Bulldog Weekly Sports Update: Several New Records Set At Indoor Track Meet at Northeastern Over Weekend; Coach Mary Burke Earns 200th Career Win
Bryant Weekly Sports Update
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MEN’S BASKETBALL (5-2, 2-2 NE-10)
Bulldogs Get Back To .500 in Conference With Pair of League Wins
Last Week; Team Visits Stonehill Saturday
After recording its second-straight win over Pace Wednesday,
Bryant notched its sixth-straight win over Southern Connecticut on
Saturday with John Williams (Springfield, Mass.) scoring 19 of his
game-high 21 points in the second half. Against Pace,
Williams was held without a three-pointer for just the seventh time
in his career. The senior has 229 career three's, 61 away from the
school record. Sophomore Jon Ezeokoli (South Orange, NJ)
scored a career-high 22 points against Pace while junior Chris
Burns (Merrimack, NH) had a career-high eight assists while
freshman Nick Pontes (New Bedford, MA) had a personal best 12
rebounds. Bryant's 11-point win at Southern Connecticut was
its largest margin of victory this season. Williams needs 15
points to pass former teammate Mike Williams (1,277) for 12th on
Bryant's all-time scoring list.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (1-4, 0-4 NE-10)
Team Hosts Adelphi Monday Night Looking To Get Back In Win Column;
Bulldogs Visit Stonehill Saturday Afternoon
The Bryant women’s basketball team dropped a pair of
conference basketball games last week to Pace and Southern
Connecticut. Junior Joanna Skiba (Providence, RI) currently
leads the Bulldogs with 12 points per game including 23 against
Southern Connecticut Saturday, just shy of her career high of 26
set last season against UMass Lowell. Skiba was 7 of 16 from
the floor and 6 for 6 from the free throw line Saturday against the
Owls. The Bulldogs will host Adelphi Monday night for a
non-conference game before heading to Stonehill this Saturday.
MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Bulldogs Travel to Northeast-10 Conference Championships This
Friday at Southern Connecticut
The Bryant men’s and women’s
swim teams will compete in the program’s first-ever
conference championships this Friday when the Bulldogs take part in
the 2005 Northeast-10 Conference Championships at Southern
Connecticut State University in New Haven, Conn. It
will be the only meet in the month of December for the swim team.
Following the championships, the Bulldogs will resume their
season Jan. 14 with a home meet with WPI at the Chace Athletic
Center Pool.
INDOOR TRACK
Records Fall at Northeastern's Winter Carnival
The Bryant men’s and women’s
indoor track teams kicked off the 2005-06 season competing at the
New Balance Winter Carnival at Northeastern’s Reggie Lewis
Center Saturday. The Bulldogs set three new school records
and equaled another in the non-scoring meet. Junior Joe
Brennan (Cranston, RI) shattered Pat Rafferty’s five year old
record in the 400 meters with a ninth-place finish in 51.11
seconds. The previous school best was 51.70 set by Rafferty
in 2000. Jerry Laguerre (Punta Gordo, Fla.) tied the school
record in the high jump, clearing six feet, two inches.
One of the highlights of the day for the Bulldogs came in the
sprints where Hafiz Greigre (Attleboro, Mass.) turned in a pair of
dazzling performances in just the first meet of the season.
Greigre turned in the top time in the prelims of the 55 meter dash
in 6.56 seconds and placed second in the finals in a time of 6.48
seconds, just shy of his school record of 6.47 seconds set last
year. Obaro Emenike of Northeastern edged Greigre in the
finals Saturday with a time of 6.46 seconds. Greigre would
conclude the day with a first-place finish in the 200 meters in
22.24 seconds, well ahead of second-place finisher James Myles of
New Hampshire (22.47). On the women’s side, two records fell
as sophomore Natasha Stevenson (Haverhill, Mass.) set a new record
with a third-place finish in the women’s 200 meter dash in
26.26 seconds while Jennifer Goodwin (Yarmouthport, Mass.) set a
new record in the 1,000 meters with a 13th-place
finish in 3:14.90.
NEWS BRIEFS ...
GOLFER NAMED TO NE-10 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Bryant University men’s golfer Kristofer Hart ‘08
(East Longmeadow, Mass.) has been named to the 2005 Northeast-10
Conference All-Academic team. Hart, a sophomore who helped lead the
Bulldogs to their third-straight conference championship in
September (20th overall), was one of five named academic
all-conference, holding a 3.67 GPA in finance at Bryant University.
FOOTBALL STANDOUT NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
Bryant sophomore defensive back Marcus Lindsey ‘08
(Bridgeport, Conn.) has been named to the Northeast-10 Conference
Academic All-Conference First Team. Lindsey, sixth on the
team with 35 tackles last season plus one pass breakup and a fumble
recovery, was one of ten players selected in the conference.
He currently holds a 3.47 GPA in business.
MUNIZ ALL-AMERICAN; THREE NAMED ALL-REGION
The Bryant University women's volleyball team placed three players
on the 2005 American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA) All-Region team. Senior Michelle Muniz (Guaynabo,
Puerto Rico) and sophomore Tiffany Garry (Frankfort, IL)
earned Northeast All-Region honors while junior Jessica Cegarra
(Danville, NH) was named All-Region Honorable Mention. Muniz,
Bryant's all-time career kills leader, has been named to the
all-region team for the fourth consecutive year while Garry earns
her first all-region honor and joins Dowling College's Jana
Cleveland as the only setters selected to the all-region team.
On Monday, the AVCA named Muniz All-American Honorable
Mention for the second consecutive year and later in the week was
named the Daktronics Regional Player of the Year for 2005.
Garry was also recognized on the all-region Daktronics team,
earning second team recognition.
MAUREEN BURNS HONORED BY ECAC
Bryant University Field Hockey star senior, Maureen Burns (Derry,
NH) has been piling up awards all fall after completing her final
season with the Bulldogs. On Monday, Burns was named a 2005 ECAC
Division II Field Hockey All-Star Presented by FieldTurf. Maureen
is one of only 11 players selected to this elite All-Star group.
Earlier this fall, Burns was named All-American and First
Team All-Conference by the Northeast-10.
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