Author: Sam Jordan

LORETTO, PA – Two quick second half scores lifted the Saint Francis U men’s soccer team to a hard fought 2-1 Northeast Conference victory over St. Francis (NY) on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Loretto. Very early on in the contest senior goalkeeper Daniel Valcicak made a high flying diving save on the Terriers (5-6-1, 2-2 NEC) first shot of the game, keeping the match scoreless for another 26 minutes. SFC did strike first in the game however, tallying a goal in the 32nd minute of play and took that…

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BLOOMSBURG, PA – Freshman Jacob Oldaker (Elliotsburg, Pa./West Perry) netted a pair of goals for the second straight game, but the Lock Haven University men’s soccer fell to rival-Bloomsburg, 3-2 today after the Huskies scored the game-winner in the 87th minute. Oldaker put The Haven (5-5-1, 2-3 PSAC) up 1-0 just 8:45 into the match when he collected the ball and calmly moved around Bloom-goalie Ramon Lobo before tucking the ball into the open net. The host-Huskies (6-5-1, 1-2-1 PSAC) knotted the game at 1-1 in the 18th minute of…

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LOCK HAVEN, PA – The Lock Haven University field hockey team (9-5, 0-1 A-10) was edged by visiting La Salle 1-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference opener for both teams today. La Salle (6-7, 1-0 A-10) scored the only goal of the match in the 56th minute of play. Colleen Kempf knocked home a loose ball from in front of the cage after a goal-mouth scramble. Lock Haven goalie Elaina White (Etters, Pa./Red Lion) kept LHU in the game and finished with seven saves. Emily Woods (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville North) did…

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CLARION, PA – The Clarion University women’s volleyball team picked up its 10th straight victory with a 3-1 victory over Millersville Saturday night at Tippin Gymnasium. Clarion won the first set 25-18, while Millersville evened up the score by winning the second set 26-24.  The Golden Eagles were able to win set three 25-13, and set four 25-21 to close out the win. Carlie Bieranowski led Clarion with 14 kills and five digs, while Emily Stewart and Rebecca Webb both chipped in with 10 kills.  Laura Subject set up the…

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CLARION, PA – Clarion Senior Bethany Naugle scored in the 109th minute to defeat Mercyhurst in double-overtime Saturday night 2-1. “I’m delighted for the kids,” Clarion head coach Rob Eaton said. “They needed something like that. We battled tonight in the second half and overtime…It was a refuse to lose attitude” Mercyhurst (4-7-1 overall, 1-7-1 PSAC) took the lead in the 33rd minute when Sara Hawksworth scored. Clarion’s (2-7-3, 2-6-1) senior Lauren Barbour tied things in the 75th minute off a penalty kick. It was the seniors who dominated for…

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CAMBRIDGE, MA – Kelly Stefanowicz (Lansdale, Pa./Mount St. Joseph’s Academy) recorded her first career multi-goal game and Erica Perrine (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) made seven saves to guide Bucknell field hockey to a second consecutive victory with a 3-1 decision over Harvard at Jordan Field on Sunday afternoon. Kelsey Mucelli (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown Area) also moved into a tie for ninth at Bucknell with her ninth assist on the season. Mucelli and Maggie Murphy (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) both earned assists on each of Stefanowicz’ goals thanks to Bucknell’s strong penalty corner unit on Sunday….

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LORETTO, PA – A matchup of conference-leading opponents yielded a hard-fought double overtime affair on Sunday at the Stokes Soccerplex where Saint Francis U and Penn battled to a 1-1 draw. In the in the interleague finale for both squads, the Ivy League-front running Quakers (7-4-1) drew first blood in the 56th minute, before Tesa McKibben (Cogan Station, Pa./Montoursville) of the Northeast Conference-leading Red Flash (8-4-2) evened things up on a header with just over six minutes to play. McKibben’s 11th tally of the season came as she headed a ball…

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CLARION, PA –  Clarion quarterback  Ben Fiscus (Jr. Indiana) set school records for completions 36, attempts (64) and passed for 410 yards but it wasn’t enough as the Golden Eagles lost a 41-22 decision to #16 California in football on Saturday afternoon. Held at Memorial Stadium on Homecoming Day and part of the annual Autumn Leaf Festival, Clarion dropped to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the PSAC-West, while Cal raised its overall record to 5-1 and 3-0 in the PSAC-West. Fiscus hit on 36 of 64 passes for 410 yards…

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LORETTO, PA – The Saint Francis University football team used a strong defense effort to knock off in-state conference rival Robert Morris Saturday at DeGol Field, 10-3. For the second consecutive week the Red Flash (3-3, 2-1) defense needed to make a play late in the fourth quarter and against the Colonials (1-4, 1-2) the defense came up big and secured the win. Robert Smith (Carteret, N.J./Carteret) posted 10 tackles for the Flash including a pair of sacks to lead the SFU defense, while Ter’Shaudney Phillips (Deland, Fla./Deland) posted six…

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