On Campus college notebook, March 24

Kirsten Olowinski, a Mercyhurst Prep graduate, closed her college career with lofty rankings on several Miami (Ohio) and Mid-American Conference career lists.

She played her final game in Miami's 73-60 loss at Illinois Thursday in the Women's National Invitation Tournament.

Olowinski, a 6-foot 1-inch senior forward, had a game-high 14 rebounds to help the RedHawks to a 42-31 rebounding advantage. She also scored eight points.

She finished with 1,154 career rebounds, which is a Miami record and ranks second in MAC history. She also closed with a school-record 177 career blocks after setting the RedHawks' single-season record with 55.

In addition, she ranks ninth on Miami's all-time list with 1,311 career points.

Olowinski had a school-record 41 double-doubles in four seasons and nearly logged a career double-double with averages of 10.7 points and 9.4 rebounds in 123 games.

- General McLane graduate Sarah Hansen also concluded her season in the WNIT Thursday as her Florida Gulf Coast team lost to Winthrop 65-51.

However, Hansen is a junior and will return next season to add to an impressive list of accomplishments.

The 5-foot 10-inch guard set the Florida Gulf Coast scoring record with 1,439 points and is closing in on the rebounding record. She has 640 career rebounds and is only 19 from breaking the mark.

Hansen was named the Atlantic Sun Conference's player of the year and scholar athlete of the year.

GYMNASTICS

- Mercyhurst Prep graduate Marie Case, a junior at Kent State, was named to the all-Mid-American Conference first team Friday.

Case entered the weekend as the reigning MAC gymnast of the year. She was named MAC gymnast of the week three consecutive times this season from Jan. 30-Feb.13.

The former Lakettes Academy star has recorded 22 scores of 9.800 or better this season and has won four of five all-around competitions. She set her personal best with a 39.450 all-around score Feb. 2 at Bowling Green.

Case led Kent State into the MAC championships at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich., Saturday afternoon. Results were not available before press time.

- McDowell graduate and former Lakettes Academy star Stephanie Stoicovy continues to excel on the mat and in the classroom for George Washington University.

Stoicovy, a senior, set three career highs to help GW win a quad meet March 15 at Towson (Md.) University. She turned in a personal-best score of 39.200 to win the all-around and added a career-best and first-place 9.850 on the balance beam. She also placed fourth on the vault with a career-best 9.800.

In addition, Stoicovy finished third on the uneven bars (9.775) and fourth in the floor exercise (9.775).

On March 17, Stoicovy placed second in the all-around (39.100) on Senior Night as the Colonials took second among four teams in her final home meet. She won the floor exercise by tying a career high of 9.925. Stoicovy added a 9.675 on vault and 9.750 on the uneven bars and balance beam.

Stoicovy also was honored for her schoolwork, claiming a spot on the all-academic team in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League. She majors in exercise science.

Stoicovy and George Washington were scheduled to compete in the EAGL championships Saturday afternoon.

DIVING

- Fairview grad Danny Roberts finished fifth among 16 competitors in the 3-meter diving event while helping Cleveland State to the team title at the Horizon League championships recently.

Roberts, a freshman, turned in a score of 317.85 to lead three Cleveland State divers in the event.

He was named Horizon League diver of the week three times this season, and he had the high scores of the season for CSU in the 1-meter (326.03) and 3-meter (328.95) events.

Roberts was a two-time PIAA champion and four-time All-American at Fairview.

ATHLETIC PROGRAMS

- Edinboro is in second place in the PSAC's Dixon Cup standings, which rank in the conference's 16 athletic programs according to performance in the 2012-13 academic year.

Programs receive 16 points for first place in a sport and are ranked in order of finish down to 1 point for last place.

Through the winter sports seasons, Edinboro has an overall score of 11.18, which is just behind first-place Indiana (11.19).

Thanks to first-place finishes by the cross country and wrestling teams, the Scots' men are in fourth place with a 10.40 average. Edinboro's women rank third with an 11.83 total.

Gannon is eighth on the list with an 8.85 average, but the Golden Knights' women's program is first with a 12.25 average. The Gannon men are 14th at 5.93.

Mercyhurst is 11th overall (7.44), with the men sixth (9.00) and the women 14th (5.88).

The Dixon Cup will be awarded after the spring season.

- The latest Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings were released Friday, with Gannon University's cumulative athletic program listed 42nd out of more than 300 NCAA Division II schools.

The Golden Knights have 183.50 points, a total that doesn't yet include their women's basketball team. Gannon will face Ashland (Ohio) University in Tuesday's Division II national quarterfinals at San Antonio.

Edinboro University (154.75) is listed 53rd in that same poll, with Mercyhurst University (152.50) listed 56th.

Shippensburg currently leads all PSAC programs with 416.50 points. The Red Raiders' total has them sixth in the nation.

Grand Valley (Mich.) State, which Gannon formerly played as a GLIAC opponent, leads all D-II schools with 558.50 points. Ashland is second with an even 489.

Source: http://www.goerie.com/article/20130324/SPORTS04/303249919/On-Campus-college-notebook-March-24

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