W&M's Heacock honored as CAA field athlete of week

William & Mary freshman Alex Heacock (Warwick) was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after qualifying for the IC4A Championships in the javelin last Saturday. Heacock threw the javelin 58.16m in only his second collegiate appearance at the Fred Hardy Invitational.
CAA Sports

LVC's Vargo, Roberts receive Commonwealth accolades

Two former LL Leaguers now at Lebanon Valley College have been named Commonwealth Conference Players of the Week. In tennis, junior Erik Vargo (Lancaster Catholic) was a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles play last week. For the season, he is 6-3 at No. 1 singles and has won his last five matches. In softball, junior Jenn Roberts (Hempfield) hit .500 (6-for-12), smacked two home runs, and had eight RBIs in a 4-0 week for Lebanon Valley.
LVC Sports

Ship's Hess is baseball player of week

Shippensburg senior outfielder Jeremy Hess (Lampeter-Strasburg) was named the PSAC Western Division Baseball Player of the Week. Hess registered at least two hits in every game last week on his way to a .538 (7-13) average. He also collected two doubles and five RBIs in the three-game stretch.
PSAC Sports

Fritz is captain of York track team

Junior sprinter/jumper Krissy Fritz (Lampeter-Strasburg) has been named a captain of the York College women's track and field team for the 2006 season. She's joined on the roster by junior thrower Andrea Paulukow (Hempfield). On the York College men's track roster are four freshmen: Brad Kauffman (Lancaster Catholic), Derrick Martin (Garden Spot), Eric McAllister (Columbia) and Gary Rynier (Warwick).
York College Sports

Gast, Bee lead MU in golf invitational

Sophomore Corey Gast (Lampeter-Strasburg) finished second overall, leading Millersville to the team championship at the Goldey-Beacom men’s golf Invitational this past Sunday and Monday. Sophomore Bob Bee (Penn Manor) rounded out the Marauders’ competitors.
Marauder Athletics

Butler is PSAC baseball player of week

East Stroudsburg junior outfielder Josh Butler (Garden Spot) was named PSAC Eastern Division Baseball Player of the Week. Butler is hitting .500 (32-64) with three doubles, four triples, six home runs and 28 RBI. He has crossed the plate 24 times and has 10 stolen bases while carrying a .577 on-base percentage.
PSAC Sports

4 on Ship girls' lacrosse squad

Sophomore attack Kelly Erisman (Manheim Twp) and defender Tara Kreider (Penn Manor), and freshman attack/midfielder Hannah Taylor (Conestoga Valley) and defender Heather Saxton (Warwick), are playing lacrosse at Shippensburg University this spring.
Ship Athletics

Beahan wins gold in A10 track relay

At the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track Championships last month, Duquesne freshman Emily Beahan (Garden Spot) ran the 800m leg of the Dukes' first-place-finishing distance medley relay team. She also placed ninth in the 800m individual event.
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Groff is first All-American swimmer at Gordon College

Gordon College freshman swimming standout Kristen Groff (Denver, PA) was named a Division III All-American for her efforts at the NCAA Nationals held at the University of Minnesota last weekend. Groff dropped a second off her 200 breaststroke time, coming in seventh place overall (the only freshman in the top eight) with a 2:25.20 finish. Additionally, she placed 18th in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:07.71 time. Groff is the first Gordon College swimmer to be named All-American and to make an appearance at Nationals.
Gordon Athletics

Mavraganis, Schuch key in men's lax action

Gettysburg College junior midfielder Andrew Mavraganis (Hempfield) scored a goal in a 12-3 romp over Denison University last Saturday in lacrosse action ... Elizabethtown College sophomore Chris Schuch (Hempfield) made 16 saves in a loss to F&M last weekend.
Gettysburg Athletics
Etown Sports

Girls lacrosse at Eastern, Etown

Senior defender Diana Diffenderfer (Conestoga Valley), freshman midfielder Erin Fries (Hempfield), freshman midfielder Erin Reimel (Ephrata) and sophomore goalie Emily Kocher (Manheim Twp) are playing lacrosse at Eastern University ... freshman attack Katie DiRico (Hempfield) is playing for the Elizabethtown College lacrosse team.
Eastern U. Athletics
Etown Sports

Baseball rosters set

Freshman OF Jordan Herr (Hempfield) is playing at Delaware ... senior OF Corey Caruthers (Penn Manor), senior OF Dan Hanecak (Lancaster Catholic) and junior IF Josh Welk (Lancaster Christian) are on the Franklin & Marshall College roster ... junior 2B/OF Ryan White (Cedar Crest) is playing for Elizabethtown College ... junior OF Chris Heisey (Donegal), freshman OF Ben Wenger (Annville-Cleona), freshman OF Jonathan Ebersole (Ephrata), sophomore C Ben Snyder (Ephrata), freshman P Josh Adams (Lancaster Mennonite), and sophomore P/IF Jeremy Stoltzfus (Conestoga Valley) are on the Messiah College diamond team ... senior C Kenny Riley (Lancaster Catholic) is behind the plate at Eastern Mennonite ... sophomore IF/P Jason Enoch (Hempfield), junior OF Chris Anderson (Penn Manor), freshman OF Matt Sullivan (Elizabethtown), freshman IF Josh Roy (Northern Lebanon), senior C Zach Sternberg (McCaskey), sophomore 1B Dan Kauffman (Penn Manor), senior 1B/DH Walt Goedkoop (Manheim Twp) are playing for Juniata College ... junior P Matt Sanders (Annville-Cleona), senior IF Jon Kelly (Cedar Crest), freshman P Mike Snyder (Cedar Crest), freshman OF/P Kyle Caruthers (Penn Manor), freshman C Kevin Kreider (Cedar Crest) and junior 1B/P Brad Brandt (Cedar Crest) are playing for Lebanon Valley College ... senior SS Eric Bonds (Penn Manor), freshman C Adam Gerhart (Ephrata), senior IF/C Dan Myers (Donegal) and freshman OF Matt Frymyer (Conestoga Valley) are on Alvernia College's roster.

For additional LL players, see PSAC baseball post below.

Testa named to All-PSAC squad

For the second time in his basketball career, Millersville junior guard Greg Testa (Lancaster Catholic) has been named to the All-PSAC Eastern Division first team.
PSAC Sports

Goedkoop, Enoch are Commonwealth player, hurler of the week

Juniata College senior Walt Goedkoop (Manheim Township) and sophomore Jason Enoch (Hempfield) have been selected as the Commonwealth Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week respectively for their efforts in three Juniata wins last week. Goedkoop is a two-time All-Conference player and led Juniata in home runs, slugging percentage and RBI in 2005 and was second in both hits and runs. Enoch was tabbed as the Commonwealth Rookie of the Year in 2005 when he tied for the Juniata lead in victories and was also tops on the pitching staff with 51 strikeouts. His 3.58 earned run average was second-best among the regular starters.
Juniata Eagles

PSAC baseball lineup for the '06 season

Sophomore Mark Gilliford (Manheim Twp) and freshman Drew Pare (Hempfield) are on the roster at West Chester University.

Playing ball at Shippensburg this season are senior Jeremy Hess (Lampeter-Strasburg), junior Ryan Bucher (Cedar Crest), junior Jared Boger (Cedar Crest), junior Nathan Jones (Warwick), junior Ross Buckwalter (Ephrata), junior Justin Garber (Elizabethtown), sophomore Jared Ellis (Manheim Twp) and freshman Sean Killian (Hempfield).

The Millersville squad includes senior Bob Duvall (Lampeter-Strasburg), junior Zach Walker (Lancaster Catholic), sophomore Brett Rhoads (Hempfield), redshirt sophomore Tim Bianchi (Lampeter-Strasburg), redshirt freshmen Ryan Hogentogler (Hempfield) and Cody Wile (Penn Manor), and freshmen Sheldon Witmer (Penn Manor), Andrew Dochterman (Manheim Twp) and Philip Texter (Penn Manor).

Senior Kyle Kaschak (Solanco) and sophomore Matt Jones (Warwick) are in Kutztown's lineup this spring.

At Clarion, senior Dan Price (Elizabethtown) returns for the Golden Eagles.

Junior Josh Butler (Garden Spot) is playing for East Stroudsburg.

Juniata vs. PSU volleyball features Withum, Yeager

Juniata College senior Cordt Withum (Penn Manor) led all players with seven blocks and junior Steve Yeager (Hempfield) paced the team with eight digs in a 3-0 loss to Penn State on Wednesday.
Juniata Eagles

Softball round-up: Who's playing where

Freshman IF/OF Jessika Mancino (Hempfield) is on the Franklin & Marshall College roster ... sophomore Becky Wimer (Solanco) is playing 1B/OF for York College ... freshman P/OF Jenna Batchelor (Annville-Cleona) and senior C/IF Gina Weaver (Lancaster Mennonite) are on the Messiah College squad ... sophomore OF Anny Smucker (Lancaster Mennonite) is at Eastern Mennonite ... senior OF Abby Sener (Donegal) is playing for the Juniata College team ... junior P Jenn Roberts (Hempfield), junior OF Amy Batz (Cedar Crest), junior SS/2B Audrey Benner (Conestoga Valley) and freshman C/1B Crystal Nolen (Cedar Crest) are on the Lebanon Valley College roster ... sophomore 1B/3B Mandy Jankowski (Lancaster Catholic) is on West Chester's team ... and at Lock Haven, sophomore Christa Sweigart (Pequea Valley) is playing OF.

Etown's Bawell, Brown on field hockey academic team

Elizabethtown College junior forwards Val Bawell (Garden Spot) and Whitney Brown (Manheim Central) have earned spots on the National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association (NFHCA) National Academic Squad.
Etown Sports