Stimely earns AMCC Softball All-Conference honors
5.7.08
Penn State Altoona freshman softball player Nicolette Stimely was
selected to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Honorable Mention
All-Conference team, the league office announced yesterday. The
Lewistown native, who started 32 games at third base, led the Lions in
batting average (.384), hits (38), triples (2), home runs (3), RBI (18), and
slugging percentage (.556) while committing just seven errors at the hot
corner. In a doubleheader at La Roche, Stimely went 6-7 in the twin
bill with two runs scored and three RBI. Against Hilbert College, the
frosh catapulted Altoona to a game two victory by cracking three hits and
scoring two of the squad's eight runs. Pitt-Bradford outfielder
Michelle Kushner and Lake Erie first baseman Brittney Binko were named AMCC
Co-Players of the Year, and Storm third baseman Katie Puda was the league
Rookie of the Year. To view the entire 2008 AMCC Softball
All-Conference teams,
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Penn State Altoona Athletics holds its annual recognition banquet
5.5.08
The Penn State Altoona Athletics Department held its annual
Intercollegiate Athletics Recognition Banquet Sunday evening, May 4, at the
Adler Gymnasium. Nearly 200 student-athletes representing 14 varsity
sports teams were celebrated for their athletic and academic achievements
over the past year. Among the highlights were Athletics Director Fredina Ingold and Chancellor Dr. Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry honoring the AMCC
Championship men's golf team, which will compete at the NCAA Division III
Tournament next week in Atlanta, Georgia. Men's basketball head coach
Alan Seretti and women's soccer bench boss Tim Wassell were recognized as
AMCC Coaches of the Year, and more than 40 student-athletes earned
all-conference accolades for their on-field performances. Eighty-three
Lion student-athletes were recognized for being selected to the Academic
All-Conference Team, and junior baseball player Paul Keith was indcuted into
Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society. Special
presentations for 53-year-old baseball player John Wilson and volleyball
coach Tick Hedrick-Sheaffer along with the announcement of the 2007-2008
Male and Female Scholar Atheltes of the Year helped bring the banquet to an
emotional end. To view the 2007-2008 Intercollegiate Athletics
Recognition Banquet web page, CLICK
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Storm ride solid pitching to first round sweep of baseball
5.4.08
The Lake Erie College baseball team used solid pitching performances by Dan
Mason, Dan Shreve, and Paul Roskos to down Penn State Altoona Sunday and advance
to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference semifinals. The host Storm
swept the best-of-three series from the Lions, taking the opener 2-0 and
rallying to take the nightcap 6-4. Altoona concluded its season at 19-23
overall while Lake Erie moves on to face Frostburg State in next Friday's AMCC
semifinal round. Mason and Shreve combined to fire a five-hit shutout in
game one, which started at 9:30 AM. Mason hurled 5 2/3 innings, scattering
four hits and striking out four Lion batters. Shreve, who would earn two
saves on the day, earned his first by pitching 1 1/3 frames of relief and
allowing only one hit. Despite taking the loss, Lion starter Paul Keith (Smithmill,
PA/Moshannon Valley) threw well enough to win, surrendering two earned runs and
eight hits through six innings of work. The Storm tacked one run on the
scoreboard in the second when Keith Trumbauer roped an RBI single that scored
Rocky Pfisterer. Trumbauer stole second to put runners on second and third
with one out, but third base runner Mario Lombardo was picked off, and Keith got Ben
Willis to ground out to end the threat.
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Dziabo leads Lions at Grove City MBA Invitational
4.28.08
Senior Quintin Dziabo (Cresson, PA/Penn Cambria) fired a 77 to lead the Penn
State Altoona golf team to a second place finish at the Grove City MBA
Invitational Monday afternoon at the Grove City Country Club. The Lions
finished the event with a team total of 319, six shots back of champion Grove
City. Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference member Medaille checked in
at third (333) while Division II Slippery Rock rounded out the four-team field
with a team score of 345. Freshman Steve Moritz (Stroudsburg, PA/Notre
Dame) carded a 79 for Altoona, and teammate Jake Biltz (Hollidaysburg,
PA/Hollidaysburg) shot an 81. Sean Jackson (Huntingdon, PA/Huntingdon)
recorded an 82 to complete the Lions' team score. Freshman MJ Worsham
(Hershey, PA/Hershey) shot an 85. The event is the last of the spring
season as Altoona will now prepare for the NCAA Division III Tournament
beginning May 13 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Baseball qualifies for AMCC Tournament, earns #6 seed
4.27.08
The Penn State Altoona baseball team got word Saturday night that it has
earned a spot in the upcoming Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
playoffs beginning Saturday, May 3. Because Penn State Behrend swept a
doubleheader at Medaille earlier today, the Altoona Lions locked up the 6th
and final seed and will travel to #3 seed Lake Erie College this coming
weekend for a first round match-up. The winner of the best-of-three
series will advance to the conference semifinals and finals to be played at
top seed Penn State Behrend May 9-11. Penn State Altoona lost two
tight games to the Storm on April 19, falling by scores of 4-3 and 8-4.
The Lions return to postseason play after failing to qualify for last
season's tournament. Game one of the series against Lake Erie in
Painesville, Ohio, begins at 10:00 AM with game two approximately 20 minutes
after the conclusion of the opener. If a third game is needed, it will
begin 20 minutes after the conclusion of game two. In case of
inclement weather, the games will be pushed back one day to Sunday, May 4.
Continue to check this site and the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
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Wilson, Petulla finish careers in style with sweep
4.27.08
Hollywood couldn't have written a better script than what unfolded
Sunday afternoon on the Penn State Altoona baseball diamond during senior
recognition day. Playing in their last home games at the Ivyside
Field, seniors Tony Petulla (Osceola Mills, PA/Philipsburg) and 53-year-old
John Wilson (Pittsburgh, PA/Fifth Avenue) stole the show, helping the Lions
sweep both ends of a doubleheader from Franciscan by scores of 10-5 and 9-1.
Altoona finishes the regular season at 19-21 overall and hopes to enter next
weekend's Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference playoffs as the #6 seed
based on results from later today. Wilson, making his first career
start, hit leadoff and played right field. Petulla, an anchor in the
Lion lineup since his arrival in 2005, batted fourth and roamed center
field. In the opener, Wilson blooped a single over the first baseman's
head to begin the game, then singled again through the right side in his
second at-bat. He walked in the fourth before bouncing into a fielders
choice in his last plate appearance in the fifth, concluding his day 2-3
with a walk and two runs scored. Petulla was his usual self in the
game, going 3-4 with two runs scored and four RBI.
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Solid rounds propel golf to runner-up finish at Behrend Invitational
4.24.08
Playing its second match of the spring season at the Penn State Behrend
Invitational, the Penn State Altoona men's golf team finished runner-up as all
five Lion players fired rounds of 80 or less Thursday at the Peak N' Peek Golf
Course. Sophomore Jake Biltz (Hollidaysburg, PA/Hollidaysburg) tied for
second individually by carding a 74. Teammates Quintin Dziabo (Cresson,
PA/Penn Cambria), MJ Worsham (Hershey, PA/Hershey), and Sean Jackson
(Huntingdon, PA/Huntingdon) each shot 79 to give the Lions their team total of
311. Freshman Steve Moritz (Stroudsburg, PA/Notre Dame) rounded out the
Altoona scorecard by scoring an 80. Allegheny Mountain Collegiate
Conference foe Medaille won the team championship with a combined score of 305.
Behrend's Blue team (313), Lake Erie (318), and Behrend's White team (338)
rounded out the top five. The Lions are back in action on Monday at the
Grove City Invitational to be played at the Grove City Country Club. The
first group of the day will tee off at 12:00 PM.
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Lake Erie |
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Lake Erie |
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Westminster |
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Penn State Altoona
Franciscan |
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Penn State Altoona
Franciscan |
10
5 |
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Penn State Altoona
Hilbert |
8
5 |
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4/27 |
Softball
Penn State Altoona
Hilbert |
6
9 |
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Penn State Altoona
Medaille |
7
10 |
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Penn State Altoona
Medaille |
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7 |
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Penn State Altoona
Juniata |
7
8 |
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Juniata |
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