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Local Roundup: Aby Davis leads Coughlin girls soccer past Wyoming Area

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Penalties doom the WBS Pens in 3-2 loss to Lehigh Valley

The Delaware Valley University football team rolled up 637 yards of total offense and an outstanding Aggie defensive unit limited King&#8217;s College offense to just 232 total yards in a 49-14 victory Saturday at James Work Memorial Stadium.Ranked sixth nationally entering the game, Delaware Valley improved to 7-0 overall while improving to 6-0 in the Middle AtlanticConference. King&#8217;s, meanwhile, slipped to 3-4 and 2-4 in MAC play.Aggie quarterback Dashawn Darden found Khalil Stewart with a 77-yard pass to set up Delaware Valley&#8217;s first touchdown, then tossed scoring strikes of 11 yards to Dan Allen and 38 yards to LaQuille Nesbit as the Aggies rolled to a 27-0 halftime lead.DeVauntay Ellis added scoring runs of 3 and 6 yards in the opening half and Darden found John Graham with an 18-yard scoring strike in the second half as the Aggies scored the game&#8217;s first 34 points.The Aggie defense held the Monarchs to a season-low 89 yards in the first half while amassing 388 total yards of their own.Quarterback Zach Whitehead found Marquis Miller for a seven-yardtouchdown to get King&#8217;s on the board in the third quarter and later scored on a one-yard keeper for the game&#8217;s final points.Whitehead completed 16 of 42 passes for 160 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. Miller had six catches for 70 yards and one score while Tyler Marroni also caught six passes for 67 yards. Titus Nelson led the King&#8217;s running game with 44 yards on six carries.Kiski Prep 23,Wyoming Seminary 6The Blue Knights dropped a road game in Saltsburg.FIELD HOCKEYKing&#8217;s 3, Eastern 2Kelsey Gabriele scored two goals as the Monarchs accomplished their first-ever victory at Eastern.Kayla Nailor recorded five saves to pick up the win in goal.Wilkes 2, Manhattanville 0Haley Gayoski scored both goals for the Colonels and Dallas Kendra stopped the only shot on goal for her sixth victory this season and her ninth career shutout.Misericordia 3,Delaware Valley 0Madisyn Granoski had a goal and two assists and Kyleigh Knell added a goal and an assist to lead the Cougars.Melanie Fry added a goal as the Cougars won their third straight game to improve to 3-1 in the MAC Freedom.Katelyn Campbell made two saves in goal to earn the shutout. MEN&#8217;S CROSS COUNTRYWilkes places 18thBlade Tirado placed 88th in 28:23, and Noah Molina placed 89th in 28:29 as Wilkes finished 18th among 25 teams a tthe Gettysburg Invitational 8K.King&#8217;s finishes 20thNilang Suthar placed 85th in 28:19.9 as the Monarchs pulled in at No. 20 in the Gettysburg Invitational.Misericordia No. 14 in Border BattleSean Luzzi placed 42nd in 25:45 and Alex Fitch placed 62rd in 26:06 as the Cougars claimed 14th place among 28 teams at Rowan&#8217;s Border Battle. WOMEN&#8217;S CROSS COUNTRYPedron Wilkes takes 25thof 31 teams at the Gettysburg Invitational 6k event, on Saturday.Autumn Pedron placed 148th in 26:58.2, and Moriah Reed placed 167th in 27:21.7.Durako leads King&#8217;s to 11thMarissa Durako placed 27th in 24:07.9 and Tara Johnson placed 29th in 24:10.9 as the Monarchs wound up 11th of 31 teams at the Gettysburg Invitational.Wilkes finished 25th.Misericordia&#8217;s Schoen in top 10Clare Schoen placed seventh in 21:48, leading the Cougars to a seventh-place standing at the Roway Border Battle. Misericordia&#8217;s Meredith Hartz placed 32nd in 22:56.WOMEN&#8217;S SOCCERMisericordia 6,Manhattanville 0Alex Gallagher scored twice and the 19th-ranked Cougars extended their winning streak to six games.Ashley Edgell racked up three assists and the Cougars were in control the entire game, out-shooting Manhattanville 24-3.DeSales 2, Wilkes 0Wilkes&#8217; Nicolette Towlen had three shots on goal, but the Colonels saw ther four-game winning streak end.King&#8217;s 2, Delaware Valley 0Emily Harrington scored the game&#8217;s first goal with 35:47 left as the Monarchs won a game played Friday.Jess Schenfeld made four saves to register her third shutout of the season.MEN&#8217;S SOCCERWilkes 0, DeSales 0Tim Gallagher saved seven shots to help Wilkes forge a tie.Camry Huff and Danny McGinley each had two shots for the Colonels.King&#8217;s 4,Delaware Valley 0Will Brack headed in a corner kick for a 1-0, halftime lead, then the Monarchs exploded with three second-half goals to move to 3-0 in MAC Freedom Conference play.Kevin Mazol, who assisted on Brack&#8217;s first-half goal, scored one himself in the second half as King&#8217;s pulled away.King&#8217;s outshot Delaware Valley 15-4 and held a 9-2 advantage in corner kicks. Monarch goalie Owen Geedey made two saves to extend his school-record career shutout mark to 22.MEN&#8217;S SWIMMINGWilkes places firstJustin Burda set a new program record of 24.80 in the 50 butterfly, Jared Byrne set a new program record of 57.89 in the 100 IM and the Colonels won the first Colonel Splash and Dash Invite at the Wyoming Valley CYC.Misericordia finished third among the event&#8217;s four teams, as Joe Grzech won three individual events and was part of two winning relays. Dan Zieno added a win and was part of two relay wins for Misericordia.WOMEN&#8217;S SWIMMINGMisericordia places firstMisericordia placed first at the first annual Colonel Splash and Dash Invite, on Saturday.Grace Nikolski won two individual events and was part of four relay wins as the Cougars won the four-team Splash and Dash.Kaitlyn Weatherby added a win and was part of three winning relays for Misericordia.Wilkes placed third, as Abby Keating set two new program records in her college debut. She set one mark of 1:04.31 in the 100 butterfly and another of 1:05.88 in the 100 IM.WOMEN&#8217;S TENNISTwo Monarchs make MAC semisKing&#8217;s College freshman Emily Fernandez advanced to the semifinals of the number-one singles flight at the 2017 Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Championships on Saturday at Kirby Park.King&#8217;s junior Thea Seasock also advanced to the semifinals in the No. 7en flight.Fernandez was seeded second and earned a bye into the quarterfinal, where she picked up a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Allison Mattucci of Misericordia.In the semifinal, Fernandez will face Nicole DelRosso of FDU-Florham. The other semifinal consists of defending champion and top-seeded Jordan Vasarkovy of Wilkes and fourth-seeded Mara Trifoi of Albright College.Seasock won two matches in the number-seven flight to also reach the semifinals. She rallied to defeat Elise Hanks-Witaszek of Lebanon Valley College 2-6, 6-2, 10-5 in the first round before defeating Emily Rusack of Arcadia 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinal. She will face Gabby Serratore of DeSales University on Sunday in the semifinal.The Misericordia University women&#8217;s tennis team advanced four individuals and one doubles team to the semifinals.Carly Young, Linsey Parks, Samantha Kropa and Erika Slowicki all reached the final four in singles play while Kropa and Slowicki advanced at third doubles.Seven singles players and four doubles players advanced for Wilkes, including top-seeded No. 1 player Vasarkovy.She began her title defense with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Jenn Skove of Stevenson.At No. 2, Wilkes&#8217; Francesca Varela-Seri went 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 in her opening match against Megan Carter of Hood College to reach the semifinals. She will face Amber Achenbach of DeSales tomorrow for a chance at the title.Dana Saliyev and top seed Laura Zielinski, Brittany Stanton, Dagney Markle and Sarah Malone were the other singles players from Wilkes who advanced to the semifinal round.WOMEN&#8217;S VOLLEYBALLMisericordia 3,St. Joe&#8217;s 1Sarah Pool led the Cougars with 10 kills, three aces and 21 digs as the Cougars captured a 26-24, 25-18, 23-23, 25-15 victory.Tara Welliver added eight kills and two aces in the win, while Ariana Gagliardi had 21 assists and Karley May added 18.Western Connectictut State 3,Misericordia 0Michelle Sehested led the Cougars with eight kills and Tara Welliver added five in defeat for the Cougars.GOLFWilkes opens in 7th placeAlex Anderson led the Colonels with a score of 81 as Wilkes finished in seventh place with a score of 340 after the first round at the Gino Biondi Memorial Tournament.Sean McNamara shot an 85 for Wilkes, while Corey Cowitch and Chris Nixon both carded 87.Host Marywood led after round one play with a team score of 309.<style>
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No. 6 Delaware Valley uses defense to dominate King’s College football team