The women's swim team is off to Nottingham High School in
Syracuse for the three-day New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic
Association championship, the men's and women's basketball teams go into the
regular-season finale looking to secure their spot in the upcoming four-team
Liberty League championship tournament, the men's hockey team looks to get back
on track in an effort to host an opening-round series in the upcoming ECAC
championship tournament and the women's hockey team is hoping to break into the
ECAC win column at Messa Rink before the regular-season ends next weekend at
Princeton.
DUTCHWOMEN
SWIMMERS LOOK TO TOP A SOLID YEAR
The Dutchwomen swimmers have put together a solid year under
head coach Scott Felix and will look to end their season with a top-three
finish in the state event while trying to qualify a few individuals for the
NCAA championship.
“I really think that the team is focused on the state meet,”
said Felix. “In fact, this is the most
focused I've seen them since I was named head coach and I'm anxious for us to
get to Syracuse.”
Winning the title will take an entire team effort with some
outstanding individual performances.
LeMoyne, Ithaca, Nazareth,
Rensselaer and Vassar are the teams that Felix sees
standing in the way of Union's bid to bring home the
title.
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“Our diving crew of Sarah Steuer, Molly
Freeman, Tara Campbell and Jamie Dughi will be our biggest asset,” Felix
explained. “But to win the title it is
going take our entire team stepping up and going faster than they have ever
gone.
“We will be looking for leadership out of Chrissie Duff,
Brianne Phillips and Sydnie Wells and freshmen Christa White and Ashley
Braniecki will have to step up for us in their events. I believe the team is capable of winning the
championship if they want.”
Whatever happens at the state meet the Dutchwomen have made
a great deal of progress this year. Not
only did the Garnet break a 20-meet winless streak, they finished with a
regular-season record of 3-6 and performed well at the Liberty League
championship meet. Individually, Wells and Duff were each named the Liberty
League's “Swimmer of the Week” during the season, Steuer was the “Diver of the
Week” and White captured a pair of “Rookie of the Week” awards. Steuer and
Freeman each made the standard in qualifying for the NCAA meet. They are awaiting a decision from a panel of
judges (who view videos of all the divers) and if they are in the top 22, they
will have qualified for the national event.
“We turned things around and are headed in the right
direction,” said Felix.
BASKETBALL TEAMS
NEED TO WIN AND HOPE
Both the men's and women's basketball teams find themselves
in the situation of “win and hope for the best” as neither can control their
own destiny. The defending champion
Dutchwomen are already in the tournament but need some help if they are going
to enjoy the home court advantage. The
Dutchmen go into the week as the fifth-place team as they look to qualify for next
weekend's four-team championship tournament.
Union, St. Lawrence, Rensselaer
and William Smith head into the weekend all tied at 9-3. The Dutchwomen, who have already beaten St.
Lawrence, host the Saints on Friday night and play 1-11 Clarkson on Saturday
afternoon. Union
split its two games with Rensselaer (which is at William
Smith and at 7-5 Hamilton) but lost
both games to the Herons. Union
did beat fifth-place Hamilton
twice. The weekend's other key game has
2-10 Skidmore hosting St. Lawrence
on Saturday.
In their first meeting with St. Lawrence the Dutchwomen came
from 13 points down to score the winning basket with one second left in a 57-55
victory. Senior forward Katlyn Cunningham scored 18 points down the stretch with
junior guard Erika Eisenhut hitting the final basket.
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2004-05 |
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Liberty League |
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Overall |
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W |
L |
Win % |
GP |
PF |
PA |
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W |
L |
Win % |
GP |
PF |
PA |
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1 |
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9 |
3 |
.750 |
12 |
715 |
583 |
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13 |
8 |
.619 |
21 |
1220 |
1100 |
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9 |
3 |
.750 |
12 |
761 |
652 |
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12 |
10 |
.545 |
22 |
1441 |
1305 |
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9 |
3 |
.750 |
12 |
712 |
589 |
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14 |
7 |
.667 |
21 |
1245 |
1122 |
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9 |
3 |
.750 |
12 |
716 |
596 |
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16 |
6 |
.727 |
22 |
1345 |
1161 |
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5 |
|
7 |
5 |
.583 |
12 |
709 |
654 |
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13 |
9 |
.591 |
22 |
1401 |
1302 |
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6 |
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2 |
10 |
.167 |
12 |
501 |
711 |
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8 |
15 |
.348 |
23 |
1031 |
1253 |
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2 |
10 |
.167 |
12 |
518 |
698 |
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6 |
16 |
.273 |
22 |
1049 |
1319 |
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8 |
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1 |
11 |
.083 |
12 |
546 |
695 |
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4 |
19 |
.174 |
23 |
1101 |
1328 |
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Friday, February 18 |
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6:00 pm |
C |
Clarkson |
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at |
Skidmore |
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6:00 pm |
C |
Rensselaer |
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at |
William Smith |
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6:00 pm |
C |
St. Lawrence |
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at |
Union |
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6:00 pm |
C |
Vassar |
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at |
Hamilton |
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Saturday, February 19 |
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2:00 pm |
C |
St. Lawrence |
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at |
Skidmore |
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2:00 pm |
C |
Vassar |
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at |
William Smith |
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2:00 pm |
C |
Rensselaer |
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at |
Hamilton |
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6:00 pm |
C |
Clarkson |
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at |
Union |
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The Dutchmen go into the final two games tied with Rensselaer
at 6-6. The Garnet's biggest problem is
that they dropped both games to the Red Hawks, who kept Union
out of last year's tournament by beating the Dutchmen in the regular-season
finale. The Dutchmen split with both
second-place Skidmore and third-place Hamilton
but lost both games to league-leading Hobart.
The Dutchmen already own victories over St. Lawrence (Friday
night's opponent) and Clarkson and need a weekend sweep to remain in the
playoff hunt. The scoreboard watching
that Union is most interested in will feature Rensselaer's
showdowns at Hobart and Hamilton.
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2004-05 |
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Liberty League |
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Overall |
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W |
L |
Win % |
GP |
PF |
PA |
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W |
L |
Win % |
GP |
PF |
PA |
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1 |
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9 |
3 |
.750 |
12 |
907 |
823 |
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14 |
8 |
.636 |
22 |
1636 |
1577 |
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2 |
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8 |
4 |
.667 |
12 |
850 |
812 |
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14 |
7 |
.667 |
21 |
1523 |
1405 |
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3 |
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7 |
5 |
.583 |
12 |
902 |
837 |
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12 |
10 |
.545 |
22 |
1626 |
1518 |
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4 |
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6 |
6 |
.500 |
12 |
788 |
775 |
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13 |
10 |
.565 |
23 |
1539 |
1487 |
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6 |
6 |
.500 |
12 |
831 |
830 |
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12 |
11 |
.522 |
23 |
1571 |
1557 |
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6 |
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5 |
7 |
.417 |
12 |
730 |
768 |
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12 |
10 |
.545 |
22 |
1480 |
1445 |
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7 |
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4 |
8 |
.333 |
12 |
829 |
902 |
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6 |
17 |
.261 |
23 |
1603 |
1746 |
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8 |
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3 |
9 |
.250 |
12 |
682 |
772 |
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7 |
16 |
.304 |
23 |
1405 |
1590 |
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Friday, February 18 |
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8:00 pm |
C |
Clarkson |
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at |
Skidmore |
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8:00 pm |
C |
Rensselaer |
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at |
Hobart |
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8:00 pm |
C |
St. Lawrence |
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at |
Union |
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8:00 pm |
C |
Vassar |
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at |
Hamilton |
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Saturday, February 19 |
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4:00 pm |
C |
St. Lawrence |
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at |
Skidmore |
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4:00 pm |
C |
Vassar |
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at |
Hobart |
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4:00 pm |
C |
Clarkson |
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at |
Union |
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4:00 pm |
C |
Rensselaer |
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at |
Hamilton |
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DUTCHMEN SKATERS
LOOKING FOR BIG FINISH
The Dutchmen enter the second-to-last weekend of the
regular-season one point out of eighth place, the final spot in which a team
needs to finish in order to host an opening-round game. Union, which has
hosted Clarkson and Rensselaer, respectively, the last
two seasons, opened the 2004-05 campaign by winning its first six ECAC
games. It marked the first time in the
14-year history of their Division I status that the Dutchmen led the league.
As for the Dutchwomen, they have four chances to match or better last year's ECAC record of 1-17-0, which was their first season as a Division I team. The 0-16-0 Garnet travel to face 3-14-1 Cornell this weekend before closing the season at home next weekend against 7-5-3 Princeton.