BEVERLY – (Video) (Endicott Football) Hobart College, who is receiving votes in the D3football.com national top-25 poll, outscored Endicott 21-8 in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Gulls for a final score of 42-20 on Saturday afternoon at Hempstead Stadium.
Trailing 28-12 under the 10-minute mark of the fourth quarter, Endicott senior outside linebacker Connor McLaughlin (Canton, Mass.) shifted momentum in the contest when he intercepted a Shane Sweeney (Phelps, N.Y.) pass at his own 20-yard-line and took it to the house for an 80-yard score to bring the Gulls within eight points (28-20).
Endicott’s momentum swing didn’t last long, however, as Sweeney connected with senior wideout Sean Cunningham (Geneva, N.Y.) for a 68-yard touchdown pass at 7:34 of the quarter and the Statesmen never looked back.
ENDICOTT OFFENSE/DEFENSE
- Junior fullback Lavante Wiggins (Pittsfield, Mass.) gave Endicott its first lead of the 2016 season with
a one-yard TD run at 4:20 of the first quarter. Wiggins finished the contest with 100 yards rushing on 18 attempts and one touchdown (long 30, average 5.6). - Wiggins has now rushed for 100 yards or more twice in his career (132 vs. Maine Maritime on 10/4/14).
- Michael Scherer (Middlefield, Conn.) led the quarterback trio of Sam Ouellette (Rochester, N.H.) and Joe Kalosky (Plymouth, Conn.) with 122 yards passing on nine completions (22 attempts).
- Conor Crotty (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) paced the Gulls receiver corps with 72 yards on five catches.
- Chris Lipscomb (West Springfield, Mass.) hauled in the only other score for Endicott with a 21-yard fade in the left corner of the left end zone at 4:27 of the third to make it a 14-12 game, at the time.
- Defensively, William Rivera (Orangeburg, N.Y.) notched 10 tackles (eight solo), while Allen Gibson (Seymour, Conn.) collected nine tackles (three solo) and one interception at the doorstep of the end zone with less than 34-seconds remaining in the first half (7-6 Hobart lead).
- Meanwhile, McLaughlin wrapped up the second game of his senior season with an 80-yard interception for a touchdown, three tackles – including one for a loss – and one quarterback hurry.
- The Gulls as a defensive unit tallied seven quarterback hurries, which included two from senior co-captain Craig Anderson (Franklin, Mass.). Anderson finished the game with five tackles (three solo) in total.
HOBART OFFENSE/DEFENSE
- Sweeney, who is the reigning Liberty League Offensive Performer of the Week, shined once again for Hobart going 22-for-45 for 364 yards and four touchdowns. Last week against Brockport, Sweeney went 31-for-45 for a career-high 420 yards and four TD passes.
- Senior Bradley Burns (Hoosick Falls, N.Y.) carried the ball 13 times for 79 yards and one score.
- Four different student-athletes hauled in touchdowns for the Statesmen including Brandon Shed (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Isaiah Hill (Trenton, N.J.), Matthew Woods (Latham, N.Y.), and Cunningham.
- Shed led the quartet with seven catches for 135 yards.
- As an offensive unit, Hobart amassed 504 total yards – including 364 through the air and 140 on the ground.
- AJ McFarlane (Surrey, British Columbia) guided the frontline of the defense for the Statesmen with 10 tackles (three solo, seven assists, two sacks, 2.5 tackles for a loss, one forced fumble).
- Matt Cragg (Corry, Pa.) was second on the team in tackles with seven, while Jedh Downey (Norwood, N.J.) had five tackles and two forced fumbles.
- Tom D’Antonio (Greenwich, Conn.) also registered two tackles and one interception.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Hobart is now 2-0 overall to start a season for the seventh straight year.
- The Statesmen are 496-466-44, all-time, since their program started in 1891.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (0-2) hosts St. Lawrence University next Saturday at 12 p.m. Hobart (2-0) welcomes Ithaca to its campus on Saturday, September 17 at 7 p.m. as part of its Homecoming and Family Weekend festivities.
DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Endicott men’s soccer team handed host UMass-Dartmouth its first loss of the season, 2-1, Saturday afternoon at Cressy Field as junior midfielder Robert Hartan (Hebron, Conn.) scored his first career game-winning goal (unassisted) in the 82nd minute to clinch the win for the Gulls.
Freshman forward Evan Couchot (Mason, Ohio) knocked a header into the upper left corner of the net for the first goal of the match in the 33rd minute on an assist from senior midfielder Paul Erne (San Diego, Calif.) as the Gulls took a 1-0 lead into halftime.
Junior midfielder Fabio Araujo (Brockton, Mass.) knotted the score at one apiece with the equalizer in the 57th minute on a feed from senior forward Matt Vidal (New Bedford, Mass.).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Today’s match saw the Gulls win their fourth straight match against UMass-Dartmouth, though the Corsairs still hold the all-time series lead dating back prior to the 2001 season, 9-4-1.
- Endicott is on a three-match winning streak.
- The Gulls are 2-4 on the road at UMass-Dartmouth in the all-time series.
- Couchot leads the Gulls in goals this season with three tallies thus far.
- Hartan notched his first goal of the season (also first career game-winning goal).
- Erne logged his first assist of the season.
- Senior goalkeeper Nick Weinstein (Trumbull, Conn.) stopped eight shots (five in the second half) to move to 3-1-0 on the year.
- Weinstein has eight saves in three of the Gulls’ four matches this season.
- The Corsairs out-shot Endicott, 16-7.
FOR THE FOES
- Araujo tallied his second goal of the season.
- Vidal picked up his team-leading fourth assist on the year.
- Senior goalkeeper Luis Carranza (New Bedford, Mass.) suffered his first loss of the season (3-1-0) as he did not make any saves in net.
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The Gull won, 3-0, in Beverly, Mass. on 09/29/15 in the most recent meeting before tonight as Diego Slobotzky ’16 (Mexico City, Mexico) recorded his first career hat trick.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (3-1-0, 0-0-0 CCC) is back in action on Wednesday, September 14 at 4:30 p.m. as the Gulls travel to Williams.
UMass Dartmouth (3-1-0, 0-0-0 LEC) hosts Salve Regina on Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30 p.m.
MSOC: Hartan’s Game-Winner Pushes
WOMEN’S SOCCER
QUINCY, Mass.- The Endicott offense stayed hot on Saturday, scoring six more goals as they took down Eastern Nazarene 6-0 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) opener for both squads. With the win, Endicott moves to 3-0-1 (1-0-0 CCC) on the season while Eastern Nazarene falls to 0-4-0 (0-1-0 CCC).
The Gulls jumped out to a 4-0 lead at the half following goals from four different players while the defensive unit provided a stifling performance, holding the Lions without a shot in the frame. The scoring got underway in the 19th minute when freshman Hannah Pesci (Windham, N.H.) scored her first career goal at the 18:12 mark as she jumped on a loose ball in the box and put it in the back of the net. Less than six minutes later, junior Rachel Hanna (Chelmsford, Mass.) headed a cross from Paige Pratt (Topsfield, Mass.) past the Lions’ keeper to give Endicott the 2-0 advantage.
Freshman Catherine Elkas (Holden, Mass.) would be involved on the next two goals, scoring in the 29th minute as she received an endline cross from Abigail Silverstein (Katonah, N.Y.) and one timed to give Endicott the 3-0 lead. Just under two minutes later, Elkas would cross to Sharlotte Pernice (West Springfield, Mass.) in the box Pernice would bury her shot to swell the lead to 4-0 heading into the break. Pernice wasn’t done there as she scored her second of the match in the 53rd minute on a left-footed shot in the box before Paige Pratt wrapped up the scoring, potting her first of the season in the 77th minute off a direct kick to give Endicott the 6-0 win.
BEYOND THE BOX
- Pernice, the reigning CCC Offensive Player of the Week, has now tallied eight points on the season by scoring three goals and assisting on two others. Pernice is tied for third in the CCC in points.
- Pratt’s goal and assist were both the first of her career. The junior defender has played in 19 career matches and has started all four this season.
- Elkas, a freshman, has now recorded points in her last three matches. This marked her first career match with both a goal and an assist as she now has six points on the season.
- Hanna’s goal now ties her with Pernice for the team lead with three goals after she scored two in the team’s 4-0 win over Salem St.
- Pesci’s goal, the first of her career, also proved to be the eventual game winner.
- Goalies Caroline Armbruster (Stowe, Vt.) and Kristin Hartlage (Niskayuna, N.Y.) combined for the shutout as Hartlage made the only save of the match.
- Endicott out-shot Eastern Nazarene 31-1 in the match, as the visitors also held a 10-3 advantage in corners. The Gulls are now 16-1-1 all-time against the Lions.
FOR THE FOES
- The Lions saw keepers Anastasia Swift (Morrisville, Vt.) and Griselda Minchaca (Whittier, Calif.) combine to make three saves in the setback.
- Senior Katherine Lawrence (Marlborough, Conn.) recorded the lone shot for the Lions.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (3-0-1, 1-0-0 CCC) plays host to NEWMAC foe Wellesley on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. while Eastern Nazarene travels to NECC foe Mitchell on Wednesday for a 4:30 p.m. start.
BABSON PARK, Mass. – The Endicott field hockey team fell, 6-1 to host No. 16 Babson College Saturday afternoon in non-conference action at MacDowell Field.
Babson took a 2-0 lead into halftime behind goals from junior forward/midfielder Jacki Merrigan (Canton, Mass.) and senior midfielder Victoria Spofford (Merrimac, Mass.) in the 10th and 21st minutes, respectively.
Junior midfielder Samantha Crowley (Leicester, Mass.) scored the lone goal for the Gulls on a feed from sophomore midfielder Meghan Stanton (Newburyport, Mass.) in the 54th minute to bring the score to 3-1 at the time.
The Beavers tacked on three more unassisted tallies, including two from junior forward Elise Towers (Cicero, N.Y.) down the stretch to keep Babson’s record unblemished.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Beavers are now 7-2 all-time against Endicott.
- The Gulls have dropped seven straight to the Beavers in head-to-head matchups dating back to 2010.
- Endicott is 2-5 on the road at Babson in the all-time series.
- Crowley notched her second goal of the season and is tied for the team lead.
- Crowley has scored in back-to-back games for the second time in her career.
- Stanton picked up her first assist of the season.
- Senior goalkeeper Cheka Ventura (Lawrence, Mass.) made a season-high 13 saves as she moved to 1-1 on the season.
- Ventura has not stopped 13 or more shots since her freshman season. (Career-high is 17 against UNE on 11/08/14.)
FOR THE FOES
- Babson was ranked No. 16 in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division III Preseason Poll – Aug. 30.
- Freshman goalkeeper Deirdre Barry (Longmeadow, Mass.) made two saves for the undefeated Beavers as she improved to 5-0-0 in goal.
- Towers currently leads the team with eight goals on the season.
- Sophomore midfielder Ashley Tango (Reading, Mass.) scored once and added one assist.
NOTES
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Babson shut out Endicott, 5-0, in the most recent meeting before today on 09/04/15 in Beverly, Mass.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (1-1, 0-0 CCC) returns to action on Tuesday, September 13 at MIT at 6:00 p.m.
Babson (5-0, 0-0 NEWMAC) hosts Tufts on Tuesday, September 13 at 6:00 p.m.
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women’s tennis team fell to Colby College by a 5-3 score on Saturday afternoon at the South Campus Tennis Courts. Today’s match marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Colby jumped out to a 2-1 advantage in doubles, before winning three straight singles matches (No. 3, No. 1, No. 2) to earn its first victory of the 2016-17 season. Endicott (2-2, 2-0 CCC) received victories at No. 2 doubles from sophomores Hayley Barnett (Marlboro, N.J.) and Margot Andreasen (Portland, Maine), and at No. 4 and No. 6 singles via sophomore Lauren Rahr (Waterford, Conn.) and senior Mackenzie Rhodes (Rye, N.H.), respectively.
TOP QUOTE
“Today’s match was a really hard fought battle against a quality NESCAC opponent,” said Endicott women’s tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. “I’m happy with where the team is four matches into the season, so now we will use the remainder of the weekend to relax before taking on Nichols next Wednesday.”
#OhHeyThatsNice
- Barnett and Andreasen won their doubles match by a 9-8 (7-3) score to move their career mark as a pairing to 14-5 overall.
- Rahr, who defeated her opponent 6-0, 6-2, is now 5-2 in her career and 2-1 at the No. 4 position this season.
- Rhodes’s gritty 1-6, 6-2, 11-9 triumph over Colby’s Emily Dyckman (Princeton, N.J.) was the 27th of her career.
- Sophomore Gillian Freter (Scituate, Mass.) was well on her way to winning her third singles match of the season at the No. 5 position, but her match went unfinished due to rain. Freter held a 7-6 (7-3), 4-2 lead before play was halted for good.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (2-2, 2-0 CCC) hosts Nichols College in a conference matchup on Wednesday, September 14 at 3:30 p.m. Colby (1-0) travels to Simmons today at 4 p.m. for a non-conference contest
- The Gulls once again saw junior Lauren Sheehan (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) lead the team as she hit a team-best .400 and recorded a team-high 14 kills in the win.
- Joining Sheehan with double-digit kills was outside Tori McIntyre (San Diego, Wash.) who picked up a double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs. It was the senior’s second double-double of the young season as she went for 15 kills and 10 digs against Bates on Friday.
- Sophomore Emma Mancini (Lynnfield, Mass.) chipped in nine kills as she hit at a .308 clip (9-1-26) while also playing solid defense, grabbing 10 digs.
- Freshman libero Mackenzie Kennedy (Andover, Mass.) picked up a team-best and career-best tying 18 digs in the win to go with three aces.
- Setters Mareena Clotfelter (Poulsbo, Wash.) and Zoey Gifford (Natick, Mass.) combined for 45 assists and 29 digs as they ran an efficient offense that hit .227 for the match.
- Sheehan continued her impressive start to the 2016 campaign by registering a team-high 12 kills while she hit at a .318 clip. The outside also picked up six digs and two assist blocks.
- Clotfelter led the Gulls with 20 assists to go along with nine digs while Emma Jutras (Cranston, R.I.) collected a career-best 11 assists in the win.
- Senior Tori McIntyre was outstanding defensively, picking up a team-high 19 digs to add to three assist blocks and two aces.
- Sophomore Erica Hadad (Salem, N.H.) chipped in five kills and five assist blocks from the middle while fellow sophomore middle Emily DIezemann (Peabody, Mass.) chipped in four assist blocks.
- Freshman libero Mackenzie Kennedy was solid again, serving up three aces and picking up 16 digs.
The host Nor’easters won the meet with 75 points, while Wentworth (79), and Plymouth State (89), ranked ahead of Endicott (104). Worcester State University rounded out the top-5 at today’s UNE Invitational with a team score of 118.
Connelly made his way through the 8-kilometer layout in 28:37 for a 10th place finish, while Dwyer crossed the line two-seconds later for 11th overall. The tandem averaged about 5:45 per mile in their first 8-kilomoter race of the young season.
Following Connelly and Dwyer to make up the rest of Endicott’s top-5 were sophomore Patrick Finocchiaro (Salem, N.H.) and freshman Adam Germaine (Guilford, Conn.) who checked in at No. 20 (29:16) and No. 21 (29:22), respectively, and sophomore Brendan Sasse (Westport, Mass.) who finished in 42nd place (30:41).
TOP QUOTE
“The men fought hard through their first 8k this year and showed a lot of composure in the race strategy,” said Endicott men’s cross country head coach Spencer Lange. “Both Will and Adam are having strong starts to their careers. They are being pushed by James and Patrick who have been constantly improving since last season. The next few weeks are going to include some key workouts, they are motivated and excited to get continue their hard work.”
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Connelly has finished first overall for the Gulls in the first two races of the 2016 season.
- Dwyer bettered his time from last year’s UNE Invitational by more than a minute (1:18), and Finocchiaro was 28-seconds faster than his previous time from 2015.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott enjoys a week off to train before taking part in the Bowdoin Invitational on Saturday, September 24 at 11 a.m.
BIDDEFORD, Maine – Top-20 finishes from Abigail Keim (Williston, Vt.), Kiera Malone (Woburn, Mass.), and Laura Pomeroy (Windham, N.H.) propelled the Endicott women’s cross country team to a third place showing at the University of New England Invitational (UNE) on Saturday afternoon.
UNE claimed top honors with a team score of 19 points, while Worcester State University (87) earned runner-up honors ahead of Endicott (100). Last week, the Nor’easters recorded a perfect score of 15 points at their own UNE Early-Season Invitational against Maine Farmington and St. Joseph’s College.
Meanwhile, Keim led Endicott with an 11th place finish on the 5-kilometer course in 21:08, while Malone came in 13th overall (21:12), and Pomeroy was 19th overall (21:28). Maeve Kelly (Washingtonville, N.Y.) was the Gulls’ No. 4 runner with a time of 22:38, and Kelly O’Neill (Cumberland, R.I.) came through at 22:49 (41st).
TOP QUOTE
“The women did a great job executing the race strategy. UNE has a tough course but the ladies handled it well and are looking forward to the next few weeks of training before Bowdoin,” said Endicott women’s cross country head coach Spencer Lange. “Abby [Keim], Kiera [Malone], and Laura [Pomeroy] managed to find good positioning at the start of the race and moved their way up. Laura has done a great job so far running up there with Abby and Kiera. Both Maeve [Kelly] and Kelly [O’Neill] worked together through the latter part of the race to fight for their spots. They are motivated and stepping up as leaders, which we believe is more important at this point during the season.”
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Endicott has finished inside the top-3 at the UNE Invitational for the last three seasons.
- Keim led the Gulls for the ninth time in her career with today’s 11th place finish.
- Keim also was 11-seconds faster than her time last year at the UNE Invitational
- The Gulls’ top-3 harriers only had a gap of 20-seconds.
- Malone improved by seven seconds in comparison to her performance a season ago.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott enjoys a week off to train before taking part in the Bowdoin Invitational on Saturday, September 24 at 12 p.m.
