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For 400 meters, one circuit around the track, Kutztown University senior Scott Eisenhart says he falls into a relaxed zone. Even when he has trailed, Eisenhard has not changed his style or his focus. “You want to stay relaxed,” he said. “You don’t want to try too hard so your…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Willie Chandler scored the second-most points ever in Division III basketball. Now the 6-5 guard from College Misericordia near Scranton is scoring big with the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs and for himself in the United States Basketball League. Chandler scored 2,898 points in four…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs changed uniforms at halftime. They didn’t change the way they were drubbing the Brevard Blue Ducks in transition Saturday night at Stabler Arena. And the fun continued even when the ball wasn’t in play. Former NBA center Olden Polynice playfully…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs rookie Matt Logie has always had his favorite shooting marks on the Stabler Arena floor. Most of them are beyond the arc. In four seasons at Lehigh, Logie ranked as one of the top 3-pointers shooters in the Patriot League. He may be on his way to earning…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Anybody who just liked track and field before coming to the 109th edition of the Penn Relays on Saturday at Franklin Field probably loves the sport now. The athletes standing in unison at the finish line to cheer on the last-place sprinter along with thousands of fans in the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University senior Matt Logie might get his chance to play in the same game with, and maybe even pop a jumper in high school phenom LeBron James’ face before Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady or any of the other NBA stars do. That’s providing James, the projected first pick of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →When she was growing up, Penn State guard Tanisha Wright always knew the ego-tripping guys were afraid of being schooled on the blacktop by a female. “They can’t get taken to the hole by a girl,” Wright said. She did it anyway, breaking the boys down with her dribble and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →South Carolina tried to bump and hold, but Penn State retaliated with roughhouse play of its own in a women’s basketball NCAA Mideast Region second-round game Tuesday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State also had offensive punch, led by Kelly Mazzante. Tanisha Wright led…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →One of the top players in the women’s NCAA Tournament could become one of the top players in the WNBA one day, if Penn State’s 6-1 junior guard Jessica Brungo ever decides to consistently dominate. She could probably do it with ease, if the way she played against Holy Cross in a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Penn State guard Kelly Mazzante did not touch the ball in the early moments as Holy Cross defenders hawked her every move Sunday at the Bryce Jordan Center. When she went left, there was Liz O’Connor blanketing her. When she worked to the top of the key, hands flew in her face.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Go ahead, make Penn State junior Kelly Mazzante’s day by giving her time to shoot. So many defenders have paid for doing that. Her release is just too quick, her touch that precise. Stopping her all game is no easy task. Mazzante, a 6-foot guard from nearby Montoursville, can…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Senior forward Nicole Druckenmiller tightly held onto the television remote control from her front row seat and braced herself for the NCAA Selection Committee’s announcement on Sunday. She anxiously waited to see which team she and her Villanova Wildcats teammates were going to…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh went cold at the wrong time, blowing a 10-point lead against Bucknell in the Patriot League quarterfinals Saturday. Even the Mountain Hawks’ best shooter, senior Matt Logie, went more than 15 minutes without scoring. By the time he connected again, tapping in a miss, only…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Teary eyes from the bite of defeat was something the Lehigh and Lafayette women shared in Friday’s Patriot League quarterfinals at The Show Place Arena. Lafayette lost 60-40 to top-seeded Holy Cross because it did not have nearly enough depth or equal talent to avoid being…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor didn’t hesitate to make bold coaching moves all season. He won because of that. On Friday, Taylor announced academic shortcomings have forced him to suspend star point guard Zlatko Savovic for the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal game at 7:30…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →First-year Lehigh coach Billy Taylor is ready and confident as he leads the Mountain Hawks into the Patriot League tournament this weekend. These are the games that can lead to tears trickling down the faces of the losers and exuberance overwhelming the winners. It takes three…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh freshman guard Dawn Gorynski will be recovering from knee surgery in Manhattan today instead of running the point for Lehigh tonight at the Patriot League Tournament. An MRI exam Thursday revealed Gorynski has a medial collateral ligament tear in her right knee. The news…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette won back-to-back Patriot League Tournament championships in 1999 and 2000 before Holy Cross became the league’s team to beat. So Leopards coach Fran O’Hanlon knows how to win in March. This weekend, he’ll get a chance to prove his astuteness again, as the Leopards try…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Billy Taylor won people over by winning more games than any other first-year men’s basketball coach at Lehigh. On Wednesday, the Patriot League named Taylor its coach of the year, marking the first such accomplishment for Lehigh. Taylor’s honor was one of four postseason awards…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College junior Mike Farrell makes banging for rebounds, setting up teammates with pinpoint passes, and scoring inside against stronger and more athletic players look easy because of the consistent way he handles all skills. He doesn’t believe in giving a half effort.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh had its 11-game winning streak at Stabler Arena snapped this weekend, losing both home games against Colgate and Holy Cross. But the fans who stood and applauded as the coaches and players walked off the court following a 72-64 loss to Holy Cross on Sunday, seemed to care…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The DeSales University players fought hard, extending themselves to their limits to erase a 16-point deficit and briefly take a one-point lead. But Scranton just kept on coming, sinking all the big shots and playing pesky defense to pull out a 72-65 victory in the MAC Freedom…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Maybe it’s time to send out a search unit to find the Lehigh team that, at one point of the season, was in first place in the Patriot League. That team won, in part, because seniors Matt Logie and Zlatko Savovic were making clutch plays down the stretch to win close games. That…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh and Lafayette have split their two regular season meetings, but both need to do better in their final two Patriot League games this week. If both go 2-0, they could end up as the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds in the league tournament, which has its quarterfinal and semifinal rounds…
· Andre D. Williams
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