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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Rock's Kengor Honored Again

Rock's Kengor earns 1st-team NCBWA Division II Preseason All-America honor

AUSTIN, Texas – Slippery Rock University senior shortstop Will Kengor was named Thursday as a first-team member of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II Preseason All-America team.

The preseason honor came on the heels of Kengor’s selection last spring as a third-team NCBWA postseason All-American.

Kengor (ken-JUR) also earned second-team Daktronics All-America and third-team Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All-America honors in his junior season.

A native of Pittsburgh and graduate of Central Catholic High School, Kengor led the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and ranked second among all NCAA Division II hitters with a .449 batting average last spring. Kengor's average was 33 points higher than his closest PSAC rival in 2013 and was the fourth-best single-season mark in Rock history.

A left-hand-hitting leadoff hitter for The Rock, Kengor led the PSAC and tied for second nationally with eight sacrifice flies and ranked second in the PSAC in total hits (79) and on base percentage (.502), third in triples (5), fourth in slugging percentage (.597) and sixth in doubles (16). His hits total was the seventh-best in Rock history. In addition, Kengor led SRU in runs batted in (28) and stolen bases (12 of 15) in 2013.

Prior to being named to the three All-America teams last spring, Kengor was named to first-team All-Atlantic Region honors by the ABCA, Daktronics and the NCBWA and was a first-team All-PSAC-Western Division selection.

Kengor became eligible for NCBWA Preseason All-America status this spring by earning a spot on the organization’s Preseason All-Atlantic Region Team.

Seven other members of the 2014 Rock squad earned a spot on the “Other Players to Watch” list in the NCBWA’s preseason all-region balloting. That group included pitchers Jon Anderson, John Kovalik, Ryan Oglesby and Kyle Schneider; outfielders Adam Urbania and Jake Weibley and utility player Kevin Jovanovich.

As a team, The Rock was ranked seventh in this year’s NCBWA Division II Preseason Atlantic Region poll.

SRU compiled a 31-21 final record, earned a fourth-place finish in the PSAC-Western Division final standings and made a conference-best, eighth-consecutive appearance in the PSAC's postseason tournament in 2013.

Coach Messer

Veteran head coach Jeff Messer welcomes back six everyday starters and five top pitchers from last spring’s team.

The 2014 Rock schedule is scheduled to open Feb. 22 with a noon doubleheader vs. Walsh University at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

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Slippery Rock University
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McCombie Racks 4th Honor

Rock's McCombie collects fourth All-America honor

LIBERTY, Mo. – Slippery Rock University senior punter James McCombie was named Thursday to D2Football.com honorable mention All-America honors.

The All-America honor was the fourth received by McCombie, who the Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America Team committee named last week to first-team honors.

Earlier, McCombie was named to second-team All-America honors by Daktronics and third-team honors by Beyond Sports Network.

In addition, McCombie previously received first-team all-region honors from the Hansen committee and Daktronics and first-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division status in voting by the division's head football coaches.

A native of Nicktown, Pa., and graduate of Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg, McCombie ranked first in the PSAC and fifth among NCAA Division II punters last fall with a per-punt average of 43.2 yards.

McCombie had 12 punts that traveled 50 or more yards last fall, headlined by a career-best-tying 74-yarder in the season opener at Northwood. McCombie also had 13 of his 53 punts land inside the opponents' 20-yard line this fall and only nine result in touchbacks.

A park and resource management major at SRU, McCombie finished his four-year career as The Rock's first-team punter with a 40.5 yards per punt average. McCombie had six punts that traveled 60 or more yards, 34 punts that traveled 50 or more yards and 67 that landed inside the opponent's 20-yard line during his 208-punt college career.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Peacock Named Player of the Week

Rock's Peacock earns BSN national Player of the Week honor

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University football junior defensive end Matt Peacock was named Monday afternoon as a Beyond Sports Network Division II Player of the Week.

Peacock, who hails from Stockton, Calif. (Merrill F. West High School), earned the honor by recording five tackles behind the line of scrimmage in last Saturday’s 55-21 win at Seton Hill University that locked up the outright Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division championship for the Green and White (9-1 overall, 6-1 PSAC-W).

The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Peacock had 4.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 quarterback sacks to pace a Rock defensive effort that resulted in a school-record-tying 10 QB sacks. The team effort, which also saw The Rock hold Seton Hill to 50 rushing yards on 50 carries, matched a 10-sack performance in 1991 vs. California (Pa.).

Peacock leads the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in fumble recoveries with two and is tied for fourth among conference players in quarterback sacks with eight for minus-53 yards.

A Rock-solid candidate for postseason all-star honors this fall, Peacock also ranks third on the team in tackles for loss with 11 for minus-64 yards.

Peacock, who starred at San Joaquin Delta Community College before joining The Rock, has collected a total of 33 tackles in the first 10 games this fall. Peacock has also been credited with five quarterback hurries, one pass breakup and one fumble forced.

Peacock’s selection marked the eighth time this fall a Rock football student-athlete was named as a Beyond Sports Network national Player of the Week award winner and the second time in as many weeks a Rock defensive player was honored, Senior linebacker Quindell Dean was recognized one week earlier.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Rock Duo Reaches Semifinals

Rock duo reaches semifinals in PSAC Individual Tennis Championships

BLOOMSBURG, PA. – Slippery Rock University’s doubles team of seniors Nina Grbac (Pula, Croatias/Boca Prep International School) and Sarah Joumond (Montpelier, France/St. Joseph) advanced to the semifinal round before being eliminated from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Individual Tennis Championships hosted by Bloomsburg University.

Sarah Joumond

In opening-day action Saturday, the third-seeded Rock duo beat Shippensburg’s Julia Saintz and Brittnee Buckley 8-0 in first-round action and downed the Indiana (Pa.) tandem of Erika Schnass and Alanna McFail 8-5 in second-round action.

The top-seeded team of Lucie Rey and Lucie Sipkova from California (Pa.) beat Grbac and Joumond 9-8 (7-3) in semifinal action Sunday morning.

In singles matches played Saturday, Grbac recorded two wins to advance to the quarterfinal round before being eliminated. Grbac beat Cheyney’s Ciera Brown 6-0, 6-0 in first-round action and defeated Mercyhurst’s Courtney Thompson by 6-2, 6-1 score in second-round action.

Grbac’s quest for a conference individual title came to an end with a 7-6 (4), 7-5 loss to Indiana’s Tanya Timko in a quarterfinal match Saturday.

Joumond suffered an opening-round, 6-1, 6-1 setback Saturday against Bloomsburg’s Maddie Graziani.

Grbac and Joumond are slated to play at No. 1 and No. 2 singles and team up to play No. 1 doubles when The Rock open their dual-match schedule Tuesday at West Liberty University in West Virginia. The match is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.

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