A first half of torrid shooting helped Drew build the 16 point lead at the break.  Drew trailed by a point after four minutes of play when the Eagles’ Sabrina Jarmolinski knocked down a jumper at the 16 minute mark, 9-8.  The Rangers then reeled off a 13-3 run to build an 11 point lead.  After Barber’s jumper made it 10-9, Blazovic scored the Rangers’ next three baskets for a 16-11 lead.  Consecutive jumpers by Barber made it 20-11 before the sophomore guard set up Olsen for the 11 point, 22-11, lead at 10:39.

Barber knocked down a jumper with just fewer than ten minutes remaining to counter Maesoon Deeb’s free throws.  A three from Barber made it 27-13 before Jessica DelVecchio took over the scoring load for the Rangers.  The senior had already drilled a pair of threes when Kat Luby found her open with 7:24 left in the half.  JDV knocked down that triple and then followed up with a jumper a few minutes later to break a short drought by the Rangers as Drew built a 32-19 lead. 

The final five minutes of the half were foul plagued as ten of the final 15 points were from the foul line.  The Rangers got the better end of that deal, 9-4, with Ashley Logan scoring her first points of the season after losing much of last year to injury.  Barber, DelVecchio and Blazovic were the biggest contributors in the first half.  Barber finished the period with 12 points, five boards and seven assists.  DelVecchio, one of the best shooters in the Landmark Conference, found her stroke while hitting 4-5 from the field and 3-4 from behind the arc.  Blazovic had eight points in nine minutes.

Drew’s lead grew to 30 points as the Rangers opened the second half with a 14-0 run.  Four points from Barber and Smith in the run helped give Drew a 53-25 advantage with 14:30 left in the game.  Smith’s jumper with 12 minutes left made it a 31 point game, 60-29. 

The Rangers didn’t finish the game strong, just three points in the final 12 minutes, but by that time they had secured a spot in the tournament’s Championship game tomorrow at 3 pm.  Drew awaits the winner of tonight’s game between the host Roadrunners and

Barber had another outstanding game with 18 points, nine assists, five steals and five rebounds.  DelVecchio finished with 11 while Blazovic had 10 and Smith added eight points.

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Newspaper Box Score
CSEW2009 vs Drew Rangers
11/20/09 7:30 PM at Mahwah, NJ - Bradley Center
At Mahwah, NJ - Bradley Center
DREW RANGERS 63, CSEW2009 48
CSEW2009 (0-1)
Sarah Kozlowski 5-13 7-10 17; Diane Da Silva 3-8 0-0 6; Sabrina Jarmolinski
3-4 0-0 6; Maesoon Deeb 1-8 2-2 5; Anastasia Feola 1-4 3-5 5; Melinda
Levenduksy 1-4 2-3 4; Bridget Sweeney 1-4 0-0 2; Noelle Grande 1-2 0-0 2;
Jade Wilson 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 16-48 15-22 48.
DREW RANGERS (3-0)
Danielle Barber 8-10 1-2 18; Jessica DelVecchio 4-7 0-0 11; Eden Blazovic
5-11 0-1 10; Rebecca Smith 3-3 2-4 8; Britta Olsen 1-1 4-4 6; Ashley Logan
1-3 2-2 4; Victoria Ault 2-4 0-0 4; Jessica Reid 1-1 0-0 2; Jen Mateo 0-1
0-1 0; Whitney Mackay 0-0 0-0 0; Jana Jagodzinski 0-0 0-0 0; Katherine Kozma
0-3 0-0 0; Katherine Luby 0-4 0-0 0; Jeramie Barletta 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
25-48 9-14 63.
CSEW2009......................   25   23  -   48
Drew Rangers..................   41   22  -   63
3-point goals--CSEW2009 1-8 (Maesoon Deeb 1-3; Anastasia Feola 0-2; Bridget
Sweeney 0-1; Sarah Kozlowski 0-2), Drew Rangers 4-12 (Jessica DelVecchio
3-6; Danielle Barber 1-1; Ashley Logan 0-1; Jen Mateo 0-1; Katherine Luby
0-3). Fouled out--CSEW2009-Noelle Grande, Drew Rangers-None.
Rebounds--CSEW2009 27 (Anastasia Feola 7), Drew Rangers 34 (Jessica Reid 8).
Assists--CSEW2009 13 (Sarah Kozlowski 4), Drew Rangers 20 (Danielle Barber
9). Total fouls--CSEW2009 18, Drew Rangers 21. Technical
fouls--CSEW2009-None, Drew Rangers-None. A-75
Roadrunner Tip-Off Tournament

The Ranger women’s medley team got the meet started in exciting fashion.  The Rangers were trailing by half of a body length when senior Selena Davis entered the pool as the free and final leg of the relay.  Davis caught the Blue Knight anchor leg mid-way through the first lap and pulled away with 10 meters left in the home stretch to touch first by less than one second thanks to her 25.55 leg.

Drew’s men’s relay team was able to grab all 11 points as well, mostly because they were unopposed in the 200 Medley Relay.  As Drew’s men’s team was searching for its first win in three seasons, every point was welcome.

The Rangers picked up nine more points thanks to Jeroen Fabricant’s strong 1000 Free performance.  Fabricant passed Brian Heitman around the 28^th lap in the 1000 Free before building a four second lead by the 33^rd lap.  By the bell lap, Fabricant had taken a commanding lead before winning with an 11:28.10, nearly seven seconds ahead of Heitman.

Davis picked up another win with a strong second 100 in the women’s 200 Free.  Trailing after two laps, Davis cruised by the Blue Knight in front of her to win pulling away with a time of 2:09.72.

John Feniello followed Davis’ lead in the men’s 200 Free.  The junior trailed for much of the race in his lane three to Ryan Carroll in lane two.  With just one and a half laps left, Feniello still remained half of a body length back, but caught his opponent by the end wall and pulled away in the final 15 yards to touch at 1:58.51, a full second ahead of his opponent.  The time is Feniello’s PR and cracks Drew’s All-Time Top 10 in the event.

Kati Eggert continued the win parade for the Rangers by leading a one-two sweep and crushing her 50 Free event.  The junior swam a 26.90, her best time of the season for the win.  Katie Lyons took second place with a 29.17, though the Blue Knights were able to pick up six points in the event with the final three finishers.  In the men’s 50 Free, Walter Bakun used a powerful second 25 to take the race in 24.17, breaking his season-best time and recording the Rangers’ best time in three seasons.

The Blue Knights won the next two women’s events to pull closer to the Rangers in the overall score as Brianna Perazella won the 200 IM and Jamie Testa won the 100 Fly.  The MSM men’s team won those same events through Enrique Naudy in both races, though Ulysses Baldwin-Beneich swam the first sub-1:00 100 Fly in the past three seasons at Drew.

Eggert picked up her second win of the meet in the 100 Free; again, the junior led the whole way while posting a time of 1:00.59.  Though well off her Drew best of 57.77, Eggert’s quality early season form bodes well for better results down the line.

Feniello was the next Ranger to pick up a second win.  The junior captain took the lead in the third lap before pulling away in the final 50 yards to post a personal best of 53.45.  Feniello picked up 21 points in three events with a three place showing in the 100 Back event that immediately followed this impressive 100 Free.

First-year Lindsay Root put in a fine performance in the 100 Back to win another race for the Rangers.  Fresh off the soccer field, Root led for most of the race while posting a 1:07.39.  Sofia Quintanar took third place for the Rangers, but the Blue Knights were able to collect three extra points at the back end of the race to remain within striking distance of the smaller Rangers squad. 

In the men’s 100 Back, Bakun held on to win with a couple of desperate strokes right at the end.  He and MSM’s Carroll were very tight throughout the race with Bakun taking a small lead during the final two laps.  Carroll closed the gap and looked poise to pass Bakun before a few long reaching strokes got the Ranger the touch by less than one second.

The meet continued to go well for the Rangers, but Drew’s women’s team was in trouble as the Blue Knights racked up points in the bottom part of the placements.  Perazella won her second race for MSM with a terrific 5:31.48 500 Free, though Root and Jasmine Prokscha took second and third in the event.  Naudy won the 500 Free for the guests as well.

Though now looking at long odds to win the meet, the Rangers kept battling.  In the 100 Breaststroke, Jasmine Prokscha and Sofia Quinatanar took first and second, respectively, with Katie Lyons placing fourth in her first attempt at the 100 Breaststroke at Drew.  Fabricant and Baldwin-Beneich repeated the feat in the men’s race by sweeping the top two spots while Jacob Grossman took fourth place.

At this point in the meet, the Rangers were leading by five points, 87-82, but all of their swimmers had swam in the maximum of four events so Drew was unable to place with its 200 Free Relay team.  Of course, the Rangers’ foursome easily won the event as an exhibition team with a time of 1:52.80 as three swimmers – Davis, Root and Eggert – each put in legs in the 27 second range.  The Blue Knights took all 11 points to win the meet 93-87.

On the other hand, the men’s team didn’t even need a point from the 200 Free Relay to win its first meet in more than two full seasons, 101-73.  In all, the Rangers won 15 of the 22 events with the women taking seven of the 11 races and the men winning eight of 11.   

The Rangers get back in the pool on Saturday afternoon in the rescheduled meet at Drew against Lebanon Valley College at 1 pm.

Drew vs. Mt. St. Mary's

Sarah Colmer, Katie Kramer (twice), Mollie McGann and Anjelica Veca all grabbed reserve champion honors.  Veca’s strong performance qualified her for the regional championships, the sixth Ranger to meet the standard this season.  Kramer’s two second-place ribbons kept her in second place in the regional Cacchione Cup standings. 

The Rangers had 23 riders earn points, a season high.  In the Open and Intermediate Fences classes, the Riding Rangers did particularly well.  Katie Kramer, Sarah Barbato and Rachel Denning took third through fifth place, respectively, in Open Fences with Haley Flagg earning reserve honors.  Sarah Colmer and Ashley Kraft placed second and third in Intermediate Fences.  Colmer has placed in the Top 3 of the Intermediate Fences class in five of six shows this season. 
Kramer placed second in Open Flat as well, tying with teammate Mollie McGann.  McGann has come on strong as the fall season draws near a close; the first-year has been fourth, second and second in her last three shows in Open Flat.

Jonas Colmer grabbed the Rangers’ first Blue Ribbon of the day with a great ride in Novice Fences.  Colmer had been second twice this season before winning his first Blue Ribbon at this show. 

Christina Karas earned Drew’s second Blue Ribbon in Advanced Walk Trot Canter.  It was also her second of the season.
In the Alumni classes, Kristine Kennedy C’06 won the Flat class and placed second in Fences. 

The Rangers will look to improve upon their fourth place standing in the region as they compete in two shows this coming weekend. 

Drew University Equestrian Team               
          Horse Show Results               
          November 15, 2009               
                          
          Hosted by: Marist College               
          Location: Crosswinds Equestrian Center               
                          
          Open Equitation over Fences               
          Katie Kramer - 2nd - Shamrock               
          Rachel Denning - 4th - Loddie               
          Haley Flagg - Reserve - Bonnie               
          Sarah Barbato - 3rd - Smudge               
                          
          Intermediate Equitation over Fences               
          Sarah Colmer - 2nd - Smudge               
          Ashley Kraft - 3rd - Oliver               
          Emma Richard - 5th - Stanley               
                          
          Open Equitation on the Flat               
          Rachel Denning - 6th - Smudge               
          Katie Kramer - 2nd - Tucker               
          Mollie McGann - 2nd - Loddie               
                          
          Intermediate Equitation on the Flat               
          Sarah Colmer - 4th - Oliver               
                          
          Novice Equitation over Fences               
          Jonas Colmer - 1st - Impy               
          Leanne Horinko - 6th - Mikey               
                          
          Advanced Walk Trot Canter Equitation               
          Kaitlyn Bennett - 5th - Roosevelt               
          Christina Karas - 1st - Stewart               
                          
          Beginner Walk Trot Canter Equitation               
          Alexa Lynskey - 4th - Impy               
                          
          Walk Trot Equitation               
          Emma Rose Chemidlin - 6th - Eva               
          Anjelica Veca - 2nd - Paint               
                          
          Novice Equitation on the Flat               
          Kara Pennino - 4th - Hawk               
          Meg Dunne - 3rd - Patch               
          Anne Daniels - 4th - Stewart               
                          
          Alumni Equitation on the Flat               
          Kristine Kennedy - 1st - Loddie               
                          
Alumni Equitation over Fences               
Kristine Kenney - 2nd - Eva               
                          
Blue Ribbon Count:  18               

Regional Qualifiers – 6 - Ellen Joyce (Novice Fences), Haley Flagg (Intermediate Flat), Sara Lovett (Walk Trot Canter), Sean Ireland (Walk Trot), Ashley Kraft (Intermediate Flat), Anjelica Veca (Walk Trot)     

The Riding Rangers are currently               
4th Place in the Region for '09-'10               
                        
 

The second-seeded Rangers (11-5-5) needed both goals as Ram freshman midfielder Joe Brantmeyer put back the rebound of a penalty kick in the final minute to post his fourth goal in two games and turn Silk’s goal into the game winner.

Drew controlled play all evening, building up a 26-9 advantage in shots and an 8-2 edge in corner kicks, but Farmingdale senior goalkeeper Patrick Gubbins denied the Rangers with four saves and freshman defender Brian Anderson cleared a certain goal from the middle of the net in the second half to thwart Drew.

Junior midfielder Matthew Greenberg crossed a ball from the right side to Jabar who chipped a shot over a diving Gubbins to break the stalemate with exactly 5:54 left.  Then, senior forward Greg Zizik send a through pass over the midfield line to sprinting Silk who gathered the ball on the left side and pushed a shot past a charging Gubbins just 1:40 later.

Brantmeyer earned a penalty kick just minutes later.  Senior David Brigandi made the initial save, but Brantmeyer followed up to ruin the shutout with mere seconds left in the contest.  Brigandi made six saves in the contest.

This is the fifth ECAC Tournament title in Drew’s history; the third under Head Coach Lenny Armuth. 

The game started with both teams throwing proverbial jabs with neither taking a commanding advantage.  Dylan Bulger gave Drew an early lead with a pair of pretty jump hooks, but the Devils and Fetske, in particular, got the Ranger big man in foul trouble.  The game was tied up for fourth time at the 11:30 mark when Mehmet Onen found Pat Dorsey for a cutting layup, 10-10.

A few minutes later McNeil Wrice and Kyle Joyce hit back to back threes to rally Drew from a basket down and build a four point lead.  That advantage would grow to 11 fast break buckets from Mike Mayes and Brown, threes from Onen and Wrice and a layup from Tony Ganter off Mayes’ nice feed. 
FDU finished the half strong as Andrew Biancosino scored seven points in the final two minutes of play.  Brown’s tip in as time expired gave Drew a 33-25 lead at the half.

The second half was full of twists and turns as Drew twice built what looked like commanding leads only to see the Devils battle back.  Bulger’s free throw gave Drew a ten point lead just seconds into the half, but after five minutes of play in the second FDU was within one point.  The Devils went on a 13-4 run with only Mike Mayes putting up points for Drew.  Fetske was becoming a handful, but it was also FDU’s point guard Adam Katz doing damage for the guests. 

Bobby Faiges’ three pointer with 13:16 left again made it a one point game before Drew went on a 12-3 run sparked by Mayes.  A Terrell Brown tip-in made it 44-41 before Mayes scored seven of Drew’s next ten points and had a sweet no-look assist on Kyle Joyce’s fast break layup.  That 11 point 54-43 lead would eventually reach 12 at 58-46 with 6:45 left in the half.  The Devils’ second rally came on at that point.  A jumper by Fetske and a fast break layup by Martin Johnson made it an eight point Drew lead before Biancosino’s three point play made it five, 58-53, with 5:35 left.  A layup by Nnamdi Ekezie and free throws from Brown countered a jumper from Fetske as the Rangers held a seven point edge into the final four minutes. 

That lead was quickly erased by FDU.  Buckets from Faiges and Fetske made it three before Kate hit a free throw with 2:52 left to make it two points.  Katz’s heads up play to steal the ball as the Rangers tried to call time out led to Fetske’s game tying dunk with 2:40 left. 
Off the in-bound, Brown found Mayes for a tough layup in traffic, but Fetske again countered to tie the game for the sixth time.

In the final minute of play, Faiges’ baseline drive drew the Ranger defense off Fetske who easily put in the go ahead layup with under a minute to play, right in front of the Drew Zoo outrageous student section on the baseline. 

With 33 seconds left, Drew had the ball and got it into Bulger in the middle.  The freshman could get hit jumper to fall, but Kyle Joyce was first to the rebound and saved the possession for Drew.  After a timeout, the Rangers swung the ball out to Brown on the right side of the court.  The sophomore beat his man off the dribble, but had his drive closed down by Fetske.  Brown banked it high off the glass and in with 11 seconds left to tie the game at 66-66.  FDU had a final chance, but the long three was off the mark.

Bulger again scored the first points of the period in overtime with a jumper.  After Drew forced a bad shot, Mayes found Tony Ganter alone in the corner.  The sophomore hit nothing but net for a 71-66 lead.  Back at the other end, Johnson hit a driving layup to bring it back to three.  Head Coach Darryl Keckler is now in his second year with the Rangers and perhaps that extra bit of experience helped him out today.  The Rangers were deadly after coming back from timeouts in today’s game, scoring off inbound plays in four of six tries.  This time a long outlet to Mayes led to Joyce feeding Brown for a fast break layup. 

That five point lead didn’t last long though as Katz hit a pair of free throws and then Johnson scored on a breakaway layup.  Up by just one with 1:20 left, Brown and Bulger again came up big.  Bulger grabbed a defensive rebound in traffic and then made a great pass from the top of the key to a cutting Brown for a layup.  That hoop would prove the decisive one as the Devils were unable to come back for once in the game.  Mayes hit a pair of free throws down the stretch – though the Rangers had eight foul shots in the final minute0 – to ice the game for the Rangers as the Drew Zoo sang long and enthusiastic versions of “Na-na-na-na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” and “We Own Madison”. 

Mayes finished with 17 points, ten boards and seven assists while Bulger made the most of his 15 minutes with ten points, six boards and two blocks.  Ganter’s solid 37 minutes included seven points, three boards and three assists.  Four Devils reached double figures in the loss.  Biancosino had 14 and 10 while Faiges and Katz had 11 and 10 points, respectively.

The Rangers will look to put in a similar effort when they travel to take on Rosemont College on Saturday. 

The first half ended at 28-22 despite the Rangers holding an 11 point lead during the period.  Neither team shot the ball well at the beginning of the game as it took the Rangers nearly six minutes to build a 10-6 lead.  Drew got to that advantage from a three by DelVecchio off a Barber assist and then a reverse of that connection with Barber drilling off DelVecchio’s feed.

A short 7-1 spurt by the Rangers in the middle of the half gave Drew a 24-13 lead.  Two low-post newcomers, Britta Olsen and Rebecca Smith, helped out in the run with buckets.  FDU would cut that lead to 26-21 within minutes as Courtney Young knocked down a pair of jumpers and Meghan Lentine scored off Young’s assist with 2:19 left in the half.  After an Olsen bucket, Michlovsky’s free throw was the half’s final tally.

The second half began with a barren spell from both squads before the game found its pace and turned into the intense, physical encounter that one would expect for the rivalry.  DelVecchio sparked the Rangers’ first run of the half with a steal and a three on the ensuing possession.  Eden Blazovic then showed the talent that made her such a key recruit in the offseason.  The forward grabbed an offensive rebound and then knocked down a jumper for a 33-23 lead.  The first-year then proved that she can run the court as well as any post player in the Ranger program for a few years; she stole the ball at one end and was then on the receiving end of a slick pass from Barber for a fast break layup just moments later.  That hoop by Blazovic gave Drew a 12 point, 35-23, lead, the largest of the game.

The Devils called a timeout and regrouped well.  Seven straight points from Shealyn Taggart cut the lead to six points with 12:17 left in the game.  FDU would cut it to two points on a Shannon Smith free throw four minutes later before Barber would drag the Rangers back to an eight point advantage.  The sophomore hit a pair of free throws to make it 39-35 with 7:10 left.  On FDU’s next possession, she grabbed a defensive rebound and then started a fast break which finished with her setting up Jessica Reid with a nice look.  After a Taggart hoop, Barber found Reid again for a layup.  With four minutes left, Barber did it herself with a steal and breakaway layup for a 45-37 score. 

The key to the game by this point had been DelVecchio’s incredible defensive effort on Michlovsky.  The senior forward had been averaging 21 points per game this season, but JDV had frustrated the FDU star to the point of exasperation and forcing her into bad turnovers.  FDU’s supporting cast had to make some plays again to pull the lead back down to four points with under three minutes to play.  Shannon Smith converted a layup before Courtney Young old-school three-pointer made it 45-42.  Michlovsky then scored her only points from the field in the entire game with a jumper at the 2:51 to counter DelVecchio’s free throw at the other end.   

The score remained 46-44 into the final 90 seconds of the game when Barber again came up big.  She knocked down a jumper off JDV’s assist to bring the score to 48-44, but Michlovsky made one of two free throws to make it a one possession game again.

The Rangers made it tough on their fans in the final minute of play.  Back-to-back turnovers gave the Devils two chances to tie up, but both times the Ranger defense shut them down.  With 21 seconds left, Barber stripped Young, but was then stripped by Smith.  Smith hit one of two and the Devils now trailed by just two, 48-46.  Back at the other end Barber drew a foul to get to the line with 15 seconds left.  She hit one of two as well, but once again the Rangers’ D forced the Devils into a rushed three pointer that Barber rebounded.  This time, she hit both of her free throws and the Rangers ran out the time on a 51-46 victory.

The Rangers have so many positives to take away from the game besides simply a tough win over a fierce rival.  Drew shot just 29.5% on the day and hit just 5-17 three pointers.  The Rangers won just one game last season when they shot that poorly from the field, but they showed that they will have the variety of offensive weapons to compete even when cold from the floor this season.  The Rangers got 20 points and 20 rebounds combined from Blazovic, Reid, Smith and Olsen in day’s win to help overcome an off day from reigning Landmark Player of the Week Kat Luby.  Certainly, another huge game from Barber (18 pts, six rebounds, six assists and four steals) helped.  Drew did get out rebounded again, but by forcing 23 turnovers it was able to overcome the opponent’s second chances.

DelVecchio finished with 13 points and Reid had eight.  Young led the Devils with 14 points while Taggart came on strong in the second half to finish with 11.  Michlovsky had seven points and ten boards. 

The Rangers will look to improved to 3-0 on Friday when they go for the Madison/Florham/Convent Station sweep in a match up with St. Elizabeth’s at the Ramapo Tournament.  But, they can already claim to be Champions of Madison Avenue for at least one year. 

Newspaper Box Score
FDUW0910 vs Drew Rangers
11/18/09 6:00 at Baldwin Gym
At Baldwin Gym
DREW RANGERS 51, FDUW0910 46
FDUW0910 (1-2)

Courtney Young 6-15 1-1 14; Shealyn Taggart 4-18 2-2 11; Meghan Lentine 2-5
4-6 8; Danielle Michlovsky 1-3 5-10 7; Shannon Smith 2-4 2-4 6; Alex Katz
0-0 0-0 0; Matil Mangual 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 15-48 14-23 46.

DREW RANGERS (2-0)
Danielle Barber 5-18 7-10 18; Jessica DelVecchio 4-9 1-2 13; Jessica Reid
4-5 0-0 8; Eden Blazovic 3-7 0-0 6; Britta Olsen 1-4 2-3 4; Rebecca Smith
1-6 0-0 2; Jana Jagodzinski 0-2 0-0 0; Ashley Logan 0-1 0-0 0; Victoria Ault
0-3 0-0 0; Katherine Luby 0-5 0-0 0; Jen Mateo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-61 10-15
51.

FDUW0910......................   22   24  -   46
Drew Rangers..................   28   23  -   51

3-point goals--FDUW0910 2-9 (Courtney Young 1-4; Shealyn Taggart 1-5), Drew
Rangers 5-17 (Jessica DelVecchio 4-8; Danielle Barber 1-3; Jana Jagodzinski
0-1; Victoria Ault 0-1; Katherine Luby 0-4). Fouled out--FDUW0910-None, Drew
Rangers-None. Rebounds--FDUW0910 46 (Danielle Michlovsky 10), Drew Rangers
33 (Britta Olsen 7). Assists--FDUW0910 6 (Courtney Young 3), Drew Rangers 12
(Danielle Barber 6). Total fouls--FDUW0910 13, Drew Rangers 16. Technical
fouls--FDUW0910-None, Drew Rangers-None. A-237

Drew’s Fencing team opened its 2009-10 season with the Drew Invitational held in the Simon Forum on Saturday.  The day-long event saw the women’s team post a 5-1 record while the men went 3-2.  Among the highlights was Alex Van Den Bergh and Alicia Rapp each going perfect for the day.

The women defeated Maryland, NJIT, Lafayette, SUNY-Stony Brook and USMA while falling to only Queen’s College.  Rapp led the way with a combined record of 16-0 (two bouts were not fenced).  Her performance was crucial in the 15-12 win over USMA as the saber team provided the decisive points with a 6-3 weapon win.  In fact, it was Rapp and the saber team that performed with the most consistency for the Rangers, losing only to SUNY and compiling a 41-13 record overall.  Tracy Villaluz went 3-0 against Lafayette to help Drew to a 16-11 victory.

Allison Walters held the young epee squad together with a 13-2 record on the day.  Her 3-0 record against USMA helped the Rangers to the slim victory.  The senior won all three of her bouts in four matches.  Anna Kasperowitz led the foilists with an 11-7 record. 

On the men’s side, three good wins were offset by a pair of tough losses.  Both Cornell and NJIT defeated the Rangers by narrow scores of 15-12.  The wins, on the other hand, were hefty ones.  Drew defeated Hunter, 22-5, SUNY, 18-9, and USMA, 18-9.  Van Den Bergh’s big day helped the epee squad to a 4-1 record.  The junior went a perfect 15-0 in his bouts as the epeeist went 34-11 overall.  Shaun Geiger’s 3-0 performance helped the Rangers take the match with Stony Brook.

Saber fencer Sulia Mason led his team to a 2-3 record.  Mason’s 10-5 overall record was the best of the team.  The foil team went 3-2 on the day.  Among the top performances were Scott Bransdorfer’s 3-0 match against Stony Brook and Dillon Feigenbaum’s 3-0 against USMA.

Men’s Results
vs. Cornell, L, 15-12

Vs. NJIT, L, 15-12

Vs. Hunter, W, 22-5

Vs. SUNY Stony Brook, W 18-9

Vs. USMA, W 18-9

Women’s Results

Vs. Maryland, W 18-9

Vs. NJIT, W, 15-12

Vs. Lafayette, W 16-11

Vs. Stony Brook, W 17-10

Vs. USMA, W 15-12

Vs. Queen’s, L 15-12

Drew men’s soccer advanced to the ECAC Metro Tournament Championship match by winning a thrilling game against Richard Stockton, 3-2, at Rutgers-Newark in overtime.  The Rangers trailed 1-0 before a pair of Greg Zizik goals gave Drew the 2-1 lead.  The Ospreys tied it up with just minutes to go.  Anthony Pisani scored the game’s Golden Goal in the eighth minute of overtime.  The Rangers will face either the host Rutgers-Newark Scarlet Raiders or the Farmingdale Rams in the finals tomorrow at 7 pm.

After a scoreless first half of play, Rafael Duarte put the Ospreys ahead in the 57^th minute of play with a blast into the upper right corner of the goal.  Stockton deserved the goal and could have had more had David Brigandi not been so effective in goal for the Rangers.  The senior, a Second Team All-Landmark Conference selection this season, made six saves before the 65^th minute when the game changed.  A red card issued to a Stockton player gave Drew the impetus to attack with more fervor. 

Six minutes after gaining the upper hand, Drew equalized through Matthew Greenberg and Greg Zizik.  Greenberg crossed the ball from the right side to Zizik in the middle of the box; the senior put it away into the left side to tie it up 71 minutes played.

It didn’t take long for Drew to grab a second and take the lead.  This time it was senior Jonah Silk who crossed it into the box, but it was Zizik again with the finish.  The Rangers first four time First Team All-Conference selection since the immortal Marvin Lopez C’98, Zizik headed in his fifth goal in the last six games. 

With the man advantage, a lead and one of the best defenses in the NCAA, the Rangers looked sure to close out the victory in regulation, but Duarte had a different plan.  The junior headed in Sean Nelson’s corner kick in the 85^th minute to send the game into overtime.

For the seventh time this season, Drew went into extra periods.  The added time had not been kind to the Rangers previously as Drew was just 0-2-5 in OT.  Tonight playing in what could have been his final game, Tony Pisani won the game and put the Rangers at the brink of a trophy with a terrific game winner.  Again Greenberg was the provider as he picked out Pisani 25-yards out with a cross from the left.  Pisani crunched a shot into the right side of goal from distance to end the game at 3-2.  It was Pisani’s second game winner of the season and fifth of his career.  The win also gave Lenny Armuth his 14^th season of ten wins or more; only once has he won fewer than ten games during his tenure at Drew.

Drew will face either Rutgers-Newark or Farmingdale in the finals on Sunday at 7 pm.

Goal                    Time                    Team                    Goal Scorer                    Assists                    Description

1.                    54:09                    STOCK                     Rafael Duarte                    (unassisted

2.                    71:54                    DREW                     Greg Zizik                    Matthew Greenberg 

3.                    74:50                    DREW                     Greg Zizik                    Jonah Silk                   

4.                    85:02                    STOCK                     Rafael Duarte                    Sean Nelson                   

5.                    98:26                    DREW                     Anthony Pisani                    Matthew

CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS

DREW                     #3                    Vincent Costa                     Yellow card                    22:14

STOCK                     #3                    Harry Middleton                     Yellow card                    25:45

STOCK                     #8                    Devin Reilley                     Red card                    65:38

Officials: Referee: Peter Mandell; Asst. Referee: TJ Zablocki; David Bahamonde; Timekeeper: Kevin Matawa; Scorer: Robert Falk;

Offsides: Richard Stockton 2, Drew 0.

ECAC Metro Championship Semifinals

Davis and Eggert provided the highlights for the women’s team.  For the second straight meet, Davis claimed first place in an event as she won the 200 IM.  The senior posted a 2:30.14, her best time in the event at Drew.  Eggert, just off the field hockey turf, won the 50 Free in 27.70, not a great time for the junior who has posted mid-26s, but a solid starting point for the season. 

The women’s 200 Medley Relay placed second and showed some promise.  Both Lindsay Root and Kati Eggert posted the fastest time of their respective legs of the relay.  Root gave the Rangers a 2.30 second lead as the opening swimmer.  Eggert’s 29.24 third leg regained time lost in the second leg. 

Root continued to impress in her collegiate debut meet later in the day.  The first-year, also a member of Drew’s soccer team, placed second in the 100 Back with a time of 1:07.29, a mark that ranks behind only Selena Davis’ from last season’s Top 5. 

Sophomore Jasmine Prokscha set another personal record in the 1000 Free.  After cutting two seconds off her previous best last week, Prokscha shaved another five this week in posting a 12:50.18.

On the men’s side, Fabricant was the big story.  The sophomore won both of his individual events, the 500 and 1000 Free.  Fabricant touched first in the 1000 with a time of 11:23.82, nearly 30 seconds faster than the second place finisher.  Later in the day, he posted a 5:33.69 to win the 500 Free. 

Two freshmen had solid performances for the Rangers as well.  Ulysses Baldwin-Beneich placed second in the 200 IM with a 2:20.43.  Walter Bakun swam a powerful 50 Free to take third place in the event with a 24.19, a time good enough to be the Rangers’ best last season as well as the early part of this season.

The Rangers are home next Friday to take on Mt. St. Mary’s at 6 pm. 

 Drew v Ursinus

Alyssa Goodman earned First Team honors for the second time in her career, though her first time as a midfielder.  The senior moved from forward to outside midfielder during the season to provide unrelenting hustle and incisive dribbling from the wing.  She ranked sixth in the Landmark in points (15), fourth in goals (7) and second in game winning goals (3) in all games.  She also ranked in the Top 10 in points and goals in Landmark Conference play.  Also a First Team selection in ’07, Goodman played in 71 games in her Drew career while scoring 24 goals.  The Neuroscience major ranks in Drew’s Career Top Ten in goals (7th, 24) and points (7th, 56). 

Kim Miranowic earned First Team honors following another strong season in central defense.  Outside of the first Landmark game of the season, the Rangers allowed just two goals in conference play, thanks in large part to Miranowic’s partnership with Allison McCord.  The senior was a threat to score on every set piece as she tallied a goal and assisted on two others while hitting woodwork on at least five other occasions.  A Second Team All-Landmark selection last year, Miranowic started all 57 games since joining the Rangers as a sophomore in 2007.  

Emily Weida was the third Ranger named to the First Team.  The sophomore ranked second on the team in goals with six and tied Goodman for the team lead in points with 15.  With three goals and two assists in conference play, the forward ranked in the Landmark’s Top Five in goals, assists and points.  She was named the Landmark’s Offensive Player of the Week in October.  For her short career, Weida has 11 goals and five assists.

Christine Meconi represents the Rangers on the Second Team.  The sophomore played mostly midfield before moving to forward during the Landmark campaign.  Meconi had the best match of any Landmark player this season with her game winning performance against Juniata.  The Brooklyn, NY native scored three times and assisted on the fourth in Drew ‘s 4-1 win over the Eagles.  The hat trick earned not only Landmark Player of the Week accolades, but ECAC Regional Player of the Week honors as well.  She followed that breakout performance with a goal against Catholic that earned a point and then a two-goal haul against FDU in late October.

Moravian College topped the All-Conference voting with five selections, but four other teams earned four selections. All seven Landmark teams placed at least one player on the team. Champion The Catholic University of America came home with two of the major individual awards as senior defender Helene Nicoletti was voted the Defensive Player of the Year and freshman Courtey Orgill was picked as the Landmark Rookie of the Year. Scranon midfielder Chelsea Paskman was voted the Offensive Player of the Year, which comes two years after she earned Landmark Rookie of the Year honors. Susquehanna Head Coach Kathy Kroupa and her staff were selected as the Coaching Staff of the Year.

2009 All-Landmark Conference Women’s Soccer Team
First Team
Pos-Name Class Hometown (High School)
F-Kelly Donnelly, Catholic  Jr. Garden City, N.J. (Garden City)
F-Abby Montgomery, Susquehanna Sr. Hughesville, Pa. (Hughesville)
F-Emily Weida, Drew So. Lancaster, Pa. (Lancaster Country Day)
M-Julie Brisky, Susquehanna Jr. Selinsgrove, Pa. (Selinsgrove Area)
M-Alyssa Goodman, Drew Sr. Schenectady, N.Y. (Emma Willard)
M-Chelsea Paskman, Scranton Jr. Chalfont, Pa. (Central Bucks South)
M-Diana Spadaro, Catholic Sr. Stony Point, N.Y. (Albertus Magnus)
D-Diana Feldman, Moravian So. York, Pa. (Central York)
D-Kim Miranowic, Drew Sr. Edison, N.J. (Edison)
D-Helene Nicoletti, Catholic Sr. Haddonfield, N.J. (Haddonfield)
D-Erin Unterstein, Scranton Sr. Lincroft, N.J. (Middletown South)
G-Alyssa Kemmerer, Susquehanna Sr. Berwick, Pa. (Berwick Area) 

Second Team
Pos-Name Class Hometown/High School
F-Shannon McEvoy, Moravian Jr. Lafayette, N.J. (High Point)
F-Christine Meconi, Drew So. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Midwood)
F-Courtney Orgill, Catholic Fr. Wall, N.J. (Wall)
M-Sydney Parker, Scranton Fr. Randolph, N.J. (Randolph)
M-Sisley Pumilia, Goucher Jr. Spofford, N.H. (Keene)
M-Emily Rodriguez, Moravian Jr. Bethlehem, Pa. (Liberty)
M-Alessandra Valdetara, Moravian Sr. Butler, N.J. (Butler)
D-Eileen Black, Moravian Fr. Branchburg, N.J. (Somerville)
D-Melissa Johnson, Juniata Sr. Colonia, N.J. (John F. Kennedy)
D-Caitlin Murphy, Susquehanna Jr. Rutherford, N.J. (Rutherford)
G-Caitlin Byrne, Scranton Jr. East Rutherford, N.J. (IHA)
G-Kellen Matthews, Goucher Jr. Northboro, Mass. (Algonquin Regional)

Offensive Player of the Year: Chelsea Paskman, Scranton
Defensive Player of the Year:  Helene Nicoletti, Catholic
Rookie of the Year: Courtney Orgill, Catholic
Coaching Staff of the Year (Head Coach): Susquehanna (Kathy Kroupa)

http://www.landmarkconference.org/sports/wsoc/2009-10/news/LCwsocc_allconference_11_12_09

The meet started promisingly, but also foreshadowed the eventual results.  Both Selena Davis (31.68) and freshman Walter Bakun (27.16) gave the Rangers’ 200 Medley Relay teams leads after blistering lead backstroke legs.  Unfortunately, the middle legs heavily favored Ramapo in both races as the Roadrunners took the 11 points each time.  Head Coach Eric Scheingoltz is optimistic about the men’s 200 Medley Team’s potential and it is easy to see why with Bakun leading off and Alex Braunstein anchoring the relay with a 24.46 freestyle leg, the fastest of the day.

Freshman Ben Kurose showed his potential as a point grabber in the men’s 1000.  Kurose put up solid times in the middle laps to take second place with a 11:39.29 nearly 55 seconds ahead of the third place finisher.  Sophomore Jasmine Prokscha was a pleasant surprise last season and raised expectations even more by swimming a 12:55.47 1000 Free, nearly two seconds faster than her best time in that event all of last season.

Freshman Damien Berube swam a 2:11.78 in the 200 Free, which would have been a Top 5 time for the Rangers last season, and later took fourth in the 100 Fly with a 1:02.89.  That time would have been the best of the season for the Rangers in ’08-09, but it wasn’t even the best of the race today.  Berube’s classmate Uly Baldwin-Beneich touched at 1:00.87, besting last season’s top time by nearly four seconds.

Bakun joined his freshmen classmates in opening some eyes with a powerful second place in the 100 Backstroke.  Following up his relay leg in the opening event, Bakun pounded out a 1:00.71 100 Back, a nearly two second improvement on last season’s top time.

Sophomore newcomer Alex Braunstein announced his arrival with a pair of thundering freestyle races.  Braustein swam a ferocious anchor leg of the 200 Medley in 24.46 before taking fourth place in the 50 Free in 25.09.

Almost lost in all the rookie performances was the great improvement shown by junior John Feniello.  Feniello dropped .16 off his best 100 Free from last season to touch at 54.60 for third place.  He was even more impressive as the third leg of the 200 Free Relay when he posted a 24.70 time, the best for the Rangers on the day and a 1:30 second improvement of last season.

The star of the day was Davis, though.  The senior won the 100 Backstroke with an impressive 1:06.01, nearly a full second faster than her best time from last year when she placed eighth in the Landmark Conference.  Along with her good leg as the backstroke of the 200 Medley, Davis swam a 27.38 leg of the 200 Free Relay, the best of the Ranger times.  The women’s team was missing four swimmers due to injury or commitments to other Ranger teams including sophomore Marissa Kraynak and junior sprinter Kati Eggert.

The Rangers get back into action next Friday with a trip to Ursinus.

Drew vs. Ramapo

Drew’s men’s soccer’s 2009 Landmark Conference Regular Season championship was rewarded with a number of post-season honors.  Senior defender John Jabar was named the Landmark’s Defensive Player of the Year while Lenny Armuth and his staff was selected by its peers as the Conference’s Coaching Staff of the Year.  Seniors Anthony Pisani and Greg Zizik joined Jabar on the All-Landmark First Team.  Junior Curits Fornarotto and senior keeper David Brigandi represented the Rangers on the Second Team.

John Jabar capped his stellar senior season by being selected as the Landmark’s Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Landmark First Team.  Jabar led the Ranger defense to the NCAA’s sixth best Team Goals Against Average (0.42) and fourth best Shutout Percentage (0.72).  The Rangers allowed just two goals in Landmark games during the regular season with Jabar’s central defensive dominance a key factor.  Twice he was named the Defensive Player of the Week as he started all 19 games and recorded one assist.  Jabar, an economics major, was a Second Team All-Landmark selection last season.

“The most impressive thing about John’s play is his determination to win the ball,” said Armuth.  “Whenever it is in the air, John calls for it and almost always wins it.  He is one of the hardest tacklers I’ve ever had at Drew.  His physical play and willingness to give up his body for the team set the tone for us for the last two seasons.”

Tony Pisani and Greg Zizik join Jabar on the First Team.  Pisani earned his second straight All-Landmark First Team nod by starting every game at center midfield and leading the Rangers in scoring.  The senior netted four goals and assisted on two others.  For his career, the Wyckoff, NJ native has played in 75 games for Drew while scoring 11 goals, four of which were game winners.

“When Tony is on his game, he is one of the best midfielders around,” said Armuth.  “He creates scoring chances and finishes them.  On defense, he works hard and can win the ball back for us.  There were many games when he was the best player on the field.”

Greg Zizik became the Drew’s first four-time First Team All-Conference player since Marvin Lopez C’98.  The Landmark’s Offensive Player of the Year last season, Zizik’s senior season was decimated by an injury in preseason.  The senior returned to score four times in Landmark Conference games including two game-winners.  Often double-teamed by the opposing defense, Zizik was still able to lead the team in Landmark scoring. 

One of the most prolific scorers in Drew’s history, Zizik ranks eighth all-time in goals at Drew with 39 and seventh in points with 92.  He was a first-team All-Freedom Conference selection and conference Rookie of the Year as a freshman.  In 2007 as a sophomore, he was a first team All-Landmark selection.  That season he tied for Landmark lead in points with 20 and nine goals, had three game winning goals and was named the Landmark Conference Player of the Week for Championship week as he scored game-winner with a bent corner kick in the semis against Susquehanna and scored the game-winner in the finals with a free kick against Scranton.  In 2008, the Cinnaminson native was the Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Year, a First Team All-Landmark Conference selection and a Second Team NSCAA Regional All-American selection.  He scored 16 goals, assisted on nine others for 41 points to led the Landmark in points and goals and rank second in assists.

Last, but certainly not least, Head Coach Lenny Armuth was selected by his peers as conference Coach of the Year for the eighth time in his tenure at Drew.  Armuth and his staff guided the Rangers out of some early season struggles to the Landmark Conference Regular Season title for the second straight season.  The Rangers’ defense emerged as one of the best in the country and certainly the stingiest in the Landmark despite injuries to goalkeepers Jeff Rogers and Brigandi and Zizik.  Armuth has taken his Ranger teams to the conference playoff every season at Drew and will reach additional post-season play for the 15th consecutive year.  Armuth and his assistants, Cesar Barrientos, Eric Studnicky and Paul Johnson guided the Rangers to a 5-1 regular season record.

A pair of Rangers was named to the All-Landmark second team.  Junior defender Curtis Fornarotto and senior keeper David Brigandi were both crucial parts of the Rangers’ nationally ranked defense.  Fornarotto started all 19 games in the center of defense with Jabar as Drew posted a 0.29 Goals Against Average in Landmark play.  Brigandi was the starting keeper for the majority of those games.  The senior came on as a sub for Jeff Rogers during the conference opener at Moravian and would go on to maintain that shutout and post three more as the Rangers’ starting keeper.  Brigandi allowed just six goals all season while recording a .818 save percentage and a 0.62 GAA to earn his first All-Landmark honors.

LANDMARK HONORS STUDENTS ON MEN’S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

MADISON, N.J. – The Landmark Conference has honored twenty-four student-athletes with selections to the to the 2009 All-Landmark Conference Men’s Soccer team as voted by the conference’s eight head coaches. The inaugural All-Landmark Team includes a first and second team with 12 honorees on each team, with the selections being made by position. The voting for the All-Conference Team took place after the conclusion of the regular season and prior to the start of the Landmark postseason.

Regular season conference champion Drew University earned the most honorees with five selections while three other teams earned four honorees. Drew senior defender John Jabar was voted the Defensive Player of the Year, while Head Coach Lenny Armuth and his staff were picked as the Coaching Staff of the Year. The United States Merchant Marine Academy claimed the other two individual awards as senior forward Clint Foster was chosen as the Offensive Player of the Year and freshman defender Kurt Olsen (Charlotte, N.C./Providence Day) was voted the Rookie of the Year. Seniors dominated the voting as 11 of the 12 spots on the first team were claimed by seniors. All eight Landmark institutions earned at least one spot on the All-Conference Team.

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Nicole DiBattista earned her second First Team All-Landmark selection after another outstanding season in midfield for the Rangers.  The senior was the Landmark’s top scoring midfielder and fifth overall with 30 points (1.67 per game).   She was tied for sixth in goals with 11 and third in assists with eight.  A true full-field player, DiBattista also ranked fifth in defensive saves with four.  She was the Rangers’ best player in Landmark Conference games, leading the team and ranking in the LC’s Top 10 in points, goals and assists.  The Newton, NJ native is the Landmark’s All-Time leader in assists in conference play with nine.  In addition to her two First Team nods, DiBattista was a second team selection in ’07 and she has been named to the NFHCA All-Region Second Team as well.

Sophomore defender Hannah Rau earned conference honors for the first time after emerging as a force on both ends of the field.  Rau record two goals and three assists, all in Landmark Conference play.  She also tied for fifth in the Landmark in defensive saves with four in all games and two in conference play to grab First Team recognition.

Kati Eggert was tabbed for the All-Landmark Second Team.  After moving from attack to midfield this season, the junior ranked fourth on the team in poits with 20 and second in assists with eight.  Those marks also placed her in the Landmark’s Top Ten for both statistics.

http://www.landmarkconference.org/sports/fh/2009-10/news/LCfh_allconference_11_10_09

Steve Monteleone completed his breakout season by taking 67th place, the highest of any Ranger in more than four years.  The sophomore ran a 28:32.9 over the 8K course at Mt. Greylock Regional High School.  The time surpassed his previous best by nearly 20 seconds, even though it was set just a week ago at the Landmark Conference Championships.  The great performance caps an outstanding rookie season for the transfer student.  He came oh-so-close to winning the Brooklyn Invitational earlier in the year, was named the Landmark’s Runner of the Week in October and earned the highest place for a Drew runner in the history of the LC Championships.

If not for Monteleone’s arrival, freshman Zack Mower would have been able to claim nearly all of those honors.  After posting one of the best freshman seasons in a long time for the Cross Country program, Mower was able to culminate his campaign with a personal best of 29:21.4, a full 12 seconds faster than his time at the Landmark’s last week and nearly a full minute faster than his time at the season opening meet.  Mower just missed out on a Top 100 placement, taking 103rd overall.

Junior Andrew Ehlert placed third of the Rangers and 198th overall, just ahead of freshman Maxwell Rich in 200th.  Rich was another of the Rangers to post a PR as he cut 20 seconds off his previous record, again set just a week ago.
The Rangers fifth place finisher was another freshman, Tim Barnum.  Barnum took 211th with a time of 32:00.7, just under ten seconds faster than his time at the Landmark’s last week, another PR and 1:48 faster than his time at the season-opener. 

Finally, senior Greg Del Russo closed out his gutsy career with a PR.  The senior has battled through some though seasons during his four years on the Ranger squad to become a captain this year.  He finished off his career in style, missing his PR set last season by just three tenths of a second at 33:00.4.


27.   779  Drew            (30:33.3  152:46.5)
  1     67  Steve Monteleone     SO    28:32.9
  2    103  Zack Mower           FR    29:21.4
  3    198  Andrew Ehlert        JR    31:23.8
  4    200  Maxwell Rich         FR    31:27.7
  5    211  Tim Barnum           FR    32:00.7
  6   (234) Greg Del Russo       SR    33:00.4

Drew men’s soccer player Vincent Costa was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II Second Team.  A senior biochemistry major, Costa earned the prestigious honor as voted on by the regions Sports Information Directors through CoSIDA.  On the field, Costa is a midfielder and three year starter for the Rangers.  He has played in over sixty five games and recorded five goals and five assists in his career.  He has been named to the Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll three times.  Last year, he was named to an even higher honor as he was tabbed for the Landmark Conference All-Academic Team.  Following the 2008-09 academic year, the Stony Point, NY native earned Drew’s prestigious Sherman “Doc” Plato Young Scholar Award.