2005-06 No. 36 - May 15, 2006

SPRING SPORTS

Baseball (40-12, 15-5 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action

       IDLE

Upcoming Events

       THU 5/18 — at NCAA North Atlantic Regionals                TBA      

           -SUN 5/21     (at West Virginia State) 

Softball (32-19, 16-8 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action

THU 5/11-FRI 5/12 — at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (at Shippensburg)

THU 5/11 — East Stroudsburg 3, Kutztown 1 — ESU limited KU to three hits in a 3-1 Warrior win in the opening game of the 2006 NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional at Shippensburg University.  ESU jumped out to an early lead, scoring twice during a rain-drenched top of the first inning.  Before the top of the first could be completed, the rain became too much to handle, causing a two hour rain delay.  After play resumed, ESU stretched its lead to 3-0 in the top of the third.  KU got on the board in the in its half of the third.  Adriane Willmer (jr. Kitchener, ONT/Resurrection) reached on an error, and scored on a single by Krista Cameron (fr. Formosa, ONT/Sacred Heart).  Rachel Weidensaul (so. Ashland/Cardinal Brennan) took the loss, despite striking out six over five innings.

FRI 5/12 — Millersville 2, Kutztown 1 — Kutztown University's softball team saw its season come to a close with a 2-1 loss to Millersville in game five of the NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional.  Millersville jumped ahead in the second with a leadoff home run.  The Marauders manufactured a run in the third to make it 2-0.  KU cut the lead in half in the fourth when Cameron belted her 10th homer of the season over the right field fence.  The Golden Bears threatened to tie the game in both the fifth and sixth innings, getting a runner to third in both frames, but couldn't push the tying run across.  KU went down in order in the seventh.  Weidensaul took the loss (19-6), striking out four over seven innings.  She allowed just four hits.  Cameron was 2-for-3 for Kutztown.

Upcoming Events

SEASON COMPLETE 

Men’s Tennis (14-3, 5-0 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

WED 5/10 — at NCAA Championships (at Kansas City, MO)

WED 5/10 — St. Edwards (TX) 5, KU 0 — Kutztown lost to St. Edwards (TX), 5-0, in the round of 16 at the NCAA Championships.  The Golden Bears fell behind 3-0 after doubles, meaning the Hilltoppers needed just two singles points to clinch the match.  St. Edwards got those points from the #2 and #6 matches.  KU’s #1 singles player Santiago Baquerizo (fr. Guayaquil, ECUADOR), #3 Lukas Labitsch (fr. Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA) and #5 Rubens Vianna (so. Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL) each led their singles match by a set when the match was halted by St. Edward’s victory.

Upcoming Events

SEASON COMPLETE 

Women’s Tennis (12-4, 3-1 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action

WED 5/10 — at NCAA Championships (at Kansas City, MO)

WED 5/10 — Abilene Christian 5, KU 0 — Abilene Christian blanked a short-handed Kutztown (Pa.), 5-0, in the Round of 16 at the NCAA Division II Women’s Tennis Championships.  Kutztown was playing without Jharna Nansi (jr. , #2 doubles and #4 singles player, who was unable to travel with the team.  KU had to shuffle its lineup, as Lauren Losoncy moved up to pair with Magaly Peter at #2 doubles, and the Bears had to forfeit #3 doubles and #6 singles.  Losoncy and Kristen Bodalski each moved up one singles seed.  With the forfeits and a doubles sweep, Abilene Christian led 4-0 heading into the singles matches, needing just one more point to clinch the match.  The Wildcats got that point from fourth singles.  The rest of the singles matches did not finish.

Upcoming Events

SEASON COMPLETE 

Outdoor Track & Field

Last Week’s Action

SAT 5/13 — at Last Chance Meet (New York, NY) — Kutztown had several athletes compete at the Last Chance Meet at Ichan Stadium in New York.  For the women, Laura Kline (jr. Reading/Reading) placed second in the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.02) and sixth in the 400 (57.41).  Doofan Tor-Agbidye (fr. Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) placed eighth (58.00).  For the men, Tony Hegedus (jr. Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh) placed eighth in the 400 (48.88).

Upcoming Events

THU 5/25 — at NCAA Championships TBA

- SAT 5/27       (at Emporia, KS)