2008-09 No. 12                                                                 Nov. 17, 2008

FALL SPORTS

Cross Country

Last Week’s Action

       Idle

Upcoming Events

       SAT 11/22 — Joanna Horstmann at NCAA Championships (at Slippery Rock)         11 a.m.

WINTER SPORTS

Men’s Basketball (0-0, 0-0 PSAC East)

Upcoming Events

       WED 11/19 — at Wilmington (Del.)                         7 p.m.

       SAT 11/22 — at University of the Sciences           1 p.m.

Women’s Basketball (2-0, 0-0 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Events

       SAT 11/15 — KU 66, Slippery Rock 51 — Lara Dellegrotti (sr. Berwick/Berwick) had a career day and Melissa McQuade (so. Pittsburgh/Shaler) kicked off the season with a double-double as KU defeated Slippery Rock in the Golden Bear Classic at Keystone Hall. Dellegrotti posted a career-best 21 points. She went 6-for-7 from the line and had three 3-pointers. McQuade finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, to go with her five assists and five steals. Meredith Starr (so. Richmond, Va./Monacan) had seven points for KU, and Rachel Wisemiller (jr. Hazleton/Hazleton) had four points, four assists and six rebounds.

       SUN 11/16 — KU 86, Pitt-Johnstown 72 — McQuade headlined a game filled with career highs as KU rallied in the second half to defeat the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown in the final game of the Golden Bear Classic at Keystone Hall. McQuade scored a career-high 30 points and had another personal-best going 10-for-10 from the free-throw line, helping KU overcome a 31-24 halftime deficit. The All-Classic MVP also had four 3-pointers and 14 rebounds. KU shot 67.7 percent from the field in the second half. Wisemiller finished with 21 points and Chauntelle Schroeder (jr. Toronto, Ont./Mother Theresa) had a career-high 19 to go with her personal-best 10 rebounds. Wisemiller, who hit four 3-pointers en route to tying her career-high in points, recorded personal-best marks in rebounds with eight and steals with four. She was named to the All-Classic team. Dellegrotti finished with nine points and five assists. Starr had five points and six assists.

Upcoming Events

       SAT 11/22 — at University of the Sciences               1 p.m.

Bowling (16-8, 5-1 NEC)

Last Week’s Action

       SAT-SUN 11/15-16 — KU 5-1 at Northeast Conference Meet #1 — No. 16 KU swept their matches on the first day and went 2-1 in the second day of the Northeast Conference Meet at Sacred Heart University. The Golden Bears defeated Long Island University 1,715-950, winning the team game 970-905 and all four baker games. KU defeated No. 13 Adelphi 1,734-1,712. The team game score was 915-905, but Adelphi took three of the four baker games. The Golden Bears topped No. 6 ranked Sacred Heart 1,984-1,768. KU also defeated St. Francis 1,658-1,515 (899-871 team game, 759-644 baker games) and St. Peter’s 1,583-1,450 (899-793, 684-657). In KU’s only loss, Fairleigh Dickinson won 1,940-1,777 (969-962, 971-815). Kayla Jones (fr. Johnstown/Westmont Hilltop) led KU with an average of 219 over six games, including a high-game of 247. Jacquelyn Heimbach (sr. Easton/Easton) set a career-high with her 257 against Sacred Heart, while averaging a 205 at the meet. Stephanie Ray (so. West Lawn/Wilson) averaged a 192.6 and also set a career-high mark with a 244. Chelsea Adam (fr. Reading/Exeter) averaged a 195.5 over four games.

Upcoming Events

       FRI-SUN 11/21-23 — at Eastern Shore Hawk Classic

Men’s Swimming (4-1, 3-1 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

       SAT 11/15 — KU 133, Indiana, Pa., 107 (at Lock Haven) — The KU men’s team defeated Indiana (Pa.) at Lock Haven. Jack Crellin (fr. Pittsburgh/North Allegheny) won the 1,000 free (10:20.75) and the 500 free (5:03.86). Stephen Krater (jr. Port Carbon/Pottsville Area) won the 200 free (1:50.86) and the 100 free (49.85), a PSAC qualifying time. David Shedleski (fr. Mechanicsburg/Trinity) won the 100 breast (1:03.54), John Pandish (sr. Milford/Delaware Valley) won the 200 fly (2:05.59) and Jeff Travor (so. Quakertown/Quakertown Community) won the 200 breast (2:20.47). The team of Gabriel Recio (so. Lancaster/Hempfield), Shedleski, John Nicklous (sr. Philadelphia/Father Judge) and Derek Orr (sr. Easton/Easton) won the 400 medley relay in 3:47.23.

Upcoming Events

       FRI-SAT 11/21-22 — Golden Bear Invitational at Keystone Hall

       FRI 11/21 — Golden Bear Invitational               11 a.m./7 p.m.

       SAT 11/22 — Golden Bear Invitational               10 a.m./4 p.m.

Women’s Swimming (6-2, 4-2 PSAC)

Last Week’s Action

       SAT 11/15 — KU 96, Lock Haven 25; KU 71, Indiana, Pa., 51 — Steph Jeppesen (jr. Bethlehem/Liberty) won four events and set three pool records to lead the KU women’s team to a sweep of PSAC foes Indiana (Pa.) and Lock Haven. Jeppesen set LHU pool records in the 100 breast (1:07.17, also an NCAA-B cut time), the 200 breast (2:27.69) and the 400 medley relay (4:07.47). She teamed with Allison Sheely (so. Enola/Trinity), Laura Heebner (sr. Easton/Easton) and Jordan Shapiro (fr. Trenton N.J./Princeton) on the medley relay. Jeppesen also won the 200 IM (2:15.53). Other event winners for KU included Alex Crigler (so. West Lawn/Wilson High School) in the 1,000 free (10:57.50), Heebner in the 200 fly (2:19.60) and Shapiro in the 100 free (55.23). KU’s team of Sheely, Kelli Pry (so. Coatesville/Coatesville Area), Nicole Hinsdale (fr. Glen Mills/Bayard Rustin) and Shapiro won the 400 free relay in 3:45.12.

Upcoming Events

       FRI-SAT 11/21-22 — Golden Bear Invitational at Keystone Hall

       FRI 11/21 — Golden Bear Invitational         11 a.m./7 p.m.

       SAT 11/22 — Golden Bear Invitational        10 a.m./4 p.m.

Wrestling (0-0)

Last Week’s Events

       SAT 11/15 — at East Stroudsburg Open — Joe Kemmerer (sr. Mountaintop/Crestwood) won the 133-pound bracket at the 2008 East Stroudsburg Open, while Scott Snyder (jr. Slatington/Northern Lehigh) finished third and Chris Chambers (sr. Holland/Council Rock South) placed fifth. Kemmerer cruised through his bracket, not allowing a single point in four matches. He won by major decision in each of his first three bouts before winning 1-0 in the final. Snyder went 4-1 in the 197-pound bracket, advancing to the championship semifinals, before falling 12-6. In consolations, he won two matches, including the third-place match 4-3. Chambers placed fifth in the 157-pound bracket after losing in overtime in the championship quarterfinals. Chambers battled back with two consolation victories. He lost 12-4 in the consolation semifinals, but bounced back again winning the fifth-place bout 4-1.

Upcoming Events

       SAT 11/22 — at Messiah Duals               11:30 a.m.

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