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TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009
Tedesco Selected
Josh Tedesco, a senior at Thiel, was named the
Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball pitcher of the week.
A native of Campbell and an Ursuline High graduate,
Tedesko did not allow an earned run in 13 innings of work with no
walks and eight strikeouts in posting two wins.
The
(Youngstown) Vindicator
District Notebook
...The Waynesburg women's lacrosse team, in its second season,
won its first-ever game by beating Wilson, 15-4, last week.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009
Local Briefs
...College Baseball...Tyler Penwell belted a grand slam in the
top of the eighth inning to help 14th-ranked Marietta defeat
Washington & Jefferson, 10-7, Friday evening at Ross Memorial Park.
Observer-Reporter
Local Roundup
...Women's Softball...Waynesburg University 3, Westminster 2;
Westminster 11, Waynesburg 0 - Waynesburg split a President's
Athletic Conference doubleheader with Westminster Saturday.
The Herald Standard
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009
Campus Notes 3/26
...Bethany’s Matt Nemec (Riverside) went 4 for 6 with three runs
scored and an RBI in a win over Mount St. Vincent.
Beaver County Times
W&J Hoops Becoming A Strong Link
If third-year Washington & Jefferson College men's basketball
coach Glenn Gutierrez needs a little extra motivation, all he has to
do is look down the narrow hallway outside his office in Henry
Memorial Center.
Observer-Reporter
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009
Davis, Wingard Teammates On Waynesburg University Volleyball Team
In front of a crowd of parents and fans at the Rudy Marisa Field
House, Waynesburg University men's club volleyball middle hitter
senior Brad Davis said goodbye to the court he practiced and played
on over the past few months.
The Herald Standard
C-M Seniors Make College Choices
...Steve Roach, the Big Macs' starting quarterback as a senior,
will play football at Waynesburg University.
Observer-Reporter
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009
TMC Notebook
Thomas More College junior shortstop Chris Fishburn (Elder High
School) was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference baseball
hitter of the week Monday.
Fishburn led the Saints to a perfect 5-0 week by batting .400
(9-of-20) with two home runs (including a grand slam), three
doubles, a triple and 12 RBI. He drove in seven runs in a
four-for-five effort in a 12-7 road victory over Centre.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sports Shorts
Track & field...Moder PAC's best..Waynesburg University
sophomore Bill Moder was named the PAC men's Track Athlete of the
Week after finishing third in the 1,500 meters (4:30.20) and fourth
in the 800 (2:05.01) at the Muskingum Spring Invitational.
The Herald Standard
And The Winners Are...
...In swimming, Grove City senior Caleb Courage won his third
career NCAA Division III title in the 100 freestyle at the NCAA
Swimming and Diving Championships in Minneapolis.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009
Thomas More Notebook
Junior shortstop Chris Fishburn (Cincinnati/Elder) had a career
day in the Saints' 12-7 win at Centreon Wednesday. Fishburn went
4-for-5 with two home runs - one a grand slam - a double, seven RBI
and two runs scored.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Championship Roundup
...The morning saw the oldest record in the books fall when
Grove City's Caleb Courage erased Jim Born's 24-year old record.
All was silent when the senior took his marks in what figured to be
another historic swim. The burly senior displayed uncharacteristic
hand speed in his morning swim.
CollegeSwimming.com
NCAA Swimming
...Fairview product Natalie Rambish,
swimming for Westminster, wound up 30th in the 100 backstroke in
58.44. She also participated in the 800 freestyle relay, in which
Westminster finished 17th in 7:46.37.
GoErie.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009
Waynesburg Baseball Team Falls To Thiel
The Waynesburg University baseball team hung right with
23rd-ranked Thiel through four innings Friday afternoon as the two
teams opened up Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play.
The Herald Standard
Softball
...Westminster placed 12th with a time of 3:53.14 in the
400-yard medley. Westminster’s 800-yard freestyle relay team broke a
school record with a 17th-place time of 7:46.37.
The (Youngstown) Vindicator
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009
Campus Notes
Westminster’s Jillian Babish (OLSH) set a new school record in
the discus and placed in the top 20 in two events at the Coastal
Carolina/Asics Invitational. Babish threw the discus 34.45 meters —
breaking her old school mark by 1.5 meters — to place 14th, then had
a 17th-place finish in the shot put.
Beaver County Times
Sports Shorts
Baseball...Bethany wins, 18-10...Bethany downed
Mount St. Vincent 18-10 Wednesday. It was the most runs scored in a
game for the Bison since 2006.
The Herald Standard
Whiteman Signs With Waynesburg
Magnolia High School two-year football letterman Martin Whiteman
has signed a letter of intent to further his education and athletic
career at Waynesburg University.
Whiteman helped lead the Eagles to the state semi finals and the
state championship game the last two seasons, respectively, and
plays on both sides of the ball.
Wetzel Chronicle
Ex-Pirates Voice Frattare Hired By Waynesburg U.
The
man who retired after 33 seasons as a television and radio
broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates has been hired as a
communications professor by nearby Waynesburg University.
The university announced Wednesday
it was hiring Lanny Frattare (frah-TAYR'-ee) to teach sportscasting,
news announcing and public speaking courses.
York Daily Record
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009
Men's All-Great Lakes Region Team
D3Hoops.com
Women's All-Great Lakes Region Team
D3Hoops.com
TMC Notebook
Thomas More College swept the Presidents' Athletic Conference's
weekly baseball honors. Senior third baseman Jake Brown (Elder) was
named the PAC Hitter of the Week and freshman pitcher Paul Uhl (McNicholas)
was named pitcher of the week.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Area
...Terrell Picked By PAC...Following a week in which she gained
her first collegiate save, victory and no-hitter, Bethany freshman
Summer Terrell was selected as the PAC Pitcher of the Week for March
16. In the Bison’s first game of the season against Babson in
Orlando, Florida, last Saturday, Terrell came on in relief in the
top of the seventh with one on and no one out and got her first
save.
The
(Youngstown) Vindicator
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009
Sports Shorts
Geneva Beat Bison...Bethany (W.Va.) ended its three-game Florida
swing Monday with a 13-3 loss to Geneva. Laurel Highlands grad Eric
Fudala brought home the Bison's first run on a fielder's choice in
the bottom of the third inning.
The Herald Standard
Streak Busted
...The nation's longest hitting streak in all NCAA divisions
ended earlier this month, when Westminster (Pa.) shortstop Nick
Maiorano (New Castle) went hitless in three at-bats in the second
game of a doubleheader on March 7 at Southern Virginia.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Alle-Kiski Campus Clippings
...Washington & Jefferson...Senior 5-foot-9 guard Veronica Kust
(Riverview) helped lead her team to a school-record 24 wins and its
sixth appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament. Kust started
all 29 games and averaged 6.8 points per game.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sportview
...Thiel College freshman Corey Brown (Reynolds High) finished
6th at the NCAA Division III Nationals, while Gannon University’s
Kevin McElhaney (Jamestown High) earned a 6th place medal at the
NCAA Division II Nationals.
The (Sharon) Herald
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009
NCAA Swimming
...Caleb
Courage (Shippensburg) and Clay Beckner (Chambersburg) will be
representing Grove City College at the NCAA Division III swimming
National Championships March 18-21 in Minneapolis.
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Magnolia's Utt Signs With Bethany
Magnolia's Jason Utt has signed to play his college football at
Bethany College. This season for the Blue Eagles , Utt helped lead
his team to the AA state championship game , where he set two state
records with 11 receptions and 138 receiving yards .
WVNSTV.com
Names In The Games
New Castle News
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2009
Helping Hands
Lindsey Hyre (Chartiers Valley) and Veronica Kust (Riverview)
helped lead the Washington & Jefferson women's basketball team to a
school-record 24 victories and the program's sixth appearance in the
NCAA Division III Tournament.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Hope Downs Thomas More
It was a disappointing finish to an otherwise spectacular season
for the Thomas More College women’s basketball program.
Hope College’s size and defensive pressure proved to be too much
for Thomas More over the final 16 minutes as the Saints saw an early
three-point second half lead dissipate into a 67-51 loss in the NCAA
Division III sectional semifinals on Friday night at Connor
Convocation Center on the Crestview Hills, Ky. Campus.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Local Athletes Deserve Credit
On a weekend when the Observer-Reporter sports pages focused on
the state high school basketball playoffs and the PIAA wrestling
championships, two local young men were wrestling at the NCAA
Division III National Championships and a basketball team competed
in the NCAA regional tournament.
Observer-Reporter
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009
Hope Too Much For Saints
A season, and really a three-year run, of significant
accomplishment for the Thomas More College women's basketball team
sure couldn't be seen on the faces of senior guards Jayme Thiem and
Gabby Johnson on Friday night.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Waynesburg Baseball Earns Split With Baldwin-Wallace
The Waynesburg University baseball team ended its run at the
Russ Matt Baseball Invitational Friday by splitting a pair of
contests with Baldwin-Wallace College. The Yellow Jacket scored a
pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh and final inning to pull
out an 8-7 victory in game one. However, the Jackets couldn't pull
off a second comeback as they dropped a 3-2 contest in game two.
The Herald Standard
Deep and Dominant
...No. 2 Hope got big contributions from its starters and its
reserves in beating No. 7 Thomas More, 67-51. Erika Bruinsma came
off the bench to tally 11 points and five boards. All-American
candidate Carrie Snikkers chalked up 11 points and 14 rebounds while
Jenny Cowen scored 18 for the Flying Dutch
D3Hoops.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009
Hope Women Prepare to Face Thomas More
Hope College women's basketball players might be wondering if
their clocks got pushed up one week instead of one hour last
weekend. The NCAA Division III Final Four will be returning
to Hope's campus next weekend, but no one would blame the Flying
Dutch if they are feeling like they have already landed in the Final
Four, considering just how loaded their sectional is.
Mlive.com
Giachetti Gets First Win With Jackets
Waynesburg handed first-year softball coach Lou Giachetti with
his first two wins of his career Thursday victories over Lesley and
Emmanuel, both from Massachusetts, at the Rebel Games. The
Yellow Jackets (2-6) won the opener 5-0 over the Lynx and completed
the day sweep against the Saints with a 5-4 victory.
The Herald Standard
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009
Campus Roundup
...Dylan Viehdorfer, Geneva College: After taking the first game
of a doubleheader on Tuesday night, Geneva stands with a 3-2 mark on
the season. Viehdorfer, a West Branch alumnus, is listed as a
pitcher/first baseman for the Golden Tornadoes, who continued play
in Florida this morning with a doubleheader against Northwestern
(Minn.).
The
Progress News
Campus Notes
...Grove City College’s Nick Hamilton (Moon Area) was one of 11
swimmers from the school to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
Beaver County Times
Thomas More Notebook
No. 6-ranked Thomas More will host No. 2 Hope College in a
sectional semifinal game of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball
Tournament at 7 p.m. Friday at the Connor Convocation Center.
It is Thomas More's seventh appearance in the NCAA Tournament
and Hope's 10th appearance.
Cincinnati Enquirer
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
Sports Shorts
Baseball...Local players at Bethany...Four area
players will have a lot to say about how well Bethany College's
baseball team fares this season.
Leading the way is senior
shortstop Scott Fraley of Brownsville. Fraley also serves as the
Bison closer. Junior Josh Lawrence of Jefferson-Morgan is a starting
pitcher for Bethany.
The Herald Standard
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009
Waynesburg Teams Drop Doubleheaders
Waynesburg's softball team had a tough day Monday at the Rebel
Games in Florida, dropping both ends of a doubleheader with a 6-2
loss to Benedictine (Ill.) University and a 9-0 defeat at the hands
of Marian (Ind.)
The Herald Standard
ECAC Champs
The Washington & Jefferson men's team and the Juniata women's
team — both in NCAA Division III came away with championships at the
Eastern College Athletic Conference South Region tournaments over
the weekend.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009
Flying Dutch to Call Kentucky Home For the Weekend
It’s back on the road for the Hope College women’s basketball
team.
The Flying Dutch are headed to Crestview Hills, Ky., outside of
Cincinnati for their NCAA Division III sectional, it was announced
Sunday.
Holland Sentinel
Hope Women To Play Thomas More In Kentucky
The Hope College women's basketball team found out Sunday that
its quest for a second national championship in four seasons will go
through Kentucky.
The NCAA announced Thomas More College of Crestview Hills, Ken.,
will host Friday and Saturday's NCAA Division III sectional
tournament.
Mlive.com
Thomas More Notebook
Senior guard Alex Gee, a Glen Este High graduate, became Thomas
More's all-time women's 3-point shooter with a 3-pointer at the
19:45 mark of the first half against Messiah (Pa.) College on
Saturday. Gee finished the game with three 3-pointers so her career
mark currently stands at 245.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Saints Host Div. III Sectionals
After being forced to play away from home for their first two
NCAA Division III Tournament games the Thomas More women's
basketball team has earned the right of home-court advantage for its
next one - and the one after that if it wins.
Cincinnati Enquirer
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 2009
Thomas More's Upset Bid Falls Short To Capital
For a team that had come so far this season and for a program
that had come even further in just three seasons, the Thomas More
College men's basketball team wasn't going down without a fight in
its first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.
Cincinnati Enquirer
W&J Falls In D-III Tourney
The No. 21-ranked Washington & Jefferson
College women's basketball team saw its record-setting season come
to a close Friday night with an 87-64 loss to No. 2-ranked Hope
College in the opening round of the 2009 NCAA Division III
tournament at DeVos Fieldhouse.
Observer-Reporter
Capital 80, Thomas More 77
Senior guard Jamie Yoder sank two free
throws with 21 seconds left and
Capital University's men's basketball team survived an upset bid
from
Thomas More College, winning 80-77 in overtime in the first
round of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championships Friday
at The Capital Center.
D3Hoops.com
Names in the Games
New Castle News
Division III A Pure World
Two days ago, I asked the 6-foot-7 physics major who plays the
post for Thomas More College, “What’s it going to feel tike
competing in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time?”
“I can’t wait for Friday night to get here,” answered sophomore
Brian Muse, covering his face with his hands.
Cincinnati Enquirer
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009
Area Women In Postseason Action
It's tournament time for women's teams from the University of
Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More College.
The Saints (26-2), ranked No. 6 nationally, will play
Randolph-Macon (23-5) in the NCAA Division III Tournament at 5:30
p.m. in Grantham, Pa.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Flying Dutch Ready For First Round
Foe's High-Octane Offense
Holland, MI — Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) women’s basketball
coach Jina DeRubbo doesn’t believe her team needs a miracle to beat
once-beaten Hope College in the NCAA Division III national
tournament.
Hope coach Brian Morehouse agrees.
Holland (Mich.) Sentinel
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009
Campus Notes
...Grove City’s Christine Slater (Center) had 21 points and 10
rebounds — her 11th double-double of the season — in a loss to
Thiel. In a victory over Thiel earlier in the week, she had 25
points.
Beaver County Times
Saints' Many Pieces Form Strong Whole
There are basketball teams across the country who will earn
tournament berths this month that are more talented than the NCAA
Division III men of Thomas More College. But it's unlikely any team
plays harder or more unselfishly with as diverse a team of players
as the 19-8 Saints, who two seasons ago won a grand total of three
games.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Evans' Likely Duties: Third base, The Mound
Junior Dave Evans, the Riverside High School product, is a
candidate to play third base as the Westminster College baseball
team prepares for the 2009 season under coach Carmen Nocera.
Ellwood City Ledger
College Basketball
Washington & Jefferson (24-4) and Pitt-Greensburg (24-2) will
play women's first-round games tomorrow in Holland, Mich. W&J, which
earned an at-large bid out of the Presidents' Athletic Conference,
will face first-round host No. 2 Hope (25-1), which is 58-1 at home
since its arena, DeVos Fieldhouse, was opened.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009
College Notes
...Pac Honors...Geneva College’s Justin Nardi (Blackhawk) and
David Phillips (Beaver Falls) earned Presidents’ Athletic Conference
Coaches Honors, which is the all-conference equivalent for NCAA
Division III provisional members.
Beaver County Times
Area Wrestlers To Vie For NCAA Honors
While the high school wrestling season comes to a close this
weekend, the push for the NCAA Division I Championships held on
March 19-21 in St. Louis begins for several local wrestlers with a
pair of Waynesburg University wrestlers vying for Division III
honors. Nick Garber earned a berth in the national tournament by
winning the 141-pound title at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
The Herald Standard
Kentucky Sports Digest
Thomas More College head men's basketball coach John Ellenwood
was named Presidents' Athletic Conference coach of the year and
three Saints were named all-PAC. Ellenwood, in his third season at
Thomas More, led the Saints to the PAC regular-season and tournament
titles and earned the program's first bid to the NCAA Division III
Tournament with a 19-8 record. He is 33-47 in his three seasons on
the Saints' sidelines.
Cincinnati Enquirer
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009
Saints Teams Hit the Road For NCAA Tourney
The Thomas More men's and women's basketball teams both will hit
the road for their NCAA Division III Tournament matchups, with each
sporting different sets of priorities.
Cincinnati Enquirer
W&J Has Hope In Tournament
When they walked onto the court Saturday afternoon to play
Thomas More in the championship game of the Presidents' Athletic
Conference tournament, the members of the Washington & Jefferson
women's basketball team felt no pressure.
Observer-Reporter
Local Teams Headed To D-III Tourney
...No. 21 Washington & Jefferson and Pitt-Greensburg were
awarded automatic bids to the D-III women's tournament.
W&J (25-4), the Presidents' Athletic Conference Tournament
runner-up, will play at No. 2 Hope (25-1) on Friday in a first-round
game. Hope, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
champion, has won 17 consecutive games.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
Colleges
Swimming: Brittany
Bertoli (Hempfield), a senior at Washington & Jefferson, won the 200
butterfly at the President's Athletic Conference championships
last weekend. Bertoli bettered her school record with a time of
2:10.13. Bertoli was third in the 200 medley relay and fourth in
the 500 free and 100 butterfly.
LancasterOnline.com
Transy, Thomas More and IUS Clinch Bids
Thomas More 91, Bethany 65: The host and top-seeded Saints
(19-8) opened the second half with a 31-11 burst to swamp the
second-seeded Bison (17-11) for their first Presidents' Athletic
Conference crown and first berth in the NCAA Division III
Tournament.
Courier-Journal
Bison Falter In Second Half
The Bethany men's basketball team was within one at halftime,
but Thomas More shot 76 percent in the second half to pull away for
a 91-65 victory in the Presidents Athletic Conference Tournament
championship game Saturday afternoon. The Bison's record
falls to 17-11 overall and Bethany will wait until Monday to find
out if it receives an invitation to play in the ECAC South Region
Tournament.
The Intelligencer
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009
TMC Women, Men Win PAC Titles
The top-seeded and ninth-ranked Thomas More women won their
third consecutive Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship with
a 59-49 victory over second-seeded and 21st-ranked Washington &
Jefferson College in the PAC Championship game Saturday at Connor
Convocation Center in Crestview Hills.
Cincinnati Enquirer
W&J Women Fall In Final
The top-seeded and ninth-ranked Thomas More College women's
basketball team won its third straight Presidents' Athletic
Conference Championship with a 59-49 victory Saturday over
second-seeded and No. 21-ranked Washington & Jefferson in the PAC
tournament final at Connor Convocation Center.
Observer-Reporter
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