October 9, 2009

FOOTBALL

Senior quarterback Bill Winters leads his team against Delaware Valley this week. He is quickly turning into the best statistical quarterback in FDU-Florham football history. At his present pace, he could own as many as six records by the end of the season. Winters broke the all-time passing completions record this season at TCNJ and he currently has 391 completions which is 62 more than second place. Last week against Widener, he set the all-time record for passing yards (4,281) and passing attempts (728). Winters will also finish his career with the passing completion percentage record. To date he has 30 passing touchdowns which puts him in third place all-time, five from the record. A true dual-threat quarterback, he presently has 16 rushing touchdowns which ranks him fifth all-time. After their big win over LVC last week, the Aggies hope to keep their hold on first place in the MAC.

Wilkes and Lebanon Valley square off for homecoming in Wilkes-Barre. Both teams entered the conference season last week with 3-0 record against non-conference opponents, but both lost. The winner of this weeks game stays in the hunt for the conference title.

ECAC Division III Southeast Offensive Player of the Week Tanner Kelley, Albright College Senior Quarterback from Clearfield, Pa., leads the Lions (4-0) against last year's MAC champion Lycoming (2-2). Both won their opening conference games so this match up is for a share of first place. Of the 611 yards that the Albright offense accumulated in Saturday’s win over Wilkes University, Kelly tallied 499 (436 passing, 69 rushing) of those yards. In the air, the senior was nearly perfect yet again going 32-for-39 (82.1%). He also did not throw an interception or turn the ball over for the fourth consecutive game and was responsible for four touchdowns. His longest pass of the day was a 53 yarder to Nate Romig. Kelly also led the Lions run game recording 63 yards on 12 carries.

King's (1-3) travels to Widener (3-1). The Pride has racked up points in their last two games, outscoring FDU and Frostburg 76-30, and hope to keep pace with the top conference teams.

VOLLEYBALL

The King’s College women’s volleyball team handed head coach Bernie Kachinko his 400th career victory as the Lady Monarchs posted an emotional 3-0 victory over the visiting University of Scranton Thursday in Scandlon Gymnasium. King’s won by scores of 25-15, 25-23, 25-10. With the win, King’s improved to 16-7 while Scranton slipped to 5-13. King’s was led by Kat Clerici who posted 16 kills and seven total blocks, equaling the school-record of 372 total blocks set by Michelle Simcoe from 1992-95. For Kachinko, the victory upped his career mark to 400-257 in his 21 years with the Lady Monarchs.“It is very gratifying to reach 400 wins and obviously it would never have happened without all my players over the years as well as the assistant coaches we have had,” Kachinko stated. “It brings back a lot of memories and having the chance to reflect on all the players who came through here and played for me is very special. Their efforts are the reason why this milestone was able to come about and I thank them all for what they have given me over the years.” King’s will be idle until Wednesday when the Lady Monarchs host Manhattanville College at 7:00 p.m. in Scandlon Gym.

The DVC Aggies have a 13-7 overall record with eight matches remaining. One victory will give them back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since they posted three straight from 1996 to 1998.

Eastern is ranked #24 in the latest AVCA poll.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Senior Sarah Grodzinski became the first player in LVC tennis history to reach 100 combined wins as she led her team past Neumann, 6-3, to push Lebanon Valley's perfect start to 10-0 and 3-0 in conference play. The Dutchmen travel to Arcadia on Saturday for a CC match up.

GOLF

The Elizabethtown College golf team won its own 16-team Blue Jay Classic at the Hershey Country Club East Course shooting 318 as a team in windy conditions to edge Messiah College by two strokes. Matt Burkhart of Messiah shot a 74 to win the tournament by three strokes over Joey Goldstein of Dickinson College. The MAC and NCAA Championships will be hosted by E-town on this course!

MEN'S SOCCER

Lycoming College men’s soccer head coach Scott Kennell claimed his 100th victory at the helm of the program, becoming just the second active coach in the Commonwealth Conference to reach the milestone. His Warriors travel to Arcadia on Saturday for a big Commonwealth match up.

DVC junior transfer Tom Antonucci has already set Aggie single-season records for goals (15), assists (7) and points (37) in just 10 games. He is just four point shy of moving into the top five on the school's all-time scoring list as he leads the team against Kings's for Family Weekend on Saturday.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Widener’s women’s soccer team has received votes in the latest NSCAA/adidas Top 25 Poll. The Pride (10-1-1) have tied the 1995 squad for the best start in school history, using a combination of great offense, standout defense and tremendous comebacks to reach the mark. Four of Widener’s victories as well as its tie have come after the team was trailing. The Pride have outscored their opponents 28-10 this season. Coach Brian Sheehan looks for his 100th win as his team hosts perennial power Messiah on Saturday.

Arcadia University Women's Soccer finds themselves in good company atop the NCAA Division III team and individual goals-against, save and shutout percentages. The 9-0-3 Knights have yet to find the loss column thanks to superb goalkeeping by first year Jacki Law (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains Fanwood), this week's Commonwealth Goalie of the Week. They have outscored their opponents by a 29-2 margin, having last allowed a goal against in a 2-1 home win against Ramapo back on Sept. 9. The Knights grabbed the #10 spot in this week’s NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Rankings, and along with #1 Messiah, remain the only unbeaten ranked teams in the Mid Atlantic Region. The team looks to remain undefeated when they host Commonwealth Conference opponent Lycoming on Saturday.

Junior Holly Nonis (Brampton, Ontario) scored a pair of goals to give head coach Matt Paton his 100th career victory as the Manhattanville women’s soccer team, once again ranked eighth in this week’s NSCAA Div. III Mid-Atlantic Regional rankings, defeated Ramapo College by a 3-1 score in non-conference action at the Ramapo Athletic Center on Wednesday afternoon

Eastern Coach Dan Mouw also looks for his 100th career win as the Eagles host conference foe DeSales on Saturday.

FIELD HOCKEY

The ECAC Division III Mid-Atlantic Offensive Player of the Week was Caitlin Vasey, Lebanon Valley College Freshman Forward from Doylestown, Pa. Vasey had a breakout week for LVC, starting for the first time and scoring six goals and two assists in three LVC wins. Vasey started the week with her first career hat trick at Albright, then scored twice at FDU-Florham and added another goal against Stevenson. In three games, Vasey averaged 4.67 points per game. LVC returns to conference play on Saturday hosting Shenandoah.

The DVC field hockey team, picked sixth out of seven in the Freedom Conference preseason coaches' poll, will look to improve to 3-0 in conference play when they travel to King's for a rare, Friday afternoon contest.