Elizabethtown College Sports News 
Back to top 3/31/2009 Baseball drops non-conference game to Susquehanna, 6-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Susquehanna 6, Elizabethtown 3 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Pinch-hitter Erik Tuomisto hit a three-run home run to cap a five-run fifth inning as Susquehanna University defeated Elizabethtown College 6-3 in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday afternoon at Boyd Stadium. The Crusaders (13-8 overall) have won four consecutive games and eight of their last nine, while the Blue Jays (13-8 overall) saw a five-game winning streak come to an end. Tyler Reichard and John Lunardi each went 2-for-5 for Susquehanna, which finished with 10 hits in the contest, while junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) finished 3-for-4 with a run scored for Elizabethtown. Trailing 3-1 entering the fifth, the Crusaders scored all five of their runs with two outs. Reichard drove home the first run with a triple and scored on an infield single by Chris Price to tie the game at 3-3. Two batters later, Tuomisto connected on a three-run home run to left field to give the Crusaders a 6-3 lead. The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning as junior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) led off with a walk, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove). Susquehanna answered in the top of the second on an RBI single by Don Kirkland. and the Blue Jays went back ahead 3-1 in the fourth on RBI singles by junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) and sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco). Elizabethtown mounted a rally in the eighth inning, putting two runners on base with one out, but Susquehanna reliever Jordan Thomas got back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat. Matt Lottes (3-0) worked six innings for Susquehanna to get the win, allowing five hits and three earned runs while issuing four walks. Three relievers each followed with a scoreless inning, with Ben Leonard pitching the ninth to earn the save. Senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) gave up nine hits and six earned runs in 5 2/3 innings to drop to 1-3 for Elizabethtown. First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) struck out three in 2 1/3 innings of relief and senior Kurt Smith (York, PA/Eastern York) tossed a scoreless ninth for the Blue Jays. Susquehanna Univ. 6, Elizabethtown Coll. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Susquehanna Univ.... 010 050 000 - 6 10 1 (13-8) Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 200 000 - 3 8 2 (13-8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Lottes, Keith Needham (7), Jordan Thomas (8), Ben Leonard (9) and Don Kirkland; Matt Kutz, Todd Leister (6), Kurt Smith (9) and Jon Bacher, Steve Motika (5). WP-Lottes (3-0). LP-Kutz (1-3). SV-Leonard (1). SO-BB: Lottes 0-4, Needham 0-0, Thomas 2-0, Leonard 0-0; Kutz 5-0, Leister 3-1, Smith 0-0. HR-Erik Tuomisto (S). Back to top 3/30/2009 Malick named MAC men's lacrosse Defender of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 30, 2009 Hunter Malick Named MAC Men's Lacrosse Goalie of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College sophomore goalkeeper Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Goalkeeper of the Week for the week ending March 29, the conference office announced Monday. Malick made 25 total saves as the Blue Jays posted conference wins over DeSales University (8-5) and Manhattanville College (9-8). He finished with 14 saves and allowed just two second-half goals in the win over DeSales, and came up with 11 saves against Manhattanville including a stop in the final minute to preserve the victory.Malick leads the MAC in goals against average (5.89) and has a .586 save percentage for the Blue Jays (5-2 overall, 2-2 MAC), who host Gwynedd-Mercy College on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. Back to top 3/30/2009 Foley, Hawkins sweep MAC women's lacrosse honors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 30, 2009 Katie Foley, Jenn Hawkins Earn MAC Women's Lacrosse Honors ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior attack Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) and senior goalkeeper Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) have earned Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse honors for the week ending March 29, the conference office announced Monday. Foley was named MAC Player of the Week for the second consecutive week and third time this season while Hawkins was recognized as MAC Defender of the Week after the duo led the Blue Jays to three wins last week, including a 12-7 victory over 20th-ranked Dickinson College on Thursday. Foley piled up 18 goals in the three victories, including 10 goals to tie her own program record in a 20-11 win at Manhattanville College on Saturday. Foley's 10th goal against Manhattanville was the 300th point of her career, giving her 226 goals and 74 assists in 60 career games. Earlier in the week, Foley scored four goals in victories against Alvernia University on Tuesday (22-2) and Dickinson on Thursday. She leads the MAC in both goals (47) and points (63) while ranking third in assists with 16. Hawkins was in goal for all three wins for the Blue Jays, turning in her finest performance against Dickinson as she shut out the Red Devils in the second half, making six saves, as the Blue Jays rallied from a 7-5 deficit for a 12-7 win. Hawkins finished the week with a 7.58 goals against average and a .538 save percentage, making two saves against Alvernia and six stops against Manhattanville. Back to top 3/30/2009 Golf finishes fourth at York Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown Finishes Fourth at York Invitational Click here for the tournament results YORK, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College opened its spring golf schedule with a fourth-place finish at the York College Spring Invitational, held Monday at the Out Door Country Club. The Blue Jays finished with a team score of 328 along with the host Spartans, but were nosed out for third place based on a comparison of the fifth-place players for each team. Messiah College finished first with a score of 318, with Marymount University second at 321. Senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) had the low round for the Blue Jays with a five-over-par 77, good enough for fifth place in the individual standings. Senior Maurice Rapp (Bangor, PA/Bangor) finished in a tie for ninth place with a round of 80, and sophomore Geoff Quinque (Green Lane, PA/Upper Perkiomen) tied for 15th at 82. Corey Wenger of Messiah won the individual title with a 73, followed by Marymount's Thomas Donovan and Kevin Thomsen in a tie for second at 75, Matt Lukehart of Stevenson University at 76 and Wagner with a 77. At Out Door Country Club Team Scores: 1. Messiah 318; 2. Marymount 321; 3. York 328; 4. Elizabethtown 328; 5. Stevenson 329; 6. Philadelphia Biblical 340; 7. Penn State Harrisburg 342, 8. Lebanon Valley 348; 9. Gettysburg 350; 10. Baptist Bible 368. Individual winner: Corey Wenger (Messiah), 73. Elizabethtown Results: t38. Ben Katz, 89 (individual) Back to top 3/30/2009 Softball sweeps doubleheader vs. Alvernia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Elizabethtown 6, Alvernia 1 Click here for the game 1 box score In the opener, the Blue Jays scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning to break a scoreless tie, as sophomore Kelsea Corrado (La Plata, MD/La Plata) singled home a run and Tanner followed with a grand slam well over the left-field fence. The Crusaders got on the board in the top of the fifth on an error, and the Blue Jays answered with a run in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Marsico. First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) started for the Blue Jays and allowed just two hits over four scoreless innings to earn the win, while first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) earned her first save of the year after giving up three hits and an unearned run in three innings of relief. Senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scoored for Elizabethtown, and senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley) finished 2-for-4 and scored a run. Samantha Geisinger finished 2-for-3 in the opener for the Crusaders, and Michelle Jensen (4-6) gave up eight hits and five earned runs while striking out four for Alvernia. In game two, the Blue Jays (5-17 overall) took a 5-0 lead into the sixth inning, but the Crusaders (8-11 overall) scored four runs in the sixth and another in the seventh to tie the game at 5-5 on a double by Lauren Crimi. In the bottom of the seventh, senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township) singled with one out, moved to second on a two-out walk and scored easily on Marsico's single to right field to give the Blue Jays the sweep. Elizabethtown opened the scoring in game two with two runs in the bottom of the first on a two-run double by Corrado, and extended their lead to 4-0 in the third on an RBI single by Parr and an error. The Blue Jays added another run in the fifth as Marsico reached on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded to extend Elizabethtown's lead to 5-0, but Alvernia scored four runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Dina Chiapelli and a three-run home run from Jaclyn Torres to move within 5-4. The Crusaders knotted in the game in the seventh as Janelle Lynch singled with one out, stole second and scored on a double to left-center by Crimi. Alvernia loaded the bases with two outs, but Sebastian got Torres to ground into a force out to end the inning. Guzik, Corrado and Marsico all went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays, while Gordon came off the bench to go 2-for-2 as Elizabethtown finished with 12 hits in the game. Crimi went 3-for-4 for the Crusaders, with Angela Cook adding a pair of hits in four at-bats. Parr allowed three hits and no runs in four innings for Elizabethtown, with Sebastian (3-9) coming on in the fifth to earn credit for the victory. Crimi (3-4) gave up five earned runs and walked three in 6 2/3 innings for the Crusaders. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Alvernia University 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvernia University. 000 010 0 - 1 5 1 (8-10) Elizabethtown Coll.. 005 010 x - 6 8 2 (4-17) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michelle Jensen and Samantha Geisinger; Julie Sebastian, Elaine Parr (5) and Lauren Hoover. WP-Sebastian (2-9). LP-Jensen (4-6). SV-Parr (1). SO-BB: Jensen 4-4; Sebastian 4-0, Parr 4-0. HR-Paige Tanner (E). Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Alvernia University 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvernia University. 000 004 1 - 5 9 2 (8-11) Elizabethtown Coll.. 202 010 1 - 6 12 0 (5-17) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lauren Crimi and Diane Lightner, Elaine Parr, Julie Sebastian (5) and Sheri Hihn. WP-Sebastian (3-9). LP-Crimi (3-4). SO-BB: Crimi 0-3; Parr 2-0, Sebastian 0-3. HR-Jaclyn Torres (A). Back to top 3/28/2009 Women's track runs strong at W&L/VMI Carnival ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at W&L/VMI Carnival LEXINGTON, Va. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track & field team opened their 2009 outdoor schedule at the two-day Washington & Lee/Virginia Military Institute Carnival, which concluded Saturday. Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the 5,000 meters and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field championships with a time of 17:19.16, less than five seconds shy of the school record of 17:14.79 set at the NCAA championships by Melissa St. Clair in 2005. Kulp opened the 3.1 mile race by covering the first mile in 5:39, and dropped to 5:36 in the second mile and 5:26 in the third mile. Kulp also anchored the 4x800-meter relay that set a school record and finished fourth in 9:51.44, running with junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), junior Bern Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis). The previous record in the 4x800 was 9:58.54, set by the team of Kim Whalen, Amanda Santore, Julie Torchia and Melissa St. Clair in a home quad meet on April 3, 2004. Joining Kulp with top performance in the 5,000 meters were senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford), who finished fourth in 18:24.83 and turned in the fourth-best time in school history, and sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) whose time of 18:50.88 was seventh in the race and eighth-best in program history. In the 10,000 meters, sophomore Alex Walmer (Hershey, PA/Hershey) finished fifth in 43:16.03 with splits of 21:57 and 21:18, and first-year student Katie Nordyke (Monrovia, MD/Urbana) was sixth in 43:38.02 with 5k splits of 21:57 and 21:40. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) was fifth in the high jump with a mark of 4 feet, 10 1/4 inches, sixth in the triple jump at 34 feet, 6 3/4 inches and eighth in the 200 meters at 27.64 seconds, the ninth-best time in school history. Frawley finished eighth in the 400 meters in 1:03.10 to rank eighth in program history, VanDenHengel took seventh in the 800 meters at 2:21.17 (fifth in school history) and Howser was eighth in the 800 at 2:21.33 (sixth fastest in school history). Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) competed in the heptathlon and amassed 3,165 points to finish in third place and record the third-most points in the event in school history. W&L/VMI Carnival Women 200 meters - 8. Chelsea Miles, 27.64 400 meters - 8. Bernadette Frawley, 1:03.10 800 meters - 7. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:21.17; 8. Kathryn Howser, 2:21.33 5000 meters - 1. Tiffany Kulp, 17:19.16; 4. Amanda Daws, 18:24.83; 7. Kristen O'Brien, 18:50.88 10,000 meters - 5. Alex Walmer, 43:16.03; 6. Katie Nordyke, 43:38.02 4x800 meters -4. Elizabethtown (Megan VanDenHengel, Bernadette Frawley, Kathryn Howser, Tiffany Kulp), 9:51 44 (school record) Triple Jump - 6. Chelsea Miles, 34-6 3/4 High Jump - 5. Chelsea Miles, 4-10 1/4 Heptathlon - 3. Allie Gold, 3165 points Back to top 3/28/2009 Men's track opens outdoor schedule at W&L/VMI Carnival ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at W&L/VMI Carnival LEXINGTON, Va. --- The Elizabethtown College men's track & field team opened their 2009 outdoor schedule at the two-day Washington & Lee/Virginia Military Institute Carnival, which concluded Saturday. Junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) turned in several top performances for the Blue Jays, finishing sixth in the 400 meters with the fourth-best time in school history (50.20 seconds), taking seventh in the long jump at 20 feet, 10 1/2 inches (sixth-best in program history) and placing ninth in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 10 inches to tie for the seventh-best jump in school history. Senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) was second in the 1,500 meters and recorded the fourth-best time in program history at 3:56.95, while sophomore Chris Heisey (Middletown, PA/Middletown) took ninth in the 5,000 meters (15:21.81) to move into 10th place on the program list.The 4x800-meter relay team of senior James Munnelly (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East), first-year student Casey McGarvey (Bozrah, CT/Norwich Free Academy), Rulander and first-year student Mark Weber (Tinton Falls, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) finished second with a time of 7:54.61, the third-best time in program history. Rulander ran a split of 1:52.9 in the third leg while Weber finished in 1:59.6. In the 10,000 meters, senior Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis) was third in 33:08.02 followed by sophomore Rich Greco (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) in fifth place at 33:29.04. Senior Phil Alder (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) finished fourth in the decathlon with a total of 5169 points, and senior Jason Yurchak (Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Regional) was sixth in the pole vault after clearing 12 feet, 2 3/4 inches. W&L/VMI Carnival Men 400 meters - 6. Wyatt Eaton, 50.20 1500 meters - 2. Dylan Rulander, 3:56.95 5000 meters - 9. Chris Heisey, 15:21.81 10,000 meters - 3. Scott Derkacz, 33:08.02; 5. Rich Greco, 33:29.04 4x800 meters -2. Elizabethtown (James Munnelly, Casey McGarvey, Dylan Rulander, Mark Weber), 7:54.61 Pole Vault - 6. Jason Yurchak, 12-2 3/4 Long Jump - 7. Wyatt Eaton, 20-10 1/2 High Jump - 9. Wyatt Eaton, 5-10 Decathlon - 4. Phil Alder, 5169 points Back to top 3/28/2009 Baseball sweeps series with Arcadia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 8, Arcadia 1 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept Arcadia University in Commonwealth Conference baseball action on Saturday afternoon, winning the opener 8-1 and game two 10-4 to finish off the sweep of the teams' three-game series. The Blue Jays (13-7 overall, 5-1 Commonwealth) used pitching, hitting and baserunning to pick up the wins over the Knights (3-18 overall, 0-3 Commonwealth), as junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) pitched a three-hitter in the opener, senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) hit a grand slam in game two, and the Blue Jays stole a combined total of 14 bases in the doubleheader. In game one, Hartzell (3-2) allowed a run on two hits in the first inning, then held Arcadia to just two baserunners the rest of the way on a single in the sixth and an error in the seventh. He struck out four and did not walk a batter in his fourth complete game in as many starts this season. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the bottom of the first on a two-run triple by Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), an RBI single by Semanek and a sacrifice fly by first-year student Tim Rosser (Wilmington, DE/Salesianum), and added a run in the second on an RBI single by Heaps to take a 5-1 lead. Elizabethtown tacked on a run in the fifth on an RBI single by junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City), and plated two more in the sixth on RBI singles by senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) and Heaps. Heaps finished 3-for-4 with four runs batted in for the Blue Jays in game one, while Sheibley went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and two runs scored. In all, the Blue Jays finished with nine hits off Knight starter Stephen Vassalotti (0-6), who walked four and struck out one in six innings on the mound. In game two, the Blue Jays broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning on an RBI single by Kiernan, and pushed across five insurance runs in the last of the sixth on an error and a grand slam by Semanek. The home run was Semanek's second of the season and increased his team highs in batting average to .451 and runs batted in to 25. Elizabethtown scored twice in the first inning on a two-run double by Kiernan, only to see the Knights answer with a pair of runs in the second on an RBI double by Rich Schlamowitz and an error. The Blue Jays went ahead 4-2 in the third on a two-out, two-run double by junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts), and the Knights responded in the fifth with a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly by Tim Wiand and an RBI single from Schlamowitz to tie the game at 4-4. Heaps went 2-for-2 with two walks, stole three bases and scored four runs for the Blue Jays, while Kiernan finished 2-for-3 with three runs batted in as Elizabethtown finished with nine hits in the game. Schlamowitz led the Knights by going 2-for-3 with two runs batted in. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) started on the mound for the Blue Jays and worked four-plus innings, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned) while striking out three. Senior Dan Lauletta (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) finished the fifth inning to pick up his first win of the season for the Blue Jays, and sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) pitched the final two innings to record his second save of the year. Zach Spece (0-4) took the loss for Arcadia in game two, allowing six hits and five runs while issuing six walks. Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Arcadia University 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcadia University.. 100 000 0 - 1 3 1 (3-17, 0-2) Elizabethtown Coll.. 410 012 x - 8 9 1 (12-7, 4-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Vassalotti and Jason Karlowski; Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek. WP-Hartzell (3-2). LP-Vassalotti (0-6). SO-BB: Vassalotti 1-4; Hartzell 4-0. Elizabethtown Coll. 10, Arcadia University 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcadia University.. 020 020 0 - 4 6 1 (3-18, 0-3) Elizabethtown Coll.. 202 015 x - 10 9 4 (13-7, 5-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zach Spece, Joe Rafanelli (6), Dan Manning (6) and Jason Karlowski; Matt Vinagro, Dan Lauletta (5), Anthony Heaps (6) and Tom Semanek. WP-Lauletta (1-0). LP-Spece (0-4). SV-A. Heaps (2). SO-BB: Spece 1-6, Rafanelli 0-3, Manning 0-0; Vinagro 3-2, Lauletta 1-0, A. Heaps 2-0. HR-Semanek (E). Back to top 3/28/2009 Foley ties goal record, reaches 300 points as women's lax wins again ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 20, Manhattanville 11 PURCHASE, N.Y. --- Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) tied her own program single-game record with 10 goals and became the first Elizabethtown College women's lacrosse player to reach 300 career points as the Blue Jays defeated Manhattanville College 20-11 in Middle Atlantic Conference action on Saturday. Foley, who earlier this season became Elizabethtown's career leader in goals scored and points, equaled the mark of 10 goals she scored against Susquehanna University on April 4, 2007. Her final goal of the day with 5:26 remaining was also the 300th point of her career, giving her 226 goals and 74 assists in just 60 games. Senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) also reached a scoring milestone for the Blue Jays (8-2 overall, 4-0 MAC) as she had a pair of assists to become the eighth player in school history to reach 100 career points.The Blue Jays, who posted their fifth consecutive victory, received three goals from sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NYSaratoga Springs) and two goals and an assist apiece by junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) and sophomore Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East). The Valiants (5-2 overall, 2-2 MAC) were led by three goals each from Abbe Grimes and Cassie Kovac along with two goals apiece by Katie Bertel and Emelda Ogweta. Elizabethtown jumped to a 3-0 lead on early goals by senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley), Foley and Byrnes, and turned a 5-3 lead into a 9-3 advantage late in the half on consecutive goals by Foley, Cullinan, DeMatteo and Foley again. Manhattanville scored twice in the final 11 seconds of the half to cut the Elizabethtown lead to 11-7 at intermission. Back-to-back goals by Grimes brought the Valiants within 12-9 with 21:21 remaining in the second half, but the Blue Jays scored eight consecutive goals over the next 17 minutes, including five by Foley, to take a 20-9 lead with 4:25 left. Elizabethtown finished with a 40-26 edge in shots and a 27-20 advantage in ground balls over Manhattanville, while the Valiants had 20 draw controls to 13 by the Blue Jays. In addition to her 10-goal performance, Foley led all players with five ground balls in the game. Jen Ascencio finished with a game-high six draw controls for the Valiants while Bertel added four. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) made six saves in goal for the Blue Jays over the first 52 minutes, with junior Becca Watkins (Herndon, VA/Westfield) making one stop. Kirstin Betsill finished with seven saves in goal for the Valiants. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 11 9 - 20 Manhattanville Coll. 7 4 - 11 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 10; Maria DeMatteo 3; Megan Byrnes 2; Sarah Cullinan 2; Kelsea Kozak 1; Katie Caprinolo 1; Ashley Mogle 1. ASSISTS: Anna Ford 2; Kelsea Kozak 2; Stephanie Kreis 2; Megan Byrnes 1; Sarah Cullinan 1. Manhattanville Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Abbe Grimes 3; Cassie Kovac 3; Katie Bertel 2; Emelda Ogweta 2; Darby Webber 1. ASSISTS: Katie Bertel 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 40; MVILLE 26. GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (6 saves), Becca Watkins (1 save); MVILLE: Kirstin Betsill (7 saves), Carolyn Levine (0 saves). Back to top 3/28/2009 Softball swept by host Lebanon Valley ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Lebanon Valley 5, Elizabethtown 2 Click here for the game 1 box score In game one, Val Malizzia struck out 13 and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning before the Blue Jays broke through on a single by senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) with one out, a walk and a two-run single by first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown). The Dutchmen scored three runs in the first inning off Sebastian on a three-run double by Allie Davies, and added two more runs in the fourth on a two-run triple by Meghan Donoghue. Lebanon Valley finished with just four hits off Sebastian (1-9), who struck out two and allowed five runs (two earned) in six innings of work. Malizzia (9-0) gave up three hits and whiffed 13 while issuing a pair of walks for the Dutchmen. In game two, the Dutchmen (16-6 overall, 6-0 Commonwealth) struck for three runs in the bottom of the second inning on a bases-clearing double by Chelsea Kehr, and extended their lead to 4-0 in the third on an RBI double by Caitlin Keller. The Blue Jays (3-17 overall, 0-4 Commonwealth) got on the board in the top of the fifth as Guzik led off with a triple and scored on a groundout by junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) to cut the Dutchmen lead to 4-1. In the bottom of the fifth, Lebanon Valley scored four more runs on RBI singles by Keller and Davies and a two-run double from Kristen Palmerio to take an 8-1 lead. In the sixth, the Dutchmen wrapped up the game via eight-run rule on a sacrifice fly by Keller. Keller went 2-for-2 with three runs batted in for the Dutchmen in game two, while six different players accounted for the Blue Jays' six hits. Laura Snyder (4-3) struck out seven and walked four in six innings to earn the win for Lebanon Valley in game two, and first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) took the loss (2-8) after yielding nine runs (eight earned) on eight hits and six walks in 5 2/3 innings. Lebanon Valley Coll. 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 002 0 - 2 3 2 (3-16, 0-3) Lebanon Valley Coll. 300 200 x - 5 4 1 (15-6, 5-0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover; Val Malizzia and Caitlin Keller. WP-Malizzia (9-0). LP-Sebastian (1-9). SO-BB: Sebastian 2-1; Malizzia 13-2. Lebanon Valley Coll. 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 - 1 6 0 (3-17, 0-4) Lebanon Valley Coll. 031 041 - 9 8 0 (16-6, 6-0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn; Laura Snyder and Caitlin Keller. WP-Snyder (4-3). LP-Parr (2-8). SO-BB: Parr 2-6; Snyder 7-4. Back to top 3/28/2009 Men's lax edges Manhattanville, 9-8 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 9, Manhattanville 8 Sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) finished with two goals and four assists while McCafferty and junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) added three goals apiece for the Blue Jays (5-2 overall, 2-2 MAC), who saw a 4-1 halftime lead slip away as the Valiants (3-5 overall, 2-1 MAC) tied the game at 7-7 with 7:14 left and again at 8-8 with 3:52 to play. Mike Strauss paced Manhattanville with three goals while Joey Hasbrouck had a goal and three assists and Charlie Ogalin scored twice for the Valiants, whose eight goals were a season high. Elizabethtown led 6-5 entering the final quarter, and Weber scored just 1:07 into the period to give the Blue Jays a 7-5 lead. However, Andrew McMillan scored a man-up goal with 9:09 left and assisted on Strauss' tying goal to knot the game at 7-7 with 7:14 to play. Weber scored off an assist by Kenneally with the man advantage with 3:57 remaining to give Elizabethtown an 8-7 lead, but the advantage lasted just five seconds as McMillan won the faceoff and passed downfield to Ogalin, who scored to even the game at 8-8. Manhattanville had a chance to tie the score in the last minute of the game, but sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) made his 11th and final save of the day on a shot by McMillan, and the Blue Jays ran out the clock. McCafferty scored the only goal of the first quarter to give Elizabethtown a 1-0 lead, but Manhattanville evened the game at 1-1 just 46 seconds into the second quarter on a goal by Vinny Menzenski. Kenneally scored twice in a 75-second span and Weber added a goal 50 seconds later as the Blue Jays took a 4-1 lead with 4:53 left in the second quarter. Strauss and Hasbrouck scored early in the third quarter to trim the Blue Jay lead to 4-3 with 10:36 left, but McCafferty answered just 56 seconds later to restore Elizabethtown's two-goal advantage. trauss scored with the man up with 4:24 left in the third to bring the Valiants within 5-4, only to see the Blue Jays respond 36 seconds later on a goal from sophomore Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/East). Ogalin closed the third-period barrage 35 seconds after Schaaf's goal to send the Valiants to the fourth quarter down 6-5. Elizabethtown finished with the advantage in shots (35-33) and ground balls (35-28) while Manhattanville won 10 of the game's 18 faceoffs. Both teams finished 2-for-6 with the extra man, while the Valiants committed 29 turnovers to 25 by the Blue Jays. Junior Phil Robinson (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown West) led the Blue Jays with five ground balls while junior Chris Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) and sophomore Brent Campbell (Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joseph) had four ground balls apiece. Andrew Predun made 17 saves for the Valiants while also collecting a team-high four ground balls. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Manhattanville Coll. 0 1 4 3 - 8 Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 3 2 3 - 9 Manhattanville Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Mike Strauss 3; Charlie Ogalin 2; Joey Hasbrouck 1; Andrew McMillin 1; Vinny Menzenski 1. ASSISTS: Joey Hasbrouck 3; Andrew McMillin 2. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Ryan McCafferty 3; Aaron Weber 3; Greg Kenneally 2; Brian Schaaf 1. ASSISTS: Greg Kenneally 4; Ryan McCafferty 1. SHOTS - MVILLE 33; ETOWN 35. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MVILLE 2-6; ETOWN 2-6. FACEOFFS - MVILLE 10-18; ETOWN 8-18. GOALIES - MVILLE: Andrew Predun (17 saves); ETOWN: Hunter Malick (11 saves). Back to top 3/27/2009 Baseball uses 15-hit attack to defeat Arcadia, 12-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 12, Arcadia 3 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --- A 15-hit attack powered Elizabethtown College to a 12-3 victory at Arcadia University in the opener of their three-game Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Friday afternoon. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and four runs batted in, while senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI for the Blue Jays (11-7 overall, 3-1 Commonwealth), who posted multi-run innings in the second, third, fifth and seventh and took advantage of four errors by the Knights (3-16 overall, 0-1 Commonwealth). Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) improved to 3-1 on the season after scattering six hits and two earned runs while striking out seven in seven innings of work, and added a two-run single as part of a four-run second inning for Elizabethtown. The victory was the 21st of his career, tying him with Brad Hassinger (1987-90) and Carmen Coppol (1974-76) for second place on the Elizabethtown all-time wins list behind the 26 victories by Bob Lindsey from 1995-98. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) went 3-for-6 for Elizabethtown, and junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) extended his hitting streak to 10 games by going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs batted in. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) scored three runs for the Blue Jays as seven of the nine starters crossed home plate on the afternoon. Arcadia scored the game's first run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by John Curreri, but Elizabethtown answered with four runs in the top of the second on RBI singles by Luff and Francis and a two-run single from Heaps. Elizabethtown added two runs in the third on a two-run double by Luff, and two more in the fifth on a two-run double off the bat of Sheibley to take an 8-1 lead. An infield single by Matt Pempkowski in the bottom of the fifth gave Arcadia its second run of the game, but the Blue Jays came right back in the top of the sixth with a run on a passed ball. In the seventh, Sheibley hit a two-run home run, his third of the season, and Francis followed with a solo blast to extend the Blue Jay lead to 12-2, and the Knights closed the scoring in the bottom of the ninth on a wild pitch. Pempkowski and Dan Morris each went 2-for-4 with a run scored for Arcadia, which managed seven hits as a team in the contest. Steve Romond fell to 2-4 after allowing 11 hits and eight runs (four earned) in five innings of work. Elizabethtown Coll. 12, Arcadia University 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 042 021 300 - 12 15 1 (11-7, 3-1) Arcadia University.. 100 010 001 - 3 7 4 (3-16, 0-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps, Dan Lauletta (8) and Tom Semanek; Steve Romond, Dan Manning (6), Bobby Mulholland (8) and Jason Karlowski, Adam Planamento (8). WP-S. Heaps (3-1). LP-Romond (2-4). SO-BB: S. Heaps 7-0, Lauletta 1-0; Romond 2-4, Manning 2-1, Mulholland 1-0. HR-Adam Sheibley (E), Rodney Francis (E). Back to top 3/26/2009 Women's lax knocks off #20 Dickinson, 12-7 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 12, #20 Dickinson 7 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Trailing 7-5 at halftime, Elizabethtown College outscored Dickinson College 7-0 in the second half as the Blue Jays defeated the 20th-ranked Red Devils 12-7 in non-conference women's lacrosse action at a rainy Wolf Field on Thursday afternoon. Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) and junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) each finished with four goals for the Blue Jays (7-2 overall), who had been ranked 20th in each of the two previous weeks before losing their position to the Red Devils (6-3 overall) in this week's IWLCA Division III poll.Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) made six of her 13 saves in the second half, and kept Dickinson off the scoreboard for the final 33 minutes, 33 seconds of the contest. Lexie Kob scored three goals to lead Dickinson, which mustered just nine shots at goal in the second half after peppering Hawkins with 20 shots in the first half. For the game, Elizabethtown outshot the Red Devils by a 32-29 margin, including 20-9 in the second half. Foley opened the scoring just 17 seconds into the contest, but Dickinson scored the next five goals over a span of 5 minutes, 36 seconds to take a 5-1 lead on Kob's third and final goal of the day with 19:44 left in the first half. Elizabethtown answered as Foley scored twice and junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) added a goal to bring the Blue Jays within 5-4 with 9:15 left in the first half. Goals by Abby Larson and Alysa Crellin boosted Dickinson to a 7-4 lead with 3:33 left in the half, but Caprinolo scored her first of the day with 1:19 left to send Elizabethtown to intermission trailing 7-5. It was all Blue Jays in the second half, as goals by sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) and Caprinolo tied the game at 7-7 with 25:47 remaining. Foley scored her fourth of the day off a feed by DeMatteo to give Elizabethtown an 8-7 lead with 18:29 to go, and Caprinolo netted her third of the afternoon with 17:20 to go to extend the Blue Jay advantage to 9-7. With 8:21 left, junior Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) became the seventh player in school history to reach 100 career points as she scored to give the Blue Jays a 10-7 lead, and Elizabethtown closed the scoring in the final five minutes on goals from senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) and Caprinolo. Kreis finished with a game-high four ground balls for the Blue Jays, while Sunnie Ko led all players with five draw controls for Dickinson. Jessie Clark played in goal for the Red Devils and made 12 saves on the afternoon. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Dickinson College... 7 0 - 7 Elizabethtown Coll.. 5 7 - 12 Dickinson College SCORING: GOALS: Lexie Kob 3; Abby Larson 1; Alysa Crellin 1; Lucy West 1; Sunnie Ko 1. ASSISTS: Dana Bunting 1; Abby Larson 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 4; Katie Caprinolo 4; Maria DeMatteo 1; Kelsea Kozak 1; Stephanie Kreis 1; Megan Byrnes 1. ASSISTS: Maria DeMatteo 1; Kelsea Kozak 1. SHOTS - DC 29; ETOWN 32. GOALIES - DC: Jessie Clark (12 saves), ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (13 saves). Back to top 3/25/2009 Women's tennis wins fourth straight, 7-2 over Scranton ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 7, Scranton 2 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College came away with a 7-2 victory over the University of Scranton in non-conference women's tennis action on Wednesday afternoon, the fourth consecutive victory for the Blue Jays.In singles, the Blue Jays (7-3 overall) received victories from junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) by a 6-0, 6-1 score over Caroline Curtin at flight two, sophomore Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) at flight four over Moira McGinn (6-1, 6-1), and sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) by a 6-0, 7-6 (7-0) score at flight five over Caitlin Ehly, and sophomore Katelyn Roderick (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) in a 6-2, 6-1 victory at flight six over Meghan O'Connor. In doubles play, the Blue Jays swept the Royals (1-7 overall) as Russell and junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) defeated Deirdre Wylie and Kirsten Wentworth 8-0 at flight one, Fisher and senior Erika Belletti (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) downed Curtin and Ehly 8-1 at flight two, and Heydt teamed with first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) for an 8-6 win over McGinn and Kelly Costello at flight three. Elizabethtown College 7, University of Scranton 2 Singles competition 1. Deirdre Wylie (SCR) def. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 1-0 (11-9) 2. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Caroline Curtin (SCR) 6-0, 6-1 3. Kelly Costello (SCR) def. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-4 4. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Moira McGinn (SCR) 6-1, 6-1 5. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Caitlin Ehly (SCR) 6-0, 7-6 (7-0) 6. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) def. Meghan O'Connor (SCR) 6-2, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Deirdre Wylie/Kirsten Wentworth (SCR) 8-0 2. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) def. Caroline Curtin/Caitlin Ehly (SCR) 8-1 3. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Kelly Costello/Moira McGinn (SCR) 8-6 Back to top 3/25/2009 Men's lacrosse shuts down DeSales in 8-5 win ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 8, DeSales 5 Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) added a goal and two assists for the Blue Jays (4-2 overall, 1-2 MAC), who scored three times in a span of just under four minutes to open the third quarter and turn a 4-3 lead into a 7-4 advantage. Joshua Van Hart led the Bulldogs (2-5 overall, 2-1 MAC) with a pair of goals while Matthew Brancaccio and Andrew Ervin added single goals for DeSales, which also added an own goal when the Blue Jay defense accidently played the ball into its net. Elizabethtown opened the scoring with 8:56 left in the first half on a goal by junior Kyle Huckle (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), but Van Hart knotted the contest just over a minute later. First-year student Evan Cobb (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) tallied a man-up goal with 2:26 left in the first quarter to give Elizabethtown a 2-1 lead, but the Bulldogs tied it with 58 seconds left on the own goal. In the second quarter, Staulters and junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) scored just under two minutes apart to push the Blue Jays ahead 4-2, and Ervin responded for DeSales with 8:26 left in the quarter to cut the deficit to 4-3, a margin that held through halftime. Staulters fired home his second goal of the game just 56 seconds into the third quarter to extend the Elizabethtown lead to 5-3, only to see Brancaccio score just 50 seconds later to trim the margin to 5-4. Weber and sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) scored twice in the next three minutes to widen the Blue Jay lead to 7-4 with 10:10 left in the third quarter, and the teams did not score again until Van Hart put home his second of the game with 7:16 left in the fourth to pull the Bulldogs within 7-5. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) closed the scoring with 4:14 left with a man-up goal off a feed by Weber, his 13th goal of the season. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) tallied 14 saves in goal for the Blue Jays, while Jarryd Stamatelos made 13 saves and Justin Campanelli finished with two for the Bulldogs. ------------------------------------- DeSales University.. 2 1 1 1 - 5 Elizabethtown Coll.. 2 2 3 1 - 8 DeSales University SCORING: GOALS: Joshua Van Hart 2; Matthew Brancaccio 1; Andrew Ervin 1; TEAM 1. ASSISTS: Michael Bassani 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Keith Staulters 2; Aaron Weber 1; Ryan McCafferty 1; Jon Day 1; Greg Kenneally 1; Evan Cobb 1; Kyle Huckle 1. ASSISTS: Aaron Weber 2; Ryan McCafferty 1. SHOTS - DSU 26; ETOWN 35. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - DSU 0-2; ETOWN 2-4. FACEOFFS - DSU 11-17; ETOWN 6-17. GOALIES - DSU: Jarryd Stamatelos (13 saves), Justin Campanelli (2 saves); ETOWN: Hunter Malick (14 saves). Back to top 3/24/2009 Softball battles Moravian in non-conference twinbill ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Moravian 3, Elizabethtown 0 Click here for the game 1 box score In the opener, the Greyhounds scored twice in the second and added one run in the fourth, while DeBonis struck out 11 and walked one to move to 6-5 on the season. She allowed a double to junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) in the second and a single to junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) in the fourth. Moravian pushed across two unearned runs in the second on a two-out, two-run triple by Olivia Evanko, and increased its lead to 3-0 in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Maura Agnew. First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) took the loss in game one for Elizabethtown, allowing six hits and three runs (one earned) in four innings while striking out three. Evanko went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in for the Greyhounds, while Carmon finished 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored and Erika Klepeisz singled, doubled and walked in three plate appearances. In game two, the Blue Jays (3-15 overall) picked up their only hit in the top of the fifth inning as Tanner singled to lead off the inning, while the Greyhounds (13-7 overall) scored all four of their runs in the first inning on five hits. Evanko went 3-for-3 with a run scored for Moravian in the nightcap, part of a 10-hit attack by the Greyhounds, while Sheri Bieniek finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a run batted in. Carmon struck out 10 and did not walk a batter to boost her record to 4-1 on the season for Moravian, while first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) allowed eight hits and four earned runs in four innings to take the loss for Elizabethtown. Moravian College 3, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 2 2 (3-14) Moravian College.... 020 100 x - 3 8 1 (12-7) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Sebastian, Elaine Parr (5) and Lauren Hoover; Maria DeBonis and Deanna Mangieri. WP-DeBonis (6-5). LP-Sebastian (1-8). SO-BB: Sebastian 3-1, Parr 0-1; DeBonis 11-1. Moravian College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 1 0 (3-15) Moravian College.... 400 000 x - 4 10 1 (13-7) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr, Julie Sebastian (5) and Sheri Hihn; Jenna Carmon and Sheri Bieniek. WP-Carmon (4-1). LP-Parr (2-7). SO-BB: Parr 3-2, Sebastian 0-0; Carmon 10-0. Back to top 3/24/2009 Women's lacrosse routs Alvernia, 22-2 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 22, Alvernia 2 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College scored the game's first nine goals and the final 13 goals in a 22-2 victory over previously undefeated Alvernia University in Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action on Tuesday afternoon at Wolf Field. Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) scored a game-high four goals while junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) had two goals and four assists for the Blue Jays (6-2 overall, 3-0 MAC), who led 14-2 at halftime and received goals from 12 different players in the victory over the Crusaders (6-1 overall, 2-1 MAC). Senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) and junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) each finished with three goals for Elizabethtown, while senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) and first-year student Katie Scheurich (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) joined Byrnes with two goals apiece for the Blue Jays. After a scoreless first five minutes, the Blue Jays scored seven goals in a span of 5 minutes, 17 seconds. Ford scored three times during the run, while Byrnes, Kozak, Foley and sophomore Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) added one goal each. The Blue Jays led 9-0 before the Crusaders received goals from Heather Coppola and Sarah George in a span of 17 seconds to pull within 9-2 with 15:46 left in the first half. However, Caprinolo scored two goals while Byrnes, Foley and junior Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) also netted goals during a 5-0 run that carried the Blue Jays to a 14-2 lead at halftime. Seven different players scored Elizabethtown's eight second-half goals, coming off the sticks of Caprinolo, junior Alisha Sangrey (Columbia, PA/Hempfield), Scheurich, Kozak, sophomore Meg Cassels (Downingtown, PA/Great Valley), sophomore Ashley Mogle (Leola, PA/Conestoga Valley), sophomore Kelly Lurz (Baltimore, MD/Towson Catholic) and Scheurich again to close the scoring with 2:47 left. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) made two saves in the first half for Elizabethtown, while junior Becca Watkins (Herndon, VA/Westfield) finished with three saves in a scoreless second half. Jennifer Czarnecki made eight saves for the Crusaders in 34 minutes, while Katie Bostwick tallied three saves in 26 minutes of action. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Alvernia University. 2 0 - 2 Elizabethtown Coll.. 14 8 - 22 Alvernia University SCORING: GOALS: Sarah George 1; Heather Coppola 1. ASSISTS: Brittany Veith 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 4; Anna Ford 3; Katie Caprinolo 3; Megan Byrnes 2; Kelsea Kozak 2; Katie Scheurich 2; Stephanie Kreis 1; Ashley Mogle 1; Meg Cassels 1; Alisha Sangrey 1; Sarah Cullinan 1; Kelly Lurz 1. ASSISTS: Megan Byrnes 4; Kelsea Kozak 2; Stephanie Kreis 2; Mara Mulvaney 2; Katie Foley 1; Anna Ford 1; Ashley Mogle 1; Danielle Schaffer 1. SHOTS - ALV 14; ETOWN 41. GOALIES - ALV: Jennifer Czarnecki (8 saves), Katie Bostwick (3 saves); ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (2 saves), Becca Watkins (3 saves). Back to top 3/23/2009 Women's tennis wins over Division I La Salle, 5-2 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 5, La Salle 2 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College posted a 5-2 victory over Division I La Salle University in non-conference women's tennis action on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays (6-3 overall) won four of six singles matches and earned the doubles point by winning all three pro sets against the Explorers (1-11 overall). In singles action, junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) won 6-3, 6-1 over Tonya Rice at flight two, sophomore Kelly Fisher
(Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at flight four over Courtney Babo, sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) won 6-2, 6-1 against Jessika Acilio at flight five, and sophomore Katelyn Roderick (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) downed Pearl Wilkins 6-3, 6-1 at flight six. In doubles play, junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and Russell won 8-3 over Rice and Wilkins at flight one, Fisher and senior Erika Belletti (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) edged Lauren Perry and Babo 9-8 (7-3) at flight two, and Heydt teamed with first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) for an 8-6 win at flight three over Acilio and Christina Gomez. Singles competition 1. Lauren Perry (LAS) def. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-1) 2. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Tonya Rice (LAS) 6-3, 6-1 3. Christina Gomez (LAS) def. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (10-4) 4. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Courtney Babo (LAS) 6-1, 6-1 5. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Jessika Acilio (LAS) 6-2, 6-1 6. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) def. Pearl Wilkins (LAS) 6-3, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Tonya Rice/Pearl Wilkins (LAS) 8-3 2. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) def. Lauren Perry/Courtney Babo (LAS) 9-8 (7-3) 3. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Christina Gomez/Jessika Acilio (LAS) 8-6 Back to top 3/23/2009 Baseball holds off Messiah, 12-10 to take series ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 12, Messiah 10 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) each went 3-for-4 with two runs scored as Elizabethtown College defeated Messiah College 12-10 in the final game of their three-game Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Monday afternoon at Boyd Stadium. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) scored three runs to become Elizabethtown's career leader in runs scored with 130, breaking the mark of 128 set by Jon Hendl from 1992 to 1995. The Blue Jays (10-7 overall, 2-1 Commonwealth) finished with 15 hits on the afternoon against the Falcons (7-12-1 overall, 1-2 Commonwealth) and won two of three games in the series. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) each finished with two hits for the Blue Jays, while Yeager, Luff and first-year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) each drove in a pair of runs. Semanek knocked in three runs on the day for Elizabethtown on an RBI single in the sixth and a two-run single in the seventh that proved to provide the winning margin for the Blue Jays. Jordan Zimmerman went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and three runs batted in for the Falcons, while Dan Etter finished 3-for-4 with three RBI as the duo accounted for six of Messiah's eight hits in the game. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) allowed five unearned runs over the first three innings, but improved to 3-1 on the year as he went six innings and struck out eight for the Blue Jays. Sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) threw the last three innings for his first save of the season for Elizabethtown. Messiah opened the scoring in the top of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Sheldon Witmer, but Elizabethtown came back with four runs in the bottom of the frame off Falcon starter Eric Spring. Sam Heaps tied the game with an infield single, then a bases-loaded walk to Yeager and a two-run single by Motika gave the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead. Each team scored in the second, with the Falcons pushing across a run on an error and the Blue Jays answering as Sheibley walked, stole second and scored on a single by Gordon to break the career record for runs scored at Elizabethtown. Messiah took advantage of Elizabethtown's third error in as many innings to score three unearned runs in the top of the third, on an RBI double by Zimmerman and a two-out, two-run single from Etter which tied the game at 5-5. Elizabethtown regained the lead for good in the bottom of the frame off Messiah reliever Thor Arnesen (1-2) as Yeager walked, moved up on a wild pitch and a ground out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Luff. The Blue Jays expanded their lead to 8-5 in the bottom of the fifth with a pair of two-out runs, driven home on an infield single by Luff and a double to right field by junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). In the sixth, the Falcons got two runs back as Etter tripled home a run, then scored on a wild pitch to cut the Blue Jay lead to 8-7. The Blue Jays came back with two runs in the bottom of the frame, as Heaps tripled with one out and scored when Semanek singled through a drawn-in infield, followed by a two-out RBI double to deep left by Yeager that gave Elizabethtown a 10-7 lead. Once again, the Falcons responded with two runs in the top of the seventh off Anthony Heaps as Kirk walked with two outs and scored when Zimmerman roped an 0-1 pitch over the left-field fence for his first home run of the season. In the bottom of the seventh, the Blue Jays loaded the bases on a single and two walks, and Semanek delivered with two outs as he lined a 2-2 pitch back through the box to drive home a pair and give Elizabethtown a 12-9 lead. The Falcons scored a run in the ninth on a fielder's choice, but Anthony Heaps struck out Zimmerman with a runner on second to finish the game, his fifth strikeout in three innings of relief. Spring allowed five runs (four earned) on four hits and four walks in two innings of work for the Falcons, while Arnesen took the loss after giving up five earned runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. Elizabethtown Coll. 12, Messiah College 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Messiah College..... 113 002 201 - 10 8 2 (7-12-1, 1-2) Elizabethtown Coll.. 411 022 20x - 12 15 3 (10-7, 2-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Spring, Thor Arnesen (3), Elliot Thomas (6) and Ben Kirk; Matt Vinagro, Anthony Heaps (7) and Tom Semanek. WP-Vinagro (3-1). LP-Arnesen (1-2). SV-A. Heaps (1). SO-BB: Spring 3-4, Arnesen 1-1, Thomas 2-3; Vinagro 8-1, A. Heaps 5-2. HR-Jordan Zimmerman (M). Back to top 3/23/2009 Brok Walker named Commonwealth Player of the Week in men's tennis FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 23, 2009 Brok Walker Selected Men's Tennis Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) was honored as the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week in men's tennis for the week ending March 22, the conference office announced Monday. Walker went 2-1 in singles and 3-0 in doubles last week, losing a total of five games in his two singles wins and teaming with sophomore Bryan Metz to win 24 of 29 doubles games. In singles, Walker defeated Tom Allen of DeSales University 6-2, 6-2 while playing flight two on Wednesday, and downed Nick Tarlecki of Immaculata University 6-1, 6-0 from flight one on Thursday. In doubles, Walker and Metz defeated Dan Bullen and Joe Sulpizio of DeSales 8-1, downed Bobby DeYoung and Demetrios Vlahos of Immaculata 8-0, and knocked off Bill Nason and Justin Feiner of La Salle University 8-4 on Sunday afternoon. For the season, Walker has a 5-3 record in both singles and doubles, and has a 36-20 career record in singles play. The Blue Jays (3-1 overall) host Bridgewater College on Saturday at noon. Back to top 3/23/2009 Katie Foley named MAC women's lax Player of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 23, 2009 Katie Foley Named MAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa.
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For the second time this season, Elizabethtown College senior attack Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross)
has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Week in
women's lacrosse, the conference office announced for the week ending March 22. Foley finished the week with 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points in three games, increasing her career totals to 208 goals and 73 assists for 281 points. The 20th-ranked Blue Jays (5-2 overall, 2-0 MAC) host Alvernia University on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. on Wolf Field. Back to top 3/22/2009 Men's tennis defeated by Division I La Salle ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS La Salle 6, Elizabethtown 1 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --- Division I La Salle University defeated Elizabethtown College 6-1 in men's tennis action on Sunday afternoon. First-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) claimed the lone singles victory for the Blue Jays (3-1 overall) with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over George Gennaoui at flight one. In doubles, the host Explorers won two of the three pro sets to claim the team point. Elizabethtown's team of junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) and sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) posted an 8-4 win over Bill Nason and Justin Feiner at flight two. Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. George Gennaoui (LAS) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 2. Bill Nason (LAS) def. Brok Walker (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-4 3. Jon Maula (LAS) def. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-2 4. Andy Petrusky (LAS) def. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-0 5. Morgan Abrams-Nicholas (LAS) def. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-0 6. Chris Butera (LAS) def. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. George Gennaoui/Jon Maula (LAS) def. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) 8-1 2. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Bill Nason/Justin Feiner (LAS) 8-4 3. M. Abrams-Nicholas/Chris Butera (LAS) def. Jeff Kirkhoff/Mike Steiner (ETOWN) 8-4 Back to top 3/22/2009 Men's lax drops 15-6 decision to FDU ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE FDU-Florham 15, Elizabethtown 6 MADISON, N.J. --- Kevin Shadiack scored a game-high six goals and added three assists to pace FDU-Florham to a 15-6 victory over Elizabethtown College in Middle Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action on Sunday afternoon. Shadiack scored at least once in each quarter as the Devils (4-3 overall, 2-0 MAC) netted the game's first seven goals and held a 9-3 advantage at halftime over the Blue Jays (3-2 overall, 0-2 MAC). Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone), junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) and first-year student Evan Cobb (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) scored two goals each for the Blue Jays, while Weber, sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and sophomore Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/East) posted assists for Elizabethtown. FDU needed just 12 seconds to get on the scoreboard as Rob Novack scored the game's opening goal, and the Devils went on to build a 6-0 lead after one quarter. The Devils led 7-0 before Weber scored a man-up goal with 10:49 left in the second quarter to get the Blue Jays on the scoreboard. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) and senior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) shared time in goal for Elizabethtown, with Malick making seven saves and Hayes two. Alex Kajencki finished with 13 saves for FDU before yielding to Mike Strathy, who made one stop in the final 8:31. ------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 0 3 1 2 - 6 FDU-Florham......... 6 3 3 3 - 15 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 2; Ryan McCafferty 2; Evan Cobb 2. ASSISTS: Greg Kenneally 1; Brian Schaaf 1; Aaron Weber 1. FDU-Florham SCORING: GOALS: Kevin Shadiack 6; Peter Fleming 2; Taylor Hogarth 1; Drew Canfield 1; Will Stark 1; Jason Koontz 1; Pat O'Brien 1; Mike Patella 1; Rob Novack 1. ASSISTS: Peter Fleming 3; Kevin Shadiack 3; Drew Canfield 1; Taylor Hogarth 1; Adam Koontz 1; Jason Koontz 1; Frank Marzillo 1; Will Stark 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 29; FDU 36. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 1-5; FDU 2-6. FACEOFFS - ETOWN 9-24; FDU 15-24. GOALIES - ETOWN: Hunter Malick (7 saves), Austin Hayes (2 saves); FDU: Alex Kajencki (13 saves), Mike Strathy (1 save). Back to top 3/22/2009 Women's tennis shuts out DeSales, 9-0 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 9, DeSales 0 CENTER VALLEY, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College defeated DeSales University 9-0 in non-conference women's tennis action on Saturday afternoon. In singles, the Blue Jays (5-3 overall) swept all five contested singles matches, as junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) defeated Jess Smith 3-6, 6-2, 10-5 (tiebreak) at flight one, junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) won 6-2, 6-1 at flight two over MaryKate Boylan at flight two, and first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) pulled out a 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-2), 11-9 (tiebreak) victory at flight three over Tracy Gould. Sophomore Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) defeated Krista Damirgian 6-1, 6-0 at flight four, and sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) was a 6-1, 6-2 winner at flight five over Amelia Lloyd. In doubles, Swarr and Russell won 8-2 over Smith and Boylan at flight one, while Heydt and Poulle were 8-3 winners over Gould and Damirgian at flight two. Elizabethtown won by walkover at flight three. Singles competition 1. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) def. Jess Smith (DSUWT) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5) 2. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. MaryKate Boylan (DSUWT) 6-2, 6-1 3. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) def. Tracy Gould (DSUWT) 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-2), 1-0 (11-9) 4. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Krista Damirgian (DSUWT) 6-1, 6-0 5. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Amelia Lloyd (DSUWT) 6-1, 6-2 6. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) def. Christine Petrilla (DSUWT), walkover Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Jess Smith/MaryKate Boylan (DSUWT) 8-2 2. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Tracy Gould/Krista Damirgian (DSUWT) 8-3 3. Kelly Fisher/Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) def. Amelia Lloyd/Christine Petrilla (DSUWT) walkover Back to top 3/21/2009 Sheibley's seventh-inning homer salvage twinbill split with Messiah ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Messiah 4, Elizabethtown 1 Click here for the game 2 box score GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) hit a three-run home run with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to give Elizabethtown College a dramatic 4-2 victory over Messiah College in the second game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. In the opener, winning pitcher Sheldon Witmer connected on a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to break a 1-1 tie and give the Falcons a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays. In game two, the Falcons trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the sixth and had just two hits off Blue Jay junior righthander Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts), but a pair of walks set up a two-out, two-run double by Jordan Zimmerman that gave Messiah a 2-1 lead entering the final inning. Messiah starter Travis Thome got the first two outs in the top of the seventh, but a single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) and a walk to sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) set the stage for Sheibley's go-ahead blast. Elizabethtown had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the third as Luff and Sheibley singled, and junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) grounded out to drive home Luff with the game's first run. Sheibley went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays in game two, while Luff finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Hartzell (2-2) struck out six and allowed three hits in his third complete game of the season, while Thome (1-3) gave up four earned runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. In the opener, senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) knocked home the game's first run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning, but the Falcons evened the game in the last of the fourth on a groundout. In the sixth, back-to-back singles by John Brubaker and Jonny Ebersole with one out brought Witmer to the plate, and he connected for a three-run home run off Blue Jay senior righthander Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) to give Messiah a 4-1 lead. Witmer (3-1) allowed five hits and struck out two in a complete-game performance for Messiah, while Heaps (2-1) was charged with four earned runs on four hits in six innings of work while striking out eight. Elizabethtown (9-7 overall, 1-1 Commonwealth) will host Messiah (7-11-1 overall, 1-1 Commonwealth) in the final game of their three-game series on Monday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium. Messiah College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 000 0 - 1 5 0 (8-7, 0-1) Messiah College..... 000 103 x - 4 4 0 (7-10-1, 1-0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps and Tom Semanek; Sheldon Witmer and Ben Kirk. WP-Witmer (3-1). LP-S. Heaps (2-1). SO-BB: S. Heaps 8-1; Witmer 2-1. HR-Witmer (M). Elizabethtown Coll. 4, Messiah College 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 000 3 - 4 6 1 (9-7, 1-1) Messiah College..... 000 002 0 - 2 3 2 (7-11-1, 1-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek; Travis Thome, Elliot Thomas (7) and Ben Kirk. WP-Hartzell (2-2). LP-Thome (1-3). SO-BB: Hartzell 6-3; Thome 3-4, Thomas 0-0. HR-Adam Sheibley (E). Back to top 3/21/2009 Women's lacrosse rolls over Widener, 23-4 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 23, Widener 4 CHESTER, Pa. --- Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) finished with four goals and five assists - all but one assist in the first half - as 20th-ranked Elizabethtown College routed Widener University 23-4 in Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon. Senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) also scored four goals and added an assist as the Blue Jays (5-2 overall, 2-0 MAC) led 7-0 after 11 minutes and 13-3 at halftime and finished with a 45-13 edge in shots over the Pride (3-4 overall, 0-2 MAC). Senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) chipped in with three goals and two assists for the Blue Jays, while juniors Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) and Alisha Sangrey (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) and first-year student Mara Mulvaney (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) added two goals each in the win. Four different players scored goals for Widener, which allowed Elizabethtown to go on scoring runs of seven, five and 10 goals in the game. Ford scored twice in the first 2 minutes, 11 seconds to give Elizabethtown a 2-0 lead, and goals from Sangrey, Kozak and junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) along with two from Foley pushed the Blue Jays lead to 7-0 with 19:01 left in the first half. Leading 13-3 at intermission, Elizabethtown scored the first 10 goals of the second half to take a 23-3 lead with 4:40 to play on Mulvaney's second goal of the day, before Calina Walz closed the scoring for the Pride with 3:19 left. Elizabethtown finished with 21 ground balls as a team, led by three from Kozak, while Anna Geeter collected four of Widener's 12 ground balls. Sophomore Sarah Behounek (Street, MD/North Harford) had a team-high three draw controls for the Blue Jays, with Emily Solt pacing the Pride with five. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 13 10 - 23 Widener University.. 3 1 - 4 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 4; Anna Ford 4; Kelsea Kozak 3; Alisha Sangrey 2; Mara Mulvaney 2; Katie Caprinolo 2; Stephanie Kreis 1; Sarah Cullinan 1; Megan Byrnes 1; Maria DeMatteo 1; Ashley Mogle 1; Samantha Redles 1. ASSISTS: Katie Foley 5; Kelsea Kozak 2; Megan Byrnes 2; Sarah Cullinan 1; Anna Ford 1; Stephanie Kreis 1. Widener University SCORING: GOALS: Calina Walz 1; Grace Cavanaugh 1; Brittany Dippolito 1; Jen Harnden 1. ASSISTS: Anna Geeter 1; Calina Walz 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 45; WID 13. GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (3 saves), Becca Watkins (2 saves); WID: Shelley O'Neill (7 saves), Linda Salcedo (3 saves). Back to top 3/19/2009 Swarthmore sweeps Blue Jays in softball action ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Swarthmore 6, Elizabethtown 5 Click here for the game 1 box score In game one, the Blue Jays overcame a 4-2 deficit to take a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth, but the Garnet pushed across two runs in the bottom of the frame to regain the lead at 6-5. Elizabethtown was led senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley), who went 3-for-3 with two runs batted in, and senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) who finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Michele Perch, Elizabeth Cushing and Kira Kern each had two hits for Swarthmore, while Sendelsky hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth to give the Garnet a 4-2 lead. First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) cracked her second home run of the season in the top of the second inning to give Elizabethtown a 1-0 lead, and allowed 10 hits while striking out three in her eighth complete game of the season. Alexandra Zelaski picked up the win in game one for Swarthmore, striking out five and allowing three earned runs while going the full seven innings. In game two, Kathryn Riley threw a five-hitter and struck out 13 while Sendelsky went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run in the third inning for the Garnet (6-5 overall). Melissa Emmerson added a pair of hits and scored twice for Swarthmore, which finished with eight hits in the contest. The Blue Jays (3-13 overall) were led by Guzik (2-for-3) and Hoover (2-for-2), who accounted for four of the team's five hits. First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) went all six innings for the Blue Jays, allowing two earned runs and striking out five. Swarthmore College 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 103 0 - 5 9 1 (3-12) Swarthmore College.. 012 012 x - 6 10 2 (5-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover; Alexandra Zelaski and Michele Perch. WP-Zelaski. LP-Sebastian. SO-BB: Sebastian 3-1; Zelaski 5-3. HR-Sebastian (E), Sendelsky (S). Swarthmore College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 5 1 (3-13) Swarthmore College.. 102 010 x - 4 8 0 (6-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn; Kathryn Riley and Kira Kern. WP-Riley. LP-Parr. SO-BB: Parr 5-4; Riley 13-1. HR-Sendelsky (S). Back to top 3/19/2009 Foley sets goal record as women's lax edges Stevenson ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 16, Stevenson 15 OWINGS MILLS, Md. --- Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) became Elizabethtown College's career goal leader as she scored four times in the Blue Jays' 16-15 victory at Stevenson University in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Thursday. Foley, who also assisted on four goals, broke the program career record of 202 goals set by Liz Fretz from 2002 to 2005 on her third goal of the game with 17:02 remaining in the second half. Foley, who now has 204 goals and 272 points in her career, had eclipsed Fretz's career point record of 261 on Tuesday evening at Gettysburg College. The contest was a see-saw affair that saw the 20th-ranked Blue Jays (4-2 overall) net the winning goal with 1:58 to play off the stick of sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs), capping a comeback from a 15-13 deficit with seven minutes remaining. DeMatteo scored two goals on the afternoon, along with senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) and juniors Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson), Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) and Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford). Kristyna Hnizda, Megan Weiss and Lisa Baker shared the team lead in goals for the Mustangs (3-3 overall) with three goals apiece as Stevenson rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the first half and a 13-11 disadvantage in the second half. Elizabethtown took a 3-0 lead seven minutes into the contest on two goals by Ford and one by Foley, but Stevenson took advantage of a pair of three-minute yellow-card advantages, scoring five goals as part of a 7-0 run to take a 7-3 lead with 10:06 left in the first half. Two goals by Byrnes and one from Foley helped the Blue Jays pull within 8-6 at halftime, and the teams exchanged goals for the first 10 minutes of the second half to leave the Mustangs ahead 11-9 with 20:12 to go. Elizabethtown would respond with four straight goals off the sticks of Kreis, Foley, Caprinolo and DeMatteo to move ahead 13-11 with 14:23 to play, but Hnizda scored twice in 79 seconds to knot the game at 13-13 with 12:06 left. Weiss and Hnizda teamed up to score twice in a 52-second span to give Stevenson a 15-13 lead with 8:32 remaining, but Kreis scored on a free-position shot with 6:54 left to trim the Mustang lead to one. Foley then tied the game with her fourth goal of the day with 6:02 left, setting up DeMatteo's game-winner. Elizabethtown finished with a 38-33 advantage in shots over Stevenson, while the Mustangs held a 19-16 edge in ground balls and a 20-13 lead in draw controls. Individually, Ford led Elizabethtown with six draw controls and sophomore Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/East) had a team-high three ground balls, while Mandi Carr led Stevenson with five ground balls and four draw controls. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace)
finished with eight saves in goal for Elizabethtown, with Jenny Schroeder coming up with 10 stops for Stevenson. ------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 6 10 - 16 Stevenson University 8 7 - 15 Elizabethtown SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 4; Stephanie Kreis 2; Anna Ford 2; Maria DeMatteo 2; Katie Caprinolo 2; Megan Byrnes 2; Meg Cassels 1; Sarah Cullinan 1. ASSISTS: Katie Foley 4; Anna Ford 1; Stephanie Kreis 1. Stevenson SCORING: GOALS: Lisa Baker 3; Kristyna Hnizda 3; Megan Weiss 3; Kirstin Gancarz 2; Lauren Zegowitz 1; Kelli Battista 1; Mandi Carr 1; Brittany Connelly 1. ASSISTS: Lisa Baker 1; Kelli Battista 1; Spencer Kraus 1; Lauren Zegowitz 1 SHOTS - ETOWN 38; STEV 33 GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (8 saves); STEV: Jenny Schroeder (10 saves). Back to top 3/19/2009 Men's tennis cruises to 9-0 win over Immaculata ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 9, Immaculata 0 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College improved to 3-0 on the season with a 9-0 win over Immaculata University in non-conference men's tennis action on Thursday afternoon. Playing with a singles lineup that featured just two regulars, the Blue Jays lost a total of just nine games in singles and won 24 of 25 doubles games against the Mighty Macs (0-5 overall). In singles, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Nick Tarlecki at flight one, sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) won 6-2, 6-1 over Bobby DeYoung at flight two, and sophomore Shawn Cotton (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) picked up a 6-0, 6-1 win over Dave Harlan at flight three. Sophomore Austin Plantz (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg) was a 6-0, 6-2 winner at flight four over Demetrios Vlahos, first-year student Matt Freedman (White Plains, NY/White Plains) won 6-0, 6-0 at flight five over Mike Pancoast, and sophomore Paul Brenner (Crownsville, MD/Old Mill) claimed a 6-1, 6-1 win over Andre Brooks at flight six. In doubles, first-year students Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) and Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) won 8-1 at flight one over Tarlecki and DeYoung, Walker and sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) defeated Harlan and Vlahos 8-0 at flight two, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) and junior Mike Steiner (Greensburg, PA/Greater Latrobe) picked up an 8-0 win at flight three over Pancoast and Brooks. Singles competition 1. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. TARLECKI, Nick (IUMT) 6-1, 6-0 2. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. DeYOUNG, Bobby (IUMT) 6-2, 6-1 3. Shawn Cotton (ETOWN) def. HARLAN, Dave (IUMT) 6-0, 6-1 4. Austin Plantz (ETOWN) def. VLAHOS, Demetrios (IUMT) 6-0, 6-2 5. Matt Freedman (ETOWN) def. PANCOAST, Michael (IUMT) 6-0, 6-0 6. Paul Brenner (ETOWN) def. BROOKS, Andre (IUMT) 6-1, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. TARLECKI, Nick/HARLAN, Dave (IUMT) 8-1 2. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. DeYOUNG, Bobby/VLAHOS, Demetrios (IUMT) 8-0 3. Jeff Kirkhoff/Mike Steiner (ETOWN) def. PANCOAST, Michael/BROOKS, Andre (IUMT) 8-0 Back to top 3/18/2009 Baseball captures 7-5 win at Dickinson ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 7, Dickinson 5 CARLISLE, Pa. --- Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) each had three hits and two runs batted in as Elizabethtown College defeated Dickinson College 7-5 in non-conference baseball action on Wednesday afternoon. The Blue Jays (8-6 overall) scored twice in the seventh and three times in the eighth to turn a 2-1 lead into a 7-2 advantage, only to see the Red Devils (3-8 overall) score three times in the bottom of the eighth to pull within 7-5. However, sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) worked out of trouble in the eighth and retired Dickinson in order in the ninth to preserve the win. Francis finished with a pair of double among his three hits and scored a run, while Gordon strole three bases and scored twice for the Blue Jays. In his last three starts, Gordon is 10-for-14 with seven runs scored while Francis has hit safely in six straight games. Ben Sciambi, Bart Marchant and Andrew Sterling all had two hits apiece for Dickinson, which managed eight hits in the contest off three Elizabethtown pitchers. The Blue Jays finished with 12 hits as a team, including two doubles by junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). Elizabethtown opened the scoring in the second inning as Yeager doubled and scored on an RBI single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove). The Blue Jays moved ahead 2-0 in the third when Gordon singled, moved to second on an error, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Yeager. Dickinson was held scoreless for the first five innings by Elizabethtown junior righthander Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) before scoring in the sixth on an RBI single by Sterling. In the seventh, the Blue Jays scored twice on an error and an RBI single by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) to take a 4-1 lead, but Dickinson got a run back in the bottom of the frame on a solo home run by Sciambi. Elizabethtown tallied three runs in the eighth on a two-run double by Francis and an RBI single by Gordon to take a 7-2 lead, but Dickinson came back with three runs of their own on an RBI single by Sciambi and a two-run single by Jordan Kaufman to move within 7-5. Vinagro (2-1) allowed four hits and two earned runs while striking out five in 6 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays, while Drew Swomley (1-1) gave up two runs (one earned) on five hits in four innings to take the loss for the Red Devils. Elizabethtown Coll. 7, Dickinson College 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 011 000 230 - 7 12 0 (8-6) Dickinson College... 000 001 130 - 5 8 3 (3-8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Dan Lauletta (7), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek; Drew Swomley, Evan Fitzpatrick (6), Brett Friedman (7), Brian Kullas (8) and Evan Hennessy. WP-Vinagro (2-1). LP-Swomley (1-1). SO-BB: Vinagro 5-1, Lauletta 0-1, A. Heaps 2-1; Swomley 3-1, Fitzpatrick 1-2, Friedman 0-0, Kullas 0-0. HR-Ben Sciambi (D). Back to top 3/18/2009 Men's lacrosse posts 14-2 win at Marywood ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 14, Marywood 2 SCRANTON, Pa. --- A run of 11 consecutive goals snapped a 1-1 tie and boosted Elizabethtown College to a 14-2 victory over Marywood University in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) scored four consecutive goals to give the Blue Jays (3-1 overall) an 8-1 lead at halftime, and finished with five goals on the afternoon as Elizabethtown held a dominating 41-9 edge in shots over the Pacers (2-3 overall). Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) added four goals and moved into second place on the school career point list with 120, trailing only the 167 points accumulated by Frankie Puzzangara from 2004 to 2007. With the score tied 1-1 after the first quarter, Weber scored three goals in a span of 3 minutes, 23 seconds to give Elizabethtown a 4-1 lead with 11:02 left in the second quarter. McCafferty then scored the game's next four goals, capped off with a tally with one second left in the half that gave the Blue Jays an 8-1 advantage. Third-quarter goals from junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa), junior Kyle Huckle (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) and sophomore Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey) gave Elizabethtown a 12-1 lead entering the fourth quarter, and Corcoran and McCafferty tallied in the fourth quarter to close the scoring. Ryne Boyle scored both goals for the Pacers, tallying in the final minute of the first quarter and again in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. Sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) finished with three assists for the Blue Jays, as 10 different players recorded at least one point on the afternoon. Defensively, Day led the Blue Jays with eight ground balls and won 6-of-9 faceoffs, while George Downey IV was tops among field players for the Pacers with five ground balls. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) played 49 minutes in goal for the Blue Jays and made three saves, while senior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) finished with one stop in 11 scoreless minutes of action. Jesse Habich started and made 12 stops for Marywood, while Eric Luhrmann tallied four saves in 12 minutes of playing time. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 7 4 2 - 14 Marywood University. 1 0 0 1 - 2 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Ryan McCafferty 5; Aaron Weber 4; Shawn Corcoran 2; Jon Day 1; Keith Staulters 1; Kyle Huckle 1. ASSISTS: Greg Kenneally 3; Evan Cobb 1; Shawn Corcoran 1; Jon Day 1; Dan Patton 1; Brian Schaaf 1. Marywood University SCORING: GOALS: Ryne Boyle 2. ASSISTS: Jamie Beagen 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 41, MU 9. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 0-2, MU 0-1. FACEOFFS - ETOWN 13-19; MU 6-19. CLEARS - ETOWN 23-26; MU 22-32. GOALIES - ETOWN: Hunter Malick (3 saves), Austin Hayes (1 save). MU: Jesse Habich (12 saves), Eric Luhrmann (4 saves). Back to top 3/18/2009 Men's tennis sweeps DeSales, 9-0 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 9, DeSales 0 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Host Elizabethtown College did not drop a set in singles play and defeated DeSales University 9-0 in non-conference men's tennis action on Wednesday afternoon. In singles, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) swept Michael Cejovic 6-0, 6-0 at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) defeated Tom Allen 6-2, 6-2 at flight two, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) won 6-2, 6-1 at flight three over Dan Bullen. At flight four, sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) defeated Joe Sulpizio 6-1, 6-1 at flight four, sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) picked up a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Seth Conklin at flight five, and senior Nick Ziobrowski (Chambersburg, PA/Mercersburg Academy) was a 7-5, 6-1 winner at flight six over Timothy Golden. In doubles, the Blue Jays (2-0 overall) lost just three games against the Bulldogs (2-1 overall). Arrea and first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) defeated Cejovic and Allen 8-0 at flight one, Walker and Metz downed Bullen and Sulpizio 8-1 at flight two, and Kirkhoff along with junior Mike Steiner (Greensburg, PA/Greater Latrobe) won 8-2 at flight three over Conklin and Golden. Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Michael Cejovic (DSU) 6-0, 6-0 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Tom Allen (DSU) 6-2, 6-2 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Dan Bullen (DSU) 6-2, 6-1 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Joe Sulpizio (DSU) 6-1, 6-1 5. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Seth Conklin (DSU) 6-2, 6-2 6. Nick Ziobrowski (ETOWN) def. Timothy Golden (DSU) 7-5, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan vanden Ende (ETOWN) def. Michael Cejovic/Tom Allen (DSUMT) 8-0 2. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Dan Bullen/Joe Sulpizio (DSUMT) 8-1 3. Jeff Kirkhoff/Mike Steiner (ETOWN) def. Seth Conklin/Timothy Golden (DSUMT) 8-2 Back to top 3/18/2009 Women's lacrosse ranked 20th in Division III poll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Remains 20th in IWLCA Division III Top 20 PollELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. –-- For the second week in a row, Elizabethtown College is
ranked 20th in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association
(IWLCA) Division III poll, through March 15. The Blue Jays opened the week with a 3-1 record before falling 11-6 at sixth-ranked Gettysburg College on Tuesday night to drop to 3-2 on the year. Hamilton College remains first in the rankings, followed by Salisbury University, Franklin & Marshall College, Middlebury College and The College of New Jersey. Elizabethtown returns to action on Thursday at Stevenson University beginning at 3:30 p.m. Back to top 3/17/2009 Women's lacrosse battles 4th-ranked Gettysburg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Gettysburg 11, Elizabethtown 6 GETTYSBURG, Pa. --- Hollis Stahl scored four goals and Allegra Formento added three tallies to lead fourth-ranked Gettysburg College to an 11-6 victory over 20th-ranked Elizabethtown College in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Tuesday night. Blue Jay senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) scored two goals, including the 200th of her career, and became Elizabethtown's career leader in points with 264, breaking the mark of 261 set by Liz Fretz from 2002 to 2005. Foley is two goals shy of equaling Fretz's school-record total of 202 career goals. Stahl scored twice in a span of 20 seconds midway through the first half as part of a five-goal run that gave the Bullets a 7-1 lead with 3:40 left in the half. Foley, who entered the game tied with Fretz with 261 career points, set the program record as she assisted on a goal by sophomore Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) just 7:30 into the contest. Foley then netted her 200th career goal with 13:58 to play on a free-position shot. Senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) also scored twice for Elizabethtown, while Cullinan and sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) recorded one goal each.Gettysburg finished with a 33-25 advantage in shots and held an 11-8 edge in draw controls. Stahl and Anna Scanlan shared the team lead in ground balls for Gettysburg with four while Cullinan paced Blue Jay field players with three along with three caused turnovers. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace)
made 12 saves in goal for Elizabethtown and finished with a game-high five ground balls, while Kristen Krammer made 13 saves for Gettysburg. ------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 2 4 - 6 Gettysburg College.. 7 4 - 11 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 2; Anna Ford 2; Sarah Cullinan 1; Maria DeMatteo 1. ASSISTS: Kelsea Kozak 2; Katie Foley 1. Gettysburg College SCORING: GOALS: Hollis Stahl 4; Allegra Formento 3; Nina Emala 1; Lexie Hearn 1; Marnie Commins 1; Hannah Church 1. ASSISTS: Marnie Commins 1; Jessica Crane 1; Nina Emala 1; Lexie Hearn 1; Lauren Woodman 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 25; GC 33. GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (12 saves), Becca Watkins (0 saves); GC: Kristen Krammer (13 saves). Back to top 3/17/2009 Softball drops twinbill at Gettysburg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Gettysburg 4, Elizabethtown 3 Click here for the game 1 box score The Bullets (13-1 overall) extended their winning streak to nine straight games with the victories over the Blue Jays (3-11 overall). In game one, the Bullets overcame a 3-2 deficit with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, on an RBI single by Catrina DelGais and a two-out double by Nicole Yannotta. The Bullets took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second on an RBI single by DelGais, but the Blue Jays plated three runs in the top of the fourth on a two-run single by first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) and an infield single by junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry). Gettysburg answered with a run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI double by DelGais to pull within 3-2, setting up their sixth-inning rally. Sebastian fell to 1-6 after allowing nine hits and four runs (three earned) in her seventh complete game in as many starts for the Blue Jays, while Kristy Rubino improved to 6-1 for the Bullets after allowing five hits and whiffing eight. DelGais finished 3-for-3 with three runs batted in for Gettysburg, while Yannotta and Jessica Wallick each finished with a pair of hits. Junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) and junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) each went 1-for-3 with a run scored for the Blue Jays in the opener. In game two, the Bullets scored three runs in the fifth inning with two outs to break a 2-2 tie, as Sarah Woodbury (3-for-3, four runs batted in) hit a two-run double and came in to score on a single by winning pitcher Beth McCullough. Elizabethtown took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Church, but a double by Woodbury in the bottom of the frame knotted the score at 1-1. The Bullets moved ahead 2-1 in the third on an RBI single by Woodbury, but the Blue Jays came back to tie the score at 2-2 in the fourth as Church scored on a groundout by senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township). Trailing 5-2 entering the sixth, the Blue Jays scored again on a groundout by Gordon that drove in Church to move within 5-3, but the Bullets closed the scoring in the last of the sixth on an RBI triple by DelGais. Church went 3-for-3 with two runs scored for the Blue Jays, who finished with six hits as a team, while Yannetta and Erin Ober joined Woodbury as multi-hit performers with two hits each. First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) gave up 10 hits and six runs (four earned) to fall to 2-5 for the Blue Jays, while McCullough struck out five and gave up two earned runs to move to 6-0 for the Bullets. Gettysburg College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 300 0 - 3 5 1 (3-10) Gettysburg College.. 010 102 x - 4 9 0 (12-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover; Kristy Rubino and Adrienne Rahs. WP-Rubino (6-1). LP-Sebastian (1-6). SO-BB: Sebastian 2-0; Rubino 8-3. Gettysburg College 6, Elizabethtown Coll. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 101 0 - 3 6 2 (3-11) Gettysburg College.. 101 031 x - 6 10 1 (13-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn, Lauren Hoover (6); Beth McCullough and Sarah Woodbury. WP-McCullough (6-0). LP-Parr (2-5). SO-BB: Parr 4-0; McCullough 5-1. Back to top 3/16/2009 Baseball defeated 9-2 at York ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL York 9, Elizabethtown 2 YORK, Pa. --- A four-run first inning propelled York College to a 9-2 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference baseball action on Monday afternoon. Ryan Poff went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs batted in for the Spartans (12-2 overall), who won their 12th straight game by scoring eight runs in the first four innings against the Blue Jays (7-6 overall). Seniors Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) each went 3-for-4 for Elizabethtown, which matched York with 10 hits but could only push single runs across in the fourth and seventh innings. The Spartans bolted to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on RBI doubles by Mike Connolly and Poff, an error and a sacrifice fly by Matt Monti. York tacked on a run in the second on an RBI single by Poff, and another in the third on a bases-loaded walk to Kyle Cook which gave the Spartans a 6-0 lead. Elizabethtown got on the board in the fourth as junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) led off with a double and scored on a single by Heaps. However, York answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame on a pair of wild pitches to take an 8-1 lead. In the sixth, the Spartans plated their final run of the day on an RBI double by Chris Young, and the Blue Jays closed the scoring in the top of the seventh on an error. Jason Christenberry scattered seven hits and one run in six innings to improve to 4-0 on the season for York, while senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) allowed four runs on four hits in the first inning to drop to 1-2 on the year. York College 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 100 100 - 2 10 1 (7-6) York College........ 411 201 00x - 9 10 2 (12-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Kutz, Ryan Barrett (2), Todd Leister (4), Kurt Smith (6), Dan Lauletta (7), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek; Jason Christenberry, Jeff Benchich (7), Chris Frankenfield (8), Brandon Ullom (9) and Rob Andrews, Jim Meehan (6). WP-Christenberry (4-0). LP-Kutz (1-2). SO-BB: Kutz 0-1, Barrett 2-5, Leister 2-2, Smith 0-1, Lauletta 1-0, A. Heaps 2-0; Christenberry 1-1, Benchich 0-0, Frankenfield 2-0, Ullom 0-0. Back to top 3/16/2009 Adam Hartzell named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Adam Hartzell Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the WeekELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- Elizabethtown College junior righthander Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball for the week ending March 15, the conference office announced Monday. Hartzell tossed 12 1/3 scoreless innings last week, including a 6-0 shutout of Muhlenberg College on Saturday in which he scattered four singles and struck out nine. On Tuesday, he threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief in a 9-6 loss to Franklin & Marshall College, allowing two hits and striking out three. The Blue Jays (7-5 overall) played at York College on Monday, and travel to Dickinson College on Wednesday before opening Commonwealth Conference play on Saturday with a doubleheader at Messiah College. Back to top 3/14/2009 Baseball gets CG's from Heaps, Hartzell in sweep of Muhlenberg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 5, Muhlenberg 1 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon
Grove) threw a two-hitter in the opening game and junior
Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) pitched a four-hit shutout while striking out nine batters as Elizabethtown College
swept Muhlenberg College in non-conference baseball action at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium on Saturday, by scores of 5-1 and 6-0. In game one, the Blue Jays took the lead in the first inning by scoring twice. Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) singled, moved to second on an errant pick-off attempt and went to third when Heaps singled to left. Francis scored on a double steal as Heaps stole second base, then junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) knocked an RBI double to score Heaps. In the third, senior leadoff hitter Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) hit a deep blast into the right centerfield gap for an inside the park home run to give Etown a 3-0 lead. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) led off
the bottom of the sixth with a single, Yeager followed his
second hit of the day and the runners moved up on a sacrifice bunt by junior
Steve Shuleski (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs). Junior
Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) drilled a two-run single to put the Blue Jays up 5-1. Heaps (2-0) had eight
strikeouts on the day, allowing singles to Dan Fisher in the third and Edward Risener in the sixth. Jason Daniels took the loss for the Mules, allowing five earned runs on nine hits in six innings. In game two of the doubleheader, Elizabethtown's bats caught fire in the bottom of the fourth, lighting up the Mules for four runs on six hits. Sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) led off the inning with a double, then Heaps drilled an RBI triple to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead. Semanek singled in Heaps, and
Yeager hit another single to put runners on first and second.
Shuleski advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt and first
year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) hit an RBI
single to score Semanek and give Etown a 3-0 lead. Vinagro hit into a fielder's choice
to drive in Yeager and push the lead to 4-0. In the fifth, Gordon led off with a single and scored on Semanek's RBI single. Later, Shuleski's grounder to third was overthrown and Semanek scored to give the Blue Jays a 6-0 lead. Hartzell (1-2) scattered four singles and fanned nine without allowing a walk in his second complete game in as many starts this season. Brent Morris gave up six runs (five earned) on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings for the Mules to take the loss. Gordon finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the nightcap for Elizabethtown, while Heaps, Semanek, Motika and Francis all went 2-for-4. Elizabethtown Coll. 5, Muhlenberg College
1 Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Muhlenberg College
0 Back to top 3/14/2009 Softball falls twice at Widener in conference opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Widener 6, Elizabethtown 5 (10 innings) Click here for the game 1 box score In the opener, the Pride scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th to come away with the victory after the Blue Jays had broken a 4-4 tie with a run in the top of the inning on an RBI double by senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area). Widener knotted the game at 5-5 on an RBI single by Lauren Brubaker, and won the game on a double by Meg Phillips one batter later. Brubaker went 3-for-4 with three runs scored while Phillips finished 2-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in for the Pride. Elizabethtown had tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the seventh on a two-run home run by first-year pitcher Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown), after Widener had scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. The Blue Jays had scored single runs in the third and sixth innings on an RBI double by senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley) in the third and an RBI double in the sixth by junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) in the sixth. Guzik finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored in game one for Elizabethtown, while Sebastian went 2-for-4 with two RBI and Tanner finished 2-for-5. Sebastian pitched all 9 1/3 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing eight hits and six runs (four earned) while striking out two. Kim Dougherty picked up the win for the Pride by scattering 11 hits and five runs (four earned) in 10 innings with eight strikeouts. In game two, Kelsey Shultz tossed a six-hit shutout and struck out four for the Pride (6-6 overall, 2-0 Commonwealth), while Steph Connolly went 3-for-4 with two RBI and Krista Cesarine and Caitlin Callahan each finished 2-for-4. Widener scored two runs in the first, and added single runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings. Junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) was the lone player with more than one hit for the Blue Jays (3-9 overall, 0-2 Commonwealth) as she went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles. First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) gave up 10 hits and five runs (three earned) for the Blue Jays, while striking out four. Widener University 6, Elizabethtown Coll. 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 001 200 1 - 5 11 1 (3-8, 0-1) Widener University.. 001 003 000 2 - 6 8 0 (5-6, 1-0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover; Kim Dougherty and Katie Mitchell. WP-Dougherty (2-3). LP-Sebastian (1-5). SO-BB: Sebastian 2-0; Dougherty 8-0. HR-Sebastian (E), Cesarine (W). Widener University 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 6 2 (3-9, 0-2) Widener University.. 201 011 x - 5 10 0 (6-6, 2-0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn; Kelsey Shultz and Katie Mitchell. WP-Shultz (4-2). LP-Parr (2-4). SO-BB: Parr 4-1; Shultz 4-2. Back to top 3/14/2009 Men's tennis opens spring schedule with 8-1 win over Alvernia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 8, Alvernia 1 ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's tennis team defeated Alvernia University 8-1 in its 2009 season opener on Saturday afternoon, winning five of six singles matches and capturing all three doubles pro sets. In singles, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) defeated Zach Lockwood 6-3, 6-4 at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) won 6-0, 1-0 (retired) at flight two over Ryan Lineaweaver, and sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over David Schaeffer at flight four. First-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) won 6-3, 6-2 over Adam Lush at flight five, and at flight six sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Zach Marsar. In doubles, the Blue Jays (1-0 overall) swept the Crusaders (0-3 overall) as Arrea and van den Ende won 8-1 over Lockwood and Lush at flight one, Walker and Metz downed Morgan Davidheiser and Schaeffer 8-2 at flight two, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) teamed with junior Mike Steiner (Greensburg, PA/Greater Latrobe) at flight three to defeat Marsar and Aaron Dearstyne 8-3. Elizabethtown College 8, Alvernia University 1 Back to top 3/14/2009 Women's lacrosse downs Eastern 19-10 as Foley, Byrnes hit milestones ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 19, Eastern 10 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) scored seven goals and added an assist to tie the program career record for points and junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) netted her 100th career goal as 20th-ranked Elizabethtown College defeated Eastern University 19-10 in Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon. Foley's eight-point effort increased her career point total to 261, equaling the school record set by Liz Fretz from 2002 to 2005. Foley also moved within four of Fretz's career mark of 202 goals, boosting her total to 198 with her seven-goal afternoon. Byrnes scored twice in a two-minute span of the first half to become the fourth player in school history to net 100 goals, joining Fretz, Foley and Jen Manns (109 goals from 2002 to 2005). Junior Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) scored four goals and added an assist for the Blue Jays, while senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) had three goals and two assists and junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford), sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) and junior Alisha Sangrey (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) scored once each. Erin Fries led the Eagles (1-2 overall, 1-1 MAC) with three goals while Jessie Basch had a goal and four assists, but Eastern committed 26 turnovers on the afternoon and saw Elizabethtown go on a 9-0 run spanning the halves. Elizabethtown led 5-4 with 10 minutes gone in the first half, but scored eight of the next nine goals to take a 13-5 lead to halftime. The Blue Jays added four goals early in the second half to build their largest lead of the afternoon at 17-5 with 19:34 to go. Foley equaled the points record on the Blue Jays' final goal of the day, as she assisted on Ford's third goal that gave Elizabethtown a 19-9 lead with 3:34 left. The Blue Jays held a 35-19 advantage in shots and an 18-10 edge in ground balls, while both teams won 15 draws. Foley and first-year student Katie Scheurich (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) each had a team-high three draw controls for Elizabethtown, while Courtney Reinhold paced the Eagles with five. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) started in goal for the Blue Jays and made four saves in 46 minutes, with junior Becca Watkins (Herndon, VA/Westfield) adding two stops in 14 minutes. Kim Campbell finished with 11 saves for the Eagles. ------------------------------- Eastern University.. 5 5 - 10 Elizabethtown Coll.. 13 6 - 19 Eastern University SCORING: GOALS: Erin Fries 3; Grace Griffith 2; Katie Choquette 2; Jessie Basch 1; Erin Reimel 1; Courtney Brennan 1. ASSISTS: Jessie Basch 4; Kristin Brownett 1; Katie Choquette 1; Grace Griffith 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 7; Stephanie Kreis 4; Anna Ford 3; Megan Byrnes 2; Maria DeMatteo 1; Katie Caprinolo 1; Alisha Sangrey 1. ASSISTS: Kelsea Kozak 3; Anna Ford 2; Katie Caprinolo 1; Sarah Cullinan 1; Maria DeMatteo 1; Katie Foley 1; Stephanie Kreis 1. SHOTS - EU 19; ETOWN 35. GOALIES - EU: Kim Campbell (11 saves); ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (4 saves), Becca Watkins (2 saves). Back to top 3/14/2009 Men's lacrosse defeated 7-5 by Widener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Widener 7, Elizabethtown 5 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- A five-goal run from the first to the third quarters helped Widener University to a 7-5 victory over Elizabethtown College in Middle Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Wolf Field. Justin Upp and Johnny Casey each scored a pair of goals for the Pride (1-4 overall, 1-0 MAC), who turned a 2-1 deficit late in the first quarter into a 6-2 lead in the opening minute of the third quarter. Junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) led the Blue Jays (2-1 overall, 0-1 MAC) with three goals, as Elizabethtown was able to pull within 6-5 midway through the fourth quarter before Casey scored an insurance goal with 2:22 remaining. Staulters scored twice in the first 11 minutes to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead, but Upp netted two goals in the final three minutes of the quarter to give Widener a 3-2 lead. Casey and J.J. Hoeffler scored second-quarter goals to boost the Pride lead to 5-2 at intermission, and Kevin McLemore scored 26 seconds into the third quarter to extend Widener's advantage to 6-2. Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) brought the Blue Jays within 6-3 on a goal with 5:07 left in the third quarter, then senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) tallied just 56 seconds into the fourth period to cut the Pride lead to 6-4. Staulters fired home his third goal of the day with 7:41 left to pull Elizabethtown within 6-5, but the Widener defense held firm to lead to Casey's insurance tally with 2:22 to go. Widener finished with a 25-21 edge in shots and a 40-35 advantage in ground balls. The Pride also killed off 10-of-11 man-down situations while getting a goal from Casey with the disadvantage. Junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) finished with a team-high eight ground balls for the Blue Jays, while Dave Simcox paced the Pride with six ground balls and four caused turnovers. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) finished with 10 saves for the Blue Jays, while Kevin Carney made nine stops for the Pride and Steve Sieler added one while Carney served a penalty. ------------------------------------- Widener University.. 3 2 1 1 - 7 Elizabethtown Coll.. 2 0 1 2 - 5 Widener University SCORING: GOALS: Justin Upp 2; Johnny Casey 2; JJ Hoeffler 1; Cory Malampy 1; Kevin McLemore 1. ASSISTS: JJ Hoeffler 2; Justin Upp 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Keith Staulters 3; Aaron Weber 1; Ryan McCafferty 1. ASSISTS: Evan Cobb 1; Jeff Long 1. SHOTS - WID 25; ETOWN 21. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - WID 1-3; ETOWN 1-11. FACEOFFS - WID 10-16; ETOWN 6-16. CLEARS - WID 19-23; ETOWN 16-20. GOALIES - WID: Kevin Carney (9 saves), Steve Sieler (1 save); ETOWN: Hunter Malick (10 saves). Back to top 3/13/2009 Tiffany Kulp finishes 10th in mile run at NCAA Division III Championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, March 14, 2009 Tiffany Kulp Finishes 10th in Mile Run at NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. --- Elizabethtown College senior Tiffany Kulp
(Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) finished 10th in the women's mile run at the NCAA
Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology on Saturday.Kulp, the 16th and final qualifier in the field, finished with a time of 5:13.68 in the finals after taking sixth in her heat and 10th overall in Friday's preliminaries with a time of 5:02.07. Kulp made her first appearance at the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, after competing in the 1,500 meters at last spring's Division III Outdoor Championships and four times at the Division III Cross Country Championships. (At left: Tiffany Kulp leads the field in the first heat of the women's mile run at the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Friday, March 13.) Back to top 3/12/2009 Baseball falls in slugfest to King's, 12-11 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL King's 12, Elizabethtown 11 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Jon Venarchick went 4-for-4 with a double, home run and four runs scored to lead King's College to a 12-11 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference baseball action on Thursday afternoon. Matt Unger added three hits and two runs scored while Pat Harsch had four runs batted in as part of a 15-hit attack by the Monarchs (9-3 overall), who picked up their eighth consecutive victory. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 3-for-6 with five runs batted in for the Blue Jays (5-5 overall), while sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) finished 4-for-4 with three runs scored as Elizabethtown also recorded 15 hits in the contest. With King's trailing 5-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, Venarchick hit a two-run home run to bring the Monarchs within 5-4. Three Blue Jay errors in the inning contributed to four runs which gave King's a 6-5 lead. The Monarchs added four more runs in the sixth, highlighted by a three-run double by Harsch that boosted the King's lead to 10-5. Elizabethtown trailed 12-5 entering the top of the eighth, but scored on a two-run double by Sheibley to pull within 12-7 entering the ninth. A pair of errors by King's in the final frame helped the Blue Jays score four times, including another two-run double by Sheibley, but he was stranded at second base to end the game. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) went 3-for-5 for Elizabethtown, while senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) had two hits apiece. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) started on the mound for the Blue Jays and dropped to 1-1 on the season after yielding six runs (three earned) on nine hits in five innings of work. Dan Jenkins improved to 3-0 for King's as he gave up five earned runs on 10 hits in seven innings while striking out four. King's College 12, Elizabethtown Coll. 11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 310 024 - 11 15 4 (5-5) King's College...... 100 144 20X - 12 15 2 (9-3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Dan Lauletta (6), Wayne Leonard (7), Todd Leister (7), Ryan Barrett (8), Kurt Smith (8) and Tom Semanek; Dan Jenkins, Tom Rozelle (8), Jeremy Bonser (8) and Matt Unger. WP-Jenkins (3-0). LP-Vinagro (1-1). SO-BB: Vinagro 3-1, Lauletta 2-1, Leonard 0-1, Leister 1-0, Barrett 0-0, Smith 0-0; Jenkins 4-2, Rozelle 1-2, Bonser 1-0. HR-Jon Venarchick (K). Back to top 3/12/2009 Women's lax ranked 20th in IWLCA Division III poll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Ranked in IWLCA Top 20 Poll for First TimeELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- For the first time in program history, Elizabethtown College is ranked in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III poll, entering this week's rankings at 20th. The Blue Jays began the week with a 2-0 record, but suffered their
first loss of the season at McDaniel College on Tuesday by a score of
11-10. Hamilton College owns the top spot in this week's poll, followed by Salisbury University, Franklin & Marshall College, and a tie for fourth between the College of New Jersey and Gettysburg College. Elizabethtown, now 2-1 on the season, hosts Eastern University on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Wolf Field. Back to top 3/12/2009 Field hockey places 13 on NFHCA National Academic Squad
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Places 13 on NFHCA National Academic SquadELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- The Elizabethtown College field hockey team has placed 13 members on the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Squad, the NFHCA has announced. In addition, the Blue Jays are one of 97 Division III programs to receive the National Academic Team Award for having a minimum 3.0 team grade-point average during the first semester of the 2008-09 academic year. To be eligible for the National Academic Squad, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.30 cumulative grade-point average through the first semester of the 2008-09 academic year. Earning National Academic Squad honors from Elizabethtown are: -Megan Angstadt (Sr., Oley, PA/Oley Valley) Back to top 3/11/2009 Men's lax rolls past Immaculata, 15-2 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 15, Immaculata 2 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) scored four goals and assisted on two others as Elizabethtown College rolled past Immaculata University 15-2 in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) added three goals and two assists for the Blue Jays (2-0 overall), who led 6-0 after one quarter and 12-1 after three quarters and finished with a 50-19 edge in shots over the Mighty Macs (0-3 overall). Staulters scored three times in the first quarter and added a man-up goal late in the second quarter, and assisted on two goals by Kenneally in just over a minute late in the second quarter to help the Blue Jays build a 10-1 lead at halftime. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) scored two goals for the Blue Jays, while single goals came from juniors Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) and Kyle Huckle (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), sophomore Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) and first-year students Evan Cobb (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville), Sean O'Neil (Philadelphia, PA/Bishop Shanahan) and Derek Neiheiser (Wernersville, PA/Conrad Weiser). Brendan Dinneen and Dante Tuscai scored for Immaculata, which committed 34 turnovers and lost 14 of 20 faceoffs to Elizabethtown. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) made four saves and did not allow a goal in 50 minutes of playing time, while senior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown)
finished with four saves in 10 minutes of action. Andrew Sim tallied 21 saves for the Mighty Macs. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot Elizabethtown SCORING: GOALS: Keith Staulters 4; Greg Kenneally 3; Ryan McCafferty 2; Aaron Weber 1; Brian Schaaf 1; Evan Cobb 1; Kyle Huckle 1; Sean O'Neil 1; Derek Neiheiser 1. ASSISTS: Zach Krytzer 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 50; IU 19. Back to top 3/11/2009 Softball splits doubleheader with Susquehanna ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Susquehanna 5, Elizabethtown 0 Click here for the game 1 box score In the opener, the Crusaders posted a 5-0 victory as Cara Swerdlow scattered four hits and struck out 10 in a complete-game win. Church clubbed a three-run home run in the second inning of game two to give the Blue Jays a 6-0 lead, and added a double to the fence in left field in the fourth as Elizabethtown piled up 10 hits in the victory. Sophomore Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) added two singles and two runs scored for the Blue Jays, who scored three runs in each of the first two innings and added two more in the fourth to take an 8-1 lead. First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) posted her first collegiate victory after allowing no earned runs and nine hits while tossing her fifth complete game in as many starts for the Blue Jays. Katie Connors went 3-for-3 for the Crusaders, while Laurie Blaszka finished 2-for-4 with an RBI for Susquehanna and Brennan Balfour hit a solo home run in the first inning. Bryn Whitmire (1-1) gave up six earned runs on eight hits in two innings of work to take the loss for the Crusaders. In the opener, Susquehanna scored two runs in the first, added a single run in the third and two more in the sixth while finishing with 11 hits as a team. Gretchen Halsey went 2-for-3 with two runs scored for the Crusaders, while Kelli Holota finished 2-for-4 and knocked in two runs. Senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) went 2-for-3 for the Blue Jays, accounting for half of the hits allowed by Swerdlow. First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) struck out two and allowed five earned runs in a complete-game performance for the Blue Jays. Susquehanna Univ. 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Susquehanna Univ.... 201 002 0 - 5 11 3 (4-2) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 4 2 (2-7) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cara Swerdlow and Kelli Holota; Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover. WP-Swerdlow (3-1). LP-Parr (2-3). SO-BB: Swerdlow 10-4; Parr 2-5. HR-Brennan Balfour (S). Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Susquehanna Univ. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Susquehanna Univ.... 001 010 0 - 2 9 3 (4-3) Elizabethtown Coll.. 330 200 x - 8 10 3 (3-7) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryn Whitmire, Lindsay Melton (3), Kim Rubino (5) and Kelli Holota; Julie Sebastian and Sheri Hihn. WP-Sebastian (1-4). LP-Whitmire (1-1). SO-BB: Whitmire 1-1, Melton 2-3, Rubino 0-3; Sebastian 1-0. HR-Sarah Church (E). Back to top 3/11/2009 Tiffany Kulp to compete at Division III Indoor Track Championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Tiffany Kulp to Compete at NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) will compete in the women's mile run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, which are being held at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind. Kulp was the 16th and final qualifier in the field, and is scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 p.m. in the first of two preliminary heats. The top three finishers in each heat and the next four fastest runners will advance to the finals on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Kulp qualified for nationals last Saturday at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet by breaking her own school record in the mile run with a time of 5:02.96. It is her first appearance at the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, after competing in the 1,500 meters at last spring's Division III Outdoor Championships and four times at the Division III Cross Country Championships. She also maintains the Elizabethtown cross country and track & field program's streak of having at least one national championships participant in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track every year since 2002-03. Back to top 3/11/2009 Foley named MAC Player of the Week in women's lax FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Katie Foley Named MAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior attack Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Week in women's lacrosse for the week ending March 8, the conference office has announced. Foley scored five goals and had three assists as the Blue Jays defeated Roanoke 17-10 in action in the Virgin Islands on Tuesday, March 3. She also had four ground balls and four draw controls in the victory. Through three games, Foley leads the Blue Jays with 12 goals and 16 points. For her career, she has scored 191 goals and recorded 253 points to approach the program records of 202 goals and 261 points set by Liz Fretz from 2002 to 2005. The Blue Jays (2-1 overall) host Eastern University in their Middle Atlantic Conference opener on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Back to top 3/10/2009 Women's lacrosse falls in final minute at McDaniel, 11-10 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE McDaniel 11, Elizabethtown 10 WESTMINSTER, Md. --- Brittany Baer scored her third goal of the game with 43 seconds remaining as McDaniel College rallied for an 11-10 win over Elizabethtown College in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Tuesday afternoon. Baer's goal came less than two minutes after Kelly Scheler's tying goal with 2:49 to play, and negated Elizabethtown's comeback from a 9-6 deficit with 12:55 to play. Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) led the Blue Jays (2-1 overall) with four goals and an assist, while senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) and junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) scored twice each for Elizabethtown. The Blue Jays trailed 9-6 following Baer's second goal of the day with 12:55 to go, but goals by sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs), Ford and Foley in a span of just over two minutes knotted the game at 9-9 with 10:06 to go. Junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) gave Elizabethtown a 10-9 lead with a free-position goal with 3:40 to play, but Scheler tied the game less than a minute later, setting up Baer's game-winner. Elizabethtown finished with a 32-20 edge in shots over the Green Terror (3-1 overall) and a 30-19 advantage in ground balls. Senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) posted a team-high five ground balls for the Blue Jays, while Baer led all players with six ground balls to go with five draw controls for McDaniel. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) made five saves in goal for Elizabethtown, while Leanne Hollinger tallied 15 stops for McDaniel, including one with 28 seconds to go to preserve the Green Terror lead. Score by period 1 2 Tot------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 4 6 - 10 McDaniel College.... 3 8 - 11 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 4; Anna Ford 2; Megan Byrnes 2; Katie Caprinolo 1; Maria DeMatteo 1. ASSISTS: Sarah Behounek 1; Katie Foley 1; Anna Ford 1; Kelsea Kozak 1; Stephanie Kreis 1. McDaniel College SCORING: GOALS: Brittany Baer 3; Kelly Scheler 3; Jennifer Stone 3; Lindsey McDonald 2. ASSISTS: Brittany Baer 2; Lindsey McDonald 2; Chelsea Ferruzzi 1; Kelly Scheler 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 32; MCD 20. GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (5 saves); MCD: Leanne Hollinger 3-1 (15 saves). Back to top 3/10/2009 Baseball drops home opener to F&M, 9-6 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Franklin & Marshall 9, Elizabethtown 6 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Bill Murray went 4-for-5 with three runs batted in and two runs scored as Franklin & Marshall College defeated Elizabethtown College 9-6 in non-conference baseball action at Boyd Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. John Dutton hit a three-run home run as part of a four-run third inning for the Diplomats (1-1 overall), who finished with 12 hits as a team. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) and senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) each finished 2-for-5 with an RBI, and junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Blue Jays (5-4 overall), who trailed 8-2 after four innings. The Diplomats plated three runs in the top of the second inning against Blue Jay senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) on a sacrifice fly by Eric Bornstein and RBI singles by J.T. Triantos and Andrew Hanson. Elizabethtown answered with two runs in the bottom of the frame off Diplomat starter Matt Metsch an RBI single by Yeager and a sacrifice fly off the bat of sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco). F&M responded with four runs in the top of the third on an RBI single by Murray and a three-run home run to left by Dutton. The Diplomats tacked on a run in the fourth as Murray singled home Shea Moriarty for his third hit of the game to extend the F&M lead to 8-2. The Blue Jays scored again in the seventh as Sheibley roped an RBI triple to the right-center field gap with two outs, and tacked on two more runs in the eighth on an RBI single by Yeager and an RBI double by junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) to pull within 8-5. Murray knocked in his third run of the game on an RBI single in the top of the ninth for the Diplomats, and Semanek answered with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the frame for the Blue Jays to close the scoring. Metsch (1-0) allowed two unearned runs on four hits in five innings to earn the win for Franklin & Marshall, while Kutz (1-1) allowed eight earned runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings to take the loss. Franklin & Marshall 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin & Marshall. 034 100 001 - 9 12 1 (1-1) Elizabethtown Coll.. 020 000 121 - 6 10 2 (5-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Metsch, Jason Anderson (6), Brendan McCreary (9) and John Dutton; Matt Kutz, Adam Hartzell (4), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek. WP-Metsch (1-0). LP-Kutz (1-1). SO-BB: Metsch 1-2, Anderson 2-3, McCreary 0-0; Kutz 0-3, Hartzell 3-0, A. Heaps 2-2. HR-Dutton (F&M). Back to top 3/8/2009 Men's lacrosse opens season with 14-5 win over Moravian ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 14, Moravian 5 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. ---Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) scored four goals and added an assist as Elizabethtown College opened its 2009 men's lacrosse season with a 14-5 win over Moravian College at Wolf Field on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and first-year student Evan Cobb (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) each scored three times for the Blue Jays (1-0 overall), who finished with a dominating 53-19 advantage in shots over the Greyhounds (0-4 overall). Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) finished with two goals and four assists for Elizabethtown, and junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) tallied two goals and two assists while picking up a game-high 10 ground balls for the Blue Jays, who led 6-2 after one quarter, 9-3 at halftime and 12-5 after three quarters. Christopher Danni scored a team-high three goals for the Greyhounds, while Robert Devine and Merrick Smith scored once apiece for Moravian. Day went 10-for-12 on faceoffs for the Blue Jays, who won 19 of the 22 faceoffs in the contest. Elizabethtown was a perfect 21-for-21 on clears as a team, including 14-for-14 in the second half. Sophomore Mike Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) led all players with four caused turnovers and picked up four ground balls for the Blue Jays, while Steven Carroll had seven ground balls to lead the Greyhounds. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) played the first 54 minutes in goal for Elizabethtown and made two saves, while senior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) finished with one stop over the final six minutes. Benjamin Larson (11 saves) and Benjamin Leavy (three saves) saw time in goal for Moravian. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot Back to top 3/8/2009 Women's track runs at Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet BLACKSBURG, Va. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team competed at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet on Saturday, turning in several top program performances on the day.Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) earned an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time and broke her own school record in the mile run with a time of 5:02.06, finishing second overall. Her previous school record of 5:07.14 was set at Virginia Tech last season. Senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) won the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:43.07, the third-best mark in program history, with sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) in second place in 11:07.57. Back to top 3/8/2009 Men's track runs at Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet BLACKSBURG, Va. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College men's indoor track and field team competed at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet on Saturday, turning in several top program performances on the day. Junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) tied for the second-best mark in school history in the 200 meters with a time of 22.82 seconds, and recorded the fourth-fastest time in the 400 meters at 51.27 seconds. Senior Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton) was sixth in the 3,000 meters and posted the fifth-best time in school history at 8:53.96, and first-year student Evan DeArmitt (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) took 10th in the mile with a time of 4:33.83. Back to top 3/6/2009 Erdman takes All-America honors at NCAA Wrestling Championships ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown at NCAA Division III Championships Erdman defeated Chris Sheetz of Delaware Valley College 7-5 in his seventh-place bout on Saturday to finish the season with a 32-6 record and become the 12th different Blue Jay wrestler to be named All-America, the first since Justin Barbush at 134 pounds in 1996. Erdman, seeded eighth at 125 pounds, defeated Dan Bloom of Wesleyan University 8-4 in his opening bout on Friday. He led undefeated and top-seeded Jake Oster of Elmhurst College by a 7-6 score entering the third and final period of his quarterfinal bout, but Oster scored eight points in the final two minutes to post a 14-7 victory. Erdman dropped to the consolation bracket, where he picked up a 4-2 decision over Max Oldenberg of Wisconsin-Whitewater to conclude action on Friday. On Saturday, Erdman lost by fall to Seth Flodeen of Augsburg College in 5:15 in a consolation quarterfinal bout, setting up his seventh-place matchup with Sheetz. Junior Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville) also competed at 285 pounds for the Blue Jays and pulled off a 6-5 upset of sixth-seeded Brock Glotfelty 6-5 to advance to the quarterfinals, but losses to John Helgerson of Wartburg College (3-2) in the quarterfinals and Adam Sutter of Lakeland College (3-1) in the consolation second round brought his season to an end with a 12-5 record. As a team, the Blue Jays amassed 6.5 points to finish in a tie for 36th place among the 62 teams with at least one competitor in action. Wartburg won the team championship with 117.5 points, followed by Augsburg (105 points) and Wisconsin-La Crosse (87 points). NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships at Cedar Rapids, Iowa Elizabethtown College results First round 125: Tyler Erdman (Elizabethtown) d. Dan Bloom (Wesleyan), 8-4 285: Deron Sharp (Elizabethtown) d. Brock Glotfelty (McDaniel), 6-5 Quarterfinals 125: Jake Oster (Elmhurst) d. Tyler Erdman (Elizabethtown), 14-7 285: John Helgerson (Wartburg) d. Deron Sharp (Elizabethtown), 3-2 Consolation second round 125: Tyler Erdman (Elizabethtown) d. Max Oldenberg (UW-Whitewater), 4-2 285: Adam Sutter (Lakeland) d. Deron Sharp (Elizabethtown), 3-1 Consolation quarterfinals 125: Seth Flodeen (Augsburg) p. Tyler Erdman (Elizabethtown), 5:15 Seventh place 125: Tyler Erdman (Elizabethtown) d. Chris Sheetz (Delaware Valley), 7-5 Back to top 3/5/2009 Baseball rallies again for win over Marywood ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 14, Marywood 7 FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- The Elizabethtown College baseball team concluded its seven-game spring break trip to Florida with a 5-2 record by scoring 10 runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat Marywood University 14-7 on Thursday morning. The Blue Jays (5-3 overall) trailed 7-4 entering the top of the ninth inning, but exploded for 10 runs on four hits, six walks and an error. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) capped the rally with a bases-clearing double as Elizabethtown pulled out its second straight dramatic win over the Pacers. On Sunday, the Blue Jays scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Marywood 10-9. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) scored four runs and stole four bases for Elizabethtown, while Heaps finished 2-for-4 with four runs batted in. First-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) added two hits and an RBI while junior Steve Shuleski (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs) went 2-for-2 with a run scored. Sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) improved to 2-0 on the season for the Blue Jays by tossing two scoreless innings of relief, while Mike Siciliano took the loss for the Pacers after allowing four walks in the ninth. Matt Newcomb and Shane Miller each went 4-for-5 with an RBI for Marywood, whch scored four runs in the bottom of the third to take a 5-2 lead and held a 7-4 lead from the fifth inning to the ninth. Pacer starter Sam Webster overcame 10 walks to take a three-run lead into the final inning, but departed with a no-decision. Elizabethtown Coll. 14, Marywood University 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 101 020 00(10) - 14 9 3 (5-3) Marywood University. 104 110 000 - 7 14 2 (1-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Leonard, Ryan Barrett (3), Kurt Smith (3), Dan Lauletta (5), Anthony Heaps (8) and Tom Semanek; Sam Webster, Mike Siciliano (9), Stefano Curto (9) and Jason Bugno. WP-A. Heaps. LP-Siciliano. SO-BB: Leonard 2-2, Barrett 0-2, Smith 0-1, Lauletta 0-0, A. Heaps 3-2; Webster 8-10, Siciliano 0-4, Curto 1-0. Back to top 3/5/2009 Erdman, Sharp to compete at NCAA Wrestling Championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 5, 2009 Erdman, Sharp to Compete at NCAA Wrestling Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College will have two entries in the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships, which begin Friday morning at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and conclude Saturday evening.
They are the first Elizabethtown wrestlers to compete at the Division III championships since Kyle Hart in 2005, and will seek to become the first Blue Jays to earn All-America honors since Justin Barbush at 134 pounds in 1996. Eric Mast was the lone Elizabethtown wrestler to win a national championship, taking the 118-pound title in 1974 and 1977. Sharp brings an 11-3 record into the championships, including a 9-0 mark at 285 pounds. He went 6-3 in dual meets, and has a career record of 48-29. He will face sixth-seeded Brock Glotfelty of McDaniel College (34-1) in his opening bout.
Erdman is seeded eighth in the field and will battle Dan Bloom of Wesleyan University (36-5) in the opening round, with a potential second-round matchup against top-seeded and unbeaten Jake Oster of Elmhurst College (23-0). Action begins on Friday at 12 noon (EST) with first and second round matches as well as first and second-round consolations, and continues at 7:00 p.m. (EST) with championship quarterfinals and third and fourth-round wrestlebacks. On Saturday, the championship semifinals will begin at 11:00 a.m. (EST) along with consolation quarterfinals and semifinals and third, fifth and seventh-place matches. Championship finals will begin at 8:00 p.m. (EST) with 10 matches. The top eight finishers in each weight class will earn All-America honors. Wartburg College is the defending champion, having won three weight classes and claiming nine All-Americans en route to 147 points, ahead of Wisconsin-La Crosse (100 points), Augsburg College (87 points) and Coe College (78 points). Augsburg and Wartburg have nine qualifiers for this year's championships. Back to top 3/5/2009 Softball wraps up spring trip to Florida ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Ohio Northern 8, Elizabethtown 0 (5 innings)
In the loss to Ohio Northern, the Blue Jays allowed three runs in the second and five more in the third to the Polar Bears (5-0 overall), who tallied 13 hits. Katie Salay went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two runs batted in, while winning pitcher Courtney Cash went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and allowed five hits in a complete-game performance. First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) gave up eight earned runs on 13 hits and struck out two to even her record at 2-2 on the season, while junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) went 2-for-2 at the plate for the Blue Jays. Against Clark, the Blue Jays were held to six hits, including two from junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro). First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) had her second straight strong outing but took the loss despite striking out six and walking none. The Cougars (2-8 overall) scored their only run in the top of the fifth inning, and received two hits each from Katherine Tutela and Maureen Coakley. Winning pitcher Sarah Carter struck out four and walked two in a complete-game performance. Ohio Northern Univ. 8, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 00 - 0 5 0 (2-5) Ohio Northern Univ.. 035 0x - 8 13 0 (5-0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover; Courtney Cash and Kim Blewitt. WP-Cash. LP-Parr. SO-BB: Parr 2-2; Cash 1-1. Clark University 1, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark University.... 000 010 0 - 1 6 0 (2-8) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 6 0 (2-6) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Carter and Erin Murphy; Julie Sebastian and Sheri Hihn. WP-Carter. LP-Sebastian. SO-BB: Carter 4-2; Sebastian 6-0. Back to top 3/4/2009 Cross country teams earn USTFCCCA academic honors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Elizabethtown Honored on USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's cross country teams have been honored by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as All-Academic Team members for the 2008 season. The Blue Jays are among 103 men's teams and 156 women's teams recognized by the USTFCCCA for having a minimum 3.10 team cumulative grade-point average while competing and scoring at an NCAA Regional Meet. In addition, four members of the men's cross country team and two members of the women's team were recognized as members of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the 2008 season, for maintaining cumulative grade-point averages of 3.5 or better and finishing in the top 25 percent of the field at the NCAA Mideast Regional Meet. A total of 132 men and 221 women were named to the All-Academic Team. Seniors Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis) and Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton), sophomore Chris Heisey (Middletown, PA/Middletown) and first-year student Eric Reichert (Hershey, PA/Hershey) were named to the men's All-Academic Team while senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) and junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) were honored on the women's All-Academic Team. Derkacz, a history and religion major, finished 59th at regionals in 27:05 while Matula, a political philosophy major, placed 45th with a time of 26:47. Heisey, majoring in biology, took 41st place in 26:41 and Reichert, who has not declared a major, placed 27th with a time of 26:18. Elizabethtown's four men's honorees were tied with Nebraska Wesleyan University and Wisconsin-Platteville for the second-most behind Haverford College, which had six. Kulp, a biochemistry major, finished sixth at regionals with a time of 22:29 to qualify for the NCAA Division III championships, while VanDenHengel, an elementary education major, placed 22nd in a time of 23:26 to earn All-Region honors.
Back to top 3/4/2009 Church, Flanagan named All-Conference in men's hoops FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Church, Flanagan Named All-Conference in Men's Hoops ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College junior center Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) and sophomore swingman Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) have been named to the All-Commonwealth Conference men's basketball team, the conference office announced Wednesday.
Church averaged 12.8 points and a team-high 6.5 rebounds per game, and scored in double figures 19 times in 26 games. He ranks eighth in the conference in scoring average and sixth in rebounding average, and averaged 1.5 blocked shots per game to lead the conference for the second straight season.
Charles Jones of conference champion Widener University was named Player of the Year, while the Pride's Chris Carideo was honored as Coach of the Year. Lebanon Valley College's Joe Meehan took home the Rookie of the Year award. Back to top 3/3/2009 Women's tennis wins 6-3 over Saint Vincent ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 6, Saint Vincent 3 HILTON
HEAD, S.C. --- Four singles victories propelled Elizabethtown College to a 6-3 victory over Saint Vincent College in non-conference women's tennis action on Tuesday afternoon. The Blue Jays (4-3 overall) received victories from junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) at flight one, sophomore Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) at flight four, sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) at flight five and senior Erika Belletti (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) at flight six. Swarr was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Allie Botti, Fisher rallied for a 4-6, 6-4 6-3 victory over Emily Morris, Heydt posted a 6-2, 6-2 straight-set win over Nicole Peer, and Belletti downed Rebecca Cronauer by a score of 7-6 (7-2), 6-2. In doubles, Swarr teamed with junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) for an 8-4 win over Botti and Kim Meier at flight one, while Heydt and first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) picked up an 8-2 win over Morris and Brittany Vignero at flight three. Singles competition 1. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) def. Allie Botti (SVC) 6-3, 6-4 2. Kim Meier (SVC) def. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, (10-4) 3. Alexis Cup (SVC) def. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-0 4. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Emily Morris (SVC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 5. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Nicole Peer (SVC) 6-2, 6-2 6. Erika Belletti (ETOWN) def. Rebecca Cronauer (SVC) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Allie Botti/Kim Meier (SVC) 8-4 2. Alexis Cup/Nicole Peer (SVC) def. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) 8-5 3. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Emily Morris/Brittany Vignero (SVC) 8-2 Back to top 3/3/2009 Softball drops pair in Florida ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL St. Joseph's (Ind.) 2, Elizabethtown 1
Against St. Joseph's, the Blue Jays were held to just three hits by Puma pitcher Sara Somogyi, who struck out 15 batters and allowed her only run in the seventh inning. Rachel Weaver went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI for St. Joseph's, who picked up six hits off Blue Jay first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown). Sebastian struck out two and issued one walk but took the loss for Elizabethtown. The Blue Jays (2-4) were shut out for the second straight day by John Carroll, which scored four runs in the second and added two more in both the third and fifth innings. Sam Thompson allowed two hits and posted five strikeouts to earn the win for the Blue Streaks, while Jamie Smrdel went 3-for-3 with a two-run home run. First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) started for the Blue Jays and allowed nine hits and eight runs to drop her record to 2-1 on the season. St. Joseph's (Ind.) 2, Elizabethtown Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 00 - 0 2 1 (2-4) John Carroll Univ... 042 02 - 8 9 0 (3-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover; Sam Thompson and Jamie Smrdel. WP-Thompson. LP-Parr. SO-BB: Parr 1-0; Thompson 5-1. HR-Smrdel (JC). Back to top 3/3/2009 Baseball comes away with sweep of Kenyon ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 6, Kenyon 4 Click here for the game 2 box score FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Elizabethtown College swept Kenyon College in a non-conference baseball doubleheader at the Lawnwood Complex on Tuesday, winning the opener 6-4 and taking the nightcap by a score of 8-3. Game one saw the Blue Jays score twice in the first inning and three more in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead. Senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored while junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) finished 2-for-4 and drove in a run for the Blue Jays. Senior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) went five innings to earn the win, allowing eight hits and four runs while striking out five. Senior Dan Lauletta (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) picked up the save after fanning three in two scoreless innings of relief. James Wendt finished 2-for-3 for the Lords, while Jake Calcei was 2-for-4 with a double. Mike Kalis took the loss for Kenyon after allowing eight hits and six runs (two earned) in five-plus innings on the mound. In game two, junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) made his collegiate pitching debut and threw a complete game, holding Kenyon without a hit for the first 4 2/3 innings before yielding three runs in the fifth. He finished with five strikeouts and no walks and gave up seven hits in the win. Meanwhile, the Elizabethtown offense staked Vinagro to an early lead by scoring twice in the first and four more times in the second. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) hit a two-run home run in the first inning and finished the day 3-for-5 with four runs batted in, while Sheibley went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two steals for the Blue Jays (4-3 overall). The Lords (2-2 overall) were led by Calcei who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run batted in. Jon Myers allowed eight hits and six runs in three innings to take the loss for Kenyon, which had swept Lebanon Valley College in its season-opening doubleheader on Monday. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Kenyon College 4 (Game 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenyon College...... 000 130 0 - 4 10 3 (2-1) Elizabethtown Coll.. 200 301 x - 6 8 1 (3-3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Kalis, Andrew Davenport (6) and James Wendt; Matt Kutz, Dan Lauletta (6) and Jon Bacher. WP-Kutz (1-0). LP-Kalis (0-1). SV-Lauletta (1). SO-BB: Kalis 1-3, Davenport 1-0; Kutz 5-1, Lauletta 3-1. Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Kenyon College 3 (Game 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 240 101 0 - 8 16 0 (4-3) Kenyon College...... 000 030 0 - 3 7 1 (2-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro and Tom Semanek; Jon Myers, Dan White (4), Evan Baum (6) and Tom Hardacker. WP-Vinagro (1-0). LP-Myers (0-1). SO-BB: Vinagro 5-0; Myers 2-1, White 2-0, Baum 0-2. HR-Semanek (E). Back to top 3/3/2009 Women's lacrosse defeats Roanoke, 17-10 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 17, Roanoke 10 ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I. --- Five goals and three assists from senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) boosted Elizabethtown College to a 17-10 win over Roanoke College in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Tuesday morning. Senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) added two goals and four assists while Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) scored fhree times for the Blue Jays (2-0 overall), who led 11-5 at halftime over the Maroons (2-1 overall). Senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) and sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) each scored twice as well for Elizabethtown in the victory. Score by period 1 2 Tot Back to top 3/3/2009 Men's lacrosse game at Guilford canceled FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Men's Lacrosse Game at Guilford Canceled ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Wednesday's non-conference men's lacrosse game between Elizabethtown College and host Guilford College has been canceled due to the snowstorm that affected the Southeastern United States. The Blue Jays have returned from North Carolina and will prepare for their home opener against Moravian College on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. on Wolf Field. Back to top 3/3/2009 Megan Quinn named second-team All-Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Quinn Named Second-Team All-Conference ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior forward Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) was named second-team All-Commonwealth Conference in women's basketball, the conference office announced Tuesday.
She scored in double figures 19 times in 25 games, including nine double-doubles, and finished the season by becoming the 23rd player in program history to score 1,000 points in a 90-67 win over Arcadia University on Feb. 21. Quinn finished her Elizabethtown career ranked 22nd on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,013 points, to go with exactly 500 rebounds, 112 three-pointers and 158 steals in 97 games. Bre Dillon of Albright College was named conference Player of the Year, while playoff champion Widener University saw Casey Pritz take Rookie of the Year honors and Alisa DiBonaventura earn the Coach of the Year award. The Blue Jays finished 11-14 overall and tied for fifth place in the Commonwealth Conference with a 4-8 record. Widener won the conference championship with a 75-72 double-overtime victory at Lebanon Valley College on Saturday. Back to top 3/2/2009 Women's tennis opens spring schedule vs. Clarion ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Clarion 7, Elizabethtown 2 HILTON HEAD, S.C. --- The Elizabethtown College women's tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2008-09 schedule with a 7-2 loss to Division II Clarion University on Monday afternoon. The Blue Jays (3-3 overall) picked up their lone singles win from sophomore Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt), who defeated Devin Rombach 6-4, 7-5 at fourth singles. In doubles, Elizabethtown's top team of junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) posted an 8-4 victory over Jaclyn Metzger and Kassie Leuschel of Clarion. Singles competition 1. Jaclyn Metzger (CLARION) def. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-2 2. Kassie Leuschel (CLARION) def. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6) 3. Sharayah Campbell (CLARION) def. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) 6-0, 6-1 4. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Devin Rombach (CLARION) 6-4, 7-5 5. Haylee Gardner (CLARION) def. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-1 6. Megan Parsons (CLARION) def. Erika Belletti (ETOWN) 6-0, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Jaclyn Metzger/Kassie Leuschel (CLARION) 8-4 2. Sharayah Campbell/Devin Rombach (CLARION) def. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) 8-4 3. Haylee Gardner/Megan Parsons (CLARION) def. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) 8-1 Back to top 3/2/2009 Softball splits two games on Spring Break ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Elizabethtown 4, Northland 1
Against Northland, first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) struck out 15 batters and allowed just a sixth-inning run to pick up her second win in as many starts, while fellow first-year student Veronica Barbiero (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) went 2-for-3 with a run batted in. The Blue Jays scored two runs in the first inning against the LumberJills (0-1 overall), then tacked on single runs in the sixth and seventh while finishing with eight hits as a team. Brittany Schmitt took the loss for Northland after allowing two earned runs and striking out four, while Christine Dvorscak went 2-for-3 and drove in the LumberJills' only run. In game two, John Carroll scored in all five innings and pounded out 18 hits to win in their season opener. Jamie Smrvel and Julie Marlowe each went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two runs batted in for the Blue Streaks, while Brittany Danilov struck out seven in four scoreless innings to earn the win. First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) pitched all five innings for the Blue Jays (2-2 overall), striking out one and issuing a pair of walks. Elizabethtown Coll. 4, Northland College 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John Carroll Univ... 312 28 - 16 18 0 (1-0) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 00 - 0 4 2 (2-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brittany Danilov, Lauren Beatty (5) and Jamie Smrdel; Julie Sebastian and Sheri Hihn. WP-Danilov. LP-Sebastian. SO-BB: Danilov 7-2, Beatty 0-0; Sebastian 1-2. HR-Jenny Eden (JC). Back to top 3/2/2009 Baseball swept by Alvernia in Florida ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Alvernia 1, Elizabethtown 0 Click here for the game 2 box score FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Alvernia University came away with a pair of one-run wins over Elizabethtown College in non-conference baseball action on Monday afternoon, winning the opener 1-0 and taking game two by a 10-9 score. In game one, Alvernia lefty Chris Stoudt tossed a one-hitter and struck out seven, allowing only a third-inning single to junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). Stoudt also accounted for the game's only run in the top of the fifth inning as he roped an RBI triple, part of a 2-for-3 performance at the plate. Elizabethtown junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was the hard-luck loser, yielding six hits and one earned run while striking out nine and walking a pair. In game two, the Crusaders (7-2 overall) erased deficits of 4-0 and 7-3 to finish off the sweep, as Tyler Runkle went 3-for-4 and hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third to give Alvernia a 8-7 lead. Four Blue Jays picked up two hits in the game, including first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) who had a two-run single in the first and an RBI single in the third. Yeager went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in, while senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) each finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored. First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits in three innings of work to take the loss for Elizabethtown (2-3 overall) in his collegiate debut. Andrew Sellers picked up the win for Alvernia after allowing two runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings in relief of starter Mike Lloyd, who was touched for seven runs (five earned) in 2 1/3 innings. Alvernia University 1, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 (Game 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvernia University. 000 010 0 - 1 6 0 (6-2) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 1 2 (2-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Stoudt and Steve Bealer; Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek. WP-Stoudt (1-0). LP-Hartzell (0-2). SO-BB: Stoudt 7-1; Hartzell 9-2. Alvernia University 10, Elizabethtown Coll. 9 (Game 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 403 002 0 - 9 11 1 (2-3) Alvernia University. 404 110 X - 10 11 3 (7-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Leister, Kurt Smith (4) and Tom Semanek; Mike Lloyd, Andrew Sellers (3), Andrew Kirk (7) and Steve Bealer. WP-Sellers (1-0). LP-Leister (0-1). SV-Kirk (1). SO-BB: Leister 4-3, Smith 1-1; Lloyd 3-2, Sellers 0-1, Kirk 3-1. HR-Tyler Runkle (A). Back to top 3/2/2009 Baseball sets runs record in win over Mass Maritime ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Elizabethtown 34, Massachusetts Maritime 3 Click here for the Mass. Maritime box score Against Massachusetts Maritime, the Blue Jays needed just four innings to break the school record of 28 runs set against Franklin & Marshall College in 1960. Elizabethtown scored eight runs in the first and added seven in the second, 11 in the third and three in the fourth to take a 29-0 lead. Elizabethtown finished off the win with five more runs in the ninth inning, and tallied 26 hits in the contest. At the plate, junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) went 4-for-5 with five runs scored, senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) finished 4-for-7 with two triples, five runs batted in and three runs scored, and senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) went 4-for-7 with four runs batted in. Heaps was the beneficiary of the offensive surge, allowing six hits and one run in seven innings on the mound to pick up his first win of the season. Corey Murphy started for the Bucs and did not record an out in the second inning, allowing 10 runs to take the loss. Against Marywood, the Blue Jays (2-1 overall) overcame a 9-5 deficit entering the bottom of the ninth by scoring five runs. Senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) drove home the winning run with a single in the hole at shortstop to cap a 2-for-5 performance at the plate. Marywood led 5-0 after 1 1/2 innings and held a 6-2 lead entering the bottom of the eighth, only to see Elizabethtown score three runs to pull within 6-5. The Pacers tacked on three runs in the top of the ninth to take a seemingly safe 9-5 lead, but the Blue Jays took advantage of five walks to rally in the bottom of the frame. Sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) joined his brother in the win column after striking out four in 2 1/3 innings of relief for the Blue Jays, while Joseph Valvano took the loss for the Pacers. Sophomore Wayne Leonard (Newark, DE/Delaware Military) kept the Blue Jays close after allowing two hits and one run in 4 2/3 innings of relief. Elizabethtown Coll. 34, Mass. Maritime Acad. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 87(11) 300 005 - 34 26 1 (1-1) Mass. Maritime Acad. 000 000 120 - 3 7 4 (0-3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps, Kurt Smith (8), Pat Mulligan (9) and Tom Semanek. WP-S. Heaps (1-0). LP-Murphy. SO-BB: S. Heaps 6-1, Smith 0-1, Mulligan 2-1. Elizabethtown Coll. 10, Marywood Univ. 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Marywood Univ....... 140 010 003 - 9 (0-1) Elizabethtown Coll.. 020 000 035 - 10 (2-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Korey Evans, Josh Plisko (8), Rick Clifford (9), Joseph Valvano (9) and Pat Diskin; Ryan Barrett, Wayne Leonard (3), Anthony Heaps (7) and Tom Semanek. WP-A. Heaps (1-0). LP-Valvano (0-1). SO-BB: Evans 3-1, Plisko 1-0, Clifford 0-5, Valvano 0-0; Barrett 1-2, Leonard 3-4, A. Heaps 4-3. Back to top 3/1/2009 Softball opens season in Florida with two games ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Elizabethtown 17, Anna Maria 1 (5 innings)
Against Anna Maria, the Blue Jays scored in every inning - including six runs in both the first and fifth innings - and banged out 11 hits to pick up the victory over the Amcats (0-3). First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) picked up the victory in her collegiate debut, allowing five hits and one unearned run while striking out eight. At the plate, she finished 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs batted in. Junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) went 3-for-4 with a double and triple along with two RBIs and two runs scored, and senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and a run batted in. Against Alma, the Blue Jays (1-1 overall) saw the Scots (6-5 overall) break a 2-2 tie with three runs in the fifth while adding two more in the seventh. Tanner and senior Holly Martin (Elizabethtown, PA/Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, NY) each finished 2-for-3 with a run batted in for Elizabethtown, while Brittany Fales finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored for Alma. First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) also made her collegiate debut for the Blue Jays and surrendered four earned runs in a complete-game loss, while Alma's Tara Leddy whiffed eight and allowed six hits to gain the win. Elizabethtown Coll. 17, Anna Maria College 1 (5 inn.) Alma College 7, Elizabethtown Coll. 3 |
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Erdman has enjoyed a stellar rookie season for the Blue Jays, going 29-4 overall (10-1 in dual meets) with three pins, nine technical falls and three major decisions. Of his four losses, two came to fellow NCAA qualifiers, one came to a nationally-ranked Division II opponent, and the other came when he wrestled up at 133 pounds.
Church was a first-team selection while Flanagan was named to the second team, as the Blue Jays finished 14-12 overall (7-5 Commonwealth) and advanced to the conference championship game for the first time since 2004.
Flanagan led the Blue Jays in scoring at 14.3 points per game, and made a team-high 53 three-pointers in 127 attempts (41.7 percent). He scored in double figures 21 times in 26 games, including five games of 20 points or better, and made at least one three-pointer in all but one game. He ranks fifth in the Commonwealth Conference in scoring, seventh in three-pointers per game and sixth in three-point percentage (41.7 percent).
Quinn leads the Commonwealth Conference in scoring average at 15.4 points per game, and ranks second in rebounding at 8.2 boards per contest. She also ranks sixth in free-throw percentage at 72.5 percent (74-for-102), seventh in three-pointers per game (1.52) and is third with 2.40 steals per game.Back to News Index
