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The Warriors used the running of tailbacks Andre Castiglioni (Jr., Reading, Pa./ Muhlenberg) and Nate Pendry (Fr., Catasauqua,Pa./Catasauqua) and an outstanding defensive performance to upend Glenville State, 10-0, for the team's third straight win.

Castiglioni turned in his third 100-yard rushing game of the season with 148 yards on 24 carries. Pendry added 80 yards on only seven rushing attempts and set up the game's lone touchdown on a 30-yard run to the Glenville two-yard line near the end of the third quarter. Fullback A.J. Oliveri (So., Pittston, Pa./Pittston) took the ball into the endzone.

Mike Berry (Jr., Clarks Summit, Pa./Miami Southridge, Fla.) booted the extra point and a 36-yard game-clinching field goal in the fourth quarter.

The ESU defense allowed Glenville only 182 yards total offense, 59 rushing and 123 passing, in the school's first shutout win in nine years. It was the least yards allowed since Cheyney gained only 83 yards in the last shutout, a 28-0 win in 1991.

The entire defensive unit contributed to the victory with numerous big plays in the second half. Linebacker Kevin Nagle (Gr., Effort, Pa./Pleasant Valley) finished as the team's leading tackler with 13, giving him a conference-best 43 tackles in three games. He also had an interception and had the team's highest mark at 91 percent in the film evaluations.

Defensive end Adam DeAngelo (So., East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg) followed with ten tackles including a sack while linebacker Rich Butcofski (Sr., Shavertown, Pa./Dallas) had seven tackles and recovered a fumble. Nick Beisker (So., Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) also made an interception.

The Pioneers managed only three first downs and didn't get of their own territory in the first half. In the second half, they got past the 50 into ESU territory four times. Their further advance was to the 17-yard line where linebacker Eric Markovcy (So., Northampton, Pa./ Northampton) stuffed the Glenville ball-carrier on a fourth-and-one situation to give ESU possession.

Tackle Dustin Barno (So., Easton, Pa./Easton) also made a key stop in the fourth quarter to force a Glenville punt and cornerback Jeremy Brown (So., Centreville, Va./Centreville) made a fourth-down tackle after a pass reception to end another Pioneer drive.

The last time the Warriors were 3-0 was in 1994 when they beat Lafayette and Springfield on the road and Southern Connecticut at home in succession before losing their fourth game to West Chester and winding up 5-5. ESU will open its home season Saturday against Shepherd, an NCAA Division II playoff team the last two years. The Rams won last year's meeting between the two teams, 33-27, in double overtime.

The Warriors outscored opponents, 23-0, last week and won their fourth straight Kiwanis-ESU Soccer Classic. They beat LIU-Southampton, 3-0, in the first round of the tournament as goalie Jason Land (Jr., Carney's Point, N.J./St. James) made nine saves and posted the shutout. They then trounced Bloomfield, 9-0, in the second round with Tom Mustac (Jr., West Milford, N.J./Clifton) booting in two goals.

Mustac also scored a goal against LIU-Southampton and was chosen as the outstanding offensive player of the tournament. Land won the award as the outstanding defensive player.

Jorge Chapoy (So., Monclova, Mexico/Pequea Valley, Pa.) figured in all three scores in the LIU-Southampton game with a goal and two assists. Southampton had beaten ESU, 2-1, in triple overtime in last year's NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championships.

Earlier in the week, Coach Jerry Sheska's team trounced St. Thomas Aquinas, 11-0, the most goals for an ESU team in 27 years and tied for the second most goals in the school's history. The school record is 12 goals set in a 12-3 win over Shippensburg in 1962.

For the season, the Warriors have outscored opponents, 36-2, with five shutouts in seven games. They have extended their regular-season unbeaten streak to 19 straight over two seasons.

The team was ranked tenth in last week's NCAA Division II national poll.

Justina Woolf (Jr., Womelsdorf, Pa./Tulpehocken) has now scored goals in four straight games. She connected for the team's lone goals in losses to Le Moyne, 2-1, and Millersville, 4-1, last week. She was the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's leading scorer two years ago, but was sidelined last season because of an injury.

Tiffanie Savacool (So., Yardville, N.J./Hamilton West) assisted against Le Moyne and Dlorah Walkley (Sr., Pearl River, N.Y./Albertus Magnus) set up the goal against Millersville.

Kate Dideon (Jr., Lancaster, Pa./Living Word Academy) scored a pair of goals as the Warriors trounced C.W. Post, 4-0, last week. Rachel Miller (Jr., Tunkhannock, Pa./ Tunkhannock) and Steph Hippman (Fr., New Buffalo, Pa./Susquenita) added the other two goals.

Goalie Kelly Wagner (So., Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) made her season debut and posted the shutout against C.W. Post although she only had to make one save. Wagner then made 14 saves in a 1-0 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference loss to Lock Haven.

The vastly-improved ESU women's volleyball team got its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division season off to a spectacular start last week with 3-1 victories over three-year East champion Millersville and 1999 East runner-up Kutztown.

The win over Millersville broke the Marauders' 18-match PSAC home winning streak. Their last home conference loss had been to ESU, 3-0, in 1996.

Outside hitters April Mellott (So., Dover, Pa./Spring Grove) and Andi Myers (So., Mount Wolf, Pa./Northeastern) led the way in the two victories.

Mellott hit .438 with 15 kills and only one error in 32 attempts and had six solo blocks and 14 digs against Millersville. She made 15 kills and 14 digs in the Kutztown match. Myers had the top hitting average against Kutztown at .326 with 16 kills and two errors in 43 attempts. She then was the team leader with 22 digs and added 12 kills in the win over Millersville.

Outside hitter Jessica Nourse (So., Hanover, Pa./Williamsburg) also had a big week with a combined total of 19 kills. Setter Ashleigh Reinert (Sr., Dover, Pa./Dover) had 52 assists and 23 digs in the two matches.

Darryl Brown (Fr., Kennett Square, Pa./Kennett Square) finished second and Mike Webster (Jr., Reading, Pa./Exeter) fifth as the ESU men's cross country team won the five-team Stony Brook Festival. The Warriors scored 36 points and won by one point over Hofstra.

Brown was timed in 17:01 for the 5,000-meter distance while Webster was clocked in 17:30. Completing the Warriors' top five were Mike Loenser (Fr., South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield) eighth in 17:38, Brian Trentowski (Sr., Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem) 10th in 17:47 and Jeff Callan (Sr., Glenside, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) 11th in 17:57.

Christel Hibbard (So., Springville, Pa./Elk Lake) placed second of 29 finishers in the Stony Brook Cross Country Festival. She was timed in 20:17 for the 5,000-meter distance.

Danielle Centurione (Sr., Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) was sixth in 21:27 with Erin Coyne (Fr., Freehold, N.J./Freehold Twp.) ninth in 22:15. The team's other top runners were Heather Bjorndahl (Jr., Coram, N.Y./Longwood) 11th, 22:37, and Katie Peterson (Sr., Centereach, N.Y./Centereach) 15th, 23:07.

The Warriors placed second of three teams with 40 points behind champion Hofstra, 37, and ahead of host Stony Brook, 45.