FOOTBALL: NE-10 all-stars announced
WOMEN'S SWIMMING: Capadonna stands out again!
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: 2-0 at Stonehill Mixer

Leslie Lupien leads Greyhound women in opener, 56-43
WORCESTER, Mass. --- Junior guard LESLIE LUPIEN (Pomfret Center, CT/Woodstock Academy) scored 14 points and the Greyhounds' defense was stifling as Assumption College opened its women's basketball season with a 56-43 victory over Bloomfield, NJ College in the opening round of the Stonehill Mixer Saturday.

The Hounds sped to a 29-16 first-half lead limiting Bloomfield to just .241 from the floor on seven-for-29 shooting. Bloomfield made just one of-10 three-point attempts.

Assumption opened fast moving to a 10-0 lead in the first 4:30. Sophomore forward MOLLY GRIFFITHS (Walpole, MA/Ursuline Academy) (10 points, 8 rebounds) opened with a three-pointer off a feed from junior forward KAYLA PARKER (Sanford, ME/Sanford) (10 points, 5 rebounds). After a Bloomfield turnover Lupien drilled a three-pointer from senior point guard/captain TRISH GARDNER (North Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth). Gardner then assisted on back to-back fastbreak baskets by Parker and Lupien to make it a 10-point game.

Hounds have FIVE Northeast-10 football All-Stars
Four members of the Assumption College football team have earned first-team all-Northeast-10 Conference honors in a vote of the conference coaches. Sophomore running back HERBERT WOODARD (Salem, NJ/Salem) is the lone representative on the offense, while junior middle linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) and senior safety/captain CHRIS MARTINO (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) were on the defensive team. Freshman punter GREG NOWAK (West Palm Beach, FL/Wellington) was named to the first-team and also the all-rookie team.

Sophomore offensive tackle MATT SIDEBOTTOM (Franklin, MA/Franklin) was named to the second-team.

Woodard was the Greyhounds' leading rusher (seventh in the conference) with 550 net yards and six touchdowns despite missing one game and most of another with injury. He also finished seventh in the conference in all-purpose offense (106.1 yards per game), 10th in total offense (415 yards), sixth in scoring (48 points) and second in punt return average (12.7). He had the longest punt return in Hounds' history at Merrimack (85 yards) (9/19/2008).

Zitzmann finished as the fourth-leading tackler in the conference with 31-54- 85 total and led the league in forced fumbles (4). He also became the ninth Greyhound to reach 300 career tackles (109-192--301 to date) in the last game against Merrimack (11/08/2008) and first to do it as a junior. Hall of Famer Bill Guilfoil '95 finished with a career record 409 total tackles.

Martino led the conference with 51-56--107 tackles with 3.5 tackles-for-loss and seven pass breakups. He had two interceptions including a team-record 99 yard return against Southern Connecticut (11/01/2008). He finished his career with 151-156--307 tackles (sixth-place overall) and a team-record for a defensive back. His 151 initial hits are also a team mark for a member of the secondary.

Nowak is the first Greyhound to lead the conference in punting average. Only Tim Longden in 2000 has had a 39.5 yards-per-kick average or higher for the Greyhounds since the mid-80s. He set the Greyhounds' team record with a 50.3 average at Sacred Heart (8/30/2008) including a season-high 67 yarder.

Junior guard Alexis Sweeney (13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals) then fueled a Bloomfield 14-5 run as they closed the gap to one point, 15-14, with 8:47 left in the half. The Greyhounds then outscored Bloomfield, 14-2, over the rest of the half to lead by 13 at the break.

Freshman guard BRITTANY COHEN (Fayetteville, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt) (10 points) made a pair of free throws and then Gardner converted a steal into a fastbreak layup before sophomore center Tiffany McDaniel (10 points, 11 rebounds) scored on an inside move for Bloomfield. Cohen made a layin off a steal and feed from Gardner, Parker converted a wing jumper, a pair of free throws and a layin and Lupien made a layin to finish the scoring.

Senior guard/captain BETHANY PLASSKI (Fall River, MA/Durfee) made a free throw with 3:04 left to make it a 17-point lead.

Kayla Parker (20 points) keys Greyhounds to 72-51 win over Shepherd
Junior forward KAYLA PARKER (Sanford, ME/Sanford) led all scorers with 20 points (6 rebounds, 9-for-12 shooting) leading Assumption College women's basketball past Shepherd, WV, 72-51, in the second day of the Stonehill Mixer Sunday.

Freshman forward KELLY MEREDITH (Franklin, MA/Franklin) added 16 points and senior guard/captain BETHANY PLASSKI (Fall River, MA/Durfee) scored 15 points with a game-high four steals to pace a balanced attack for the Greyhounds, now 2-0. Senior guard Anna Kaufman paced the Rams with 13 points.

Parker and Meredith were named the all-tournament team.

The Greyhounds sped to a 36-23 halftime lead as Parker scored 15 points on seven-for-10 floor accuracy and Meredith added nine points. The tenacious Hound defense created 16 turnovers and limited the Rams to 10-for-27 accuracy from the floor. The Hounds also got a superb off-the-bench performance from freshman point guard BRITTANY COHEN (Fayetteville, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt) who finished with five points and six assists in 23 minutes.

Shepherd bolted from the gate to a 10-4 lead as senior forward Katie Warehime (10 points, 5 rebounds) scored a layin on the fastbreak following a turnover and a feed from senior guard Krissy Grosselin.

Plasski then countered with a long three-pointer on a feed from senior point guard TRISH GARDNER (North Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth) and then Meredith scored on the fastbreak off a steal and assist from Plasski to make it 10-9. Gardner then fed Meredith underneath for another layin and an 11-10 Greyhound lead with 14:52 left in the half.

Shepherd would forge ahead, 14-12, for the final time as senior forward Colleen Shumaker (9 points, 10 rebounds) made a lane jumper on an assist from Kaufman. Parker then started a 7-0 minispurt for the Greyhounds with a nifty inside move to tie it and then made a three-point play followed by a Plasski layin to make it 19-14 Assumption.

After Kauffman scored in the paint to make cut the lead to 27-23 with 6:29 left the Greyhounds finished the half on a 9-0 run to lead by 13 points. The Greyhounds' pressure would force six turnovers and limit the Rams to an 0-for-4 floor performance over the last six minutes.

Sophomore forward MOLLY GRIFFITHS (Walpole, MA/Ursuline Academy) (7 points) started the streak with a wing jumper on an assist by sophomore point THERESA AMELIO (Bronx, NY/Preston), Plasski hit a jumper onthe fastbreak following her own steal, Meredith scored inside off an offensive rebound and made the bonus free throw and Parker capped it with an offensive rebound putback with 38 seconds left.

A layin by junior guarad AMANDA SHEEHY (Linden, NJ/Roselle Catholic) (5 points) off the break made it a 26-point game (68-42) with 4:00 left in the second half.

GREYHOUNDS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Swimming: JILL CAPADONNA (Fr., Dracut, MA/Dracut), Northeast-10 Conference honor roll . . . at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational, finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.54), in the 100-yard freestyle (58.70), in the 500-yard freestyle (5:47.57) and anchored the record-setting 200-yard freestyle relay (1:50.40). In addition to four first-place finishes she also added a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (1:07.30) and a fifth-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay (4:34.48).

Men's Basketball: MIKE BALDARELLI (So., F, Sutton, MA/Holy Name), Northeast-10 Conference honor roll . . . In two games this past weekend at the Bridgeport Mixer, averaged 18.5 points and 6.5 rebounds. In a win against New York Tech scored 17 points and had eight rebounds as well as six assists. Against Bridgeport scored 20 points with six rebounds and four assists.

Women's Basketball: KELLY MEREDITH (Fr., F, Franklin, MA/Frankin), Northeast-10 Conference honor roll, Stonehill Mixer all-tournament team . . . averaged 12 points and four rebounds. Against Shepherd, scored 16 points with four rebounds, two assists and two steals, while shooting 50 percent from the floor.

Women's Basketball: KAYLA PARKER (Jr., F, Sanford, ME/Sanford), Northeast-10 Conference honor roll, Stonehill Mixer all-tournament team . . . averaged 15 points and 5.5 rebounds in two games. In the opener against Bloomfield had 10 points and five rebounds and in the win over Shepherd scored 20 points (9-for-12 from the floor) with six rebounds.

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

COACH: Dr. Stuart CROMARTY (Boston University '86)
CAPTAINS: Megan CLASBY '09 and Laura MICCICHE '10
GREYHOUNDS REMAINING SCHEDULE
Dec. 5-7 Northeast-10 Conference Championships at Southern Connecticut State University
Jan. 23 Worcester City Championships 7 p.m. with Holy Cross, WPI, Clark at Holy Cross College
Jan. 24 Worcester City Championships with Holy Cross, WPI, Clark at Holy Cross College
Jan. 31 at Norwich/ with Saint Michael's 1 p.m.
Feb. 7 UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 12 noon
Feb. 20-22 NEISDA Championships at Tripp Athletic Center, U. of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Saturday, November 15, 2008
Massachusetts Dartmouth Invitational Results
Freshman JILL CAPADANNO (Dracut, MA/Dracut) won three events and swam on the record-setting 200-yard freestyle relay to lead Assumption College women's swimming at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational Saturday.

The non-team scoring event also saw freshman MEAGHAN KEARNEY (Franklin, MA) and junior SHANNON MURTAGH (Cranston, RI/Cranston) set individual records and qualify for the New England Invitational Swimming and Diving Association (NEISDA) championship meet.

Kearney qualified in the 50-yard backstroke with a 32.84 time, while Murtagh qualified in the 50-yard breaststroke (36.79). Both are team individual record times.

The Greyhounds' quartet of freshman MAUREEN HINDLE (Belchertown, MA/Holyoke Catholic), Kearney, Capadanno and freshman KRISTEN NORRIS (Ansonia, CT/Ansonia) set a team record (1:50.40) in the 200-yard freestyle relay. And, Kearney, Capadanno, Norris and freshman ERICA CUSUMANO (Warwick, RI/Warwick) also set a team mark in the 400-yard individual medley relay (4:34.48).

Meghan CLASBY (SR, Ipswich, MA/Ipswich): 12, 1,650-yard freestyle (22:28.74); 30, 50-yard freestyle (33.22); 13, 500-yard freestyle (6:30.90#); 14, 200-yard freestyle relay (2:12.94)

Kate JANOSKO (SR, Norfolk, MA/Mount Saint Charles): 13, 200-yard freestyle (2:20.03#); 8, 500-yard freestyle (6:14.18#); 7, 200-yard freestyle relay (2:00.6)

Jenn CLANCY (JR, East Sandwich, MA/Sandwich): 14, 50-yard backstroke (38.16); 26, 50-yard freestyle (31.37); 16, 100-yard backstroke (1:24.03); 21, 50 yard butterfly (40.32); 11, 200-yard freestyle relay (2:06.36)

Courtney COSTANZA (JR, Danvers, MA/Danvers): 18, 50-yard breaststroke (45.63); 29, 50-yard freestyle (33.14); 26, 100-yard freestyle (1:12.64#); 14, 100-yard breaststroke (1:37.71#); 11, 200-yard freestyle relay (2:06.36)

Laura MICCICHE (JR, Framingham, MA/Framingham): 8, 1,650-yard freestyle (21:29.43); 20, 50-yard freestyle (30.73); 7, 500-yard freestyle (6:12.54#); 11, 200-yard freestyle relay (2:06.36)

Shannon MURTAGH (JR, Cranston, RI/Cranston): 6, 50-yard breaststroke (36.79