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Top 10 YSU Sports Storylines of 2012-13

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IAA Fan:
YSU will be counting down their top-10 moments in sports for this past year. Let's count them down with them over the next 10-days?

10: Women's Golf: Allison Mitzel Takes Medalist Honors at Horizon League Golf Championship.
  9: Soccer: Farmers National Bank Field Built for YSU Soccer.
  8: Baseball:Dosch Repeats as Second-Team Academic All-American, Gets Drafted By Orioles.
  7: Swimming: Ashley Dow Becomes First YSU Swimmer to Win Two League Titles.
  6: Basketball: Basketball’s Memorable Season.
  5: Women's Tennis: Trio Leads Tremendous Turnaround in Women’s Tennis
  4: Women’s Basketball: Turnaround Catches National Spotlight
  3: Football and Basketball: Teams Win 31 Home Games
  2: Football, Men’s and Women’s Basketball: Beat BCS Teams
  1: Women’s Basketball: Brandi Brown Highlights 2012-13 in YSU Athletics

IAA Fan:
Youngstown State sophomore women's golfer Allison Mitzel shot 71 and 73 in the final two days of the Horizon League Championship to win the conference title by seven strokes, earning her the No. 10 spot in the top 10 moments and story-lines of Penguins athletics in 2012-13.

Mitzel, who was tied-for-fourth after the first round with a 77, surged into first with a one-under-par round of 71 on the second day. She added six strokes to her lead in the final day to become the fourth Penguin in school history to win the conference tournament.

In her 54 holes at the Mission Inn Resortshe had eight birides, 11 bogeys (five of which came on her first eight holes on Friday) and just one double bogey.

Youngstown State finished second at the conference tournament, earning the runner-up trophy for the fifth time since 2002. Mitzel's performance helped cap an impressive career by women's golf coach Roseann Schwartz, who retired after the season. She was YSU's only head coach since the program's inception in 1996.

IAA Fan:
Youngstown State added a new facility gem on its campus, and the Penguins soccer team will play its inaugural season at Farmers National Bank Field this fall. The construction of the new soccer field and softball complex along Fifth Avenue is the No. 9 story in YSU athletics in 2012-13.

Farmers National Bank donated $500,000 toward the new complex, which is being built across from Stambaugh Stadium. The complex has significantly upgraded one of the gateway entrances to campus, with Farmers National Bank Field and the softball complex filling up the area between the Eastbound Service Road, Fifth Avenue, Grant Street and Ford Avenue.

"Farmers National Bank believes in community investment, believes in YSU and believes in providing opportunity for young people here in the Valley," said John S. Gulas, president and chief executive officer of Farmers National Banc Corp./Farmers National Bank, at the announcement of the donation in December. "We serve all three of these missions with this donation."

Farmers National Bank Field was completed this month, and the track surrounding the field should be surfaced in the coming weeks. Construction of the softball field will begin shortly, and all three facilities should be operational in the fall. Lighting, stands, restrooms, walkways and fencing are also part of the project.

IAA Fan:
In a span of eight days, Youngstown State baseball player Drew Dosch repeated as a Second-Team Academic All-American and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the seventh round. Dosch's successes earned him eighth place on the list of top 10 moments and storylines of YSU athletics in 2012-13.

Dosch became the first student-athlete in school history to earn Second-Team Academic All-America honors twice. An integrated social studies education major, Dosch finished his junior year with a 3.97 grade-point average.

On the baseball field, Dosch earned First-Team All-Horizon League honors at third base for the second straight season. He led the league with a .434 on-base percentage and a .922 OPS while also ranking among the top five with a .338 batting average, 40 runs, 68 hits, .488 slugging percentage and 15 doubles.

When the Orioles selected Dosch as the 23rd pick of the Major League Baseball draft on June 7, he became the fourth-highest draft choice in school history. Only one position player, Chris Durkin in the third round in 1991, has been selected higher.

IAA Fan:
Sophomore Ashley Dow became the first Penguin swimmer in school history to win two individual titles at the Horizon League Championships, which is the No. 7 story in Youngstown State athletics in 2012-13.

Dow swept the backstroke events in dominating fashion at the league meet on the first two days of March. She also became the first YSU swimmer to defend an event title after winning the 100-yard backstroke crown in 2012.

Dow set a new conference record with a time of 54.40 seconds in the 100 back, surpassing the mark she set as a freshman in 2012. A day later, she won the 200 back by two-and-a-half seconds with another conference-record time of 1:58.68.

Dow also set a school record in the 200-yard individual medley at the conference meet with a mark of 2:07.10. That is more than three-and-a-half seconds faster than any other Penguin in school history. Dow holds the school record in the 100 back by 3.8 seconds and the record in the 200 back by 7.4 seconds.

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