Around the region

• Ledyard High School graduate Quinn Duwelius is enjoyed a successful sophomore season as a member of the Temple University fencing team. Duwelius earned a spot on the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area At-Large team. A psychology major, she has a 3.97 grade point average. She placed 12th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional in epee. She posted a 45-18 record in dual meets, tying for the most wins in epee for the Owls, who set a program record for wins (34)and competed in the NCAA Championships.

• Junior defender Elizabeth Morrison, a former Stonington standout, is playing for the top-ranked women's lacrosse team in the nation in College of New Jersey. She is a full-time starter for the third straight season for the Lions (11-1), who've won seven straight. Morrison was named the IWLCA Division III defensive player of the week last week. She also has received New Jersey Athletic Conference defender of the week honors four times this season.

• Quantique White, a sophomore right-hander from New London, leads the Southern Connecticut baseball team in saves (four) and appearances (21). He has a 2-0 record with a 1.98 earned run average for the Owls, 21-10-1 overall, 8-1 in the Northeast 10 Conference. He ranks second in the conference in saves. Senior Kyle Hart, who played at Avery Point, has started 27 games, batting .286 with 21 RBI.

Also at SCSU, Sara Buscetto, a freshman from Waterford, is third on the softball team in batting average (.300). She has one home run and four RBI while starting 27 games. Montville's Kiah Strickland finished second in the javelin (37.25 meters) on Saturday at the George Davis Invitational at UMass-Lowell. She also was seventh in the long jump. Waterford's Mary Koller ran a leg on the 4x100 relay team that placed fourth in 51.83. Sonja Campbell, a Montville graduate, took sixth in the shot put.

• Right-hander Connor Lewis, a sophomore from Waterford, has made nine appearances, including six starts, for the University of Hartford baseball team. He owns a 2-2 record with a 6.19 earned run average.

• Abby McAdams, a junior from Montville, was recently named the WPI female student athlete of the week after placing third in the heptathlon while scoring a personal-best 4,101 points at the Conn College Silfen Invitational. She also won the 800 meters (2:30.05) and shot put (33-2) and took second in the high jump (5-1.25).

• Western Connecticut junior Andrew Fogarty of Mystic turned in his best pitching performance of the season in a 6-4 loss to Trinity College. He threw five scoreless innings, allowing three hits, walking four and striking out one. The St. Bernard graduate has appeared in seven games, starting five.

• Norwich Free Academy graduate Dyshelle Pemberton, a senior on the URI track team, ran a leg on the 4x100 relay team that took second at the recent UConn Northeast Challenge.

Camel highlights

• Connecticut College senior Bella Franz was selected as the New England Small College Athletic Conference women's track performer of the week after posting a time of four minutes, 34.01 seconds in the 1,500 meters at the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton. Franz ranks seventh on the Division III national performance list.

• The women's water polo team finished fourth at the Division III Championship in St. Paul, Minn., last weekend, ending a run of four straight titles. The Camels beat Monmouth College, 7-6, in overtime, lost to both Washington & Jefferson (8-5) and Carthage College, 9-5. Juniors Shannon Cry and April Anderson made the CWPA Division III all-tournament second team.

Mariners riding a wave

• For the second time this season, the New England Collegiate Conference chose Mitchell College junior Italia Krick as its softball rookie of the week. Krick batted .636 with a double and an RBI in four games last week for the Mariners (9-18, 5-11). A first baseman, she is batting .347 with 12 RBI while appearing in all 27 games this season.

• Ashley Murtha collected her third NECC women's lacrosse player of the week honor this season after another productive week. Murtha had 22 goals and 24 draw controls in two games and set an NCAA Div. III single-game scoring record with 15 goals against Bay Path. Murtha raised her season totals to 74 goals and five assists. Her 8.22 goals per game average tops the nation. She also was led the country in that category during her freshman and junior seasons.

Tracking the Bears

• The Coast Guard Academy softball team has a bright future. The Bears, who went 17-18, graduate just one senior. Three of the top four hitters this season were freshmen, including Courtney McKenna who led the team in batting average (.495), hits (46), doubles (11) and RBI (31). Carly Hattman (.383) and Kayla Sowers (.370) ranked third and fourth, respectively, in batting average. Juniors Emma Hvozdovich (.386, 19 RBI) and Casey Cruzpino (.283, 22 RBI) also had solid seasons. Freshman pitcher Julia Ferris had a team-best 10 wins. Freshman Claire Hurley of Waterford started 34 games, finishing with a .279 batting average and 11 RBI.

• CGA received three weekly honors from the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Justin Jezuit was named men's field athlete of the week after winning the hammer with a season-best 153-10 and discus (142-1) at the Springfield College Classic. The top relay team honor went to the 4x100 quartet of Benjamin Taminger, Jacob Pawlina, Luke Rehfuss and Raeford Penny who posted a season-best time of 3:19.97 to take fifth at Springfield.

Sophomore Jake Pope earned offensive athlete of the week for men's lacrosse, leading the Bears to two wins. He contributed eight goals and an assist and notched his fifth hat trick of the season in a 9-8 win at Springfield, which suffered its first home loss in NEWMAC play. He also became the program's all-time leader in goals.

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