Sophomore Susie Brudermann (Farifield,
CT/Loomis Caffe) had two goals and an assist in Union's 5-0 field
hockey victory over Hamilton. Senior Alison Sturzziero
(Braintree, MA/Thayer Academy) contributed an assist on Union first three goals…Freshman Peter Devine's (Millbury, MA/St. John's)
fourth goal of the season gave Union a 1-0 lead over nationally-ranked
Rochester. The Yellowjackets tied the game just before half then
scored two unanswered goals in the second 45 minutes…Corrin Jordan
(New Hyde Park/Herricks) had 40 kills in the volleyball team's three
wins last week while freshman Sarah Pontius (Oneonta, NY/Oneonta)
contributed 104 assists…Besides Stinehour's 12 total tackles in the loss
to Hobart, senior safety Brian Vegliado (Wallkill, NY/Wallkill) junior
linebackers Mike Ranfone (Branford, CT/Hamden Hall) and Mike
Rosenthal (Walpole, MA/Walpole) each were in on 10 total tackles.
Volleyball Opens 2000 Campaign with an 8-2 Record
The women's volleyball team is off to an 8-2 start under first-year
head coach Sandy Collins. The Dutchwomen, who do not
have one senior on their roster, are getting solid performances and
displaying balance throughout their lineup.
Offensively, junior Audrey Brennan Cooperstown, NY/Cooperstown) and sophomore Corinn Jordan
(New Hyde Park, NY/Herricks) show 132 and 125 kills,
respectively, while freshman Sarah Pontius (Oneonta, NY/Oneonta)
owns 298 of the team's 354 sets. Freshman Julianne Moran,
Jordan and Pontius have contributed 20,18, and 12 services aces,
respectively.
Defensively, Brennan leads the team with
her 89 digs followed by junior Melinda Colon (Passaic, NJ),
who has 71, and Moran, who has 68. The Dutchwomen, who lead
the UCAA with thier 50 blocked shots, have three players in double
digit blocked shot assists in Colon (12), Moran (11) and freshman Kirin
Liquori (Rexford, NY/Niskayuna).
Union heads into this week's action on a
three-game win streak.
Stellato and Yoo Advance to Semi-Finals of ITA Championships
Freshman Lauren Stellato (Old Westbury/Friends Academy) and junior Susan Yoo (Muskogee, OK/Muskogee) advanced to the semi-finals of the ITA Northern Regional Championships last weekend at William Smith. Seeded sixth, Stellato and Yoo won their first three matches before losing the eventual champions, 6-2, 6-0. It was the first loss of the season for the duo, who are now 7-1.
In singles competition, Stellato, who was seeded eighth, won three matches before losing to the eventual champion, 6-4, 6-0. It was her first collegiate loss, leaving her with a 7-1 record thus far.
Read MoreJosh Stinehour Named UCAA “Defensive Player of the Week”
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.
Missy Matusewicz Is Named UCAA “Player of the Week”
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.
20 assists and 134 points, including 11 multiple-goal games with five hat tricks.
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 20th 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.