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Bryanna Dissinger is wrapping up her senior season with the Shippensburg women&#8217;s cross country team in fine style.Dissinger, a Dallas grad, finished 13th out of 151 runners, second best on the Raiders, at the Division II Atlantic Regionals last Sunday in Lock Haven. Her 6,000-meter time was 21:43.7 and she helped the team finish second behind Edinboro and earn the Raiders&#8217; 10th straight trip to the Division II Championships, set for Nov. 18 in Evansville, Ind.She earned All-Atlantic Region honors with the performance.On Oct. 21, Dissinger was Shippensburg&#8217;s top finisher at the PSAC Championships in California, the Raiders again finishing second to Edinboro. Her time over the 6,000-meter course was 23:25, which was good for ninth place in a field of 172 runners. She earned All-PSAC first team honors for the second straight season after finishing seventh as a junior.&#8220;Bree raised her level of commitment this year beginning with spending the summer near Boulder (Colo.), where she learned from the running community there and it inspired her to set lofty goals,&#8221; coach Steve Spence said.According to the coach, Dissinger had a few setbacks in the form of a sore shin and an untimely illness prior to the regionals.&#8220;But Bree was still able to do the body of work that now has her in an excellent position to have her best NCAA performance to date,&#8221; Spence said. &#8220;I feel that she may find herself in line to earn All-American honors.&#8221;Honor for Olenginski Freshman Jordan Olenginski was named to the Atlantic 10 Conference all-tournament team after a key effort for the St. Joseph&#8217;s field hockey team. The Crestwood grad scored the first goal and assisted on the second goal as the Hawks captured the title with a 3-2 double overtime victory over Massachusetts last Saturday to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament.Olenginski has five goals and five assists for 15 points to help St. Joseph&#8217;s post a 15-5 record heading into a first-round match with North Carolina Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.Wozniak leads the wayKutztown sophomore Kyra Wozniak, a Coughlin grad, was named to the PSAC first team in field hockey after leading the Golden Bears with a team-high 13 goals and an assist for a team-high 27 points with five game-winners.Slippery Rock senior Kailee Krupski earned second-team honors while Mansfield senior Katie Lipski was a third-team pick. Krupski, a Crestwood grad, had five goals and an assist for 11 points with three game-winners. Lipski, a Wyoming Valley West grad, had five goals and an assist with two game-winners.Barber moves upAfter being a third-team choice as a freshman and a second team pick as a sophomore, Bloomsburg junior Allie Barber was named to the PSAC first team in women&#8217;s soccer. The Pittston Area grad started all 18 games and had four goals and five assists and shared team scoring honors with 13 points.In 55 career games, Barber has 13 goals and 16 assists for 42 points. The Huskies finished 9-6-3 overall and 8-5-3 in PSAC play and saw their season end with a 1-0 loss to West Chester in the league quarterfinals on Oct. 31.Buchholz a starterSenior Alex Buchholz started 16 games on the back line for the Marywood men&#8217;s soccer team with the Pacers finishing 8-9 overall after dropping a 2-1 first-round game to Neumann in the Colonial States Athletic Association tournament on Oct. 31 in Aston.The Crestwood grad, who played two seasons at Keystone prior to joining the Marywood squad, picked up an assist and helped the Pacer defense limit foes to 28 goals (1.28 goals against average) with four shutouts.First team for QuickAfter an injury-riddled first two seasons, junior Lexi Quick was named to the Patriot League first team for her play with the Bucknell field hockey team, the Bison finishing 10-10 after dropped a 2-1 decision to Boston University in the league championship game last Sunday.Quick, from Shavertown (Wyoming Seminary), finished the season with five goals, a team-high eight assists and was second on the team in scoring with 18 points. She was also a key player on defense for the Bison.Mahoney leads the waySenior Shoshana Mahoney was the leading scorer on the 5-12 Penn State Altoona women&#8217;s soccer team. The Lake-Lehman grad had 16 goals and two assists for 34 points with three game winners. In 67 career games, Mahoney had 36 goals and five assists for 77 points.Junior Sydney Emershaw (Dallas) posted a 5-10 record in goal for the Lions. She gave up 33 goals and had 110 saves with two shutouts.Freedom honors area starsFour area players were selected to the Freedom Conference first team in field hockey. Leading the way was Wilkes junior Haley Gayoski, a Wyoming Valley West grad, who was also named Defensive Player of the Year.Senior teammate Marissa Surdy, a Crestwood grad, was named for the fourth time. FDU-Florham sophomore Maggie Sohns (Tunkhannock Area) and King&#8217;s junior Kelsey Gabriele (Coughlin) also were named.King&#8217;s seniors Sarah Zbierski (Coughlin) and Symantha Sharon (Lake-Lehman) were second-team picks while senior Brianna DiMaggio (Meyers) was an honorable mention. Surdy was also selected to compete in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Senior Game on Nov. 18 in Louisville, Ky.Good effort for McGuireBloomsburg junior Nick McGuire finished 32nd out of 129 runners at the Division II Atlantic Regional cross country meet last Saturday in Lock Haven. The Crestwood grad was the second Huskies finisher with a 10,000-meter time of 32:37.05.McGuire was the top Bloomsburg finisher at the PSAC Championships on Oct. 21 in California. He was 20th out of 146 runners with an 8,000 meter time of 28:02.6. The races wrapped up the fall season for McGuire and the Huskies.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Bryann Dissinger (145) finished in 13th place in a field of 151 over the weekend and the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals in Lock Haven. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/web1_BryannaDissinger.jpg</photo0><caption0>Bryann Dissinger (145) finished in 13th place in a field of 151 over the weekend and the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals in Lock Haven. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Bill ArsenaultFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div>

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