Weekly sports update
Results from January 14th through 19th
by Geoff Hassard - Sports Information Director
Men's Swimming (1-5)
The Engineers traveled to Trinity College last Saturday for a meet with the Bantams. WPI was defeated 119-64. The Engineers were only able to win one event on the day. Freshman Jon Prusak (Easthampton, MA) won the 100-yard backstroke. Other WPI swimmers who performed well were a trio of freshmen. Jamie Murdock (Woodinville, WA) finished second in the 100-yard freestyle, Tim Connolly (New Haven, CT) finished second in the 200-yard freestyle and fourth in the 500-yard freestyle and Adam Terio (Reston, VA) finished second in the 100-yard butterfly. Senior Eric Hultgren (Newport, RI) took second place in the 100-yard breaststroke. We would like to note that Prusak and Murdock have qualified for the New England Championships in the 50-yard backstroke. Congratulations!
Women's Swimming (1-5)
The lady swimmers were also at Trinity last Saturday for their meet and were defeated 142-63. In the meet, junior Kim Scofield (Omaha, NE) set a school record for the 3-meter diving event. She scored 192.95 points shattering her own record of 163.25. Scofield also took second place in the 1-meter diving event. Swimming well for the Engineers were seniors Renee Cusson (Chicopee, MA) who took second in the 100-yard freestyle and captain Jen Sanna (Madison, WI) who finished second in 100-yard individual medley and juniors Katie Snell (Sutton, MA) and Monika Lehky (Hamden, CT) who placed second in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard breaststroke respectively. Cusson has also qualified for the New England Championships in the 50-yard freestyle. Congratulations!
Men's Indoor Track
The WPI indoor track squad had members compete at the Beaver Relays last Saturday at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Senior James Beardsley (Bangor, ME) finished fourth in the long jump with a leap of 19-8 1/2, while junior Steve Labranche (Uncasville, CT) took second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.7. Labranche's time was good enough to qualify him for the New England Championships later in the season. Freshman Rick Crispo (Andover, MA) finished sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:04.
Men's Basketball (9-3)
The men's basketball team has been playing well as of late and are currently ranked #10 in New England Division III. Senior Chris Dunn (Seekonk, MA) had a phenomenal week as he scored 43 points versus Western New England last Saturday which set a new school record. The Engineers went 1-1 on the week and had their six game winning streak snapped last Wednesday against Brandeis.
Last Saturday, WPI hosted Constitution Athletic Conference opponent Western New England College. The game was never close as the Engineers cruised to the 109-86 win behind the record setting performance of Dunn. Dunn broke the record of 39 points set almost 18 years to the month. He tied the record twice previous before finally cracking it and becoming the first basketball player, man or woman, to break the 40 point barrier. Junior Jim Naughton (Dublin, Ireland) chipped in 16 points and 12 rebounds in the victory.
Last Wednesday, WPI took their six game winning streak into Brandeis University. The Judges had a streak of their own going, that of losing their last five straight, so they were hungry for a win. Unfortunately WPI was the victim as the Judges beat WPI 115-71. Dunn again led WPI with 29 points. For his outstanding week previous, Dunn was selected as the ECAC Co-Player of the Week in New England Division III, CAC Player of the Week and was named to the Worcester Area College Basketball Association Honor Roll. During that week he averaged 31 points a game.
Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team got back on the winning track as they won a pair of games last week. They snapped a three game losing streak by beating Western New England 66-56 and then continued their winning versus UMass-Dartmouth 69-43. Last Tuesday, the Engineers played their first home game of 1995 as they hosted the Golden Bears of Western New England. The home cookin' proved to be what they needed as they put away the pesky bears 66-56. WPI was led by the L-connection of Jenn Lovin (Waterford, CT) and Kim Landry (Gardner, MA) as they both recorded a double-double. Lovin had 20 rebounds to go with 12 points and Landry scored 18 points and pulled down 13 boards.
On Thursday night, UMass-Dartmouth came to Harrington hoping to continue their winning ways. It was not to be as the L-connection again led WPI to victory. The two combined for 30 points and 24 rebounds as the Engineers had control from the start and won big 69-43. Sophomore Danielle Batey (Fairfield, ME) had a good game off the bench as she chipped in 8 points and 6 boards to the winning effort.
Intramural News
The annual intramural swim meet is now accepting entries for this year's race. The trials are Tuesday, February 7 and the finals are Thursday, February 9. Warm-up time for both nights is 7:30 p.m. with the start at 8 p.m. All entries must be received by 12 noon on Friday, February 3. Each individual is limited to three events, including relays. All WPI faculty and full-time students are eligible except those who have been awarded a varsity letter or who was a member of the 1994-95 swim team. Entry fee is $1 per individual and is non-refundable. Questions regarding eligibility will be made only by Coach Massucco, intramural director, or Whitt Griffith, swim coach.
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