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<p>Junior Steve Rerick shared goalkeeping duties with a senior this season but when the chips were down, the Slippery Rock coaching staff went with Rerick and, in the final four games he posted three shutouts and a 2-1 victory over Millersville in the PSAC Championship game.</p><p>The Crestwood grad appeared in 10 games and had an 8-2 record, giving up nine goals with 58 saves. He had 25 saves in those final four contests which gave The Rock a 14-6 record.</p><p>&#8220;Steven had a great year in a very competitive goalkeeping situation,&#8221; coach Andy Hoggarth said. &#8220;I think his development and confidence in the last year has been very good and allowed him to handle the pressure of the situation in the conference playoffs. I think in Steven, we now have a very solid and reliable keeper who will continue to grow and develop from the experience he gained this year.&#8221;</p><p>And, the reward for winning the PSAC men&#8217;s soccer title is &#8211; nothing. Despite defeating Millersville in the title game and the top seed Mercyhurst 1-0 in the semifinals, the committee selected the Marauders to compete. Usually, league champions get selected but because the Atlantic Region has a limited number of teams, that&#8217;s not the case in this situation.</p><p><strong>Sutton, Lock Haven sparkle</strong></p><p>Shippensburg junior Kieran Sutton finished second out of 134 runners at last Saturday&#8217;s NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championships in Lock Haven. His 10K time was a personal record 30:31.7.</p><p>Lock Haven captured the team title and got standout performances by senior Ben Robinson and junior Jacob Fetterman. Robinson, a Tunkhannock graduate, was the fourth finisher for the Bald Eagles in 12th place with a time of 31:02.2 while Fetterman, a Hazleton Area grad, was the fifth finisher for the team in 14th place with a time of 31:15.9.</p><p>Sutton, Robinson and Fetterman all earned All-Atlantic Region first team honors and all three will be competing in the NCAA Division II Championships Saturday, Nov. 21 in Joplin, MO.</p><p>Lock Haven senior Alexis Arnold, Wyoming Area grad, finished 20th in the women&#8217;s race to earn All-Region honors. She finished with a 6K time of 21:46.7. She just missed earning a trip to the nationals.</p><p>Shippensburg sophomore and Dallas grad, Bryanna Dissinger, helped her team finish third and earn a trip to the nationals. She was the fourth Raider finisher in 31st place with a time of 22:24.4.</p><p><strong>Honor for Kusakavitch</strong></p><p>West Chester junior Marnie Kusakavitch was named to the PSAC first team in field hockey. The Holy Redeemer grad has 16 goals and six assists for 38 points for the 16-4 Golden Rams who are ranked third in the Atlantic Region and will face No. 2 Millersville in the first round of the NCAA Division II Tournament Saturday in Millersville. That winner will meet East Stroudsburg in the semifinals Saturday, Nov. 21 in Bloomsburg.</p><p>Kusakavitch has started all 20 games and has had three game-winners. She had three goals in a 6-1 victory over Slippery Rock and two goals and an assist in a 6-1 triumph over Kutztown.</p><p>Senior Alexa Moran, a Crestwood grad, starts on defense for West Chester and has two assists and has helped the team limit foes to 28 goals with five shutouts. Junior Allie Malachi, a Holy Redeemer grad, is a key reserve.</p><p><strong>Duo keying Eagles</strong></p><p>Seniors Kelcie Hromisin and Ashley Sebia will lead the Boston College field hockey team into the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament against Albany Saturday in Storrs, CT.</p><p>Hromisin, a Wyoming Valley West grad, has eight goals and an assist for 17 points and she scored the game winner in a 4-3 victory over Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. It was the Eagles first-ever ACC tourney victory. They lost to eventual champion North Carolina 3-2 in the semifinals.</p><p>Sebia, of Plains (Wyoming Seminary), has six goals and three assists for 15 points and two games winners &#8211; a 3-2 triumph over nationally-ranked Maryland and a 5-0 triumph over Harvard. She was named to the ACC All-Tournament team.</p><p><strong>Barber an All-Star</strong></p><p>Freshman Allie Barber didn&#8217;t start a game for the Bloomsburg women&#8217;s soccer team but she still showed enough to earn PSAC third-team honors. Barber (Pittston Area) led the Huskies in scoring with 18 points in her 19 games off the bench. She had seven goals and four assists and had the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Slippery Rock and also the game-winner in a 5-2 triumph over Seton Hill.</p><p>&#8220;Allie came in and had an immediate impact,&#8221; first-year coach Matt Haney said. &#8220;We leaned heavily on her and are excited to have a part in her growth as an all-around player.&#8221;</p><p>Bloomsburg was 11-7-1 overall and 9-6-1 in the PSAC in Haney&#8217;s first season, the Huskies losing 3-1 to Gannon in the league quarterfinals.</p><p><strong>Sugalski finishes strong</strong></p><p>Brittany Sugalski was a defender with the Keystone women&#8217;s soccer team but the junior came up with a couple of big goals at the end of the season. The Nanticoke grad had the game-winning score in a 4-3 victory over Cairn and then scored the Giants only goal in a 2-1 loss to Marywood in the first round of the Colonial States Athletic Conference Tournament.</p><p>&#8220;Brittany played an instrumental part in our success this season,&#8221; coach Noel Cox said. &#8220;She anchored our back line to help us earn or first-ever trip to the playoffs. She also played some midfield at the end of the season and sparked our offense.&#8221;</p><p>The Giants finished 7-9-1 overall and 7-4-0 in CSAC play.</p><p><strong>Despirito solid in goal</strong></p><p>The 17-3 Ursinus field hockey team is in the NCAA Division III Tournament and the Bears are expecting more solid goalkeeping from senior Danielle DeSpirito.</p><p>The Crestwood grad has started all 20 games and has given up 21 goals with 51 saves and seven shutouts, including three saves in a 1-0 victory over top-seeded Franklin &amp; Marshall in last Sunday&#8217;s Centennial Conference title game.</p><p>Ursinus will host Regional action Saturday and Sunday in Collegeville. The Bears will take on the winner of a first-round game against Stevens Tech and Mount Holyoke Saturday at 11 a.m. The Regional title will be decided Sunday.</p><p><strong>Second team for Ackers </strong></p><p>Junior Chandler Ackers, a Crestwood grad, was named to the Big Ten Conference second team for her play with the Iowa field hockey team.</p><p>Ackers finished with eight goals and six assists for 22 points. She also had a defensive save to help the Hawkeyes post a 9-10 record. The team saw its season end with a 1-0 double overtime loss to Michigan in the league tournament quarterfinals. It was their fourth 1-0 loss to a top-10 team this season.</p><p>The eight goals by Ackers are a career high. She has started every game for the Hawkeyes the past two seasons.</p><p><strong>Granger in NCAAs </strong></p><p>Junior Emily Granger and her William Smith teammates are ranked 6th in the country and received a first-round bye in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championships.</p><p>Granger, from Kingston (Wyoming Seminary), has started all 19 games on defense for the Herons, who are 17-2 and earned their berth with a 3-1 victory over Rochester in the Liberty League title game. She has a defensive save and has helped the defense limit foes to 29 goals with three shutouts. She has played 57 games since putting on her William Smith uniform.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Slippery Rock goalkeeper, Steve Rerick, makes a save against Malone in men&#8217;s soccer action this season. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_MSOC-vs-Malone_MS_09032015_092.jpg</photo0><caption0>Slippery Rock goalkeeper, Steve Rerick, makes a save against Malone in men&#8217;s soccer action this season. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_BostonCollegeFH.jpeg">
<div class="neCaption">Boston College&#8217;s Kelcie Hromisin competes in a collegiate field hockey game. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_BostonCollegeFH.jpeg</photo1><caption1>Boston College&#8217;s Kelcie Hromisin competes in a collegiate field hockey game. </caption1><photoCredit1>Submitted photo </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Bill Arsenault</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports</p></shirttailMeta></div>

College Corner: Steve Rerick comes through for Slippery Rock men’s soccer team