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READING -- Tyrone Area High School graduate Cassidy Miksich, now at Alvernia University, was recently named the Middle Atlantic Conference Women's Golfer of the Week.
Miksich won low medalist honors twice, and tied for third in three other events, leading Alvernia to team titles in MAC competition.
Miksich won on a match of cards with a 79 at the Lebanon Valley Fall Invitational, tied for third with an 84 at the Alvernia Fall Invitational and then won with a 78 at the Lady Lions Invitational. She averaged 80.3 for the week.
Swim honors
Penn State Altoona junior Ben Dotts was named the SUNYAC Men's Swimmer of the Week for the Nittany Lions.
Dotts helped propel his team to a 170-74 victory over Chatham University. The junior landed three individual first-place finishes and was also part of one relay win.
Dotts won the 100 butterfly in 54.20, clocked in at 24.75 in the 50 butterfly for a victory, and placed first in the 100 intermediate in 58.41. The junior also swam the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay in 24.09 to help his team to a win in that event.
All four of Dotts' times were personal in-season bests.
Season closes
The Penn State Altoona men's and women's golf teams ended their season this week. The women competed at a tournament held in New Jersey while the men were at a tournament held at Guilford College in North Carolina.
The women finished in fifth place with a team score of 771. Babson College won with a 591.
Alexis Peacock, a Hollidaysburg graduate, finished 17th out of 30 players. She finished with a two-day total of 178 (88-90). Teammate Alyssa Franks, a Bishop Guilfoyle graduate, finished in 23rd place with a two-day total of 200 (104-96).
For the men, Penn State Altoona finished 13th out of 15 teams with a team score of 917. Emory University won it with a score of 856.
Nick Helsley, a Bishop Guilfoyle graduate, shot a 2-over par 73. He finished his three-day total of 234 to tie for 61st place.
PSU honors
UNIVERSITY PARK -- Junior alternate captain Grace Outwater and first-year Morgan Stickney of the Penn State women's ice hockey team were named Forward and Goaltender of the Week by the Atlantic Hockey America Conference.
Outwater scored twice in Penn State's series sweep of St. Lawrence, including the game-winning goal in Saturday's 2-1 overtime victory.
Stickney started on consecutive nights and earned back-to-back wins for the first time in her career against St. Lawrence.
Simanski hits mark
GREENSBURG -- The Penn State Altoona women's volleyball team extended its winning streak to nine matches on Wednesday night, when the Lions swept Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent Pitt-Greensburg 3-0 in Chambers Hall.
Penn State Altoona (17-5, 10-1 AMCC) won by scores of 25-16, 25-16, and 25-11.
Penn State Altoona senior outside hitter Lia Simanski, a Bishop Guilfoyle graduate, reached a major milestone during the match, recording her 1,000th career kill. The senior reached 1,000 kills with her eighth kill of the night, which occurred during the second set, and made her just the second player in Penn State Altoona women's volleyball program history to achieve the milestone.