The Mid State Sports Network

LEWISBURG, PA – The start of the Bucknell basketball season is just three weeks away and good season ticket seats are still available. Additionally, single-game tickets go on sale Oct. 29. The men’s basketball home opener is Nov. 13 vs. George Mason at 7 p.m., while the women open their home campaign Nov. 14 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.), also at 7 p.m. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the Campus Box Office at 570-577-1000. Single-game tickets can be purchased starting Oct. 29 by calling the Campus Box Office or…

FAIRFIELD, CT – Coming from behind, the Saint Francis University women’s volleyball won against Sacred Heart on the road in five sets, 22-25, 28-26, 22-25, 25-22, 15-12. Saint Francis has now won three in a row and improved to 9-12 overall and to 5-3 in Northeast Conference play. The Pioneers fell to 6-16 on the year and 4-4 in the NEC. SFU battled throughout the first set, but they were not able to grab a hold of the lead. Amanda Zahumensky led the Flash with five kills in the first…

LEWISBURG, PA – Senior Brian Barron capped a 17-goal weekend with a team-high four goals against No. 16 Princeton as the Bucknell men’s water polo team completed a solid 3-1 weekend with a 10-9 victory over the nationally ranked Tigers Sunday evening at Kinney Natatorium. Bucknell led the game 5-0 in the first half and held off Princeton in the final minutes to snap a three-game losing streak to the Tigers. Bucknell (9-10, 3-5 CWPA Southern Division) led nearly wire-to-wire as it tallied the first five goals in the game….

SPARKILL, NY – The Lock Haven University men’s soccer team (5-8-1) rallied midway through the second half for a pair of goals, but the Bald Eagles fell to host Saint Thomas Aquinas (4-5-3) 3-2 today in non-conference action. The Bald Eagles, who were playing for the second time in as many days trailed 3-0, but fought back. Midway through the second half, Lock Haven got a pair of quick strikes from Trent Burris (McAlisterville, Pa./East Juniata) and Bobby Mohr (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) to make it 3-2. The Haven rally ended…

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Lock Haven University field hockey team scored two goals in the second half to force overtime, but the Lady Eagles fell to host Temple, 4-3 in overtime today in Atlantic 10 action. Temple (10-6, 3-0 A-10) led 3-1 at halftime, but Lock Haven (10-6, 1-2 A-10) got second half goals from Nakira Downes (Bridgetown, Barbados/The Combermere School) and Stephanie Ebersole (Elizabethtown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) to force overtime. Temple scored its third goal of the match in the 26th minute as the Owls jumped out to a commanding…

WILKES-BARRE, PA – Meet Jason Mifsud, MAC Champion. Cementing a resume that stands as one of, if not the, best in the history of Lycoming College men’s tennis, the 5-11, 170-pound senior finished off a torrid fall by doing something no one in the history of the program ever has – win a Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Championship. The top-seed in the top flight, the Montoursville Area grad made quick work of a pair of opponents on Sunday, Oct. 14 to clinch the title at Kirby Park on an unusually…

DUBOIS, PA – Just six points decided the winner of the Penn State DuBois Invitational as the Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s cross country team took first prize over Penn State Greater Allegheny.  The Wildcats scored 52 points to the Lions’ 58.  Seven Penn State University Athletic Conference teams were in attendance at the invitational and the win is the third this year for the Wildcats.  Sophomore Dan Starr (Stewartstown) was the top finisher for Penn College running a 30:26, good enough for third. Also for the Wildcats, sophomore Dan…

LEWISBURG, PA – The Bucknell men’s water polo team improved to 2-1 on the weekend with a 13-8 victory over George Washington Sunday afternoon at Kinney Natatorium. The Bison outscored the Colonials 4-1 in the second quarter and put together a 6-1 run that spanned three quarters to earn their eighth win of the year. Bucknell (8-10, 2-5 CWPA Southern Division) lost to George Washington (9-11, 1-4 CWPA) by three goals in their first league matchup of the year three weeks ago, but a balanced scoring attack helped the Bison…

CLARION, PA – Clarion qb Ben Fiscus rallied Clarion with two, fourth quarter td drives but the Golden Eagles fell short as Slippery Rock defeated Clarion 28-20 on Saturday afternoon in the third annual “Milk Jug” Game. Held at Memorial Stadium, Clarion’s record dropped to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the PSAC-West, while the Rock upped its record to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the PSC-West. Trailing 28-6 in the fourth quarter, Clarion junior qb Ben Fiscus led the Golden Eagles on a 16 play, 83-yard drive that culminated in…