Volleyball squad pulls out of ECAC contention
In both the 2006 and 2007 seasons, the volleyball team was awarded the top seed at the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament and cruised to back-to-back championships without losing a set.
Jeffrey Pickette
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lorraine Wingenbach '09
During the first weekend of her college volleyball career, outside hitter Lorraine Wingenbach '09 achieved All-Tournament honors at the 2005 Springfield College Invitational.
VOLLEYBALL: Squad posts perfect record at annual Judges Classic
Sweeping the competition in the Judges Classic has become an unofficial tradition of sorts for the volleyball team.
VOLLEYBALL: Team wins 1, drops 2 at Hall of Fame Tournament
Problems with ball control and passing contributed to a sixth-place finish for the volleyball team in the Hall of Fame Tournament at Smith College last weekend.
VOLLEYBALL: Judges go 3-1 at conference tournament
The return of setter Abby Blasco '11 to the lineup after an eight-game absence due to a hamstring injury helped to propel the volleyball team to a 3-1 record in the second two-day University Athletic Association Round Robin of the season last weekend at home.The Judges defeated Case Western Reserve University 3-0 last Sunday after dropping a match against No.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Paul Norton '11
Many statistics stand out from Paul Norton's '11 performance last Saturday at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth Invitational.
XCOUNTRY: Lemay, Norton lead cross country squads
Top performances from classmates Paul Norton '11, who placed third out of 278 runners, and Marie Lemay '11, who finished 11th out of 310 runners, led the men's and women's cross country teams to top-ten team finishes at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth Invitational last Saturday.
VOLLEYBALL: Judges complete comeback victory
Tied two sets apiece and trailing 9-4 in the fifth and final set in a road match against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last Saturday, the volleyball team was only six points away from suffering its first loss of the season.
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Joe Coppens '08
Prior to the seventh game of the 1984 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell told his teammates to "climb onto my back, boys." Maxwell scored 24 points in the decisive game, helping the Celtics capture their 15th championship.While men's basketball guard Joe Coppens '08 never spoke those same words, it was Coppens who stepped up and carried his team to the best season in the program's history, even in the absence of two-time all-University Athletic Association selection Steve DeLuca '08, sidelined with a season-ending injury."No one really came to one another and no coaches really came to anybody and said, 'You need to put up Steve DeLuca numbers,'" Coppens said.
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Kate Streilein '08
Four hours after capping her complete game victory against Keene State College in the semifinal round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament May 11, softball pitcher Kate Streilein '08 was on the mound again, this time in relief, to close out the team's first-ever ECAC championship.
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