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Lady Lions Softball 2006
Penn State New Kensington
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2005-06
Softball and Golf Schedules, Rosters, Results, and Statistics: (see below)
Coaches Directory and Facilities: http://www.nk2.psu.edu/athletics
FOCUS ON POSTSEASON HONORS
Thirty-seven student-athletes at Penn State New Kensington earned All-Conference, Academic All-Conference, and John Evans Scholar/Athlete Memorial Award honors for 2005-06. The award recipients were recognized at the campus' annual academic and student achievement awards celebration on April 28. The All-Conference awards are given by the Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference, as selected by the conference coaches, to students for superior athletic achievements. The Academic All-Conference awards are presented to students who for earn a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher while competing in intercollegiate athletics. The Evans awardees are honored for maintaining a 3.2 GPA throughout their athletic careers at the campus. The award is in memory of John Evans, a member of the 1966-68 basketball teams, who fell ill during his sophomore season and passed away on January 31, 1968. Rob Cugini, a senior on the men's basketball team, was a recipient of all three awards. Amy Parks, a member of the women's volleyball team, earned both athletic and academic all-conference honors. As a freshman, she was ineligible for the Evans award which is reserved for upperclassmen.
Athletics Performance Awards
Penn State New Kensington ushers in a new era of athletics as students can compete in intercollegiate athletics for four years. The new four-year eligibility standards were coupled with the founding of a new conference that reflected the campus' commitment to student-athletes. The New Kensington campus is a member of the new Penn State University Athletic Conference that comprises fifteen campuses throughout the Penn State system. The conference recognizes and rewards student-athletes for their athletic ability as well as their academic success.
PSUAC All-CONFERENCE
Selected on the basis of athletic achievement by the conference coaches of the respective sports
Baseball: Darwin A. Shoop; Golf: Joseph P. Reed; Women's Volleyball: Amy D. Parks;
Men's Basketball: Robert R. Cugini; Dominick R. Logan;
Women's Basketball: Mende L. Hicks; Laney C. Pastoria
PSUAC ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
The following students have been selected to the Academic All-Conference team for earning a GPA of 3.0 or higher while competing in intercollegiate athletics.
Baseball: Joshua M. Cosentino; Frank L. Faust, Jr.; David R. Kregiel; John K. McGill; Zachary E. Miles; Seth P. O’Hare
Golf: Brian D. Brewer; Jordan J. Elias; Eric M. Kellaway;
Men's Basketball: Robert R. Cugini
Women's Volleyball: Ashley R. Fox; Christy L. Heasley; Amy D. Parks; Laura K. Wyant; Women's Basketball: Melissa J. Dollman; Erin L. Weber
John Evans Scholar/Athlete Memorial Award
Recognizes New Kensington campus athletes for outstanding academic achievement while participating in a varsity sport. Sophomore, junior, and senior students are eligible for this award. This award is in memory of John Evans, a member of the 1966-68 basketball teams, who fell ill during his sophomore season and passed away on January 31, 1968. Coach Bob Howard, who was also director of athletics and professor of kinesiology, established the award to memorialize his dedication to excellence in the classroom and on the court. John’s #31 jersey was retired in September 2005 during the campus’ Homecoming Weekend festivities. It is mounted in the lobby of the Field House.
Baseball: Joshua M. Cosentino; Frank L. Faust; David R. Kregiel; John K. McGill;
Zachary E. Miles; Seth P. O’Hare
Golf: Brian D. Brewer; Eric M. Kellaway
Men's Basketball: Robert R. Cugini; Benjamin S. Hinton
Women's Volleyball: Ashley R. Fox; Christy L. Heasley
Women's Basketball: Melissa J. Dollman; Erin L. Weber
SOFTBALL LOSES IN PLAY-OFFS;
GOLF ENDS SEASON IN THE RAIN
The Penn State New Kensington softball was knocked out of the Penn State University Athletic Conference tournament April 24 with a 10-3 loss to Penn State Harrisburg in the opening round of the conference championship.
The fourth-seeded Lady Lions finished the season with a 9-9 record under first-year head coach D.J. Swigart. Four New Kensington errors contributed to the defeat as freshman pitcher Danielle Donahue, 5-6 on the year, held top-seeded Harrisburg to only six hits.
The season concludes a four-year run for the softball program which will be eliminated due to budget cuts. The program debuted in 2002 and won the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference (now the PSUAC) title in its first two years of existence.
Seniors Rikki Bates, Jen Eshbaugh, and Ashley Rushnock played all four years and were the first Penn State New Kensington students to take advantage of four-year eligibility rules that were instituted in 2005.
The golf team ended its spring campaign the way it began—with a rain-shortened match. A thunderstorm April 25 prevented the players from playing more than nine holes against Butler County and Allegheny County-North at Deer Run Golf Club. The Lions ended the season at 3-3.
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2006 SOFTBALL RESULTS
Record: 9-9 PSUAC
DATE OPPONENT SCORE WP TOP PLAYER
Mar. 25 PS Fayette L 16-12; W 9-8 Rzeczkowski, 1-0 Stewart, 3 RBI
Mar. 28 PS Harrisburg L 6-1 Bates, 3 hits
April 1 @ PS Mont Alto L 4-3, L 6-4
April 2 @ PS Abington W 11-3, W 16-4 Donahue (2), 2-3 Parker, 4 hits, 5 RBI
April 4 @ Penn College W 14-4, W 18-13 Rzeczkowski (2), 3-0 Eshbaugh, 5 hits, 5 RBI
April 8 PS Scranton W 9-1, W 26-6 Donahue (2), 4-4 Pastoria, E. Weber, 4-5
April 9 PS Schuylkill L 9-0, L 10-0
April 11 PS McKeesport W 4-3, W 9-0 Donahue, 5-6; Rzeczkowski, 4-0
April 15 @ PS Beaver L 7-1; L 16-11 Stewart, 3 hits, 2 rbi
April 24 @ PS Harrisburg L 10-3
PSUAC STANDINGS (Final)
(Top four teams in each divison make the playoffs)
West East
Harrisburg 18-0 Hazelton 12-1
Beaver 11-5 Schuylkill 11-2
Penn College 11-5 Mont Alto 9-5
New Kensington 9-9 Scranton 5-9
Fayette 5-9 Abington 2-12
McKeesport 2-8
2006 SOFTBALL STATISTICS (through April 4)
| Name |
AVG |
AB |
HITS |
2B |
3B |
HR |
BB |
RBI |
R |
| Rikki Bates |
0.571 |
35 |
20 |
4 |
2 |
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6 |
5 |
22 |
| Danielle Donahue |
0.286 |
7 |
2 |
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2 |
1 |
| Jen Eshbaugh |
0.440 |
25 |
11 |
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4 |
9 |
9 |
| Lisa Galbraith |
0.000 |
1 |
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1 |
| Kim Litzinger |
0.167 |
18 |
3 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
| Kimmy Minto |
0.067 |
15 |
1 |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
| Amy Parks |
0.333 |
30 |
10 |
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1 |
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4 |
9 |
9 |
| Laney Pastoria |
0.484 |
31 |
15 |
2 |
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6 |
8 |
12 |
| Ashley Rusnock |
0.250 |
28 |
7 |
1 |
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1 |
3 |
2 |
| Taylor Rzeczkowski |
0.514 |
35 |
18 |
1 |
2 |
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3 |
12 |
14 |
| Donna Stewart |
0.361 |
36 |
13 |
2 |
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6 |
12 |
6 |
| Erin Weber |
0.448 |
29 |
13 |
1 |
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8 |
11 |
12 |
| Mindy Weber |
0.000 |
1 |
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| TEAM |
0.388 |
291 |
113 |
11 |
5 |
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41 |
74 |
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2006 LADY LIONS SOFTBALLROSTER
NO. NAME CL HT HIGHSCHOOL HOMETOWN
33 Bates, Rikki Sr 5’5 Burrell Lower Burrell, PA
10 Donahue, Danielle Sr 5’7 Ridgeway Ridgeway, PA
8 Eshbaugh, Jen Sr 5’9 Kiski Area Allegheny Township, PA
9 Galbraith, Lisa So 5’2 Prairie Ridge Crystal Lake, IL
14 Litzinger, Kim Fr 5’3 Cambria Heights Hastings, PA
20 Minto, Kimmy Fr 5’1 Elderton Elderton, PA
5 Parks, Amy Fr 5’9 West Shamokin Rural Valley, PA
11 Pastoria, Laney Fr 5’5 Freeport Freeport, PA
28 Rusnock, Ashley Sr 5’6 Natrona Heights Highlands, PA
18 Rzeczkowski, Taylor Fr 5’6 Tarentum Highlands, PA
25 Stewart, Donna Fr 5’3 ½ Tunnelton Saltsburg, PA
22 Weber, Erin So 5’9 Burrell Lower Burrell, PA
12 Weber, Mindy Fr 5’ 7 Plum Plum, PA
Head Coach: D.J. Swigart (first year)
Assistant Coach: Brian Eshbaugh (fourth year)
Manager: Bubba Hileman
SOFTBALL SCHEDULE 2006
Date Opponent Location Time
Saturday, March 25 Penn State Fayette Elks Field. 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28 Penn State Harrisburg Elks Field 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 1 Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, Pa. TBA
Sunday, April 2 Penn State Abington Abington. Pa. TBA
Tuesday, April 4 Penn College Williamsport, Pa TBA
Saturday, April 8 Penn State Scranton Elks Field 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 9 Penn State Schuylkill Elks Field 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11 Penn State McKeesport Elks Field 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 15 Penn State Beaver Monaca, Pa. TBA
Saturday, April 22 PSUAC-WEST Semis Harrisburg, Pa TBA
Saturday, April 23 PSUAC-WEST Finals Harrisburg, Pa TBA
Sunday, April 29 PSUAC Finals: East vs West University Park TBA
Home Field: Elks Field in Lower Burrell, Pa.
Conference: Penn State University Athletic Conference
Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference State Softball Champions 2003 and 2004
GOLF SPRING 2006
2006 GOLF RESULTS (Final)
Record: 3-3
DATE OPPONENTS RESULTS TOP PLAYER COURSE
Mar. 31 WCC Invitational-WCCC, Boyce 14 holes-rain Norvelt
Pitt-Titusville, Potomac State
April 6 BCCC, WCCC W, L Joe Reed-79 (2nd) The Links
April 13 BCCC L 346-352 Joe Reed-77 (medalist) Lake Arthur
CCAC-Boyce L 348-352 Jeff Mangone-81 (3rd)
Potomac State W 352-362
April 20 CCAC-North/WCCC W 328-336 Joe Reed-78 (medalist) The Links
Jeff Mangone-78 (3rd)
April 25 CCAC-North, BCCC 9 holes-rain Deer Run
2006 GOLF STATISTICS (final)
RECORD: 3-3
Apr 6 Apr 13 Apr 20
The Links Lake Arthur The Links
Joe Reed 79 (second) 77 (Medalist) 75 (medalist)
Jeff Mangone 86 81 78
Jordan Elias 99 94
Brian Turk 113 108 99
Chris Marcy 106 86 84
GOLF SCHEDULE SPRING 2006
DATE OPPONENT COURSE TIME
Friday, March 31 @Westmoreland County CC Norvelt GC 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 6 WCCC, BCCC The Links at Spring Church 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 13 @Butler County CC Lake Arthur CC 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 20 CCAC-North The Links at Spring Church 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 22 Alumni Day The Links at Spring Church 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25 @CCAC-North The Links at Deer Run 1:00 p.m.
Home matches in bold. Home Course: The Links at Spring Church, 724-478-5478
Head Coach: Bill Woodard, 724-334-6049,mailto:uxw1@psu.edu
Assistant Coach: Ron Land, 724-334-6730, rel9@psu.edu
Assistant Coach: Joe Coohill, 724-334-6146 jtc15@psu.edu
Athletic Director: Ron Nichols, 724-334-6750, rhn2@psu.edu
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HOMETOWN |
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| Brian Brewer |
Sr |
Highlands |
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Natrona Heights, Pa. |
| Jordon Elias |
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Valley |
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New Kensington, Pa |
| Joe Reed |
Fr |
Saltsburg |
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Clarksburg, Pa. |
| Brian Turk |
Sr |
Burrell |
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Lower Burrell, Pa. |
| Jeff Mangone |
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Gateway |
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Monroeville, Pa. |
| Chris Marcy |
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Valley |
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New Kensington, Pa
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FOUR EARN BASKETBALL HONORS
Four members of the men's and women's basketball teams received PSUAC recognition. Freshmen Mende Hicks and Laney Pastoria and seniors Dominick Logan and Rob Cugini were honorable mention selections for the 2005-06 All Conference team.
Hicks and Pastoria, a formidable backcourt duo, were the backbone of the second-year women's team. Hicks, a 5'8 guard, led the squad in scoring with 18 points per game followed by the 5'4 Pastoria with 14 point per game. The Lady Lions concluded their most successful season of intercollegiate play in fourth place in the PSUAC American division with a 4-9 record. Coach Tom Saulle's team, 6-17 overall, tripled its victory output from a year ago.
Logan, who played guard and forward; averaged 17.5 points (team-high) and 5 rebounds during the season. The 6'2 swing player led the team in assists (58), steals (35) and free throw percentage (.784). Cugini, a 6'3 forward, handled the bulk of the inside scoring and rebounding for the Lions. He was second on team in scoring average (11.3), rebounds (6.1), steals (33) and free throw percentage (.700) and third in assists (43). First-year coach Ryan Shank's team finished with a 7-19 overall record and a 6-13 PSUAC mark Logan and Cugini, along with Neville Ferguson, were the first seniors to take advantage of the campus' four-year eligibility guidelines that were instituted during the 2003-04 season.
The four players will be honored by the campus at the annual Student and Academic Achievement Awards ceremony, April 28 in the Forum Theatre.&n
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