Bronc Sports Wrap
March 11, 2010
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Wrestling (15-6, 6-1 CAA)
W 32-10 *at Boston
W 47-0 American Int.
W 47-6 *at Sacred Heart
3rd CAA CHAMPIOINSHIPS
Thur-Sat 18-20 at NCAA Championships
Wrestling
At the CAA Championships senior 149 Michael Kessler (Randallstown, MD/Owings Mills), now a four-time NCAA qualifier, won his first CAA Championship and senior heavyweight Ed Bordas (Montgomery, NY/Valley Central) won his third in three years at Rider. Sophomore 133 Jimmy Kirchner (Somerville) finished third, junior 141 Matt Bradley (Jackson/Jackson Memorial) finished third, junior 165 Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) placed third and freshman 174 Jim Resnick (Media, Pa./Penncrest) placed third. Bordas, Kessler, Morrison, Resnick, Kirchner and sophomore Tyler Smith advance to Nationals.
M. Swimming & Diving (3-5)
2nd at MAAC Championships
3rd at ECAC Championships
Fri-Sat 12-13 NCAA Diving at Rutgers
W. Swimming & Diving (7-2)
2nd at MAAC Championships
3rd at ECAC Championships
Fri-Sat 12-13 NCAA Diving at Rutgers
Swimming & Diving
At ECACs senior Amanda Burke (Southampton, Pa./William Tennent) won both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives with pool records. Senior Kellyanne Tomasula (Sussex/Vernon Township) won the 200 back with a Rider record time of 1:59.60. Sophomore Brendan Cavallaro (Middleboro, Mass) placed second in the 3-meter dive and senior Paul Apostolakis (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fort Hamilton) placed second in the 1-meter dive.
Baseball (5-3)
W, W 8-0/2-0 at Maryland East Shore
W, W 4-1/7-0 at Maryland East Shore
L 5-7 at Appalachian State
L 5-8 at Appalachian State
L 6-8 at Appalachian State
W 14-9 Lafayette in Flemington
Sat. 13 at Radford 7pm
Sun. 14 at Radford (DH) 2pm
Tue-Wed 16-17 at Virginia Tech 5:30 pm
Fri-Sun 19-21 at Longwood (4 games) 3/1/4/1pm
Baseball
At Lafayette Rider had 19 hits. juniors Mason Heyne (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock) and A.J. Albee (Ashley, Pa./Hanover Area) each had four hits and freshman Adam Wayman (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./G.A.R. Memorial) had three hits. Senior Nick Wojnowski (Baldwin, Md./Calvert Hall) hit a solo home run in the fifth inning to break a 6-6 tie. Senior Eric Woodrow (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West) hit a two-run single and scored on Albee's fourth hit of the day to make it 10-6. Senior Matt McCollum (Tabernacle, N.J./Shawnee) hit a two-run home run to give Rider a 6-3 lead in the third inning. Albee doubled in the second inning and scored on an error to give Rider a 4-2 lead. Albee's four hits was a career-high. Heyne hit a two-run home run in the first inning to give the Broncs a 2-0 lead and junior John Ralston (Annandale, Va./Paul VI) hit an RBI double to make it 3-0. The home run was the first of the season for Heyne and the 18th of his career. Heyne had four hits for the second year in a row against Lafayette. Ralston had three hits, including two doubles on the day. Against App. State senior Nick Wojnowski (Baldwin, Md./Calvert Hall) and senior Eric Woodrow (Hamilton/Hamilton West) each had three hits with Wojnowski doubling and hitting a home run while adding two RBI and two runs scored.
M. Basketball (17-16, 9-9 MAAC)
L 54-80 *SIENA ESPNU TV
W 86-70 *CANISIUS
W 69-57 Saint Peter's at MAAC ¼ finals
L 62-72 Siena at MAAC Semifinals
M. Basketball
Against Saint Peter's senior Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape) compiled 22 points, was 11 for 12 from the free throw line and added five rebounds, four assists and three steals in quarterfinals. Rider made 10 of 12 free throws in the final two minutes stretch to secure the win. Junior Mike Ringgold (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) finished with 15 points and added five rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. Sophomore Novar Gadson (Philadelphia, Pa./John Bartram) finished with 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds and junior Justin Robinson (London, England/Blair Academy) had 15 points, four rebounds and two steals. Against Siena Thompson finished with 21 points and four rebounds in his final game as a Bronc. Rider out-scored the Saints (26-6, 17-1 MAAC) 6-2 to start the second half, four points by Ringgold, to take a 36-30 lead. Ringgold finished with 20 points, 14 rebounds (tying a career high), four assists and four steals.
W. Basketball (4-26, 2-16 MAAC)
L 48-58 *SIENA ESPNU TV
L 43-79 *at Iona
L 25-45 Siena at MAAC Tournament
W. Basketball
Senior Amanda Sepulveda (Perth Amboy/Hun) was a third team All-MAAC selection finished her career with 1,136 points and 278 assists, both 11th best all-time at Rider. Freshman Dior Brown (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) finished with a career-high 10 rebounds.
Softball (1-7)
W 7-2 at Norfolk
L 5-12 Quinnipiac
L 1-9 Quinnipiac
L 7-10 FDU
Sun. 14 FDU/Colgate in Fla 1pm/5pm
Mon. 15 Columbia/Wisconsin G. Bay 9am/11am
Wed. 17 Army/Cleveland State 1pm/3pm
Softball
At Norfolk sophomore Rachael Matreale (Williamstown) threw a 1-hitter with 6 strikeouts. Senior Ally Melia (Toms River/Toms River HS North) had 3 hits including a double and scored twice, senior Candice Harris (Henderson, Nev./Coronado) and freshman Sam Pugh (Elkton, Md./Elkton) each had 2 hits. Pugh and junior Jen Steward (Haddon Township/Haddon Township) each had 2 RBI. Against Quinnipiac junior Amanda Centeno (Ventura, Calif./Buena) had 2 hits and Melia had 3 stolen bases and 2 runs scored. Against FDU freshman Heather Muscara (North Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham) had 4 hits, 4 RBI and 2 runs.
Golf
Fri-Sat 19-20 at George Washington Invite
W. Tennis (0-0)
Wed. 24 at Manhattan 4pm
M. Tennis (0-0)
Thur. 25 *MARIST 2pm
Indoor Track & Field (0-1)
Men 2nd, Women 3rd at MAAC Championships
at NYU Fast Track
at ECAC/IC4A Boston, MA
Track & Field
At IC4A junior Michael Soroko (Kinnelon) earned All-East honors with a win in the 3,000 meter (8:13.42), just the third Bronc to ever win an IC4A event. Junior Christian Gonzalez (Somerset/Franklin Twp.) was sixth in the mile to earn All-East honors. Gonzalez set a Rider record in the mile trials with a time of 4:06.44.
