CSAC participants split in ECAC semifinals
The Colonial States Athletic Conference saw its teams go 1-1 in the semifinal round of the ECAC South men's soccer and volleyball championship tournament.
In Erie, Pa., the seventh-seeded Marywood University men's soccer team defeated third seed Lebanon Valley College 2-1, to advance to Sunday's ECAC championship match. 2012 CSAC Player of the Year
Ryan Jones gave the Pacers an early 1-0 lead, with a goal off of a direct kick in the eighth minute. With seven minutes left in the first half, Lebanon Valley would score to send the game into the intermission tied at 1-1.
After 15 minutes of scoreless action to open the second half, Marywood's
Jamie Mangini's fourth goal of the season put the Pacers ahead 2-1. The goal proved to be the game-winner, as the Pacers made the one-goal lead stand for the final 30 minutes to punch their ticket into Sunday's ECAC championship match.
Marywood (12-6-3) will face #5 seed Alvernia (13-7-3) in Sunday's championship match at 1:00pm. Alvernia defeated #1 seed, and tournament host Penn State-Behrend, in Saturday's other semifinal match.
In the ECAC South volleyball semifinals,
#4 seed Cabrini College saw its season end with a 3-0 defeat (25-15, 25-11, 26-24) to top-seed and host Bethany College (W.Va.) on Saturday morning. The Cavaliers (20-10) were led by
Danielle Carrozza, who posted nine kills and 11 digs.
Sophia Sokolovich led Cabrini with 19 digs, while
Cassidy Koenig dished out 21 assists. Bethany improved to 30-8 with the win, and eventually topped Moravian 3-0 to capture the ECAC South championship.