| Weekly Sports Notes 1/23/01 | |
Women's Basketball (5-8, 0-2) Starts NESCAC Season Slowly
The Trinity College women's basketball team defeated Clark, 69-67, on Jan. 9 and Worcester Tech, 74-59, on Jan. 11 before dropping a 64-49 decision against Wellesley on Jan. 11. All three games were played at home, where Trinity had only played one game in the fall semester. The Bantams opened the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) schedule with losses at Middlebury on Jan. 19, 56-42, and at Williams on Jan. 20, 75-56.
Senior guard Jackie Siscone (Hammonton, N.J.) hit a three-pointer with three seconds remaining in the game to lead Trinity to a 69-67 win over Clark. Siscone finished with six points and six assists for the game. Junior guard Bridget Dullea (Longmeadow, Mass.) added 16 points and a career-high 11 assists for the Bantams.
Against Worcester Tech, Trinity sophomore center Kate McCloskey (Uxbridge, Mass.) tallied 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds. She made eight out of 12 shots from the field, while junior forward McKenzie Corby (Bethel, Conn.), who was playing in her second game after spending the fall semester studying abroad, was 4-for-6 from the field and Siscone was four-for-five from the field. Corby totaled 13 points and six rebounds, and Siscone, who sank all four of her three-point attempts, had 12 points and 11 assists.
Trinity scored just 15 first-half points against nationally ranked Wellesley. McCloskey had 15 points and 15 rebounds and Siscone scored 13 points with five assists for the Bantams.
McCloskey led Trinity at Middlebury with 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Corby totaled 10 points and nine rebounds. Dullea scored 18 points and grabbed six boards and McCloskey added 13 points and eight rebounds against Williams.
Trinity is currently tied with two other teams for eighth place in the NESCAC at 0-2. McCloskey is first in the league and sixth in the nation in field goal percentage at 57.9 (88-152) and second in the NESCAC in rebounding at 11.0 per game. McCloskey is also second in the league in scoring at 17.0 ppg. She was named to the NESCAC honor roll for averaging 16.3 points and 10 rebounds with a 60.5 field goal percentage in the three games against Clark, Worcester Tech, and Wellesley.
Siscone is second in the league and sixth nationally in assists with 5.5 per game, and fourth in the NESCAC in three-point field goal percentage at .353 (24-68). Dullea is the sixth-leading scorer in the conference at 14.6 ppg and fourth in assists with 4.2 per contest. As a team, the Bantams are third in the league in field goal shooting with a 40.5 percentage (283-699) and third in the NESCAC in free throw percentage at .658 (136-205).
Trinity will host NESCAC rival Bates College, which is ranked No. 6 in the Columbus Multimedia Division III Northeast ratings and No. 7 in the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Division III Poll.
Men's Basketball (10-2, 2-0) Wins Four Straight
The Trinity College men's basketball team lost at Springfield, 81-57, on Jan. 11, before rebounding to best Villa Julie, 95-74, on Jan. 13, and Ursinus, 83-80, on the road on Jan. 15. Trinity opened its NESCAC season with home triumphs over Middlebury, 86-79, and Williams, 73-59, on Jan. 19 and 20. The Bantams had not played a game in over a month prior to the Springfield game, while Springfield had played two the previous week.
Trinity was rusty against Springfield, shooting 29 percent from the field. Senior guard Michael LaBella (Middletown, Conn.) and junior forward Colin Tabb (Somers, Conn.) paced the Bantams in scoring with 12 points apiece. Junior forward Brian Dion (East Haven, Conn.) had 10 rebounds.
Against Villa Julie, Trinity returned to form on offense, shooting 57 percent from the field. Dion led the way with 21 points and 12 rebounds, sinking 10 out of 13 shots from the floor. Classmate Rick Hein (Bolton, Conn.) made his second career start at center and scored a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds, making seven of his eight field goal attempts. Tabb had 17 points, six rebounds, and five assists, senior guard Scott Wallach (Scarsdale, N.Y.) came off the bench for 13 points, and LaBella totaled 11 points and six assists for the Bantams.
Tabb led the way against Ursinus with 23 points and six boards, making nine out of 15 shots from the field and three out of five from three-point range. Senior guard Mike Keohane (Belmont, Mass.) totaled 17 points and four assists and Dion had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Bantams.
Against Middlebury, Dion had 20 points and eight rebounds, scoring 10 points late in the first half to help Trinity erase a 13-point deficit. Tabb added 19 points and six rebounds, while sophomore forward Ryan Uszenski (Woodbridge, N.J.) had 12 points and four steals off the bench.
Tabb completed a productive weekend with a team-high 22 points against Williams, along with 10 rebounds. Dion and Uszenski also continued their solid play, as Dion had 14 points, five rebounds, and five assists and Uszenski totaled 10 points and three steals.
Trinity is currently tied with Colby for first place in the NESCAC at 2-0. Senior center Julian Bah (Concord, Mass.) leads the NESCAC in blocked shots and is fourth in the nation in blocked shots with 3.0 per game. Tabb is third in the league in free throw shooting at 88.2 percent (30-34) and Keohane is fourth at .830 (44-53), while Wallach is third in the NESCAC in three-point shooting at 46.2 percent (12-18). Dion is fourth in the NESCAC in rebounding with 8.5 per game and fifth in field goal percentage at .528 (56-106), while Tabb is the sixth-leading scorer in the conference at 17.8 ppg.
As a team, Trinity is second in the league in field goal percentage at 44.7 percent (324-725) and third in free throw shooting at 68.5 (176-257). The Bantams are third nationally in field goal percentage defense at 36.7.
For his outstanding performance against Ursinus, Middlebury, and Williams, Tabb was named the NESCAC Player of the Week. Tabb averaged 21.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game in the three Trinity wins, while shooting 53.6 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from three-point range, and 87.5 percent from the foul line.
The Bantams, coached by Stan Ogrodnik, are ranked No. 4 in the Columbus Multimedia Division III New England Team Efficiency Ratings. The Bantams will visit NESCAC rival Tufts University on Fri., Jan. 26, which is ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Division III Northeast rankings and No. 5 in the Columbus Multimedia Northeast ratings.
This week's Columbus Multimedia New England ratings:
1. Mass.-Dartmouth 14-1 178.5
2. Connecticut College 11-4 170.5
3. Salem State 11-3 170.0
4. TRINITY, CONN. 10-2 167.0
5. Tufts 12-2 165.7
6. Amherst 10-2 164.6
7. Clark 10-3 160.7
8. Springfield 10-4 159.2
9. Colby 11-4 157.3
10. Williams 9-5 156.5
Men's Ice Hockey (10-3-2, 7-1-1) Tied for First in NESCAC
The Trinity College men's ice hockey team tied NESCAC rival Amherst on Jan. 13, playing its only game in a 12 -day span. The Bantams returned to action on the road against Mass.-Boston with a 3-0 victory on Jan. 19, but dropped a 10-1 decision at Babson the next day.
Junior goaltender Geoff Faulkner (Westerville, Ohio) carried the Bantams with 56 saves over 65 minutes and held Amherst scoreless over the final 32:23. The total was the second highest of any Division III goalie this season. Trinity sophomore forward Dustin Kim (Laurel, Md.) tied the game in the third period on an assist by junior defenseman Mike Sayre (Walpole, N.H.).
Faulkner pitched a shutout against Mass.-Boston with 29 saves, and Trinity freshman defenseman Sean Doherty (Kennebunk, Maine), junior forward Mark Colwell (Canton, Mass.), and junior defenseman Martins Lans (Carnikava, Latvia) scored the Bantam goals. Freshman forward Steven LaBrie (Springfield, Mass.) scored the Trinity goal against Babson.
Trinity is currently tied with Colby for first place in the NESCAC with a 7-1-1 league record for 15 points. Faulkner is ranked third in the NESCAC and No. 13 in the nation in Goals Against Average at 2.48. He is also No. 6 in the nation in save percentage at .927 and No. 14 in winning percentage at .692 (8-3-2). One week after being named the NESCAC Player of the Week and the USCHO.com National Player of the Week, Faulkner earned a spot on the NESCAC honor roll for his performance against Amherst. Junior forward Matt Greason (North Bridgton, Maine) is fourth in the league in scoring with 10 goals and 13 assists.
Trinity, coached by John Dunham, is currently ranked No. 11 in the United States Hockey Online (USCHO) Division III national poll. This week's poll:
1. Rochester Tech 16-0-1 150
2. Wis.-Superior 16-3-0 125
3. Middlebury 11-2-1 124
4. Plattsburgh State 13-4-0 108
5. Salem State 11-1-2 84
6. Wis.-Stevens Point 12-6-0 61
7. Elmira 13-5-1 48
8. Wis.-River Falls 13-5-1 41
9. Oswego State 11-5-1 39
10. St. Norbert 12-5-2 22
Also: TRINITY (CONN.) 15, Colby 3, Bowdoin 2, Amherst 1, Norwich 1, Potsdam State 1
Women's Ice Hockey (1-10-2, 1-8-1) Wins First
The Trinity College women's ice hockey team played four games in five days, beginning with a 5-0 defeat at NESCAC rival Wesleyan University on Jan. 9 in a non-conference matchup. The Bantams lost another non-league game, 5-0, against Cortland State on Jan. 10, but won its first game of the season, 9-0, against MIT on Jan. 12. Trinity fell, 6-0, against the University of Southern Maine on Jan. 13, 14-0, at Manhattanville on Jan. 19, and 7-0 at Sacred Heart on Jan. 20.
Freshman goaltender Blair Kurtz (Encino, Calif.) made her collegiate debut with 35 saves in 40 minutes against Wesleyan. Classmate Mimi MacKinnon (Glen Cove, N.Y.) stopped 16 out of 17 Wesleyan shots in the third period for the Bantams.
Against Cortland State, MacKinnon made 13 saves in 36 minutes. Kurtz relieved her with 4:52 left in the second period and allowed just one goal over that span with seven saves.
Freshman forward Sarah Shoukimas (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) scored her first career goal against MIT, and followed with two more to record a hat trick. Classmate Kristen Grabowski (Burlington, Conn.) notched two goals, including the first of her career and freshman Jillian Nielsen (Albany, N.Y.) scored her first collegiate goal for Trinity. Junior defenseman Kim Willis (Holyoke, Mass.) added a goal and an assist for the Bantams.
Willis, classmates Kate Heney (South Burlington, Vt.) and Jessica Martin (Fort Myers, Fla.), and freshman Leah Culver (Milton, Mass.) held MIT to just five shots on MacKinnon, who recorded her first career shutout.
MacKinnon added 45 stops versus Southern Maine the following day, and made 71 saves facing a barrage of shots at Manhattanville. Kurtz filled in against Sacred Heart with 48 saves.
Trinity is currently tied in 15th place at 1-8-1 in the 19-team Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Shoukimas was named to the ECAC honor roll for her outstanding game against MIT.
Trinity will host nationally ranked Williams, which is No. 8 in the USCHO.com Division III poll, on Sat., Jan. 27 at 7 p.m.
Trio Sets Records for Indoor Track
The Trinity College men's and women's indoor track and field teams both finished second in the Tufts Invitational on Jan. 13, and competed in the Brandeis Invitational on Jan. 20.
Senior co-captain Amanda Rival (Berlin, Conn.) set a new Trinity record in the pentathlon at the Yale Track Classic on Jan. 19. Rival finished second with a score of 3,187, which breaks her own previous mark of 3,140 set at the 2000 NCAA Division III New England Championships. Rival is the two-time defending Division III New England Pentathlon champion.
Both the men and the women placed second at Tufts, led by first-place finishes in the 3,000-meter run by senior co-captain Todd Markelz (Homer, Alaska) and the 800-meter run by senior co-captain Marisa Eddy (Los Angeles, Calif.). Markelz had a time of 8:51.57 and Eddy finished in 2:21.63.
Markelz and senior Oliver Page (New York, N.Y.) both set new Trinity records at Brandeis. Markelz finished third in the 3,000 meters, but his time of 8:43.28 set the previous mark held by sophomore teammate James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.). Emord finished fourth in the race at 8:53.
Page shattered the Trinity pole vault record, clearing a height of 14'03.25". Freshman sprinters Francis Vincent (East Lyme, Conn.) and James Porter (New Haven, Conn.) finished 1-2 in the 200-meter dash with respective times of 23.22 s and 23.37 s, while junior Beth Landry (Troy, Mich.) and freshman Amy Barry (Scituate, Mass.) placed first and second in the triple jump with distances of 10.20 m and 9.98 m.
Wrestling (8-6) Finishes Fifth at New England Duals
The Trinity College wrestling team swept Worcester Tech, Williams, and MIT, in the annual quadrangular meet in Worcester, Mass. The Bantams defeated Worcester Tech, 29-16, and Williams, 34-12, finishing with a 52-6 rout of MIT in the nightcap. The victory over Williams is also the first in the squad's history. Trinity lost, 33-10, against Division I Sacred Heart on Jan. 18, but rallied to defeat Southern Maine, 39-9, in the first round of the New England Duals Championships at Springfield on Jan. 21. The Bantams lost, 30-16, against Norwich in the second round, but downed Rhode Island College, 27-15, and Plymouth State, 27-21, in their next two matches for a fifth-place performance in the 13-team tourney.
Senior captain Steven Mulvihill (Melrose, Mass.) won all three of his heavyweight matches, including a pin of MIT opponent. Fellow senior captains Riad deFreitas (Silver Spring, Md.) and Ted Govola (Rocky Hill, Conn.) won their matches at 149 and 174 pounds, respectively, as did sophomore 141-pounder Mark Foresi (West Springfield, Mass.). Freshman 184-pounder Michael Doros (Simsbury, Conn.) went 2-0 for the day with pins in both matches as well. Govola, Foresi, and Mulvihill added Trinity victories against Sacred Heart.
At the New England Duals, deFreitas won all three of his matches with two pins and one technical fall, while fellow senior captain Michael Marcucio (Derby, Conn.) won three matches at 33 pounds and Doros won three matches for the Bantams.
Mulvihill leads Trinity in wins thus far with a 14-3 record and pins with six. DeFreitas, Doros, and Marcucio have 12 wins apiece and sophomore Eric Egolf (Glastonbury, Conn.) is 10-5. Doros is 12-4 with four pins, Marcucio is 12-5 and deFreitas is 12-5 with three pins.
The Bantams, coached by Sebby Amato, are ranked No. 5 in the New England Division III Coaches Poll and No. 10 in the New England All-Division Coaches' Poll. This week's Division III New England poll:
1. Coast Guard 9-3 69
2. Springfield 7-13 58
3. Bridgewater State 15-6 56
4. Norwich 9-7 50
5. TRINITY, CONN. 8-7 37
6. Roger Williams 10-6 29
7. Plymouth State 8-9 26
8. Wesleyan 7-6 22
9. Rhode Island College 20
10. Johnson and Wales 6-3 15
Assaiante Wins 100th For Trinity Men's Squash (7-0)
The Trinity College men's squash team, which had captured its first-ever United States Squash Racquets Association Five-Man Team Championship title without several of its top players on Jan. 7, returned to full strength and defeated Denison University, 9-0, at Williams on Jan. 11. Trinity traveled to New Hampshire on Jan. 20 and blanked Dartmouth and Bowdoin, 9-0, as well.
The Bantams have won 42 consecutive matches dating back to a 5-4 loss to Harvard in the 1998 National Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association (NISRA) Team Championship finals. The wins at Dartmouth were No.'s 99 and 100 in the career of Head Coach Paul Assaiante, who has a career mark of 100-10 (.909).
Freshman Michael Ferriera (Stamford, England) won in the most dominant fashion against Denison, allowing only seven total points in his 3-0 victory at No. 5 singles. All eight other Trinity players won, 3-0, as well.
Seven out of nine players won, 3-0, against Yale, including Ferriera, and juniors Lefika Ragontse (Gaborone, Botswana) and Gaurav Juneja (Bombay, India). Senior co-captains Loua Coetzee (Port Alfred, South Africa) and Duncan Pearson (Philadelphia, Pa.) each won two 3-0 matches against Dartmouth and Bowdoin, as did Juneja and twin brother Rohan Juneja (Bombay, India).
Sophomore Jonathan Smith (Leeds, England) has emerged as the team's No. 1 player, while classmate Nickolas Kyme (Pembroke, Bermuda) has made tremendous strides and is playing among the top four. Kyme, Ferriera, and Coetzee lead the Bantams in wins with 6-0 records.
Trinity is ranked No. 1 in the NISRA national poll. This most recent NISRA Top 10:
1. TRINITY, CONN.
2. Harvard
3. Princeton
4. Yale
5. Western Ontario
6. Williams
7. Denison
8. Cornell
9. Dartmouth
10. Pennsylvania
Women's Squash (4-0) Gets Off to Great Start
The Trinity College women's squash team defeated Pennsylvania, 6-3, on the road on Jan. 14, and won its home opener, 8-1, against Yale as the Bantams clearly benefited from a training trip to Amsterdam, The Netherlands over Christmas break. The Bantams continued their winning ways with a 6-3 win over Dartmouth and an 8-1 triumph over Bowdoin in a tri-match at Dartmouth on Jan. 27.
Freshman Amina Helal (Manchester, England) downed the No. 4 player in the nation against Penn, 3-1, while senior captain Janine Thompson (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and freshman Pam Saunders (Harrare, Zimbabwe) each blanked ranked opponents for the Bantams.
Sophomore Clare Austin (Banbury, England) won in the most dominant fashion against Yale, allowing just a single point in three games. Helal, Thompson, Saunders, junior Mollie Anderson (Buffalo, N.Y.), and freshman Sarah Frank (Philadelphia, Pa.) also posted 3-0 wins for the Bantams.
Junior Samantha Lewins (Bromley, Zimbabwe) and freshman Carolynne Minkowski (Baltimore, Md.) won a pair of 3-0 matches apiece against Dartmouth and Bowdoin. Helal, Saunders, and Anderson also posted wins in both matches. Minkowski and Saunders lead Trinity in wins with 5-0 records.
Trinity, coached by Wendy Bartlett is tied for No. 3 in the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association (WISA) national poll. The most recent WISA Top 10:
1. Harvard
2. Pennsylvania
3. Brown
3. Princeton
3. TRINITY, CONN.
6. Cornell
7. Yale
8. Dartmouth
9. Williams
10. Colby
Albus Breaks Record for Trinity Swimming and Diving (M1-4, W0-6)
The Trinity College men's and women's swimming and diving teams both lost at Wesleyan, 137-81, and 135-98, respectively, on Jan. 16. The Bantam men also lost, 169-64, and the women lost, 121-103, against Tufts on Jan. 19.
Freshman Julia Kaye (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) won the 500- and the 1,000-yard freestyle with times of 5:28.96 and 11:09.68, respectively, for the Trinity women against Wesleyan. Senior tri-captain Katie Bryant (Concord, Mass.) and junior Jessica Harmon (Selma, Ala.) took first place in both diving events, as Bryant scored a 199.50 in the three-meter and Harmon had a 200.55 in the one-meter.
Also at Wesleyan, senior diver Brad Albus (New Canaan, Conn.) set a new Trinity record in the three-meter dive at 264.68, despite a second-place finish. Sophomore Chris Rorer (Villanova, Pa.) won the 200-yard breaststroke for Trinity with a time of 2:19.44.
Senior tri-captain Cory Bernard (Seymour, Conn.) won the 100-yard butterfly against Tufts with a time of 1:05.90. Bryant took first in the three-meter dive with a score of 230.925, Kaye won the 500-yard freestyle at 5:34.06, and fellow freshman Elizabeth Stoker (Westwood, Mass.) won the 50-yard free with a time of 26.97 s. Albus and junior Christian Sterling (Glastonbury, Conn.) were first-place finishers in the men's meet against Tufts. Albus had a 245.475 in the one-meter dive and Sterling swam a 5:22.32 in the 500-yard freestyle.