SHANNA THIERAULT
Helped lead the Dutchwomen to a fourth place finish in the ECAC Invitational.BRETT DURIE
Hepled the Dutchmen qualify for the ECAC Invitational
By virtue of their performances
at the New York State championships, the women's and men's crew teams earned
their first-ever postseason berths when they were tapped to participate in the
ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta.
The Dutchwomen, whose
Varsity 4+ team consisted of: c-Liz O'Connell (junior – Brooklyn, NY), s-Shanna Theriault
(senior – Queensbury, NY), 3-Lindsey Gish (senior – Smithtown, NY), 2-Ali
Stoyan (sophomore – Liverpool, NY), and
b-Carrie Dancy (junior – Concord, NH), finished fourth among 18 teams
and missed the Bronze Medal by three-tenths of a second.
MOLLY FLANAGAN
Established new single-season scoring record and is two points shy of becoming the program's all-time leading scorer.CORINNE HENNESSY
Selected to play in senior all-star game in Maryland on June 5.
Linda Bevelander completed
her seventh season at the helm of the women's lacrosse team by guiding the
Dutchwomen to a 15-win season – a program record (surpassing the mark of 14,
which she first set in 1999 and equaled in 2002). The Dutchwomen, who lost 9-8 to
William Smith in the UCAA tournament championship, were invited to their
first-ever ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship Tournament. Union finished second to
top-seeded Drew, 16-11.
Junior midfielder Molly
Flanagan (Simsbury, CT) had an incredible year, especially since she missed the
last five games of the 2003 season after suffering a knee injury. That injury
also forced her to sit out the 2003 soccer season (where, as a two-year
starter, she scored nine goals and 22 points); as well as the 2003-04 ice hockey
season (where, as a first-time player in 2002-03 she finished as the team's
third-leading scorer with 14 goals, 16 assists, and 30 points despite missing
all of preseason and the first six games while finishing her soccer season).
Flanagan, who is two points
away from breaking Nina Mandel's (Class of 2003) all-time scoring record of 217
points, once again rewrote the Dutchwomen's single-season scoring record. As a
freshman, Flanagan set the standard with 62 goals and 76 points. This year she
finished with 69 goals and 97 points.
So far Flanagan's individual
honors this year include being named the Inside Lacrosse Division III “Player
of the Week” (after scoring 12 goals and four assists in wins over Skidmore,
St. John Fisher, and Rochester); UCAA All-Conference first-team, and New York
State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association All-State first-team. National
awards have not yet been released.
Flanagan had a lot of
company when it came to postseason honors. Senior midfielder Corrine Hennessy
(Mahopac, NY) was named to the Division III North-South Senior All-Star game,
which will be at the University of Maryland on Saturday, June 5. A total of 70
nominations came from 46 institutions.
Hennessy also earned
All-State first-team recognition while junior attack woman Kathy Dolezal
(Clearwater, FL), junior midfielder Tanya Davis (Fayetteville, NY), and junior
defender Liz Flanagan (Simsbury, CT) were second-team selections. Senior attack
woman Julia Davis (Skaneateles, NY) received third-team honors.
The Dutchwomen were also
well represented on the UCAA All-Conference squad as Dolezal and Hennessy were
first-team selections with Julia and Tanya Davis (no relation) and Liz Flanagan
earning second-team honors.
ABBY ARCENEAUX
UCAA “Player of the Year”PETER BROWN
UCAA “Coach of the Year”
Seventh-year head coach Pete
Brown guided his softball team to the UCAA championship, its fifth 20-win season,
and its sixth consecutive postseason tournament. Individually, sophomore Abby
Arceneaux (Mechanicville, NY) was named the UCAA's “Player of the Year” while
picking up All-Conference first-team honors as a pitcher and second-team honors
as a first basewoman. Freshman second basewoman Colleen White (Westport, CT)
and sophomore centerfielder Julie Gawronski (Dunkirk, NY) joined Arceneaux on
the first-team. Meanwhile, sophomores shortstop Beth Carcone (Utica, NY),
catcher Alicia Gifford (Altamont, NY), and pitcher Jackie Coffey (Boston)
joined Arceneaux on the second-team.
White (first-team) and
Arceneaux (honorable mention) were named to the NCAA All-Tournament team while
three Dutchwomen, Arceneaux and Gawronski (second team) and White (third team),
were selected to the All-Region team.
Brown, who now has a career
record of 155-75-2, earned his second-straight UCAA “Coach of the Year” award
and his third overall (the first in 2001).
What a GREAT season was this
past spring. Softball qualified for its second consecutive NCAA tournament (and
the second in the 29-year history of the program); women's lacrosse missed the
NCAA postseason party by two goals and qualified for its first-ever ECAC
tournament; the women's and men's crew teams received their first-ever
postseason invitation; and baseball was a first-time qualifier for the
four-team UCAA championship tournament.
Individually, several of
Union's student-athletes were recognized at the conference, state, and national
levels for their performances.
