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Basketball Spotlight:
Devils Bounce Back to Defeat Eagles Saturday, February 3, 2007 By Bob Heller Coming off of Thursday night's loss to Goldey Beacom College, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia women's basketball team rebounded with a road victory of Post University, 68-54 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game at the Drubner Center in Waterbury, Connecticut. With the win, the Devils improve to 14-7 overall and 11-5 in league games. Post falls to 5-16 overall and 5-11 in league games. The Devils placed three players in double figures, led by Shelby Rance's 14 points (6-6 FT). Autumn Tully came off the bench to score 11 points on 4-of-6 (1-3 3FG) shooting from the field while Erin Chesnavich (5-9 FG) had 10 points and nine rebounds. Lori Sedina and Rashanna Edwards paced the Devils with four assists apiece. Edwards also recorded four steals while Sedina had three blocks and six rebounds. Allison Weiss also added nine points and six rebounds. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Drop First Game of Home-And-Home in Baltimore, 19-12 Friday, February 2, 2007 By Tom Hushen The top-seeded Philadelphia KiXX (10-6) fell tonight to the defending Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Champion Baltimore Blast (8-9) in the first game of a home-and-home series this weekend. The club took the loss in their first visit to 1st Mariner Arena tonight 19-12, despite 11-combined points from player/coach Don D'Ambra and three-time Defender-of-the-Year Genoni Martinez. Martinez picked up right where he left off the last time Baltimore and Philadelphia faced off by burying a three-pointer just 14 seconds into the match. The three-time Defender-of-the-Year Martinez recorded eight points against Baltimore on January 14 in the KiXX 16-8 win. The assist came from player-coach Don D'Ambra, who went on to put the KiXX up 5-0 on his team-leading 16th goal of the season, assist from who else but Martinez. Reigning MISL MVP Aduato Neto scored his first goal of the season after recovering from a knee injury to put the Blast on the board, 5-2. |
 High School Basketball:Camden Catholic's Second Half Run Makes a Statement Thursday, February 1, 2007 By Stephanie Wright Both Washington Township and Camden Catholic's girls' basketball teams were trying to prove which team deserved the respect from the other. The Minutemaids were riding a six game impressive winning streak and they were looking to extend it by one game against the undefeated Lady Irish. It was yet another test that both teams knew they had to past and Camden Catholic would get the higher grade on this day. The Lady Irish quickly erased an early third quarter deficit and dominated the second half. Camden Catholic improved their record to 15-0 with their 76-55 victory over Washington Township. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Wings of Steel to Battle Referees at Hollydell Thursday, February 1, 2007 By Mike Costantino For the last few years, Gary Scott one of the founders of the Timber Creek hockey organization has staged a benefit to help raise money for the South Jersey Wings of Steel Sled Hockey team and once again the High School referees have donated their time to be the opponents. This year the game will be played at Hollydell ice rink on Saturday February 24th at 4:30 PM. Managed by Tom Brake and coached by Norman Jones, the Wings of Steel play in the Atlantic Sled Hockey League and consists of players with varying disabilities, but a lot of heart. For those of you unfamiliar with sled hockey, you can check out their web site at www.sjwingsofsteel.com. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Lightning Snaps Devils Eight-Game Winning Streak Thursday, February 1, 2007 By Bob Heller Goldey Beacom College used a combination of solid shooting and good defense in the second half of last night's game against the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia at America Hall in Wilmington Delaware, as they upended the Devils 63-55, putting an end to USP's eight-game winning streak and tightened up the standings in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. The Devils drop to 13-7 overall and 10-5 in CACC games while Goldey Beacom improves to 13-7 overall and 10-5 in league games. This game, coupled with losses by Bloomfield College and Philadelphia University has produced a five-way tie for second place in the league standings with all four of the aforementioned schools and Dominican College having identical 10-5 records. The Devils still have games remaining with three of the four schools. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Goldey Beacom Tags Devils with Second Straight Loss Thursday, February 1, 2007 By Bob Heller Eric Cangelosi scored 17 points in the second half, but it was not nearly enough as the Devils could not overcome their poor first half shooting effort as Goldey Beacom College handed the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia their second consecutive loss, 68-55 last night at America Hall in Wilmington, Delaware. The loss drops the Devils to 10-9 overall and 8-6 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference games. Goldey Beacom improves to 11-8 overall and 8-5 in league play. USP's loss also tightens the standing as the Devils drop into a three-way tie for fifth place with six conference games remaining. Goldey Beacom moves into a tie for third place with Holy Family University. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Slaney Receives League Honors Thursday, February 1, 2007 By Brian Smith The American Hockey League announced today that Phantoms captain John Slaney is the recipient of the CCM/AHL Milestone of the Month Award for the month of January. On Jan. 21, Slaney became the first defenseman in the 71-year history of the American Hockey League to reach 500 points in his AHL career when he picked up an assist in a game against the Norfolk Admirals. The historic point came on a power play with 7:47 remaining in the second period when Slaney helped set up a goal by Stefan Ruzicka. Slaney played the puck behind the net for Mark Cullen, who found Ruzicka in the high slot. Ruzicka snapped home his second of the night past goaltender Patrick Lalime to give the Phantoms a 3-2 lead. |
 College Softball:NJSWA honors Raptors' Schlichtig as Female Athlete of the Year Wednesday, January 31, 2007 By Mike Ballard Senior pitcher Michelle Schlichtig put the Rutgers University-Camden softball program in the national spotlight last May when she hurled the Lady Raptors to the NCAA Division III championship. Schlichtig, a two-time First Team All-American, was honored for her accomplishments Sunday, Jan. 28, by the New Jersey Sports Writers Association. Schlichtig was named "Female Athlete of the Year" at the 71st anniversary banquet, which was held at the Pines Manor in Edison. During her three years at Rutgers-Camden, Schlichtig practically re-wrote the program's record books. As a senior, she went 32-3 with a 1.03 ERA, 29 complete games, 17 shutouts and 304 strikeouts in 224.2 innings. She allowed only 113 hits, 55 walks and 33 earned runs. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Ten Devils Named to 2006 CACC Fall Academic Team Tuesday, January 30, 2007 By Bob Heller Ten University of the Sciences in Philadelphia student-athletes were named to the 2006 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Fall All-Academic Team announced earlier today. To qualify for the honor, recipients must have maintained at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average, participated in a fall CACC championship sport, and been at least a sophomore academically and athletically. The ten Devils were among 131 honorees in six sports from all 12 conference schools. Seven of the ten are repeat selections from last year's team. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Shawnee Super Sophs too much for Cherry Hill East Monday, January 29, 2007 By Mike Costantino Matt McDonald had three goals and an assist and fellow sophomores Joe Pezzato and Ryan Welsey also scored as Shawnee flew past Cherry Hill East 8-1 in the regular season finale for both teams. All three have been in the top ten in scoring and with McDonald's four point evening he will just edge out Washington Township's Colin Davis for the overall scoring leader. At the beginning of the season this looked to be a rebuilding year for Shawnee as they skate 17 underclassmen, but the emergence of these sophomores along with the outstanding performance turned in by goalie Paul Gray led them to a 16-1-1 record, and the top seed and favorite in the double elimination tournament. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Quick Start Helps Township Defeat Eastern Monday, January 29, 2007 By Mike Costantino Washington Township scored three goals in the first six minutes of the game as they defeated Eastern 8-4 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Needing more players to step up and fill in until the return of seniors Cameron Rowand and David Moore, Township had six different player score goals, led by freshman Jared Emmet with a hat trick. Township converted on the power play as Emmet had an empty net after a perfect cross-ice pass from Colin Davis had drew over the goaltender. Marc Remini and Christian Fleagle added goals forty one seconds apart and suddenly it was 3-0. Eastern got on the board as Jon Hayes banked the puck off the skate of Township goalie Chris Rainey to cut the lead to 3-1, but a late goal by Jonathon Paulo restored the three goal lead at 4-1. |
 College Basketball:Raptor of the Week: Imani Hafiz Monday, January 29, 2007 By Mike Ballard Junior guard Imani Hafiz averaged 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.0 steals during a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference games last week. Her biggest game came in a 69-60 win over Ramapo Jan. 27 in Camden, when she notched a career-high 26 points, including 10-for-12 from the foul line. She went 7-for-7 from the line in the last three minutes to help the Raptors post the win. She also added seven rebounds, a game-high seven steals and three assists. In a loss at No. 21-ranked Kean on Jan. 24, Hafiz collected a team-high 18 points and eight rebounds, while tying for game-high honors with five steals. |
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