January 9, 2006

Bryant Weekly Sports Update: Bryant Men's and Women's Basketball Visits Merrimack Tuesday; Swimming hosts WPI Saturday at Chace Athletic Center

BRYANT WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE

Monday, January 9, 2006

This Week in Bryant Sports

Monday, Jan. 9
No events

Tuesday, Jan. 10
Women’s Basketball at Merrimack, 5:30 pm
Men’s Basketball at Merrimack, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, Jan. 11
No events

Thursday, Jan. 12
No events

Friday, Jan. 13
No events

Saturday, Jan. 14
Swimming hosts WPI, 2 pm (Chace Athletic Center Pool)
Women’s Basketball at Assumption, 1:30 pm
Men’s Basketball at Assumption, 3:30 pm

Sunday, Jan. 15
No events

WEEKLY UPDATE

Men’s Basketball (9-4, 4-4 NE-10)
Bulldogs Look to Bounce Back From Loss to No. 24 Stonehill Tuesday When Team Visits Merrimack College
Playing their fifth game in 11 days, the Bryant men’s basketball team dropped a 77-63 decision to 24th-ranked Stonehill College Saturday at the Chace Athletic Center. The Bulldogs opened the week with an overtime win over Assumption Monday night and 77-63 victory at Bentley Thursday before the Stonehill game.  Freshman Nick Pontes (New Bedford, MA) was named the Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Week on Monday and followed with a strong 16-point, seven rebound performance against Bentley Thursday.  The win over the Falcons was the 180th career coaching victory (81st at Bryant) for fifth-year coach Max Good.  John Williams (Springfield, MA) moved into 11th all-time in career scoring at Bryant with 1,372 career points. He needs 28 points to move into 10th all-time.  Williams, Chris Burns (Merrimack, NH) and Jon Ezeokoli (South Orange, NJ) have combined for 89 of Bryant’s 118 made three-pointers this season.

Women’s Basketball (6-7, 1-7 NE-10)
Team Falls to No. 17 Stonehill; Visit Merrimack and Assumption This Week
The Bulldogs went 1-2 last week, earning a 74-63 win over Assumption on Monday night to earn its first conference win of the season. The team will look to rebound from losses to Bentley and 17th ranked Stonehill when the Bulldogs travel to North Andover, MA Tuesday night for a conference game at Merrimack College. Since her debut with the Bulldog lineup, senior Shannon Perry (Providence, RI) has recorded a double-double in all five games and brings a 17.4 ppg scoring average and 13.2 rebounds per game average into Tuesday contest. She grabbed 18 rebounds against Stonehill Saturday, three shy of Karyn Marshall’s school record of 21.  Junior Joanna Skiba (Providence, RI) is second on the team with 16.5 ppg and leads the team Bulldogs with 31 three-pointers in 13 games.

Men’s and Women’s Swimming
Bulldogs Return To Pool Following Holiday Break To Host WPI Saturday at Chace Athletic Center
The Bryant men’s and women’s swimming teams, idle since the Northeast-10 Conference Championships in New Haven back on Dec. 9-10, will return to the pool this Saturday, hosting Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the second home meet of the year.  The Bulldogs, under the direction of head coach Katie Cameron, turned in a solid outing in competing in their first conference championships as a first-year program.  The Bryant men placed sixth out of seven conference teams competing in the meet hosted by Southern Connecticut in New Haven, Conn. The women were seventh overall. Saturday’s meet with WPI starts at 2 p.m. 

Indoor Track & Field
Team Remains Idle Over Winter Break; Next Meet Jan. 28 at Wesleyan
The Bryant men’s and women’s indoor track teams have been idle since early December and will continue to train in preparation for the Wesleyan University Cardinal Invitational on Saturday, January 28 in Connecticut.

DOWN THE STRETCH

Hall of Fame To Induct Three New Members January 21
The Bryant University Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome three new members as the Class of 2006 is officially inducted on Saturday, January 21 at the Bello Center on the Bryant University campus. The three new members of the hall of fame, as chosen by a 10-person committee, are former volleyball standout Noelle Emmette ’92; baseball player Bill DeStefano ’98; and women’s basketball star Stephanie Ladd ’89.  
More at http:www.bryantbulldogs.com

Bryant Basketball To Be Honored by Rhode IslandSportswriters
Words Unlimited, the statewide organization of sports writers, sportscasters and sports publicists, will hold its 60th annual Sports Awards Banquet on Sunday, Feb. 19, at The Radisson on Post Road in Warwick. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.  Tickets are priced at $30 each and may be obtained by contacting Johnson & Wales University director of athletics John Parente at (401) 598-1604 or any Words Unlimited member.
        Highlighting the list of award winners is the Bryant University Men's Basketball team which will receive the Story of the Year Award for 2005, while head men's basketball coach Max Good has been tabbed as the 2005 Male Coach of the Year.
         The Bryant men's basketball team took the region by storm last season, capturing the school's first NCAA Northeast Regional Championship and advancing as far as the NCAA Championship game in late March.  Max Good, now in his fifth year at Bryant, has guided the Bulldogs to two-straight NCAA Championship games and 48 wins in the last two seasons. 

 

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