March 20, 2006

BRYANT WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE: Women's Lacrosse Hosts Top-Ranked Stonehill Tuesday; Baseball Hosts Lowell Thursday

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THIS WEEK IN BRYANT ATHLETICS

Monday, Mar. 20
No events

Tuesday, Mar. 21
Men’s Tennis hosts AIC, 3 pm
Women’s Lacrosse hosts Stonehill, 3:30 pm

Wednesday, Mar. 22
Women’s Tennis at Assumption, 3 pm
Men’s Tennis hosts Saint Anselm, 3 pm
Men’s Lacrosse hosts Saint Anselm, 3:30 pm

Thursday, Mar. 23
Baseball hosts UMass Lowell, 3 pm

Friday, Mar. 24
Women’s Tennis at AIC, 3:30 pm

Saturday, Mar. 25
Baseball at Bentley, 12 pm (DH)
Men’s Lacrosse at Pace, 1 pm
Track at Northeastern

Sunday, Mar. 26
Baseball hosts Caldwell, 11:30 am
Baseball hosts Bentley, 3 pm
Softball hosts Caldwell, 12 pm (DH)

THIS WEEK’S ROUNDUP
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BASEBALL (2-15, 0-0 NE-10)
BULLDOGS RETURN HOME AT 17-GAME ROAD TRIP TO HOST UMASS LOWELL THURSDAY
Following a 17-game road trip to open the 2006 season, the Bryant baseball team will host UMass Lowell this Thursday at 3 pm at the Bryant Baseball Complex.  The game will mark the home debut of first-year coach Jamie Pinzino.  Last week, the Bulldogs dropped a pair of games at Mount Olive and were swept in a four-game series over the weekend at Shippensburg.  

SOFTBALL (0-6, 0-0 NE-10)
BRYANT LOOKS TO REBOUND FROM FLORIDA TOURNEY IN WITH DOUBLEHEADER SUNDAY AT HOME
The Bryant University softball team went 0-6 at the Florida Southern Spring Invitational this past weekend, ending the weekend with a tough 3-2 loss to Hillsdale in eight innings.  Amanda Wilbur (Lakeville, Mass.) went 3-for-5 at the plate and had one RBI for the Bulldogs against Hillsdale.  Tied 1-1 after seven innings, the Bulldogs went ahead 2-1 with a run in the top of the eighth, but Hillsdale rallied with a pair of runs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to pull out the win.  Bryant, 29-17 last season and Northeast-10 Conference tournament champions, will host Caldwell College for a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday starting at noon.  The Bulldogs were picked to finish second in the Northeast-10 Conference in ‘06.

MEN’S TENNIS (1-2, 1-0 NE-10)
BULLDOGS HOST AIC AND SAINT ANSELM MARKING FIRST HOME EVENTS ON NEW CAMPUS COURTS
After a pair of losses last week at Barry University and Eckerd College in Florida, the Bryant men’s tennis team returns home this week hosting American International Tuesday and Saint Anselm College Wednesday for a pair of conference matches at the new Bryant tennis courts.  The courts were relocated adjacent the Bryant track complex last fall. Bryant was picked to finish third in the Northeast-10 Conference this season in the preseason coaches’ poll released last week behind Assumption and Bentley.

WOMEN’S TENNIS (2-0, 2-0 NE-10)
TEAM RETURNS TO CONFERENCE ACTION THIS WEEK
The Bryant University women’s tennis team will return to action this week with conference matches at Assumption on Wednesday and at AIC Friday.  The Bulldogs are a unanimous preseason favorite to repeat as Northeast-10 Conference Champions in 2006 in last week’s NE-10 preseason coaches’ poll, garnering 13 first-place votes  Under the direction of coach Barbara Cilli (Providence ‘87), Bryant has captured two-straight conference titles and automatic NCAA championship berths.

MEN’S LACROSSE (2-1, 0-0 NE-10)
EIGHTH-RANKED BULLDOGS FALL TO NO. 20 NYIT; BULLDOGS HOST SAINT ANSELM WEDNESDAY
The Bryant men’s lacrosse team fell to second-ranked and defending national champion New York Institute of Technology, 20-12 Saturday at Bulldog Stadium.  Senior co-captain Adam Smith (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) scored three times to lead the Bulldogs while freshman Matt McKeefrey (Melville, NY) added a pair of goals.  Bryant, ranked No. 8 in last week’s national rankings, will open Northeast-10 Conference play Wednesday hosting Saint Anselm College at 3:30 pm.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE (3-0, 1-0 NE-10)
TEAM OPENS YEAR UNDEFEATED HEADING INTO SHOWDOWN WITH NATIONAL CHAMP STONEHILL
The Bryant women’s lacrosse team takes a 3-0 record into Tuesday’s home game with defending national champion Stonehill College.  The Bulldogs, 12-5 last season, were picked to finish third in the Northeast-10 Conference preseason coaches’ poll.  On Saturday, the team opened conference play with an 18-7 win at Southern Connecticut. Junior Shaun Leddy (Sea Girt, NJ) had four goals while senior Marisa Lawrence (Falmouth, Mass.) added three to lead the Bulldogs past the Owls.  Leddy has a team-best 11 goals this season.  Last week, she notched her 100th career goal in the team’s win over Presbyterian, scoring five times in leading Bryant to a 21-5 win.  Junior Lauren Carlisle (San Diego, Calif.) is second with 10 goals in three games.  

MEN’S GOLF
BULLDOGS OPEN SPRING SEASON IN MYRTLE BEACH
The Bryant men’s golf team opened the 2006 spring season at the Fairfield Invitational in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, finishing the two-day tourney in eighth-place.  Senior Jim O’Connell (Troy, NY) led the way for Bryant, finishing tied for 16th with a two-day score of 162.  Teammate Mike Philipp (Bristol, Conn.) carded a 79 during the first day of competition and finished tied for 25th with a 164.  

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
SPRING SQUADS OPEN OUTDOOR SEASON AT NORTHEASTERN THIS WEEKEND; BULLDOGS PICKED 4TH
The Bryant men’s and women’s outdoor track & field teams will open the 2006 spring season this Saturday at the Northeastern University Snowflake Invitational in Dedham, Mass.  Both men’s and women’s teams were picked to finish fourth respectively in the Northeast-10 Conference preseason coaches’ poll released last week.

DOWN THE STRETCH …

BRYANT’S JOHN WILLIAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN ELITE-EIGHT ALL-STAR GAME
Men’s basketball senior guard John Williams (Springfield, Mass.) has been selected to participate in this week’s inaugural NCAA Division II/ NABC All-Star game in Springfield, Mass. Williams, a First Team All-Region selection and co-Player of the Year in the Northeast-10 Conference, was one of 20 players selected from a pool of 265 Division II teams nationally.  The all-star game will be held at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday (Mar. 24) at 7 pm in conjunction with this week’s Elite Eight.

NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL HALL OF FAME CLASS
The Northeast-10 Conference announced last week the members of the inaugural NE-10 Hall of Fame.  Representing Bryant among the 25 inductees are golfer Jim Hallett (1980-83) and tennis star Roman Pavlik (1992-96).  A complete listing of the hall of fame members can be found at www.northeast10.org.  The inductees will be honored at a banquet on June 5, 2006 at the Harvard Club in Boston.

FIELD HOCKEY PAIR NAMED TO ACADEMIC SQUAD WHILE TEAM HONORED FOR GPA
Bryant University field hockey standouts Rebecca Lange (Whitinsville,  Mass.) and Alayne Sadler (Rehoboth, Mass.) have been selected to the 2005 NFHCA Division II National Academic Team.  Sadler, a junior, led the Bulldogs with 10 goals last season.  The program recognizes collegiate student-athletes with a minimum cumulative GPA  of 3.30. In addition, the NFHCA recognized the Bryant Field Hockey Team with a National Academic Team Award for having a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.  

  

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