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 Twenty-One Named to MASCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll

Monday, June 8, 2009 

ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation spring Academic Honor Roll, which notes academic excellence by student-athletes, contains 442 honorees as announced by Executive Director Ken Andrews.

 The Honor Roll comprises those student-athletes of sophomore class standing or higher who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 (4.00 scale) or higher and completed the playing season in good standing.

 Messiah led in selections with 70 student-athletes, followed by Elizabethtown with 49. Misericordia and King’s tied for third with 39 student-athletes. Lebanon Valley was fifth with 38, while Manhattanville, Widener and Eastern tied for sixth with 32 student-athletes on the list. Lycoming was ninth with 29 student-athletes. Arcadia and FDU-Florham tied for tenth with 25. DeSales and Wilkes each had 24, followed by Albright (21), Delaware Valley (20) and Alvernia (13).

Featured on the spring honor roll are several standouts including First Team All-Conference selections Jason Dunkelberger (Baseball), and Lisa Archibald (Women’s Tennis).  Also featured on this year’s list was Second Team All-Conference selection Marissa Cooperman (Women’s Tennis).

Student-athletes are selected from baseball, softball, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men’s track and field, women’s track and field, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and golf.

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 Archibald and Cooperman Receive All-Conference Honors

ANNVILLE, Pa. - On Wednesday, the Commonwealth Conference announced the names of the 2009 Women’s Tennis All-Conference teams.  Earning a place on this year’s second team was senior team member Marissa Cooperman (Jenkintown, PA/Abington Friends School) and junior standout Lisa Archibald (Gap, PA/Pequea Valley). 

At Right:  Marissa Cooperman

The second team honor is the second in the four year career of Cooperman who recorded one singles and one doubles victory in 2008.  Cooperman’s lone single’s victory came against Neumann College’s Allison Trout in late October.  Earlier in the season the Jenkintown, Pa. native picked up her only doubles victory in the 5-4 victory over Immaculata. 

At Left:  Lisa Archibald

For Archibald, Wednesday’s all-conference selection marks the second of her career.  Last season, she was named a first team selection.  In her junior season, Archibald led the Lady Lions in both singles and doubles victories when paired with Ashley Woodcock (Royersford, PA/Spring-Ford).  Of her 11 singles matches played, Archibald finished the season with an overall record of 5-6, and had a conference singles record of 2-3. 

In doubles competition Archibald and Woodcock closed out the season with a record of 3-5, 1-2 in Commonwealth Conference play. 

 Women’s Tennis Drops Season Finale to Neumann

Monday, October 20, 2008 

READING, PA - Senior Marissa Cooperman (Jenkintown, PA/Abington Friends School) ended her career on a high note winning her final singles match Monday afternoon at the Albright Tennis Courts.

Alongside Cooperman was Lisa Archibald (Gap, PA/Pequea Valley) who recorded the only other singles victory of the afternoon in the 7-2 loss to Neumann College (12-9). 

Archibald who recorded a singles and doubles victory at the Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Championships defeated her Neumann opponent Alice DeTolla by the scores of 6-2, and 6-3. 

Following the second doubles victory, Albright would drop their remaining singles matches.  Mellissa Yake (New Oxford, PA/New Oxford) played extremely hard in her sixth singles match against Kayla Chamberlain.  Unfortunately a 6-3, 6-1 score would be all Chamberlain would need to pull out the victory.

Neumann would then go onto sweep in doubles play.  In first doubles the senior duo of Cooperman and Stacy Bampton (Laureldale, PA/Muhlenberg) were defeated 8-4 by the Knights DeTolla and Rachel Doladonato.  Archibald and partner Ashley Woodcock (Royersford, PA/Spring-Ford) fell in the second doubles match of the day 8-2, and Liz Stauffer (Malvern, PA/Great Valley) and Janet Mallamaci (Warminster, PA/William Tennent) closed out the afternoon falling 8-0 to the Neumann duo.

The Lady Lions end their 2008 campaign with an overall record of 1-10, 0-5 in the Commonwealth Conference.

Neumann College 7, Albright College 2
Box Score

Singles:
A-Marissa Cooperman def. N-Allison Trout 6-3, 7-5
A-Lisa Archibald def. N-Alice DeTolla 6-2, 6-3
N-Courtney Hartel def. A-Stacy Bampton 6-0, 6-1
N-Lindsey Ravior def. A-Ashley Woodcock 6-1, 6-1
N-Michelle Steward def. A-Brittany Herbert 6-0, 6-1
N-Kayla Chamberlain def. Melissa Yake 6-3, 6-1

Doubles:
N-DeTolla/Rachel Coladonato def. A-Cooperman/Bamtpon 8-4
N-Ravior/Steward def. A-Archibald/Woodcock 8-2
N-Trout/Hartel def. A-Liz Stauffer/Janet Mallamaci 8-0

 Tennis Falls to Wilkes in Non-Conference Match

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 

READING, PA - Second doubles pair Lisa Archiblad (Gap, PA/Pequea Valley) and Ashley Woodcock (Royersford, PA/Spring-Ford) recorded a 7-3 victory to help Women’s Tennis (1-9) earn one of the team’s three victories in the 6-3 loss to Wilkes University (9-0) Wednesday afternoon at the Albright College Tennis Courts.

Wilkes, who is currently ranked first in the Freedom Conference managed to pull out a five singles sweep before dropping their sixth and final match by a forfeit.  In doubles play the Colonels went on to take the first match, with Albright winning the final two matches of the afternoon.

On the year Woodock and Archibald are 3-for-4 when paired together in the second doubles spot.  Archibald also had a strong showing in singles action; facing off against Wilkes undefeated Xiaoqiao Zhang. 

Women’s Tennis will next travel to Landisville, PA to take part in the Commonwealth Conference Individual Championships this Saturday and Sunday.  To view the results of this weekend’s tournament as they happen fans can visit http://www.govaliants.com/mascac/

Wilkes University 6, Albright College 3
Box Score

Singles:
W-Victoria Bybel def. A-Marissa Cooperman 6-1, 6-0
W-Xiaoqiao Zhang def. A-Lisa Archibald 6-2, 6-2
W-Rebekah Shanaman def. Stacy Bampton 6-0, 6-1
W-Stephanie Harkins def. A-Ashley Woodcock 6-1, 6-1
W-Lauren Donmoyer def. A-Brittany Herbert 6-0, 6-1
A-Melissa Yade def. Kristin Wilt forfeit

Doubles:
W-Bybel/Shanaman def. A-Cooperman/Bampton 8-2
A-Archibald/Woodcock def. W-Zhang/Harkins 7-3
A-Janet Mallamaci/Liz Stauffer def W-Sarah Walker/Wilt forfeit