Checking In: Alumni Update (3-20-11)

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Shane Petrellis (Council Rock South) won his second game of the week with a strong seven-inning performance in La Salle’s 7-3 win over New York Tech on Sunday. The right handed hurler allowed three earned runs on five hits while walking two and striking out five. Kevin Christy (North Penn) came on in relief of Petrellis in the eighth and earned the six-out save, his first of the season. In game one of La Salle’s doubleheader sweep of Saint Peter’s on Saturday – a 7-6 win in 10 innings, Jon Gyles (Central Bucks West) contributed four RBIs, which included a bases-clearing double in the sixth inning. In La Salle’s 3-2 win in game two, Adam Kammler (Pennridge) broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth with a bases-loaded walk.  In Friday’s 6-5 come-from-behind win over Manhattan, Gyles contributed a two-run single to left center to cap a six-run rally in the ninth inning. Kammler led off the rally in the game’s final frame with a walk. Zach Huff (Pennridge) worked three important innings of scoreless relief to keep the Explorers within striking distance and earned the win after working a scoreless and hitless ninth. In Tuesday’s 10-3 win over Coppin State, Petrellis pitched seven strong innings to earn the win, allowing just three hits and one earned run while walking one and striking out two. Gyles reached base safely all five times he stepped to the plate with an RBI and a run scored.

James Quigley (Bensalem) contributed three hits and three RBIs in Kutztown’s 4-3 win over East Stroudsburg in game one of a doubleheader on Saturday. Included in his three hits was an RBI double in the fourth that plated the go-ahead run as well as two-run homer in the first inning. ESU freshman Keith Moyer (Souderton) kept the Warriors within striking distance with 3.0 innings of scoreless relief, striking out five and allowing just one hit. In Kutztown’s 7-2 loss to ESU in game two, Quigley contributed a double and RBI. He now has 41 doubles and 13 home runs in his career at KU.

Redshirt sophomore Andy Noga (Cheltenham) tossed a five-hitter, struck out eight and didn’t issue a walk for the first shutout of his career in East Stroudsburg’s 6-0 win over Kutztown in game two of a twinbill on Friday. ESU won game one 1-0 to sweep the doubleheader. Kutztown’s lineup came into the twinbill with a lineup that was hitting .358 and averaged more than 11 runs per game through its first 14 contests. East Stroudsburg remained at No. 3 in the NCBWA Atlantic Region Poll. In Noga’s first three starts, he boasted an 2.11 ERA with 16 strikeouts and three walks in 21.1 innings.

Cabrini senior forward Dom Farrello (William Tennent) was named to the D3Hoops.com Mid-Atlantic Region Third Team. Farrello helped lead the Cabrini men’s basketball team to its second straight Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) crown and to its second appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament ‘Sweet 16.’ Farrello finished his tenure with 1,256 career points, ranked seventh all-time. He also pulled down 565 career rebounds, finishing 13^th all-time at Cabrini. Farrello scored 516 points in 2010-11, the third highest single-season total in program history. He earned CSAC First Team distinction and celebrated a banner season in 2010-11, averaging career highs in points (17.8 PPG), rebounds (8.0 RPG) and free throw percentage (.776). He recorded a team-high eight rebounds and scored in double figures in 27 of 29 games.

Swarthmore senior Kathryn Stockbower (Upper Dublin) has been named a member of the 2011 WBCA/State Farm All-America Honorable Mention Team for Division III. The honor marks the third consecutive season that Stockbower has been named a member of the WBCA All-America Honorable Mention Team. This is Stockbower’s second All-America recognition of the year as she was named a Capital One/CoSida First Team Academic All-American in February. In the 2010-11 season, Stockbower led the Centennial Conference in rebounding average (12.4 RPG), finished fourth in scoring average (14.8 PPG), fifth in shooting percentage (48 percent) and 16^th in the nation in rebounding average. With 83 career double-doubles, she is the all-time NCAA Division III leader, breaking the record with her 80^th career double-double at Johns Hopkins on Feb. 5. She also became Swarthmore’s all-time leading rebounder against Muhlenberg on Feb. 2. Stockbower is one of only three players in Centennial Conference history to reach 1,500 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

Lock Haven’s Casey Hughes (Souderton) earned a spot on the 2010 Gladiator by SGI/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Collegiate National Academic Division One squad. The National Academic Squad recognizes those student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the first semester of the 2010-11 academic year. The Lady Eagles finished the year 15-7 overall and went 5-2 in conference play in their inaugural season in Atlantic 10 Conference play.

La Salle freshman golfer Michael Johnson (Hatboro-Horsham) has been named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week. He carded a one-over par 73 in the team’s spring opener at Christopher Newport last Monday to earn medalist honors. Johnson also was named A-10 Rookie of the Week on Oct. 12. He averaged 77.0 strokes per round in the fall, good for second best on the team.

Millersville sophomore Alicia Hughes (Quakertown) was recognized by the PSAC as its Eastern Division Pitcher of the Week last Tuesday. The southpaw won four straight starts to help the Marauders improve to 6-5 before heading home from Clermont, Fla. Hughes (5-2) began the season winning just one of three decisions before finding her groove against Southern New Hampshire in a 10-0 complete game shutout that ended in five innings. In her last four starts, she pitched two shutouts, both of which ended in five innings. Hughes totaled 17 strikeouts – leading the team with 30 on the season – without surrendering a walk last week. She had an ERA of 2.62, giving up just seven total earned runs on seven hits in 24 innings of work.

Sophomore Deanna Dungee (North Penn) was named the Pitcher of the Week by the Commonwealth Conference it was announced last Tuesday. Dungee started the week with a shutout over Northwestern and followed that up by allowing just one run as she came in mid-game against Finlandia. Dungee is 1-0 on the season with just one earned run through 10 innings, good for a 0.70 ERA, which is second in the conference.

Senior Erin Holloway (Souderton) allowed just two hits in IUP’s 10-2 five-inning win over Fairmont State in the finale of the Salem Tournament on Sunday. She struck out seven and walked two in the abbreviated game and upped her record to 9-1 on the season. Teammate Dee Eppinger (North Penn) contributed a two-run single in a five-run uprising in the fourth inning. In Saturday’s 11-5 win over Glenville State in the Salem Tournament, Eppinger capped a seven-run first inning with a two-out grand slam, her first home run of the year. In IUP’s 12-4 win in six innings over Wheeling Jesuit later in the day on Saturday, freshman Mary Ward (North Penn) delivered a grand slam to invoke the eight-run rule to end the game in the sixth inning. Holloway benefitted from the offensive explosion, earning the win in the circle. The senior mound ace allowed four earned runs on nine hits while striking out five and walking none. IUP opened the Salem Tournament with a pair of wins on Friday – 7-0 over West Virginia State and 4-2 over Charleston in the nightcap. In the win over Charleston, Holloway earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs on four hits in seven innings while striking out 11.

Millersville sent three members to compete in the multi-events at the 49er Classic hosted by the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. Jess Rhyner (Quakertown) finished sixth in the heptathlon while Zach Kohler (Pennridge) placed seventh in the decathlon. Rhyner scored a total of 3,611 points. She earned a PSAC qualifier in the high jump reaching a distance of 1.59 meters. Rhyner took first place in the event, racking up 724 points – her best event of the competition. Kohler’s best event of the day was the high jump where he took fourth place, reaching 1.89 meters – just shy of a PSAC qualifier (1.90 meters).