Colonel Athletics in Brief 10/9
Oct. 3
WTEN: The Lady Colonels dominated in an 8-1 win against the University of Scranton. Jordan Vasarkovy, Francesca Varela-Seri, Dana Saliyev, Laura Zielinski and Brittany Stanton were all singles winners. The double teams of Vasarkovy/Saliyev, Varela-Seri/Zielinski and Stanton/Erin Volutza were winners in doubles competition.
WSOC: Courtney Stanley posted her fifth shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory over non-conference opponent Stockon. Goal scorers were Micaela Oliverio and Ema Sabovic.
WVB: The Lady Colonels fell to their cross-town rival King’s in straight sets, 15-25, 25-27 and 13-25. Alexis Morgan totaled 29 assists in the loss.
Oct. 4
MSOC: Tim Gallagher posted his fourth shutout of the year in a 2-0 victory over Lancaster Bible College. Camry Huff struck first at 17:39 before Cole Hefner added an insurance goal late in the second half at 77:54.
FH: In a tightly contested non-conference matchup where the Lady Colonels outshot visiting Elizabethtown on goal, 5-4, Wilkes could not find an equalizing goal in the 1-0 loss.
Oct. 5
WVB: See page 21.
Oct. 6
WSOC: See page 19.
Oct. 7
WVB: The Lady Colonels swept Lebanon Valley and Rutgers-Newark in their homecoming tri-match. Games scores were 25-6, 27-25, 18-25 and 25-20 and 25-20, 25-22 and 25-21, respectively. Alex Ferrier led the offense in the first match with 12 kills. Jamey Mikovich led the second match with 13.
MXC: Franco Balbuena ran the fifth best time in school history in 27:32.3 in the 8k event hosted by Desales. The Colonels finished 11th out of 28 teams at the event.
WXC: Lady Colonel Moriah Teed posted her career-best time of 26:39.9 to lead Wilkes. Wilkes would take 15th out of 22 teams.
MSWIM: The Colonels kicked off their 2017-18 campaign in a tightly contested non-conference battle with William Patterson. Wilkes dropped a 98-108, but saw numerous Colonels post first place finishes, along with three program records.
FB: See page 19.
FH: Wilkes handed Desales their first Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom loss of the season in a 1-0 win. Zoe Stepanski scored the game’s lone goal eleven minutes into the second half. Netminder Dallas Kendra posted her eighth career shutout, tying for third on the school’s all-time list with Margo Serafini ‘86. It was just announced that Serafini will be inducted into the Wilkes Athletics Hall of Fame.
MSOC: The Colonels dropped a 1-0 decision to give visiting FDU-Florham their first victory of the season. Wilkes dominated the game on the scorecard, but could not find the back of the net in the loss.
Luke Modrovsky is in his final semester double majoring in sport management and communication studies.
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