Posted on Sep 20, 2000

Junior defensive end Joshua Stinehour (Rochester, NY/ Penfield)
helped to lead the Dutchmen's defense against Hobart last
Saturday. Even with Stinehour's two and a half sacks (for 22 yards),
four unassisted tackles, eight assists and one fumble recovery in
Saturday's game, Hobart defeated Union 13-12.

Stinehour's efforts earned him the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association's “Defensive Player of the Week”. It was the third-straight week that a Union College player
has been honored by the league. The performances of Ben Gilbert (Brattleboro, VT), who
passed 226 yards and four touchdowns against St. Lawrence, and George
Beebe (Salem, NY), who gained 186 yards against WPI, earned
them both the conference's “Offensive Player of the Week” in
the first and second weeks of the season, respectively.

Stinehour has opened the 2000 season by
leading the Dutchmen's defense. He has had three sacks for 14 yards and one fumble recovery. Stinehour
has totaled 24 tackles so far, 12 of them unassisted, and five tackles for a net loss of 25 yards.

Thanks in part to Stinehour, Union's Dutchmen lead all other UCAA
opponents in total defense, giving up only an average of 164 yards
per game this season. Union's
80.3 yards per game against the run, is second  to Rochester's average of 60.7. Union, which is 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the UCAA, is second
in scoring defense with its 12.3 per game average.

Stinehour ranks fourth in the UCAA for tackles for loss. He has five tackles for a loss of 23 yards, with an average
of 1.6 tackles for loss per game.

In the 1999 season, Stinehour had 16 tackles (five unassisted), one
fumble recovery and a touchdown. A starter this year, he earned a varsity letter as a back-up linebacker in both 1998 and 1999.

Joshua, a Computer Science major, is the son of James and Judy Stinehour
of Rochester, NY.

Posted on Sep 20, 2000

Senior forward Missy
Matusewicz (Florence, MA/Northampton) facilitated the Dutchwomen in their 5-0 victory over Skidmore last Wednesday. Matusewicz scored two goals in a two minute span in the first half of the game and scored her third with just 10 minutes remaining in the second half, tallying a hat trick and giving Union another win in their 5-0-0 season.

Matusewicz's hard work this season has earned
her the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association's “Player of the Week” for women's soccer. Matusewicz has opened the 2000 season with eight goals and two assists for 18 points, and is averaging 3.60 points per game.

The 1999 Dutchwomen won Union's first-ever New York State
Women's Collegiate Athletic Association postseason championship and
finished 16-3-1, allowing them compete in their first-ever NCAA Division
III postseason tournament. Matusewicz,
who was named to the Northeast All-American First Team following the 1999
season, helped the Dutchwomen set Union records for goals scored (74) and
shutouts in a season (9). She tied an NCAA Division III record by
scoring three goals and an assist in Union's 4-3 triple overtime victory
over Ithaca in the opening round.

Individually, Matusewicz also had a record-breaking season in 1999. After scoring 25 goals and five assists for a total of 55
points last season, Matusewicz, then only a junior, captured Union's
records for both goals and points in a season and for goals and points in
a career.

Matusewicz, who now has 57 goals and 20 assists for 134 points while appearing as a starter in all 58 games of her
collegiate career, has 11 multiple goal games, including five career hat
tricks.

The women's soccer team was ranked 20^th in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America preseason poll. In the 2000 season to date, Union's record in the UCAA is 3-0-0 and holds promise for another winning season.

An Anthropology and
Psychology double-major, Missy is the daughter of Mary Matusewicz of
Florence, Massachusetts.

Posted on Sep 14, 2000

The cross country team may not get as much publicity as say the football team, but they sure know how to eat!

Junior Ben Waite brought 35 lobsters to Union from Cumberland, Maine, where his dad owns a lobster boat.

Both the men and the women finished fourth in last week's Middlebury Invitational.  Freshman Lisa
Capomaccio (Wakefield, MA) was the Dutchwomen's top finisher, taking 24th of 63, while senior Jeffrey Morse (Westford, MA) led the men as he finished 13th of 77 runners.

Posted on Sep 14, 2000

Junior Audrey Brennan (Cooperstown,
NY/Cooperstown) and sophomore Corinn Jordan (New Hyde Park, NY/Herricks)
were both named to the All-Tournament team after leading the volleyball
team to a second place finish in the Union Invitational. Jordan was
also named to the All-Tourney team in week one after the Dutchwomen won
their first-ever Vassar Tournament title.

Senior defensive back Devon Wimberly (Albany,
NY/Albany Academy) and freshman defensive back Dan Mehleisen
(Albany, NY/CBA) were both named to the UCAA “Honor Roll”
after helping Union defeat WPI. Wimberly had nine first hits and an
assist (including a touchdown-saving tackle on a 64-yard run) while
Mehleisen was in on six tackles and set up 10 points with an interception
and fumble recovery.

Sophomore Angela Dallas (Hingham, MA/Noble and Greenough)
scored what proved to be the winning goal at 11:36 of the second
period to give the field hockey team its first win of the season.
Classmate Suzie Bruderman (Fairfield, CT) and junior Yvonne
Turchetti (Red Hook, NY) each picked up an assist on the
goal. Junior Jessica Wells (Hoosick Falls, NY) made two
saves.

Posted on Sep 14, 2000

Sophomore forward Abbie West (Dalton, MA/Wachovia Regional High) helped lead
the Union College Dutchwomen to a 3-1 victory over rival Rensselaer last
Saturday. Both Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association teams went into the
game undefeated, but Union prevailed continuing its strong play this
season. The victory improved the Dutchwomen's record to 4-0 overall, and
2-0 in the UCAA.

West helped in the winning cause on Saturday by netting her fourth goal of
the year. The tally came in the second half to secure the Dutchwomen's
3-1 victory. West also had a key roll in holding Rensselaer to just one
goal. Also helping the Union cause, were juniors Lauren Byrne
(Northport, NY) and Tara Illsley (Hicksville, NY), who each had a goal.

Abbie West is second on the
team in scoring with four goals and 10 points. West has started all four games the Dutchwomen and is second on the team
in total points with 10 points. She has scored four goals and
assisted on another two. West has helped lead a strong Union team,
as the Dutchwomen have now outscored there opponents by a total
of 24 –1.
Senior Missy Matusewicz, (Florence, MA) who
came into the year as Union's all-time scoring leader with 49 goals
and 116 points, leads the Dutchwomen with five goals and 12 points.