Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill women's basketball maintains strong 3-point shooting

The Seton Hill women’s basketball team developed a reputation for being one of the top 3-point shooting teams in Division II last season, and the Griffins aren’t changing the way they play.

High-scoring Seton Hill made 33 shots from 3-point range in its first two games. It hit a school-record 18 of 49 attempts in a 93-82 win over Concord, then made 15 of 33 in a 93-73 victory against Fairmont State.

Senior Lexi Civittolo made five 3s and led the team with 23 points in the opener, and junior Cheyenne Trest scored 23.

In the second game, redshirt sophomore Tiana Stewart made five 3s and led five double-figure scorers with 18 points.

The eye-opening game that first put Seton Hill’s run-and-gun style on display was a 127-99 win over West Virginia State. The Griffins made 17 3s that night.

They made 254 of 758 3-point shots last season (25 attempts a game) and averaged 76.8 points.

Junior guard Courtney Cecere was named the PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week.

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Women’s basketball

Cal (Pa.): Senior transfer Monica Burns (Hempfield) scored a team-high 21 points, on 7-of-13 shooting (5 of 8 3-pointers) to lead the Vulcans (2-0) to an 81-80 win over West Liberty. Cal trailed by 19 in the third quarter in the MEC/PSAC Conference Challenge game.

La Roche: Senior 6-foot forward Jenna Cole (Norwin) was named the AMCC Preseason Player of the Year. She was the conference’s player of the year as a junior after she averaged 20.1 points per game.

Saint Vincent: Juniors Jenna Lafko had 17 points, Carlee Kilgus added 14 and Madison Kollar (Latrobe) had 11 to lead the Bearcats to a season-opening win over Carnegie Mellon, 63-62. Lafko added six assists, and Kollar grabbed seven rebounds. Lafko was named the PAC Player of the Week.

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Men’s basketball

Saint Vincent: Junior Drew Normandin scored a game-high 20 points and added 11 rebounds, and junior David Stephen added 19 points in a 75-66 win over Penn State Schuylkill.

Shippensburg: Junior guard Jake Biss (Latrobe) was named to the Conference Challenge all-tournament team as the Raiders went 1-1 to open the season. Biss had 32 points, including five 3-pointers and shot 7 of 10 from the field, in a 77-62 win over Virginia Union. He added seven points, five assists and five rebounds in a 58-54 loss to Virginia State.

Washington & Jefferson: Junior guard Zach Queen (Hempfield) made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6.6 seconds left as W&J edged Franciscan, 66-64, in the season opener. Queen, who set the Presidents’ single-season record for 3-pointers made last season (80), finished with 15 points, including five 3s. Queen was named the PAC Player of the Week.

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Football

John Carroll: Sophomore defensive back Nate Leopold (Franklin Regional) had a 65-yard punt return to set up a touchdown and made five tackles in a 17-13 win over Heidelberg.

Lackawanna: Robert Kennedy (Jeannette) had four tackles and two pass breakups in a 37-30 win over Georgiam in the regular-season finale. The win sends the Falcons (10-0) to the JUCO national title game.

The team also features sophomore running back Kareem Hall (Jeannette) and freshman lineman Scott Houseman (Yough).

Houseman recently picked up his second Division I offer, from Merrimack.

Mercyhurst: Sophomore fullback Jason Armstrong (Latrobe) had three catches for 32 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown, in a 57-10 win over Clarion. Freshman Dustin Shoaf (Yough) had three catches for 40 yards and rushed for 23 yards.

Robert Morris: Senior wide receiver Tim Vecchio (Penn-Trafford) caught a 7-yard touchdown pass in the Colonials’ 41-21 win over Duquesne. Vecchio has 14 receptions for 187 yards and three scores this season.

Waynesburg: Freshman running back Justin Flack (Derry) registered his third consecutive 100-yard rushing performance, the first Waynesburg player to do that since 2014. He ran for 126 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries in a 27-24 loss to Case Western Reserve.

Flack transferred from Mount Union.