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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Penguins Edge Phantoms, Wilkes-Barre Escapes With 3-2 Win Friday, November 17, 2006 By Mike Thornton Connor James scored with just over two minutes remaining in the second period to give the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 win over the Phantoms on Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum. The Phantoms opened the scoring with just 1:40 left in the first period. David Printz fired a shot from the point that went wide and hit the back boards, but bounced straight back into the goalmouth. Jussi Timonen was waiting to slide the puck into an open net for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Syracuse Takes Matinee, Phantoms Drop School Day Game 5-2 Wednesday, November 15, 2006 By Mike Thornton Geoff Platt scored two goals and Jarislov Balastik added two assists to boost the Syracuse Crunch over the Philadelphia Phantoms by a 5-2 count on Wednesday afternoon. It was the annual School Day Game at the Wachovia Spectrum, with over 6,000 students among the 7,433 in attendance. Syracuase raced out to a 3-0 lead in the game's first five minutes on goals by Mark Hartigan, Ryan Caldwell and Platt. The onslaught ended Martin Houle's day early and brought Scott Munroe into the game in relief. |
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Volleyball Spotlight:
Tauschek Named to AVCA All-Region Team Earns Honorable Mention Selection Tuesday, November 14, 2006 By Bob Heller University of the Sciences in Philadelphia libero Claire Tauschek (Middleton High School/Verona, Wis.) was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All Region Team for the Northeast Region as an Honorable Mention Selection as announced today by the AVCA. Tauschek, a two-time Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference First Team All-Conference selection was the only CACC volleyball player to be named to the AVCA All-Region Team. Claire was also the only libero named amongst the 18 honorees from the Northeast Region. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Davis and Emmet Star in Township Win Monday, November 13, 2006 By Mike Costantino Colin Davis had two goals and three assists and Jared Emmet notched his first career hat trick at the varsity level as Washington Township flew past Moorestown 8-2 in Tier 1 action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Ben Doganiero and Ben Smith scored the Moorestown goals. After an evenly played first period which ended at 2-2, Township controlled the final two periods, taking advantage of the man advantage, connecting four times on the power play, and getting some key saves by Joe Scafisi when they needed him. On the power play early in the second period, Christian Biscardi broke the 2-2 tie after Parker Brown had came right down the slot and after the initial shot, Biscardi put home the rebound to give Township a 3-2 lead. |
Co-Raptors of the Week: Pat Baldiserra & Mark Gidjunis Monday, November 13, 2006 By Mike Ballard Midfielders Pat Baldiserra (Milmay, NJ/Buena Regional) and Mark Gidjunis (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) were instrumental in leading Rutgers-Camden to the 2006 ECAC Division III Men’s Metro Soccer Championship title. Baldiserra earned tournament MVP honors by collecting a goal and three assists, including an assist on Rodney Guishard’s winning goal in the title game against New Jersey City University Nov. 12. The three assists gave Baldiserra 13 for the year, setting a single-season program record. Gidjunis, meanwhile, notched his first two career goals, including the game-winning tally in a semifinal victory over Richard Stockton College Nov. 11. |
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