2007-08 No. 10                      October 29, 2007

FALL SPORTS

Cross Country

Last Week’s Action

       SAT 10/27 - Women 5th/14 PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS  — The KU women’s team finished fifth with 122 points at the PSAC Championship Saturday at Kutztown University. Bloomsburg posts 65 points to win the team title. Indiana (Pa.) finished second with 99 points, just ahead of Edinboro (102) in the 6K race. Edinboro streak of titles ended at nine with Saturday’s third-place finish. Slippery Rock was fourth, followed by KU, and Shippensburg (112, Millersville (159), Clarion (168), East Stroudsburg (210) and Lock Haven (213) round out the top 10. West Chester, Mansfield, California (Pa.) and Cheyney followed. Stephanie Williams (sr. Harrisburg/Riverside) and Joanna Horstmann (jr. Downingtown/Downingtown West) earned All-PSAC honors, with Williams finishing 10th in a time of 24:29 and Horstmann 14th at 24:33. Hailey Dell (jr. Saranac Lake, N.Y./Saranac Lake) finished 28th at 25:28. Maureen Watson (so. Walnutport/Allentown Central Catholic) was 33rd with a time of 25:39 and Kristin Cupido (fr. Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan Reg.) was 10 seconds behind Watson in 37th place. Jolene Collins (so. Annville/Palmyra) and Kristin Green (jr. Camp Hill/Camp Hill) rounded out the Golden Bears’ top seven.

       SAT 10/27 - Men 9th/13 PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS — The KU men’s team finished ninth at the PSAC Championship with 220 points. Edinboro (33) edged out Slippery Rock (41) for the team title. Lock Haven, the conference’s defending champion, finished third with 103, while Shippensburg (132) and Bloomsburg (181) rounded out the top five. East Stroudsburg (191) was sixth, ahead of Mansfield (195) and California (Pa.), which scored a 217. Millersville, West Chester and Indiana (Pa.) all finished behind KU. Patrick Bone (sr. Doylestown/Central Bucks West) led the Golden Bears with his 22nd-place finish at 27:28, ahead of teammate Tom Mooney (fr. Churchville/Council Rock South), who was 27th at 27:46. Matt Cocciardi (fr. York/York Suburban) took 43rd at 28:22, while Kevin Rodgers (fr. Clifton Heights/Upper Darby) was 63rd with a time of 28:55. Three second behind him was Tim Ballingall (fr. Downingtown/Downingtown East) in 65th. Ben Loht (so. Lewistown/Indian Valley) and John Pyne (jr. Harrisburg/Bishop McDevitt) finished three seconds apart as well, with Loht taking 70th at 29:08. Pyne was 71st.

Upcoming Events

       SAT 11/3 - NCAA EAST REGIONALS 11 a.m.

Field Hockey (17-4, 11-3 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

       FRI 10/26 - Bloomsburg 2, KU 1 (PSAC semifinals, at Indiana, Pa.) — Bloomsburg University used two first-half goals to defeat Kutztown 2-1 in the PSAC Semifinals Friday afternoon. The Huskies opened the scoring at the 11:27 mark with an unassisted goal. Anne Waapu (r-fr. Hastings, NEW ZEALAND) evened the score less than three minutes later when she scored on a penalty corner pass from Alyssa Maltese (so. Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown). Bloomsburg netted the game-winner at the 23:22 mark of the first half. Waapu narrowly missed a potential tying goal with 11 minutes left in the game when her penalty corner shot hit the post. Sam Flowers (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) recorded five saves in the cage for KU.

Upcoming Events

       TBA

Men’s Soccer (1-18-1, 0-16-0 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

       WED 10/24 - NEW YORK TECH 4, KU 1 — The KU men’s soccer team fell 4-1 to New York Tech in a non-conference game at Keystone Field. Jason Lear (so. Montoursville/Montoursville) scored the only goal for the Golden Bears (1-17-1) as New York Tech jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half. Lear scored, off an assist from Greg Sassaman (jr. Blairstown, N.J./North Warren Reg.), in the 52nd minute to cut it to 2-1.

       SAT 10/27 - California (Pa.) 4, KU 3  — The KU men’s soccer team fell 4-3 at California (Pa.) in the Golden Bears’ final game of the 2007 season. Sassaman scored two goals and had an assist. Rusty Chapel (so. Topton/Brandywine) scored another for the Golden Bears, and  Mike Choiniere (so. Boyertown/Boyertown) also had an assist. Chapel scored the first goal at the 4:36 mark on a header, assisted by Sassaman and Choiniere. Sassaman made it 2-0 with a breakaway goal, unassisted, at the 11:04 mark. The Vulcans scored three straight goals for a 3-2 lead at halftime. Sassaman knotted the score with another unassisted goal at the 49:55 mark. The score remained tied for nearly 30 minutes, before Cal netted the game-winner with a little more than 10 minutes to play. Ryan Kratz (sr. Perkiomenville/Boyertown) had six saves for Kutztown.

Women’s Soccer (10-6-3, 5-5-3 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action

       SAT 10/27 - KU 1, Mansfield 0 — Kim Kelty (sr. Levittown/Neshaminy) scored the only goal in KU’s 1-0 shutout win at Mansfield Saturday in a PSAC East game. Kelty’s goal was her sixth of the 2007 season. She concludes her career at KU with 20 goals and 28 assists for 68 points, third all-time at KU. Her 28 assists are second in KU history and her 20 goals place her in fourth. Michele Kalb (so. Allentown/Parkland) assisted Kelty on the goal, which was scored at the 22:28 mark. Mansfield managed eight shots and Stefanie Bonsky (fr. Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional) made five saves to record her fourth shutout of the season. KU finished the 2007 campaign with six shutouts. With the win, the Golden Bears have recorded 10-plus-win seasons in six consecutive years.

Women’s Volleyball (26-7, 7-1 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action

       TUE 10/23 - KU 3, Millersville 0 — KU defeated Millersville 3-0 in a PSAC East match. Austin Kinney (jr. Landisville/Hempfield) hit a career milestone with her 14 digs, giving her more than 1,000 for her career. With 1,013, she is just the fifth KU player to surpass the 1,000-dig mark. Kinney also had 48 assists, helping the Golden Bears down Millersville in three games, 32-30, 32-30 and 30-20. Nicole Biuso (sr. Centereach, N.Y./Ward Melville) had 27 digs. Kelsey Nester (fr. Catasauqua/ Catasauqua) had a team-high 14 kills and Lindsay Confer (fr. Wingate/Bald Eagle Area) had 12. Kaitlyn Cunliffe (fr. Levittown/Pennsbury) and Katie Miller (so. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown) each had nine kills, and Cunliffe had 16 digs. Erin Waters (sr. Waymart/Western Wayne) finished with eight kills and three blocks.

       SAT 10/27 - KU 3, NEW YORK TECH 0 — KU shut out New York Tech 3-0 at Keystone Hall in a non-conference match, setting a single-season record for wins. KU won with game scores of 30-23, 30-19 and 30-24. KU’s 26 wins eclipses the previous single-season record for wins, set in 1983 and equaled in 1984. Confer led the Golden Bears with 11 kills and 10 digs, while Kinney had 41 assists, six kills and nine digs. Waters had 10 kills and two blocks, and Biuso had 20 digs. Jamie Celia (fr. Douglassville/Daniel Boone) recorded 12 digs and two service aces, and Nester had eight kills and two blocks.

Upcoming Events

       TUE 10/30 - SHIPPENSBURG 7 p.m.

       THU 11/01 - at East Stroudsburg 7 p.m.

WINTER SPORTS

Men’s Swimming (1-1, 0-1 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

       SAT 10/27 - at Ramapo — The KU men’s team defeated Ramapo College 110-79 for its first win of the 2007-08 season. KU had seven individual event winners to go with their win in the 200-yard medley relay. Sean Bonifas (sr. Lancaster/Hempfield), John Nicklous (jr. Philadelphia/Father Judge), Stephen Krater (so. Port Carbon/Pottsville Area) and Gabriel Recio (fr. Lancaster/Hempfield) worked together to finish first at 1:44.35. Recio also had a first-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.83 seconds. Scott Arnold (sr. Manchester/Northeastern) won the 100 butterfly, finishing in 56.23 seconds. Greg Fournier (sr. Warrington/Central Bucks East) took the top spot in the 1,000 freestyle, finishing in 10:39.28, while Derek Orr (jr. Easton/Easton) won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:53.07. Andrew Guarino (fr. Downingtown/Downingtown West), Scott Thomas (jr. Friedensburg/Blue Mountain) and Nicholas Williams (fr. Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel) rounded out the seven first-place finishers. Guarino won the 100 backstroke in 1:05.84. Thomas was first in the 200 individual medley at 2:07.84 and Williams took first in the 100 freestyle, finishing in 49.94 seconds.

Upcoming Events

       Idle

Women’s Swimming (1-1, 0-1 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

       SAT 10/27 - KU 108, Ramapo 92 — The KU women’s team picked up its first win of the 2007-08 season with a 108-92 victory over Ramapo College. The Golden Bears had five individual event winners and a first-place relay team. Staci McGinty (sr. Jamison/Central Bucks East) led the Golden Bears with two first-place finishes in individual events — 100 and 200 freestyle — and one the 200 medley relay. McGinty teamed up with Steph Jeppensen (so. Bethlehem/Liberty), Kelli Pry (fr. Coatesville/Coatesville) and Ashley Singer (sr. Lititz/Warwick) to finish first with a time of 1:56.94. McGinty finished the 200 freestyle in 2:03.84 and the 100 in 57.74 seconds. Singer also placed first in the 1,000 freestyle event with a time of 10:52.69. Jill Pantelides (sr. Lansdowne/Archbishop Prendergast) and Laura Heebner (jr. Easton/Easton) were the other first-place finishers for KU. Pantelides took first in the 50 freestyle, finishing in 26.47 seconds, while Heebner won the 100 butterfly in 1:04.04.

Upcoming Events

       SAT 11/3 - EAST STROUDSBURG 1 p.m.

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