2007-08 No. 4 - September 17, 2007

FALL SPORTS

Cross Country

Last Week’s Action

        Idle

Upcoming Events

        SAT 9/22 — at Iona Meet of Champions               9:30 AM

Field Hockey (8-0, 3-0 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

        TUE 9/11 - KU 3, MILLERSVILLE 1 — Jennifer Belfatti (jr. Hatfield/Lansdale Catholic) scored on a penalty stroke at the 16:51 mark and Kelley Healey (jr. Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) scored the game-winner on another penalty stroke with just 7:05 left in the second half. KU put the game out of reach with 5:12 remaining when Lyndsay Butler (jr. Annandale, N.J./Summit) scored off an assist from Carrie Healey (so. Toms River, NJ/Toms River North). Sam Flowers (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) had six saves in goal for KU.

          SAT 9/15 - KU 1, Indiana (Pa.) 0 — Healey scored the game's only goal and Flowers turned away 13 shots as KU picked up an important PSAC road win at Indiana (Pa.). Healey scored unassisted 14:27 into the first half on what turned out to be the only marker of the game.

Upcoming Events

          WED 9/19 - at East Stroudsburg         4:00 PM

          SAT 9/22 - MANSFIELD                       6:00 PM

Women’s Golf

Last Week’s Action

            FRI 9/7 - 1st/25, at the Gettysburg Invitational — Kelli Pry (fr. Coatesville/Coatesville) led the Golden Bears with an 82 at the Gettysburg Invitational as KU finished first. Samantha Rumbley (fr. Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) had an 83, while Angie Petak (sr. Brockway/Brockway) and Lauren Foulke (jr. Kempton/Kutztown) posted an 85 on the par-72 course.

Upcoming Events

             SAT 9/22 - SUN 9/23 - at Mercyhurst Invitational TBA

Men’s Soccer (1-7-0, 0-6-0 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

WED 9/12 - West Chester 6, KU 0 — The Golden Bears held West Chester scoreless in the first half but six goals in a span of 20 minutes handed KU another PSAC setback.

SAT 9/15 - SHIPPENSBURG 4, KU 3 — Greg Sassaman (jr. Blairstown, N.J./North Warren Reg.) netted a hat trick but Shippensburg’s four unanswered goals handed KU its sixth PSAC loss of the season. Charlie Kulp (jr. Norristown/State College) and John Ferguson (so. Chalfont/Central Bucks West) each had assists in the loss.

Upcoming Action

             TUE 9/18 - BLOOMSBURG           3:30 PM

             SAT 9/22 - CALIFORNIA (Pa.)     2:30 PM 

Women’s Soccer (4-3-1, 1-3-1 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action

              WED 9/12 - West Chester 3, KU 2 — KU’s Kristen Kentner (sr. Allentown/Parkland) tied the game with 26 seconds remaining, but West Chester forced a corner and scored one second left to defeat the Golden Bears. Diana Hopper (So. New York, N.Y./Ramapo{N.J.}) tallied two assists in the loss for KU, including a helper on the game’s first tally at 16:09, when Angela Corrado (so. Kutztown/Kutztown) scored her third goal of the season to make it 1-0.

              SAT 9/15 - KU 4, SHIPPENSBURG 1 — Julie Folsom (sr. Wanaque, N.J./Lakeland) scored two goals as KU knocked off No. 13 Shippensburg at Keystone Field. Folsom, off a corner kick from Raven Chiara (so. Jamesburg, N.J./Monroe Twp.), tied the game in the 43rd minute, and KU scored three goals in the second half to put the Raiders away. Corrado broke the tie, scoring an unassisted tally in the 58th minute to make it 2-1. Carolynne Kahl (fr. Bethel/Tulpehocken) assisted Jen Pyne (fr. Wall, N.J./Wall) for an insurance goal at the 63:42 mark, and Kim Kelty (sr. Levittown/Neshaminy) recorded the helper on Folsom’s second goal of the game with 12:27 remaining. KU keeper Stefanie Bonsky (fr. Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional) made six saves in the win.

Upcoming Action

              MON 9/17 - BLOOMSBURG                 4:00 PM

              THU 9/20 - at Clarion                            7:00 PM

              SAT 9/22 - CALIFORNIA (Pa.)            11:00 AM

Women’s Tennis (0-1, 0-0 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

SAT 9/15 - Slippery Rock 7, KU 2 —  Slippery Rock defeated Kutztown 7-2 in the season opening PSAC crossover at Millersville. KU's two team points came in singles play, with Barbara Joerns (fr. Ludwigshafen, GERMANY) winning 6-4, 6-2 at second seed and Sabrina Arnaud (fr. Pintendre, CANADA) winning at third singles, 6-1 and 7-6. She won the second-set tiebreak 10-8.

Upcoming Action

FRI 9/21-SAT 9/22 - at ITA Regionals (at Bloomsburg)  9:30 AM

Women’s Volleyball (10-2, 2-0 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action

              TUE 9/11 - KU 3, Cheyney 0 — Nora Alexander (Plymouth Meeting/Plymouth-Whitemarsh) served up 15 aces to lead Kutztown to a 3-0 win over Cheyney in the PSAC East opener. Game scores were 30-2, 30-6 and 30-3. Alex Thomas (fr. Quakertown/Quakertown) added nine aces, while dishing out 13 assists. Kelsey Nester (fr. Catasauqua/Catasauqua) had six kills, while Danielle Ozment (fr. Reading/Holy Name) notched five. Megan O'Connell (fr. Horsham/Hatboro-Horsham) had seven digs.

              SAT 9/15 - KU 3, WEST CHESTER 2 — Jamie Celia (fr. Douglassville/Daniel Boone) had 49 assists and Erin Waters (sr. Waymart/Western Wayne) recorded 16 kills and 12 blocks as the Kutztown University women’s volleyball team came from behind to defeat West Chester at Keystone Arena. Nicole Biuso (sr. Centereach, N.Y./Ward Melville) added a team-high 23 digs in the PSAC East win. KU trailed 2-1 after losing 30-16 and 30-27 in consecutive games and faced match point in the fourth game, but the Golden Bears rallied for the 31-29 win and took the match with a 15-10 victory in game five, handing West Chester its first loss of the season. Katie Miller (so. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown) and Kaitlyn Cunliffe (fr. Levittown/Pennsbury) each had 10 kills for KU, which won game one 30-26. Cunliffe also had 11 digs and eight blocks. Lindsay Confer (fr. Wingate/Bald Eagle) chipped in with 13 digs and Nester had nine kills.

Upcoming Events

              TUE 9/18 - MILLERSVILLE                 7:00 PM

              FRI 9/21-SAT 9/22 - At the East Stroudsburg Tournament

              FRI 9/21 -  vs. Bridgeport                    4:00 PM

              FRI 9/21 -  vs. Tiffin                               8:00 PM

              SAT 9/22 -  vs. Bryant                         12:00 PM

              SAT 9/22 -  vs. Caldwell                       2:00 PM