Men’s Tennis Team Excited for Upcoming Games Photo courtesy of Alan Mertz Goss Shoots Career Best The Penn State Harrisburg golf team dodged the raindrops yesterday and finished second in their tri-match at Dauphin Highlands Golf Course. The Lions shot 319, coming in behind Elizabethtown's3o9, butfinishing ahead of SUNY-Cobleskill at 356. Elizabethtown's John Krajsa posted the low individual score of the day with a 74, while Brad Goss (So-Palmyra) shot a career-best 75 to lead PSU- Harrisburg. Next up for the Lions is their final home event of the 2008-2009 season next Monday. Story courtesy of Penn State Harrisburg Intercollegiate Athletics State Harrisburg Athletic Department Web site By Alan Mertz For The Capital Times On Friday March 27th the Penn tate Harrisburg Men’s Tennis team played a challenging match, loosing against Lebanon Valley College at the Hoverter Tennis Complex. The match included 6 singles competitions and three doubles competitions for a total of nine. By the end of the match, Penn State had won three compe titions with Keith Lynn and Dai ki Tanaka winning against Matt Grodzinski and Andrew Levin from Lebanon Valley in one of the doubles competitions. Donald Smith and Shawn New lin went on to win singles com petions against Andrew Levin and Matt Grodzinski. When in terviewed at the end of the game NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week Selections for April 13 The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announces student-athlete of the week selections for the week ending April 19, 2009 in the sport of men's baseball and women's softball, men's golf, and men's and women's tennis. Penn State Harrisburg was represented by having four of its players honored. Baseball TJ Houseal (Maytown, PA), Golf Brad Goss (Palmyra, PA), Men's Tennis Daika Tanaka (Fukuoka, Japan), and Women's Tennis Maya Davis (Washington, DC). TJHOUSEAL(Maytown, PA) was selected as the NEAC Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week. Houseal, a freshman outfielder for the Penn State University - Harrisburg Nittany Lions, was selected for his outstanding performance at the plate and in the field this week leading his team to THE CAPITAL TIMES Shawn Newlin mentioned that he enjoyed a long and very com petetive competition against his friend Matt. He was excited for his win and was looking forward to their next game against Penn State Berks, which he thought would be a good conference win, provided that everyone works hard and keeps their heads in the game. The team played again on Sun day the 29th, and won only two competitions, a singles between Austin High of (PSH) vs. Bren dan Penn (PSB) and a doubles of Keith Lynn & Daiki Tanaka of (PSH) against William Campbell and Brian Gottshall. The team looks forward to playing home games against Lancaster Bible College on Wednesday April Bth at 3:30, and against Wilkes Uni versity on Monday April 13th at 3:30. a 3-1 record (2-0 in NEAC play). Houseal averaged .500 at die plate going 8-for-16 with 9 runs, 5 RBIs, 3 walks, 1 sacrifice fly, and 4 stolen bases on 5 attempts. He had a slugging % of .500 and an on base percentage of .550. In the field, Houseal had 6 putouts, 1 assists, and zero errors (a perfect fielding percentage). Houseal's performance helped Penn State Harrisburg remain perfect in conference play with a 6-0 record in the NEAC. BRAD GOSS (Palmyra, PA) was selected as the NEAC Men's Golf Co-Student-Athlete of the week for his outstanding performance for the Penn State Harrisburg Nittany Lions. Goss, a sophomore, shot a personal best 75 (par 72) to help his team to second place in their tri-match with Elizabethtown College and SUNY Cobleskill. The team shot a 319, just 10 strokes behind first place Elizabethtown at 309, while SUNY Cobleskill finished with a team score of 356. DAIKI TANAKA (Fukuoka, Japan) was selected as the NEAC Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Week for his performance for the Penn State Harrisburg Nittany Lions. Tanaka, a junior, won 2 of his 3 singles matches at the #3 flight with scores of 6-3, 6-3 against Keuka College and 6-1, 6-4 against SUNY Cobleskill. The score of his loss was 2-6, 3-6 against Wilkes. Tanaka won 2-of-3 doubles matches at the #3 position as well. He lost 4-8 to Wilkes, but finished the week strong by beating Keuka 8-3, and SUNY Cobleskill 8-1 at #3 doubles. Tanaka helped Penn State Harrisburg to a 2-0 NEAC record this week. nil 22.2009 Photo courtesy of Alan Mertz MAYA DAVIS (Washington, D.C.) was selected as the NEAC Women's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Week for her performance for the Penn State Harrisburg Lady Nittany Lions. Davis, a freshman, won 2 of 3 singles matches at the #4 flight this week. She lost to Wilkes 0-6, 3-6, but beat Wilson 6-0, 6-1 and SUNY Cobleskill 6-4, 6-4. She also won a match at the #3 singles position defeating Keuka's third singles 6-1, 6-1. Davis split her 4 doubles matches at the #2 spot, losing 4-8 to Wilkes and 6-8 to Keuka, but beating Wilson 8- 0 and SUNY Cobleskill 9-7. In her own matches, Davis was 5- 1 in all of her NEAC matches. Story courtesy of Penn State Harrisburg Intercollegiate Athletics
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