Pioneer golfers snag victory triangular match
Butler graduate Justin Kerr earned medalist honors with a 78 as the Butler County Community College golf team won a triangular match Friday at Seven Oaks Country Club in Beaver County.
The Pioneers improved to 12-0 and shot 338 as a team, beating Pitt-Titusville by 12 strokes and Penn State-Beaver by 36.
Butler High graduates Nate Bilski and Justin Maskal carded 86s for the Pioneers while Rich Schultz added an 88 and Butler graduate Travis Shingleton added an 89.
BCCC returns to action at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lake Arthur Country Club, hosting Westmoreland Country Club, Penn State-Beaver and Pitt-Titusville in a quadrangular.
BCCC 3, Westmoreland 0 -The Pioneers won by scores of 30-8, 30-13, 30-8. Autumn Burke and Katie Jewart had seven kills each while Sarah Morley had 22 assists and Shandy Gonzalez 10 aces and nine digs.BCCC (3-1) hosts the Pioneer Invitational at 5 p.m. Friday.Slippery Rock University 3, Salem International 0; Slippery Rock University 3, Glenville State 0 -Butler High graduate Megan Smith tallied 12 kills and seven blocks as The Rock (5-1) swept two straight matches Saturday.
Slippery Rock University 7, Molloy 0 -Sarah Arsenault tallied two goals and an assist in this rout on Sunday.Slippery Rock University 3, Bridgeport 1 -Sarah Arsenault scored and freshman Jayme Timmons added her first goal in this win Friday.Senior Emma Wright - a transfer from Division I Central Connecticut State - scored her first goal for SRU.
Slippery Rock University 4, Pitt-Johnstown 2 -Mars graduate Steve Perri scored a goal while Ed Mocarsky, Nick Christy and Dave Keller tallied the other three in the win.
The Slippery Rock University men's and women's cross country teams both brought home first-place finishes from the Sea Gull Opener in Salisbury, Md.Junior Justin Gavazzi was the top Rock finisher on the men's side, finishing third with a time of 26 minutes, 22 seconds.The effort helped SRU tally 44 points in front of Loyola of Maryland (57) and Christopher Newport (73).Seneca Valley graduate Jenna Gostkowski took fifth in the women's competition (23:16) as The Rock's 40 points defeated Christopher Newport (65) and Loyola (81).
Millersville 4, Slippery Rock University 0 -Goalkeeper Tara Bailey made 16 saves, but The Rock fell in this Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game. Bailey then tallied 21 saves in a 6-0 loss to East Stroudsburg on Sunday.
Grove City College 4, Westminster 1 -Butler graduate Megan Hulick won her singles match over Westminster's Amy Caliguiri (6-1, 6-2) to help the Wolverines pick up this Presidents Athletic Conference win.
Grove City College 54, Manchester (Ind.) 14 -Grove City fullback Brandon McGlothlin rushed for 121 yards and three scores to power the Wolverines to their third consecutive season-opening win Saturday.Manchester 7 0 0 7-14Grove City 7 13 7 27-54First QuarterM - William Cardwell 27 pass from Joe DeCraene (Ryan McCool kick), 9:09GC - Brandon McGlothlin 8 run (Matt Campbell kick), 5:13Second QuarterGC - McGlothlin 3 run (Campbell kick), 6:40GC - Wes Basham 51 run (kick failed), 3:34Third QuarterGC - McGlothlin 27 run (Campbell kick), 11:45Fourth QuarterM - DeCraene 1 run (McCool kick), 11:57GC - Aaron Margo 94 interception return (Campbell kick), 9:38GC - Bo Danton 35 pass from Scott Fichter (kick blocked), 8:43GC - Matt Weil 20 run (Campbell kick), 4:09GC - Ken Roudybush 10 run (Campbell kick), 3:07Individual StatisticsPassing: Manchester, Joe DeCraene 16-28-231-2; Grove City, Bradford Clark 8-13-87-0, Scott Fichter 3-3-56-0Rushing: Manchester, Andrew Shrock 14-34, Dominic Bilancio 10-16, Dustin Harding 1-2, Marcus Miller 1-(-2), Joe DeCraene 7-(-25); Grove City, Brandon McGlothlin 20-121, Wes Basham 4-60, Adam Wargo 7-41, Matt Weil 3-26, Ken Roudybush 3-18, Scott Fichter 1-10, Seth Fox 5-8, Greg Reinbold 1-7, Ian Tobin 1-6, Preston Harrison 1-5, Bradford Clark 4-(-31)Receiving: Manchester, Brandon Tugmon 7-85, Shaun Tilghman 3-81, Will Cardwell 3-42, Mitch Harnish 2-18, D. Lichtenbarger 1-5; Grove City, Bo Danton 2-40, Dave DiDonato 2-40, Adam Wargo 2-22, Seth Fox 2-6, Matt Weil 1-24, Scott Fichter 1-8, Brandon McGlothlin 1-3.
