Connolly pitches Red Men past Bandits, 3-1

In West Chester Adult Baseball League action on Tuesday, the Red Men outlasted the Bandits 3-1 in a pitchers duel. Red Men starter Charlie Connolly worked the first five innings, allowing just two hits and one run, while striking out an impressive 15 Bandit hitters along the way.

Bandit starter Dylan Heid went four innings and allowed just one hit, but walked five. With the game tied at one a piece, Red Men left fielder Jeff Hagan finally broke things open in the bottom of the sixtth with a two-run home run into the right field trees.

Reliever Andrew Stefanosky worked two scoreless innings out of the bullpen to get the win. Red Men shortstop Kelsey Launi drew four walks on the night, while also scoring from second base on an errant pickoff attempt.

College Women’s Lacrosse

WCU’S STELLA NAMED FIRSTTEAM ALL AMERICAN » West Chester’s Maggie Stella and Sami Barnett have been named to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) AllAmerica team. A junior, Stella was a first-team selection, as voted on by the committee of coaches across the nation. She is the first first-team All-America selection from WCU since Tori Dugan in 2013 and the first midfielder picked overall since Erin Oczkowski in 2012. Barnett was a thirdteam selection, marking the first time since 2014 that West Chester landed multiple individuals on one of the three All-America squads.

Stella finished with 57 goals and 69 points on the year. However, her biggest contribution was in draw controls where she scooped up 111 draws to become just the second player in school history to hit the century mark in a single season in that category. Her 111 draws is third behind a pair of efforts from Dugan, during her playing career. Stella also caused 37 turnovers and was credited with 44 ground balls. She tallied a season-high six goals against Lock Haven in the semifinals of the PSAC Tournament and was named the tournament’s most valuable player as West Chester captured its conference-record 22nd title.

Barnett led WCU in goals scored with 60 while adding another 20 assists for an 80-point season. She tallied four game-winning goals and recorded 66 draw controls. The junior middie scored a season-high five goals on four separate occasions and was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 AtLarge squad for her work in the classroom. She finished fourth in the PSAC in scoring.

Adult Softball

CHES-DEL SENIOR » The Legends, sponsored by Optimum Physical Therapy, defeated the J&M Bees, 5-2. Gary Blair led the Legends with three hits. Marty Breisblatt added two hits and was the winning pitcher.