Posted on May 5, 2004

Union crew will be
participating in postseason competition for the first time in its varsity
history this weekend.  Both the men and
women's varsity four crews will row in the Eastern College Athletic
Conference's National Invitational Rowing Championships, which will be held on
Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts. 

“This is the first time that
Union will be competing at the ECAC event and we are all very excited,” said
head coach Tom White.

The Dutchmen are scheduled
to row on Saturday, May 8 at 5 p.m. in event No. 15.  The Garnet will go up against UNC, UMass, UCSB, Colgate and Holy
Cross.

The Dutchwomen are scheduled
for event No. 19 at 5:40 p.m. and will be rowing against Amherst, Williams,
Tufts, Rochester, and Mass. Maritime.

For the complete schedule of
events, please cut and paste the following address:

http://rowing.ecac.org/championships/ecac/2004/2004_ECAC_Heats

Posted on May 5, 2004

Impermeable Molding Co., a
company founded by Union College
students and housed in the U-Start Business Incubator, won the “elevator pitch”
contest that was part of last week's Tech Valley Collegiate Business Plan
Competition at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. To qualify for the two-minute
contest, which simulates a brief elevator ride with a venture capitalist, the
teams had to be one of five semi-finalists in the overall business plan
competition. The Union team won $1,000.

Impermeable
Molding was founded in 2004 to produce environmentally friendly tanks for the
storage of various fluids such as oil and gasoline. Union students in the College's
Entrepreneurship Club have
been working on this new business idea, using a state-of-the-art plastic resin
from the Cyclics Corp. of Schenectady. Cyclics
was founded by Union alumni John
Ciovacco and Ted
Eveleth. Junior
Lucas Englehart, chief marketing officer, did the elevator
pitch for the team.

“We are extremely proud of our
team's work in getting to the semi-finals and winning the elevator pitch
competition,” said Jon Lemelin, executive director of the
U-Start Incubator. “This is the first time a team from Union has entered the competition. To
qualify as a semi-finalist, the Union team outperformed 30 other student
teams.”

The business
plan competition was sponsored by the Severino Center
for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer's Lally School of Management and Technology. The annual
competition is open to full-time students at area colleges and universities.

Along with Englehart, members of the Union
team included:

·       
Bobby Syed, chief executive officer and a 2003 graduate from Union
College who is currently in the MBA
program at the Graduate College of Union University. He is also the co-founder
and former president of the Union College Entrepreneurship Club.

·       
Senior Josh Fiorini, chief financial
officer, who co-founded the Union College Entrepreneurship Club and
is currently serving as vice president. 

·       
Junior Brian Lindenberg, chief operating
officer.

·       
Kerem Kacel, chief information
officer, and a 2003 Union graduate. 

·       
Senior Brett Durie, chief technical
officer.

Members of the club's board of advisors are:

·       
Jon Lemelin,
executive director, U-START Business
Incubator

·       
John Ciovacco, chairman and head of global marketing for Cyclics Corporation.

·       
Y.F. King Wang, marketing director of Americas for Cyclics
Corporation.

·       
Hal Fried, professor of economics, Union College.

·       
Mike O'Hara, director of development, Union College.

·       
Mel Chudzik, dean of
the School of Management, GCUU.

Posted on May 3, 2004

The women's lacrosse team, which finished
the regular season with a record of 13-4, has been seeded second in the upcoming Eastern College Athletic Conference's Mid-Atlantic Championship
Tournament.  The Dutchwomen will host
seventh-seeded Geneseo (10-4) Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 on Frank Bailey Field.

This is the first time that the
Dutchwomen have qualified for the ECAC event. 
Union, which has been to the NCAA tournament twice, missed its third
trip to the national event when it lost to William Smith, 9-8, in last Sunday's
Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association championship tournament.

The Dutchwomen are led by junior midfielder Molly Flanagan, who leads the team with 61 goals, 20 assists and 81 points. Classmate Kathy Dolezal is second with 41-4-46 while senior Julia Davis has contributed 30-3-33.

Sophomore goaltenders Rachel Beckman and Corey Bralower have combined to produce a goals against average of 9.07 with a save percentage of 50.2.

Drew University (13-4) is the ECAC
event's No. 1 seed and will host No. 8 Oneonta (10-6) on Wednesday.  Skidmore (9-5) drew the No. 3 position and
hosts No. 6 Stevens (15-2) while No. 4 Franklin and Marshall (10-7) hosts No. 5
McDaniel.

The semi-finals and finals will be held
Saturday with the championship scheduled for Sunday at the highest remaining seed after Wednesday's games.  The semi-finals will be played at 3:00 and 5:30 p.m. with the championship scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

2004 ECAC Division III Mid-Atlantic Women's Lacrosse
Championship

First Round – Wednesday, May 5

No. 8 SUNY Oneonta (10-6) at No. 1 Drew (13-4)

No. 7 SUNY Geneseo (10-4) at No. 2 Union (13-4)

No. 6 Stevens (15-2) at No. 3 Skidmore (9-5)

No. 5 McDaniel (12-3) at No. 4 Franklin and Marshall (10-7)

Semifinals – Saturday, May 8 at Drew University

Winner of No. 1 Drew/No. 8 SUNY Oneonta vs. Winner of No. 5
McDaniel/No. 4 Franklin and Marshall

Winner of No. 2 Union/No. 7 SUNY Geneseo vs. No. 3 Skidmore
/No. 6 Stevens

Championship Game – Sunday, May 9 at highest remaining seed

Two Semifinal Winners