After a 6-2 record in week #2, MAC football slipped this weekend with a 2-4 performance. On Friday night, FDU won 24-23 in overtime when TCNJ missed an extra point to tie the game. LVC won 21-6 as they sacked Moravian quarterbacks nine times, four by Zack Bleiler. It was a story of two halves as LVC dominated the first half on their way to a 21-0 lead, but they were unable to muster much offense in the last thirty minutes. When Brittany Ryan kicked the first extra point, she entered the NCAA record book as the leading female scorer with 88 points. In perhaps the Division III game of the day, #8 Delaware Valley lost a 4th quarter lead to succumb to #3 Wesley. Wesley jumped to a 14-0 halftime advantage, but the Aggies moved ahead 17-14 with eight minutes to go in the 4th, before the Wolverines went ahead for good 21-17.

#2 Messiah field hockey avenged a 1-0 defeat in the 2009 national championship game to Salisbury with a decisive 3-0 away win over the #1 Seagulls yesterday. Eastern knocked off neighbor Swarthmore 2-0 to maintain their winning streak against top teams. Commonwealth teams have a 32-9 record in non-conference play and Freedom teams are 29-19.

In a cross over men’s soccer game, #10 Messiah escaped Center Valley with a 3-2 win over the DeSales Bulldogs. Alvernia (5-0-1) and Albright (5-2) continued their winning ways over the weekend.

In women’s soccer, the #1 Messiah Falcons topped #23 Lynchburg 4-0 for their sixth straight shutout. In a special Friday night event, Widener beat Wilkes 1-0 at PP & L Park.

#10 Eastern volleyball swept the Salisbury tournament 4-0 to remain perfect at 14-0. They are poised to host perennial power #2 Juniata on Friday night.

Del Val’s Caitlin Dorgan won her third straight race, this time over some Division I competitors at the Monmouth Invitational. LVC’s Jenn Cronin was the top Division III runner and 4th over-all in a large multi-divisional field at Dickinson. Her team was 2nd out of 26! Also at Dickinson, the Widener men finished 6th out of 26th to record the best MAC performance