Lady Bald Eagles Split Doubleheader with Millersville

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Lady Bald Eagles Split Doubleheader with Millersville

LOCK HAVEN, PA  – The Lock Haven University softball team (14-11) spilt today’s doubleheader with Millersville University (10-18). LHU dropped game one, 5-1, but bounced back with a solid 6-4 win in game two. Nicole Smith (Milton, Pa./Milton) was 2-for-2 and Bridgette Clarke (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) was 2-for-4 at the plate in game one. Millersville led 3-1 after 4.5 innings in game two, but Lock Haven responded in a big way. The Lady Eagles scored four innings the bottom of the fifth, taking the lead for good. Highlighting the four-run…

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Womens Golf Team Finishes 18th in Virginia

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Womens Golf Team Finishes 18th in Virginia

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (March 20, 2012) – After improving its team score for the second consecutive day, the Saint Francis University women’s golf team concluded the C&F Bank Invitational in 18th place in the 21-team field. SFU carded a three-day team score of 1,034 (356-344-334) to finish ahead of Mount St. Mary’s, Towson and Quinnipiac. Longwood captured the team title with a total score of 912 (300-303-309). St. John’s, St. Leo, Toledo and Penn round out the list of top-five finishers. Kameron Carter of Longwood and her 221 (71-74-76) earned her top individual…

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Saint Francis Softball Splits Doubleheader with Pitt

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Saint Francis Softball Splits Doubleheader with Pitt

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (March 21, 2012) – As has been the case for a majority of this season, the Saint Francis University softball team split a pair of games Wednesday afternoon against Pittsburgh. With the one win, it is the first time SFU had beaten Pitt since they swept them in the 2008 season. In addition to its first win over the Panthers in four years, Saint Francis has tied its win total from all of last season with 10. Pitt (15-9) got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of…

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Penn College Baseball Victorious in South Carolina

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Penn College Baseball Victorious in South Carolina

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Senior Jared Johnson (Wyalusing) went 3-4 with three RBI to help the Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball team defeat Ancilla College (Ind.) 9-5 on day three of the team’s spring break tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sophomore Jarod Bull (Jacobus) recorded the win on the mound and senior Thomas Hughes (Easton) helped the cause going 2-3 with three runs and a stolen base. Penn College (3-1) was down by three after the top of the first but came back to score four in the bottom of…

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Saint Francis Men’s Volleyball Team Loses On The Road

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Saint Francis Men’s Volleyball Team Loses On The Road

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. (March 5, 2012) – In non-conference action Monday night, the Saint Francis University Men’s volleyball team lost a tightly contested 3-2 (25-21,23-25,25-23,21-25,14-16)battle with Mount Olive on the road. With each of the five sets being determined by four points or fewer, it goes without saying that each set came down to the wire. While up 1-0 in the match, the Red Flash (8-10) trailed the Trojans (8-12) by a decent sized margin halfway through the second set. SFU rallied from being down 17-10 to go on a…

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Saint Francis University Bowling Team Seeking Win

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Saint Francis University Bowling Team Seeking Win

TEANECK, N.J. (March 4, 2012) – With just one win to close out Sunday’s Northeast Conference No. 3 event, the Saint Francis University bowling team fell to ninth in the conference standings, putting them one spot out of qualifying for the NEC Championship at the end of March. “I’m proud of these ladies. Two matches today came down to the last ball,” head coach Tom Falbo said. “Yesterday, our opponents raised their level of play against us significantly over the remainder of their day. We were prepared for this and scored…

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Saint Francis, PA Softball Adding Awards to Young Season

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Saint Francis, PA Softball Adding Awards to Young Season

SOMERSET, N.J. (March 5, 2012) – After a couple of hard fought wins to open the 2012 season, the Saint Francis University softball team can add a couple of individual Northeast Conference awards to its solid start. Paige Smith picks up her first NEC Player of the Week award while newcomer Chelsea Rex was recognized as the top rookie within the conference. Smith compiled a .462 batting average on the weekend, going 6-for-13 while scoring three runs and driving in two more. The senior outfielder went 2-for-3 with a run scored…

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Lock Haven University Wrestlers Take 6th Place at EWL Championships

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Lock Haven University Wrestlers Take 6th Place at EWL Championships

CLARION, Pa.  – Senior Seth Creasy (Mercer, Pa./Mercer) moved up a weight class and finished third to qualify for the 2012 NCAA National Championships as he led the Lock Haven University wrestling team at the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) Championships. True-freshman Bobby Rehm (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor) also took third to help the Bald Eagles take sixth overall at the 37th edition of the EWL Championships. No. 9 Pittsburgh took home its second straight team title. Edinboro and West Virginia rounded out the top three teams. Owen Wilkinson (Hartland, Mich./Hartland) and…

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