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Wednesday, September 07, 2005 Page: 4B
With just three victories last year between both the men’s and women’s
teams, King’s College has found only part-time success in its swimming
program.
The school is hoping a full-time coach can change that.
Alicia Kemnitz, a two-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference all-star at
Hollins (Va.) University, has been named the first full-time swim coach at
King’s.
“We have had part-time swim coaches in the past and it has been very
difficult to build a competitive program when the coach has limited hours to
spend on swimming due to their full-time jobs and other responsibilities
outside of King’s,” said athletic director Cheryl Ish.
Kemnitz will also serve as the school’s aquatics director, developing swim
programs for students and the general public.
Kemnitz, whose duties began on Aug. 18, is a native of Williamsport. She
set three school records at Hollins before graduating in 2002 with a 3.88
grade-point average. She served as an assistant swim coach at Lycoming in the
fall of 2002 and went on to earn her master’s degree in sports management at
Old Dominion University.
Kemnitz said she intends on starting a strength and conditioning program
for her swimmers, improving recruiting and diversifying practices with
high-yardage, endurance and low-yardage, high-intensity workouts.
* Crestwood graduate Michelle Oros (women’s volleyball) and Greater
Nanticoke Area product Sarah McGrady (field hockey) were named Freedom
Conference Player of the Week in their respective sports.
Oros totaled 43 kills and 37 blocks to earn MVP honors to help the host
Lady Monarchs go 4-0 at the King’s Volleyball Tournament over the weekend.
McGrady helped King’s to a 2-0 week with four goals and four assists. She
scored the game-tying goal and assisted on the game-winner in a 4-3 victory
over Misericordia, the Lady Monarchs’ first against the Cougars since 2000.
MISERICORDIA
Cole Vennie, a fifth-year senior on the women’s soccer team, broke the
school record for career points when she scored two goals, including the
game-winner in overtime, in a 3-2 season-opening victory over Richard Stockton
on Thursday.
Vennie gave Misericordia a 1-0 lead before scoring the winning goal. She
now has 41 goals and 18 assists to total 100 career points. That broke the
mark of 98 established by Bishop O’Reilly graduate Jeanette Manorek
(1996-2000). Vennie, a Selinsgrove native, missed all of 2003 with a torn ACL.
WILKES
Goalkeepers Hilary Weber (field hockey) and Dominik Proctor (men’s soccer)
were named Freedom Conference Goalie/Defender of the Week in their respective
sports.
Weber stopped 14 shots and didn’t allow a goal in a 1-0 loss to Susquehanna
via penalty strokes. She then stopped two shots in a 3-0 win over Marywood and
made nine saves in a 1-0 victory over Neumann.
Proctor, a Wyoming Valley West grad, stopped all five shots in a 2-0 win
over Misericordia on Thursday.