2007 NEWMAC
Spring Academic All-Conference Teams Announced
BABSON PARK, Mass.--
The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)
has announced its 2007 Spring Academic All-Conference teams in the
sports of baseball, women’s lacrosse, softball, women’s rowing,
men’s tennis and men’s & women’s outdoor track and field.
Honorees must have met the following criteria:
earned a minimum cumulative GPA
of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2006 spring semester,
achieved second year academic status at her institution, and been
a member of the varsity team for the entire season.
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Martignetti, Pettengill
And Reardon Provide League Champion Babson With Sweep Of 2007 NEWMAC
Women's Lacrosse Accolades
WORCESTER,
Mass. – New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Regular-Season
and Tournament Champion Babson College swept all three major conference
2007 post-season awards that included junior attacker Anita
Martignetti
(Player of the Year), freshman attacker Kaitlyn Pettengill
(Rookie of the Year) and Kully
Reardon
(Coach of the Year). Mount
Holyoke was named as the inaugural NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award recipient.
Joining
Martignetti and Pettengill on the 2007 first team all-NEWMAC squad
are Springfield’s Jaclyn
Alessi and Ashley Martell,
Wellesley’s Maxine Brownstein
and Casey Logan, Babson’s
Lindsay Bucci and Jackie Godfrey, Wheaton’s Meredith
Hurd and Smith’s Sara
Smith.
Earning
second team all-NEWMAC accolades were MIT’s Anna
Ayuso
and Laura
Watson,
Wheaton’s Kim
Corbin
and Abbie
Sherwin,
Springfield’s Rachel
Lampros,
Lauren
McAuley
and Lisa
Thomas,
Babson’s Ashley
Platt,
Smith’s Sara
Smyth,
Mount Holyoke’s Megan
Wefald
and Wellesley’s Colette
Whitaker
and Loretta
White.
Laplante, McDonough
And Podbelski Give Wheaton Hat Trick Of 2007 NEWMAC Baseball Awards
As Player, Pitcher And Coach Of Year, Babson's O'Toole Tabbed As
League Freshman Of Year
NEW LONDON, CONN.-- For the second straight season, Wheaton senior catcher Adam
Laplante was named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) Baseball Player of the Year and Wheaton head
coach Eric Podbelski was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year as
the conference champion Lyons took three of the four major awards.
Wheaton junior pitcher Chris McDonough
was named Pitcher of the Year, while Babson freshman outfielder
Peter O’Toole earned Rookie of the Year honors.
Laplante is hitting .323 with two homers and 19 RBI’s. McDonough,
who held opponents to a .176 batting average this season, is 5-1
while leading the NEWMAC with a 1.50 ERA. O’Toole is hitting .346
with 18 RBI’s.
MIT won the inaugural NEWMAC sportsmanship
award as voted on by the players of each team. It is awarded to
the team that most closely demonstrates the ideals of the NEWMAC
and its Code of Conduct.
Joining Laplante and McDonough on
the 2007 NEWMAC First Team all-conference squad are Coast Guard’s
Chuck Arena, WPI’s Conor Fahey and Matt Fiore,
Springfield’s Jimmy Lisowski, Babson’s Steve Tahmoush
and Sam Whelan as well as MIT’s Jason Witzberger.
The second team all-NEWMAC squad
consists of Coast Guard’s Will Becker and Christian George,
Wheaton’s Louie Bernardini and Nick Pecora, Clark’s
Joe Pasciucco, Joe Silva and Nick Tapper, Babson’s
Jeff Wojnar and WPI’s Ryan Rainone.
Wellesley's Harvey,
O'Meara Named As 2007 NEWMAC Softball Player, Coach Of Year, Springfield's
Wlosek Tabbed As Freshman Of The Year As All-Conference Squad Announced
WORCESTER,
Mass. -- Wellesley College earned three of the four New England
Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) major awards, it
was announced on Wednesday. Junior pitcher Jenna Harvey (London,
Ont.) was named the NEWMAC Player and Pitcher of the Year, while
head coach Keri O’Meara received Coach of the Year recognition.
Springfield College first-year catcher Michelle Wlosek (Nutley,
N.J.) was selected Rookie of the Year to highlight the conference’s
list of annual award winners.
Harvey
(16-4), who also received First-Team All-Conference honors, led
the league with 253 strikeouts in 136.2 innings pitched for a league-best
.97 ERA. She was named NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week four times this
season. O’Meara led the Blue (22-12), in just its third year of
existence, to its first-ever NEWMAC title and NCAA berth. It marks
the first time the third-year coach has received Coach of the Year
accolades.
Wlosek
compiled a .407 batting average with nine homeruns and 44 RBI to
lead Springfield. She finished second in the conference in RBI per
game with 1.11.
Joining
Harvey and Wlosek on the 2007 NEWMAC first team all-conference squad
are Babson’s Andrea Cartullo, Clark’s Heather Warren,
Smith’s Debbie Sasges, Springfield’s Denise Fumicello,
Wellesley’s Kara Wong and Wheaton’s Jessica DePolito
and Nicole Lachance.
Earning
second team all-league honors were Babson’s Alex Lazar and
Courtney Thurston, Clark’s Lauren Blake, Coast Guard’s
Leanna Minton, Springfield’s Danielle Spiro, Wheaton’s
Stacey Kelleher and WPI’s Meghan Kelly and Nicole
Maglione.
NEWMAC Men's Tennis
All-Conference Squad Announced, Wheaton's Payman Named 2007 Player
Of Year, Springfield's Romanzi, MIT's Hagymas Tabbed As League Freshman,
Coach Of Year
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
(NEWMAC) announced its men’s tennis post-season awards on Tuesday.
Wheaton College led the way with nine selections including Athlete
of the Year accolades going to senior Payum Payman. MIT,
the conference regular season and tournament champion, collected
eight awards with head coach Dave Hagymas being named the
Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Springfield College
rounded out the All-Conference Team with two honors as Trevor
Romanzi was tabbed the Rookie of the Year, marking the second
consecutive selection for the Pride. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy
was the recipient of the inaugural Sportsmanship Award as voted
upon by the student-athletes.
Payman was joined on the first team singles squad by teammate Kyle Hudgins
as well as MIT’s Eric Beren, Mark Egan, Peden Nichols and
Melvin Makhni. Beren
and teammate Tom Dohlman, along with Egan and Nichols, enabled
MIT to take the top two first team all-NEWMAC doubles spots, while
Wheaton’s Will Stoddard and James Little claimed third
team honors.
Dohlman was the second team first singles players on this year’s squad,
while Wheaton’s Stoddard, Brian Danishevsky and Brad Dressler
joined Romanzi in earning second team all-conference singles honors.
Payman and Dressler comprised the second team first doubles
team, while Danishevsky and Raymour Radhakrishnan completed
Wheaton’s sweep in that category.
2007 NEWMAC Track
And Field Post Season Honors Announced, MIT's Brooks, Magnuson,
Taylor And Morton Earn Individual Accolades Along With Wheaton's
Harlow And Springfield's Headley
BABSON PARK, Mass. — The New England Women’s
and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its postseason
awards for track and field on Tuesday, and men’s and women’s conference
champion MIT claimed four of the eight honors.
On the women’s side, MIT coach Fletcher Brooks was named
NEWMAC Coach of the Year, while first-year Amy Magnuson (
Lawrence ,
Kan. ) was named NEWMAC Rookie of the
Year after winning the 100 high hurdles and placing second in the
triple jump at the conference meet. Wheaton
senior Jennifer Harlow ( East Bridgewater
, MA / East
Bridgewater ) capped off her magnificent career
with her third straight NEWMAC Female Athlete of the Year award
after winning the league title in the high jump and placing second
in both the 100 high hurdles and the long jump.
Mount
Holyoke rounded out the list of women’s
winners by claiming the inaugural NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award.
Highlighting the men’s winners were MIT coach Halston Taylor,
who was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year, and first-year Stephen
Morton (Lexington, Ky.), who earned NEWMAC Male Athlete of the
Year honors after winning the league title in the 200 meter dash,
the long jump, and the triple jump and placing second in the 100
meter dash. Springfield first-year
Steve Headley ( Wilbraham
, Mass. ) was
named Men’s Rookie of the Year after claiming the NEWMAC title in
the 100 meter dash and coming in second in the 200. The United States
Coast Guard Academy capped off this year’s list of honorees by earning
the first-ever NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award.
Wheaton Claims NEWMAC
Baseball Crown For Third Straight Season And Eighth Time In Nine
Years With 5-3 Championship Round Win Over Babson
NORTON,
Mass.-- The seventh-ranked Wheaton College baseball team will make
a return to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in eight seasons,
as the top-seeded Lyons claimed their third consecutive New England
Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament championship
and eighth in the league's nine-year history after downing fourth
seed Babson College, 5-3 Sunday afternoon at Sidell Stadium.
Improving
to 27-10 after winning its fourth straight game, Wheaton will return
to Whitehouse Field in Harwich on Wednesday, May 16 for the start
of the NCAA New England Regional Tournament.
The pairings are scheduled to be announced on Monday, May
14. The Beavers fell
to 23-12 in the loss.
The
Lyon offense gave junior starter Josh
Moore (Manchester, NH/Manchester Memorial) all the run support
he'd need in the first three innings, as the hosts put up three
runs in the second and a pair more in the third to take a 5-1 lead.
Senior Travis
Anthoine (Portland, ME/Portland) delivered the second frame's
big blow with a two-run double to right center.
Junior Jake Yagjian
(Brewster, MA/Nauset Regional) also knocked in a run.
Yagjian
ended up scoring a run in the third as senior Jeff Martin (Marblehead, MA/Marblehead) launched a two-out triple
to right center. Sophomore
Karl Olson (Bethel, ME/Gould
Academy) plated Martin in the next at bat thanks to a double
off the right field fence.
Babson took an initial 1-0 lead on an RBI single from senior
Andrew Collins (South Boston,
MA/Boston Latin) in the second before cutting its four-run deficit
in half on the strength of senior Ryan
Campbell's (Manchester, NH/Trinity) two-run shot to left in
the sixth.
Babson
sophomore relief pitcher Pete
Bizinkauskas (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury), who entered the game in
the second, kept the Beavers within striking distance, as he retired
14 batters in a row from the third through eighth innings.
Babson attempted to begin a one-out rally in the eighth by
placing a runner on first via a Wheaton miscue, but Moore set down
the next two batters on a fly out to left and strikeout to get out
of the inning unscathed. Sophomore
closer Josh Simmons (Cranston, RI/Cranston West) came on in the ninth with
a runner on first and proceeded to get two quick outs on a double-play
ball before inducing a groundball to second to end the game.
Moore
improved to 6-1 on the season after becoming Wheaton's third straight
starter to pitch into the ninth in tournament play, as he fanned
six and walked two with seven hits.
Simmons earned his conference-leading sixth save of the season.
Babson junior Robbie
Leer (Edina, MN/Edina) was saddled with the loss after giving
up three runs, two earned, with two hits and three walks in 1.1
innings.
Yagjian
paced the Blue and White offense by going 3-for-4 with two runs
and an RBI, Anthoine drove in a pair of runs and Martin scored twice.
Sophomore Bryan Evans (Bellaire, TX/Episcopal) went 3-for-4 with a run for the
Beavers, Collins was 2-for-4 with the RBI, and Campbell plated two
runs while scoring one.
Babson Captures First-Ever
NEWMAC Women's Lacrosse Championship With 12-10 Victory Over Wellesley
In 2007 Title Match
BABSON
PARK , MASS. --
Babson College claimed its first-ever New England Women’s and Men’s
Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women’s Lacrosse Championship on Sunday,
as the top-seeded Beavers narrowly defeated second-seeded Wellesley
College, 12-10, in a brilliantly-played women’s lacrosse game at
MacDowell Field. With the win, Babson (15-2, ranked seventh in the
nation by the IWLCA), earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division
III Tournament - the first in the 21-year history of the program.
Junior
Anita Martignetti (Winchester, Mass.) had another big day
for Babson, leading all players with four goals and one assist for
five points, whiles sophomores Lindsay Bucci (Mendon, Mass.)
and Jackie Godfrey (Franklin, Mass.) added three goals apiece.
First-years Kaitlyn Pettengill (Hopkinton, Mass.) and Anna
Collins (Winchester, Mass.) rounded out the Beavers’ scoring
with one goal each, and senior tri-captain Jennie Williams (North
Andover, Mass.) finished a terrific day in net with nine saves,
including a clutch stop in the final three minutes.
Wellesley was led by the magnificent play of sophomore goalie
Kristin Jaronczyk (
Manhasset , N.Y.
), who kept the high-powered Babson offense at bay with 13 saves,
including nine in the opening frame. Offensively,
Wellesley received a team-high three goals from first-year
Colette Whitaker ( Great Falls
, Va. ), as well as two scores
apiece from senior Maxine Brownstein ( Roseland
, N.J. ), senior Casey
Logan ( Scituate ,
Mass. ), and junior Amber Evans (
Worthington ,
Ohio ).
Wellesley
came storming out of the game in the first 10 minutes of play, scoring
three unanswered goals to start the contest. Meanwhile, Jaronczyk
came up huge on the defensive end, making five saves during that
span. Babson finally broke through when Martignetti scored with
19:08 left in the half, and Bucci added a goal at 18:19 to cut the
Beavers deficit to one at 3-2.
After
the two teams traded goals over the next three minutes, Godfrey
struck for two straight to give Babson its first lead of the game,
5-4, with 11:35 remaining in the first. Evans, Logan, and Whitaker
then rattled off three in a row to put
Wellesley back in front by two, but Martignetti
ripped off two straight in the final 3:09 of the half to send the
game into the break knotted at 7-7.
Following
a sluggish first half, Babson appeared to gain a second wind during
the break as Bucci and Pettengill both scored in the first four
minutes of the second to give the Beavers a 9-7 advantage. Babson
still led by two after Whitaker and Godfrey traded goals, but
Wellesley quickly erased
the deficit when Evans and Logan netted back-to-back free position
goals to tie the game, 10-10, with 11:43 left to play.
Bucci
put Babson in front for good with just under nine minutes remaining,
as she buried her third of the day to give her team an 11-10 lead.
Martignetti then gave the Beavers’ a two-goal cushion when she scored
with 6:40 left, forcing
Wellesley to call a timeout.
After
winning the ensuing draw, the Beavers ran nearly three minutes off
the clock before a turnover gave
Wellesley the ball back with 3:46 remaining.
Whitaker then drew a foul in front of the net to earn a free position
attempt, but Williams made the biggest save of the day to give her
team possession with three minutes on the clock. The Blue would
eventually get the ball back with under a minute remaining, but
a turnover with 26 seconds left helped Babson clinch the 12-10 victory.
Sunday’s
win was historic on another front for the Beavers, who set a new
program record for single-season victories. The previous mark was
held by the 1996 team, which finished at 14-2. This year’s team
also extended its winning streak to 12 games - just one shy of the
Babson record of 13, also set in 1996.
Harvey's No-Hitter
Sparks Sixth-Seeded Wellesley To 1-0 Victory Over Babson In 2007
NEWMAC Softball Championship, Blue Claims Crown In Third Year As
Varsity Program
SPRINGFIELD,
Mass. – Wellesley College junior starter Jenna Harvey (London, Ontario) fired a no-hitter, striking out 10
and walking four in seven complete innings of work as the sixth-seeded
Blue defeated No. 3 Babson College, 1-0, this afternoon in the championship
game of the 2007 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
(NEWMAC) Softball Tournament at Springfield College’s Potter Field.
The
Wellesley College softball team, which is in just its third year
of existence, has captured its first-ever NEWMAC title and has earned
a berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Blue (22-12)
did so by going a perfect 4-0 on the week, beating No. 3 Babson
and No. 2 Wheaton on Wednesday by scores of 2-0 and 11-8, respectively,
as Wellesley then knocked off top-seeded SC yesterday (4-2), and
capped its championship run with the 1-0 win today.
With
today’s score still knotted at zero going into the bottom half of
the seventh inning, the Blue needed some offense if it were to avoid
extra innings. Sophomore Amanda
Tai (Melrose, Mass.) reached base to start the seventh frame
when she got hit by a pitch. After a sacrifice bunt from sophomore
Beej Grundlock (Blackwood,
N.J.) to advance Tai to second, freshman Ilana
Orloff (Weston, Mass.) reached on an error as Grundlock remained
at second. Freshman leadoff hitter Megan
Wood (Jacksonville, Fla.) then came to the plate and delivered
a clutch hit to right center to drive in Tai for the winning run.
Despite
the loss, Babson College junior righty Jess
Bryn (Safety Harbor, Fla.) pitched great in defeat for the Beavers.
The junior allowed just three hits in the game and the one earned
run, while striking out seven and walking just two. Bryn falls to
7-5 overall on the season, as Babson is now 25-16-1 overall on its
campaign.
Wellesley
College has received the automatic bid into the NCAA Division III
Softball Tournament with its performance this weekend and will learn
of its opponent and date of competition at a later time.
MIT Captures Ninth
Straight NEWMAC Men's Tennis Title With 5-3 Championship Dual-Match
Triumph Over Wheaton
CAMBRIDGE,
Mass.
– Top-seeded MIT outlasted No. 2 Wheaton College, 5-3, en route
to its ninth consecutive New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Tennis Championship. The Engineers (13-5)
and the Lyons (11-5) have met in the title match for the past three
seasons, with this year’s match up being the closest in tournament
history. MIT and Wheaton posted 5-0 wins over No. 4 Babson College
and No. 3 Springfield College, respectively, in the semifinal round.
Wheaton
opened the championship match with a pair of 8-2 decisions in the
No. 3 and No. 2 doubles positions. MIT’s top tandem of Thomas
Dohlman and Eric Beren defeated Payum Payman and
Brad Dressler, 8-4, to put the Engineers on the board.
Ryan
Castonia
evened the match at two after his 6-0, 6-2 victory over Kyle
Hudgins in the No. 6 singles slot. Steady rain forced the competition
inside and following the brief delay, Beren put MIT ahead with his
6-0, 6-3 win in the No. 2 position. Payman defeated Dohlman, 6-4,
6-2, in the No. 1 position which tied the match at three. Melvin
Makhni gave the Engineers the lead for good following his 6-4,
6-2 decision over Raymour Radhakrishnan. In the No. 4 spot,
Peden Nichols won the first set against Will Stoddard,
6-1, but fell 7-6 in the second set. Nichols bounced back with a
6-2 victory to secure the title. The only unfinished match of the
day was in the No. 3 slot, where MIT’s Mark Egan was leading
Dressler, 2-6, 7-5, 5-0.
MIT Claims Both NEWMAC
Outdoor Track And Field Crowns
NEW LONDON, CONN.—The MIT men’s and women’s track and field teams captured
the NEWMAC conference championship Saturday afternoon at the United
States Coast Guard Academy brand new track facility. The MIT men
won with a total score of 247 points, while the Engineer women won
with a score of 215.5. Stephen
Morton captured the triple jump, long jump, and 200 meters for
the Engineers, while MIT’s Greg Tao won the pole vault.
Trevor Rundell beat the field in the 10,000 meters,
and Yermie Cohen won the 1,500 meters. For the MIT women, Karen Condon won the 10,000 meter
event, while Amy Magnuson took home the title in the 100
meter hurdles. Also
for the women, Leanne Veldhuis won the 800 meters, while
Maria Monks outlasted the filed in the 5000 meters. In
the women’s field events, MIT’s Chi-Fong Wang won the javelin,
Aline Thomas captured the shot put, and Emily Hwang
won the pole vault title. The Engineers 4x100 men’s squad was victorious
as well. Coast Guard’s
Steve Blum won the javelin, Sam England took home
the 400 meter hurdles and helped the men’s 4x400 relay team squeak
past Springfield for first place in the relay.
Caitlin Quinn captured the 3000 meter steeplechase
as the lone winner for the Coast Guard women.
Mount Holyoke Names
Raposo As Sports Information Director
SOUTH
HADLEY, Mass. –
Laurie Priest, Director of Athletics at Mount Holyoke College, announced
today that Michael Raposo will be the new Sports Information
Director for the Lyons beginning in August of 2007. “We are excited
to have Mike on board for next year. He brings solid experience
in marketing and as a Sports Information Director that will enhance
our ability to market and promote our teams and students athletes,”
Priest said.
Raposo received his
Bachelor of Science Degree in Sport Management at the Isenberg School
of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. After
graduating cum laude from UMass, he served as the assistant SID
at Franklin Pierce College, located in Rindge, N.H., where he assisted
in publicizing 20 varsity teams and was the primary contact for
seven sports. In August of 2005, Michael Raposo was named the Sports
Information Director and the Assistant Athletics Director at North
Atlantic conference institution, Mount Ida College. There he was
the primary contact for the College’s 11 varsity sports.
Raposo
also brings tournament management experience to South Hadley. In
2004, he served has the head statistician for both the NCAA Division
III Field Hockey Final Four and the Pioneer Valley Basketball Classic.
In 2005, Raposo served as a member of the Media Relations staff
for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball
tournament held in Worcester, Mass. With his vast amount of experience
in sports communications, Mount Holyoke College is excited to welcome
Michael Raposo to the department.
Coast Guard Captures
NEWMAC Women's Rowing Championship, Mount Holyoke Claims Florence
Jope Smith Cup
WORCESTER,
Mass.-– The United States Coast Guard Academy claimed the 2007 NEWMAC
Women's Rowing Championship Saturday morning at Lake Quinsigamond,
as the Bears took top honors in the varsity eight race to take the
title in the six-team competition.
Mount
Holyoke College earned the Florence Jope Smith Cup after the Lyons
earned the highest number of points in the overall competition that
included both varsity and novice races, edging out both Wellesley
College and Smith College for the title.
Coast
Guard posted a winning time of 7:14.10 in the varsity eight to outdistance
Smith by over four seconds, while Mount Holyoke took top honors
in both the varsity three eight and the novice eight. Wellesley
posted the winning time in the varsity two eight during competition.
The
2007 All-NEWMAC women's rowing varsity team consisted of Clark's
Kasia Baca and Sarah Brooks, Coast Guard's Adriana
Knies and Sarah Southard, Mount Holyoke's Christine
DeLeo and Preya Nixon, Smith's Margaux Buchanan
and Elizabeth Fishback, Wellesley's Kristen Cuneo
and Elizabeth Russell and WPI's Corinne Linderman
and Katie Siering.
The
six members of the 2007 All-NEWMAC novice team were Clark's Rachel
Goldin, Coast Guard's Maggie Ward, Mount Holyoke's Mya
Steadman, Smith's Julie Olson, Wellesley's Colleen
Corcoran and WPI's Stephanie Miskell.
Steve Hargis,
the head women’s crew coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy,
has been voted the 2007 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
(NEWMAC) Crew Coach of the Year. Hargis, in his ninth season with
the Bears, led his varsity crew to Coast Guard’s first ever NEWMAC
Championship title.
Ranked fourth in
the CRCA/NCAA Division III weekly regional poll, the Bears finished
in a time of 7:14.1 ahead of Smith, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, WPI
and Clark in the championship race last Saturday. The Bears also
tied in votes with Wellesley for the inaugural sportsmanship award.
Clark's Warren Earns
School's First-Ever Nod As Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III
Player Of Week
WORCESTER,
Mass.-– Heather Warren has been named Clark University’s
first-ever Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association
(NFCA) Division III softball player of the week, it was announced
on Wednesday. The junior
infielder/pitcher also received New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) and ECAC Division III New England Player of
the Week honors this week.
Warren,
a native of Upland, Calif., learned of the accolade from one of
her teammates. “I had
been in class all day, so I had no idea,” she said.
“It’s exciting. Hopefully,
I can keep it up since the last couple of games are the most important.”
Warren
batted an impressive .815 (22-for-27), including six homeruns, six
doubles, 12 runs scored and 25 RBI for a 1.704 slugging percentage
and .829 on-base percentage in Clark's 5-3 (3-3 NEWMAC) mark last
week. Not only did she smack her 100th career-hit to become the
14th Cougar player to join the Century Hits Club, but she also set
a new mark for homeruns in a season (10) last Saturday. Warren was
perfect at the plate in three games with a 5-for-5, three homerun,
five RBI and five runs scored performance in a 13-5 win over Worcester
State College, 4-for-4 with four RBI in the opener against Smith
College, and 4-for-4 with four RBI in an 11-5 victory against Wheaton
College.
In addition to
leading the Cougars in hitting (.510) and slugging percentage (.959),
she also tops the conference at the plate with 10 homeruns (tied)
and 51 RBI. Warren
also has a team-leading 12 doubles.
With
a pair of NEWMAC games remaining, Clark is tied for fifth in the
conference at 15-13 overall and 6-6 in league play.
The Cougars will take on MIT in a conference doubleheader
on Friday (3:30 p.m.) in Cambridge, Mass. The first round of the
NEWMAC tournament will begin on Wednesday, April 25.
“We’re
looking forward to the tournament,” said Warren. “Hopefully, we can break some records as a team.”
Wheaton's Loudenburg
Becomes 15th Division III Softball Coach To Reach 500 Win Plateau
NORTON, Mass.- Wheaton College head
softball coach Gina Loudenburg
became the 15th softball coach in Division III history with 500
career wins after her Lyons won the second game of a New England
Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader last
Saturday against Clark University on Wheaton's Clark Field. Her
career record is now 500-184-3 in 18 years, having pushed the Blue
and White to a 20-12 overall mark this spring. In league play, the
second-place Lyons are 10-4 as the lone team to already clinch a
postseason berth.
In 1990, Loudenburg kicked off her
Wheaton coaching career by taking over a program that had won the
last two New England Women's Eight (NEW 8) regular season titles
and the 1988 tournament championship. In the 17 full seasons since,
Loudenburg's squads won 12 regular season conference crowns and
10 tournament titles, as the NEW 8 evolved into the NEWMAC in 1999.
The Lyons have qualified for the NCAA Tournament on seven occasions
under Loudenburg's guidance, advancing to the NCAA College World
Series in 1997, 2001 and 2004. The first two of those teams each
finished third nationally, while the 2004 squad tied for fifth.
Under Loudenburg, the Lyons have
posted a winning record every year, recording 20-plus wins in each
of the last 14 seasons. Wheaton has finished at least tied for third
in the regular season conference standings every spring since 1991
and had advanced to the semifinal round of the league tournament
every year of Loudenburg's tenure until last season. The 2006 campaign
also marked the first time the Lyons did not win or finish as the
runner up in the league tournament since 1991. Wheaton is 184-42
in regular season league play since 1990.
The
winningest coach in Wheaton athletics history with 744 triumphs
- she also coached volleyball for 11 years from 1990-2000, advancing
to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1997 - is just the 11th coach in Division
III softball history to win 500 games at the same institution. She
entered the spring ninth in Division III annals for all-time winning
percentage (.735). As the coach of 14 All-America softball selections
during her career, Loudenburg has also racked up numerous accolades.
She has been the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) New
England Regional Coach of the Year four times, most recently in
2004, and has drawn six league coach-of-the-year honors.
Smith College Student-Athletes
Build Home through Habitat for Humanity Community Service Project
NCAA
To Visit Wheaton As Part Of Division III New England Campus Tour
NORTON, Mass.-- The National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) has designated Wheaton College as one of its four stops during
this week's Division III New England campus tour. As part
of its "On The Road" feature, the NCAA will introduce
the Norton campus to its readers on Wednesday in the Double-A Zone,
the official Web log of the NCAA, and share with them the true story
of intercollegiate athletics.
Josh Centor, the NCAA coordinator of new media communications
who helped develop the Association's first official blog, will visit
four campuses during the week, including New England Women's and
Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) members Babson and Wellesley
Colleges. He is also scheduled to make a stop at his alma
mater and former league member Brandeis University.
"More student-athletes and institutions compete in Division
III than either of the other two divisions, so there's no question
that intercollegiate athletics is just as important to those campuses
as it is to the high-profile ones," Centor wrote on his blog
earlier today. "My goal is to provide everyone with a
peek inside those campuses to help create a better understanding
about what it means to be an NCAA student-athlete."
Centor plans to spend time at different parts of campus in addition
to interviewing several Wheaton representatives, including President
Ronald Crutcher, Executive Director of Athletics Chad
Yowell, and a handful of coaches and student-athletes, in order
to give a flavor of the Wheaton experience. He also intends
to attend and capture footage of the school's nationally-ranked
baseball team's doubleheader at Sidell Stadium and the men's tennis
team's conference match at Clark Tennis Courts that afternoon.
The NCAA's official blog, which can be found at www.doubleazone.com,
launched in November 2005 and is now reaching more than 40,000 unique
visitors each month. On the blog are weekly discussions with
NCAA President Myles Brand and a recently launched video
news program called the 3-Minute Drill. The New England trip
will be discussed with Dr. Brand, as well as on the 3-Minute Drill.
Coast
Guard Volleyball Coach Giannattasio To Resign Position With Bears
At Semester's End
NEW
LONDON, CONN.-- Patty
Giannattasio,
who led the Coast Guard Academy volleyball team to the NCAA Division
III Elite 8 for the first time in school history this past season,
will resign her position as head coach at the end of the semester
after 10 years.
“I’m very proud
of the way the volleyball program has evolved over my ten years,”
said Giannattasio. “After our match at the Elite 8 was over and
everyone left the arena, I took a few minutes to reflect on the
past season and what the team had accomplished. I looked up at the
banner that read, “Coast Guard Academy NCAA Elite Eight” and was
both humbled and proud and at that moment I was grateful for the
fact that for the past ten years I’ve been involved in something
much more than coaching a volleyball team.”
Giannattasio posted
a 211-99 record in her 10 seasons for a solid .681 winning percentage.
Under her guidance, Coast Guard made five consecutive trips to the
ECAC Tournament (2001-2005). She led the Bears to the ECAC New England
Championship in 2005 and the ECAC North Championship in 2002.
“Although coaches
are measured by their successes, I have to say that getting to know
the athletes has been the most rewarding part of my job,” said Giannattasio.
“A program is only as good as its players and I’ve had many fine
athletes to work with at Coast Guard. I’m pleased to know that I’m
leaving the program with a solid core of players and some talented
recruits who will carry on the tradition of success simply because
it is that important to them.”
Coast Guard also
won a pair of New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
(NEWMAC) regular season championships in 2004 and 2006 and won its
first ever NEWMAC tournament championship this past season earning
the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Giannattasio was named
the NEWMAC Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2006.
“There are many
fine people who have been supportive of my efforts at CGA and I’m
extremely grateful for them,” said Giannattasio. “I am now looking
forward to working in an area where all that I’ve learned at CGA
can be put to good use. I will continue to promote the sport of
volleyball and develop players and coaches in their knowledge of
the game in a variety of ways.”
The Bears, who
were 26-3 this season and lost to eventual national champion Juniata
in the national quarterfinals in Salem, Va., return all but two
players including All-America Nicole Gurr and honorable mention
All-America Corinne McCormack.
“On behalf of
the Academy and our Athletics Division, I would like to state that
we are indebted to Patty for her outstanding contributions during
the past ten years. In addition to being an outstanding technical
coach, Patty’s work went far beyond the volleyball court,” said
Coast Guard Academy Director of Athletics, Dr. Ray Cieplik.
“Patty has served us for a full decade as an excellent role model,
advisor and mentor to all of the cadets that she has come in contact
with. The graduates who have played for her are surely better officers
and leaders because of her guidance. The amazing thing is that she
accomplished all of her achievements here as a part-time coach.”
A search for her
replacement has already begun.
Coast
Guard's Davis Named As 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar
Of Year By Diverse Issues in Higher Education
NEW
LONDON, CONN.-- Coast
Guard junior basketball standout DeCarol Davis has been named
the 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year by
Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Davis was chosen from a
pool of over 600 student athletes.
Davis
was also recently named the Coast Guard Academy’s first ever Truman
Scholar.
The
junior guard started all 26 games this season and is ranked first
in the junior class of 237 cadets as she carries a 3.95 GPA in Electrical
Engineering. She averaged 9.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists
per game for Coast Guard, which finished 13-13 overall this season.
Davis,
a Rhodes Scholar representative, is on the Commandant of Cadet’s
List for Military Excellence, the Dean’s List and served as Class
President as a freshman and sophomore.
“DeCarol Davis has more energy and enthusiasm
than I’ve ever seen,” said Coast Guard Academy Superintendent, Rear
Admiral J. Scott Burhoe. “Her blend of intellect, integrity,
physical fitness, and character reflects the very best of the Coast
Guard Academy. We are all very proud of her.”
While at the Academy, the 2006 Arthur Ashe women’s basketball and
softball first team Sports Scholar, has won the Commandant’s Undergraduate
Award, established a recycling program at the Academy as well as
written and directed a children’s play performed for Engineering
Outreach program.
Davis,
a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Alpha Lambda Delta,
was named to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
I college division women’s basketball first team as voted on by
the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) earlier
this season.
Diverse
Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate
students of color who have made achieving both academically and
athletically a winning combination.
The
team consists of schools in NCAA Divisions I, II, III and junior
colleges.
Coast
Guard Volleyball Coach Giannattasio To Resign Position With Bears
At Semester's End
NEW
LONDON, CONN.-- Patty
Giannattasio,
who led the Coast Guard Academy volleyball team to the NCAA Division
III Elite 8 for the first time in school history this past season,
will resign her position as head coach at the end of the semester
after 10 years.
“I’m very proud
of the way the volleyball program has evolved over my ten years,”
said Giannattasio. “After our match at the Elite 8 was over and
everyone left the arena, I took a few minutes to reflect on the
past season and what the team had accomplished. I looked up at the
banner that read, “Coast Guard Academy NCAA Elite Eight” and was
both humbled and proud and at that moment I was grateful for the
fact that for the past ten years I’ve been involved in something
much more than coaching a volleyball team.”
Giannattasio posted
a 211-99 record in her 10 seasons for a solid .681 winning percentage.
Under her guidance, Coast Guard made five consecutive trips to the
ECAC Tournament (2001-2005). She led the Bears to the ECAC New England
Championship in 2005 and the ECAC North Championship in 2002.
“Although coaches
are measured by their successes, I have to say that getting to know
the athletes has been the most rewarding part of my job,” said Giannattasio.
“A program is only as good as its players and I’ve had many fine
athletes to work with at Coast Guard. I’m pleased to know that I’m
leaving the program with a solid core of players and some talented
recruits who will carry on the tradition of success simply because
it is that important to them.”
Coast Guard also
won a pair of New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
(NEWMAC) regular season championships in 2004 and 2006 and won its
first ever NEWMAC tournament championship this past season earning
the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Giannattasio was named
the NEWMAC Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2006.
“There are many
fine people who have been supportive of my efforts at CGA and I’m
extremely grateful for them,” said Giannattasio. “I am now looking
forward to working in an area where all that I’ve learned at CGA
can be put to good use. I will continue to promote the sport of
volleyball and develop players and coaches in their knowledge of
the game in a variety of ways.”
The Bears, who
were 26-3 this season and lost to eventual national champion Juniata
in the national quarterfinals in Salem, Va., return all but two
players including All-America Nicole Gurr and honorable mention
All-America Corinne McCormack.
“On behalf of
the Academy and our Athletics Division, I would like to state that
we are indebted to Patty for her outstanding contributions during
the past ten years. In addition to being an outstanding technical
coach, Patty’s work went far beyond the volleyball court,” said
Coast Guard Academy Director of Athletics, Dr. Ray Cieplik.
“Patty has served us for a full decade as an excellent role model,
advisor and mentor to all of the cadets that she has come in contact
with. The graduates who have played for her are surely better officers
and leaders because of her guidance. The amazing thing is that she
accomplished all of her achievements here as a part-time coach.”
A search for her
replacement has already begun.
Mount
Holyoke Tabs Haneishi As Head Soccer Coach
Mount Holyoke College eagerly announced
that Kanae Haneishi will serve as the new head soccer coach
beginning in August of 2007. Haneishi comes to Mount Holyoke after
serving for two years as the head coach of the Western United –U17/U-18
club team and as an assistant coach for Smith College.
Haneishi
brings an abundance of playing and coaching experience to MHC. Since
2003 she has been a member of the New York Magic, which competes
in the elite United Soccer League. In 2003, Haneishi played on the
Japanese national team that earned a silver medal in the World University
games. In 2001 and 2002, she competed on the Christian Brothers
University (Tenn.) team that advanced to the NCAA Division II championship,
clinching the title in 2002. For her efforts, Haneishi was named
Outstanding defender of the NCAA tournament in 2002. From 1997-2000,
Haneishi was also a member of the JEF United Ladies which competed
in the top women’s soccer league in Japan.
As a coach, Haneishi
earned a certification from the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy in
2006. Besides her experience with Western United soccer club and
Smith College, she is also a coordinator for Project Coach, which
is a youth sport development program in Holyoke and Springfield,
Mass.
Haneishi holds
a Bachelors degree in Sport and Health Science from Juntendo University,
located in Chiba, Japan. She earned her first Masters of Science
degree from the University of Memphis in Exercise Science and anticipates
receiving a Masters of Science in Exercise and Sport Studies from
Smith College in May, 2007.
Laurie Priest,
Athletics Director at Mount Holyoke College, is excited to have
Haneishi on board. “As a former NCAA Division II Soccer Champion
and silver medalist in the World University Games, Kanae brings
a strong competitive background which will be a great spark to our
soccer program.”
Esber
Named As Mount Holyoke's Lacrosse Coach
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Laurie Priest, Athletics Director of Mount
Holyoke College, is pleased to name Miriam Esber as the new
head lacrosse coaching starting in August
of 2007. “We are excited to have Miriam on board at Mount Holyoke
and I have no doubt that within a few years she will develop our
program into one of the top programs in NEWMAC,” says Priest.
Esber comes to Mount Holyoke College
after serving as the head lacrosse coach at Hartwick College, located
in Oneonta, N.Y, for four seasons. In 2006, Esber guided Hartwick
to its first winning season in six years, recording a 10-9 overall
mark. Before arriving at Hartwick, Esber was the graduate assistant
coach for the Ithaca College women’s lacrosse team. While at Ithaca
College, Esber earned a Masters of Science in Exercise and Sport
Science with a concentration in Sport Psychology.
Esber received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from the College of Wooster in 2002, where she was a senior
co-captain for the women’s lacrosse team. During her tenure at Wooster,
Esber was named to the All-North Coast Athletic Conference team
three times and All-West Regional All-American team twice. During
her senior year, she was invited to play in the prestigious North/South
All-Star game. In the classroom, Esber was a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa National Honor Society and a recipient of the David Guldin
Scholar-Athlete Award.
Esber was also a stand-out field hockey player at the College
of Wooster. She was a three-time All-Great Lakes Regional All-American
and a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Decade team.
M.I.T.
Volleyball Programs Featured In March Issue Of Volleyball Magazine
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--
Both
M.I.T. volleyball programs are featured in an article in the March
issue of Volleyball Magazine entitled "Safe Haven".
Click
here
to read about the excellence the Engineers display both on the court
and in the classroom.
2006-2007
NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Basketball, Swimming & Diving
Squads Announced
BABSON PARK, Mass.--
The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)
has announced its 2006-2007 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference teams
for the winter seasons, honoring student-athletes in the sports
of men's & women's basketball as well as men's & women's
swimming & diving.
Honorees must have met the following criteria:
earned a minimum cumulative GPA
of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2006 spring semester,
achieved second year academic status at her institution, and been
a member of the varsity team for the entire season.
Click
here
for a complete list of the 2006-2007 NEWMAC Winter Sport Academic
All-Conference teams.
Wellesley
Reinstates Squash As Varsity Sport
WELLESLEY,
Mass. – Wellesley College’s Director of Athletics and Chair of
the
Physical Education Department, Bridget Belgiovine, announced
earlier this
week that Wellesley will reinstate squash as a varsity sport,
effective
during the 2007-08 academic year.
Student-athlete
participation, performance, and commitment to the program
have remained
high since 2005, when squash was moved to club status for a
variety
of reasons, including non-regulation courts.
Maintaining a squad size
of 12, the team has continued to practice five days a week while
also competing
against other intercollegiate programs, including participation
in
the Seven Sisters Championship.
Their
continued competition is due in part to a partnership with the Dana
Hall
School for use of their newly-built regulation squash courts.
This partnership
will continue to allow the Wellesley squash team to practice
and
compete at this state-of-the-art facility.
Squash
enjoys a rich tradition at Wellesley.
The program began in 1940 as a
club and went on to host the first- and second-ever Women’s Squash
National
Championships in 1965 and 1966, before becoming a varsity sport
in
1969.
On
the reinstatement, Belgiovine remarks, “The commitment and performance
of
the squash student-athletes over the past year, our partnership
with Dana
Hall, and the expressed commitment from alumnae, faculty, and friends
to
support squash prove that the tradition at Wellesley and within
Seven Sisters
should be maintained.”
Worcester
Polytechnic Institute's Ryan Cain Named Most Outstanding Student-Athlete
in Division III Men's Basketball
Cain Receives National Jostens Trophy from the Salem, Va., Rotary
Club
WORCESTER, Mass. – March 6, 2007 – Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (WPI) senior Ryan P. Cain, a record-setting guard on the
university's men's basketball team, has received the 2007 Jostens
Trophy, awarded to the year's most outstanding male and female Division
III basketball student-athletes. Recipients are honored for their
basketball ability, academic prowess, and community service.
 The
Jostens Trophy is a national award established 10 years ago by the
Rotary Club of Salem, Va. (site of the Division III Final Four),
which also presents each winner's college or university with the
Wooldridge Scholarship. Cain and Lisa Winkle of Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, Mich., who won the women's trophy, will receive their
awards during the Final Four at the Salem Civic Center on March
15.
"I could never have imagined winning this award," Cain
said. "It is really an honor and something special that I will
cherish forever. There are many great people around me I would like
to thank. I especially appreciate all the support I've received
from the WPI community."
Cain, of Webster, Mass., played a pivotal role in transforming WPI's
men's basketball team into a regional and national powerhouse. Over
the past four years, the team has had an impressive 89-20 record,
has won four straight NEWMAC (New England Women's and Men's Athletic
Conference) regular season championships and two NEWMAC tournament
titles, and appeared in the last three NCAA Division III championships.
Cain, who was recently named NEWMAC Player of the Year, became WPI's
all-time leading scorer during the regular season finale on Feb.
17, surpassing the 1,757-point mark set by Orville Bailey '85. Averaging
nearly 20 points per game while shooting over 50 percent from the
field (despite facing constant double teams and special defenses),
he finished his WPI career with 1,813 points.
This year, Cain became the first student-athlete during WPI Head
Coach Christopher Bartley's six years at WPI to be named a preseason
All-American by D3Hoops.com. He earned NEWMAC Rookie of the Year
accolades as a freshman, was chosen NEWMAC Player of the Year as
a sophomore, and was named an All-New England by D3Hoops.com and
the ECAC as a junior.
Bartley attributes the success of the 6'1", 170-pound guard
to his remarkable drive to succeed. "He has the best work ethic
of any player I have ever seen in any team sport at any level,"
Bartley says. "He has such an enthusiasm for improvement and
willingness to sacrifice his body for the sport he loves so much.
He is a true overachiever and self-made player with the discipline
of a great champion."
Off the court, Cain, a civil and environmental engineering major,
has excelled in the classroom and made an impressive mark in the
community. For his required science, technology and society project,
he completed a study of green engineering in the automotive industry.
For his major project, he worked with a team of students to design
affordable manufactured single-family homes for low-income families.
The homes can also be used to provide ready, low-cost housing for
families displaced by natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
Cain has been active in a number of community service activities,
most notably the Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization of Central
Massachusetts. The men's team became involved in the program in
Cain's freshman year. For four years, Cain has put in countless
hours as a Big Brother to a student at Elm Park Community School,
often going out of his way to put in extra time with his Little
Brother outside of his regular program responsibilities.
"At WPI, we place as much emphasis on our students’ character
as on their intellect, and by either of these measures, Ryan shines,"
WPI President Dennis Berkey noted in a letter nominating Cain for
the Jostens Trophy. "Whether in the classroom, in competition,
or in service to the greater Worcester community, Ryan represents
both the highest ideals of the student-athlete and the very heart
of a WPI education, which prepares our students for leadership in
the real world."
NEWMAC
Announces 2006-2007 Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Awards
WORCESTER,
Mass.-- The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)
announced its men's and women's swimming and diving postseason awards
during Tuesday's coaches meeting held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(WPI), as women's champion Springfield College captured a league-high
four accolades.
WPI
senior Joel Rousseau (Pittsfield,
MA/Taconic) and Springfield sophomore Moira
Price (Berkeley Heights, NJ/Governor Livingston) took home their
first NEWMAC Men's and Women's Swimmer-of-the-Year honors.
Babson College freshman Aaron
Paradis (Norwich, CT/Norwich Free Academy) was the recipient
of the NEWMAC Men's Diver-of-the-Year award, while Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) junior Doria
Holbrook (Yakima, WA/Eisenhower) earned NEWMAC women's diving
laurels for the second time.
United
States Coast Guard Academy eighth-year coach John Westkott picked up his second straight coach-of-the-year honor
on the men's side, while Springfield's John
Taffe was voted NEWMAC Women's Coach of the Year in his 18th
season. Babson's Joe Chirico was named men's diving coach of the year in just his second
season with the Beavers, and the Pride's Peter Avdoulos garnered women's diving coaching accolades in his 22nd
campaign at Springfield.
Rounding
out the honors were the inaugural team sportsmanship awards.
Springfield was awarded the honor for the men, while Mount
Holyoke College was the top vote getter for the women.
Rousseau
posted three all-conference performances during last weekend's championship
at Wheaton, winning the 100-yard backstroke and butterfly events
with NCAA Division III national meet provisional qualifying times.
He also met another national provisional standard in the
200-yard backstroke, placing second in the event.
Price
was a five-time all-conference award winner in leading the Pride
to its seventh straight NEWMAC title, as she was a part of four
top finishes. Setting
conference championship records with event wins in the 100- and
200-yard breaststrokes, Price posted a national meet automatic qualifying
time in the 200 breaststroke and a provisional standard in the 100
breast. She was also
a part of the winning 400-yard freestyle and medley relay teams
and runner-up 200 free relay quartet.
Paradis
swept the one- and three-meter dives during his first collegiate
conference championship appearance, qualifying for the national
championship in each dive.
Holbrook, who also secured the NEWMAC's top diving honors
as a freshman, won both events off the platform with national meet
standards in leading MIT to a runner-up team finish.
Westkott's
conference coaching honor was his fourth after leading the Coast
Guard men to their fifth league crown in the NEWMAC's nine-year
history. Taffe was tabbed with top coaching laurels for the fifth time
on the women's side, Avdoulos won a diving conference award for
the fifth consecutive season, and Chirico's recognition marks his
first.
Cain
Tops 2006-2007 NEWMAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Squad As Selected
By League's Coaches
WORCESTER,
Mass.-- WPI’s Ryan
Cain was
named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Basketball
Player of the Year by the league’s coaches in all-conference voting.
Erich
Bracht of MIT was selected
the NEWMAC’s Rookie of the Year while Stephen Brennan of Babson garnered the conference’s Coach
of the Year honor. Coast Guard took home the conference’s inaugural Sportsmanship Award.
Cain,
a native of Webster
, MA , has led Engineers to a 22-3 record, and their fourth straight NEWMAC regular
season title. The senior guard placed in the top eight in
six different NEWMAC statistical categories, including scoring (19.7
ppg - second), three-point percentage (44.1% - second) and free
throw percentage (85.6% - third). Cain, who also won the award
as a sophomore, is one of ten finalists nationwide for the prestigious
Jostens Award.
Bracht,
who hails from Highlands Ranch, CO, burst onto the NEWMAC college basketball scene.
He led MIT in rebounding, averaging 9.1 rebounds per contest, while
scoring 13.1 points per game. Bracht proved to be a double-double
machine as he registered 10 performances with double-digit scoring
and rebounding.
Brennan
guided Babson to a second place finish in the regular season.
Under his tutelage, the Beavers enjoyed a six game turnaround in
NEWMAC and improved on last season’s win total by seven games overall.
Coast
Guard, led by head coach Pete Barry, was honored with the
conference’s inaugural Sportsmanship Award.
Joining Cain on the All-NEWMAC first
team is Jimmy Bartolotta of MIT, Antoine
Coleman of WPI, Zach Etten of Babson and Jeff Prebeck
of Coast Guard.
In addition
to Bracht, other second team All-NEWMAC selections include Mark Alexander of Clark, Al Sowers of Coast
Guard, Jamaal Gibbs of Springfield
and Wheaton
’s Brian Zukowski.
Coast
Guard's Men's Basketball's Cinderella Run To NCAA Tournament Chronicled
On D3hoops.com
Re-live
Coast Guard's magical run to its first-ever NEWMAC men's basketball
championship by reading Mark Simon's feature on the Bears
and their Cinderella run to the Big Dance on D3hoops.com.
Click here
to read Mark's article.
Coast
Guard Captures Second Straight NEWMAC Men's Swimming & Diving
Championships, Bears Collect Fifth Conference Crown In Nine Years
By Outdistancing M.I.T., Springfield In 2007 Competition
NORTON, Mass.-- The United States Coast Guard Academy successfully
defended its New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)
Men's Swimming and Diving Championship title on Sunday at Wheaton
College's Balfour Natatorium, as the Bears' 990.5 points pushed
them to their fifth league crown. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) tallied 856 points during a second-place finish, while Springfield
College came in third with 724.5. Both teams have been among the
top three at all nine NEWMAC Championships.
 Coast
Guard took three events on Sunday, as junior Bobby Brown (Ballston
Lake, NY) won his third straight 1,650-yard freestyle crown
thanks to a provisional time for the NCAA Championship, and he led
off for a victorious 400-yard freestyle relay team that had a national
meet showing and a NEWMAC Championship record. Brown joined senior
Colby Schlaht (Anaheim, CA), junior Jack Shadwick (Campbell
Hall, NY) and sophomore Jim Okorn (Euclid, OH) in the
400 free relay. In the 200-yard butterfly event, junior Doug
Fallon (Elkton, MD) notched a national meet time during a first-place
finish after placing third as a freshman and second as a sophomore.
MIT senior Craig Edwards (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield) took
the top spot in the 200-yard backstroke thanks to an NCAA provisional
time, while freshman Rastislav Racz (Bratislava, Slovakia/Metodova)
won the 200-yard breaststroke competition with a showing that provisionally
qualified him for NCAAs and eclipsed the NEWMAC Championship record.
In the 100-yard freestyle, Springfield junior Roy Burch (Warwick,
Bermuda/The Peddie School) notched an NCAA provisional cut during
a victory by 0.02 seconds over Wheaton senior Barrett Roberts
(Portland, ME/Deering), as the two matched their 2005 placements
after Roberts edged out Burch last year. Roberts also met a national
meet time.
Babson College freshman Aaron Paradis (Norwich, CT/Norwich Free
Academy) pulled off the double victory in diving, claiming the
title from three-meter board and meeting an NCAA standard to match
the feat he recorded during his initial NEWMAC Championship event,
the one-meter dive.
In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the second- and third-place teams
each notched NCAA times. The Springfield College quartet comprised
of Burch, senior Paul McCloskey (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield),
sophomore Greg Pearsall (Litchfield, CT/Litchfield) and freshman
Matt Manoni was second, while MIT's foursome of Edwards,
sophomore Peter Wellings (Palm Harbor, FL/Palm Harbor University),
and freshmen Luke Cummings (Sturgeon Bay, WI/Sturgeon Bay)
and Jeff Zhou (Buffalo, NY/Phillips Andover) finished in
the next spot.
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