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                THIS WEEK IN SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE ATHLETICS

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September 19, 2005                                                                      Contact: Daniel O’Reilly
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COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Saint Michael's College men’s soccer team (3-4) went undefeated this past week, picking up two shutout victories, both by scores of 3-0. On Wednesday at Johnson State, after completing the first half tied at zero the Purple Knights had a three goal surge, as sophomore Yoshikazu Ishii (Tokyo, Japan) scored two goals and Scott Hinman (New Hartford, Conn./Northwestern Regional) added another, while Patrick Melvin (Belmont, Vt./Black River) contributed two saves. On Saturday, Melvin again turned away two shots as SMC hosted Assumption College. The team was able to pick up its first Northeast-10 Conference victory of the season, thanks to another two goal effort, this one coming from junior Glenn Sherman (Arlington, Vt./Arlington Memorial). Freshman Jan Heyboer (Park Ridge, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) netted his first collegiate goal, and Ishii added a pair of assists to finish the week with a four point output.

The field hockey team (4-3) extended its winning streak to four games as the Purple Knights earned conference wins over Franklin Pierce and Bryant University by respective scores of 4-2 and 4-1. SMC was anchored by Lindsay Harrison (Brandon, Vt./Otter Valley Union), who scored her first three goals of the season in the two victories, and by Cassie Dewey (Lebanon, N.J./Mount St. Mary’s Academy) who contributed two goals and an assist.

The women’s tennis team (1-1) began its season on Saturday with a home match against Bentley College. Saint Michael’s dropped the opener by a 6-3 score, but was able to bounce back with a 5-4 win over Le Moyne the following day. Cailie Burns (Chepachet, R.I./Ponaganset) and Molly Harrison (Windham, N.H./Salem) went undefeated over the two matches in doubles competition, and Burns picked up a singles win as well on Sunday by a score of 6-3, 6-4. Megan Conway (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) won three of the four matches she played over the weekend, taking both singles events, and teamed up with Michelle Wood (Chatham, N.Y./Chatham) to take an 8-6 doubles victory.

The men’s tennis team (1-0) also opened its season this weekend, defeating Le Moyne by a 6-3 score. John Lescure (Kennebunk, Maine/Kennebunk) and Torr Terranova (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) each went undefeated, taking both their doubles and singles matches.

Freshman Laura Anacone (Mansfield, Mass./Bishop Feehan) scored the first goals of her college career on Monday as she tallied a hat trick in the women’s soccer team’s 6-0 rout of Georgian Court. The Purple Knights (2-5) also saw goals from Kelly Boulter (Norfolk, Mass./King Philip Regional), Caitlin Cronin (Dalton, Mass./Saint Joseph's Central), and Alexandra Petri (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall Academy), while sophomore goaltender Laura Tuveson (Norfolk, Mass./King Philip Regional) stopped all five shots she saw in the shutout victory. The team then traveled to Stonehill on Friday and suffered a 3-1 defeat to the Skyhawks.

The men’s cross country team came in third place out of ten teams at the Middlebury College Invitational on Saturday. Paul Wagner (Woods Hole, Mass./Suffield Academy) came in fourth place overall, completing the race in 27:45.4. Teammate Thomas Lichtenberger (Bloomfield, Conn./Northwest Catholic) finished close behind in eighth with a time of 28:20.8.

The women’s cross country team meanwhile came in fifth place out of ten teams, backed by the running performance of Kim Fahner (Westminster, Vt./Vermont Academy) who placed 16^th overall, just three seconds ahead of Mary Lynn Denholm (Sparks, Md./St. Paul School) who came in 18^th.

The golf team completed the Duke Nelson Invitational hosted by Middlebury finishing in 22^nd place out of the 24 team field. Michael Duffy (Yarmouthport, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional) had the Purple Knights’ lowest stroke total, posting scores of 81 and 79 over the two day tournament for a total of 160. Andrew Deloria (Gansevoort, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) finished on Sunday with scores of 87 and 81, just one stroke ahead of teammate Jonathan Goguen (Ashby, Mass./Saint Bernards), who closed the weekend with a stroke total of 169.

The volleyball team (0-3) suffered two losses this past week, first at Plattsburgh State on Tuesday, then at Saint Rose on Saturday. Amy Manougian (Rye, N.H./Portsmouth) had 29 assists, added five digs and one service ace as the team dropped three very close contests in Plattsburgh, N.Y. (27-30, 27-30, 20-30). On Saturday, Leslie Herwig (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) tallied three service aces, nine digs, and also assisted on a block as SMC suffered a conference defeat to the Golden Knights (7-30, 22-30, 23-30).

This Week’s Schedule:

9/20	Men's Soccer at Saint Anselm	3:30 p.m.
9/21	Women's Soccer vs. Saint Rose	4 p.m.
9/22	Women's Tennis vs. Lyndon State	4 p.m.
9/22	Field Hockey at Bentley	7 p.m.
9/22	Golf at Castleton State	TBA
9/23	Volleyball vs. Merrimack	7 p.m.
9/24	Women's Soccer at Bryant	10 a.m.
9/24	Men's Soccer vs. Le Moyne	1 p.m.
9/24	Volleyball vs. UMass Lowell	1 p.m.
9/24	Men's Tennis at Lyndon State	1 p.m.
9/24	Field Hockey vs. Merrimack	2 p.m.
9/24-25	Golf Northeast-10 Championships at Le Moyne	TBA
9/25	Women's Tennis vs. Franklin Pierce	12 p.m.
9/25	Field Hockey vs. American International	2 p.m.

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