Category: College

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…

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….

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…

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…

LEWISBURG, PA – Bison women’s basketball welcomed its newest recruits as first-year head coach Aaron Roussell announced its Class of 2017 on Monday. Claire DeBoer, Alex Henning, Megan McGurk and Suné Swart are all slated to make their Bucknell debuts in 2013-14. “We are very excited about our first recruiting class,” said Roussell. “Our staff, led by Coach Christian Stefanopolous, worked very hard and we are more than satisfied with the haul we pulled in. This is a balanced class from a position standpoint, and all will have very good…

LORETTO, PA – Saint Francis U head coach Rob Krimmel has announced that Patrick Wrencher (West Chester, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller) has signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Red Flash basketball team for the 2013-14 season. Wrencher, who is 6-6 and 250 pounds, averaged 1.9 points and 1.4 rebounds for nationally-renowned Cincinnati Moeller last season.  He played in 23 games, including two starts, as a center/forward last season for coach Carl Kremer’s squad. The Crusaders finished 22-3 a season ago before falling in the Ohio Division I regional…