Hall of Fame - Clark University

Volume 14, Number 1
Fall/Winter 2004-05
Clark University Inducts 11th Class Successful
season for field
into the Athletic Hall of Fame
hockey, men’s
n Oct. 2, Clark inducted its
soccer and
11th class into the Athletic
Hall of Fame. The 2004
women’s soccer
inductees were M. Hazel Hughes
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∂44, Alex Indorf ‘87, the late Forrest
Norris ‘43, Karen Patterson Greene
‘92 and Chet Slaybaugh ‘84.
When Clark became a coeducational
institution in 1942, Hughes fought
for equal opportunities for the
newly enrolled women. She coached
the first women’s basketball team,
(left to right) Alex Indorf ‘87, Blanche Norris,
which completed its inaugural seaAnn McKenny Early, Karen Patterson Greene ‘92
son in 1942 with an impressive 7-1
and Chet Slaybaugh ‘84
record. The following year, Hughes
was named director of student
female who has made a significant conactivities for the Women’s College and
tribution to the intercollegiate athletic
added women’s archery and crew to the
program and whose dedication and
athletic program. In 1949, Hughes was
performance has enriched the tradition
named associate dean of women. She
of Clark athletics. Ann McKenny Early
became dean of women in 1954 and
‘46 presented Hughes for the award.
women’s athletic director in 1956.
Indorf was a four-year participant in
Hughes continued her tireless efforts
cross country and track and field. One
and hard work on behalf of Clark
of New England’s top track-and-field
women until her death in 1968. The
athletes, he earned All-New England
Athletics Department created the M.
honors in the one-mile in 1986.
Hazel Hughes Award in her honor. The
A two-year captain of the cross-country
award is presented annually to a senior
team, Indorf won the Worcester City
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feated in dual and triple matches and
finished second at the ECAC
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ished his career with a top-25 finish at
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Indorf received Clark’s Granger Award
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as the top male scholar-athlete in his
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senior year.
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he field hockey team finished the
2004 season with a 13-7 overall
record and reached the semifinals
of the NEWMAC Tournament. The
Cougars, who fell to eventual champion
Springfield College 4-0, received their
fifth straight ECAC
Tournament bid and
played in the semifinals
for the fifth consecutive
time. Ashley Perez ’05,
Kristina Richio ’05 and
Julie Simon ’05 led the
Cougars. Perez earned
National All-America
Brittney
honors, and was named
Wickles ’06
to the NEWMAC AllConference First Team.
In addition, was named
to the North-South
Senior All-Star Team
and received NFHCA
Division III New England
East Regional First Team
honors. Richio, the
Julie Simon '05 leading scorer this season with 30 points and
13 goals, is sixth on Clark’s all-time scoring list with 45 goals and 16 assists for
106 points. She earned NEWMAC secondteam honors and first-team regional honors. Simon was named to the all-conference first team and regional second
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team.
Hall of Fame
Successful Fall
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Indorf is program coordinator of
Environmental and Social Development
at the International Finance
Corporation in Washington, D.C., and
volunteers for Clark’s Alumni
Admissions Program. He and his wife,
Marcela, have two daughters.
Norris played baseball, basketball and
soccer during the early years of Clark
athletics. Norris, who was team captain
his senior year, was a four-year goalkeeper on the soccer team and was
twice named to the All-New England
team. He was the leading scorer on the
1941 JV basketball team and later
joined the varsity squad. He also earned
a varsity letter for baseball. In 1943,
Norris received Clark’s Hebert Trophy.
Norris enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps
after graduation and served in the
Pacific during World War II. From 19461957, Norris continued his military service as a member of the Reserves.
Norris had a long career as a research
chemist at the Monsanto Company and,
from 1974-75, served as a research consultant at United Technology. He also
taught at Springfield College for two
years and spent 10 years as a missionary
and teacher in Japan and Turkey. Norris
returned to Western Massachusetts in
1985 and worked at Longmeadow High
School doing one-on-one and smallgroup tutoring.
Norris played basketball and baseball
for the Monsanto Company team and
participated in the bowling and golf
leagues. He was a referee with the
Pioneer Valley Soccer Association for 30
years and a basketball official at the
high-school and college levels. He
recently passed away and is survived by
his wife Blanche and four children.
A four-year member of the field hockey
team, Greene served as team captain
during her senior year. During her
career, she received many regional and
national awards and was twice named
to the Northeast College All-Star First
Team. After a tremendous senior year,
Greene was selected to the regional All-
America first team and participated in
the NFHCA Division III North-South
Senior All-Star Game. Greene was also
named to the national All-America second team in 1991.
In addition, Greene was named to the
College Field Hockey Coaches
Association National Academic Squad
and the GTE District I Academic AllAmerica At-Large Second Team. She is a
two-time recipient of Clark’s Alice
Higgins Award, which is presented
annually to the female athlete who
combines academic excellence and athletic achievement. In 1992, she also
received the M. Hazel Hughes Award
and was Clark’s nomination for the
NCAA Women of the Year award during her senior year.
Greene is a project director for Great
Swamp Watershed Association and a
volunteer for Clark’s Alumni Admissions
Program. She and her husband Jeffrey
‘92 have two children.
Slaybaugh was a four-year goalkeeper
on the soccer team and the defensive
anchor of the 1983 team, which finished
the regular season undefeated and
earned the first NCAA tournament bid
for men’s soccer in Clark’s history. As a
senior, he was team captain and led the
team to a rank of No. 3 in New England
and No. 14 nationally. That year,
Slaybaugh was selected to the All-New
England team. Slaybaugh also played
baseball for three seasons and received
Clark’s Fred Hebert Trophy, presented to
the senior male athlete who has made a
significant contribution to the intercollegiate athletic program and whose
dedication and performance has
enriched the tradition of Clark Athletics.
Slaybaugh also organized a weightlifting program for his teammates and
continued to lift after Clark. He holds
the New York State Power Lifting
record for 198-pound Masters Division
Class with 635-pound dead lift.
Slaybaugh is a manager for United
Parcel Service and has been named
Manager of the Year for New York. ★
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The men’s soccer team
won nine games for
the first time since
1990. Captain Matt
Mattice ’06 led the
NEWMAC conference
in assists with 10 in 11
games, until a seasonending ACL injury.
Forward David Blum
Matt Mattice ’06 ’08 had an impressive
rookie season leading the team with
eight goals and was ranked fourth in
the conference. He earned NEWMAC
All-Conference Second Team honors.
The Cougars also had impressive wins
over powerful Brandeis, 2-0, in
Waltham and Rhode Island College, 2-1,
the second-place team in the Little East
conference. The Cougars’ season ended
in the NEWMAC Tournament first
round after an exciting 1-0 loss to
Babson, the eventual NEWMAC
Champion.
The women’s soccer
team earned its best
record (9-8-1) since
2000 and qualified for
the NEWMAC tournament for the first time
in four years. The
Cougars reached the
semifinals and tied the
No. 3 seed Smith
College 0-0, failing to
advance after losing in
Jen Scavone ’05
penalty kicks 4-3. The
2004 season started on the newly renovated natural grass Granger Field with a
3-1 win over Anna Maria College.
Ranked in the top 10 teams in New
England for three consecutive weeks,
the Cougars defeated competitive
Western Connecticut State University, 21, and cross-town rival and NCAA tournament participant Worcester State, 3-0.
The Cougars’ success this season resulted
from a combination of first-year players
who made an immediate impact and
talented returning players. Elizabeth
Adamcik ’08, who led the team with
nine goals, was named to the NEWMAC
All-Conference Second Team. ★
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Athletic Department Staff Changes
M
o Cassara was named head
coach of the men’s basketball
program in July 2004. Cassara,
who most recently served as an assistant coach at The University of Dayton
for the 2003-04 season, was the head
coach at Worcester Academy in
Worcester, MA for four seasons and
brings to Clark a wealth of experience
as well as being one of the best prep
school coaches and top college
recruiters in the country. Last season at
Dayton, Cassara helped lead the Flyers
A native of Canton, NY, Cassara played
at St. Lawrence University, where his
father Rick was the former head coach.
He was the captain of SLU’s 1997 NCAAqualifying team and graduated with a
BS in physical education. He also played
at Worcester Academy in 1992-93 and
was team captain of the Hilltopper
team that advanced to the semifinals of
the New England Prep School
Championsip. Cassara has a master’s
degree from Boston College in higher
education and administration.
Jim Hayes has been elevated
from interim head coach to
head coach of the men’s tennis team. Hayes has served
three different tenures as the
head tennis coach at Clark in
the past decade, directing
both the men’s and women’s
programs. He coached the
women’s team in 1993, 1994
and 1999. He led the men’s
program in 1988, 1994, 1995,
1999, 2000 and 2004.
Mo Cassara, Head Coach, Men’s Basketball
to a 24-9 record and first round berth in
the NCAA Tournament. During his time
at Dayton, the Flyers landed a national
top 20 recruiting class and won the
prestigious Maui Invitational.
His four-year record of 89-20 at the
Worcester Academy concluded with a
25-4 season that climaxed with
Worcester’s first New England Prep
School championship in 16 years. Eight
players from his championship team
headed to Division I the next year.
Cassara coached Boston College’s Craig
Smith and Steve Hailey, Georgia Tech’s
Jarrett Jack, Providence’s Dwight
Brewington and Clark’s Dave McNamara
‘04. Before taking over at Worcester
Academy, Cassara spent two seasons as
a college assistant coach, one each at
The Citadel (1998-99) and Washington
& Lee (1997-98).
A 1985 graduate of
Assumption College, Hayes
played number one singles and doubles
for the Greyhounds and was a team
captain for two years in 1984 and 1985.
Following graduation, he went on to
earn rankings in the USTA New England
open division. In addition, Hayes competed on the ATP Satellite Tour in Israel
in 1987.
In addition to coaching, Hayes previously
served as co-manager of the Worcester
Tennis Club and general manager and
tennis professional at the Athletic Clubs
of America in Paxton, MA.
Lisa Meola ‘98 was named head
women’s tennis coach in July of 2004.
Meola, a standout tennis player at
Clark, graduated with a bachelor of arts
degree in music in 1998. She earned an
advanced provisional certification in
music for secondary school in 2000 from
Clark. Meola, who has served as the
head girl’s tennis coach at Notre Dame
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Academy in Worcester, MA for the last
two years, directed her team to a state
championship in June of 2004.
Brent Riddle was named head athletic
trainer in July of 2004. Riddle, who
served as an assistant director of Sports
Medicine at Assumption College the
past two years, graduated from the
University of New Hampshire with a
bachelor of science degree in kinesiology and an athletic training concentration in 1999. He earned his master’s
degree in educational administration
from the University of Massachusetts/
Lowell in 2002. In addition to his experience at Assumption, Riddle served as a
graduate assistant athletic trainer at
UMass/Lowell and worked as an athletic
trainer and physical therapy aid for
Danvers High School through
HealthSouth. Riddle is a certified athletic trainer through the NATABOC, a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the NSCA and holds a
Massachusetts Athletic Training License.
Stacy Kelly has been hired as an intern
for Clark University’s athletic department. The internship is funded through
the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s
Internship Grant Program. Kelly graduated from Wartburg College in Waverly,
IA in 2002 with a BA in K-12 Physical
Education and Health and a minor in
Athletic Training. While at Wartburg
she was a member of the basketball
and softball teams her first two years
and threw the javelin on the track team
her final two years. In addition, she
served as a student athletic trainer with
the football, soccer, and basketball
teams for four years and was a member
of the Waverly-Shell Rock High School
Girls’ Basketball coaching staff. After
Wartburg she earned a master’s degree
in Sports Administration from University
of Wisconsin-La Crosse and served as a
graduate assistant to the Associate
Athletic Director. Her primary responsibilities were in the area of supervising
game and event management for the
19 sport programs. Kelly will serve as an
intern for the next two years. ★
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Kneller Pool Renovated!
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fter a great deal of planning
and hard work, the Kneller Pool
was renovated in the summer of
2004. Head Coach Phillips designed and
oversaw the project which included a
complete re-tiling of the deck, installation of a new drainage system around
the perimeter of the pool and a complete resurfacing of the pool’s interior.
The project was completed when the
pool was filled in late September and
the walls were re-painted shortly thereafter. New lane lines and flags were
purchased in the Spring of 2004.
Anyone who has seen the “new” pool
has truly been impressed. Please visit
the website for pictures! ★
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additions to the web site
New Game Day Photo Albums
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Fall Athletes Receive Honors
Ashley Perez Selected
To National All-America
First Team
Ashley Perez became only the second
Clark field hockey player to be named to
the All-America Team as a junior and as
a senior. Jessica Petitt ‘ 04 was the first
player to be named twice to the AllAmerica Team. Ten Clark field hockey
players have been recognized at the
national level dating back to 1991. Perez
joins an elite class of first teamers that
includes Lynne Casey ‘02, Jesse Egan ‘03,
Ashley Perez ’05
Jessica Petitt ‘04 and Devon Vachula ‘00.
In addition, she has received regional
All-America honors three times and
NEWMAC All-Conference honors the
past two seasons. She is 11th among
Clark’s career scoring leaders with 20
goals, 27 assists and 67 points.
Three Players Earn Regional
All-America Honors
Since 1988, Clark field hockey players
have been recognized as regional AllAmericans, 41 times! This year, three seniors have joined this prestigious group,
Ashley Perez, Kristina Richio and Julie
Simon. Perez and Richio earned first
team honors while Simon was named to
Kristina Richio ’05
Liz Adamcik ’08
the second team. Richio finishes her
career as Clark’s sixth all-time leading
scorer with 45 goals, 16 assists and 106
points. She is only the seventh Clark player to surpass the 100 point total.Simon, a
starting defender for four years
anchored a defensive unit responsible for
42 shutouts during her career. Over the
past four years, Clark field hockey has
compiled a 61-23 overall record.
First-year Forward David
Blum Named to NEWMAC
All-Conference Second Team
Liz Adamcik Named to
NEWMAC All-Conference
Second Team
First-year forward Liz Adamcik was
named to the 2004 New England
Women’s and Men’s Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) Women’s Soccer
All-Conference Second Team. Adamcik
led the Cougars with nine goals and
ranked sixth in the league in goals. She
scored in six straight conference games
including two goals in a 3-2 overtime
loss to Springfield College. In addition,
she scored the game-winner in Clark’s
1-0 win over Wellesley College and with
the victory the Cougars qualified for
the NEWMAC tournament for the first
time since 2000. In only her second collegiate soccer game she scored her first
goal of her career in a 1-0 win over
Hartwick.
David Blum was named to the 2004
New England Women’s and Men’s
Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s
Soccer All-Conference Second Team.
Blum led the Cougars with eight goals
and was ranked fourth in the league.
He had three game-winning goals
including the only goal in a 1-0 win
over conference and cross-town rival
WPI. Blum helped lead Clark to a 9-8
record, the team’s best record since the
1990 season.
David Blum ’08
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Women’s Volleyball
The women’s volleyball team finished
the 2004 season with an 8-19 overall
record. In the NEWMAC, the Cougars
psted a 3-6 record with wins over WPI (31), Babson College (3-0) and Mt. Holyoke
College (3-0) and earned the seventh
seed in the conference tournament.
Clark’s final match was a 0-3 loss to the
time of 29:45. Olsson also led the
Cougars to a first-place finish at the
Roger Williams University Invitational,
placing third with a time of 29:30.
Daniel Roberts ’07 led the Cougars at
the NEWMAC Championship (46th,
28:20) and at the New England Regional
(147th, 29:34). As a team, Clark finished
out the season in seventh place at the
NEWMAC Championship and 30th at the
NCAA Division III New England Regional.
The women’s team started the season
with a dual-meet victory against Eastern
Connecticut State behind sophomore
Matina Vidalis ’05
during the season. Four scheduled
matches were cancelled due to the
weather. ★
Fall 2004 Honors
Field Hockey
Katie Tubbs ’05
No. 2 seed, MIT, in the NEWMAC
Quarterfinals. Clark finished fourth in
the Haverford Tournament in
Pennsylvania, held early in the season,
with wins over Penn State Berks (3-0),
Neumann College (3-0) and Catholic
University (3-0). During the season, Clark
also defeated Newbury College (3-0) and
conference rival WPI (3-1) at the
Bridgewater State Tournament. Co-captain and middle blocker Kara Scimeca
’06 finished the season with team highs
in kills per game (2.76), blocks per game
(0.58) and passing percentage (0.952)
and was named to the all-tournament
team at the Haverford Tournament.
Sarah Hunsucker ’08, a six-foot middle
blocker, contributed 125 kills (1.39
kills/game), 22 service aces and 45 blocks.
Men’s and Women’s
Cross Country
The men’s cross country team kicked off
the season with a dual-meet victory over
Eastern Connecticut State University.
Ryan Olsson ’07 finished first with a
Emily Tremaine’s first-place finish. The
Cougars finished in first place at the TriState Meet led by Tremaine (10th, 21:20).
Clark finished the season tied for ninth
place at the NEWMAC Championships
and placed 29th at the NCAA Division III
New England Regional.
Women’s Tennis
The women’s tennis team finished 1-8
overall and 0-6 in NEWMAC. The
Cougars swept Bay Path College 9-0 in
their final non-conference match of the
season. Co-captain and three-year player Margaret Clark ’05 recorded victories
in both singles and doubles in the
Cougars’ win against Bay Path College.
Clark played at the number three singles position and teamed up with
Amanda Clark ’07 to defeat Bay Path’s
number three doubles team 8-2. Clark
recorded two singles victories at the
number four positions for the Cougars
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Ashley Perez ‘05
NFHCA Division III All-America
First Team
NFHCA Division III New England
East Regional First Team
NFHCA Division III North Senior
All-Star
2004 ECAC Division III Field Hockey
All-Star Second Team
NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
Julie Simon ‘05
NFHCA Division III New England
East Regional Second Team
NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
Kristina Richio ‘05
NFHCA Division III New England East
Regional First Team
NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team
Men’s Soccer
David Blum ‘08
NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team
Women’s Soccer
Liz Adamcik ‘08
NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team
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Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
What the 2004-2005 Cougars lack in
experience they have made up for with
hard work and dedication. With a roster of 10 freshmen, four sophomores, a
junior, and a graduate student, the
Cougars have fought their way to a 2-5
record, playing five games on the road.
A tough four-point loss to Worcester
State and a last second tip-in loss to
Tufts were tough defeats, but the
young Cougars finished off the semester with a 14-point win at Fitchburg
State. Graduate student Adam Miller
had a huge game, scoring 19 points and
pulling down 22 rebounds. Through
games 01/02/05, Miller is ranked 9th in
the nation in rebounds per game (11.4)
and his 22 rebounds against Fitchburg
State is the nation’s best single-game
effort to this point in the season.
The Clark University women’s basketball
team is off to a 5-3 start, including winning its ninth straight championship
title in the Worcester City Tip-Off
Tournament to open the season. The
Cougars defeated Worcester State 67-57
in the finals and Gordon College 83-79
in the first round. Against Gordon,
sophomore Ashley Auclair had a teamhigh 22 points (9-15 FG, 4-6 FT) along
with eight rebounds, three assists and
five steals. Junior Andrea Comen
chipped in 16 points, four rebounds and
six assists while senior captain Abby
Pineo added nine points, five rebounds,
five assists and three steals. Auclair
poured in a game-high 19 points and
grabbed 10 rebounds in the championship game to record her first doubledouble of the season. Comen had
another solid performance with 14
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In addition, the Cougars are ranked
16th in the nation in scoring defense
(60.6) and 11th in field goal percentage
defense (36.8). Among conference
teams, the Cougars are second in the
league in field goal percentage defense
(.372) and scoring defense (60.0 ). Five
times this season the Cougars have held
opponents under 65 points and twice
under 50, through seven games.
Junior captain Tim Dutille leads the
team with 16.6 points per game and is
Tim Dutille ’06
grabbing 5.9 rebounds per game. Miller
is averaging 9.3 points per game and
11.4 rebounds per game. Dutille and
Miller were named to the Buffalo State
Coles Classic All-Tournament Team in
the beginning of the season. Dutille led
the Cougars with 18 points (8-14 FG, 2-3
FT) and six rebounds in the first game
against Buffalo State (L 51-57) and
Miller grabbed a game-high 15
rebounds. In the consolation game
against RPI (W 69-58) Dutille led the
Cougars with an impressive shooting
performance, 10-for-14 from the floor
and 4-for-5 from the line for a gamehigh 24 points. He grabbed eight
rebounds. Miller recorded his first
career double-double with 17 points
and a game-high 14 rebounds.
The Cougars return to action when they
travel to the College of Staten Island
for The Tournament of Fallen Heroes in
Staten Island, New York. The two-day
tournament is a tribute to the 9/11
tragedy in New York and will honor
some former students and athletes
from Staten Island College. Clark will
play Jersey City University in the first
round. Clark begins the NEWMAC
schedule which features some of the
top teams in New England with
Wheaton College on Thursday, January
6th and cross-town rival WPI on
Saturday, January 8th.
Ashley Auclair ’07
points, three rebounds, four assists and
four steals while Pineo chipped in 10
points, four assists and two steals.
Auclair earned tournament MVP honors
and joined Comen on the all-tournament team.
Auclair is leading the way for the
Cougars and earned NEWMAC CoPlayer of the Week and ECAC New
England and WACBA Player of the
Week Honors on Dec. 6 after leading
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poll. Clark begins the NEWMAC season
with conference opponent Wellesley.
Last season, the Cougars defeated
Springfield 68-59 to win their fourth
NEWMAC title and advanced to the
NCAA Tournament for the 10th time
overall and eighth under Glispin’s direction. In addition, for the first time in
league history, Clark captured women’s
basketball rookie, player and coach of
the year honors. Rachael Turkington ’04
was named player of the year. Auclair
earned rookie of the year honors and
Glispin was coach of the year for the
second time.
Andrea Comen ’06
Clark to a 3-0 week. Auclair was named
NEWMAC Player of the Week the previous week as well. In the three-game
spurt, Auclair averaged a double-double, 25.7 points per game and 13.0
rebounds. In addition, she had 2.7
steals and 1.0 blocks per game. In a 6654 win against Connecticut College she
had 14 points and 10 rebounds and
against Trinity(W 81-67) she scored a
career-high 37 points while grabbing 13
rebounds. In the Johnson & Wales game
(W 81-54) she had 26 points and 16
rebounds for her third straight doubledouble and fourth of the season.
Through eight games, Auclair is averaging 20.9 points per game, while shooting 51.1 percent from the field. She also
averages 10 rpg, 1.6 apg, and 2.1 spg.
She leads the league in scoring and
rebounds.
Adding to the offense are Pineo and
Comen. Comen is scoring at a 12.6 clip
per game with 4.3 rpg, 4.4 apg and 2.0
spg while Pineo averages 8.8 ppg, 5.1
rpg, 4.3 apg and 2.6 spg.
In January, Clark will open the second
part of the season in the Williams
College Tournament. The Cougars will
face Bates College, who finished the
first semester 8-0 and is ranked 16th in
the D3.hoops.com week four national
Men’s & Women’s
Swimming & Diving
The men’s swimming and diving team
ended the first semester with a 1-3
record. The Cougars defeated Gordon
College 131.5-90.5 to start the season
and junior Jesse Bausell led the Cougars
with wins in the 1000-yard freestyle
and 50-yard breaststroke events.
Against Wheaton College, sophomore
Brett Moore ’07
Brett Moore won three events (200 Fr,
200 Fly, 500 Fr), and first-year diver
Steven Ratner took first in both the 1meter and 3-meter diving events.
Against Babson, junior Mike Viotti
recorded career bests in the 100 butterfly (relay split) and 200 butterfly. Senior
captain Sam Swartwout swam a career
best in the 500 freestyle and Ratner
placed first on the 3-M board for the
second straight meet with a season-best
209.30 points.
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Sara Stephenson ’06
The women’s swimming and diving
team finished the first semester with a
1-4 record, opening the season with a
170-74 victory over Gordon College.
Eleven swimmers won their individual
races to lead the Cougars. Against
Wheaton, senior Mary Adams won the
1-meter and 3-meter diving events.
Adams placed first in both diving events
for the second straight meet with season bests on the 1-M (208.95 points)
and 3-M (194.95 points) against Babson.
Senior co-captain Nora Sullivan won
the 500 and 1000 freestyle events for
the Cougars. At Mount Holyoke
College, Adams remained undefeated
in the 1-meter diving event and firstyear Danielle Dufresne won the 50meter backstroke. First-year Dominique
Wilkins continued to impress with
another season best in the 100 breaststroke and first-year Samantha Meyer
recorded season bests in the 400 and
800 freestyle events, as the women
dropped their final dual meet of the
semester.
Both the men’s and women’s teams
traveled to Tampa, FL for their semester
break training trip January 5-12th. The
teams begin the second semester with
dual meet competition on January 15th
at home against non-conference opponent UMass/Dartmouth. ★