WOMEN’S SWIMMING 11-10-18

WOMEN’S SWIMMING SPLIT THEIR DOUBLE-DUAL AGAINST THE GETTYSBURG BULLETS AND THE
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER HAWS IN GETTYSBURG ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE FALCONS DEFEATED THE
RIVERHAWKS ONE-THIRTY-TWO TO ONE-TWENTY-EIGHT, BUT FELL TO THE BULLETS, ONE-FORTY-SEVEN TO
ONE-FOURTEEN. TOP FINISHES IN THE FOUR HUNDRED FREE RELAY AND TWO HUNDRED MEDLEY RELAY
HIGHLIGHTED THE TEAM EFFORT FOR MESSIAH. THE FALCONS ALSO CLAIMED A TRIO OF INDIVIDUAL
VICTORIES WITH KAYLEE HOLLENBACH TAKING FIRST IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO HUNDRED BACK,
WHILE CASSIE COTTON CLAIMED FIRST IN THE ONE HUNDRED FLY.

MEN’S SWIMMING 11-10-18

MEN’S SWIMMING ALSO TRAVELED TO GETTYSBURG ON SATURDAY, BUT DROPPED BOTH DUALS TO THEIR
OPPONENTS. THE MEN FELL TO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVERHAWS ONE-SIXTY-EIGHT TO NINETY-ONE, AND
THE GETTYSBURG BULLETS ONE-SIXTY-ONE TO NINETY-TWO. THE MEN TURNED IN A TOTAL OF NINE TOP-
THREE FINISHES ON THE DAY. THE FOUR HUNDREED FREE RELAY HIGHLIGHTED THE TEAM EFFORT FOR THE
MEN AS THE ONLY FIRST PLACE FINISH. THE FALCONS ALSO COLLECTED SEVEN TOP-THREE INDIVIDUAL
FINISHES. DANIEL LOGAN AND RIDGE HAGAR HELPED IN THE FALCONS’ EFFORTS, CONTRIBUTING TWO TOP-
THREE FINISHES EACH. LOGAN PLACED THIRD IN THE TWO-HUNDRED FREE BEFORE EARNING SECOND IN THE
FIVE-HUNDRED FREE, AND HAGAR TOOK THIRD IN BOTH THE ONE-HUNDRED BACK AND TWO-HUNDRED
BACK. BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE BACK IN THE POOL ON TUESDAY AGAINST DICKINSON IN
CARLISLE, PA.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY COMPETED IN THE DIVISION THREE MIDEAST REGION CROSS
COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS ON SATURDAY. THE WOMEN FOUGHT THROUGH TWENTY-MILE-AN-HOUR
WINDS AND MUD, AND PLACED SIXTH PLACE OUT OF FORTY-SEVEN TEAMS. MESSIAH FINISHED AS THE
SECOND PLACE MAC COMMONWEALTH TEAM, JUST MISSING MISERICORDIA BY TWENTY-FOUR POINTS.
LEANNE WEAVER LED THE WAY FOR THE FALCONS, TAKING EIGHTEENTH PLACE OUT OF THREE HUNDRED
AND FORTY-ONE RUNNERS TO EARN ALL-REGION. OVERALL, THE WOMEN HAD SIX RUNNERS IN THE TOP
ONE HUNDRED, INCLUDING TOP FIFTY-FIVE FINISHES FROM WEAVER, SARAH CODD, AND LEIGHA SOUTHALL.
THIS WAS THE BEST-PLACING FINISH FOR THE FALCONS SINCE 2008, WHEN THE WOMEN TOOK THIRD PLACE.
LEANNE WEAVER STANDS AS THE ONLY RUNNER FROM THE WOMEN’S TEAM ADVANCING TO THE DIVISION
THREE NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN WINNECONNE, WISCONSIN ON SATURDAY.

MEN’S CC
ON THE MEN’S SIDE, THE FALCONS FINISHED IN FOURTH PLACE, AND WERE THE FIRST MAC TEAM TO FINISH
IN THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL. ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH DALE FOGELSANGER, SEVEN
RUNNERS ENTERED THE RACE WITH THE GOAL OF RACING AT NATIONALS. BEN SCHOTT, TYLER MCFEATERS,
AND GALEN FITZKEE LED THE PACK FOR MESSIAH, FINISHING IN THIRTEENTH, THIRTY-FOURTH, AND THIRTY-
FIFTH PLACES RESPECTIVELY, ALL EARNING ALL-REGION. KYLER SHEA AND ZACHARY LOFTIES WERE THE NEXT
FALCONS TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE, EARNING FORTY-SIXTH AND FIFTY-THIRD, RESPECTIVELY. KIRK
MUMMERT AND NATE ROMBERGER ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE FALCONS’ EFFORTS, BOTH FINISHING IN
THE TOP ONE-HUNDRED OF THREE-HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN RUNNERS. BEN SCHOTT WILL ADVANCE TO
HIS THIRD-STRAIGHT DIVISION THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AS THE ONLY RUNNER FROM THE MESSIAH
MEN’S TEAM.
WRESTLING

MESSIAH WRESTLING TRAVELED TO BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND TO BATTLE IN THE ROGER WILLIAMS
INVITATIONAL ON SATURDAY. STEPHEN MALONEY FINISHED AS THE RUNNER-UP AT ONE HUNDRED FORTY-
NINE POUNDS TO LEAD THE FALCONS TO A THIRD PLACE FINISH. SEVEN OTHER WRESTLERS FINISHED IN THE
TOP SIX IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CLASSES: JOSIAH GEHR, NICK NUNEZ, LEE CASSEL, MATT PANGLE,
DAVID STEVENS, VICTOR DEFRANCE, AND BRIAN SHERMEYER. OVERALL, MESSIAH EARNED ONE HUNDRED
AND EIGHT TEAM POINTS TO HAND THEM THE THIRD-PLACE FINISH BEHIND JOHNSON AND WALES WITH
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE POINT FIVE POINTS, AND HOST ROGER WILLIAMS WITH ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-
TWO. THE MEN WILL BE BACK IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER SEVENTEENTH IN SALEM, VIRGINIA.

WOMEN’S SOCCER 11-10

THE NUMBER TWO RANKED MESSIAH WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM TRAVELED TO ROCHESTER, NEW YORK FOR
THE OPENING WEEKEND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY. THIS IS THE WOMEN’S NINETEENTH-
STRAIGHT APPEARANCE IN THE TOURNAMENT, AND THEY ENTER WITHOUT ALLOWING A SINGLE GOAL SINCE
THEIR MATCH AGAINST ELIZABETHTOWN ON SEPTEMBER NINETEENTH. THE FALCONS CONTINUED THAT
STREAK AND ADVANCED TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AFTER A TWO-NIL SHUTOUT
OVER THE CENTENARY CYCLONES ON SATURDAY. THE TWO GOALS CAME FROM BROOKE FIRESTONE IN THE
TWENTY-THIRD MINUTE AND MEGAN MANSFIELD IN THE SIXTY-FIFTH MINUTE. THE FALCONS OUTSHOT THE
CYCLONES TWENTY-FOUR TO ZERO, REGISTERING SIXTEEN SHOTS IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE. THE VICTORY
MOVED THE FALCONS ON TO FACE THE R.I.T. TIGERS ON SUNDAY.

WSOC 11-11

WOMEN’S SOCCER LOOKED TO OVERTAKE R.I.T. IN THEIR SECOND MATCH OF THE WEEKEND IN ROCHESTER,
NEW YORK ON SUNDAY. THE WOMEN EARNED A SPOT IN THE THIRD ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMNET
AFTER DEFEATING THE TIGERS ONE TO ZERO. THE ONLY GOAL CAME FROM MADDIE KOHL IN THE
NINETEENTH MINUTE, OFF OF HER OWN CORNER KICK. OVERALL, THE FALCONS OUTSHOT R.I.T. FIFTEEN TO
FIVE, WITH SEVEN OF THOSE FIFTEEN SHOTS ON GOAL. THE WOMEN WILL FACE THE LYNCHBURG HORNETS
IN THE THIRD ROUND AT A TIME AND LOCATION STILL TO BE DETERMINED. LYNCHBURG EARNED THEIR DATE
WITH THE FALCONS AFTER DEFEATING THE EMORY EAGLES TWO TO ZERO IN THE SECOND ROUND. MESSIAH
AND LYNCHBURG LAST MET IN THE SECTIONAL FINALS IN TWENTY FOURTEEN (2014), WHEN THE HORNETS
ADVANCED ON PENALTY KICKS. MESSIAH HOLDS AN ALL-TIME RECORD OF TWO, OH, AND TWO AGAINST THE
HORNETS. LOOK OUT FOR GAME DETAILS, STILL TO COME.