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 High School Ice Hockey:Township runs out of Time in Flyers Cup Final Sunday, March 25, 2007 By Mike Costantino Washington Township fell behind 7-3 midway through the third period and rallied for three goals in the final five minutes, but fell short in a 7-6 loss to Haverford High in the AA final in the Flyers Cup Tournament. TJ Haeberle had a hat trick for Haverford, Colin Davis and Christian Biscardi each scored two goals for Township. Thanks to head coach Jim Macchione we had an all access pass and were allowed in the locker room prior to the game, where we found a relaxed and confident team. Coach Macchione felt that if Township could set the tone early that would be one of the keys to the game. Unfortunately Haverford scored three goals in the first four minutes and led 3-0. Biscardi got one back on the power play to cut the deficit to 3-1 heading into the second period. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Clinch Playoff Spot Despite Loss in Milwaukee, 18-10 Sunday, March 25, 2007 By Tom Hushen The Philadelphia KiXX (16-12) fell to the Milwaukee Wave (14-14) by a final score of 18-10 this afternoon at U.S Cellular Arena. Philadelphia clinched a playoff spot despite the loss by virtue of owning the tiebreaker against Milwaukee. Under MISL Rules, if at the end of the regular season, two teams are tied in record, the tiebreaker is head-to-head record. The Wave and KiXX are tied at 3-3 after the series finale today. The third criteria moves to head-to-head point differential, which Philly owns by one point. The KiXX are currently in second place, just one game back of the first place Detroit Ignition, who will visit the Wachovia Spectrum on March 31, the last game of the regular season. With only two games remaining, Philadelphia will travel to Baltimore on Friday, March 30 to take on the Blast at 7:35pm ET. |
 College Baseball:Painter, Unearned Runs Help Rutgers-Camden Top DeSales Saturday, March 24, 2007 By Mike Ballard Rutgers University-Camden freshman designated hitter Paul Painter went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and the Scarlet Raptors turned six DeSales errors into eight unearned runs as they defeated the Bulldogs, 10-4, in a non-conference game here Saturday. The contest was the first for both teams in over a week, since their spring break trips to Arizona. Rutgers-Camden improves to 9-7 with its second straight win, while DeSales falls to 5-4, snapping a four-game winning streak. The game was a pitchers' duel between Rutgers-Camden senior Jason Ronca and DeSales sophomore James Niesuchouski for the first four innings, with the teams locked in a 1-1 tie. In the bottom of the fifth, however, Rutgers-Camden plated four runs, aided by three hits and three errors, to take a 5-1 lead. The Raptors blew the game open in the sixth, scoring five unearned runs on four hits and three more DeSales errors. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight:
Philadelphia Ends Losing Streak; Wings Defeat Shamrox, 12-11 Saturday, March 24, 2007 By Jennifer Stefani The Wings trailed for the entire game, but fought back to win, 12-11, with a last-minute goal by Kyle Fiat Saturday at the Wachovia Center in front of 12,132 fans. It was the first meeting between Philadelphia and the expansion Chicago Shamrox. The Wings never held the lead until the winning goal was scored. Goalie Matt Roik stopped all ten shots in the fourth quarter to make the victory possible. Sean Greenhalgh led the Philadelphia offense with four goals and two assists. The Wings had lost their previous four games. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Defeat Blast 14-7 in Front of Live National Television Audience Saturday, March 24, 2007 By Tom Hushen The Philadelphia KiXX (16-11) defeated the Baltimore Blast (15-13) by a final score of 14-7 in front of 7,264 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. The game was televised nationally on the Versus Network, the first such broadcast in Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) regular season history. The KiXX hold sole possession of second place, just one game back of the first place Detroit Ignition who are in action tonight. With only three games remaining in the regular season, Philadelphia travels to Milwaukee tomorrow, March 25 to take on the Wave in hopes of locking up a playoff spot. Game time is set for 2:00pm ET. |
 College Soccer:Rutgers-Camden Coach Oswald joins Ocean City Barons Staff Friday, March 23, 2007 By Mike Ballard Rutgers University-Camden men's soccer coach Tim Oswald will be adding some new responsibilities this summer. Oswald will serve as an assistant coach for the Ocean City Barons' Professional Development League team, joining the staff of first-year Barons head coach Mike Pellegrino. Pellegrino, one of the top scholastic coaches in the state, has led Ocean City High School to four state championships (1999, 2000, 2003 and 2005) during his impressive career. Oswald led the Scarlet Raptors to a 13-4-6 record in his first year at Rutgers-Camden last fall. That mark included winning the ECAC Div. III Men's Metro Soccer Championship. Oswald's first Raptor team was led by junior midfielder Pat Baldiserra (Milmay, NJ/Buena Regional), who was honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America by being named to the 2006 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division III All-America Third Team. He was the first NSCAA All-American since Rutgers-Camden became an NCAA program. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Cullen and Kane are Able; Phantoms Take 6-4 Win Friday, March 23, 2007 By Brian Smith Mark Cullen posted a hat trick and an assist and Boyd Kane farmed four assists to lead the Philadelphia Phantoms past the Springfield Falcons 6-4 on Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum. Darren Reid, the third member of the line, had a goal and two assists as the Phantoms won their fourth home contest in a row. Kyle Wanvig opened the scoring for Springfield just 58 seconds in. He took a pass from Eric Healey in the slot and fired a puck on net that banged off a couple bodies before it eluded the glove of Martin Houle for the 1-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Penguins Put Off Phantoms, Wilkes-Barre Takes 4-0 Win Wednesday, March 21, 2007 By Brian Smith Stephen Dixon had a two-goal night to lead the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins over the Philadelphia Phantoms 4-0 on Wednesday night at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza. Philadelphia remains seven points out of a playoff spot after Albany lost 3-2 to Worcester. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton took a 1-0 lead just 15 seconds into the game. Tim Wallace came down the right side and was able to beat his defender, subsequently walking to the top of the crease before putting a backhander on net. The shot hit the post and came right to Connor James, who put home the rebound. The quarter-minute it took to score tied the Phantoms season mark for fastest goal against. |
 College Softball:Raptor of the Week: Megan Farrell Monday, March 19, 2007 By Mike Ballard Senior pitcher/infielder Megan Farrell had an outstanding week at the Florida Coast Spring Training Camp, both at the plate and on the mound as the Lady Raptors swept all eight games they played. Farrell hit .708 (17-for-24), had a slugging percentage of 1.083, scored 12 runs, drove home 13 and collected three doubles and two home runs, including a grand slam. On the mound, she went 3-0 with three complete games, two shutouts and a 0.93 ERA. In 15 innings, she allowed 12 hits, two earned runs and two walks, while striking out 10. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Township Late Rally has Minutemen in Second Round Monday, March 19, 2007 By Mike Costantino Washington Township trialed 3-1 with under eight minutes remaining in the game, but erupted for five goals over the final seven minutes and defeated William Tennent 6-3 in Flyers Cup action played at the Igloo. After a scoreless first period in which goalie Joe Scafisi played well stopping all 15 shots, Tennent broke through in the second period scoring two power play goals, one by Nick DiChristopher and one by Ed DeWald along with an even strength goal and led 3-0. Cameron Rowand scored a power play goal late in the period to cut the lead to 3-1. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Cherokee drops 5-2 decision in Flyers Cup Monday, March 19, 2007 By Mike Costantino Central Bucks West scored three unanswered goals in the second period and turned a 2-1 deficit into a 5-2 victory over Cherokee. Mike LeClair netted three goals and Eric DeFelice added two goals for CB W, Tom Paradise and Frank Garvey scored the Cherokee goals. After LeClair scored in the games first minute, Paradise and Garvey gave Cherokee a 2-1 lead after the first period. CB West took control midway through the second period scoring three goals in a span of six minutes to take a 4-2 lead into the third period. Cherokee goalie Doug Ball did his part in the third as CB West launched 20 shots, allowing only one goal, LeClairs' third, and Cherokee could only manage 8 shots. |
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Softball Spotlight:
Trimble Named to CACC Softball Honor Roll Monday, March 19, 2007 By Bob Heller University of the Sciences in Philadelphia women's softball player Megan Trimble was named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Softball Weekly Honor Roll for her performance during the week ending March 18, 2007. Trimble extended her hitting streak to five games this week, getting hits in all three games that she played. The senior outfielder appeared in the Devils' second game against Drexel University on Monday, March 12th, getting two hits and a walk in three plate appearances. Trimble added two more multiple-hit games to her team leading total of five the next day. |
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