Author: Sam Jordan

PLANO, TX – Big Ten college hoops fans nationwide get an ultimate boost on their mobile device from Learfield Sports with the introduction of “Big Ten Connect” – the first-of-its-kind mobile app for the Big Ten Conference and believed to be the first ever standalone conference tournament app.             Big Ten Connect – a Learfield Sports Digital product – designed to enhance the fan experience during the 2013 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, March 14-17 – is now available for Android and iPhone smartphones.  The app features live radio broadcasts…

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Loretto, PA – The Saint Francis University womens basketball team will host Central Connecticut State for a Northeast Conference Quarterfinal matchup. SETTING THE STAGE Saint Francis and Central Connecticut will face-off in a unique match-up, they just met on Monday in the regular season finale. The Northeast Conference Quarterfinal match-up brings the #5 Blue Devils to Loretto to face the #4 Red Flash after CCSU took down SFU 76-71 in Connecticut. Saint Francis is 39-7 all-time in NEC postseason play, including a staggering 23-1 all-time record inside DeGol Arena in…

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Bucknell freshman catcher Jon Mayer keyed a three-run fourth inning with a two-run double, but No. 19 Virginia scored in six of its eight offensive innings to defeat the Bison baseball team 12-4 Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field. Seven different Bison had a hit in the game, led by extra-base hits from Mayer and Corey Furman. Virginia (10-0) scored its 12 runs on 15 hits. Branden Cogswell, Colin Harrington and Derek Fisher posted three hits apiece, while Harrington, Joe McCarthy and Kenny Towns drove in two runs…

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BOSTON, MA – In just its first day of competition at the IC4A Championships, already Bucknell men’s track and field has two All-East winners, an event champion, two school records and four more program top-10 marks. Leonard Joseph was the gold medalist in the weight throw and Christian Lupica had a hand in both school records on Saturday afternoon in Boston. Joseph became the second Bison in as many years to win the weight throw at the IC4A Championships. The senior finished with a mark of 63-5 on Saturday morning,…

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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – A nine-goal first half, including five scores from junior Matt McCaffer (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus), helped the Lycoming College men’s lacrosse team earn its first win of the year, posting a 13-7 win over Gwynedd-Mercy, in non-conference action at the Shangraw Athletic Complex on Saturday afternoon, March 2. McCaffer posted his five goals on nine shots, and he also posted five ground balls, but he was just one part of a multi-faceted Lycoming (1-3 overall) offense. Freshman Mike Cooper (Riva, Md./Archbishop Spalding) posted his first career hat trick with…

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LEWISBURG, PA  – Sean Doyle scored a game-high three goals and Bucknell outshot Navy by a 57-14 margin as the Bison posted a convincing 11-2 victory over the Mids in men’s lacrosse action Saturday afternoon at chilly Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. The Bison defense held Navy without a goal for the final 51 minutes as Bucknell scored the game’s final 10 goals. The nine-goal win was the largest ever for the Bison in the series that now spans 13 games. Seven of the first 12 games in the series were decided…

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WHAT: Bucknell Bison (13-15, 4-9 PL) vs. Navy Midshipmen (18-10, 11-2 PL) WHERE: Lewisburg, Pa., Sojka Pavilion WHEN: Saturday, March 2, 7 p.m. RADIO: WVBU 90.5 FM/SportsJuice.com STREAMING VIDEO: Bison Vision LIVE STATISTICS: BucknellBison.com   About the Game Before taking on Navy in its regular-season finale, Bucknell women’s basketball will recognize Ashley Baxter, Alyssa Dunn, Lindsay Horbatuck, Felicia Mgbada and Rachel Voss on Senior Night. Fans can also win gift cards or a Bucknell Prize Pack by playing Basketball Bingo during the game. Tip off against the Midshipmen is set…

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA  – Harvard’s Brandon Kregel led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a triple and later scored on a two-out single up the middle by Robert Wineski as the Bucknell baseball team fell to the Crimson by a 2-1 score Friday afternoon at Davenport Field. It was the first of four games the Bison will play this weekend against Harvard and host Virginia. Sophomore righty Bryson Hough put together a solid start for Bucknell (0-7) as he logged 7.0 innings and was touched for just six hits…

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WASHINGTON, DC – Mallory Lyons delivered a game-winning single in the top of the eighth inning, propelling Bucknell softball to its second win of the year, 4-3 over George Washington at GW Softball Field on Friday afternoon. The Bison (2-7) also benefited from a three-run fifth inning to come from behind in their first game of the Colonial Classic. Bucknell played its fourth extra-inning game of the season and came out on top for the second time with Lyons’ late hit. The junior entered the game as a pinch hitter…

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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Three Lycoming College women’s lacrosse players finished with hat tricks, including senior Brooke Strausser (Myerstown, Pa./Conrad Weiser Area), who became the ninth player in school history to post 100 career goals, but a free-position goal with 12 seconds left helped lift King’s to a 15-14 win over Lycoming in non-conference action at the Shangraw Athletic Complex on Friday afternoon, March 1. The late goal spoiled a rally that helped Lycoming (0-2 overall) tie the game with 3:11 on the clock after falling behind, 14-12. Freshman Savannah Fox…

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