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The Trivelpiece sisters are handling the pace and pressure of playing Division I softball.Senior Maria is playing the outfield for Fordham and sophomore Megan played the outfield at Drexel. Both are Hazleton Area grads.Maria was named to the Atlantic 10 Conference second team and was a first team All-Academic selection majoring in journalism. She&#8217;s hitting .352 (57-for-163) with five doubles, two home runs, 29 runs and 30 RBI. She&#8217;s made two errors on 92 chances (.947) in the field.And, her season isn&#8217;t over. The Rams earned an NCAA Tournament bid after they were the highest seed remaining when the tournament was canceled because of bad weather. Along with senior Chelsea Skrepenak, from Dallas and a Holy Cross grad, will head to Seattle as the No. 4 seed and will face No. 3 seed Washington in the first round today. Skrepenak is hitting .333 (59-for-177).Megan&#8217;s season is finished. She earned Colonial Athletic Association second-team honors after hitting .347 for the Dragons. She had 49 hits in 143 at-bats with nine doubles, three home runs, 20 runs scored and 24 RBI. She made one error on 50 chances (.980), the Dragons finishing 32-27-1 after losing 7-2 in the league tournament to No. 2 seed Elon on May 9 in Harrisonburg, Va.Taryn Ashby (Villanova)The sophomore finished first out of 14 throwers to capture the javelin for the second straight year at the Big East Conference Outdoor Track Championships last weekend in New York.The Pittston Area grad had a toss of 142 feet, 1 inch which was down from the 148-foot, 7-inch effort she had when she won the event last year. It was also more than 15 feet lower than her personal best of 157 feet, 7 inches which she recorded when she finished seventh at the Florida Relays on March 28-30 in Gainesville.Kayla Merkel (VCU)The redshirt freshman captured the javelin at the Atlantic-10 Conference Outdoor Track Championships May 4-5 in Amherst, Mass. with a personal best heave of 194 feet, 2 inches.The Hazleton Area grad came back to capture the javelin with a toss of 145 feet, 5 inches and finished fourth in the shot put with a personal best toss of 36 feet, &#188; inches at the college&#8217;s Final Qualifier last Sunday in Richmond. She&#8217;s finished first three times and second once in the javelin in five meets this spring.Jenna Lipowski (Kutztown)The 5-foot-7 sophomore first baseman was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Atlantic Region first team on May 9 for her play with the softball team. The Greater Nanticoke Area grad was earlier named to the All-PSAC East first team.She hit .360 (65-for-176) with 15 doubles, a triple, five home runs, 20 runs scored and was second on the team with 50 RBI. In the field, she was outstanding for the 36-20 Golden Bears, making just one error on 231 chances (.996).Colleen Borum (St. Thomas Aquinas)The 5-foot-7 senior was part of a one-two pitching punch for the Spartans softball team, which finished 25-21 overall and 14-10 in the East Coast Conference. The Crestwood grad had a 13-10 record with a save in 27 games and 23 starts. She had 17 complete games and finished with a 3.02 ERA.Borum worked 162 innings and gave up 188 hits and 89 runs, 70 earned, with 23 walks and 50 strikeouts. She finished her career with a 34-38 record with 180 strikeouts.Haylee Bobos (Morgan State)The 5-foot-10 junior catcher led the softball team in hitting (.366), home runs (six) and RBI (36) to earn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference second-team honors. The Hanover Area grad had 41 hits in 112 at-bats and also collected eight doubles and a triple with nine runs scored. Behind the plate, she made three errors on 141 chances (.979).Senior shortstop Mikaela Browdy, a Hazleton Area grad, batted .264 with 14 runs batted in for the Bears, who finished 22-24.Cody Brown (Delaware Valley)The 5-foot-9, 170-pound junior hit .327 for the baseball team, the Aggies finishing 13-26 overall and 7-14 in MAC Freedom play. The Tunkhannock grad was 32-for-98 with five doubles, 16 runs scored and 19 RBI. He also stole seven bases in nine attempts.Brown also started eight games on the mound. When he didn&#8217;t pitch, Brown caught and played the infield and helped turn eight double plays.Chyanne Fine (Gwynedd Mercy)The junior continues to be the top thrower on the women&#8217;s track team. The Hanover Area grad currently is ranked 15th in the shot put on the Division III Mideast Regional with a toss of 37 feet, 5 inches. She&#8217;s 17th in the discus (120 feet) and 34th in the hammer throw (1:27.10).That latter effort came in the Atlantic East Conference Championship on May 4-5 in Gwynedd Valley when she finished third. She finished first in the discus (111 feet, 10 inches) and second in the shot put (34 feet, 5 inches).Marc Minichello (Penn)The freshman captured the javelin throw at the Ivy League Outdoor Track Championships on May 4-5 in Princeton, N.J. with a toss of 219 feet, 8 inches. It was his third victory of the spring.The Wyoming area grad prepped for the league meet by posting a 225-foot effort at the Penn Relays on April 25-27 in Philadelphia. Minichello&#8217;s personal best in the event is 237 feet, 8 inches which he recorded when he finished third at the Tennessee Relays on April 11 in Knoxville.Chris Panzarella (Keystone)The senior shortstop and the baseball team will travel to Hartford, Conn. today to face Babson in the first round of the NCAA Division III Regionals, the Giants 25-14 after beating Cairn 5-2 in the Colonial States Athletic Conference title game last Saturday in La Plume to earn the berth.The Hazleton Area grad was named the league&#8217;s Player of the Year after hitting .422 (57-for-135) with 11 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 23 RBI and 40 runs scored. He also stole 22 bases in 23 attempts.Hailee Dumont (Utica)The 5-foot-4 junior midfielder was named to the Empire 8 Conference first team after a solid season with the women&#8217;s lacrosse team. Dumont had 17 goals and four assists for 21 points with a game-winner.The Coughlin grad led the Pioneers in caused turnovers with 34 and was second in ground balls with 47.<style>
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College Corner: Trivelpiece sisters shine for softball teams