Sporting Life - Westminster College

www.westminster.eduFall Sports HighlightsCross CountryThe Westminster men’s andwomen’s cross country teams placedfourth and sixth, respectively, at the2005 Presidents’ Athletic Conference(PAC) Championships.The Titan men were led byfreshman Aaron Titus, who earnedAll-PAC second-team honors afterplacing 15th (out of 66 runners)in a time of 28:44 over the eightkilometercourse. Other top Titanrunners included sophomore WillieDeLair, junior Scott Seserko,freshman Andrew Brown, andfreshman James Bryan.The Lady Titans were paced byjunior Amy Carroll, who finished26th at the PAC Championships.Other top Westminster runnersincluded freshman LeighAnnJordan, senior Maggie Muir, juniorKelly Spisak, and junior AlissaBookwalter.Football (4-6, 2-4 PAC)An overtime win at Allegheny andleague wins over Bethany and GroveCity highlighted the first seasonunder head coach Jeff Hand.The Titan gridders won twostraight early in the season, including a12-9 victory in overtime against the Gators.Facing a schedule stacked with three Top 25opponents, the Titans dropped five of theirlast seven games.A total of 12 Titans earned All-PACrecognition, led by two first-team honoreesin senior center B.A. Lambie and seniornose tackle Ryan Chmura, who led thedefense with 83 tackles, and added 15tackles for losses, and five QB sacks.Second-team recognition went to fourplayers: senior running back/kick returnerSean Buggey, senior defensive end AdamHadbavny, senior kicker Chris Castilloand sophomore offensive lineman BryanBorkovich.Players earning honorable mentionlaurels included senior defensive endMatt Hanhold, senior linebacker JerryBonenberger, senior defensive backReggie Williams, junior quarterback J.R.Barley, sophomore wide receiver BrettZiegler, and sophomore punter DustyRhodes.Freshman LeighAnn Jordan was the Lady Titans’ topfinisher at the Thiel Invitational and Westminster’sFisher Invitational in 2005. She placed 33 rd at the PACChampionships.Senior defensive end Adam Hadbavny had astrong season for the Titan defense. He had 15tackles for loss, five QB sacks, forced two fumbles,recovered four fumbles and broke up six passes.Men’s Soccer (8-12, 4-8)Westminster, which fell to Washington& Jefferson in the semifinals of the PACTournament, had five players named to theall-conference teams.A pair of juniors – defender Todd Atwoodand forward Blake Ordell – were first-teamhonorees, while junior midfielder AlexCastillo was a second-team selection.Atwood ranked second on the teamin goals (five) and points (11) while alsoanchoring the Titan defensive unit. He alsoposted a team-high two game-winninggoals. Ordell led the 2005 Titans in goalsCastillo Shinesat East Coast BowlWe s t m i n s t e rs e n i o r C h r i sCastillo put hisbest foot forwardat the 5 th AnnualEast Coast Bowlin Petersburg, Va.,kicking two fieldgoals and adding Castillothree extra-points to help the South teamdefeat the North, 27-14.The postseason all-star game featuredtop senior players from NCAA DivisionI-AA, II and III programs throughoutthe Eastern U.S. Castillo was one ofjust 14 NCAA Division III players tocompete in the contest and was theonly representative from the Presidents’Athletic Conference (PAC).The South trailed 14-0 when Castillosplit the uprights on a 35-yard field goalattempt to cut the lead to 14-3 in thesecond period. He added a pair of extrapoints following South touchdownsand then booted a 32-yard field goal enroute to a 20-14 halftime lead. Castillothen added a final successful conversionkick on the South’s final touchdown inthe fourth quarter.A four-year member of the Westminstermen’s soccer team, Castillo earnedAll-PAC second-team honors in asuccessful first season with the footballteam. He connected on 10-of-15 fieldgoal attempts and 14-of-15 extra-pointattempts, kicked a school-record 47-yardfield goal in a win at Bethany, and bootedfour field goals (including a gamewinning43-yard effort in overtime) in a12-9 win at Allegheny.Winte r 20 06 • Wes tminste r C ollege Magazine