News and notes about Muhlenberg athletics
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GOLF WINS CENTENNIAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The golf team gave Muhlenberg its first Centennial
Conference title of the 1998-99 academic year when it outshot
defending champion Western Maryland by five strokes. The CC championship
was Muhlenberg's 10th in the six years of the league's existence in all
sports, and the school's 12th overall. Here is the complete list:
1983-Football (shared)
1986-Football (shared)
1994-Men's Soccer
1995-Men's Basketball
1995-Wrestling
1995-Men's Soccer
1997-Women's Basketball
1997-Golf (shared)
1997-Men's Soccer
1998-Men's Basketball
1998-Women's Basketball
1999-Golf
SOFTBALL TEAM IN BATTLE FOR FIRST
The Muhlenberg softball team got mixed news on Sunday,
April 25. Western Maryland and Dickinson split a doubleheader to each
fall a game behind Muhlenberg. However, Gettysburg swept Washington to
complete a 6-0 weekend and remain in first place by percentage points
going into the final week of the season. Even if the Mules sweeps their
remaining doubleheader against Ursinus, they will need help from
Gettysburg's opponents to win their first Centennial Conference
championship. The 1999 CC champion receives an
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Standings through games of April
25: CC All
Gettysburg 10-2 21-10
MUHLENBERG 11-3 21-16
Western Md. 10-4 16-10
Dickinson 10-4 22-8
Ursinus 8-4 20-15
F & M 7-9 11-10
Washington 6-10 14-14
Swarthmore 0-12 0-20
Haverford 0-14 5-29
Important upcoming games:
4/29 Dickinson at Swarthmore
4/30 Ursinus at Muhlenberg
5/1 Western Md. at Gettysburg
5/2 Gettysburg at Ursinus
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Monday, April 19
SOFTBALL Messiah 3, Muhlenberg 0; Messiah 4,
Muhlenberg 0. Senior ELIZABETH BILLIE broke another school record, but it
wasn't enough as fourth-ranked Messiah posted a double shutout. Billie
was 3-for-3 with two doubles in the first game and had the Mules' lone
hit in the second game. Her two doubles gave her a school-record 11 for
the season. Senior SHELLY MARKOWITZ also set a record by playing in her
135th career game. Click here for line
scores.
GOLF finished third at District II Cross Creek Golf
Classic at Hershey. Sophomore MATT BERMAN's two-round total of 157 paced
the Mules to a third-place finish at the 15-team tournament. Click here for complete results.
Tuesday, April 20
BASEBALL rained out vs. Swarthmore
LACROSSE vs. Drew, cancelled
WOMEN'S TENNIS Gettysburg 6, Muhlenberg 3.
Muhlenberg closed out its home season with an indoor loss to Gettysburg.
Sophomore KERRI WALDOWSKI won at both first singles and first doubles,
and sophomore STEPHANIE POWERS recorded her team-leading eighth singles
win at No. 2. Click here for box score.
Wednesday, April 21
BASEBALL vs. Moravian, postponed to April 22
SOFTBALL Muhlenberg 9, Elizabethtown 4;
Muhlenberg 1, Elizabethtown 0 (10 innings). Freshman ANGIE TYSON pitched
the first 10-inning shutout in school history as Muhlenberg completed the
doubleheader sweep with its longest 1-0 game ever. Tyson (10-7) allowed
only three hits and struck out four to become only the second freshman in
program history to reach double figures in wins. The Mules ended the epic
pitchers' duel in the 10th when senior JACKIE VANDERSTREET, who began the
inning at second under tiebreaker rules, scored on a one-out error.
Vanderstreet became the 10th member of Muhlenberg's 100-hit
club in the first game, lining a two-run single to cap a four-run first
inning. Freshman LORI BLANCHFIELD went 3-for-3 with two runs scored to go
along with excellent play in the field, and senior ELIZABETH BILLIE
also hit a two-run single. Click here for
line scores.
GOLF finished second at Lehigh Valley
Tournament. Muhlenberg's team total of 406 was good for second in the
annual competition for local bragging rights. Lehigh won with a 383,
Lafayette shot a 420 to finish third, and Moravian was a distant fourth
with a 458. Junior MATT DEIBERT and sophomore MATT BERMAN each shot a 78.
Click here for complete results.
MEN'S TENNIS Muhlenberg 7, Ursinus 0. The Mules
warmed up for the Centennial Conference Tournament by scoring their
second straight shutout win. Senior JARED SHAFER and sophomore MIKE
McCORMICK remained undefeated as a doubles team, and both won at singles,
McCormick stomping his opponent 6-0, 6-0. Senior JON MANDELBAUM and
sophomore ROBBY RICHMAN also won at both singles and doubles, Richman
improving to 8-1 for the season. Click
here for box score.
WOMEN'S TENNIS Ursinus 5, Muhlenberg 4. For the
second straight day, sophomore KERRI WALDOWSKI was the only double winner
as the Mules wrapped up their regular season. Waldowski and sophomore
MARISSA LUTZER paired up for their 10th career doubles win together. They
are only the fifth team in team history to reach double figures.
Sophomore STEPHANIE POWERS ran her singles record to 9-4. Click here for box score.
Thursday, April 22
BASEBALL Moravian 4, Muhlenberg 3. The Mules
wasted another beautiful pitching performance by sophomore TIM HABERBUSCH
in falling to their local rivals. The right-hander tied a career high
with nine strikeouts for the second consecutive game and allowed only two
earned runs on seven hits. Muhlenberg rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie
the score on two-out RBI doubles by freshman JOSHUA CARTER (in the fifth)
and sophomore DAVID WOLF (in the sixth). The Greyhounds scored the
winning run in the top of the seventh on two infield errors. Click here for line score.
LACROSSE Muhlenberg 11, Widener 9. Junior SHANNON
LOWTHER's only goal of the game, with 11:29 to play, snapped an 8-8 tie
and sent the Mules on their way to the win. Senior ALLYSON CROOKS and
sophomore KERRY LAMBERT added late goals to give Muhlenberg a lead of
11-8 with less than five minutes to play. Crooks finished with four goals
and an assist to surpass the 90-point mark for her career and move into
fifth place on Muhlenberg's all-time goals scored list. Senior KATIE
KENNY had her streak of consecutive hat tricks stopped at 13. She did
score twice, giving her 148 career goals -- four away from breaking
the school record. Click here for
box score.
Friday, April 23
BASEBALL at Swarthmore, postponed to April 25
GOLF Muhlenberg tied for first place
after the first round of the Centennial Conference Championships.
Lightning shortened the first of three rounds to nine holes. The Mules
and Gettysburg both shot a 161, four strokes ahead of defending champion
Western Maryland.
MEN'S TENNIS Sophomore ROBBY RICHMAN won
his first-round match at the Centennial Conference Championships,
defeating Geoff Gross of Johns Hopkins, 6-3, 6-2. Up next for Richman is
fourth-seeded Peter Law of Haverford. Senior JON MANDELBAUM, seeded
seventh, received a first-round bye and will face Steve Emkey of Franklin
& Marshall on Saturday morning. The doubles team of senior JARED SHAFER
and sophomore MIKE McCORMICK is slated to battle an F&M team Saturday
morning.
WOMEN'S TENNIS Muhlenberg was perfect on
the first day of the Centennial Conference Championships, winning all
three singles matches and one doubles match. Sophomore MARISSA LUTZER
easily defeated Molly George of Ursinus, 6-1, 6-1, and gets top seed
Molly Williams of Dickinson next. Freshman KRISTEN DiLORENZO came back
after losing the first set to oust Cynthia Briggs of Washington in a
third-set tiebreaker. She faces third-seeded Lauren Cherande of Johns
Hopkins in the second round. Sophomore KERRI WALDOWSKI topped Emily
Peterson of Johns Hopkins, 6-3, 6-4, for the right to face the second
seed, Swarthmore's Jennifer Pao. The doubles team of freshmen JESSICA
TANIS and ELLICE GOLDSTEIN was eliminated in the first round.
TRACK at Penn Relays. The team of junior MATT
HAZELTON, sophomore CHRIS CATALANO, senior DALTON HAMILTON and freshman
DAVID GUNTHER finished 13th in the Pop Haddleton 4x400 at the Penn Relays.
Saturday, April 24
BASEBALL Muhlenberg 7, Franklin & Marshall 0;
Franklin & Marshall 7, Muhlenberg 1. Senior MARC LEZINSKI tossed his
second straight shutout, a three-hitter, as the Mules won the first game
of the doubleheader to reach double digits in wins for the first time
since 1993. Lezinski struck out seven in becoming the first Muhlenberg
pitcher since 1981 to throw back-to-back shutouts. Freshman JOSHUA CARTER
hit a two-run double to cap a five-run sixth inning and, in the second
game, tied the school record of 17 stolen bases in a season. Junior CHUCK
DRAPER had all three of the Mules' hits in the nightcap, including his
10th career home run. Click here for line
scores.
SOFTBALL Muhlenberg 2, Washington 1 (8 innings);
Muhlenberg 5, Washington 4. Junior HEATHER DREBY got both wins as
Muhlenberg scored the go-ahead run in its final at bat twice to reach 20
wins for the first time since 1992. Dreby allowed eight hits in the first
game, but trailed 1-0 until senior ALI HATOLA hit a two-out double in the
seventh to tie the score. The Mules won their second straight
extra-inning game when junior CHRISTINE BIECHY drew a bases-loaded
walk in the eighth. In the second game, junior MELISSA NARDI, who hit
a two-run triple in the first inning, was hit by a pitch with the bases
loaded in the sixth to push across the winning run. Dreby struck out four
of the seven batters she faced in relief. Hatola stole four bases in the
twinbill, tying the school record of 27 steals she set last season.
Click here for line scores.
GOLF Muhlenberg in first place after two
rounds of the Centennial Conference Championships. The Mules, bidding for
their second title in the last three years, took a seven-stroke lead into
the final day of competition. Muhlenberg had a 484, followed by defending
champion Western Maryland with 491 and Gettysburg with 492.
LACROSSE Franklin & Marshall 14, Muhlenberg 10.
Senior KATIE KENNY, playing in her final home game, broke two school
records and tied another in a valiant Muhlenberg effort. The Mules, whose
all-time average margin of loss to the Diplomats was 13 goals, rallied to
forge a 10-10 with 13 minutes remaining. F&M scored the final four goals
of the game, though. Kenny's four goals gave her records of 49 this
season and 151 for her career. She also tied the mark of 29 career hat
tricks. Click here for box score.
MEN'S TENNIS Centennial Conference
Championships. Both of Muhlenberg's singles entries were eliminated in
the quarterfinals. Senior JON MANDELBAUM won in three sets to advance to
the quarters, where he was defeated by eventual finalist Gustavo
Vicentini of Washington. Unseeded sophomore ROBBY RICHMAN knocked off
fourth-seeded Peter Law of Haverford with relative ease, 6-0, 6-4, before
losing to Franklin & Marshall's Rami Abdel-Misih. Click here for Muhlenberg results.
WOMEN'S TENNIS Centennial Conference
Championships. The top three seeds in the draw ousted Muhlenberg's three
entries in the second round. Click here for
Muhlenberg results.
TRACK vs. Moravian. Muhlenberg hosted its first
meet since 1990, a dual that will be completed on Monday,
April 26, when the throwing events are held at Moravian. The Mules broke
two school records their first time competing on the new track: Junior
MATT HAZELTON ran the 400 meters in 49.11 seconds, more than a second
better than the previous mark of 50.30, set by Tom Fritz in 1985. Senior
STEPHANIE KALINER broke her own long jump record by eight inches, hitting
the sand at 16 feet, 10.5 inches. Kaliner also won the triple jump,
joining sophomore KATRINA BECK (high jump, 400 hurdles) as a double
winner. Sophomore INGA BAILEY took first in the 400 meters. For the men,
freshman WILL ELSON (800 meters), senior DALTON HAMILTON (110 hurdles)
and freshman DAVID GUNTHER (400 hurdles) won their events. Complete
results and final team scores will be posted on Monday.
Sunday, April 25
BASEBALL Muhlenberg 8, Swarthmore 7. Freshman
RYAN WHITE retired all 13 batters he faced in relief to pick up his first
career win as Muhlenberg came from behind to win. The Mules trailed, 7-6,
heading into the seventh, but got back-to-back sacrifice flies from
sophomore DAVID WOLF and junior CHRIS MORAITIS to take the lead. White
took care of things from there, throwing first-pitch strikes to all
but two of the batters he faced and fanning four in his 4 1/3-inning
stint. Freshman JOSHUA CARTER was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two
stolen bases to set a new single-season record with 19 steals. Junior CHUCK
DRAPER cracked two extra-base hits for the second straight game. Click here for line score.
GOLF Won Centennial Conference Championship.
The Mules finished with a 45-hole total of 805, five strokes better than
defending champ Western Maryland, to win its second team title in three
years. Muhlenberg tied Ursinus for the title in 1997 and finished second
last year. The Mules will now await word on a possible bid to their first
NCAA Division III Tournament. Western Maryland received a bid after winning
the Centennial Conference title last year. The selections are scheduled
to be announced on Tuesday, May 4, with the tournament to be held at
Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown, Mass., May 17-20. Four 'Berg golfers
finished in the top 11 of the CC tourney. Sophomore MATT BERMAN was
fifth with a 198 and junior MATT SKILTON tied for seventh with a 201.
Both received first-team All-Centennial Conference honors for the second
consecutive year. Junior MATT DEIBERT was 10th with a
203, one stroke and one place better than sophomore STEVEN MOORE. Click here for complete results and click here for a list of Muhlenberg's CC championship
teams.
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