Messiah’s Nase, Hunsberger, Hoover earn All-MAC honors

Messiah College’s Brad Nase (Perkasie/Pennridge) and Logan Hunsberger (Telford/Dock Mennonite) were named to the first team — Nase at setter, Hunsberger at outside hitter — and Travis Hoover (Schwenksville/ Dock Mennonite) made the second team at right side on the first-ever All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) men’s volleyball team.

Nase is seventh in NCAA Division III and leads the conference in assists per set (10.04) and on the on the season handed out 823 assists for an offense leading the conference in kills per set (12.09).

Hunsberger leads Messiah in kills (252), kills per set (3.15) and aces (30) and is tied for second on the team in digs (121).

Hoover is second on the Falcons in kills (219) and kills per set (2.77), third on the team in blocks per set (0.52) and fifth in the MAC in hitting efficiency (.348).

• Princeton men’s lacrosse’s Michael Sowers (Dresher/Upper Dublin) was named Ivy League Player of the Week Monday after collecting six goals and 12 assists in the Tigers’ wins over Siena and Dartmouth last week.

Last Tuesday, Sowers had three goals and five assists in the 17-11 win over Siena. Last Saturday, he finished with a career-high 10 points — becoming the eighth player in Princeton men’s lacrosse history with a 10-point game — with a careerhigh seven goals and three assists as the Tigers defeated Dartmouth 24-13.

Sowers leads Division I in points per game and assists per game. His 72 points this season ties his for fourth all-time in Princeton history and 10 be-

hind the school record he set as a freshman last year. Sowers’ 48 assists so far in 2018 ties a program singleseason record.

• Gwynedd Mercy women’s track and field’s Rainah Dunham (Phoenixville/ Methacton) set a new school record in the heptathlon while the Griffins’ Sara Gray (Southampton/ William) tied a school record in the high jump Saturday at the Messiah Multi and Invitational.

Dunham finished with 3,979 points to take second in the pentathlon — getting personal records in the 100 meters (15.68), 200 meters (26.73) and the javelin (27.15)

Gray placed second in the high jump with a personal best and ECAC-qualifying mark of 1.58 meters.

• Bloomsburg baseball’s Cole Swiger (Maple Glen/ Upper Dublin) sent the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the eighth inning over the left field fence for a walk-off grand slam and a 10-6 victory over Mansfield in the first game of their doubleheader last Saturday.

Swiger finished the game 2-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored while Colton Hooker (Warrington/Upper Moreland) went 1-for-2 with a run scored for the Huskies.

Swiger hit another home run in the day’s second game — a two-run blast in the second inning — and was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a runs scored as Bloomsburg earned a 9-0 win. Hooker was 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored.

• Ball State men’s volleyball’s Ben Chinnici (Sellersville/Pennridge) was named to the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) All-Freshmen Team. In 72 sets for the Cardinals this season, Chinnici has collected 155 kills — an average of 2.15 per set — 31 total blocks, 104 digs, eight aces and eight assists.

• Amber Lambeth (Harleysville/Souderton) had a pair of assists while Jackie Cerchio (Audubon/Methacton) and Jen Rodzewich (Hilltown/Pennridge) each collected a goal and an assist as the Temple women’s lacrosse team outscored Butler 10-1 in the second half to claim an 18-5 Big East victory last Saturday.

• Jefferson University softball’s Erin Maher (Lansdale/North Penn) and Jovanna Alfonsi (Hatfield/ North Penn) both collected a three-hit game as the Rams earned a doubleheader sweep of Nyack last Saturday.

In the 11-0 five-inning victory in the opening game, Maher finished 3-for-3 with a double, RBI and two runs scored wile Alfonsi had two RBIs and a run scored. Alfonsi then finished 3-for-4 with an RBI with Maher collecting an RBI and a run scored as the Rams picked up an 8-4 victory in Game 2.

• Jackie Bilotti (North Wales/North Penn) went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two run scored as the Arcadia softball team earned a doubleheader split with Lycoming last Saturday with a 13-2 victory in the teams’ second game.

• Jared Melone (North Wales/North Penn) went 7-for-7 last Saturday as the West Chester baseball team claimed a doubleheader sweep of Millersville last Saturday. Melone was 3-for-3 with an RBI as the Golden Rams won the opening game 9-5 with the junior going 4-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored in a 9-7 victory in Game 2.

Justin Horn (Willow Grove/Upper Dublin) added a pair of hits for WCU in the two wins. Horn went 1-3 and scored twice in Game 1 then was 1-for-3 with a run scored in the second contest.

• Lehigh baseball’s Blake Rapoport (Ambler/Wissahickon) broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning with an RBI single, scored on a wild pitch while Chris Kersey (North Wales/North Penn) tacked on a third run in the frame with a two-out RBI single as the Mountain Hawks topped Navy 7-4 in the second game of a doubleheader last Saturday.

Kersey collected his second five-hit game of the season in the victory, finishing 5-for-6 with two RBIs and a run scored. Rapoport was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two run scored.

• Gwynedd Mercy softball’s Alyssa Morales (Schwenksville/Perkiomen Valley) went 2-3 with four RBI and also earned a complete game victory in the circle as the Griffins bested Neumann 6-4 in Game 2 of their doubleheader last Saturday.

Becki Christoffers (Lansdale/North Penn) finished 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored for Gwynedd.

In the opening game — an 18-4 Neumann win — Morales went 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored while Christoffers was 1-for-2 and scored twice.

• Saint Joseph’s women’s track and field’s Caroline Duffy (Collegeville/Methacton) was on the Hawks’ 4x100 relay that finished first place at the Rider Invitational last Saturday with an ECAC-qualifying time of 47.52 — less than second off the school record. Saint Joseph’s finished third as a team at the meet with 65.5 points.

• Kutztown men’s track and field’s Ryan Benner (Sellersville/Pennridge) won his 100-meter dash heat with a season-best and PSAC qualifying time of 11.15 seconds as he finished 14th overall at the Bison Outdoor Classic Sunday at Bucknell University.

• Sara Keeny (Warminster/William Tennent) went 4-for-9 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base as the Kutztown softball team split a doubleheader with East Stroudsburg last Friday. Keeny was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI as the Golden Bear won the opening matchup 8-6 then went 2-for-4 with a run and a stole base in an 8-6 loss in Game 2. Angie Carty (Harleysville/Souderton) added a stolen base and a run for KU in the second game.

• Lehigh women’s track and field freshman Miranda Royds (Ambler/HatboroHorsham) cut nearly 12 seconds off her personal record in the steeplechase, finishing in a time of 11:09.44 to place seventh at the Bison Outdoor Classic last Saturday.

• Virginia baseball’s Alex Tappen (Lower Gwynedd/ Wissahickon) went 2-for-4 with an RBI as Cavaliers fell 8-6 to North Carolina in the first game of a doubleheader last Saturday.