February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
By John Manley
St. Joseph’s Susan Moran was named to the Atlantic 10’s All-Conference women’s basketball second team. Moran, a sophomore forward from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, led the Atlantic 10 in scoring, averaging 16.4 points per game to finish ahead of St. Bonaventure’s Melissa Fazio, at 15.8.
Moran was also fourth in the conference in field goal percentage, connecting at a 52 percent clip. Free throws weren’t a problem, either. She was fifth in the conference with a 79.0 percent average. She also made her presence known around the boards. Her 7.2 caroms per game was fourth best.
The term student-athlete is well applied in Moran’s case. She was also named to the Atlantic 10’s All-Academic team.
Tennis
Seton Hall’s Laura McCracken, a senior from Greytsones, Co. Wicklow, was perfect last week in three singles matches at the No. 2 position. She got past Massachusetts’ Helena Horak, 6-4, 6-3, Colgate’s Lauren Erikson, 6-1, 6-1, and Syracuse’s Anna Khvalina, 7-6, 6-3. The latter match resulted in the Hall’s only point in an 8-1 loss to Syracuse. They won the other two contests, 5-1 over Massachusetts, and 9-0 over Colgate.
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The Hall’s other Irish threat, Judy McAuley, a senior from Dublin, beat UMass’ Robyn Lebovitz, 6-1, 6-2, and Colgate’s’ Kelli Provenzano, 6-4, 6-1 She was less fortunate in the Syracuse match, losing to Zuzanna Borucka, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
George McGill of Castletroy, Co. Limerick, enjoyed a spotless weekend on Indiana’s road trip to Michigan.The Hoosiers first downed the Michigan Wolverines, 5-2, with McGill defeating Danny McCain, 6-4, 6-4, at fourth singles. He then needed three sets to bump off Michigan State’s Francisco Trinidad, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
Golf
Campbell University hosted the Lonnie D. Small Intercollegiate at the Keith Hills Country Club in Buies Creek, N.C. and came away the winning team by nine shots over Charleston Southern. Aiding the Campbell cause was sophomore David Carroll from Dublin. He worked out an 18th-place tie with his seven-over-par 151 (75-76).