Emma Sweitzer and Fiona Pyfer have been named the Misericordia University Wendy's Female Athletes of the Month for September while Stephen Rowley was named the Male Athlete of the Month.
 
Sweitzer led the nationally-ranked women's soccer team to a 5-3-1 record during the month.
 
She is third in the MAC Freedom with 19 points on eight goals and three assists while becoming Misericordia's all-time leader in goals and points in the process.
 
Pyfer led the women's volleyball team to an 11-8 record.  She the led team with 213 kills and 3.23 kills per set.  She ranks second in the MAC Freedom in kills per set and is eighth in kills.
 
Rowley was MU's top finisher in two races for the men's cross country team.
 
He was fourth overall at the Misericordia Invitational and finished 31^st in a 200-runner field at the Lock Haven Invitational.
 
He set a new school record of 25:01 at Lock Haven and led the Cougars to the number-six spot in the Mid-Atlantic regional rankings.
 
The Wendy's Misericordia University Athlete of the Month program is celebrating its 25th year and is sponsored by Quality Served Fast (QSF), our local Wendy's franchise organization.