38 / 68
seconds left to seal the win.
Chris Wallace was named
the MAC Commonwealth
Tournament MVP after
averaging 15.7 points and 5.0
rebounds during the three-
game tournament … Barger
(165) and Lansberry (149)
both finished second at the
NCAA Mideast Regional
hosted by Lycoming to earn
berths in the NCAA Division
III Wrestling Championships.
Lansberry became the fifth
wrestler in school history to
reach 100 career wins during
the event.
MARCH
Rachael Shady threw
6 2/3 innings of
no-hit softball in
the season opener as
Lycoming posted a
3-2 win over Emory
& Henry … Assistant
football coach Tim Landis
was named the interim
golf coach, replacing Jamie
Spencer ’01, who served for
15 years in that capacity
…. Barger finished third at
165 pounds and Lansberry
fourth at 149 pounds to
earn All-American honors
and help the wrestling team
finish 13th at the NCAA
Championships. It was
the team’s top finish at the
event since 2000. Barger
finished the year 36-2, as
he crossed the 100-win
mark in his career during
the tournament. Lansberry
finished his campaign
38-5 … Barger and
Brandon Conrad
’18 were each
named National
Wrestling Coaches
Association Scholar
All-Americans ...
Jackson tied the
women’s lacrosse
team’s single-game points
record by posting eight goals
and four assists in a 16-6 win
over Misericordia.
APRIL
The women’s lacrosse team
posted an 18-7 win over
Arcadia for the team’s ninth
straight win to open the year,
as the streak was the second
longest in program
history … After
missing more than a
year and a half due
to an injury, Sean
Reilly came back
to lead the men’s
lacrosse team by
posting 11 points in
a 16-8 win against Arcadia
to help him earn the United
States Intercollegiate
Lacrosse Association
South Offensive
Player of the Week
award …The
women’s tennis team
notched wins over
Lancaster Bible,
Stevenson and
Keuka, the first time
since 2003 that the team won
three in a row … Jackson
broke the school record
for points in a season with
her 93rd in a 19-8 win over
Hood, smashing a record set
in 2000. Kelly McGinniss ’19
set the school’s mark for
draw controls in
the same game,
surpassing the single-
season mark of 88 set
in 2013 … Barger and
Jackson were named
the college’s Male and
Female Athletes of
the Year, respectively,
and Lansberry was named
the Sol “Woody” Wolf Award
as the College’s most
improved junior
athlete … Four
Lycoming College
student-athletes
earned recognition
as Arthur Ashe Jr.
Sports Scholars
by the periodical
Diverse Issues in
Higher Education
. Senior
women’s soccer player Bree
The Lycoming men’s basketball team celebrates winning its first MAC Com-
monwealth title after defeating Arcadia on the road.
Chris Wallace is presented the MAC Commonwealth Championship MVP
award by Arcadia’s Director of Athletics Brian Granata, Lycoming Head Men’s
Basketball Coach Guy Rancourt and MAC Executive Director Ken Andrews.
Rachael Shady ’18
Sean Reilly ’16
Kelly
McGinniss ’19
Seth Lansberry 17’ took fourth at 149 pounds to take his first All-American
nod at the wrestling championships.
Nolan Barger finished third at the NCAA Division III Championships at 165
pounds to earn All-American honors for the second straight year.
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