Drexel’s DeSanto primed for postseason
Austin DeSanto had a great regular season with the Drexel wrestling team. Now the true freshman will test the waters in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Tournament March 3-4 in Hempstead, N.Y. DeSanto, from Reading (Exeter Township), is ranked fourth by the NCAA Coaches Panel. Wrestling at 133 pounds, he’s 23-4 overall with an 11-1 record in dual meets and a 7-0 mark in EIWA matches. He has two pins, three major decisions and nine technical falls. The top three in the EIWA meet will advance to the NCAA Division I Tournament March 1517 in Cleveland, OH. Eric Mock (Governor Mifflin) » The 6-foot-2, 220-pound redshirt sophomore picked up his first career save to help the Penn State baseball team open its season with a 2-1 non-league victory over Elon on Feb. 16 in Elon, N.C. And, the right-hander did it in fine style by striking out all three batters he faced. Mock pitched in 15 games with eight starts last season and had a 0-6 record. The Nittany Lions made it a sweep by beating Elon 8-6 in the second game of the doubleheader. Gabriella Johnson (Governor Mifflin) » The Shippensburg sophomore has had a solid season with the women’s swim team but she’ll have to give it all she has to score points at the PSAC swim championships starting Feb. 21 in York. Individually, Johnson is seeded 21st in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.11) and 22nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:30.36). She also competes in three relays – the 200 medley (1:49.92) seeded seventh, the 400 medley (3:58.80) seventh and the 400 free relay (3:38.88) ninth. Matt Feryo (Exeter) » The freshman competed in his first Patriot League Championship with the Lehigh men’s swim team Feb. 14-17 in Annapolis. Md. Feryo competed in just one event during the weekend, the 1,650 freestyle. He picked up four points for the Mountain Hawks when he finished 13th with a personal best time of 16:07.84. Lehigh finished sixth out of 10 teams with 282.5 points, the team finishing sixth or better in all 28 men’s championship meets. Owen Hanna (Governor Mifflin) » The senior wrapped up his career with the Washington & Jefferson men’s swim team at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships Feb. 16-17 in Grove City. Hanna swam in five relays and all five finished fourth. He also finished 11th in the 50 freestyle in 22.91. Junior Jeremy Glasner (Boyertown) also competed for the Presidents and swam on three of the relay teams. He also finished 10th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:29.81.