Wilmington, Del. – After three rounds of competition, the Drexel men's golf team finished 10th overall with a team score of  930 at the 2012 CAA Championships. UNCW took first place with an 884. Georgia State came in second followed by Old Dominion.

In the final round of play, junior co-captain Bejamin Feld had a round score of 73. He finished 20th overall out of 55 participating golfers. Feld had an 82, 73 and 73 for a total score of 228. Vincent Anagnos had a solid performance in the final two rounds. Anagnos shot a 71, which was the Dragons' lowest score on the weekend. He finished with an 84, 78 and 71 for a total score of 233. He tied for 37th place overall.  

Senior co-captain Michael Serensits shot a 79, 78 and 79 for a round score of 236 in his final compeition for the Dragons. James Braunsberg followed with a 238, while teammate James Parsons penciled in at 241.

Towson, Md. – The fourth-seeded Drexel women's lacrosse team scored five goals in the final five minutes of play and looked to regain the lead over top-seeded Towson, but the Tigers' goalkeeper Mary Teeters made a big save in the last 14 seconds of the game to hold off the Dragons, 12-11, in the CAA Championship semifinals. Drexel outshot top-seed Towson, 21-19, and won 16 draw controls to the Tigers' nine. The Dragons finished the 2012 season 11-6 overall and tallied the most conference wins with four in program history. Friday's game also marked the second post-season appearance for the Dragons.

In the opening 40 seconds of the game, Charlotte Wood shot the ball past Towson's goalkeeper Mary Teeters, but the goal was quickly called back by the officials due to a crease violation. The Tigers pushed down the field following the call and scored an unassisted goal to give Towson an early lead. At 27:08, Jaclyn Klunder cut through the middle and shot the ball in the top left of the cage from Kelli Joran's pass to tie the game, 1-1.

Towson's Sarah Appelt fired the ball high, but the Tigers regained the loose ball and gained a 2-1 lead over the Dragons. Towson's Sarah Hogan scored a free position goal. Kristin Kopenhaver won the draw and then shot the ball through the goalkeeper's legs cutting the deficit to one, 3-2. Kelli Joran tied the game, 3-3, after Charlotte Wood fed her the ball from behind the cage.

At 17:10, Santandrea stopped a bouncing shot allowing the Dragons to work the ball down the attacking end. Following a Drexel turnover, Towson sprinted down field, but was unable to capitalize on the fast break. At 13:33, Maiden and Joran had a great give-and-go play, but Joran's shot was stopped by Teeters. 

With just under 11 minutes to play in the first half, Towson's Andi Raymond scored an unassisted goal to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead. At 5:59, Ashley Waldron received the ball in the middle from teammate Andi Raymond. Waldron shot the ball past the left side of Santandrea extending the lead to two, 5-3. With 16 second remaining in the first half, Santandrea stopped Waldron's free position shot.

In the opening two minutes of the second half, Towson's Sarah Appelt shot the ball into the top left corner of the cage, 6-3. At 25:55, Alyse Maiden scored an unassisted goal to cut Towson's lead to 6-4. Less than three minutes later, the Tiger's Andi Raymond scored from Kelly Custer's pass. Towson's Olivia Turner doubled the lead, 8-4, from Raymond's pass. The Dragons had a multiple shots on goal, but were blocked by Teeters. Towson went on to score two more goals.

At 12:18, Charlotte Wood scored a free position goal closing the gap to five, 10-5. At 9:57, Drexel's Julia Lanzetta knocked the ball out of Appelt's stick during her free position attempt, but Towson recovered the ball and tallied a goal, 11-5. A minute later, Lindsey Kovar broke through the Tigers' defenders and fired the ball into the cage. With just over six minutes remaining, Towson's Rhiannon Coogle scored an unassisted goal.
 
Kristin Kopenhaver answered back with an unassisted goal, 12-7. At 3:41, Alyse Maiden shot the ball past Teeter's. Following the draw, Charlotte Wood knocked in another goal for the Dragons closing the gap to three, 12-9. Kelli Joran pulled around Towson's defender and shot the ball to the top right of the cage.

The Dragons played tight defense and was able to regain possession breaking up a Towson play. At 1:33, Wood scored an unassisted goal, 12-11. Kristin Kopenhaver causes a turnover with 22 seconds left and passed the ball down field to Charlotte Wood. Wood fed the ball to Kelli Joran, but Joran's shot in the last 14 seconds was stopped by Teeters. Towson held possession until the game clock expired.

Occoquan, Va. – The Drexel women's crew team placed fourth overall at the 2012 CAA Championships held on Sunday. The women's second varsity eight boat won a silver medal, while the women's varsity eight crossed the finish line fifth and the women's varsity four seventh. Elizabeth Bratton and Julia Jackson were named to the All-CAA team. The award marks Bratton's second straight honor by the league.  
 
The women's second varsity eight captured second place with a time of 7:06.8 behind Northeastern. The Huskies took first place with a time of 7:01.4. The Maria Papadakis boat consisted of coxswain Kerry Walsh, stroke Jackie Bender, Asiya Mahmud, Juliana DeMarici, Samantha Cowan, Amanda O'Malley Alyssa Leahy, Elizabeth Campanella and bow Colleen Delaney.
 
Total Points
1st - Northeastern – 39
2nd - Boston University – 34
3rd - Buffalo – 30
4th - Drexel – 22
5th - Old Dominion – 21
6th - Delaware – 15
7th – George Mason – 7

Women's Varsity Eight
1. Northeastern - 6:41.8
2. Boston - 6:48.8
3. Buffalo - 6:51.3
4. Old Dominion - 6:55.1
5. Drexel - 6:57.3
6. Delaware - 7:05.8
7. Mason - 7:06.6

Women's Second Varsity Eight
1. Northeastern - 7:01.4
2. Drexel - 7:06.8
3. Boston - 7:08.6
4. Buffalo - 7:14.0
5. Delaware - 7:22.3
6. Old Dominion - 7:26.9
7. Mason - 7:31.2

Women's Varsity Four
1. Buffalo - 7:47.5
2. Boston - 7:47.6
3. Old Dominion - 7:51.3
4. Northeastern - 8:01.5
5. Delaware - 8:03.5
6. Mason - 8:15.7
7. Drexel - 8:24.4
  
All-Conference Team
Rachel Conway – Delaware
Julia Jackson – Drexel
Elizabeth Bratton – Drexel
Meaghan Pardy – ODU
Laura Laurel Bransfield – ODU
Allison Sheehan – Buffalo
Rosa Kemp – Buffalo
Kayla Rivers – Boston
Cheryl Copson – Boston
Lynn Ratte – Boston
Greta Haselman – Northeastern
Clare Samuelson – Northeastern
Sarah Giancolo – Northeastern
Luisa Maldonado – Northeastern
 
Coach of the Year – Joe Wilhelm, Northeastern

PHILADELPHIA - In its home finale for the 2012 season, the Drexel softball team fell short against George Mason on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Patriots, 13-4. Paige Collings hit a two-run home run that gave the team a brief 4-3 lead, but the Dragons could not hold on as they dropped two of three to Mason over the weekend.

Mason got on the board first, scoring twice in the second inning. The Dragons knotted things up in the bottom half, however. Jenn Reading walked to lead the frame off. Senior Elena Fravel then put down a perfect bunt, placed right between the third baseman and shortstop for a single. After senior Hillary Allen put down a sacrifice bunt, Amanda Bachmann lined out to center field, allowing Reading to come home. Then senior Caprice DeMirjian chopped a ball right in front of the plate. The Mason catcher tried to throw her out at first, but DeMirjian just beat the throw. Then, trying to get Fravel as she came around third, the Mason first baseman Katie Rynex threw the ball away, allowing Fravel to score and DeMirjian to move around to third base. Although Comfort Ahonkhai reached on a bunt single, DeMirjian was thrown out at the plate trying to score on the delayed squeeze play.

George Mason came right back with a run in the third, but Drexel took its first lead in the bottom of the third. With one out, senior Devon Metcalf rolled an infield single to the hole between shortstop and third base. Up stepped the senior Collings, who came into the game already the team's all-time leader in home runs and runs batted in. She showed why against the Mason starer Miranda Cranford, launching her eighth home run of the year and 28th of her career well over the fence in left. The blast gave her 41 runs batted in on the year, leaving her alone atop the Drexel record list for RBIs in a season. She also is now just one home run shy of her own school record of nine in a season.

Drexel's 4-3 lead would prove to be short-lived. The Patriots put up five runs in the fourth inning, capped by a two-run home run by Rachael Davies. They added another five runs in the fifth inning, this time punctuated by a three-run shot off the bat of Emily Lafferty. Leading 13-4, the Patriots set the Dragons down in the fifth inning to earn the run-rule victory.

Prior to the game, the Dragons honored their five seniors in a pregame Senior Day ceremony. Hillary Allen, Paige Collings, Caprice DeMirjian, Elena Fravel and Devon Metcalf all suited up for their final home games as Dragons on Sunday. They were all in the starting lineup.

PHILADELPHIA - Shelby Taylor pitched 11.2 strong innings for the Drexel softball team, as they split a doubleheader with George Mason on Saturday, dropping the first game 5-3 before winning the second, 4-3. Taylor came in for the final 4.2 innings of the first game, holding the Patriots scoreless over that stretch, before pitching a complete game in the second. Maddison Timoteo homered and went 3-for-3 in the second game, as Paige Collings also drove in two runs to help Drexel get an important victory.

The Dragons (21-23, 6-10) are now just 1.5 games behind Towson for the fourth and final CAA Tournament berth with four conference games remaining. The Tigers were swept in a doubleheader against Hofstra on Saturday.

George Mason jumped all over the Dragons early in the first game, scoring a run in the first inning after Hillary Allen retired the first two hitters, then scoring four in the second. Tori Dudley's three-run home run to center field was the big blow, as the Patriots took a 5-0 lead.

The Dragons began to get back in the game in the bottom of that inning. Jenn Reading lined a single to right, followed by a ground ball to first by Timoteo. Mason's first baseman, Katie Rynex, threw to second trying to get the lead runner, but the throw went wide as Reading was safe on the error and Timoteo reached on the fielder's choice. Allen lined a single up the middle to load the bases, and Amanda Bachmann drove in a run with a base hit of her own back up the middle. Caprice DeMirjian then plated Sylvia Llamas, who had run for Timoteo, with a sacrifice fly to center field.

Drexel scored another unearned run in the third. With Collings on second, Taylor hit a grounder between first and second that forced second baseman Brooke Blankenship to her left. She bobbled the ball as Taylor reached safely, then tried to throw Taylor out at first anyway, throwing the ball away. That allowed Collings to come around and score, cutting the deficit to 5-3.

After a 1-2-3 fourth inning, the Dragons got runners on in each of the final three frames, but could not push across any more runs as George Mason held on for the win.

In the second game, the Patriots once again took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. In the bottom of the inning, however, Timoteo stepped up and launched her sixth home run of the season, deep over the left field fence.

That was not the end of the inning for the Dragons. They would eventually load the bases with two outs and Devon Metcalf at the plate. Casey Herring, who started for the Patriots, then uncorked a wild pitch. DeMirjian, who was on third, scampered home with the Dragons' second run. Then, after Metcalf walked, Collings roped one down the left field line into the corner. Comfort Ahonkhai and Hanna Parrish came around to score on Collings' double, which gave her 39 runs batted in this season, a total which ties the school's all-time single season mark.

Taylor ran into a bit of trouble in the third inning, when Blankenship walked and Emily Lafferty singled to get the inning started. Both came home to score on an RBI single by Megan Blank, but Taylor shut the door from there. The Patriots scratched out three more hits, but could not even the score as the Dragons held on, 4-3.

Drexel and the Patriots will conclude their three-game series on Sunday with Senior Day for Drexel. The Dragons' five seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony set to begin 15 minutes prior to first pitch. As a result, fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 10:45 a.m.

Philadelphia – Drexel scored the last three goals of the game to erase a two-goal fourth quarter deficit and defeated St. John's, 10-9, in a non-conference game at Vidas Field. Robert Church scored three goals and had three assists as the Dragons evened their record at 7-7.

Drexel fell behind 9-7 in the fourth quarter after squandering a three-goal lead early in the game. St. John's Ryan Fitzgerald broke the 7-7 tie with an extra-man goal with 10:31 to play in the game. The Red Storm won the face-off and increased its lead when Terrence Leach set up Harry Kutner for his fourth score of the contest at the 9:58 mark. The Dragons responded right away as senior Kyle Bergman, playing in his final home game, scored an unassisted goal with 9:01 left to play. The Dragons wasted little time and tied the game less than a minute later with an Aaron Prosser goal. Drexel won the ensuing face-off, and in the scramble for the loose ball in the Red Storm's end, Church came up with the ball and set up Brendan Glynn, who went in one on one with St. John's goalkeeper Jeff Lowman. Glynn took advantage of the opportunity and scored what proved to be the game winner with 7:54 left in the game. It was Glynn's 20^th goal of the season. The Red Storm would have its opportunities in the final seven minutes, but Mark Manos came up with three saves down the stretch. Drexel's defense also came up big as Dana Wilber forced a turnover with under two minutes to play and Matt Dusek picked up the ground ball to gain possession. The Dragons then played keep away in the final minute, aided by a St. John's penalty with 33 seconds left.

St. John's (7-6) trailed 7-5 midway through the third period after a pair of Church goals broke a 5-5 tie. The junior put Drexel ahead at the 9:26 mark of the quarter when he fired home a shot after a feed from Ben McIntosh. Just 47 seconds later, Church scored his 24^th of the season. The Red Storm answered back with four straight goals, two in the third and two more to start the fourth quarters. Ryan Fitzgerald started the Red Storm rally with the first of his two goals. In the final minute of the quarter, Kevin Cernuto tied in with an unassisted goal.

The Dragons played an inspired first quarter and opened up a 4-1 lead. Bergman, Glynn, McIntosh and Church scored for the Dragons, while Cernuto had the only Red Storm tally. Drexel had 12 of its 32 shots in the first quarter and forced five Red Storm turnovers. The second quarter went the other way as St. John's controlled play and outshot Drexel, 10-3. Kutner scored two goals in the second period as the Red Storm cut the deficit to 4-3. Kieran McArdle opened the third quarter with a goal just 18 seconds in as St. John's capitalized on a man-up opportunity to tie it at 4-4. Drexel's Andrew Vivian and Kutner exchanged goals to make it 5-5 before Church scored back-to-back goals.

The Red Storm outshot Drexel, 35-32, and had three more ground balls than the Dragons. Each team committed 13 turnovers. Manos made 13 saves in his final home game for Drexel. Lowman had 12 saves, including six in the third quarter. Deven Thomas won 10 of 17 face-offs for the Dragons and had a team-high six ground balls.

The game marked the final home appearance for seniors Bergman, Drew Collins, Max Crockett, Chris Farquhar, Manos, Kevin Stockel, Brian Teuber, Frank Tufano, and Wilber.

The Dragons open the Colonial Athletic Association Championships on Wednesday night. Drexel will play at Penn State in the CAA semifinals. The winner will face UMass or Towson for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

PHILADELPHIA – Saint Joseph’s senior Michelle Baker (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) has been named to the All-Big 5 First Team, while classmate Kelly Cavallo (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Westhampton Beach) was named to the All-Big 5 Second Team, and junior Shelby Smith (Ames, Iowa/Waterloo West) earned Big 5 All-Academic Team honors, organization officials announced on Tuesday. The trio of Hawks will be honored at the Philadelphia Big 5 Banquet on April 25 at Drexelbrook.

Averaging both a career and team-high 13.0 points per game, Baker led the Hawks to their third-straight postseason appearance and a 22-11 record in 2011-12. Serving as co-captain, she matched a Hawk record with 33 games started, and added 3.3 rebounds per game to go with 58 assists and 25 steals.  Her 429 points on the season are tied for 25^th most in team history, while her 432 field goals rank eighth. A four-year letterwinner, Baker set a new SJU record for games played in a career (127) and finished 14^th all-time in scoring at 1,184 points.

MERION STATION, Pa. - Sophomores Daniel Thorpe, Mike Muha, and Steven Schuler combined to allow just two runs as the Saint Joseph's baseball team advanced to the championship game of the 2012 Liberty Bell Classic by topping Delaware, 3-2, on the Maguire Campus on Tuesday afternoon.

The Hawks, who reached the title game for the first time since  2003, will meet Penn at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday, April 17.  The Quakers defeated La Salle, 9-4, on Tuesday to set up the championship tilt at the home of the National League's Philadelphia Phillies.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Making the first home run at the new SJU Softball Field a memorable, the Hawks' freshman catcher Lauren Rendon was recognized for her individual performance as she was named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday.

Leading Saint Joseph's to an Atlantic 10 sweep of La Salle on Sunday, Rendon delivered the decisive blow in the Hawks' 4-1 victory in extra innings. With the game tied at 1-1 in the eighth, Rendon drilled the first home run at the Hawks' new field, plating three on the swing to earn SJU a 4-1victory. She followed that with a 2-for-3 performance with a RBI and two runs scored in an 11-1 win in game two against the Explorers.