NCAA Tourament Media Guide - May 8, 2008 - Quinnipiac University

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2007-08 Quinnipiac University Women’s Tennis Player Profiles NCAA First and Second Rounds at Miami • May 9-10, 2008 Sacred Heart, 10-9. Baseball split a doubleheader with Fairleigh Dickinson as junior Michael Marmo was 3-for-6 in the with a homerun, three RBI and four runs scored in both games. Freshman Ben Farina was 4-for-9 in both games with three RBI and a run scored. The cheerleading team records its fourth top-10 national finish in as many years at the NCA Cheer and Dance Championships in Daytona, FL. After finishing eighth in 2005, tenth in 2006, and fifth last year, Quinnipiac finished sixth overall this year. April 12: Five men’s outdoor track athletes set personalbests at the Wildcat Invitational hosted by the University of New Hampshire. Andrew Neumeister ran a 59.18 in the 400 Meter Hurdles, Tyler Dinnan finished 4th with a time of 1:56.79 in the 800 Meter Run while Jacob Gurzler finished 5th at 1:57:70 in the race. Keith Bushey finished 5th in the 1500 Meter Run at 4:03.51 while Jack McDonald finished in 7th place at 4:07.02. At the Wildcat Invitational, women’s outdoor track senior Abbey Gosling returned to her home state and broke the school record in the 3000 Meter Steeple Chase with a time of 11:24. Gosling finished first in the event and beat the previous school record by five seconds. Chelsea Bollerman won the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:42.50. Baseball sweeps Fairleigh Dickinson, 3-2 and 14-4, as Pete Kummerfeldt hits his team leading sixth homerun of the season. The round-tripper also makes Kummerfeldt the 11th player in Quinnipiac history to hit 20 homeruns over a career. April 13: Men’s lacrosse sophomore Todd Kaiser scored the game-winner in overtime to knock off Air Force, 11-10, in a Great Western Lacrosse League win. Sophomore Bill Hayes scored with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime. Women’s lacrosse clinched a share of their first-ever Northeast Conference Regular-Season Championship with a 12-4 win over Mount St. Mary’s. Junior Tiffany Manzi scored four goals in the win. April 14: Women’s lacrosse junior Tiffany Manzi was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week while sophomore Hannah Nelson was named the NEC Defensive Player of the Week. April 16: Men’s tennis freshman Brian Mikkelson was named Prince/Northeast Conference Player of the Week. 32 #2 Men’s Tennis defeated Saint Francis (Pa.) and Monmouth to advance to the Northeast Conference Championship. Baseball freshman Anes Koummal and junior Michael Marmo hit back-to-back homeruns in a 10-7 loss to Vermont. The homer is Koummal’s first of his career. April 17: Men’s lacrosse head coach Eric Fekete was selected to coach the North team in the 2008 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association North-South All-Star Game. April 18: Women’s lacrosse sophomore goalie Hannah Nelson was named to the WomensLacrosse.com Weekly Honor Roll. In an 18-5 loss to Monmouth, baseball junior Michael Marmo hits two homeruns, giving him three over two games. April 19: Women’s outdoor track Junior Chelsea Bollerman finished 2nd overall in the 800 Meter race at the UConn Spring Invitational. Susan Ashe set a new personal best in the 1500 meter race as she finished 5th overall with a time of 4:50.48. Abbey Gosling set a personal best of 4:57.42 as she finished three spots back of her teammate in 8th place. Softball sophomore Emily Bellush hit a walk-off RBI double in the first game of doubleheader sweep of Georgetown on Senior Day at Bobcat Field. April 20: Field Hockey won the 2007 Longstreth Field Hockey Cup Challenge after they finished 3rd in 2006 and 2nd in 2005.
2007-08 Quinnipiac University Women’s Tennis Player Profiles NCAA First and Second Rounds at Miami • May 9-10, 2008 Women’s tennis advances to their ninth consecutive Northeast Conference Championship, winning for the fifth consecutive time. The title ties the Bobcats with the University of Maryland-Baltimore County for secondmost in conference history. Quinnipiac will advance to the NCAA Tournament, set to begin on May 9. April 22: Golf junior Jayson Loranger ties for 9th overall at the Peacock Invitational hosted by St. Peter’s College. Men’s outdoor track senior Jacob Gurzler won the 1500 Meter race at the College of Holy Cross Track Meet. Jack McDonald also finished 3rd in the race. April 24: Women’s lacrosse takes three of the four major awards at the annual NEC Women’s Lacrosse Banquet, hosted by Quinnipiac at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. Head coach Danie Caro was named Coach of the Year, junior Tiffany Manzi was named Player of the Year and junior Hannah Nelson was named Defensive Player of the Year. April 25: Women’s lacrosse wins their NEC Tournament Semifinal match-up over Mount St. Mary’s, 12-11, to advance to the NEC Championship game. Katie Latonick’s goal with 3:46, on a pass from Kelly Bruneau, was the game-winner. Baseball downs Long Island, 5-4, on a walk-off single by freshman Mike Bartlett that drove in two runs to win the game in the bottom of the 9th. Earlier in the game, Brian Monack robs a homerun and topples over the fence at Bobcat Field for the “BobCatch”. The highlight, captured by student cameramen Sam Friedman and Justin Cohen, is the top play on WTNH 8, Fox 61 and NBC 30. April 26: The men’s golf team ties for 3rd out of 10 teams at the Northeast Invitational at the Green Valley Golf Course hosted by the University of Rhode Island. Brady Giroux tied for 4th place with a two-day score of 146 (68- 78). Men’s lacrosse beats Bellarmine, 6-5, to clinch a Great Western Lacrosse League Tournament berth. Kevin Benzing stopped 15 shots in the win. April 28: Men’s lacrosse junior Gary Messina and women’s lacrosse junior Tiffany Manzi were named the Eli’s Restaurant/Quinnipiac Athletics March Athletes of the Month. April 29: Monack’s “BobCatch” is featured as the top play on ESPN’s SportsCenter. April 30: Baseball’s Brian Monack appears on ESPN First Take with Dana Jacobson and Jay Crawford to discuss his homerun-robbing catch against Long Island. Women’s lacrosse’s Tiffany Manzi and men’s soccer player Graciano Brito are named Quinnipiac Athletes of the Year. Women’s lacrosse’s Tiffany Manzi and men’s lacrosse’s Gary Messina are named Eli’s Restaurant/Quinnipiac Athletics April Athletes Of The Month. May 1: Baseball’s Brian Monack’s “BobCatch” is the top play on NBC 30 Sports’ “Kevin’s 7”. The Quinnipiac men’s tennis team placed five players on the All-Northeast Conference team. Joe Nuara earned a first-team selection at No. 6 singles.Brian Mikkelson and Sean Pease each took second-team honors at the No. 2 and No. 3 singles flights, respectively. They also paired to earn Second-Team All-NEC at No. 1 doubles. John Hughes Scott Salway also paired to win Second-Team All-NEC honors at No. 2 doubles. Men’s lacrosse head coach Eric Fekete is named the Great Western Lacrosse League Coach of the Year while Drew Maceranka was named to the All-GWLL Second Team. May 4: Women’s outdoor track’s Chelsea Bollerman and Abbey Gosling each take home an NEC Individual Championship. Bollerman won the 1500 Meter race and finished 2nd in the 800 Meter race. Gosling won 3,000 Meter Steeple Chase and finished 2nd in the 5,000 Meter race. Both runners qualified for the NCAA Regional to be held at Florida State University. 33
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