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Wednesday, October
4, 2006
Assumption
College Weekly Sports Note Book The win was the first for the Greyhounds, now 3-2 overall and 3-2 in the conference, over the Falcons since 1985 . . . a span of 21 games. It was the first win since 1976 in Worcester. Bentley is now 2-3 overall and 1-3 in the conference. The Greyhounds will travel to Northeast-10 Conference rival Southern Connecticut State FRIDAY in a big conference game. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will be available on Northeast-10 Conference TV (www.ne10.tv). Pre-game show starts at 6:50 p.m. The game was not over however until the Greyhounds defense rose to the occasion on the final series stopping the Falcons at the three. Junior end JARED KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) completed a superb game stuffing Bentley quarterback John White on a fourth-and-one at the three to seal it. Kelly finished with 7-1--8 tackles with three quarterback sacks, three pressures and forced a fumble as the Greyhounds limited the Falcons to just 179 yards of total offense--an average of 2.8 yards per play! Bentley rushed 27 times for just 84 yards averaging 1.9 yards per rush. The Greyhounds opened the scoring in the first period driving 67 yards in seven plays. Two Tharpe completions to freshman tight end MATT THIBEAULT (Fitchburg, MA/Fitchburg/Worcester Academy) for 19 yards and to freshman wide receiver DAVID CANNEY (Templeton, MA/Narragansett) for 18 yards highlighted the march capped by an 18-yard touchdown counter by senior running back KEVIN L'ECUYER (Leominster, MA/Leominster). Senior placekicker MIKE TOBIN (Woburn, MA/Woburn) added the conversion. The Hounds led 7-0 at the break with its defense leading the way. The Falcons had the ball for three-and-out four consecutive times and had just one sustained offensive surge driving 49 yards in 11 plays --- a missed 37-yard field goal resulting. The game quickly took a turn in Bentley's direction in the third period as linebacker Derrick Marsan picked off a Tharpe pass over-the-middle and scampered 38 yards unscathed for the touchdown. Placekicker Tyler McNamara made the score-tying conversion 1:19 into the period. The Falcons then took the lead (10-7) as McNamara converted a 38-yard field goal---his season- and career-best---with 5:17 left in the third period. The drive started as the Falcons corner Paul Tetzel stopped Hounds junior MATT KLASKIN (Norfolk, MA/Xaverian) on a fake punt play at the Assumption 44. White completed a 21-yard pass to tight end Kevin Gallant to highlight the short drive. The Hounds took the lead with 11:54 left as Tharpe found Beers over-the middle for a touchdown capping a nine-play, 80-yard march. Tharpe completed five consecutive passes in the drive---to sophomore wide receiver JOEY FABIANO (Westwood, MA/Westwood) for eight yards . . . to junior tight end JAKE LONGENECKER (Fernandina, FL/Manchester, NH West) for 18 yards . . . to Fabiano again for four yards and five yards . . . and, finally to Beers for 25 yards and the touchdown. Tobin's conversion made it a four-point game, 14-10. The Hounds defense then took over. Bentley was three-and-out, one-and-done on the first career interception by freshman linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) and five plays and stopped on fourth down as Jared Kelly and senior tackle PAT CALLAHAN (North Haven, CT/North Haven) harassed White. The Falcons final drive started from their own 20 --- following a 42 yard punt by Hounds' junior JUSTIN ANTONE (Dracut, MA/Guertin) into the endzone. White completed passes to tight end Kevin Doherty for 12 yards . . . to wide receiver Todd Norley for 31 yards and to running back J.J. Sullivan for 11 yards to the Hounds' three. Kelly stopped White for no gain to stop the drive. GREYHOUNDS GAME NOTES: freshman wide receiver DAVID CANNEY (Templeton, MA/Narragansett) had six receptions for 61 yards (season: 17 rec., 172 yards) . . . junior wide out JAKE BEERS (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) had five receptions for 50 yards (season: 20 rec., 296 yards) and (career: 77 rec., 902 yards) . . . junior tight end JAKE LONGENECKER (Fernandina, FL/Manchester, NH West) had three receptions for 34 yards (season: 19 rec., 262 yards) and (career: 62 rec., 848 yards) . . . sophomore wide out JOEY FABIANO (Westwood, MA/Westwood) had three receptions for 17 yards (season: 18 rec., 141 yards) . . . freshman quarterback MARSHALL THARPE (Irvine, CA/Santa Magarita) completed 19-of-31 passes in his first collegiate start with 181 yards . . . senior linebacker MARK CINAR (Watertown, MA/Watertown) led the Hounds with 6-4--10 tackles. FOOTBALL COACH: Cory BAILEY
(Fordham '95) NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: freshman quarterback MARSHALL THARPE (Irvine, CA/Santa Magarita) completed 19-of-31 passes (61.2 percent) for 181 yards and threw the game-winning touchdown in the win over Bentley. He had a passing efficiency of 108.1 and earned Northeast-10 Conference Freshman-of-the-Week . . . junior defensive end JARED KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) had seven tackles (6 solo), three quarterback sacks (-29 yards), a forced fumble and three pass pressures. He also made the key stop in the game---at the three-yard line on a fourth-down play. SERIES WITH SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT: Won 0, Lost 5 CONFERENCE TEAM STATISTICS: the Greyhounds are SIXTH in scoring (16.8 ppg) . . . SEVENTH in scoring defense (21.8 ppg) . . . THIRD in passing offense (192.4 yards) . . . SIXTH in passing defense (170.2 yards) . . . SIXTH in kickoff returns (16.2 yards) . . . SECOND in punting (36.2 yards) . . . SEVENTH in rushing offense (71.2 yards) . . . SECOND in rushing defense (90.8 yards) . . . SIXTH in total offense (263.6 yards) . . . THIRD in total defense (261.0 yards) . . . NINTH in punt returns (5.0 yards) . . . FOURTH in pass efficiency (104.1) . . . FOURTH in pass defense efficiency (95.2) . . . FIFTH in first downs (28-44-4--76) . . . FIFTH in sacks (12-89) . . . FOURTH in time of possession (31:08 average) CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: senior running back KEVIN L'ECUYER (Leominster, MA/Leominster) is FIFTH in rushing (64.2), NINTH in scoring (24 points) and FIFTH in all-purpose yards (87.6) . . . senior quarterback JOE CORREIA (Melrose, MA/St. John's Prep) is FIFTH in passing yards (145.2), FOURTH in pass efficiency (103.7) and NINTH in total offense (133.8) . . . junior tight end JAKE LONGENECKER (Fernandina, FL/Manchester, NH West) is SEVENTH in receptions (19 for 262 yards) and SEVENTH in receiving yards per game (52.4) . . . junior wide out JAKE BEERS (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) is SIXTH in receptions (20 for 296 yards), SIXTH in receiving yards per game (59.2) and FOURTH in scoring (30) . . . junior punter JUSTIN ANTONE (Dracut, MA/Bishop Guertin) is FIFTH in punting (36.8) . . . senior placekicker MIKE TOBIN (Woburn, MA/Woburn) is FIFTH among kick scorers . . . freshman linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) is FOURTH in tackles (21-30--51) . . . senior linebacker MARK CINAR (Watertown, MA/Watertown) is NINTH in tackles (19-19--38) . . . junior defensive end JARED KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) is FOURTH in tackles-for-loss (9-58) and FIFTH in sacks (5-47) LAST YEAR WITH SO. CONNECTICUT: Shawn Harris rushed for 121 yards and scored two touchdowns and quarterback Steven Armstrong completed 16-of-19 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns as Southern Connecticut defeated Assumption, 55-14. For the Greyhounds, who were dedicating their new stadium, two freshmen, linebacker KYLE COX (N. Andover, MA/N. Andover) and defensive back CHRIS MARTINO (Lindcroft, NJ/Middletown South) each making their first career start shared the defensive spotlight with 13 tackles. Martino added two interceptions. And, senior linebacker Chris Grogan (Scottsdale, AZ), the Northeast-10 leading tackler, added 1-9--10 tackles, to become the eighth Greyhound to reach 300 career tackles (301). Southern Connecticut scored on its first three possessions and eight of its first 12. The Owls amassed 558 yards of total offense and 28 first downs. The day started bleak for the Greyhounds as Southern Connecticut's Chris Bergeski fell on a loose ball off the opening kickoff at the Assumption 20. Harris rushed for all 20 yards including the last five for the score. Edmundo Arias kicked the conversion point. On its next possession Southern Connecticut used five Armstrong completions for 44 yards to set the stage as tailback Rory Palmer scored from three yards out. Arias' conversion made it 14-0. Three more completions by Armstrong for 43 yards set up a Harris' 11-yard scamper up-the-middle for the third TD of the first period. Arias' conversion made it 21-0. Armstrong scored from a yard out to make it 28-0 . . . an Armstrong-to-wide out Jim Lukowiak 44-yard reception and a 16-yard run by Harris were the highlights of a five-play, 47-yard drive. Armstrong found tight end Jonathan Lee-Hugh for 35 yards and Lukowiak on a 48-yarder to make it 42-0 at the half. Five straight completions by Armstrong highlighted an 11-play, 77-yard drive to open the second half. He found Lukowiak on a five-yard TD pass to make it 49-0. Martino's second interception of the game led to the Greyhounds first score driving 80 yards in 14 plays. Austin Davis rushed for 57 yards on six carries to highlight the march capped by an 11-yard strike to wide out Anthony Davy. Junior MIKE TOBIN (Woburn, MA/Woburn) kicked the conversion. After the Owls' freshman tailback DARWIN NOEL (West Orange, NJ/Bloomfield) scored on a one-yard plunge, the Greyhounds struck again with the same duo, Breuer-to-Davy, accounting the score from seven yards. Tobin's conversion finished the scoring. GREYHOUND NOTES:
senior wide out SHAWN CERRETANI (Melrose, MA/Melrose) now has 23 receptions
for 391 yards and three touchdowns . . . freshman defensive back CHRIS MARTINO
(Lindcroft, NJ/Middletown South) is just the eighth Greyhound to have two interceptions
in a game . . . four Greyhounds reached double figures in tackles including
freshman defensive back CHRIS MARTINO (Lindcroft, NJ/Middletown South)
(8-5--13), freshmen, linebacker KYLE COX (North Andover, MA/North Andover)
(2-11--13), senior strong safety GINO MECCARIELLO (Southington, CT/Southington)
(5-6--11) and senior linebacker CHRIS GROGAN (Scottsdale, AZ/Brophy Prep)
(1-9--10) . . . ASSUMPTION
COLLEGE TWO-DEEP
PROJECTED OFFENSIVE LINEUP PROJECTED DEFENSIVE
LINEUP WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL COACH: Bob STEIN
(Earlham '67) NORTHEAST-10 HONORS: junior libero LAUREN RASWYCK (Litchfield, NH/Campbell) averaged 7.71 (54) digs with 23 vs. Franklin Pierce and 31 vs. LeMoyne to earn a spot on the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll. GREYHOUND STATISTICS: junior LAUREN RASWYCK (Litchfield, NH/Campbell) leads with 377 digs (7.11 average) . . . senior outside hitter TESS WURM (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford) leads with 117 kills (2.13 average/game) and has 33 service aces . . . Wurm also has a .117 hitting pct. and 136 digs (second on the team) . . . senior outside hitter KRISTEN MC CAFFERTY (Tyngsboro, MA/Tyngsboro) has a .130 hitting pct., 105 kills and 122 digs . . . freshman ALYSSA THIBODEAU (Belchertown, MA/Belchertown) has 94 kills and a .140 hitting pct. and 17-21--38 blocks in 57 games . . . freshman setter SARAH SULLIVAN (Bourne, MA/Bourne) leads with 283 assists and 41 service aces and also has 132 digs and 59 kills. NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE STATISTICS: the Greyhounds lead the conference in digs averaging 20.28 through 57 games (1,156 total) . . . junior libero LAUREN RASWYCK (Litchfield, NH/Campbell) is FIRST in the Northeast-10 with 377 digs (7.11) . . . freshman setter SARAH SULLIVAN (Bourne, MA/Bourne) is FOURTH in service aces (41) . . . freshman middle blocker MOLLY SHANAHAN (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) is SIXTH in blocks (23-36--59, 1.04 average) . . . WOMEN'S SOCCER COACH: Neil STAFFORD
(Southern New Hampshire '95) NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE HONORS: junior goalkeeper LAUREN MATYSIAK (Holden, MA/Wachusett) and senior midfielder HOLLY MC GRATH (Naugatuck, CT/Naugatuck) each earned spots on the weekly honor roll . . . Matysiak made four saves in shutting out No. 7 Saint Rose (1-0) and McGrath scored the game-winner in the Greyhounds only game this week. HOUNDS STOP NO.
7 SAINT ROSE: senior midfielder HOLLY MC GRATH (Naugatuck,
CT/Naugatuck) scored in the 83rd minute and junior keeper LAUREN MATYSIAK
(Holden, MA/Wachusett) made four saves to post the shutout as Assumption College
defeated the seventh-ranked and previously undefeated College of Saint Rose,
1-0, in a Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer game SUNDAY. The Greyhounds are now 4-4-3 overall and 3-3-3 in the conference. They are now tied with Stonehill College for the eighth and final playoff spot. Assumption and Stonehill played to a 0-0 overtime tie earlier in the year, however, the Greyhounds now have a win (St. Rose) and a tie (UMass Lowell) over the top two teams in the conference standings to give them the tiebreaker for the moment. Stonehill was beaten by Saint Rose (2-3, ot) and have yet to play UMass Lowell. The game-winner came off an indirect kick as senior defender SARAH WEBSTER (Fairfield, CT/Ridgefield) took the kick and McGrath headed the pass into the upper left corner for her first goal of the season. For Matysiak it was her
third shutout this season and extended her record to 26 in her remarkable career.
St. Rose goalkeeper Lauren Steinberg, the Northeast-10 Conference statistical
leader in 2006 -- 0.42 goals-against average in 853 minutes and a conference-leading
nine shutouts, posted three saves. Matysiak and Steinberg traded zeroes in 2005
-- the teams played a pair of double-overtime scoreless ties. The teams played
325 consecutive minutes against each other dating back to 2004 with no goals
scored. COACH: Mike KULAS
(Southern New Hampshire '02) GREYHOUNDS NOTES: senior goalkeeper BRETT MILLER (Franklin, MA/Tri-County) has a 1.77 goals-against average with 47 saves in 1016 minutes . . . he is THIRD in the league in saves . . . junior midfielder JOE DRAIN (Milton, MA/Milton) leads the team with 2-0--4 points . . . WOMEN'S FIELD HOCKEY COACH: Deb DRAPER
(Bridgewater State '80) GREYHOUND NOTES: sophomore forward JILL HUGHES (Brownsville, VT/Windsor) leads the team in scoring (3-5--11 points) . . . she is FIFTH in the NE 10 in shots (35) and FIRST in assists (5) . . . senior forward LAURA DUBOIS (Sudbury, MA/Lincoln-Sudbury) is second (3-1--7) (she is among the conference leaders in game-winning goals with two) and junior forward SARAH BULLOCK (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) is third (2-1--5) . . . senior defender ASHLEY DEMAIN (Stamford, CT/Westhill) is among the conference leaders with three defensive saves . . . senior goalkeeper KAITLIN BURKE (Falmouth, MA/Falmouth) has a 1.37 goals-against average with 47 saves (SEVENTH in NE-10) in 513 minutes . . . she is THIRD in the conference with three shutouts, THIRD in save percentage (.825) and FIFTH in goals-against average . . . post-grad keeper BRANDI GUERTIN (Bellingham, MA/Bellingham) has a 2.88 goals-against average with 41 saves (EIGHTH in NE-10) in 341 minutes . . . the Greyhounds opened the season with FIVE straight overtime games NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE HONORS: senior goalie KAITLIN BURKE (Falmouth, MA/Falmouth) made six saves and posted a shutout in the Hounds 1-0 win vs. Southern Connecticut . . . sophomore forward JILL HUGHES (Brownsville, VT/Windsor) had three points (1-1--3) with a goal at Saint Anselm and an assist on the game-winner vs. Southern Connecticut . . . MEN & WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY COACH: Mark PERRONE
NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE HONORS: junior BROOKE PERRON (Hubbardston, MA/Quabbin) was the top finisher for women's team at the Bryant Invitational with a 20:44 time to earn Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll. BRYANT UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL
RESULTS WOMEN'S TENNIS COACH: Lorene
WASHBURN (Fitchburg State '79) MEN'S TENNIS COACH: John IPPOLITO
(Bentley '76) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Singles Doubles Freshman TOM NOWAK
(Medfield, MA/Medfield) advanced to the championship match of the I.T.A. Men's
Regional Tournament hosted by Bloomsburg, PA University. He was eventually stopped by Concordia, NY freshman standout Henning Rvenz (4-6, 4-6 (7)) in a two-and-half hour marathon. Rvenz advanced to the final by defeating Greyhound sophomore STEVE TLUMACKI (So., Holliston, MA/Holliston), 6-4, 6-3, in the other semifinal match. Tlumacki had won three matches over Vito Galatioto also of Concordia, NY (8-1), Will Biddle of Bloomsburg, PA (8-3) and Costas Efstathiou (8-3) of Queens. The senior doubles team of MATT STOPP (Altoona, PA/Altoona) and DAVID MARSHALL (Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford) won two matches before losing to Kutztown, PA regional-ranked duo of Santiago Baquerizo and Lukas Labitsch (2-8). A-FLIGHT SINGLES RESULTS COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE
(Fr., Rutland, VT/Rutland) MATT STOPP (Sr., Altoona,
PA/Altoona) B-FLIGHT SINGLES RESULTS STEVE TLUMACKI (So.,
Holliston, MA/Holliston) TOM NOWAK (Fr., Medfield,
MA/Medfield) DAN DOENGES (Sr., Rutland,
VT/Rutland) A-FLIGHT DOUBLES RESULTS JARED DORFMAN (So.,
Providence, RI/LaSalle) B-FLIGHT DOUBLES RESULTS NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE
HONORS: sophomore STEVE TLUMACKI (Holliston, MA/Holliston)
was named the Player-of-the-Week while TOM NOWAK (Medfield,
MA/Medfield) was named the Freshman-of-the-Week. Named to the weekly honor roll
were sophomore JARED DORFMAN (Providence, RI/LaSalle), junior
RICH LIEBERMAN (East Haddam, CT/Nathan Hale Ray), senior DAVID
MARSHALL (Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford), junior ANTONIO RECALDE
(Ciudad del Este, Paraguay/San Isadro Labrador), senior captain MATT
STOPP (Altoona, PA/Altoona) and freshman COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE
(Rutland, VT/Rutland). COACH: Tim BIBAUD
(Holy Cross '81) Johnson had a first-round 72 and followed with a one-under second-round 70 in posting a two-day total of 142 (even par on the 6,213-yard course) four strokes behind individual medalist Lloyd Notely of Post University (Waterbury, CT) (67-71--138). The Greyhounds finished with a 300-306--606 total. Post won the team championship (291-304--595) followed by Pace (298-303--601), Bryant (302-300--602) and host LeMoyne (299-305--604). Other individual Greyhound scores included: sophomore captain ROB YOUNKER (Waltham, MA/Waltham) (77-77--154), sophomore captain JAMIE FARREA (Portsmouth, RI/Portsmouth) (75-80--155), senior PAT HUBLEY (Auburn, MA/Millbury) (76-79--155) and freshman TYLER CLEARY (Newington, CT/Newington) (85-83--168). In the long history of the sport at the College only Brian Jerome '72 has had a better round---Jerome fired a 69 at the Nichols College Golf Course (Dudley, MA) on May 12, 1970. Chris Cowell '05 shot a 70 at Canterbury Woods Country Club (Canterbury, NH) on October 4, 2004 and Johnson had another 70 earlier this year at the Long Island National Golf Course (Riverhead, NY). He is the only golfer in Hounds' history with two rounds of 70 (both this year). His two-day total of 142 broke the previous two-day record by Johnson at Long Island National (September 16-17) (70-75--145) and former captain Jeff Furtado '06 (72-73--145) at the Northeast-10 Conference championships (September 25-26, 2005) at the Sunset Ridge Country Club in Marcellus, NY. GREYHOUND GOLF HISTORY
SELECT COMPANY WOMEN'S ROWING COACH: Jason BOYLE
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