WCU NCAA run ends in PKs

West Chester University was forced into penalty kicks for the second straight time in the NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Tournament, and this time the result didn’t go the Rams’way.

Mercy College squeezed out the win, 4- 3, on penalty kicks after the teams tied 1- 1 at the end of regulation and overtime of the Elite Eight contest.

After Mercy’s Natalia Elizararras scored for Mercy in the first half, and WCU’s Kaitlyn McNamara tied it up with a penalty kick goal in the second half, the teams slugged it out through overtime to send the game to PKs.

In PKs, both teams brought in new goalies as West Chester brought in Brooke Myers while Mercy brought in Ashley Price to try and slam the door. As the visitors West Chester shot first and Nikki Caffey started things off and scored to give West Chester the early 1- 0 lead. Mercy answered right back and in the second round Unionville’s Hannah Grandell scored to give West Chester the 2- 1 lead. Mercy was able to answer right back but McNamara came through once again giving West Chester a 3- 2 cushion. Price made two great saves on shots from Mandy McCarthy and Shannon Cooley, and with that, West Chester’s great season came to a close.

Men’s Basketball

UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES 69, LINCOLN62 » Lincoln rallied from a doubledigit hole in the second half to force overtime, but ran out of gas in a well- played game as the Lions lost their second game of the season.

Umar Saaba led the way for Lincoln ( 1- 2) with 11 points off the bench, while Deaquan Williams added nine for the Lions.

Josh Page and Elijah Bush each added eight for Lincoln, while Williams also led the team with eight rebounds and three assists. All ten players who saw action scored at least one point.

Boys Basketball

ORANGEVILLE PREP 60, WESTTOWN 59 » Cameron Reddish had 28 points and Jake Forrester added 12 more, but it wasn’t enough for Westtown in a loss to Orangeville Prep ( Ontario, Canada) on Sunday in the final of the Westtown Invitational.

Reddish higt five 3- pointers in the loss, but it wasn’t enough to help the Moose pull out the win in their own season- opening tournament.