2007-08 No. 25
February 25, 2008
WINTER SPORTS
Men’s Basketball
(17-8, 9-2 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
WED
2/20 - Millersville 80, KU 67
—
Dave Ben (jr.
Coatesville/Coatesville)
scored 29 points, but KU lost to Millersville.
Ben
was 10-of-18 from the floor and
hit 7-of-8 free throws.
Nate Edwards
(so. Philadelphia/Northeast Catholic)
added 13 points and
Ryan
Washington (r-fr. Glenside/Wissahickon)
had 18 rebounds.
SAT 2/23 -
KU 79, Cheyney 71 — KU
regained a share of the PSAC East lead with an upset win at Cheyney. Five
players scored in double figures for KU, led by
Edwards,
Ben
and
Stephen
Dennis (so. West Chester/Henderson)
all pouring in 16.
Andre Woodlin
(jr. Philadelphia/Central)
added 13 and
Jeremy Coombs
(Philadelphia/Northeast Catholic)
scored 10.
Washington
had eight points and 10
rebounds.
Edwards
hit a 3-pointer with 6:18
left for a 65-63 lead.
Woodlin
hit 1-of-2 from the line
and
Washington sank two
charity shots for a 68-63 lead with 4:30 left. Then
Ben
took over. The junior guard had
steals on consecutive Cheyney possessions, drew fouls and hit two free
throws after both for a 72-69 lead with 2:07 remaining. After
Ben
drew a charge on the next Wolves
possession,
Washington
hit a layup with 1:39
left.
Upcoming Events
WED
2/27 - vs. COLUMBIA UNION 7 p.m.
SAT
3/1 - vs. EAST STROUDSBURG 3 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
(11-15, 4-7 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
WED
2/20 - Millersville 56, KU 43
—
Chauntelle Schroeder (so. Toronto, ONTARIO/Mother Teresa Catholic)
scored a career-high 13 points
for KU, but the Golden Bears fell at Millersville in a PSAC East contest.
Rachel
Weidensaul (Ashland/Cardinal Brennan)
scored 11 points.
SAT
2/23 - Cheyney 72, KU 59
— KU fell to Cheyney in PSAC Eastern Division action at Cope Hall. KU was
led by
Rachel
Wisemiller (so. Hazleton/Hazleton),
who scored a career-high 21 points.
Mercedes Van
Wagner (sr. Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional)
added 19 points and 12 rebounds.
She has 828 career rebounds, three away from the KU career record of 831.
Melissa McQuade (fr. Pittsburgh/Shaler)
netted nine points and eight rebounds.
Upcoming Events
SAT
3/1 - vs. EAST STROUDSBURG 1 p.m.
Women’s Bowling
(41-41)
Last Week’s Action
Idle
Upcoming Events
Idle
until March 8 - ECAC Championships (N. Brunswick, N.J.)
Men’s Swimming
(6-2, 3-1 PSAC)
Last Week’s Action
THU-SUN 2/21-2/24 - KU men 4th/7 at PSAC Championships
—
KU matches its 2007
finish at the PSAC meet taking fourth place with 326 points. West Chester
was first with 919 points, and clarion (631.5) and Shippensburg (115.5)
followed. Edinboro finished 24 points behind KU and Indiana (Pa.) had 289
points and Bloomsburg 287.
Nicholas
Williams (fr. Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel)
led the men with three top five
finishes, fourth in the 500 free (4:44.99), fifth in the 200 free in an NCAA
B-cut time of 1:43.57 and fourth in the 100 free (47.91).
Greg Fournier
(sr. Warrington/Central Bucks East)
finished seventh in the 1,000
free (10:03.04) and 12th in the 500 free (4:51.83).
Scott Thomas
(jr. Friedensburg/Blue Mountain)
finished 13th in the 1,000 free
(10:14.47) and 14th in the 500 free (4:53.28).
Scott Arnold
(sr. Manchester/Northeastern)
was 12th in the 200 fly
(2:01.75) and 13th in the 100 fly (53.86).
Nelson
Martinez (jr. Allentown/L.E. Dieruff)
was 13th in 100 breast (1:04.31) and 12th in the 200 breast (2:19.84).
John
Pandish (jr. Milford/Delaware Valley)
finished 11th in the 200 IM (2:01.19), seventh in the 400 IM (4:22.90) and
11th in the 200 fly (2:01.41).
A.J. Guarino
(fr. Downingtown/Downingtown West)
was ninth in 400 IM (4:25.28).
Sean
Bonifas (sr. Lancaster/Hempfield)
finished 12th in the 200 IM (2:01.77) and sixth in the 100 breast (1:00.47).
Derek
Orr (jr. Easton/Easton)
was 11th in 200 free (1:46.39), 10th in the 50 free (22.12) and 10th in the
100 free (48.47).
Gabriel Recio
(fr. Lancaster/Hempfield)
finished 11th in the 50
freestyle (22.17) and 11th in the 100 back (56.09). The 200 free relay team
of Orr,
Recio,
Williams and
Stephen
Krater (so. Port Carbon/Pottsville Area)
finished fifth (1:27.03).
Thomas,
Bonifas,
Arnold
and
Williams
led the 400 medley relay
team to a sixth-place finish (3:36.52). In the 800 free relay,
Williams,
Pandish,
Bonifas
and
Orr
placed third (7:08.64). The 200
MR team of
Recio,
Bonifas,
Arnold
and
Orr
was sixth (1:38.24). The 400
free relay of
Orr,
Recio,
Krater,
and
Williams finished sixth
(3:13.72).
Women’s Swimming
(9-2, 5-2 PSAC)
Last Week’s Action
THU-SUN 2/21-2/24 - KU women 7th/13 at PSAC Championships
— KU broke several records and
finished seventh at the PSAC Championships in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The Golden
Bears finished with 295 points, beating out California (Pa.) for the seventh
spot by 43 points. West Chester won the team title with 703 points, ahead of
second-place Clarion (523.5). Indiana (Pa.) was third (407), followed by
Edinboro (370), Bloomsburg (328) and Shippensburg (315). Lock Haven (119),
Millersville (113.5), East Stroudsburg (86), Slippery Rock (79) and
Mansfield (38) rounded out the 13 teams competing.
Ashley Singer
(sr. Lititz/Warwick) led
KU with a first-place victory in the 500 free with a time of 5:06.24 (NCAA
provisional B-cut). Her PSAC title marked the first PSAC title for the
Golden Bear women since the 1998 championships.
Singer
also placed third in the 200
free (1:54.85), while setting the school record in the 100 free, leading off
the 400 free relay with a time of 52.70.
Singer
also placed sixth in the open
100 free with a time of 52.88.
Steph
Jeppesen (so. Bethlehem/Liberty)
finished fourth in the 200 IM (2:12.57), while
Jeppesen
eclipsed Kelly Rowan’s
2005 school record time of 1:06.80 in the preliminaries of the 100
breaststroke, with a time of 1:06.71. In the finals,
Jeppesen
broke that record again
with a time of 1:06.47, an NCAA B-cut time and good for third place.
Jeppesen
also broke the school
record in the 200 breast with a time of 2:24.36. She finished in second
place.
Staci McGinty
(sr. Jamison/Central Bucks East)
finished 14th in the 500 free
(5:19.72) and eighth 200 free (1:59.67).
Jill
Pantelides (sr. Lansdowne/Archbishop Prendergast)
was 14th in 200 free (2:01.16).
Kelli
Pry (fr. Coatesville/Coatesville)
was 10th in the 100 breast
(1:09.10) and 12th in the 200 breast (2:31.98).
Heather
Wolkom (so. Rumson, N.J./Rumson Fair-Haven Reg.)
was 12th in 100 breast (1:09.88)
and 11th in the 1,000 free (10:52.86).
Kerry Choplin
(fr. West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford)
was 13th in the 1650 free
(18:27.12).
Allison
Sheely (fr. Enola/Trinity)
placed ninth in the 100 back
(1:01.69).
Laura Heebner
(jr. Easton/Easton)
finished ninth in the 200 fly (2:17.54).
Christie
Paski (so. Wilmington, Del./Concord)
placed 12th in the 200 fly
(2:19.55) and 15th in the 1,650 free (19:34.28). The 200 MR team of
Sheely,
Jeppesen,
Singer
and
Pantelides
was fourth (1:50.78). The
800 free relay team of
Singer,
Choplin,
Jeppesen
and
McGinty
swam a time of 7:55.10,
which is 0.05 seconds faster than the previous record set in 2006 and good
for fifth place. The 400 freestyle relay squad of
Singer,
Pantelides,
Sheely
and
McGinty
finished eighth
(7:55.10). The 200 free relay team of
Sheely,
Pantelides,
Casey Pollard
(fr. Easton/Easton) and
Jeppesen finished eighth
(1:41.23).
Sheely,
Jeppesen,
Heebner
and
Singer
led the 400 medley relay team to
a fifth-place finish (4:04.61).
Indoor Track and Field
Last Week’s Action
SAT
2/23 - KU at Princeton Invitational and at Lawrenceville Prep High School
Invite —
At Princeton,
Michelle Hughes (sr. Warminster/William Tennent)
highlighted the women’s efforts with two fifth-place finishes in the
20-pound weight (49-03.75) and the shot put (38-11.25). On the men’s side,
Jim
Dart (sr. Havertown/Haverford)
placed third in the shot put
with a throw of 53-10.75 and teammate
Steve Tyson
(sr. Bridgeport/Upper Merion)
was right behind him in fourth
with a toss of 53-00.25. At Lawrenceville,
Doofan Tor-Agbidye
(jr. Stewartsville, N.J./Phillipsburg)
and
Stephanie
Williams (sr. Harrisburg/Riverside)
came home with the only
first-place finishes as
Tor-Agbidye
won the 400-meter dash
(59.13) and
Williams
won the 3,000 (10:22.05).
Several others placed in the top six at the meet and many hit season best
times.
Alex Butler (jr.
Montoursville/Montoursville)
and
Kayla Greaves
(fr. Exton/Downingtown East)
placed fifth and sixth in the long jump with jumps of 17-03.75 and 17-03.5.
That jump for
Greaves
was a season best and
moved her up on the PSAC rankings.
Sara
Schlitzer (fr. Pottsville/Nativity BVM)
placed third in the triple jump
with a mark of 31-08.75.
Kristin
Cupido (fr. Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan)
and
Christina
Reimer (fr. Chester Springs/Downingtown East)
both posted season-best times in
their respective events to finish out the top six scoring in the distance
events.
Cupido
finished fourth in the mile
(5:17.96), while
Reimer
finished fourth in the 3,000
(10:53.15). In pole vault,
Kelly
Strickland (so. Bear, Del./Caravel Academy)
cleared 10-6 to place fifth and
Alison Wise
(so. Denver/Garden Spot)
jumped 9-05.75 in the event to take home a sixth place.
Samirah
Barczynski (so. Mohnton/Governor Mifflin)
was fifth in the 55 dash (7.58).
KU's 1,600 relay team of
Laura Deller
(sr. York/Dallastown),
Katie
Colburn (fr. Hanover/South Western),
Heather Spangenberg (so. Clarks Summit/Abington Heights)
and
Tor-Agbidye
was second (4:07.59).
Vonkurt
Redley (sr. Philadelphia/Cheltenham)
and
Shane Harvey
(fr. Potterburg, N.J./North Hunterdon)
both placed in the top six in
the 55 hurdles.
Redley
was second (7.78) and
Harvey
tied for sixth (7.89). In the
men’s 3,000,
Kevin Rodgers
(fr. Clifton Heights/Upper Darby)
and
Tim
Ballingall (fr. Downingtown/Downingtown East)
took two of the top three spots
with second- and third-place finishes.
Rodgers
ran it in 9:17.64, while
Ballingall came in at
9:40.72.
Cody Hartzler
(jr. Belleville/Indian Valley)
cleared 6-04.25 to tie for fourth place in the high jump.
Michael
Kramer (fr. Pine Grove/Pine Grove)
also tied for fourth place in
the 200 dash with a time of 23.35.
Billy Boorse
(sr. Collegeville/Perkiomen Valley)
ran the 800 in a time of 1:57.55
to claim fifth place.
Harvey,
Steve
Hixson (sr. Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh),
Redley
and
Boorse
combined to run a season best
time of 3:21.80 in the 1,600 relay to place third.
Upcoming Events
SAT
3/1 - at PSAC Championships (at East Stroudsburg) TBA
-SUN
3/2
Wrestling
(10-4-1)
Last Week’s Action
WED
2/20 - SHIPPENSBURG 24, KU 13 —
The Golden Bears dropped their
final dual match of the season falling to Shippensburg at Keystone Hall. KU
received its first win of the match from
Chris
Chambers (jr. Holland/Council Rock South)
when he recorded a 6-2 decision at 149 pounds. Heavyweight
Kevin
Bolinsky (fr. Ashland/North Schuylkill)
picked up a major decision, while
Scott Snyder
(so. Slatington/Northern Lehigh),
at 197, picked up a forfeit victory for KU.
Upcoming Events
FRI
2/29 - NCAA East Regionals (at Pitt-Johnstown) 4 p.m.
-SAT
3/1 - NCAA East Regionals 10 a.m.
SPRING SPORTS
Baseball
(3-5, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
2/21-2/24 at the Builder Invitational in Newport News, Va.
THU
2/21 - KU 10, Lock Haven 2 —
Lock Haven scored the first two
runs in the top of the second, but KU scored the next 10 runs to pick up
their first win at the 2008 Builder Invitational at War Memorial Field in
Hampton, Va. KU held Lock Haven to just three hits in the non-conference
win. The Golden Bears managed 10 runs on six hits — the biggest one coming
from
Matt Kulbacki (so. Hershey/Hershey).
Leading 3-2,
Kulbacki
blew the game open with
his grand slam in the sixth inning, giving the Golden Bears a 7-2 lead.
Mike
Kacelowicz (so. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain)
also had a good day at the
plate, going 1-for-4 with a double, two RBIs, two walks and two runs scored.
The Golden Bears’ first win of the season was accredited to starting pitcher
Philip
Rummel (sr. Exeter/West-Mont Christian),
who allowed two runs on three hits in six innings of work.
Rummel
struck out seven batters, while
walking four.
SAT
2/23 - Apprentice 11, KU 10 —
KU fell behind early, tied it
late, but fell in the end to the host Apprentice School. KU was led at the
plate by
Chad Lightcap
(jr. Boyertown/Boyertown),
who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a home run.
Jeff Kistle
(r-fr. Sandyston, N.J./Kittatinny)
scored three runs.
SUN
2/24 - KU 10, East Stroudsburg 1 —
Darin Gorski
(fr. Mount Joy/Donegal)
led KU over PSAC East foe East Stroudsburg in a non-conference matchup at
the 2008 Builder Invitational.
Gorski
allowed one hit and one unearned
run with four strikeouts in five innings pitched for the win.
Trent Mertz (fr.
Kutztown/Kutztown) went
two scoreless innings, and
Ryan Cassidy
(so. Langhorne/Archbishop Wood)
and
Jason Herr (fr.
Harrisburg/C.D. East)
each tossed a hitless frame.
Herr
fanned two.
Kacelowicz
was 3-for-5 with three
RBIs and two runs.
Lightcap
was 4-for-5 with a run,
while
Kulbacki was 2-for-4 with
a run and an RBI.
SUN
2/24 - KU 12, Bloomsburg 5 —
KU closed out the 2008 Builder
Invitational with a win over Bloomsburg in a non-conference meeting between
the two PSAC East teams.
Steve Craig (jr.
Wilkes-Barre/Bishop Hoban)
hurled six innings, scattering
four hits and allowed only three earned runs to pick up his first victory of
the season.
Garrison
Rausch (sr. Allentown/Parkland)
finished things off for KU,
striking out three Huskies over the final three innings to record the save.
KU enjoyed an offensive explosion, as it scored 11 runs in the first three
innings.
Bryan Riggins
(sr. Glenmore/Downingtown West)
and
Brett Wigder (fr. Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull)
had two hits a piece, while seven of KU’s nine starters recorded at least
one hit.
Upcoming Events
Idle
until March 8 at Savannah Invitational
Softball
(4-1, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
Idle
Upcoming Events
FRI-SUN 2/29-3/2 - at Catawba Tournament (Salisbury, N.C.)
FRI
2/29 - vs. Glenville State 3 p.m.
FRI
2/29 - vs. Catawba 7 p.m.
SAT
3/1 - vs. Coker 1 p.m.
SAT
3/1 - vs. Lincoln Memorial 5 p.m.
SUN
3/2 - vs. Fairmont State 11 a.m.
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