Bulldog Sports Update - Playoffs are Here, Field Hockey Hosts Saint Anselm Wednesday
October 22, 2007
Bryant Sports News Update
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HOME STRETCH CLOSING FOR REGULAR SEASON; PLAYOFF
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After a very successful fall sports season, the postseason is here
for several teams starting this Wednesday when field hockey opens
Northeast-10 Conference play at home against Saint Anselm.
Women's soccer wraps up the regular season hosting Pace on Tuesday
and will host a quarterfinal round of the Northeast-10 Conference
Championship on Sunday at 1 p.m. Football steps out of league
play when the Bulldogs take their 7-0 record on the road for a
matchup at Division I Stony Brook this Saturday on Long
Island. Kickoff is at 4 pm.
BULLDOG WEEKLY ROUNDUP ...
CROSS COUNTRY
The Bryant men's and women's cross country teams competed at the
Northeast-10 Conference Championship on Sunday. The men's
team placed fifth with the women's team placing ninth. Senior
standout Nicole Radzik (Sutton, Mass.) won the overall individual
title in the women's 5K race, finishing in a personal-best time of
18:23. She was named first team all-conference and women's athlete
of the year by the Northeast-10.
FIELD HOCKEY (12-7, 12-4 NE-10)
The women's field hockey team dropped a pair of games last week,
falling at Saint Anselm on Tuesday, 3-0 and to Saint Michael's, 1-0
at home on Saturday. Despite the losses, the Bulldogs have
wrapped up the No. 3 seed in the Northeast-10 Conference tournament
which begins Wednesday with the quarterfinal round. The
Bulldogs will host No. 6 seed Saint Anselm starting at 7 pm.
The semifinals and finals will take place at Lowell, Mass. this
Saturday and Sunday.
FOOTBALL (7-0, 7-0 NE-10)
The Bulldogs rolled to their seventh consecutive win to start the
season, defeating Saint Anselm 49-21 on Saturday in Manchester, NH
as Chris Peaks (Silver Spring, Md.) scored three rushing touchdowns
while Jerell Smith (Brooklyn, NY) rushed for 135 yards on just
eight carries. The Bulldogs step out of league play - and Division
- this Saturday traveling to Stony Brook to face the Division I
Seawolves on Long Island. Stony Brook is coming off an
overtime win over Maine last Saturday. Following the Stony
Brook game, the Bulldogs will get back to work in Northeast-10
Conference play, traveling to New Haven for a tough matchup with
Southern Connecticut State on Friday, Nov. 2. From
there, the Bulldogs will return home to host Bentley for Senior Day
on Saturday Nov. 10. Kickoff at Bulldog Stadium is 12 noon.
The NCAA Division II selection show is set for Sunday, Nov. 11 with
first round action scheduled to begin Nov. 17.
MEN'S SOCCER (10-7, 6-7 NE-10)
The men's soccer team picked up a 2-1 win over Assumption on Senior
Day last Tuesday night but dropped a tough 1-0 decision at American
International Saturday. The Bulldogs will travel to St.
Thomas Aquinas Monday.
WOMEN'S SOCCER (15-0-4, 10-0-3 NE-10)
The Bulldogs picked up a 1-0 win on Saturday at Merrimack
College. Tricia Spada (Dedham, Mass.) scored the game winner
as the Bulldogs equaled a school record for wins in a season (15),
tying last year's mark. The Bulldogs will have a chance to
break the record this Tuesday hosting Pace at 3 pm at the Turf
Field.
VOLLEYBALL (21-12, 10-0 NE-10)
The Bulldog volleyball team picked up an emotional 3-2 win over
Bentley on Wednesday night. The team would follow with wins
over Georgian Court and NYIT but dropped a 3-0 decision to the
region's top team, Dowling on Saturday night. The team will
host Franklin Pierce on Tuesday night at 7 pm.
BULLDOG NOTES ...
SWIMMING OPENS SEASON SATURDAY
The Bryant men's and women's swim teams will host Roger
Williams this Saturday starting at 11 a.m. at the Chace Athletic
Center Pool.
HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS SOUGHT
Nominations for the Bryant University Athletics Hall of Fame Class
of 2008 are now being accepted. Nomination forms can be found
online at http://www.bryantbulldogs.com/. This year's
class will be announced in October with the induction dinner
scheduled for later this winter.







