Men's Basketball Rebounds with Two More Wins
Issue 6 for athletic events from January 27 - February 2, 1997
Men's Basketball Rebounds with Two More WinsRising to No. 3 in the NCAA Northeast polls, Amherst rebounded from a weekend loss to Colby by defeating Babson 90-76. Wilson scored 19 of his 26 points in the second half as Amherst shot well over 50% for the game. Forward Billy Skorupski '98 (Hatfield, MA) added 20-points in a career-best performance. Amherst boasted five players in double-figures, including the 5-5 shooting of Tri-Captain Chris Akers '97 (Washington, DC).
Returning home, the Jeffs prepared to face fourth-ranked Hamilton, a team that had appeared in the last two NCAA tournaments. Amherst mounted a 10-0 midway through the first half to claim a 7-point lead, one they maintained with the three-point shooting prowess of Wilson, Julian Rowand '98 (Washington, DC) and Tri-Captain George Charles '97 (Tampa, FL). But Hamilton forced five Jeff fouls in the closing minutes of the half to pull within three at halftime.
Wilson opened up the second half with an alley-oop from Charles before junior John Pavelski (Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ) swished two 3's to extend the Jeff lead to 11. Combined, Wilson and Pavelski had 38 of the team's 53 second half points. Hamilton took advantage of the double-bonus and Amherst's 17 second-half fouls to keep the game close, pulling within three on a jumper by Kevin Larson. But Pavelski's fourth of five 3's that helped Amherst pull away for the last time with three minutes to play. For the game, Amherst hit 17-31 from long range and 22-28 from the line to earn their 13th win of the season.
No. Name GP ppg rpg apg 21 Jamal Wilson '97 15 22.7 5.5 1.7 41 John Pavelski '98 15 18.7 6.1 1.4 4 Julian Rowand '98 15 8.6 3.9 2.6 32 Billy Skorupski '98 15 7.9 5.5 0.8 44 Chris Akers '97 15 5.8 6.3 1.0 12 Patrick Mulvey '00 15 5.5 2.0 1.5 23 Hugh Quattlebaum '00 15 4.1 2.0 0.8 11 George Charles '97 15 3.9 1.5 3.4 24 Chris Ingraham '99 12 3.7 2.1 0.5 40 Charles Field '99 7 3.1 1.7 0.3 20 Caith Chapman '99 12 2.8 0.4 2.1 5 Mark MacLeod '99 10 2.5 0.5 1.9 10 Josh Anish '99 8 2.0 1.1 0.1 3 Peter Denby '00 3 2.0 1.3 1.0 31 Jackson Collins '00 3 1.7 2.3 0.3 30 Chris Smith '00 10 1.5 2.8 0.2 Amherst Totals 15 88.7 43.2 17.2 Opponent Totals 15 72.1 39.1 11.5Current Record: 13-2 Last Week: at Babson, W 90-76 Hamilton, W 103-90 This Week: Tue Feb 4 Framingham State Sat Feb 8 at Williams
At Wellesley, senior co-captain Kate Sullivan (Exeter, NH) nabbed five steals and had three assists in the Jeffs' 50-44 victory. Committing a season-low nine turnovers, the Jeffs forced 23 and registered three blocks for the night. Hersey contributed yet another double-double, her sixth of the season, with 11-points and 10-rebounds.
Kate Sullivan had a repeat performance at Tufts two days later with 5 steals and 6 assists in a 72-61 win. She leads the team with 2.8 apg and is tied with Hersey and Noel with 1.8 steals per game. Shooting a mere 29.4% in the first half, the Jeffs rebounded from a 32-25 halftime deficit to outscore the Jumbos 47-29 in the second with 21-34 (61.8%) shooting. Offensively, Naomi Sullivan put up career numbers with 18-points and 15-rebounds to complement fellow forward Sarah Rinaldi's (Washington, DC) 16-point, 10-rebound performance. Noel and Hersey contributed 14 and 12 points, respectively.
Current Record: 11-5
Last Week: at WPI, W 62-59 OT
at Wellesley, W 50-44
at Tufts, W 72-61
Next Week: Tue Feb 4 at Norwich
Thu Feb 6 at Smith
Sat Feb 8 at Williams
Down 2-0 to Bowdoin early in the second period, Amherst scored four goals in an 11-minute span to take a 4-3 lead into the final 20 minutes. A shorthanded goal by Charlie Blyth '99 (Beaconsfield, Quebec) put the Jeffs up halfway through the period after the Bears had equalized at 4 goals apiece. But Bowdoin answered with eight minutes of offensive intensity, netting three more goals to snap the Jeffs' win-streak.
Amherst faced another tough team in yet another close decision the following day against Colby. Amherst maintained a one-goal lead until the final minute of regulation when Terry Flynn netted a Mule goal to send the game into extra time. Feeding off of the momentum from Flynn's goal, Colby ended the game just 26 seconds into overtime on Nick Lamia's second goal of the night. Senior co-captain Joe Branca (Medford, MA) made 37 saves against each of the Bears and the Mules.
Goaltending W-L-T Min Sht Sav G GAA Save %
Joe Branca '97 7-6-0 813 431 380 51 3.76 88.1%
Chris Addesa '99 4-0-0 213 94 85 9 2.53 90.4%
Greg Morneau '98 1-0-0 60 10 9 1 1.00 90.0%
Amherst Totals 12-6-0 1089 536 474 62 3.41 88.4%
Current Record: 12-6
Last Week: North Adams, W 5-3
Bowdoin, L 5-7
Colby, L 3-4 OT
This Week: Fri Feb 7 at Wesleyan
Sat Feb 8 at Trinity
The following day Amherst faced Middlebury, the top-ranked team in the Alliance with a perfect 12-0 league record. While the Panthers may have scored 10 goals, the Jeffs returned home with the satisfaction of scoring two goals against them. Junior tri-captain Jess Frisch (Bethesda, MD) snuck her 13th and 14th goals of the season past the Panther defense, a unit that has allowed only five goals all year. Frisch, the team's leading scorer, had been recognized in the ECAC Alliance Honor Roll a week earlier for her hattrick and two assists against Holy Cross.
Goalkeeping GP/GS W-L-T Min Saves Save% GA GAA SOs
22 Sarah Evans '99 7/6 1-5-0 318 188 85.1% 37 6.98 0
31 Catherine Cugell '98 3/3 1-2-0 160 77 82.8% 16 6.00 0
1 Cindy Matsushita '98 5/2 0-2-0 167 61 88.9% 11 3.95 0
Amherst Totals 11 2-9-0 645 326 83.6% 64 5.82 0
Opponent Totals 11 9-2-0 645 199 87.3% 29 2.64 1
Current Record: 2-9
Last Week: at Vermont, L 2-3
at Middlebury, L 2-10
This Week: Wed Feb 5 Connecticut College
Sat Feb 8 Bowdoin
Sun Feb 9 Maine
Co-captain Jeff Barnes '97 (West Lafayette, IN) overcame illness and injury in the 400 IM to win with a time of 4:19.32. Matt Smith '99 (North Bridgton, ME) qualified for Nationals on both 1-meter and 3-meter boards, while teammates Joe Schneider '97 (Delmar, NY) and Dan Fernandez '97 (Tampa, FL) followed close behind to sweep both diving events. Josh Oberwetter '00 (Washington Depot, CT) continued swimming well, winning the 200 backstroke in a sub-2 minute effort of 1:59.84. Despite an illness, Grossman continued to be a force in the butterfly events, beating his opponents in the 100 by nearly 3 seconds with a time of :53.62. Lahey later went on to break Luke's pool record in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:00.47, before easily clocking a 2:13.57 in the 200 for the win. However, Luke answered back in the 50 freestyle, edging out co-captains Barnes and Peter Grossi '97 (McLean, VA).
Against Wesleyan, Weeks continued to be unbeatable, as she broke two more records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke with times of 1:08.88 and 2:29.62, respectively. The junior's times in both events, as well as her 4:39.99 in the 400 IM, were B-cuts for Nationals, even faster than the times she had swum the first time she clocked times faster than qualifying times. The 800 freestyle relay of Moran, Kristin Olson '00 (Los Angeles, CA), Elise Deriel '99 (Havertown, PA), and co-captain Katrin Stuehmeier '97 (Fair Haven, NJ) broke the pool record by almost nine seconds with a time of 8:06.85. Sprinters Katherine Poulin '00 (St. Davids, PA) and Deny Soto '00 (New Haven, CT) easily came in first and second in the 50 freestyle with times of :25.82 and :25.83, respectively. Soto continued her sprinting abilities in the 100 butterfly, winning with a time of 1:01.52. Divers co-captain Becky Watson '97 (Hamel, MN), Tamara Ball '99 (Des Peres, MO), Lauren Leibsohn '97 (Mission Hills, KS) and Jenny Mutterperl '00 (Bethesda, MD) continue to improve, getting ready for New Englands and Nationals.
Current Record: 8-1
Last Week: at MIT, W 9-0
at Princeton, L 2-7
This Week: Wed Feb 5 Yale
Fri Feb 6 Brown
Sat Feb 8 Little IIIs at Williams
Current Record: 8-6
Last Week: at Dartmouth, L 3-6
Brown, L 4-5
Yale, L 2-7
This Week: Tue Feb 4 Smith
Sat Feb 8 Little IIIs at Williams
Women's basketball added three road wins to their season to better their record to 11-5. The Jeffs encountered their first overtime situation of the season at WPI when the buzzer sounded with two 53s on the scoreboard. Amherst outscored the Engineers 9-6 in extra time behind the 15-point performance of Janinne Noel '99 (Dalton, MA) and two 10-point shows by Kathryn Hersey '99 (Westford, MA) and Naomi Sullivan '00 (Hudson, MA). Sullivan also added 11-rebounds and 3 steals to her stats.
Women's Basketball Extends Streak to Four
No. Name GP ppg rpg apg
15 Kathryn Hersey '99 15 15.4 9.3 1.7
31 Sarah Rinaldi '98 8 10.8 4.5 0.9
12 Janinne Noel '99 16 10.0 2.5 1.8
33 Naomi Sullivan '00 16 9.4 7.4 1.8
21 Kate Sullivan '97 16 6.5 2.7 2.8
34 Nora McCartney '98 16 6.2 5.1 0.9
24 Liza Feldman '00 15 4.1 1.3 0.4
14 Dacia Walker '00 16 3.1 1.6 1.1
30 Sam Ince '97 16 3.0 3.2 0.5
10 Melissa Roja '00 8 0.9 0.3 0.1
32 Molly Auth '97 14 0.4 0.6 0.1
22 Tari Cash '98 2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Amherst Totals 16 62.7 40.8 11.4
Opponent Totals 16 61.4 39.1 11.9
The Jeffs extended their win-streak to eight with a 5-3 victory over North Adams before back-to-back losses to Bowdoin and Colby handed Amherst a 12-6 record at the end of the weekend. Junior Mike Noone (Swampscott, MA) earned his 100th career point in a three-assist show against North Adams to start the week. Rob MacDonald '99 (Walpole, MA) added a pair of goals and a pair of assists against the Mohawks.
Men's Ice Hockey 1-2 for Week
No. Name GP G A P PIM
22 Charlie Blyth '99 18 15 21 36 24
24 Rob MacDonald '99 18 13 16 29 14
9 Mike Noone '98 18 9 16 25 2
19 Matt Sather '97 15 9 14 23 0
23 Dan Moos '98 18 10 7 17 8
21 Doug Erickson '98 18 3 11 14 28
2 Buster Nelson '00 18 5 7 12 25
18 Matt Rogers '99 15 4 8 12 2
11 Paul Gozzo '98 18 2 9 11 16
8 Tim Kelly '98 18 3 6 9 10
5 Tim Quinn '00 18 4 3 7 20
7 Tom Carideo '98 18 3 3 6 20
15 Matt Drawz '99 18 2 3 4 16
6 Chris Gargiulo '98 9 1 3 4 2
17 Andy Jones '00 18 0 4 4 8
3 John Collura '97 18 1 2 3 6
20 Bart Molloy '97 17 0 2 2 6
12 Dave Hale '97 17 0 1 1 16
29 Joe Branca '97 14 0 0 0 2
10 John Maguire '00 11 0 0 0 2
Amherst Totals 18 84 135 219 227
Even though they came home with two losses from a weekend in Vermont, women's ice hockey considers the weekend a success just short of victories. Facing Vermont on Saturday, the Jeffs cashed in on their young offensive potential as Brittany Evans '99 (Avon, CT) scored her first of two goals to give the Jeffs an early lead. Down 3-1 in the third, Evans struck again with four minutes to play as the Jeffs locked in the offense in the Vermont end. Amherst forced the Catamount goalie to make 10 of her 19 saves in the third period, but a third shot couldn't find its way to the net before the end of regulation.
Women's Ice Hockey Gains Confidence
No. Name G A Pts P-Min
24 Amanda Ash '97 0 1 1 0-0
17 Rebecca Asmar '97 0 0 0 0-0
8 Lissa Brod '00 0 0 0 0-0
7 Sarah Carr '97 0 0 0 1-2
9 Brittany Evans '99 7 6 13 0-0
20 Darcy Forrester '97 0 0 0 0-0
18 Jess Frisch '98 14 6 20 2-4
4 Genevieve Furst '00 5 6 11 0-0
11 Lisbeth Rowinski '00 1 1 2 6-10
12 Val Klein '98 0 1 1 14-28
15 Margaret Seiler '98 0 2 2 0-0
19 Megan Smith '98 0 2 2 0-0
21 Alice Taggart '00 0 0 0 0-0
16 April Zenisky '97 2 5 7 2-4
Amherst Totals 29 30 59 25-48
Opponent Totals 64 75 139 20-40
Men's swimming and diving raised their record to 7-1 with victories over Southern Connecticut and Little Three rival Wesleyan. The men continue to improve, looking forward to New Englands. Saturday's meet against Wesleyan was the last home meet of the season, and the 202.5-92.5 win gave the seniors a four year undefeated home dual meet record. A pool record fell in the first event when the team of Adam Kerstein '00 (Aurora, CO), Bryan Luke '97 (Honolulu, HI), Flori Fischetti '99 (Potomac, MD) and Brian Porter '99 (Farmington, CT) won the 200 medley-relay with a time of 1:39.02. The B-relay team of James Ross '98 (Hopkinsville, KY), Pat Lahey '00 (Northbrook, IL), Andrew Grossman '99 (Chappaqua, NY) and Nathan Johnson '98 (Harwinton, CT) also clocked a time under the pool record to come in a close second with a time of 1:39.47.
Men's Swimming and Diving Crush Competitors
Current Record: 7-1
Last Week: So. Conn., W 154-78
Wesleyan, W 202.5-92.5
This Week: Sat Feb 8 at MIT
Women's swimming and diving continues to rewrite the record books breaking four pool records in two decisive wins over Smith and Wesleyan. Despite losing her goggles on the leadoff leg of the 200 medley relay against Smith, Karen Vaites '98 (West Chester, PA) led a pool record-breaking team of Kerry Weeks '98 (Longmeadow, MA), Sarah Lukaska '99 (Edina, MN) and Sarah Moran '00 (Bristol, TN) to a 1:53.53 finish, 0.14 seconds faster than a 1993 Williams team.
Women's Swimming and Diving Shatters More Records
Current Record: 6-3
Last Week: Smith, W 204-96
Wesleyan, W 192-107
Next Week: Sat Feb 8 at MIT
Men's squash dropped their only match of the season to Princeton as the team split 1-1 for the week. None of the nine flights dropped a game in a 9-0 blanking of MIT, but the Jeffs struggled against a talented Princeton squad. David McNeely '00 (Newtown Square, PA) and David Ford '97 (Rosemont, PA) pushed their matches to five games before falling in the final. Sophomores Stephen Seelbach (Short Hills, NJ) and Andrew Snyder (Haverford, PA) claimed Amherst's two wins against the Tigers playing at No. 6 and No. 9, respectively.
Men's Squash Splits Matches
Individual Match Results
David McNeely '00 7-1
Kevin Orphan '99 7-2
Collin Bell '97 7-2
Hayden Felice '98 5-2
Evan Khan '98 8-1
Stephen Seelbach '99 9-0
Jamie Ford '98 6-1
David Ford '97 7-2
Andrew Snyder '99 9-0
Chris Herron '98 2-0
Kunal Rakshit '00 2-0
Brad Johnson '98 0-1
In another tough week for women's squash, the Jeffs dropped to 8-6 for the season with losses to Ivy League foes Dartmouth, Brown and Yale. Harriet Ells '97 (Brooklyn, NY) finished the week 2-1 after handy 3-0 victories over the No. 1s of Dartmouth and Yale, but fighting to a 3-1 loss to Brown. Kim Karetsky '99 (New York, NY) likewise finished 2-1, dropping her match to the Dartmouth No. 9 before winning her last two.
Women's Squash 0-3 Against the Ivies
Individual Match Results
Harriet Ells '97 14-3
Rachel Nisselson '00 5-6
Page Callaghan '99 3-3
Justine O'Connor '98 5-7
Sheila Reynolds '99 9-5
Jess Green '97 9-5
Jackie Chen '97 8-5
Carrie Goodwin '98 7-5
Kim Karetsky '99 11-3
Bevin Sell '99 7-2
Melinda Mahaffey '98 5-3
Sarah Lipton '98 2-0
Christine Kahm '00 1-0