Monday, February 6, 2012

This Week in Saint Michael’s College Athletics ‒ January 30-February 5

Men’s Basketball (7-14, 6-11 NE-10) Drops Two Contests to NE-10 Powerhouses

The Saint Michael’s College men’s basketball team went 0-2 last week, losing Northeast-10 Conference match-ups to two of the top three teams in the league. The Purple Knights fell at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, 74-55, on Tuesday and then fell at Franklin Pierce University, 64-54, on Saturday.

Senior Tom Ward (Brighton, East Sussex, England/Saint Francis [N.Y.]) led the Purple Knights with 11 points at UMass Lowell, going 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, while freshman Corey Crawford (Dover, Del./The Phelps School) added nine points and seven boards. Junior Travis Warech (Pine Brook, N.J./Montville) contributed nine points and two blocks, and freshman James Cambronne (De Bary, Fla./The Winchendon School) also had nine points.

At Franklin Pierce, sophomore Mike Holton Jr. (Portland, Ore./The Winchendon School) netted a game-high 25 points, hitting 5-of-9 from three-point range. Crawford added 12 points, going 5-for-10 from the floor. Senior Tyler Schilling (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka) became just the third Purple Knight in the last 37 years to pull down his 850th career rebound. Schilling reached the milestone in his 100th game, while the last two players to accomplish the feat, Michel Bonebo '90 and Brian Monahan '08, needed 107 and 108 contests, respectively.


Women’s Basketball (10-11, 7-10 NE-10) Continues Defensive Surge in Late-Season Postseason Push

The Saint Michael’s College women’s basketball team went 1-1 last week in Northeast-10 Conference play, extending its postseason push by going 4-2 in its last six games. The Purple Knights picked up a 60-56 victory at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell on Tuesday before dropping a 73-44 decision at Franklin Pierce University on Saturday. With five games remaining, Saint Michael's stands ninth in a league that accepts the top 10 into its postseason.

Junior Nicole Adach's (Schenectady, N.Y./Mohonasen) lay-up with 1:34 remaining broke a tie with UMass Lowell, and the Purple Knights tied a program record by yielding 60 points or less for the 15th time this season. Adach had nine points and 10 rebounds, junior Megan Olsen (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethlehem Central) netted 17 points behind 3-of-5 three-point shooting, while sophomore Cara Deroy (Hamden, Conn./Hamden) had nine points and six assists. Classmate Alexa Long (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) added nine points and 11 boards.

Adach and senior Caitlin Quinn (Oakdale, Conn./Montville) each totaled 10 points at Franklin Pierce. Quinn adding three steals, while Deroy and senior Coreen Hennessy (Chatham, N.H./Fryeburg Academy) each had seven points.


Men’s Ice Hockey (6-12-2, 3-10-1 ECAC East, 2-1-1 NE-10) Picks Up Second NE-10 Victory

The Saint Michael’s College men’s ice hockey team went 1-2 last week, winning its lone Northeast-10 Conference contest and falling twice in two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East play. The Purple Knights topped Franklin Pierce University in an NE-10 match-up, 5-2, on Tuesday at home and then fell at New England College, 3-2, on Friday and at Saint Anselm College, 7-4, on Saturday.

Against Franklin Pierce, five different players found the back of the net. Juniors Michael Jangro (Reading, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) and Rich Rodeschini (Katonah, N.Y./Canterbury School) and sophomore Ryan Arsenault (Reading, Mass./New Hampton School) each tallied a goal and an assist, while juniors Alex Davidson (South Burlington, Vt./Saint Paul's School) and Dan Evarts (Hinesburg, Vt./Green Mountain Glades) also scored. Junior Connor Logan (Shelburne, Vt./Green Mountain Glades) contributed two assists, while classmate Mike Dizgun (Kirkland, Quebec/OCN Blizzard) stopped 24 shots.

At New England College, Jangro and freshman Will Cote (Quebec City, Quebec/Rice Memorial) each tallied a goal, while Higgins contributed two assists. Junior Eric McGuirk (Rehoboth, Mass./Bridgewater Bandits) saved 20 shots in his third start of the season.

Freshman A.J. Pieprzak (Barrie, Ontario/Ridley College) tallied two power-play markers at Saint Anselm, while Logan and freshman John Teulings (Hamden, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall) each scored. The marker was the first Teulings' career. Higgins extended his points streak to five games with two assists, and Dizgun stopped 33 shots.


Women’s Ice Hockey (3-16-1, 2-13-1 ECAC East) Splits Pair, Improves to 2-1 in Last Three Games

The Saint Michel’s College women’s ice hockey team went 1-1 last week in a pair of Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East road contests. The Purple Knights defeated Plymouth State University, 3-2, on Friday and then fell to the University of Southern Maine, 4-1, on Saturday.

At Plymouth State, senior Madelena Santore (Millington, N.J./New Jersey Rockets) and freshman Kristen Spulecki (Orchard Park, N.Y./ Buffalo Bison) each tallied a goal and a helper, with Santore's goal 4:31 into the third period standing up as the winner. Junior Erin Stevens (Watertown, Conn./Connecticut Polar Bears) turned aside 21 shots, including 18 in the final two periods, yielding only a first-period power-play marker.

Freshman Ellia Héroux (Thunder Bay, Ontario/Thunder Bay Queens) tallied the lone goal at Southern Maine, while junior Lisa D'Angelo (Suffield, Conn./Kingswood Oxford) and sophomore Macey Thomas (Amherst, Mass./Northfield Mount Hermon) picked up the assists. The assist was D'Angelo's first point of the season. Stevens made 26 saves, bringing her total to 656 on the season, just 80 shy of the program record.


Skiing Finishes University of Vermont Carnival in 10th Place, Men's Alpine Finishes Fourth in Slalom

The Saint Michael's College skiing teams finished the three-day University of Vermont Carnival on Sunday by taking 10th place out of 15 teams. The men's Alpine squad finished fourth among 12 institutions in the slalom, edging out national power UVM by three points.

Freshman Fredrik Sandell (Oslo, Norway/Donski Alpine) took seventh out of 80 competitors in the men's slalom while posting a 13th-place finish among 74 racers in the giant slalom. Sophomore Carl-Oscar Bredegren (Reistad, Norway/Donski Alpine) took 12th in the slalom, and senior JD Levine (Toronto, Ontario/National Ski Academy) was 17th.

Junior Gabbi Hall (San Anselmo, Calif./Forest Charter School) posted an 11th-place finish among 68 competitors in the giant slalom, while classmate Christina Billotti (Massapequa, N.Y./Green Mountain Valley School) was 16th. Saint Michael's joined Bates College, Dartmouth College, Middlebury College and UVM as the only schools to place multiple skiers among the top 16. On Saturday, Shannon Conroy (Auburn, Calif./Home Schooled) took 17th among 72 starters in the slalom to pace the Purple Knights.

Junior Colin Delaney (Lake Placid, N.Y./National Sports Academy) paced the Nordic men's team in both the 10k classic and the 10k free, placing 25th place among 73 varsity competitors in the 10k free. Sophomore Gabrielle Naranja (Fort Kent, Maine/Fort Kent Community) was the top Saint Michael's finisher for the women in the 5k classic and the 10k free.


Men's (2-8) and Women's (5-4) Swimming & Diving's Eileen Mullowney Wins Three Events at NE-10s

The Saint Michael's College men's and women's swimming & diving teams competed in the three-day Northeast-10 Conference Championship at Southern Connecticut State University over the weekend, when the men took sixth place and the women were seventh.

Senior Eileen Mullowney (Burlington, Vt./Burlington) won the 50- (24.23), 100- (52.88) and 200-yard (1:54.67) freestyle events, reaching provisional qualification for the NCAA Championship in each while breaking the school records in the 50 and 100 and falling 0.77 seconds short of the 200 mark. Her 50 free showing was 0.01 seconds short of the NE-10 standard. Mullowney extended her school record to eight all-conference finishes, which necessitates placing among the top two in a championship final, including having won five races.

Mullowney helped a pair of relays set school records, joining sophomore sister Julie Mullowney (Burlington, Vt./Burlington) for each mark. The Mullowneys sided with senior Kaytlyn Kelley (Jefferson, Mass./Wachusett Regional) and junior Corine McAllister (South Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) for the 400 free relay (3:44.24) and swam legs with senior Sammy Sweeney (Waterbury, Vt./Harwood Union/Franklin & Marshall) and freshman Steph Nadow (Charlton, Mass./Saint Peter-Marian) for the 400-yard medley (4:17.48).

Julie Mullowney broke Shauna McMahon's '97 18-year-old record in the 200-yard breaststroke, clocking in at 2:33.79, while coming within 0.29 seconds of the 50 mark and 0.17 ticks of the 100 record. She, her sister, Kelley and Sweeney missed the 200 medley relay record by 0.30 seconds, and Kelley was 0.84 ticks off the 100-yard backstroke standard. The Mullowneys, McAllister and Nadow came within 1.65 seconds of the 200 free relay record, and Sweeney won the 200-yard butterfly consolation final.

Freshman diver Joe Vo (Springfield, Mass./Cathedral) had the highest individual placement for the men, taking fifth in the one-meter event. In the 200 medley relay, senior Dan Healy (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) and freshmen Aidan Meehan (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees), Nathan Paluso (Windham, Maine/Windham) and Matt Pearson (Kennebunk, Maine/Kennebunk) combined to take fifth.

Paluso was 0.58 seconds off the school mark in the 200 breast, and junior Kyle Esposito (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) swam the 1,650 free in 17:49.31, which was 8.99 ticks short of the program standard.

A pair of relays took seventh, with sophomore Nicholas Lamana (Purcellville, Va./Loudoun Valley) swimming a leg for each. He was joined on the 200 free relay by Esposito, Pearson and senior Chris Jones (Santa Fe, N.M./Saint Michael's). During the 400 medley relay, Lamana sided with Meehan, Paluso and sophomore Jack Mulderrig (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side). In the 400 free relay, Esposito, Healy, Meehan and Paluso each swam legs during a seventh-place showing.


Upcoming Schedule:

Wednesday, Feb. 8
Women's Basketball vs. Bentley, 5:30 p.m.*
Men's Basketball vs. Bentley, 7:30 p.m.*

Friday, Feb. 10
Skiing @ Dartmouth Carnival, 9 a.m.
Men's Ice Hockey @ Castleton State, 7 p.m.^
Women's Ice Hockey vs. Lindenwood, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11
Skiing @ Dartmouth Carnival, 9 a.m.
Swimming & Diving @ NEISDA Championship (Diving), 1 p.m.
Women's Basketball @ Stonehill, 1:30 p.m.*
Women's Ice Hockey vs. Lindenwood, 3:20 p.m.
Men's Basketball @ Stonehill, 3:30 p.m.*
Men's Ice Hockey @ Skidmore, 4 p.m.^

Sunday, Feb. 12
Swimming & Diving @ NEISDA Championship (Diving), 1 p.m.

* Northeast-10 Conference Game
^ ECAC East Game

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