In the game versus Wellesley, WPI was up against a scrappy bunch who were looking to pull off the upset. It was not happening as the Engineers beat Wellesley 64-57. Three players hit for double figures, led by Danielle Batey with 16 and followed by Kim Landry and Jen Plante with 15 points and 10 points respectively. Jenn Lovin pulled down 14 rebounds to help WPI control the boards as they outrebounded Wellesley 54-43.
Tuesday night the Engineers played host to Mount Holyoke College and were eager to clinch the number one seed in the conference tournament coming up this week. It wasn't a masterpiece, but WPI was able to hold off a late charge by the Lyons to win 53-46. Lovin had a solid game with 19 points to lead all scorers. Batey and Becca Rubenstein each had 10 points in the win. Rubenstein had to log extra minutes due to an injury to Landry early in the first half. With the clinching of the number one spot, WPI will host either Mount Holyoke or MIT in the first round of the conference tournament tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00 p.m. in Harrington Auditorium.
Against Babson on Saturday the 9th, the Engineers were matched with one of the top teams in the conference. Babson didn't miss many shots as they won the game 104-80 on 59 percent shooting from the field. Jim Naughton led WPI with 23 points and 11 rebounds while Jeff Cayer and Greg Simpson chipped in with 15 points and 11 points respectively.
Last Tuesday the 13th, the Engineers were on the road to face WNEC in a must win situation. Behind a career high 38 point performance by Naughton, The Engineers defeated the Golden Bears 83-77. Naughton also pulled down 13 boards while Cayer added 20 points himself to the cause. Naughton is now the number two scorer in men's basketball history.
On Thursday WPI hosted MIT in a battle of the Engineers. MIT got as close as 55-50 with eight minutes left in the game before WPI went on a 7-0 run to break the game open. WPI went on to win easily 80-64. Naughton led all scorers with 19 points. Mike Shannon added 16 points in the win.
Many of our athletes have qualified for the Division III New Englands, All-New Englands and the ECAC Championships. They are: Coleman (all 3 meets); Person (all 3 meets); Labranche (all 3 meets); David Lafluer (ECAC, Div III); Dana Schlosser (all 3 meets); David Bowler (ECAC, Div III); Hawes (all 3 meets); Stuart Clemons (Div III); Levesque (ECAC, Div III); Caldwell (all 3 meets); Peter Manolakos (all 3 meets); Crispo (all 3 meets); LeFebvre (ECAC, Div III); Liam Kelly (ECAC, Div III); Doug Martin (Div III). Congratulations on a super indoor season!
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