[The top-ranked Wake Forest University men’s soccer team defeated No. 18 Maryland, 2-0, in ACC action last Saturday in front of 3,300 WFU fans. The Demon Deacons improved to 7-0-0 overall, 2-0-0 in the ACC. It is their best start in program history. A Marcus Tracy (NHS ’05) shot struck at the 10-yard line was blocked and rebounded by Evan Brown who set Zack Schilawski up for the first goal. “We knew they were going to step up their attack in the second half and we were ready for them,” Tracy was quoted on the WFU sports web site (http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/). “They really opened up their defense more so we were able to move forward and have more chances as well.” Tracy has two goals and four assists on the year.

[After dropping to 2-4-1 with a 2-0 loss to Boston College, the Fairfield University women’s soccer team topped Providence (1-0) and Wagner (6-0) to improve to 4-4-1 on the season. Sophomore striker Casey Frobey (NHS, ’06) has three goal on the year, the last coming in the rout of Wagner.

[Two wins and a tie in its last three games has the Manhattan College women’s soccer team at 3-3-3 on the year. Alex Konneker (NHS, ’06) has a goal, scored in a 1-1 double-overtime draw with Fordham University on September 9, while starting six of the nine games for the Jaspers.

[Joe DeVellis (NHS ‘06) was named Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week for the 3-2 Ithaca College football team, which will host the Norwich Cadets this Saturday at Butterfield Stadium.

[The No. 13 Montclair State University men’s soccer team, the defending New Jersey Athletic Conference champion, defeated Rutgers University-Camden, 2-0, in a conference game last Saturday to improve to 9-1-1 overall and 4-1-0 in the NJAC. Junior back Brian Miles (NHS ’05) has a goal and three assists while playing in all 11 games for the Red Hawks.

[Following a back and forth first half, Haverford College picked up a pair of second-half goals to get by the Gettysburg College women’s soccer team, 2-0, in Centennial Conference women’s soccer action at Clark Field on Saturday. The Bullets dropped to 2-6 overall and 1-1 in league play on the season. The Bullets nearly reached the scoreboard on a corner kick, but Brett Howley’s header hit the bottom of the cross bar and the rebound attempt by Tara Gaston (NHS ’06) was blocked by a Ford defender. It was her first shot of the season. The Bullets are 3-7-0 and Gaston has started all 10 games.

[After dropping their first seven matches of the season, the Emmanuel College women’s volleyball team won two in a row, but has since dropping its last five to fall to 2-12 on the year. Diana Grimaldi (NHS’ 06) has appeared in 35 games and has registered 23 kills with a team-high 154 assists, eight service aces, 60 digs and 10 blocks.

[Josh Rouse (NHS ’05) appeared on special teams for the Michigan State University football team in its 37-34 loss to Wisconsin last weekend in front of 82,164 at Camp Randall in Wisconsin, the 10th-largest crowd in school history. The University of Wisconsin football team is home to Dan Cascone (NHS ’05), a backup lineman who did not appear in the game.

[Nick Mentessana (NHS ’05) has appeared in 10 games for the University of Missouri-Rolla men’s soccer team, which moved to 3-7-1 following a 0-0 draw with Truman State.

[Charlie Baldour (NHS ’07) finished seventh at 27:16 at the 13th annual Keene State Cross Country Invitational on September 29. For the Owls, it was their ninth Invitational title in the last 10 years.

[The Bucknell University women’s swimming & diving team will open the 2007-08 season this weekend at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Abby Atkinson (NHS’ 06) returns for the Lady Bisons after being one of 28 members of the squad to be named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll last year. Atkinson boasted a 3.25 GPA as a mechanical engineering major.

Other local athletes on college fields …

 

Josh Tenenbaum (Bentley College football); Meredith Palo (United States Coast Guard Academy women’s soccer); Marc Doherty (University of South Florida men’s soccer); Stephanie Logan (Quinnipiac University women’s volleyball); Brian Conroy (Gettysburg University men’s soccer); Lauren DeFelice (Colby-Sawyer women’s tennis); Katie Datin (Franklin & Marshall College field hockey), Mike Vontobel (Montclair State University men’s soccer), Michael Klein (Roger Williams University men’s soccer), Erin Clark (Colgate University field hockey), Abby Atkinson (Bucknell University swimming and diving), Chris Potter (Ithaca College football), Eric MacKnight (Keene State College cross country), Tony Magliocco (West Point men’s soccer), Max Reed (Pitzer College football), Alex Meisel (Bucknell University men’s soccer), Matt Taylor (Franciscan University men’s soccer), Ryan Keogler (Franciscan University men’s soccer), Brennan Coakley (Penn State football), Kevin Regan (College of the Holy Cross football).

 

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