The men’s individual tennis tournament concluded today under much better conditions than Saturday where the wind and temperature made it uncomfortable for the large crowd that gathered at King’s and Wilkes. Unlike last week in the women’s competition where Wilkes won all the brackets except for #4 doubles (Misericordia prevailed there), the hardware was shared with last year’s top teams. Manhattanvillle lead the way with 7 medals (won: #1 doubles, #3 doubles, #2 singles; runner up: #4 doubles, #1 singles, #4 singles, #5 singles); Elizabethtown came in 2nd with 6 medals (won: #4 doubles, #1 singles; runner up: #1 doubles, #3 doubles, #6 doubles, #7 doubles); Wilkes was in 3rd with 5 medals (won: #2 doubles, #4 singles, #5 singles, # 6 singles, #7 singles); Lycoming had 3 runner ups: #2 doubles, #2 singles, #3 singles; and eastern captured #3 singles. Wilkes five champions were: Clarke Freeman and Wes McCollum at #2 doubles, Dakota Deem at #4 singles, Clarke Freeman at #5 singles, Alex Makos at #6 singles, and, Bao Nguyen at #7 singles. Top flight medals went to Manhattanville’s: Michael Capozzi and Julian Uribe at #1 doubles, Jose Pinto and Karim Mahmoud at #3 doubles, and #2 Michael Capozzi at #2 singles. Elizabethtown collected two top honors: Billy Freitag and Cole Turula at #4 doubles, and the best singles player of the tournament #1 winner Manrique Arrea. Eastern’s Jordan Gates round out the winners at #3 singles.

It is rare that a team commits 8 turnovers and wins, but that is what 11th ranked Delaware Valley (5-1, 3-0) did on Saturday against Wilkes (3-3, 2-1). Leading 18-16 at halftime, the Colonels were shut out in the second half, but the bigger story was the running of Matt Cook who set school records by amassing 324 rushing yards. This sets up a show down next week for first place in the MAC as Lycoming (5-1, 3-0) comes to Doylestown. The Warriors knocked Widener (3-3, 2-1) out from the ranks of the undefeated in the MAC by a 31-7 score. Besides stout defense, Lyco was again led by the rushing of Josh Kleinfelter who had 139 yards. Another top conference runner, Ty Hughes from Albright, had 153 yards and three touchdowns to pace the Lions (3-3, 1-2 over King’s (0-6, 0-3) 38-14. Last week Lebanon Valley (2-4, 1-2) gave up a big lead in the 4th quarter to Wilkes and lost in overtime. This week, losing 21-14 in the 4th quarter to FDU, Ben Guiles ran for 126 yards four 2nd half touchdowns to seal the comeback 33-21 win for the Dutchmen.

It doesn’t seem possible, but Delaware Valley’s spectacular runner, Caitlin Dorgan, won here 6th straight race in stiff completion at the University of Delaware.

Arcadia’s (2-2) men’s soccer team faced the top Commonwealth teams this past week (Messiah and Elizabethtown, both 3-0) with the same result, a 1-0 loss. The Falcons and Blue Jays know they have their hands full if they meet the Knights again in the conference tournament. DeSales reemerged as a Freedom contender with their 2-0 win over first place Eastern. Manhattanville also sent notice that they plan to make a strong presence for the championship with 3-1 win over King’s. Misericordia kept their three-peat possibilities intact with a 1-0 win over DVC.

Nationally ranked powers Messiah (11-2, 4-0) and Lebanon Valley (14-0, 3-0) had easy field hockey wins on Saturday as they look to the head-to-head showdown in Annville on Wednesday. The most meaningful Commonwealth result had Elizabethtown (10-3, 3-1) sneak by Widener 2-1 to take over sole possession of 3rd place. Widener and Alvernia are now battling for that fourth tournament spot. The biggest game of the weekend featured the ranked Eastern Eagles (13-2-, 3-0) scratching for a 4-3 win over King’s (10-3, 3-1) to retain 1st place in the Freedom. Although King’s and Misericordia are tied for 2nd, the Monarchs have the tie breaker with a head-to-head win last week.

After a tough women’s soccer loss to Messiah (maybe their toughest game to date), Arcadia (11-3-1, 3-1) rebounded with a 1-0 win over Elizabethtown (6-5-3, 1-1-2) to keep sole possession of 2nd in the Commonwealth. Lebanon Valley kept their tournament aspirations alive with a 3-0 domination of Albright. Despite a losing record, the Wilkes women (6-8-1, 2-1-1) tied the high-flying FDU Devils (10-4-2, 3-0-1) 0-0 to move into tournament contention.

The Eastern volleyball team again takes on a top team and prevails. This time the #6 Eagles beat #5 Christopher Newport 3-1 at home. The Lebanon Valley squad knocked off #25 U Mass Boston 3-1 and Bates 3-0 before succumbing to MIT.