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Men's and Women's Cross Country

MEN
TEAM:
PSAC Championships: 3rd of 13
NCAA East Region Championships: 3rd of 18
NCAA National Championships: 20th of 24

National Rankings: NR (9/11), NR (9/19), NR (9/26), NR (10/3), NR (10/10), NR (10/17), NR (10/23), NR (10/30), 20th (11/18)

INDIVIDUAL:
Rob Mortensen: Kutztown Maroon and Gold Classic Champion (9/2); PSAC Runner of the Week (9/12, 10/3, 10/10, 10/24); ECAC Performer of the Week (9/19, 9/26, 10/4); Slippery Rock Invitational Champion (9/23); Lock Haven University Invitational Champion (9/30); Gettysburg College Invitational Champion (10/21), All-PSAC (4th), All-East Region (5th); NCAA Division II All-American (30th); Dan Bobo: PSAC Men's Cross Country Rookie of the Year.

WOMEN
TEAM:
PSAC Championships: 2nd of 13
NCAA East Region Championships: 6th of 20
National Rankings: NR (9/11), 21st (9/19), 19th (9/26), 24th (10/3), 18th (10/10), 18th (10/17), 20th (10/23), 18th (10/30)
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National Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-America Team

INDIVIDUAL:
Beth Armstrong: All-PSAC
(10th); Lauren Bechtel: National Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American;  Jana Kauffman: National Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-American

Field Hockey

NFCA National Rankings: 3rd (9/12); 3rd (9/26); 1st (10/3), 
1st (10/10), 1st (10/17), 1st (10/24), 1st (10/31)
NCAA Division II National Champions
PSAC Champions
PSAC Regular Season Champions
(8-0-0)
Head Coach Pat Rudy: 300th Career Victory (10/14)

LHU Defense: PSAC Player of the Week (9/25); Shanna Vitale: PSAC Co-Player of the Week (10/2); ECAC Co-Player of the Week (10/4); PSAC Player of the Week (10/23); ECAC Player of the Week (10/25); PSAC Athlete of the Year; First Team All-PSAC; NCAA Division II All-Tournament Team; NFHCA Division II North/South Senior All-Star; AstroTurf/NFHCA First Team All-American; NCAA Division II Honda Award nominee for field hockey; Shannon Spease: PSAC Player of the Week (10/16), PSAC Championships MVP (10/28); First Team All-PSAC; NCAA Division II All-Tournament Team; AstroTurf/NFHCA First Team All-American; Tara Beach: First Team All-PSAC; AstroTurf/NFHCA First Team All-American;  Erika Grap: Second Team All-PSAC; NCAA Division II All-Tournament Team; AstroTurf/NFHCA First Team All-American; Jen DeNault: PSAC Rookie of the Year; Second Team All-PSAC; NCAA Division II All-Tournament Team; AstroTurf/NFHCA Second Team All-American; Michelle Hickey: NFHCA Division II North/South Senior All-Star; Head Coach Pat Rudy: Dita/NFHCA Division II South Region Coach of the Year, Dita/NFHCA Division II National Coach of the Year; Angelique Conlin: NFHCA Academic All-American; Amy Hale: NFHCA Academic All-American; Ododo OmoOsagie: NFHCA Academic All-American; Sara Segerlin: NFHCA Academic All-American; Carrie Witherel: NFHCA Academic All-American;  Marci Yousaitis: NFHCA Academic All-American.

Football

Ryan Matheson: PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week (10/8); 
Justin Marshall:
PSAC West Offensive Player of the Week (10/15), ECAC/Budget Division II South Player of the Week (10/17); Marcus Burkley: PSAC West Rookie of the Year; Second Team All-PSAC (wide receiver); Matt Mapes: First Team All-PSAC (kicker); ECAC Division II South All-Star; Cactus Bowl East All-Star Team starting kicker; Rob Carey: First Team All-PSAC (cornerback); Chris Hileman: Second Team All-PSAC (linebacker).

Men's Soccer

Richard Melchior: PSAC Player of the Week (10/9); Rob Battisson: First Team All-PSAC; Morten Brorby: First Team All-PSAC, First Team All-Northeast Region; Joe Kadelski: Second Team All-PSAC; Zlatko Dizdarevic: Second Team All-PSAC; Jon Davy: Second Team All-Northeast Region.

Women's Soccer
PSAC Champions, NCAA Division II Tournament Qualifier
NSCAA National Rankings:
5th (Pre-season), 21st (9/20), 7th (9/26), 6th (10/3), 5th (10/9), 4th (10/16), 3rd (10/23), 7th (11/6).

Colleen Donnelly: PSAC Player of the Week (10/2); Lyndsay Violi: PSAC Championship Most Valuable Player (11/4); Naomi Clarke: PSAC Rookie of the Year; First Team All-PSAC; First Team All-Northeast Region; First Team NSCAA/adidas All-American; Takiyah Thomas: First Team All-PSAC; First Team All-Northeast Region; Becky Nichols: First Team All-PSAC; First Team All-Northeast Region; Third Team NSCAA/adidas All-American; Kristi Ward: First Team All-PSAC; First Team All-Northeast Region; Kerry Gross: Second Team All-PSAC; Second Team All-Northeast Region;  Head Coach Peter Campbell: PSAC Coach of the Year; NSCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year.

 

Volleyball
AVCA National Rankings:
25th (Pre-season)
PSAC West Regular Season Co-Champions
PSAC Champions
NCAA Division II Atlantic Region runner-up

Kathryn Stallings: NMU Ramada Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/2), Huntington Bank Classic All-Tournament Team (9/10); "Wid" Guisler Invitational All-Tournament Team (10/21), First Team All-PSAC; All-Atlantic Region; First Team Daktronics All-Atlantic Region; PSAC Fall Top Ten Award winner; Stefanie LaFata: NMU Ramada Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/2), Huntington Bank Classic All-Tournament Team (9/10), First Team All-PSAC; All-Atlantic Region; Second Team Daktronics All-Atlantic Region; Kara Warnke: PSAC West Player of the Week (9/19), Second Team All-PSAC; Shana Fessette: "Wid" Guisler Invitational All-Tournament Team (10/21), PSAC Championships MVP, Second Team All-PSAC; Atlantic Region All-Tournament Team; All-Atlantic Region; First Team Daktronics All-Atlantic Region; Kelli Crouch: Second Team All-PSAC; All-Atlantic Region.

 

 

Men's Basketball

Chris Ruff: PSAC West Rookie of the Week (12/4); Rico Abbondanza: Capital Key Classic All-Tournament Team (12/30); Jason Lucas: PSAC West Player of the Week (1/2).

Women's Basketball

Kristi Ward: Carol Eckman Classic All-Tournament Team; Stacy Herlocher: Carol Eckman Classic All-Tournament Team; Tara Ballintine: PSAC West Rookie of the Week (11/29); Amanda Jones: PSAC West Rookie of the Week (2/12); Cyndi Crowl: PSAC West Rookie of the Week (2/19).

Swimming
Wrestling

Coach Carl Poff: 150th Career Victory (2/17); PSAC Coach of the Year
Team: Set LHU season record for victories with 21; PSAC Champions; EWL Runner-Up; 13th on NWCA Top 25 D-I Wrestling Academic Teams list.

Mike Maney (141 lbs.): Mat-Town USA champion, EWL Wrestler of the Week (11/28), PSAC Champion (1/27); EWL runner up and NCAA qualifier; PSAC Rookie of the Year (3/22); EWL Freshman of the Year (3/26), AWN All-Rookie Team - 1st at 141 lbs.; Trap McCormack (125 lbs.): EWL Wrestler of the Week (12/12), PSAC Champion (1/27); NCAA qualifier; PSAC Top Ten Award winner; JaMarr Billman (149 lbs.): EWL Wrestler of the Week (1/15), PSAC Wrestler of the Week (1/15), NWCA All-Star Classic Participant (1/29), PSAC Champion (1/27); EWL Champion (3/4); NCAA Division I All-American (3/18); Scott Bair (133 lbs.): PSAC Champion (1/27); EWL runner-up and NCAA qualifier; Avery Zerkle (197 lbs.): PSAC Champion (1/27); EWL Champion (3/4); NCAA qualifier; Jason Gilligan (157 lbs.): All-PSAC (3rd place); NCAA qualifier, AWN All-Rookie Team - 5th at 157 lbs.; Brian Olenek (165 lbs.): All-PSAC (3rd place); Ed Pawlak (174 lbs.): All-PSAC (3rd place); Craig Tefft (HWT): All-PSAC (3rd place); Josh Millard (184 lbs.): EWL Champion (3/4); NCAA qualifier.

Men's & Women's Indoor Track and Field

MEN:
ECAC Championships:
2nd
National Dual Meet Rankings: 7th (2/6), 12th (2/22), 13th (3/1)
HEAD COACH Mark Elliston:
ECAC Men's Coach of the Year

Jeremy Bradley:
Two-Time All-ECAC (Pentathlon, Triple Jump); Matt Brousse: All-ECAC (Pole Vault); Tom Carey: All-ECAC (Shot Put); ECAC Men's Field Performer of the Week (1/23); Jonathan Chichilitti: All-ECAC (4x200m), ECAC Champion (4x200m); Ryan Comstock: Two-Time All-ECAC (DMR, Mile), ECAC Champion (DMR); James Eagler: Two-Time All-ECAC (1000m, 4x800m); ECAC Champion (4x800m); Mike Gomes: Four-Time All-ECAC (Mile, 1000m, DMR, 4x800m), Two-Time ECAC Champion (DMR, 4x800m); Teon Higgs: Two-Time All-ECAC (4x200m, 4x400m), ECAC Champion (4x200m); Scott Lightfoot: All-ECAC (800m); Jacob Merrill: All-ECAC (Triple Jump), ECAC Men's Field Performer of the Week (2/13); Andy Pollison: All-ECAC (Pole Vault); Matt Sauls: Four-Time All-ECAC (500m, 800m, DMR, 4x800m), Three-Time ECAC Champion (500m, DMR, 4x800m), ECAC Outstanding Track Athlete Award; J. Brandon Shiposh: Two-Time All-ECAC (DMR, 4x400m); ECAC Champion (DMR); Mike Smith: Three-Time All-ECAC (200m, 4x200m, 4x400m), ECAC Champion (4x200m); Matt Stinson: Four-Time All-ECAC (Pentathlon, High Jump, Long Jump, 55m Hurdles), ECAC Champion (Pentathlon); Bryan Walter: All-ECAC (4x800m), ECAC Champion (4x800m); Joe Webster: Three-Time All-ECAC (400m, 4x200m, 4x400m); ECAC Champion (4x200m)

WOMEN:
ECAC Championships:
5th
National Dual Meet Rankings: 11th (2/6), 15th (2/22), 17th (3/1)

Erica Aagre:
Two-Time All-ECAC (Pentathlon, 55m Hurdles); Esther Akpakip: Two-Time All-ECAC (DMR, 4x400m); Lauren Bechtel: Two-Time All-ECAC (3000m, 5000m); Mindy Cressley: All-ECAC (Shot Put); Jennifer Farrow: Four-Time All-ECAC (55m, 200m, 4x200m, 4x400m); Jaime Gauer: Two-Time All-ECAC (Pentathlon, 4x800m); J.J. Held: All-ECAC (Pole Vault); Jana Kauffman: Three-Time All-ECAC (DMR, 1000m, 4x800m); Marsha Krysiewski: Two-Time All-ECAC (Pentathlon, High Jump); Melissa Miller: All-ECAC (Weight Throw); Melissa Namey: Two-Time All-ECAC (4x200, 4x400); Katrin Olsen: Three-Time All-ECAC (DMR, 800m, 4x800m); Sandy Ritz: Three-Time All-ECAC (Long Jump, Triple Jump, 4x200m); Jessica Stoltzfus: Two-Time All-ECAC (DMR, 4x800m); Briana Winkler: Two-Time All-ECAC (4x200m, 4x400m)

 

Baseball

Dan Sowash: PSAC West Pitcher of the Week (3/27), (4/23), (5/7), All-PSAC West First Team, North Atlantic All-Region First Team, First Team ECAC All-Star; Heath Repard: PSAC West Pitcher of the Week (4/16), PSAC West Rookie of the Year; Jason Laubach: All-PSAC West First Team (OF), Second Team ECAC All-Star; Josh Brown: All-PSAC West Second Team (3B) ; Matt Isnor: All-PSAC West Second Team (Util);  Travis Menteer: All-PSAC West Second Team (P); Head Coach Smokey Stover: 200th Career Victory (W, 4-2 over Edinboro, 4/13).

Women's Lacrosse

Outdoor Track & Field

Men:
TEAM:
National Rankings:
3rd (4/4), 6th (4/18), 9th (5/2), 13th (5/16)
PSAC Championships:
2nd/14 teams

INDIVIDUAL: Tom Carey:
PSAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/3), (4/24); ECAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/3), (4/25), PSAC Champion (discus), All-PSAC (discus), National Track and Field Coaches Association East Region Athlete of the Year, PSAC Rookie of the Year; Matt Stinson: PSAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/17), ECAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/18), PSAC Champion (decathlon, 4x100 relay), Two-Time All-PSAC (decathlon, 4x100 relay); Joe Webster: PSAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/17), PSAC Champion (4x100 relay), Three-Time All-PSAC (4x100 meter relay, 400 meters, 200 meters); Matt Sauls: PSAC Track Athlete of the Week (5/8), ECAC Track Performer of the Week (5/9); Andy Pollison: All-PSAC (pole vault); Jacob Merrill: All-PSAC (400 IH); Teon Higgs: PSAC Champion (4x100 relay), All-PSAC (4x100 relay); Jonathan Chichilitti: PSAC Champion (4x100 relay), All-PSAC (4x100 meter relay); Scott Lightfoot: Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District II Spring Men's At-Large.

Women:
National Rankings:
6th (4/4), 3rd (4/18), 6th (5/2), 6th (5/16)
PSAC Championships: 2nd/14 teams

INDIVIDUAL: Brianna Bair:
PSAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/10(, (4/17), ECAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/18), PSAC Champion (javelin), All-PSAC (javelin), All-American (7th-javelin); Jennifer Farrow: PSAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/17), ECAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/18), PSAC Champion (400 meters), Two-Time All-PSAC (400 meters, 4x100 relay), All-American (8th-400 meters); Sandy Ritz: ECAC Field Performer of the Week (4/25, 5/9); PSAC Field Athlete of the Week (5/8); Three-Time All-PSAC (long jump, triple jump, 4x100 relay); J.J. Held: PSAC Champion (pole vault), All-PSAC (pole vault); Marsha Krysiewski: PSAC Champion (high jump), Two-Time All-PSAC (high jump, heptathlon), National Track and Field Coaches Association East Region Athlete of the Year, All-American (T-4th, high jump) ; Katrin Olsen: All-PSAC (800 meters); Esther Akpakip: All-PSAC (4x100 relay), Briana Winkler: All-PSAC (4x100 relay).

Softball

Teri Heinbach: PSAC West Pitcher of the Week (4/2); 
Tara Trabosh:
PSAC West Player of the Week (4/2), First Team All-PSAC West (1B), Second Team ECAC All-Star; Stacie Miller: PSAC West Player of the Week (4/9), (4/23); ECAC Player of the Week (4/25), PSAC West Athlete of the Year, First Team All-PSAC West (C); Verizon Academic All-District II College Division (5/10), PSAC Spring Top Ten Award Winner, First Team ECAC All-Star, Verizon Academic All-America College Division Softball Second Team; Katie Lord: PSAC West Pitcher of the Week (4/23); Jocelyn Tutrani: First Team All-PSAC West (3B), Second Team ECAC All-Star; Jen Gable: Second Team All-PSAC West (DP).