Men's Basketball (5-8, 4-5 NE-10) Goes 1-2, Knocks off NE-10 Leader Adelphi
The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team went 1-2 last week in three Northeast-10 Conference games, losing to Pace University, 67-61, at home on Tuesday and at Saint Anselm College, 81-76, on Thursday. The Purple Knights picked up an 83-69 win at NE-10 leader and defending league tournament champion Adelphi University on Saturday. The win was the first for Saint Michael's on Adelphi's home court since Nov. 30, 1996.
The Purple Knights scored 61 points against Pace, the NE-10's defensive leader at 57.1 points per game. Sophomore Mike Holton Jr. (Portland, Ore./The Winchendon School) poured in a team-high 18 points, while junior Travis Warech (Pine Brook, N.J./Montville) tallied 11 points and brought down nine rebounds while collecting three assists. Senior Tyler Schilling (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka) and freshman James Cambronne (De Bary, Fla./The Winchendon School) each collected nine points.
During the loss to Saint Anselm, Saint Michael's nearly completed a double-digit comeback in the second half. Holton scored a career-high 30 points, shooting 10-for-18 from the floor, including 5-for-9 from behind the three-point line. Freshman Corey Crawford (Dover, Del./The Phelps School) added 10 points and six assists off the bench, Warech tallied 10 points, and Cambronne rejected three shots.
Holton once again led the Purple Knights with 25 points at Adelphi, which qualified for the 2011 NCAA Tournament, shooting 11-of-12 on free throws. Warech moved past the 900-point mark for his career with 13 points, while freshman Dom Ditlefsen (Portland, Ore./Sunset) added 12 points and six rebounds in his first collegiate start. Cambronne tossed in 12 points in 10 minutes, and freshman Mike Thompson (Rosedale, N.Y./Christ the King) had a season-best nine points.
Women's Basketball (6-7, 3-6 NE-10) Drops Two of Three, Wins at Saint Anselm
The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team went 1-2 last week, dropping two close decisions by a combined eight points. The Purple Knights lost to Pace University, 57-51, at home on Tuesday before traveling to Saint Anselm College on Thursday and leaving with a 52-39 victory. On Saturday, Adelphi University beat the buzzer to down Saint Michael's, 60-58.
The Purple Knights fell short of a second-half comeback before falling to Pace. Senior Coreen Hennessy (Chatham, N.H./Fryeburg Academy) scored a game-high 13 points while adding three assists, and classmate Caitlin Quinn (Oakdale, Conn./Montville) tossed in four three-pointers en route to 12 points and five rebounds. Junior Nicole Adach (Schenectady, N.Y./Mohonasen) had 11 points and six boards, while classmate Megan Olsen (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethlehem Central) added eight points off the bench.
Saint Michael's limiting Saint Anselm, one of the top three-point shooting teams in the NE-10, to one three-pointer and held the Hawks 24 points below their season average. Quinn went 4-of-7 from three-point range en route to tallying a game-high-tying 14 points, while Adach matched her with 14 points, shooting 4-for-5 from the floor and 6-of-7 on free throws. Sophomore Alexa Long (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) notched seven rebounds.
At Adelphi, Adach had 15 points, five rebounds and two blocks, while Hennessy added 14 points and three steals. Olsen turned in eight points, six boards and three steals off the bench, Long tacked on nine points, and senior Samantha Steinmetz (Washington, Conn./Shepaug Valley) provided six rebounds and three steals.
Women's Ice Hockey (1-11-1, 0-8-1 ECAC East) Falls to No. 2 Norwich Despite 46 Saves from Stevens
The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team fell to defending Division III national champion Norwich University, 9-0, on Friday. The Cadets are the No. 2 team in the latest U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Division III national poll. Junior Erin Stevens (Watertown, Conn./Connecticut Polar Bears) made 46 stops for the Purple Knights, yielding only three markers with the teams playing at even strength.
Men's (1-4) and Women's (3-1) Swimming & Diving Face Division I Opponents in Puerto Rico Meet
The Saint Michael's College men's and women's swimming & diving teams faced Division I competition during their winter training trip in Puerto Rico. The men narrowly fell to La Salle University, 176-165, while the women took third during a meet against both La Salle and Kansas University. The teams competed in an outdoor 50-meter pool instead of the typical 25-yard lengths at indoor NCAA facilities.
Senior Dan Healy (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) led Saint Michael's in three events, taking third in the 50-meter backstroke, fifth in the 50-meter freestyle and seventh in the 50-meter butterfly. Freshman Nathan Paluso (Windham, Maine/Windham) won the 200-meter individual medley and placed third in the 50-meter breaststroke, while sophomore Jack Mulderrig (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side), senior Michael Sprague (Sharon, Mass./Sharon) and sophomore Nicholas Lamana (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) finished second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 IM. Freshman Aidan Meehan (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) won the 200 free, and Sprague, junior Kyle Esposito (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) and classmate Andrew Marshall (Kittery, Maine/Saint Thomas Aquinas/Saint Joseph's [Maine]) went 2-3-4, respectively, in the 200 free. Senior Chris Jones (Santa Fe, N.M./Saint Michael's) was seventh in the 50 breast, while Esposito was ninth in the 50 back.
Senior Eileen Mullowney (Burlington, Vt./Burlington) was sixth in the women's 200 free race, while freshman Charlotte Murray (Hamden, Conn./Hamden) placed seventh. Sophomore Maddie Craig (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) was sixth in the 200 IM, classmate Julie Mullowney (Burlington, Vt./Burlington) was seventh in the 50 breast, and freshman Steph Nadow (Charlton, Mass./Saint Peter-Marian) took ninth in the 50 back. Sophomore Grace Kahn (Fairhope, Ala./Bayside Academy), classmate Emily Dieter (Saint Charles, Ill./Saint Charles North) and junior Corine McAllister (South Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) were seventh, eighth, and ninth, respectively, in the 200 IM.
Upcoming Schedule:
Tuesday, Jan. 10
Men's Ice Hockey @ Southern New Hampshire, 7:30 p.m.*
Wednesday, Jan. 11
Women's Basketball @ Southern Connecticut State, 5:30 p.m.*
Men's Basketball @ Southern Connecticut State, 7:30 p.m.*
Thursday, Jan. 12
Women's Ice Hockey @ Norwich, 4 p.m.^
Friday, Jan. 13
Men's Ice Hockey @ UMass Boston, 7 p.m.^
Saturday, Jan. 14
Swimming & Diving @ Saint Rose, 1 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. American International, 1:30 p.m.*
Men's Basketball vs. American International, 3:30 p.m.*
Men's Ice Hockey @ Babson, 4 p.m.^
Sunday, Jan. 15
Swimming & Diving @ Le Moyne, 1 p.m.
* Northeast-10 Conference Game
^ ECAC East Game
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