Weekly sports update - results from April 7 through April 13
by Geoff Hassard - Sports Information Director
Men's Track (5-3)
The men's track team traveled to Rensselaer Saturday, April 8, to participate in the annual Engineers Meet. In wintry conditions they finished in third out of three teams. MIT won the meet with 93 points and RPI took second with 74 points. Place winners and scorers for WPI in the meet were as follows: senior James Beardsley took first place in the high jump; senior Stan Farrell was second in the pole vault and fifth in the triple jump; freshman David Hawes finished second in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles and tied for fourth in the 100-meter dash; senior Chris Reilly was third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase; junior Chris Moore took third in the long jump; junior Marc Lefebvre placed third in the high jump; junior Rich Person was third in the 800-meter run; junior Dana Schlosser finished third in the hammer and third in the discus; freshman Liam Kelly placed fourth in the 3,000 steeplechase; freshman Rick Crispo finished fourth in the 1,500-meter run and fifth in the 800; sophomore Doug Martin placed fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles; sophomore Peter Manolakos was fourth in the 400-meter dash; freshman Chris Neumaier finished fourth in the javelin; freshman Kyle Heppenstall was tied for fourth in the 100; senior Jeff Mullen finished fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump; sophomore Dan Sadowski placed fourth in the discus and fifth in the shot put and freshman Dave Bowler placed fifth in the pole vault.
Women's Track (6-2)
The women's team also participated in the Engineers Meet, but their venue was MIT. The RPI women were just too strong as they ran away with the meet, scoring 103 points. WPI finished second with 42 points and MIT was third with 36 points. Place winners and scorers for WPI were, freshman Heather Mazzaccaro who placed second in the 400-meter dash, second in the 200-meter dash, fourth in the long jump and fourth in the javelin. Junior Elaine Mongeon won the 400-meter hurdles, finished third in both the high jump and long jump. Senior Cindy Moser won the long jump with a personal career best 17 feet. Junior Patty Panlilio placed second in the hammer. Senior Akiko Hikada finished third in the 1,500-meters. Freshman Liz Kieronski placed third in the 100-meter dash. Sophomore Rachel Kupcinskas finished third in the triple jump and fourth in the 400. Freshman Eileen Roach placed fourth in the discus and senior Amy Brooks finished fourth in the high jump.
Men's Tennis (1-4)
The men's tennis team has been busy during the past week having played all five of their matches. They were shutout versus Trinity College and Wheaton College before bouncing back against Worcester State 6-3. Then they dropped two in a row to Western New England and Nichols, both 8-1. In the match versus Worcester singles winners were, sophomores John Allan, Nathan Hendrix and Ranjit Kher and freshman Vladislav Zilberman. In doubles, Hendrix teamed with junior Jonas Olmstead for a win and Zilberman teamed with junior Todd Davis for the other win. In the match versus Western New England, the only WPI winner was Hendrix in straight sets. In the Nichols match, WPI's winner was sophomore John Park.
Men's Golf (1-2)
The weather finally cooperated and allowed the Engineers to play a match against Wesleyan on Monday, April 10. They were victorious 446 to 455. Senior captain Matt Langevin led the way with an 85, followed by freshman Mike Willock with an 86. Senior Bill Tyrrell contributed with an 89. Last Thursday, April 13, WPI competed in the Massachusetts Open at Stow Acres and finished 16 out of 17. Junior Brian Klauber was the low scorer on the day with an 87.
Softball (3-13)
The softball team had a busy week playing five games, including back to back doubleheaders against New England Women's Eight Conference foes Brandeis University and Mount Holyoke College. They came through the five games with a 2-3 record that could have easily been 5-0. A week ago Friday, the Engineers hosted Brandeis and played two close games. They lost both, by scores of 6-3 and 7-6.
In the first game, WPI seemed to be in control when they led 3-2 after five innings. In the sixth, a couple of costly errors allowed Brandeis to score four runs which ended up being the game. Seniors Renee Cusson and Amy Mercier led the way for WPI. Cusson had two hits, an RBI and four stolen bases while Mercier was on base all day with three stolen bases.
In the second game both teams scored early and often, unfortunately Brandeis came up with the extra run for the win. Junior Teresa Lintzenich had a strong game at the plate going 3 for 3 with an RBI. Freshman Margaret King chipped in with two hits.
The following day WPI traveled west to play Mount Holyoke in another twin-bill. WPI completely dominated both games despite winter-like conditions. The Engineers swept both games 17-4 and 12-3. Junior Tracy Langis led the hit parade as she had five hits on the day including a home run and four RBIs. She also had a double, two stolen bases and scored four runs. Sophomore Stephanie Torrey collected four hits, scored four runs and drove four runs in. King contributed by knocking in three runs herself in the second game. Freshman Sarah Thompson had a solid day with three hits and three RBIs. Picking up the win and going the distance in the first game was senior Jen DeLuca, while freshman Kerry Mallon pitched a complete game to pick up the win in the second game.
Last Tuesday, April 11, the Engineers took on the Coast Guard Academy and lost a tough one in 10 innings by a score of 7-6. The game went into extra innings in which the game shifts to international tie breaker rules. Under these rules, each team starts each inning with a runner on second base with the game proceeding as it normally would. Both teams scored in the eighth inning to force another inning. It finally ended in the tenth when Coast Guard scored with one out. Mercier led WPI with three hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored.
Baseball (7-9)
Even though the baseball team is in the midst of a three game losing streak, they continue to play competitive with the young players as the Engineers remain in first place in the Constitution Athletic Conference. Over the last week, WPI dropped two games to Trinity and Salve Regina. In the Trinity game, WPI was ahead through five innings 4-2 before things fell apart in the sixth. Trinity struck for 16 runs over the last four innings to take the game 18-7. Sophomore Tim Doyle had three hits and an RBI, freshman Guy Miller had two hits and two RBIs and junior captain Len Macrina knocked in two runs on the day.
Last Thursday, April 13, WPI hosted Salve Regina for a single game on the Class of 1893 Field. Salve just had too much power as they hit three home runs and went on to the win 14-4. Freshman Aviv Kaufmann hit a solo home run for WPI. The Engineers did score three runs in the ninth powered by a double by freshman Alex Bartkin.
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