2008-09 Golden Bear Roundup

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2008-09 No. 35                                     May 11, 2009

SPRING SPORTS

Baseball (33-15)

Last Week’s Action

       WED 5/6 — KU 8, Slippery Rock 5 — Darin Gorski (jr. Mount Joy/Donegal) led KU to a win over Slippery Rock in the PSAC tournament. Gorski struck out 15 batters in 6 2/3 innings of work. Trent Mertz (so. Kutztown/Kutztown) closed out the game by striking out three over the final 2 1/3 innings. Corey Buletza (so. St. Claire/Pottsville) and Mike Kacelowicz (jr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) both finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Kacelowicz homered in the sixth inning and stole two bases. Buletza also stole a base and added a triple. James Quigley (so. Bensalem/Bensalem) was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a walk. Matt Kulbacki (jr. Hershey/Hershey) scored twice, going 1-for-4 with a double. Michael Dugan (so. Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City) also had a hit and an RBI. Shayne Houck (fr. Boyertown/Boyertown) singled and scored a run.

       THU 5/7 — Mercyhurst 9, KU 2 — KU managed just two runs on a two-run home run by  Jeff Kistle (so. Sandyston, N.J./Kittatinny) in a loss to Mercyhurst. Ryan Cassidy (jr. Langhorne/Archbishop Wood) started for KU, allowing six runs — four earned — on six hits and three walks. Mike Bucklin (jr. Shillington/Governor Mifflin) pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless ball for KU. Chad Lightcap (sr. Boyertown/Boyertown), who scored on Kistle's home run, Kacelowicz, Houck and Quigley each had one hit.

Upcoming Events

      THU-Sun 5/14-5/17 — NCAA Atlantic Regional (at Owls Field — West Lawn, Pa.)   

Softball (46-10-1)

Last Week’s Action

       FRI-SUN 5/8-5/10 — NCAA ATLANTIC REGIONAL (at Kutztown)

       FRI 5/8 — KU 5, WEST CHESTER 1 — Krista Cameron (sr. Formosa, ONT/Sacred Heart) led KU to a win over West Chester. Cameron hit a bases-loaded two-run single. Katlin Arbogast (jr. Ambler/Wissahickon) and Mary Hoch (so. Somerton/St. Hubert) combined to allow only one run on seven hits. Arbogast pitched 3 1/3 innings. Hoch earned her 17th win of the season, pitching the final 3 2/3 innings. Kim Morrison (sr. Newmartket, ONT/Sir William Mulock) and Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) each finished 2-for-3 with a run scored. Maggie Reifsnyder (so. Philadlephia/Littleflower) also had two hits and Maria Schiavo (jr. Old Forge/Old Forge) singled and scored a run. Heather Hannum (fr. Hatboro/Hatboro-Horsham) finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs.

       SAT 5/9 — KU 9, WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN 0 (5 innings) — Denlinger hit a grand slam to help KU win in five innings over West Virginia Wesleyan. Fitzgerald had a two-run home run, finishing the game 2-for-2. Arbogast pitched the complete game shutout, holding the Bobcats to three hits and one walk. Morrison finished 2-for-2, with an RBI and two runs scored. Schiavo had two RBIs and scored a run. She singled and walked in the game.

       SUN 5/10 — WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN 9, KU 6 (8 innings) — Denlinger finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two doubles in KU's loss to West Virginia Wesleyan. Cameron went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Fitzgerald had two hits and an RBI, Krista Tedjeske (so. Summerhill/Forest Hills) also added an RBI. Arbogast allowed three earned runs on six hits, while striking out three.

        SUN 5/10 — KU 2, WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN 0 — Monica Glomb (so. Mars/Mars) pitched four-hit gem in a win over West Virginia Wesleyan in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region-2 title game. Glomb struck out five to earn her ninth win with the complete-game shutout. Hannum had a two-RBI game-winning double. Nicole Colineri (fr. Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood) and Cameron scored on Hannum's double.

Upcoming Events

       FRI 5/15 — at NCAA Super Regional vs. Lock Haven TBA

       SAT 5/16 — at NCAA Super Regional vs. Lock Haven TBA

       SAT 5/16 — at NCAA Super Regional vs. Lock Haven (if necessary)

Men’s Tennis (15-4)

       MON 5/4 — PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY — canceled

       THU 5/7 — KU 5, MILLERSVILLE 0 — KU swept Millersville in the first round of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional. KU received the clinching win by Lukas Labitsch (sr. Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA), his second win of the day. Labitsch won 6-1 and 6-2 in the No. 3 singles spot. Labitsch, paired with Arpit Sharma (jr. Kolkata, INDIA) in the No. 2 doubles, to win 8-0. Santiago Baquerizo (sr. Guayaquil, ECUADOR) and Jonathan Goulet (jr. Quebec, CANADA) won 8-1 at No. 3 doubles. Kaushik Das (Assam, INDIA) and Rubens Vianna (sr. Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL) were on the winning end in the No. 1 spot, with a 9-7 win. Baquerizo made quick work of his No. 2 singles match with a 6-0, 6-1 win.

       FRI 5/8 — KU 5, Shaw 1 — Labitsch won the contest-clinching match for KU in a win over Shaw University. Labitsch 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Labitsch teamed with Sharma for an 8-0 win in the No. 2 doubles spot. The No. 3 doubles team of Baquerizo and Goulet handed Shaw an 8-3 loss. Andrew Torrealba (jr. Pembroke Pines, Fla./Charles W. Flanagan) made quick work in the No. 6 singles spot, with a 6-0, 6-2 win. At No. 5 singles, Sharma recorded a 6-0, 6-2 win.

Upcoming Events

       WED-SAT 5/13-5/16 — at NCAA Championships (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)

       WED 5/13 — at NCAA Championships vs. Lynn University   TBA

Women’s Tennis (11-7)

       THU 5/7 — Slippery Rock 5, KU 0 — Nicole Devine (Allentown/Allentown Central Catholic) and Sabrina Arnaud (jr. Pintendre, CANADA) dropped an 8-6 match in the doubles spot in KU's loss to Slippery Rock. Also dropping a close match were Shir Suez (jr. Even Yehuda, ISREAL) and Tess Wright (so. Lewisburg/Lewisburg), 8-4, at No. 3 doubles.

Outdoor Track and Field

       THU-SAT 5/7-9 — KU Women 7th/14 PSAC Championships — KU finished seventh at the PSAC Championships at Millersville. Ashley Pinter (so. Bethlehem/Liberty) had a second-place finish in the hammer throw, and met an NCAA Division II provisional mark with a distance of 163-4. She also finished third in the shot put with a distance of 40-10 1/4 and third in the discus (133-0). Kelly Strickland (jr. Bear, Del./Caravel Academy) and Rachel Weigle (jr. Red Lion/Red Lion) each cleared 11-1 3/4 in the pole vault, sharing the height with two other vaulters. In a jump off, Strickland finished in fourth and Weigle in fifth. Melissa Fellenbaum (fr. Landisville/Hempfield) had a vault of 10-8 to finish seventh and Alison Wise (jr. Fivepointville/Garden Spot) tied for eighth at 9-8. In the heptathlon, Katie Colburn (so. Hanover/South Western) finished in sixth place with 3,989 points. Kristin Cupido (so. Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) finished fifth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:33.00 and seventh in the 10,000 (38:12.96). Joanna Horstmann (sr. Downingtown/Downingtown West) had a provisional qualifying mark in the 800, finishing fifth with a time of 2:13.41. Horstmann also was eighth in the 1,500 (4:42.09). Hailey Dell (sr. Saranac Lake, N.Y./Saranac Lake) and Cristina Reimer (so. Chester Springs/Downingtown East) each placed in the 3,000 steeplechase, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively. Dell finished in 11:50.46, while Reimer’s time was 11:51.47. The women’s 400 relay team, comprised of Samirah Barczynski (jr. Mohnton/Governor Mifflin), Katie Quinn (jr. Glenolden/Interboro), Sarah Messner (so. Maple Glen/Upper Dublin) and Brooke Mathews (fr. Reedsville/Indian Valley), finished fifth in 48.95 seconds. Rachel Hunte (fr. Chester Springs/Downingtown East), Horstmann, Colburn and Jessica Schlecter (jr. Chalfont/Central Bucks South) ran the 1,600 relay in 3:57.56 to finish seventh.

       THU-SAT 5/7-9 — KU Men 6th/13 PSAC Championships — Jason Rowles (jr. Broomall/Marple Newtown) led the KU at the PSAC Championships at Millersville. Rowles ran the 400-meter hurdles in 54.33 seconds to claim the top spot and his first PSAC individual title. Rowles top placing helped the KU men’s team finish in sixth place out of 13 teams. Justin Germani (so. Birdsboro/Daniel Boone) and T.J. Longmore (jr. Lititz/Manheim Twp.) each earned All-PSAC honors with their third-place finishes. Germani was third in the pole vault (15-7), ahead of teammate Percell Berry (fr. Norristown/Methacton), who finished fifth (15-1). Longmore was third in the 110 hurdles, finishing in 14.66 seconds. Shane Harvey (so. Pattenburg, N.J./North Hunterdon) placed sixth in the 110 hurdles (15.05). Kendel Dixon (jr. Atglen/Octorara) finished fifth and hit an NCAA provisional mark in the 400 with a time of 47.95. Dixon also helped the 1,600 relay team finish fifth. He teamed up with Matt Reightler (so. Bethlehem/Northampton), Berry and Shaun Crump (jr. Boyertown/Boyertown) to finish in 3:19.36. Jack Iosue (fr. Manheim/Manheim Central) rounded out the place-winners for KU, finishing sixth in the javelin with a throw of 194-0.

Upcoming Events

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