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NINE PURPLE KNIGHT NAMED TO NORTHEAST-10 WEEKLY HONOR ROLL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                         FOR MORE INFORMATION October 3, 2005                                                                            Contact: Seth Cole                                                                                                     Phone: (802) 654-2537 COLCHESTER, Vt. – Nine Saint Michael's College student-athletes were named to the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll on Monday, including three women's tennis players and three cross country runners. In women's tennis, sophomore Danielle Gagnon (Gorham, Maine/Catherine McAuley) and juniors Cara Bednar (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead) and Cailie Burns (Chepachet, R.I./Ponaganset) were recognized. Gagnon had a three-set singles victory and a doubles win in Saint Michael's 6-3 triumph versus Saint Anselm College on Sunday. Bednar also won twice, at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, versus the Hawks, while Burns was 4-0 last week, as she also won twice in the Purple Knights' 5-4 loss to Merrimack College on Saturday. In cross country, senior Paul Wagner (Woods Hole, Mass./Suffield Academy) and junior Thomas Lichtenberger (Bloomfield, Conn./Northwest Catholic) were honored on the men's side, and freshman Mary Lynn Denholm (Sparks, Md./Okemo Mountain School) was chosen for the women. Wagner and Lichtenberger place sixth and ninth, respectively, at the Vermont State Championship on Saturday, leading the men to a third-place finish, while Denholm paced the Saint Michael's women with an eighth-place finish, helping the squad finish in second. In men's soccer, senior Patrick Melvin (Belmont, Vt./Black River) earned an honor roll nod. He stopped 14 shots last week, including 11 in a 0-0 tie at eighth-ranked league leader Merrimack College on Saturday. The shutout was Melvin's third of the season. In women's soccer, freshman Caitlin Cronin (Dalton, Mass./Saint Joseph's Central) was chosen. She tallied a pair of goals, including the game-tying and game-winning scores, in the Purple Knights' 3-1 win versus American International College on Tuesday, kick-starting Saint Michael's 2-0 week. In field hockey, sophomore Chelsea Kimball (North Berwick, Maine/Noble) earned an honor roll citation. She scored two goals in the eighth-ranked Purple Knights' 7-3 win against Saint Anselm College on Wednesday, and added the lone tally in Saturday's 2-1 setback at fifth-ranked University of Massachusetts Lowell. ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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