’s 10-4 win over Wingate, Edgar collected three hits and scored twice. Millersville was voted No. 10 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association (NCBWA) Atlantic Region Top 10 that was released last Monday.

Mike Franklin (Souderton) turned in a gutsy performance on the mound in Penn State’s 10-4 win over Old Dominion on Wednesday. After allowing four early runs, the junior southpaw grew stronger as the game went on, striking out the side in the fifth and punching out two more in the seventh before handing the ball off to the bullpen. Franklin earned the win after striking out six over seven innings of work.

Temple senior forward Lavoy Allen (Pennsbury) has been invited to participate in the NABC All-Star game on April 1 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. He also has been invited to take part in the 2011 Portsmouth Invitational held April 6-9 in Portsmouth, Va. Allen, who is Temple’s all-time rebound leader (1,103) and ranks 27^th on the all-time scoring list with 1,380 points, leads the Owls and ranks fourth in the A-10 with an 8.2 rebound average. He also tops the team and ranks fourth in the league in blocks per game (1.8) while placing second on the squad with an 11.8 scoring average.

On March 7, the Atlantic 10 announced its post-season honors. Allen was named first team all-conference for the second straight season and to the league’s all-defensive team for the third time, Allen has averaged 17.6 points and 14 rebounds over the last five games. Sophomore guard Khalif Wyatt (Norristown) and teammate Scootie Randall were named the league’s Sixth Man of the Year. Wyatt came off the bench in 25 of the team’s 30 games, averaging 9.5 points while leading the team in steals (tie-37) and three-point percentage (.419). He had 12 double-figure scoring games, and his 27 points against Penn on Jan. 19 were the second most by a Temple reserve in 26 years. He becomes the fifth Temple player to earn the honor.

Millersville sophomore Mashira Newman (Upper Dublin) was named to the All-PSAC East Second Team. The sophomore guard averaged 36.1 minutes per game. She led the conference and was third in Division II with 4.0 steals per game. She had a total of 113 steals this year, and her two-year total of 221 ranks her eighth all-time at Millersville. Offensively, Newman scored 407 points this year and recorded double-digit scoring performances in 22 contests this season. In Millersville’s win over Shippensburg on Feb. 28, Newman scored a career-high 30 points – the most by a Marauder since the 2005-06 season. She was second in the conference and 16^th in Division II with 5.2 assists per game. She dished out a total of 145 assists this season and is 15^th all-time with a total of 234 in just two years.

Princeton senior Addie Micir (Council Rock North) was the unanimous selection as the 2011 Ivy League Women’s Basketball Player of the Year. Micir, the Tigers’ captain, helped guide her team to a 24-4 overall record and a 13-1 Ivy League mark to win Princeton’s second straight Ivy League championship and NCAA bid. A four-year starter, she is a member of the 1,000-point club and is one of the program’s best three-point and free-throw shooters. She led the league in three’s made and assist-to-turnover ratio, finished third in assists, sixth in field goal percentage and ninth in scoring. Micir, Princeton’s leading scorer, earned two Ivy League Player of the Week honors this year and was a second team All-Ivy selection in 2009 and 2010.

Senior Liz Leer (Abington) hit a pair of key three-pointers in overtime to lead American University to a 69-64 win over Lehigh in the Patriot League Tournament semifinals in Bethlehem on Wednesday. Leer led the way for AU with 18 points – 12 of which came in the second half and the other six in overtime – on 6-of-12 shooting and 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. She added seven rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots. In Saturday’s title game, Navy downed American 47-40. Leer contributed eight points and 10 rebounds.

Senior Kelsey Schmoltze (Upper Moreland) connected for the hat trick in Millersville’s 13-10 win over Mercy College on Sunday. It is the first time since 2008 that the Marauders have opened their season with a 2-0 mark. Goalkeeper Courtney Haggerty (Hatboro-Horsham) stopped 13 shots. In Millersville’s season-opening 15-9 win over previously undefeated Shepherd on Friday, Schmoltze scored a career-high six goals and also added two assists. Haggerty stopped eight shots in goal.

Alicia Hughes (Quakertown) allowed just two hits while striking out five to earn her second shutout of the season in Millersville’s 8-0 win in five innings over Nyack College to close out play at Clermont, Fla., on Friday. In Millersville’s 4-0 loss to West Virginia Wesleyan, Deanna Schneiderreit (William Tennent) was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate for the Marauders. In Thursday’s 7-6 win over St. Joseph’s (Ind.), Hughes earned her fourth consecutive win. Schneiderreit singled and scored the game-winning run in the sixth inning. In Wednesday’s 4-1 win over Post, Hughes collected her second straight win, pitching 11 scoreless innings in her last two starts before giving up Post’s only run in the top of the seventh inning. In Millersville’s 14-3 win over Urbana on Monday, Schneiderreit collected a single in the Marauders’ 11-run uprising in the second. Hughes picked up her second win of the year in a five-inning shutout effort in Millersville’s 10-0 win over Southern New Hampshire.

Erin Holloway (Souderton) tossed a complete game shutout in IUP’s 5-0 win over Caldwell on Thursday, allowing just two hits and striking out seven. The seven strikeouts put Holloway over 800 for her career. She now has 805. In the second inning, Mary Ward (North Penn) delivered an RBI double, and Dee Eppinger (North Penn) drove in Ward with a single. IUP is 10-2 on the season. In Wednesday’s 4-3 win over No. 23 Minnesota State, Ward gave IUP a 3-2 lead in the sixth with a solo homerun – the first round tripper of her career. Holloway absorbed the loss in IUP’s 1-0 loss to No. 25 Saginaw. The senior ace allowed just one run on eight hits while striking out eight. On Tuesday, IUP posted a 14-1 win over the University of the Sciences and a 7-0 shutout of Ashland. In the first game, Eppinger contributed a hit and scored three runs. In the win over Ashland, Ward drove in a pair of runs while Holloway earned her 23^rd career shutout with seven innings of two-hit ball, which included six strikeouts.

Holloway was named PSAC Central Pitcher of the Week for the week ending March 7. The senior hurler notched three wins in three starts and one relief appearance. She had three complete games and worked to an ERA of 1.29 and an opponent batting average of .128 in 21 2/3 innings, allowing only 10 hits and four earned runs while striking out 33. In a season-opening 11-0 win over Shepherd, Holloway allowed one hit and struck out nine in a game that was halted after five innings. In IUP’s 7-2 win over Southern Indiana, she gave up just three hits and one earned run with 11 strikeouts. Holloway then struck out eight in an 8-1 win over Edinboro. She wrapped up her week with 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief, striking out five in a 4-2 win over St. Cloud State. Holloway is among the school leaders in every pitching category. In addition to shutouts, she is first in IUP history and fourth in PSAC history with 790 strikeouts, third in innings pitched (601), wins (55) and appearances (103) and tied for third in complete games (77).

Junior Emily Parkins (Souderton) contributed an RBI fielder’s choice while teammate Moira Johnsen (Council Rock North) delivered a sacrifice fly in Shippensburg’s 5-4 win over No. 23 Minnesota State in the Raiders’ final game in the 2011 Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmeee, Fla., on Friday. In Shippensburg’s 9-2 win over Fayetteville State on Wednesday, Parkins tossed a complete game in the circle, allowing two unearned runs while striking out a career-high 11 batters. Parkins allowed four hits.