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– Career hits posted by softball player Felicia Brum ’07, who replaced Nikki Cote ’06 as the program’s leader in career hits during the 2007 season.
66
– Points totaled by women’s lacrosse player Jennifer Parro during the 2007 season, a new program record. Parro, who also broke the record for assists in a season (46), led all Division II players in assists per game (3.29) last spring.
24
– Number of wins posted by the softball team during the 2007 season, breaking the previous record of 23 set in 2006.
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– Number of SNHU studentathletes who earned Northeast-10 Conference All-Academic honors during the spring of 2007. SNHU’s 16 selections ranked second only to Bentley College. The women’s lacrosse team led the way with six selections.
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– National ranking earned by the women’s lacrosse team during the 2007 season, marking the first national ranking in the four-year history of the program.
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Hall of Fame
Athletic Director Chip Polak has announced the addition of William Beane, John Rootes and the 1989 men’s soccer team to the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The honorees will be inducted Jan. 19. With the addition of the 2007 inductees, the SNHU Athletic Hall of Fame now consists of 79 individuals and one team. Beane and Rootes both served as head men’s soccer coaches at the university, while the 1989 men’s soccer team still owns the distinction of being the only team in the history of SNHU athletics to win a NCAA National Championship. Beane could be considered the “Father of Penmen Soccer,” as he was the program’s first coach. He spent four seasons, from 1965 through 1968, on the sidelines and led the team to a combined 21-7 record during his first two seasons. He did dual duty as head baseball coach during that time and led the Penmen to back-to-back NEIBA titles in 1967 and 1968. Rootes, coach of the 1989 national championship team, averaged 16 wins a year during his 10 seasons at SNHU and remains the winningest coach in program history. He led the team to a 22-2-0 record during his rookie season in 1988 before posting a 22-1-2 mark and a national title in 1989. He led the Penmen to six NCAA Tournament appearances during his 10 seasons. He posted a 169-30-10 during his time at SNHU and currently ranks as the fifth winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division II men’s soccer. SNHU claimed the title following a 3-1 victory over Final Four host North Carolina-Greensboro, behind two goals from sophomore sniper Archie Harlow. Rootes now is head coach at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.
Bernstein, McGuire Named Top Athletes Sophomore Ashley Bernstein and senior David McGuire were named the 2006-2007 Female and Male Athletes of the Year during the university’s 42nd annual athletic awards ceremony. Sophomore Julie Kraus (women’s lacrosse) was honored as the Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and junior John Delanoy (men’s lacrosse) Julie Kraus was named Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Seniors Carolyn Mahoney (women’s soccer) and Ken Burlage (hockey) were selected for the Sportsmanship awards. Seniors Felicia Brum (softball) and Pat White (men’s soccer) received Unsung Hero awards. Bernstein led the softball team to a record 24 wins and the No. 2 seed in the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament. McGuire led the men’s soccer team to a 9-7-5 record, its sevent straight appearance in the Northeast-10 Tournament and its 13th David McGuire overall appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament this fall. Women’s Lacrosse Earns First National Ranking The women’s lacrosse team earned its first ranking in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Division II national poll.
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PENMEN PRIDE
Honors and Milestones Squire and Delanoy Cop National Honors Women’s lacrosse coach Mary Squire and men’s lacrosse player John Delanoy were recognized at the national level. Squire was named Division II National Coach of the Year by womenslacrosse.com and was named Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year. She guided the Penmen to a record 10 wins and its first national ranking last spring. Delanoy was named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division II All-America team. An honorable mention selection at midfield, he becomes the second player in program history (Mike Hutnick, 2006, was the first) to earn All-America honors. The Best of the Rest Hockey players Brandon Hammermeister and Dominic DiMarzo earned all-conference honors after leading the Penmen to a 12-14-1 record and an appearance in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Tournament. Hammermeister recorded his 100th career point during the season. Men’s basketball player Sam Carey recorded his 1,000th career point during the 2006-07 season. Senior Jason Smith was named all-conference in baseball; teammate Ryan Thompson recorded his 100th career hit and teammate Rob Hennessy recorded his 100th career strikeout. Seniors Felicia Brum and Tara Moriarty, sophomore Karissa Bettencourt and freshman Andrea Clausi were named all-conference after leading the softball team to a record 24 wins. Brum closed out her career with a school-record 157 hits, while Moriarty recorded her 100th career hit. Junior Mary Bradford and sophomore Ashley Bernstein recorded their 100th career strikeouts. Softball coach Deb Robitaille was voted Northeast-10 Coach of the Year for the second season in a row.
Graduate student Lisa McEachern and sophomores Libby Parent and Julie Kraus collected all-conference honors in women’s lacrosse. Parent and classmates Maura Murphy and Jennifer Parro all recorded their 100th career points during the season. Parro totaled a program-record 46 assists and 66 points and closed out the year as the Division II national leader in assists per game. All-conference honors in tennis went to senior Pedro DePaula and juniors Melissa Ramos and Amanda Nason. DePaula earned all-conference honors for the second straight year after going 9-2 at No. 1 singles. All-Academic Selections The women’s lacrosse team placed six members on the Northeast-10 Conference All-Academic team – graduate student Steph Bouley, senior Julie Lancaster, junior Lucretia Joy and sophomores Kraus, Parent and Murphy. Kraus has maintained a 3.98 cumulative GPA during her two years at the university. The SNHU softball team had four members named to the Northeast-10 All-Academic team. Selected were seniors Ashley Smith and Brum, junior Laurie Boland and Bettencourt. Men’s lacrosse players Chris Dindler, Mike Panora and Delanoy also earned all-academic honors. Delanoy is a finance/economics major with a 3.69 cumulative GPA. The women’s tennis team placed two members on the Northeast-10 All-Academic team. Juniors Amanda Nason and Lauren Nigrelli were second-team selections. Baseball standout Jason Smith was a Northeast-10 allacademic selection, as were Megan Shay of the women’s basketball team and Hammermeister.
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