News and notes about Muhlenberg athletics
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BILLIE NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior Elizabeth Billie of the Muhlenberg softball team was
named player of the week by the Centennial Conference for her performance
at the Rebel Spring Games in Ocoee, Fla. The catcher hit a torrid .600 in
six games and, of the 21 runs the Mules scored, she drove in 12 and
scored two others. Billie drove in a career-high five runs in a 6-2
defeat of Mt. Union. She also handled 22 chances in the field without an
error.
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Tuesday, March 16
BASEBALL at Lebanon Valley, postponed to May 4
MEN'S TENNIS at Marywood, postponed to March 18
Thursday, March 18
LACROSSE Muhlenberg 13, Kean 5. Senior ALLYSON
CROOKS scored a career-high six points on three goals and three assists
to lead the Mules to their first season-opening win in five years.
Muhlenberg led only 3-2 at halftime, but scored the first four goals of
the second half. Senior KATIE KENNY, who also netted three goals, then
scored two goals 44 seconds apart to kick off a 6-0 run that made it 13-3
with less than three minutes remaining. Sophomores KERRY LAMBERT and
MIRUNA LOVIN scored a pair of goals apiece. Freshman MELISSA GOLDKOPF
made eight saves and allowed only three goals in her first career game.
Another freshman, starting third man HOLLY SCHWAB, led the Mules with six
ground balls.Click here for box score.
MEN'S TENNIS at Marywood, postponed again, this
time to March 22
WOMEN'S TENNIS Muhlenberg 5, Montclair State 4.
Freshman JESSICA TANIS won the third set in the last match on the court
to provide the winning margin as Muhlenberg edged Montclair State in its
first spring match of the year. Junior MARNY BAXT and sophomore RANDI
SCHNUR joined Tanis as double winners. Click here for box score.
Friday, March 19
SOFTBALL Muhlenberg 7, Ursinus 1; Salisbury
State 4, Muhlenberg 2; Muhlenberg 2, Lynchburg 1. Muhlenberg won two of
three games to advance to the championship bracket of Salisbury State's
Sea Gull Invitational. Freshman ANGIE TYSON drove in three runs and
classmate LIZ KOSTELNICK knocked in two in the first game. Junior HEATHER
DREBY allowed seven hits to pick up her first win of the year. Against
the undefeated hosts, ranked ninth in Division III, the Mules closed to
within two on a single by senior SHELLY MARKOWITZ and had the tying runs on
base when the game ended in the sixth. Dreby scattered 11 hits in the
third game for her second win of the day. Senior ELIZABETH BILLIE started
a two-run rally in the second by smacking her school-record-tying 27th
career double. Kostelnick singled her in and eventually scored the
game-winner on a sacrifice fly by junior CHRISTINE BIECHY. Click here for line scores.
Saturday, March 20
BASEBALL Wilkes 8, Muhlenberg 3. Sophomore TIM
HABERBUSCH and freshmen GREG FREIN and JOSHUA CARTER combined to strike
out 14 Wilkes batters in eight innings, but the Mules' hitting and
fielding did not match their pitching. Haberbusch fanned a career-high
nine in five-plus innings of work. Carter had two hits and two stolen
bases. Click here for line score.
SOFTBALL Muhlenberg 2, King's 1; Wilkes 7,
Muhlenberg 4. Muhlenberg reached the semifinals of Salisbury State's Sea
Gull Invitational before losing to Wilkes, the eventual champion. The
Mules came from behind with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to
defeat King's. Freshman LORI BLANCHFIELD singled in the tying run, and
senior ALI HATOLA scored the winner on an infield error. Junior HEATHER
DREBY pitched a three-hitter for her third straight win. Senior ELIZABETH
BILLIE had three hits against Wilkes, including a home run and her
school-record 29th career double. Click
here for line scores.
LACROSSE Hartwick 15, Muhlenberg 12. The Mules
put up a valiant effort before losing to Hartwick, a national
semifinalist last year, in their home opener. The ninth-ranked Hawks,
who had defeated Muhlenberg by an average of 13 goals the last three
years, scored five straight goals to take a 7-4 lead late in the first
half, but the Mules rallied to tie the score on goals by seniors KATIE
KENNY and ALLYSON CROOKS and junior MELISSA KOWALCZYK (the first of her
career). Hartwick scored the next four, however, to take the lead for
good. Sophomore MIRUNA LOVIN netted four goals for 'Berg and Kenny added
three. Click here for box score.
TRACK men tied for fourth and women finished
third at Franklin & Marshall Invitational. Muhlenberg enjoyed its best
day on the track in a long time, using a total team effort to place high
at F&M. Only one Mule won an event -- sophomore KATRINA BECK in the
women's high jump. Senior STEPHANIE KALINER was the top scorer for the
women, taking second in the long and triple jumps, third in the 100
meters and sixth in the 200 meters. She also ran on the 4x100-meter relay
team that came in third. For the men, junior MATT HAZLETON was second in
the 400 meters, third in the 200 meters (with a time just four-tenths of
a second off the school record) and ran the lead leg of the fourth-place
4x100-meter relay team. Freshman JIM HAYES missed the school record in
the javelin by 13 inches. Click here for
Muhlenberg highlights.
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