BRYANT WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE: Bulldogs 83-13 in Northeast-10 Play - Congrats to Tennis Teams Taking Titles
April 28, 2008
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS CAPTURE CONFERENCE TITLES
Sports Banquet Thursday Evening
Congratulations to the Bryant University men's and women's tennis
teams for capturing the 2008 Northeast-10 Conference Championships
over the weekend. The pair of titles marks the first time since
1988 that two teams from the same school won the league title
(Springfield, 1988). Both men's and women's teams will
advance to the NCAA tournament May 8-10. The brackets will be
announced Wednesday ... Women's lacrosse hosts a quarterfinal
round game Wednesday at 4 pm while the men's team hosts a semifinal
game Friday at 4 pm ... Track & Field hosts the
Northeast-10 Conference Championship this Saturday .... Bryant will
hold its annual Athletics Awards Banquet this Thursday evening at
the Chace Athletic Center.
BULLDOG WEEKLY ROUNDUP ...
BASEBALL (35-14, 23-5 NE-10, 1st)
The red-hot Bulldog baseball team, ranked No. 23 nationally this
week, takes a nine-game win streak into Wednesday's home game with
Brown University (3:30 p.m.) at the Bryant Baseball Complex.
The Bulldogs defeated Brown, 7-4 last week. Bryant is
currently in first place in the Northeast-10 Conference and first
in the latest NCAA regional poll.
SOFTBALL (24-11-1, 21-4-1 NE-10, 2nd)
The Bryant softball team won a pair of doubleheaders over the
weekend and will resume a conference game with Saint Anselm from
last week on Monday afternoon at 5 p.m. The game was called due to
darkness in the 10th inning with the score tied 7-7. The Bulldogs
will wrap up the regular season Tuesday at Bentley before opening
the NE-10 Tournament this Friday.
MEN'S LACROSSE (12-3, 9-1 NE-10, 2nd)
Men's lacrosse picked up a 24-7 win over Southern NH Saturday at
Bulldog Stadium to wrap up the second seed of the NE-10
tournament. The Bulldogs will receive a first round bye and
will host the winner of Tuesday's game between Bentley and
Merrimack in the conference semifinals Friday at Bulldog Stadium at
4 p.m. The winner of that game will likely face Le Moyne in
the final Sunday at noon in Syracuse, NY.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE (9-7, 7-3 NE-10, 3rd)
The Bryant women's lacrosse team finished third in the Northeast-10
Conference standings and will host Bentley in a quarterfinal round
game Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. The winner of the game will
travel to Southern NH for a semifinal round game Friday. Sophomore
Allison Faiola (Billerica, MA) set the Bryant single-season scoring
record with her 55th of the season this past week. Senior
Caitlin Hansen (Spring Lake, NJ) is close behind with 54 on the
year.
MEN'S TENNIS (20-3, 10-0 NE-10, 1st)
Ranked No. 45 nationally and third in the East Region, the Bryant
men's tennis team captured the 2008 Northeast-10 Conference
regular-season and tournament championship this past weekend.
Freshman Cristian Balestrieri (Mark Del Plata, Argentina) was named
Northeast-10 Freshman and Player of the Year honors.
WOMEN'S TENNIS (23-2, 12-0 NE-10, 1st)
The Bryant women's tennis team captured their fifth-straight
Northeast-10 Conference Tournament Championship Sunday, defeating
Saint Michael's 5-0 Sunday. The Bulldogs will advance to the
NCAA tournament for the fifth time and at No. 2 in the region will
likely host the first round May 7-9. Freshman Katie
Francazio (Cranston, RI / La Salle) was named first team
all-conference at No. 4 singles while Michelle Burke (Barrington,
RI) was named second team at No. 3 singles.
TRACK & FIELD
The Bryant men's and women's track & field teams will
host the Northeast-10 Conference Championships this Saturday at the
Bryant Track.
MEN'S GOLF
The Bryant University men's golf team turned in a strong
performance Friday at the Northeast Invitational hosted by the
University of Rhode Island. Competing against a field of
Division I teams including several from Bryant's future conference,
the Northeast Conference, the Bulldogs took home first place honors
after the two-round, one-day tourney. Bryant was the lone
team to score under 300 in both rounds. Standout Jason
Thresher (West Suffield, CT) took medalist honors placing first
with a two-round score of 142. Thresher fired a final round
69 to win by one stroke over Matt McClure of Central
Connecticut. Scott Congdon (Foxboro, MA) placed sixth for
Bryant while Nick Caccia (Riverside, RI) was seventh. The
Bulldogs will compete at the NCAA Regionals May 5-7 in Wilmington,
Delaware. Bryant is the No. 2 seed of the East Regional.
BULLDOG NOTES ...
KEY DATES:
May 1 - Athletic Awards Dinner
May 3 - NE-10 Track Championships @ Bryant
July 30 - Black & Gold Golf Tournament
BULLDOG BLACK & GOLD GOLF TOURNAMENT
This year's annual Black & Gold Golf Outing will be held July
30, 2008 at the Crystal Lake Golf Club in Burrillville, RI. Last
year's successful outing was also held at Crystal Lake. The Black
& Gold Club Golf Outing is held to raise money for the school's
Black & Gold Club. The Black & Gold Club is the Athletics
department's main fundraising arm, and goes to supporting
student-athletes and coaches through scholarships and capital
projects. The format of the event will be Texas Scramble. The cost
is $150 per golfer or $600 per foursome. Please contact Ruth
Nicastro at (401) 232-6071 or rnicastr@bryant.edu to register.
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