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2015 MEDIA GUIDE Patrick Johnson MISERICORDIA QUICK FACTS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS - DAVE MARTIN Location: ................. 301 Lake Street, Dallas, PA Dave Martin is in his 11th year as director of athletics at Misericordia Founded: ..................................................... 1924 University. Enrollment: ................................................. 2,830 Nickname: ............................................... Cougars During his first 10 years at the helm, Colors: ................................. Royal Blue and Gold the Cougars won 21 conference Conference: ............................................Freedom championships and earned 20 NCAA tournament berths. National Affiliation: ............. NCAA Division III President: ..........................Dr. Thomas Botzman The women’s soccer team made the VP of Student Affairs: ..........................Kit Foley school’s first trip to the NCAA final Athletic Director: ...............................Dave Martin Four in 2012 and Ashlee Ward won NCAA Indoor and Dept Phone: ......................... 570-674-6374 Outdoor High Jump titles in 2014. Head Lacrosse Coach: ........................Jim Ricardo As interim head women’s basketball coach, Martin led Phone: ................................. 570-674-3366 the Cougars to their first Freedom title and NCAA bid in E-Mail ............. [email protected] 2011-12. Graduate Assistant Coach:.................. Joe Lodato In addition, he guided the Cougars through the transition Phone: ................................. 570-674-3362 from the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference to the E-Mail: [email protected] Freedom Conference and Middle Atlantic Conference Sports Information Director: .......... Scott Crispell (MAC) in 2008. Phone: ................................. 570-674-6398 Fax....................................... 570-674-6493 Most recently, he oversaw the addition of varsity football which began play in 2012 and has also overseen the E-Mail ............. [email protected] addition of men’s tennis and women’s golf as a varsity Assistant SID: ......................................Josh Horton sports offering at MU. Phone: ................................. 570-674-8176 E-Mail: ............. [email protected] Martin previously spent 14 seasons as head men’s basketball coach at Misericordia and served as associate athletic director and coordinator of athletic recruiting. CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS He led the Cougars to 11 Pennsylvania Athletic In addition to membership in the NCAA Division III, Conference playoff berths and two PAC finals Misericordia University belongs to the Freedom Conference/ appearances. Martin compiled 178 career wins at MU and Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) and the Eastern College was a four-time PAC Coach of the Year. Athletic Conference. A graduate of Wilkes University, Martin earned a master’s MU is in its sixth full season of competition in the Freedom/ degree in education from Misericordia. MAC after 16 years as a member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. Misericordia began ECAC and NCAA competi- tion in 1992. 2014 RESULTS Date Opponent Result Record (Conf.) Misericordia is one of just two schools to offer all 23 sports for 3-4 # St. John Fisher L, 14-6 0-1 which the MAC/Freedom sponsors championships. 3-7 # Clark University L, 12-7 0-2 3-12 Neumann W, 10-9 1-2 Men’s sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, 3-15 at Immaculata W, 15-11 2-2 indoor track & field, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis and 3-19 Alfred State W, 26-4 3-2 outdoor track & field; 3-22 at Farmingdale State L, 10-11 (OT) 3-3 3-26 at Rosemont W, 16-6 4-3 3-29 Swarthmore L, 10-5 4-4 Women’s sports: basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, 4-2 * FDU-Florham L, 10-9 4-5 indoor track & field, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, ten- 4-5 Utica L, 10-7 4-6 nis, outdoor track & field and volleyball. 4-9 * at King’s L, 10-8 4-7 4-12 * at Eastern L, 16-2 4-8 Formed in 1938, the ECAC is the nation’s largest athletic 4-17 * Arcadia W, 10-8 5-8 conference with more than 300 members in Divisions I, II and 4-23 * DeSales W, 7-6 6-8 III from Maine to North Carolina. 4-26 * at Manhattanville W, 19-6 7-8 * Freedom Conference Opponent # Freedom Conference Championships 2015 ROSTER MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY IS D-III Misericordia University is a member of the NCAA Division III. # NAME YR POS HT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL The largest of the NCAA’s three divisions, Division III promotes a 1 Patrick Kellish SO A 5-9 Clark, NJ / St. Joseph well-rounded approach to intercollegiate athletics participation. 2 Trevor Bodnar SR M 6-0 Flemington, NJ / Hunterdon Central 3 Philip Caltagrione FR A 5-9 Flanders, NJ / Roxbury While Division III is best known by some for what it doesn’t offer – athletics scholarships – it has plenty to offer. 4 Ryan Cannon JR M/A 5-11 Milton, DE / Sussex Technical 5 Kevin Forsyth FR D 5-8 Dover, DE / Polytech Knowing that Division III student-athletes play for the love of the 6 Collin LaWall FR D 6-2 Columbia, MD / Atholton game, the D-III experience is structured to help participants devel- 8 Andrew Reynolds JR M 5-10 Pine Brook, NJ / Montville Township op fully as students, athletes and citizens. Athletics participation at many of the 444 institutions that comprise Division III allows 9 John Boylan FR M 6-0 Hillsborough, NJ / Hillsborough for student-athletes to succeed in the classroom and athletics. 10 Steve Dallicardillo SO D 5-11 Lake Hopatcong, NJ / Jefferson Twp. 11 Alec Kellish FR D 5-9 Clark, NJ / Allied Health Sciences That certainly is the case at Misericordia as student-athletes are 12 Ryan Sanderson FR G 6-0 Roxbury, NJ / Roxbury often active in student government, residence life and other extra- curricular activities. 13 Patrick Newins SO LSM 6-3 Levittown, NY / MacArthur 14 Ryan Edson SO A 5-11 Litchfield, CT / Litchfield In addition, Division III playing seasons and class schedules are 15 Michael Iglio FR M 5-8 Melville, NY / St. Anthony designed to minimize conflicts between athletics and academics 16 Andrew Phillips SO LSM 5-9 Farmingdale, NY / Farmingdale to promote academic success. This is evidenced by MU’s overall 3.17 GPA among student-athletes and 182 MAC All-Academic 17 Mark Hojna SO M 5-8 Chesterfield, MI /Anchor Bay honorees in 2013-14 18 Nick Kenna JR A 6-3 Chantilly, VA / Seton 19 Ian Schurr FR G 5-10 Pottstown, PA / Pope John Paul II While Division III athletics programs promote participation, they 20 Lane Kocovsky JR A 5-6 Andover, MN / Anoka don’t sacrifice when it comes to competition. In fact, the NCAA sponsors 36 national championships annually at the D-III level. 21 Jake Kocovsky FR M 5-11 Andover, MN / Anoka 22 Jack Ryan FR D 6-1 Hillsborough, NJ / Hillsborough Misericordia is one of just two schools in the Middle Atlantic 23 Philip Fraher FR M 5-9 Plainview, NY / Bethpage Conference to offer all 23 sports sponsored by the MAC. 24 Kyle Reese FR M 6-2 Lancaster, PA / Lampeter-Strasburg MU has enjoyed its share of success since joining the Division III 25 David Pettine FR D 6-3 Gilbertsville, PA / Boyertown ranks in 1992. MU has captured 45 conference championships 26 Riley Smith FR D 6-0 Doylestown, PA / LaSalle College and sent 23 teams to the NCAA Championships, including the 27 Michael Farinaro JR D 5-11 Hillsborough, NJ / Hillsborough women’s soccer team advancing to the NCAA Final Four in 2012. 28 Patrick Johnson SR G 5-11 Montville, NJ / Montville Twp. In addition, several individuals have put Misericordia on the 29 Steve Monka FR M 5-11 Gilbertsville, PA / Boyertown national map: 30 Josh Shanker JR G 6-0 West Windsor, NJ / West Windsor Ashlee Ward, Track & Field: NCAA Indoor & Outdoor high 31 Kevin Loesch FR M 5-9 Lincroft, NJ / Middletown South jump champion. 32 Trevor Riefberg FR LSM 6-3 Flanders, NJ / Roxbury 33 Ryan Osadchy JR M 6-0 Hazleton, PA / Hazleton Eric Sweeney, swimming: NCAA champion. 34 Brandon Winslow FR M 6-1 Nazareth, PA / Nazareth Willie Chandler, basketball: Second-leading scorer in Division 35 Eric Dittmeier JR D 6-3 New Hyde Park, NY / Kellenberg . III history 36 Chris Fleming FR A 5-7 Hatboro, PA / Upper Moreland Heather Dougherty, swimming: NCAA All-American. 37 John Tierney FR D 6-0 Bethpage, NY / Bethpage 39 Brady Jordan FR A 5-8 Holtwood, PA / Penn Manor Sam Helmstetter, women’s soccer: First-team All-American. 40 James Pedersen FR A 6-0 Glasco, NY / Saugerties Michelle Myers, volleyball: Led Division III in blocks per game. Amy Bower, cross country: All-American. Frank Redmond, track & field: All-American. 2015 SCHEDULE Kim Daniel, field hockey: Eighth in Division III career assists. Date Opponent Time Mike Murphy, baseball: Division III single-game hits record. Mar. 3 # St. John Fisher ...................................1:00 Founded in 1924, Misericordia is a liberal arts based, co-educa- Mar. 6 # Clark University ................................6:30 tional Catholic institution located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Mar.1 1 at Neumann University ........................4:00 Sponsored by the Religious Sisters of Mercy, MU is one of 18 Mar. 14 vs. Immaculata .....................................1:00 Mercy institutions in the United States and welcomes individuals Mar. 18 at Wesley College .................................5:00 from all faiths and offers a variety of liberal arts and professional Mar. 21 Lycoming College ................................1:00 programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Mar. 25 Rosemont College ................................4:00 MU offers 34 majors in three academic colleges: Arts and Scienc- es; Health Sciences; and Professional Studies and Social Sciences. Mar. 28 at Swarthmore ......................................1:00 Apr. 1 Farmingdale State ................................7:00 Dedicated to the values of the Sisters of Mercy: mercy, service, justice and hospitality, these values are found throughout the Uni- Apr. 8 * Eastern ...............................................7:00 versity, from programs of study to service projects. Apr.1 1 * at Delaware Valley ............................1:00 The hallmark of MU is a dedicated faculty and a high quality core Apr.