The women's basketball team advanced to the semi-final round of the UCAA Championship Tournament for the second-straight year. Last season William Smith beat the Dutchwomen, 74-53, to end Union's season at 13-13. Friday's 1 p.m. showdown with Rensselaer (to be played at top-seeded St. Lawrence). Union and RPI split this year's regular-season games with each team winning at home. In the first meeting at Union, the Dutchwomen captured a 69-59 victory to snap an 11-game losing streak (which dated back to a 55-50 victory in Memorial Fieldhouse on December 8, 1995) at the hand of the Red Hawks. Rensselaer won this year's second meeting, 61-46. The winner will play the winner of the St. Lawrence-William Smith showdown with the champion getting the UCAA's automatic NCAA berth.
The football team, in conjunction with the College's Department of Campus Ministry, volunteered its time and talents to the Hill and Vale Housing Authority on Saturday, February 10 as one of its community service projects. The team, which will continue to work one Saturday a month for the next three months, ripped down walls and moved debris to make Schenectady homes usable for needy families. The Dutchmen also volunteer at Veeder Elementary where they work on reading skills with third graders.
The hockey team raised $2,465 in its “Skate Against Cancer” on Monday, February 12. Union will donate $1,000 to the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and $1,465 to the Coaches Foundation, which was established by Shawn Walsh. Two years ago the Garnet raised $3,500 for the fight against Cancer.
The following are the student-athletes who qualified for the UCAA's Winter All-Academic team. Candidates must have a 3.2 grade point average and be a starter or key reserve. Freshmen are not eligible. Union had 18 student-athletes named to the team.
Men's Swimming–Sr. Mike Webb (Rochester, NY), Chemistry; So. John Vandervoort (Centerville, MA), Computer Science
Women's Swimming–Sr. Sarah Rankowtiz (Barrington, RI), Economics; So. Lauren Wander (Cherry Hill, NJ), Spanish/History; So. Sara Hamilton (Newington, CT), Mathematics; Jr. Katherine Ferris (Brookline, MA), Political Science; Jr. Sarah Ellman (Wayland, MA), Psychology
Men's Track–So. Jeff Fairfield (Arundeld, ME), Psychology; So. John Houghton (Waterloo, NY), Industrial Economics; Jr. Dan O'Leary (Montgomery, NY), English; Sr. Jonathan Neiman (Guilderland, NY), Civil Engineering
Women's Track–So. Nicole Encarnacao (Wakefield, MA), Political Science; So. Katie Higley (Raymond, ME), Sociology; Jr. Glenna Malcolm (Adams, MA), Biology; So. Sarah Peach (Cranston, RI), Mathematics; So. Katie Round (Foster, RI), Mathematics
Women's Basketball–Sr. Beth Perry (Bliss, NY), Spanish; Jr. Meredith Chace (Westwood, MA), Psychology & Biology
Last week we reported that former Skating Dutchman goaltender Trevor Koenig (Class of 1998) had set the West Coast Hockey League's consecutive scoreless minute mark while playing with the San Diego Sea Gulls. Koenig, who holds the Union and ECAC Division I record of 198:44, had his WCHL streak stopped after 197:13 minutes of play. The previous WCHL standard was 174:15 set last year. Koenig, who had 32 career wins in four seasons with the Dutchmen, leads the WCHL in victories with 24.