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BASEBALL
Joe Molettiere (Pennridge) entered the game with one out and a pair on board in the seventh and induced a double play to end the inning in Monmouth’s 3-1 win over George Washington on Friday afternoon. He threw 1.2 shutout innings, including a 14-pitch eighth inning.
Senior Randy Frankenfield (Wissahickon) tossed seven strong innings to earn the win in York College’s 7-4 win over Southern Virginia last Monday, allowing four hits and two runs (one earned) while fanning two and walking one. He also picked off a pair of runners.
Delaware Valley University junior center fielder Kyle Wenger (Souderton) has been selected as the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom Baseball Player of the Week for the period ending March 12. He also was selected as the Division II National Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Hitter of the Week for the same period. Wenger led the Aggies to a 5-0 week as he batted .550 (11-for-20) with a 1.100 slugging percentage, three doubles, one triple, two home runs, nine runs scored and eight runs batted in. He hit for the cycle while going 4-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs in a 3-2 win over Bridgewater State University on March 8. Wenger ended the team’s trip to Florida with five hits and four runs batted in during a doubleheader sweep of Norwich University on March 11.
Ursinus College sophomore Carter Usowski (Central Bucks East) was chosen as the Centennial Conference Player of the Week for the week ending March 12. Usowski was red hot in the Bears’ final eight games in Florida, hitting .536 (15-for-28) with six doubles, a triple, a home run and eight RBIs to lead his squad to a 6-2 record. Usowski, who ended the week on an eight-game hitting streak, had at least two base hits in six of those contests and scored five runs in addition to a walk and a stolen base. He produced a .929 slugging percentage and a 1.462 OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging) for the week. The conference player of the week for the first time, Usowski finished 5-for-6 with three doubles in a split with New Jersey City, then hit his first career round-tripper and drove in four during a split with Penn State-Altoona the next day. Usowski was 4-for-8 with a double, triple and two runs scored as the Bears swept SUNY Poly before going 3-for-7 with three two-baggers, two runs scored and three RBIs in two victories over Muskingum. Behind Usowski, who ranks third in the CC with a .516 batting average, the Bears are off to a hot start at 8-2.
Philadelphia University freshman Paul McElroy (William Tennent) was named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Rookie of the Week for the week ending March 12. In Philadelphia’s 21-1 triumph over Queens, McElroy became the first Ram in nearly 11 years to put together a 6-for-6 performance at the plate. McElroy used RBI singles in the first and fourth innings to knock in a pair of runs in his first collegiate start. The last Philadelphia University baseball player to go 6-for-6 in a single game was Keith Heck on April 4, 2006, in a 15-13 loss to Kutztown. This season, McElroy is 6-for-10 and has two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base.
Blake Gular (Souderton) singled and scored a run in Bloomsburg’s 3-2 loss to Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday in Harrogate, Tenn.
Redshirt senior Conner Crookham (Hatboro-Horsham) threw five innings to earn the win in East Stroudsburg’s 3-1 win over Pitt-Johnstown in game one of a doubleheader sweep in Dinwiddie, Va., on Saturday. He allowed one hit and one run (unearned) while striking out three and walking two to improve to 2-0 on the season. In ESU’s 10-4 win in game two, redshirt freshman Tom Nuneviler (Pennridge) homered and drove in two runs. Casey Saverio (Hatboro-Horsham) was 1-for-1 with three walks and a run scored. Redshirt freshman Chris Crookham (Hatboro-Horsham) picked up the win with 2.2 innings of scoreless, hitless relief. He struck out three and walked two. In Friday’s 7-3 win over Pitt-Johnstown in game one of a doubleheader split, Saverio had a pair of hits, including a two-out, two-run double. Conner Crookham contributed a sacrifice fly. In ESU’s 9-3 loss in game two, Nuneviller tripled and scored.
Junior Nick Ponente (Council Rock South) was 1-for-3 with a double and run scored in Arcadia’s 4-2 win over Amherst College on Saturday. In last Monday’s 4-0 win over Ohio Wesleyan University in Port Charlotte, Fla., Ponente was 1-for-1 with an RBI and a run scored after entering the game as a pinch hitter.
Cory Capaldi (Souderton) was 3-for-5 in Pace University's 9-4 win over Ohio Dominican University in Winter Haven, Fla., on Wednesday.
Ryan Clow (Central Bucks East) threw three innings in relief without allowing an earned run in Kutztown’s 9-8 loss to Barton on Wednesday in Wilson, N.C. He scattered five hits, struck out two and walked two.
Jared Melone (North Penn) singled and scored a run in West Chester’s 6-4 loss to No. 24 Flagler on Tuesday in Leesburg, Fla.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Lock Haven freshman Amir Hinton (Abington) has earned All-Region honors. The PSAC Eastern 
Division Freshman of the Year and one of NCAA Division II’s leading scorers on the season, Hinton earned a spot on the 2016-17 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-Atlantic Region Men’s Basketball Team Second Team. Hinton, the PSAC’s regular season scoring champ at 24.2 points per game, also earned a spot on the PSAC East First Team after a strong rookie season. In 27 games this season, Hinton scored 642 points, more than any other LHU player for a single season and more than any other freshman in PSAC history before him. He averaged 23.8 points per game on the season, which is still tops in the PSAC despite several conference teams advancing into the NCAA Tournament. On the season, Hinton shot 54 percent from the field, recorded 6.6 rebounds per game, recorded 2.1 steals per game, tallied a team-high 22 blocks and he also dished out 2.3 assists per game. On the season, he was twice named PSAC East Athlete of the Week, and he was crowned PSAC East Freshman of the Week seven times, including five straight weeks at one point. Hinton’s play led Lock Haven into the postseason for the fourth straight season.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Ursinus freshman Lydia Konstanzer (Pennridge) added another accolade to cap a sensational freshman 
campaign when she garnered All-Middle Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year honors from d3hoops.com. The first player in program history to earn regional Rookie of the Year recognition, Konstanzer was also tabbed the Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year and became just the ninth freshman in league history to make the all-conference first or second team with a second-team nod. Konstanzer topped Ursinus in scoring (14.3 PPG, 4th CC), rebounding (8.0 RPG, 7th CC), field goal percentage (46.9, 3rd CC) and free throw percentage (75.0, 3rd CC), ranking among the conference’s top 10 in all four categories. Konstanzer, who added 39 steals and seven blocks, recorded nine double-doubles, good for second in the CC. She had 32 points and 10 rebounds against Swarthmore on Dec. 7 and had 26 points and 15 boards in a victory over Johns Hopkins on Jan. 7. Konstanzer is the first Ursinus freshman to receive all-conference recognition since 2013. Behind Konstanzer and a young core of contributors, the Bears posted their first winning season since 2011, going 13-12 overall and 11-9 in CC play.
Emory University freshman Allison Chernow (Upper Dublin) has been selected to play for the United 
States Open Women’s Basketball Team at the 20th World Maccabiah Games, which will take place July 4-18, 2017, in Israel. The 5-6 Chernow played in all 25 Emory contests during the 2016-17 season, nine as a starter, and averaged 19.8 minutes, 6.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. She recorded six double-figure scoring games, including a season-high 15 points against Rhodes College (Jan. 2), a contest that also saw her post a double-double, finishing with 10 rebounds. She was second on the squad with 24 three-point field goals and turned in seven games with two or more treys. She finished second on the squad and fourth among University Athletic Association players with an average of 3.2 assists per game. Maccabi USA will bring a team of over 1,100 athletes who will join the 8,750 Jewish athletes from 80 countries, participating in 43 different sports. Since 1983, over 62,000 athletes have participated in the Maccabiah Games, in celebration of Jewish Strength and Solidarity.
Sophomore Nicole Munger (Central Bucks West) scored nine points in Michigan’s 67-60 win over Kent State in the opening round of the WNIT on Thursday.
Shippensburg University graduate Stephanie Knauer (North Penn) was named to the 2017 Conference 
Commissioners Association (CCA) All-Atlantic Region Women’s Basketball First Team squad. Knauer, the 2017 PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year, led the Raiders in scoring, averaging 13.9 points per game. She shot 63.8 percent from the field – a school record – and the seventh-most efficient rate in the history of the conference. Also this season, Knauer averaged 5.7 rebounds per game and led the team with 31 blocks – a total of six more than she had compiled in her entire career entering this season. She posted double figures in 25 games, including seven games with 20 or more points, and had one double-double. Knauer finishes her career eighth all-time in scoring at SU with 1,662 points (13.9 points per game) and 866 rebounds (7.2 rebounds per game). Her .593 career field-goal percentage ranks second all-time at SU.
MEN’S GOLF
Millersville redshirt senior Rodney Anders (Souderton) shot 76 in both rounds of the BrownGolf Intercollegiate in Jackson Springs, N.C., to finish tied for 17th. He has finished in the top 25 in every match this season.
WOMEN’S GOLF
West Chester sophomore Juliarose Genuardi (North Penn) finished fifth overall at the BrownGolf Invitational in Pinehurst, N.C., on Saturday with a two-day total of 165 (83-82). She was in seventh place after day one.
MEN’S LACROSSE
Misericordia University sophomore Chris Fleming (Upper Moreland) has been named the MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week. A sophomore attack, Fleming had 12 points (nine goals, three assists) in a 1-1 week for the Cougars in Clearwater, Fla. He tallied five goals, three assists, three ground balls and three caused turnovers in a 20-10 win over Alvernia. In a 13-12 overtime loss to Methodist, Fleming scored four more goals and added five ground balls.
Freshman Evan Scott (Upper Dublin) had an assist and one ground ball in No. 12 Ursinus College’s 14-9 loss to No. 15 Cabrini on Saturday.
Jacob Snavely (Central Bucks South) snagged three ground balls in Gwynedd Mercy’s 3-2 loss at DeSales on Saturday.
Junior Anthony Paone (Central Bucks South) won 15 face-offs to create instant offense and matched a career high by scooping up 11 ground balls as Widener defeated the University of New England 12-10 on Thursday.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Freshman Devon Mela (Council Rock North) had a game-high five goals in Albright’s 22-11 win over SUNY Old Westbury on Wednesday in Hilton Head, S.C. In Tuesday’s 10-7 loss to Washington College, Mela scored one goal.
Alison Fugate (Pennridge) contributed a goal and an assist in Shippensburg’s 8-4 loss to Bloomsburg on Saturday.
Brenda McDermott (North Penn) scored a goal in Temple’s 14-6 loss to No. 14 Denver on Sunday afternoon in Denver.
Senior Allison Hawkins (Cheltenham) had two goals and an assist in WCLA second-ranked University of Pittsburgh’s 15-5 win over Duquesne on Friday.
Senior Jamie Damirgian (Council Rock South) scored a pair of goals and was credited with three draw controls in Millersville’s 16-6 loss at No. 8 Limestone College on Wednesday.
Senior attack Lauren Green (North Penn) had three goals and two assists in East Stroudsburg’s 11-9 win at Coker on Tuesday. Chessie Rahmer (Souderton) had three ground balls, and freshman Michelle Dyck (North Penn) started in goal and recorded three saves.
SOFTBALL
Senior Julia Schoenewald (Central Bucks East) finished 2-for-3 with an RBI in Brown’s 3-1 win over Hartford on Saturday. In Friday’s 11-3 win over Saint Peter’s in five innings, Schoenewald had a double and scored two runs.
Lauren Creamer (Neshaminy) had a pair of hits in Susquehanna’s 5-1 win over Fitchburg State on the final day of the team’s spring training trip to Florida on Friday. In Wednesday’s 11-0 win over SUNY Genesco, Creamer had two hits. In Monday’s 7-0 win over Salve Regina, Creamer was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs batted in.
Senior Valerie Sadowl (Hatboro-Horsham) delivered an RBI single in UConn’s 5-4 win over Harvard in eight innings in the final game of the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Saturday. In Wednesday’s 4-3 win over Harvard, Sadowl blasted a two-run home run – her second home run of the season.
Alyssa Hughes (Pennridge) notched the win in the circle in Keystone College’s 10-4 win over Franciscan University on Friday in Myrtle Beach, S.C., allowing 11 hits while striking out five. In Thursday’s 17-10 win over Alfred State College, Hughes pitched two scoreless innings in relief without allowing a hit while fanning three batters to close out the win.
Fordham senior Lauren Quense (Neshaminy) was named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week for the fourth 
time in five weeks. Quense was solid at the plate, adding another five walks and smacking her second home run of the year while driving in four runs, but it was her pitching that earned the weekly honor. The senior compiled a 1-2 record over the weekend but a 1.35 ERA over 20.2 innings. Quense went the distance in all three contests, first in six innings against Florida International, then seven innings with just one unearned run allowed against Ball State and then the late walk-off loss in eight innings.
Quense earned the win in a 7-0 win over Florida Atlantic in the second game of a twinbill sweep in Boca Raton, Fla., on Tuesday. It was her ninth complete game win and her 13th win in 17 starts.
Jovanna Alfonsi (North Penn) had two hits in Philadelphia University’s 10-0 loss to Augustana (S.D.) in Clermont, Fla., on Wednesday.
Sara Keeny (William Tennent) was 2-for-4 with an RBI and extended her hitting streak to 12 games in Kutztown’s 3-2 win over Bridgeport on the final day of spring break in Clermont, Fla., on Friday. In Thursday’s 2-1 win over Philadelphia University, Keeny was 2-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases. In Thursday’s 9-6 loss to Wayne State, Cheyenne Jones (Harry S Truman) was 2-for-4. In a 2-1 one loss in game one of a doubleheader split with Rollins, Jones was 2-for-3 with a double. In KU’s 3-2 win in the nightcap, Jones was 2-for-4 with a double and run scored.
Heather Lutz (Hatboro-Horsham) had a double, RBI and two runs scored in Millersville 9-8 win over Post on Tuesday in Clermont, Fla.
Junior Bridget Casey (Pennridge) had two hits in Bloomsburg’s 5-4 loss to Merrimack on Saturday in Clermont, Fla. In a 5-1 win over Fairmont in game one of a doubleheader split on Wednesday, junior Emily Mayhew (Pennridge) was 1-for-2 with an RBI. In the Huskies 5-1 loss to Augustana (S.D.) in game two of the twinbill, Casey was 2-for-3 with a run scored. In a 5-2 loss to Auburn University of Montgomery on Tuesday, Casey had a pair of hits.
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Gettysburg freshman Ogden Leyens (Upper Dublin) placed 12th in the 200 freestyle at the NCAA Division 
III Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday in Shenandoah, Texas. Leyens finished in 1:38.99, just 0.46 seconds shy of his own school and Centennial Conference records set in the morning’s preliminary session and posted the best individual finish by a freshman in program history. He also became just the second first-year player to earn individual All-America honors, joining Tyler Bierly ’89, who placed 13th in the 100 freestyle at the 1986 championships. Leyens is the 10th freshman overall at Gettysburg to be named a men’s swimming All-American in an individual or relay event. The top eight finishers in each event are named First Team All-Americans while the ninth through 16th place finishers receive honorable mention. In the prelims, Leyens clocked a time of 1:38.53, slicing 0.42 seconds from his Gettysburg and CC standards that he established last month when he won the event at the Centennial Conference Championships. He missed qualifying for the championship by just four-hundredths of a second. On Saturday, Leyens finished 34th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.67, the second fastest time of his career in the event.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Elizabethtown junior Molly Templin (Abington) was named to the 2016-17 Landmark Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes all winter student-athletes who have reached sophomore standing with a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher.
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Pitt senior Chris Spadaro (Council Rock South) was part of the men’s 4×100 relay team that finished second with a time of 41.56 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational on Friday in Atlanta.
Kutztown junior Brandon Raguz (Central Bucks South) finished fourth in the pole vault with a new PSAC height of 15-3 on the final day of the 49er Classic in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. Jhaloni Johnson (Springfield) finished in sixth place in the final of the 200m with a time of 21.97 seconds in the first outdoor meet of the season. In Friday’s preliminary heat, Johnson qualified for the finals, recording the seventh-fastest time in program history (21.62). Anthony Bullaro (Pennsbury) ran the 17th fastest time (15.13) out of 63 runners in the preliminaries for the 110m hurdles and qualified for PSACs. Obi Ogbonna (Harry S Truman) ran a new career best of 16.28 in the event.
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Elizabethtown’s Kelsey Brady (Council Rock South) and Lia Chak (Council Rock South) were named to the 2016-17 Landmark Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes all winter student-athletes who have reached sophomore standing with a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher.
Kutztown sophomore Stephanie Bresadola (North Penn) led four Golden Bears in the 3000m run at the 49er Classic in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. She finished in 11th place with a time of 10:43.84. Olivia Morano (Quakertown) was 33rd in the shot put with a throw of 33-1. On Friday, Bresadola finished 14th in the 1500m with a new PSAC time of 4:47.008. Morano was 19th in the discus (108-1) and 22nd in the hammer throw (114-8).
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Vassar College senior Christian Lizana (Pennridge) was named the United Volleyball Conference Player of 
the Week for the week ending March 12 after helping the Brewers to three wins, two over ranked opponents – No. 9 Marymount and No. 8 NYU. Two of Vassar’s wins came against UVC opponents as the Brewers remained atop the conference standings with a perfect 5-0 league record. Lizana finished the week with a solid .467 attack percentage (32k-4e-60ta) as the senior captain produced a pair of double-doubles against Marymount and NYU. He finished with 12 kills and 10 digs against the Saints as well as 11 kills and 10 digs against the Violets. The 10 digs matched his season-high output. Lizana tied his season high with six rejections against NYU. The senior captain also went over 500 kills for his career.
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