Golf The Mercyhurst men won both the Mercyhurst Invitational and Gannon’s Bud Elwell Classic (where senior Chris Kupniewski medaled) in the fall. The Lakers also placed fourth at the PSAC Championships, where freshman Adrian Larsen tied for sixth. The women’s team placed ffth at the PSAC Championships, with freshman Bridget Merten placing 11 th . Water Polo The men’s team won the CWPA Division II Championship as sophomore Connor Schmitz was named Tournament MVP. The team followed that up with a CWPA Mid-Atlantic Conference West Division championship in which senior Andrew Too-A-Foo was named Tournament MVP. The season culminated with a seventh-place fnish at the CWPA Mid-Atlantic Conference Championships. Schmitz was named to the ACWPC All- America Second Team. North East Saints The North East men’s and women’s soccer teams both fnished as runners- up in Region III Division I in the fall. Jason Marczak, a freshman goalkeeper from Fort LeBoeuf High School, ended the season ranked No. 1 in saves in the country for NJCAA Division I. He was also chosen All-Region, along with Jaheed Loblack, Thomas Sedgewick, Trung Kitchener, Alex Simos, Anthony Martone, Sammi Weinheimer, Taylor Zachar, Raven Magrino, Morgan York, Nichole Ward and Emillie Shafer.
Rowing The Mercyhurst rowing program hosted its inaugural Autumn Classic at Findley Lake, New York, in October. The men’s lightweight rowing team won the Varsity Eights, Freshman/Novice Fours and Varsity Fours, while the women’s team captured the Varsity Eights, Freshman/Novice Eights and Varsity Four. The men’s and women’s Varsity Eights competed at the 52 nd Head of the Charles in Boston, with the men fnishing 13 th among a group of premier lightweight programs, and the women placing ninth and securing an automatic bid to the event’s 53 rd version. Over the summer, junior Jonas Weller won a silver medal with Germany’s U23 squad in the quadruple sculls at the 2016 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Jonathan Blazevic and Galen Bernick were named to the 2016 IRA All-Academic Team.
York Athletic Conference, and Aren Schwab and Ashton Watts were both named to the all-conference team. Wrestler Sam Colebert was ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in the 165-pound weight class. The Saints welcomed several new coaches this fall/winter: Shannon Pullium (men’s basketball), Eric Miccio (men’s lacrosse) and Brandon Crum (baseball).
The Saints volleyball team fnished as runner-up in the Western New
25
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online