Penn State Altoona women’s junior tennis player Lexi Colaianni was voted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s co-Player of the Year and a total of four Lions picked up all-conference status as well.
Colaianni shares the AMCC Player of the Year honors with Penn State Behrend’s Tamanna Sharma and Pitt-Greensburg’s Gabi Moder, following a three-player tie in the vote. The junior was also a first-team all-conference selection for No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles.
Additionally, sophomore Daniel Fulton earned spots on the first team of the All-AMCC squad for both No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles. Sophomore Sienna Fell was a second-team selection for No. 4 singles, and fellow sophomore Abigail Morgan was a second-team pick at No. 5 singles.
Golf honors awarded
Four Penn State Altoona men’s golf student-athletes were voted to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s all-conference team, as the league released its postseason awards.
Senior Peter Nusbaum was a first-team all-conference selection. Voted to the second team were junior Andrew Bruce and sophomore Nicholas Helsley, and junior Daniel Batrus was a third-team pick.
Nusbaum has golfed in 11 rounds to date this season for the Lions, compiling a scoring average of 76.55 that ranks fourth-best in the AMCC and is also the lowest on his team. The senior’s lowest score of the fall was a 72, which he carded in day one of The Northeast Elite tournament on Sept. 28. In the AMCC Championships on Oct. 13-14, Nusbaum tied for 17th place with a two-round score of 164.
Bruce has competed in 11 rounds this fall for the Lions and holds a scoring average of 77.18, which ties for the second-lowest on Penn State Altoona and the ninth-lowest in the conference. The junior’s low score of the fall came in day two of The Northeast Elite on Sept. 29, when he fired a 69 to tie for the third-lowest score in a round in Penn State Altoona men’s golf history. Bruce took fourth place in the AMCC Championships with a two-day score of 152, earning a spot on the league’s All-Tournament team. He also picked up AMCC Golfer of the Week recognition on Oct. 1.
Helsley has golfed in 11 rounds so far this season for Penn State Altoona, tying for the second-lowest scoring average on his team and the ninth-lowest in the AMCC by shooting 77.18 per round. The sophomore’s low score of the fall was 72, which he shot during both days of the NCAA Division III Fall Preview on Sept. 21-22. Helsley tied for 17th place individually in the AMCC Championships with a two-day score of 164, and he took conference Golfer of the Week honors on Sept. 24.
Batrus has competed in 11 rounds this season for the Lions, shooting 78.45 per round, an average that is the fifth-best on his team and 15th-best among all AMCC golfers. His lowest score of the season came during both rounds of the Ted Barclay Invitational on Aug. 30-31, when he carded a 73 each day. The junior earned AMCC Golfer of the Week status on September 17 this fall.
DiMarsico picked
UNIVERSITY PARK — Junior Matt DiMarsico was named the Big Ten Hockey First Star of the Week following a three-goal, six-point outburst in a series sweep against Long Island University this past weekend.
The victories improved the Nittany Lions to 5-1 on the season.
Trio recognized
UNIVERSITY PARK — Atlantic Hockey America named three Penn State women’s ice hockey players for awards for their recent play.
Tessa Janecke was named the Forward of the Week, Danica Maynard was Named Defenseman of the Week, and Katie DeSa received the Goaltender of the Week award.