The Mid State Sports Network

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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LOCK HAVEN, PA – Joel Blesh, a 2009 Lock Haven University graduate and a Lock Haven, Pa. native has been named the new head swimming coach at LHU. Blesh is no stranger to the Lady Eagle swim program having served as a student-assistant coach for two seasons while attending LHU. Since 2010, Blesh has been both the head swim coach for the Lock Haven area YMCA and Haven Area Aquatic Club, while also serving as the YMCA Aquatics Director. Blesh could not be more excited to rejoin The Haven program…

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