Checking In: Alumni Update (5-29-11)

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Redshirt sophomore pitcher Andy Noga (Cheltenham) was named East Stroudsburg University’s Championship Award Guys Athlete of the Week after leading Division II baseball in fewest walks per nine innings during the 2011 season. Noga walked five batters in 72.1 innings this season, a rate of 0.62 per nine innings, after finishing the season with a nine-inning complete game against Mercyhurst in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional last weekend in Lancaster. He tied the school record with his 12^th start, struck out seven, didn’t issue a walk and blanked the Lakers for the first six innings in a 4-1 loss on Saturday night. Noga was 6-5 with six complete games, one shutout, 58 strikeouts and five walks in his 72.1 innings, the seventh most in school history. He set the school record with an 11.6-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, he is tied for fifth with six victories, and his six victories and his 2.61 ERA are the 10^th-lowest by an ESU pitcher since 1985. Noga completed five of seven starts against the PSAC East, including a four-hit, no-earned run performance in a 7-1 win at Mansfield that clinched a PSAC Tournament berth. Noga threw 42.0 innings against divisional opponents with a 2.57 ERA, 35 strikeouts and only two walks. His top start was a five-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and no walks in a 6-0 win over Kutztown in the PSAC East opener. He walked three batters over 15.1 innings in his first three starts of the season and walked just two over 57.0 innings in his final nine starts. Through two seasons, Noga’s 3.38 ERA is the third-lowest at ESU since 1985, and he is tied for third with a .264 batting average against (minimum 100 innings). He has thrown 122.2 innings over 25 games (20 starts) with a 10-7 record, 97 strikeouts and 26 walks.

Kutztown University sophomore Matt Albaugh (North Penn) was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-Atlantic Region third team. The sophomore catcher, who played in 35 games, batted .340 with 36 hits and 18 RBIs. He was tied for third on the team with 10 doubles and had one homerun. He had 11 multi-hit games and was second on the team with six multiple-RBI games. Albaugh had three hits with two RBIs in consecutive games against Shippensburg on March 25 and 26.

Chris Edgar (North Penn) was 1-for-3 with an RBI in Millersville’s 14-3 win over Mercyhurst last Monday as the Marauders rolled to their first NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship since 1998. The win propelled Millersville to the NCAA Championship. In Saturday’s opening round game, Millersville lost to No. 2 Mount Olive 3-1. The Marauders will face Central Missouri on Monday.

Robbie Zinsmeister (North Penn) started all 50 games for an IUP squad that advanced to the PSAC title game. He closed out his sophomore campaign second on the squad in hitting with a .339 batting average (58-of-171). He finished the year with 40 runs scored while contributing 12 doubles, four triples and one homerun for a slugging percentage of .474.

Sophomore Eric Ruth (North Penn) threw two innings in Winthrop’s 10-6 loss to top-seeded Coastal Carolina in the 2011 Big South Baseball Championship on Thursday, allowing two hits and one unearned run. For the season, Ruth was 6-1 with a 3.66 ERA. He threw 46.2 innings in 24 appearances, walking 14 and striking out 35.

FOOTBALL

East Stroudsburg senior Michelle Mangiaruga (North Penn) has been named to the IWLCA All-South Region second team. A three-time All-PSAC selection, Mangiaruga had 46 goals, 27 assists, 33 ground balls, 15 caused turnovers and 21 draw controls as a senior when she was named to the All-PSAC second team. She was a member of the All-PSAC East first team as a sophomore and junior, scoring 47 goals in 2009 and 40 goals in 2010 and is one of two ESU players with three 40-goal seasons. She ranks third with 148 career goals and 210 points, is tied for fourth with 62 assists and tied for third with 27 assists this season. She was the PSAC Player of the Week with 10 goals and seven assists in wins over Millersville and Shippensburg, part of a run of four straight games with at least four goals.

Shippensburg senior Karen Schnurr (Central Bucks South) was selected to represent the Raider program in the 2011 IWLCA North/South Senior All-Star Game on June 11 in Downingtown. The game will begin at 1 p.m. and will be held at the United Sports Training Center. Schnurr finished the season with a career-high 37 goals to lead the Raiders. As a co-captain, she led the team with 11 free-position tallies, totaled eight hat tricks and won 23 draw controls. For her career, Schnurr scored 84 goals, won 80 draw controls, picked up 73 ground balls and caused 27 turnovers.