WOMEN’S SOCCER
ERIE — Freshman goalkeeper Madi Jones (Clearfield) posted two more shutouts as Penn State Behrend swept Penn State Altoona 3-0 and Mount Aloysius 1-0 last week to win the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship for the eighth year in a row.
She made one save in the semifinal and two in the title game, which was decided by freshman and AMCC Player of the Year Brenna McGuire’s goal in the 66th minute.
Senior midfielder Tessa Munshower (Clearfield) made her 10th appearance of the season against Penn State Altoona. She has one assist and one shot on goal.
Jones and the Lions are 13-6 with 12 shutouts.
She has eight shutouts to her credit and has combined with Dana DiCamillo on the other four.
Jones has not given up a goal in 728.86 minutes over the last eight-plus games in lowering her goals against average to 0.76, second-best in the AMCC.
She has registered 44 saves and allowed 14 goals in 1,656.24 minutes.
Penn State Behrend, which broke into the Great Lakes Region rankings at No. 9 last week, will be making its 11th trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament Saturday with a first-round game at Geneva, N.Y., against Tufts, an at-large entry from the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
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FOOTBALL
GREENVILLE — After being one of 10 Thiel seniors honored prior to the kickoff, senior linebacker Dusty Maines (Clearfield) went out and led the Tomcats with nine tackles in a 20-0 Presidents’ Athletic Conference loss to Bethany Saturday.
All of the 5-9, 195-pounder’s stops were solo in his final appearance at Alumni Stadium.
His 82 tackles, including 51 solo stops, are the most for Thiel (0-9, 0-8 PAC).
He has three tackles for losses of eight yards, one of the Tomcats’ eight sacks, and one forced fumble.
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NEW LONDON, Conn. — Senior kicker/punter Spencer Herrington (Clearfield) booted a 32-yard field goal and one extra point for Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a 24-10 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference loss to host Coast Guard Saturday.
He also punted three times for a 40.3 average with a long of 48 yards as the Engineers dipped to 3-3 in the NEWMAC and 5-4 overall in front of 1,172 fans at Cadet Memorial Field.
Herrington continues to top the NEWMAC kickers with 28 PATs and 58 total points. He’s 10-for-12 in the field goal department with a long of 41.
His punting average is 34.8 yards for 46 kicks.
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WILLIAMSPORT — Senior center Brad Stubbs (Curwensville) helped lead a spirited fourth quarter comeback by Lycoming that fell just short, 33-32, against visiting Stevenson in front of 1,321 fans at David Person Field Saturday.
The loss was the third by a touchdown of less for the 4-5 Warriors, who stand 3-4 in the Middle Atlantic Conference.
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WOMEN’S SWIMMNG
INDIANA — Junior Claire Mikesell (Clearfield) and freshman Paige Mikesell (Clearfield) were doublewinners as undefeated Indiana University of Pennsylvania breezed to its third win, 125-70, in a non-conference meet against Saint Vincent in Pigeon Natatorium Saturday.
Clair touched first in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.26 seconds and closed out the Crimson Hawk ‘A’ free relay team’s 1:41.18 win with a 25.20 split. The sprint was her first win of the season to go with three firsts in relays.
Paige, now sporting firsts in five individual and three relay events, was victorious in the 100 butterfly in 57.64 and turned in a 26.25 fly leg for the ‘A’ 200 medley foursome that triumphed in 1:50.20.
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WRESTLING
CLARION — Sophomore 184-pounder Shae Bloom (Grampian/Curwensville Area H.S.) debuted for Clarion with a solid performance, 6-1 with four pins, to place fourth at a weight with 20 entries in the Clarion Open at the Student Recreation Center Saturday.
The Golden Eagles accumulated 135 points to claim the title in the season-opening tourney that attracted wrestlers, many competing unattached, from 16 colleges.
After pinning Shane Mast of Kent State at 3:44, Bloom came on the short end of an 8-7 final against eventual runner-up Terry Allard of Bloomsburg.
He came roaring back in the consolations, beating Chris Morrow of Cleveland State 9-5 and decking Dalton Group of Pitt-Johnstown at 1:00, Matt McGillick of Pitt at 1:02 and Tim Wallace of Kent State in just 22 seconds around a medical forfeit win over Cameron Caldarelli of Buffalo.
Clarion sophomore Ty Bagoly was awarded a medical over redshirt freshman Bloom in the third-place match.
They had highlighted the annual Golden Eagle Blue/Gold Dual that decided the starting lineup by splitting two thrillers.
Having lost 7-3 to Bagoly earlier in the week, Bloom forced a deciding bout by registering a pin with just three seconds remaining in the opening bout Oct. 26.
In the rubber match later, Bloom had the first-string spot in his grasp at 7-2 late in the third before Bagoly rallied for a takedown and four-point near fall to prevail 9-7, the closest of the eight bouts that punctuated the preseason wrestleoffs.
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CLARION — Freshman 197-pounder Luke McGonigal (Clearfield) went 1-2 wrestling unattached for Lock Haven at the Clarion Open Saturday.
He began his Bald Eagle career with a 9-7 win over John Keibly of Cleveland State before running into phenom Michael Beard, who is grey shirting at Penn State this fall after winning his final 141 bouts and three national titles for Malvern Prep.
Beard defeated McGonigal 16-0 in 2:11 for one of his three technical falls en route to the finals, where he held off Clarion’s Greg Bulsak 13-9.
Cole Nye (Pitt-unattached) ended the tourney for McGonigal with a 6-2 decision.
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MEN’S SWIMMING
SHIPPENSBURG — Sophomores Tate Swanson (Clearfield) and Hayden Steiner (Clearfield) earned points in three events apiece in Clarion’s 110-83 loss to Shippensburg in a dual meet between Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams Friday.
Swanson swam a 22.26-second third split for the Golden Eagle ‘A’ 200-yard freestyle foursome that was victorious in 1:27.79.
He placed fourth in 500 free race with a 5:30.04 clocking and fifth in the 50 free in 23.06.
Steiner anchored the runner-up ‘A’ 200 medley team’s 1:45.11 time with a 21.97 leg.
He lowered his 200 butterfly record to 2:176 for fourth place and touched fifth in the 200 free in 1:54.05.
Clarion is 0-2 in dual meets.
