Holy Cross Crusader Nation Magazine – Summer 2011

SUMMER 2011

Ice Hockey teams net successful seasons Women win ECAC title; Men reach AHA semi-finals

To Our Readers

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Dear Friends of Crusader Athletics,

Director of Athletics Richard M. Regan, Jr. ’76

As the Class of 2011 departs for the “real world,” over 150 studentathletes have graduated, reunions have just ended, and the campus is quiet again. It’s an appropriate moment to look back at the year and highlight a few things that have taken place over the winter and spring seasons: • The Women’s Ice Hockey team won its third consecutive ECAC Open Championship in a shootout thriller over St. Anselm.

Senior Jocelyn Kratchmer was named the Tournament MVP as she concluded her Holy Cross career as the all-time leader in points scored (145).

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Associate AD/Business Manager Bill Bellerose ’77 Associate AD/Senior Women’s Administrator Ann Zelesky Associate AD/Men’s Administration & Compliance Rosemary Shea ’87

• The Men’s Ice Hockey team reached the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament for the first time since the 2005-2006 season. Paul Pearl was named the Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.

Assistant AD/Marketing & Media Relations Frank Mastrandrea ’88

• The Softball team reached the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since the 2003 season, earning the most wins since the 1999 season. Brian Claypool was named Patriot League Coach of the Year for the first time in his four seasons at Holy Cross. Sophomore Sam Fregenti broke the single-season home run record with 11 home runs.

Director of Media Relations Charles Bare

• Holy Cross student-athletes have once again proven to be among the best in the country in the classroom as 14 teams have received NCAA Public Recognition Awards for being in the top 10% of colleges and universities for their sport. Holy Cross is tied with Georgetown for 11th place in the nation for having the most teams recognized. That is even more impressive when one considers that many of the institutions with more teams honored offer more sports than Holy Cross.

• I would like to take this opportunity to welcome two new head coaches to the Crusader community. Please join me in welcoming Erin Walker as the head coach of the Volleyball team and Jim Morrissey as the head coach of the Men’s Lacrosse team.

In this issue you will read more about the men’s and women’s ice hockey and softball teams’ journeys to their league tournaments. Pictured on the cover are Mike Daly ’12 and Stacy Hochkins ’12. Both of these student-athletes have been named captains of their teams for the 2011- 2012 season and have played integral roles in the success of their programs.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your generous and loyal support of the Crusader Athletics Fund. As we near the end of the fifth year of our annual fundraising campaign, I would like to remind you how important your donations are to Holy Cross athletics. They allow us to provide our coaches and studentathletes with additional resources for recruiting, better equipment, more travel and team development above and beyond budgeted support from the College. We began fundraising for football three years earlier than the rest of the department, and one only has to look at their success to get a sense of how important it has been to us. It is a difference maker!

Finally, I hope that you all have an enjoyable and relaxing summer. My hope is to see all of the faithful alumni, family and friends of Crusader Athletics on September 1 at the first-ever night game at Fitton Field when the football team hosts UMass under the lights. Go Crusaders!

Richard M. Regan, Jr. ’76 Director of Athletics

Assistant Director of Media Relations Jim Wrobel Assistant Director of Media Relations Meredith Cook Media Relations & Compliance Assistant Anna Poulter-Hendrickson Athletic Fundraising Coordinator Jennifer Whipple Manager of Events Jen Kagno

EDITORIAL STAFF Editor/Writer: Jennifer Whipple Contributing Editors: Meg Connolly, Richard Phelps Contributing Writers: Charles Bare, Meredith Cook, Chris Edmonds ’04, Amy Martin ’11, Anna Poulter-Hendrickson, Jim Wrobel Chief Photographer: Pete Cooke Design: Sharon Matys For the most recent updates on Crusader Athletics, please visit our official website at http://goholycross.com/ If you have any questions or comments, please email crusaderathletics@holycross.edu

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Ice Hockey teams net successful seasons Women’s team wins ECAC title; Men’s team reaches AHA semi-finals

By Chris Edmonds ’04

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he Men’s and Women’s Hockey teams share the same Hart Center rink, they sport the same purple and white uniforms, and—with this past winter as evidence—they both know a thing or two about turning midseason adversity into late-season success.

For the women, that spelled capturing the Eastern College Athletic Conference Open title in an overtime shootout. For the men, it meant reeling off the longest unbeaten run in program history and advancing to the semifinals of the Atlantic Hockey Association tournament.

To hear players and coaches tell it, this was a special year on the ice for the Crusaders, and it may well point the way to sustained success down the road.

Another year, another title Jocelyn Kratchmer doesn’t remember exactly how the final moment of her Holy Cross career played out. “It’s all kind of a blur,” the captain said.

In that blur, Kratchmer scored the victoryclinching goal in the ECAC Open championship game’s overtime shootout against St. Anselm College on Feb. 27. The open title was the third in as many years for the women’s team, and for Kratchmer, a senior, it was the sweetest.

“This one’s the most memorable—to end on such a good note,” she said. “Every year we win it, it feels better.”

The Crusaders tore through the 2010 portion of their schedule, reeling off nine wins in their first 11 games. Regrouping after the winter break, the team encountered its sole rough patch, dropping three straight in early January. The downturn, however, helped set the Crusaders up for their push to the postseason, junior captain Stacey Hochkins said.

Senior captain Jocelyn Kratchmer concluded her career with 145 points, the most all-time in school history.

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“We had that stretch where we were playing against tougher teams and losing, but in a sense, that made us better,” she said.

The team dispelled of its funk with a 7-1 win over St. Michael’s College on Jan. 15, ticked off four wins in the next five games, and skated through the open tournament with a win over Sacred Heart University and the shootout victory over St. A’s.

Through it all, the team relied on the strength and balance of its roster, Coach Peter Van Buskirk said.

“The key to being one of the top teams these last four years is balance,” he said.

“We’ve been able to balance top talent with a very good supporting talent. That gives us the depth we need in order to compete.”

Chief among that top talent are Kratchmer and Hochkins, who this season broke the program’s career goals record and moved into second place on the points list.

Peter Van Buskirk has been affiliated with the Holy Cross ice hockey program for over 30 years, serving as the men’s head coach from 1979-1988 and again during the 1996-1997 season, before taking over the women’s program in 2000.

“They’re the difference-makers for us,” said Van Buskirk, who has been behind the bench for the women’s team for 11 years and spent 10 years leading the men’s squad.

When Hochkins returns for a second season as captain, she’ll meet up with a new-look team. Some 18 freshmen will arrive on campus with their hockey gear in tow come the fall.

“Everyone, including the returning players, knows there’s going to be more competition,” Hochkins said.

Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year Paul Pearl is the program’s all-time winningest coach.

With limits placed on how many players can dress for a game—18 skaters, three goalkeepers—Van Buskirk will have some tough decisions to make about who plays and who doesn’t. While not an enviable task, it comes with the territory, he said.

“It’s what everybody is facing right now— the growth of women’s hockey—and that’s a good thing,” he said.

Confidence game The Men’s Hockey team kept Coach Paul Pearl on his toes this year. While the team didn’t defy expectations, the way it progressed from October to March was marked with historic highs and headscratching lows.

“At the beginning of the season, the way we came out was a surprise,” Pearl said. “The middle of the season was a surprise, too, because I thought we were better than that, and then late in the season, we set a school record for unbeaten streak.”

The Crusaders rushed out to a 6-4-1 start, including opening its AHA slate 4-1-1.

That gave way to a 1-10-1 stretch, before the team rallied for an 8-0-3 run to close the regular season, gutted past Canisius College in the AHA quarterfinals and fell to Air Force in the league semis.

The 11-game unbeaten run was the school’s longest since a 10-game streak in the 19791980 season. For Pearl, the solidifying of the team’s defense got the roll started and kept it going.

“Adam Roy came in and really settled us down in goal,” he said. ‘With that, we started playing much better defense overall, limiting scoring chances and limiting our goals against.”

Senior captain Everett Sheen saw the spark as something even simpler: The team regained its confidence.

“We just started believing in ourselves,” Sheen said, “and it’s amazing what can happen when you do that.”

The streak started with a 3-3 tie against Rochester Institute of Technology. Wins followed in the next seven games.

“We were fed up with losing,” junior forward Mike Daly said. “The older guys took it upon themselves to say enough is enough.”

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That attitude carried into the postseason where the Crusaders hosted Canisius in best of three quarterfinal. The Crusaders took the first game, 6-3, but found themselves in a must-win after dropping the second game 3-2 in overtime. Arriving for game three, Pearl found another surprise waiting for him.

“We felt really bad the night before, as players and as coaches,” Pearl said, “but then I walk into the locker room and they’re laughing and joking and watching video. They couldn’t wait to get out there.

That’s what I’ll remember this group for— their unwavering confidence.”

With this season’s success comes greater expectations for 2011-2012, tempered as they are with the lessons learned from 2010-2011.

“It’s dangerous to think that because you got close this year, you’ll go back and win it next year,” Pearl said. “Our biggest goal will be to play 34 games with consistency.”

2010-2011 ECAC Champions

Senior captain Everett Sheen led the team this season with a career-best 17 goals.

Seasons in review Women’s Hockey Record: 17-9-1, 13-5-0 ECAC East Signature moment: Won third straight ECAC Open end-of-season tournament title by beating St. Anselm College in an overtime shootout Honor roll: Stacey Hochkins sets school’s career goals record. Hochkins named to the Women’s Division II/III New England All-Star team, Division III Reebok Women’s Hockey All-America second team, All-ECAC East first team. Jocelyn Kratchmer and Emily Henry named to the All-ECAC East second team. Kratchmer (MVP) and Hochkins selected to the ECAC Open All-Tournament team. Eight players picked for the ECAC East All-Academic team: Christina D’Ambrogio, Monique Gallant, Carly Dominick-Sobol, Nicola Garat, Caroline English, Mariah Napolitano, Meghan Reynolds and Hochkins.

Kratchmer named team MVP.

Men’s Hockey Record: 17-16-5, 14-8-5 AHA Signature moment: Broke school record with an 11-game unbeaten run Honor roll: Mike Daly wins the Joe Tomasello Unsung Hero Award given by the New England Hockey Writers. Coach Paul Pearl named AHA Coach of the Year, and finalist for the Spenser Penrose Award, given to the best coach in Division I. Rob Linsmayer named Best Defensive Forward by the AHA. Jeff Reppucci was named to the AHA All-Rookie Team. Everett Sheen named team MVP. The men’s team celebrates after a goal.

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Hitting It Out of the Park Softball team gets taste of Patriot League tournament

By Amy Martin ’11

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he 2010-2011 Crusader Softball team accumulated a laundry list worth of recognition throughout the season: five Patriot League Player of the Week recognitions, one Patriot League Rookie of the week honor, one AT&T Crusader of the week, one member on the Patriot League AllAcademic Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, one ECAC Division 1 player of the week recognition, five team members named to the All-Patriot League team, one Patriot League Coach of the Year, and one trip to the Patriot League tournament; and that doesn’t even begin to highlight all the records broken or games won. All of these honors collected by a team which hasn’t been to the Patriot League Tournament since 2003 and was

But for seniors Katie Alexander, Caitlin Belanger, Erin Flemming, Tiffany Medwid and Keeley Senuik, the accomplishments have been a long time coming. “I knew one day we would get to the tournament but I just did not know which year it was going to be,” said Alexander, a pitcher. Flemming, a utility player, echoed these sentiments, stating that making it to the tournament couldn’t have been a more perfect time. “I am so glad that it was with this 2011 team,” she reflected.

then missing the 2010 Patriot League Tournament because of tiebreak. “Last year we knew we had a team that was capable of getting to the Patriot League Championship, and for us to come into a situation where they were out because of a tiebreak, left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth,” fourth year coach and 2011 Patriot League Coach of the Year Brian Claypool recounted, “That motivated them from that moment on. We didn’t have to twist arms to get kids to work over the summer. They came in this fall and every time we would break a huddle, we would say, ‘PLC 2011!,’ knowing that our goal was to get there.”

It has undoubtedly been a long road for this group of five seniors, as they endured three years of losing seasons within conference,

In addition to making it to the Patriot League tournament and achieving the lengthy list of accomplishments, the 2011

picked to finish 5th in this year’s Patriot League preseason poll.

Sophomore Sem Fregenti broke the single-season home run record with 11 home runs.

squad also took down some long rivaled foes including Boston University this spring and University of Massachusetts during the fall. It was in that win over the Minutewomen that Claypool began to notice a change in the girls, most notably in their confidence. “To go down to UMASS and win a 1-0 game in the fall was huge.

That was the true moment where they looked at each other said, ‘We can do this.’”

With the boost in confidence Claypool also saw a motivated team. “You could see it in their work in the weight room. They’re up in the bating cages all the time hitting on their own. They’re doing the extra work it takes to be a contender without having being asked to do it.”

This shift in mindset was also a positive change for the seniors. Medwid, a shortstop, felt as though the team had a different outlook this year, “[In past years] we started to accept that the little things we did not do were essentially okay. My junior year, we finally realized that being mediocre was anything but great. This year we felt the belief in each other and from the start of our season, our goal was to make it to the tournament. The 19 of us had this burning passion to be a successful team on the field and not to let another tournament berth slip through our fingers.” She continued, “It was remarkable to see the enthusiasm this year compared to past season and I really think that is what got us to where we are now.”

Pitcher and infielder Caitlin Belanger also felt the trend toward positivity. “The first three years were definitely a work in progress. From my freshman year, I knew that my class had talent that could eventually lead our team into the tournament and beyond, but this potential wasn’t something that came over night. We put in a lot of hard work and did everything we could to try to help our team reach the level we are at now.” When thinking back on the season and her four years Belanger stated, “This year has been absolutely amazing, finally being able to see all the positive results of our hard work over the past three years.”

Adding to the list of accomplishments would also be the countless school records that have been broken this season.

Sophomore infielder Sam Fregenti had an extremely productive season at the plate taking down the single season home run and runs batted in records. Fregenti CRUSADER nation

The Holy Cross softball team qualified for the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since 2003.

also moved into first for all-time batting average and slugging percentage at Holy Cross. “There is such an amazing group of athletes in our underclassmen,” Belanger said of her younger teammates. “Reaching the tournament early on in their college careers will encourage them to strive beyond that.” Belanger too now owns several records of her own including runs scored, hits and doubles in a single season along with the all time highest number of stolen bases at Holy Cross.

Not to be outdone, Senuik has also been equally as impressive at the plate capturing the single season home run and hits records, along with the all time home runs and doubles records. “As a freshman I don’t think I had any clue as to how it would feel to make it to the tournament and receive the type of recognition that we have received,” Senuik said. “We achieved such a major accomplishment making it to the tournament this year, and although we came up a little short in the tournament, I am so proud of all the girls and know that they have the hunger in their hearts to go even further next year.”

Despite coming up a little short, the bar for next year is set just as high, if not higher. “My hope is that the program continues to grow and turn heads within our league,” said Belanger. “They are lucky,” added Flemming, “They’ve been to the PL tournament now and I don’t think they will accept not being there next year.

I hope they expect to be there every year from here on out.”

For Claypool all the accomplishments have certainly been impressive and reason for celebration, but there is one intangible that he is most proud of— the team’s resilience.

“We’ve gone from that team where if we’re beating a league team by one in the bottom of the 6th, it was deer in the headlights,” he recalled, “But now if we’re down it’s like, ‘Hit me the ball!’ or ‘Put me in the box, I’ll hit one out of here.’ It’s that little bit of confidence, but it took resilience to get to that point.” An attribute that will no doubt allow the future Crusaders to add to the program’s already growing list of accomplishments, including a Patriot League Title.

2011 Patriot League Coach of the Year Brian Claypool. summer 2011

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CRUSADER ATHLETICS FUND

Gifts to the Crusader Athletics Fund directly impact the experience of each student-athlete on campus. Holy Cross was proud to have 2,225 donors give to Crusader Athletics last year. We hope to continue the momentum as we work to further narrow the gap between the resources Holy Cross has available for athletics and the resources of the colleges and universities with which we compete.

Thanks to gifts to the Crusader Athletics Fund, the Men’s and Women’s Soccer programs were provided opportunities to practice off-campus at a nearby indoor artificial turf training facility during the inclement weather. This provided the student-athletes with a far superior place to play compared to Holy Cross’ Field House. The associated costs are beyond what’s in our normal budget, but your donations allowed us to provide this enhancement.

Members of the track and field teams were able to travel to Durham, N.C., to compete at the Duke Invitational. Our student-athletes challenged themselves by competing against some of the most

Enhancing the Student-Athlete Experience talented track and field athletes in the country whom we do not compete against during the regular season. Four studentathletes qualified for the New England Championships during this invitational, allowing the coaching staff to make important changes early on to their training programs to better prepare them for the New England Championship.

to play one of the top teams in the country while playing in front of thousands of fans in state-of-the-art facilities.

In addition to having a direct impact on our athletic teams, all alumni gifts will count toward our $1 Million Dollar Challenge. If 55 percent of alumni give to Holy Cross, an anonymous alumna will donate $1 million to the College!

Each year, the Baseball program travels Please consider responding to this south to play a few games in a warmer cli- challenge today! mate during spring break, thanks to the generosity of our alumni, parents and friends. The past couple of years the team has been able to make a second southern trip, this year For more information, contact Meg heading to Louisiana to play nationally Connolly, associate director for annual ranked LSU, as a result of donations to athletics fundraising, at (508) 793-2415 the Crusader Athletics Fund. This trip to or mconnoll@holycross.edu Baton Rouge allowed our student-athletes

Visit the NEW Holy Cross Athletics Online Store at ShopHolyCross.com!

The Holy Cross Athletics department is pleased to announce the opening of its new official online store at ShopHolyCross.com. With more than 20 categories of items for sale— for men, women and children—there is sure to be something for every Crusader fan in your life. The site offers sport-specific items as well as home and office items, gifts and more. Check back frequently as new inventory is added often!

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Holy Cross Football To Play FirstEver Home Night Game The Holy Cross Football team will play its first-ever night game at Fitton Field in its season opener against the University of Massachusetts on Thursday, Sept. 1. This historic event marks the 558th game in the history of Fitton Field. “It will be great to have the game take place against one of our long-time New England rivals in UMass,” said Holy Cross athletic director Richard M. Regan, Jr. “We will face several challenges, because the areas underneath the stands and the parking lots will need to be lit, in addition to the field. But we feel that this will be a worthwhile venture for our student-athletes, alumni and fans.”

Tickets can be purchased by calling (508) 793-2573 or online at www.tickets.com.

Donor Profile Mike Toner ’63 (Swimming & Diving)

President, South Setauket Financial Center South Setauket, N.Y.

How would you describe your experience as a Holy Cross student-athlete?

“We didn’t have a pool back in the 60’s. We practiced at night at the Worcester YMCA. Nor did we have a coach. We did it all ourselves. As co-captains, Phil Dunne and I made up the nightly workouts and took care of all the details involved in running a team. This gave us a rather unique experience in how to lead a team in intercollegiate competition, how to motivate, how to find the best in others and, most importantly, how to create a special bond among our teammates. I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but it was this bond that motivated a bunch of us, some 40 years later, to swim around Manhattan (four times – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, swim across the English Channel (2004), and swim with the dolphins and sharks in the Catalina Marathon swim (2006), thus making us the oldest team in history to complete the Triple.

In the following years came the Maui Channel (Lanai to Maui), the Strait of Gibraltar (Spain to Morocco), the Strait of Messina (Sicily to Italy), the River Liffey (Dublin, Ireland) and our latest, the Swim to the Moon. The bond we formed as Holy Cross swimmers will last forever.”

What inspires you to give back to the Swimming and Diving program through the Crusader Athletics Fund?

“After all these years, I am constantly inspired by and amazed at how strong the bond among swimmers is. Kate Reilly ’02 demonstrated that when she came up with the idea for an Annual Alumni Swim Meet, which we’ve now had for the past six years. Giving to the Crusader Athletics Fund not only helps to provide the present team with special experiences which they will remember forever, but it also reinforces our own connection to the team, no matter when we were on it.

How would you encourage others to give to the Crusader Athletics Fund?

Fitton Field—in the future.

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The amount one gives is not as important as the percentage of alumni who participate. When that little envelope comes in the mail, I would encourage all to remember that although we may not lead the nation in Olympic-caliber athletes, we can lead the country in alumni participation because we have something that no other school has, the special bond which Holy Cross has created, nurtured and developed in us.” summer 2011

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Sports Recap Men’s Basketball The Men’s Basketball team finished the 20102011 campaign with an overall record of 8-21 in its first year under new head coach Milan Brown.

After struggling through a slow start during the non-conference portion of the season, the Crusaders rebounded in the second half of the year to finish in third place in the Patriot League.

Holy Cross finished behind only Bucknell and American in the final conference standings. In the final statistics for Patriot League games, the Crusaders led the conference in field goal percentage (45.9 percent) and blocked shots (4.0 blocks per game), while ranking second in scoring margin (+3.3 points per game), field goal percentage defense (40.8 percent), three-point field goal percentage defense (29.2 percent) and rebounding margin (+4.5 rebounds per game). Even though Holy Cross’ record in the Patriot League was just 7-7, the Crusaders never lost a conference game by more than seven points, with the total combined margin of defeat in their seven losses being 26 points.

After the conclusion of the season, senior center Andrew Keister (Galloway, N.J.) was selected as the 2010-2011 Crusader of the Year. Keister also earned second team AllPatriot League honors, marking the third time he was selected all-conference during his collegiate career. He averaged 12.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 0.7 blocked shots per game this year, while making 51.6 percent (127 of 246) of his field goal attempts. Over the course of his collegiate career, Keister totaled 945 points and 752 rebounds, while making 52.0 percent (376 of 723) of his field goal attempts and posting 30 double-doubles. Keister ranks sixth all-time at Holy Cross in career field goal percentage and 11th in career rebounds.

Junior guard Devin Brown (Baltimore, Md.) had a strong season, and joined Keister on the All-Patriot League second team. Brown averaged a team-best 15.4 points per game, while hitting 35.9 percent (60 of 167) of his three-point attempts and 80.6 percent (104 of 129) of his free throws.

Brown led the team in scoring 15 times this year and scored in double-figures 21 times, including 10 straight double-digit scoring games to end the regular season.

Senior guard Andrew Beinert (Floral Park, N.Y.) received the Richard J. Maloney Award, presented annually to the Men’s Basketball player who best exemplifies Mr. Maloney’s spirit and energy as a loyal contributor to the program.

Beinert averaged 7.7 points, 4.1 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game, while making 37.6 percent (44 of 117) of his three-point field goals and posting a 1.93-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Women’s Basketball The Women’s Basketball team wrapped up its season with an overall record of 10-20, marking six wins and eight losses in Patriot League play. The squad finished their season with a loss to American in the first round of the Patriot League tournament. Two players earned 2010-2011 All-Patriot League honors, including senior captain

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Whitney Fremeau (Manchester, N.H.) and freshman Alex Smith (Delran, N.J.). Fremeau was named to the first team All-Patriot League for the first time in her career while Smith earned a spot on the All-Rookie squad.

Fremeau ended her career with her best season on record. The captain led the squad with 14.2 points per game and added 4.3 rebounds per contest. She finished the season at No. 21 in the team’s all-time leading scorers list, scoring 427 points in 2010-2011 and recording a total of 1,093 career points. In her 115 career games played, Fremeau added 459 rebounds and 215 assists to her 1,093 career points. Fremeau was also honored for her academics as she was named to the inaugural All-Academic Patriot League team and was an honorable mention on the National Jesuit All-Academic team.

Smith enjoyed much success in her first season wearing a Crusaders uniform. After the season, Smith ranked second on the team with 11.1 points, added 3.4 rebounds per game and shot 36.8 percent from the floor. Eighty-two of her field goals made came as three-point shots, which ranks second in the Holy Cross single season records list for three-pointers made.

She reached the 20-point mark three times over the season, including a season-high 22 points against Northeastern, where she also notched season-bests with eight field goals made. She won the team’s Winter Homecoming Game MVP honor and was named to the Cavalier Classic’s All-Tournament Team. She led in assists, collecting 98 in all.

Through the 30 games this year, the five-member freshman class, consisting of Smith, Brisje Malone (Springfield, Mass.), Kelly Hamner (Manassas, Va.), Christine Ganser (Needham, Mass.) and Kristen Fuery (Dresher, Pa.) showed why head coach Bill Gibbons had so much faith in their immediate impact on the program. Over 2010-2011, the newcomers scored 743 of the team’s 1,817 total points, brought down 146 out of 1,063 rebounds and added 183 of the 461 assists and 98 of the 240 total steals. In all, the freshman class led the squad in scoring 12 times and in rebounding nine times.

Men’s Ice Hockey The 2010-2011 Men’s Hockey team went 17-16-5 overall (14-8-5 Atlantic Hockey) as the Crusaders’ 17 overall wins were their most in a season since they won a school record 27 games in 2005-2006. Also their 14 Atlantic Hockey wins were their most in a season since they won a program-best 19 games also in 2005-2006.

The Crusaders set a new school record with 12 straight games without a loss as Holy Cross went 9-0-3 between Jan. 22– March 11 which also included a seven-game winning streak. The Crusaders finished in third place in the Atlantic Hockey standings, which was their best finish since they placed first in the in the 2005-2006 season.

The Crusaders then defeated Canisius in a best two-out-ofthree Atlantic Hockey Tournament quarterfinal series at the Hart Center. The Crusaders clinched the series with a 7-3 victory in the third game. This was the first time since the 2005-2006 season that the Crusaders had advanced past the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. Holy Cross fell to eventual champion Air Force, 3-2, in the semifinals in Rochester, N.Y. The Crusaders scored 128 goals which were the most in a season since netting 130 in 2005-2006, while their 3.37 goals per game were the most since they averaged 3.53 in the 2001-2002 season. The Crusaders had the best power play in Atlantic Hockey and the fourth nationally with a 24.1 percentage.

Paul Pearl was named the Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. Also sophomore forward Rob Linsmayer (Winnetka, Ill.) won the Atlantic Hockey Best Defensive Forward award and freshman defenseman Jeffrey Reppucci (Newburyport, Mass.) earned All-Rookie team accolades.

For his career, senior Everett Sheen (Lethbridge, Alberta) recorded 52 goals and 52 assists for 104 points in a school record 149 games. He is the 39th Crusader to record 100 points and is the ninth player to reach 100 points in the Division I era. Senior goalie Adam Roy (Feeding Hills, Mass.) is second all-time on the Holy Cross Division I list with 1,910 career saves and 25 career victories. Senior Mark Znutas (Emerson, N.J.) played 145 career games which are third all-time for games played.

Sophomore Kyle Fletcher (Kanata, Ontario) led the team with 38 points, while Sheen was second with 35 points and Linsmayer was third with 34 points. These were career seasons for all three players.

Women’s Ice Hockey The Women’s Ice Hockey team (17-9-1 overall, 13-50 ECAC East) concluded the 2010-2011 season with its third consecutive ECAC Open championship. The Crusaders defeated Sacred Heart, 5-3, in the opening round of action and then tied St. Anselm, 4-4, in the championship game to force a shootout. The Crusaders won the shootout, earning the 2011 ECAC Open title.

Senior Jocelyn Kratchmer (Watrous, Saskatchewan) and junior Stacey Hochkins (New Boston, Mich.) were named to the ECAC Open AllTournament team, with Kratchmer taking home MVP honors.

Kratchmer recorded four goals and one assist over two games, along with netting a goal in the shootout. Hochkins led the Crusaders with six points in two games, scoring two goals and recording four assists.

Kratchmer concluded her career with 145 career points, the most all-time in school history. She ranks second all-time with 73 goals and set a new school record with 72 assists, the senior forward played in 107 games for Holy Cross. Hochkins completed her junior year with 143 career points, second alltime. She set a new school record with 75 career goals and ranks second all-time with 68 career assists. Hochkins was named to the Women’s Division II/III New England All-Star team, earned Reebok second team All-American honors for the second consecutive season and was named to the first team ECAC East for the third consecutive time.

Kratchmer, along with senior Emily Henry (Lumsden, Saskatchewan), earned second team All-ECAC East honors.

Henry led Holy Cross defensemen with a career-best 19 points in her senior campaign. Senior Monique Gallant (Antigonish, Nova Scotia) closes out her career at Holy Cross with an overall record of 36-13-7, tying her for first all-time with 36 career wins. She ranks third on the career record list with 1,043 career saves, third with a .906 career save percentage and third with a 1.96 career goals against average.

At the team’s year-end banquet, Kratchmer was named the Most Valuable Player and Henry earned the team’s Seventh Player award that is awarded for playing above expectations.

For the second consecutive season, Hochkins was named captain, while junior Carly Dominick-Sobol (Syracuse, N.Y.) and sophomore Caroline English (Dorchester, Mass.) were named assistant captains.

Men’s Swimming & Diving The Men’s Swimming and Diving t e a m c o nc l ude d t he 2010-2011 season with a n e ig ht h place finish at the Patriot League Championship in Lewisburg, Pa. on Feb. 17-19. Sophomore Brian Power (Southport, Conn.) broke two Holy Cross individual school records. Power finished 15th in the final heat of the

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200 breaststroke with a time of 2:08.25, breaking the school record in the preliminaries with a time of 2:07.34. He broke the school record in the 100 breaststroke in the preliminaries and then bettered the time in the finals, finishing 10th overall with a time of 58.47 seconds. Power was the leading point scorer for Holy Cross, recording nine points.

Power was also a member of the record-breaking 200 medley relay team. The team of freshman Jan Yburan (Livingston, N.J.), Power, senior Nick Larsen (Whitman, Mass.) and sophomore John Vatalaro (Strongsville, Ohio) finished eighth overall with a new school record time of 1:39.15.

Sophomore Brian Lyons (Greenwich, Conn.) scored for the Crusaders with a 14th place finish in the 1650 with a time of 16:53.52. Freshman Nick Videtti (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) and sophomore Richard Pellegrini (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) also earned points for Holy Cross, Videtti with a 15th place finish on the one meter and three meter board, Pellegrini with a 16th place finish on the both boards.

Women’s Swimming & Diving The Women’s Swimming and Diving team concluded the 2010-2011 season at the Pa t r i o t L e a g u e Championship in Lewisburg, Pa. on Feb. 17-19. Senior Gael Carter (Tampa, Fla.) broke three school records at the championship. Carter set new school records in the 50 freestyle (24.30), 100 backstroke (58.31) and 100 butterfly (58.65). In individual events, she placed 11th in the 100 back, 20th in the 100 fly and 20th in the 200 back. Carter was also a member of four Holy Cross relay teams, the 200 free relay (1:39.59), 400 free relay (3:36.12), 200 medley relay (1:51.92) and 400 medley relay (4:02.24).

Sophomore Kristen Desrosiers (Gorham, Maine) broke the school record in the preliminary heat of the 200 IM and then reset the record in the finals. Desrosiers finished with a school record time of 2:09.44 in the preliminary round of competition to qualify for finals and then broke the record again with an 11th place finish and time of 2:08.51. The 800 free relay team of junior Maggie Beaudouin (Madison, N.J.), junior Annie O’Shea (Washington, D.C.), sophomore Gina Mannix (Larchmont, N.Y.) and Desrosiers finished seventh with a time of 7:52.10, breaking the Holy Cross school record set in 1992.

Senior Sarah Kearns (Marion, Mass.) scored eight points for the Crusaders at the Patriot League Championship. Kearns placed 13th in the one meter diving competition with 192.15 points and finished 13th in the three meter diving competition with a score of 194.10. Senior Erin Meegan (Woodbine, Md.) earned team points with a 16th place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:54.58, O’Shea finished 14th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:10.66 and junior Lindsay Mlazgar (Bloomington, Minn.) finished 15th on the three meter board with 180.95 points.

Men’s Golf The Men’s Golf team competed in 12 total events over the 2010 fall and 2011 spring.

It completed the 2010-2011 season on a high note, placing fourth at the 2011 Patriot League Championship.

The team beat out Bucknell, Lehigh and Colgate and tied the best finish in program history, previously earned by the 2008 squad. Two Crusaders also earned All-Conference honors as sophomore Steve Zychowski (Mendham, N.J.) placed fourth and was named to the first team while fellow sophomore Michael McCarthy (Tolland, Conn.) was named to the second team with a 10th place finish. Zychowski finishes as the team’s top individual performer on the season. He averaged a team-low 74.5 stokes in 22 rounds played. He shot a low-round of 70 three times, including the last round of the Patriot League Championship.

He also led the team individually in six events. Senior Colin Andrade (Assonet, Mass.) completed a stellar career after

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scoring the lowest round posted by any Crusader in the last two seasons as he shot a 68 at the 2010 New England Championship. He also earned first team All-New England honors last season and averaged a career-low 77.4 strokes as a junior. He played in every round on record this season and led the team in two events and a total of seven events over his four-year career.

Women’s Golf The Women’s Golf team played in four events over the fall and competed in four events in the spring, including the Big South Championship, to complete its 2010-2011 campaign. Senior Meghan Doherty (Westerly, R.I.) concluded her career as the team’s top golfer since her freshman season. She led the squad in all outings over the 2010-2011 season and led the team in 10 straight outings. Doherty had the team’s lowest stroke average in every season but her first year as she finishes her senior season with an 83.2 average, marking a careerlow. The squad tallied their best performance of the season at the Mount Holyoke Invitational, scoring a total of 671 strokes in two rounds. They placed eighth overall and were led by Doherty’s 10th place finish. Senior Johanna Gavin (Hackettstown, N.J.) and junior Ellie Deluca (New Canaan, Conn.) recorded their lowest scores of the season, scoring rounds of 81 and 83 respectively.

Baseball The Baseball team saw its season come to a close on May 1 and just missed its fourth-straight bid to the Patriot League tournament.

The squad wrapped up the 2011 season with a 24-23-1 record, finishing over .500 for the first time since the 1991 season. The team also reached the 20-win mark for the fourth straight season, something that has not been achieved in the 136-year history of the program. The team graduated four seniors; Jack Laurendeau (Sudbury, Mass.), Eric Oxford (Danvers, Mass.), Nick Ciardiello (Edison, N.J.) and Brendan McCrea (Hicksville, N.Y.). As a class, the seniors won 40 Patriot League games in 76 match-ups, posting an above .500 average in league play for the first time since Holy Cross joined the conference.

Laurendeau swiped 37 career stolen bases, finishing in a tie for second among the program’s career leaders in that category. Oxford was the team’s top defensive first baseman since his arrival on campus, ranking first in the program’s career records for putouts (1,595) and double plays turned (150). Oxford also broke the Holy Cross career RBI record and finishes with 149 career RBIs. He finished his career with 110 runs scored and 215 hits, including 49 doubles, which ranks second in the HC career records. He is now the program’s leader in games played (195), games started (183) and atbats (709) records.

Ciardiello led all starters with a .345 batting average, 98 total bases and a .583 slugging percentage this past season. He was named to the first team All-Patriot League and Worcester Area Co-Player of the Year. He finishes with 24 career home runs, a program best, 163 hits, 85 runs scored and 130 RBIs. McCrea finishes his four-year career ranked second amongst Holy Cross career leaders in games started (172), games played (182) and sacrifice bunts (19). His 52 games played as a junior rank first in the Holy Cross single season record book.

He swiped a career-high seven stolen bases this past season and has 19 in his career, ranking 10th in the program’s career records.

Sophomore RHP John Colella (Herndon, Va.) ended his sophomore season as the team’s clutch closer. He boasted a team-low 3.00 ERA in 24 appearances. He recorded nine saves and a 3-2 record. His nine saves rank first in the program’s single season records book and also rank third on the career saves list. His 24 appearances also broke a singleseason record, set by Tommy Arrigg in 2009. In all, Colella

pitched 42 innings, allowed 14 earned runs, 16 walks and recorded 40 strikeouts.

Sophomore Alex Maldonado (Brooklyn, N.Y.) finished his second year as the team’s leader in hits. Maldonado put together 59 hits in 197 at-bats, which also ranked first on the team. His 59 hits tie for ninth in Holy Cross singleseason records. Maldonado also led the team in stolen bases, finishing with 14 swipes in 16 attempts. The 14 stolen bases tie for fifth in single-season records. He now has 27 career stolen bases, ranking eighth in the program’s career records list.

Junior LHP John Pedrotty (Portsmouth, R.I.) garnered Worcester Area Pitcher of the Year accolades. He led all Patriot League pitchers with seven wins (7-2) while posting a 4.62 ERA with 56 strikeouts in 60.1 innings pitched. Pedrotty also received a nod to the first team All-Patriot League.

Softball The 2011 Softball t e a m qualified for the Patriot L e a g u e Tournament for the first time since 2003 with a l e a g u e record of 1010. The Crusaders also earned the most wins since the 1999 season when they finished with an overall record of 24-25.

This year’s squad continued to work their way up the career record list. Senior Erin Fleming (Townsend, Mass.) has recorded 531 at bats, second all time. Senior Keeley Seniuk (Phoenix, Ariz.) ranks second with 93 runs scored, third with 168 career hits, tied for first with 38 doubles, first with 16 home runs and first with 89 RBIs. Senior Caitlin Belanger (Fall River, Mass.) ranks second with 51 career walks and first with 54 career stolen bases. Belanger also set new single-season record for runs scored and hits, while sophomore Sam Fregenti’s (Melville, N.Y.) eleven home runs and 31 RBIs set new single-season records and junior Gwen Reimer’s (Pottsville, Pa.) 14 doubles are tied for second.

The 2011 team garnered multiple league and regional awards.

Belanger was named Patriot League Player of the Week on March 7 after starting the season off four for seven at the dish with a team-leading .571 batting average. Freshman pitcher Julia Barrett (Gardner, Mass.) earned Pitcher of the Week honors on March 14 after a pair of victories and a save during the Crusaders’ spring trip to Florida. Reimer was named Player of the Week on April 4 and ECAC Division I Player of the Week on April 5 after leading the team in a four-game sweep over Patriot League opponent, Lafayette.

Seniuk earned Player of the Week honors on April 11 after hitting safely in all five of the Crusaders’ games and posting a .500 batting average (10-for-20) with a home run, six RBIs and seven runs scored. Seniuk’s home run was her 16th of her career, breaking the Holy Cross all-time mark. Fregenti earned Player of the Week honors on April 26 after hitting three home runs in a single game against Colgate, breaking the Holy Cross single-season home run record in the process.

Head Coach Brian Claypool was selected as Patriot League Coach of the Year in his fourth season at Holy Cross.

Men’s Lacrosse The Men’s Lacrosse team went 2-13 overall (1-5 Patriot League). Sophomore James Kennedy (Summit, N.J.) led the team with a careerbest 13 assists and a careerbest 33 points. Sophomore John Hannan (Manhasset, N.Y.) ranked first on the team with a career-best 21 goals. Senior Conor McKenna (Summit, N.J.) was named to the inaugural Patriot League men’s lacrosse All-Academic team. McKenna played in all 59 games during his career.

Senior Douglas Broussard (Floral Park, N.Y.) concluded his career with 197 career ground balls. He led the team this season with 60 ground balls and a career-best 27 caused turnovers as he played in every game during his career.

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the team with a career-best 38 ground balls, while he was also second with a career-best 16 caused turnovers.

Women’s Lacrosse The Women’s Lacrosse team went 6-11 overall (3-3 Patriot League) and tied for fourth in the conference, but American who also recorded a 3-3 record qualified for the Patriot League Tournament as the Crusaders lost to the Eagles earlier in the season.

The Crusaders’ 248 ground balls, 126 caused turnovers and 10.35 goals allowed per game were their best since the 2007 season. The biggest win of the season was when the Crusaders defeated Navy by an 11-10 score for the Crusaders’ first ever victory over the Midshipmen. Senior captain Meg O’Leary (Longmeadow, Mass.) was named to the inaugural Patriot League women’s lacrosse All-Academic team and earned second team All-League accolades. O’Leary’s 64 career caused turnovers are tied for second all-time in program history, while her 37 career assists are sixth all-time at the school and her 80 draw controls are fifth all-time. Junior Catherine Furman (Garden City, N.Y.) earned first team All-League and junior Kat Sutton (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) earned second team accolades. Sutton led the team with 35 goals and a career-best 44 points. Senior goalie Amy Martin (Bloomfield, Mich.) is third all-time in program history in saves (621) and is tied for second in career victories (22).

Senior Annie Boylan (Andover, Mass.) concluded her career with 131 career draw controls which are second all-time at the school. Senior Cassie Rudden (Hopkinton, Mass.) led the team with a career-best 11 assists.

Men’s Track & Field The Men’s Track and Field team completed the 2011 regular season with an eighth place finish at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship held in Easton, Pa., May 6-7.

Junior Chase Bradford (West Bridgewater, Mass.) led the team with a second place finish in the javelin with a personal-best distance of 57.83 meters, earning second team All-Patriot League honors. Junior Dan Altenau (Eastchester, N.Y.) placed fourth in the steeplechase with a time of 9:23.50. The 4x800 relay team of junior Stephen Madsen (New Providence, N.J.), sophomore Nick Poles (Quincy, Mass.), freshman Sam McGrath (Tyngsboro, Mass.) and senior Brendan Medeiros (Fall River, Mass.) placed seventh with a time of 7:49.48.

Freshman Ross Davies (Salem, N.H.) was named the Patriot League Male Track Rookie of the Week for his performances at the New Hampshire Invitational on Saturday, April 9. It was Davies first Patriot League honor. Davies led the Crusaders with a pair of top finishes and personal-best times as he placed fifth in the 200 with a time of 22.88 seconds and sixth in the 100 with a time of 11.35 seconds.

Holy Cross placed eighth at the Patriot League Indoor Championship, where Medeiros led the team with a third place finish and IC4A qualifying time of 2:27.84 in the 1,000 and Altenau placed sixth in the 3,000 with an IC4A qualifying time of 8:25.50. The 4x800 relay team of Madsen, freshman Nick Petsky (Manorville, N.Y.), Poles and McGrath finished sixth with an IC4A qualifying time of 7:49.06.

Senior captain Chris Bergan (Shrewsbury, Mass.) earned one of 10 spots on the inaugural men’s indoor track and field Academic All-Patriot League team. He was named to the cross country Academic All-Patriot League team this fall. At the 2011 Patriot League Indoor Championship, Bergan finished 17th in the 3,000 with a time of 9:02.70. During the 2011 indoor season, he recorded a personal-best time of 8:48.12 in the 3,000 at Maine and hit a personal-best mark of 4:32.61 in the one mile at New Hampshire.

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spring season as Holy Cross took two of three races versus Boston College and Connecticut on Lake Quinsigamond as the varsity eight won the Irving-Christensen Cup on April 17. The varsity eight also defeated UMass in a dual-race on April 23. The Crusaders placed fourth at the Patriot League Championship. Junior Kate Broderick (West Newbury, Mass.) and senior Odet Douglass (St. Simons Island, Ga.) earned All-Patriot League honors.

Broderick made the first team and Douglass was selected to the second team. The Crusaders then finished fourth out of 25 teams at the New England Championship on Lake Quinsigamond. The second varsity eight won the bronze medal by placing third. Sophomore Catherine Roy (Holliston, Mass.) was invited to the 2011 Women’s National Team Pre-Elite Camp. She was just one of 18 rowers to be selected.

The Women’s Track and Field team completed the 2011 re g u l a r s e a s o n with three first place finishes, two school records, three ECAC qualifying times and a fifth place team finish at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship held in Easton, Pa., on May 6-7. Freshman Stephanie Okpoebo (Chelmsford, Mass.) led the Crusaders with two first place finishes. Okpoebo finished first in the 100 with a time of 12.31 seconds and won the 200 with a time of 24.85 seconds, earning first team All-Patriot League honors in both events. Okpoebo also ran the anchor leg on the 4x100 relay team that finished second with a time of 47.85 seconds. At the Patriot League Indoor Championship, Okpoebo won the 200 with a time of 25.32 seconds, to earn a place on the AllPatriot League first team. Okpoebo’s first place finishes in the 200 continues the Crusader’s dominance in the event, as former Crusader Tiffany Reid won the event in 2010.

Junior Katelyn Hartnett (Danvers, Mass.) placed second in the 800 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a school record time of 2:09.33, earning her second team All-Patriot League honors. At the New England Indoor Championship, Hartnett placed third in the 1,000 with a school record time of 2:51.50. Hartnett then led the team with a seventh place finish in the preliminaries of the 800 at the ECAC Championship with a school record time of 2:11.67.

Hartnett earned one of 10 spots on the inaugural women’s indoor track and field Academic All-Patriot League team after finishing second in the 800 at the Patriot League Indoor Championship, re-breaking her school record and posting an ECAC qualifying time of 2:12.32.

Also at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship, the 4x800 relay team of sophomore Kathleen Brekka (Hubbardston, Mass.), senior Courtney Burgess (Dracut, Mass.), senior Cassandra Anderson (Saugus, Mass.) and Hartnett finished first with an ECAC Championship qualifying time of 8:58.41, while the 4x100 relay team of sophomore Melanie Forte (Milford, N.H.), senior Caitlin White (Miller Place, N.Y.), senior M. Siobhan Straub (Mattituck, N.Y.) and Okpoebo finished second with an ECAC qualifying time of 47.85 seconds.

T he Me n ’ s Tennis team completed the 2010-2011 campaign with a record of 4-16 and is now 9-30 u nde r t he guidance of head coach Evan Gaudreau. The team won two matches in the spring and two matches in the fall, topping Clark, Siena, AIC and Union. Senior Matt Wierzel (Garden City, N.Y.) finished his career with a 6-14 record as a senior, completing his four years with an overall record of 38-35. He became the first Holy Cross Men’s Tennis player to ever earn AllPatriot League honors as he was named to the second team his sophomore season. He was also the winner of two invitationals last season, winning the Wheaton and Stonehill invites. He has played as the team’s No. 1 singles player since he arrived on campus his freshman season. As a team, Holy Cross won a total of 32 singles matches this season, including a team-high eight wins by freshman Ryan Sullivan (Medfield, Mass.). Sullivan completes his first-year campaign with an 8-14 record, including a 6-13 record in dual match play and a 2-1 record in tournament play.

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The Men’s R o w i n g team earned numerous victories during the season as this was the first time since 2007 that every boat on the team won at least one race in the same season. At the George Washington Invitational the varsity eight won the Sullivan Cup, which was named after Holy Cross Hall of Famer Tom Sullivan, by defeating George Washington. Also at the GW Invitational the second varsity eight placed first versus Gonzaga and Georgetown. The Crusaders won three of four races versus Bucknell as the varsity eight, the second varsity eight and the third varsity four each earned victories. Holy Cross swept fellow EARC member Rutgers on the Raritan River. This was the program’s first-ever sweep of an EARC opponent as the varsity eight, the second varsity eight and the freshman eight were all victorious.

Women’s Rowing The Women’s R o w i n g team had a successful fall season w h i c h included tying for first out of 39 teams for the point trophy at the 40th Schuylkill Regatta. The Crusaders also won a trophy in the

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The Women’s Tennis team completed its 2010-2011 campaign with a 2-12 o v e r a l l r e c o r d , including a 0 - 3 re c o rd i n Pa t r io t League play.

The team tallied both its wins in the spring, earning a 5-4 victory over Springfield and a 4-3 win over Clark. Second year head coach Lisa Meola now has a record of 8-22 at the helm of the program. She will bring back all of her letterwinners in the 2011-2012 season as no players are lost to graduation. Junior Emily Marr (Jefferson, Mass.) had the best record in singles play on the team this season, recording a total of six wins and 13 losses overall.

She went 5-11 in dual match play and 1-2 in tournament outings. Four of her wins came in the No. 3 singles spot while she went 1-5 as the team’s No. 2 singles player. She now has a career record of 29-29. The doubles tandem of Marr and fellow junior Carolyn Chandley (Worcester, Mass.) boasted an unblemished 3-0 record in doubles play this season. The two teamed up all three times this spring and Chandley spent the first half of the season studying abroad. Marr and junior Emma Rudnik (Lake Bluff, Ill.) were the other doubles team to post a record over .500, going 2-1 on the year. In all, the Holy Cross tennis team recorded 17 wins in singles play and 16 wins in doubles action. The most wins came from the No. 3 singles players (five victories) and the No. 2 doubles teams (five wins).

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Alex Smith

Kate Broderick

Freshman, Women’s Basketball (Delran, N.J.)

Junior, Women’s Rowing (West Newbury, Mass.)

Smith ranked second on the team with 11.1 points, added 3.4 rebounds per game and shot 36.8 percent from the floor this season. Two hundred-eighteen of her field goal attempts came as three-point shots as well, which ranks first in the Holy Cross single season records.

She led in assists, collecting 98 in all. Smith was named to Patriot League All-Rookie team.

Broderick earned first team All-Patriot League accolades and was a member of the inaugural Patriot League All-Academic team. She was a member of the varsity eight in all 10 spring regattas. She earned 2010 ECAC/NIRC Stewards’ All-Academic team accolades and is a two-time member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Broderick has also earned Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Scholar-Athlete honors.

Mike Daly

Alex Maldonado

Junior, Men’s Ice Hockey (South Burlington, Vt.)

Sophomore, Baseball (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Daly played in all 38 games for the men’s ice hockey team on defense, finishing the season with three goals and 15 assists for 18 points.

He helped lead the team to an overall record of 17-16-5, a third-place finish in the Atlantic Hockey Association at 14-8-5. Daly won the 2010-2011 Joe Tomasello Unsung Hero Award from the New England Hockey Writers and is a two-time member of the Atlantic Hockey AllAcademic team.

Maldonado finishes his second year as the team’s leader in hits with 59 hits in 197 at-bats. His 59 hits tie for ninth in Holy Cross single-season records as he also finished with a .299 batting average. Maldonado also led the team in stolen bases, finishing with 14 swipes in 16 attempts.

Jocelyn Kratchmer

Caitlin Belanger

Senior, Women’s Ice Hockey (Watrous, Saskatchewan)

Senior, Softball (Fall River, Mass.)

Kratchmer was named the Most Valuable Player for the 2010-2011 season. The senior forward led the Crusaders to their third consecutive ECAC Open title, earning a spot on the ECAC Open All-Tournament team and tournament MVP honors. She was named to the All-ECAC East team for the third time in her career and concluded her career at Holy Cross with 145 career points, the most all-time in school history.

Belanger finishes fifth all-time with 81 runs scored, tied for fifth with 25 doubles, first with 55 stolen bases, second with 53 walks. As a pitcher, Belanger finishes tied for sixth with 48 starts, tied for fifth with 24 complete games and fifth with 17 career wins. She was named to the second team All-Patriot League for the second straight season and the 2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region Northeast second team.

Pete Haney

Brendan Medeiros

Senior, Men’s Rowing (Oreland, Pa.)

Senior, Men’s Track & Field (Fall River, Mass.)

Haney was a member of the second varsity 8 who defeated both Bucknell and Rutgers in races this Spring. His boat also placed first in a race featuring Gonzaga and Georgetown at the George Washington Invitational in April. The senior captain was also a member of the second varsity 8 during the fall season.

Medeiros finished second in the 1,500 with a time of 4:00.39 at Holy Cross’ annual home meet this spring against AIC, Central Connecticut, Colgate, Hartford and Maine. He placed 10th in the 1,500 with a time of 4:01.49 at the Patriot League Championship. Medeiros placed 17th in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:58.25 at the New England Championship.

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Alumni Athletes Reunite Crusader Legends Celebration Three of the all-time Crusader greats were honored during halftime of the Feb. 12 Men’s Basketball game against Bucknell for their contributions to Holy Cross Athletics. Jack Foley ’62 and Ronald K. Perry ’80 witnessed their jerseys being hung in the Hart Center rafters, joining fellow All-Americans George Kaftan ’49, Bob Cousy ’50, Togo Palazzi ‘54 and Tom Heinsohn ’56 whose jerseys were displayed in 2008. In addition, Ronald S. Perry ’54, a two-sport national champion in Basketball and Baseball, was honored with a plague commemorating his many successes at Holy Cross, which is now hung in the lobby of the Hart Center. Pictured: George Kaftan ’40, Ronald K. Perry ’80, Togo Palazzi, ’54, Tom Heinsohn ’56, Jack Foley ’62, Ronald S. Perry ’54.

Men’s Basketball Alumni Game The Men’s Basketball team, with the help of the Hoop Club, held its annual alumni game on Feb. 12. A reception followed the game in the Bud Ryan ’41 room where the alumni stayed to cheer on the current team, as well as to honor the Crusader Legends whose jerseys were hung in the Hart Center rafters.

Women’s Basketball Alumnae Game Head Coach Bill Gibbons and his staff welcomed back former players and their families for the annual Women’s Basketball Alumnae Day on Feb. 5 as the current team played Lafayette. A reception took place in the Bud Ryan ’41 room after the alumnae played their game in the morning.

Men’s Ice Hockey Alumni Game The Men’s Ice Hockey team held its annual alumni game on Feb. 12 during Winter Homecoming. More than 25 alumni were on hand to play in the game and attend a post-game reception as they watched the current Crusaders skate to a shutout win over Army.

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Football Alumni Game The Football team held their annual spring and alumni game on April 16 at Fitton Field. There was a great turnout by alumni for the game as they defeated the current Crusader team two touchdowns to one. Following the spring and alumni games, a cookout was held in the Field House for alumni, family and friends of the program.

Men’s Soccer Alumni Game Head Coach Ted Priestly welcomed back former players for the annual Men’s Soccer Mentoring Night and alumni game held on the weekend of April 29-30. Eight former student-athletes from classes ranging from ’77 through ’10 returned for the event on Friday evening, with the keynote speech delivered by Chris Collins ’80. Even more alumni returned on Saturday afternoon to take on the current team in a match at Linda John Smith Stadium. An off-campus reception was held at the conclusion of the game.

Field Hockey Alumnae Game The Field Hockey team held its first alumnae game under new Head Coach Zowie Tucker on April 2 at the Hart Center Turf Field. Current and former players enjoyed a scrimmage. The day concluded with a social gathering off-campus.

Women’s Soccer Alumnae Game The Women’s Soccer alumnae game took place on Saturday, April 30 at the Linda Johnson Smith Stadium.

Following the game against the current team, more than 20 alumnae and their families gathered.

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Tom Noering ’63, Jack O’Connor ’63, Jay Bowers ’61 and Charlie Buchta ’63 practice their hands-off on a snow-covered campus.

Men’s Track & Field 50 Years Ago

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The Holy Cross two-mile relay team captured the IC4A crown in the spring of 1961 at Madison Square Garden with a winning time of 7:43.5. The four-member team that included three sophomores and one senior gave Coach Bart Sullivan one of his finest indoor seasons of his Holy Cross coaching career. Comprised of Tom Noering ’63, Jack O’Connor ’63, Captain Jay Bowers ’61 and Charlie Buchta ’63, this relay team never finished lower than 2nd place the entire season and also captured the AAU two-mile relay title in New York just two weeks before winning the IC4A title.