The baseball team won its first CACC baseball playoff game, defeating Caldwell College 8-5. The Devils advanced to the CACC Tournament finals, falling in the double-elimination tourney to top seed Dominican College and Post University.
Sports in Short
Angeloni Named CACC Skor Coach of the Year
CACC Commissioner Dan Mara (right) presents the award to Frank Angeloni |
Baseball Coach FRANK ANGELONI was named the 2011 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Skor Coach of the Year as voted on by the CACC coaches. Angeloni led the Devils to a huge turnaround in 2011, improving from four wins, including a 1-19 mark in conference play, to the CACC Tournament for the first time in program history after going 11-9 in conference play and 13-20 overall.
McMahon and Davis Named to CACC Baseball All- Conference Team
Kyle Davis FHM'13 |
Shortstop KYLE DAVIS FHM’13 and starting pitcher DAN MCMAHON PrePro’13 were named to the CACC Baseball All-Conference Team. Both McMahon and Davis were first-team honorees. McMahon pitched in 11 games this season for the Devils, starting 10, and led the CACC with a 1.25 earned run average. He was 6-2 with 66 strikeouts in 79 1/3 innings pitched. Davis led the Devils in batting with a .307 average (11th best in the league). The shortstop led the Devils in hits (39) and runs scored (23) and tied for the team lead with seven stolen bases.
Dan McMahon PrePro'13 |
True Student Athletes
by Lucy Cruz
Throughout the 2010–11 academic year, University of the Sciences student-athletes excelled not only on the field of play but also in the classroom. The 142 student athletes on USciences’ 12 NCAA Division II teams had a combined grade point average (GPA) of 3.214, with 40 students achieving a 3.5 or higher and 53 making the Dean’s List for the spring semester (3.4 or higher).
Students on the men’s tennis, mixed rifle, and women’s volleyball teams had the highest GPAs of the 12 teams with 3.421, 3.380, and 3.360, respectively. Individually, standouts included BRAD DRISCOLL PharmD’15, representing the mixed rifle team, with a 3.71 GPA, who was named the 2010–11 Philadelphia Inquirer Men’s At-Large Academic All-Area Performer of the Year. Also pursuing a doctor of pharmacy degree and representing women’s basketball, with a 3.97 GPA, MELISSA ROTZ PharmD’12 (shown at right) was the Academic All-Area Women’s Basketball Co-Performer of the Year on the Inquirer list.