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Sara Hopkins found her way into the record book and the Concordia women&#8217;s basketball team captured its first victory of the season with a 72-70 triumph over Bridgeport in a home game Saturday in Bronxville, N.Y.Hopkins, a 5-foot-5 sophomore guard from Mountain Top and a Crestwood graduate, had 13 points and 10 assists in the game. It marked the first time in program history that a player had a double-double in points and assists.&#8220;Sara can score, create and set her teammates up for success as shown by her double-double last Saturday,&#8221; coach Christie Conforti said. &#8220;She has been a leader since she stepped foot on the court at Concordia. We have all the confidence in the world in her being our floor general out there.&#8221;Hopkins is averaging 6.5 points and 4.5 rebounds with 20 assists and eight steals. As a freshman, she averaged 8.1 points and had 82 assists and 23 steals.Brigid Wood (Boston College)The senior scored a goal against the country&#8217;s No. 1 team in the NCAA field hockey semifinals on Friday, as the Eagles fell short of the national title game with a 6-3 loss to North Carolina in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Tar Heels went on to beat Princeton 6-1 on Sunday to win the championship.Wood, a Coughlin graduate, started all 23 games for the Eagles and had four goals and two assists with a game winner. She played in 81 games with 57 starts and had six goals and 12 assists for 24 points with two game winners in her career.Megan Hayward (Kutztown)The junior is one of the top distance freestyle performers with the women&#8217;s swim team. The Tunkhannock graduate captured the 500 freestyle (5:49.75) and the 1000 freestyle (11:47.23) in a 126-85 PSAC victory over Millersville on Nov. 9.In a 134-97 victory over Juniata on Nov. 16, Hayward finished second to teammate Lindsey Brenneman in both the 500 free (5:45.56) and the 1000 free (11:37.29).John Porter Luksic (Widener)The senior continues to be a point scorer for the men&#8217;s swim team. The Dallas graduate holds the school record in the 50 breaststroke (27.82) and the 200 breaststroke (2:08.81), with the latter as his main event. He finished third at that distance at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship last year and was fifth as a sophomore.Luksic finished first in both the 100 breast (1:01.88) and the 200 breast (2:16.13) in a double dual meet victory over Hood and Messiah on Nov. 2 in Grantham.Draig Ruff (Eastern)The 6-foot-3, 175-pound sophomore guard has started all six games and is third in scoring (12.8) and third in rebounding (6.2) for the men&#8217;s basketball team, the Eagles 3-3 after an 85-62 loss to Wesley on Nov. 20.The Wyoming Valley West graduate had 13 points in the game. Ruff had a season-high 15 points along with eight rebounds, five assists and three steals in a 67-57 victory over Cabrini on Nov. 11.Josh Samec (West Chester)The 6-foot-7, 190-pound sophomore forward had a breakout game for the men&#8217;s basketball team in a 98-85 victory over Holy Family on Nov. 18. He finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds.The Hazleton Area graduate had the second double-double of his career with 13 points and 10 rebounds in a 73-54 triumph over Clarion last Sunday to help the Golden Rams lift their record to 6-0.Samec has started all six games and is averaging 10.7 points and 6.2 rebounds with six assists, seven steals and four blocked shots.Lydia Lawson (Elizabethtown)The 5-foot-4 senior, coming off a standout soccer season, didn&#8217;t take long to get adjusted to playing with the women&#8217;s basketball team. The Holy Redeemer graduate leads the 4-1 Blue Jays in scoring with an 18.3 average. She also leads the team in assists with 19 and steals with 17.Lawson had big back-to-back games when she scored 22 points in a 79-78 loss to William Smith on Nov. 16 and 27 points in an 88-79 triumph over Franklin &amp; Marshall on Nov. 17.Tara Kupsky (Franklin &amp; Marshall)The sophomore helped the women&#8217;s swim team finish fourth out of 11 colleges at the team&#8217;s invitational last weekend in Lancaster. Kupsky, from Bear Creek and a Wyoming Seminary graduate, finished second in the 200 butterfly (2:08.47), second in the 400 IM (4:38.23) and ninth in the 200 IM (2:10.45).She also swam the anchor leg on the 400 free relay which finished fourth (3:36.75), with the 400 medley relay which finished sixth (4:03.66) and the 800 free relay which finished seventh (8:05.70).Cole Dixon (Susquehanna)The 6-foot, 200-pound senior linebacker was named to the Centennial Conference first team all-stars on defense for his outstanding play with the football team this fall. The Dallas graduate led the 10-1 River Hawks with 91 tackles, including 52 unassisted, and had 6.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.Sophomore offensive lineman Dalton Simpson, also a Dallas grad, was named to the second team.Julia Makowski (Arcadia)The sophomore guard, a Crestwood graduate, is second on the women&#8217;s basketball team in scoring (11.7) and rebounding (7.5). She has hit eight of 19 3-pointers (42 percent).Sophomore forward Holly Daveski, of Wilkes-Barre and a Scranton Prep alum, is averaging 10.4 points and 4.7 rebounds a game. Makowski had 25 points and Daveski 22 in a 90-88 triumph over Gwynedd Mercy on Nov. 19.Ronnie Grevera (Muhlenberg)The sophomore is seeing action with the wrestling team. The Crestwood graduate helped the Mules post a 3-1 record at the Scotty Wood Duals Saturday in Allentown.Competing at 165 pounds, Grevera took a technical fall in 1:55 in a 41-12 victory over Camden. He came back to score another technical fall, this time in 2:48, in a 42-9 triumph over Wilkes. It was the first victory for Muhlenberg over Wilkes after dropping the last nine matches.<style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Bill ArsenaultFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div>

College Corner: Crestwood’s Hopkins makes mark for Concordia hoops