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Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill lacrosse player drafted

Bill Beckner
By Bill Beckner
2 Min Read March 15, 2019 | 7 years Ago
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Seton Hill is sending another lacrosse player to the pros.

Senior long-stick midfielder Brett Craig was picked by the Atlanta Blaze in the fifth round of the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.

He was the 39th overall pick but the first from a Division II program.

The reigning Great Midwest Athletic Conference Specialist of the Year, Craig is a two-time United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association third-team All-American.

He scored 15 goals and had eight assists over his first three seasons to go with 190 ground balls and 71 caused turnovers.

Four other players from Seton Hill have been drafted by pro teams: Zack Rusch (Dallas Rattlers, 2019 Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft), Matt Delmonico (Vancouver Warriors, 2014, National Lacrosse League Draft), Jimmy Delaney (Philadelphia Wings, 2013, NLL Draft) and Joel Zalesky (Toronto Nationals, 2010, MLL Supplemental Draft).

Men’s indoor track & field

Seton Hill: Senior and four-time PSAC champion Dontay Jacobs finished 14th in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in Pittsburg, Kan. with a time of 47.85 seconds.

Women’s indoor track & field

Penn State: Senior Maddie Holmberg (Hempfield) finished ninth in the pentathlon at the NCAA Division I Championships with 4,227 points. She earned All-America status.

Slippery Rock: Senior pole vaulter Courtney McQuaid (Greensburg Salem) finished fifth at the NCAA D-II Championships to card her third All-America designation. She cleared 3.93 meters. McQuaid won a national championship last year during the outdoor season.

Virginia: Redshirt senior Bridget Guy (Hempfield) earned first-team All-America honors with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA D-I Championships in Alabama. She cleared 14 feet, 5.5 inches, breaking the school record for the fourth time this season.

Men’s outdoor track & field

Seton Hill: Senior Craig Zuccolotto won the javelin with a throw of 180 feet, 10 inches at the Coastal Carolina Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Women’s outdoor track & field

Seton Hill: Senior Lexi Stevenson won the shot put in 46 feet, 1/2 inch, freshman Alexis Cunningham won the 3,000-meter run in 10:41 and junior Skye Christian was victorious in the 1,500-meter run (4:48.3) at the season-opening Coastal Carolina Invitational at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Men’s tennis

Saint Vincent: Freshman Mauricio Sanchez was named PAC Rookie of the Week. Sanchez, from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, teamed with Zach Fox for a second-doubles win as the Bearcats defeated Penn State Behrend, 8-1, in Hilton Head, S.C.. He also won a match in straight sets at second singles.

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Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.

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