PITTSBURGH - The Grove City College women's lacrosse team improved to 5-0 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference by earning a 13-9 road win Saturday over Chatham at Graham Field. It is Grove City's sixth straight victory.
Senior midfielder Madison Nazigian fired in six goals to help lead Grove City's offensive attack. Freshman midfielder Tori Stevenson tossed in a pair of goals and added an assist while junior midfielder Abby Roetering added a goal and an assist.
The Wolverines also received goals from senior midfielder Lucy Martin, junior defender Amber Wartman, sophomore attack Jackie Rowell and freshman attack Gwen Shilling.
Grove City (10-3 overall) led 7-4 at halftime and then doubled its lead in the first seven minutes of the second half as Rowell, Stevenson and Martin all scored goals. Chatham trimmed the lead to 11-8 by the end of the third quarter but goals from Nazigian and Stevenson in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter helped Grove City sew up the win.
Wartman led Grove City's defense with three caused turnovers. Roetering caused two turnovers. Wartman also led the Wolverines with five ground balls. Nazigian and Roetering each collected four ground balls.
Grove City held a 28-19 edge in total shots. The Wolverines had 19 turnovers while Chatham turned over possession 21 times.
Junior goalie Elyse Kiggins stopped five shots to earn her ninth win of the season.
The Wolverines will host Thiel at 5 p.m. Tuesday in conference action at Don Lyle Field. Grove City then closes its home schedule next Saturday with a 12 p.m. home game against Allegheny.
MEN'S LACROSSE
PITTSBURGH - The Grove City College men's lacrosse team earned its seventh consecutive victory Saturday afternoon by earning a 21-7 road win over Chatham in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Graham Field.
Grove City outscored the Cougars 15-1 over the final 41 minutes of the game after Chatham forged a 6-6 tie in the second quarter.
Graduate student attack James Petrolle and junior attack Matt Blythe both fired in four goals to help pace Grove City (10-4, 5-0 PAC). Both men also had two assists.
Junior midfielder Luke Jayne contributed three goals and two assists while sophomore attack Rigdon Greene also scored three times. Junior midfielder Kobi Bui chipped in two goals and two assists.
Senior midfielder Griffen Agawa, junior attack Zachary Hougan, junior midfielder Alec Jones, sophomore midfielder Boden Davidson and freshman attack Davis Schneider also scored Saturday.
Hougan led Grove City with five assists, giving him a team-leading 21 assists. Agawa and junior midfielder Trey Zabroski each chalked up two assists while Jones also had an assist.
Grove City took command of Saturday's game by scoring five times in an eight-minute span of the second quarter. Hougan scored with 9:21 left in the half to break a 6-6 deadlock. Jones, Bui, Greene and Petrolle followed with goals to give Grove City an 11-6 halftime lead.
Jayne scored a pair of man-up goals in the third quarter to help Grove City push its lead to 16-7 after three periods. Greene scored twice in the final quarter to help cement the victory.
Junior defender Benjamin Griffin helped lead Grove City's defensive effort by causing three turnovers. Junior long stick midfielder Samuel Busby, sophomore long stick midfielder Ryan Evans and sophomore defender Sam Stevenson all caused two turnovers.
Chatham finished the game with 29 turnovers while Grove City had 21 turnovers.
Sophomore faceoff specialist Colton Lehberg won 15 of 24 faceoffs. He also led the Wolverines with nine ground balls. Freshman midfielder Logan Fox collected five ground balls.
Senior goalie Danny Stone earned the win by stopping eight shots in 53:26 of action. Sophomore Tyler Gladstone played the final 6:34 in goal and did not face a shot on goal. Grove City out-shot Chatham (7-6, 2-2 PAC) by a 48-26 margin.
Grove City will close its home schedule next Saturday at 3 p.m. against Allegheny in conference play at Robert E. Thorn Field.
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
GROVE CITY - The Wolverines closed the 2024 regular season by earning a 16-13 victory Saturday evening over visiting Penn State Behrend at James E. Longnecker Pool.
The Wolverines dropped a 17-11 decision to visiting Washington & Jefferson in Saturday's opener.
Four Grove City players scored multiple goals in the win over Behrend. Sophomore Kiley Sill fired in six goals to help lead the Wolverines while freshman Shastyn Tihansky added five goals.
Juniors Kamryn Kerr and Riley McCullough both scored twice while freshman Carolyn Marks also scored.
Marks led Grove City with four assists while Kerr and McCullough each assisted three scores. Sill assisted two goals. Tihansky, senior Clarie Lochstet and sophomore Candace Scalise all chalked up an assist.
Lochstet and Sill both had four steals to help pace the defense. In goal, sophomore Lea Steen stopped 14 shots to earn the win.
Kerr scored six times against W&J while Lochstet added a pair of scores. McCullough, Sill and Tihansky also scored in the opener.
Kerr also led Groev City with three assists against W&J while Sill had two assists. Lochstet, Marks, McCullough, senior Katie Goodwill, junior Sam Logue and junior Mikayla Zablocki also recorded assists.
Kerr tallied five steals and Steen secured three steals. Steen stopped six shots.
Grove City honored seniors Goodwill and Lochstet during Saturday's doubleheader.
The Wolverines will compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Championships next weekend at Connecticut College in New London, Conn. The eighth-seeded Wolverines will face No. 9 Wheaton (Mass.) in a pigtail game Friday at 1 p.m.
MEN'S TENNIS
GREENVILLE - GCC went 1-1 Saturday in a pair of road matches. The Wolverines opened their two-stop tour with a 9-0 setback at No. 4 Case Western Reserve (20-4) in non-conference play.
Grove City (8-5, 3-1 PAC) then rebounded for a 9-0 win at Thiel in a Presidents' Athletic Conference match.
Grove City did not drop a set against Thiel as the Wolverines recorded five straight-sets wins, along with a walkover win in singles action.
The Wolverines host Geneva in conference play Monday at 4:30 p.m. at Walters-Zbell Courts.
GCC vs. CWR
Singles
1. Mahenthiran, Ajay (CWR) def. Benjamin Jones (GRO) 6-3, 7-5
2. Maza, Diego (CWR) def. Josiah Newton (GRO) 6-3, 6-0
3. Hishinuma, Casey (CWR) def. Gavin Miller (GRO) 6-0, 6-2
4. Plunkett, Matthew (CWR) def. Jameson Sposato (GRO) 6-2, 6-1
5. Kosseifi, George (CWR) def. Isaac DeMan (GRO) 6-0, 6-0
6. Shiffer, Derek (CWR) def. Collier Kaufman (GRO) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Dayal, Sahil/Aduru, Vishwa (CWR) def. Miller/Sposato (GRO) 8-3
2. Devaraj, Anmay/Hishinuma, Casey (CWR) def. Jose Pablo Leon/Newton (GRO) 8-3
3. Salazar Garza, Sant./Kosseifi, George (CWR) def. Jones /Kaufman (GRO) 8-7 (7-2)
GCC AT THIEL
Singles
1. Benjamin Jones (GRO) def. Bret Vilage (THI) 6-0, 6-1
2. Wesley Morgan (GRO) def. Takafumi Sasazaki (THI) 6-1, 6-1
3. Collier Kaufman (GRO) def. Nathaniel Udell (THI) 3-0, retired
4. Wesley Kiehl (GRO) def. Evan Cessna (THI) 6-0, 6-0
5. Rodrigo Galvez Morales (GRO) def. Kevin Gilroy (THI) 6-0, 6-0
6. Eric Jordan (GRO) def. Ethan Tabaka (THI) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Jameson Sposato/Gavin Miller (GRO) def. Bret Vilage/Takafumi Sasazaki (THI) 8-4
2. Jose Pablo Leon/Rod. Galvez Morales (GRO) def. Nathaniel Udell/Evan Cessna (THI) 8-0
3. Eric Jordan/Isaac DeMan (GRO) def. Kevin Gilroy/Ethan Tabaka (THI) 8-1
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
NEW WILMINGTON - Four Grove City College women's track and field performers earned event wins Saturday at the unscored Westminster Invitational, held at Memorial Field.
Grove City swept the four distance events at Saturday's meet, winning the 1500, 5000, 10,000, and 3000-meter steeplechase. Junior Lydia Bennett won the 1500 in 4 minutes, 49.96 seconds while junior Virginia Williams captured the 5000 in a winning time of 18:40.41.
Junior Julia Bauer prevailed in the 10,000 (40:17.50) and junior Ella Lyle won the steeplechase in 11:48.13.
Junior Grace Smith earned runner-up in the 1500 with a time of 4:51.96. Meanwhile, senior Katie Baller led Grove City in the field events by taking second in the high jump. Baller cleared 5 feet, 3 inches.
Freshman Elly Bruner cleared 5-1 in the high jump, good for fifth place. Bennett added a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter dash, posting a time of 62.24 seconds. She finished as the top Division III entrant in the 400.
Freshman Cayla Lawrence earned fifth in the 1500 (4:56.57). She joined Bennett, freshman Annie Herrmann and freshman Mia Clutter on Grove City's fifth-place 1600 relay team. That foursome posted a time of 4:15.95.
Herrmann also took sixth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:29.35. Bruner, junior Carolyn Colteryahn, senior Paige Cotton and freshman Rebecca Vezzosi teamed to take sixth in the 400-meter relay (52.54).
Colteryahn also finished eighth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.09 seconds.
Grove City returns to action Thursday at Slippery Rock University's John Papa Invitational.
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
NEW WILMINGTON - The Grove City College men's track and field team continued its preparation for the upcoming Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships by competing in Saturday's unscored Westminster Invitational at Memorial Field.
Sophomore Michael Singley posted Grove City's top finish Saturday by taking second in the 3000 steeplechase. Singley recorded a runner-up time of 9 minutes, 57.39 seconds.
Junior Ryan Lenhart recorded the Wolverines' top finish in the field as he claimed third in the discus. Lenhart posted a best throw of 151 feet, 1 inch.
Sophomore Luke Roberts opened the meet by taking fourth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 33:28.11. Freshman Max Ware earned fourth in the steeplechase (10:10.85).
Junior Tyler Eagan earned fifth in the long jump with a mark of 21-3 while junior Nick Petucci placed fifth in the triple jump (43-4 3/4). Eagan also finished sixth in the pole vault (12-2 1/2) and javelin (169-4).
Sophomore Caleb Hawke (Grove City High) earned sixth place in the 1500 (4:19.65) while freshman Alex Bepristis placed sixth in the 10,000 (34:58.47). Junior Ben Raduns placed seventh in the 10,000 (35:43.86) and freshman James Yoho placed seventh in the 1500 with a time of 4:20.64.
Sophomore Tucker Owens cleared 12-2 1/2 in the pole vault to finish seventh.
Sophomore Isaac Busler took eighth in the 800 (2:00.89) while junior Alex Hemmerlin (Grove City HIgh) finished eighth in the steeplechase (10:29.31). Senior Nathan Steiger captured eighth in the 10,000 with a time of 37:01.43.
The Wolverines return to action Thursday at Slippery Rock University's John Papa Invitational.
WESTMINSTER-THIEL
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
GREENVILLE - The Westminster College women's lacrosse program suffered a 14-8 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) loss to Thiel College Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium at Stoeber Field.
Thiel is now 7-4 overall and 3-2 in the PAC. Westminster fell to 3-8 overall and 2-3 in the league.
Sophomore midfielder Emma Brazier paced Westminster with five goals. It was her seventh game this season scoring at least five goals. Brazier added three draw controls and a ground ball. Senior midfielder Nina Rascona finished with two goals and three assists to go along with three ground balls, three caused turnovers and a pair of draw controls. Senior midfielder Samantha Reed chipped in with a goal, an assist, six draw controls and two ground balls.
Junior defender Shea O'Donnell finished with a career-high five ground balls and a caused turnover while sophomore defender Isabella Cespedes added two ground balls and three caused turnovers. Junior Jade Hromanik made a career-high 22 saves to go along with five ground balls.
Ashlyn Wightman led Thiel with eight goals, seven ground balls, a pair of caused turnovers and three draw controls. She was 4-of-5 on free position shots.
Westminster carried a 5-4 lead into the second quarter. After Brazier's goal with under three minutes to go cut Thiel's lead to 4-3, Rascona scored consecutive goals for the Titans. Wightman scored three of the Tomcats' four goals in the second, helping Thiel to an 8-6 halftime lead. Trailing 10-7, Brazier's woman-up goal 15 seconds into the fourth cut Thiel's lead to two before Wightman fired in three of the Tomcats' final four goals of the game.
Thiel finished with a 47-25 advantage in shots and had 36 shots on goal to Westminster's 15. The Titans were charged with a season-high 34 turnovers, 21 of which were caused by the Tomcats, and went 0-for-4 on free position shots.
Westminster hosts Washington & Jefferson College Wednesday. The opening draw from the UPMC Sports Complex is scheduled for 5 p.m.
MEN'S LACROSSE
GREENVILLE - The Westminster College men's lacrosse team cruised to a 23-4 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) victory over Thiel College Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium at Stoeber Field.
Westminster improved to 8-5 overall and 3-2 in the PAC. Thiel fell to 3-8 overall and 0-5 in the league.
Senior attack Payton Waight eclipsed 100 career goals after scoring with just over four minutes left in the first period. He led Westminster with four goals, four assists, a ground ball and a caused turnover on Saturday. Waight now has 102 goals in 51 career games played.
Junior midfielder Gavin Jones became the program's all-time career goal scorer with 111 goals in 45 games played. He scored the record-breaking goal with 51 seconds left in the game, passing Ryan Shorts (2016-2019) and his 110 career goals on the program's all-time list. Jones finished with five goals, two assists and five ground balls.
Senior midfielder Jimmy Sentz eclipsed 100 career points Saturday, finishing with four goals and three ground balls. He has 102 points on 62 goals and 40 assists in 48 career games. Junior midfielder Jonas Clark had three goals, four assists, five ground balls and a caused turnover.
Senior faceoff Colin O'Malley went 18-of-23 from the X and added 12 ground balls. Senior faceoff Dino Mario D'Alesio II went 3-of-4 from the X and finished with one goal and two ground balls. Junior defender David Evangelista scored once and added four ground balls and one caused turnover. It was the first goal of his collegiate career. Senior defender Aaron Alderette had four ground balls and one caused turnover. Junior defender Geoffrey Worsey had a ground ball and three caused turnovers.
Freshman goalkeeper Mason Kiebala earned the first start of his career and secured the win, totaling two saves in 45 minutes. Senior goalkeeper Bradley Green made four saves.
Westminster hosts Washington & Jefferson College Wednesday. The opening faceoff from the UPMC Sports Complex is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
WESTMINSTER
BASEBALL
NEW WILMINGTON- The Titans secured a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) split with Saint Vincent College Saturday, falling 8-6 in game one before plating four runs in the seventh inning to earn a 5-3 come-from-behind win in game two.
Westminster upped its overall record to 11-5 and evened its conference record at 5-5 with the split. Saint Vincent sits at 7-19 overall and 5-7 in league play.
The Titans will travel to Alliance, Ohio on Sunday to take on the University of Mount Union at Rafeld-Rogers Field. The first pitch of the single, nine-inning contest is scheduled for 12 p.m.
Game 1: Saint Vincent 8, Westminster 6 - Senior center fielder Matthew Randza belted a two-out home run in the third to highlight the Titans' three-run frame. It was his first since hitting a three-run blast in the first inning of a 18-0 (7 inn.) game one win at Franciscan Univeresity on April 18, 2023. Senior second baseman Logan Murgenovich's sacrifice fly in the fourth stretched Westminster's lead to 4-0. Vincent Amatucci's RBI triple, followed by an RBI double by Derek Hald and a run-scoring base hit by Alex Hess, pushed Saint Vincent in front 5-4. Freshman shortstop Parker Lyons reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the inning with two-run triple, the first three-bagger of his collegiate career. Run-scoring singles from Hess and Dylan Schmude followed Hald's RBI double in the top of the ninth to close out the scoring.
Senior lefty Logan Exler fell to 1-3 after suffering the loss, allowing two runs on three hits with a strikeout in the ninth. Senior right-hander Kolton Banfi received the no-decision, allowing five runs on eight hits with six strikeouts in seven innings of work. He has not walked a batter in three-straight appearances.
Lyons went 3-for-3 with a walk, a triple, two RBIs and a run scored. It was his second three-hit game this season. Senior catcher Chase Tomko (West Middlesex High) went 2-for-4 with a run, a hit by a pitch and stolen base.
Alex Polito earned the relief victory after giving up two runs with a walk and four strikeouts in three innings. Hald went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored.
Game 2: Westminster 5, Saint Vincent 3 - Saint Vincent grabbed a 3-1 lead in the seventh after Mario Disso drew a one-out, bases-loaded walk. The Titans responded by batting around in the bottom of the frame and scoring four runs in the half-inning, included three bases-loaded walks. Junior pinch hitter David Kelly, sophomore first baseman Josh Reed and Tomko all advanced on free passes. Randza, who registered the 100th hit of his career with a one-out single in the seventh, scored on a wild pitch following the Kelly walk.
Junior left-hander Jake Vitale improved to 3-2 this season with the win. He allowed three runs (1 earned) on five hits with four walks and five strikeouts in seven innings. Freshman righty Jon Albers allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out a pair to earn the two-inning save.
Murgenovich went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, a triple, an RBI and a run scored. It was his second three-hit game this season. Randza went 2-for-5 with a run scored while freshman left fielder Quinn Marquis had two singles, a run scored and a stolen base.
Jeremy Kreuzwieser took the loss for the Bearcats. The starter allowed five runs on seven hits with three walks and eight strikeouts in 7.1 innings. Hald finished 4-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.
SLIPPERY ROCK
SOFTBALL
SLIPPERY ROCK – Kelsi Anderson and Alexsa Hurd combined for 20 strikeouts as the Slippery Rock University softball team squeaked out another split with California (Pa.) Saturday at Kasnevich Field. The Vulcans claimed game one, 3-2, before The Rock took the sequel in a 2-1 victory.
The Rock are now 13-20 overall and hold a 6-8 record within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division. The split, the second of its kind this season between SRU and Cal, moves the Vulcans to 13-12 on the year and 11-6 in PSAC West play.
Paige Parker (1-for-1) gave Slippery Rock the game two-winning RBI-single in her lone at-bat of the day. Hurd (1-for-7), Arielle Brown (1-for-6) and Julia Montie (1-for-6) all drove in runs for The Rock. Brown also stole a pair of bases through the day.
Naomi Childs went 3-for-3 after a terrific game one outing that also featured two stolen bases. Alyssa Sheely delivered a 2-for-5 performance at the dish while Sarah Brown went 1-for-2.
Hurd (4-8) earned the second save of her career in game two after combining for 11 strikeouts in 8.0 innings and allowing only three hits and two earned runs. Anderson (4-8) went 6.0 innings in the second game after fanning nine batters and limiting Cal to just three hits and one run.
Anderson’s game two win tied her with Brooke Dawson’s 33 wins from 2015-18 among the all-time wins list in Slippery Rock history.
GAME 1: California 3, Slippery Rock 2 - A four-hit advantage was not enough to carry Slippery Rock to a game one victory as Cal edged out SRU in a 3-2 battle.
The Vulcans took a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning despite recording just one hit, scoring on a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice. SRU replied with one run to make it 2-1 in the opening frame when Montie doubled to left center to snag an RBI by scoring Arielle Brown.
A pitcher’s duel ensued until the Vulcans extended their lead to 3-1 in the fourth on a sac fly. The Rock put five more hits on the board but scored only once when Hurd recorded an RBI-double in the fifth.
Hurd threw 10 strikeouts in her 146-pitch performance, allowing just three hits and giving up two earned runs. Caleigh Rister (8-5) picked up the win for California with seven strikeouts.
Slippery Rock held a 7-3 lead in hits with nearly half of the offense stemming from Childs’ 3-for-3 effort that included two stolen bases. Hurd (1-for-3), Montie (1-for-4), Sheely (1-for-3) and Arielle Brown (1-for-3) wrapped up Slippery Rock’s batting.
GAME 2: Slippery Rock 2, California 1 - Despite a late-game scare, Slippery Rock clung to a lead in the seventh inning to secure a 2-1 win over California.
Anderson tossed five strikeouts through the first two innings to hold California silent early, as The Rock tacked the first run to the board in the bottom of the fourth for a 1-0 edge.
After two batters were hit by a pitch and Sarah Brown sac-bunted to advance Nutter and Childs, Jeanna Sukey and Sheely helped load the bases on a fielder’s choice and a walk. After Arielle Brown was walked, everyone moved up a bag to give SRU its first lead of the day.
Slippery Rock doubled its tally to 2-0 in the fifth on an RBI-single by Parker that scored Montie. That marked the first RBI of Parker’s career.
The Vulcans diced things up when two runners joined the bases with no outs in the top of the seventh. Hurd moved in from her infielding role back to pitch in relief for Anderson, throwing an extra strikeout against a Cal team that only added one run to make it 2-1. Hurd had the last say when a groundout right to the circle shut down the comeback effort.
Anderson fanned nine of the 28 batters faced in 132 pitches and 6.0 innings, grabbing her second consecutive win. She held California to just a trio of hits and one run. Hurd picked up the save after dealing the last 18 pitches of the seventh inning.
Both teams registered just three hits in total, with Slippery Rock’s coming from Parker (1-for-1), Sheely (1-for-2) and Sarah Brown (1-for-2).
Slippery Rock will be back in the diamond after one sleep when it returns to Kasnevich Field to host Indiana University (Pa.) at noon Sunday in a PSAC West doubleheader. The Rock last saw IUP earlier this week in a road split April 9.
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