• Football Game to Be Webcast: Muhlenberg’s NCAA playoff game against Mass.-Dartmouth on Saturday is scheduled to be Webcast by d3football.com. Ray Martel and Pat Cummings will call the action. For the stream, click here.

• Bruschi Named to All-Region Team: Sophomore forward Kristen Bruschi of the Muhlenberg field hockey team has been named to the All-South Region second team by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Bruschi was selected to the All-Centennial Conference first team after setting school record with 19 goals and 44 points.

Muhlenberg placed one player on each of the All-Centennial Conference first teams for volleyball and men’s soccer. Overall, three Mules were honored for volleyball and five for men’s soccer. The women’s soccer All-CC team will be announced on Thursday.

• Volleyball: Julie Lauro became just the fourth freshman in the 10-year history of the CC to be named to the first team for volleyball. Lauro led the Mules and ranked second in the CC with 446 kills – the second-highest single-season total in team history. She averaged 3.94 kills per game and hit at a .321 percentage in CC matches. Lauro also received All-Mid-Atlantic Region honorable mention from the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

Senior middle Meaghan Billie received second-team honors. She was fourth in the CC with a .262 hitting percentage and also ranked ninth in blocks (0.76 per game) and 10th in kills (2.97 per game). Billie finished her career second on the Mules’ all-time list with 1,314 kills.

Senior outside hitter Dana Ferrelli received honorable mention after recording a team-best 52 aces and averaging 2.08 kills and 2.26 digs per game.

• Men’s Soccer: Senior forward David Vassilaros added to his District All-Academic honors by being named to the All-CC first team. Vassilaros scored 10 points on four goals and two assists in 2002, and all but one of the points came in CC games. He finished his career with 16 goals in three seasons.

Making the second team were seniors Michael Hochkeppel, Tom Hartey and Quentin McDowell. Hochkeppel, a midfielder, led the Mules with 12 points on five goals and two assists, while Hartey notched a pair of goals from his midfield position. McDowell anchored a defense that allowed only 19 goals and recorded 13 shutouts in 21 matches.

Junior Evan Smallwood received honorable mention. He played at both midfield and back, recording three goals and a team-leading three assists.

Coming from behind was the order of the night as the Muhlenberg wrestling team opened its 2002-03 dual-meet season with a win against three-time defending Centennial Conference champion McDaniel. The two teams tied, 23-23, but the Mules were declared the winners because they captured more bouts (six).

McDaniel (3-3, 1-1) entered the match ranked 25th in the Division III preseason poll. It was the second time in three years that Muhlenberg defeated a nationally ranked Green Terror squad.

Muhlenberg trailed, 24-17, heading into the final two bouts, but sophomore Jeremy Hart rebounded from a 6-3 deficit at the end of the first period to record an 11-6 win. McDaniel had one team point deducted at the end of the bout, making the score 23-20.

The final bout of the night, at 141, paired two NCAA qualifiers from last year. In a tight defensive match, senior Nate Yeasted scored two penalty points in the second period and hung on for a 2-1 win.

Freshman Dale Mills set the tone in the opening bout, falling behind early, 6-0, but coming back to pin his opponent 19 seconds into the second period.

Senior Joe Salerno followed with a techincal fall at 157. Also winning bouts for Muhlenberg were juniors Bill Cummins (184) and Brendan Barrett (heavyweight).

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