PSAC Athletes of the Week - 10
Football
Eastern Division Offensive Athlete of the Week
Shepherd
Tyson Bagent
Quarterback
Senior
Martinsburg, W.Va. / Martinsburg
Tyson Bagent claims another PSAC Athlete of the Week nod after a nearly perfect day passing in a big win over Bloomsburg. Bagent was 32-of-36 for 310 yards and five touchdowns. He had a 207.1 efficiency rating on the day.
Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
East Stroudsburg
Jacob Keane
Linebacker
Senior
Mount Pocono, Pa. / Pocono Mountain East
Keane tallied seven tackles, 0.5 sacks, and a forced fumble. His forced fumble in the red zone helped seal the victory over Shippensburg.
Eastern Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
East Stroudsburg
Justin Cook
Kick Returner
Freshman
Harrisburg, Pa. / Harrisburg
Cook had a huge day on kickoff returns with 130 total yards with a long of 41 yards. He continues to be a factor after recording a program-record 100-yard kickoff return TD the previous week.
Western Division Offensive Athlete of the Week
Gannon
Kory Curtis
Quarterback
Redshirt Junior
Cape Coral, Fla. / Island Coast
Curtis led Gannon to first upset of a ranked opponent since 2011 and believed to be the biggest upset in school history (highest ranked opponent) as Gannon defeated IUP 43-36. Curtis accounted for 6 TDs and a 2-pt. conversion for 38 points in all. He completed 4 TD passes covering 14, 75, 55, and 8 yards along with TD runs of 10 and 1 yard. He scored the winning touchdown on a one-yard run with 5:09 remaining in the game. Curtis completed 23-of-28 passes for 342 yards and 4 TDs with 0 INTs, adding 9 yards rushing and 2 TDs (gained 37 yards on the ground but was sacked 5 times). In addition, returned to his punting duties after not doing it for several weeks due to an injury. Punted 3 times for a 45.3 yards average, including a career-best 65-yarder. Gannon finished with 464 yards, the most allowed by IUP this year, and the 43 points are most allowed in many years. Gannon held the ball for 34:29, was 8-of-14 on 3rd down and did not commit a turnover.
Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
California (Pa.)
Noah Dillow
Linebacker
Junior
Alum Bank, Pa. / Chesnut Ridge
Dillow set a career high in TFL and tied his career high in sacks, as the Vulcans posted a 44-20 win at Mercyhurst on Saturday afternoon. He led the team with nine tackles and registered 2.5 TFL and 1.5 sacks in the victory. Dillow helped anchor a defense that forced the Lakers into negative-seven rushing yards on 17 attempts behind a combined 5.0 sacks. Overall, Mercyhurst was limited to 237 yards of total offense with two long touchdown passes accounting for 108 yards.
Western Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Slippery Rock
DJ Opsatnik
Place Kicker
Junior
Imperial, Pa. / West Allegheny
Opsatnik was perfect in the placekicking game Saturday in a 31-0 win at Clarion, kicking a 37-yard field goal and making all four of his PAT attempts to account for seven points. He improved to 39-of-40 on PATs this season and the 37-yard kick was his longest made FG this season.
Volleyball
Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
Shippensburg
Kearstin Davis
Setter
Freshman
San Antonio, Texas / Reagan
Freshman setter Kearstin Davis had her best week yet as a Raider, recording 91 assists, 19 digs, six service aces and two kills as the Raiders went 2-0, posting four-set road wins at Bloomsburg and Lock Haven, to keep Shippensburg in a tie for second place in the tight Eastern Division playoff race. Davis's setting helped key a Raider offensive resurgence. 41 percent of her set attempts resulted in kills, including a season-high 48.8 percent of her sets leading to kills at Lock Haven. SU hit .307 as a team at Lock Haven -- its highest offensive efficiency in a PSAC East match this season and second-most efficient match of the season overall. Also in that Lock Haven match, SU hit .500 with 12 kills in the third set, its highest hitting percentage in a set all season. Davis assisted 11 of those 12 kills, and five different Raiders had at least one kill in the frame as well. Davis began the weekend with an outstanding effort at Bloomsburg that featured 52 assists, 14 digs, and a career-high four service aces. Despite a whopping 140 set attempts, 37 percent of Davis's sets resulted in kills. It was the second straight match that Davis eclipsed 50 assists and the third time in the team's last five matches she did so. She also recorded double-digit digs for the third straight match and the sixth time in the last eight overall. She also snuck in two kills on fake sets. At Lock Haven, Davis was one assist shy away from reaching 40 or more assists for the seventh time this season. She finished with a team-high 39 assists in addition to five digs, two block assists and two aces, with the 48 percent of her sets leading to kills.
Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Shepherd
Claire Ellis
Libero
Senior
Louisa, Va. / Saint Catherine’s School
Ellis averaged 20 kills in a week where the Rams went 2-0 with wins over Lock Haven and Bloomsburg. She registered 20 digs in both matches and was perfect on receptions. She also had three aces in Shepherd’s four-set win over Lock Haven.
Western Division Athlete of the Week
Clarion
Cassidy Snider
Outside Hitter
Sophomore
Harmonsburg, Pa. / Conneaut
Cassidy Snider led the Golden Eagles to a pair of road wins last week, helping them to victories over Pitt-Johnstown (3-1) and IUP (3-0). With the wins, Clarion capped a five-match road swing with a 4-1 record, and clinched a home match in the opening round of the PSAC Tournament. Snider averaged 4.86 kills per set and hit .450 over the course of the week, committing just seven errors on 60 attempts compared to 34 kills. She was dominant in the first win of the week, posting 21 kills and a .500 hitting percentage against the Mountain Cats on Tuesday. She also dug out 17 balls for a double-double, and accounted for 24 total points. On Saturday against the Crimson Hawks, Snider recorded 13 kills and a .364 attack percentage. Snider leads the PSAC with a 4.23 kills per set average, a mark that improves to 4.39 kills per set in conference action.
Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Clarion
Abigail Selfridge
Libero
Junior
Bainbridge, N.Y. / Bainbridge-Guilford
Abigail Selfridge helped the Golden Eagles to a pair of wins last week, with Clarion going on the road to defeat Pitt-Johnstown (3-1) and IUP (3-0) to lock up one of the top two seeds in the PSAC West division. The Golden Eagles closed out a five-match road swing with a 4-1 record. On Tuesday against the Mountain Cats, Selfridge logged 19 digs, dished out four assists and posted two service aces as Clarion rebounded from a 1-0 deficit to defeat UPJ in four sets. On Saturday against the Crimson Hawks Selfridge posted 13 digs, three assists and two aces.
Men's Soccer
Western Division Athlete of the Week
Seton Hill
Fletcher Amos
Forward
Junior
McDonald, Pa. / West Allegheny
Fletcher Amos scored four goals as the Griffins went 2-0 to earn a PSAC West playoff spot. He scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, in each of the two matches this week. Amos had six total shots with five being on goal during the week. He ends the week as the third-leading scorer in the conference with .786 goal per game.
Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Mercyhurst
Jonathan Gomes
Goalkeeper
Graduate Student
Broward County, Fla. / American Heritage
Jonathan Gomes did not allow a goal in two games on the week for the Lakers. He recorded two saves in two games with both coming against Gannon on Wednesday. The two wins marked his 14th and 15th shutouts of the season, leaving him with a .688 shutouts per game average.
Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
Lock Haven
Samuel Hershey
Forward
Sophomore
Lancaster, Pa. / McCaskey
Samuel Hershey played well in the final game of the season for the Bald Eagles as Lock Haven finished off Senior Day with a 3-0 shutout victory over Shepherd. The 2021 PSAC Eastern Division Rookie of the Year scored and assisted a goal in the performance, grabbing another three points on the season. This goal becomes his 11th of the season, locking him into third in the conference, while posting his career high in shots (8) on the game, placing half of them on goal. Hershey remains fourth in the conference for shots on goal with 29.
Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
East Stroudsburg
Helgi Hermannsson
Goalkeeper
Freshman
Keflavík, Iceland / Fjölbrautarskóli Suðurnesja
Helgi Hermannsson recorded shutouts against both West Chester and Shippensburg to combine for nine saves in two wins on the week. Hermannsson has recorded shutouts in five of his last six contests to lead East Stroudsburg to the No. 2 seed in the PSAC East.
Women's Soccer
Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
East Stroudsburg
Emily Wineburg
Defense
Junior
Bensalem, Pa. / Bensalem
Emily Wineburg had a week in which she recorded an equalizing goal against No. 2 West Chester to break a seven-game Golden Ram shutout streak. The tie helped East Stroudsburg to secure a playoff position.
Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Bloomsburg
Riley Spingler
Goalkeeper
Senior
Langhorne, Pa. / Neshaminy
Spingler racked up a total of 13 saves in 180 minutes of play and picked up her 10th shutout of the season on Wednesday with the team's 2-0 win over East Stroudsburg. Until the Huskies allowed one goal to Shippensburg in the 66th minute of Saturday's game, Spingler and the Bloomsburg back line held opponents scoreless for 606 straight minutes as their six previous adversaries were shutout. As of Friday, Spingler ranks fourth in the nation in save percentage (.910), fourth in goals against average (.359) and tied for sixth in shutouts (10).
Western Division Athlete of the Week
Gannon
Ella Fadale
Midfield
Freshman
Brockport, N.Y. / Brockport
Ella Fadale scored a goal in both of Gannon's matches this week, a 3-1 win over Mercyhurst on Wednesday and a 4-1 mark on Saturday versus Pitt-Johnstown. She is second on the team in goals for the season (six), as well as in points (13.)
Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
IUP
Vanessa Berlin
Goalkeeper
Junior
Alzey, Germany / Georg-Forster-Gesamtschule
Vanessa Berlin posted two shutouts this week to help IUP to a 1-0-1 record. In the shutout win over Pitt-Johnstown, Berlin made three saves. In a following shutout tie with Seton Hill, Berlin made eight more saves to bring her total to 11 for the week.