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SPRING Sports Roundup HONOR ROLL: A record 229 student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher in the spring semester including seven with a perfect 4.0 GPA – Megan Urban (basketball), Sara Bullock (field hockey), Grace Kennedy (cross country/track), Renee Bigold (track), Trisha Domings (track), Alexandria Orlando (rowing) and Dan Ferry (track). BASEBALL: The team won eight of its last 12 games, including a record-setting 31-hit barrage in a 20-6 win at Bryant. Junior second baseman Mike Baillargeon led the NE-10 in batting (.431), junior third baseman Mike DiReda led the team with 7 homers and 36 BRI and lefty Michael Colebrook finished 6-2 with a 3.19 ERA. All three earned NE-10 postseason honors, as did junior pitcher/outfielder Jeff Barbale, freshman shortstop Shawn Frigon and sophomore outfielder Derek Migrants. The team also became just the second in New England Division II history to record 900 wins. Colebrook, sophomore catcher Matthew Jose and sophomore pitcher Tim DuPuis earned NE-10 all-academic honors. Baillargeon and DiReda played in the New England all-star game at Fenway Park.
MEN’S GOLF: The team won two tournaments (the AC ShootOut and the Dowling Fall Invitational) and finished second in the Northeast-10. Junior Rob Younker led the team with a 77.8 medal average and represented the Hounds at the NCAAs, just the third in team history behind Hall of Famers Frank Vana ’86 and Patrick Dunn ’89. Junior Jamie Farrea shot a 70 in the second round of the LeMoyne Invitational—only the fourth round of 70 or lower in Hound history, Brian Jerome ’72 holds the mark with a 69 in 1970, while Chris Cowell ’05 and junior teammate Tyler Johnson have also carded a 70. WOMEN’S TENNIS: The team advanced to the NE-10 playoffs and juniors Rachael Hansen and Julia Kilgore earned NE-10 all-academic.
WOMEN’S ROWING: The women’s varsity four finished sixth in the New England Fours championship. Its best performance was a second-place finish to a tough Clark team in which they bested Massachusetts Maritime and Roger Williams by more than 30 seconds.
SOFTBALL: Freshman shortstop Marissa Palumbo led the team with a .410 average and was named the NE-10 Freshman-of-theYear, while junior catcher Amanda Monge played every inning of every game and both earned NE-10 all-conference honors. Senior pitcher Lauren Symonick and sophomore infielder Megan Orbon earned NE-10 all-academic kudos. MEN’S LACROSSE: Senior middie Brandon MacNeil led the team with 34 points (12 goals & 22 assists) and finished his career with 95 points as the fourth-leading scorer in Hound history, including a record 70 assists. He also earned NE-10 all academic honors.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE: Senior attack Jenna Goldstein had 27 goals and finished with 101, becoming just the third player in Hound history to reach that figure. Freshman attack Becca Kelley led the team with 31 goals. Senior Lauren Matysiak, playing goalie for the first time, logged more than 800 minutes and was named team MVP.
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TRACK & FIELD: The women won the Worcester championship as senior Lauren King won both the 100 and 200 and junior Molly O’Connell won the shot and the discus. ALUMNI-ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME: During Fall Home-coming on September 27, the College will induct five to its Alumni-Athletics Hall of Fame—J.P. Bisceglia ’84 (football), Demetri Beekman ’93 (basketball), Kristen Ladebauche ’00 (softball), Katie Kerr Clive ’00 (basketball, softball) and Brother Armand Lemaire, A.A. ’48 (contributions).
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Assumption College Magazine • Summer 2008