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Freshman Named Horizon
League Golfer of the Year
Katie Rogner
Soccer Team Sweeps
Caribbean Swing
Caribbean beaches, island cuisine and
a three-game sweep – what more could the
YSU women’s soccer team ask for?
The team visited the Caribbean islands
of Trinidad and Tobago in May, on a nineday
trip that combined competition with
sightseeing.
Head coach Anthony James, a Trinidad
native, said the team accomplished two
goals: arriving home undefeated and learning
to win on the road. “By the end of the
trip I felt we were even closer as a team,”
he said. “We all had a tan and a lifetime of
memories to enjoy.”
The YSU squad first played San Juan
Jabloteh, one of the island’s top private club
teams. YSU won 3-2. The team collected
its second win, 2-0, against the Trinidad
and Tobago U-17 National Team. After a
glass-bottom boat ride and snorkeling in
the oceans of Tobago, the team picked up
its third win, 3-0, over the Trinidad and
Tobago U-20 National Team.
Freshman golfer
Katie Rogner turned in a
remarkable first year on
the links.
Rogner was named
the Horizon League’s
Golfer of the Year and
Newcomer of the Year and
won medalist honors at
the 2008 Horizon League
Championships.
She posted a teambest
78.5 average per 18
holes for the season and
led the squad in all 11
tournaments. She capped
the year with a comefrom-behind
victory at the
Horizon League Championships
in April. She
was just the second golfer
in school history to take
medalist honors at the
league championships.
Beeghly Center Gets Floored
Within hours of the conclusion of spring commencement,
work crews started replacing the floor in the main gymnasium
of Beeghly Center. It is the first time the floor has been
replaced since the gymnasium opened in the 1970s. The
project is expected to be completed in time for summer
commencement in August.
Diedrich Sets New Marks for
Home Runs, RBIs, Total Bases
Erich Diedrich was one of the best power hitters in school
history, even up to his final swing.
The fifth-year senior ended his career at the Horizon League
Baseball Championship in May by hitting his school record 27th
career home run on the last pitch he saw as a collegiate student-athlete.
Diedrich also retired
as YSU’s record holder
in career runs batted in
and total bases; he ranks
second in career hits.
A three-time team
captain, Diedrich led the
Penguins in both home
runs and RBIs for three
years and is the only
player in school history
to have at least 75 hits in
back-to-back seasons.
Erich Diedrich
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