Colonel athletics in brief 9/26

Sept. 17

MTEN: In day two action at the Bloomsburg Invitational, junior Courtney Murphy, sophomore Chris Maderitz, junior Braddock Chow and freshman Ryan Simon all won their singles matches in straight sets for the Colonels. Courtney Murphy and Tawhid Choudhury dropped the only doubles match for the Colonels of the day, 8-4.

Sept. 19

FH: Junior Megan Kane and freshman Ali Dunn led the Lady Colonels to a wild 4-3 victory over Moravian with two goals each. Kane took a Marissa Surdy pass and shot it to an empy net for the game winner.

WVB: The Colonels dropped a heartbreaker to host Manhattanville (19-25, 25-20, 23-25, 30-28 and 13-15). Sophomore Jamey Mikovich tied her career mark with 19 kills and posted a career-best with 25 digs.

Sept. 20

MSOC: Junior Camry Huff took a throw-in pass from senior Tyler Kukosky in the 93rd minute with the score notched at 0 a piece. Huff was able to squirt the ball past the goalkeeper to send the Colonels to a wild 1-0 overtime victory over Susquehanna.  Junior goalie Tim Gallagher also came up big with five saves.

WSOC: The Lady Colonels failed to find the back of the net in suffering their first loss of the season, 1-0 at Susquehanna. Alyssa Bolger scored the only goal of the contest at 5:12 with a header.

Sept. 21

WVB: The Lady Colonels fell to Moravian in a non-conference matchup 3-0, with set scores, 13-25, 22-25, and 23-35.

Sept. 23

FH: Eastern scores five unanswered goals for a 5-0 shutout to open MAC Freedom play for the Lady Colonels. The Eagles found the back of the net in the 12th, 16th, 34th, 37th, and 70th minutes.

WSOC: Delfina Bracchi, assisted by Dianna Connor, found the back of the net in the 67th minute to give the Lady Colonels the only goal they needed, as they held on for a 1-0 victory against Arcadia.

FB: Wilkes was unable to find the win column in a 43-14 MAC contest against host Misericordia. The Colonels score first, but it would be the Cougars doing most of the scoring for the remainder of the afternoon.

WVB: The Lady Colonels dropped a pair of matches against Wesley (26-28, 22-25 and 22-25) and Rutgers-Camden (25-14, 25-18, 23-25, 22-25 and 13-15).

MSOC: Huff had another fine day on the pitch  with two goals and one assist in a 3-0 victory over Stevenson. Senior Casey Ritsick also scored.

MXC: Sophomore Franco Balbuena posted another leading time (29.39.9) for the Colonels in the Aggies Open.

WXC: Senior Moriah Teed led the way for Wilkes in a time of 27.11.7.

MGOLF: The Colonels posted their first victory in their season opener against Misericordia. Senior Alex Anderson took medalist honors with a 76.