2007-08 No. 26
March 3, 2008
WINTER SPORTS
Men’s Basketball
(19-8, 10-2 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
WED
2/27 - KU 112, COLUMBIA UNION 96 —
Andre Woodlin
(jr. Philadelphia/Central)
scored 22 points and
Dave Ben (jr.
Coatesville/Coatesville)
had 20 to lead KU over Columbia Union at Keystone Hall. KU's 112 points were
its third-most in a game in school history, and the 208 points combined are
the most ever for a KU men’s game at Keystone Hall.
Stephen
Dennis (so. West Chester/Henderson)
added 19 points,
Nate Edwards
(so. Philadelphia/Northeast Catholic)
hit for 16 an
Ryan
Washington (r-fr. Glendale/Wissahickon)
scored 12 to round out KU’s scoring leaders.
Kevin Hafera
(sr. York/Red Lion)
matched career highs with eight points and eight rebounds on his senior
night.
SAT
3/1 - KU 82, EAST STROUDSBURG 74
—
Woodlin
scored a career-high 28
points and added 10 rebounds as KU defeated East Stroudsburg University to
win a share of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East regular
season title. This is KU’s first PSAC East title since 1988, when the Golden
Bears went 10-2 in PSAC East play. Also, this is
Bernie
Driscoll’s first PSAC
East title as a head coach. KU set a single-game school records for free
throws made, 35, and attempted, 51.
Woodlin
shot 12-of-16 from the
line and
Dennis
scored 11 of his 21 points from
the line.
Washington
was the third Golden Bear
in double figures as he netted 13 points and grabbed four rebounds, while
Mike
Connolly (fr. Souderton/Souderton)
was a consistent threat off the
bench scoring nine points.
Upcoming Events
TUE
3/4 - vs. MILLERSVILLE (PSAC FIRST ROUND) 7 p.m.
FRI
3/7 - + PSAC Final Four (at East’s top seed) TBA
-SAT
3/8 - + PSAC Championship TBA
+if
team qualifies
Women’s Basketball
(11-16, 4-8 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
SAT
3/1 - EAST STROUDSBURG 83, KU 72
— Senior
Mercedes Van
Wagner (sr. Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional),
playing in her final game, broke KU’s all-time career rebound record, but
the Golden Bears fell to East Stroudsburg in their final game of the regular
season at Keystone Hall. At the 6:44 mark of the first half,
Van Wagner
pulled down a defensive
rebound to set the record, passing Missy Boettger (1987-91) with 831 career
boards.
Van Wagner
finished with 12 points
and 11 rebounds for the Golden Bears.
Lara
Dellegrotti (jr. Berwick/Berwick),
Melissa McQuade (fr. Pittsburgh/Shaler)
and
Meredith
Starr (fr. Richmond, Va./Monacan)
all scored in double digits for the Golden Bears.
Dellegrotti
led the way with a
team-high 14 points, while
McQuade
had 12 and Starr had 10
points. KU also bids farewell to seniors
Rachel
Weidensaul (sr. Ashland/Cardinal Brennan)
and
Molly Brown
(sr. Kennett/Kennett Square).
In their final contest for the Golden Bears,
Weidensaul
scored seven points and
Brown
had four points and three
rebounds.
Women’s Bowling
(41-41)
Last Week’s Action
Idle
Upcoming Events
SAT
3/8 - ECAC Championships (N. Brunswick, N.J.) 1 p.m.
-SUN
3/9 - ECAC Championships TBA
Indoor Track and Field
Last Week’s Action
SAT-SUN 3/1-3/2 - men 5th/12 at PSAC Championships —
Cody Hartzler
(jr. Belleville/Indian Valley)
and
Steve Tyson
(sr. Bridgeport/Upper Merion)
collected first-place finishes
for the KU men’s indoor track and field team at the PSAC Championships at
East Stroudsburg University. KU finished fifth overall at the meet with 82.5
points. Slippery Rock won with 116.5 points, while Shippensburg was second
with 113. East Stroudsburg was close behind with 100 points and California
(Pa.) was fourth with 93.5 points.
Hartzler
finished first in the
men’s high jump with a leap of 6-10 1/4, breaking KU's school record. The
previous record was 6-9, set by Shaun Landis in 2002.
Tyson
edged out teammate
Jim Dart (sr.
Havertown/Havertown) for
the top spot in the shot put with a throw of 54-10 3/4.
Dart,
who owns the school record in the shot put, finished second with a throw of
54-0. Both were NCAA provisional qualifying marks.
Dart
placed fifth in the 35-pound
weight throw (54-3 3/4),
Tyson
was sixth (52-9 1/4) and
Jason Rebuck
(so. Southampton/William Tennent)
was eighth (51-5 1/2). KU placed
four athletes in the top eight of the 55 hurdles, with
Vonkurt
Redley (sr. Philadelphia/Cheltenham)
leading the way with his
fifth-place finish (7.72).
Shane Harvey
(fr. Potterburg, N.J./North Hunterdon)
was sixth (7.84),
Justin Gibbs
(sr. Pottstown/Pottstown)
was seventh (7.97) and
T.J. Longmore
(so. Manheim Twp./Manheim Twp.)
was eighth (7.99).
Billy Boorse
(sr. Collegeville/Perkiomen Valley)
was fourth in the 800 (1:56.54).
Redley,
Steve
Hixson (sr. Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh),
Boorse
and
Kendel Dixon
(so. Atglen/Octorara) led
the 1,600 relay team to a fourth-place finish (3:22.17).
Mike Kramer (fr.
Pine Grove/Pine Grove)
was second in the long jump (22-7 3/4), while
Devin
Peterson (fr. Kutztown/Kutztown)
was seventh (21-10 3/4).
Ian Clark (jr.
Troy, NH/Monadnock Regional)
was third in the pentathlon (3,350 points), while
Isaac Schatz
was eighth (3,150). In
the pole vault,
Justin
Germani (fr. Birdsboro/Daniel Boone)
was fourth (14-11). KU’s
distance medley relay team of
Ben Loht (so.
Lewistown/Indian Valley),
Joe
Tavormina (fr. Hellertown/Saucon Valley),
Tom
Mooney (fr. Churchville/Council Rock South)
and
John Pyne (jr.Harrisburg/Bishop
McDevitt) was sixth in
10:39.93. The 3,200 relay of
Mooney,
Loht,
Matt
Reightler (fr. Bethlethem/Northampton)
and
Boorse
was seventh in 7:59.99.
SAT-SUN 3/1-3/2 - women 4th/12 at PSAC Championships
—
Kelly
Strickland (so. Bear, Del./Caravel Academy)
and
Michelle
Hughes (jr. Warminster/William Tennent)
led the Kutztown University
women’s indoor track and field team to a fourth-place finish at the PSAC
Championship at East Stroudsburg University. The Golden Bears finished with
66 points, behind Slippery Rock and Shippensburg, who shared the title with
110 points each. Lock Haven was third with 92 points.
Strickland’s
jump of 11-5 3/4 was good
enough for second place in the pole vault.
Alison Wise
(so. Denver/Garden Spot)
finished eight in the pole vault (10-0).
Hughes
also recorded a second-place
finish for KU in the 20-pound weight throw (51-11 3/4).
Ashley Pinter
(fr. Bethlehem/Liberty)
was seventh (48-11 1/2). KU's 3,200 relay of
Keri Brown (fr.
Southampton, N.J./Seneca),
Jessica Donovan (jr. Newtown/Pennsbury),
Jolene
Collins (so. Palmyra/Palmyra)
and
Joanna Horstmann (jr. Downingtown/Downingtown West)
was also second in 9:28.90.
Samirah
Barczynski (so. Mohnton/Governor Mifflin)
finished fifth in the 55-meter dash (7.50).
Doofan Tor-Agbidye
(jr. Stewartsville, N.J./Phillipsburg)
took third in the 400 (58.66).
Brown
finished fifth in the
mile run (5:10.61).
Kristin
Cupido (fr. Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan)
was fifth in the 3,000
(10:27.98).
Cupido
was third in the 5,000
(18:21.25) and
Christina
Reimer (fr. Chester Springs/Downingtown East)
was sixth (18:27.44). The 1,600
relay team of
Heather
Spangenberg (so. Clarks Summit/Abington Heights),
Katie
Colburn (fr. Hanover/South Western),
Horstmann and
Tor-Agbidye
took fifth place
(4:01.97).
Alex Butler (jr.
Montoursville/Montoursville)
was fourth in the long jump
(17-1 1/2) and
Colburn
was eighth in the
pentathlon (2,814 points). The women’s distance medley relay placed eighth
in a time of 13:29.22. The team consisted of
Collins,
Lynn
Lisofsky (fr. Wilkes-Barre/Coughlin),
Kristin Green (sr. Camp Hill/Camp Hill)
and
Becky Webb (so. Laurys Station/Parkland).
Upcoming Events
Idle
Wrestling
(10-4-1)
Last Week’s Action
FRI-SAT 2/29-3/1 - 9th/13 at NCAA Division II East Regionals —
Dave Zeek
(so. Newtown/Council Rock North)
placed fourth at the NCAA
Division II East Regionals at Pitt-Johnstown to qualify for the NCAA
Championships.
Zeek
was the only KU wrestler to
advance to a third-place bout.
Chris
Chambers (jr. Holland/Council Rock South),
Kyle
Davis (so. Peckville/Valley View),
Scott
Snyder (so. Slatington/Northern Lehigh)
and
Kevin
Bolinsky (fr. Ashland/North Schuylkill)
all competed in fifth-place bouts, with
Chambers
and
Bolinsky
emerging victorious.
Fourth-seeded
Chambers,
at 149, won 3-2 in his fifth-place match, while
Bolinsky,
at heavyweight, won 1-0 to take fifth.
Bolinsky
had two pins en route to
his fifth-place finish.
Zeek
won a 13-8 decision in the
consolation quarterfinals before winning 7-2 in the semifinals. But
second-seeded Dan Nauman, from Shippensburg, pinned
Zeek
in 4:59 to win third. KU
finished ninth overall in the team standings with 43 points. Newberry
College won the team title with 129.5 points, ahead of host Pitt-Johnstown,
which had 121 points. Mercyhurst (87), Gannon (83.5) and West Liberty State
College (83.5) round out the top five.
Zeek
will represent KU and travel to
the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the NCAA Division II
Championships on March 14-15. Upper Iowa University will host the
tournament.
Upcoming Events
Idle
until March 14-15 at NCAA Division II Championship
SPRING SPORTS
Men’s Tennis
(0-0, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
Idle
Upcoming Events
Idle
until March 10 at Hilton Head Invitational.
Women’s Tennis
(0-0, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
Idle
Upcoming Events
Idle
until March 10 at Hilton Head Invitational
Baseball
(3-5, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
Idle
Upcoming Events
SAT-SUN 3/8-3/9 - at Savannah Invitational
SAT
3/8 - at Armstrong Atlantic State 2 p.m.
SUN
3/9 - vs. West Liberty State 10 a.m.
Softball
(7-3, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
FRI-SUN 2/29-3/2 - at Catawba Tournament (Salisbury, N.C.)
FRI
2/29 - KU 9, Glenville State 0 —
Katlin
Arbogast (so. Ambler/Wissahickon)
helped No. 21-ranked KU blank Glenville State in six innings, forcing the
mercy rule into effect.
Arbogast
struck out 13 batters in
six innings of work, allowing just two hits and no walks.
Steph
Denlinger (jr. Harleysville/Souderton)
led the Golden Bears, going
3-for-4 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs.
Denlinger’s
two-RBI double with the
bases loaded in the sixth inning helped the Golden Bears break the game wide
open.
Krista Cameron (jr. Formosa, ONTARIO/Sacred Heart)
followed
Denlinger’s
big hit with a double of
her own, scoring two more runs.
Sam Flowers
(sr. Harleysville/Souderton)
and
Krista Tedjeske (fr. Summerhill/Forest Hills)
also had extra-base hits for the
Golden Bears.
FRI
2/29 - Catawba 7, KU 3 —
Catawba’s grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning created the
separation needed to knock off KU. Catawba scored all seven of its runs in
back-to-back innings, with three in the fourth and four in the fifth.
Ashley
Fitzgerald (jr. Kitchener, ONTARIO/Resurrection)
went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run.
SAT
3/1 - KU 6, Coker College 0 —
Arbogast
pitched her second
straight gem for KU, throwing seven innings of no-hit ball in a win over
Coker College.
Arbogast
struck out 12 batters,
while holding Coker to just two baserunners — both on walks. KU, thanks to a
solo homer from
Denlinger
in the first inning, led
1-0 from the get-go and did not distance itself from Coker until
Flowers
started a five-run rally.
Flowers led off the
seventh with a solo home run to make it 2-0, and KU closed the inning with a
two-run double from
Caitlin Hague
(sr. Lansdale/North Penn).
Tedjeske, who went
2-for-3, also singled in two runs in the inning.
SAT
3/1 - Lincoln Memorial 3, KU 2 —
KU led 2-1, but wound up falling
3-2 lost to Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) University. In the second inning, RBI
hits from
Denlinger
and
Kathy Gregg
(sr. Narvon/Garden Spot)
helped KU take a 2-1 lead, but the Railsplitters tied it at 2 in its half of
the third.
Denlinger
was 2-for-4 with a
double, while
Gregg
was 1-for-3.
Arbogast
came on in relief in the
first inning and went 2.2 innings, striking out four.
SUN
3/2 - KU 4, Fairmont State 3 —
Kim Morrison
(jr. Newmarket, ONTARIO/Sir William Mulock)
went 2-for-3 with a home run and
Maggie
Reifsnyder (fr. Philadelphia/Littleflower)
hit a two-run blast in the
second inning to give KU a win over Fairmont State.
Mary Hoch (fr.
Somerton/St.Hubert)
hurled 3.1 innings, while allowing two hits, an earned run and a walk.
Arbogast entered the game
with one out in the fourth inning. She struck out six batters in 3.2
innings, while allowing five hits and two runs to get the win. KU had its
big inning in the second frame, as
Reifsnyder
hit a two-out, two-run
home run, to give KU the early 2-0 lead.
Morrison
followed with a single
and was later driven in by
Gregg
to bring the score to 3-0.
Upcoming Events
FRI-SUN 3/7-3/9 - at Francis Marion Patriot Invite (Florence, S.C.)
FRI
3/7 - vs. Bluefield State (W.Va.) 3 p.m.
FRI
3/7 - vs. Augusta State 7 p.m.
SAT
3/8 - vs. Mount Olive 1 p.m.
SAT
3/8 - Glenville State 5 p.m.
SUN
3/9 - Charleston (W.Va.) 11 a.m.
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