Eastern grad Reichard sets up Georgia Southern volleyball
Sophomore Lauren Reichard has settled in as a starter with the Georgia Southern women’s volleyball team.
The 6-foot middle hitter has played in 92 of 93 sets to help the Eagles get to 12-12 overall and 4-4 in the Sun Belt Conference after a 3-1 victory against Savannah State last week in Savannah, Ga. The Eastern York grad is first on the team in blocks (101) and solo blocks (23) and she’s third in kills (188) with 14 service aces. She has a .258 hitting percentage and has scored 264.0 points.
“Lauren has matured pretty nicely,” coach Dustin Wood said. “I think she understands the finer details of the game.”
The coaching staff made some changes in Reichard’s arm swing.
“I think that’s definitely helping her,” Wood said. “The game is slowing down for her, but there is a lot more for her to learn so the upside on her is that any given night she has the ability to change a match.”
Reichard did just that in a 3-2 league victory against Troy on Oct. 14, when she had 13 kills and eight blocks with a .355 attack percentage and a team-high 18.5 points.
“Lauren put the team on her back in that match,” Wood said. “We’re excited to see what she can do for us in the future.”
Alexis Young (Central York)
The sophomore leads the Stevenson field hockey team with six goals and three assists for 15 points. She scored the game-winner in a 2-1 victory against Washington (Md.) on Sept. 10 and added a goal in a 3-0 victory against Wilson on Tuesday. Sophomore Ashley Meyer (Northeastern) has two goals and four assists, while senior Holli Eppley (West York) and freshman Ashli Glatfelter (Northeastern) have a goal apiece. Eppley’s was a game-winner in a 2-1 triumph against Shenandoah on Sept. 17. Freshman Maggie Noll (Dallastown) starts on defense for the Mustangs, who are 5-10 overall and 1-5 in MAC Commonwealth play.
Zandria Zielinski (York Catholic)
The Kutztown women’s volleyball is just 4-18 overall and 1-10 in PSAC play but the 6-foot senior middle hitter is wrapping up her career in fine style. She leads the Golden Bears in blocks (50) and is third in kills (130) and points scored (159.0), and she has started all 22 matches and all 84 sets. Zielinski currently has 423 kills, 265 blocks and 595.5 points in 103 career matches and 345 career sets with three matches left on the schedule.
Aaron Lauer (Red Land)
The junior was named Pittsburgh’s Male Athletic of the Week (Oct. 18) after a solid showing in the Penn State National Open at University Park on Oct. 14. Lauer finished 22nd out of 111 cross country runners with a 5.2 mile time of 25:32 to lead the Panthers to an eighth-place finish in the 16-college field. It was the third straight race in which Lauer was the team’s top finisher, and he’ll lead the squad into the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship on Friday in Cary, N.C.
Alesha Herman (Susquehannock)
The junior forward is the top scorer on the Seton Hill field hockey team, which is suffering through a 2-14 season with a 0-8 mark in PSAC play. Herman has four goals and two assists for 10 points and had two goals in a 3-2 victory over Mercyhurst on Sept. 20. Junior Molly Childress (Dallastown) has three goals for the Griffins, who have lost nine straight.
Brody Kern (West York)
The 6-foot-2, 290-pound red-shirt junior is in his third year as starting center for the Delaware football team, which is averaging 338.6 yards in total offense a game despite a 2-5 record. Kern was an All-Colonial Athletic Association third-team pick as a sophomore and is a candidate for first-team honors this season. The Blue Hens host Towson in a homecoming game Saturday in Newark, Del.
Luke Nelson (Dallastown)
The sophomore midfielder was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday for his play with the Penn State-Altoona men’s soccer team. He was a key performer last week when the Lions won a pair of AMCC games. He had a goal and an assist in a 3-1 victory against Franciscan on Oct. 19, and he scored the winning goal in a 3-1 victory against D’Youville Saturday. Nelson has six goals and eight assists for 20 points to help the Lions to a 10-6-1 overall record and a 6-2-1 mark in the AMCC.
Lauren Fink (West York)
The 5-foot-9 senior outside hitter and sophomore middle hitter Cheyenne Altand (Delone Catholic) form a solid one-two punch for the Lycoming women’s volleyball team. Fink leads the 14-17 Warriors with 268 digs and 47 service aces. She also has 171 kills and 24 blocks. Altand leads the team in blocks with 46 and has 195 kills and 29 aces. Freshman Lily Singleton (Delone Catholic) has chipped in with 74 kills and 51 digs in limited action.
Nicole Bream (Dallastown)
The junior has started all 16 games in goal for the Slippery Rock field hockey team. She’s given up 30 goals and has 100 saves. She had a season-high 13 saves in a 2-1 loss to Indiana in a PSAC game last Sunday that dropped The Rock to 6-10 overall and 3-5 in league play. Junior Alyssa Castle (Red Lion) is a defender on the squad and has played in 14 games with one start.
Ian Patmore (Red Lion)
The freshman has played in 15 games with 12 starts for the DeSales men’s soccer team which stands 9-6-2 overall and 4-2-0 in MAC Freedom play. The Bulldogs clinched a playoff berth with a 1-0 victory against Wilkes last Saturday. Patmore has helped the defense limit foes to 18 goals with six shutouts. DeSales is in a three-way tie for second in the standings and closes its season against Eastern on Saturday. A victory would give the Bulldogs the second seed.
Tanner Martin (York Suburban)
The senior has scored five goals on the season, including a game-winner for the Virginia Wesleyan men’s soccer team. The 5-foot-9 forward had both goals in a 2-1 victory against Hampden-Sydney on Oct. 12. He also scored in a 1-1 tie with Guilford last Saturday that pushed the Marlins to 6-5-4 overall and 2-2-3 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Martin has 10 goals and four assists good for 24 points in 60 games with 47 starts in his career.