BASKETBALL
East Stroudsburg senior forward Chris Bach (Harry S. Truman) was named to the first team All-PSAC East. Bach, who was the first ESU basketball player named to the Academic All-America team in school history last month, was a preseason all-conference selection entering the year and a member of the second team last year. He averaged 19.0 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game as a senior. As a junior he was the Warriors’ leading scorer and rebounder (15.0 PPG, 8.8 RPG). This season, he was the only player to rank in the top six in the PSAC in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Bach was 10th in Division II with 166 made free throws, a total that ranks fourth in a single season in ESU history. He shot 80.2 percent from the line as a senior. In the final game of his career, Bach pulled down 21 rebounds, the most in a game at ESU in 20 years. He surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career in a win at Millersville on Feb. 25. Bach scored 72 points during his freshman year (1996-97) at Philadelphia University and 944 points in his three years at ESU. He ranks fourth in school history with 111 career blocked shots and fifth with a 54.0 field goal percentage. Bach graduated summa cum laude (3.82 GPA) with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management in December and is currently taking graduate courses in Exercise Science. He is the president of ESU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, participated in the NCAA Leadership Conference last year, was a PSAC Winter Top 10 recipient and named to the ‘Who’s Who’ of American Colleges and Universities. He also has been nominated for the Coach John Wooden Citizenship Cup and the V Foundation’s ‘Comeback Award.’
BASEBALL
Bloomsburg’s Tony Donofry (Council Rock South) singled, stole second and scored on a sacrifice fly in a 9-2 loss to Villanova.
Kutztown sophomore James Quigley (Bensalem) is coming off a rookie season that saw him hit at a .345 clip - the second highest batting average on the team. He was named to the all-tournament team in last spring’s North Atlantic Regional. This year, he is batting .444 in four games for a KU squad that boasts a 12-5 record and is ranked number one in the first NCBWA Regional Poll. Sophomore Mark Renda (North Penn) is batting .333. Last year he had a team-best 17 steals in 17 attempts.
GIRLS’ LACROSSE
Junior Sara Foley (Neshaminy) had three assists in East Stroudsburg’s 14-5 win over Kutztown. Lindsay Moyer (Pennridge) and Jamie Wesztergom (Springfield) each added a goal. Wesztergom also had two assists. Michelle Mangiaruga (North Penn) also had two assists.
Millersville’s Kelsey Schmoltze (Upper Moreland) scored four goals in 13-10 loss to Bloomsburg in the season opener. Goalie Courtney Haggerty (Hatboro-Horsham) was credited with 17 saves in the loss, 11 in the second half. Brieanna Wolfe (Pennridge) scored a goal for Bloomsburg.
West Chester (3-0) opened PSAC play with a 15-6 win over Shippensburg on Tuesday. Junior Chrissy Stokes (Plymouth Whitemarsh) connected for the hat trick. The Golden Rams, who won the NCAA Division II title last spring, saw their PSAC winning streak extended to 40. They have won 23 straight games, dating back to last season. Other SOL players on the roster are senior Kimberlee Hachen (North Penn), juniors Gabrielle Stitz (Hatboro-Horsham) and Jenny Ingram (Wissahickon) and sophomores Jill Morris (North Penn) and Jackie Hoover (Cheltenham). West Chester is coached by Ginno (Armstrong) Martino (Souderton).
SOFTBALL
Ashley Carlson (Pennsbury) was 1-for-3 and scored a run in Bucknell’s 2-0 win over IPFW in a spring game in Kissimmee, Fla.
Senior first baseman Steph Denlinger (Souderton) tied the NCAA Division II career home run record in the first game of Kutztown’s double header sweep of Armstrong Atlantic State last Saturday. Her two-run blast in the first inning was the 62nd home run of her career, tying the Division II record set by Jackie Aiken of Wisconsin-Parkside (1994-97). Denlinger finished one-for-two with two intentional walks. Kutztown won the game 3-2. Junior Kaitlin Arbogast (Wissahickon) struck out five in the complete game win. Arbogast is 7-3. Freshman Sara Golden (Souderton) delivered an RBI double in the fourth inning that turned out to be the game winner. In the second game, a 4-2 Kutztown win, Golden was 2-for-3.
Sophomore Erin Holloway (Souderton) tossed a one-hit shutout in IUP’s 10-0 win over Davis and Elkins in the final game of the Francis Marion Invitational in Florence, S.C. Holloway fanned nine and walked two in the win.
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