Weekly sports update - results from April 5th through April 11th
by Geoff Hassard - Sports Information Director
Men's Tennis (0-3)
The men's tennis team has run up against some tough teams in the early going as they dropped three matches 7-0 versus Babson, Trinity and Wheaton over the last week and a half. Coach Young knows he is building, but is pleased with the progress of his younger players.
The team has gotten good play from sophomore Mike Lamareoux (Assonet, MA), senior Chris Buganski (Southington, CT), juniors Jonas Olmstead (Greenwich, RI) and Nathan Hendrix (Imlay City, MI) and freshman Stephen Minka (Washington, DC).
Women's Track(6-2)
The women traveled to Troy, NY to participate in the annual Engineers Meet on Saturday the 6. They finished in third place as RPI took the victory with MIT second.
Placewinners for WPI were Sunny Hwang (Manchester, CT) who won the 100-meter hurdles and finished third in both the 100-meter dash and 400-meter run. Elaine Mongeon (Southbridge, MA) placed second in the 400-meter hurdles. Heather Cleary (Pembroke, MA) was fourth in the 200-meter dash and won the long jump. Patty Panlilio (Holyoke, MA) took third in the hammer. Heather Mazzaccaro (Bristol, CT) placed second in the javelin.
Golf (0-1)
With the latest snow the team that has been affected the most is our golf team. They were able to play at match down in Rhode Island on the 3rd versus Rhode Island College. Unfortunately they were beaten 433-437. Barry Hammer (Hooksett, NH) was low scorer for WPI with an 85 followed by Brian Klauber (Nashua, NH) with an 86.
Softball (2-5)
The softball team got into the win column last Friday (Apr. 5) when they swept a double header from Mount Holyoke by the scores of 11-3 and 8-4.
In the first game, WPI trailed 3-0 when the bats finally came alive in the fourth. The Engineers took advantage of some early walks and then pounded three straight singles to score those runs. Leading the way were Lyn Dubois (Cumberland, RI) who was 2-2 with two runs scored. Lara Currie who helped herself with two runs scored and three RBI's as she also pitched four innings to pick up her first collegiate win.
In the second game the Engineers took control from the beginning as they jumped out to a 7-1 lead after two innings and never looked back. Tracy Langis (Westport, MA) was 2-2 and drove in four runs on two doubles. Teresa Lintzenich (Swansea, IL) and Beckey Hoffman (Sterling, MA) both drove in a pair of runs. Carrie Seigars continues to pitch well as she earned her first collegiate victory.
Baseball (5-13)
The baseball team was quite busy during the last week as they swept a doubleheader from Clark on the 5th, were swept by Western New England the next day and then were beaten by Trinity on the eve of the spring storm. Against Clark, WPI had to work extra innings to defeat the Cougars in the first game as Alex Bartkin (N. Reading, MA) hit a home run in the top of the twelfth inning to give WPI the 1-0 win. Jeff Ross (W. Bridgewater, MA) picked up the win after pitching three scoreless innings in relief of starter Guy Miller (W. Barnstable, MA) who had pitched nine scoreless innings to start the game. In the night-cap, the Engineers scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for good as they went on to win 6-4. Scott Townsend (Hollis, ME) drove in two runs including the game-winner. Matt Whitten (Gray, ME) went the distance to pick up the complete game victory.
The next day, WPI was on the road for a doubleheader against WNEC. WPI could only manage two hits as they were beaten in the first game 10-0. In the second game, the score was tied entering the bottom of the seventh when WNEC scored the winning run with one out in a 3-2 victory. James Blum (Marlboro, MA) pitched well in the loss as he went the distance. Miller hit his third home run of the season in the game.
At Trinity last Tuesday (9th) the Engineers had an early 2-0 lead until it fell apart in the bottom of the third inning. Trinity scored 10 runs over the next two innings and went on to win 12-7. Tom Michalowski (Northampton, MA) had three hits and scored two runs while Miller and Townsend each had a pair of hits.
Men's Track (5-3)
On Saturday (Apr. 6) WPI was host to the men's side of the Engineers meet. Unfortunately the results were similar as they finished third behind the winner MIT and RPI. Placewinners for WPI were Marc LeFebvre (Adams, MA) who won the high jump. Stan Farrell (Augusta, ME) placed in three events as he took second in the high jump, third in the pole vault and fourth in the triple jump. Jeff Coleman (Rehoboth, MA) won the 110-meter high hurdles. Steve LaBranche (Uncasville, CT) won the 800-meter run in qualifying for the New England's. Dave Bowler (Cumberland, RI) won the pole vault. Bill Freed (Stockton, NJ) finished second in the 400-meter hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles. Rich Person (Sutton, MA) was second in the 1,500-meter run as he was edged out at the end. Chris Neumaier (Vernon, CT) placed second in the javelin. Chris Brennan (Providence, RI) finished fourth in the long jump. Aaron Korthas (Gloucester, MA) took fourth in the hammer. Mike Pockoski (Dayville, CT) finished second in the discus. Dan Sadowski (Ashfield, MA) was fourth in both the discus and shot put. Keith Levesque (Nashua, NH) was third in the 400-meter run.
