Beaver Area graduate Kim Walsh set a Grove City College volleyball record for the most assists in a four-game match in Friday's 3-1 loss to Lebanon Valley.

Walsh, a 5-5 junior setter broke the record she set last year by recording 62 assists. She now has 586 assists in 51 games for an 11.49 average per match.

Walsh broke into the Wolverines lineup as a freshman and recorded 550 assists.

Last season, she registered 1,123 assists and a 10.5 assist per game average, which places her in fifth place in both categories in school history.

A precocious freshman

South Fayette graduate Andrew DiDonato is starting at quarterback as a true freshman for Grove City College.

DiDonato, a 6-0, 200-pounder, has completed 40 of 75 passes for 414 yards, two touchdowns, and only one interception in the Wolverines first three games.

In Saturday's 29-18 loss to Waynesburg, DiDonato completed 15 of 35 passes for 173 yards and one touchdown.

Hopewell grad boosts Juniata

Hopewell graduate Aly Pompeani is a right-side hitter for Juniata's undefeated women's volleyball team.

Pompeani, a junior, is averaging 2.36 kills per game with 66 kills in 28 games. Juniata enters the week with a 17-0 record.

KO grad leads RMU defense

Keystone Oaks graduate Ray Gensler spearheaded a record-breaking defensive effort by the Robert Morris football team in Saturday's 21-0 shutout of Rowan.

Gensler and his Colonial teammates held Rowan to minus 44 yards rushing and minus 19 yards in total offense, both new school records,

Gensler recorded 4.5 sacks of Rowan quarterback Mike Orihel to tie the school record for career sacks.

Gensler, a 6-0, 220-pound senior who has started at defensive end since his sophomore year, has recorded 17 career sacks, tying former Colonial lineman Jason Spencer (1994-97).

Gensler has registered nine sacks in the Colonials' first four games this season. With seven games remaining on the Colonials schedule, Gensler needs only two sacks to tie the single-season school record of 11, which was set by Spencer in 1997.