Elizabethtown College Sports News 
Back to top 12/16/2008 Men's basketball topped by Scranton, 83-68 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Scranton 83, Elizabethtown 68 Ryan FitzPatrick went 5-for-6 from three-point range and scored a team-high 17 points for the Royals (6-3 overall), while Zach Ashworth added 15 points as all five starters reached double figures in the victory for Scranton.  Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) led the Blue Jays (5-5 overall) with 21 points while Keith Fogel (Mifllinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) added 16 points for Elizabethtown, which shot 40.3 percent (27-for-67) from the field as a team and connected on just 9-of-18 from the foul line.The Blue Jays held their only lead of the game at 7-6, but the Royals went on a 12-2 run to take an 18-9 advantage with 12:27 left in the first half. Scranton led 41-33 at halftime as Luke Hawk scored 10 points to lead the Royals, while Flanagan paced the Blue Jays with 15 points in the opening half. In the second half, Scranton hit four three-pointers in the opening four minutes to take a 55-40 lead, but the Blue Jays climbed back to within eight at 55-47 with 14:36 to go. However, Scranton regained a double-figure lead and built their advantage to as many as 18 points midway through the half. Eli Londo went 5-for-5 from the field and finished with 11 points and seven rebounds off the bench for Scranton, while Paul Biagioli and brothers Luke and Paul Hawk all tallied 10 points. As a team, Scranton finished 23-for-27 from the foul line inclluding 16-for-17 in the second half. Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) also finished in double figures for Elizabethtown with 10 points to go with a team-high seven rebounds and three blocked shots, while Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) dished out seven assists. UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON 83, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 68 Back to top 12/15/2008 Jenna Russo named second-team All-Region in women's soccer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 15, 2008 Jenna Russo Named Second-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior forward Jenna Russo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) has been named second-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region in women's soccer by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
She finished with nine goals and five assists for 23 points, including three game-winning goals, and had a five-game point streak late in the season in which she registered four goals and four assists. She closed her Blue Jay career with 37 goals and 23 assists for 97 points, ranking fifth in goals and points and tied for 10th in assists. Russo is the third Elizabethtown player to be a three-time All-Region selection, joining Dana Moyer (2004-06) and Meredith Uber (1996-97, 99). The Blue Jays finished 13-6-2 overall and 3-2-1 in the Commonwealth Conference, falling to eventual NCAA Division III champion Messiah College in the conference finals. Back to top 12/13/2008 DeSales remains unbeaten with 71-65 win in men's hoops action ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL DeSales 71, Elizabethtown 65 Ed Lapinski chipped in with nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the Bulldogs (8-0 overall), who led from start to finish by as many as 17 points before the Blue Jays (5-4 overall) used a late rally to trim to deficit to four points. Keith Fogel (Mifllinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) sank a career-high four three-pointers and finished with 20 points for Elizabethtown, while Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) notched his second consecutive double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, but the Blue Jays shot just 39 percent (23-for-59) from the field and committed 21 turnovers in defeat. Braswell went 8-for-16 from the field and 6-for-9 from the foul line for DeSales, while Hunter connected on four three-pointers on the afternoon as the Bulldogs hit 54.8 percent (17-for-31) from the field in the first half to take a 42-30 lead at intermission. The Bulldogs held their largest lead of the day at 51-34 following a steal and layup by Braswell with 15:26 to play, but the Blue Jays chipped away behind Fogel and Church, who combined for 21 of Elizabethtown's 35 points in the second half. The Blue Jays pulled within six points on several occasions, and managed to move to within 69-65 on a three-pointer by Chris Jones (Airville, PA/Kennard-Dale) with eight seconds to go, but Braswell hit two foul shots with three seconds left to close the scoring. In addition to his 20 points, Fogel also finished with a career-high seven steals for Elizabethtown, while Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) reached double figures for the ninth time in as many games with 11 points. Off the bench, Kyle McConnell (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) came up with six points and four assists in 15 minutes of action. DeSALES UNIVERSITY 71, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 65 Back to top 12/6/2008 Wrestling in action at York Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown at York College Invitational YORK, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College wrestlers competed at
the York College Invitational on Saturday afternoon, placing in a tie fifth out of 10
teams with 40 points.
Junior Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) claimed the title at 285 pounds, winning a 1-0 decision in the finals against Tony Carothers from Heidelberg College. Katzaman went 4-0 on the day with a fall and three wins by decision. First-year student Tyler Erdman (Herdon, PA/Line
Mountain) finished second at 125 pounds, dropping an 8-3 decision in a rematch against
Chris Sheetz of Delaware Valley. Erdman went 3-1 for the day
winning by tech fall, major and a decision.
Junior Eric Rhoads (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) went 3-2 on the day dropping his consolation semi final bout to miss placing. Delaware Valley College won the team title with 108.5 points, followed by the College of New Jersey at 95 and Heidelberg with 60. York College Invitational Team scores: 1. Delaware Valley (DV) 108.5; 2. College of New Jersey (TCNJ) 95; 3. Heidelberg (H) 60; 4. York (Y) 59.5; 5. Apprentice School (AS) and Elizabethtown (E) 40; 7. Delaware State (DS) 38; 8. Gloucester CC (GCC) 37.5; 9. Liberty (L) and UMBC 31. Elizabethtown College results 125 pounds Tyler Erdman (E) t.f. Wilson Williams (DSU) 19-4 Erdman d. Charlie Frankel (DV) 7-1 Erdman m.d. Jerrad Hoxie (H) 15-5 Chris Sheetz (DV) d. Erdman 8-3 Sheetz p. Will Bentley (E) 0:39 Dan Hughes (TCNJ) d. Bentley 7-2 133 pounds Marty Harnish (E) d. Matt Volpe (Y) 8-7 Cameron Hurd (L) d. Harnish 2-0 Harnish m.d. Joseph Schwartz (UMBC) 11-2 Ty Holley (AS) m.d. Harnish 14-3 141 pounds Matt Lindsay (DV) d. Eric Rhoads (E) 3-1 OT Rhoads d. William Sexton, Apprentice 3-1 Rhoads d. Rob Brito (DV) 3-0 Rhoads d. Clem Artmann (H) 2-1 Rhoads d. Joe Montgomery (L) 3-2 OT RO Anthony Rizzolo (TCNJ) d. Rhoads 8-7 Sexton d. Ken Nakagawa (E) 7-2 Nakagawa d. Chris Dimattia (DSU) by injury default Bryan Deuber (Y) m.d. Nakagawa 11-2 Bill Tenpenny (TCNJ) d. Jarrod Cawley (E) 4-2 Cawley d. Tommy Vigliotti (UMBC) 4-0 Taylor Ulm (Y) d. Cawley 7-3 Zak Andrews (DV) p. Ronnie Cuff (E) 1:10 Cuff m.d. Terrence Hunter (GCC) 12-0 Montgomery d. Cuff 5-4 OT RO 149 pounds Rob Michleche (TCNJ) p. Tim Goldkamp (E) 1:51 Jason Burch (TCNJ) p. Goldkamp 2:01 Tyler Branham (TCNJ) t.f. Chris McCooey (E) 16-0; 2:00 Dylan Giandalia (Y) d. McCooey 4-0 Jon Giusti (DV) m.d. Brian Frantz (E) 12-2 Frantz p. Kevin Clarkson (DV) 5:28 Albert Gleichauf (Y) p. Frantz 5:17 157 pounds Frank Dudzik (H) p. JR Hewitt (E) 2:01 Dan DiColo (TCNJ) p. Hewitt 3:29 Joe Falco (TCNJ) p. Kyle Deeds (E) 1:00 Nick Ponomarev (DV) p. Deeds 2:04 165 pounds Matt Heisey (Y) p. Mike Evarista (E) 4:00 Will Harcum (AS) p. Evarista 2:03 174 pounds Anthony DiMarco (E) d. Joe Eassa (UMBC) 7-6 Justin Barowski (DV) t.f. DiMarco 16-0; 4:00 Austen Damico (AS) m.d. DiMarco 13-4 Josh Cook (E) p. Damico 3:56 Kyle Skinner (DS) m.d. Cook 9-0 Eassa p. Cook 6:53 285 pounds Tim Katzaman (E) d. Jamar Beckett (DS) 6-4 OT Katzaman p. Kossi Fiavi (Y) 3:42 Katzaman d. Shane Cooley (Y) 5-1 Katzaman d. Tony Carothers (H) 1-0 Carothers d. Brian Keyser (E) by injury default 0:45 Joe Erb (Y) d. Keyser by medical forfeit Back to top 12/6/2008 Men's basketball outscored by Gwynedd-Mercy, 86-75 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Gwynedd-Mercy 86, Elizabethtown 75 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Dave Smith scored a game-high 21 points and teammate Lemeire Talley added 20 as Gwynedd-Mercy College defeated Elizabethtown College 86-75 in non-conference men's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday night. Tim McCauley added 18 points and six assists as the Griffins (4-1 overall) converted 22 Blue Jay turnovers into 36 points and led by as many as 21 points midway through the second half.
Smith, who scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half, hit his first five shots from the field in the first four minutes of play as the Griffins took an early lead, but the Blue Jays came back to take a 21-17 lead on a three-point play by Church with 10:33 left in the first half. Gwynedd-Mercy swung momentum just before halftime, closing with a 15-2 run over the final five minutes to go into the locker room with a 40-30 lead. McCauley hit a pair of three-pointers during the run, including one with 0.7 seconds left to close the half. The Griffins built on their lead in the second half, taking their largest lead at 76-55 on two free throws by McCauley with 8:07 to play. The Blue Jays scored the next 10 points to pull within 76-65 with 5:55 to go, but could get no closer than nine points in the final seconds. Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) finished with eight points for the Blue Jays, while Keith Fogel (Mifllinburg, PA/Mifflinburg), Chris Jones (Airville, PA/Kennard-Dale) and Chris Hill (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) tallied seven points apiece. Gwynedd-Mercy finished at 47.8 percent (33-for-69) from the field and sank 14-of-17 attempts from the foul line. The Griffins came up with 17 of their 39 rebounds on the offensive glass, converting them into 23 points.Haven Wroten led Gwynedd-Mercy and shared the game high in rebounds with Church at 11, while Jon Hogga had nine points and seven boards in 26 minutes off the Griffin bench. GWYNEDD-MERCY COLLEGE 86, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 75 Back to top 12/6/2008 Women's indoor track competes at Ursinus Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Ursinus Winter Invitational COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team opened its 2008-09 season at the Ursinus College Winter Invitational on Saturday. The Blue Jays finished 14th out of 21 schools with a total of eight points. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) finished fifth in the high jump (4 feet, 9 3/4 inches) and took ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 33 feet, 1 3/4 inches.Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) was the Blue Jays' other top 10 finisher as she took fifth in the mile run with a time of 5:26.26. Back to top 12/6/2008 Men's indoor track opens season at Ursinus Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Ursinus Winter Invitational COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's indoor track and field team opened its 2008-09 season at the Ursinus College Winter Invitational on Saturday. The Blue Jays finished 14th out of 19 schools with a total of 16 points. First-year student Eric Reichert (Hershey, PA/Hershey) won the mile run with a time of 4:26.59, the fifth-best mark in program history. Senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) came in fifth in the mile with a time of 4:34.54.In the 55-meter hurdles, junior Elton Dos Santos (Philadelphia, PA/Penn Charter) placed ninth with a time of 8.77 seconds. Back to top 12/6/2008 Women's basketball defeats Haverford for fifth straight win, 59-53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 59, Haverford 53  HAVERFORD, Pa. --- Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) finished with 17 points and a game-high 13 rebounds as Elizabethtown College picked up its fifth straight victory with a 59-53 win at Haverford College in non-conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.Megan Strohman (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon) added 11 points and a season-high five rebounds off the bench for the Blue Jays (5-3 overall), whose five-game win streak is their longest since posting nine consecutive victories during the 2003-04 season. Elizabethtown held on for the win despite going without a field goal for the final 8:18 of the game, scoring their final eight points from the foul line as the Fords (0-4 overall) used an 11-0 run to cut a 13-point deficit down to two. Quinn, whose double-double was her fourth of the season, also tied a career high with three blocked shots for Elizabethtown, which took the lead for good late in the first half and held it despite finishing at 32.8 percent (20-for-61) from the field and 4-for-21 from three-point range. Brittany Lattisaw led Haverford with 18 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out in the final minute, while Kathleen Abels hit four three-pointers and finished with 14 points along with six rebounds. After a back-and-forth first half, the Blue Jays scored seven of the last nine points to go to halftime with a 33-26 lead. Quinn led the Blue Jays in the opening half with eight points while Lattisaw paced the Fords with 10 points and five rebounds. Elizabethtown built its lead to double figures on several occasions in the second half, taking its largest lead of the day at 52-39 with 5:51 remaining. However, a layup by Lattisaw and three-pointers by Abels and Alejandra Alvarez brought the Fords to within 52-47 with 4:36 left. After nearly three minutes of scoreless basketball, Abels connected on another three-pointer to trim the Elizabethtown deficit to 52-50 with 1:46 left. However, Teanna Ziegler (Telford, PA/Souderton) hit two foul shots with 1:23 to go to push the Blue Jay lead to 54-50, and Quinn and Strohman combined to go 5-for-6 from the line in the final 42 seconds to put the game away. Haverford shot just 30 percent (18-for-60) from the field as a team, but kept the game close by going 6-for-17 from three-point range, including 5-for-14 in the second half. Elizabethtown missed all 10 of its three-point attempts in the second half, but went 10-for-12 from the foul line as a team. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 59, HAVERFORD COLLEGE 53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (5-3) Megan Quinn 6-21 3-4 17; Megan Strohman 3-12 4-6 11; Kirsti Larsen 3-9 1-2 8; Megan Romano 2-5 2-2 6; Teanna Ziegler 1-1 2-3 4; Stephanie Ellwood 2-3 0-0 4; Ali Jury 1-2 2-2 4; Courtney Kofeldt 1-6 1-1 3; Kelly Sauerzopf 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 20-61 15-20 59. HAVERFORD COLLEGE (0-4) Brittany Lattisaw 7-19 4-5 18; Kathleen Abels 4-15 2-2 14; Natalie Richman 2-5 3-4 7; Alejandra Alvarez 2-6 0-1 5; Meaghan Ryan 1-2 2-5 4; Elizabeth Mayell 1-3 0-0 3; Allie Lieberman 1-2 0-0 2; Nia Richardson 0-0 0-0 0; Danielle Harrison 0-5 0-0 0; Domenique Harrison 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 18-60 11-17 53. Elizabethtown College......... 33 26 - 59 Haverford College............. 26 27 - 53 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 4-21 (Megan Quinn 2-8; Kirsti Larsen 1-1; Megan Strohman 1-7; Courtney Kofeldt 0-5), Haverford College 6-17 (Kathleen Abels 4-11; Elizabeth Mayell 1-2; Alejandra Alvarez 1-2; Danielle Harrison 0-2). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Haverford College-Brittany Lattisaw. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 42 (Megan Quinn 13), Haverford College 44 (Brittany Lattisaw 11). Assists--Elizabethtown College 12 (Courtney Kofeldt 4), Haverford College 9 (Kathleen Abels 3). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 16, Haverford College 21. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Haverford College-None. Back to top 12/3/2008 Women's basketball rallies past Marywood, 62-53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 62, Marywood 53  Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) tallied team highs of 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Jays (4-3 overall), who did not lead until Megan Strohman (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon) hit two foul shots with 6:10 left to break a 38-38 tie.Lizzy Green led the Pacers (3-2 overall) with a game-high 23 points and eight rebounds, but Marywood hit just 24.3 percent (9-for-37) from the field in the second half and finished the game at 30.2 percent (19-for-63), including 1-for-14 from three-point range. Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) tallied a season-high 12 points for the Blue Jays, while Strohman added 11 off the bench and Courtney Kofeldt (Coatesville, PA/Holy Spirit, NJ) also reached double figures with 10 points. Elizabethtown went 16-for-22 from the foul line in the second half as a team, including 7-for-8 in the final 1:04, and finished with a 48-43 edge in rebounding over the Pacers. Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) just missed scoring in double figures for the Blue Jays, finishing with nine points and eight rebounds in 27 minutes of action. Montague's double-double was her fourth of the season and the sixth of her career. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 62, MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY 53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (4-3) Jenn Montague 4-6 5-13 13; Megan Romano 4-8 4-5 12; Megan Strohman 2-13 6-6 11; Courtney Kofeldt 2-6 4-4 10; Megan Quinn 4-15 0-0 9; Teanna Ziegler 2-3 0-1 4; Stephanie Ellwood 1-4 0-0 3; Ali Jury 0-0 0-0 0; Ashley Toczylowski 0-0 0-0 0; Kelly Sauerzopf 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-55 19-29 62. MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (3-2) Lizzy Green 9-20 5-8 23; Caity Hadzimichalis 4-8 0-0 8; Mariah Schaeffer 2-7 2-3 6; Amanda Lass 1-3 3-4 5; Stephanie Fusaro 2-7 0-4 4; Marielle Thorsen 1-17 0-0 3; Maggie Farrell 0-0 2-2 2; Nikki Quick 0-0 1-2 1; Marilee Sobrinski 0-0 1-2 1; JoAnne Crimeni 0-1 0-0 0; Caitlin Ely 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 14-25 53. Elizabethtown College......... 20 42 - 62 Marywood University........... 24 29 - 53 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 5-21 (Courtney Kofeldt 2-5; Megan Quinn 1-6; Stephanie Ellwood 1-3; Megan Strohman 1-7), Marywood University 1-14 (Marielle Thorsen 1-10; Mariah Schaeffer 0-3; JoAnne Crimeni 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Marywood University-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 48 (Jenn Montague 10), Marywood University 43 (Lizzy Green 8). Assists--Elizabethtown College 11 (Megan Romano 4), Marywood University 10 (Marielle Thorsen 5). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 21, Marywood University 24. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Marywood University-None. A-200 Back to top 12/3/2008 Men's basketball holds off Millersville, 70-65 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 70, Millersville 65 MILLERSVILLE, Pa --- Keith Fogel (Mifllinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) scored a game-high 18 points as Elizabethtown College knocked off Division II Millersville University 70-65 in non-conference men's basketball action on Wednesday night at Pucillo Gymnasium.
Reggie Bates led the Marauders (3-3 overall) with 16 points while Makal Stibbins had 15 points and 10 rebounds, but Millersville shot just 3-for-18 from three-point range and 12-for-20 from the foul line as a team. The Blue Jays led by as many as seven points in the first half, and carried a 29-26 lead to intermission behind 10 points from Fogel and eight by Flanagan. Millersville scored the first eight points of the second half to take its largest lead of the night at 34-29 with 18:23 to go, but the Blue Jays rallied back and took the lead for good at 39-37 on a basket by Chris Hill (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) with 13:14 to go. Leading 45-43 with 10:08 to play,the Blue Jays went on an 8-0 run to take a 53-43 lead with 8:26 to go on a pair of free throws by Kyle McConnell (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest). Elizabethtown still held a 10-point advantage at 62-52 with 4:29 left, but the Marauders rallied to within 67-64 on a tip-in by Zac Bauermaster with 26.1 seconds left. However, Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) hit two big free throws with 20.8 seconds left to push the Blue Jays ahead by five, and Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) salted the game away on a free throw with 7.2 seconds to go. McConnell also reached a career high for Elizabethtown by scoring nine points in 17 minutes off the bench. The Blue Jay non-starters outscored the Marauder reserves by a 23-13 margin. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 70, MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY 65 |
Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) 
Fogel sank a career-high three three-pointers for the Blue Jays (5-2 overall), who led most of the night and defeated their local rivals for the second straight year. It was Elizabethtown's first win at Millersville since Dec. 13, 1982, and the first victory by the road team since the series resumed in 2004-05.Back to News Index
