Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Is Here; Football Highlights Big Home Weekend Of Athletics
Bryant Weekly Sports Update
September 19, 2005
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THIS WEEK IN BRYANT SPORTS
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Monday, Sept. 19
No events
Tuesday, Sept. 20
No events
Wednesday, Sept. 21
Women’s soccer hosts Southern N.H., 3:30 pm
Volleyball hosts UMass Lowell, 7 pm (Chace Center)
Thursday, Sept. 22
Field Hockey at Merrimack, 3:30 pm
Friday, Sept. 23
Men’s Soccer hosts Franklin Pierce, 3:30 pm (Bulldog
Stadium)
Volleyball hosts Stonehill, 4 pm (Chace Center)
Volleyball hosts Bridgeport, 6 pm (Chace Center)
Saturday, Sept. 24
Women’s Soccer hosts Saint Michael’s, 10 a.m.
(Sutton Field)
Football hosts Pace, 1 pm (Bulldog Stadium)
Field Hockey at Assumption, 2:30 pm
Cross Country at Rhode Island College Invite
Sunday, Sept. 25
Shawn M. Nassaney Race/Walk, 1 pm
Men’s Golf at NE-10 Championships (Sun-Mon.)
WEEKLY UPDATE
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FOOTBALL (2-1, 2-1 NE-10)
Perry Rushes For 221 Yards In Win Over Assumption;
Bulldogs Host Pace For Homecoming Saturday
Junior Lorenzo Perry (Providence, RI)
rushed for a career-high 221 yards on 27 carries and scored three
times to lead the Bryant football team to a 48-38 win over
Assumption College Saturday. His 221 yards are the third-most in
school history while his three rushing touchdowns - including a
61-yarder in the second quarter - tied a school record for
touchdowns in a game. Quarterback Charles Granatell (Franklin
Lakes, NJ) passed for 185 yards and tied the Tony Granieri¹s
record for touchdown passes in a game with four. The Bulldogs, 2-1
on the season, will host Pace University this Saturday for
Homecoming & Reunion Weekend at Bulldog Stadium. Kickoff is at
1 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY (3-5, 2-4 NE-10)
Bulldogs Drop Pair This Week; Visit Merrimack and
Assumption
The Bryant field hockey team dropped a pair of conference
matches to Bentley (4-1) and
Saint Michael’s (4-2) this past week. Laynie
Sadler (Rehoboth, Mass.) and Michaela Dwyer (Buskirk, NY) each had
a goal in the match with Saint Michael¹s on
Saturday. Sadler leads the Bulldogs with six goals on
the season while senior Maureen Burns (Derry, N.H.) has three goals
and five assists this season. The Bulldogs visit Merrimack
Thursday and Assumption Saturday.
MEN’S SOCCER (2-3-2, 2-2-1 NE-10)
Following Tough Overtime Loss at Lowell, Bulldogs Rebound With 5-1
Win over Saint Rose Saturday
Following a tough 2-1 double overtime loss at UMass
Lowell last Wednesday, the Bryant men's soccer team rebounded
nicely with a 5-1 win over Saint Rose on Saturday at home.
Bryant got off to a hot start when freshman Manny Rodriguez (North
Branford, CT) scored on a header just three minutes into the game.
Five minutes later junior Bryan Gravel (Londonderry, NH) gave the
Bulldogs a 2-0 edge after taking a perfect pass from senior Michael
Anania (Warren, RI). Anania would add a goal of his own later in
the second half. Sophomore Mike Gargiulo (North Branford, CT) and
Wheeler Smith (Franklin, Mass.) would add late goals. The Bulldogs
will host Franklin Pierce on Friday, September 23 at 3:30pm.
WOMEN’S SOCCER (5-3-2, 1-2-1 NE-10)
Bulldogs Go 2-1 For The Week Including Big Win Over Bentley
The Bryant women's soccer team posted a pair of wins on
the week starting with an impressive 6-1 win on the road at
Bentley. Tricia Spada (Dedham, Mass.) scored twice in the win
over the Falcons while Melanie Smith (Rehoboth, MA), Maddie
Bergeron (Westfield, MA), Casey Grange (Methuen) and Stephanie
Zalewski (Parsippany, N.J.) added tallies on the afternoon.
The Bulldogs followed with a 5-0 shutout win over AIC at home on
Thursday. The win-streak would come to an end as UMass Lowell
squeaked out a 1-0 win Saturday. After 10 games, Bryant is
out-scoring its opponents 25-12 with Spada leading the way with
five goals on the season.
CROSS COUNTRY
Paul Runs Well At Fordham Invitational; Bulldogs To Take Part In
Rhode Island College Invitational This Weekend The
Bryant men¹s and women¹s cross country teams competed in
the Fordham University Invitational Saturday with the men finishing
5th overall and the Bryant women placing eighth. Caleb Paul
(Addison, Maine) led the way for the Bulldogs, finishing 18th in
28:30, while sophomore Andrew Holmes (Holden,
Mass.) was 24th in 29:23. On the women¹s side,
sophomore Nicole Radzik (Sutton, Mass.) was the top Bryant
finisher, coming in 20th overall with a time of 21:12. The
Bulldogs will compete in the Rhode Island College Invitational this
weekend in preparation for the Bryant Invitational October 1.
VOLLEYBALL (5-6, 2-0 NE-10)
Bulldogs Pick Up Conference Win Tuesday; Host UMass Lowell
Wednesday Night
Bryant ran it's conference unbeaten streak to 30 matches
with a 3-1 win over Saint Anselm on Tuesday. The Bulldogs
have not dropped a regular-season conference match since the end of
the 2002 season. Bryant dropped a pair of matches over the weekend,
falling to nationally-ranked Rollins 3-0 Friday and to Dowling 3-2
Saturday. Michelle Muniz (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) had 22 kills
15 digs in the loss to Dowling Saturday. The
Bulldogs host UMass Lowell on Wednesday (7 p.m.) and host a
double-header Friday afternoon for Homecoming Weekend. Bryant will
take on Stonehill starting at 4 p.m. and will follow with a match
against the University of Bridgeport at 6 p.m.
DOWN THE STRETCH ...
Shawn M. Nassaney Race To Take Place Sunday, Sept. 25
The 2005 Homecoming & Reunion Weekend is
fast approaching. There will be plenty of action during the
weekend starting on Friday (Sept. 23) with men’s soccer
hosting Franklin Pierce at 3:30 p.m., volleyball hosting Stonehill
(4 p.m.) and Bridgeport (6 p.m.) while women¹s soccer will
host Saint Michael¹s on Saturday (Sept. 24) morning at 10
a.m. Football will host Pace on Saturday starting at 1
p.m. The weekend will conclude on Sunday (Sept. 25) with the
running of the fifth-annual Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Race/Walk on
the Bryant campus. The race is scheduled to begin at 1
p.m.
Men’s Golf Looks For Third-Straight Conference
Title;
Team To Take Part in University of Rhode Island
Adam’s Cup
The Bryant men¹s golf team travels to the Northeast-10
Conference Championship this weekend in Syracuse, N.Y. The
Bulldogs have won two-straight conference titles and 19
Northeast-10 Championships overall. The Bulldogs will take part in
the University of Rhode Island Adams Cup in Newport, RI September
26-27.






