2007-08 No. 28
March 17, 2008
WINTER SPORTS
Women’s Bowling
(44-59)
Last Week’s Action
SAT-SUN 3/15-3/16 - KU places 18th at Music City Classic
—
Kutztown University’s
inaugural women’s bowling season came to a close at the Columbia 300 Music
City Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University. KU finished 18th out of 21
teams with a total 8,420 pins, dropping its six baker games on Sunday,
including four to teams ranked in the nation’s top 14. KU opened the day
with a 681-576 loss to No. 14 Wisconsin-Whitewater. Next was a 765-581 loss
to No. 10 Minnesota-Mankato. KU dropped a close 628-618 decision to South
Carolina State, before another tight 688-665 loss to No. 13 Jackson State.
The Golden Bears’ final two matches were a 671-603 loss to No. 8 Arkansas
State and a close 643-636 setback vs. Hampton. KU was 1-4 in its five
matches on Saturday, picking up an 825-657 win over North Carolina A&T,
before losing to four top-12 ranked teams in No. 3 Vanderbilt (892-755), No.
9 Alabama A&T (924-774), No. 5 Central Missouri State (856-843) and No. 12.
Southern (978-778). KU’s sixth match was a no contest, as the scheduled
opponent, Nebraska, was unable to participate due travel issues.
Individually
Kayla Stamm (fr.
Mohnton/Governor Mifflin)
led KU with a 175.8 average.
Steph
Ray (so. West Lawn/Wilson)
averaged 167.2 pins, while
Jacquelyn Heimbach (jr. Easton/Easton)
averaged 151.0 and
Megan
Jonigkeit (fr. Langhorne/Neshaminy)
netted a 150.2 average.
Indoor Track and Field
Last Week’s Action
FRI-SAT 3/14-3/15 - NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships —
Cody
Hartzler (jr. Belleville/Indian Valley)
tied for eighth in the high
jump, finishing with a jump of 6-5 to earn him All-America honors.
Jim Dart (sr.
Havertown/Haverford)
placed seventh in the shot put, while
Steve Tyson
(sr. Bridgeport/Upper Merion)
came up 1.25 inches short of
All-America honors in the shot put, placing ninth with a throw of 53-09 1/4.
Dart’s
throw of 54-08 3/4 earned
him All-America honors for the first time in his collegiate career.
Wrestling
(10-4-1)
Last Week’s Action
FRI
3/14 - NCAA Division II Championships
— Dave
Zeek (so. Newtown/Council Rock North)
had his first trip to the NCAA Division II Championships come to an end with
two losses at the Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Zeek’s
run at nationals concluded with
a 10-9 loss in the first round of the consolations in the 157-pound bracket.
Zeek
dropped into the
consolation bracket after squaring off against a two-time NCAA Champion, who
picked up a major decision, winning 11-1.
SPRING SPORTS
Baseball
(7-9, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
SAT-SUN 3/8-3/9 - at Savannah Invitational
MON
3/10 - Concord 8, KU 5 —
Concord (W.Va.) University used a pair of four-run innings to come from
behind and defeat KU.
Mike
Kacelowicz (so. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain)
was 3-for-5 with a pair of
stolen bases.
Matt Kulbacki
(so. Hershey/Hershey) was
2-for-5 with a run scored.
Michael Dugan
(r-fr. Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City)
was 1-for-1 and drew three
walks.
Chad Lightcap
(jr. Boyertown/Boyertown)
tied an NCAA Division II record
by being hit by a pitch four times.
TUE
3/11 - KU 16, Fairmont State 7 —
Corey Buletza
(fr. St. Clair/Pottsville),
Brett
Wigder (fr. Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull)
and
Dugan
led the Golden Bears with a
combined nine RBIs in a win over Fairmont State.
Widger
led the pack with four RBIs,
while going 3-for-4 at the plate.
Buletza
went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs, while
Dugan
was 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBIs and a solo home run.
Garrison
Rausch (sr. Allentown/Parkland)
went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI.
Steve Craig (jr.
Wilkes-Barre/Bishop Hoban)
struck out nine over 6.2 innings of work.
TUE
3/11 - Armstrong Atlantic 5, KU 2 —
KU was forced to go to its
bullpen early and Armstrong Atlantic State University took advantage,
handing the Golden Bears a loss. After
Dugan,
who went 3-for-3, hit a game-tying RBI double in the top of the fourth,
Kulbacki cut the lead to
5-2 in the top of the eighth with an RBI single.
Mark Renda
(r-fr. Lansdale/North Penn)
went 2-for-5 with a run scored.
THU
3/13 - California (Pa.) 14, KU 10 —
KU took an 8-3 lead, but
couldn’t hold on as California (Pa.) rallied back for a four-run win.
Lightcap
went 2-for-3 with an RBI,
while
Nole Saylor (fr. Boyertown/Boyertown)
finished 3-for-4 with a double,
an RBI and a run scored. Both
Kulbacki
and
Renda
went 2-for-4 with two runs
scored.
Rausch
started for the Golden Bears and
struck out nine.
FRI
3/14 - KU 4, California (Pa.) 3 —
Darin Gorski
(so. Mount Joy/Donegal)
pitched Golden Bears coach
Chris Blum
into the record books,
striking out 10 and holding California (Pa.) to three runs in
Blum’s
200th career win at KU. In the
bottom of the eighth,
Dugan
singled home
Rausch,
who reached on a one-out single.
Kacelowicz
provided some of the
early offense, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
FRI
3/14 - KU 3, Fairmont State 2 (10 inn.) —
The Golden Bears needed extra
innings, but
Kulbacki
drove in
Jeff Kistle
(r-fr. Sandyston, N.J./Kittatinny)
with a two-out single in the
bottom of the 10th to give the Golden Bears the win.
Kistle
reached on a one-out single and
advanced into scoring position after a sacrifice.
Rausch
was 2-for-4 with an RBI, while
Renda
was 2-for-5 with a run
and an RBI.
Upcoming Events
FRI
3/21 - WILMINGTON (Del.) 2:30 p.m.
SAT
3/22 - UNIV. OF SCIENCES (DH) 1 p.m.
Softball
(17-4, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
MON
3/10 - KU 5, Armstrong Atlantic 0; KU 7, Armstrong Atlanticc 4 —
Ashley
Fitzgerald (jr. Kitchener, ONTARIO/Resurrection)
and
Maria Schiavo (so. Old Forge/Old Forge)
each had four hits Monday as KU
swept a doubleheader at Armstrong Atlantic.
Schiavo’s
two-run single in the top
of the second gave KU a 2-0 lead in the first game, and the Golden Bears
added single tallies in the third, fifth and sixth innings.
Kathy Gregg
(sr. Narvon/Garden Spot)
went 3-for-4 with a run scored, while
Fitzgerald,
Kim
Morrison (jr. Newmarket, ONTARIO/Sir William Mulock),
Steph
Denlinger (jr. Harleysville/Souderton)
and
Sam Flowers
(sr. Harleysville/Souderton)
went 2-for-4.
Katlin
Arbogast (so. Ambler/Wissahickon)
struck out six batters in the second game of the doubleheader.
Arbogast
pitched seven innings,
allowing four runs on 10 hits.
Morrison,
Fitzgerald,
Cameron
and
Gregg
all finished 2-for-4 with a run
scored.
TUE-THU 3/11-3/14 - at SCAD Spring Break Smash Hit (Savannah, Ga.)
TUE
3/11 - KU 8, Chowan 3 —
Denlinger
hit two home runs and had
five RBIs as the Golden Bears defeated Chowan University.
Denlinger
went 3-for-4 at the
plate, with two two-run homers and an RBI single.
Fitzgerald
also had a home run.
Krista
Tedjeske (fr. Summerhill/Forest Hills)
and
Gregg,
who was 2-for-2, also had RBI singles.
Schiavo
finished 2-for-4 with two
runs scored.
TUE
3/11 - KU 4, West Liberty State 1 —
The Golden Bears used three
unearned runs in a three-run third inning to defeat West Liberty State.
Arbogast allowed one run
on four hits and two walks in seven innings of work. She finished with 10
strikeouts.
Fitzgerald
had a double and a run
scored.
Cameron
and
Tedjeske
each had RBI singles, and
Denlinger had an RBI
double.
WED
3/12 - KU 6, Chowan 3 —
Solid pitching from
Monica Glomb
(fr. Mars/Mars) and a
pair two-run homers helped the Golden Bears to defeat Chowan University.
Gregg
and
Tedjeske
both smacked two-run
homers for the Golden Bears.
Schiavo
had an RBI triple, scored
on an error and finished 2-for-4.
Glomb
had her best day as Golden Bear,
striking out eight and holding Chowan to three runs.
Cameron
also scored a run for KU,
while going 2-for-4 at the plate.
WED
3/12 - KU 8, West Liberty State 0 (6 inn.) —
Arbogast
set the KU career
strikeout record in the Golden Bears’ win over West Liberty State.
Arbogast
fanned seven batters over
six innings of the mercy-rule shortened contest. Only in her second year at
KU, she now has 384 strikeouts. She allowed just two hits and one walk for
her ninth victory of the season.
Fitzgerald
and
Cameron
provided the bulk of the
offense for KU. Both players went 3-for-4 with
Fitzgerald
driving in three runs and
scoring twice.
Cameron
had an RBI and a run
scored.
Denlinger
finished 1-for-2, with a
double, two walks and two runs scored.
Anne Arbogast
(so. Ambler/Wissahickon)
had a two-RBI double.
THU
3/13 - KU 10, Pikeville College 1 (6 inn.)
—
Fitzgerald
hit two home runs as the
Golden Bears routed Pikeville College.
Denlinger
and
Fitzgerald
had back-to-back homers.
Cameron also homered for
the Golden Bears, taking part in another back-to-back home run sequence in
the third. Her one-out homer was followed by
Fitzgerald’s
solo shot.
Morrison
went 2-for-4 with a
double, an RBI and a run scored.
Mary Hoch (fr.
Somerton/St.Hubert) had
six strikeouts over six innings of work to pick up the win. She allowed just
one run on five hits.
THU
3/13 - KU 10, St. Francis (Ind.) 2 (5 inn.) —
The Golden Bears scored seven
runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take care of St. Francis (Ind.).
Fitzgerald led KU going
2-for-3, including her three-run home run in the bottom of the first.
Katlin
Arbogast struck out eight
batters over four innings of work, while allowing two runs on four hits and
two walks. She is now 10-2 on the mound this season.
Gregg
had a two-run homer.
Alex Najpauer
(fr. Topton/Brandywine Heights)
was 2-for-4 with a two-RBI
single.
Denlinger
walked three times and scored two runs.
Cameron
and
Angela
Domenici (fr. Kunkletown/Pleasant Valley)
each finished 1-for-3 with an
RBI and a run scored.
Upcoming Events
THU-SAT 3/20-3/22 - at Salem Invitational (Salem, Va.)
-THU 3/20 - vs. Shepherd 5 p.m.
-FRI 3/21 - vs. Charleston (W.Va.) 1 p.m.
-FRI 3/21 - vs. Seton Hill 3 p.m.
-FRI 3/21 - vs. West Virginia Wesleyan 7 p.m.
-SAT 3/22 - vs. Glenville State 1 p.m.
Outdoor Track and Field
Last Week’s Action
FRI-SAT 3/14-3/15 - at the Coastal Carolina Invitational —
Justin
Germani (fr. Birdsboro/Daniel Boone),
Keri
Brown
(fr.
Southampton, N.J./Seneca)
and
Stephanie
Williams (sr. Harrisburg/Riverside)
each led the KU men’s and
women’s outdoor track and field team with second-place finishes at the
Coastal Carolina Invitational. In the opening event for the outdoor season,
Germani took second in
the men’s pole vault, clearing 15-7. On the women’s side,
Brown
placed second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.45, while
Williams
was second in the 10,000 with a 38:54.81. In the field events,
Rebekah
Leitzel (fr. Spring Mills/Penns Valley)
placed fourth in the javelin (127-11), and
Ashley Pinter
(fr. Bethlehem/Liberty)
took fourth in the hammer throw (159-4).
Kelly
Strickland (so. Bear, Del./Caravel Academy)
was fifth in the pole vault
(10-6), while
Alison Wise
(so. Denver/Garden Spot)
was eighth (9-6 1/4).
Katie Colburn
(fr. Hanover/South Western)
finished eighth in the 400 IM
hurdles (1:06.93).
Doofan Tor-Agbidye
(jr. Stewartsville, N.J./Phillipsburg)
also placed eighth, finishing the 200 in 25.66 seconds. The 1,600 relay was
fifth (4:05.29), while the 400 relay team finished eighth (49.78). On the
men’s side, the 1,600 relay was sixth (3:23.72).
Vonkurt
Redley (sr. Philadelphia/Cheltenham)
placed in two events for the
Golden Bears, taking fourth in the 400 hurdles (55.40) and sixth in the 110
high hurdles (15.06).
Shane Harvey
(fr. Potterburg, N.J./North Hunterdon)
also placed in both events, with a fifth-place finish in the 400 hurdles
(55.45) an eighth-place finish in the 110 hurdles (15.25).
Billy Boorse
(sr. Collegeville/Perkiomen Valley)
was seventh in the 800
(1:56.54). In the field,
Chris
Boutsikaris (so. Andover, N.J./Newtown)
placed sixth in the javelin
(177-8) and eighth in the hammer (168-0 1/2).
Matt Kaminsky
(fr. Branchburg, N.J./Somerville)
was seventh in the javelin
(176-4).
Tim
Ohm
(so. Media/Penncrest)
took sixth in the pole vault with a jump of 13-7.
Upcoming Events
SAT
3/22 - LEHIGH VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIPS 10 a.m.
Men’s Tennis
(0-5, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
MON-SAT 3/10-3/15 - at Hilton Head Invitational
MON
3/10 - Southern Indiana 7, KU 2 —
KU picked up its two team points
at first doubles and sixth singles in a loss to Southern Indiana.
Lukas
Labitsch (jr. Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA)
and
Andrew
Torrealba (so. Pembrek Pines, Fla./Chales Franasan)
won 8-3 at first doubles. At
sixth singles,
Gregg Shankle
(so. Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest)
was a winner in three sets, 4-6, 7-6 and 1-0 in the third-set
super-tiebreaker.
Arpit Sharma
(so. Kolkata, INDIA) lost
a tough three-set decision at second singles.
TUE
3/11 - Byrant 5, KU 4 —
Bryant University won four of the six singles matches to hand KU.
Labitsch
and
Torrealba
were the only Golden
Bears to collect wins — both in third-set super tiebreakers — in the singles
matches.
Labitsch
won 7-6, 2-6 (10-6) in
the No. 1 singles match, while
Torrealba
won 6-3, 1-6 (10-8) in
the No. 3 single match. Both
Labitsch
and
Torrealba
teamed up to win in the
No. 1 doubles match. KU’s other win came in the No. 2 doubles match, where
Sharma
and
Robert
Zerwick (fr. Bowers/Kutztown)
won 9-8.
THU
3/13 - Armstrong Atlantic 9, KU 0 —
KU was swept in both the singles
and doubles matches in a loss to Armstrong Atlantic.
SAT
3/15 - Northern Georgia 6, KU 3 —
KU fell in its final contest at
the Hilton Head Invitational losing 6-3 to Northern Georgia.
Labitsch
was the only Golden Bear to pick up two wins Saturday as he won his singles
match and teamed with
Torrealba
to win their doubles
match 8-4.
Labitsch
won 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 1 singles.
Sharma
also picked up a win for KU, winning 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 2 singles match.
Upcoming Events
Idle
until March 29 at Philadelphia University
Women’s Tennis
(2-5, 0-0 PSAC East)
Last Week’s Action
MON-SAT 3/10-3/15 - at Hilton Head Invitational
MON
3/10 - KU 5, Clarion 4 —
KU defeated PSAC foe Clarion 5-4 to pick up its first win of the season. The
Golden Bears won two of three doubles points and then split the six singles
matches to hold on for the win.
Rohini Das
(so. Kolkata, INDIA) and
Barbara Joerns (so. Ludwigshafen, GERMANY)
won at first doubles, 8-2, while
Sabrina Arnaud (so. Quebec, QUEBEC/Levy Laurzon)
and
Kristen
Struble (fr. East Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg South)
won at third doubles, 8-1. In singles,
Joerns
