Author: Sam Jordan

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – For the first time since 2008, the Lycoming College football team is in the mix for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship entering the final week of the season. First, the Warriors will need to win their matchup with Misericordia and second, Delaware Valley can create a three-way tie for the tie with a win over Widener. The Warriors (7-2 overall, 7-1 MAC) have allowed just seven points in three of the last four games, as the defense has developed into one of the top ones in the…

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LOCK HAVEN, PA – The Lock Haven University wrestling team has a pair of Bald Eagles ranked in this week’s Gregg Henry’s/Wrestling Report Division I national rankings. Redshirt-freshman Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) and redshirt-senior Harry Turner (Howell, N.J./Howell) are both ranked this week. Neff is ranked No. 24 at 141. He competed unattached for the Bald Eagles last year and went 16-0, winning the Clarion Knight Point Open, the Wilkes Open and the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Classic. Turner is ranked No. 32 at 285 and will be a huge key…

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LEWISBURG, PA – Two players who were key in the Bucknell football team’s 27-24 victory over Fordham on Saturday earned weekly awards from the Patriot League on Monday. Senior DE Samuel Oyekoya (Lanham, Md./Gonzaga) was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week, while freshman RB Brian Regan (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) earned Rookie of the Week honors. Oyekoya was part of a defense that limited Fordham to three second-half points as he registered five tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery….

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PARK RIDGE, IL – Five Big Ten teams will compete in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship, it was announced on Monday. Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin earned berths to the national tournament, which begins Friday. This year marks the seventh time in the last 10 years that five or more Big Ten teams have been selected to the bracket. Illinois makes its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship and 11th overall after putting together a 10-8-3 record this season, including a trip to the Big Ten…

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CLARION, PA – Sophomores Brian Watkins (Bear Gap, Pa./Southern Columbis) and Caleb Willey (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) led the Lycoming College wrestling team on Sunday, Nov. 4, at its opening meet, the Clarion Knight Point Open at Clarion University’s University Recreation Center. Watkins won four matches to reach the 157-pound brackets final eight competitors. After an opening round loss to Clarion’s James Fleming, Watkins pinned Army Prep’s Erik Mullins in 57 seconds, posted a 5-3 win over Navy’s John Keck, an 8-3 win over Lock Haven’s Christopher Nagel and earned a…

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LORETTO, PA – After a convincing win over Sacred Heart, the Saint Francis U women’s volleyball team clinched an NEC postseason berth, the first for SFU since the 2008 season. The Red Flash (13-14, 9-5) routed the Pioneers (9-20, 7-8) in three sets, 25-17, 25-20, 25-23. SFU took control early in the first set with a 9-4 lead after a kill by Amanda Zahumensky (Sarver, Pa./Freeport Area). SHU narrowed the margin to three at 18-15, and then SFU went on a 5-0 run capped off by a service ace from Lauren…

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LORETTO, PA – Senior defender Tamas Maffey-Stumpe of the Saint Francis University men’s soccer team earned CoSIDA Academic All-District first team honors for the first time in his career. “Tamas demonstrates on a daily basis what it means to be a student-athlete,” head coach Michael Casper said. “He excels in the classroom, on the field and is very active within the campus community. I think he represents the very best of Saint Francis soccer and we are extremely proud of him.” A scorer of four goals in his career, Maffey-Stumpe…

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LOCK HAVEN, PA – The Clarion University men’s basketball team is picked to finish seventh in the PSAC West according to a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. The Golden Eagles, who went 15-13 overall and 11-11 in the PSAC West a year ago, must replace nearly 60 percent of their scoring and 55 percent of their rebounding from that team. Three returning starters and a pair of transfers are expected to lead the way. Junior forward Mike Kromka started 16 of 28 games last year and averaged 7.2 points…

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LOCK HAVEN, PA – Clarion sophomore forward Hannah Heeter is a preseason All-PSAC West choice, and the Golden Eagles are picked to finish fifth in the PSAC West in the preseason coaches poll. Heeter is coming off an outstanding rookie campaign that saw her named PSAC West Freshman of the Year and second-team PSAC West. She was the only freshman in either NCAA Division I or NCAA Division II to average a double-double for the season last year (13.4 ppg, 11.7 rpg) while leading the PSAC in both rebounding and…

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LEWISBURG, PA – For the second time this season, Bucknell volleyball’s Karen Campbell (Chesapeake, Va./Cape Henry Collegiate) was named the Molten Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Monday. Campbell led the team in attack percentage and was second among Bison in kills as the team closed out its schedule with a pair of split decisions against Holy Cross and Army. After both matches, Campbell’s stat sheet had 15 kills coming on a .370 attack percentage. Eight of those kills came in the loss to Army and was the highest…

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