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Seton Hill baseball a ‘perfect fit’ for Plum graduate Nick Stotler
Nick Stotler enjoyed playing baseball at Lock Haven, but when he graduated last year with a degree in business administration and the school didn’t offer an MBA program, he had to look elsewhere. Stotler, a Plum native, still had one year of eligibility remaining, so he started looking to see...
Shaler grad Weaver finds his niche at midfield for Heidelberg
Moving without the ball wasn’t something Liam Weaver ever put a lot of thought into. Making a position change for the Heidelberg (Ohio) men’s lacrosse team this season presented a new line of thinking. After moving from midfield to attack, the sophomore has found a niche for the Student Princes....
Chartiers Valley grad Toomer evolves into versatile player for Slippery Rock women’s lacrosse
As ShyAnne Toomer anticipated her junior lacrosse season at Slippery Rock, she knew the team might be looking for help winning draws. A large group of midfielders graduated from the season before, so Toomer prepared herself for the role and called on her mother, Shannon Reichel, for help. During the...
St. Francis (Pa.) junior Keith Braxton declares for NBA Draft
St. Francis (Pa.) last had a player selected in the NBA Draft nearly three decades ago, but junior Keith Braxton could change that. Braxton, the reigning Northeast Conference Player of the Year, declared for the NBA Draft on Thursday. He remains eligible to return to St. Francis if he withdraws...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Seton Hill coach resigns
Andy McNab resigned as the Seton Hill women’s soccer coach after four seasons. He is leaving to coach the women’s team at Barton College in Wilson, N.C. McNab spent two years with the Griffins as an assistant. Seton Hill reached the PSAC playoffs the last two years, finishing 12-6-1 in...
Spencer Lee honored at Iowa State Capitol
Former Franklin Regional star Spencer Lee enjoys repeats. Repeat trips to the NCAA wrestling finals. Repeat national championships. And repeat visits to the Iowa State Legislature. Lee, a sophomore at Iowa, was honored for the second year in a row Wednesday at the Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines...
Saint Vincent baseball coach Janosko gets 400th win
Longtime Saint Vincent College baseball coach Mick Janosko reached another milestone Wednesday with his 400th victory. Janosko, who began coaching the Bearcats in 1998, helped guide the team to a 6-1 victory over Geneva in Latrobe. Junior pitcher Fred Gillespie tossed a three-hitter and senior Bobby Finn tripled and drove...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Saint Vincent volleyball turns to Wisneski
Saint Vincent has a coach for its newest varsity sport. The school added men’s volleyball, its 24th sport, and Tuesday announced Derry native Scott Wisneski will lead the first-year program, which is expected to begin play for the 2019-20 season. Wisneski was an assistant for the Bearcats women’s volleyball team...
Seton Hill’s Eismann rewarded for stellar performance in goal
Max Eismann’s head-turning performance in net on Saturday for the Seton Hill lacrosse team earned him special recognition. Eismann, a junior goalkeeper, was named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division II Team of the Week. Only 10 players across the country make the cut each week. Eismann also...
Campus clippings: Appleby’s decorated career comes to close at IUP
Not many college basketball players can say they played in two Division II final fours and led their team to the No. 1 ranking in the nation. But IUP senior Carolyn Appleby can say she’s done that — and much more. Appleby had quite the career for the Crimson Hawks...
A-K Valley campus clippings: PS Behrend’s Gozzard on a hitting tear
Katie Gozzard is hitting just about everything in sight these days. The Penn State Behrend senior and Deer Lakes graduate extended her hitting streak to 11 games by going 3 for 3 with two RBIs in a 9-3 victory over Thiel on Sunday. The performance also gave her hits in...
Westmoreland softball players leading college teams in home runs
Westmoreland County softball players have shown a propensity for hitting the long ball this college softball season. A quartet of local players are leading their respective teams in home runs — at the Division I, II and III levels. Penn State freshman outfielder Chelsea Bisi (Derry) blasted her team-leading ninth...
Point Park track star Anna Shields featured in Sports Illustrated
Anna Shields has dominated the NAIA competition in track and field and cross country during her time at Point Park, and she added some more recognition for those accomplishments recently. Sports Illustrated highlighted Shields in its “Faces in the Crowd” feature in the April 8 edition of the magazine, which...
Weekend College Top 10: Records fall for Saint Vincent baseball
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Saint Vincent senior breaks HR record First baseman Bobby Finn (Peters Township) homered twice in a doubleheader sweep of Geneva on Saturday, becoming the school’s all-time leader with 20. He hit his 10th homer of...
Finn breaks career home run record at Saint Vincent
Senior Bobby Finn is the new home run king at Saint Vincent. Finn blasted his record-breaking 19th career homer Saturday, then added another in the second game of a doubleheader, as the Bearcats (14-9, 7-4) swept host Geneva, 8-4 and 9-0. Finn moved past TJ Conroy, the son of former...
Freeport grad Matt Swartz carves out niche as catcher, shortstop at IUP
Catcher and shortstop aren’t typically positions where the same player is listed at the top of the depth chart, but Matt Swartz is not a typical player. When Swartz, a Freeport graduate, isn’t wearing the “tools of ignorance” and crouching behind home plate for IUP, he finds himself standing between...
CCAC Boyce baseball ready to defend conference title
The Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce campus baseball team ended a long drought last year as it won its first Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference title since 1985. St. Bernards also advanced to the Region XX tournament with a chance to go to nationals. The team saw its season end...
RMU’s Abrielle McCartney juggles softball, academics and military aspirations
At 4 a.m., while the Robert Morris campus slumbers in silence, it isn’t unusual for senior Abrielle McCartney to be out for a run. A 6-mile run. It’s part of her ROTC training as the Canon-McMillan grad prepares for active military duty next year. On most days, she is lucky...
Saint Vincent names Terrance Smith new men’s basketball coach
It didn’t take Saint Vincent long to find a new men’s basketball coach to replace D.P. Harris, who left March 7 to coach at NAIA St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla. After receiving more than 100 applicants, Saint Vincent officials trimmed the list to six finalists and then to...
Appleby had quite a career at IUP
Not many college basketball players can say they played in two Division II Final Fours and led their team to the No. 1 ranking in the nation. But IUP senior Carolyn Appleby can say she’s done that — and much more. Appleby had quite the career for the Crimson Hawks...
Hempfield graduate Danny Whirlow gets PAC honor
Hempfield graduate and Saint Vincent swimmer Danny Whirlow was pleasantly surprised by an honor he earned recently. Whirlow, a sophomore, made the All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s first team following his performance at the conference championship meet. “I did not know it was an honor I could receive,” said Whirlow, 19....
Six Seton Hill wrestlers are academic all-Americans
Seton Hill wrestling team had six wrestlers named 2018-19 NCAA Division II Scholar All-Americans. They were Billy Bowlen, Luke Ewing (Greensburg Salem), John Fulmer, Damon Greenwald (Burrell), Sean Hoover and Ryan Ressler. Seton Hill wrestling team finished 18th in the country with an overall GPA of 3.099. Maryville University led...
Greensburg Salem graduate Chris Eddins receives regional wrestling honor
Pitt-Johnstown junior Chris Eddins recently won his second NCAA Division II wrestling title by defeating Tiffin’s Trey Grine, 7-2, on March 9, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Greensburg Salem graduate won the 149-pound title and on Thursday was named the National Wrestling Coaches Association Super Region I Wrestler of the Year....
Plum grad Zezza to take part in professional basketball combine
Courtney Zezza, a Plum graduate and senior center/forward on the St. Francis (Pa.) women’s basketball team, will take part in a professional combine Saturday at Tampa Prep High School in Tampa, Fla. Zezza joins Red Flash senior teammate Jess Kovatch at the combine and will be evaluated by more than...
PSNK softball pushes win streak to six
After beginning the season with 12 consecutive losses, PSNK softball is on a hot streak. A doubleheader sweep of Penn State Mont Alto on Tuesday (10-2 and 8-2 victories) pushed the Lions’ winning streak to six games. Senior Brittney Wolford (Burrell) led the offense in the first game, collecting three...
