A-K Valley campus clippings: Durci helps Allegheny football team top Waynesburg
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Ian Durci made his mark for the Allegheny football team in its 31-15 Presidents’ Athletic Conference victory over Waynesburg on Saturday.
The sophomore wide receiver from Burrell finished the game with a team-high six catches for 76 yards. His top catch went for 25 yards.
Durci recorded his first touchdown catch of the season Sept. 10 in the Gators’ 34-6 win at Thiel. The 24-yard reception was one of three grabs for 37 yards.
Through four games, he owns 21 catches for 223 yards and has 37 receptions for 306 yards and two scores over 14 career contests.
IUP: Duane Brown added to his already impressive resume with three receiving touchdowns in Saturday’s 33-16 victory over Mercyhurst. The Apollo-Ridge graduate hauled in scores of 26, 2 and 4 yards and finished with six catches for 47 yards. The redshirt senior wideout owns 26 catches through three games for 414 yards and four TDs.
Grove City: Knoch graduate Scott Fraser, a 6-foot-4 junior wideout, caught four passes for 78 yards and a touchdown in Saturday’s 42-7 victory over Saint Vincent. He owns at least one receiving score in all four games for the Wolverines (3-1). Fraser hauled in 13 passes for 190 yards against Juniata in the opener and caught 10 balls for 209 yards at Carnegie Mellon on Sept. 17.
Cal (Pa.): Jack Colecchi was in the defensive mix for the Vulcans in their 49-7 victory over Edinboro in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference opener Saturday. The Kiski Area graduate, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound sophomore linebacker, recorded five tackles, including 11/2 sacks, in a reserve role. Cal is 2-2.
Washington & Jefferson: Freeport graduate Ricky Hunter, a sophomore running back and kicker for the Presidents, put points on the board in Saturday’s 50-7 rout of Bethany. He connected on a pair of extra points and recorded his first collegiate field goal, a 26-yarder, in the fourth quarter.
Women’s soccer
Long Island: Plum graduate Gina Proviano scored the tying goal in the 73rd minute as the Sharks tied Virginia Military Institute, 2-2, in a nonconference match Sept. 10. The sophomore midfielder finished the game with four shots in 71 minutes of action. Proviano also sealed a 2-0 win over Delaware State on Aug. 21 with her first goal of the season in the 70th minute.
Penn State Altoona: Apollo-Ridge graduate Adeline Baustert faced six shots and made five saves in a 1-1 tie against Penn College on Wednesday. A week earlier against Saint Vincent, she made six saves for her first win of the season and second shutout. She helped the Lions tie Juniata, 0-0, on Sept. 4, and is 1-3-3 through seven games.
Cal (Pa.): Knoch graduate Lindsie Galbreath assisted on the Vulcans’ goal in a 2-1 loss to Gannon in PSAC action Saturday afternoon. The senior starting forward scored her first goal of the season on a pair of shots Wednesday in a 2-1 PSAC loss at Seton Hill. Cal is 1-5-2 overall and 1-4-2 in conference play.
Grove City: Fox Chapel graduate Britta Lagerquist leads the Lady Wolverines in points with 12 (three goals two assists) through eight games, all starts. The sophomore forward assisted on the team’s lone goal in a 6-1 loss to Franciscan on Saturday. On Wednesday, she scored Grove City’s only goal in a 1-1 tie against Chatham in PAC play.
Men’s soccer
Allegheny: Highlands graduate Gabe Anthony made seven saves in the Gators’ 2-2 tie at Bethany in a PAC contest Tuesday. The junior goalkeeper also made seven saves in a 2-0 conference loss to Case Western on Sept. 17. Anthony owns 34 total saves in six games, all starts, for Allegheny (1-4-1).
Grove City: Freeport graduate and junior forward Hunter Hardin recorded the first hat trick of his collegiate career Wednesday in Grove City’s 3-0 victory over visiting Chatham in the PAC opener for both teams. He scored all three goals over an eight-minute span late in the second half.
Deer Lakes graduate Jesse Greyshock earned PAC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the week ending Sept. 6.
The Wolverines senior goalkeeper went 2-0 with a 0.00 goals-against average and nine total saves in wins over Houghton and Lancaster Bible College. Greyshock owns a 4-4 overall record and has made 31 saves over the eight games, all starts.
Men’s golf
Carlow: Leechburg graduate Jake Stariha earned River States Conference Golfer of the Week for the week of Sept. 12-18. The graduate student placed fifth individually at the Grove City Invitational to earn the award. He shot 3-over-par 75 to take home the top-five showing out of 89 golfers. He also shot a 79 in a dual match against Geneva and finished runner-up.