Sport Shorts: Five Warriors named to 2022-23 Winter MAC All-Sportsmanship team | Local
WILLIAMSPORT — Five student-athletes from Lycoming College have been selected for the 2022-23 winter MAC All Sportsmanship team, the conference bureau announced Thursday.
The MAC All-Sportsmanship Team is comprised of one athlete from each conference school who embodies outstanding sportsmanship on and off the competition site throughout the season. The athletes named for each team are selected by their respective coaches and teammates.
Representatives include:
Men’s Basketball: Brendon Blackson, Jr.
Blackson, a 26-game starter for the Warriors, finished sixth in the team’s standings and averaged 5.2 points per game. He scored a season-high 16 points on December 4 in an 85-77 win over Marywood University. Blackson’s shot added 56 rebounds and 32 assists during the season.
Women’s Basketball: Kenzie Reed, Sr.
Reed saw action in 24 games and started 17 for the Warriors. The Post player shot .455 from the field and averaged 5.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. She led the team with 31 blocks and finished third on the team in two other categories, recording 29 steals and 51 assists.
Men’s Swimming: Eliot Keith, Jr.
Keith finished the season with two top-25 finishes at the MAC Championships and a total of seven individual event wins over the course of the season. A winning time of 1:03.22 in the 100-yard freestyle against Penn State – Altoona earned him MAC Swimmer of the Week honors on December 12, a 16th-place finish.
Women’s Swimming: Cathryn Brought, Jr.
On the final day of the MAC Championships, Brought broke the school record in the 100-yard freestyle twice in 10 hours and capped the day with a fourth-place finish in 54.07. Her provisional time (54.27) broke an 18-year mark. In a 100-yard individual time trial at the MACs, Brought swam a 1:02.69 and broke Eileen Mackson’s previous record of 1:03.59, set in 1983. Brought won six individual events over the course of the season and also finished third in the 100-yard freestyle at Diamond City, a 56.07 swim.
Wrestling: Hunter O’Connor, Sr.
O’Connor, a two-time MAC All-Sportsmanship team member, was previously named to the team in 2021-22. O’Connor finished the season with a 22-13 record, scoring 11 pins and four technical falls. O’Connor finished sixth at the MAC Championships with 157 and was named MAC Wrestler of the Week on December 5 after winning the 157 title at the Ohio Northern Invitational.
Mets’ Díaz is expected to miss the season with a torn patellar tendon
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz has a torn patellar tendon and is expected to miss the entire season after injuring his right knee while celebrating a win at the World Baseball Classic.
The Mets announced Thursday night that Díaz underwent surgery earlier in the day. Without going into specifics, general manager Billy Eppler said Thursday afternoon that a general timeline for recovery from this type of injury is about eight months.
The Mets said Díaz is expected to begin a formal rehab program in about a week.
Díaz, who turns 29 next week, ended the team Wednesday night in the ninth inning of a 5-2 win over the Dominican Republic that sent Puerto Rico to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. As Díaz and his teammates jumped together in the infield, the right-hander collapsed and grabbed his right leg. He was taken off the field in a wheelchair.
The Mets re-signed Díaz to a five-year, $102 million contract — the largest contract ever — after he produced a spectacular 2022 season. All player contracts are insured by the WBC spanning the period that the player is absent due to an injury sustained during the tournament.
Díaz went 3-1 with a 1.31 ERA and 32 saves in 35 opportunities while beating 118 batsmen in 62 innings last season. He made his second All-Star appearance and finished ninth in voting for the NL Cy Young Award.
Mets manager Buck Showalter has a few finishers on the list as the team looks to replace Díaz.
David Robertson has 157 career saves, including 20 last season while playing for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. Adam Ottavino has 33 career saves. Brooks Raley made six saves for the Tampa Bay Rays last season.