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Dave Klein had a solid freshman season with the Penn State Harrisburg baseball team, but the sophomore has really settled in with the Lions this spring.The 6-foot-1 outfielder, a Hazleton Area grad, is hitting .267 (20-for-75) with four doubles, 14 runs scored and 14 RBIs while going six-for-six on steals.Klein was 5-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI in an 11-3 victory over Averett on March 5 in Danville, Va., and was 4-for-6 with three runs scored and an RBI in a 16-14 loss to Eastern Mennonite on Feb. 25 in Harrisonburg, Va.&#8220;Dave has matured into a very balanced player this year,&#8221; coach Ryan Bown said. &#8220;Offensively, last year he hit in the nine spot in the lineup but this year he&#8217;s hitting leadoff. He has also locked down center field.&#8221;The coach feels that Klein&#8217;s improved play is no coincidence.&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen his efforts in the weight room improve as well,&#8221; Bown said. &#8220;He&#8217;s also a solid student academically and has great character on and off the field. We hope to see him continue his success as a junior and senior and develop into one of the best outfielders in the very competitive Capital Athletic Conference.&#8221;WVC excels at St. Joe&#8217;sSt. Joseph&#8217;s senior Dannah Hayward didn&#8217;t take long to earn a berth in the Division I ECAC Outdoor Track Championships.The Coughlin grad finished second out of 26 in the 400-meter hurdles with a ECAC qualifying time of 1:02.28 at the Monmouth Season Opener on Saturday in West Long Branch, N.J.Also on the Hawks&#8217; roster are fellow Coughlin grads Nathaniela and Tamar Bourdeau as well as Dallas&#8217; Lindsey Oremus.Nathaniela, a sophomore, finished second in the 400-meter dash in 56.94, more than two seconds quicker than her personal best. She and freshman sister Tamar took fourth in the 4x4 (4:03.18).Oremus finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run (10:18.54) and helped the 4x8 relay finish third (10:17.00).Koshinski honoredSophomore Kirah Koshinski was named an All-American for the second straight year with the West Virginia women&#8217;s gymnastics team. A Berwick grad and a competitor with Northeast Gymnastics, she was named to the second team in vault by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches.She&#8217;s ranked 14th in the vault with a 9.905 mark heading into the NCAA Division I Regionals Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va. Koshinski finished second in the vault (9.9) at the Big 12 Conference Championships on March 18 in Frisco, Texas.She was the sixth gymnast in program history to earn All-American honors.Rome runs to the topWilliam &amp; Mary junior Regan Rome was named Colonial Athletic Association Track Athlete of the Week after a big effort in the season-opening Tribe Invitational March 18 in Williamsburg, Va.The Dallas grad captured the mile run in 4:49.71. It was a lifetime-best time by 5.6 seconds and currently leads NCAA Division I.Last season, only five women in Division I bettered that mark. It was also the second fastest time outdoors in school history and it broke Rome&#8217;s previous stadium record of 4:57.06, set in 2015.Lagoski in RegionalsMichigan State senior Elena Lagoski will travel to Champaign, Ill., this Saturday to compete in the NCAA Gymnastics Regionals. It will be her fourth straight appearance at the event.The Wyoming Valley West grad, who also competed at Northeast Gymnastics, owns 22 career individual titles with Michigan State, with 19 coming on floor exercise. She has a career best score of 9.950 on floor and has five of the top 15 scores in that event in the team&#8217;s record book.Big start for D&#8217;EliseoEast Stroudsburg junior Ronald D&#8217;Eliseo, who didn&#8217;t compete last season, opened the outdoor track season by winning the 400-meter hurdles and running a leg on the winning 4x4 relay in Division II-III races at Lafayette&#8217;s 7-Way Invitational last Saturday in Easton.The Pittston Area grad posted a time of 53.81 to win the hurdles, finishing more than two seconds ahead of the runner-up. D&#8217;Eliseo ran the anchor leg on the 4x4 relay, which covered the distance in a time of 3:22.02 &#8212; more than five seconds faster than the winning time in the Division I race.Panzarella a starterSophomore Chris Panzarella is the only player on the Keystone baseball team to have started all 14 games to open the season. The Hazleton Area grad is hitting .300 (15-for-50) with a double, two triples, eight runs scored and a team-high 14 RBIs.Panzarella was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI in a 19-9 loss to Amherst on March 12 in Port Charlotte, Fla., and was 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs in a 13-3 triumph over Cabrini on Saturday in Radnor.Caladie pitching inJunior Anthony Caladie is 1-1 on the mound for the Scranton baseball team, which is 8-8 after dropping a 4-3, 10-inning decision to Susquehanna Sunday.The Crestwood grad started and worked six innings in that game, giving up five hits and three runs, one earned. He didn&#8217;t walk a batter and had four strikeouts.The right-hander picked up his victory in a 7-3 triumph over Lakeland University on March 11 in Fort Myers, Fla., working 6.1 innings and giving up three hits and three earned runs with two walks and three strikeouts.Two goals for WardDelaware Valley lacrosse freshman Caitlin Ward, a Hazleton Area grad, picked up a pair of goals for the first points of her collegiate career in a 22-7 victory over Gwynedd-Mercy.Junior Alex Bukeavich, a Coughlin grad, is starting on defense and has collected four ground balls. She started all 27 games the team played in her first two seasons.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Dave Klein has moved into the leadoff spot in the Penn State Harrisburg lineup this season as a sophomore. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_David-klein-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Dave Klein has moved into the leadoff spot in the Penn State Harrisburg lineup this season as a sophomore. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </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: A solid start for Hazleton Area grad Dave Klein