Sports Wrap - December 13, 2007
Bronc Sports Wrap
December 13, 2007
Upcoming events in varsity athletics
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M. Basketball (6-4, 1-1 MAAC)
W 76-71 DELAWARE
W 85-70 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
L 63-72 NC State at Old Spice
W 82-73 Penn State at Old Spice
L 69-82 Kansas State at Old Spice
W 84-58 NJIT
W 81-73 BINGHAMTON
L at *Niagara
W at *Canisius
Sat. 15 at Monmouth 7pm
Fri. 21 at Rutgers 7:30
Thur. 27 at Drexel 7:30
M. Basketball
At Canisius senior Jason Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) compiled 25 points and 13 rebounds, his seventh ‘double-double’ of the season and the 37th of his career. The 13 rebounds gives him 878 for his career, breaking the Rider record of 874 set in 1977 by Chuck Simon. Holding a 63-50 lead, Rider went on a 19-2 run, 10 points by Thompson, to take an 82-52 lead with 2:41 left to play. Rider led 33-30 with 3:22 left in the first half before going on a 16-1 run, eight points by junior Harris Mansell (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham), to take a 49-31 lead, and the Broncs led 49-33 at the half. Mansell finished with 13 points. Sophomore Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) added 14 points, four rebounds and four assists, while freshman Justin Robinson (London, England/Blair Academy) added 12 points, a career-high six rebounds, a career-high four steals and four assists in just 25 minutes of work.
W. Basketball (4-6, 0-2 MAAC)
W 59-46 MONMOUTH
L 53-58 at UMBC
W 67-54 HOFSTRA
L 58-65 at Navy
W 76-74 CENTRAL FLORIDA
L 58-66 at Pennsylvania
L 68-74 TOWSON
L 55-64 *CANISIUS
L 57-58 *NIAGARA
W 66-61 (ot) ARMY
Thur. 20 at Rice 8pm
Sat. 29 PRINCETON 2pm
W. Basketball
Against Army sophomore Ashley Anderson (East Orange) scored 11 points, six in overtime, and grabbed 13 rebounds. Trailing 43-42, Rider (4-6) went on a 13-9 run, eight points by junior Danielle Costantino (Norristown, PA/Archbishop Carroll), to take a 55-52 lead with 3:15 left in regulation. That was the ninth and final lead change of the game. Costantino finished with 11 points off the Rider bench. With Rider holding a 63-60 lead, sophomore Amanda Sepulveda (Perth Amboy/Hun School) stole the ball and made two foul shots with 21 seconds left to give Rider a 65-60 lead. Sepulveda finished with a team-high 13 points and five assists. Against Niagara Rider trailed 49-38 before going on a 15-2 run, six points by sophomore Tammy Meyers (Willingboro) to take its first lead of the game 53-51 with 3:50 left in the contest. Meyers finished with a career-high 18 points and a career-high seven rebounds in 30 minutes of action. Also for Rider, sophomore Amanda Sepulveda (Perth Amboy/Hun School) had 10 points with fellow sophomore Ashley Anderson (East Orange) tying a career-high with 10 rebounds in only 22 minutes of action. Freshman Shannon Ferguson (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) had five points, seven rebounds and two steals for the Broncs.
Wrestling (0-3, 0-0 CAA)
L 4-34 MISSOURI
L IOWA STATE
4th of 10 at Keystone Classic
at Cliff Keen Invite in Vegas
L 6-42 at Maryland
Sat-Sun 29-30 at Midlands
Wrestling
At Maryland sophomore 157 Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) pinned his opponent. At the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational junior Doug Umbehauer (Shamong, N.J./Lenape) went 5-2 and placed fourth, defeating the third, fifth and eighth seeds, losing only to the top and fourth seeds. Senior T.J. Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) moved up a weight class to heavyweight, and defeated Roger Vukobratovich of Purdue by a major decision 10-2 in the opening pigtail round and then defeated the sixth seed, 11th ranked Mark Ellis of Missouri 3-1 in the first round. Freshman 125 Mitch Fenton (Whitemarsh, Md./Archbishop Curley) lost 4-1 to the top ranked 125 in the nation and in consolations defeated Dan Bishop of Buffalo 3-1 and Cody Grant of Wyoming 1-0. Rob Morrison pinned Trey Saxon of New Mexico in 2:28 in the opening pigtail.
M. Swimming & Diving (3-4)
W 168-132 *MARIST
W 166-133 at Lehigh
L 133-166 Penn at Lehigh
W 136-107 at La Salle
L 116-127 Delaware
6th of 7 at Princeton Invitational
W. Swimming & Diving (4-5)
W 175-125 *MARIST
W 164-129 at Lehigh
L 104-195 Penn at Lehigh
W 128-114 at La Salle
L 105-137 Delaware
8th of 11 at Princeton Invitational
Swimming & Diving
At the ‘Big Al’ Invitational, hosted by Princeton University junior Priscilla Modrov (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) set Rider records in the 100 fly and 200 fly and sophomore Kellyanne Tomasula (Sussex, N.J./Vernon Township) broke the Rider record in the 100 back. Modrov was sixth in the 200 fly with a new Rider record time of 2:03.20, less than one second away from an NCAA consideration cut time. Modrov set the 100 fly record on Saturday with a time of 56.58 with Tomasula also re-writing the record books on Saturday with a 100 back time of 100 back 56.89. The top performance of the meet belonged to junior diver Amanda Burke (Churchville, Pa./William Tennent) who won the one-meter (276.80) after placing second in the three-meter (267.55).
Indoor Track & Field
at Princeton New Year Invitational
Sat. 12 at Penn State Relays
Track & Field
At the Princeton University New Year's Invitational senior John Smith (Cliffwood Beach/Matawan) won the 3,000 meter with a personal best time of 8:44.42. Junior Kelly Kajunski (Glenmore, Pa./Downington East) won the high jump with an ECAC qualifying height of 1.70m (5'7") with sophomore Lauren Lester (Schenectady, N.Y./Mohanosen) winning the mile (5:21.54). Also for the men’s team, freshman Peter Wandell (State College, Pa./State College) was third in the 1,000 meter (2:33.83), senior Andre Fearon (Newark/St. Benedict's Prep) was fourth in the mile (4:21.10), freshman Christian Gonzalez (Somerset/Franklin Twp.) was fifth in the mile (4:22.75), freshman Chris Dollinger (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) placed fifth in the 60 meter dash (7.10) and senior Jeff Stead (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury) was fifth in the 3,000 meter (8:59.27). Also for the women’s team, sophomore Alicia Price (Voorhees/Eastern) was fourth in the weight throw (14.49m) and shot put (11.60m) and freshman Shaylah Counts (Newark/Malcoln Shabazz) was fifth in the 60 meter dash (8.18).
