Purple Knights News

March 27, 2006                                                                                                  
Contact: Daniel O’Reilly
Phone: (802) 654-2929

COLCHESTER, Vt. – The men’s lacrosse team (4-2, 3-0 NE-10), ranked 11th in the most recent USILA Division II Poll, picked up a pair of wins last week, earning conference victories against Bentley, 7-5, and American International, 13-3. On Wednesday, sophomore Mike Boerma (Birchrunville, Pa./Lawrence Academy) and senior Erik Libby (Cohasset, Mass./Cohasset) each scored a pair of goals, and senior co-captain Brandon Kobelt (Rye, N.Y./Fordham Prep) contributed two assists, while sophomore Jeff Hannon (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) made 14 saves in net. Sunday, sophomore Gregory Lazarus (Evanston, Ill./Evanston) scored three goals for the Purple Knights, and Kobelt notched a pair of goals and an assist. Freshman Bryan Zaremba (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset) netted two goals, while classmate Pat Ivory (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga), sophomore Mark Agostinelli (Dedham, Mass./Xaverian) and Boerma each tallied a goal and an assist.
           
The women’s tennis team (6-6, 4-2 NE-10) picked up consecutive conference victories over the weekend, defeating American International, 8-1, on Saturday, and Southern New Hampshire, 6-3, on Sunday. Senior Heidi Murphy (Norfolk, Mass./King Philip Regional) and junior Cailie Burns (Chepachet, R.I./Ponaganset) each picked up singles victories, and teamed to earn a pair of doubles victories as well, while sophomores Michelle Wood (Chatham, N.Y./Chatham) and Megan Conway (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) also won both of their singles matches. Conway also won both doubles events she participated in over the weekend, alongside junior Elizabeth Clemente (Latham, N.Y./Academy of the Holy Names).
           
The baseball team (2-4) played six games last week, dropping its first four before earning back to back wins in a Sunday afternoon doubleheader. On Wednesday, the team lost to nationally ranked UMass Lowell, 4-2, and 13-1, and fell to Westfield State on Saturday, 3-2, and 7-4. Sunday, the Purple Knights, and first year head coach Seth Cole, picked up their first wins of the season against Framingham State, 5-0, and 7-4. Senior Kyle Hildebrand (So. Windsor, Conn./South Windsor) batted .400 in six games, starting five of them, driving in three, while scoring one. Sophomore Ed Fennessey (Wilton, Conn./Wilton), in four games, got four hits in seven at bats, while batting in three runners. Senior Kevin Foley (Reading, Mass./Reading Memorial) led the team with four runs batted in, hitting .417 in 12 at bats, and earned a win on Sunday with his five inning, two run performance. Senior Dan O'Connor (Worcester, Mass./Worcester Academy) lost his first outing, but bounced back on Sunday, throwing a complete game four hit shut out, striking out three in the process.
           
The women’s lacrosse team (3-2, 1-1 NE-10) split its games last week, falling to Merrimack on Tuesday, 12-11, and beat Assumption on Saturday, 17-5. Against the Warriors, junior Megan Rule (Bow, N.H./Bow) led a balanced scoring attack with two goals and two assists. Senior Kristen Palazzo (Armonk, N.Y./Byram Hills), sophomores Brynne Curran (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) and Amanda Soule (Hartland, Vt./Woodstock Union), and freshman Lauren Rizzotti (Cohasset, Mass./Cohasset) added two goals apiece for the Purple Knights, while sophomore Courtney Wakem (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) turned aside seven shots. Against the Greyhounds, Curran scored four goals, and Rizzotti, Soule, Rule, and Palazzo netted two goals each, with Palazzo also contributing two assists. Wakem, meanwhile, made six saves between the pipes.
           
The men’s tennis team (5-6, 3-3 NE-10) defeated American International, 8-1, on Saturday, and fell to Bentley, 8-1 on Sunday. Saturday, sophomores Andy Samara (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) and Torr Terranova (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand), freshmen Dmitri Repnikov (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) and Sean Steigerwald (North Andover, Mass.), and senior Tom Wu (Litchfield, Conn./Litchfield) each earned singles and doubles victories, with sophomore Gabe Ash (Westboro, Mass./Westboro) picking up a win in No. 1 doubles with Samara. Sunday, Steigerwald earned the team’s lone victory, winning No. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-4.

This Week’s Schedule:
3/28      Men’s Tennis vs. Southern New Hampshire, 3 p.m.  
3/29      Women’s Tennis vs. Franklin Pierce, 3:30 p.m.           
3/29      Men’s Lacrosse vs. Le Moyne, 3:30 p.m.            
3/30      Baseball vs. Norwich (Doubleheader), 2 p.m.                
4/1        Women’s Tennis vs. Bryant, 12 p.m.              
4/1        Men’s Tennis vs. Bryant, 12 p.m.              
4/1        Men’s Lacrosse vs. Pace, 12 p.m.               
4/1        Softball vs. UMass Lowell (Doubleheader), 1 p.m.               
4/1        Women’s Lacrosse vs. Bentley, 3 p.m.             
4/2        Women’s Tennis vs. Stonehill, 10 a.m.              
4/2        Softball @ Pace (Doubleheader), 12 p.m.              
4/2        Men’s Tennis @ Stonehill, 1 p.m.