News and notes about Muhlenberg athletics
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WOMEN’S SOCCER IN FIRST PLACE
The Muhlenberg women’s soccer team is in the driver’s seat in the
race for the
Centennial Conference championship. The Mules need to win their season
finale at Ursinus to claim their first title. A
Muhlenberg loss or tie would give the trophy to Johns Hopkins, unless the
Blue Jays lose at
Washington in their finale.
The CC
champion receives an
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The standings through games of Oct. 21:
CC Overall
MUHLENBERG ........... 7-1-1 ..12-3-2
Johns Hopkins ........ 7-2-0 ..13-3-0
Gettysburg ........... 6-1-2 .. 9-4-2
Haverford ............ 4-2-1 .. 6-9-1
Western Maryland ..... 5-3-0 ..13-4-0
Dickinson ............ 4-3-1 ..10-4-2
Franklin & Marshall .. 5-4-0 ..10-4-1
Ursinus .............. 3-4-1 .. 7-7-1
Washington ........... 2-6-0 .. 8-8-0
Swarthmore ........... 1-8-0 .. 4-11-0
Bryn Mawr ............ 0-10-0.. 1-15-1
FIELD HOCKEY IN PLAYOFF CHASE
The Muhlenberg field hockey team is in the thick of a battle for the four
spots in the first Centennial Conference Tournament. The Mules need to win
their final game, against Bryn Mawr, and hope that first-place Johns
Hopkins defeats both
Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg.
The CC playoffs
will be held next Friday and Saturday, with the winner earning an
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The standings through games of Oct. 21:
CC Overall
*Johns Hopkins ....... 7-0 ....13-4
Swarthmore ........... 6-2 ....12-5
Washington ........... 5-3 .... 8-8
Gettysburg ........... 5-3 .... 8-8
Franklin & Marshall .. 5-3 .... 8-10
MUHLENBERG ........... 4-4 .... 8-7
Dickinson ............ 4-5 .... 7-10
Western Maryland ..... 3-5 .... 8-8
Haverford ............ 1-7 .... 5-12
Bryn Mawr ............ 0-8 .... 1-15
* clinched playoff berth
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Monday, October 16
MEN’S GOLF finished sixth at Franklin &
Marshall Invitational. Freshman Matt Katz tied for fourth place with a 75
to lead the Mules at F&M. Senior Matt Berman carded a 79. Click here for complete
results.
Tuesday, October 17
FIELD HOCKEY Muhlenberg 4, Franklin & Marshall 1.
Muhlenberg kept its Centennial Conference playoff hopes alive
by scoring three goals in the second half to topple Franklin & Marshall.
Senior Kelly Gower and junior Sarah Stitzer scored goals 94 seconds apart
to
ignite the surge. Senior Kristin George later added an insurance goal, her
first
of the season. Senior Carole Caine scored the Mules’ first goal.
Muhlenberg is now tied for fourth place in the loss column
with two teams they have beaten (Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall).
The top four teams make next weekend’s CC playoffs. Click here for box score.
MEN’S SOCCER Muhlenberg 5, Delaware Valley
3. Junior Chris Rowley notched his first career hat trick and assisted on
one other goal to lead
the Mules to a non-conference win. Rowley scored the first goal of the
game, and after Delaware Valley pulled to within
2-1 with 9:29 left in the first half, Rowley scored just 54 seconds later.
He completed the hat trick 10 minutes into the second half, then assisted
on the first career
goal for freshman Pat Ryan to give Muhlenberg a 5-1 lead. Sophomore Kevin
Welding also scored a goal. Click here
for box score.
WOMEN’S TENNIS at Moravian, rained out
Wednesday, October 18
WOMEN’S SOCCER Muhlenberg 2, Swarthmore 0.
Muhlenberg got back on track after its loss to Johns
Hopkins and stayed atop the Centennial Conference with
a 2-0 win at Swarthmore. Just over two minutes into the game
junior Jennie Vroman scored her third goal of the season to put the Mules
up, while freshman Dawn Iberer added an insurance goal before the
halfway point of the first half.
The shutout by sophomore Denae Bordeaux
was the seventh of the season for Muhlenberg, and its fifth in
Centennial
Conference play. Click here for box
score.
WOMEN’S TENNIS at Moravian, rained out again
VOLLEYBALL Haverford 3, Muhlenberg 0. The Fords,
ranked eighth in the Mid-Atlantic Region, handed the Mules a Centennial
Conference loss. Sophomore Meaghan Billie paced the Muhlenberg attack with
13 kills. Click here for box score.
Thursday, October 19
FIELD HOCKEY vs. Susquehanna, cancelled
MEN’S SOCCER Muhlenberg 3, Centenary (N.J.)
0. Three different players scored goals to lead Muhlenberg to its third
straight road win. Junior David Vassilaros and freshman Mark Lee found the
net early in the first half, and
freshman Evan Smallwood closed out the scoring with his first career goal.
Click here for box score.
Saturday, October 21
CROSS COUNTRY at West Chester. In their final
tuneup for the Centennial Conference Championships, the men went 0-3 and
the women
went 1-2 in a short-distance quad meet at West Chester. The men ran 3
miles and the women 2.5. For the men, junior Will Elson and sophomore
Brendan Gallagher
placed third and fourth, respectively.
The women, who defeated Division II East Stroudsburg, were led by
freshman
Erica Norey in 10th place. Click here for
box score.
FIELD HOCKEY Dickinson 2, Muhlenberg 1.
Muhlenberg’s playoff hopes were seriously damaged by a 2-1 loss
at Dickinson. Junior Melissa Eicken scored the lone goal for
the Mules. Click here for box score.
FOOTBALL Muhlenberg 41, Gettysburg 0. Senior
cornerback Mike Burke intercepted two passes, one of which he returned
60 yards for
a touchdown, and sophomore linebacker Beau Sherry made 12 tackles, 2.5 for
loss, to lead the Mules to their second shutout of the season. The Bullets
managed only 166 total yards, including just 55 through the air. Junior
Joshua Carter recorded 226 all-purpose yards and caught a 39-yard
touchdown pass for his school record-tying 11th TD reception of the
season. Sophomore Anthony Wolfsohn rushed for 139 yards on 19 first-half
carries before leaving with a leg injury. Freshman Matt Bernardo scored
two touchdowns for the third straight week, and senior Michael Dickinson
kicked two field goals. Click here for
box score.
WOMEN’S SOCCER Muhlenberg 3, Franklin &
Marshall 0. The Mules moved one step closer to their first Centennial
Conference championship by blanking Franklin & Marshall in their final
regular-season home game. Junior Nancy Grove scored once in the first half
and freshman Dawn Iberer twice in the second as Muhlenberg enjoyed a 27-4
advantage in shots. Sophomore Jamie Gluck assisted on both
second-half goals. The shutout was the Mules’ eighth this season. Click here for box score.
MEN’S SOCCER Western Maryland 3, Muhlenberg
2 (2OT). Western Maryland, down a man, tied the game with 1:24 left in
regulation and scored the winner 2:06 into the second overtime to break
Muhlenberg’s three-game winning streak. Freshman Justin Marx scored
one goal for the Mules and assisted junior Greg Ramos on his first career
goal. Click here for box score.
WOMEN’S TENNIS Muhlenberg 8, Kutztown 1.
Freshman Mackenzie Parke led the way for Muhlenberg playing in the number
one singles slot. After losing the
first set, she battled back to win the last two. The Mules took five of
six singles matches and swept all three doubles matches. Click here for box score.
VOLLEYBALL Scranton 3, Muhlenberg 1; Susquehanna
3, Muhlenberg 1. The Mules dropped a pair of non-conference matches in
their final road trip of the season. Sophomore Dana Ferrelli totalled 41
digs in the two matches, averaging more than five per game, and sophomore
Meaghan Billie was the top hitter with 24 kills. Senior Jennifer Kahn
recorded four blocks in each match. Click
here for box scores.
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