WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE - Men's Basketball Off To Fast Start at 3-0; Women's Basketball Looks For Second Win Tuesday
BRYANT WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE
November 21, 2005
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THIS WEEK IN BRYANT SPORTS
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Tuesday, Nov. 22
Women’s Basketball at AIC, 5:30
pm
Men’s Basketball at AIC, 7:30 pm
Sunday, Nov. 27
Women’s Basketball at Saint
Rose, 1:30 pm
Men’s Basketball at Saint Rose, 3:30 pm
WEEKLY UPDATE
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VOLLEYBALL (27-10, 13-1
NE-10)
Team Falls To Bentley In Regional
Final;Career Comes To A Close For One
of Bryant¹s All-Time Greats
The Bryant women’s
volleyball team fell to Bentley College, 3-2 in the
semifinals of the 2005 NCAA Northeast Regional Friday night at
Bryant University’s Chace Athletic Center. Making their
seventh--straight appearance in the NCAA tournament (ninth
overall), the Bulldogs defeated NYIT, 3-0 in the first round but
could not get past the Falcons in the semifinals, despite 22 kills
and 22 digs from senior Michelle Muniz (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico).
Muniz concludes her career ranked first all-time
in school history with 2,320 career kills, 4.67 kills per game
average, 5,437 attack attempts, second with 315 career service aces
and second with 1,982 career digs. She joined junior Jessica
Cegarra (Danville, NH) on the region all-tournament
team. Dowling, the top seed of the tournament, won the
regional title with a 3-2 win over Bentley in the final on
Saturday, advancing to the Elite Eight in Kearney, Neb.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (3-0, 0-0 NE-10)
Burns and Williams Lead Bulldogs to
3-0 Start to Season
The Bryant
men¹s basketball team picked up three wins to open the season
last week, the first 3-0 start for the Bulldogs since the 1996-97
season. Last Tuesday, the Bulldogs opened with an impressive
70-62 win over regional power Adelphi at home, and followed with a
pair of wins at the University of Bridgeport tournament over
the weekend. Chris Burns (Merrimack, NH) scored a career-high
29 points in a 78-76 win over host Bridgeport Saturday, while
senior guard John Williams (Springfield, Mass.) paced the Bulldogs
with 22 points - including 6 of 9 shooting from three-point
range. Bryant would close out the tournament with an 88-81
win over NYIT Sunday as Williams netted a game-high 21 points and
handed out five assists. Both were named to the
tourney¹s all-tournament team.
The win on Sunday was the 75th for fifth-year coach
Max Good (75-52) at Bryant. Freshman Nick Pontes (New
Bedford, Mass.) averaged 9.3 points in his first three games in a
Bulldog uniform. The 6-6 forward had 10 points and eight
rebounds in the win over Adelphi and netted 16 points on 7 of 9
shooting Sunday vs. NYIT. The Bulldogs travel to AIC on
Tuesday night and Saint Rose Sunday.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (1-0,
0-0 NE-10)
Team Picks Up Big Road Win
at
QueensLast Tuesday; AIC
and Saint Rose Up Next
The Bryant women’s basketball team
kicked off the 2005-06 season with a hard-fought 67-66 win on the
road at Queens College last Tuesday. Trailing by nine
at the half, the Bulldogs would use a 7-0 run late in the game to
pull out the victory. Lauren Rubenoff’s (New Hartford,
Conn.) basket with 1:35 left gave the Bulldogs the lead for good.
Freshman Alyssa Michella (Washington, NJ) led the way with 15
points while Megan Peper (Castleton, NY) had 12. Junior guard
Joanna Skiba (Providence, RI / Classical) had 10 assists. The
Bulldogs travel to American International Tuesday night and Saint
Rose on Sunday.
MEN’S & WOMEN’S
SWIMMING
Bulldogs Compete at
BentleyCollegeInvitational
The Bryant men’s and
women’s swim teams took part in the Bentley College
Invitational over the weekend with the men finishing seventh and
the women taking home ninth place at the meet in Waltham, Mass.
Kim Noto (Southington, Conn.) took ninth in the
women¹s 50 yard freestyle in a time of 27.19 seconds, while
Ray Savner (Bethlehem, Conn.) placed fifth in the 50 free in
23.39. Savner was also ninth in the 100 yard free in 52.79
seconds. Kristen Brekne (Stony Brook, NY) was 12th in the 200
breaststroke in 2:54.52 while Nate Olszewski (Blandford, Mass.) was
15th in the event in 2:41.12. The Bulldogs have this weekend to off
to prepare for the upcoming Northeast-10 Conference Championships
Dec. 9 at Southern Connecticut State University.
DOWN THE STRETCH ...
BRYANT FOOTBALL PLACES NINE
PLAYERS ON NORTHEAST-10 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM; PERRY HONORED WITH
ALL-NEW
ENGLANDAWARD
The Bryant University football
team placed seven student-athletes on the 2005 Northeast-10
Conference All-Conference Football team, the most in school
history. Junior running back Lorenzo Perry (Providence, RI)
was named first-team all-conference with a school record 1,335
yards rushing and record 17 touchdowns. Sophomore defensive
lineman Jay Stahl (Methuen, Mass.) was named first team defense
with 40 tackles and 4.5 sacks. Earning second team
all-conference were senior fullback Drew Shaw (Gladwyne, Pa.),
sophomore guard Ralph Squitieri (Orangeburg, NY), senior center
Saddi Williams (Washington, D.C.), senior linebacker Greg Daniel
(Providence, RI), and junior punter Mike Lajterman (Ramsey,
NJ). Daniel led the Bulldogs with a record 84 tackles in
2005.
In addition, Perry was named to the 2005 New England Football Writers Division II/III All-New England team last week and will be honored at the New England Football banquet Dec. 8 in Randolph, Mass.
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