ERIE, Pa. — Penn State Behrend swimmers set multiple records at the Allegheny-Empire Championships at Nazareth College on Feb. 15-18. Tim Compton, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, won the 500 freestyle and the 400 IM. Emma Webster, a junior from Bradford, won the 200 backstroke.
Behrend’s basketball, track and field, tennis, bowling and water polo teams also were in action last week. Here are the scores and highlights:
Men’s basketball
Pitt-Greensburg 70, Penn State Behrend 69
Alfred State 64, Penn State Behrend 61
Tommy DiRienzo, a junior from Pittsburgh, scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Alfred State. Stefan Milinkovic, a junior from Fairport, New York, scored 14 points against Pitt-Greensburg.
Women’s basketball
Penn State Behrend 81, Pitt-Greensburg 49
Penn State Behrend 83, Alfred State 59
The Lions have a bye in the first round of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament. They play the winner of Mt. Aloysius and Pitt-Greensburg on Feb. 24.
Men’s tennis
Penn State Behrend 9, Thiel 0
Penn State Behrend 9, Alfred 0
Ritvik Nadikude, a freshman from Hyderabad, India, won twice at No. 1 singles. He finished 6-1, 6-2 against Thiel and 6-0, 6-2 against Alfred.
Men’s swimming and diving
Third (of 10 teams) at the Allegheny-Empire Championships
Will Perham, a freshman from Upper St. Clair, won the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 57.84, and the 200 breaststroke, finishing in 2:06.49.
Women’s swimming and diving
Third (of 10 teams) at the Allegheny-Empire Championships
Emma Webster, a junior from Bradford, won the 200 backstroke with a team-record time of 2:10.61. Julia Sank, a junior from North East, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference diver of the year.
Men’s track and field
Samuel Hetrick, a junior from New Bethlehem, won the high jump event at the Wittenberg Invitational, clearing a height of 2.11 meters. He holds the top spot in the NCAA Division III rankings.
Women’s track and field
Olivia Nola, a sophomore from Erie, set a school record in the 3,000-meter run at the Wittenberg Invitational, finishing in 10:20.29. She placed third in a field of 38 runners.
Women’s bowling
Penn State Behrend 794, La Roche 771
Penn State Behrend 822, Mt. Aloysius 633
Penn State Behrend 868, Pitt-Bradford 801
Penn State Behrend 809, Penn State Altoona 740
Penn State Behrend 860, New Jersey City 816
St. Vincent 925, Penn State Behrend 740
Penn State Behrend 796, Hobart Williams Smith 619
Medaille 935, Penn State Behrend 845
Penn State Behrend 812, Pitt-Greensburg 745
The Lions placed third in a field of 11 teams at the AMCC Second Round Robin. They were 5-0 on the second day of the event. Mars McAninch, a freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, bowled a 194 in the match against Medaille.
Women’s water polo
Iona 25, Penn State Behrend 8
Mercyhurst 19, Penn State Behrend 10
Wittenberg 11, Penn State Behrend 9
LaSalle 26, Penn State Behrend 6
Nic Darrell, a sophomore from Perkasie, scored seven goals over two matches on the first day of the Curtis Robinette Memorial Invite. Sarah Mancebo, a junior from Tulare, California, made eight saves against Mercyhurst.
Scores, updates and video links for Penn State Behrend athletics are posted at psblions.com.