Notebook No. 12 . . . Canney, Sidebottom, Woodard honored
WORCESTER, Mass. --- Football senior wide
receiver David Canney (Templeton,
MA/Narragansett)---Northeast-10 Conference Offensive Player-of-the
Year---and, senior offensive tackle Matt
Sidebottom (Franklin, MA/Franklin) (PICTURED
RIGHT)---the Offensive Lineman-of-the-Year, have both been
named to the New England Football Writers all-star team as voted by
the coaches.
Sidebottom was the lone conference
representative on the ballot for the Gene Upshaw National Division
II Lineman-of-the-Year.
In other football news, senior running back
Herbert Woodard (Salem, NJ/Salem) will be honored
for the second straight year as the Touchdown Club of Southern New
Jersey Division II Player-of-the-Year. The presentation will
be held at the Adelphia Restaurant (Deptford, NJ) Tuesday, December
14. Woodard completed his career as the leading rusher (3,695
yards) and scorer (258 points) in team history.
And, Canney and Sidebottom were both named to
the Daktronics Super Region 1 all-star team as selected by the
Sports Information Directors. Only five players were picked from
the Northeast-10 Conference---Assumption the only one with two
honorees.
In the Northeast-10 Conference junior right
wing Patrick O’Kane (Hollis, NH/Bishop
Guertin/Williston-Northampton was named the ice hockey co-Player-of
the-Week after scoring two goals against Saint Michael’s and
junior forward Kelly Meredith (Franklin,
MA/Franklin), who averaged 20.5 points leading the Greyhounds
women’s basketball to a 2-0 week was the women’s
basketball co Player-of-the-Week. Men’s basketball
junior forward Tim Beinert (Bellerose Village,
NY/Holy Cross) earned weekly honor roll.
ICE HOCKEY: the
Greyhounds are off to a solid start at 5-3 and get right back to
their Northeast-10 Conference schedule Wednesday hosting Saint
Anselm College at the Buffone Rink at 7:35 p.m. and traveling to
Franklin Pierce University Saturday at 7 p.m. . . junior center
Taylor Larsen (Blackstone, MA/Blackstone/Worcester
Academy) leads the team with 7-9--16 points (NE-10 leader) followed
by junior right wing Patrick O’Kane (Hollis,
NH/Bishop Guertin/Williston-Northampton) at 6-5--11 points (second
NE-10) and sophomore defenseman Kevin Glanzman
(Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) at 3-7--10 points-- the trio is
also1-2-3 in the Northeast-10 Conference listings as well . . .
Glanzman leads in power play goals (3) and scoring among defensemen
. . . forward Ross White (Uxbridge,
MA/Uxbridge/The Winchendon School) is tied for the lead among
freshmen with 2-2--4 points . . . junior goalkeeper Nick
Blanchette (Stuart, FL/Worcester Academy) owns a 3.35
goals-against average and .890 save percentage in his first 340
minutes . . . heading toward the career century mark: Larsen
(39-46--85 points), senior left wing Patrick
Fitzgibbons (Worcester, MA/Saint John’s) (28-49--77
points) and O’Kane (44-31--75 points)
WOMEN’S SWIMMING &
DIVING: point totals for the swimmers through the
first 10 meets . . .
Monique Henry (Fr., Rialto,
CA/Bloomington) 337.50
Jennifer Ryan (So., Weston,
FL/St. Thomas Aquinas) 226.75
Maureen Quirk (Fr., Wakefield,
MA/Wakefield) 186.00
Carly Eckles (Fr., Sherborn,
MA/Dover-Sherborn) 169.50
Jill Burke (Fr., North
Andover, MA/Central Catholic) 163.50
Amanda Guy (So., Lakeville,
MA/Apponequet) 162.00
Dorian George (Fr., Holden,
MA/Wachusett) 109.00
Caroline Papachriston (Fr.,
Haverhill, MA/Haverhill) 96.25
Kaitlin Owen (So.,
Bridgewater, MA/Coyle Cassidy) 87.50
The Greyhounds are at the Bentley University
Invitational Friday and Saturday (December 4-5) before they break
for exams.
MEN’S BASKETBALL:
the Greyhounds are 3-4 to open the season and lost once by two
points, once by four points and once in overtime . . .
senior/captain forward Mike
Baldarelli (Sutton, MA/Holy Name) leads the team at 17.1
points, while three more Greyhounds are averaging
double-figures: junior forward Tim Beinert
(Bellerose Village, NY/Holy Cross) (11.1 ppg), sophomore guard
Bobby Harris (Berlin, NJ/Eastern Regional) (11.0
ppg,) and senior forward/captain Tobin Haase
(Southold, NY/Ridgewood, NJ) (11.0 ppg) . . . and freshman guard
Cory Schmidt (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh)
has impressed at 9.0 ppg . . . Beinert leads the team in
rebounds (57) and assists (23) and is second in steals (10) . . .
Harris is tops in three-pointers (12) and steals (13) . . .
Baldarelli has now scored 1,150 points in his career and
Wednesday’s game will be the 100th in his career . . . the
point total is 28th all-time, just three points behind Hall of
Famer Eric Inauen ’69 (1,153) and 25 behind
former teammate Corey Diethorn ’08 (1,175) .
. . he needs just two rebounds for 500 . . . the team is at
American International Wednesday and hosts Le Moyne Saturday.
WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL: the Greyhounds are 4-1 overall and tied
for first-place in the conference at 3-0 with four other teams . .
. junior forward Kelly Meredith (Franklin,
MA/Franklin) leads the team at 19.6 ppg (second in the NE 10)
while three other Hounds are in double figures as well:
senior forward/captain Molly Griffiths (Walpole,
MA/Ursuline Academy) (14.4 ppg) (12th NE-10), sophomore guard
Gabrielle Gibson (Amityville, NY/Copiague) (13.5
ppg) and sophomore forward Sabrina Siciliano
(Fairfield, CT/Fairfield-Ludlowe) (10.8 ppg) . . . Meredith had 34
points in the Hounds win over Dominican, NY, the third highest
point production in team history. Only Hall of Famers
Stacy Mattioli '00 vs. American International
(1/12/97) (38 points) and Liz Kolodziej vs. Bridgeport (11/28/81)
(37 points) had more . . . the 34 points is the most in a Greyhound
victory . . . she followed with a 26-point effort in the win over
New Haven to become just the fourth player to score 60 points in
back-to-back games . . . Kolodziej had a record 61 points, while
Joy Barry ’93 and Katie Kerr
‘00 each had 60 . . . she made 22-of-31 shots from
the floor (.710) in the two games . . . Griffiths also leads in
rebounds (45) (4th NE-10) and three-pointers (10), while Siciliano
leads with a .622 floor accuracy (23-for-37) (3rd NE-10) and leads
the NE-10 with 14 steals in five games . . . Griffiths now has 923
career points (22nd place) in 94 games . . . she is just 11 points
behind former teammate Kerry Milhaven ’06
(934) and projects to become the 19th 1,000-point scorer in San
Diego, CA, where the team will compete in the Surf ‘N Slam
between Christmas and New Years . . . the team is at American
International Wednesday and hosts Le Moyne Saturday.
CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK:
coached by second-year caoch Barry Coonan competed
at the Northeast-10 Conference championships Sunday at Stonehill
College and finished 20th of 26 teams in the men’s
race, while women’s team was 24th of 28 teams. Junior
captain Kyle Higgins (Braintree, MA/Braintree) was
the Greyhounds top performer over the 8k course with a 34:09 time
(67th) followed by junior captain Chris Trajkovski
(Wilbraham, MA/Minnechaug) (94th, 35:15), junior Patrick
Erban (Attleboro, MA/LaSalle Academy) (126th, 36:45),
freshman Mike Weselcouch (East Haddam, CT/Nathan
Hale Ray) (148th, 38:24), sophomore John Conley
(Andover, MA/Andover) (161st, 39:34) and freshman Adam
Mailhot (Ledyard, CT/Ledyard) (172nd, 41:39).
For the women, junior captain Erynn
Sweeney (Braintree, MA/Braintree) was the top finisher in
102nd place (26:08). She was followed by freshman
Valerie Joseph (Henniker, NH/John Stark) (112th,
26:28), sophomore Catherine Griffin (Columbia,
CT/East Catholic) (126th, 36:45), senior captain Jessica
Chmielewski (Newington, CT/Newington) (130th, 26:55),
junior Melissa Hambley (Canton, CT/Canton) (157th,
28:14), senior Liz Penta (Topsfield,
MA/Masconomet) (158th, 28:19) and junior Katie
Wirzbicki (Gardner, MA/Gardner) (160th, 28:35).
The men and women’s indoor track team
under second-year coach Becky Bergin opens its
2010-11 season Saturday, December 4 at the Smith College
Invitational . .

