DuquesneSports Newstand - April 30th

Friday's edition has news about some recruits, baseball, for instance; some alums, one from Duquesne's club hockey program, another Rice (not related that I know), an interview with the DU alum actor who plays, "The Chief" and much more ...

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DuquesneSports.net Newstand
April 30, 2009
Includes excerpts from stories

BASEBALL

• Late outburst leads Lancers
  "(Wednesday) was a big game. Corsi (Shore's Duquesne University-bound left-hander Rob Corsi) is a hell of a pitcher. He (MacLachlan) knew what he had to do — he had to prove himself."
• As usual, Plum baseball team is in thick of section race
  Among the big names gone from last season's team are Scott McGough, who was drafted by the Pirates, and Anthony DeFabio, who plays for Duquesne. ...

  One player who never has to worry about whether his name will be in the lineup is (senior pitcher/shortstop Rich) Navari, who has signed a letter of intent to play at Duquesne University ...

FOOTBALL

• Knoch's McNerney heading to W&J
  Knoch senior running back Tim McNerney, a Class AAA first-team all-state selection by The Associated Press during his junior year, has committed to Division III Washington & Jefferson. Knoch senior running back Tim McNerney, a Class AAA first-team all-state selection by The Associated Press during his junior year, has committed to Division III Washington & Jefferson. ...

ROWING

• Scholastic Sprints Regatta expects about 800 rowers
  Race director Jesse Foglia, a recent Duquesne graduate, coaches the Fox Chapel rowing team.

WRESTLING

• 2009 ASICS Freestyle National Championships
  Patacsil rolled through his first three, posting a 7-0, 5-5, 9-3 technical fall of Duquesne's Anthony Clark ...
  • DU skelton profile

HOCKEY

• Coyne competes for Team Pittsburgh
  The (prep) team was coached by Bethel Park's Jim McVay, as well as assistants Dave Fryer (Duquesne University) ...

OTHER

• Duquesne U. students map Hill District assets
  The Hill District can add to its many assets a map of its assets, thanks to 11 students in the community and university honors seminar at Duquesne University. ...
• Shippensburg's Theresa Simcic Honored With Prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
  The last recipient of the award from Shippensburg was women’s basketball star Ashley (Totedo) Swanson ‘99, a native of Donora who went on to attend the Duquesne University School of Law.
• Jazz Music
  JazzFest: Downbeat Invitation — 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus Auditorium, 2900 Community College Ave., Cleveland. With ... Sean Jones, trumpet, Duquesne University.
• Weekend Hotlist
  Also on the program is Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro" with solo harpist Lana Greenawald of Duquesne University ...
• Five candidates vying for four spots on Chartiers school board
  Debbie Rice ... graduated from New Castle High School in 1978 ... Slippery Rock University, bachelor's degree (and) a master's equivalent in psychology from Duquesne University.
• Transparency, growth at heart of commission race
  (David) Strazinsky, also a North Huntingdon resident ... earned his jurist doctorate from Duquesne.
• Personality test: Actor Tom Atkins
  Childhood hero and favorite things-type interview with Duquesne alum Tom Atkins, who has been portraying Art Rooney, Sr., in Rob Zellers' and Gene Collier's single-actor play, "The Chief."