Weekly sports update: Results from November 1st to 7th

by Geoff Hassard - Sports Information

Men's Cross Country (4-1); Women's Cross Country (2-4)

The men's and women's cross country teams competed in the ECAC Meet at UMass-Dartmouth on the 2nd. Both squads finished 17th in the team standings. For the women, it was their best showing since 1993. The men continued to show well overall.

Sue Shorrock (N. Smithfield, RI) led the way with a 40th place finish overall, followed by Vicky Dulac (Manchester, NH) in 92nd, Janel Lanphere (Westerly, RI) in 120th, Michelle Lutz (Albany, NY) in 125th and Lydia Love (Nashville, TN) in 137th.

The men were led by Tim Caldwell (Dover-Foxcroft, ME) in 72nd place overall. Behind him was Brian Kennedy (Ballston Lake, NY) in 96th, Don Wallace (Brunswick, ME) in97th, Tyler Lupien (Waldoboro, ME) in 120th and Michael Gagne (Colchester, VT) in 138th.

Men's Soccer (9-4-2)

The men's soccer team finished their regular season on the first with their annual game with Clark. The men had to work overtime for the 4-1 victory as we hope by the time you read this they will know if they are playing in the ECAC New England Tournament.

The Clark game was a little more special than the others with our senior members playing their last regular season home game of their careers. WPI led 1-0 at halftime on a goal by Mark Socha (E. Longmeadow, MA) assisted by Mike Couchon (Longmeadow, MA). Clark came back to tie the game early in the second half. The rest of the game would go back and forth, with WPI getting the better of the opportunities, but not able to put one past the Cougar goalkeeper. WPI put the game away in the first overtime period when Sean Gouvin (Monson, MA) and Chris Prueher (Ellington, CT) each scored to make the game 3-1. Kevin Morin (Charlton, MA) and Mike Dellisanti (Mt. Vernon, NH) assisted on the goals. In the second overtime period Dave Barroso (Milford, MA) added one more goal to make the final 4-1. Eric Briggs (Shrewsbury, MA) assisted on Barroso's goal.

Football (2-6)

The football team finds themselves in the midst of a four-game losing streak as they dropped another game to Western Connecticut 55-0 on the 2nd. Injuries on the defensive side have taken their toll as they near the end of the season. Sophomore quarterback Richard Boardman (Merrimack, NH) got his first start and completed 10 of 26 passes for 93 yards. Mark Balcius (Millbury, MA), who is having a strong season punting the ball, led WPI with 66 yards rushing. Freshman linebacker Jon Pires (Stoughton, MA) continues to impress in his first season as he again registered double-digits in tackles with 17. Brian Learned (Clinton, MA) had 15 tackles and Chuck Quinn (Hudson, MA) had 12 tackles.

Volleyball (14-10)

The volleyball team is coming to the end of another winning season. Last week they dropped a pair of matches to MIT and Wellesley to end the season, but will most likely be participating in the MAIAW State Tournament this weekend on the road.

In the match against MIT, Corinna Hearn (Wingdale, NY) had five kills and a service ace while Stacy Gold (Nazareth, PA) had 13 digs. The loss to Wellesley was in the first round of the NEW 8 tournament. Emma Palmacci (Walpole, MA) had three kills, three assists and a dig and Jo Shen (Taipei, Taiwan) had three digs and an ace.