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<p>St. Thomas Aquinas softball coach <strong>Kristen Sullivan</strong> was one of the school&#8217;s all-time pitchers so she knows what she has in senior Colleen Borum.</p><p>Borum, from Mountain Top and a Crestwood graduate, has been a solid performer for the Spartans in her four years with the team.</p><p>This season, the 5-foot-7 right-hander is 3-2 with a save and a 3.68 earned run average for the 5-7 Spartans. In seven games and four starts, she&#8217;s worked 38.0 innings and given up 44 hits and 23 runs, 20 earned, with just three walks and 15 strikeouts. Last Friday, Borum pitched a seven-inning complete game as the Spartans topped Pitt-Johnstown 5-2 in Clermont, Fla., giving up five hits and two runs, one earned, with no walks and two strikeouts.</p><p>Thus far, Borum has a 24-30 career record with 145 strikeouts. She had an 11-10 record as a sophomore and was 7-15 with a young team last season.</p><p>&#8220;Colleen has been a consistent pitcher over the past four years,&#8221; Sullivan, who pitched seven no-hitters and has the school&#8217;s only perfect game, said. &#8220;This year, she has really improved on first pitch strikes and pitching ahead in the count. She declares the strike zone early in the game. She rarely walks batters and keeps the ball low in the zone. She is a ground ball pitcher and keeps us in ball games.&#8221;</p><p>Sullivan said that having Borum as the team&#8217;s top pitcher is a complete pleasure.</p><p>&#8220;Colleen is very coachable and is always looking to improve spins and speed,&#8221; the coach said. &#8220;She is so consistent and never lets the game get to her on the mound. Her mound presence, her attitude and the results are truly one of the best in our conference and region.&#8221;</p><p>St. Thomas Aquinas opens its East Coast Conference schedule with a home doubleheader against Queens (N.Y.) next Tuesday in Sparkill, N.Y.</p><p><strong>Moriah Lynn (Clarion)</strong></p><p>The Golden Eagles softball team is 0-19, but the team is getting a solid effort from the senior infielder. The Berwick Area grad is leading off and playing both second and third base. She&#8217;s hitting .305 (18-for-59) with eight doubles, seven runs batted in and a team-high 10 runs scored. In the field, Lynn has made five errors on 66 chances (.924). She started all 37 games for Clarion as a junior after transferring in from Penn State Hazleton.</p><p><strong>Gwen Glatz (Swarthmore)</strong></p><p>The freshman had a big day as the softball team (8-3) defeated Penn State Brandywine 9-7 and 9-5 last week in Swarthmore. The Wyoming Area grad hit a grand slam to key a six-run seventh inning to pull out the victory in the first game. She was 2-for-2 with a walk and a sacrifice fly with two runs scored and two RBI in the second game. Glatz is hitting .417 (15-for-36) with a team-high 20 runs batted in. She&#8217;s 2-1 in three games and two starts as a pitcher with a 0.79 earned run average.</p><p><strong>Gianna Plaksa (Central Michigan) </strong></p><p>The senior finished first on parallel bars and that helped the women&#8217;s gymnastics team capture its second straight Mid-American Conference title last Friday in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Her score was 9.875 which was a tad lower than her personal best score of 9.900 which she tallied against Ball State on March 3 in Muncy, Ind. Plaksa, from Mountain Top and a Wyoming Seminary grad, had a season-high 39,050 all-around score against Illinois State on Feb. 1 in Normal, Ill.</p><p><strong>Ben Rachilla (Quincy) </strong></p><p>The 6-foot-6, 170-pound freshman opposite has played in 17 matches and 45 sets for the men&#8217;s volleyball team. The Hawks are 5-17 on the season. The Holy Redeemer grad has 87 kills, 40 digs, 14 total blocks and nine service aces and he&#8217;s scored 103.0 points. Rachilla had a season-high 11 kills in a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Jan. 27 in Quincy, Ill., and 10 kills in a 3-1 loss to King last week in Bristol, Tenn.</p><p><strong>Kristen Coffay (Pitt-Johnstown) </strong></p><p>The sophomore right-hander is 2-1 with an 0.84 earned run average pitching for the softball team. The Mountain Cats are 5-5 after dropping a 7-0 decision to Sioux Falls last week in Clermont, FL. Earlier that day, the Holy Redeemer grad, tossed a complete-game, one-hit 6-0 victory over St. Michael&#8217;s. She walked one and struck out three. The other victory came in a 7-2 win over New York Tech last Thursday. She pitched seven innings and gave up six hits and two earns runs with a walk and four strikeouts.</p><p><strong>Justin Joseph (Lycoming) </strong></p><p>The 5-foot-7, 199-pound freshman is a key performer for the men&#8217;s lacrosse team. The Warriors are 2-5 after a 13-9 victory over UMass-Boston last Friday in Davenport, Fla. The Wyoming Area grad leads the team with 28 ground balls. And he&#8217;s 55-for-101 on face offs (.545 percent). Joseph picked up an assist in the last game and won 8 of 13 face offs. He won 9 of 10 in his college debut, a 9-8 loss to Susquehanna on Feb. 16 in Selinsgrove. He scored his first goal in a 16-6 loss to Ursinus on March 2 in Williamsport.</p><p><strong>Brooke Stout (Washington &amp; Jefferson) </strong></p><p>The catcher played in eight games with six starts for the softball team, the Presidents going 5-5 in the Rebel Spring Games from March 9-14 in three Florida cities. The Berwick Area grad hit .363 (7-for-16) with a run scored and a run batted in. Stout, one of four Brookes on the team, had two hits in a 4-2 victory over Finlandia on March 10 in Minneola and three hits in a 9-5 setback to Newbury on March 12 in Leesburg. She&#8217;s handled 18 chances behind the plate without an error.</p><p><strong>Elijah Miller (MIT) </strong></p><p>The junior was a member of the rifle team, the Engineers finishing 5-10 on the season. Miller, from Shavertown and a Wyoming Seminary grad, averaged 527.6 on air rifle with a season-best score of 541 in a match against Coast Guard on Feb. 10 in New London, Conn. He averaged 513.5 on smallbore with a season high score of 531 which came in a tri-match against SUNY-Plattsburg and Wentworth on Nov. 18 in Cambridge, Mass. He participated in all but one match for MIT on the season.</p><p><strong>Billy Gregory (Mansfield) </strong></p><p>The 6-foot, 205-pound senior right-hander is 1-1 in two starts for the baseball team, the Mounties 3-7 after a 10-3 loss to Chestnut Hill last Saturday in Philadelphia. The Wyoming Valley West grad started that game but lasted just 0.1 innings. He gave up six hits and six runs, but just one was earned. He did much better in his first start pitching 6.1 innings and giving up six hits, two runs, both earned, with two walks and seven strikeouts in a 6-3 victory over St. Rose on March 10 in Cary, N.C.</p><p><strong>Chris Panzarella (Keystone) </strong></p><p>The senior is leading the baseball team in hitting with a .429 average (15-for-35) after a big start for the Giants during their Spring Break trip March 10-17 in Auburndale, FL. The Hazelton Area grad was 11-for-15 in the first three games &#8211; a 9-6 loss to UMass Dartmouth on March 10, a 12-11 victory over Loras in 11 innings on March 11 and a 5-3 triumph over Montclair on March 12. He scored the winning run in the Loras game when freshman Chris Hadsall (Lake-Leman) hit a walk-off double.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>Bill Arsenault</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

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