WILLIAMSPORT, PA – After a tough one-point loss to the defending Freedom Conference champions, Misericordia, on Nov. 20, the Lycoming College women’s basketball team will get back in action on Wednesday, Nov. 28, when it faces Alvernia in the Commonwealth Conference season opener. The Warriors (0-3 overall, 0-0 Commonwealth) are led by freshman Shannon Wheeler, who is averaging 10.0 points and 3.7 assists through the first three games. Senior Rachael Scheller is adding 9.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game. The Crusaders (2-1 overall, 0-0 Commonwealth) are coming…
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Lycoming Gets Set to Host Seven of the Next Eight Games At Lamade Gym
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Coming off a pair of road wins against tough non-conference opponents in Wilkes and Susquehanna, the Lycoming College men’s basketball team will get set to host seven of the next eight games in Lamade Gym, starting by opening its Commonwealth Conference season against Alvernia on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The Warriors (3-1 overall, 0-0 Commonwealth) placed seven players in double figures as the team came from 10 behind in the second half to down Wilkes, 109-102, in overtime. Sophomore Chris Foreman posted 20 points, senior Anthony Martin added…
Read MoreFour LHU Womens Volleyball Members Named to AVCA All Atlantic Region Team
LOCK HAVEN, PA – Four members of the Lock Haven University volleyball team have been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II All-Atlantic Region Team. PSAC East Athlete of the Year Gao Xuan (Dong Ying, China/ Zibo No. 10 Middle School) earned AVCA All-Region status for the fourth time in her career. Also earning All-Region honors were PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Year Erin Walsh (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic), senior setter Alexa Garrity (Boothwyn, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara) and junior middle hitter Bailey Farthing (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman). Lock Haven…
Read MoreSeven Big 10 Teams Enter NCAA Volleyball Tournament
PARK RIDGE, IL – The Big Ten will be well-represented at the 2012 NCAA Volleyball Championship, as seven conference teams have been selected to the tournament’s field of 64. The seven chosen squads is tied for first among all conferences and marks the third time in the last four years that the Big Ten has sent seven or more teams to the national tournament. Big Ten Champion Penn State enters the tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, while No. 4 Nebraska and No. 8 Minnesota have earned top-16 seeds….
Read MoreBalanced Attack Leads Lady Bisons To Victory On The Road
BALTIMORE, MD – Bucknell women’s basketball led for nearly the entire game and held onto that despite facing some frenzied defense, beating Morgan State 72-64 at Hill Field House on Sunday afternoon. Three Bison finished in double-digit scoring, led by Shelby Romine (Centreville, Va./Westfield) with 14 as the Orange & Blue improved to 3-2 and their first over-.500 record since 2008-09. With her 13 points today, Alyssa Dunn (Mason, Ohio/Seven Hills School) is now averaging 15.2 points this season. Most of the senior’s scoring today came in the second half…
Read MoreLycoming Extends Win Streak Over Wilkes, 109-102
WILKES-BARRE, PA – A defender draped all over him and playing from behind all of the second half, senior Jerald Williams (Riverdale, Md./Bladensburg) floated into the paint and lifted a shot over the defender, canning the eight-footer at the buzzer and sending the game into overtime, where the Lycoming College men’s basketball team outlasted Wilkes, posting a 109-102 win on Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Marts Center. Williams had another unreal stat line, posting his second straight double-double with 12 points, 17 assists and seven steals, crossing 600 career assists…
Read MoreSich Scores Four Goals As Outlaws Beat Privateers
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Robert Sich and the Williamsport Outlaws entered tonight’s matchup with one thing on their minds, to avenge the 8-3 loss the Privateers on Wednesday night in Watertown, NY, and that they did behind a four goal night from Sich. The Outlaws got on the scoreboard twice in the first period with Sich tallying his first goal at the 1:15 mark from Brett Needham and Mike MacIntyre. Chris LeVeille would score his first of two goals at the 18:44 mark of the period from a pass off the…
Read MoreBucknell Defeats Niagara 77-69
LEWISBURG, PA – Alyssa Dunn (Mason, Ohio/Seven Hills School) tallied a career-high 23 points and six assists and Lindsay Horbatuck (Avon, Conn./Avon) recorded her 10th career double-double to help Bucknell women’s basketball to a 77-69 win over Niagara at Sojka Pavilion on Wednesday night. The victory was the Bison’s first at home this season and improves their record to 2-2 on the year. Dunn’s second consecutive game at better than 20 points also gave Bucknell its second consecutive win. The senior also had 22 points in last Saturday’s nine-point win…
Read MoreOutlaws Lose To Thousand Islands, 8-3
WATERTOWN, NY – Tyler Matheson left Wednesday night’s game with blood pouring down his face after he fought Chase Tippin in the third period, but Matheson would find the twine for the first time this season in the Outlaws 8-3 loss to the 1000 Island Privateers. Matheson’s goal came unassisted at the :49 mark of the 3rd period after he intercepted a clearing attempt at the blue line, pick his spot and delivered a rocket over the glove of Matt Anthony. The goal cut into the Privateers lead. The Privateers…
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