Bronc Sports Wrap
March 24, 2011
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Wrestling (9-11, 3-3 CAA)
W 22-13 *BOSTON U.
5th at CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
48th at NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Wrestling
At NCAAs senior Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) and sophomore Jim Resnick (Media, Pa./Penncrest)each won twice and sophomore Zac Cibula (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg Casco) won once. Resnick beat the 10th seed in the opening round.
Outdoor Track & Field
Fri-Sat 25-26 at Monmouth
Thur. 31 at Colonial Relays
Track & Field
At ECAC/IC4A sophomore David Hightower (Easton, Pa./Easton) finished sixth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.09. to earn All-East honors. The 4x400 relay of junior Ron Moore (Nashville, Tenn./John Overton), sophomore James Burroughs (West Orange), freshman Dave Brown (Ewing) and freshman Wilvenson Baptiste (Irvington) ran a Rider record time of 3:14.76 Burroughs also finished 12th in the 60m hurdles (8.32). Senior Christian Gonzalez (Somerset/Franklin Twp.) ran a 4:00.84 mile which is less than two seconds (3:59.00) short in order to be an automatic qualifier for the NCAA competition.
Softball (3-14)
L 0-3 North Carolina A&T at Greensboro, NC
L 0-4 at George Mason
W 4-1 at George Mason
L 0-7 Cornell at Mason
W 10-9 Hartford in Fla.
L 2-7 Yale in Fla.
L 3-10 Army in Fla.
L 2-3 Youngstown in Fla
L 2-5 Lafayette in Fla.
L 0-9 E. Illinois in Fla
W 7-1 FDU in Fla.
L 2-9 Butler in Fla
L 1-5 UW Green Bay in Fla.
L 1-6 Colgate in Fla
Sun. 27 ARMY (DH) 1pm
Wed. 30 at Saint Joseph's 4pm (single game)
Sat. 2 *at Saint Peter's (DH) 1pm
Sat. 9 *at Marist (DH) 1pm
Softball
In the win over FDU junior Rachael Matreale (Williamstown) threw a complete game, recording eight strikeouts and allowed only one unearned run. Sophomore Alyssa Paul (Toms River/Toms River HS East) and freshman Laura Gallagher (Flanders/Mendham) each had two of Rider's seven hits with freshman Kehli Washington (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) picking up two RBI.
Golf
7th of 9 at George Washington
Sun-Mon 3-4 at Villanova Wildcat Invitational
Golf
At GW freshman James Buttermark (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell) had a three round total of 237 (79/81/77) to finish 25th out of 51 golfers. Senior Brian Accorsini (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) shot a 240 (81/82/77) to finish 30th. Senior Jordan Wycoff (Fort Washington, Pa./Saint Stephen's Episcopal) placed 38th with a 241 (90/81/79). Senior Brent Wolgast (Bay City, Mich./Pendleton) was 39th with a total of 251 (81-83-87) with junior Chris Wolak (Issaquah, Wash./Hopkinton) finishing tied for 46th with a 262 (92/85/85).
Baseball (10-8)
W 6-0 Cornell at Virginia
L 0-12 at Virginia
W 8-2 Cornell at Virginia
L 1-4 at Virginia
W 8-7 Lafayette at Flemington, NJ
L 3-5 at West Virginia
L 5-11 at West Virginia
L 3-7 at West Virginia
W 12-9 at West Virginia
W 9-8 at Hofstra
W 7-4 QUINNIPIAC
W 3-2 MAINE
W 7-2 MAINE
W 9-2 MAINE
L 3-8 MAINE
Fri. 25 *NIAGARA 3pm
Sat. 26 *NIAGARA DH 12 noon
Tue. 29 at Seton Hall 3:30
Sat-Sun 2-3 *IONA 12 noon
Baseball
Against Maine freshman Nick Crescenzo (Hammonton, NJ/Hammonton) was 5 for 10 with three RBI and three runs scored and earned MAAC Rookie of the Week. Senior A.J. Albee (Ashley, Pa./Hanover Area) was seven for 14 in the four-game series. Senior Nate Eppley (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern), sophomore Chris Taylor (Sterling, VA/Dominion) and junior Patrick Devlin (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock North) picked up the pitching victories.
M. Tennis
Sat. 26 *at Loyola 11am
Tue. 29 FORDHAM 3pm
Fri. 1 *FAIRFIELD 1pm
W. Tennis
Sat. 26 *at Loyola 11am
Wed. 30 LAFAYETTE 3pm
Fri. 1 *FAIRFIELD 1pm
M. Basketball (23-10, 13-5 MAAC)
W 75-72 *ST. PETER'S (MAAC TV)
W 79-64 Canisius at MAACs
L 59-83 Iona at MAAC Semifinals
L 50-84 Northern Iowa at CIT
W. Basketball (5-25, 5-13 MAAC)
L 49-62 *at Saint Peter's
W 62-56 *NIAGARA (MAAC TV) |
L 47-57 Saint Peter's at MAAC
W. Swimming (6-4)
2nd of 10 at MAAC Championships
4th at ECAC Championships
M. Swimming (3-6)
2nd of 9 at MAAC Championships
5th at ECAC Championships
at NCAA Zone Diving at Navy
Indoor Track & Field
M 2nd, W 4th at MAAC Championships
at Armory Collegiate Invitational
at IC4A/ECAC in Boston
