Nine named to HL All-Academic Team

Nine named to HL All-Academic Team

INDIANAPOLIS

Youngstown State had the third-most athletes named to the Horizon League’s 2015-16 Winter Academic All-League Team with nine.

Oakland led the conference with 17 and Milwaukee had 15. The Penguin honorees were Francisco Santiago (men’s basketball), Viktoria Orosz (women’s swimming and diving), Ryan Booth, Jon Huntyan, Ryan Sullivan and Carl Zallow (men’s indoor track and field), and Jaynee Corbett, Nina Grambling and Savannah Osborne (women’s indoor track and field).

Howland volleyball to host fundraiser

HOWLAND

The Howland High School volleyball team plans to host a pasta bar fundraiser on May 10 at Alberini’s Trattoria.

The dinner runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and features a meet-and-greet with Nia Grant, a 2011 Howland graduate who plays professional volleyball in France.

Tickets are $15 and admission is free for kids under 4. To purchase tickets or get more info, contact the Howland athletic office or Stacey Grant at 330-646-8661.

Penguins’ Geanangel shuts out Detroit

DETROIT

Freshman pitcher Paige Geanangel struck out two and allowed just three hits for her third shutout of the year as the Youngstown State softball team defeated Detroit, 8-0, to sweep the season series.

Geanangel (14-9) picked up her 14th win on the season and her seventh against Horizon League opponents as the Penguins improve to 27-18 overall and 13-6 in the Horizon League. Detroit falls to 17-39 overall and 7-17 in the league.

The Penguins scored two runs in the first, three in the third and three more in the fifth inning to enforce the mercy rule.

The Penguins return home to host Northern Kentucky in three-game series, May 6-7, in the regular-season finale for both teams. First pitch on Friday is at 3 p.m.

YSU women’s soccer signs two more players

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State women’s soccer program has added Bianca Andrade-Torres and Jessica Gamez to the 2016 roster after each signed National Letters of Intent.

Andrade-Torres, a junior midfielder from Forest Grove, Ore., played two seasons at Peninsula College and scored three goals with four assists. A reserve on the U-20 Mexican National Team, Andrade-Torres helped Peninsula to a pair of NWAC regular-season championships.

Gamez, a forward/midfielder, was named the Seoul American High Schools Most Valuable Player Award in 2013, Seoul American High Schools Golden Boot Award in 2013 and 2014, First-Team All-Europe in 2015, won the European All Region Award in 2015.

Former soccer star Wambach joins ESPN

Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach is joining ESPN as an analyst and a contributor.

Wambach, who is the leading goal scorer of all time, will cover the European Championships in France and the Rio Olympics in August. But her role won’t be limited to soccer: She’ll work across multiple platforms including ESPN Films and “Outside the Lines,” according to ESPN.

Wambach also will produce a podcast, “Fearless Conversation with Abby Wambach,” in which she’ll take on topical issues, including comments she made regarding foreign-born players on the men’s U.S. national team.

Wambach, the FIFA World Player of the year in 2012, scored 184 career goals.

Corrections

Mathews softball player Meredith Grimes was misidentified in a high school sports roundup item about the Mustangs’ game against Badger in Wednesday’s edition.

In the same roundup, incorrect information submitted to The Vindicator had the wrong player pitching for Poland’s baseball team against Boardman. The Bulldogs’ Dan Klase pitched in a 2-1 loss to the Spartans.

Staff/wire reports