Westmoreland County campus clippings: 4 athletes to join Seton Hill Athletics Hall of Fame

The 2024 Seton Hill Athletics Hall of Fame Class is small, but it packs quite a punch with only four people.

This year’s inductees are Brett Craig (Class of 2019, lacrosse), Perry Dellavalle (‘18, baseball), Emily LoPresti (‘19, soccer) and Emma Simmers (‘19, lacrosse).

The talented foursome will be honored at a dinner Oct. 25, and will officially be inducted Oct. 26 during a home football game against Clarion.

Craig was a four-time all-conference player, and was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Specialist of the Year in 2018, and the conference defensive player of the year in ‘19.

He also was a three-time USILA All-American, scoring 20 goals and adding 10 assists to go with 293 ground balls and 97 caused turnovers in his career.

Craig was taken 26th in the 2019 National Lacrosse League Draft by the Colorado Mammoth and won a championship in 2022.

Dellavalle was a terrific pitcher for the Griffins, earning all-conference and all-region accolades, as well as being a first-team All-American.

He had a record of 21-11 and a school-record 2.43 ERA in 237 1/3 career innings, striking out 253, including a school-record 109 in a season.

He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, and spent two seasons in the minor leagues.

LoPresti, a four-time all-PSAC player and four-time all-region player, scored 40 career goals and had 14 assists.

Seton Hill made the conference playoffs for the first time with LoPresti in the lineup.

Simmers was named all-conference three times and was an all-region and All-American twice. She scored 215 career goals, second most in school history, and added 66 assists. Simmers was an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Seton Hill for five seasons. She is now an assistant at Robert Morris.

Football

Elon : Redshirt junior quarterback Jack Salopek (Norwin) saw his first significant playing time of the season and completed 14 of 21 passes for 187 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a 27-17 loss to Richmond.

Grove City: Junior linebacker Jack Jollie (Penn-Trafford) led the Wolverines (3-0, 3-0 PAC) with seven tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in a 58-7 win against Allegheny.

Junior Ian Demeri (Penn-Trafford) ran for a touchdown in the win.

Mercyhurst: Grad defensive lineman Max Malis (Derry) had a season-high six tackles in a 25-24 loss to Frostburg State.

Washington & Jefferson : Fifth-year linebacker Justin Johns (Franklin Regional) had eight tackles for the Presidents, who dropped a 30-27 decision to unbeaten Carnegie Mellon in overtime.

William & Mary: Senior safety Marcus Barnes (Jeannette) tied a team high with eight tackles in a 49-7 victory over Hampton.

Men’s soccer

Penn State Behrend : Freshman goalkeeper Anthony Scalise (Norwin) has made four starts in net for the Lions. He has a team-leading 21 saves and has allowed nine goals.

Senior Blake Cooper (Franklin Regional) leads the team with three goals.

Pitt-Greensburg: Sophomore Matt Armenio (East Allegheny) scored four goals to lead UPG to a 6-1 victory against Pitt-Bradford in the AMCC opener.

Women’s soccer

Carlow: Junior Jenna McGuiness (Norwin) scored two goals and junior Lyndsey Szekeley (Greensburg Central Catholic) made three saves and earned the win in net as the Celtics blanked Penn State New Kensington, 6-0.

Florida Gulf Coast : Senior forward Katelynn Kauffman (Norwin) scored her first goal of the season in the 71st minute of a 2-0 victory over North Florida.

It was the third career goal for Kauffman, a third-year transfer from Pitt.

Last season, she made ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 with a game-winning header against Kennesaw State.

James Madison: Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Sofia DeCerb (Latrobe) earned a shutout victory as JMU blanked East Carolina, 2-0. She made two saves across 90 minutes.

DeCerb is 3-3-2 with a pair of shutouts this season.

Pitt-Greensburg: Freshman Kathryn Chiado registered her first career hat trick and senior Emily Bonelli (Apollo-Ridge) added two goals to lead the Bobcats to an 8-1 win over Pitt-Bradford.

Junior Kylie Smith (Greensburg Salem), freshman Riley Gesinski (Mt. Pleasant) and senior Sarah Tonkovich also scored for UPG (5-2-3, 1-0 AMCC).

Robert Morris: Sophomore forward Paloma Swankler (Norwin) scored the tying goal on a header off a corner kick in the 66th minute as the Colonials played to a 1-1 draw with IU Indy.

The goal was her fourth of the season.

Saint Vincent: The Bearcats opened PAC play with a 5-1 win over Franciscan.

Sophomore forward Jordan Kirkwood (Valley) registered five points, with two goals and an assist.

In the next game, fifth-year midfielder Tanisha Grewal scored twice in a 7-1 win over Thiel as the Bearcats moved to 7-1, 2-0.

Slippery Rock: Senior Sydney Patrick (Hempfield) became the program’s all-time leader in assists, reaching her 28th helper when the Rock blanked Clarion, 6-0, in PSAC play.

Also in the win, senior Maddie DeLucio (Latrobe) had a goal and two assists.

Westminster : Senior midfielder Natalie Vilchek (Yough) had a goal and an assist for her fourth career three-point game as the Titans defeated Geneva, 5-1, in a PAC matchup.

Senior forward Brooke Horvath (Franklin Regional) added an assist in the victory.

Men’s golf

Fairmont State : Senior Alex Turowski (Penn-Trafford) made the most of an unofficial homecoming, shooting 77, 70 and 71 for a 17th-place finish at the West Liberty Invitational played at Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg.

Junior teammate Ben Ritenour (Greensburg Central Catholic), a transfer from Central Alabama, finished 44th while carding rounds of 73 and 79.

Women’s volleyball

Carlow: Junior outside hitter Rebecca Hess (Greensburg Central Catholic) was named the USCAA Division I Specialist of the Week. Hess had 27 kills and 43 digs over three matches for the Celtics.

Seton Hill : Down 2-0, the Griffins rallied for a 3-2 victory over IUP to move to 11-1 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC West.

Senior Paige Cole had 18 kills, senior Abby Oesterling added 31 assists and sophomore Kendyl Wagner had a team-high 21 digs.

Washington & Jefferson: Senior Jordan Stein (Norwin) collected 27 digs as the Yellow Jackets defeated Pitt-Greensburg, 3-1.

Women’s golf

Bethel: Freshman Izzy Aigner (Greensburg Central Catholic) earned her first win at the college level, taking the Rumble at The Rock in Peru, Ind.

She shot matching 76s to claim the win at Rock Hollow Golf Club.

Saint Vincent: Sophomore Lucy Brayton won the Saint Vincent Invitational, shooting 91 for a one-shot victory at Latrobe Country Club.

The Bearcats shot 446 to finish second among three teams in the field.

Seton Hill: Seton Hill won the three-team Saint Vincent Invitational at Latrobe Country Club, shooting 429 to defeat the host Bearcats by 17 shots.

Junior Jess Bushik (Norwin) finished third (102), freshman Cella Pusateri was fourth (106) and freshman Maddie Zurich (Norwin) took fifth (108).

Women’s cross country

Saint Vincent : Freshman Grace Neubert finished eighth among 238 runners at the Lock Haven Invitational, crossing the finish line in 21 minutes, 45.4 seconds.

The Bearcats came in eight in the 26-team field.

Women’s triathlon

Duquesne: Freshman Eliza Miller (Kiski Area) took sixth place at the Robious Landing Triathlon in Richmond, Va.

Miller, who is ranked No. 21 in the country, finished the race in 59 minutes, 19.32 seconds — 5:43 on the opening run, 33:19.38 on the bike, and 19:22.88 on the final run.

Men’s basketball

Seton Hill : Griffins’ alum Kameron Taylor, now playing professionally overseas in Spain, was named the Movistar MVP of the Endesa Super Cup after his Unicaja team won the league championship.

Taylor had 22 points, six rebounds and six assists in a 90-80 victory over Real Madrid.

Softball

Seton Hill : Former Griffins standout Camryn Murphy announced she is transferring to play at Pitt.

Murphy last season batted .402 with 18 doubles, and a team-leading 16 home runs and 66 RBIs.

The sophomore outfielder was a Division 2 Conference Commissioner’s Association Second Team All-American.