Bryant Weekly Sports Update
February 7, 2005
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THIS WEEK IN BRYANT SPORTS
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Monday, Feb. 7
No events
Tuesday, Feb. 8
Women’s Basketball at Le Moyne, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball at Le Moyne, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 9
Elaine Pasqua Speaks at Bryant, 7 p.m. - Janikies Auditorium
Thursday, Feb. 10
No events
Friday, Feb. 11
No events
Saturday, Feb. 12
Women’s Basketball hosts Saint Anselm, 1:30 p.m. - SENIOR DAY
Men’s Basketball hosts Saint Anselm, 3:30 p.m. - SENIOR DAY
Indoor Track & Field at Tufts University
Sunday, Feb. 13
No events
BRYANT SPORTS UPDATE
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MEN’S BASKETBALL (15-6, 11-6 NE-10)
Winners of Eight-Straight, Bulldogs Head To Le Moyne Tuesday Before Hosting Saint Anselm Saturday for Senior Day
Winners of eight in-a-row, the Bryant men’s basketball team hits the road for a tough Northeast-10 Conference game at Le Moyne College Tuesday night in Syracuse, N.Y. Bryant is coming off a hard-fought 77-72 win over Southern N.H. - the No. 4 team in the region - Saturday afternoon.
Correia scored 22 points and Mike Williams had 18 Saturday against the Penmen as the Bulldogs won their eighth-straight game. Bryant is currently ranked No. 10 in the Northeast Region with the next poll due out on Wednesday afternoon.
Bryant will host Saint Anselm on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. for senior day. Prior to to tipoff, seniors Jarett Love (Roselle, N.J.), Josh Longstaff (Portland, Maine), Mike Niedzwiecki (Sutton, Mass.), Mario Correia (Brockton, Mass.), Cullen McCarthy (Mansfield, Mass.), and Mike Williams (Ellington, Conn.) will be honored.
Bryant will travel to Saint Michaels, Bentley, and Merrimack to wrap up the regular season before the Northeast-10 Conference tournament begins on Saturday, Feb. 26.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (14-8, 9-8 NE-10)
Team Snaps Losing Skid With Win Over Penmen; Team Visits Le Moyne Before Hosting Saint Anselm For Senior Day Saturday
The Bryant University women’s basketball snapped its three-game losing streak on Saturday, knocking off Southern New Hampshire, 77-59. Senior Kellie Fournier (Westport, Mass.) had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead the way. Senior Dede Fogarty (Middletown, Conn.) is averaging a team-best 13.0 points per game this season while guard Joanna Skiba (Providence, R.I.) is second with 10.5 ppg. Skiba had a career-high 26 points in an 89-83 loss at UMass Lowell on Wednesday night. Joining Fournier and Fogarty, seniors Jessie Weber (Norwell, Mass.), Lindsay Hermann (Bristol, Conn.), and Lynne Zoltowski (Colts Neck, N.J.) will be honored prior to the start of Saturday’s game with Saint Anselm. Tipoff is set for 1:30 p.m. at the Chace Athletic Center.
INDOOR TRACK
Four More School Indoor Records Fall at Smith Invitational
The Bryant men's and women's indoor track teams competed at the Smith College Invitational on Saturday as the Bulldogs set four new school indoor records on the day.
The men finished in second place in the final team scoring with 144 points as Wesleyan University won the men's meet with a score of 233. The Bryant women were fifth with 52 team points.
Hafiz Greigre (Attleboro, Mass.), who set a school record in the 200 meters at last week's meet at Wesleyan, set a new mark in the men's 55 meters in 6.47 seconds. Greigre was first in the 55m and would later take first place in the men's 200 meters in a time of 22.24 seconds.
Also on the men's side, pole vaulter Jozef Gallot (Scarsborough, Maine) set a new mark by clearing a height of 12 feet, six inches.
Nicole Radzik (Manchaug, Mass.) set a new mark with a time of 11:09.37 in the women's 300 meters while the women's 4 x 400 meter relay team set a new school relay indoor mark in 4:27.40.
Other highlights on the day includes Holly Resendes (Warwick, R.I.) who ran well in the 1,500 meters and had a strong showing in the 4 x 800 meter relay. Amber Torrey (Plainfield, Mass.) also had a pair of personal best marks in the shot put and weight throw. Torrey placed third in the weight throw at 44 feet, 3.50 inches and was eighth in the shot put at 35 feet, 7.5 inches.
Dallas Lynch (Wayne, N.J.) took first place honors in the men's long jump with a season-best mark of 21 feet, 2.50 inches, edging teammate Daniel Kwarteng (Worcester, Mass.) who was second at 21 feet. Lynch would later take second in the men's triple jump by clearing 44 feet, 11 inches. Bryant will travel to Tufts next weekend.
DOWN THE STRETCH ...
KAREN HEALY NAMED WOMEN’S LACROSSE COACH
Karen Healy (Freeport, N.Y.), a former standout lacrosse player at Syracuse University, has been named head women's lacrosse coach at Bryant University, replacing Wynne Lobel who resigned in January for personal reasons. Healy comes to Bryant after serving as the Assistant Program Director at MetroLacrosse, Inc., a Boston-based organization that provides free lacrosse for the youth in Boston's historically underserved communities. Healy was a two-time second-team all-American at Syracuse University. She helped lead the Orangewomen to three NCAA Championship appearances and earned Second Team Big East All-Conference honors during her senior year.
After graduating from Syracuse in 2002 with a degree in African American studies, Healy was an assistant coach at UMass-Amherst for two seasons (2003, 2004).
STUDENT-ATHLETES STAND OUT IN CLASSROOM THIS FALL
A total of 143 student-athletes at Bryant University were named to the Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll for the fall semester. Forty percent of Bryant's student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or better during the fall semester, the highest amount in the last eight semesters. All twenty varsity sports programs were represented on the academic honor roll.
In addition, a total of 27 percent of student-athletes were named to the Bryant Dean's List - which requires a 3.2 GPA or better, with two student-athletes, Kristin Braga (Taunton, Mass.) and Americo Mallozzi (Smithfield, R.I.) earning a perfect 4.0 during their season of competition.
A complete list of Bryant’s Athletic Academic Honor Roll can be found at www.bryantbulldogs.com
SPRING SPORTS OPENING DATES:
Baseball - - Feb. 18 at Florida Southern
Softball - - Mar. 13 vs. Southwest Minnesota
(at Osceola, Florida)
Men’s Lacrosse - - Feb. 26 at Springfield College (Exhibition)
Women’s Lacrosse - - Mar. 15 - at Claremont McKenna (Calif.)
Men’s Tennis - - Mar. 4 vs. Pace
Women’s Tennis - - Feb. 26 - at NJIT
Men’s Golf - Mar. 10 - at High Point Invitational
Outdoor Track & Field - Mar. 26 - at Northeastern Invitational
