Ithaca College placekicker Garrett Nicholson has been named the Empire 8 Football Special Teams Player of the week.
Nicholson, a sophomore from State College, kicked two field goals and four extra points in Saturday's 40-21 win over Frostburg State.
For the season Nicholson has made 4 of 5 field goal attempts and all 15 extra point kicks. Ithaca is 4-0.
Football
Shane Dorner (State College, Lafayette) has seven solo tackles and five assists, four sacks for a loss of nine yards, one pass broken up and one pass defended. Lafayette is 3-1.
Coleman Rigg, (Bellefonte, Juniata) has caught two passes for 30 yards.
Colton Myers (State College, Juniata) has six catches for 85 yards.
Michael John (Philipsburg-Osceola, Juniata) has carried the ball three times for a loss of three yards, caught a pass for four yards and returned 16 kicks for 272 yards. Juniata is 1-4.
Shay Ceglar (State College, Shippensburg) has one assisted tackle. He’s also the long snapper for the Raiders, who are 5-0.
Kurt Walker (P-O, Shippensburg) has one assisted tackle as a defensive lineman.
Logan Belinda (State College, Westminster) made his first start of the season at tight end against Grove City and caught two passes for 32 yards. Westminster is 2-2.
Colby Way (State College, Buffalo) has 16 solo tackles and seven assists, four sacks for a loss of eight yards and five tackles for loss for a loss of 12 yards.
Jake Reeder (State College, Buffalo) saw playing time against Connecticut on Saturday. Buffalo is 1-3.
Rob Irwin (Bellefonte, Clarion) has caught three passes for 42 yards including a 5-yard touchdown reception in a 31-27 win over East Stroudsburg on Saturday. Clarion is 3-2
Ian Smith (State College, Kutztown) has four solo and seven assisted tackles, one interception, one tackle for a loss of a yard, one pass breakup and two passes defended. He also has one quarterback hurry. Kutztown is 1-3.
Bernard Smack (State College, Lock Haven) has four receptions for 30 yards, three punt returns for 14 yards and 21 kickoff returns for 437 yards. Lock Haven is 0-5.
Alex Boumerhi (P-O, Lock Haven) is averaging 53.0 yards with one touchback on four kickoffs.
Zach Czap (P-O, Lycoming) has made 11 of 13 extra points and 2 of 4 field goals to help Lycoming to a 4-1 record. He downed three punts inside the 20 in a 33-10 win over King’s College Saturday.
Sam Rodgers (State College, Syracuse) continues to be the long snapper for the Orangemen (1-3).
Mike Horton (P-O, Edinboro) started again at left guard Saturday. Edinboro is 2-2.
Mike Laskowski (State College, Colgate) has seen time on the offensive line for the Raiders (2-3).
Emmitt Terrell (State College, Cornell) has three solo tackles and three assists as well as one pass breakup for Cornell, which is 2-1.
Reid Vanderlinden (State College, Johns Hopkins) has one tackle in three games as a defensive back. The Blue Jays are 5-0.
Jereme Murray (State College, Holy Cross) has three receptions for 30 yards. The Crusaders are 3-0.
Jon Cox (State College, Franklin & Marshall) has played in one game on the defensive line. F&M is 4-1.
Scott Fenstermacher (State College, Taylor) has two assisted tackles. Taylor is 2-3.
Soccer
Andy Blunk (State College, Juniata) has one assist to date.
Anthony Glossner (Penns Valley, Juniata) has two assists. Juniata is 6-5.
Sydney Masters (Bellefonte, Juniata) has two goals and an assist. Juniata is 6-3-1.
Ally Reid (State College, F&M) has one assist. F&M is 2-2-4.
David Trunzo (State College, St. Francis) has taken 16 shots so far. St. Francis is 4-4-2.
Katelyn Gill (State College, Alvernia) has three goals and an assist. Alvernia is 6-3-2.
Kelsey Gill (State College, Alvernia) has five goals to date.
Izabel Scott (State College, Slippery Rock) has one goal. Slippery Rock is 6-3.
Megan Porter (State College, Geneva) has played in 10 games. Geneva is 4-5-1.
Cory Neiderer (Penns Valley, PSU-Behrend) has played in six games. Behrend is 9-1.
Katie Deardorff (Penns Valley, Lebanon Valley) has played in all nine games and has taken three shots. Lebanon Valley is 5-4.
Kathryn Ritter (P-O, Lancaster Bible College)
has scored four goals and has two assists. Lancaster Bible is 7-3.
Kathleen Warner (State College, Clarion) has scored one goal to date.
Liz Ventura (Penns Valley, Clarion) has one assist. Clarion is 1-7-2.
Ella Matalavage (State College, Paul Smiths) starts on a team that is 7-1.
Volleyball
Lauren Hester (State College, Indiana, Pa.) has 130 kills, six assists, 36 aces, 75 digs and 10 blocks. IUP is 9-1.
Elizabeth Horner (State College, Penn) has 13 kills, seven assists, 54 digs, six blocks and four aces. Penn is 6-8.
Kayla Confer (Bald Eagle Area, Lebanon Valley) has 88 kills, two aces, 20 digs and four blocks. Lebanon Valley is 7-8.
Julia Elkin (State College, Muhlenberg) has three kills, eight assists, nine aces and 74 digs. Muhlenberg is 8-6.
Alaina Del Real (State College, American U.) has one kill to date. American is 9-7.
Bella Stachowski (State College, Kenyon) has two kills, 17 assists, 10 aces and 135 digs. Kenyon is 2-7.
Alexandra Fleagle (State College, Slippery Rock) has eight kills, 141 assists, eight aces and 69 digs. Slippery Rock is 6-4.
Kendra Fetzer (BEA, Lock Haven) has two kills and six digs. Lock Haven is 6-4.
Megan Flick (BEA, Lock Haven) has five kills, one ace and three digs.
Field hockey
Mikaela Sloan (State College, Juniata) has played in 10 games. Juniata is 6-4
Tia Dudukovich (State College, St. Francis) has two goals and eight assists. St. Francis is 6-4.
Tori Patrick (State College, Washington & Jefferson) has three goals and three assists. W&J is 5-4.
Brenna Boehman (State College, Haverford) has a goal and an assist. Haverford is 8-1.
Cross Country
Chloe Schmidt (State College, Illinois) ran unattached and placed 102nd in the Notre Dame Invitational where Illinois placed fifth.
Matt Brooker (Penns Valley, Cedarville) placed fourth, highest on his team, in 24 minutes, 43 seconds to lead Cedarville to a thirdplace finish among 44 teams in the All-Ohio Intercollegiate meet Saturday.
Golf
Brian Charles (State College, Goshen College) shot an 88-94-182 as Goshen finished 15th in a 15-team field in the Battle at Blackthorn over the weekend.
