<span>General</span> <time pubdate datetime="Tuesday, October 29, 2024 2:31 PM">Tuesday, October 29, 2024 2:31 PM</time> <br>Craggette led the Griffins to a PSAC West victory over Clarion, 31-16. Craggette rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns in the win with a long run of 50 yards. He went over the 1,000 yard mark for the season in the victory and had TD rushes of 2, 4 and 14 yards. <br>Allen was one of the key players in Gannon’s last-minute 25-21 win at Edinboro on Saturday. A graduate student defensive back, Allen recorded a career-high eight tackles, four of those solo. He had 1.5 TFL, including his first career sacks for a 10-yard loss, and also forced a fumble. Allen was part of a Gannon defense that limited the Fighting Scots to 305 total yards and recorded five sacks. The Golden Knights scored the winning touchdown with 26 seconds left then recorded an interception to clinch the victory.<br>Rosensteel placed two punts inside the five-yard line on Saturday, as the Vulcans registered a 16-13 overtime victory in the Coal Bowl against rival IUP. The win secured California a berth in the PSAC Championship and at least a share of the PSAC West title. Rosensteel pinned the Crimson Hawks at their own 4-yard line on their opening drive of the game. The Ringgold product again placed a punt at the 4-yard line midway through the second quarter before recording a 51-yard punt in the final minute of the first half. Rosensteel also served as the holder on the 39-yard, game-tying field goal with five seconds left in the fourth quarter on Saturday.<br><br /> <strong>PSAC Eastern Division Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week</strong><br /> <br /> <img alt="16279" data-airgap-id="46" height="360" src="/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=14&image_path=/images/2024/10/28/anderson_aotw.jpg" style="display: inline-block;" width="360" /><br /> <br /> <strong>Owen Anderson<br /> Bloomsburg<br /> Wide Receiver<br /> Senior<br /> Cogan Station, Pa. / Jersey Shore Area</strong><br>Anderson not only had a career day for the Huskies but a historic one as well in the team's 20-10 win over Shippensburg last Saturday. Anderson finished the day with five catches for 199 yards, the most receiving yards for a Husky since Rocco Forgione at Millersville in 2002 --when Rocco had seven catches for 234 yards and four touchdowns. On Saturday, Anderson had two of the three Bloomsburg touchdowns, including his career-long catch of 93 yards for a score. Of Anderson's 199 yards, he had 175 after the catch on his five catches. Anderson's 93-yard touchdown reception is the second longest in Bloomsburg history. In the 1985 state title game with IUP at Redman Stadium, Joe Dowd had a 94-yard reception for a touchdown from quarterback Jay DeDea.<br /> <br><strong>PSAC Eastern Division Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week</strong><br /> <br /> <img alt="16287" data-airgap-id="46" height="360" src="/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=14&image_path=/images/2024/10/28/coop_aotw.jpg" style="display: inline-block;" width="360" /><br /> <br /> <strong>Cooper Jordan<br /> West Chester<br /> Quarterback<br /> Junior<br /> Downingtown, Pa. / Bishop Shanahan</strong><br>Jordan rushed for a career-high 218 yards and two touchdowns while also throwing for 131 yards and three more scores to lead West Chester to a 41-23 victory over visiting Millersville on Homecoming last Saturday afternoon. Jordan threw a 36-yard TD pass and a 47-yard TD pass in the third quarter and then added a 47-yard scamper and a 60-yard scamper in the fourth to account for all 28 second-half points and break open a tight 13-3 ballgame. In all, Jordan was responsible for five touchdowns in the game and amassed 349 yards of total offense. He became the first QB in West Chester history to rush for more than 200 yards in a game, and his 218 rushing yards in a game is the most by a quarterback in Division II this fall. It is also the single-game high in the PSAC for any rusher.<br /> <br>Strausser registered a game-high eight tackles (five solo) and returned an interception 15 yards for a game-changing touchdown as the No. 4 Golden Bears blanked Shepherd, 24-0, on Saturday. Strausser set new career-highs for total and solo tackles while collecting his first career interception. Kutztown took a 14-0 lead when Strausser stepped in front of a Lek Powell pass and took it back for a pick six, just two plays after the Kutztown offense had scored to make it a 7-0 game. The Golden Bears put forth another dominant performance defensively, totaling five takeaways (four interceptions) and five sacks in recording their third shutout of the season --the first time that's happened since 1964. KU is allowing just 6.6 points per game over eight games this season.<br /> <br><br /> <span style="font-size:18px;"><b>WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL</b></span><br /> <br /> <strong>PSAC Women's Volleyball Western Division Athlete of the Week</strong><br /> <br /> <img alt="16283" data-widget="image" height="360" src="/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=14&image_path=/images/2024/10/28/snider_aotw_28.jpg" style="display: inline-block;" width="360" /><br /> <br /> <b>Cassidy Snider</b><br /> <b>Clarion</b><br /> <b>Outside Hitter</b><br /> <b>Senior</b><br /> <strong>Harmonsburg, Pa. / Conneaut</strong><br /> <br /> Snider continued her torrid offensive pac with a pair of dominant performances last week, averaging 6.33 kills per set and hitting .331 against Edinboro and California (PA) in PSAC West action. The senior outside hitter also averaged 3.56 digs per set, totaling 32 digs in nine sets of action, and compiled three aces and four total blocks. Snider's standout performance of the weekend came in the win over the Vulcans on Friday night, when she went off for 31 kills on 68 attempts for a .368 attack percentage. She also added 17 digs in the win. Snider's 31 kills against the Vulcans rank as the highest single-match total for a four-set match in NCAA Division II, breaking the mark of 29 she herself set against IUP on Oct. 18. Against Edinboro on Tuesday Snider had 26 kills and a .288 attack percentage, and also posted three aces, three blocks and 15 digs.<br /> <br>Lindqvist was a consistent force for the Fighting Scots in a pair of PSAC West wins over Clarion and California (PA) last week. Against Clarion, the Scots trailed 2-0, but rallied all the way back behind Lindqvist's seven blocks, including three solos in addition to 10 kills on the offensive end. Against Cal she recorded three blocks and 13 kills in Edinboro's straight set victory.<br>Halsey turned in back-to-back career days on both sides of the ball last week. First, the junior tallied five total blocks (matching a career-high) to lead the Marauders to a sweep over West Chester on Oct. 23. She followed that up with four service aces, five digs, and five more blocks against Chestnut Hill on Oct. 25. Offensively, she notched seven kills without an error against West Chester and 14 errorless kills to pace the Marauders against Chestnut Hill.<br><br><br /> <span style="font-size:18px;"><b>WOMEN'S SOCCER</b></span><br /> <br /> <strong>PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Week</strong><br /> <br /> <img alt="16270" height="360" src="/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=14&image_path=/images/2024/10/28/2024_AOTW_Template_CUTTER.jpg" style="display: inline-block;" width="360" /><br /> <br /> <b>Alyson Cutter</b><br /> <strong>West Chester<br /> Forward</strong><br /> <b>Senior</b><br /> <strong>Warrington, Pa. / C.B. South</strong><br>Alyson Cutter<strong> </strong>etched her name into Golden Ram history on Sunday afternoon as she scored her second hat trick in three games in a 3-0 Senior Day victory over Lock Haven. Cutter, who became the first Golden Ram to score a hat trick since 2015 and the first to do so in a conference game since 2012 against Mansfield, became the first player in team history to record two in the same season, let alone two in three games. The senior is now first in the PSAC in goals with a league-best 12 on the year in 14 games. <br>Hannah Wilt led the Rams to a 2-0 week. She recorded three saves in a shutout effort against Millersville on Wednesday. She added three saves in a 2-1 win over Kutztown on Saturday. The win over Kutztown is a program first.<br>Slippery Rock senior Sydney Patrick led The Rock to a 1-0 week on a two-goal performance to give SRU a 2-0 win over Clarion on her Senior Day. Patrick put The Rock up 1-0 in the 19th minute by slotting in a direct free kick outside the box by herself. She doubled The Rock's lead to 2-0 11 minutes later by propelling an Olimpico - a goal directly on a corner kick - past the Clarion defense and into the netting. On top of her impressive first-half brace, Patrick placed all three of her shots on net.<br><br /> <strong>PSAC Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week</strong><br /> <br /> <img alt="16272" height="360" src="/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=14&image_path=/images/2024/10/28/2024_AOTW_Template_ROBERTSON.jpg" style="display: inline-block;" width="360" /><br /> <br /> <b>Destinee Robertson</b><br /> <strong>Gannon<br /> Defender</strong><br /> <b>Junior</b><br /> <strong>Lacey, Wash. / Timberline</strong><br>Destinee Robertson has been a standout on Gannon's back line all season as Gannon had outscored its opponents 31-5 on the way to a 10-0-3 overall record and a 7-0-3 mark in the PSAC West. She played stellar defense again last week as Gannon went 2-0 with a 3-0 non-conference win at Daemen and a 2-1 PSAC West win over Cal. Robertson, a transfer from Quincy, scored her first goal of her Gannon career and picked up her first game-winning goal against Daemen. She helped an effort that saw Gannon outshoot Daemen 41-0. Robertson played strong defense again in the win over Cal as the Golden Knights outshot the Vulcans 26-2.<br><br>Jake Pacacha ended a career week with two goals and two assists for No. 24 Bloomsburg. Helped the Huskies go 2-0 over the week, with a 2-0 win over Shepherd and a 6-0 victory against Shippensburg. Had his first multi-point performance of his career, leading the Bloomsburg offense against Shepherd with an assist on the opening score and his first career goal to double the advantage. Recorded his second-consecutive three-point outing with another goal and assist against Shippensburg, notching his second assist of the week from a corner and netting his second goal of the season. Has seven points this year after not recording a point during freshman season. Now has recorded a point/assist in three consecutive contests.<br>Kody Besser helped the Huskies to a 2-0 week in conference action. Finished the week with two goals and two assists in two games for No. 24 Bloomsburg. He scored the game-winning goal with a second-half header against Shepherd. Besser helped the Huskies hold the Rams to zero shots in a 2-0 win, the only time holding an opponent without a shot dating back to 2014. Recorded a career-high four points, notching a goal and a career-best two assists in 6-0 win over Shippensburg. No. 24 Bloomsburg held Shippensburg to two shots while helping the Huskies to their first six-goal performance since doing so twice in 2022.<br>Sverre Orten led Gannon to two wins as the Golden Knights have now won seven games in a row while improving to 11-2-2 and taking over first place in the Western Division. In 3-1 win over Slippery Rock scored 2 goals on 3 shots. Scored first and third goals. Gannon defeated Cal on Saturday with Orten contributing a goal and an assist on one shot. Scored game-winning goal in 31st minute.<br><br /> <strong>PSAC Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week<br /> <br /> <img alt="16274" height="360" src="/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=14&image_path=/images/2024/10/28/2024_AOTW_Template_LEARY.jpg" style="display: inline-block;" width="360" /></strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Jonathan Leary<br /> Seton Hill</strong><br /> <strong>Goalkeeper</strong><br /> <b>Sophomore</b><br /> <strong>Audubon, N.J. / Paul IV</strong><br>Jonathan Leary led the Griffins to a pair of PSAC West victories by posting a pair of shutouts. Leary recorded five saves in the Griffins 2-0 shutout win over previous PSAC West division leader Lock Haven. <br><br /> <br>Garibaldi totaled two goals and one assist in a 2-0 week for the Raiders. She contributed to all three Raider goals in a remarkable comeback win over No. 3 East Stroudsburg last Tuesday. After assisting on SU's first goal, the result of an untimed penalty corner at the end of the third period, Garibaldi found the back of the cage twice in the final 1:43 of the match – netting the tying and game-winning tallies in a 3-2 Raider victory. The game-winning tally was a rocket off a Shippensburg penalty corner with 7.5 second left on the clock. It was her fifth game-winning goal and 16th goal overall this season (tied for second-most in the PSAC.)<br>Waddell recorded two goals in the team's 3-2 win over Millersville, which marked only the second Frostburg State victory over a conference opponent since joining the PSAC. Waddell's first goal tied the game, 1-1, while the second to give the team a 3-1 lead that ended up being the game-winning goal. The senior defender's two goals and four points both set new career-highs. <br>Dominic Cortopassi helped the Golden Eagles to another dual meet win on Friday evening, winning two individual events and helping two relay teams to victory in a 179-120 win over IUP at Tippin Natatorium. Perhaps his most impressive individual win of the meet came in the 200 Free, where he took first place with a time of 1:42.19. Going neck-and-neck with the Crimson Hawks' Luke Mikesell, Cortopassi executed a perfect turn to gain the edge on the last leg and touch the wall first. He also won the 100 Free, finishing in a time of 46.95. 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