On February 4, the MIT Engineers visited Harrington for a conference tilt. MIT would have their hands full as WPI dominated from start to finish in winning 74-48. Everyone played and contributed to the win led by Kim Landry's 15 points and 10 rebounds. Danielle Batey and Jenn Lovin registered double figures with 12 points and 14 points respectively. Kerri O'Connor was a spark off the bench with 8 points on three for four shooting.
Last Tuesday, the Engineers traveled west for a game with Smith College. This was a rematch from an earlier game in which the two met in the final of the Williams College Invitational final won by WPI. It was also an important game in the NEW-8 because Smith was 2-1 and looking to move into a first place tie. In a tightly contested game WPI came out with the hard fought win 57-47. In the game, Landry became the eighth woman, and only the fourth junior, to eclipse the 1,000 point mark for her career at WPI. She scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Batey led all scorers with 19 points. The win put WPI in sole posession of first place in the conference.
Two nights later WPI hosted Brandeis in a non-conference game. WPI jumped out to a 40-27 halftime lead and then held off a late surge by the Lady Judges to win 79-67. Landry led four Engineers in double figures with 20 points, followed by Jen Plante who had 13 points. Lovin and Laura Bielitz each contributed 12 points in the win.
In the meet versus Brandeis the swimming events were held here at Alumni and the diving was held a couple of days later at Brandeis to complete the meet. The Lady Judges defeated WPI 69-37. Winners for the Engineers were: Katie Snell in the 60-yard freestyle; Becky Kupcinskas in the 200-yard backstroke and Cathy Connelly in the 500-yard freestyle.
The women next traveled to Keene, NH for a meet on Saturday, February 4. The final score was Keene State 128, WPI 95. Kim Scofield was a double-winner as she took first in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving. Freshman Jen Wright won the 200-yard breaststroke while Snell won the 200-yard freestyle and Kupcinskas won the 200 backstroke.
Last Thursday the women traveled across the city to meet Clark in their final tune up prior to the New England's. The women were defeated 130-106. We had no first place finishers in the meet, but according to coach Griffith most of our swimmers had their best times of the season.
In the Keene State Meet the final was 128-89 in favor of Keene. Jamie Murdock was a double winner in placing first in the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard backstroke. Our 200-yard medley relay squad of Jon Prusak, Brandon Alexopoulos, Adam Terio and Teak Ackman were victorious for WPI's only other win.
Against Brandeis the men fell 125-94. Murdock was again a double winner in the 200 backstroke and 200 IM events while also swimming the first leg on the winning 400-yard medley relay team. Other members of the foursome were, Terio, Alexopoulos and Ian Buckley. Buckley then teamed with R.K. Marsland, Ackman and Prusak to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The men were at Clark last Thursday as well and came out with the same results. Clark won the meet 149-125. Our two relay teams were victorious again. Prusak and Buckley were our only individual event winners as they won the 100-yard backstroke and the 50-yard butterfly respectively.
In their 28-17 win over Wesleyan before the usual crowd at Alumni Gym, WPI took control of the match in the middle of the lineup with wins by Dave Gardner (126 lbs.), Paul Hammerstrom (134 lbs.), Joe Tucker (142 lbs.) and Dan Hugaboom (150 lbs.). The Engineers were beaten at 158 lbs., but bounced back when Jeff Stearns pinned his opponent at 167 lbs. WPI clinched the match when Stan Farrell pinned his guy in 12 seconds.
Last Wednesday night the Engineers had a tri-match with Bridgewater State and Roger Williams. WPI lost a tight match to the host Bridgewater 24-16 and defeated Roger Williams 40-13. In the Bridgewater match, WPI got off to a quick start when Rob Polin (118 lbs.) and Gardner won their matches. The Engineers then dropped the next two matches before Hugaboom, Stearns and Lance Baden (167 lbs.) won to give the lead back to WPI. Bridgewater then finished the match winning the last three weight classes, two by fall to win the overall match.
Against Roger Williams, the Engineers easily defeated the undermanned Hawks squad. Winners were, Polin, Hammerstrom, Hugaboom, Stearns, Baden, Farrell and Craig Howitt.
The Cougars of Clark invaded Harrington Auditorium last Tuesday looking to repeat their win over WPI earlier in the season and the Engineers were looking for their third win in a row. The Engineers came out smokin' as they jumped out to a 9-2 lead early. Clark battled back, but WPI had the lead 37-36 at halftime behind 16 points by Jeff Cayer who hit 8 of 9 shots. In the second half, WPI again was hot as they went on a 13-2 run to open the half and never looked back as they went on to win 86-65. Cayer finished the game with 29 points, equaling his career high, while Jim Naughton added 25 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Shannnon also acored 13 points to help in the win.
Last Thursday, the Pride from Springfield College made their first trip to Harrington since 1982. They came in as the top team in the CAC and highly ranked in the Northeast. In a very physical game WPI was defeated 71-53. Naughton was the leading scorer with 20 points while Greg Simpson grabbed 12 boards.
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