Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin grad Cole hits milestone, again

Jenna Cole is one of those rare cases: a basketball player who gets to celebrate the 1,000-point mark twice in her college career.

Cole, a Norwin graduate and a senior forward at La Roche, accomplished the feat over the weekend as she scored her 1,000th point as a player at La Roche.

She started her career at Pitt-Greensburg and scored 397 points there. She tallied more than 600 in her first two seasons at La Roche to top 1,000 points last January.

But when she tallied a team-best 18 points in a 78-69 win over Penn State Behrend, she eclipsed 1,000 points at La Roche, raising her career total to 1,403.

The returning Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Year, Cole is the 14th player in La Roche program history to reach the milestone.

The Redhawks (8-4) are 8-0 in the AMCC, and Cole is contributing 12.4 points and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 46% from the field.

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Women’s basketball

Pitt-Greensburg: Junior Nadege Durand registered her seventh double-double of the season with 23 points and 12 rebounds, sophomore Maddie Sitler had 12 points and junior Shaquoia McCray grabbed 11 rebounds for UPG in a 62-55 victory over Medaille.

Junior Maddy Coddington (Greensburg Central Catholic) had six assists for the Bobcats, who assisted on 13 of their 20 field goals.

UPG will host Mt. Aloysius Wednesday for its first weekday game in a month.

Saint Vincent: Junior forward Madison Kollar (Latrobe) scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting, and junior guard Carlee Kilgus added 15 points as the Bearcats (9-5, 5-0 PAC) defeated Bethany, 79-58, for their third straight win.

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Men’s basketball

Pitt-Greensburg: UPG (11-2, 7-1) ran its winning streak to four with an 89-70 victory over Medaille as junior Matt Johnson scored 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting, and junior Cam Seigfreid (Penn-Trafford) added 19 points, including three 3-pointers.

Sophomore Jojo France scored 13 points, sophomore Torian Jenkins came off the bench to net 12 and senior Brady Kingston had 10 and five assists.

UPG made 36 of 65 shots (55.4%).

Saint Vincent: The Bearcats (9-5, 4-1 PAC) went back-and-forth with Bethany to earn their sixth straight win, 67-66. Junior Cletus Helton made a late floater in the lane, and Bethany missed a couple of chances to go ahead in the closing seconds. Junior Shemar Bennett led SVC with 22 points and 19 rebounds, Helton added 18 points and David Stephen chipped in 14.

Bennett was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Player of the Week.

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Women’s indoor track & field

Penn State: Senior Maddie Holmberg (Hempfield) won the season-opening long jump title at the Nittany Lion Challenge with a mark of 6.12 meters.

Seton Hill: Four Griffins placed first at the Marietta Open. Sophomore TerryLee Talasky won the 300-meter dash (43.18 seconds), senior Skye Christian won the mile (5:13.63), junior Julia Lersch won the 3,000 (11:29.42) and redshirt sophomore Morgan Vincent was victorious in the pole vault (3.45 meters).

Christian was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week.

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Men’s indoor track & field

Chatham: Sophomore Brett Seich (Belle Vernon) was named the PAC Athlete of the Week. He won the mile at the Oberlin Dan Kinsey Invitational. He also anchored the 1,600-meter relay (3:47.05).

St. Francis (Pa.): Freshman Nick Hyde was named the Northeast Conference Men’s Rookie of the Week after winning the shot put at the Great Dane Classic in Staten Island, N.Y. His winning throw was 56 feet, 4.75 inches. Hyde attended Southmoreland before finishing his prep career at Somerset.

Seton Hill: Winners for the Griffins at the Marietta Open were freshman Joseph Piper (Latrobe) in the 55-meter dash (6.54 seconds), freshman Zakharee Williams (Latrobe) in the 400 (53.56), sophomore Samuel Hartman (7.67) in the 55-meter hurdles and freshman Hunter Martin in the long jump (6.43 meters) and triple jump (13.15 meters).

Westminster: Freshman Ryan Beard (Franklin Regional) was named the PAC Field Athlete of the Week after a strong showing at the Dan Kinsey Invitational. He was fifth in the 60-meter dash (7.37 seconds) and the 200 (23.66).