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Lacrosse Spotlight: Chicago Ends Wings' Season with 17-11 Win Sunday, April 15, 2007
By Jennifer Stefani
The Philadelphia Wings season and playoff hopes came to an end with a 17-11 loss
to the Chicago Shamrox at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL. After a loss to the
Minnesota Swarm at home last night, the Wings had one final opportunity to secure
a playoff spot with a win tonight and with a New York Titans win over the Toronto
Rock. Although the Titans defeated the Rock 12-11, the Wings were not able to overcome
a five goal lead by the Shamrox at halftime. |
 High School Softball:Gloucester Finds another Way to Win Saturday, April 14, 2007
By Susan Hall
The Lady Lions from Gloucester has the luxury of two very good starting pitchers
on their team. Both Jill Stafford and Sam Dobleman have been perfect on the mound
keeping opposing batters off balanced. In this game, Dobleman would get another
start and was looking to extend Gloucester's unbeaten streak to six games. The Lady
Cougars from Schalick and Gloucester would not score a run until the bottom of the
fifth inning when Kelsey Cutler connected on a two run homerun. Schalick would get
one of those runs back to pull within a run. Dobleman would take care of things
during the final inning and preserve Gloucester's 2-1 victory. |
 High School Lacrosse:Eastern's Defense Dominates Divisional Match-up Saturday, April 14, 2007
By George Brookings
With a new season of boys' lacrosse underway, based on personal opinions one team
has to be selected as the best in our area. And with that much attention now on
that team, opposing squads will either use that ranking of a team as a motivating
factor to see how well they can compete them as well as other teams or just intimidated.
But don't be fooled, the reason for the Vikings from Eastern High School is successful
is because of their defense. By limiting your opponent's scoring chances will only
keep your offense in the game no matter what the score maybe. In an Olympic Conference
American Division game played at Eastern, the Minutemen from Washington Township
scored the first goal just seconds into the game. The Vikings would respond by scoring
six unanswered goals during the first half and then dominated the second half to
pick up the 15-5 victory extending their winning streak to four games. |
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Softball Spotlight: Brown's Home Run Lifts Devils to Win over Caldwell Saturday, April 14, 2007
By Bob Heller
Brittany Brown's solo walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted
the University of the Sciences women's softball team to a 6-5 win in the opening
game of this afternoon's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader against
nationally ranked Caldwell College at McNeill Field in Philadelphia. The Cougars,
ranked 12th in the most recent coaches' poll, salvaged a split with a 5-0 win over
the Devils in game two. The win was the Devils first ever victory over Caldwell.
USP had been 0-14 going back to the year 2000. The Devils record with the split
is now 9-17 overall and 6-6 in league play. Caldwell fell to 20-8 overall and 10-4
in league play. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Cougars Blast Eleven Home Runs in Doubleheader Sweep of Devils Saturday, April 14, 2007
By Bob Heller
Adric Saxon hit three consecutive home runs in his first three at-bats of the second
game of a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader with the University
of Sciences Friday night at Smith Field. Saxon helped the Cougars hit 11 homers
on the day en route a sweep of the Devils to two victories, 13-6 and 16-3. The wins
improve Caldwell's record 15-6 overall and 7-1 in the conference. The Devils drop
to 3-17 overall and 1-6 in CACC game. The Cougars are ranked #10 in this weeks NCBWA
poll. |
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Golf Spotlight: Devils Place Third in CACC Tri-Match at Frankford-Torresdale Saturday, April 14, 2007
By Bob Heller
The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia place third at yesterday's Central
Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) tri-match between the Devils, Goldey Beacom
College and host Holy Family University at Frankford Torresdale Country Club in
northeast Philadelphia. Goldey Beacom finished first with a score of 336, followed
by Holy Family (360). The devils shot 405 on the day to place third. The losses
drop the Devils record to 5-10 overall. Scott Cahayla led the Devils with a score
of 89, nine strokes behind medalist Steve Cutler of Goldey Beacom and tied for sixth
place overall. Michael Moll (98), Blake Vida (105) and Nathan Zook (113) rounded
out the Devils four finishers. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Philadelphia Closes Out Road Schedule With 3-1 Win Saturday, April 14, 2007
By Brian Smith
Bridgeport native Pete Zingoni was one of three Philadelphia Phantoms to score in
a 3-1 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday night at The Arena at Harbor
Yard. Philadelphia scored the first two goals, picking up one halfway through the
first period and another early in the second. Kyle Greentree tallied the first goal
when, while stationed in the slot, he redirected a Matt Davis drive from the center
point past goaltender Michael Mole at 9:44. The lead grew to 2-0 just 78 seconds
into the second period. Darren Reid was to the right of the net when he fired a
puck from a sharp angle that hit Mole. It rebounded in front to Stefan Ruzicka,
who poked it home for the two-goal advantage. |
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Soccer Spotlight: KiXX Headed to Detroit to Play for the MISL Championship Saturday, April 14, 2007
By Tom Hushen
The Philadelphia KiXX are headed to Detroit to play for the MISL Title after defeating
the Chicago Storm in Game Two in front of 5,327 fans, and then scoring the Golden
Goal in overtime to clinch the series. John Barry Nusum's shot from the corner won
the series 9:32 into the frame for Philadelphia. The club will now await the winner
of the Milwaukee Wave-Detroit Ignition series. The Championship game will be televised
live on Versus, next Saturday, April 21 at 4:00pm ET. Nusum began scoring for the
KiXX on a feed from Steve Wacker, his first of the playoffs. Dino Delevski, the
two-time MVP who scored last night in Chicago, put Philadelphia up 4-0. Genoni Martinez
was credited with the assist, his 17th straight game with at least one point. |
 High School Softball:Audubon Scores Only Run and Stops West Deptford Friday, April 13, 2007
By Susan Hall
The Lady Eagles from West Deptford have been an on row starting out their new softball
season. By winning their first three games, they have remained amongst the leaders
of the Colonial Conference. Also representing the same competitive conference, Audubon
dropped their season opener and was looking to win their second game in a row against
another undefeated team. West Deptford's Michele Black has been successful keeping
their opponents from generating runs and she would continue to do so today. Audubon
would score only one run in this game but that was enough for Lauren Beckas to pitch
seven scoreless innings for the Green Wave. Audubon's defense came up with some
nice plays to preserve their 1-0 victory. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Phantoms Fall to Admirals Friday, April 13, 2007
By Brian Smith
Pierre Parenteau scored and posted two assists and Corey Crawford made 37 saves
to lead the Norfolk Admirals to a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phantoms on Friday
night at the Wachovia Spectrum. The loss dampened the first professional goal for
Flyers 2006 first-round draft pick Claude Giroux, who scored for the Phantoms along
with Mark Cullen and Jared Ross. Norfolk started the scoring at 8:12 of the first
period when Parenteau scored off assists from Martin St. Pierre and Cam Barker.
But the Phantoms responded just 16 seconds later on Ross's 11th of the year. He
knocked a puck away from an Admirals defender in the Norfolk slot and flicked it
past Corey Crawford to make it a 1-1 game. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight: Philadelphia Fall Short; Wings Defeated By Swarm 11-8 Friday, April 13, 2007
By Jennifer Stefani
The Wings hold just a slim chance to make the playoffs after an 11-8 loss to the
Minnesota Swarm Friday at the Wachovia Center in front of 11,738 fans. The team
could have secured a playoff spot with two wins this weekend. Now, the Wings will
have to win Saturday's matchup in Chicago and Toronto will have to lose to New York.
Philadelphia tied the game twice, but never held a lead. Goalie Matt Roik kept the
Wings in the game with 34 saves on 45 shots. Athan Iannucci was the teams only multiple-goal
scorer, with two. |
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Soccer Spotlight: KiXX Drop Game One of Semefinal Series in Chicago, 11-8 Friday, April 13, 2007
By Tom Hushen
The Philadelphia KiXX (0-1) lost to the Chicago Storm (1-0) in Game One of the MISL
semifinal, two-game series, 11-8. With the KiXX now facing elimination, the clubs
will travel to Philadelphia for Game Two, tomorrow night, April 14, with game time
scheduled for 7:05pm ET. A KiXX win would force a sudden death, “Golden Goal”
mini-game, with the first goal deciding the series. A Storm win would complete the
sweep send Chicago to Detroit for the MISL Championship game to be played on April
21. The winner of tomorrow’s match will await the outcome of the Detroit
Ignition-Milwaukee Wave series. Game One of Ignition vs. Wave will be televised
live on Versus tomorrow at 4:00pm ET. |
 High School Lacrosse:Moorestown's Second Half Surge Not Enough against Ridgewood Wednesday, April 11, 2007
By Jerome Michaels
The boys' lacrosse team from Moorestown have their work cut out for them as their
schedule has them competing against some of the top ranked teams in New Jersey.
That's doesn't stop the Quakers from working hard to prove they belong in the group
of elite teams. Ridgewood has been labeled as one of the top five teams and their
early success showed why. Moorestown dug themselves a five goal deficit during the
first half only to battle back right before the half. But Ridgewood's offensive
attack picked up during the second half and posted a 14-7 win over the Quakers. |
 High School Baseball:Rams Rally on Umba's Homerun Wednesday, April 11, 2007
By Clark Washington
It's a situation that most baseball players put themselves in and that is to come
up to the plate with a chance to win the game for your team. When the Red Devils
from Penns Grove held a one run lead at the start of the bottom of the sixth inning,
Gloucester Catholic would get two runners on base with Matt Umba looking to pick
up another key hit to drive in another run. This time, Umba nailed a three run homerun
for the Rams to re-take the lead. Gloucester Catholic would give up a run during
the seventh inning but they would come away with a 5-4 victory and pick up their
third win of the season. |
 High School Lacrosse:Holy Cross Finally Gets Their Season Opener Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Clark Washington
It's not easy waiting around for something to happen and you have no control over
it. Take for instance the Lancers from Holy Cross boys' lacrosse team. Finally getting
a chance to play, they still had to wait for the junior varsity to finish their
game. By the time the Lancers took the field against West Deptford, this game swung
quickly in favor of the home team. Holy Cross jumped out to a five goal lead at
halftime and continued to dominate their opponent behind Paul Colflesh and Sean
Neary three goal performance. The Lancers would start off the season with a 12-4
victory. |
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Softball Spotlight: Devils Split with Holy Family Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Bob Heller
Mia Crotti drove in five runs and Megan Trimble hit her second home run of the season
and scored four times as the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia women's
softball team salvaged a split with Holy Family University with an 11-6 win in the
nightcap of this afternoon's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader
at McNeill Field on the USP campus. The win gave the Devils a split with the Tigers,
who snapped USP's four game winning streak with a 6-3 win in the opener. USP improved
to 8-14 overall and 5-5 in league play. Holy Family fell to 11-13 overall and 6-4
in league play. The 11-6 win was the Devils first victory over the Tigers since
the 2001 season, a span of 11 games including today's opener. |
 High School Softball:Maiese Continues to Impress as Minutemaids Win Again Monday, April 9, 2007
By Joyce Sagerty
Spring is that time of the year that most people look forward to with the warm temperatures
and sunny skies allowing them to enjoy all of the outdoor sporting events. So far
the weather is not cooperating with the season, but that's not stopping Washington
Township from heating up the base paths. The cooler temperatures might have slowed
down a few teams from picking up those wins during the first week of the season,
but the Minutemaids have been able to provide run support for starting pitcher Alyssa
Maiese. So far this season, Maiese has not given up a single run and was looking
to continue that streak at Camden Catholic. Washington Township broke open a close
game during the late innings and was able to pick up a 6-0 win over the Fighting
Irish. |
 College Baseball:Raptor of the Week: Damien Wright Monday, April 9, 2007
By Mike Ballard
Sophomore southpaw Damien Wright hurled two-hit shutout ball into the ninth inning
April 7 to lead the Rutgers-Camden baseball team over Montclair State, 5-2, for
the Scarlet Raptors' first New Jersey Athletic Conference win of the season. Wright
worked 8.1 innings, allowing just two hits and a pair of unearned runs in the ninth
while collecting his first win of the season. He scattered seven walks and struck
out three in shutting down the hard-hitting Red Hawks. The Scarlet Raptors posted
their first New Jersey Athletic Conference win of the season, but also lost a pair
of NJAC games during the week to fall to 1-6 in the conference. Rutgers-Camden lost
a home game against Richard Stockton College April 6 by an 8-1 score before splitting
a conference twinbill at Montclair State University April 7. The Raptors won the
first game, 5-2, behind an outstanding pitching performance from sophomore southpaw
Damien Wright (Millville, NJ/Millville). They lost the second game, 26-8. |
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