Like her teammates and coaches, freshman Lauren Bell was blindsided by the information.
In a cost-cutting transfer, Marshall Univerity opted to chop the ladies’s swimming workforce, efficient on the finish of this season.
Bell, a Latrobe alum and former WPIAL standout, is immediately confronted with a troublesome choice: keep or go away.
Marshall will honor her scholarship, but when she needs to maintain swimming, Bell must switch to a different faculty.
Marshall competed within the American Athletic Conference Championships final weekend in Greensboro, N.C.
“We just got back from conference. … My whole team and I were shocked,” Bell stated. “I am very upset about the news. I’ve made my best friends here, and I love my team and my coach.”
Bell, a four-time PIAA qualifier and medalist, is a sprinter for the Thundering Herd.
“I have entered the portal to explore my options because I am unsure if I will remain at Marshall or transfer,” Bell stated.
Bell swam a time of 53.39 seconds within the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries on the convention meet.
Men’s basketball
Pitt-Greensburg: The Bobcats settled for silver.
Seniors Jackson Byer and Matt Marinchak (Ligonier Valley) had been named to the all-tournament workforce, however UPG (22-5) fell to nemesis Penn State Behrend, 66-61, within the AMCC Tournament.
Byer had 19 factors, together with 5 3-pointers, and grabbed seven rebounds, and Marinchak scored 13 within the loss.
UPG’s season isn’t over but. It earned the No. 1 seed within the eight-team ECAC Tournament and can play SUNY Maritime (13-13) on Saturday within the first spherical at New Jersey City University.
Seton Hill: Redshirt freshman Dean Simos scored 25 factors and junior Kedrick Curtis and Dimitrios Sklavenitis every had a double-double, Curtis with 21 factors and 10 rebounds, Sklaventis with 13 factors and 15 rebounds, because the Griffins (15-12, 9-10) ran previous Pitt-Johnstown, 85-70, to clinch a spot within the PSAC playoffs.
Junior Adam Bilinsky (Norwin) scored 20 for UPJ. He likes taking part in towards the Griffins. Earlier within the season, he scored a career-high 35, on 13-for-14 taking pictures, in a 97-88 win.
Curtis was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Week. He shot 16 for 22 and had seven assists in a pair of wins.
Washington & Jefferson: Sophomore guard Cam Rowell (Franklin Regional) had 15 factors and three assists in 20 minutes off the bench because the Presidents coasted to an 85-59 win over Geneva within the PAC quarterfinals.
Junior Ryan Edwards (Norwin) scored 10, and sophomore Austin Matthews (Yough) had 9 factors and 7 rebounds for Geneva.
Rowell chipped in 10 factors in a 75-65 win over Franciscan within the semifinals.
W&J (22-6) went on to win the convention title with a 68-61 victory towards Westminster.
The Presidents will play Mount Union (23-3) within the first spherical of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday within the Round of 64 at Christopher Newport in Newport News, Va.
West Liberty: Junior guard Max Butler (Latrobe) scored 10 factors and dished 5 assists in 19 minutes as a starter, because the Hilltoppers (24-3, 18-1 MEC) defeated Salem (W.Va.) 121-87.
Butler has scored in double figures in 5 of his final six video games.
Women’s basketball
Bethany: Junior Kate Botti (Norwin) posted 10 factors, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks as Bethany (17-9) held again Allegheny, 65-55, within the PAC quarterfinals. She added three assists and performed 35 minutes.
Clarion: Freshman Kendall Berger (Norwin) had 11 factors, 4 rebounds and three steals off the bench because the Golden Eagles (12-13, 7-12) misplaced to Gannon, 85-60.
Point Park: Freshman Kamryn Pieper (Penn-Trafford) pulled down 12 rebounds, tying a season excessive, and performed 38 minutes in a 71-56 loss to Wheeling.
Robert Morris: Senior ahead Bailey Kuhns (Southmoreland) had 11 factors and eight rebounds, however the Colonials (17-11, 10-9) fell to Oakland, 71-61.
Saint Vincent: The Bearcats opened the PAC Tournament with a 61-57 victory over visiting Westminster as sophomore Emerson Peffer scored a game-high 17 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds. Junior Danielle Pontius and senior Camdon Bashor added 10 factors every.
Sophomore Angelina Brush (Franklin Regional) had 9 factors and 6 rebounds in 31 minutes for the Titans.
Seton Hill: The Griffins (19-7, 15-5 PSAC) are No. 4 in the newest NCAA Atlantic Regional rankings.
They defeated Pitt-Johnstown, 74-62, as senior Hallie Cowan netted 18 factors and junior Mia Kalich posted her seventeenth double-double of the season with 14 factors and 13 rebounds.
Seton Hill secured the No. 3 seed within the PSAC Tournament.
Wrestling
Pitt-Johnstown: Redshirt senior heavyweight Isaiah Vance (Hempfield) earned his fourth journey to the NCAA Tournament with a third-place end on the NCAA Super Region I Championship at East Stroudsburg.
Vance, the No. 2 seed, had two pins, together with one after a semifinal loss to Freddie Retter of Kutztown.
His 18-2 technical fall towards Gavin Harper of Wheeling clinched his spot on the nationwide match set for March 13-14 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Redshirt junior Noah Gnibus (Mt. Pleasant) accomplished his faculty profession with a fifth-place end at 184.
Saint Vincent: Three Bearcats positioned inside the highest eight at NCAA Division III Regionals.
Sophomore Anthony Orlandini positioned fourth at 149 kilos whereas freshman Jonah McCoy and freshman Logan Connolly had been seventh at heavyweight and 133.
Orlandi completed one match in need of the NCAA Tournament.
Baseball
Chatham: Senior Matt Bamford (Belle Vernon) was named the PAC Pitcher of the Week. He allowed two hits and one earned run and struck out 13 in a 6-1 complete-game victory over Wentworth.
Grove City: Junior designated hitter Dan Luko (Franklin Regional) had two hits in a 23-9 win over John Jay to open the Russ Matt Invitational in Davenport, Fla.
Liberty: Junior Dylan Grabowski (Penn-Trafford) went 2 for 4 with a triple and two runs scored in a 9-3 win over High Point.
Grabowski performed at Patrick & Henry Community College for 4 years earlier than transferring to Liberty. He was an NJCAA Division II All-American final 12 months and the Region 10 Player of the Year. He hit .405 with 104 RBIs and 84 runs in 97 video games at PHCC.
Penn State: Redshirt senior Justin Turcovski (Norwin), who joined the Nittany Lions after 4 seasons at Pitt-Johnstown, went 2 for 4 with a triple and three RBIs in a 9-3 victory over Grand Canyon. Turcovski has 140 profession hits and 106 RBIs in 162 video games.
Penn State Behrend: Senior catcher Thomas Nicely (Franklin Regional) was named the AMCC Baseball Athlete of the Week. He had 5 hits and 7 RBIs in three video games, together with three doubles. He had two doubles and 5 RBIs in a win over Albion.
Pitt-Johnstown: Sophomore Jake Cramer (Latrobe) went 3 for 3 with two runs and an RBI in an 11-2 victory over East Stroudsburg.
Saint Vincent: SVC opened the season with a 4-1 victory over Dubuque in Winter Haven, Fla. The Bearcats managed solely two hits, by senior Dylan Schmude and senior Ben Hudson, and acquired two RBIs from sophomore Ryan Tierny and one apiece from junior Lane Golkosky (Mt. Pleasant) and sophomore Chuck Fontana (Penn-Trafford). Junior Nolan Hurd earned the complete-game victory, permitting 4 hits.
Seton Hill: Sophomore Sean Williams (2-0) pitched 5 shutout innings with six strikeouts, and freshman Mason Metz drove in a run because the Griffins defeated Jamestown, 4-2, in Davenport, Fla.
They accomplished the two-game sweep with a 16-9 win in Game 2. Freshman Brady Stone (Penn-Trafford) went 3 for 3 with a double and two RBIs, grad scholar Nate Dorinsky had two hits, together with a double, and 4 RBIs, and junior Gage Wheaton (Hempfield) homered and drove in three runs within the victory.
Waynesburg: Freshman Eli Boring (Latrobe) and freshman Mason Leonard (Latrobe) every had two hits, and senior pitcher Ethan Erhard (Hempfield) moved to 2-0 because the Yellow Jackets defeated Wilson, 4-2. Erhard struck out eight and gave up one hit in 5 innings.
Boring added two hits and scored twice within the second recreation of the doubleheader, a 7-0 win for Waynesburg (4-2).
Washington & Jefferson: Sophomore Keegan Carr (Norwin) had two hits and scored twice in a 26-6 win over La Roche.
Westminster: Sophomore Ian Temple (Penn-Trafford) delivered a two-out, two-run triple to tie it within the seventh inning and hit a two-out, two-run dwelling run within the third in an 8-7 win over Fredonia State.
Sophomore pitcher Brandon Roher (Penn-Trafford) tossed a scoreless fifth in aid.
Softball
Cal (Pa.): Sophomore second baseman Amarah McCutcheon (Southmoreland) went 2 for 3 with two doubles and a run in a 3-1 win over Salem.
Pitt-Johnstown: Senior Mia Smith (Penn-Trafford) pitched a complete-game five-hitter, putting out 9 and strolling two in a 3-0 win over Bluefield State.
Saint Vincent: Junior Alyssa Henderson doubled to left-center to attain junior Shayna Perigo and sophomore Dakota Hershberger within the backside of the seventh because the Bearcats slipped previous Emmual, 11-10, in Clermont, Fla. Henderson went 3 for five with a double and two RBIs, Hershberger was 2 for five with two RBIs and Perigo had two hits, two runs and two RBIs for SVC.
Seton Hill: The Griffins opened their Florida journey with wins over Dominican (N.Y.) and Wilmingfon (Del.), 9-0 and 8-0.
Junior Lacey Lynn pitched a one-hitter within the first recreation, whereas sophomore Shelby Telegdy doubled twice and Chloe Orecchio and freshman Rilie Moore every drove in two.
Telegdy tossed a three-hit shutout within the second recreation, whereas sophomore Anna Kalkowski went 3 for 3 and junior Lexi Washington had three RBI.
Men’s volleyball
Grove City: Junior Carson Good (Penn-Trafford) had a team-high 11 kills and junior Andrew Kessler (Penn-Trafford) had six kills in a 3-0 win over Bethany.
Sophomore Keith Otto (Penn-Trafford) had six kills and 7 digs in a 3-0 loss to Penn State Behrend.
Saint Vincent: Freshman setter Jack Ryan was named the PAC Newcomer of the Week. Ryan had 23 digs and three blocks in a win over Bethany and added a double-double with a career-high and program-record 44 assists and 12 digs in a win over Grove City.
Senior Zebadiah Wyant had 20 kills, 10 digs and two aces, and senior Shawn McSwiggen and freshman Owen Ward (Latrobe) had 14 kills apiece because the Bearcats (8-2, 4-0) ran their profitable to eight with a 3-1 win over Hiram.
Men’s lacrosse
Seton Hill: Senior Will Cody was named the GMAC Defensive Athlete of the Week. The goalie completed with a career-high 19 saves in a 10-9 win over UIndy.
Washington & Jefferson: Senior Braden Petrarco (Norwin) scored all three objectives in a 22-3 loss to Concordia Wisconsin.
Women’s lacrosse
Grove City: Junior attacker Gwen Shilling (Franklin Regional) had a purpose in a 21-0 victory over Marian (Wisc.).
Saint Vincent: Sophomore Louisa Zamborsky scored 4 objectives, sophomore Cara Dupilka (Greensburg Central Catholic) added three objectives and two assists, and sophomore Katie Smith had three objectives and an help in a 16-5 win over Pitt-Bradford.
Freshman MaryKatherine New was named the PAC Newcomer of the Week. She registered 9 draw controls towards Pitt-Bradford, including a purpose.
Men’s tennis
Saint Vincent: Freshman Blaise Bukovac (Latrobe) was named the PAC Newcomer of the Week. He went a mixed 3-1 towards Carlow and Mount Aloysius.
Women’s monitor and subject
Duquesne: Freshman Brandi Brozeski (Norwin) took third place within the pentathlon on the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, Va. She totaled 3,526 factors, together with a personal-best 1.64 meters within the excessive soar.
Her sister, Emily Brozeski (Norwin) received the A-10 pentathlon in 2023 and was second in ’22.
Edinboro: Senior Bernadette Zukina (Norwin) received the 400-meter sprint on the PSAC Indoor Championships in a time of 56.80 seconds, an NCAA Division II provisional time. She additionally took second within the 200 in 25.25.
Seton Hill: The Griffins’ 1,600-meter relay of freshman Mackenzie McIntyre, sophomore Nemani Moon, sophomore Artemis Conaboy and freshman Kaitlyn Guth received a title on the PSAC Indoor Championships at Lehigh. The foursome’s profitable time was 3 minutes, 56.86 seconds.
Westminster: Sophomore Grace Iwig (Hempfield) completed second within the pole vault, clearing 3.68 meters, on the PAC Championships.
Men’s monitor and subject
Saint Vincent: The distance medley relay workforce of sophomore Will Stickman, junior P.J. McNeal, freshman Liam Wilson (Latrobe) and freshman Noah Channel ran to victory on the PAC Championships with a time of 10:40.58.
Stickman additionally received the open mile race for the Bearcats in 4:25.13.
Seton Hill: Junior Jacy Willis received the 400-meter sprint on the PSAC Indoor Championships with a time of 48.56 seconds.
Westminster: Freshman Adam Frankhauser (Hempfield) took sixth place within the 60-meter hurdles in 8.99 seconds on the PAC Indoor Championships at Youngstown State.