Bryant Weekly Sports Update - Women's Soccer Places Four On All-Conference Team; Football Ends Season With Record Seven Wins
BRYANT WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE
Monday, Nov. 15, 2005
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WEEKLY UPDATE
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CROSS COUNTRY
Teams End Season at NCAA Regionals in
Boston on Sunday
The Bryant University men’s and women¹s cross
country teams competed in the NCAA Regionals Sunday in
Boston, with the men finishing ninth out of 20 teams competing, and
the women finishing 17th. Caleb Paul (Addison, Maine) was
38th in a time of 34 minutes, 11 seconds while Steve Carr (Wolcott,
Conn.) was 42nd in 34:19. Senior Jared Nelson (Cranston, RI /
Hendricken) was 49th in 34:30. The Bryant women were led by
Nicole Radzik¹s (Sutton, Mass.) 21st place finish in
24:32.
FOOTBALL (7-3, 6-3 NE-10)
Bulldogs End Season With Loss to
Southern Connecticut
The Bryant University football team ended its best season
in school history with a 77-35 loss at Southern Connecticut on
Saturday in New Haven. Lorenzo Perry (Providence, RI) had 169 yards
rushing in the game, setting a new school record for yards rushing
in a season with 1,335 yards. His three touchdowns Saturday
gave the junior 16 for the season, also a record. In all, Bryant
set 23 team records during the 2005 season, including 29 rushing
touchdowns, 1,993 yards passing, 3,974 yards of total offense, 312
points and 46 total touchdowns. Greg Daniel (Providence, RI)
set a school record with 84 total tackles and 40 assisted tackles
while sophomore quarterback Charles Granatell (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
passed for a record 1,736 yards. The Bulldogs will return 15
starters for the 2006 season. Both CW Post and Southern
Connecticut will represent the Northeast-10 Conference at the NCAA
Division II Championships starting this Saturday.
MEN’S SOCCER
(8-6-4,
6-4-5 NE-10)
Team Ends Season With 2-1 Overtime Loss to Le
Moyne
After winning the program¹s first Northeast-10
Conference tournament game since 1988 last Sunday at Merrimack in
overtime, the 2005 season came to a close on Wednesday with a 2-1
overtime loss to eventual conference champ Le Moyne in the
conference semifinals. Trailing 1-0 at the half, Bryant senior
Michael Anania (Warren, RI) knotted the game up at 1-1 with a
header just 12 minutes into the second half. The Bulldogs
would eventually fall in the extra period, marking the ninth time
this season Bryant played an overtime
match.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
(13-6-2,
9-4-1 NE-10)
Four Named All-Conference; Gidius Earns Academic
Honor
Four Bryant University women’s soccer players were
named all-conference by the Northeast-10 this past weekend.
Senior Hannah Sandrowski (Trumbull, Conn.) was named first team
all-conference as well as Defensive Player of the Year in the
league. Senior Terri Gidius (Coventry, Conn.) and junior
Casey Grange (Methuen, Mass.) were named second team all-conference
while sophomore Tricia Spada (Dedham, Mass.) was named third team
all-conference. In addition, Gidius was named academic
all-conference by the Northeast-10
last week.
VOLLEYBALL (23-9, 13-1 NE-10)
Bulldogs Open NE-10 Conference Tourney as No. 2
Seed
The Bryant women’s volleyball team posted a 3-0 win
over Assumption College last Tuesday night in Worcester to end the
regular with a 23-9 record and 13-1 mark in the conference. The
Bulldogs will be the No. 2 seed at the Northeast-10 Conference
tournament hosted by Pace University in Pleasantville, NY.
Bryant will open the tourney Friday against Le Moyne, the No. 7
seed. The championship will take place Saturday.
Bryant, ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Northeast Region, behind No. 1
Dowling and No. 2 Bentley, have won two-straight conference
championships.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (0-0, 0-0 NE-10)
Bulldogs Fall to UConn, 109-62 Thursday Night;
Travel to UNLV Friday Night To Tune Up For Season Opener
Nov. 15
The Bryant University men’s basketball team fell to UConn,
109-62 in the team’s first exhibition game last Thursday at
the Hartford Civic Center. Chris Burns (Merrimack, NH) had 15
points and three assists to lead the Bulldogs while John Fogarty
(Smithfield, RI) chipped in with 12 points and eight
rebounds. Senior guard John Williams (Springfield, Mass.) had
10 points. The Bulldogs travel to UNLV this Friday night. The
game will be broadcast live online at www.BryantBulldogs.com
starting at 10:30 pm ET. Bryant was picked to finish sixth in the
Northeast-10 Conference this season in the preseason coaches’
poll released last Thursday.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (0-0, 0-0 NE-10)
Bulldogs To Scrimmage Franklin Pierce
Saturday;
Team Picked Eighth in the Northeast-10
Preseason Poll The Bryant women¹s basketball team will host
Franklin Pierce this Saturday for an exhibition game before opening
the 2005-06 season on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Queens College. The
Bulldogs were picked to finish eighth in the Northeast-10
Conference preseason coaches’ poll released last week.
MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Bulldogs Compete at Clark and Colby Sawyer
The Bryant men’s and women’s swim teams
competed this weekend at meets at Clark University and Colby
Sawyer. Kim Noto (Southington, Conn.) placed first in the
women’s 50 yard freestyle at the Clark meet in a time of
26.88 seconds, and later took second in the 100 yard free in
59.24. Ray Savener (Bethlehem, Conn.) took first in the
men’s 50 yard freestyle in 23.16 and was also first in the
100 (51.74). Jamie MacDougall (Waltham, Mass.) earned a first
in the 200 yard medley in 2:56.35. The Bulldogs travel
to UMass Dartmouth this Saturday.
DOWN THE STRETCH ...
MEN’S ASSISTANT COACH BRIAN KEEFE LEAVES FOR
NBA POSITION WITH THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS Fifth-year assistant
men’s basketball coach Brian
Keefe (Winchester, Mass.) has left Bryant
University to take a position with the NBA’s San Antonio
Spurs coaching staff. He has been replaced by Rhode Island
College Assistant Coach Dwayne Pina. Pina is a 2001 graduate
of Boston College.
