Elizabethtown College Sports News 
Back to top 4/30/2009 Women's track finishes 2nd at MAC Championships ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown 2nd at Middle Atlantic Conference Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Host Elizabethtown College took second place at the Middle Atlantic Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing with 129 points to rank behind only Messiah College, which rolled up 207 points to win its third straight team title.Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) added two more medals to her gold won in the steeplechase on Friday (11:43.57) by winning the 5,000 meters (17:54.99) and taking second in the 1,500 meters (4:41.61). Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) finished the meet in style as she ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay which won in a time of 4:04.04. It was the first gold medal of Miles' MAC indoor and outdoor careers after winning 24 previous medals, including 16 silver. She also took second in the triple jump (35 feet, 5 1/4 inches) on Friday and was third in the long jump (16 feet, 6 1/2 inches) and sixth in the 200 meters (27.01 seconds). Miles also tied for fifth in the high jump with sophomore Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) at 4 feet, 10 1/4 inches. First-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) won the 800 meters in a time of 2:16.61, with junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) coming in sixth with a time of 2:22.19. VanDenHengel also ran in the 5,000 meters and took sixth with a time of 18:24.56, while senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) was fourth in 18:02.35. Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) finished third in the heptathlon with 3458 points, breaking the school record of 3450 points set by Sarah Chick in 2004, and was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.86 seconds. First-year student Nicole Lipari (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) finished eighth in the 100 hurdles (16.96 seconds) and was eighth in the 400 hurdles (1:21.05) behind first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) who ran 1:10.99 to take fourth. Junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) claimed a sixth-place finish in the 400 meters (1:02.25) and ran in the 4x100-meter relay with Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) and Gold which took fourth in 50.89 seconds. Frawley, Patrick and Howser also ran in the 4x400-meter relay with Miles for the Blue Jays, which they won by 2.74 seconds over DeSales University. First-year student Crystal Connelly (Lower Waterford, VT/St. Johnsbury Academy) took sixth in the shot put at 32 feet, 9 1/2 inches and placed eighth in the discus with a mark of 103 feet, 11 inches. Daws got the meet off to an exciting start on Thursday by setting a new MAC record in the women's 10,000 meters, crossing the line in 37:01.42 to break the mark of 37:24.90 set in 1990 by Tamara Lave of Haverford College. Daws jumped from 25th to 20th on the NCAA Division III performance list with her gold-medal effort, as she won by 2 minutes, 39 seconds over runner-up Mary Higgins of Messiah College and nearly four minutes over the rest of the field. Sophomore Teresa Beshore (New Cumberland, PA/Red Land) finished seventh with a time of 43:01.43. Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown top finishers 200: 6. Chelsea Miles, 27.01 400: 6. Bernadette Frawley, 1:02.25. 800: 1. Kathryn Howser, 2:16.61; 6. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:22.19. 1,500: 2. Tiffany Kulp, 4:41.61; 5. Megan VanDenHengel, 4:46.30. Steeplechase: 1. Tiffany Kulp, 11:43.57. 5,000: 1. Tiffany Kulp, 17:54.99; 4. Amanda Daws, 18:02.35; 6. Megan VanDenHengel, 18:24.56. 10,000: 1. Amanda Daws, 37:01.42 (MAC record); 7. Teresa Beshore, 43:01.43. 100 hurdles: 4. Allie Gold, 15.86; 8. Nicole Lipari, 16.96. 400 hurdles: 4. Jill Patrick, 1:10.99; 8. Nicole Lipari, 1:21.05. 4x100: 4. Elizabethtown (Miles, Williamson, Frawley, Gold), 50.89. 4x400: 1. Elizabethtown (Frawley, Patrick, Howser, Miles), 4:04.04. High jump: 5. Chelsea Miles, 4-10 1/4; 5. Gabrielle Whitley, 4-10 1/4. Triple jump: 2. Chelsea Miles, 35-5 1/4. Long jump: 3. Chelsea Miles, 16-6 1/2. Discus: 8. Crystal Connelly, 103-11. Shot put: 6. Crystal Connelly, 32-9 1/2. Triple jump: 2. Chelsea Miles, 35-5 1/4. Heptathlon: 3. Allie Gold, 3458. Team Scores: 1. Messiah 207; 2. Elizabethtown 129; 3. DeSales 119; 4. Lebanon Valley 90; 5. Misericordia 73; 6. Widener 64; 7. Albright 54; 8. Delaware Valley 50; 9. Shenandoah 25; 10. Manhattanville 0. Back to top 4/30/2009 Men's track wins third straight MAC championship ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown 1st at Middle Atlantic Conference Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Host Elizabethtown College won its third consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, totaling 170 points to edge runner-up Messiah College by two points.The championship came down to the last of 21 events over the three-day meet, the 4x400-meter relay. Needing only a second-place finish to clinch the championship, the Blue Jays did just that as they crossed the line in 3:20.53, just behind the Falcons' winning team. First-year student Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco), senior James Munnelly (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East), junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) and senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) ran the relay for the Blue Jays, capping a meet that saw the Blue Jays turn in 16 medal-winning performances including four golds. Head coach Chris Straub was honored by his peers as the MAC Coach of the Year. Eaton won the 200 meters and barely missed a school record (21.92 seconds) and the long jump (21 feet, 7 1/4 inches) and took second in the 100 meters (11.15 seconds), while Rulander captured the 1,500 meters (3:57.31) and placed second in the 800 meters (1:51.71). Allport finished second in the 400 meters (49.47 seconds) and was third in the 200 meters (22.46 seconds). Senior Jason Yurchak (Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Regional) won the pole vault with a winning height of 13 feet, 5 3/4 inches, the lone Blue Jay to medal in a field event. In other track events, first-year student Eric Reichert (Hershey, PA/Hershey) was second in the steeplechase on Friday (9:55.04) and second in the 1,500 meters (3:57.40) on Saturday, while sophomore Chris Heisey (Middletown, PA/Middletown) added a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters (15:28.97) to go with a second-place finish in Thursday's 10,000 meters (32:30.35). Sophomore Rich Greco (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) finished third in the steeplechase with a time of 9:56.00. Heisey led five Blue Jas among the top eight finishers in the 5,000 meters, as he was joined by first-year student Colby Miller (Oak Hill, VA/Flint School) in fifth (15:31.32), senior Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton) in sixth (15:40.99), Greco in seventh (15:50.77) and senior Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis) in eighth (15:55.44). Senior Phil Alder (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) took second in the decathlon with a career-best score of 5,405 points and finished seventh in the pole vault (12-6). Junior Elton Dos Santos (Philadelphia, PA/Penn Charter) finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.87 seconds and was eighth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.05. First-year student Pat Doughty (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) took sixth-place finishes in both the 100 meters (11.41 seconds) and 200 meters (22.81 seconds). In field events, junior Mike Torre (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) was fifth in the javelin (181 feet, 4 inches) and junior Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) placed sixth in the hammer throw at 137 feet, 8 inches, breaking his own school record of 132 feet, 11 inches set April 18 at Widener. On Thursday, Heisey finished second in the 10,000 meters with a time of 32:30.35, followed by Matula in third at 32:35.95, Miller in fourth at 33:03.30 and Derkacz in sixth with a time of 33:24.37. Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown top finishers 100: 2. Wyatt Eaton, 11.15; 6. Pat Doughty, 11.41. 200: 1. Wyatt Eaton, 21.92; 3. Brian Allport, 22.46; 6. Pat Doughty, 22.81. 400: 2. Brian Allport, 49.47. 800: 2. Dylan Rulander, 1:51.71. 1,500: 1. Dylan Rulander, 3:57.31; 2. Eric Reichert, 3:57.40; 7. Russell Speiden, 4:05.63. Steeplechase: 2. Eric Reichert, 9:55.04; 3. Rich Greco, 9:56.00. 5,000: 3. Chris Heisey, 15:28.97; 5. Colby Miller, 15:31.32; 6. Jeremy Matula, 15:40.99; 7. Rich Greco, 15:50.77; 8. Scott Derkacz, 15:55.44. 10,000: 2. Chris Heisey, 32:30.35; 3. Jeremy Matula, 32:35.95; 4. Colby Miller, 33:03.30; 6. Scott Derkacz, 33:24.37. 110 hurdles: 4. Elton Dos Santos, 16.87. 400 hurdles: 8. Elton Dos Santos, 1:02.05. 4x400: 2. Elizabethtown (Allport, Munnelly, Eaton, Rulander), 3:20.53. Pole vault: 1. Jason Yurchak, 13-5 3/4; 7. Phil Alder, 12-6. High jump: 8. Wyatt Eaton, 5-10. Long jump: 1. Wyatt Eaton, 21-7 1/4. Hammer throw: 6. Tim Katzaman, 137-8. Javelin: 5. Mike Torre, 181-4. Decathlon: 2. Phil Alder, 5405 points. Team Scores: 1. Elizabethtown 170; 2. Messiah 168; 3. DeSales 132; 4. Widener 130; 5. Lebanon Valley 85; 6. Albright 57.5; 7. Delaware Valley 38; 8. Misericordia 23.5; 9. Shenandoah 9; 10. Manhattanville 0. Back to top 4/30/2009 Baseball upset by Albright in Commonwealth opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Thursday, April 30, 2009 Albright 6, Elizabethtown 4
Click here for the box score WEST LAWN, Pa. --- Tim Flannery threw a complete game and struck out 10 as fourth-seeded Albright College upended top-seeded Elizabethtown College 6-4 in the opening round of the Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament on Thursday afternoon at Owls Field. The Lions (18-16-1 overall) scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning and added a run in the eighth on an error to advance to Friday's winners bracket game against Widener University, which defeated Lebanon Valley College in Thursday night's game. The Blue Jays (23-13 overall) will play at 11:00 a.m. on Friday against Lebanon Valley in an elimination game. Flannery (4-5) allowed eight hits and four earned runs, but went the distance in outdueling Blue Jay senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), who dropped to 6-2 after giving up nine hits and six runs (four earned) in seven-plus innings of work while striking out nine. Elizabethtown took a 2-0 lead in the third as senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) singled with two outs and stole second and third. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) followed with a walk and a steal, and Heaps singled home both runs. The stolen bases by Sheibley increased his season total to 39, breaking the school single-season record of 38 steals set in 1983 by Charlie Artz. In the top of the fourth, Albright loaded the bases with nobody out on three straight singles, and Rob Mancinelli was hit by a pitch to drive home the Lions' first run of the day. With one out, a foulout by Pat Brady was carried out of play, allowing two runs to score and give Albright a 3-2 lead. The Blue Jays came back to tie the game in the fourth on a groundout by first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely), but Jason Dunkelberger hit a solo home run with two outs in the fifth to put Albright back on top, 4-3. In the bottom of the sixth, junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) hit his fourth home run of the season to knot the game at 4-4, but the Lions went ahead in the seventh without benefit of a hit as Matt Pannella was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a sacrifice, took third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch. Albright tacked on an insurance run in the eighth on a two-out error, and Flannery retired six of the last seven Blue Jay hitters to lock up the victory for the Lions. Justin Danser went 3-for-5 with two runs scored for the Lions, while Dunkelberger finished 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored. Kiernan went 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays, and senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) finished 2-for-4 with a run scored. Albright College 6, Elizabethtown Coll. 4 ------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 000 310 110 - 6 9 2 Elizabethtown Coll.. 002 101 000 - 4 8 4 ------------------------------------------- Tim Flannery and Matt Kozlowski; Sam Heaps, Matt Kutz (8) and Tom Semanek. WP-Flannery (4-5). LP-S. Heaps (6-2). SO-BB: Flannery 10-1; Heaps 9-1, Kutz 1-1. HR-Jason Dunkelberger (A), Brian Kiernan (E). Back to top 4/30/2009 Women's tennis has three named to All-Conference team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 30, 2009 Elizabethtown Has Three on All-Commonwealth Women's Tennis Team Juniors Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) were first-team selections while first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) was a second-team pick as well as the league's Rookie of the Year. Swarr was named first-team All-Conference for the second straight season and is an All-Conference pick for the third time in her career, while Russell and Poulle are first-time honorees. Swarr finished with 10-9 record playing at number-one singles for the Blue Jays, while Russell posted a 12-6 mark at number-two singles. Together, the duo combined for a 16-2 record at number-one doubles including a perfect 15-0 record in dual matches. Poulle played at both third and fourth singles for the Blue Jays and finished with a 6-11 overall record, including a 5-9 mark in dual matches. In doubles, she compiled a 14-5 record playing with a pair of partners. The Blue Jays concluded their 2008-09 season with a 10-5 overall record and finished as runner-up to Lebanon Valley College in the Commonwealth Conference team tournament. Back to top 4/30/2009 Men's tennis places three on All-Commonwealth team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 30, 2009 Elizabethtown Places Three on All-Commonwealth Men's Tennis Team Arrea was also named first-team All-Conference, and was joined on the first team by junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) and on the second team by senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita). Arrea is the first Blue Jay to be named Rookie of the Year since Thomas Nyst in 2005, while Walker is a repeat first-team selection. Kirkhoff is a second-team pick after being named to the first team last season. Arrea has a 16-3 overall record in number-one singles, including a 14-1 mark in dual matches, and has compiled a 13-6 record in doubles playing with three different partners. He shares the Player of the Year award with Jansen Hein of Messiah College. Walker has a 14-4 overall record at number-two singles for the Blue Jays, with a 12-2 record in dual matches, and is 12-8 at number-two doubles. In Three seasons, Walker has a 45-21 singles record for the Blue Jays. Kirkhoff has compiled an 11-5 overall record at number-three singles, and is 10-4 in dual matches. Kirkhoff is 11-6 in doubles while playing primarily at flight three. The Blue Jays (12-4 overall) finished as runner-up to Lebanon Valley College in the Commonwealth Conference team tournament, and will compete at the Middle Atlantic Conference individual championships in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday and Sunday. Back to top 4/30/2009 Women's lacrosse advances to MAC finals with 19-7 win over Eastern ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 19, Eastern 7 The 16th-ranked Blue Jays (16-2 overall) won their 13th consecutive game and will host the championship game on Saturday at noon against Messiah College, which defeated FDU-Florham 10-8 in Thursday's other semifinal game. The winner of Saturday's match will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Tournament. Against Eastern, senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) scored six goals and added an assist and sophomore Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) tallied four times as the Blue Jays overcame a 4-3 deficit with eight unanswered goals to take an 11-4 lead to halftime. Senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) scored three goals and added an assist for the Blue Jays, while senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled), junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) and junior Alisha Sangrey (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) all finished with two goals. Grace Griffith led the Eagles (11-7 overall) with three goals with Kristin Brownett scoring twice and Katie Choquette and Jessie Basch each tallying one goal. Eastern took a 1-0 lead in the game's opening minute on a goal by Griffith, but Foley, Sangrey and DeMatteo all scored to give Elizabethtown a 3-1 lead with seven minutes gone. The Eagles responded with three consecutive goals from Choquette, Griffith and Basch to go ahead 4-3 with 17:46 left in the first half, but the Blue Jays scored the final eight goals of the half as Kozak, Caprinolo and Foley each scored twice while DeMatteo and Sangrey added single goals to give Elizabethtown an 11-4 advantage. In the second half, Foley scored three times and Ford twice as the Blue Jays outscored the Eagles 8-3 to finish off the victory. Ford led the Blue Jays with eight draw controls while sophomore Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) had a game-high three ground balls to go with a pair of assists and two caused turnovers. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) finished with 11 saves in 57 minutes for the Blue Jays, with junior Becca Watkins (Herndon, VA/Westfield) following with two saves in the final three minutes. Kim Campbell tallied 11 saves for the Eagles. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Eastern University.. 4 3 - 7 Elizabethtown Coll.. 11 8 - 19 Eastern University SCORING: GOALS: Grace Griffith 3; Kristin Brownett 2; Katie Choquette 1; Jessie Basch 1. ASSISTS: Katie Choquette 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 6; Maria DeMatteo 4; Kelsea Kozak 3; Anna Ford 2; Katie Caprinolo 2; Alisha Sangrey 2. ASSISTS: Sarah Cullinan 2; Katie Foley 1; Kelsea Kozak 1. SHOTS - EU 25; ETOWN 36. GOALIES - EL: Kim Campbell (11 saves); ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (11 saves), Becca Watkins (2 saves). Back to top 4/29/2009 Baseball to face Albright in Commonwealth tournament opener FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown to Open Play at Commonwealth Baseball TournamentELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa.
–-- Elizabethtown College will open play at the
three-day Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament on Thursday, as the
top-seeded Blue Jays will face fourth-seeded Albright College at 4:00 p.m. at
Owls Field in West Lawn.The Blue Jays (23-12 overall, 12-3 Commonwealth) are making their 11th consecutive conference playoff appearance and are seeking their fourth Commonwealth Conference title, having won the tournament in 2001, 2006 and 2007 while finishing as runners-up in 2004, 2006 and 2008. The Lions (17-16-1 overall, 7-8 Commonwealth) earned the fourth and final berth in the conference playoffs with a sweep of their three-game series against Arcadia University last weekend. It is their first conference playoff berth since 2003. Elizabethtown swept the season series from Albright, winning 6-3 and 2-1 at home on April 4 and coming away with a 16-2 victory in Reading one day later. In Thursday's other first-round game, second-seeded Lebanon Valley College (19-18-1 overall, 10-5 Commonwealth) will play third-seeded Widener University (18-15-1 overall, 8-7 Commonwealth) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday's winners will play on Friday at 3:00 p.m. for the right to advance to Saturday's championship round, while the losers will meet at 11:00 a.m. in an elimination game. Daily admission to Owls Field is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students with children under six admitted free. A tournament pass is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $4 for students with children under six admitted free. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (All games played at Owls Field, West Lawn, PA) Thursday, April 30, 2009 Game 1: #1 Elizabethtown vs. #4 Albright, 4 p.m. Game 2: #2 Lebanon Valley vs. #3 Widener, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2009 Game 3: Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2, 11 a.m. Game 4: Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2, 3 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game #3 vs. Loser Game #4, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009 Game 6: Winner Game #4 vs. Winner Game #5, Noon Game 7: If Necessary, 3 p.m. Back to top 4/29/2009 Men's lacrosse edged 10-8 by FDU-Florham in MAC semifinals ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE FDU-Florham 10, Elizabethtown 8 The top-seeded Devils (12-4 overall) swung a 4-3 deficit into a 7-4 lead over the final three minutes of the second quarter with a four-goal outburst, and held off a late rally by the fourth-seeded Blue Jays (12-4 overall) to move into Saturday's championship game against third-seeded Widener University, which upset second-seeded Lycoming College 15-9 in Wednesday's other semifinal game. Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) led the Blue Jays attack with three goals and three assists, and finished the season with 48 goals to match the program single-season record set in 2006 by Frankie Puzzangara. Weber's six points boosted his season total to 73, breaking his own school record of 71 set in 2007. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) also scored three goals for the Blue Jays, while sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) also tallied for Elizabethtown. Drew Canfield posted two goals and an assist for the Devils, while Will Stark, Peter Fleming and Jason Koontz also scored goals in the victory for FDU, which scored three times on four man-up opportunities. The Devils led 2-1 as Shadiack scored twice and Weber once during the opening quarter. After Koontz gave FDU-Florham a 3-1 lead early in the second quarter, McCafferty tallied twice and Kenneally once to send the Blue Jays on top 4-3 with 4:33 left in the half. However, the Devils struck for four goals over the final 3:05 of the quarter, as Shadiack, Fleming, Canfield and Stark all scored to push FDU-Florham to a 7-4 halftime lead. Shadiack scored his fourth of the night midway through the third quarter to give the Devils an 8-4 lead, and the quarter ended with Weber and Canfield swapping scores to leave FDU with a 9-5 advantage. Trailing by four goals, the Blue Jays struck early in the final period on goals by Staulters and Weber to trail 9-7 with 7:07 left. McCafferty's third goal of the day with 4:52 left brought Elizabethtown within one, but the Devils won the ensuing faceoff and Shadiack closed out the scoring with 3:30 to go. Sophomore Mike Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Towson) led all players with five ground balls on the evening for the Blue Jays, while Mike Patella finished with a game-high four caused turnovers for the Devils. First-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) finished with eight saves for Elizabethtown, while Alex Kajencki made 10 saves for FDU-Florham. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 3 1 3 - 8 FDU-Florham......... 2 5 2 1 - 10 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 3; Ryan McCafferty 3; Greg Kenneally 1; Keith Staulters 1. ASSISTS: Aaron Weber 3. FDU-Florham SCORING: GOALS: Kevin Shadiack 5; Drew Canfield 2; Will Stark 1; Peter Fleming 1; Jason Koontz 1. ASSISTS: Drew Canfield 1; Taylor Hogarth 1; Alex Kajencki 1; Pat O'Brien 1; Mike Patella 1; Will Stark 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 24; FDU 27. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 2-5; FDU 3-4. FACEOFFS - ETOWN 11-22; FDU 11-22. GOALIES - ETOWN: Brendan Corcoran (8 saves); FDU: Alex Kajencki (10 saves). Back to top 4/29/2009 Brendan Corcoran named MAC Men's Lacrosse Goalie of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Brendan Corcoran Named MAC Men's Lacrosse Goalie of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College first-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) was honored as the Middle Atlantic Conference Goalkeeper of the Week in men's lacrosse for the week ending April 26, the MAC office has announced. Corcoran allowed just three goals in 87 minutes as the Blue Jays locked up the #4 seed in the MAC playoffs with wins over Messiah (12-2) and Misericordia (15-3). Corcoran made eight saves in 60 minutes against Messiah, and came up with three stops and gave up one goal in 27 minutes against Misericordia.The Blue Jays rank among the NCAA Division III leaders with a 5.57 team goals against average, helped by Corcoran's 3.17 goals against average in 190 minutes of playing time. Back to top 4/29/2009 Women's lacrosse moves to 16th in IWLCA Division III poll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Ranked 16th in IWLCA Division III Top 20 PollELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- Elizabethtown College moved up one spot to 16th in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III poll, through games of April 26. The
Blue Jays (15-2 overall, 11-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) have won a school-record 11 consecutive games and are the top seed in the MAC playoffs, hosting Eastern University in a semifinal game on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. on Wolf Field. Salisbury
University holds on to the top spot in the IWLCA Division III poll, with Franklin & Marshall College, Colby College, College of New Jersey and Tufts University comprising the top five. Back to top 4/29/2009 Women's tennis downed by Muhlenberg, 7-2 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Muhlenberg 7, Elizabethtown 2 ALLENTOWN, Pa. --- Host Muhlenberg College swept all six singles matches to defeat Elizabethtown College 7-2 in non-conference women's tennis action on Wednesday afternoon.The number-one doubles team of juniors Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and Jess Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) improved to 15-0 in dual matches this season with an 8-6 win over Jenn Powell and Carly Rotfeld, while the number-three team of first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) and sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) won 8-6 over Lindsay Schmidt and Madeleine Goldfarb. Muhlenberg College 7, Elizabethtown College 2 Singles competition 1. Jenn Powell (MUHL) def. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) 6-4, 6-0 2. Caitie Druker (MUHL) def. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) 7-5, 6-3 3. Carly Rotfeld (MUHL) def. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-1 4. Sara Sutker (MUHL) def. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) 6-0, 6-0 5. Lindsay Schmidt (MUHL) def. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) 6-4, 6-0 6. Madeleine Goldfarb (MUHL) def. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Jenn Powell/Carly Rotfeld (MUHL) 8-6 2. Caitie Druker/Sara Sutker (MUHL) def. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) 8-2 3. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Lindsay Schmidt/Madeleine Goldfarb (MUHL) 8-6 Back to top 4/28/2009 Men's tennis downed by Muhlenberg, 6-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Muhlenberg 6, Elizabethtown 3 ALLENTOWN, Pa. --- Muhlenberg College defeated Elizabethtown College 6-3 in non-conference men's tennis action on Tuesday afternoon, in the final tuneup before this weekend's Middle Atlantic Conference individual championships for the Blue Jays (12-4 overall).Picking up singles wins for the Blue Jays were first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over John Osborne at flight one, and junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) who defeated Zach Adler 6-4, 0-6 (10-8) at flight two. With the victory, Arrea moved into fifth place on the Elizabethtown single-season win list with 16 against just three losses. Including among his 16 victories is a sparkling 14-1 mark in dual matches. Arrea teamed with sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) for a 9-8 (7-1) win over Adler and Jordan Rutt at flight one of doubles, as the duo moved to 6-0 on the season with the victory. Muhlenberg College 6, Elizabethtown College 3 Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. John Osborne (MUHL) 6-4, 6-4 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Zach Adler (MUHL) 6-4, 0-6, 10-8 3. Jordan Rutt (MUHL) def. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-2 4. Yoni Farber (MUHL) def. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) 5. Matt Kral (MUHL) def. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-2 6. Wayne Mitchel (MUHL) def. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-2 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Zach Adler/Jordan Rutt (MUHL) 9-8 (7-1) 2. Matt Kral/Wayne Mitchel (MUHL) def. Brok Walker/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) 8-6 3. John Osborne/Michael Robbins (MUHL) def. Jeff Kirkhoff/Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 9-8 (7-4) Back to top 4/27/2009 Men's lacrosse advances with 9-2 win over DeSales ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 9, DeSales 2 Weber became the third player in program history to reach 100 career goals in the victory for the fourth-seeded Blue Jays (12-3 overall), who advance to play at top-seeded FDU-Florham in a semifinal game on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. It is Elizabethtown's fifth trip to the conference semifinals in the past six years. The Blue Jays outshot the Bulldogs (6-10 overall) by a 33-4 margin in the first half en route to building an 8-1 lead at intermission. For the game, Elizabethtown finished with a 42-17 edge in shots over DeSales. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) added two goals for the Blue Jays while junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) had a goal and an assist. Single goals came from sophomores Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/West Chester East), Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey) and Ben Landis (Talmage, PA/Conestoga Valley). Schaaf opened the scoring 2:27 into the contest with his fifth goal of the season off a feed from sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield). Weber netted his 100th career tally with 10:23 left in the first quarter to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead. DeSales appeared to get on the scoreboard just 15 seconds later as Kevin Walker won a faceoff and went the distance for the goal, but he was penalized for using an illegal stick which wiped out the goal and gave Elizabethtown a three-minute man advantage. Another DeSales penalty left Elizabethtown two men up, and Landis put home a rebound as Walker's penalty expired to give Elizabethtown a 3-0 lead. McCafferty pushed the Blue Jay lead to 4-0 with 2:09 left in the quarter, before Joshua Van Hart got the Bulldogs on the board with 1:16 left. Day closed out the five-goal frame for Elizabethtown with 26 seconds left to give the Blue Jays a 5-1 lead after 15 minutes. The Blue Jays netted all three goals in the second quarter, as Weber scored with 9:55 left and 4:11 left and assisted on a goal by Corcoran with just 3.8 seconds to go in the half. Andrew Ervin scored five minutes into the third quarter to pull the Bulldogs within 8-2, but McCafferty scored with 6:50 left in the period to give Elizabethtown a 9-2 lead and the teams failed to add any more goals over the final 22 minutes. Elizabethtown collected 48 ground balls as a team, led by five each from sophomore Mike Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Towson) and first-year student Derek Karsten (Ephrata, PA/Cocalico). Junior Chris Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) led another stellar performace by the Blue Jay defense with three ground balls. First-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) made nine saves and allowed just two goals for the Blue Jays to lower his goals against average to a sparkling 2.89. Jarryd Stamatelos made 13 saves in the first half for DeSales, with Justin Campanelli making five stops in the second half. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- DeSales University.. 1 0 1 0 - 2 Elizabethtown Coll.. 5 3 1 0 - 9 DeSales University SCORING: GOALS: Joshua Van Hart 1; Andrew Ervin 1. ASSISTS: Kevin Walker 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 3; Ryan McCafferty 2; Jon Day 1; Shawn Corcoran 1; Brian Schaaf 1; Ben Landis 1. ASSISTS: Aaron Weber 3; Jon Day 1; Greg Kenneally 1. SHOTS - DSU 17; ETOWN 42. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - DSU 0-1; ETOWN 1-2. FACEOFFS - DSU 6-15; ETOWN 9-15. GOALIES - DSU: Jarryd Stamatelos (13 saves), Justin Campanelli (5 saves); ETOWN: Brendan Corcoran (9 saves). Back to top 4/26/2009 Men's tennis falls to Lebanon Valley in Commonwealth finals ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Lebanon Valley 5, Elizabethtown 4 LANDISVILLE, Pa. --- Lebanon Valley College won the final two singles matches to capture the Commonwealth Conference men's tennis championship with a 5-4 win over Elizabethtown College at the Hempfield Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon.The Dutchmen (11-7 overall) earn their first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships with the victory over the Blue Jays (11-3 overall), capturing three singles matches and two of three doubles pro sets. Lebanon Valley led 2-1 after doubles, with first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) and sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) accounting for Elizabethtown's point with an 8-2 win over Jon Gingrich and Jared Zeigler at flight one. The Blue Jays jumped to a 3-2 lead as junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) defeated Zeigler 6-3, 6-2 at flight two and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) downed Tom Neckelmann 6-1, 6-1 at flight three. Walker's win was his 44th career singles victory, breaking the school record of 43 wins set by Mike Bailey from 1986-89. Lebanon Valley tied the match at 3-3 with a win at flight four, but Arrea put Elizabethtown back on top 4-3 with a 7-5, 6-4 victory at flight one over Matt Grodzinski. However, the Dutchmen won at flights six and five in straight sets to take the championship. Lebanon Valley College 5, Elizabethtown College 4 Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Matt Grodzinski (LVC) 7-5, 6-4 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Jared Zeigler (LVC) 6-3, 6-2 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Tom Neckelmann (LVC) 6-1, 6-1 4. Brad Sweigart (LVC) def. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 7-6 (7-0), 6-4 5. Jon Gingrich (LVC) def. Jonathan vanden Ende (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-1 6. Andrew Levin (LVC) def. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Jon Gingrich/Jared Zeigler (LVC) 8-2 2. Matt Grodzinski/Andrew Levin (LVC) def. Brok Walker/Jonathan vanden Ende (ETOWN) 9-7 3. Brad Sweigart/Tom Neckelmann (LVC) def. Brian Osborn/Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) 9-8 (7-5) Back to top 4/26/2009 Golf wins second straight Commonwealth Conference championship ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown 1st at Commonwealth Conference Championships Junior Kurt Amen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) became the first Blue Jay golfer since Ben Smith in 1995 to win a conference individual championship as he shot 156 over 36 holes for a one-stroke victory over teammate Nick Iacono (Hockessin, DE/Sanford School) and Erik Thorn of Albright. Amen was honored as the conference's Player of the Year while Iacono was recognized as Rookie of the Year as the top first-time performer at the conference meet. Elizabethtown head coach Keith Marks was named Coach of the Year for the second straight year for leading his team to back-to-back titles. With the conference championship, the Blue Jays earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Golf Championships to be held May 13-16 at the PGA Village at Port St. Lucie, Florida. After shooting 311 and holding a 16-stroke lead over Albright following Sunday's opening round, the Blue Jays turned in a 327 on Monday but the Lions could card no better than 318. Amen, who held a one-stroke lead over Corey Wenger of Messiah College after the opening round, shot 81 on Monday but held on for the individual championship over Iacono, who shot rounds of 79 and 78, and Thorn, who finished with rounds of 77 and 80. Senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) tied for sixth in the final standings with a 162, while sophomore Geoff Quinque (Green Lane, PA/Upper Perkiomen) tied for 10th at 164 and first-year student Dan Bolstein (Maple Glen, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) tied for 12th at 165. Commonwealth Conference Championships at Blue Ridge Country Club, Harrisburg, Pa. Final team standings: 1. Elizabethtown 311-327--638; 2. Albright 327-318--645; 3. Messiah 335-319--654; 4. Widener 335-326--661; 5. Lebanon Valley 344-340--684; 6. Lycoming 367-351--718; 7. Arcadia 381-383--764. Individual standings: 1. Kurt Amen (E) 75-81--156; t2. Nick Iacono (E) 79-78--157; t2. Erik Thorn 77-80--157; 4. Corey Wenger 76-83--159; 5. Matthew Osorio (Alb) 81-79--160; t6. Josh Hinton (W) 83-79--162; t6. James Presto (W) 81-81--162; t6. Mike Wagner (E) 79-83--162; 9. Steve Garby (LV) 79-84--163; t10. Geoff Quinque (E) 78-86--164; t10. Clark Wenger (M) 87-77--164. Back to top 4/26/2009 Baseball closes regular season at F&M ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Sunday, April 26, 2009 Franklin & Marshall 17, Elizabethtown 2
Click here for the box score LANCASTER, Pa. --- One day after clinching the top seed in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs, Elizabethtown College closed its regular season with a 17-2 loss at Franklin & Marshall College in baseball action on Sunday afternoon. The Diplomats (21-13-1 overall) scored in six of their eight times at bat, including an eight-run outburst in the fourth inning, and finished with 15 hits against five Blue Jay pitchers. Andrew Hanson went 3-for-3 for Franklin & Marshall while Jason Anderson and John Dutton hit home runs for the Diplomats, who saw all nine starters score at least one run. The Blue Jays (23-12 overall) scored both of their runs on sacrifice flies, iin the second inning by junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and in the sixth by sophomore Ryan Donahue (Hatfield, PA/Lansdale Catholic). First-year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) finished 2-for-2 with a run scored for the Blue Jays, and senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) went 2-for-3 as Elizabethtown finished with seven hits on the afternoon. Mike Duranti (4-3) allowed five hits and two runs (one earned) over six innings to pick up the win for the Diplomats, while first-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) gave up five hits and four runs (one earned) over two innings to drop to 0-3 for the Blue Jays. Franklin & Marshall 17, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 001 000 - 2 7 1 (23-12) Franklin & Marshall. 301 811 30x - 17 15 2 (21-13-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Leister, Ryan Barrett (3), Wayne Leonard (4), Greg Katz (6), Dan Lauletta (8) and Steve Motika, Jon Bacher (5); Mike Duranti, Matt Valente (7), Josh Gray (8), Justin Thacker (9) and John Dutton, Russell Tischler (7). WP-Duranti (4-3). LP-Leister (0-3). SO-BB: Leister 0-0, Barrett 0-1, Leonard 1-5, Katz 2-4, Lauletta 2-0; Duranti 3-4, Valente 1-0, Gray 0-0, Thacker 1-0. HR-Anderson (F&M), Dutton (F&M). Back to top 4/26/2009 Women's tennis falls to LVC in Commonwealth finals ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Lebanon Valley 5, Elizabethtown 2 LANDISVILLE, Pa. --- Lebanon Valley College won its first-ever Commonwealth Conference women's tennis championship with a 5-2 victory over Elizabethtown College at the Hempfield Sports Complex on Sunday.The Flying Dutchmen (18-3 overall) won two of three doubles pro sets and captured three singles matches to take the title from the defending champion Blue Jays (10-4 overall). The Blue Jays gained their doubles point from the number-one team of juniors Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and Jess Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) who defeated Shayna Heintzelman and Sarah Grodzinski 9-8 (7-5). Russell also picked up a win at number-two singles with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Kelly Moll, but the Dutchmen won at first, fifth and sixth singles to reach five points and clinch the match. Lebanon Valley College 5, Elizabethtown College 2 Singles competition 1. Sarah Grodzinski (LVC) def. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) 7-5, 6-1 2. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Kelly Moll (LVC) 6-2, 6-3 3. Charissa Nordall (LVC) vs. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) 6-4, 5-2, unfinished 4. Sammy Burkey (LVC) vs. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), unfinished 5. Shayna Heintzelman (LVC) def. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) 6-4, 6-4 6. Sara Wagner (LVC) def. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Shayna Heintzelman/Sarah Grodzinski (LVC) 9-8 (7-5) 2. Kelly Moll/Jan White (LVC) def. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) 9-7 3. Charissa Nordall/Sara Wagner (LVC) def. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) 8-3 Back to top 4/25/2009 Men's track and field battles at Shippensburg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Paul Kaiser Classic SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's men's track and field team completed its final tuneup for next weekend's Middle Atlantic Conference championships by participating in the Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University on Saturday.Junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) finished third in the 200 meters with a time of 22.97 seconds, and was eighth in the long jump with a mark of 21 feet, 10 1/4 inches that places him third on the school's all-time performance list. Eaton also ran the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished fifth with a time of 43.03 seconds, a team season best. He was joined by first-year student Pat Doughty (Macungie, PA/Emmaus), junior Mike Mauger (Pottstown, PA/The Hill School) and junior Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove). First-year student Eric Reichert (Hershey, PA/Hershey) finished second in the steeplechase with a time of 9:52.68, ranking him fifth on the school's all-time performance list. In the 1,500 meters, first-year student Evan DeArmitt (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) placed 10th with a time of 4:10.10. First-year student Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) also competed in the 200 meters and finished in 11th place with a time of 23.41 seconds. Classmate Dan Obold (Birdsboro, PA/Daniel Boone) moved into fourth place on the school's all-time performance list in the discus with a mark of 111 feet, 4 inches. Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University Elizabethtown College top finishers 200 - 3. Wyatt Eaton, 22.97; 11. Brian Allport, 23.41 1,500 - 10. Evan DeArmitt, 4:10.10 Steeplechase - 2. Eric Reichert, 9:52.68 4x100 - 5. Elizabethtown (Pat Doughty, Wyatt Eaton, Mike Mauger, Kyle Grimm), 43.03 Long jump - 8. Wyatt Eaton, 21-10 1/4 Back to top 4/25/2009 Women's track tunes up for MACs at Shippensburg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Paul Kaiser Classic SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's women's track and field team completed its final tuneup for next weekend's Middle Atlantic Conference championships by participating in the Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University on Saturday.Junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) was the Blue Jays' top finisher as she placed second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:39.89, ranking her sixth on the school's all-time performance list. In the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) was 12th with a time of 1:12.35 to move into third place on the school's all-time performance list. In field events, top-10 finishes came from senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) who was seventh in the triple jump at 35 feet, 2 inches, and sophomore Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) in the discus at 101 feet, 5 inches. The 4x100-meter relay team of Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson), junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and Patrick took 10th in 52.25 seconds to move into eighth place on the school's all-time performance list. Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University Elizabethtown College top finishers 1,500 - 2. Megan VanDenHengel, 18:39.89 400 hurdles - 12. Jill Patrick, 1:12.35 4x100 - 10. Elizabethtown (Chelsea Miles, Lisa Williamson, Bernadette Frawley, Jill Patrick), 52.25 Triple jump - 7. Chelsea Miles, 35-2 Discus - 9. Sarah DeGeorge, 101-5 Back to top 4/25/2009 Baseball clinches top seed with 16-1 win at Lebanon Valley ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, April 25, 2009 Lebanon Valley 10, Elizabethtown 5
Elizabethtown 16, Lebanon Valley 1 Click here for the game 1 box score Click here for the game 2 box score ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the first inning, and drove in six runs as Elizabethtown College clinched the top seed in next weekend's Commonwealth Conference baseball tournament with a 16-1 win over Lebanon Valley College in the second game of their conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Dutchmen won the opener 10-5 by scoring six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, setting up a second game in which the winning team would earn the top seed in the conference playoffs. Elizabethtown will open action at the three-day Commonwealth Conference tournament on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. against fourth-seed Albright College, while the Dutchmen earned the second seed and will play third-seed Widener University at 7:30 p.m. The double-elimination tournament will continue through Saturday at Owls Field in West Lawn. In game two, the Blue Jays took advantage of 13 hits and 11 walks by seven Lebanon Valley pitchers to earn the victory. Elizabethtown scored five runs in the first, three in the second and two more in the third to take a 10-0 lead, and added three more in both the sixth and seventh after Lebanon Valley scored its lone run in the bottom of the fifth. Kiernan added a solo home run in the sixth and finished 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays, while junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) finished 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored and and first-year student Steve Motika (Kutztown, PA/Kutztown) went 2-for-4. Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored, and seniors Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) each scored a pair of runs for Elizabethtown. Nate Blough and Brent Ruminski each went 2-for-3 for the Dutchmen, who managed six hits as a team in game two. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) improved to 6-1 on the season after allowing six hits and one run over five innings for the Blue Jays, while Nick Faria was touched for six runs on three hits and three walks to fall to 3-3 for the Dutchmen. In the opener, the Dutchmen erased a 5-4 deficit with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, using four hits and a pair of Blue Jay errors to take the lead. Brandon Stoothoff knocked in the tying run with a double and scored the go-ahead run on an error, while Derek Helwig capped the rally with a two-run double. The Blue Jays had seen earlier leads of 1-0 and 4-1 erased by the Dutchmen, as four of Lebanon Valley's 10 runs in the game were unearned courtesy of four Elizabethtown errors. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) finished 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two runs scored for the Blue Jays, who mustered seven hits off Lebanon Valley starter and winner Shane Specht (3-3). Helwig finished 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for Lebanon Valley, while Dustin Deibert, Grant Wiest and Colt Zarilla all scored a pair of runs. Junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) started for the Blue Jays and worked just four innings, allowing four hits and four runs (two earned) while striking out three. Senior Dan Lauletta (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) relieved Hartzell in the fifth and was charged with the loss for the Blue Jays. Lebanon Valley Coll. 10, Elizabethtown Coll. 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 103 100 0 - 5 7 4 (22-11, 11-3) Lebanon Valley Coll. 103 006 x - 10 9 1 (19-17-1, 10-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell, Dan Lauletta (5), Kurt Smith (6) and Tom Semanek; Shane Specht and Bert Malloy. WP-Specht (3-3). LP-Lauletta (1-2). SO-BB: Hartzell 3-2, Lauletta 0-0, Smith 0-1; Specht 4-4. Elizabethtown Coll. 16, Lebanon Valley Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 532 003 3 - 16 13 0 (23-11, 12-3) Lebanon Valley Coll. 000 010 0 - 1 6 2 (19-18-1, 10-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Matt Kutz (6) and Steve Motika; Nick Faria, Brian Miller (2), Pete Moro (2), Robert Kinsman (4), Dustin Deibert (5), Grant Wiest (6), Dylan Holland (7) and Bert Malloy, Jacob Rhody (7). WP-Vinagro (6-1). LP-Faria (3-3). SO-BB: Vinagro 1-1, Kutz 2-1; Faria 0-3, Miller 1-2, Moro 2-1, Kinsman 0-0, Deibert 0-1, Wiest 0-3, Holland 0-1. HR-Brian Kiernan 2 (E), Ben Yeager (E). Back to top 4/25/2009 Softball closes season against Messiah ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Messiah 4, Elizabethtown 1 Click here for the game 2 box score In game 1, Jessica Rhoads finished with 16 strikeouts for Messiah, while Abby Bergakker and Lauren Seneca hit back-to-back home runs as part of a four-run third inning for the Falcons. Senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) led the Elizabethtown offense by going 3-for-3 with an RBI, which came in the fifth inning when junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) led off with a walk, moved to second on a passed ball and scored on Guzik's single to cut the Messiah lead to 4-1. Rhoads (19-1) allowed just three hits and an unearned run to earn the win, while Elizabethtown first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) dropped to 5-12 after giving up 10 hits and four earned runs while striking out three. In game two, the Blue Jays fell behind 2-0 in the top of the first inning, but got on the board in the second as first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) walked and moved to second when sophomore Kelsea Corrado (LaPlata, MD/LaPlata) singled. First-year student Heather Peluso (Monkton, MD/Maryvale Prep) followed with a single to drive in Sebastian and cut the Falcon lead to 2-1. Down 3-1 in the fourth inning after a home run by Rhoads, Peluso led off with a single and was safe at second on a fielder’s choice. Junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) then singled to right field, and the throw in from the outfield was offline allowing Peluso to score and make the score 3-2. Messiah added an insurance run in the seventh and Rhoads came on in the bottom of the inning to record her sixth save of the season. Megan Rice (12-1) allowed five hits in four innings to pick up the win for Messiah, while Sebastian (6-13) gave up seven hits and three earned runs for Elizabethtown. Corrado and Peluso each went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays along with junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro), who finishes the season with 99 career hits. Allard went 2-for-2 with a walk as the Blue Jays banged out nine hits in the contest. Messiah College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Messiah College..... 004 000 0 - 4 10 0 (31-4, 11-0) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 0 - 1 3 2 (11-24, 4-7) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessica Rhoads and Abby Bergakker; Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover. WP-Rhoads (19-1). LP-Parr (5-12). SO-BB: Rhoads 16-3; Parr 3-0. HR-Lauren Seneca (M), Abby Bergakker (M). Messiah College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Messiah College..... 201 000 1 - 4 7 1 (32-4, 12-0) Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 100 0 - 2 9 1 (11-25, 4-8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Megan Rice, Corinn Eby (5), Jessica Rhoads (7); Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Rice (12-1). LP-Sebastian (6-13). SV-Rhoads (6). SO-BB: Rice 3-2, Eby 0-0, Rhoads 2-0; Sebastian 2-0. HR-Rhoads (M). Back to top 4/25/2009 Women's lacrosse finishes perfect MAC schedule with win over Misericordia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 21, Misericordia 3 The 17th-ranked Blue Jays (15-2 overall, 11-0 MAC) received six goals and three assists from senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross), who set new single-season program records with 76 goals and 102 points and increased her career goal total to 255. In all, 11 different players scored goals for the Blue Jays, who led 11-1 at halftime and finished with a 37-11 edge in shots over the Cougars (4-13 overall, 3-8 MAC). Elizabethtown will be the top seed in next week's MAC playoffs and will host a semifinal game on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) added four goals and an assist for Elizabethtown while juniors Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) and Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) each recorded two goals and an assist for the Blue Jays. Recording a goal and an assist each were first-year student Katie Scheurich (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) along with sophomores Meg Cassels (Downingtown, PA/Great Valley) and Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East). Scoring single goals were seniors Lyndsey Reeve (Turnersville, NJ/Washington Township) and Danielle Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) along with junior Alicia Sangrey (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) and sophomore Kelly Lurz (Baltimore, MD/Towson Catholic). Jamie Wargo, Nicole DeAngelis and Jessy Schwenk scored goals for the Cougars, who trailed 11-0 before Schwenk's goal with 2:17 left in the first half. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) played the first half in goal for the Blue Jays and made two saves before yielding to junior Becca Watkins (Herndon, VA/Westfield), who made three stops in the second half. Kathryn Wallace made nine saves in 48 minutes for Misericordia, with Katie Leardi playing the final 12 minutes. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 11 10 - 21 Misericordia Univ... 1 2 - 3 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 6; Kelsea Kozak 4; Megan Byrnes 2; Stephanie Kreis 2; Katie Scheurich 1; Sarah Cullinan 1; Meg Cassels 1; Alisha Sangrey 1; Danielle Schaffer 1; Lyndsey Reeve 1; Kelly Lurz 1. ASSISTS: Katie Foley 3; Anna Ford 2; Megan Byrnes 1; Meg Cassels 1; Sarah Cullinan 1; Kelsea Kozak 1; Stephanie Kreis 1; Katie Scheurich 1. Misericordia Univ. SCORING: GOALS: Nicole DeAngelis 1; Jessy Schwenk 1; Jamie Wargo 1. ASSISTS: None. SHOTS - ETOWN 37; MU 11. GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (2 saves), Becca Watkins (3 saves); MU: Kathryn Wallace (9 saves), Katie Leardi (0 saves). Back to top 4/25/2009 Men's tennis shuts out Arcadia to move to Commonwealth finals ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 5, Arcadia 0 LANDISVILLE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's tennis team advanced to the Commonwealth Conference finals with a 5-0 victory over Arcadia University in semifinal action on Saturday afternoon at the Hempfield Sports Complex.The Blue Jays (12-2 overall) will carry an eight-match winning streak into Sunday's championship match at 2:30 p.m. against Lebanon Valley College, which defeated Messiah College 5-2 in Saturday's other semifinal match. Elizabethtown jumped to a 3-0 lead after doubles, as first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) and sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) won 8-3 over Adrell Dalsan and Cory Andrews at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) and first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) defeated Kevin Langner and Bart Blankenship 8-6 at flight two, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) and sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) won 8-2 at flight three over Zach Millford and Guanying Liu. In singles, the Blue Jays clinched the match with two victories as Arrea defeated Dalsan 6-0, 6-1 at flight one and van den Ende defeated Millford 6-2, 6-0 at flight five. Elizabethtown College 5, Arcadia University 0 Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Adrell Dalsan (ARCADIA) 6-0, 6-1 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) vs. Cory Andrews (ARCADIA) 6-1, 1-1, unfinished 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) vs. Kevin Langner (ARCADIA) 6-2, 1-2, unfinished 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) vs. Bart Blankenship (ARCADIA) 6-0, 5-3, unfinished 5. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Zach Millford (ARCADIA) 6-2, 6-0 6. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) vs. Guanying Liu (ARCADIA) 6-0, 4-3, unfinished Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Adrell Dalsan/Cory Andrews (ARCADIA) 8-3 2. Brok Walker/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Kevin Langner/Bart Blankenship (ARCADIA) 8-6 3. Jeff Kirkhoff/Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Zach Millford/Guanying Liu (ARCADIA) 8-2 Back to top 4/25/2009 Women's tennis advances to Commonwealth finals with 5-1 win over Messiah ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 5, Messiah 1 LANDISVILLE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College advanced to the championship match of the Commonwealth Conference women's tennis team tournament with a 5-1 victory over Messiah College on Saturday morning at the Hempfield Sports Complex.The Blue Jays (10-3 overall), who won their seventh straight match, will face Lebanon Valley College in the championship match on Sunday at noon after the top-seeded Dutchmen defeated Arcadia University 5-0. Elizabethtown opened the match by winning two of three doubles pro sets. Juniors Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) and Jess Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) defeated Christie McGinley and Christen Chen 8-1 at flight one, and first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) teamed with sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) for an 8-5 victory over Katie Marstaller and Steph Knepper at flight three. In singles, Swarr downed McGinley 6-2, 6-3 at flight one, Russell rolled past Annie Gotchel 6-1, 6-0 at flight two and Poulle won 6-3, 6-1 over Sarah Thow at flight four to clinch the match for the Blue Jays. Elizabethtown College 5, Messiah College 1 Singles competition 1. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) def. Christie McGinley (MESS) 6-2, 6-3 2. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Annie Gotchel (MESS) 6-1, 6-0 3. Katie Marstaller (MESS) vs. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0, unfinished 4. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) def. Sarah Thow (MESS) 6-3, 6-1 5. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) vs. Steph Knepper (MESS) 6-1, 4-0, unfinished 6. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) vs. Christen Chen (MESS) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Christie McGinley/Christen Chen (MESSW) 8-1 2. Annie Gotchel/Sarah Thow (MESSW) def. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) 8-3 3. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Katie Marstaller/Steph Knepper (MESSW) 8-5 Back to top 4/25/2009 Weber becomes career point leader as men's lax downs Misericordia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 15, Misericordia 3 Weber scored two goals and two assists to increase his career total to 169 points, breaking the previous record of 167 points set by Frankie Puzzangara from 2004 to 2007. He also moved within one of becoming the third player in program history to score 100 career goals. With the victory, the Blue Jays (11-3 overall, 7-3 MAC) broke the program single-season record for wins in a season of 10 set during the 2007 season. Elizabethtown is the fourth seed in the MAC playoffs and will host fifth-seed DeSales on Monday at 4:00 p.m. in a first-round game. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) became the sixth player in program history to reach 100 career points as he scored a game-high three goals for the Blue Jays, who led 8-0 after one quarter and 11-1 at intermission. Joining Weber with two goals apiece were junior Kyle Huckle (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), sophomore Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey) and first-year student Drew Stitt (Easton, PA/Moravian Academy). Single goals coming from junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa), sophomore Ben Landis (Talmage, PA/Conestoga Valley) and first-year students Sean O'Neil (Philadelphia, PA/Bishop Shanahan) and Evan Cobb (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville). Sean McGuigan led the Cougars (3-12 overall, 1-9 MAC) with a pair of goals while Patrick McTague had two assists. Misericordia was outshot 45-23 by the Blue Jays and collected just 27 ground balls to 50 for Elizabethtown. First-year defender Brian Wenger (Kingsville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) finished with a team-high six ground balls for the Blue Jays, with junior Corey Toby (Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon) chipping in with five and sophomore Shakir Saunders (Bethesda, MD/Cheshire Academy, CT) with four. Ryan Blevins had a game-high seven ground balls for Misericordia. In goal, first-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) started for the Blue Jays and made three saves in 26 minutes, followed by sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) with two saves in 15 scoreless minutes and senior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) with three saves in 19 minutes. Ryan Kay (five saves) and James Scott (eight saves) each played in goal for the Cougars. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Misericordia Univ... 0 1 1 1 - 3 Elizabethtown Coll.. 8 3 3 1 - 15 Misericordia Univ. SCORING: GOALS: Sean McGuigan 2; Kelly Booth 1. ASSISTS: Patrick McTague 2; Lee Blair 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Ryan McCafferty 3; Aaron Weber 2; Drew Stitt 2; Kyle Huckle 2; Shawn Corcoran 2; Keith Staulters 1; Ben Landis 1; Sean O'Neil 1; Evan Cobb 1. ASSISTS: Aaron Weber 2; Ben Erdman 1; Dan Hinder 1; Greg Kenneally 1. SHOTS - MU 23; ETOWN 45. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MU 1-2; ETOWN 0-2. FACEOFFS - MU 6-22; ETOWN 16-22. GOALIES - MU: Ryan Kay (5 saves), James Scott (8 saves); ETOWN: Brendan Corcoran (3 saves), Hunter Malick (2 saves), Austin Hayes (3 saves). Back to top 4/24/2009 Men's track wins 4x400 at Penn Relays ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Penn Relays PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's 4x400-meter team finished first in the Pop Haddleton MAC Relay at the Penn Relay Carnival at the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field on Friday.The team of junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York), senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower), first-year student Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) and junior Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) crossed the line in 3:21.25 to edge out Dickinson College by over one second. The time places the relay team eighth on the program's all-time performance list. The sprint medley relay team of first-year student Pat Doughty (Macungie, PA/Emmaus), Eaton, Grimm and Rulander also competed and finished with a time of 3:35.23. Back to top 4/24/2009 Baseball edges Lebanon Valley 4-3 in series opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, April 24, 2009 Elizabethtown 4, Lebanon Valley 3 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and scored the eventual winning run on a throwing error in the seventh inning as Elizabethtown College defeated Lebanon Valley College 4-3 in the opening game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Friday afternoon. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) scattered four hits and struck out seven in a complete-game performance as the Blue Jays (22-10 overall, 11-2 Commonwealth) moved two games ahead of the Dutchmen (18-16-1 overall, 9-4 Commonwealth) in the standings with two games to play. The teams meet Saturday at noon in Annville for a doubleheader, and the Blue Jays need just one win to gain the top seed for next week's conference tournament. Heaps, who improved to 6-1 on the season, also helped himself with the bat by going 3-for-4 at the plate and in the field by handling seven chances without an error, including five comebackers, a line drive and a popup. Joe Soupik hit a two-run home run for Lebanon Valley in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 3-3, and after a hit batsman Heaps retired the final 10 Dutchmen without a ball leaving the infield. The Blue Jays used their speed to generate the winning run in the seventh inning, as Sheibley reached on an infield single with one out and stole second. junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) followed with a walk, and on a double steal attempt the throw to third went into left field, allowing Sheibley to cross with the go-ahead run. The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning against Lebanon Valley starter Caleb Fick (1-1) as Francis reached on an infield single with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch, took third on a single by Heaps and scored on a groundout by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban). Elizabethtown added two unearned runs in the second as junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) reached on an error to lead off the frame, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a two-out single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove). Sheibley followed with a triple to left-center to drive home Luff and give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead. Heaps set down the first eight Dutchmen batters, including four via strikeout, before a four-pitch walk to Brent Ruminski with two outs in the third. After another walk to Dustin Deibert, Grant Wiest singled up the middle to drive home Ruminski with Lebanon Valley's first run. Heaps avoided further damage by spearing a liner by Colt Zarilla to end the inning. After the Blue Jays failed to convert on a scoring opportunity in the fifth, the Dutchmen tied the game in the top of the sixth as Zarilla doubled with two out and scored on a towering home run to right by Soupik, his seventh of the season. Francis went 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored for the Blue Jays, while no player on the Dutchmen had more than one hit on the afternoon. Fick worked seven innings for Lebanon Valley, allowing four runs (one earned) on nine hits while walking four and striking out four. Elizabethtown Coll. 4, Lebanon Valley Coll. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lebanon Valley Coll. 001 002 000 - 3 4 2 (18-16-1, 9-4) Elizabethtown Coll.. 120 000 10x - 4 9 2 (22-10, 11-2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb Fick, Jake Becker (8) and Bert Malloy; Sam Heaps and Tom Semanek. WP-S. Heaps (6-1). LP-Fick (1-1). SO-BB: Fick 4-4, Becker 0-2; S. Heaps 7-2. HR-Joe Soupik (LV). Back to top 4/24/2009 Men's tennis defeats Juniata 6-3 for seventh straight win ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 6, Juniata 3 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- In their final tuneup before this weekend's Commonwealth Conference playoffs, Elizabethtown College won its seventh straight match with a 6-3 victory over Juniata College in non-conference men's tennis action on Thursday afternoon. The top four singles players all picked up victories for the Blue Jays (11-2 overall), who finished with a perfect 7-0 record on their home court this season.In singles action, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) was a 7-5, 6-1 winner at flight one over Jonathan Skoner, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) defeated Jarrad Silver 6-1, 7-5 at flight two, senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Ryan Navarro at flight three, and sophomore Bryan Metz
(Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) downed Amab Chakrabarti 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 at flight four. In doubles play, Arrea and Metz defeated Silver and Chakrabarti 9-7 at flight one, and the team of Kirkhoff and sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) was a 9-8 (7-5) winner over Navarro and Casey Chew at flight three. Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Jonathan Skoner (JC) 7-5, 6-1 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Jarrad Silver (JC) 6-1, 7-5 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Ryan Navarro (JC) 6-1, 6-0 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Arnab Chakrabarti (JC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 5. Aaron Rhodes (JC) def. Jonathan vanden Ende (ETOWN) 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 6. Casey Chew (JC) def. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Jarrad Silver/Arnab Chakrabarti (JC) 9-7 2. Jonathan Skoner/Aaron Rhodes (JC) def. Brok Walker/Jonathan vanden Ende (ETOWN) 8-5 3. Jeff Kirkhoff/Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Ryan Navarro/Casey Chew (JC) 9-8 (7-5) Back to top 4/24/2009 Men's and women's tennis teams to battle for Commonwealth titles FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Men's and Women's Tennis Teams to Battle for Commonwealth Crowns The Blue Jay men (11-2 overall) are the top seed in the tournament after going 5-0 in conference play during the regular season, while the Blue Jay women (9-3 overall, 3-2 Commonwealth) are the third seed as they aim to defend their championship from a year ago. Action gets underway on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. as the women play second-seeded Messiah College, followed by top-seeded Lebanon Valley College against fourth-seeded Arcadia University at 11:30 a.m. The men will begin semifinal play at 1:30 p.m. with Elizabethtown facing fourth-seeded Arcadia, followed by second-seeded Messiah against third-seeded Lebanon Valley at 3:30 p.m. Saturday’s winners will advance to the championship matches on Sunday, with the women’s title match at noon followed by the men at 2:30 p.m. The conference champions will receive automatic bids to the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships, which begin on Friday, May 8. Elizabethtown’s men are seeking their first Commonwealth Conference championship since 2005, and are led by first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) at #1 singles. Arrea is 13-3 overall in singles on the season and went 4-1 in conference matches. Junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) is at #2 singles where he finished 12-4 overall and 4-0 in the conference, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) follows at #3 singles with a 10-4 overall mark and 4-1 in conference. Sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) is the fourth Blue Jay to reach double figures in wins, with an 11-5 record and a 4-1 mark at #4 singles. First-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) went 6-5 at #5 singles and 3-1 in conference, with sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) compiling a 7-5 overall record and a 3-2 mark at #6 singles. Arrea and Metz will bring a 3-0 record to the court for #1 doubles, while Walker and van den Ende have split their two matches at #2 doubles. Kirkhoff and Osborn are 4-0 at #3 doubles, including 2-0 in conference matches. The Blue Jay women won their third Commonwealth Conference championship in 2008 and participated in the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time as a team. Three members of last year’s team are in the lineup for this year’s tournament, led by junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) at #1 singles where she finished 9-7 overall and 3-2 in conference matches. Junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) leads the team in wins with a 10-5 overall record, and a 4-1 mark at #2 singles, and sophomore Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) is at #3 singles with a perfect 7-0 mark. First-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) is at #4 singles with a 5-10 season record and a 2-3 conference mark, sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) will play at #5 singles after going 6-1 overall, and sophomore Katelyn Roderick (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) is in action at #6 singles with a 4-0 record on the season. In doubles, Swarr and Russell have been dominant at #1 doubles with a 12-0 record in dual matches, while at #2 doubles Fisher will team with senior Erika Belletti (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) where they went 4-2. At #3 doubles, Poulle and Heydt carry a 6-1 record as a team. Back to top 4/24/2009 Golf team to compete at Commonwealth Championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Golf Team to Compete at Commonwealth Championships The Blue Jays won the 36-hole event last year with a score of 633, 18 strokes ahead of runner-up Albright College, and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships where they finished 26th out of 35 teams. Three members of last year’s championship team are in the lineup at this year’s tournament, led by senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen). Wagner finished second in last year’s individual standings, three shots behind Mike Heller of Albright. This season, Wagner is averaging 78.0 over 13 rounds, with nine top-10 finishes in 13 events. Junior Kurt Amen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) finished sixth at last year’s conference tournament and is second on the team in scoring at 80.2. He has finished in the top five twice in nine events, with a low round of 75 this spring. Sophomore Geoff Quinque (Green Lane, PA/Upper Perkiomen) was named conference Rookie of the Year last season after a fourth-place finish, and has averaged 80.5 this season in eight events, with two top-10 tournament finishes. Making their conference championships debut will be sophomore Nick Iacono (Hockessin, DE/Sanford School) and first-year student Dan Bolstein (Maple Glen, PA/Hatboro-Horsham). Iacono has averaged 82.1 in eight rounds this season, with a best score of 75, while Bolstein has averaged 83.3 strokes over 10 rounds, including a 73. A total of 35 golfers representing seven schools will take part in the championship tournament, which will run concurrently with the Freedom Conference tournament. Back to top 4/22/2009 Men's lacrosse wins at Messiah to clinch playoff berth ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 12, Messiah 2 The Blue Jays (10-3 overall, 6-3 MAC) clinched a MAC playoff spot with the victory, tied the program record for wins in a season and defeated the Falcons (7-6 overall, 5-4 MAC) for just the second time in 10 meetings. Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) added three goals and two assists and junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) finished with a pair of goals as the Blue Jays overcame a 1-0 deficit by scoring eight straight goals from the midpoint of the first quarter to the middle of the third quarter. The Falcons took a 1-0 lead on a man-up goal by Brent Stewart with 8:16 left in the first quarter, but McCafferty scored twice and Weber once to give the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead after the first quarter. In the second quarter, sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield), Day and junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) recorded goals to extend the Blue Jay advantage to 6-1 at halftime. McCafferty and Weber scored early in the third quarter to give Elizabethtown an 8-1 lead before Phil Wendt broke the Falcon drought on a goal with 4:49 left in the third quarter. The Blue Jays scored all four goals of the final quarter, off the sticks of Weber, Day, junior Josh Dougherty (Ocean City, MD/Worcester Prep) and McCafferty. Elizabethtown fired 54 shots at the Messiah goal, while allowing the Falcons just 23 shots. The Blue Jays also finished with a 36-19 edge in ground balls, with four players pacing the team with four ground balls apiece. First-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) finished with eight saves in goal for the Blue Jays, while Greg Latimer came up with 21 stops for the Falcons. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 3 3 2 4 - 12 Messiah College..... 1 0 1 0 - 2 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Ryan McCafferty 4; Aaron Weber 3; Jon Day 2; Josh Dougherty 1; Greg Kenneally 1; Keith Staulters 1. ASSISTS: Aaron Weber 2; Josh Dougherty 1; Mike Kenneally 1. Messiah College SCORING: GOALS: Brent Stewart 1; Phil Wendt 1. ASSISTS: J.J. Miller 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 54; MESS 23. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 2-8; MESS 1-4. FACEOFFS - ETOWN 10-18; MESS 8-18. GOALIES - ETOWN: Brendan Corcoran (8 saves); MESS: Greg Latimer (21 saves). Back to top 4/22/2009 Softball tumbles to Arcadia in doubleheader ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Arcadia 5, Elizabethtown 3 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Arcadia University first baseman Jamie Bee went 6-for-8 with five runs batted in on the afternoon to lead the Knights to a sweep of their Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Elizabethtown College on Wednesday afternoon, by scores of 5-3 and 8-7. Bee went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Knights in the opener, and finished 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in game two as Arcadia nearly squandered an 8-2 lead before holding on for the win. In game one, Arcadia jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Bee, and went ahead 4-0 in the third on an RBI single by Bee and a two-run double from Virginia Buechel. The Blue Jays got on the board in the bottom of the third inning on a groundout, and added two runs in the fifth as first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) hit a two-run home run, her fourth of the season, to bring Elizabethtown within 4-3. Arcadia added an insurance run in the seventh as Bee picked up a two-out RBI single, and winning pitcher Kiersten Hughes (11-3) retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning to finish off the win. Sebastian (6-12) allowed nine hits and five runs (four earned) in seven innings for the Blue Jays, while Hughes gave up five hits and five walks, but struck out six and stranded eight Elizabethtown runners on base. Junior Paige Tanner ( In game two, the Knights (26-8 overall, 6-6 Commonwealth) took an 8-2 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning, but the Blue Jays (11-23 overall, 4-6 Commonwealth) scored twice in both the fifth and sixth innings to pull within 8-6, then scored once in the seventh and loaded the bases with one out before Arcadia was able to wriggle out of the jam to end the game. After the teams traded runs in the first on an RBI double by Bee and an RBI single by Tanner, the Knights went ahead 3-1 in the second on a two-run single by Lindsey Henchinski and 5-1 in the third on a sacrifice fly by Kristen Burns and a throwing error. Elizabethtown scored in the fourth on an error, but Arcadia tacked on three runs in the fifth on a solo home run by Bee and a two-run double by Burns to take an 8-2 lead. The Blue Jays scored twice in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI singles by Tanner and sophomore Kelsea Corrado (La Plata, MD/La Plata) to pull within 8-4. In the sixth, the Blue Jays added two more runs on an error and a fielder's choice to trim the Knight lead to 8-6. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none out in the bottom of the seventh, and scored on an infield single by sophomore Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) to narrow the Knight lead to a run. However, a force out at the plate and a fly ball to shallow right-center kept the Blue Jays from knotting the score. Kellie Reese (6-2) survived five errors in the field and 14 hits allowed to pick up the win for Arcadia, as she gave up four unearned runs but stranded 10 runners on base. First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) fell to 5-11 for the Blue Jays after giving up eight hits and four earned runs in seven innings. Tanner went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Blue Jays, while Marsico and junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) each went 2-for-4 and Corrado finished 2-for-2 off the bench. Arcadia University 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcadia University.. 103 000 1 - 5 9 0 (25-8, 5-6) Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 020 0 - 3 5 1 (11-22, 4-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiersten Hughes and Kristen Burns; Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Hughes (11-3). LP-Sebastian (6-12). SO-BB: Hughes 6-5; Sebastian 1-1. HR-Julie Sebastian (E). Arcadia University 8, Elizabethtown Coll. 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcadia University.. 122 030 0 - 8 8 5 (26-8, 6-6) Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 122 1 - 7 14 3 (11-23, 4-6) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kellie Reese and Kristen Burns; Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover. WP-Reese (6-2). LP-Parr (5-11). SO-BB: Reese 2-0; Parr 4-3. HR-Jamie Bee (A). Back to top 4/22/2009 Women's lax clinches top seed with 13-8 win over Messiah ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 13, Messiah 8 Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) scored four goals and added an assist and senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) finished with a season-high 17 saves for the 17th-ranked Blue Jays (14-2 overall, 10-0 Commonwealth), who earned their 11th straight win and set a program single-season record with their 14th victory of the season. Six different Elizabethtown players scored goals as part of a 6-1 run that turned a 3-3 tie into a 9-4 Blue Jay lead at halftime. The Falcons (11-4 overall, 9-1 MAC) scored three times in 40 seconds in the second half to trim a 13-5 deficit to 13-8 with 8:20 to play, but were held off the scoreboard the rest of the way. Junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) added three goals for the Blue Jays, senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) finished with two goals and an assist, and juniors Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) and Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School), sophomore Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) and first-year student Katie Scheurich (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) added single goals. Deb Tam was the lone player to score more than one goal for the Falcons, as she netted a pair of goals. Rachel Dirksen added a goal and two assists while Rachel Coyle and Megan Boventi each had a goal and an assist. Foley scored twice in the first two minutes to give the Blue Jays an early 2-0 lead, then Tam and Kozak exchanged goals to leave Elizabethtown with a 3-1 lead after four minutes. Boventi and Jackie Dando then scored goals to tie the game at 3-3 with 21:29 left in the first half. From there, the Blue Jays scored four straight goals as Caprinolo, Kozak, Kreis and Cullinan struck to give Elizabethtown a 7-3 lead with 11:23 left in the half. Nikki Lawrence broke the run with a goal for Messiah, but Foley and Byrnes scored 18 seconds apart to send Elizabethtown to halftime with a 9-4 lead. The Blue Jays scored the first three goals of the second half to take its largest lead of the day at 12-4, as Elizabethtown's trio of Katies (Caprinolo, Foley and Scheurich) all scored in the first 10 minutes. Jaime Gerhart and Caprinolo exchanged goals in a 44-second span to give the Blue Jays a 13-5 lead with 16:10 to go. Messiah got back in the contest with nine minutes left, as a goal by Dirksen was followed seven seconds later by one from Tam and another from Coyle 33 seconds after that to bring the Falcons with 13-8 with 8:20 to play. Hawkins then came up with a save on a shot by Dirksen just 30 seconds later, and the Blue Jays were able to regain possession and stem the Falcon momentum. Elizabethtown finished with a slight 29-27 edge in shots and held a 22-15 advantage in ground balls. Kreis led the Blue Jays with four ground balls while Foley had a team-high three draw controls, sharing the game lead with Messiah's Tam and Brianne Brennan. Jen Venter finished with six saves in goal for Messiah, making five of her stops in the second half. Hawkins recorded 10 first-half saves and seven in the second half en route to shattering her previous season high of 13 saves. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Messiah College..... 4 4 - 8 Elizabethtown Coll.. 9 4 - 13 Messiah College SCORING: GOALS: Deb Tam 2; Rachel Dirksen 1; Rachel Coyle 1; Megan Bovenzi 1; Jackie Dando 1; Jaime Gerhart 1; Nikki Lawrence 1. ASSISTS: Rachel Dirksen 2; Megan Bovenzi 1; Rachel Coyle 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 4; Katie Caprinolo 3; Kelsea Kozak 2; Megan Byrnes 1; Stephanie Kreis 1; Sarah Cullinan 1; Katie Scheurich 1. ASSISTS: Megan Byrnes 1; Katie Foley 1; Anna Ford 1; Kelsea Kozak 1. SHOTS - MESS 27; ETOWN 29. GOALIES - MESS: Jen Venter (6 saves); ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (17 saves). Back to top 4/21/2009 Golf takes fifth at Messiah Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown Places Fifth at Messiah Invitational HARRISBURG, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College golf team finished fifth out of 16 teams at the Messiah College Falcon Classic at Blue Ridge Country Club on Tuesday afternoon, shooting 329 as a team.Playing on the course that will be hosting the Commonwealth Conference championships on Sunday and Monday, Elizabethtown finished second among the six conference teams that competed at the tournament, placing only behind the host Falcons who finished third overall at 323. Senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) tied for fourth overall in the individual standings with a round of 78, followed by junior Kurt Amen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) in a tie for 15th place at 82 and sophomore Nick Iacono (Hockessin, DE/Sanford School) with an 84 that placed him in a tie for 28th place. Franklin & Marshall College won the team title with a score of 312, ten shots ahead of runner-up Marymount University (322). The Diplomats' Cameron Warner was the medalist as he shot a one-over-par 73. At Blue Ridge Country Club, Harrisburg, Pa. Team Scores: 1. Franklin & Marshall 312; 2. Marymount 322; 3. Messiah 323; 4. Manhattanville 326; 5. Elizabethtown 329; 6. Lebanon Valley 331; 7. Albright 334; 8. York Technical Institute 339; 9. Widener 349; 10. Stevenson 350; 11. Eastern 355; 12. Delaware Valley 359; 13. DeSales 363; 14. Alvernia and Lycoming 364; 16. Ursinus 370. Individual winner: Cameron Warner (F&M), 73. t4. Mike Wagner, 78 t15. Kurt Amen, 82 t28. Nick Iacono, 84 t32. Geoff Quinque, 85 t64. Dan Senkler, 91 Individuals t32. Dan Bolstein, 85 t39. John Krajsa, 86 Back to top 4/21/2009 Women's lacrosse tied for 17th in IWLCA poll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Tied for 17th in IWLCA Division III Top 20 PollELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- The Elizabethtown College women's lacrosse team has climbed two spots into a tie for 17th in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III poll, through games of April 19. The Blue Jays (13-2 overall, 9-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) posted wins over Lycoming College (20-10) and King's College (21-0) to extend their program-record winning streak to 10 consecutive games. Elizabethtown is tied with Williams College (8-4) in the rankings. Salisbury University remains atop the IWLCA Division III poll, followed by Franklin & Marshall College, Colby College, Gettysburg College and The College of New Jersey. Elizabethtown will host Messiah College on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. on Wolf Field, with the winner earning the top seed in next week's MAC playoffs. Back to top 4/21/2009 Track and field teams to compete at Penn Relays FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 Blue Jays to Compete at Penn Relays ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College will send 11 members of its men's and women's track and field teams to the 115th Penn Relay Carnival, to be held Thursday through Saturday at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The Blue Jays are entered in five of the 322 events to be held at the Penn Relays, which has been held annually since 1895 and draws 22,000 athletes from 60 countries as well as over 100,000 fans to the three-day competition. On Thursday, the women's 4x400 meter relay team of senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest), first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis), junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) will run in the Centennial/MAC Relay beginning at 6:45 p.m. The Blue Jays won the event three straight years from 2004 to 2006, including a race and school-record time of 3:57.64 in 2006. Also on Thursday, senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) will compete in the College Women's 5000-meter Championship beginning at 8:40 p.m., and senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) is slated to run in the College Women's 10,000-meter Championship at 10:15 p.m. Kulp is currently ranked ninth in NCAA Division III in the 5,000 meters with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 17:19.16 set on March 27 at the VMI-W&L Carnival. Daws is ranked 17th in the 10,000 meters in Division III with a time of 37:24.56, set April 10 at the Bucknell Bison Classic. 2008 Elizabethtown All-American Erin Fisher ran in the 10,000 meter race last season and finished 10th out of 27 runners with a time of 36:03.08, breaking her personal record by 40 seconds. On Friday, the men's 4x400 meter relay quartet of junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York), senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower), first-year student Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) and junior Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) will run in the Pop Haddleton MAC Relay at 5:30 p.m. Later, at 6:45 p.m., the team of first-year student Pat Doughty (Macungie, PA/Emmaus), Rulander, Allport and Grimm will be in action in the College Sprint Medley Championship. Last year, the 4x400-meter relay team finished second with a time of 3:17.91, less than a second behind race winner Gettysburg College (3:17.21), after winning the event in 2007. Back to top 4/21/2009 Softball sweeps key doubleheader at Lycoming ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Elizabethtown 8, Lycoming 0 Click here for the game 2 box score WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- For the second time this season, Elizabethtown College posted shutout wins in both ends of a doubleheader, defeating Lycoming College 8-0 and 3-0 in Commonwealth Conference softball action on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Kelsea Corrado (La Plata, MD/La Plata) hit a grand slam in game one and first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) threw a three-hitter, while first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) fired a six-hitter in game two to finish off the sweep. The Blue Jays (11-21 overall, 4-4 Commonwealth) previously swept Franklin & Marshall College by scores of 5-0 and 1-0 on April 2. Each of Elizabethtown's last 11 doubleheaders have been swept by either the Blue Jays or their opponents. In the opener, the Blue Jays broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the top of the fifth inning on RBI doubles by senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley) and junior Paige Tanner ( In the seventh, junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) walked with the bases loaded to give the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead, and Corrado followed with her first home run of the season to double the score. Sebastian (6-11) allowed three hits and no walks while striking out three in her 14th complete game and second shutout in 16 starts. Hoover and Tanner each went 2-for-3 with an RBI as all nine starters in the Elizabethtown lineup had at least one hit. Jessica Nabholz (4-8) took the loss for the Warriors, allowing 11 hits and eight earned runs while issuing five walks over seven innings. In game two, the Blue Jays scored single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings while Parr (5-10) fired her second shutout of the season and struck out five. A sacrifice fly by Tanner in the third inning gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead, and in the fourth a fielder's choice with the bases loaded extended the Elizabethtown lead to 2-0. An RBI single off the bat of senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township) in the fifth pushed the Blue Jays ahead 3-0, and the Blue Jay defense preserved the shutout by cutting down a Warrior runner at the plate for the first out of the seventh inning. Shauna Starr (4-11) struck out six and allowed seven hits in taking the loss for Lycoming (10-20 overall, 2-8 Commonwealth). Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Lycoming College 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 030 5 - 8 11 1(10-21) Lycoming College.... 000 000 0 - 0 3 0 (10-19) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover; Jessica Nabholz and Madalyn Smith. WP-Sebastian (6-11). LP-Nabholz (4-8). SO-BB: Sebastian 3-0; Nabholz 1-5. HR-Kelsea Corrado (E). Elizabethtown Coll. 3, Lycoming College 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 110 0 - 3 7 0 (11-21) Lycoming College.... 000 000 0 - 0 6 2 (10-20) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover; Shauna Starr and Madalyn Smith. WP-Parr (5-10). LP-Starr (4-11). SO-BB: Parr 5-0; Starr 6-2. Back to top 4/20/2009 Jeff Kirkhoff named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 20, 2009 Jeff Kirkhoff Named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week in men's tennis for the week ending April 19, the conference office has announced. Kirkhoff won four matches in four days at number-three singles as the Blue Jays clinched the top seed in next weekend's Commonwealth Conference team tournament. His three-set victory at Messiah College on Saturday gave the Blue Jays a 5-4 win and first place in the conference. In addition to his four singles wins, Kirkhoff teamed with sophomore Brian Osborn for three doubles victories and junior Brok Walker for one doubles win. For the season, Kirkhoff has a 9-4 overall record and is 8-3 in dual matches in both singles and doubles for the Blue Jays (10-2 overall, 5-0 Commonwealth), who host Juniata College on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Back to top 4/20/2009 Adam Hartzell named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 20, 2009 Adam Hartzell Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College junior righthander Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball for the week ending April 19, the conference office announced Monday. Hartzell, who was also named Pitcher of the Week for the week ending March 15, allowed one run in 13 innings of work to pick up a pair of road victories last week. He gave up four hits and struck out four in six innings of work in a 6-2 win at Alvernia on Monday, then threw a two-hit shutout and struck out seven to defeat Widener 4-0 on Saturday. For the season, Hartzell (6-2) leads the Commonwealth Conference with a 1.47 earned run average and has pitched six complete games in seven starts. In 55 innings of work, he has struck out 49 and walked just seven while allowing just 31 hits and holding opponents to a .162 batting average. Back to top 4/20/2009 Golf ties for second at Glenmaura National ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown Ties for Second at Glenmaura National Invitational MOOSIC, Pa. --- Heavy rain forced the cancellation of the second day of the Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational golf tournament on Monday, leaving Elizabethtown College in a tie for second place out of 12 teams in the final standings.The Blue Jays shot 310 in Sunday's opening round, tied with McDaniel College and two strokes behind York College (308). Sophomore Nick Iacono (Hockessin, DE/Sanford School) was the Blue Jays' top finisher as he tied for fourth place with a season-best round of 75. Senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) and junior Kurt Amen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) tied for 12th place overall by shooting 77. Mitch Mercer of Susquehanna University shot one-under-par 70 to win the individual title by four shots over Alex Campbell of McDaniel and Andrew Schmehl of York. At Glenmaura National Golf Club, Moosic, Pa. Tournament shortened to 18 holes by rain Team Scores: 1. York 308; 2. McDaniel and Elizabethtown 310; 4. Scranton 313; 5. Moravian, Muhlenberg and Susquehanna 314; 8. Franklin & Marshall 316; 9. King's 325; 10. Swarthmore 329; 11. Gettysburg 331; 12. Lebanon Valley 336. Individual winner: Mitch Mercer (Susquehanna), 70. Elizabethtown Results: Back to top 4/19/2009 Women's tennis blanks Misericordia 9-0 for sixth straight win ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 9, Misericordia 0 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Host Elizabethtown College defeated Misericordia University 9-0 in non-conference women's tennis action on Sunday afternoon, the sixth straight victory for the Blue Jays (9-3 overall).In singles, junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) won 6-2, 6-2 at flight one over Abby Searfoss, junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) defeated Maura Haupt 4-6, 6-2, (10-8) at flight two, and sophomore Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) posted a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Courtney Otto at flight three. At flight four, first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) was a 7-5, 6-3 winner over Lauren Veret, sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) downed Ellyn Wingert at flight five by a 6-2, 6-1 score and sophomore Katelyn Roderick (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) defeated Jennifer Spott 6-3, 6-0 at flight six. In doubles, Swarr and Russell won 8-2 over Haupt and Otto at flight one to improve to 12-0 in dual matches this season, Fisher and senior Erika Belletti (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) defeated Searfoss and Veret 8-3 at flight two, and Poulle and Heydt won 8-5 at flight three over Wingert and Spott. Elizabethtown College 9, Misericordia University 0 Singles competition 1. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) def. Abby Searfoss (MU) 6-2, 6-2 2. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Maura Haupt (MU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8) 3. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Courtney Otto (MU) 6-1, 7-5 4. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) def. Lauren Veret (MU) 7-5, 6-3 5. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Ellyn Wingert (MU) 6-2, 6-1 6. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) def. Jennifer Spott (MU) 6-3, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Maura Haupt/Courtney Otto (MU) 8-2 2. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) def. Abby Searfoss/Lauren Veret (MU) 8-3 3. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Ellyn Wingert/Jennifer Spott (MU) 8-5 Back to top 4/19/2009 Men's tennis wins sixth straight match, 9-0 over Misericordia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 9, Misericordia 0 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Despite playing its fourth match in as many days, Elizabethtown College picked up an easy 9-0 victory over Misericordia University in non-conference men's tennis action on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays (10-2 overall) dropped just one set in singles against the Cougars (4-6 overall) for their sixth straight victory, the team's longest win streak since winning their final 10 matches of the 2005 season. In singles action, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) defeated Fred Hockenbury 6-0, 6-2 at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) won 6-0, 6-1 at flight two against Frank Nutt, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) posted a 6-0, 6-1 win against Nate Powers at flight three. At flight four, sophomore Bryan Metz
(Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) came away with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Brett Ford, first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) needed a third-set super tiebreaker to claim a 6-2, 2-6, (10-7) victory against Matt Hopkins at flight five, and first-year student Matt Freedman (White Plains, NY/White Plains) won 6-1, 6-3 at flight six against Justin Muthler. In doubles action, Arrea and Metz won 8-2 over Nutt and Ford at flight one, Walker and van den Ende defeated Powers and Hockenbury 8-4 at flight two, and Kirkhoff teamed with sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) for an 8-2 win at flight three over Hopkins and Muthler. Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Fred Hockenbury (MU) 6-0, 6-2 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Frank Nutt (MU) 6-0, 6-1 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Nate Powers (MU) 6-0, 6-1 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Brett Ford (MU) 6-0, 7-5 5. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Matt Hopkins (MU) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7) 6. Matt Freedman (ETOWN) def. Justin Muthler (MU) 6-1, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Frank Nutt/Brett Ford (MU) 8-2 2. Brok Walker/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Nate Powers/Fred Hockenbury (MU) 8-4 3. Jeff Kirkhoff/Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Matt Hopkins/Justin Muthler (MU) 8-2 Back to top 4/18/2009 Daws, Kulp compete at Larry Ellis Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Larry Ellis Invitational PRINCETON, N.J. - Elizabethtown College seniors Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) and Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) competed at the Larry Ellis Invitational on the campus of Princeton University on Friday night.Daws, an NCAA Division III provisional qualifier in the 10,000 meters, became the fourth Blue Jay runner to break 18 minutes in the 5,000 meters as she finished 20th with a time of 17:55.31, joining All-American Melissa St. Clair (17:14.79 in 2005), Kulp (17:19.16 on March 28 at VMI) and Erin Fisher (17:20.60). Kulp ran in the 1500 meters and finished with a time of 4:47.54 in a field comprised primarily of Division I runners. Back to top 4/18/2009 Dylan Rulander earns NCAA provisional mark in 800 meters ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Larry Ellis Invitational PRINCETON, N.J. - Elizabethtown College senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 800 meters with his performance at the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton University on Friday night.Rulander finished eighth in a field of 55 competitors with a time of 1:51.33, the fourth-best mark of the season to date in Division III and just shy of the automatic qualifying time of 1:51.10. He now ranks third on the Elizabethtown all-time performance list behind Tyson Evensen (1:50.66 in 2006) and Drew Graybeal (1:50.99 in 2008) and ahead of Patrick Donovan (1:52.44 in 2005) and Greg Wetzel (1:55.83 in 2004). Senior James Munnelly (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East) also competed in the 800 meters and finished with a season-best time of 1:58.92. Back to top 4/18/2009 Women's track battles at Widener Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Widener Invitational CHESTER, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's women's track and field team continued its schedule at the Widener University Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) finished sixth in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:53.54, and was seventh in the 800 meters in 2:21.31. Sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) finished 11th in the 5000 meters with a time of 19:00.35.Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) moved into the top 10 on the school's all-time performance list in the 200 meters (27.45, eighth) and 400 meters (1:01.28, fifth). She also competed in the triple jump and finished tied for sixth with a leap of 10.45 meters (34 feet, 3 1/2 inches). Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) took ninth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.00 seconds, and ran anchor in the 4x100 meters with Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) and junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) which finished fourth in 51.95 seconds and moved into sixth on the school's all-time performance list. The 4x400-meter relay team of first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis), VanDenHengel, first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) and Gold finished fifth with a time of 4:18.85. In throws, first-year student Crystal Connelly (Lower Waterford, VT/St. Johnsbury Academy) finished sixth in the hammer throw (94 feet, 1 inch) and eighth in the discus (102 feet, 11 inches) while sophomore Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) was sixth in the discus at 106 feet, 7 inches. Widener Invitational at Chester, Pa. Top Elizabethtown College finishers 800 - 7. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:21.31 1500 - 6. Megan VanDenHengel, 4:53.54 5000 - 11. Kristen O'Brien, 19:00.35 100 hurdles - 9. Allie Gold, 16.00 4x100 - 4. Elizabethtown (Miles, Williamson, Frawley, Gold), 51.95 4x400 - 5. Elizabethtown (Howser, VanDenHengel, Patrick, Gold), 4:18.85 TJ - t6. Chelsea Miles, 34-3 1/2 Discus - 6. Sarah DeGeorge, 106-7; 8. Crystal Connelly, 102-11 Hammer - 6. Crystal Connelly, 94-1; 7. Sarah DeGeorge, 80-2 Back to top 4/18/2009 Men's track in action at Widener Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Widener Invitational CHESTER, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's men's track and field team continued its schedule at the Widener University Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Junior Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) broke his own school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 40.52 meters (132 feet, 11 inches), finishing second in the event and bettering his own record of 132 feet, 3 inches set at Messiah on April 10, 2008. First-year student Zach Johnson (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) posted a mark of 12.46 meters (40 feet, 10 1/2 inches) in the shot put to move into second place on the program's all-time performance list, while in the javelin junior Mike Torre (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) finished seventh at 53.70 meters (176 feet, 2 inches) and senior Phil Alder (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) took 10th at 51.06 meters (167 feet, 6 inches). In the pole vault, senior Jason Yurchak (Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Regional) cleared 3.96 meters (12 feet, 11 3/4 inches) to finish in a tie for fifth, and Alder finished seventh at 3.81 meters (12 feet, 6 inches) and moved into a tie for sixth on the school's all-time performance list. On the track, junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) took 10th in both the 100 meters (11.17 seconds) and the 200 meters (22.33 seconds), moving into sixth on the school's all-time performance list in the 100 meters and fourth in the 200 meters. First-year student Pat Doughty (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) climbed into 10th place on the school's all-time performance list in the 200 meters (23.17 seconds) while first-year student Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) moved into seventh on the 400 meters list as he finished sixth in the event with a time of 50.68 seconds. In the 1500 meters, first-year student Eric Reichert (Hershey, PA/Hershey) came in fourth with a time of 3:58.99, good enough for eighth place on the program's all-time performance list. The 4x100-meter relay team of Doughty, Eaton, junior Mike Mauger (Pottstown, PA/The Hill School) and senior Jason Mastroianni (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) finished third in a time of 43.39 seconds, moving the quartet into eighth on the career performance list. at Chester, Pa. Top Elizabethtown College finishers 100 - 10. Wyatt Eaton, 11.17 200 - 10. Wyatt Eaton, 22.33 400 - 6. Brian Allport, 50.68 1500 - 4. Eric Reichert, 3:58.99 4x100 - 3. Elizabethtown (Doughty/Mastroianni/Mauger/Eaton), 43.39 PV - t5. Jason Yurchak, 12-11 3/4; t7. Phil Alder, 12-6 Javelin - 7. Mike Torre, 176-2; 10. Phil Alder, 167-6 Hammer - 2. Tim Katzaman, 132-11 (school record); 8. Dan Obold, 96-10 Back to top 4/18/2009 Men's tennis edges Messiah 5-4 to earn top seed ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 5, Messiah 4 The Blue Jays (9-2 overall, 5-0 Commonwealth) earned their fifth straight victory in a tightly-fought match with the Falcons (8-7 overall, 4-1 Commonwealth) that saw four of the six singles contests go to three sets. Singles victories for the Blue Jays came from junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) at flight two by a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) score over Sam Shorts, senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) at flight three over Luke Ruch by a score of 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 and at flight four from sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) who defeated Mike Elliot 6-1, 6-2. In doubles, Walker and Metz picked up an 8-0 win over Ruch and Elliot at flight two, and Kirkhoff teamed with sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) for an 8-2 victory over Andrew Wismer and Adam Sheir at flight three. With the win, Elizabethtown will be the top seed in the Commonwealth Conference team playoffs to be played next Saturday and Sunday at the Hempfield Sports Complex. Elizabethtown College 5, Messiah College 4 Singles competition 1. Jansen Hein (MESS) def. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Sam Shorts (MESS) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Luke Ruch (MESS) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Mike Elliot (MESS) 6-1, 6-2 5. Andrew Wismer (MESS) def. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) 0-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 6. Adam Sheir (MESS) def. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. Jansen Hein/Sam Shorts (MESS) def. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) 8-1 2. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Luke Ruch/Mike Elliot (MESS) 8-0 3. Jeff Kirkhoff/Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Andrew Wismer/Adam Sheir (MESS) 8-2 Back to top 4/18/2009 Baseball sweeps doubleheader at Widener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, April 18, 2009 Elizabethtown 4, Widener 0 Click here for the game 2 box score CHESTER, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept a Commonwealth Conference baseball doubleheader at Widener University on Saturday, winning 4-0 in the opener behind a two-hitter from junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and taking game two 8-5 as junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) went 3-for-4 with a home run. With the sweep, the Blue Jays (21-10 overall, 10-2 Commonwealth) moved one game ahead of Lebanon Valley College (9-3) for first place in the conference standings. The teams finish the regular season with three games next weekend - a single game at Elizabethtown on Friday and a doubleheader in Annville on Saturday. In game one, Hartzell (6-2) was dominant as he allowed just two hits and struck out seven to lower his earned run average to a conference-best 1.47. Hartzell has thrown six complete games in his seven starts, allowing no more than two runs in any of his starts, and in 55 innings of work has allowed just 31 hits and seven walks while striking out 49 batters. Hartzell received early support as the Blue Jays scored twice in the first inning and single runs in the second and sixth, finishing with nine hits despite striking out 10 times against Pride starter Dan Gross (2-4). Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the opener for the Blue Jays, while senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and Kiernan each finished 2-for-4 with an RBI. Heaps' first hit of the day was the 100th of his career. Elizabethtown scored twice in the first inning on RBI singles by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) and Kiernan, and extended its lead to 3-0 in the second as senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) walked, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a balk by Gross. The Blue Jays closed the scoring in the sixth as Francis doubled with two outs and scored on a single by Heaps. In game two, the Blue Jays scored single runs in the second through fifth innings then plated four in the sixth to take an 8-2 lead, only to see the Pride (16-14-1 overall, 6-6 Commonwealth) score once in the sixth and twice in the seventh before leaving the bases loaded to end the game. Kiernan hit a solo home run in the second and added an RBI single in the fifth to lead the Blue Jay attack, while sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) went 2-for-3 and junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) finished 2-for-4 in the contest. Dennis Morgan went 3-for-4 with a home run for the Pride in the nightcap, with Sean Saverio finishing 2-for-2 with an RBI and Josiah Fischer going 2-for-4. Widener took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI single by Saverio off Elizabethtown junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford), but the Blue Jays tied the game at 1-1 in the second as Kiernan led off with a home run. Sheibley single-handedly gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead in the third as he walked, stole second and third, then stole home as part of a double steal with Gordon. Sheibley's three stolen bases in the inning increased his career total to 78, breaking the program career record of 76 set by Mike Gore from 1985-88. Sheibley also boosted his season total to 34, just four shy of the program single-season record of 38 set in 1983 by Charlie Artz. Morgan knotted the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the third with a two-out home run, but the Blue Jays went back on top 3-2 in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Francis. Kiernan's RBI single in the fifth pushed the Elizabethtown lead to 4-2, and in the sixth the Blue Jays struck for four runs on RBI singles by Francis, Gordon and Heaps and a sacrifice fly by Semanek. Widener pushed home a run in the bottom of the sixth on a fielder's choice to move within 8-3, and in the ninth pulled within 8-4 as two walks and a single set up a bases-loaded walk to Bill Hollingsworth with one out. First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) came on and recorded a strikeout, but then allowed a single to Morgan to cut the Blue Jay lead to 8-5. However, Leister retired Tom Mahoney on a fly ball to Sheibley in left to end the game and earn his first save. Vinagro (5-1) allowed seven hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out six over six innings to pick up the win for Elizabethtown, while Mike Pappas (3-2) surrendered four hits and four walks in three innings to take the loss for Widener. Elizabethtown Coll. 4, Widener University 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 210 001 0 - 4 9 0 (20-10, 9-2) Widener University.. 000 000 0 - 0 2 1 (16-13-1, 6-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek; Dan Gross and Sean Saverio. WP-Hartzell (6-2). LP-Gross (2-4). SO-BB: Hartzell 7-2; Gross 10-3. Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Widener University 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 011 114 0 - 8 10 2 (21-10, 10-2) Widener University.. 110 001 2 - 5 9 0 (16-14-1, 6-6) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Anthony Heaps (7), Todd Leister (7) and Tom Semanek; Mike Pappas, Joe Sessa (4), Kevin Culbert (6) and Sean Saverio. WP-Vinagro (5-1). LP-Pappas (3-2). SV-Leister (1). SO-BB: Vinagro 6-2, A. Heaps 1-3, Leister 1-0; Pappas 2-4, Sessa 1-2, Culbert 0-0. HR-Brian Kiernan (E), Dennis Morgan (W). Back to top 4/18/2009 Men's lacrosse routs Alvernia, 20-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 20, Alvernia 3 Weber equaled the record of nine points he set on March 10, 2007 against Misericordia University, which was matched by Frankie Puzzangara against DeSales on April 28, 2007. It was the fourth time in his career that Weber has scored five or more goals in a game, while his four assists were one shy of a career high set twice. The Blue Jays (9-3 overall, 5-3 MAC) dominated the Crusaders (2-10 overall, 0-8 MAC) with a 51-16 edge in shots, a 54-27 advantage in ground balls and a 23-4 margin in faceoffs. Sophomore Brent Campbell (Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joseph) won 17-of-18 faceoffs for the Blue Jays and collected a career-high 13 ground balls, while junior Nick Andrews (Cockeysville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) finished with five caused turnovers. Joining Weber on the scoreboard for the Blue Jays were sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) with three goals and an assist, senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) with three goals and first-year student Drew Stitt (Easton, PA/Moravian Academy) with a pair of goals. Junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) finished with a goal and two assists for Elizabethtown, and first-year student Ben Erdman (Herndon, PA/Susquehannock) had a goal and an assist. Scoring one goal apiece for the Blue Jays were junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan), sophomores Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) and Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey) and first-year students Sean O'Neil (Philadelphia, PA/Bishop Shanahan) and Evan Cobb (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville). Chris Baker led Alvernia with a goal and an assist, with Michael Terris and Benjamin Stidham adding goals as well for the Crusaders, who trailed 8-0 after one quarter, 12-1 at halftime and 18-2 after three quarters. First-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) made his first career start in goal for the Blue Jays and earned the win after allowing one goal in 32 minutes while making four saves. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) played the final 13 minutes of the third quarter and made one save, and senior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) played the fourth quarter and made two stops. Kevin Shupp made 17 saves for the Crusaders, and Eric Jones added two saves during a third-quarter stint between the pipes. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 8 4 6 2 - 20 Alvernia University. 0 1 1 1 - 3 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 5; Greg Kenneally 3; Ryan McCafferty 3; Drew Stitt 2; Keith Staulters 1; Ben Erdman 1; Evan Cobb 1; Jon Day 1; Sean O'Neil 1; Shawn Corcoran 1; Brian Schaaf 1. ASSISTS: Aaron Weber 4; Keith Staulters 2; Josh Dougherty 1; Ben Erdman 1; Greg Kenneally 1; Derek Neiheiser 1. Alvernia University SCORING: GOALS: Chris Baker 1; Benjamin Stidham 1; Michael Terris 1. ASSISTS: Chris Baker 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 51; ALV 16. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 2-4; ALV 1-2. FACEOFFS - ETOWN 23-27; ALV 4-27. GOALIES - ETOWN: Brendan Corcoran (4 saves), Hunter Malick (1 save), Austin Hayes (2 saves); ALV: Kevin Shupp (17 saves), Eric Jones (2 saves). Back to top 4/18/2009 Women's lacrosse shuts out King's, 21-0 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 21, King's 0 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College received goals from 12 different players to defeat King's College 21-0 in Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Wolf Field. Back to top 4/18/2009 Men's tennis wins 6-3 at Stevenson ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 6, Stevenson 3 The Blue Jays (8-2 overall) claimed victories in the first four singles flights and won the top two doubles pro sets to pick up the win over the Mustangs (5-7 overall). In singles, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) defeated Ted Cooke 6-1, 6-1 at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) was a 6-0, 6-0 winner at flight two over Ryan Morse, senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) won 6-3, 6-0 at flight three against Korey Garner, and sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) won at flight four by a 6-2, 6-2 score over Kevin Stamm. In doubles, Arrea and Metz won 8-3 over Morse and Stamm at flight one, and Walker and Kirkhoff defeated Cooke and Garner 8-5 at flight two. Elizabethtown College 6, Stevenson University 3 Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Ted Cooke (STE) 6-1, 6-1 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Ryan Morse (STE) 6-0, 6-0 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Korey Garner (STE) 6-3, 6-0 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Kevin Stamm (STE) 6-2, 6-2 5. Ben Petasky (STE) def. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-4 6. Randy Speck (STE) def. Shawn Cotton (ETOWN) 6-4, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Ryan Morse/Kevin Stamm (STE) 8-3 2. Brok Walker/Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Ted Cooke/Korey Garner (STE) 8-5 3. Ben Petasky/Randy Speck (STE) def. Brian Osborn/Austin Plantz (ETOWN) 8-5 Back to top 4/17/2009 Baseball opens Widener series with 5-1 setback ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, April 17, 2009 Widener 5, Elizabethtown 1 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Widener University broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth inning and went on to post a 5-1 victory over Elizabethtown College in the opening game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Friday afternoon. The Pride (16-12-1 overall, 6-4 Commonwealth) scored all of its runs with two outs, overcoming a 1-0 deficit with a run in the seventh, two in the eighth and two more in the ninth to come away with the win over the Blue Jays (19-10 overall, 8-2 Commonwealth). Jason Ferrie (4-0) scattered four hits and one run while striking out seven to earn the win for Widener. Rick Kazigian whiffed three over the final two innings to earn his second save of the season for the Pride. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and his 30th stolen base of the season for the Blue Jays, who managed just four hits on the afternoon. Jason Brooke and Mike Villari each went 2-for-5 for the Pride while Tom Mahoney went 2-for-4 with an RBI, accounting for six of Widener's seven hits on the afternoon. Trailing 1-0 entering the seventh, Widener tied the game as Villari singled with one out, moved to second on a bunt and came home on a single to center by Mahoney. The Pride went ahead 3-1 in the top of the eighth off Blue Jay reliever Dan Lauletta (1-1) on a pair of two-out RBI singles by Bill Hollingsworth and Villari. In the ninth, Brooke hit a two-run double to left-center to give Widener a 5-1 lead. The Blue Jays broke through for the game's first run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, as senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) reached on an infield single and scored on a double to left-center by Sheibley. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) started on the mound for the Blue Jays and worked seven innings, allowing four hits and one earned run while striking out six. With his seven innings pitched, Heaps became the Elizabethtown career leader in innings pitched with 244 2/3, surpassing the 243 2/3 innings worked by Gene Maderness from 1961 to 1964. Widener University 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Widener University.. 000 000 122 - 5 7 1 Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 000 - 1 4 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Ferrie, Rick Kazigian (8) and Sean Saverio; Sam Heaps, Dan Lauletta (8), Kurt Smith (8), Todd Leister (9) and Tom Semanek. WP-Ferrie (4-0). LP-Lauletta (1-1). SV-Kazigian (2). SO-BB: Ferrie 7-1, Kazigian 3-1; S. Heaps 6-3, Lauletta 0-1, Smith 1-2, Leister 1-0. Back to top 4/16/2009 Men's tennis defeats Lycoming, 7-2 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 7, Lycoming 2 The Blue Jays (7-2 overall, 4-0 Commonwealth) won five of six singles matches and took two out of three in doubles against the Warriors (1-5 overall, 0-3 Commonwealth) to pick up the win, setting up a showdown for the top seed in the conference playoffs on Saturday at Messiah College. In singles action, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) defeated Robert Brown 6-2, 7-5 at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) won 6-1, 6-0 over Alex Beattie at flight two, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) was a 6-1, 4-6, (10-5) winner at flight three against Christian Roesel. At flight four, sophomore Bryan Metz
(Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) won 6-0, 6-1 against Phil Shannon, and first-year student Matt Freedman (White Plains, NY/White Plains) earned a 6-1, 6-0 victory at flight six over Jake McDonough. In doubles, Walker and Metz defeated Roesel and McDonough 8-2 at flight two, and Kirkhoff teamed with sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) to win 8-1 at flight three over Shannon and John Stutzman. Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Robert Brown (LYCO) 6-2, 7-5 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Alexander Beattie (LYCO) 6-1, 6-0 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Christian Roesel (LYCO) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5) 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Phillip Shannon (LYCO) 6-0, 6-1 5. John Stutzman (LYCO) def. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6) 6. Matt Freedman (ETOWN) def. John McDonough (LYCO) 6-1, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. Robert Brown/Alexander Beattie (LYCO) def. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan vanden Ende (ETOWN) 8-6 2. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Christian Roesel/John McDonough (LYCO) 8-2 3. Jeff Kirkhoff/Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Phillip Shannon/John Stutzman (LYCO) 8-1 Back to top 4/16/2009 Softball returns to action at DeSales ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL DeSales 10, Elizabethtown 2 (6 innings) Click here for the game 2 box score CENTER VALLEY, Pa. --- DeSales University swept a non-conference softball doubleheader from Elizabethtown College on Thursday afternoon, winning 10-2 in six innings in the opener and taking game two by a 9-0 score in five innings. In game one, the Blue Jays jumped to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) hit her third home run of the season, a two-run shot with two outs. DeSales fought back with four runs in the bottom of the third, one in the fourth and five in the sixth to end the game via eight-run rule. Amanda Kensecki and Kate Steiner each went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in and two runs scored for the Bulldogs, with Steiner hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to end the game. Katie Morrissey (11-4) allowed four hits and two earned runs while striking out seven to get the win in game one for DeSales, while Sebastian (5-11) gave up 12 hits and just two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings for Elizabethtown. In game two, the Bulldogs (20-10 overall) took advantage of three errors by the Blue Jays (9-21 overall) in the bottom of the first inning to score seven runs, and added single runs in the second and fourth. Kensecki went 3-for-3 with two doubles for DeSales as part of a 12-hit attack, while Jamie Pfitzenmayer and winning pitcher Jen Lococo each went 2-for-3 with a run scored. Juniors Paige Tanner ( Lococo (8-4) fanned six and did not issue a walk in the win for the Bulldogs, while first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) allowed five earned runs and struck out one but fell to 4-10 on the year. DeSales University 10, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 200 000 - 2 4 3 (9-20) DeSales University.. 004 015 - 10 12 1 (19-10) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie Sebastian and Sheri Hihn; Katie Morrissey and Kristin Schultz. WP-Morrissey (11-4). LP-Sebastian (5-11). SO-BB: Sebastian 0-1; Morrissey 7-1. HR-Julie Sebastian (E), Kate Steiner (D). DeSales University 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 00 - 0 2 3 (9-21) DeSales University.. 710 1x - 9 12 0 (20-10) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn; Jen Lococo and Kristin Schultz. WP-Lococo (8-4). LP-Parr (4-10). SO-BB: Parr 1-0; Lococo 6-0. Back to top 4/15/2009 Women's lacrosse remains unbeaten in MAC with 20-10 win over Lycoming ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 20, Lycoming 10 WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College remained atop the Middle Atlantic Conference standings with a 20-10 victory at Lycoming College in women's lacrosse action on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) led all players with six goals and an assist while senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) added three goals and three assists and first-year student Katie Scheurich (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) scored three times for the 19th-ranked Blue Jays (12-2 overall, 8-0 MAC), who extended their school-record winning streak to nine games. Senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) scored a goal and handed out four assists to become the first player in program history to record 100 career assists, finishing the game at 103. Justine Titko and Sammi Jo Bell led the Warriors (6-7 overall, 4-3 MAC) with two goals and an assist each, with Crystal Cody and Megan McIntyre also scoring twice for Lycoming. Junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) and sophomore Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) each recorded two goals and an assist for the Blue Jays, with junior Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) netting a pair of goals and sophomore Meg Cassels (Downingtown, PA/Great Valley) tallying once. The Blue Jays broke an early 1-1 tie as Foley scored twice sandwiched around a goal by Cullinan to give Elizabethtown a 4-1 lead with 19:32 left in the first half. After McIntyre scored to bring Lycoming within 4-2, the Blue Jays scored five straight as Byrnes tallied twice while Ford, Kreis and Scheurich also picked up goals. Elizabethtown led 12-5 at halftime and 13-6 with 27:29 left before scoring the game's next six goals. Cassels opened the run before Foley scored three straight in a span of 4 minutes, 16 seconds. Scheurich and Ford closed out the run to give Elizabethtown a 19-6 lead with 19:08 remaining. Elizabethtown finished with a 42-30 advantage in shots and collected 19 ground balls to 14 by Lycoming. Byrnes led the Blue Jays with three ground balls and three caused turnovers, while Foley had three draw controls. Grace Garguilo led the Warriors with five draw controls and a pair of ground balls. ------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 12 8 - 20 Lycoming College.... 5 5 - 10 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 6; Anna Ford 3; Katie Scheurich 3; Megan Byrnes 2; Sarah Cullinan 2; Stephanie Kreis 2; Kelsea Kozak 1; Meg Cassels 1. ASSISTS: Kelsea Kozak 4; Anna Ford 3; Megan Byrnes 1; Katie Caprinolo 1; Sarah Cullinan 1; Katie Foley 1. Lycoming College SCORING: GOALS: Justine Titko 2; Sammi Jo Bell 2; Megan McIntyre 2; Crystal Cody 2; Grace Garguilo 1; Bri Robertson 1. ASSISTS: Amanda Baker 1; Sammi Jo Bell 1; Christi Karr 1; Justine Titko 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 42; LYCO 30. GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (9 saves), Becca Watkins (1 save); LYCO: Brittany Bryan (14 saves), Libby Stoesz (0 saves). Back to top 4/15/2009 Golf defeats Penn State Harrisburg and SUNY Cobleskill ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown 309, Penn State Harrisburg 319, SUNY Cobleskill 356 Click here for the tournament results HARRISBURG, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College defeated Penn State Harrisburg and SUNY Cobleskill in golf action at Dauphin Highlands on Tuesday afternoon, as the Blue Jays tied their season-best team score with 309 to finish ahead of Penn State Harrisburg (319) and SUNY Cobleskill (356). Junior John Krajsa (Allentown, PA/Emmaus) was the top individual player as he shot 74, followed by junior Kurt Amen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) at 75, first-year student Dan Bolstein (Maple Glen, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) at 76, senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) at 78 and senior Maurice Rapp (Bangor, PA/Bangor) and sophomore Nick Iacono (Hockessin, DE/Sanford School) at 79 apiece. Elizabethtown 309, Penn State Harrisburg 319, SUNY Cobleskill 356 Elizabethtown Results: John Krajsa, 74 (individual) Back to top 4/14/2009 Men's lacrosse sees win streak snapped by Lycoming ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Lycoming 11, Elizabethtown 8 DeNenno scored three goals during a 6-0 run over the final eight minutes of the first half that turned a 4-4 tie into a 10-4 Warrior lead at intermission, and Lycoming (9-4 overall, 7-1 MAC) made the lead stand despite scoring just once in the second half. The Blue Jays (8-3 overall, 4-3 MAC), whose five-game winning streak came to an end, were sparked by junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township), who scored four goals and dished out a pair of assists on the afternoon. Weber scored three times as the Blue Jays pulled within 10-8 with 8:35 to play, but Lycoming's Ethan Payne tallied with 5:17 left to thwart the comeback. Payne finished with three goals and two assists for the Warriors, while Nate Walter had two goals and an assist. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) scored a pair of goals for the Blue Jays, with sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and sophomore Ben Landis (Talmage, PA/Conestoga Valley) added one goal apiece for Elizabethtown. DeNenno opened the scoring with 8:44 left in the first quarter, but the lead lasted just 33 seconds as Landis and Weber scored 15 seconds apart to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. Payne scored a pair of goals for the Warriors before Kenneally and DeNenno alternated goals to leave the Warriors ahead 4-3 after one quarter. McCafferty scored 22 seconds into the second quarter to knot the score at 4-4, but the Warriors had two three-goal outbursts to take a 10-4 lead to halftime. DeNenno scored three goals during the run, while Walter added two and assisted on a goal by Shea Conway. Weber scored the lone goal of the third quarter to pull Elizabethtown within 10-5, then McCafferty cut the deficit to 10-6 with 12:43 left in the fourth quarter. Weber tallied twice in a 41-second span to bring the Blue Jays within 10-8 with 8:35 to go, but Elizabethtown managed just one shot the rest of the way. Lycoming finished with a 39-28 advantage in shots over Elizabethtown and held a 36-30 edge in ground balls. Michael Doherty won 14-of-18 faceoffs for the Warriors and had a team-high eight ground balls, while junior Josh Dougherty (Ocean City, MD/Worcester Academy) led the Blue Jays with five ground balls and four caused turnovers. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) started in goal for the Blue Jays and made seven saves over 28 minutes, with first-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) making five stops over the final 32 minutes. Kyle Gilfoy finished with 11 saves for the Warriors. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Lycoming College.... 4 6 0 1 - 11 Elizabethtown Coll.. 3 1 1 3 - 8 Lycoming College SCORING: GOALS: Rick DeNenno 5; Ethan Payne 3; Nathan Walter 2; Shea Conway 1. ASSISTS: Ethan Payne 2; Edward Williams 2; Shea Conway 1; Steven Henz 1; Nathan Walter 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 4; Ryan McCafferty 2; Greg Kenneally 1; Ben Landis 1. ASSISTS: Aaron Weber 2; Josh Dougherty 1; Keith Staulters 1. SHOTS - LYCO 39; ETOWN 28. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - LYCO 2-5; ETOWN 3-7. FACEOFFS - LYCO 15-20; ETOWN 5-20. GOALIES - LYCO: Kyle Gilfoy (11 saves); ETOWN: Hunter Malick (7 saves), Brendan Corcoran (5 saves). Back to top 4/14/2009 Women's tennis returns to action with 8-1 win at Stevenson ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 8, Stevenson 1 STEVENSON, Md. --- Playing in their first match in nearly three weeks, Elizabethtown College defeated Stevenson University 8-1 in non-conference women's tennis action on Monday afternoon.The Blue Jays (8-3 overall) picked up singles wins from junior Emily Swarr (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central), who defeated Tory Allinson 6-1, 6-1 at flight one, junior Jessica Russell (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) who needed a tiebreaker to defeat Maura Bernstein 6-0, 4-6, (10-3), and sophomore Kelly Fisher (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) who won 6-3, 7-5 over Stephanie Eyler at flight four. At flight five, sophomore Ashton Heydt (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood) was a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Izzy Kaizer, and sophomore Katelyn Roderick (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Erin Hogan at flight six. In doubles, Swarr and Russell improved to 11-0 in dual matches with an 8-2 win at flight one over Allinson and Bernstein, Fisher and senior Erika Belletti (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) won 8-5 at flight two over Eyler and Samm Rasnake, and Heydt and first-year student Sarah Poulle (Wilmington, DE/Cab Calloway School) won 8-1 over Kaizer and Hogan at flight three. Elizabethtown College 8, Stevenson University 1 Singles competition 1. Emily Swarr (ETOWN) def. Tory Allinson (STE) 6-1, 6-1 2. Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Maura Bernstein (STE) 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3) 3. Samm Rasnake (STE) def. Sarah Poulle (ETOWN) 7-5, 7-5 4. Kelly Fisher (ETOWN) def. Stephanie Eyler (STE) 6-3, 7-5 5. Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Izzy Kaizer (STE) 6-0, 6-0 6. Katelyn Roderick (ETOWN) def. Erin Hogan (STE) 6-1, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. Emily Swarr/Jessica Russell (ETOWN) def. Tory Allinson/Maura Bernstein (STE) 8-2 2. Kelly Fisher/Erika Belletti (ETOWN) def. Samm Rasnake/Stephanie Eyler (STE) 8-5 3. Sarah Poulle/Ashton Heydt (ETOWN) def. Izzy Kaizer/Erin Hogan (STE) 8-1 Back to top 4/13/2009 Baseball sweeps twinbill with Alvernia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Monday, April 13, 2009 Elizabethtown 6, Alvernia 2 Click here for the game 2 box score READING, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept a non-conference baseball doubleheader from host Alvernia University on Monday afternoon, winning 6-2 in game one and holding on for a 6-5 victory in eight innings in game two. In the opener, junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) allowed four hits and one run over six innings to improve to 5-2 on the season, while the Blue Jays provided plenty of support by scoring four runs in the third and two more in the sixth. Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 2-for-3 with a run scored and three stolen bases while junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) had a two-run double as part of the Blue Jays' four-run third inning. Hartzell, who lowered his earned run average to 1.69, allowed only a fourth-inning RBI single to Chris Stoudt which pulled the Crusaders within 4-1. Alvernia scored its other run on a two-out double by Eric Domitrovits in the seventh inning. Jeff Helm (1-3) allowed five hits and four runs in five innings of work to take the loss for the Crusaders in game one, while Domitrovits and Stoudt each went 2-for-3 with an RBI. In game two, the Blue Jays (19-9 overall) broke a 3-3 tie with three runs in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI single by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban), an RBI double from junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) and an RBI single by junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts). The Crusaders (17-13 overall) pulled within 6-5 in the bottom of the inning on a two-out, two-run home run by Stoudt, but sophomore Anthony Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) struck out the final batter to secure the victory and improve to 3-0 on the season. Elizabethtown led 3-0 after five innings courtesy of an RBI single by sophomore Andrew Gordon (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) in the second and a sacrifice fly by Kiernan in the fifth along with a run-scoring passed ball. Alvernia pulled within 3-2 in the sixth on a two-run triple by Stoudt and tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Tyler Runkle off Heaps, who came on in relief of Blue Jay starter Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) in the sixth. Semanek went 2-for-5 with two runs scored in game two for Elizabethtown while Kiernan finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) went 2-for-2 with three walks and two runs scored as part of a 10-hit attack. Vinagro tossed 5 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing four hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts. Six pitchers worked for the Crusaders, with Andrew Kirk (1-2) giving up five hits and three runs in two innings to take the loss. Stoudt went 2-for-4 with four runs batted in for Alvernia in game two, which managed seven hits as a team in the contest. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Alvernia University 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 004 002 0 - 6 6 0 (18-9) Alvernia University. 000 100 1 - 2 5 1 (17-12) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Hartzell, Dan Lauletta (7) and Tom Semanek; Jeff Helm, Steve Smerecki (6), Mike Lloyd (7) and Adam Vrabel. WP-Hartzell (5-2). LP-Helm (1-3). SO-BB: Hartzell 4-0, Lauletta 1-1; Helm 1-0, Smerecki 0-2, Lloyd 3-1. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Alvernia University 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 020 03 - 6 10 0 (19-9) Alvernia University. 000 002 12 - 5 7 2 (17-13) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Anthony Heaps (6) and Steve Motika; Zach Grey, Matt Barrett (2), Kyle Schollenberger (4), Mike Lloyd (5), Austin Rohrbach (6), Andrew Kirk (7) and Matt Bruno, Jeff Smith (8). WP-A. Heaps (3-0). LP-Kirk (1-2). SO-BB: Vinagro 4-2, A. Heaps 3-1; Grey 0-0, Barrett 3-3, Schollenberger 0-1, Lloyd 0-3, Rohrbach 1-0, Kirk 0-2. HR-Chris Stoudt (A). Back to top 4/13/2009 Golf team ties for fifth at F&M Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown Ties for Fifth at F&M Bent Creek Invitational Click here for the tournament results LITITZ, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College tied for fifth out of 16 teams at the Bent Creek Invitational, hosted by Franklin & Marshall College on Monday afternoon. The Blue Jays shot 311 as a team to tie with Susquehanna University for fifth place, five shots behind the host Diplomats who won with a score of 306. First-year student Dan Bolstein (Maple Glen, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) tied for fourth in the individual standings with a two-over-par round of 73. Sophomore Dan Senkler (Orlando, FL/Sanford School) finished tied for 21st with sophomore Geoff Quinque (Green Lane, PA/Upper Perkiomen) with a round of 78. Susquehanna's Mitch Mercer won the individual competition with a score of 72, edging out F&M's Andrew Woods and Rob Zimmerer of Wesley via tiebreaker. Bolstein tied for fourth with Erik Thorn of Albright College. At Bent Creek Golf Club Team Scores: 1. Franklin & Marshall 306; 2. Moravian and Wesley, 308; 4. F&M Blue 309; 5. Elizabethtown and Susquehanna 311; 7. Messiah and Rutgers-Camden 314; 9. York 317; 10. Albright 319; 11. Hobart and Neumann 328; 13. Philadelphia Biblical 334; 14. Widener 337; 15. Eastern 338; 16. Alvernia 345. Individual winner: Mitch Mercer (Susquehanna), 72. Elizabethtown Results: t66. John Krajsa, 87 t69. Alex Catalano, 89 Back to top 4/13/2009 Manrique Arrea named men's tennis Player of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 13, 2009 Manrique Arrea Honored as Men's Tennis Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week in men's tennis, the conference office announced Monday. Arrea went 2-0 in both singles and doubles as the Blue Jays locked up a Commonwealth Conference playoff berth with wins over Lebanon Valley (6-3) and Arcadia (8-1) last week.Playing at first singles, Arrea earned a pair of straight-set victories, while in doubles he teamed with fellow first-year student Jonathan van den Ende for two wins at flight one. For the season, Arrea has a 9-2 record in singles, including a 7-0 mark in dual matches, and is 7-4 overall in doubles. The Blue Jays (6-2 overall, 3-0 Commonwealth) are scheduled to host Lycoming College on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. Back to top 4/13/2009 Sam Heaps repeats as Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 13, 2009 Sam Heaps Repeats As Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- For the second straight week, Elizabethtown College senior righthander Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball, the conference office announced Monday. In his only appearance of the week, Heaps allowed just one hit in seven scoreless innings of work as the Blue Jays defeated Penn State Harrisburg 15-1 on Friday. Heaps matched his career high with 12 strikeouts and retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced to improve to 5-1 on the season.The victory was the 23rd of Heaps' career, moving him within three wins of the school record of 26 wins set by Bob Lindsey from 1995 to 1998, and he also moved past Brad Hassinger into fifth place on the school's career strikeout list with 218. This season, Heaps has a 5-1 record and a 2.14 earned run average and has allowed just 25 hits in 46 1/3 innings while striking out 59 and walking just nine. He leads the Commonwealth Conference in strikeouts and is third in earned run average. The Blue Jays (17-9 overall, 8-1 Commonwealth) return to action on Tuesday hosting Juniata College at 3:30 p.m. Back to top 4/11/2009 Women's track turns in strong performances at Bucknell ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Bucknell Outdoor Classic LEWISBURG, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the non-scoring Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell University on Friday and Saturday. Highlighting the meet for the Blue Jays was the performance of senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford), who posted a provisional qualifying time for the NCAA Division III championships in the 10,000 meters on Friday night as she finished in 37:24.56 (18:47 and 18:37 splits), placing 10th overall in the field and recording the third-best time in school history. Sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) also competed in the 10,000 meters and posted the sixth-best time in school history at 39:09.58 (19:33 and 19:36 splits). In the 1,500 meters, senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) finished eighth overall with a time of 4:39.53, and junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) was clocked in 4:53.09 for the sixth-best time in school history. Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) finished 12th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.02 seconds, and senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) took 11th in the high jump by clearing 1.55 meters (5 feet, 1 inch). Two Blue Jay relay teams had strong outings, as the 4x100 team of Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson), junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and Gold crossed the line in 52.12 seconds to rank sixth on the school's all-time performance list, and the 4x400 quartet of Miles, first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis), Frawley and VanDenHengel took 13th overall in 4:11.32 for the 10th-best time in school history. at Lewisburg, Pa. Top Elizabethtown College finishers 100 HH - 12. Allie Gold, 16.02 1500 - 8. Tiffany Kulp, 4:39.53 10,000 - 10. Amanda Daws, 37:24.56 4x400 - 13. Elizabethtown (Miles, Howser, Frawley, VanDenHengel), 4:11.32 HJ - 11. Chelsea Miles, 5-1 Back to top 4/11/2009 Men's track continues schedule at Bucknell ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Bucknell Outdoor Classic LEWISBURG, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's track and field team competed at the non-scoring Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell University on Friday and Saturday. Junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) was the top individual finisher for the Blue Jays as he took 12th in the 400 meters with a time of 50.14 seconds. Eaton also ran leadoff for the 4x400-meter relay team that finished 10th in 3:27.30, competing along with senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower), first-year student Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) and junior Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove). The 4x100-meter relay team of first-year student Pat Doughty (Macungie, PA/Emmaus), Allport, junior Mike Mauger (Pottstown, PA/The Hill School) and Eaton also finished 10th with a time of 43.67 seconds. Doughty ran the seventh-fastest time in program history in the 100 meters, clocking 11.48 seconds, while in the 5,000 meters first-year student Evan DeArmitt (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin)
finished 21st and turned in the eighth-best time in school history of 15:16.86 and sophomore Rich Greco (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) was timed in 15:20.67 for the 10th-best mark in school history. Senior Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton) recorded the fourth-fastest time in school history in the 10,000 meters, finishing in 31:45.35 to take 26th overall in the invitational section. Senior Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis) ran in the open 10,000 meters and finished ninth in 32:46.59. at Lewisburg, Pa. Top Elizabethtown College finishers 400 - 12. Wyatt Eaton, 50.14 5000 - 21. Evan DeArmitt, 15:16.86 10,000 - 26. Jeremy Matula, 31:45.35 4x100 - 10. Elizabethtown (Doughty, Allport, Mauger, Eaton), 43.67 4x400 - 10. Elizabethtown (Eaton, Rulander, Allport, Grimm), 3:27.30 Back to top 4/10/2009 Baseball rolls past Penn State Harrisburg, 15-1 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, April 10, 2009 Elizabethtown 15, Penn State Harrisburg 1 MIDDLETOWN, Pa. --- Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) allowed one hit and struck out 12 over seven scoreless innings, and finished 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored as Elizabethtown College defeated Penn State Harrisburg 15-1 in non-conference baseball action on Friday afternoon. Senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) finished with four hits and three RBI for the Blue Jays (17-9 overall), while junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, four runs scored and three RBI and first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) also went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in, all part of a 19-hit attack. Heaps (5-1), who equaled his career high of 12 strikeouts set in his most-recent start against Albright last Saturday, retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced, allowing just a single to the Lions' Garret Piper to lead off the bottom of the second inning. The victory was the 23rd of Heaps' career, moving him within three wins of the school record of 26 wins set by Bob Lindsey from 1995 to 1998, and he also moved past Brad Hassinger into fifth place on the school's career strikeout list with 218. This season, Heaps has a 2.14 earned run average and has allowed just 25 hits in 46 1/3 innings while striking out 59 and walking just nine. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the first inning after Penn State Harrisburg starter Andrew Haden retired the first two batters. Junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) had an RBI double, Reade added an RBI single and Luff followed with a two-run single to give Elizabethtown a 4-0 lead. An RBI double by Reade in the third gave the Blue Jays a 5-0 lead, and in the fourth junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) led off with a home run and Heaps added an RBI double later in the inning to extend the Elizabethtown advantage to 7-0. Yeager homered to lead off the fifth and push the Blue Jays ahead 8-0, and in the eighth RBI singles from Yeager and Luff gave Elizabethtown a 10-0 lead. The Blue Jays scored five runs in the ninth again after the first two batters were retired, courtesy of three Lion errors. Elizabethtown Coll. 15, Penn St. Harrisburg 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 401 210 025 - 15 19 1 (17-9) Penn St. Harrisburg. 000 000 001 - 1 5 4 (12-9) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Heaps, Dan Lauletta (8), Anthony Heaps (9) and Tom Semanek, Steve Motika (9); Andrew Haden, Chris Finch (5), Logan Zugay (8), Brett Harmony (9), Austin Kulp (9) and Matt Umberger, Josh Kefauver (9). WP-S. Heaps (5-1). LP-Haden (0-1). SO-BB: S. Heaps 12-0, Lauletta 0-0, A. Heaps 2-0; Haden 3-1, Finch 4-0, Zugay 1-1, Harmony 1-1, Kulp 0-1. HR-Ben Yeager (E), Rodney Francis (E). Back to top 4/9/2009 Men's tennis moves to 3-0 in conference with win over Arcadia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 8, Arcadia 1 GLENSIDE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College secured a berth in the upcoming Commonwealth Conference playoffs with an 8-1 win in men's tennis action at Arcadia University on Thursday afternoon. The Blue Jays (6-2 overall, 3-0 Commonwealth) won five of six singles matches and came away with a clean sweep in doubles over the Knights (2-6 overall, 0-3 Commonwealth). In singles action, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) won 6-1, 6-0 over Adrell Dalsan at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) defeated Cory Andrews 7-6, 6-2 at flight two, and sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) was a 6-3, 6-2 victor at flight four over Zach Milliford. At flight five, first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) won 6-2, 6-2 over Max Amiel, and sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) downed Essaq Mohtasebzadah 6-3, 6-0 at flight six. In doubles, Arrea and van den Ende won 8-2 over Andrews and Dalsan at flight one, Walker and Metz defeated Kevin Langner and Milliford 8-4 at flight two, and at flight three sophomore Austin Plantz (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg) teamed with first-year student Matt Freedman (White Plains, NY/White Plains) for an 8-0 win at flight three over Amiel and Adrian Chan. Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Adrell Dalsan (ARCADIA) 6-1, 6-0 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Cory Andrews (ARCADIA) 7-6, 6-2 3. Kevin Langner (ARCADIA) def. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9) 4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Zach Millford (ARCADIA) 6-3, 6-2 5. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Max Amiel (ARCADIA) 6-2, 6-2 6. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Essaq Mohtasebzadah (ARCADIA) 6-3, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Cory Andrews/Adrell Dalsan (ARCADIA) 8-2 2. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Kevin Langner/Zach Millford (ARCADIA) 8-4 3. Matt Freedman/Austin Plantz (ETOWN) def. Max Amiel/Adrian Chan (ARCADIA) 8-0 Back to top 4/9/2009 Golf hosts Blue Jay Classic ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown Ties for Fourth at Blue Jay Classic Click here for the tournament results HERSHEY, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College tied for fourth out of 19 teams at the Blue Jay Classic, held at the Hershey Country Club East Course on Thursday afternoon. The top seven teams in the field were separated by just five strokes, with York College shooting 312 to win the tournament followed by Dickinson College (314), Susquehanna University (315), Cabrini College, Moravian College and Elizabethtown (316) and McDaniel College (317). Sophomore Geoff Quinque (Green Lane, PA/Upper Perkiomen) was the top individual finisher for the Blue Jays, tying for sixth place with a score of 77. Senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) and sophomore Dan Senkler (Orlando, FL/Sanford School) tied for 13th with scores of 78, and first-year student Dan Bolstein (Maple Glen, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) from the B team shot a 79 to finish tied for 18th in the field of 99 players. Susquehanna's Mitch Mercer shot a one-over-par 72 to win the individual title by two strokes over Mike Ryan of Cabrini, with Moravian's Alan Kliewer and Rob McKay tying for third at 75. At Hershey Country Club East Course Team Scores: 1. York 312; 2. Dickinson 314; 3. Susquehanna 315; t4. Cabrini, Elizabethtown, Moravian 316; 7. McDaniel 317; 8. FDU-Florham 321; 9. Gettysburg 322; 10. Albright 328; 11. Elizabethtown B 330; 12. Messiah 334; t13. Penn State Harrisburg and Ursinus 337; 15. Keystone 338; 16. Eastern 339; 17. Pitt-Johnstown 343; 18. Lebanon Valley 346; 19. Lycoming 380. Individual winner: Mitch Mercer (Susquehanna), 72. Elizabethtown Results: B Individuals Back to top 4/9/2009 Men's lacrosse surges past Eastern, 17-8 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 17, Eastern 8 Sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) chipped in with three goals for the Blue Jays (8-2 overall, 4-2 MAC), who scored seven straight goals to erase a 6-5 Eagle lead and pick up their fifth straight victory. Also scoring for the Blue Jays were sophomore Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey), junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa), sophomore Mike Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) and first-year student Derek Neiheiser (Wernersville, PA/Conrad Weiser). Michael Hofmeister scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Eagles (5-6 overall, 3-4 MAC), while five other players scored once apiece. Eastern was outshot by Elizabethtown by a 49-17 margin, including 21-5 in the second half. Eastern jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first 4 minutes, 13 seconds on two goals by Hofmeister and one from Pat Dempsey, but Mike Kenneally's goal on an end-to-end rush kick-started the Blue Jay offense with 7:48 left in the opening quarter. Weber, Greg Kenneally and Corcoran added tallies to bring the first quarter to a close with Elizabethtown ahead 4-3. After the Eagles scored three of the first four goals of the second quarter to take a 6-5 lead with 9:14 left in the half, the Blue Jays scored three straight to regain the lead as Staulters, Weber and McCafferty found the back of the net to give Elizabethtown an 8-6 lead at intermission. In the third quarter, McCafferty and Weber scored twice each while Greg Kenneally added a goal as the Blue Jays took a 13-7 lead into the final period. Michael Ryan scored for Eastern with 11:17 to play to bring the Eagles within 13-8, but McCafferty scored twice and Neiheiser and Greg Kenneally scored once apiece to close the scoring for the day. In addition to his goal, Mike Kenneally led the Blue Jays with five ground balls, while McCafferty, Weber and junior Phil Robinson (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown West) had four ground balls each. Senior Dan Hinder (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) led the Blue Jay defense with four caused turnovers, and sophomore Brent Campbell (Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joseph) had another strong day at the faceoff dot by winning 11-of-17 draws. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) made four saves in goal for Elizabethtown to earn the win, while Zach Rivest finished with 15 stops for Eastern. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 4 4 5 4 - 17 Eastern University.. 3 3 1 1 - 8 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 5; Ryan McCafferty 5; Greg Kenneally 3; Mike Kenneally 1; Keith Staulters 1; Derek Neiheiser 1; Shawn Corcoran 1. ASSISTS: Jon Day 1; Greg Kenneally 1; Mike Kenneally 1; Brian Schaaf 1; Aaron Weber 1. Eastern University SCORING: GOALS: Michael Hofmeister 3; Michael Ryan 1; Ben O'Donnell 1; Nick Mandia 1; Pat Dempsey 1; Matt Wagner 1. ASSISTS: Michael Ryan 2; Pat Dempsey 1; Michael Hofmeister 1; Nick Mandia 1; Ben O'Donnell 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 49; EU 17. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 0-4; EU 1-3. FACEOFFS - ETOWN 17-27; EU 10-27. GOALIES - ETOWN: Hunter Malick (4 saves); EU: Zach Rivest (15 saves). Back to top 4/9/2009 Women's lax wins eighth straight, 23-3 over Wilkes ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 23, Wilkes 3 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Behind a 16-goal outburst in the opening half, 18th-ranked Elizabethtown College defeated Wilkes University 23-3 in Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action on Thursday afternoon at Wolf Field. Eleven different players scored goals for the Blue Jays (11-2 overall, 7-0 MAC), who won their eighth consecutive game by matching their season high for goals. Over their last three games, the Blue Jays have outscored their opponents by a 59-9 margin, including 40-0 in the first half. Junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford) led the Blue Jays with four goals while senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) and junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) each finished with three goals and two assists. Junior Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) also scored three times and senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) chipped in with two goals and two assists for Elizabethtown. The Lady Colonels (8-4 overall, 4-3 MAC) received two goals from Brittney Hodnik and a goal from Kat Edwards, but were outshot 48-9 by the Blue Jays on the afternoon. Elizabethtown scored seven goals in the first 10 minutes, and built its lead to 10-0 with 17:06 left in the first half on Caprinolo's third goal of the day. Kreis scored twice in the final four minutes of the half to give the Blue Jays a 16-0 lead heading into intermission, and added another goal four minutes into the second half to extend the lead to 17-0. Edwards got Wilkes on the scoreboard with 24:25 remaining, but the Blue Jays scored six of the final eight goals to wrap up the win. Also scoring twice for the Blue Jays were first-year student Mara Mulvaney (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) and sophomore Meg Cassels (Downingtown, PA/Great Valley) while senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) finished with a goal and four assists. Kozak is one assist shy of becoming the first player in program history to record 100 career assists. Single goals for the Blue Jays came from the sticks of sophomores Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) and Ashley Mogle (Leola, PA/Conestoga Valley) along with first-year student Samantha Redles (Coopersburg, PA/Moravian Academy). Score by period 1 2 Tot Back to top 4/8/2009 Men's tennis downs Lebanon Valley, 6-3 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 6, Lebanon Valley 3 ANNVILLE,
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falling behind 2-1 in doubles, Elizabethtown College won five of six
singles matches to defeat Lebanon Valley College 6-3 in Commonwealth
Conference men's tennis action on Wednesday afternoon. In singles action, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) defeated Matt Grodzinski 6-2, 6-4 at flight one, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) was a 6-2, 6-3 winner at flight two against Jared Zeigler, and senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) picked up a 6-4, 6-1 victory at flight three over Tom Neckelmann. At flight five, first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Jon Gingrich, and sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) came away with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Andrew Levin at flight six. In
doubles, Arrea and van den Ende earned an 8-5 win over Gingrich and
Zeigler for the lone point for the Blue Jays (5-2 overall, 2-0
Commonwealth) against the Dutchmen (7-7 overall, 1-1 Commonwealth). Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Matt Grodzinski (LVCM) 6-2, 6-4 2. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Jared Zeigler (LVCM) 6-2, 6-3 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Tom Neckelmann (LVCM) 6-4, 6-1 4. Brad Sweigart (LVCM) def. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 6-4, 6-4 5. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Jon Gingrich (LVCM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 6. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Andrew Levin (LVCM) 6-3, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Jon Gingrich/Jared Zeigler (LVCM) 8-5 2. Matt Grodzinski/Andrew Levin (LVCM) def. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 9-7 3. Tom Neckelmann/Brad Sweigart (LVCM) def. Jeff Kirkhoff/Matt Freedman (ETOWN) 8-3 Back to top 4/8/2009 Softball edged out in doubleheader by Juniata ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Juniata 4, Elizabethtown 2 (8 innings) Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Juniata College squeaked past Elizabethtown College in both ends of a non-conference softball doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon, winning the opener 4-2 in eight innings and holding on for a 5-4 win in the nightcap. Game one saw the Eagles break a 2-2 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI single by Tara Carl and a sacrifice fly by Stacy Nagy. Elizabethtown had runners at first and third with two outs in the bottom of the inning, but winning pitcher Alyssa Erb (10-5) ended the game with her 11th strikeout of the day. Senior Marian Guzik ( Juniata jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Stacy Nagy, but Elizabethtown tied the game in the bottom of the second on a two-out RBI single from Peluso that knocked in junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley). After Peluso led off the fifth with her first home run of the season, the Eagles came back in the top of the sixth as Rachel Nagy tripled with one out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Liz Schmitt. Sarah Eckard finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored in game one for Juniata, while Rachel Nagy was 2-for-4 with a run scored. First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) allowed eight hits and four runs (three earned) in eight innings for the Blue Jays in the opener, striking out three and issuing no walks. In game two, the Eagles (17-7 overall) used a four-run fifth inning to take a 5-0 lead, only to see the Blue Jays (9-19 overall) score twice in both the sixth and seventh innings to pull within a run. Eckard led the Eagles with a 3-for-4 performance in game two, part of a 12-hit attack, while Guzik and sophomore Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) each went 2-for-4 and senior Amanda Gordon ( Juniata scored an unearned run in the second on an RBI double by Jackie Morley, then broke out with four runs in the fifth on RBI singles by Eckard and Stacy Nagy and RBI doubles from Rachel Nagy and Schmitt. Elizabethtown got on the board in the bottom of the sixth as Marsico singled with one out and scored on a two-run home run by junior Paige Tanner ( In the seventh, Gordon and Hihn led off with back-to-back singles and moved up on a ground out. With two outs, Guzik singled to center to drive home both runners and trim the Eagle lead to 5-4, but a line drive to center turned into the final out. Pam Heinrichs (6-1) surrendered 10 hits and four runs to earn the win for Juniata, striking out four, while first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) dropped to 4-9 on the season as she gave up 12 hits and four earned runs while whiffing a pair. Juniata College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Juniata College..... 100 001 02 - 4 8 0 (16-7) Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 010 00 - 2 5 1 (9-18) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alyssa Erb and Jackie Morley; Julie Sebastian and Sheri Hihn. WP-Erb (10-5). LP-Sebastian (5-10). SO-BB: Erb 11-0; Sebastian 3-0. HR-Heather Peluso (E). Juniata College 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Juniata College..... 010 040 0 - 5 12 0 (17-7) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 002 2 - 4 10 2 (9-19) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pam Heinrichs and Jackie Morley; Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn. WP-Heinrichs (6-1). LP-Parr (4-9). SO-BB: Heinrichs 4-0; Parr 2-0. HR-Paige Tanner (E). Back to top 4/7/2009 Baseball downed by Rowan, 11-4 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Rowan 11, Elizabethtown 4 GLASSBORO, N.J. --- Rowan University scored nine unanswered runs to overcome an early 2-0 deficit and defeat Elizabethtown College 11-4 in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday afternoon. Tom Ready went 2-for-2 with two walks and drove in three runs for the Profs (14-8-1 overall), who received seven strikeouts in seven innings of work from starter and winner Tony Cavalier (1-2). Senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 2-for-5 with a stolen base and a run scored for the Blue Jays (16-9 overall), who finished with six hits on the afternoon as a team. Elizabethtown jumped to a 2-0 lead on an RBI single by first-year student Tim Rosser (Wilmington, DE/Salesianum) in the second and an RBI single by senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) in the third. Rowan took the lead with four runs in the bottom of the third on a two-run double by Pete Delleani, a wild pitch and an error, and added three more runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Ready, a wild pitch and an RBI single by John McMullin. The Profs tacked on two more runs in the sixth on a two-run single by Ready to take a 9-2 lead, and the Blue Jays responded in the eighth as junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) hit a sacrifice fly to cut the Rowan lead to 9-3. Rowan tallied twice more in the eighth on an RBI single by Nick Turano and a groundout, and the Blue Jays scored once in the ninth on a sacrifice fly off the bat of first-year student Jon Bacher (Wilmington, DE/Concord). First-year student Todd Leister (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) dropped to 0-2 on the season for Elizabethtown after surrendering four runs (two earned) on just two hits in four innings of work. Rowan University 11, Elizabethtown Coll. 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 011 000 011 - 4 6 1 (16-9) Rowan University.... 004 032 02x - 11 12 1 (14-8-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Leister, Greg Katz (5), Wayne Leonard (6), Ryan Barrett (8) and Tom Semanek, Jon Bacher (8); Tony Cavalier, Kyle Norman (8) and Tom Reindel, Nick Turano (8). WP-Cavalier (1-2). LP-Leister (0-2). SO-BB: Leister 1-2, Katz 1-0, Leonard 2-1, Barrett 0-0; Cavalier 7-3, Norman 2-3. Back to top 4/7/2009 Tiffany Kulp, Gretchen Geiger named MASCAC Scholar-Athletes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tiffany Kulp, Gretchen Geiger Named MASCAC Scholar-Athletes
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College seniors Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) and Gretchen Geiger (Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) have been named Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC) Senior Scholar-Athletes in women's indoor track and field and women's swimming, respectively, the conference office announced Tuesday. Kulp is an eight-time gold medalist at the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, winning the 800 meters in 2006, 2007 and 2008, the mile run in 2008 and 2009, the distance medley relay in 2006 and the 4x800-meter relay in 2006 and 2009. She qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in the mile run in 2009, finishing 10th overall, and holds school indoor records in both the mile run and the 4x800-meter relay. She is president of the Gamma Sigma Espilon chemistry honor society, and is secretary of the Chemistry Club. Kulp is also a student lab assistant and tutor in the chemistry department, and carried a 3.53 cumulative grade-point average in biochemistry. Geiger won 11 career medals at the MAC Swimming Championships, including gold medals in the 400 individual medley, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke at the 2009 championships to earn the David B. Eavenson Award as the outstanding swimmer. She has interned at the Baltimore Aquarium working with dolphins and other marine mammals, and also interned at the Cape May (N.J.) County Zoo. A biology major with a 3.44 cumulative grade-point average, Geiger intends to attend graduate school to pursue a master's degree in marine biology. Kulp and Geiger will be honored along with the conference's other Scholar-Athlete Award winners at the annual awards luncheon to be held Tuesday, May 5 at Messiah College. The
MASCAC recognizes Scholar-Athletes in each of 22 sports sponsored by the conference, with the conference Awards Committee
giving equal consideration to academic record and athletic prowess. Back to top 4/7/2009 Tim Katzaman named to NWCA Division III Scholar All-American Team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tim Katzaman Named to NWCA Division III Scholar All-American Team
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College junior Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) has been named to the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Scholar All-American Wrestling Team for the 2008-09 season, the NWCA has announced. Katzaman has been named in each of the last two years and is one of 125 student-athletes named to the team, which recognizes wrestlers with a grade-point average of 3.20 or better. He has a 3.30 grade-point average as an occupational therapy major. During the 2008-09 season, Katzaman
finished with a 22-6 record at 285 pounds, including six pins, and compiled a 9-2 record in dual meets. In three years, Katzaman has a career record of 55-28 for the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays finished sixth at the Metro Conference championships for sixth-year head coach Eric Walker, and first-year student Tyler Erdman earned All-America honors with a seventh-place finish at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division III Championships. Back to top 4/7/2009 Women's lacrosse climbs to 18th in IWLCA Top 20 Poll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Ranked 18th in IWLCA Division III Top 20 PollELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- The Elizabethtown College women's lacrosse team climbed one spot to 18th in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA)/Under Armour Division III Poll, released Tuesday. The Blue Jays (10-2 overall, 6-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) extended their winning streak to seven games with victories over Arcadia University (18-5) and defending MAC champion FDU-Florham (18-1) last week. The Blue Jays will return to action on Thursday afternoon, hosting Wilkes University in a MAC match beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Wolf Field. Back to top 4/6/2009 Golfers tie for sixth at LVC Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE GOLF Elizabethtown Ties for Sixth at Lebanon Valley Invitational Click here for the tournament results ANNVILLE,
Pa. --- Elizabethtown College tied for 6th out of 19 teams at the Lebanon Valley College Spring Invitational golf tournament on Monday afternoon at the Lebanon Country Club, shooting 328 to equal Swarthmore College in the final standings. Senior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) was the top finisher for the Blue Jays as he shot a 79 to tie for sixth place. Sophomore Dan Senkler (Orlando, FL/Sanford School) tied for 18th with a round of 81, and junior John Krajsa (Allentown, PA/Emmaus) carded an 82 and tied for 24th place in a field of 97 players. Corey
Wenger of Messiah College shot a 76 to earn a one-stroke win over Joey Goldstein of Dickinson College and James Presto of Widener University. Dickinson College won the team title with a score of 317, ahead of the host Dutchmen (323) and Messiah (324). At Lebanon Country Club Team Scores: 1. Dickinson 317; 2. Lebanon Valley 323; 3. Messiah 324; 4. Albright 325; 5. Keystone 325; t6. Elizabethtown 328; t6. Swarthmore 328; 8. Stevenson 329; 9. Widener 330; 10. Neumann 335; 11. Cabrini 340; 12. Ursinus 345; 13. Stevens 348; 14. Delaware Valley 352; 15. Lebanon Valley B 360; 16. Alvernia 362; 17. Lycoming 364; 18. DeSales 367; 19. Centenary 380. Individual winner: Corey Wenger (Messiah), 76. Elizabethtown Results: t44. Andrew McDonough, 85 t48. Ben Katz, 86 Back to top 4/6/2009 Jenn Hawkins named MAC Goalie of the Week in women's lax FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 6, 2009 Jenn Hawkins Repeats as MAC Women's Lacrosse Goalie of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- For the second straight week, Elizabethtown College senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) has been named the Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse Goalkeeper of the Week, the MAC office announced for the week ending April 5. Hawkins was just shy of perfect in goal for the 19th-ranked Blue Jays last week, allowing just one goal in 88 minutes of action in wins over Arcadia University (18-5) and FDU-Florham (18-1). She made four saves in the first half before departing with a 13-0 lead in the win over Arcadia on Wednesday, and came within 2:23 of the first shutout in program history in the rout of defending MAC champion FDU on Saturday. Hawkins made 12 saves on the week and compiled a miniscule 0.68 goals against average. For the season, Hawkins has an 8.10 goals against average and a .493 save percentage in 12 games for the Blue Jays (10-2 overall, 6-0 MAC), who host Wilkes University on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Back to top 4/6/2009 Sam Heaps named Commonwealth baseball Pitcher of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 6, 2009 Sam Heaps Named Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior righthander Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) was named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week in baseball for the week ending April 5, the conference office announced Monday. Heaps improved to 4-1 on the season with a 6-3 win over Albright College on Saturday, striking out a career-high 12 batters and allowing just four hits and one earned run. With the win, Heaps moved into sole possession of second place on the Elizabethtown career wins list with 22, four shy of the record of 26 set by Bob Lindsey from 1995 to 1998. Heaps also became the fifth pitcher in program history to surpass 200 career strikeouts, increasing his career total to 206. For the season, Heaps is 4-1 with a 2.52 earned run average in six starts. In 39 1/3 innings of work, he has allowed just 24 hits and struck out 47 batters while issuing just nine walks. At the plate, Heaps is batting .376 with eight doubles, a team-high four triples and 19 runs batted in along with 10 stolen bases in 10 attempts. The Blue Jays (16-8 overall, 8-1 Commonwealth) travel to Rowan University for a non-conference game on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Back to top 4/6/2009 Tanner, Parr sweep Commonwealth softball honors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 6, 2009 Tanner, Parr Sweep Commonwealth Conference Softball Honors ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- After leading Elizabethtown College to a 6-0 record last week, junior shortstop Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) was named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week and first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) was recognized as the conference Pitcher of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. The Blue Jays swept non-conference doubleheaders from Alvernia University (6-1, 6-5) on Monday and Franklin & Marshall College (5-0, 1-0) on Thursday, then took a pair of games from Albright College on Saturday (9-5, 6-4) to improve to 9-17 overall and 2-4 in the Commonwealth Conference. Parr did not allow an earned run in 21 innings of work last week, winning two games and saving one. She threw her first career shutout with a 1-0 win over Franklin & Marshall, and struck out eight in the 6-4 win over Albright. Parr issued just two walks and gave up 15 hits in four appearances. For the season, Tanner is batting .347 with two home runs and 14 runs batted in, while Parr has a 4-8 record with a 3.97 earned run average in 15 games (13 starts), with 11 complete games and 65 strikeouts in 77 2/3 innings. The Blue Jays return to action on Wednesday afternoon hosting Juniata College in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m. Back to top 4/5/2009 Men's tennis edged by King's, 5-4 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS King's 5, Elizabethtown 4 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- King's College edged Elizabethtown College 5-4 in non-conference men's tennis action on Sunday afternoon, as the Monarchs (8-4 overall) split the six singles matches with the Blue Jays (4-2 overall) but won two of three doubles pro sets. In singles action, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) defeated Jonathan Hand 6-1, 6-3 at flight one, senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Povl Schmidt at flight three, and sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) defeated Marco Stallone 6-1, 6-3 at flight six for the Blue Jays. In doubles, Arrea and fellow first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) posted an 8-4 win over Hand and Schmidt at flight one. King's College 5, Elizabethtown College 4Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Jonathan Hand (KINGS) 6-1, 6-3 2. Blake Bonser (KINGS) def. Brok Walker (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-2 3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Povl Schmidt (KINGS) 6-1, 6-3 4. David Kaluzavich (KINGS) def. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 5. Tim Carroll (KINGS) def. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 6. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Marco Stallone (KINGS) 6-1, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Manrique Arrea/Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Jonathan Hand/Povl Schmidt (KINGS) 8-4 2. Blake Bonser/David Kaluzavich (KINGS) def. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 8-4 3. Tim Carroll/Jonathan Ferrie (KINGS) def. Jeff Kirkhoff/Austin Plantz (ETOWN) 8-2 Back to top 4/5/2009 Baseball finishes sweep of Albright with 16-2 win ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Sunday, April 5, 2009 Elizabethtown 16, Albright 2 READING, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College pounded out 19 hits and finished off a three-game sweep of Albright College with a 16-2 victory in the final game of their Commonwealth Conference baseball series on Sunday afternoon. Senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove), who went 3-for-4, and senior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban) each scored four runs scored and junior Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) finished 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Blue Jays (16-8 overall, 8-1 Commonwealth), who have won eight consecutive conference games. Junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) picked up his 100th career hit with a single in the sixth inning, and ended the afternoon 3-for-5 with three runs batted in. Adding two hits each were senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry), junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City) and sophomore Ryan Donahue (Hatfield, PA/Lansdale Catholic). Jason Dunkelberger finished 2-for-3 and Matt Pannella went 2-for-2 with an RBI for the Lions (10-12-1 overall, 1-5 Commonwealth), who scored just six runs in the series against the Blue Jays while allowing 24 runs. Junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) improved to 4-1 on the season for the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, while striking out five. Tyler Storms (0-2) took the loss for Albright as he allowed nine earned runs on nine hits in 2 1/3 innings of work. The Blue Jays jumped to a quick 3-0 lead as Sheibley scored on a wild pitch and Semanek and Yeager added RBI singles. The Lions answered in the bottom of the second on a two-out infield single by Pannella to pull within 3-1. Elizabethtown put the game out of reach in the third with six runs. With one out a walk and two singles loaded the bases, and first-year student Matt Reade (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely) followed with an RBI single to give the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead. A bases-loaded walk to senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove), a two-run double by Francis and an RBI single by Sheibley pushed the Elizabethtown lead to 8-1, and Sheibley scored during a rundown to cap the inning with Elizabethtown ahead 9-1. The Blue Jays tacked on another run in the fourth on an RBI single by Yeager, and went ahead 13-1 in the sixth on a two-run error and a sacrifice fly by Reade. Casey Lawrence singled home a run in the bottom of the sixth to bring the Lions within 13-2, but Elizabethtown added three more in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk to Yeager and RBI singles from Luff and Francis. Elizabethtown Coll. 16, Albright College 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 306 103 300 - 16 19 2 (16-8, 8-1) Albright College.... 010 001 000 - 2 9 2 (10-12-1, 1-5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Vinagro, Kurt Smith (6), Dan Lauletta (8), Anthony Heaps (9) and Tom Semanek, Steve Motika (8); Tyler Storms, Matt Rehrig (3), Kevin Thomas (7), Kevin Butler (9) and Matt Kozlowski, Frank Nastasi (7). WP-Vinagro (4-1). LP-Storms (0-2). SO-BB: Vinagro 5-2, Smith 1-1, Lauletta 0-0, A. Heaps 0-1; Storms 2-3, Rehrig 0-4, Thomas 2-1, Butler 1-0. Back to top 4/4/2009 Women's track squares off with Messiah and Juniata ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Messiah 158.5, Juniata 141, Elizabethtown 114.5 HUNTINGDON, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed in a three-way meet with Messiah College and host Juniata College on Saturday afternoon. Messiah scored 158.5 points to win the meet, followed by Juniata (141 points) and the Blue Jays (114.5 points). Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the steeplechase with a time of 12:08.60, nearly two minutes ahead of the runner-up, while first-year student Crystal Connelly (Lower Waterford, VT/St. Johnsbury Academy) was first in the shot put with a throw of 31 feet, 10 inches, the fourth-best mark in school history. Connelly also finished second in the discus with a mark of 107 feet, 8 inches to rank third in program history. The 4x400-meter relay team of junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart), Kulp, senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) and first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) took first place in a time of 4:13.44. Howser finished second in the 800 meters (2:27.12), sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) was second in the 3000 meters (11:05.78), and Miles placed second in the triple jump (33 feet, 7 1/2 inches). Sophomore Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) was third in both the discus (98 feet, 8 inches) and the hammer throw (85 feet, 2 inches) while Miles took third in the long jump at 15 feet, 8 1/4 inches. Messiah 158.5, Juniata 141, Elizabethtown 114.5 100 - Kristen Bates (M), 13.20 200 - Kaitlyn Valis (M), time unavailable 400 - Amy Reynolds (J), 1:01.18 800 - Grace Kaste (M, 2:23.76 1500 - Erin Rhodes (M), 4:55.09 3000 - Jessica Koenig (J), 10:57.53 5000 - Mary Higgins (M), 19;33.50 100 hurdles - Kristen Bates (M), 14.58 400 hurdles - Melissa Johnson (J), 1:10.43 Steeplechase - Tiffany Kulp (E), 12:08.60 4x100 - Juniata, 51.42 4x400 - Elizabethtown, 4:13.44 4x800 - Messiah, 10:20.28 HJ - Kelsey Buffenmyer (J), 5-5 PV - Stephanie Varner (J), 9-9 LJ - Kelsey Buffenmyer (J), 17-8 TJ - Kristen Bates (M), 35-6 SP - Crystal Connelly (E), 31-10 Discus - Katie Tavenner (J), 110-0 Hammer - Katie Tavenner (J), 117-1 Javelin - Kristyn Ginter (J), 105-9 Back to top 4/4/2009 Men's track defeats Juniata, Messiah ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown 141, Juniata 126, Messiah 118 HUNTINGDON, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College defeated Juniata College and Messiah College in men's track and field action on Saturday afternoon at Juniata. The Blue Jays scored 141 points on the afternoon, with Juniata tallying 126 points and Messiah 118. Senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) won the 800 meters in a time of 1:58.64, and captured the 1500 meters in a time of 4:11.33. First-year student Evan DeArmitt (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) also won a pair of races, taking the 3000 meters with the fifth-best time in program history (9:05.89) and winning the steeplechase in 10:26.17, barely ahead of sophomore Rich Greco (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) who was second in 10:26.30. Junior Wyatt Eaton (York, PA/Eastern York) won the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 10 inches and the 200 meters in 22.3 seconds, and was second in both the long jump at 20 feet, 7 1/4 inches and in the 400 meters in 51.51 seconds. The 4x100-meter relay team of first-year student Pat Doughty (Macungie, PA/Emmaus), first-year student Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco), junior Mike Mauger (Pottstown, PA/The Hill School) and Eaton finished first in a time of 43.63 seconds, and the 4x400-meter relay team of Eaton, Rulander, Allport and junior Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) won with a time of 3:26.82. In track events, Doughty as second in the 100 meters with the eighth-best time in school history (11.55 seconds). Senior Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton) finished second in the 3000 meters and recorded the seventh-best time in school history (9:06.93), and senior Phil Alder (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) took second in the 400 hurdles and clocked the seventh-best time in school history (1:02.04). In throws, the Blue Jays turned in several top 10 program performances. Junior Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) was second in the shot put and improved his own second-best mark with a throw of 39 feet, 7 3/4 inches. First-year student Dan Obold (Birdsboro, PA/Daniel Boone) finished fourth in the discus at 107 feet, 5 inches (fifth in school history) with classmate Zach Johnson (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) in fifth at 103 feet, 8 inches (sixth-best in school history). Johnson also moved into a tie for sixth on the shot put list with a distance of 35 feet, 7 1/4 inches. Elizabethtown 141, Juniata 126, Messiah 118 100 - Patrick Filamor (J) 11.34 200 - Wyatt Eaton (E), 22.3 400 - Patrick Roach (M), 49.42 800 - Dylan Rulander (E), 1:58.64 1500 - Dylan Rulander (E), 4:11.33 3000 - Evan DeArmitt (E), 9:05.89 5000 - Frank Eanes (M), 15:46.70 110 hurdles - George Bodziock (J), 16.95 400 hurdles - Aaron McCoy (J), 1:00.97 Steeplechase - Evan DeArmitt (E), 10:26.17 4x100 - Elizabethtown, 43.63 4x400 - Elizabethtown, 3:26.82 4x800 - Messiah, 8:20.69 HJ - Wyatt Eaton (E), 5-10 PV - Ryan Baird (J), 14-3/4 LJ - Patrick Filamor (J), 20-9 1/4 TJ - Jason Brown (M), 40-1 1/2 SP - Kyle Mazur (J), 43-1/4 Discus - Jeremy Boback (J), 118-5 Hammer - Ryan Johnson (J), 139-4 Javelin - Kyle Mazur (J), 191-2 Back to top 4/4/2009 Softball posts third straight doubleheader sweep ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Elizabethtown 9, Albright 5 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept a Commonwealth Conference softball doubleheader from In game 1, the Blue Jays received a 4-for-4 perfomance from junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley), a 3-for-4 effort by senior Marian Guzik ( Albright scored one in the top of the first
inning for their only lead of the afternoon but the Blue Jays answered with
three in the bottom half of the inning. Guzik singled, moved to second on a sacrifice
and scored on an error. Later in the inning, Corrado and senior Amanda Gordon ( Etown loaded the bases in the second inning and with two
out, Church had a two-run single which scored senior Lauren Hoover (
First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple
Newtown) finished off the win for the Blue Jays, striking out three batters in the game while the Blue Jay defense turned a pair of double plays. In the second game, first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) finished with eight strikeouts to earn the win, and Tanner went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and three RBI to go with three runs scored for the Blue Jays (9-17 overall, 2-4 Commonwealth). The Blue Jays added an insurance run in the fifth on an RBI single by junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry), which proved important when the Lions scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning courtesy of a pair of Elizabethtown errors. Parr (4-8) gave up four hits and no earned runs to get the win for Elizabethtown, while Alex Tragno (1-6) allowed 11 hits and six runs (five earned) to take the loss for Albright. Guzik went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in game two for Elizabethtown to increase her career total to 99 hits, one shy of becoming the 11th player in program history to reach 100 career hits. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 101 020 1 - 5 12 1 (3-22, 0-7) Elizabethtown Coll.. 340 020 x - 9 15 1 (8-17, 1-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Parolari and Gloria Alfonsi; Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Sebastian (5-9). LP-Parolari (1-11). SO-BB: Parolari 2-2; Sebastian 3-0. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Albright College 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 000 103 0 - 4 4 1 (3-23, 0-8) Elizabethtown Coll.. 201 210 x - 6 11 3 (9-17, 2-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex Tragno and Gloria Alfonsi; Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn. WP-Parr (4-8). LP-Tragno (1-6). SO-BB: Tragno 2-0; Parr 8-1. HR-Paige Tanner (E). Back to top 4/4/2009 Men's lacrosse wins fourth straight, 13-2 at King's ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 13, King's 2 Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) tallied three goals and two assists and sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) added three goals as well for the Blue Jays (7-2 overall, 3-2 MAC), which peppered 53 shots at the Monarchs (2-8 overall, 1-5 MAC) on the afternoon. Senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) tallied a goal and four assists for Elizabethtown, while sophomore Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey), junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) and junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) finished with two goals apiece. Rusty Booth and Matt Sweazey scored goals for King's, which trailed 6-1 after the first quarter, 8-1 at halftime and 10-1 after three quarters. Elizabethtown jumped to a 6-0 lead after 12 1/2 minutes as Day, Staulters and Kenneally scored in the first 4 minutes, 27 seconds, then Kennally, Weber and Corcoran netted goals in a span of 2 minutes, 24 seconds to extend the Blue Jay lead to 6-0 with 2:23 left in the first quarter. After Booth put the Monarchs on the scoreboard with 1:48 left in the first quarter, Weber and Corcoran scored the only goals of the second quarter while Day and McCafferty netted third-quarter goals. Weber, Staulters and Kenneally found the back of the net in a 3 1/2 minute span of the fourth quarter to extend the Blue Jay lead to 13-1 with 5:18 to play, before Sweazey closed the scoring with 2:45 to go. Leading the Blue Jays with five ground balls apiece were sophomore Mike Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield), first-year student Derek Karsten (Ephrata, PA/Cocalico) and sophomore Brent Campbell (Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joseph), who went 10-for-11 on faceoffs. Sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) made nine saves in 52:25 of action in goal for Elizabethtown, and first-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) followed with three stops over the final 7:35. Tim Cassi finished with 15 saves for King's. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 6 2 2 3 - 13 King's College...... 1 0 0 1 - 2 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 3; Greg Kenneally 3; Jon Day 2; Keith Staulters 2; Shawn Corcoran 2; Ryan McCafferty 1. ASSISTS: Ryan McCafferty 4; Aaron Weber 2. King's College SCORING: GOALS: Rusty Booth 1; Matt Sweazey 1. ASSISTS: None. SHOTS - ETOWN 53; KINGS 22. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 0-2; KINGS 1-7. FACEOFFS - ETOWN 13-17; KINGS 4-17. GOALIES - ETOWN: Hunter Malick (9 saves), Brendan Corcoran (3 saves); KINGSM: Tim Cassi (15 saves). Back to top 4/4/2009 Baseball sweeps Albright behind pitching of Heaps, Hartzell ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday, April 4, 2009 Elizabethtown 6, Albright 3 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept Albright College in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader on Saturday, winning the opener 6-3 behind senior Sam Heaps (Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) and taking game two 2-1 on an RBI single by senior Eric Luff (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) with one out in the bottom of the seventh. In the opener, Heaps (4-1) struck out a career-high 12 batters and allowed just four hits, while senior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) went 4-for-4 with a triple and a two-run home run and three runs batted in, becoming the eighth player in program history to reach 100 career runs batted in. The Blue Jays finished with 13 hits off Albright ace Casey Lawrence (4-1), who allowed six earned runs and struck out nine. Albright took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly by Justin Danser and an RBI single by Lawrence, but the Blue Jays answered in the bottom of the inning as Luff singled, stole second and scored on Sheibley's fourth home run of the season to tie the game at 2-2. Elizabethtown went ahead 3-2 later in the frame as junior Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/owen J. Roberts) doubled and scored on an RBI single by junior Brian Kiernan (Garden City, NY/Garden City). In the fourth, Luff doubled with two outs and scored on a double by Sheibley to extend the Elizabethtown lead to 4-2, and in the fifth Kiernan singled with two outs and later stole home as part of a double steal to give the Blue Jays a 5-2 lead. The Blue Jays tacked on an insurance run in the sixth on an RBI single by Francis, and the Lions closed the scoring in the top of the seventh on an RBI groundout by Matt Pannella. Francis finished 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays in game one while Luff went 2-for-2 with a pair of runs scored and Kiernan finished 2-for-3. In all, the Blue Jays stole seven bases in the opener with Sheibley and Kiernan each swiping two. In game two, junior Adam Hartzell (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) handcuffed the Lions, retiring the side in order in six of the seven innings and finishing with six strikeouts while allowing just three hits to improve to 4-2 on the year. Albright got its only run in the top of the fourth on an RBI double by Lawrence, and carried the lead into the bottom of the fifth where Elizabethtown tied the game on a two-out single by Sheibley. In the bottom of the seventh, junior Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) doubled with one out, and scored easily as Luff blooped a single to right field to end the game. Luff and Vinagro each went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Blue Jays (15-8 overall, 7-1 Commonwealth), who finished with six hits as a team off Lion starter Tim Flannery (1-4). Flannery struck out seven and did not walk a batter in 6 1/3 innings of work for Albright (10-11-1 overall, 1-4 Commonwealth). Elizabethtown will attempt to sweep the three-game series from Albright when the teams meet Sunday in Reading beginning at 1:00 p.m. Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Albright College 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 002 000 1 - 3 4 0 (10-10-1, 1-3) Elizabethtown Coll.. 003 111 x - 6 13 1 (14-8, 6-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Casey Lawrence and Matt Kozlowski; Sam Heaps and Tom Semanek. WP-S. Heaps (4-1). LP-Lawrence (4-1). SO-BB: Lawrence 9-1; Heaps 12-2. HR-Adam Sheibley (E). Elizabethtown Coll. 2, Albright College 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albright College.... 000 100 0 - 1 3 2 (10-11-1, 1-4) Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 1 - 2 6 1 (15-8, 7-1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Flannery and Matt Kozlowski; Adam Hartzell and Tom Semanek. WP-Hartzell (4-2). LP-Flannery (1-4). SO-BB: Flannery 7-0; Hartzell 6-0. Back to top 4/4/2009 Women's lax routs FDU-Florham 18-1 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 18, FDU-Florham 1 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) scored seven goals and added two assists and senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) added three goals and five assists as 19th-ranked Elizabethtown College hammered FDU-Florham 18-1 in Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action on Saturday. Score by period 1 2 Tot Back to top 4/2/2009 Men's tennis blanks Albright in conference opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Elizabethtown 9, Albright 0 ELIZABETHTOWN,
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Elizabethtown College defeated Albright College 9-0 in the Commonwealth Conference men's tennis opener for both teams on Thursday afternoon, improving to 4-1 overall on the season. The Blue Jays lost a total of three games in the five contested singles matches to earn the victory over the Lions (0-4 overall, 0-1 Commonwealth). In singles action, first-year student Manrique Arrea (San Jose, Costa Rica/Lincoln School) won 6-0, 6-0 over Lee Fura at flight one, senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory at flight two over Kevin Gauby, sophomore Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) was a 6-0, 6-2 winner at flight three against Jason Lefkoe, first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) won 6-0, 6-0 at flight four over Kevin Wong, and sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) took a 6-0, 6-1 win over Mike Callahan at flight five. In doubles, junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) and Metz defeated Fura and Gauby 8-3 at flight one, and Kirkhoff teamed with sophomore Austin Plantz (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg) for an 8-0 win over Wong and Lefkoe at flight two. Flight six singles and flight three doubles were forfeited in favor of Elizabethtown. Singles competition 1. Manrique Arrea (ETOWN) def. Lee Fura (AC) 6-0, 6-0 2. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Kevin Gauby (AC) 6-0, 6-0 3. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Jason Lefkoe (AC) 6-0, 6-2 4. Jonathan van den Ende (ETOWN) def. Kevin Wong (AC) 6-0, 6-0 5. Brian Osborn (ETOWN) def. Mike Callahan (AC) 6-0, 6-1 6. Elizabethtown by forfeit Doubles competition 1. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Lee Fura/Kevin Gauby (AC) 8-3 2. Jeff Kirkhoff/Austin Plantz (ETOWN) def. Kevin Wong/Jason Lefkoe (AC) 8-0 3. Paul Brenner/Matt Freedman (ETOWN) by forfeit Back to top 4/2/2009 Softball shuts out F&M in both ends of doubleheader ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL Elizabethtown 5, Franklin & Marshall 0 Click here for the game 2 box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- First-year students Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) and Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) each threw their first career shutouts as Elizabethtown College swept a non-conference softball doubleheader from visiting Franklin & Marshall College on Thursday, winning the opener 5-0 and taking game two 1-0. It is the first time the Blue Jays (7-17 overall) have won both ends of a doubleheader by shutout since posting identical 5-0 victories at Alvernia University on March 14, 2002. In game one, the Blue Jays scored two unearned runs in the third on a two-run triple by junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro), and added three more runs in the sixth on RBI singles by junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry), senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) and senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley). Sebastian (4-9), who threw her 10th complete game in 12 starts this season, scattered six hits and struck out two while not issuing a walk. Tanner finished 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Blue Jays, while Guzik went 2-for-2 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI. Sara Damato (2-6) took the loss in game one for the Diplomats, allowing five runs (three earned) on eight hits while issuing four walks. Lauren Incorvaia went 2-for-3 for the Diplomats with a pair of singles. In game two, Parr (3-8) gave up five hits and struck out five to earn the win, and the Blue Jays scored the game's only run in the bottom of the third inning as sophomore Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) singled with one out, moved to second on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Hoover. Elizabethtown escaped trouble in the fourth inning as the apparent tying run on a sacrifice fly was wiped out when the F&M runner left early, and again in the fifth as senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township) threw out a Diplomat runner at third base who was attempting to advance on a fly ball. The Blue Jays managed four hits off Diplomat starter Nicole Morano (5-4), who struck out three and issued three walks. Jessika Mancino went 2-for-2 and was hit by a pitch for the Diplomats, while Jessica Feldman doubled and tripled in three at-bats. Elizabethtown Coll. 5, Franklin & Marshall 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin & Marshall. 000 000 0 - 0 6 1 (12-11) Elizabethtown Coll.. 002 003 x - 5 8 0 (6-17) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sara Damato and Lauren Incorvaia; Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Sebastian (4-9). LP-Damato (2-6). SO-BB: Damato 3-4; Sebastian 2-0. Elizabethtown Coll. 1, Franklin & Marshall 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin & Marshall. 000 000 0 - 0 5 0 (12-12) Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 000 x - 1 4 0 (7-17) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole Morano and Lauren Incorvaia; Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn. WP-Parr (3-8). LP-Morano (5-4). SO-BB: Morano 3-3; Parr 5-1. Back to top 4/1/2009 Women's lacrosse wins 18-5 at Arcadia ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 18, Arcadia 5 GLENSIDE, Pa. --- A 13-0 first-half outburst helped 19th-ranked Elizabethtown College to an 18-5 victory at Arcadia University in Middle Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Katie Foley (Palmyra, NJ/Holy Cross) continued her torrid scoring pace with four goals and three assists for the Blue Jays (9-2 overall, 5-0 MAC), who outshot the Knights (2-6 overall, 1-5 MAC) by a 30-4 margin in the first half and 45-10 for the game. Senior Kelsea Kozak (Brookhaven, PA/Sun Valley) and junior Megan Byrnes (Lutherville, MD/Towson) each finished with two goals and two assists for Elizabethtown, while senior Anna Ford (Salisbury, MD/Homeschooled) and sophomores Maria DeMatteo (Saratoga Springs, NYSaratoga Springs) and Sarah Cullinan (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) each netted two goals apiece.Shannon Bustin led Arcadia with two goals and assist, but the Knights were unable to find the back of the net until Stephanie Holguin scored with 24:50 remaining in the second half. Foley recorded three goals and three assists in the first half as the Blue Jays led 13-0 at intermission. Ford and Byrnes added a pair of goals while single goals came from Kozak, Cullinan and DeMatteo along with junior Katie Caprinolo (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford), junior Stephanie Kreis (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll School) and sophomore Meg Cassels (Downingtown, PA/Great Valley). In the second half, Foley added her fourth goal of the game and her team-best 51st of the season with 22:45 remaining. DeMatteo, Kozak and Cullinan also scored along with sophomore Ashley Mogle (Leola, PA/Conestoga Valley). In addition to her seven points, Foley led the Blue Jays with three ground balls and four caused turnovers. Kelly Donahue paced the Knights with five ground balls, and Kaitlyn Gamber had a team-high three draw controls for Arcadia. Senior Jenn Hawkins (Havre de Grace, MD/Havre de Grace) played the first half and made four saves in 30 scoreless minutes for Elizabethtown, followed by junior Becca Watkins (Herndon, VA/Westfield) in the second half who made one save. Evelyn Ciaburri finished with 17 saves in goal for Arcadia. Score by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Elizabethtown Coll.. 13 5 - 18 Arcadia University.. 0 5 - 5 Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Katie Foley 4; Kelsea Kozak 2; Megan Byrnes 2; Anna Ford 2; Maria DeMatteo 2; Sarah Cullinan 2; Stephanie Kreis 1; Katie Caprinolo 1; Meg Cassels 1; Ashley Mogle 1. ASSISTS: Katie Foley 3; Megan Byrnes 2; Kelsea Kozak 2; Anna Ford 1; Stephanie Kreis 1. Arcadia University SCORING: GOALS: Shannon Bustin 2; Jenni Groves 1; Stephanie Holguin 1; Kreena Patel 1. ASSISTS: Shannon Bustin 1; Jenni Groves 1. SHOTS - ETOWN 45; AU 10. GOALIES - ETOWN: Jenn Hawkins (4 saves), Becca Watkins (1 save); AU: Evelyn Ciaburri (17 saves). Back to top 4/1/2009 Men's lax routs Gwynedd-Mercy, 20-5 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE Elizabethtown 20, Gwynedd-Mercy 5 Junior Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) finished with four goals and an assist for the Blue Jays (6-2 overall), who won their third consecutive match by outshooting the Griffins (5-6 overall) by a 42-14 margin. Sophomore Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) added two goals and two assists for Elizabethtown, while senior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone), sophomore Shawn Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Hershey) and first-year student Ben Erdman (Herndon, PA/Susquehannock) each scored two goals apiece. Nicholas Coan led Gwynedd-Mercy with a pair of goals, but the Griffins fell behind 5-0 after seven minutes of action and trailed 8-2 after one quarter, 12-3 at halftime and 19-4 after three quarters. Elizabethtown needed just 13 seconds to get on the scoreboard as junior Josh Dougherty (Ocean City, MD/Worcester Academy) scored the game's first goal. Junior Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan), Kenneally, junior Kyle Huckle (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca) and Weber scored in the next seven minutes to give the Blue Jays a 5-0 lead with 8:18 left in the first quarter. After a goal by Nick Hummel got the Griffins on the scoreboard with 6:02 left in the quarter, Weber, Kenneally and junior Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) scored in a 41-second span to extend the Elizabethtown lead to 8-1 with 4:40 left in the first quarter. In the second quarter, McCafferty scored twice sandwiched around an own goal when the Griffin defense accidentally knocked the ball into its own net. Corcoran added a goal for the Blue Jays, while Coan scored his second of the game with four seconds left in the half to cut the Elizabethtown lead to 12-3 at intermission. Elizabethtown scored seven third-quarter goals, as sophomore Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) scored followed by a pair from Weber and one by Erdman to give the Blue Jays a 16-3 lead with 11:25 left in the quarter. After Thomas Stewart scored for the Griffins, Elizabethtown ended the quarter with goals by Corcoran, Erdman and junior Corey Toby (Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon) to head to the fourth quarter with a 19-4 lead. First-year student Drew Stitt (Easton, PA/Moravian Academy) scored Elizabethtown's only goal of the fourth quarter with 12:02 to go, while Gwynedd-Mercy's Stefan Hetland closed out the scoring with 4:55 remaining. Elizabethtown held a 38-14 advantage in ground balls and won 22-of-26 faceoffs in the game. First-year student Derek Karsten (Ephrata, PA/Cocalico) had a game-high five ground balls for the Blue Jays, while sophomore Brent Campbell (Baltimore, MD/Mt. St. Joseph) had four ground balls and was a perfect 12-for-12 in faceoffs. Elizabethtown used three goalkeepers in the contest and each made one save, as sophomore Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) played 17 minutes, first-year student Brendan Corcoran (Hershey, PA/Western Reserve Academy) entered in the second quarter for 32 minutes and senior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) came on in the fourth quarter for 11 minutes. Kevin Hens started for Gwynedd-Mercy and made seven saves in 10 minutes, with James Leemon finishing with 13 saves over the final 50 minutes. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- Gwynedd-Mercy Coll.. 2 1 1 1 - 5 Elizabethtown Coll.. 8 4 7 1 - 20 Gwynedd-Mercy Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Nicholas Coan 2; Stefan Hetland 1; Thomas Stewart 1; Nicholas Hummel 1. ASSISTS: Jon-Eric Lane 1; Steven Miner 1. Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Aaron Weber 4; Greg Kenneally 2; Ryan McCafferty 2; Ben Erdman 2; Shawn Corcoran 2; Jon Day 1; Josh Dougherty 1; Drew Stitt 1; Keith Staulters 1; Brian Schaaf 1; Corey Toby 1; Kyle Huckle 1; Team 1. ASSISTS: Greg Kenneally 2; Brent Campbell 1; Derek Neiheiser 1; Aaron Weber 1. SHOTS - GM 12; ETOWN 42. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - GM 0-3; ETOWN 0-4. FACEOFFS - GM 6-28; ETOWN 22-28. GOALIES - GM: Kevin Hens (3 saves), James Leemon (13 saves); ETOWN: Hunter Malick (1 save), Brendan Corcoran (1 save), Austin Hayes (1 save). |
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