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CROSS COUNTRY
The football team posted a 6-5 overall record and a 6-3 mark in the Northeast-10, including a 5-0 regular-season road record in league play. The team was picked eighth in the Northeast10 preseason coaches poll and surprised many with a fourth-place finish. Eleven members of the team earned NE-10 All-Conference honors. Junior Derrick Mann was selected as the Conference’s Defensive Lineman of the Year and earned First Team honors. Seniors Mike Bates, Tad Beuchert, Matt Colangelo, Khalid Pitts and Scott Simonson all earned spots on the All-Conference First Team. Earning Second Team accolades were seniors Erik Abramson, Jack Dustin, Matt Pedone, Emanuel Riggins and Mike Stuppiello.
The Hounds won three of their last four games to finish with a 7-11 record. Junior Paige Anderson and sophomore Kiley Colucci both earned spots on the Northeast-10 AllConference Second Team, while freshman Meghan Sullivan was named to the All-Rookie Team after leading the team with eight goals. Sullivan finished the season with 18 points overall, while Colucci was the team’s top scorer with 20 points on six goals and a team-best eight assists. Anderson finished the season with 14 points (six goals, two assists) and earned All-Conference recognition for the third time in her career. For Colucci, this marked the second straight season she has been named to the All-Conference Second Team.
The men’s cross country team was regionallyranked throughout the season and placed eighth at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship. Junior Tony Fierimonte became the first male runner in Assumption history to qualify for the NCAA National Championship, where he placed 65th out of 246 runners in Spokane, Washington. He earned All-New England accolades for the second straight season with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Regional in Boston, along with Northeast-10 First Team All-Conference honors by placing third in the league championship race. The women’s cross country team improved four spots from 2012 as the Hounds placed 10th at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship race. The team also ran well at the NCAA Regional, placing 13th out of 26 teams, an improvement of 10 spots from last season. Junior Nicole Massoud led the way for the Hounds in both races, finishing 43rd at the Northeast-10 meet and 37th at the NCAA Regional.
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FOOTBALL
MEN’S SOCCER The men’s soccer team closed the season with three straight victories to finish 5-8-2. The Hounds began the season with a victory in the inaugural Catholic Cup, defeating Saint Anselm College, 3-0, to claim the championship. Senior Lucas Spina earned a spot on the Northeast-10 All-Conference Third Team for his play, while Spina, Max Roche and Michael Agbortoko were all selected to participate in the NEISL Senior All-Star Game at Harvard University on December 1. Freshman Ethan Morrow and senior Jose Paulo were tied for the team lead in scoring with six points, including a team-best three goals from Morrow.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Tight end scott simonson ’14 was selected first Team All-conference.
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Assumption College Magazine
Winter 2014
The women’s soccer team, under the direction of first-year head coach Kevin Meek, advanced to the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament for the first time since 2005 and finished the season with a 7-5-5 mark. Senior Andrea Bates led the team with 15 points on seven goals, including a pair of game-winners, and one assist. Sophomore Paige Rodomski registered 10 points (four goals, two assists).