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<p>Misericordia&#8217;s Jason Kenny and Wilkes coach Izzi Metz brought home top honors on Thursday when the Freedom Conference announced its award winners. Kenny was named the league&#8217;s player of the year while Metz was voted coach of the year.</p><p>Kenny averaged 20 points per game this season to help the Cougars to a 15-10 record. Metz led the Colonels to their first top seed in the conference tournament since the 2000-01 season with an 18-7 record.</p><p>Along with Kenny, King&#8217;s guard Connor Callejas and Wilkes guard Marcus Robinson were named first-team all-conference selections.</p><p>Wilkes&#8217; Rob Pecorelli and Misericordia&#8217;s Tre Fields and Tony Harding were selected to the second team while Wilkes&#8217; Mark Mullins was an honorable mention pick.</p><p><strong>MEN&#8217;S VOLLEYBALL</strong></p><p><strong>Alvernia 3, Wilkes 0 </strong></p><p>Wilkes was swept 25-17, 25-20, 26-16 by conference foe Alvernia.</p><p>Daniel Sales paced the Colonels with eight kills and a team-high 11 assists.</p><p>Wilkes returns to action today with a non-conferene matchup with York College at 7 p.m. The Colonels have a 4-12 overall record and a 1-4 mark in league play.</p><p><strong>Arcadia 3, Misericordia 1</strong></p><p>The Cougars fell three sets (29-31, 23-25, 15-25) to one (27-25) by MAC Conference opponent Arcadia Thursday night.</p><p>Ryan Miller led Misericordia with 19 kills. Bailey Brugler led the team with 33 assists.</p><p>Misericordia returns to the court next Tuesday for a 7 p.m. matchup with Wilson College.</p><p>The Cougars have an 8-10 overall record and a 1-5 mark in league play.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Misericordia&#8217;s Jason Kenny (front) led the Freedom Conference in scoring this season at 20 points per game. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/web1_Wilkes-Miseri-5-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Misericordia&#8217;s Jason Kenny (front) led the Freedom Conference in scoring this season at 20 points per game. </caption0><photoCredit0>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Misericordia’s Kenny, Wilkes’ Metz earn top league honors