Elizabethtown College Sports News 
Back to top 1/30/2008 Elizabethtown to host "kid's day" on Saturday vs Lebanon Valley
Back to top 1/30/2008 Blue Jays fall in overtime at Albright, 87-82
Back to top 1/30/2008 Elizabethtown to host "Kids' Day" on Saturday vs. Lebanon Valley FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown College to Host "Kids' Day" on Saturday ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's basketball teams are hosting "Kids' Day" on Saturday when the Blue Jays host Lebanon Valley College in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Thompson Gymnasium. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. in advance of the 2:00 p.m. women's game, with the men's game to follow at 4:00 p.m. Admission to all Elizabethtown College basketball games is free for all fans. All fans will have the opportunity to meet members of the men's and women's basketball teams, receive autographs, meet the Blue Jay mascot, take part in fun competitions and win great prizes, all sponsored by Knowlton Dental Associates of Elizabethtown. Among the activities during each game are the chance to win door prizes, contests on the court at halftime, and an autograph session with the Blue Jay players following the game. For more information, contact Elizabethtown women's basketball coach Yvonne Kauffman at (717) 361-1138 or via e-mail at kauffmye@etown.edu. Back to top 1/28/2008 Mike Schatzmann honored as Commonwealth conference Player of the week
Back to top 1/28/2008 St. Mary's picks up 63-52 non-conference victory over Etown ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL St. Mary's Defeats Elizabethtown 63-52 in Non-Conference Matchup ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Allie Scott finished with a game-high 22 points to lead St. Mary's College of Maryland to a 63-52 non-conference victory over Elizabethtown College in women's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Monday night. Steph Saint-Aubin added 12 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and seven steals for the Seahawks (12-6 overall), who turned an eight-point second-half lead into a 21-point advantage before the Blue Jays (9-8 overall) rallied to within nine in the final minute. Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) paced Elizabethtown with a team-high 20 points while junior Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) added 11 points, seven rebounds and four steals in 27 minutes off the bench. However, the Blue Jays shot just 30.5 percent (18-for-59) from the field as a team and could not capitalize on 25 Seahawk turnovers in suffering their third consecutive defeat. St. Mary's jumped out to an early 15-4 lead, and carried a nine-point lead to intermission at 30-21. Scott led the Seahawks with 12 points in the opening half while Walton paced the Blue Jays with seven. In the second half, St. Mary's built its largest lead at 58-37 with 6:05 to go before the Blue Jays went on a 15-3 run to pull within 61-52 with 58 seconds remaining. St. Mary's, which shot 42.4 percent (25-for-59) from the field as a team, also finished with a 42-39 edge in rebounding over Elizabethtown. ST. MARY'S COLL. OF MD. 63, ELIZABETHTOWN COLL. 52
Back to top 1/26/2008 Blue Jays coast past Messiah 84-68 behind 22 points from Mike Schatzmann
Back to top 1/26/2008 #11 Messiah holds on for 73-64 victory over Etown ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL #11 Messiah Holds Off Elizabethtown, 73-64 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Nikki Lobach scored a game-high 24 points to lead 11th-ranked Messiah College to a 73-64 victory over Elizabethtown College in Commonwealth Conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon at Thompson Gymnasium. Ashley Brooks and Amy Reed added 11 points each for the Falcons (15-2 overall, 2-0 Commonwealth), who let a 16-point second-half lead dwindle to four before putting the game away with eight straight foul shots in the final 3:32. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) scored 13 points for the Blue Jays (9-7 overall, 0-2 Commonwealth), while junior Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) added a season-high 13 points along with a game-high eight rebounds off the Etown bench. Messiah used a late 10-0 run the first half to take a 41-31 to halftime, shooting 60 percent from the field as a team (15-for-25). Lobach led the way with 10 points for the Falcons while Montague paced the Blue Jays with eight points off the bench. In the second half, the Falcons took their largest lead at 47-31 following two foul shots by Lobach with 18:32 to play. The Blue Jays then went on a 12-2 run to pull within 49-43 on a layup by sophomore Ashley Toczylowski (Dupont, PA/Wyoming Seminary) with 13:50 remaining. The Blue Jays trimmed the Falcon lead to four points on three occasions, the last with 2:36 to go at 67-63 on a layup by senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County). However, Messiah put the contest away as Reed and Julie Henninger each hit two foul shots and Lobach added a breakaway layup. Both teams shot 42.6 percent (23-for-54) from the field in the contest, as Messiah went just 8-for-29 (27.6 percent) from the field in the second half after their hot-shooting first half. Elizabethtown held a 36-31 edge in rebounding, led by eight from Montague. Off the Blue Jay bench, sophomore Courtney Kofeldt (Coatesville, PA/Holy Spirit, NJ) went 3-for-4 from three-point range and finished with nine points. MESSIAH COLLEGE 73, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 64
Back to top 1/26/2008 Etown women defeat Widener, men fall in final dual meet of season ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING Elizabethtown Swimming Splits With Widener ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swimming split with Widener University on Saturday afternoon, as the Blue Jay men were defeated 151-41, while the women won by a score of 120-74. Junior Chris Miller (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) was the lone winner for the Etown men (5-8) on the day, winning the 200 back in 2:00.86. The Blue Jay women (6-7) were led by junior Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser). Brizek posted wins in the 200 IM (2:24.54) and 200 back (2:23.26). Sophomore Lindsay Riley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) won the 100 free (57.46), and on senior day, senior Lindsay Kollmeier (Sewell, NJ/Ursuline Academy) won the 1000 free (12:48.47). Sophomore Kara Geiger (Zionsville, PA/Emmaus) won the 500 free (5:47.98), while junior Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) touched first in the 200 breast (2:38.75). Etown women also won the 400 free relay, with first-year student Stephanie Hellman (Shrewsbury, NJ/Red Bank Catholic), Kollmeier, sophomore Sara Crimmel (Tunkhannock, PA/Tunkhannock), and Kara Geiger winning in 4:08.15) Men’s Team Score: Widener 151, Elizabethtown 41 Women's Team Score: Elizabethtown 120, Widener 74 Back to top 1/25/2008 Men's DMR finishes 15th at Penn State Elizabethtown College Men's Track and Field Elizabethtown Takes 15th in DMR at Penn State STATE COLLEGE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's distance medley relay team finished 15th out of 17 schools at the Penn State National Invitational on Friday evening. The Blue Jays finished with a time of 10:28.18 for the 4,000-meter race, placing ahead of Bowie State and Division I Charlotte, which did not finish the race. Senior Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) went out in 3:12.8 for the first 1,200 meters, and senior Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) followed with a 50.6 in the 400 meters. Senior Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) clocked 1:54.4 in the 800 meters and senior Ryan St. Clair (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) finished at 4:29.9 in the 1,600 meters. Back to top 1/25/2008 Etown women's distance mdeley relay finishes 9th at Penn State Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Elizabethtown Takes Ninth in DMR at Penn State STATE COLLEGE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's distance medley relay team finished ninth out of 12 schools at the Penn State National Invitational on Friday evening. The Blue Jays were timed in 12:22.37 for the 4,000-meter race, coming in ahead of Division I schools Army and Norfolk State along with the Tennessee "B" team that did not finish. The time of 12:22.37 was the third-fastest in program history and just eight seconds shy of the school record as well as an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time. Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) ran the 1,200 meters in 3:47.7, before passing along to graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) who went 59.9 in the 400 meters. Sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) followed with a 2:24.0 in the 800 meters and junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) finished the 1,600 meters in 5:10.3. Back to top 1/23/2008 Distance medley relay team to compete at Penn State National Invitational FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown to Compete in Distance Medley Relay at Penn State National Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College will send men's and women's distance medley relay teams to compete at the Penn State National Invitational indoor track and field meet on Friday night, Jan. 25. The Blue Jay men's team will feature an all-senior quartet of Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) in the 1,200 meters, Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) in the 400 meters, Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) in the 800 meters and Ryan St. Clair (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) in the 1,600 meters. Provisional qualifying time for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships in the distance medley relay on a 200-meter banked track is 10:07.00, and the school record is 9:58.76 set on Feb. 12, 2005 by the foursome of Tyson Evensen, Graybeal, Patrick Donovan and Steve Sanko. Competing for the Blue Jay women will be senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) in the 1,200 meters, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) in the 400 meters, sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) in the 800 meters and junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) in the 1,600 meters. They will be aiming for the NCAA Division III provisional time of 12:15.50 as well as the school record of 12:14.37 set on March 5, 2005 by Katie Garner, Betsy Burroughs, Nicole Murphy and Melissa St. Clair. The women's distance medley relay is scheduled to begin at 8:50 p.m. on Friday evening followed by the men's DMR at 9:20 p.m. Fifteen women's teams and 19 men's teams have been accepted for entry into the meet. Back to top 1/23/2008 Distance medley relay team to compete at Penn State National Invitational FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown to Compete in Distance Medley Relay at Penn State National Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College will send men's and women's distance medley relay teams to compete at the Penn State National Invitational indoor track and field meet on Friday night, Jan. 25. The Blue Jay men's team will feature an all-senior quartet of Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) in the 1,200 meters, Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) in the 400 meters, Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) in the 800 meters and Ryan St. Clair (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) in the 1,600 meters. Provisional qualifying time for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships in the distance medley relay on a 200-meter banked track is 10:07.00, and the school record is 9:58.76 set on Feb. 12, 2005 by the foursome of Tyson Evensen, Graybeal, Patrick Donovan and Steve Sanko. Competing for the Blue Jay women will be senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) in the 1,200 meters, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) in the 400 meters, sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) in the 800 meters and junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) in the 1,600 meters. They will be aiming for the NCAA Division III provisional time of 12:15.50 as well as the school record of 12:14.37 set on March 5, 2005 by Katie Garner, Betsy Burroughs, Nicole Murphy and Melissa St. Clair. The women's distance medley relay is scheduled to begin at 8:50 p.m. on Friday evening followed by the men's DMR at 9:20 p.m. Fifteen women's teams and 19 men's teams have been accepted for entry into the meet. Back to top 1/22/2008 Blue Jays win seven matches to defeat Gettysburg, 40-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown Routs Gettysburg, 40-3 GETTYSBURG, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College won seven of eight contested bouts to pick up a 40-3 victory over host Gettysburg College in non-conference wrestling action on Tuesday evening. The Blue Jays (5-7 overall) received a pin from first-year student Bill Meaney (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Township) at 184 pounds in 2:09, along with a technical fall by sophomore Mike Lussier (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) by a 15-0 score in 3:53 at 165 pounds. Winning by major decision were sophomore Eric Rhoads (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) by a 12-1 score at 133 pounds and first-year student Josh Cook (Gardners, PA/Boiling Springs) by an 11-2 score at 174 pounds. Victories by decision came from sophomore Drew Winegar (Chatsworth, NJ/Seneca) at 141 pounds, sophomore Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford School) at 149 pounds by an 11-10 score on a last-second reversal, and sophomore Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) at 285 pounds by a 3-1 score in the first sudden-victory period. Wins by forfeit were credited to first-year student Marty Harnish (Marietta, PA/Donegal) at 125 pounds and sophomore Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville) at 197 pounds against the Bullets (1-8 overall). Elizabethtown 40, Gettysburg 3125: Marty Harnish (E) wins by forfeit (6-0) 133: Eric Rhoads (E) major dec. Jack Bostrom (G), 12-1 (10-0) 141: Drew Winegar (E) dec. Ray Cottiers (G), 9-4 (13-0) 149: Bud Croswell (E) dec. Matt Shank (G), 11-10 (16-0) 157: Andrew Goldstein (G) dec. Jereme Heisey (E) 7-3 (16-3) 165: Mike Lussier (E) tech. fall Aaron Balk, 15-0 (3:53) ( 21-3) 174: Josh Cook (E) major dec. DJ Neri (G), 11-2 (25-3) 184: Bill Meaney (E) pins Drew Wolenter (G) in 2:09 (31-3) 197: Deron Sharp (E) wins by forfeit (37-3) 285: Tim Katzaman (E) dec. Bobby Christopher (G), 3-1 (SV-1) (40-3) Back to top 1/22/2008 Blue Jays defeated by Lycoming 73-60 in Commonwealth opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown Drops Commonwealth Conference Opener at Lycoming, 73-60 WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- Lycoming College closed the first half with a 19-4 run and went on to a 73-60 victory over Elizabethtown College in Commonwealth Conference women's basketball action at Lamade Gymnasium on Tuesday night. Jessica Nabholz posted game highs of 14 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for the Warriors (10-5 overall, 1-0 Commonwealth), who shot 48.1 percent (26-for-54) from the field as a team including 8-for-19 from three-point range. Juniors Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) and Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) paced the Blue Jays (9-6 overall, 0-1 Commonwealth) with 12 points apiece while senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) added 11 points, but Elizabethtown connected on just 29.4 percent (20-for-68) of its shots in the contest. Elizabethtown trailed 19-14 midway through the first half, but Lycoming scored the next 12 points over a four-minute span to go ahead 31-14 with 5:37 left in the half. The Warriors led 38-19 at halftime and expanded their lead to as many as 27 points at 66-39 with 5:39 remaining. The Blue Jays closed the contest by scoring 14 of the final 17 points over the final 2 minutes, 30 seconds. In all, four players scored in double figures for Lycoming, with Allison Mock and Samantha Ruby tallying 12 points each while Rebecca Leid contributed 10 points for the Warriors. The Blue Jays finished with a 46-35 edge in rebounding over the Warriors, including 26 on the offensive glass. Senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) paced Elizabethtown with nine boards, while junior Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) added six rebounds along with nine points off the bench. LYCOMING COLLEGE 73, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 60 Back to top 1/22/2008 Lycoming rallies for 79-78 overtime win in Commonwealth opener
Back to top 1/21/2008 Chad Piersol named to commonwealth conference honor roll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chad Piersol Selected to Commonwealth Conference Men's Basketball Honor Roll ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior forward Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was named to the Commonwealth Conference men's basketball Honor Roll for the week ending Jan. 20, the conference office announced Monday. Piersol scored a game-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting as the Blue Jays built a 32-point lead en route to an 80-69 victory over DeSales University in a key regional showdown on Saturday afternoon, the lone game of the week for Elizabethtown. For the season, Piersol is second on the team and in the conference in scoring at 19.1 points per game, while also averaging 4.9 rebounds per game and shooting 48.5 percent from the field. The Blue Jays (13-1 overall) begin their Commonwealth Conference schedule on Tuesday night at Lycoming College beginning at 8:00 p.m. Back to top 1/21/2008 Blue Jays enter D3hoops.com top 25
Back to top 1/21/2008 Megan Quinn named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Megan Quinn Named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College junior guard Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) was named the Commonwealth Conference women's basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20, the conference office announced Monday. Quinn averaged 18.5 points per game for the Blue Jays last week, scoring a team-high 20 points in a 72-64 loss at College of New Jersey on Monday night and tallying 17 points in an 83-52 win at Immaculata University on Saturday afternoon. She went 5-for-12 from three-point range in the two games, and also added six rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Blue Jays (9-5 overall). For the season, Quinn ranks second on the team with an average of 13.5 points per game, leads the Blue Jays with 17 three-pointers and 31 steals and is averaging 4.9 rebounds per game. Elizabethtown opens its Commonwealth Conference schedule on Tuesday night at Lycoming College beginning at 6:00 p.m. Back to top 1/20/2008 VanDenHengel posts win in mile run at Susquehanna Orange & Maroon classic Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Blue Jays In Action at Susquehanna University SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team saw action at the non-scoring Orange & Maroon Classic on the campus of Susquehanna University on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) won the mile run with a time of 5:22.79, finishing nearly six seconds ahead of the runner-up, while first-year student Kristin Bowen (West Chester, PA/Downingtown West) was fourth in 5:36.71. First-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) placed second in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.28 seconds, sophomore Sarah Merusi (Montague, NJ/Port Jervis, NY) was fifth in the 800 meters (2:36.11), senior Meghan Ryder (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) took sixth in the 800 meters (2:39.59). In the 4x400-meter relay, the Blue Jays took second in a time of 4:20.34 behind the team of VanDenHengel, Ryder, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE), who posted a split of 61.0 seconds, and Merusi. In field events, junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) finished third in the long jump at 4.86 meters (15 feet, 11 1/2 inches) and took fifth in the high jump at 1.47 meters (4 feet, 9 3/4 inches), while senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) was fifth in the triple jump at 9.59 meters (31 feet, 5 3/4 inches). First-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) cleared 3.05 meters in the pole vault (10 feet) to finish in third place, while senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy, DE) was fifth at 2.60 meters (8 feet, 6 1/4 inches). Back to top 1/20/2008 Kevin Clark wins pole vault at Susquehanna Orange & Maroon Classic Elizabethtown College Men's Track and Field Blue Jays In Action at Susquehanna University SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's track and field team saw action at the non-scoring Orange & Maroon Classic on the campus of Susquehanna University on Sunday afternoon. Senior Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) was victorious in the pole vault for the second consecutive week, winning with a height of 4.90 meters (16 feet, 3/4 inch). Senior Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) took second in the mile run with a time of 4:28.85, followed by senior Ryan St. Clair (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) in fourth at 4:31.42, first-year student Chris Heisey (Middletown, PA/Middletown) in sixth at 4:37.18 and sophomore Myles Lund (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) in seventh at 4:39.42. Junior Phil Alder (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) took seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 54.18 seconds, while in field events senior Bryan Marison (Birdsboro, PA/Daniel Boone) was fifth in the weight throw with a mark of 37 feet, 6 inches. In relays, the 4x200 team of sophomore Mike Mauger (Pottstown, PA/The Hill School), junior Jason Mastroianni (Macungie, PA/Emmaus), Clark and sophomore Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) took second with a time of 1:35.26. Back to top 1/19/2008 Blue Jays dropped by Scranton ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING Scranton Downs Elizabethtown in Swimming Action ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College swimming teams fell to visiting
University of Scranton in non-conference action on Saturday, as the men
were defeated 94-88 and the women fell 110-92. The Blue Jays won the 400 medley relay, with the group of Miller, senior Dan McGuigan (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville), senior Darren DiObilda (Coatesville, PA/Malvern Prep) and sophomore Matt Drob (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) winning in a time of 3:50.79. Also winning for Etown was the 400 free relay team of Provence, senior Ryan Schutz (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts), first-year student Kyle Ashe (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley) and sophomore Kevin Smedman (Fort Montgomery, NY/James I. O'Neill) in 3:43.98. In women's action, the Blue Jays (5-7 overall) received two wins from junior Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser) and sophomore Lindsay Riley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga), with Brizek winning the 200 IM (2:23.30) and 100 back (1:07.33) while Riley won the 50 free (26.57 seconds) and 100 free (57.92 seconds). Junior Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) also claimed a victory by winning the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:11.32. Riley, Geiger, first-year student Courtney Kelly (Guilford, CT/Guilford) and Brizek won the 400 medley relay in 4:25.61. Men’s Team Score: Scranton 94, Elizabethtown 88 Women's Team Score: Scranton 110, Elizabethtown 92 Back to top 1/19/2008 Blue Jays place five players in double figures in 83-52 win at Immaculata ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Five Score in Double Figures as Elizabethtown Downs Immaculata, 83-52 IMMACULATA, Pa. --- Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) scored a game-high 20 points as Elizabethtown College placed five players in double figures in an 83-52 victory at Immaculata University in women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) added 17 points while first-year student Kirsti Larsen (Carlisle, PA/Boiling Springs) went 4-for-5 from three-point range and finished with a season-high 14 points off the bench for the Blue Jays (9-5 overall), who shot 59.4 percent (19-for-32) from the field in the first half en route to a 46-24 halftime lead. Nina Cammarano led the Mighty Macs (2-10 overall) with 15 points, but Immaculata committed 22 turnovers and shot 38.5 percent (20-for-52) from the field in the contest. Elizabethtown opened the game with an 11-0 run, and held Immaculata without a field goal for the first 6 minutes, 8 seconds while taking a 17-6 lead. The Blue Jays led 46-24 at halftime behind 14 points by Quinn and 11 from Larsen. The second half was dominated by Elizabethtown, which led by no fewer than 30 points for the final 13 minutes, 21 seconds and by as many as 35 points on two occasions. Sophomore Courtney Kofeldt (Coatesville, PA/Holy Spirit, NJ) came off the Blue Jay bench to socre 13 points in 17 minutes, while senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) tallied 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Elizabethtown finished 9-for-19 from three-point range in the game, with Kofeldt going 3-for-5 from beyond the arc. Overall, the Blue Jays finished at 49.2 percent (32-for-65) from the field, including a 4-for-4 effort by Reid and 5-for7 performances by Kofeldt and Larsen. ELIZABETHTOWN COLL. 83, IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY 52 Back to top 1/19/2008 Blue Jays down Desales 80-69 in regional showdown ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Blue Jays Rout DeSales in Regional Showdown, 80-69 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- In a showdown of two of the top teams in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Elizabethtown College rolled to a 32-point lead en route to an 80-69 victory over DeSales University in men's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Senior Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) scored a game-high 23 points for the Blue Jays (13-1 overall), who shot 54.4 percent from the field as a team and used a 23-6 run over the final eight minutes of the first half to lead by 21 points at halftime. Darnell Braswell finished with a team-high 11 points for the Bulldogs (13-2 overall), who saw an eight-game winning streak come to an end thanks to 23 turnovers and 36 percent shooting in the opening half. Senior Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) added 16 points while sophomore Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) chipped in with 12 points for the Blue Jays, who led 65-33 with 12:10 remaining before substituting freely down the stretch. Elizabethtown led 23-19 with eight minutes left in the first half, but the Blue Jays rattled off a 12-0 run that was capped by a three-pointer by Piersol to give Etown a 35-19 lead with five minutes left in the half. The Blue Jays added an 11-1 run to close the half, taking a 46-25 lead to intermission as Piersol led all players with 14 points while Church added 12 points and Schatzmann netted 10. The lead for Elizabethtown continued to grow in the early stages of the second half, reaching as high as 32 points with 12:10 to go. The Blue Jays still led 74-50 with 7:12 remaining, but the Bulldog reserves finished the game with a 19-6 run. Elizabethtown finished with a 34-28 edge in rebounds, led by six boards by sophomore Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield). Ed Lapinski paced DeSales with seven boards while also adding nine points. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 80, DESALES UNIVERSITY 69 Back to top 1/16/2008 23rd- ranked Messiah claims 19-18 win over Etown ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Messiah Captures 19-18 Win Over Elizabethtown GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Nationally-ranked essiah College edged Elizabethtown College 19-18 in non-conference wrestling action on Wednesday evening. The Blue Jays (4-7 overall) won five bouts on the evening against the 23rd-ranked Falcons (8-7 overall), but a major-decision win at 174 pounds proved to be the difference for Messiah. First-year student Marty Harnish (Marietta, PA/Donegal) picked up a 5-2 victory at 125 pounds for the Blue Jays, while junior Jereme Heisey (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) claimed a 3-1 win at 157 pounds to bring Etown within 9-6. After a fall and a major decision gave Messiah a 19-6 lead, Elizabethtown came with back-to-back wins by decision, as first-year student Bill Meaney (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) captured a 7-6 win at 184 pounds and sophomore Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville) was an 8-4 winner at 197 pounds. Sophomore Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) wrapped up the evening with a fall in 48 seconds at 285 pounds. Messiah 19, Elizabethtown 18 Back to top 1/15/2008 Etown swims past McDaniel in non-conference meet ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING Blue Jays Swim Past McDaniel ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's swimming teams swept a dual meet from visiting McDaniel College on Tuesday night, with the men capturing a 101-80 victory and the women victorious by a 107-93 score. In men's action, junior Chris Miller (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) picked up victories in the 1000 freestyle (10:40.36) and 200 backstroke (2:03.53), while sophomore Matt Drob (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) won the 50 freestyle (23.32 seconds) and the 100 freestyle (51.43 seconds). In relays, the Blue Jays (5-6 overall) competed unopposed, with Miller, McGuigan, DiObilda and Drob finishing the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:55.69, and the 200 free relay team of sophomore Dan Provence (Brookhaven, PA/Penncrest), senior Ryan Schutz (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts), first-year student Kyle Ashe (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley) and sophomore Kevin Smedman (Fort Montgomery, NY/James I. O'Neill) clocking in 1:40.59. In women's action, the Blue Jays (5-6 overall) picked up two victories apiece from junior Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser) in the 200 freestyle (2:08.46) and 200 backstroke (2:24.06), and sophomore Lindsay Riley (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) in the 50 freestyle (26.43 seconds) and 100 freestyle (57.82 seconds). Junior Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) also claimed a victory by winning the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:34.65. In relays, Brizek, Geiger, first-year student Courtney Kelly (Guilford, CT/Guilford) and Riley won the 200 medley relay in 2:01.54. Men’s Team Score: Elizabethtown 101, McDaniel 80 Women's Team Score: Elizabethtown 107, McDaniel 93 Back to top 1/14/2008 College of New Jersey defeats Etown 72-64 as Erin Walton moves into third ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Blue Jays Dropped by College of New Jersey, 72-64 EWING, N.J. --- Hillary Klimowicz scored 20 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds to lead The College of New Jersey to a 72-64 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference women's basketball action on Monday night. Klimowicz gave the Lions (11-3 overall) the lead for good on a foul shot with 5:10 to play, sparking a 12-0 run that turned a 56-56 tie into a 68-56 TCNJ lead over the next three minutes. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) led the Blue Jays (8-5 overall) with 20 points, while senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) tallied 13 points to move into third place on the Elizabethtown career scoring list with 1,515 points, surpassing the 1,503 points scored by Abbie Fabian '01. In all, four players reached double figures for the Lions, as Alyssa Michella added 15 points and six rebounds while Sara Best and Kelsey Kutch contributed 12 points apiece. TCNJ shot 44.3 percent (27-for-61) from the field as a team while holding Elizabethtown to 31.7 percent (20-for-63) in the contest. Sophomore Courtney Kofeldt (Coatesville, PA/Holy Spirit, NJ) came off the bench to added 11 points, including three three-pointers, in 17 minutes of playing time for the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays forced the eighth and final tie of the game at 56-56 following a basket by Walton with 5:20 to go, but Klimowicz's foul shot with 5:10 to go keyed a 12-0 run that was capped by a layup by Alexandra Gregorek with 2:31 to go. TCNJ had jumped to an early 16-6 lead, but Elizabethtown fought back to within a point at 16-15 on back-to-back three-pointers by Quinn and a trey by junior Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) with 11:00 left in the first half. Quinn led the Blue Jays with 11 points in the first half, while Kutch paced the Lions with 10 points as TCNJ held a 34-33 advantage at intermission. Elizabethtown led by as many as four points on three occasions in the second half, the final time at 52-48 on a foul shot by first-year student Kaity Snyder (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia) with 9:28 remaining. TCNJ finished with a 46-37 edge in rebounding over Elizabethtown, which saw seniors Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) and Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) share the team lead with nine rebounds. COLL. OF NEW JERSEY 72, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 64 Back to top 1/14/2008 Mike Schatzmann named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mike Schatzmann Named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior guard Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) has been named the Commonwealth Conference men's basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 13, the conference office announced Monday. Schatzmann averaged 28.5 points and 7.0 rebounds as the Blue Jays improved to 12-1 on the season with a pair of victories last week, defeating Manhattanville College 93-89 on Wednesday and downing Alvernia College 78-72 on Saturday for the 900th win in program history. Against Manhattanville, Schatzmann finished with 23 points, four rebounds and five assists, while against Alvernia he scored a career-high 34 points and pulled 10 rebounds to lead the Blue Jays back from a 12-point halftime deficit. In the win over Alvernia, Schatzmann scored 12 points in the final five minutes of the second half, including a go-ahead three-point play with 58 seconds to go to snap a 69-69 tie. He also finished 13-for-14 from the foul line and drilled five three-pointers in the win. For the season, Schatzmann leads the team and the Commonwealth Conference in scoring at 20.2 points per game, and ranks fifth in the conference with 5.8 rebounds per contest. He is second in the league with 29 three-pointers, third in free-throw percentage at 84.2 percent and is fifth in steals with 2.08 per contest. The Blue Jays return to action on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. hosting DeSales University, which also enters the week with a 12-1 record. Back to top 1/12/2008 Blue Jays earn 900th win in program history as Schatzmann nets 34 points ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown Earns 900th Win in Men's Basketball Program History with 78-72 Win at Alvernia READING, Pa. --- Senior Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) scored 24 of his career-high 34 points in the second half to lead the Elizabethtown College men's basketball team to the 900th win in program history, a 78-72 victory at Alvernia College in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon. Schatzmann, who also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, scored 12 points in the final 5 minutes, 12 seconds as the Blue Jays (12-1 overall) erased a 43-31 halftime deficit by holding the Crusaders (4-7 overall) to 28.9 percent shooting in the second half and 36.2 percent for the game. In all, four players scored in double figures for the Blue Jays, with senior Bryce Rodgers (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) and sophomore Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) finishing with 12 points apiece and senior Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) adding 11 points. Matt King led Alvernia with 21 points, with Terrence Shawell adding 15 points and nine rebounds before fouling out with 3:07 to play. The Crusaders shot 36.2 percent (25-for-69) overall from the field in the game. After trailing by 12 at halftime, the Blue Jays opened the second half with a 23-4 run to take a 54-47 lead on a jumper by Church with 10:41 to play. At one point, Alvernia was held without a point for a span of 5 minutes, 27 seconds during a 13-0 Blue Jay run. Alvernia rallied back with eight straight points to move ahead 55-54 on a basket by Shawell with 9:21 to go, and the teams swapped the lead four times before Schatzmann gave the Blue Jays a 63-61 lead on his fifth three-pointer of the game with 5:12 to go. The Blue Jays led 69-63 following a foul shot by Piersol with 1:57 left, but the Crusaders tied the game at 69-69 on back-to-back three-pointers by Derek Dubbs and King, the latter knotting the contest with 1:05 to go. However, Schatzmann converted a three-point play with 58 seconds left to give the Blue Jays the lead for good at 72-69, and added four foul shots in the final 20 seconds to keep the Crusaders from a late rally. The Blue Jays finished 24-for-28 from the foul line in the game, and held a 44-34 edge in rebounding over the Crusaders. Elizabethtown committed 21 turnovers in the contest, leading to 28 points by Alvernia. Also reaching double figures for the Crusaders were Tyrone Bradley, who tallied 12 points, and Zach Westmoreland who finished with 10 points. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 78, ALVERNIA COLLEGE 72 Back to top 1/12/2008 Erin Walton nets game-high 22 points to boost Blue Jays past Haverford ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Erin Walton Scores Game-High 22 Points to Lead Elizabethtown Past Haverford, 72-47 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) surpassed the 1,500-point milestone by scoring a game-high 22 points as Elizabethtown College downed Haverford College 72-47 in non-conference women's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) added 12 points and six rebounds and senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) notched 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds for the Blue Jays (8-4 overall), who outrebounded the Fords (3-8 overall) by a 55-35 margin. Walton, who also grabbed nine rebounds, became the fourth player in program history to score 1,500 points on a basket with 11:01 left in the second half. She finished the game with 1,502 career points, just one shy of tying Abbie Fabian '01 for third place at 1,503 points. Sara Cram led Haverford with 19 points while Brittany Lattisaw added 10 points, five rebounds and four steals in 22 minutes off the Ford bench. Elizabethtown led 30-20 at halftime behind 12 points from Walton, while Cram paced the Fords with 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting. Haverford pulled within four points at 42-38 with 12:21 to go, but Elizabethtown went on a 16-2 run to take a 58-40 lead on a layup by senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) with 6:51 remaining. Reid finished with four points, but added nine rebounds and a career-high five steals for the Blue Jays, while sophomore Courtney Kofeldt (Coatesville, PA/Holy Spirit, NJ) came off the bench to drill three three-pointers and finish with nine points. Also off the Blue Jay bench, first-year student Kaity Snyder (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia) tallied eight points and three rebounds in just nine minutes of action. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 72, HAVERFORD COLLEGE 47 Back to top 1/12/2008 Blue Jays compete at Gulden Relays, Kevin Clark wins pole vault Elizabethtown College Men's Track and Field Blue Jays Compete at Gulden Relays LEWISBURG, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's track and field team competed at the Gulden Relays on the campus of Bucknell University on Saturday, competing against a field of Division I, II and III schools in a non-scoring meet. Senior Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) won the pole vault after clearing 4.65 meters (15 feet, 3 inches) and senior Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) came in first in the 500 meters with a time of 1:04.69 to lead the Blue Jays. Other top finishers were sophomore Myles Lund (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga), who took seventh in the mile run (4:32.47), and junior Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis), who took seventh in the 3,000 meters at 9:10.30. In relays, the 4x200-meter team of Clark, sophomore A.J. Farris (Edgewood, MD/Joppatowne), sophomore Mike Mauger (Pottstown, PA/The Hill School) and sophomore Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) was sixth in a time of 1:36.03. Back to top 1/12/2008 Tiffany Kulp wins mile run at Gulden Relays Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Blue Jays Compete at Gulden Relays LEWISBURG, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the Gulden Relays on the campus of Bucknell University on Saturday, competing against a field of Division I, II and III schools in a non-scoring meet. Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the one mile run in a time of 5:13.43 against field that included 13 Division I runners among the 18 entries. One of the non-Division I entries was her teammate, senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) who took second in a time of 5:15.63. First-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) finished fifth in the pole vault and was just shy of school record with a vault of 3.00 meters (9 feet, 10 inches), senior Sarah Grove (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East) took seventh in the 3,000 meters (11:16.14) and first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at 9.79 seconds. The women's 4x400-meter relay team of graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's), sophomore Sarah Merusi (Montague, NJ/Port Jervis, NY), junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) and Kulp took fourth with a time of 4:23.22. Back to top 1/12/2008 Elizabethtown falls at home to Stevens, 20-18 (later won 21-20) ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown Defeats Stevens, 21-20 PLEASE
NOTE: The original score of the match was Stevens 20, Elizabethtown 18.
The Stevens entry at 184 pounds was subsequently determined to be
ineligible, therefore Stevens forfeited that weight class and gave
Elizabethtown three more team points and the win. First year student Marty Harnish (Marietta, PA/Donegal) started the dual meet with a 3rd period fall over Kyle Brisson to give the Blue Jays a 6-0 lead, Stevens came back to win the next two matches for a 7-6 lead. Sophomore Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford School) held off Leo Dormann to win by decision 7-5 to give the Blue Jays a 9-7 lead. The Blue Jays (4-6 overall) needed to win the final three weights to win the dual meet, at 184lbs, first year student Josh Cook (Gardners, PA/Boiling Springs) kept the victory in sight with a 6-5 decision win (Later won by forfeit), sophomore Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville) put Etown up 18-17 by recording his 3rd fall of the season at the 6:27 mark over Ernie Guaimano. The dual meet came down to the 285lb wrestlers, and sophomore Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) went into to overtime with James Roarty after a 1-1 regulation score. In the first ride-out period, Katzaman was able to escape to take a 2-1 lead, but in the 2nd ride-out period, Katzaman was called for a penalty point for locking hands and couldn’t hold onto to Roarty dropping a 3-2 sudden-victory decision to give Stevens (2-1 overall) the win. In other Blue Jay wrestling action, a group of Etown wrestlers competed at the Ursinus College Homecoming Invitational. Sophomore Josh Herbert (Middletown, OH/Madison) took second at 197 pounds while sophomore Mike Daub (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) was third at 285 pounds to help Elizabethtown finish seventh out of nine schools with 21.5 points. Elizabethtown 21, Stevens 20 Back to top 1/12/2008 Blue Jays return to MAC competition with dual-meet setback at Albright ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SWIMMING Albright Sweeps Elizabethtown in MAC Swim Action READING, Pa. --- Host Albright College picked up men's and women's swimming victories over Elizabethtown College in Middle Atlantic Conference action on Saturday, winning the men's meet 109-65 and taking the women's contest 110-83. In women's action, the Blue Jays (4-6 overall, 4-2 MAC) earned an individual victory in the 100 breaststroke as junior Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) was clocked in 1:12.75. The Blue Jays also claimed a relay victory over the Lions (6-2 overall, 5-0 MAC) as junior Jenny Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/ Conrad Weiser), Gretchen Geiger, first-year student Courtney Kelly (Guilford, CT/Guilford) and first-year student Molly Goldrick (Hampden, MA/Wilbraham & Monson Academy) won the 200 medley relay in 2:02.76. Elizabethtown's men (4-6 overall, 4-2 MAC) also claimed just one individual victory over the Lions (5-3 overall, 4-1 MAC) as sophomore Matt Drob (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) won the 50 freestyle in a time of 23.19 seconds. Men’s Team Score: Albright 109, Elizabethtown 65 Women's Team Score: Albright 110, Elizabethtown 83 Back to top 1/11/2008 Kelly Downs honored as MASCAC Scholar_Athlete
Back to top 1/10/2008 Elizabethtown knocks off Wilkes 69-61 as four players reach double figures ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Blue Jays Down Wilkes 69-61 As Four Players Reach Double Figures ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) scored a game-high 17 points while senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as Elizabethtown College defeated Wilkes University 69-61 in non-conference women's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Thursday evening. Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) added 14 points and 10 rebounds while junior Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) equaled her career high with 13 points as the Blue Jays (7-4 overall) forced the Lady Colonels (1-11 overall) into 27 turnovers and finished with a 49-36 edge in rebounding, including 24 offensive boards. In all, four players reached double figures for the Blue Jays, with senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) posting 13 points, five rebounds and four assists. Reid finished with just six points, but pulled 10 of her 17 boards on the offensive glass to surpass her previous career best of 16 rebounds set against Widener on Feb. 11, 2006. She also set a career high with seven assists and matched her personal best of three steals for the Blue Jays. Sam Lynam led the Lady Colonels with 16 points and four rebounds, while Katie Cappelloni added 10 points and Lacey Andresen finished with nine points and a team-high nine rebounds. The Blue Jays led by as many as 11 points in the first half, taking a 20-9 lead on a layup by first-year student Kaity Snyder (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia) midway through the half. The Lady Colonels whittled the lead down to 28-27 on a fast-break bucket by Brittany Ely with 3:34 to go in the half, but the Blue Jays recovered to take a 36-31 lead to intermission. Hitz and Walton paced Elizabethtown with nine points apiece in the opening half, while Cappelloni and Lynam tallied eight each for Wilkes. Elizabethtown led by as many as 10 points in the second half at 60-50 with 6:09 to go, and Wilkes could get no closer than four in the final minute as the Blue Jays hit their final five free throws in the last 1:06 of the contest. For the contest, Elizabethtown shot 32.9 percent (23-for-70) from the field and 20-for-34 (58.5 percent) from the foul line, while Wilkes hit 21-of-49 (42.9 percent) from the floor and went 15-for-19 (78.9 percent) at the stripe. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 69, WILKES UNIVERSITY 61 Back to top 1/9/2008 Blue Jays split dual matches with NYU and Muhlenberg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown Splits Matches Against NYU and Muhlenberg ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Junior Jereme Heisey (Manheim PA/Manheim Central) earned bonus point wins in both matches this afternoon as Elizabethtown College split duals with New York University and Muhlenberg College. Elizabethtown lost to NYU 26-13 before defeating Muhlenberg 26-15. The Blue Jays (4-5) dropped the first match 26-13 to New York University, with wins by decision from sophomore Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford School), sophomore Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville), and sophomore Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) while Heisey picked up a 13-2 major decision over John Dack. In the second contest of the afternoon, Elizabethtown defeated Muhlenberg 26-15. The Blue Jays got a first period fall from first year student Marty Harnish (Marietta, PA/Donegal) over Dan McEnroy in 1:16 to go up 6-0. First-year student Jarrod Cawley (Fleetwood, PA/Oley Valley) kept the momentum going with a 7-0 victory over Michael Slevin to give the Blue Jays a 9-0 lead. The Mules earned hard fought victories at 141 and 149lbs, then Heisey put the Blue Jays up 19-6 with his fall over Matt Friedman in just 50 seconds, for his 14th win of the season. The final two weights were won by the Blue Jays, at 197 pounds Sharp won by major decision over Bill Sholly 13-2 and at 285 pounds Katzaman was victorious by decision over Joe Tartar 7-3. In the afternoon's first match, New York University downed Muhlenberg 21-12. New York University 26, Elizabethtown 13
Elizabethtown 26, Muhlenberg 15 125: Kyle Christensen (NYU) pin Dan McEnroy (M), 2:27 (6-0) 133: Joseph Ranzenbach (NYU) dec. Michael Slevin (M), 6-1 (9-0) 141: Billy Hall (M) dec. Gregg Martino (NYU), 6-4 (9-3) 149: Rob Kein (M) dec. Matt Magill (NYU), 2-0 OT (9-6) 157: John Dack (NYU) dec. Matt Friedman (M), 11-6 (12-6) 165: Patrick Knight (NYU) dec. David Lavin (M), 6-2 (15-6) 174: Justin Fitch (M) dec. Naum Shuminov (NYU), 5-3 (15-9) 184: Nick Coleman (NYU) dec. Matt Horn (M), 10-5 (18-9) 197: Alex Chianurashvili (NYU) dec. Bill Sholly (M), 8-2 (21-9) 285: Joe Tartar (M) dec. James Layman (NYU), 6-1 (21-12) Back to top 1/9/2008 Blue Jays defeat manhattanville 93-89 for 899th win in program history ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Chad Piersol's Career-High 32 Points Boosts Blue Jays to 93-89 Win at Manhattanville PURCHASE, N.Y. --- Senior Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) scored a career-high 32 points as Elizabethtown College defeated Manhattanville College 93-89 in non-conference men's basketball action on Wednesday night. Piersol, whose previous career high was 29 points set at Lancaster Bible on Dec. 1, hit 12-of-17 shots from the field and went 4-for-5 from three-point range before fouling out with 2:35 to play as the Blue Jays (11-1 overall) won the 899th game in program history after nearly letting a 16-point second-half lead slip away. Senior Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) added 23 points and five assists for Elizabethtown while junior Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) dished out a career-high 11 assists and converted a key three-point play for the Blue Jays, who shot 53.8 percent (35-for-65) from the field as a team. Donte Chisolm led the Valiants (8-4 overall) with 20 points and eight assists while Cody Moffett contributed 16 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and eight assists for Manhattanville, which trailed 77-61 with 5:24 to play before pulling within 82-81 with 1:22 to go. With the Blue Jays clinging to an 84-81 lead in the final minute, Schaffer came up with a steal and layup with 38 seconds to go and converted the three-point play to give Elizabethtown an 87-81 advantage. Schatzmann finished off the win by going 6-for-6 from the foul line in the final 33 seconds to keep the Valiants from pulling any closer than four points. Earlier, the Blue Jays had erased a 42-37 halftime deficit by going on a 21-4 run to open the second half, taking a 58-46 lead on a layup by senior Jordan Dirago (Wallkill, NY/Wallkill) with 13:36 to play. The Blue Jays built their lead to 16 points at 70-54 on a layup by first-year student Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) with 8:17 to go, and held a 77-61 advantage with 5:24 remaining following a three-pointer by sophomore Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield). However, Manhattanville scored the next eight points to pull within 77-69 with 4:01 to go, and followed with a 12-4 run to trim the Blue Jay advantage to 82-81 with 1:22 left o a layup by Wesly Wicks. Sophomore Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) also finished in double figures for the Blue Jays with 15 points, five rebounds and four steals, while Flanagan tallied six points in six minutes off the Etown bench. Wicks finished with 11 points off the bench for the Valiants, with Brian Fink also reaching double figures with 12 points. Manhattanville shot 49.2 percent (32-for-65) from the field but was outrebounded 35-28 by Elizabethtown. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 93, MANHATTANVILLE COLL. 89 Back to top 1/8/2008 Blue Jays fall to Juniata 63-57 in non-conference action ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Juniata Holds On For 63-57 Victory Over Elizabethtown In Non-Conference Matchup ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Kelly Ashcraft netted a game-high 18 points while Claudia McDowell added 15 points and eight rebounds as Juniata College picked up a 63-57 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference women's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Tuesday evening. Jen Hnatuck also reached double figures with 12 points and five rebounds for the Eagles (7-5 overall), who withstood a pair of runs by the Blue Jays (6-4 overall) to come away with the victory. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) finished with team highs of 14 points and six rebounds for Elizabethtown, while junior Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) added a career-best 13 points to go with four steals. However, the Blue Jays were plagued by 31 turnovers and shot just 1-for-17 from three-point range as a team. Juniata led by as many as eight points in the first half, but Elizabethtown went on 10-0 run over the final 3:35 to take a 25-23 lead into halftime. Ashcraft led all players with 11 points in the opening half for Juniata, while senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) paced the Blue Jays with six points and three rebounds. In the second half, Juniata opened with a 14-2 run to take a 37-27 lead on a three-pointer by Jill Walsh with 16:10 left to play. The Eagles led 47-35 with 7:44 remaining following a fast-break hoop by McDowell, but the Blue Jays scored the next 10 points capped by back-to-back breakaway layups by Quinn to cut the Juniata lead to 47-45 with 5:09 to go. However, Juniata responded with a basket by Kelly Rotan and a three-point play by Ashcraft to move ahead 52-45 with 3:06 to go. Elizabethtown would pull to as close as three points with 1:29 to go, but Juniata went 9-for-10 from the foul line in the final 45 seconds to seal the win. Hitz also reached double figures for the Blue Jays with 10 points and six rebounds, while junior Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) came off the bench to add nine points and four rebounds in 20 minutes of action. The Eagles finished with 28 turnovers of their own, but went 19-for-22 from the foul line as a team including 18-for-21 in the second half. JUNIATA COLLEGE 63, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 57 Back to top 1/5/2008 Etown defeated by York 68-54 in Coaches vs Cancer Classic championship game ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Blue Jays Fall to York, 68-54, in Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Championship Game YORK, Pa. --- Kristen Daly scored a game-high 20 points to earn Most Valuable Player honors as host York College won the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic with a 68-54 victory over Elizabethtown College in women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon. Keli Ward added 17 points and six rebounds for the Spartans (9-3 overall), who shot 51 percent (25-for-49) from the field as a team and outscored the Blue Jays (6-3 overall) by a 26-12 margin over the final 7 minutes, 22 seconds of the contest. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) led Etown with 15 points while senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) added 14 points and seven rebounds to earn a spot on the All-Tournament team. Elizabethtown led 27-24 at halftime and took its largest lead of the game at 30-26 on a three-pointer by Quinn with 17:17 remaining. York would rally to tie the game at 30-30, and six more ties would follow with the final deadlock at 42-42 with 7:38 to play following two foul shots by junior Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown). A foul shot by Donna Figenshu would give the Spartans the lead for good at 43-42 with 7:22 left, and a three-pointer by Ward and a jumper by Daly extended the York lead to 48-42 with 6:37 left. Elizabethtown crept within four at 50-46 on a layup by Quinn with 5:40 to go, but Ward hit a layup and a three-pointer to push the York advantage to 55-46 at the 5:06 mark, and the Blue Jays would move no closer than six points the rest of the way. Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) finished with 12 points and nine rebounds for the Blue Jays, who tallied 22 of their 37 rebounds on the offensive glass in the game but shot just 26.2 percent (17-for-65) from the field. YORK (PA.) COLLEGE 68, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 54 Back to top 1/5/2008 Blue Jay win streak ends as York picks up 80-74 victory ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Blue Jays See Win Streak End as York Captures Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Title, 80-74 YORK, Pa. --- Chad McGowan finished with a team-high 21 points along with 13 rebounds and five assists as York College dealt Elizabethtown College its first loss of the 2007-08 season by an 80-74 score in the men's championship game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic on Saturday evening. The loss ended the best start in program history for the Blue Jays (10-1 overall) and snapped the longest current winning streak in Division III at 11 victories, dating to the end of last season. Jeremy Keefer added 16 points and 12 rebounds off the bench for the Spartans (8-4 overall), who led by 13 points in the final minute before Elizabethtown rallied to within four in the closing seconds. Senior Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) paced the Blue Jays with 23 points while senior Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) added 17 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. In all, five players reached double figures for York as Nate Lankford tallied 13 points while Levi Winters and Nick Brady added 12 points apiece. The difference in the contest was at the foul line, where York went 23-for-34 as a team while Elizabethtown finished just 10-for-17. Despite committing 12 turnovers and falling behind by as many as 10 points, the Blue Jays went to halftime tied 37-37 behind eight points by Schatzmann and seven points and nine rebounds from Piersol. Winters led the Spartans with 10 points in the opening half while McGowan added eight points and three boards. In the second half, the Spartans took the lead for good at 44-43 on a three-pointer by Brady with 16:04 to go. The York led would grow to as many as seven points before Elizabethtown pulled back within 59-56 with 7:42 left. Leading 67-62 with 4:05 to go, the Spartans went on a 10-2 run over the next three minutes to take their largest lead of the contest at 77-64 with 59 seconds to go on a three-point play by Keefer. Schatzmann would score nine points over the next 50 seconds to trim the Spartan lead to 78-74 with nine seconds to play, but fouled out as Lankford hit two free throws with seven seconds left to close the scoring. Junior Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) grabbed a career-high eight rebounds for the Blue Jays while adding four points, five assists and five steals, and sophomore Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) tallied nine points and five boards before fouling out with 2:26 to play. YORK (PA.) COLLEGE 80, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 74ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (10-1) Mike Schatzmann 9-21 3-5 23; Chad Piersol 6-21 3-5 17; Mike Church 4-11 1-2 9; Bryce Rodgers 3-9 2-2 8; Josh Houseal 2-5 0-0 5; Keith Fogel 2-2 0-1 5; Phil Schaffer 2-6 0-0 4; Nick Kennedy 1-1 0-0 2; Jordan Dirago 0-0 1-2 1; Tony Romero 0-0 0-0 0; Joe Flanagan 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Stein 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-76 10-17 74. YORK (PA.) COLLEGE (8-4) Chad McGowan 9-19 3-5 21; Jeremy Keefer 5-11 5-7 16; Nate Lankford 4-7 5-8 13; Levi Winters 5-11 1-3 12; Nick Brady 2-8 7-9 12; Matty Foley 2-5 2-2 6; Pat Kelley 0-0 0-0 0; Dylan Hoffman 0-1 0-0 0; Chris Folland 0-0 0-0 0; Andrew Pawlyk 0-0 0-0 0; Mike Riley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-62 23-34 80. Elizabethtown College......... 37 37 - 74 York (Pa.) College............ 37 43 - 80 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 6-22 (Chad Piersol 2-9; Mike Schatzmann 2-7; Keith Fogel 1-1; Josh Houseal 1-4; Mike Church 0-1), York (Pa.) College 3-17 (Nick Brady 1-5; Jeremy Keefer 1-4; Levi Winters 1-2; Matty Foley 0-3; Nate Lankford 0-2; Chad McGowan 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-Mike Church; Mike Schatzmann, York (Pa.) College-Levi Winters. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 44 (Chad Piersol 12), York (Pa.) College 49 (Chad McGowan 13). Assists--Elizabethtown College 16 (Phil Schaffer 5), York (Pa.) College 14 (Chad McGowan 5). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 20, York (Pa.) College 19. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-Bryce Rodgers, York (Pa.) College-None. A-1155 Back to top 1/4/2008 Etown now 10-0 after holding off Johns Hopkins 74-67 at Coaches vs. Cancer ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown Improves to 10-0 With 74-67 Win over Johns Hopkins at Coaches vs. Cancer Classic YORK, Pa. --- Four players finished in double figures as Elizabethtown College extended the longest current winning streak in Division III men's basketball to 11 games with a 74-67 victory over Johns Hopkins University in the opening round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at York College on Friday afternoon. With the win, the Blue Jays (10-0 overall) advance to Saturday's championship game at 6:00 p.m. against York, which defeated Eastern University 99-76 in Friday's other first-round game. Senior Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) scored 16 points and sophomore Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Blue Jays, who led by 12 points with 6:28 to play before Johns Hopkins (5-5 overall) rallied to within a point with two minutes left. First-year student Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) added 13 points, five rebounds and six assists off the bench while senior Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) added 12 points and six rebounds for Elizabethtown, which shot just 4-for-20 from three-point range but forced Johns Hopkins into 24 turnovers. Pat O'Connell scored a team-high 22 points while Doug Polster added 19 points for Johns Hopkins, who went 12-for-32 from the field in the second half as a team after hitting 12-of-24 shots in the opening 20 minutes. Johns Hopkins bolted to an early 18-7 lead with six minutes elapsed in the first half, but Etown mounted a 12-0 run to move ahead 19-18 with 10:51 left on a three-pointer by Schatzmann. The Blue Jays took their largest lead of the first half at 34-26 on two foul shots by Church with 2:50 to play, and carried a 36-33 lead to intermission behind eight points by Fogel and seven each by Church and Schatzmann. In the second half, the Blue Jays held a 64-53 lead with 6:04 to play, but Johns Hopkins rallied to within 66-65 on a three-pointer by Polster with 2:21 to go. Schatzmann scored on a putback with 1:05 remaining to extend the Etown lead to 68-65, and a steal and dunk by Church pushed the Blue Jay lead to 70-65 with 39.5 seconds left. Two foul shots with 22.2 seconds to go by senior Bryce Rodgers (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro), who finished with eight points, gave the Blue Jays a 72-65 lead, and two more by Piersol with 14.3 seconds left closed the scoring. The Blue Jays' 10-0 record continues the best start in program history, while the win is the 898th victory in 80 seasons of intercollegiate men's basketball at Elizabethtown. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 74, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. 67 Back to top 1/4/2008 Blue Jays move to Coaches vs Cancer final with 75-63 win over McDaniel ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown Defeats McDaniel 75-63 in Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Opener YORK, Pa. --- Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) hit back-to-back three-pointers as part of a late 16-2 run as Elizabethtown College defeated McDaniel College 75-63 in the opening game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at York College on Friday afternoon. Senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) led the Blue Jays (6-2 overall) with a career-high 19 points to go with 15 rebounds as Elizabethtown won its fourth straight game and advanced to Saturday's championship game at 4:00 p.m. against the host Spartans, who defeated SUNY Oneonta 77-58 in Friday's other first-round contest. Quinn, who finished with 16 points and nine rebounds, broke a 61-61 tie on a three-pointer with 3:23 to play, and added another three with 2:45 to go to give Elizabethtown what to that points was its largest lead of the game at 67-61. Elizabethtown capped a 10-0 run as Hitz connected on a layup with 1:14 to play to give the Blue Jays a 71-61 lead, while McDaniel (4-5 overall) managed its lone points over the final five minutes on a basket by Whitney Snoops with 57 seconds to go. The teams played a back-and-forth first half, with six ties and neither team leading by more than five points en route to a 35-35 tie at intermission. Hitz led the Blue Jays with 11 points and seven rebounds while Robbin Gregg paced the Green Terror with eight points and four assists. Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) also reached double figures for the Blue Jays with 12 points along with five rebounds, five assists and three steals. Snoops led the Green Terror with 13 points in 19 minutes off the bench while Gregg added 12 points and six assists. The double-double by Hitz was her second of the season and the ninth of her career, while her 19-point effort surpassed her previous career high of 18 points set in the same building against York on Jan. 22, 2007. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 75, MCDANIEL COLLEGE 63 |
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