[Kutztown Spring Roundup] 2004-05 No. 26 March 14, 2005

[Josh Leiboff]

Kutztown University Spring Sports Roundup 
2004-05 No. 26   March 14, 2005 

KU Student Bookstore 
Athlete of the Week 

Kerstin Kloeffer - W Tennis
(so. Ludwigs Hafen, GERMANY) 

         Kerstin Kloeffer, of the women's tennis team, is this week's KU Student Bookstore Athlete of the Week.  Kleoffer led the women's tennis team to a perfect 4-0 record over spring break.  Kloeffer was 4-0 at #1 singles and 4-0 at #1 doubles. 

Golden Bear Weekly Honor Roll for 3/14
Name, Sport (Last week's stats)
Stacy Bricker, Softball (11 hits)
Matt Keller, Baseball (2-0)
Ryan Loper, Baseball (.454, 7 RBI)
Lauren Losoncy, W Tennis (4-0 singles, 4-0 doubles)
Mike McCardell, Baseball (win, save)
Rachel Weidensaul, Softball (2-0) 

SPRING SPORTS

Baseball (12-6, 0-0 PSAC East)

Last Week's Action

SAT 3/5-SAT 3/12 - at Savannah (GA) Invitational

MON 3/7 - KU 7, Wayne State 6 (10 innings) - Kutztown University continued its strong play at the Savannah Invitational, defeating the #24 team in Division II, Wayne State (NE), 7-6 in 10 innings.  Josh Fink (jr. Hatfield/North Penn) belted a leadoff home run in the 10th to give KU the lead, and Matt Keller (jr. Fleetwood/Fleetwood) hurled a perfect bottom of the 10th to seal the victory, KU's third in four games of the invitational.  Fink was 2-for-2 with two runs scored, while Keller pitched three innings with four strikeouts to pick up his third win of the season.  Gary Stricker (sr. Croydon/Conwell Egan-Catholic) was 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two stolen bases.  Tony Riegel (sr. Exeter/Exeter) was 2-for-3, Jeffrey Craig (so. Wilkes-Barre/Bishop Hoban) was 2-for-6 with an RBI and Paul Koropchak (sr. Pottsville/North Schuylkill) was 2-for-5.  Kutztown got a solo homer by Ryan Loper (so. Boiling Springs/Cumberland Valley) in the sixth, but the Wildcats scored four times in the bottom half to take the lead.  KU scored twice in the seventh, including an RBI single by Craig, to pull within 4-3.  The Golden Bears tied it on a solo home run by Clay Kuklick (sr. North Wales/North Penn), then went up 6-4 on a two-run shot by Stricker in the eighth.  Wayne State answered, scoring two unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth with help by a KU throwing error.  After a scoreless ninth, Fink, a 5-7 second baseman, started the 10th with a bomb off the scoreboard.

TUE 3/8 - KU 11, California (PA) 2 - Mike McCardell (so. West Chester/Henderson) struck out nine in seven scoreless innings and Phil Cavalcante (sr. Norristown/Kennedy Kenrick) hit his first career home run as the Golden Bears downed California (PA), 11-2.  McCardell allowed just three hits in his seven innings of work.  Cavalcante's three-run blast came in the midst of a six-run seventh inning for KU.  It was preceded by back-to-back RBI doubles from Kyle Costello (jr. Plains/Coughlin) and Loper.  Costello and Loper had back-to-back run scoring singles in the first to give the Golden Bears the lead.  Costello had two doubles in four at-bats and scored twice.  Riegel also went 2-for-4 and Loper and Fink were 2-for-5.  Fink and Jon Shade (so. Reading/Muhlenberg) each doubled.

WED 3/9 - KU 8, California (PA) 4 - Keller tossed a complete game as the Golden Bears banged out 13 hits, and KU toppled California (PA) 8-4 at the Savannah Invitational.  Keller, who improved to 4-0 with the win, allowed eight hits and two walks while fanning four.  He surrendered four runs, two of which were unearned.  Loper continued his hot hitting, going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two runs batted in.  Craig and Scott Senna (sr. North Plainfield, NJ/North Plainfield) were both 2-for-4.  Both players, as well as Kucklick, doubled.  Kutztown jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first behind a two-run single by Loper.  After the Vulcans knotted the game in the bottom of the inning, Kutztown plated the winning runs in their half of the second.  Kuklick and Senna stroked back-to-back RBI doubles with two outs in the inning.  The Golden Bears put the game away in the ninth with a pair of runs.  Stricker walked, advanced on an error and later scored on a wild pitch.  Kuklick also scored in the inning on a squeeze play.  With the win, KU continued its dominance over the Vulcans.  It was the third time in four days the teams had met at the Savannah Invitational, with the Golden Bears outscoring Cal 26-7 in the three contests.  It was also Kutztown's fourth straight win overall, and eighth in its last nine games.

THU 3/10 - Wayne State 3, KU 2 - Kutztown's four game winning streak was halted by #22 Wayne State on Thursday at the Savannah Invitational.  Kutztown, ranked #27 in the latest DII poll, took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning on an RBI double by Riegel that drove in Jon Moyer (so. Oley/Oley Valley).  The Wildcats took the lead with three runs in the sixth.  KU pulled within one when Moyer singled in Bryan Riggins (fr. Glenmoore/Downingtown East) in the sixth, but fell short in the end, hitting into double plays in the eighth and ninth innings.  Justin Jachowicz (fr. Summit Hill/Panther Valley) was the losing pitcher, giving up the three runs in the sixth.  Kevin Morganti hurled the first four scoreless innings, while Phil Rummel (fr. Exeter/West-Mont Christian) had 2.2 innings of relief.  Riggins was 2-for-3.

FRI 3/11 - Fairmont St. 3, KU 2 - Matt Maradeo (jr. Nesquehoning/Panther Valley) struck out eight in eight innings of work, but it was not enough as Fairmont State outlasted the Golden Bears, 3-2.  Fairmont got a 2-0 lead in the third, before KU tied it up with runs in the seventh and eighth.  In the seventh, McCardell doubled and was pinch run for by Riggins.  Stricker, who was 2-for-4, knocked Riggins in with an RBI single.  Loper tied the game the next inning with a two-out solo home run.  Fairmont answered back with solo homer of its own in the bottom of the eighth to put the game away.  Craig doubled for KU.  Maradeo allowed nine hits and all three runs.

SAT 3/12 - KU 10, Fairmont St. 7 - McCardell went 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run and pitched two innings for a save as the Golden Bears came from behind to defeat Fairmont State, 10-7.  KU trailed 5-2 heading into the bottom of the fourth.  Kutztown scored eight runs in its next three innings to put the game away.  Fairmont added a pair of runs in the seventh for the 10-7 final. Craig scored three times.  McCardell drove in a pair of runs, and then pitched scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth for his second save of the season.  Kyle Sadlowski (jr. Reading/Central Catholic) benefited from the Golden Bears' offensive outburst to pick up his second win of the year.  He pitched the first six innings and allowed all seven runs on 10 hits and six walks.  He struck out four.  Marshall Mirarchi (sr. Springfield/Springfield) also threw a scoreless inning in relief.  With the win, Kutztown completes its spring break trip to the Savannah Invitational.  The Golden Bears went 6-3 in Georgia to improve to 12-6 overall on the season.

Upcoming Events

WED 3/16 - at Lebanon Valley 3:00 PM

THU 3/17 - MILLERSVILLE (DH) (non-league) 1:00 PM

SAT 3/19 - WILMINGTON {DE} (DH) 1:00 PM

SUN 3/20 - at Wilmington {DE} 1:00 PM

TUE 3/22 - ADELPHI 3:30 PM 

Women's Golf

Spring Season Begins

TUE 3/22 - KU SPRING INVITATIONAL 12:30 PM 

Softball (6-6, 0-0 PSAC East)

Last Week's Action

SAT 3/5-THU 3/10 - at Rebel Spring Games, Orlando, FL

MON 3/7 - KU 8, Merrimack 5 - Adriane Willmer (so. Kitchener, ONT/Resurrection) and Stacey Bricker (sr. Kutztown/Kutztown) combined for five hits and five runs to lead Ktuztown to an 8-5 win over Merrimack.  The win snapped Kutztown's four-game losing streak.  Willmer was 2-for-4 with three runs, while Bricker was 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.  Samantha Flowers (fr. Harleysville/Souderton) was 2-for-4.  Rachel Weidensaul (Ashland/Cardinal Brennan) pitched the first 4.1 innings, allowing three runs on two hits to get the win.  Stacey Denlinger (jr. Harleysville/Souderton) went the final 2.2 innings with a pair of strikeouts.

KU 7, Southern Indiana 6 (10 innings) - Willmer's two-run double in the 10th inning proved to be the game winner as Kutztown outlasted Southern Indiana Monday night at the Rebel Spring games.  Willmer was 3-for-6 in the game, including the game-winning hit that drove in Lindsay Bennett (fr. Rising Sun, MD/Rising Sun) and Dani Spalik (so. Johnson City, NY/Johnson City).  Kutztown sent the game to extra innings by tying the score with three runs in the sixth. Cheryl Griffith (sr. Bethlehem/Freedom) went the distance in the pitcher's circle, striking out four and allowing six runs, three earned, on six hits in 11 innings.  Bricker was 3-for-6.

THU 3/10 - SIU-Edwardsville 3, KU 1 - Kutztown committed four costly errors in a 3-1 loss to SIU-Edwardsville Thursday afternoon.  Griffith allowed just one hit, but was tagged for three unearned runs in the sixth inning.

KU 10, South Dakota 0 (5 innings) - Willmer was 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBI and two runs as KU blanked South Dakota, 10-0, in five innings.  Denlinger pitched a two-hit shutout with two strikeouts.  KU scored eight runs in the fifth inning to break it open.  Jackie Messina (fr. Allentown/Parkland) was 3-for-3, Bricker was 1-for-3 with two RBI, Erin Livingston (sr. Philadelphia/Archbishop Carroll) was 2-for-3 and Bennett was 1-for-3.

FRI 3/11 - KU 3, Bellarmine 1 - Weidensaul threw a one-hitter as the Golden Bears downed Bellarmine, 3-1, at the Rebel Spring Games.  Weidensaul walked two, struck out two and allowed an unearned run.  The Golden Bears scored all three of their runs in the third inning.  Messina was hit by a pitch, followed by singles from Bricker and Livingston.  After a walk by Tarin Horonzy (fr. Fleetwood/Fleetwood), a Bellarmine error let in a run and Sara Cook (jr. Chambersburg/Chambersburg) capped the rally with an RBI single.  Bricker also doubled in the game. 

Dowling 8, KU 5 - The Golden Bears dropped their final contest at the Rebel Spring Games, 8-5 against Dowling.  Bricker had a monster game, going 3-3 with a pair of doubles and driving in all five Kutztown runs.  Bennett and Griffith split the pitching duties.  Bennett started and went three innings, allowing two runs on three hits.  Griffith pitched the final four frames, surrendering five earned runs on seven hits.

Upcoming Events

TUE 3/15 - at Goldey-Beacom (DH) 2:00 PM

THU 3/17 - at Wilmington {DE} (DH) 2:30 PM

SAT 3/19 - UNIV. OF SCIENCES (DH) 1:00 PM

TUE 3/22 - LOCK HAVEN (DH) 2:00 PM 

Men's Tennis (6-0, 0-0 PSAC)

Last Week's Action

MON 3/7-FRI 3/11- at Hilton Head, SC

MON 3/7 - KU 5, Catawba 4 - Kutztown topped Catawba, 5-4, in the Golden Bears' first match of spring break at Hilton Head, SC.  Mukundan Nandakumar (sr. Chennai, INDIA) was a winner at first singles.  Somdeep Appineni (so. Hyderabad, INDIA) took the win at third singles and Nick Gallagher (fr. King of Prussia/Upper Merion) took a default at sixth singles.  Kutztown also won two of the three doubles matches.  Nandakumar and Harsh Sharma (jr. Calcutta, INDIA) won at first doubles and the tandem of Lukas Beman (so. Woodend/AUSTRALIA) and Ilja Semjonovs (jr. Liepaja, LATVIA) won by default at third doubles.

TUE 3/8 - KU 8, Slippery Rock 1 - The Golden Bears took eight of nine matches in a PSAC dual played in Hilton Head.  KU swept the singles action.  Nandakumar, Radoslaw Hlubinski (jr. Warsaw, POLAND), Appineni, and Beman all won in straight sets at first through fourth singles.  Gallagher won every game at fifth doubles for the 6-0, 6-0 win.  At sixth singles, Matt Gawrych (fr. Burlington, NJ/Holy Cross) was a 10-1 winner.  In doubles play, Nandakumar teamed with Beman to win at first doubles, while Appineni and Hlubinski won at second doubles.  

WED 3/9 - KU 8, Charleston (WV) 1 - Kutztown won eight of nine matches to defeat Charleston (WV).  KU took five of the six singles matches.  Sharma, Hlubinski, Appineni, Beman and Gallagher won at second through sixth singles, respectively.  All five wins came in straight sets, and Hlubinski did not surrender a game, winning 6-0, 6-0.  Nandakumar and Sharma took the win at first doubles, with the teams of Hlubinski/Appineni and Semjonovs/Beman completing the doubles sweep.  The only match Kutztown failed to win was at first singles, where Nandakumar retired due to injury.

THU 3/10 - KU 7, Northern Kentucky 2 - Kutztown won its fourth straight in Hilton Head and fifth straight overall with a 7-2 win over Northern Kentucky.  In singles play, Sharma, Nandakumar and Hlubinski won in straight sets at first through third singles.  Semjonovs and Beman picked up singles victories, as well, at fifth and sixth singles.  Nandakumar and Sharma won at first doubles and Appineni and Hlubinski were winners at third doubles.

FRI 3/11 - KU 5, Carson-Newman 2 - Kutztown completed its spring break trip with a 5-2, seven match win over Carson-Newman.  Matches at first and second singles went unfinished.  Semjonovs, at third singles, and Appineni, at fifth singles, picked up wins for the Golden Bears as the teams split the four completed singles matches.  Kutztown won all three doubles matches to seal the victory.  Nandakumar and Sharma outlasted their opponents, 9-8, at first doubles.  Semjonovs and Beman won at second doubles and Appineni and Hlubinski shut out their third doubles opponents, 8-0.

Upcoming Events

WED 3/16 -  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3:30 PM

FRI 3/18 - at Philadelphia 3:00 PM

SAT 3/19 - at New Jersey Tech 7:00 PM 

Women's Tennis (5-1, 0-0 PSAC East)

Last Week's Action

TUE 3/8-FRI 3/11- at Hilton Head, SC

TUE 3/8 - KU 9, Slippery Rock 0 - Kutztown started its spring break excursion to Hilton Head, SC on the right foot with a 9-0 sweep of Slippery Rock.  In singles action, Kerstin Kloeffer (so. Ludwigs Hafen, GERMANY) won at first singles in three sets.  Priya Pachkawde (so. Nasik, INDIA), Lauren Losoncy (jr. Shillington/Governor Mifflin), Jharna Nansi (so. Mumbai, INDIA) and Bianca Blatz (fr. Ludwigs Hafen, GERMANY) followed with straight set wins at second through fifth singles.  Kristen Bodalski (jr. Media/Cardinal O'Hara) completed the singles sweep with a 10-0 win at sixth singles.  In doubles play, Kloeffer and Pachkawde won at first doubles, Nansi and Blatz at second, and the duo of Vanessa Walsh (fr. Scranton/Bishop Hannon) and Losoncy took the match at third.

WED 3/9 - KU 9, Roger Williams (RI) 0 - Kutztown picked up its second shutout in as many days, with a 9-0 win over Roger Williams.  Kloeffer and Losoncy won 6-0, 6-0 at first and fourth singles.  Pachkawde won at second singles, Nansi at third, Bodalski at fifth and Mindi Bell (sr. Mount Joy/Donelgal) won at sixth singles.  All four won in straight sets.  The team of Kloeffer/Nansi won at first doubles, followed by Pachkawde/Bell at second doubles and Losoncy/Walsh at third.

THU 3/10 - KU 6, Northern Kentucky 3 - The Golden Bears won their third straight in Hilton Head with a 6-3 win over Northern Kentucky.  The two teams split the singles matches, with each team picking up a win in a third set super-tiebreaker.  Losoncy notched KU's super tie-breaker victory with a 10-2 third set after splitting the first two sets with her opponent.  Kloeffer won at first singles and Bodalski at sixth for KU's two other singles wins.  Both won in straight sets.  Kutztown took all three doubles matches.  Kloeffer and Pachkawde won at first doubles, with the teams of Nansi/Blatz and Bell/Losoncy winning at second and third doubles.  

FRI 3/11 - KU 7, Charleston (WV) 2 - Kutztown picked up a 7-2 win over Charleston (WV) in the team's final match of spring break.  The Golden Bears won at first through fourth singles behind Kloeffer, Pachkawde, Nansi and Losoncy.  Bodalski picked up a win in a third set super-tiebreaker, 11-9, to finish singles play.  In doubles, Kloeffer/Pachkawde won at first doubles, and Bell and Losoncy teamed for the victory at third doubles.  The win gave Kutztown a perfect 4-0 mark in Hilton Head and was the Golden Bears' fifth straight win overall.

Upcoming Events

WED 3/16 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3:30 PM

SAT 3/19 - at New Jersey Tech 7:00 PM 

Outdoor Track & Field

Spring Season Begins

THU 3/17 - at UNC-Wilmington Invitational All Day

 -SAT 3/19 

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