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Andrews, Franco earn ECAC honors for Saint Francis track and field

LORETTO — Two members of the Saint Francis men’s track and field team were recently named to the IC4A All-East Team for their performance at the ECAC Indoor Track and Field championships held at Boston University.

Dylan Andrews, a sophomore, made it for his performance in the pole vault at 4.40 meters, good for fourth place. Andrews is a Bellwood-Antis graduate.

Vincent Franco, a junior, made it for his performance in the weight throw, where he medaled by finishing sixth with a mark of 16.31 meters. Franco is a Hollidaysburg graduate.

The outdoor season begins on Saturday, March 22, for the Red Flash at a meet at Shippensburg.

Campbell recognized

GROVE CITY — Kyla Campbell had a strong week recently for the Grove City College softball team.

A standout player at Glendale, Campbell batted .579 over a nine-game trip to South Carolina in which she had two doubles and a home run while going 11-for-19. She had an .842 slugging percentage and a .579 on-base percentage. In one game, she went 5-for-5 with five RBIs in a 17-6 win over Bay Path College.

On the mound, Campbell went 1-0 in three appearances posting an ERA of 2.63. In 13-plus innings of work, she gave up nine hits, struck out 12 and walked only two for the Lady Wolverines.

Good week for softball

Penn State Altoona softball swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s weekly awards when senior middle infielder Alyssa Fisher was named the league’s Player of the Week, and sophomore right-handed pitcher Josselyn Nau was selected its Pitcher of the Week.

Fisher and Nau helped lead the Lions in a tournament in South Carolina.

Against Baruch College, Fisher went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored, a stolen base, and a walk. Later that day, against Kenyon, she finished 1-for-4. Against Gwynedd Mercy, Fisher was 2-for-4 with an inside-the-park home run, three runs batted in, and a run scored. Against New Jersey City, the senior hit 1-for-4.

Against Baruch, Nau tossed a complete game shutout to pick up her first win, going all seven frames, allowing six hits and a walk, and striking out eight.

The right-hander registered her second win in another complete game shutout effort against Gwynedd Mercy, when she tossed all five innings, yielded only four hits while walking none, and had four strikeouts.

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