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February 21, 2012

ESU's Hluschak, Ebewo chasing NCAA berths

EAST STROUDSBURG ? Redshirt seniors Adam Hluschak and Ed Ebewo will look to return to the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships as they lead East Stroudsburg University into the Super Region 1 Tournament on Friday and Saturday at UNC-Pembroke.

Hluschak (141 pounds), a national qualifier two years ago, and Ebewo (197), who went last season and is ranked No. 1 in the region and No. 7 in Division II, can earn their second trips by finishing in the top four in the region. The NCAA Division II Championships will be held March 9-10 at Colorado State-Pueblo.

Redshirt sophomore Braden Turner (157) enters the tournament ranked No. 6 in the region. Redshirt senior Thad Frick (165), who was ranked in every poll this season, fell out this week but will have a shot at advancing this weekend. Redshirt sophomore Brendan McKeown (174), ranked No. 5 to open the season, has wrestled just three matches since Dec. 10 due to injury but is 3-0 in that stretch.

Last year, Jeff Jacobs won the regional title at 174 pounds to earn ESU's first regional championship in its second season in Division II. Ebewo advanced by placing third in his weight class. In 2009-10, Hluschak was the regional runner-up at 141 and Shane Mallory was fourth at 184 before finishing as the national runner-up.

The tournament begins Friday at 4 p.m. when the region's 13 schools will wrestle down to the four semifinalists at each weight class. The Saturday morning session begins at 11 a.m. and will include the championship and consolation semifinals. The championship and consolation finals will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Women's basketball Martin recognized again

EAST STROUDSBURG ? East Stroudsburg University forward Jessica Martin has been named the PSAC East Women's Basketball Freshman of the Week for the third straight week, and the seventh time this season, after averaging 8 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks in two games last week.

Martin, who has 69 blocks and leads the PSAC with 2.9 per game, is approaching the PSAC record for blocks by a freshman and set the Warriors' record for rebounds by a freshman on Saturday at West Chester.

Martin started the week on Wednesday with her fourth double-double of the season ? 10 points and 13 rebounds, along with 5 blocks and 2 assists ? in a 65-58 upset of PSAC Tournament-bound Millersville at Koehler Fieldhouse. She followed up with 6 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks in a loss at West Chester.

Martin is averaging 9.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.9 blocks this season and broke ESU Hall of Fame member Lori Pio's freshman rebounding record with 183, surpassing Pio's mark of 178 in 1992-93. She is tied for sixth in the conference and is second among freshmen in rebounding, and has pulled down at least nine boards in five of ESU's last six games. She has hit double-figures six times and has five other games with nine rebounds during her freshman season.

With her eight blocks last week, Martin is three away from tying the PSAC freshman record of 72 set by Shippensburg's Ashley Totedo in 1995-96. The Warriors finish the 2011-12 season with two games this week, traveling to Bloomsburg on Wednesday and hosting Cheyney on Saturday.

College baseball Warriors still No. 3

EAST STROUDSBURG ? The East Stroudsburg University baseball program remained at No. 3 and received one of the nine first-place votes cast in this week's NCBWA Atlantic Region poll after improving to 5-0 with a doubleheader sweep at defending CIAA regular season champion Chowan on Saturday.

ESU moved up two spots to No. 3 in last week's poll after a three-game sweep at CIAA tournament runner-up Saint Augustine's last weekend. The Warriors outscored Saint Augustine's 28-1 in the series and posted 11-3 and 10-2 wins at Chowan in this weekend's series, which was cut two games short due to weather.

Sophomore OF Chris Knott, who was the NCBWA Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week for the series vs. Saint Augustine's, was 5-for-8 at Chowan and hit solo homer to break a 0-0 tie in the fifth inning of the opener. Senior 2B Ryan Guarino hit his fourth career home run later in the inning and the Warriors added seven more runs in the sixth inning.

ESU hit .446 for the series, with 17 hits in the first game and 12 in the second. The Warriors have a .367 average overall, led by Knott (.632, 12-19), redshirt senior 3B/OF Jason Kelmer (.467, 7-15) and sophomore C/DH Eric Forth (.417, 5-12), and have scored at least eight runs in each of their first five games.

Junior Brian Ernst (4.0 IP, 1 hit, 7 strikeouts) and sophomore Keenan Stare (3.1 IP, 1 hit, 7 strikeouts) both improved to 2-0 on the mound and sophomore Keith Moyer didn't allow a hit in a 2.2-inning relief appearance in the second game on Saturday. ESU has a staff ERA of 1.46 and has 40 strikeouts in 37.0 innings to open the season.

The top four teams in this week's poll stayed the same in Mercyhurst, Millersville, ESU and Seton Hill. The Lakers (3-0, seven first-place votes) and Marauders (3-1, one first-place vote) were both idle this week. Seton Hill opened its season with a two-game sweep at Limestone.

College track & field PM West grad breaks record

ITHACA ? Mansfield senior Justen Johnson, a Pocono Mountain West graduate, set the school record in the 200 meters to highlight a record-setting day for the Mansfield indoor track & field team at the Deneault Invitational Saturday at Cornell University.

Johnson won the 200 meters with a time of 22.34 to better David Coyle's 1998 record of 23.06. Johnson holds the school record for the 60, 200, 300, 400, and 500 meter races. His record-setting time also qualifies him for the ECAC/ICAAA Championships.

Roller hockey

Big Wheel Roller Hockey League

Adult League

PMDs 7, Fire-breathing Rubber Duckies 6. Simon Egan 3 goals 2 assists, Brandon Krajnak game-winning goal ... Nicholas Simmonds 2 goals 3 assists.

Wolf Pack 8, Barrom Heroes 6. R.J. Zeleny 3 goals, Eric Cudnohuffky game-winning goal ... Nick Hutta 4 goals.

Good Squad 8, Riks 7. R.J. Power 4 goals 1 assist, Joe Fiume game-winning goal ... John Grieko 3 goals 4 assists.

Jokers 10, Gorillas 8. Dave Orwan 5 goals, Andrew Kaiser 2 goals 3 assists ... Luke Burch 3 goals 1 assist.

U-16 League

Black 2, White 1. Jeremy Felker goal, Dylan Osorio goal ... Aidan Robilatta goal.

Youth basketball

40th Annual Greater Pocono

Basketball Tournament

Monday's games

5th & 6th Grade Boys

NOTRE DAME 15 8-20 38

Austin, Naughton, Smith, Wicki, Mirams, Frazier 24, Gregory 7, McCauley, Riordan 7, Wicki.

WALLENPAUPACK WHITE 16 2-6 34

Vanbuskirk 2, McCabe, Liddy 19, James, Wirth 3, Haupt, Sprague, Santiago 8, Rosenthal 2.

7th & 8th Grade Girls

ESS-JTL 4 1-7 10

Britton 7, Coombs, Delgado, Delorenzo, Miller, Scott, Strugar, Van Duzen 1, Warner-Duncan, Watts, Tom Wing 2, Zayas, Akinyi, Gehman, Hayden.

STROUDSBURG 7th 12 3-4 27

Powlette 6, Eppley 1, Meisse 6, Bruno 4, Wright 6, Fletcher, Fenn, Green 2, Noonan, Wallace, Sims 2, Johnson.

7th & 8th Grade Boys

EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTH 14 2-11 31

Johnson, Gricius, Iaconetti, Liciaga, Kochmansky, Fenwrick, Fears 3, Rickards 2, Duncan 2, Davy 4, Toleno 12, Timko 3, Kross 5.

PLEASANT VALLEY 7th 3 1-2 7

Gonzales, Barker 3, Pandolfo 2, Hardy, Newhart, Byrne, Prator, Gerolimatos, Coursey 2, Ammermann, Blanding, Mitchell, I. Prator, Kearns, George.

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