Colonial States Athletic Conference recently issued the following announcement.
The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) is proud to announce the Weekly Award winners for April 4, 2022. This includes Players of the Week in Men’s Lacrosse, Men’s Volleyball, Women’s Lacrosse, Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field, Women’s Tennis, Softball and Baseball as well as Honor Roll selections in each sport. This will be the last Men’s Volleyball awards for the season.
A total of 48 student-athletes were honored.
Men’s Lacrosse
Player of the Week
Dante Poli | Stockton University | A | Sr. | Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks South
Poli scored nine goals in two games, including four goals and four assists in a win over Montclair State.
Defensive Player of the Week
Tyler Horvath | Stockton University | F/O | So. | Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South
Horvath was 30-39 on face-offs (.769) last week in two games and scooped 18 ground balls. He grabbed a career-high 17 ground balls against Neumann that tied for 3rd in a single game at Stockton. In that same game he won 29-35 (.828) face-offs
Honor Roll
Keystone’s Matthew Bardoo who scored twice in Saturday’s defeat at Bryn Athyn…Kean’s Kyle Rider who had four goals and an assist in the win over Utica…Bryn Athyn’s Jamal White who had nine goals and six assists in two games, including six goals in a win over Keystone…Cairn’s Jonathan Balsamo who had three goals against Rosemont…Montclair’s Matt Dancsecs who had five goals in the loss to Stockton…Keystone’s Gabe Reyes who caused seven turnovers last week…Kean’s Nick Moffa who 36 faceoffs over two games…Cairn’s Qion Roycroft who had four caused turnovers against Rosemont…
Men’s Volleyball
Player of the Week
Nathan Whisman | University of Valley Forge | OH | Fr. | Fishersville, Va./Grace Christian
Had 45 kills in a 4-0 week for the Patriots. Also had five aces.
Player of the Week
Jordan Kieffer | University of Valley Forge | OH | So. | Mohnton, Pa./Homeschool
Picked up 38 digs in a 4-0 week for the Patriots.
Honor Roll
Cairn’s Scott Shea who dished out 70 assists in a 3-0 week for Cairn…Wilson’s Shae Cardenas who had 31 kills in a three-match week…Cairn’s Josh Moyer who had 21 digs in three matches.
Women’s Lacrosse
Player of the Week
Payton Gormley | Bryn Athyn College | A/M | Sr. | Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Abington
Had ten goals and four assists in a win over Notre Dame of Maryland
Defensive Player of the Week
Trista Cleaves | Sweet Briar College | M | Fy. | Millville, N.J./Cumberland County Tech
Had nine draw controls and four ground ball pickups in the win over Keystone.
Honor Roll
Wilson’s Sage Lague who had six goals on seven shots in a win over Centenary…Notre Dame of Maryland’s Sara Morales who had eight goals in two games…Sweet Briar’s Kaylah Bailey who had two goals and one assist in the win over Keystone…Keystone’s Krista Strausser who had seven goals and 16 draw controls in two games…Keystone’s Maria Tomada who had five caused turnovers at Sweet Briar.
Softball
Player of the Week
Allison Goodman | Rosemont College | INF | Jr. | Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem
Went 7-for-13 in four games last week, including a 4-for-4 performance in a game against Clarks Summit.
Pitcher of the Week
Corrine Mundy | Cedar Crest College | RHP | So. | Philadelphia, Pa./The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush
Mundy tossed a one hit shutout, striking out five in a win over Cairn.
Honor Roll
Cairn’s Kacey Wees who struck out ten in two appearances this week…Wilson’s Megan Potter who allowed one run on five hits with 13 strikeouts…Rosemont’s Dani Sharpe who scattered eight hits against Wilson…Cairn’s Theresa Beck who went 3-for-8 on the week…Cedar Crest’s Renee Snyder who batted .556 with a RBI and four runs scored in a sweep of Cairn…Wilson’s Alyssa Wenger who went 4-for-6 at the plate with a double against Rosemont.
Baseball
Player of the Week
Bobby Pokorney | Keystone College | INF | So. | Margate, Fla./J.P. Taravella
Hit .500 in the Rosemont series, with seven runs scored, four RBI and three walks.
Pitcher of the Week
Cameron Culver | Cairn University | RHP | Jr. | Croydon, Pa./Truman
Went 2-0 in two outings for the Highlanders this past week. Tossed a complete game with seven strikeouts in Cairn's victory at Valley Forge on Tuesday. Got the win in relief over 2.2 innings of work (no earned runs) in Cairn's victory against Wilson on Saturday.
Honor Roll
Keystone’s Nathan Hinkley who earned his fourth win of the year, tossing seven innings with six strikeouts against Rosemont…Valley Forge’s Jafet Rivera who struck out four against John Jay…Cairn’s Samuel Spadea who went 7-for-13 on the week…Valley Forge’s Joshua Nieberlein who scored three runs in three games…Wilson’s Dean Mercer who was 8-for-15 in four games this week
Women’s Tennis
Player of the Week
Katherine Franzone | Cedar Crest College | So. |
Franzone turned in a 4-0 week with two wins apiece in doubles and singles in two matches against Rosemont. She had wins of 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and was then victorious at No. 1 doubles in both matches, winning 8-1 and 8-0 in the two matches, respectively.
Honor Roll
Cairn’s Brianna Miller who went 4-0 for the week, picking up a 6-4, 6-1 win in No. 2 Singles at Neumann on Friday before earning a 6-0, 6-0 triumph in the No. 1 slot against Clarks Summit on Saturday. Paired with junior Paige Kemper to win 8-2 at No. 1 Doubles against Neumann and won 8-0 at No. 2 doubles with classmate Rachel Campbell-Robertson against the Defenders on Saturday.
Men’s Track and Field
Track Athlete of the Week
Eric Gregory | Gallaudet University | So. | Metairie, La./East Jefferson
Gregory improved on two of his school records last Saturday at the VertKlasse Meeting hosted by High Point University in North Carolina. The sophomore sprinter set a personal best and school record in the 400-meter dash as he came in first overall in the participation event with a blistering time of 48.00 seconds. That time best his previous top time of 49.57 set last month at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge. The 48.00 seconds is the top men's time in NCAA Division III so far this season and puts him in good position to qualify for the NCAA national championship meet in May. Gregory also lowered his school record time in the 200-meter dash as he posted a time of 21.24 seconds in the finals and placed sixth overall. The previous school record Gregory held was 21.39 seconds set on April 20, 2019 at the Gallaudet University Invitational. Earlier in the day, Gregory finished seventh overall in the 100-meter participation event with a time of 11.03 seconds. His time was the second fastest from a Division III runner in the event.
Field Athlete of the Week
Dylan Perlino | Alfred State University | Sr. | Holland, N.Y./Holland
Perlino won discus with a throw of 48.53m (159-2) at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational and is currently ranked 6th in NCAA DIII for discus. Perlino broke his own hammer throw record for the second time this season after throwing 51.76m (169-10) to place 3rd and break his own program record he originally set at the end of the 2021 season and reset last week. He is currently ranked 16th in NCAA DIII for hammer. He finished 15th in shot put with 11.84m (38-10 ¼).
Honor Roll
Keystone’s Cameren Price who placed 22nd in the 800 and 30th in the 1500 at the Millersvile Metrics…Alfred State’s Gavin Bathgate won the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational. Bathgate won by 12 seconds and finished in 9:58.29…Keystone’s Adrian Viruet who finished 19th in the javelin with a throw of 48.39m at the Millersville Metrics.
Women’s Track and Field
Track Athlete of the Week
Abril Riley | Cedar Crest College | Fr. | Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman
Riley set new personal records in the 100 and 200 meter dash events at the Muhlenberg Invitational. She ran the 100-meter dash in 15.00 seconds and 31.65 seconds in the 200- meter event.
Field Athlete of the Week
Tiffany Kuras | Cedar Crest College | Fr. | Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg
Kuras finished as the runner-up in the javelin event at the Muhlenberg Invitational, breaking the school record with a mark of 36.53 meters, which also ranks tied for 34th in the country. Kuras also competed in the discus event, placing 18th with a mark of 26.83 meters.
Honor Roll
Keystone’s Rachel Drumheiser who placed 18th in the hammer at the Millersville Metrics with a throw of 38.70 meters…Gallaudet’s Hannah Wetzel who finished 20th overall in the triple jump as she recorded a top jump of 10.26 meters (33 feet, eight inches) on the first of three attempts. Prior to the triple jump, Wetzel placed 32nd in the long jump as she leaped 4.82 meters (15 feet, 9.75 inches) on the second of three jumps at the VertKlasse Meet hosted by High Point…Alfred State’s Nicole Hume who finished 8th in discus with 33.57m (110-1), 10th in hammer with 38.15m (125-2) and was 19th in shot put with 9.78m (32-1) at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational.
Original source can be found here.
Alerts Sign-up