Towering Titan Newsletter Summer Edition - Westminster College

Spring Sports Season ReviewTRACK & FIELDThe Westminster College women’strack and field team repeated asPresidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC)Champions and the fifth-place Titanmen increased their point total at thePAC meet from 22 to 47 points comparedto last year.Under second-year head coachTim McNeil, Westminster won eightevents at the PAC Championships,including seven by the Titan womenand one for the men. Overall, therewere 14 new school records establishedin the 2009 season (6 women’soutdoor, 7 women’s indoor, and 1men’s outdoor).Senior sprinter Megan Harding(Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills)won the 100- (12.37) and 200-meter(25.79) and anchored the 4x100 relayteam (48.33) that set a new PACrecord.Senior Katelyn Kushner (Pittsburgh,Pa./Brentwood) was Westminster’sother multiple PAC championas she captured the 100- (15.58)and 400-meter (1:04.96) hurdles,the latter for a fourth straight year.The one PAC men’s champion wasfreshman Caleb Smathers (Punxsutawney,Pa./Punxsutawney) inthe pole vault at 4.18 meters.The Titan women’s track & field team celebrates its second straight PAC championshipBASEBALLThe Titan baseball team posteda 15-25 an overall record and placedsixth in the PAC with a mark of 6-12under 10th-year head coach CarmenNocera. Westminster placed threeplayers on the all-PAC teams, includingsenior first baseball John Izzo(New Castle, Pa./Union) on thefirst team and junior outfielder DaveEvans (Beaver Falls, Pa./Riverside)and freshman pitcher JustinPrejsnar (New Castle, Pa./NewCastle) on the second team.Izzo, Westminster’s career leaderin six statistical categories includinghits (185), home runs (26) and RBI(124), batted a personal-best .415(56-135) in 2009. Evans led the teamand ranked second in the PAC with a.444 (59-133) batting average. Prejsnar(5-2) allowed the PAC’s sixthlowestopponent batting average at.252 in 11 appearances, 8 starts and4 complete games.4John IzzoSOFTBALLThe Westminster softball teamposted its 16th straight season withat least 17 wins. Coached by JanReddinger in her 13th season, theTitans went 17-21-1 and qualified forthe PAC Tournament with a mark of8-6. The fourth-place Titans went 1-2in the league tournament and placedfour players on all-PAC teams.Junior outfielder Addie Parker(Guys Mills, Pa./Maplewood) andjunior utility player Jennifer Emery(New Castle, Pa./Laurel) werenamed first team all-PAC. Parkerbatted .330, including a team-high42 hits, 124 at-bats, and 24 runs.Emery, who was a centerfielder andpitcher for the Titans, led the teamand ranked 10th in the PAC with a.357 batting average (30-84).Senior third baseman Amy Cor-SEE “SPRING” on PAGE 7Towering Titan Newsletter