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Matt Edkins was an All-American diver as a freshman with the St. Lawrence University men&#8217;s swimming and diving team, and the sophomore appears well on his way to earning honors again this season.Edkins, a Lake-Lehman grad, qualified in both the 1-meter and 3-meter at last weekend&#8217;s Liberty League Swim Championships in Rochester, N.Y. Last Friday, he posted an 11-dive score of 475.20, which was 35 points better than the minimum qualifying standard. And, last Saturday he defended his 1-meter title with a score of 454.85.&#8220;Matt&#8217;s season and career as a diver has been strongly progressing following his All-American achievement of last year,&#8221; Saints diving coach Connor Dorff said. &#8220;He&#8217;s won every dual meet so far and is getting close to breaking the records he set last year.&#8221;Edkins and Dorff have been discussing new and more difficult dives to add to his already excellent list.&#8220;We are excited to see what the rest of the season will hold for him,&#8221; Dorff said.Edkins finished eighth in the 3-meter to earn first-team All-American and was 13th in the 1 meter to earn honorable mention All-American at last year&#8217;s NCAA Division III Championship. This season&#8217;s NCAA meet is set for March 15-18 in Shenandoah, TX.Record weekend for Spencer Junior Ben Spencer set four individual school records and was in on two relays records to lead the Clarion men&#8217;s swim team to a sixth place finish (638 points) at last weekend&#8217;s Zippy Invitational in Akron, OH.The Tunkhannock Area grad finished fourth in the 200 backstroke (1:49.23) and the 400 IM (4:00.01) and fifth in the 200 IM (1:49.53). Division I swimmers finished ahead of him in all three races. He also set a new standard in the 200 breaststroke (2:02.28) but didn&#8217;t qualify for the finals.Spencer swam legs on the record-breaking relays &#8212; the 200 medley relay (1:32.29) and the 400 medley relay (3:22.82), both finishing eighth in the strong field that included five Division I schools.The Golden Eagles will wrap up the first half of the season when it hosts the Crimson Hawks of Indiana in a PSAC dual meet Saturday in Clarion.Kusakavitch earns NFHCA honorWest Chester senior Marnie Kusakavtich, a Holy Redeemer grad, was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II second team for the second straight season on Monday. The 5-foot-2 forward finished with 12 goals and six assists for 30 points and led the Golden Rams to a 13-7 overall mark and an 8-2 record in PSAC play. She was second on the team in goals and points and third in assists. Kusakavitch played in 78 games with 68 starts in her West Chester career and finished with 47 goals and 19 assists for 113 points with six game-winners.Ackers, Grega honored Iowa senior Chandler Ackers and Old Dominion junior Danielle Grega earned National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I All-Regional honors on Nov. 29.Ackers, a Crestwood grad, was named to the West Region team after she helped the Hawkeyes finished 12-7 with eight goals and seven assists for 23 points.The 5-foot-6 Grega, a Wyoming Valley West grad, led the 7-10 Monarchs with seven goals and an assist for 15 points .She was named to the South Region team.Rookie honor for PitmanSusquehanna freshman Hunter Pitman was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III All-Rookie team on Monday. The Crestwood grad led the 15-4 Crusaders in scoring with 22 goals and seven assists for 51 points with five game-winners. Earlier she was named to the Landmark Conference first team and was the league&#8217;s Rookie of the Year. Susquehanna was beaten 1-0 by Elizabethtown in the league title game.Harris a veteran on the ice Junior Christine Harris has picked up two assists to date for the Buffalo State women&#8217;s soccer team, the Bengals 5-4-1 overall and 3-3-0 in ECAC West play. She had an assist in a 2-1 victory over Utica on Nov. 4 and an assist on the only goal in a 1-0 triumph over Utica on Nov. 5. She also has three blocks. Harris, from Mountain Top (Wyoming Seminary), entered this season having played in 51 games with 13 goals and 18 assists for 31 points with 11 blocks.Sugalski finding the rangeSenior Brittany Sugalski got off to a slow start with the 3-5 Keystone women&#8217;s basketball team after wrapping up a solid season with the Giants women&#8217;s soccer team, but the 5-foot-7 guard came up with a big effort in a 64-53 Colonial States Athletic Conference victory over Rosemont last Saturday. She had 17 points, 11 rebounds and three steals in 39 minutes of action. That lifted her season&#8217;s scoring average to 6.1, her rebounding average to 7.0 with 16 steals. It&#8217;s the Greater Nanticoke Area grad&#8217;s first season with the basketball squad.Degraba ready to goSenior Dominic DeGraba is hoping for a big finish to his career with the Oneonta wrestling team. The Dallas High grad was 2-2 at 125 pounds at last Saturday&#8217;s Rochester Tech Invitational in Rochester, N.Y. and will be in the lineup when the Red Dragons host the Northeast Duals this Saturday in Oneonta, N.Y.DeGraba has a 43-59 career record but finished sixth in the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference as a freshman and junior and was fifth in the NCAA Northeast Regionals as a sophomore.Schoennagle starting to clickAfter a slow start, senior Keana Schoennagle has come on strong for the Bryn Athyn women&#8217;s basketball team which is 5-1 overall and 3-0 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play. The 5-foot-6 guard, a Hazleton Area grad, had 14 points in a 74-61 victory over Penn College last Saturday and 13 points in a 67-51 triumph over St. Elizabeth last Sunday. She hit seven of 15 3-point attempts in the two games and is now averaging 7.0 points a game with 18 rebounds and seven assists.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Lake-Lehman graduate Matt Edkins has started strong for the St. Lawrence University men&#8217;s swimming and diving team this season. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_EdkinsAction2-CMYK.jpg</photo0><caption0>Lake-Lehman graduate Matt Edkins has started strong for the St. Lawrence University men&#8217;s swimming and diving team this season. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Bill ArsenaultFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLsports</shirttailMeta></div>

College corner: Matt Edkins off to a fast start