Westmoreland campus clippings: Belle Vernon's Bailey Parshall off to hot start for Penn State

Penn State had its first five softball games of the season canceled because of inclement weather at the season-opening Coastal Carolina Tournament.

The Nittany Lions had their patience tested, but they took out their frustration on the next opponent.

Led by “Queen B,” as she has become known around the clubhouse, Penn State won two in a row, the second game a one-hit shutout by fifth-year pitcher Bailey Parshall (Belle Vernon).

Parshall struck out nine and walked two in a 5-0 victory at North Florida.

She followed with an 11-strikeout, one-walk effort in a 4-0 win over Jacksonville. She gave up two hits in that victory.

Parshall also tossed a scoreless inning of relief in a 6-1 win over Cleveland State.

She was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week.

Softball

Pikeville: Junior Carolyn Alincic (Mt. Pleasant) was the winning pitcher in the season opener, a 6-0 victory over Trinity International. She struck out 10, walked one and scattered six hits in a complete-game effort.

Towson: Senior first baseman Emma Armstrong (Penn-Trafford) delivered a three-run, go-ahead home run in a 9-6 victory over Sacred Heart. She had two runs scored in the victory for Towson (3-1).

Wrestling

Army: Freshman 125-pounder Ethan Berginc (Hempfield/Jeannette) continued his impressive college debut season. He won his match 12-4 but Army fell to Navy, 18-13.

Edinboro: Junior Luke Kemerer (Hempfield) pinned his opponent in 53 seconds at 157 pounds as the Fighting Scots snapped a 10-match losing streak with a 23-18 win over Bloomsburg. Kemerer is a Pitt transfer.

Iowa: Senior Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional) was named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. Lee, the No. 1-ranked 125-pounder in the country, scored a 51-second fall over Oklahoma State’s Reese Witcraft on Feb. 19. It was his eighth pin this season and 34th for his career — 28 have come in the first period.

Lee has won 52 straight matches dating to 2019.

Waynesburg: Sophomore Trent Patrick (Greensburg Salem) finished fourth at 285 pounds at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships.

West Virginia: Senior 174-pounder Scott Joll (Belle Vernon) won by decision to cap a five-match run for the Mountaineers in a 24-18 victory over Clarion. Joll is 11-9 for the season with five pins and a pair of major decisions.

Men’s indoor track & field

Westminster: Senior Ryan Beard (Franklin Regional) was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week after he recorded three top-three conference times at the Al Campbell Invitational at Akron. He was seventh in the 200-meter in 22.44 seconds, and his 7.14-second time in the 60-yard dash was 13th.

Women’s indoor track & field

Carlow: Grad student Olivia Miller (Ligonier Valley) was named the River States Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Miller won the award for a third time after she accounted for 28 points at the conference finals. She won the high jump (1.58 meters) and took second in the long jump (5.10 meters) triple jump (10.90 meters). She also was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles.

Duquesne: Junior Emily Brozeski (Norwin) picked up a runner-up finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.83 seconds at the Al Campbell Invitational in Akron, Ohio. She also took third in the long jump. Another Dukes’ junior, Sadie Wetzel (Latrobe), finished second in the high jump (1.60 meters), while junior Hannah Sietzinger (Belle Vernon) took third in the 200-meter dash in 25.72. Junior Faith Mucci (Latrobe) joined Seitzinger on the winning 1,600-meter relay team that finished in 3 minutes, 48.73 seconds.

Men’s volleyball

Saint Vincent: Senior Matthew Minkin was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Minkin put together a record performance in a 3-2 win over Hiram with 25 kills, the most in team history, and had a hitting-percentage of .327 and 11 digs.

Thiel: Freshman Tyler Hussey (Norwin) had a game-high 16 kills, five digs and a .407 hitting-percentage as the Tomcats defeated Marantha Baptist, 3-0. Sophomore JC Govannucci (Norwin) had a team-high nine kills, 14 digs and five blocks to power Thiel, but it was tripped up by Central State, 3-1.

Men’s lacrosse

Saint Vincent: Senior Jacob Vicalli and senior Caleb Hawkins each scored three goals, with Hawkins assisting on two other scores, as the Bearcats opened the season with an 11-8 victory over Ohio Wesleyan.

Seton Hill: The Griffins sustained their first loss of the season, but freshman midfielder Carter Green (Penn-Trafford) had three goals in a 17-16 setback against No. 7 Ulndy. Green was a sneaky good quarterback in high school. He helped lead the Warriors to their first WPIAL and PIAA-championships. Junior Vincent Cogliandro had four goals and senior Jeremy Sforzo also had three scores to go with an assist.

Women’s bowling

Saint Vincent: Junior Monique Koehler was named the AMCC Women’s Bowler of the Week. She averaged 200.75 over four games and made the all-tournament team at the Br. Patrick Lacey Memorial Tournament. She made seven consecutive strikes in the championship match against Daemen for a 254 as the Bearcats rallied to win with a team-record score of 1,034. The Bearcats (45-5, 19-1) earned the No. 1 seed at the AMCC Championship next month in Pittsburgh. The top billing is a result of the team’s 10-game sweep at the AMCC tournament played in Buffalo, N.Y. SVC averaged 180.7 on the first day of the event, and 182 on Day 2. Junior Jackie Koehler (192.3) and freshman Abby Justice (196.9) were top scorers.

Baseball

Cal (Pa.): Freshman Jake Kramer (Hempfield) earned his first college win, pitching 1.1 innings of relief, in a 21-7 victory over Lake Erie at Wild Things Park.

Mercyhurst: Sophomore Jayden Walker (Norwin) doubled for the Lakers in a 5-2, season-opening victory over D’Youville.

Penn State: Redshirt senior catcher Josh Spiegel (Penn-Trafford) had two hits for the Nittany Lions in a 9-5 victory over Miami in the season opener.

Seton Hill: After dropping its first two games for its first 0-2 start in 11 years, the Griffins bounced back with a 4-0 victory over Findlay in a nine-inning matchup in Cary, N.C. Senior Owen Sabol (Norwin) and senior Vincenzo Rauso homered, and senior Jack Oberdorf (Greensburg Salem) and freshman Jack Whalen (Norwin) doubled. Junior Aidan Layton, junior Jon McCullough and grad student Caiden Wood combined on a three-hit shutout.

Layton garnered PSAC West Pitcher of the Week honors.

Washington & Jefferson: Senior Tyler Horvat (Penn-Trafford), one of the premier utility players in local Division III baseball, had a dual role in a 10-6 win over Muskingum in the Presidents’ season opener. Horvat tossed five innings, allowing one hit while striking out five and walking two. He also went 2 for 3 with a triple from the leadoff spot.