Men’s Basketball
BEVERLY – The fourth-seeded Endicott men’s basketball team will look to defend its 2014-15 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) title on Saturday, February 27 in the CCC Championship at 2:00 p.m. vs. sixth-seeded Roger Williams University inside MacDonald Gymnasium.
In CCC Semifinal action on Thursday night, the Gulls (17-10 overall) defeated top-seeded Nichols, 82-80, to advance to the CCC Championship for the second season in a row and will compete to raise their third banner in the past five years. In the other CCC Semifinal, Roger Williams (12-15) bested the University of New England, 75-58, in Bristol, R.I.
PREVIOUS MATCHUPS: The Gulls and Hawks met twice in the regular season, as Endicott swept the season series with Roger Williams with victories on Jan. 7, 2016 (64-61) and on Feb. 6, 2016 (65-51) in Bristol, R.I. Endicott is 25-7 all-time and 16-4 at home against the Hawks dating back to the 1994 season.
PLAYOFF HISTORY: Endicott and Roger Williams will meet in postseason play for the seventh time in program history and second time in the conference championship. The Gulls are 6-0 against the Hawks in the CCC Tournament, including a 5-0 record on the home hardwood.
| Date | Result | Location | Game | Special Note |
| 02/26/00 | Endicott 92, RWU 75 | Beverly, Mass. | N/A | Endicott CCC Champions |
| 02/20/01 | Endicott 69, RWU 63 | Beverly, Mass. | CCC Quarterfinals | |
| 02/26/04 | Endicott 73, RWU 60 | Beverly, Mass. | CCC Semifinals | Endicott CCC Champions |
| 02/26/05 | Endicott 71, RWU 59 | Beverly, Mass. | CCC Championship | Endicott CCC Champions |
| 02/22/11 | Endicott 71, RWU 68 (OT) | Bristol, R.I. | CCC Quarterfinals | |
| 02/21/12 | Endicott 77, RWU 64 | Beverly, Mass. | CCC Quarterfinals | Endicott CCC Champions |
| 02/27/16 | TBD | Beverly, Mass. | CCC Championship | TBD |
POSTSEASON HISTORY: The Gulls have made the CCC Tournament in 14 seasons since joining the conference in 1999, with appearances in a conference championship in nine of 22 seasons overall*. In 2014-15, the Gulls captured the program’s sixth CCC title with a 90-60 win over Wentworth to hoist their second trophy in the last four years and seventh overall. Second-year head coach Kevin Bettencourt has led the Gulls to a 40-16 overall record in his tenure and the team is hungry to repeat as CCC Champions. *includes 1998-99 GNAC Championship
ENDICOTT (17-10) | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS: The Gulls are led in scoring by All-CCC First Team junior guard Kamahl Walker (Worcester, Mass.), who currently ranks fourth all-time on the program’s scoring leader list with 1,274 career points. Walker surpassed current assistant coach Lance Greene’s ’13 mark of 1,268 in the team’s CCC Semifinals win over Nichols on Feb. 25, 2016. All-CCC Second Team junior guard Max Motroni (West Warwick, R.I.) has scored in double figures in all 26 games he has appeared in this season, with eight games scoring 20+ points, and currently has 975 career points. He would become the team’s 14th men’s basketball player to reach the 1,000 point milestone and fifth to do so as a junior. All-CCC Second Team junior forward Daquan Sampson (Germantown, Md.) is fourth in the conference with 11 double-doubles.
ROGER WILLIAMS (12-15) | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS: The sixth-seeded Hawks earned their first berth to the CCC title game since 2008 with a 75-58 win over the seventh-seeded University of New England in the CCC Semifinals on Thursday after defeating third-seeded Eastern Nazarene 68-67 in the CCC Quarterfinals on Tuesday. Roger Williams is led by freshman guard Austin Coene (Tyngsborough, Mass.) with a team-high 306 points, senior captain Trevor Fahmy (New Bedford, N.H.) with a team-best 201 rebounds (fourth in the conference with 8.4 rebounds per game) and a team-leading 43 blocks. All-CCC Third Team sophomore guard Nick Marini (Loudonville, N.Y.) ranks fourth in the conference in field goal percentage at 51.1 percent. The Hawks are coached by Mike Tully, Clark ’91 in his 15th season with the program.
WHAT’S AT STAKE: The winner will receive the automatic qualifying bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament with the entire field of pairings announced on Monday, Feb. 29 during the NCAA Selection Show at 12:30 p.m., EST. $website.include(“rich-footer”)
HOW TO FOLLOW THE GAME:
Live Stats/Video: http://ecgulls.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20160227_tk3x.xml
2016 CCC MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Quarterfinals • Tuesday, February 23
#1 Nichols 107, #8 Western New England 67
#7 University of New England 61, #2 Wentworth 58
#6 Roger Williams 68, #3 Eastern Nazarene 67
#4 Endicott 86, #5 Gordon 76
Semifinals • Thursday, February 25
#4 Endicott 82, #1 Nichols 80
#6 Roger Williams 75, #7 University of New England 58
Championship Game • Saturday, February 27
#4 Endicott vs. #6 Roger Williams, 2:00 p.m.
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Women’s Lacrosse
BEVERLY – The Endicott women’s lacrosse team has been picked second in the 2016 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as selected by the league’s nine head coaches.
Head coach Morgan Maciewicz enters her second season at the helm of the Endicott women’s lacrosse program as the Gulls are coming off a 15-6 loss to Roger Williams in the CCC Semifinals that snapped a streak of nine straight conference titles brought home to Beverly from 2006 to 2014.
Endicott received 68 points and the remaining first place vote heading into the 2015-16 season after posting an 11-6 record overall in 2015, which included a 6-2 showing in conference games.
Western New England University was slated for the top spot with 80 points and eight first place votes, while Roger Williams was ranked third (66). University of New England (53), Gordon (47), Salve Regina (33), Nichols (25), Curry (14), and Wentworth (9) rounded out the poll in respective order.
Endicott opens the 2016 campaign at MIT on Wednesday, March 2 at 6:00 p.m. and the home opener is set for Saturday, March 5 at 1:00 p.m. at Hempstead Stadium as the Gulls welcome Wheaton College to Beverly, Mass. for a non-conference matchup.
The 2016 women’s lacrosse non-conference schedule is packed with two more strong NEWMAC opponents (March 9 vs. Wellesley, March 26 vs. Babson) and four other regional contenders throughout the season (March 14 vs. Rensselaer, March 17 vs. Trinity (Conn.), March 19 at Southern Maine, and March 23 vs. Bowdoin). Housing these opponents will only prepare the Gulls for a competitive CCC schedule as they will look to bring home the program’s tenth title and tenth NCAA appearance in the last 11 years.
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Men’s Tennis
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Endicott men’s tennis team defeated Saint Anselm, 5-4, in its spring season opener on Friday afternoon at the Carr Center.
Endicott held a 2-1 advantage after doubles as the Gulls took the No. 1 and No. 3 slots from the Hawks. Christopher Kirkpatrick (Newburyport, Mass.) and Michael Dolph (Stratford, Conn.) claimed an 8-2 victory at No. 1, while Sean McAndrews (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) and Matthew Doherty (Plymouth, Mass.) edged Kyle Harris (North Reading, Mass.) and Robert Patenaude (Augusta, Maine) by a 9-8 score at No. 3 to close out doubles action with the 2-1 lead.
In singles play, Kirkpatrick notched a 6-2, 6-4 triumph at No. 1, while Dolph breezed to a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 3 to put Endicott ahead 4-1. Saint Anselm went on to pick up victories at the No. 2 and No. 5 positions, before McAndrews earned a gritty 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 victory in the No. 4 slot to seal the victory for the Gulls.
TOP QUOTE
“Always good to start off the spring season with a win,” said Endicott men’s tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. “We are looking forward to getting back after it in practice for the next couple weeks before our trip to Hilton Head.”
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Dolph is now 5-0 at the No. 3 singles position for the Gulls this season.
- Kirkpatrick is undefeated in the No. 1 singles slot (5-0).
- As a doubles pairing, Dolph and Kirkpatrick are 3-2 after today’s 8-2 victory over Saint Anselm’s No. 1 doubles team.
- McAndrews and Doherty picked up their first victory in doubles play this season in their first try.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (2-3) returns to action in mid-March where the Gulls will play in the Spring Tennis Fest in Head, South Carolina. Saint Anselm (0-6) takes on American International College on March 19 at a time to be determined later
