Husky highlights
Bial named player of the week
Senior Huskies midfielder Adam Bial (Wenham, MA) was named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 23-29. In two USM wins last week, Bial contributed a goal and two assists for a four-point week. Bial is the third USM player to receive a weekly LEC award this season. Bial is tied for 12th place on the all-time assists list, and in 17th place on the all-time points list.
Schoner, Stephenson, Young named captains
Oct. 30 – Senior Steve Young (Rochester, NY), junior Shane Stephenson (Pine Bush, NY) and sophomore Robert Schoner (Sussex, WI) have each been named captains for the 2006-2007 Huskies wrestling team. Stephenson finished his sophomore year with a respectable 8-8 overall record that included two pins. Young earned Pilgrim League Honor Mention All-Star and NECCWA All-New England honors in 2006, finishing the season with an 8-7 overall record. As a freshman, Schoner compiled a 13-12 overall mark.
Southern Maine falls in first round
Oct. 31 – The Rhode Island College Anchorwomen soccer team had four different players score on route to a 4-1 victory over the Huskies in a first round game of the 2006 Little East Conference Women’s Soccer Championship. The Huskies dropped their fifth straight to finish the season at 5-13-0.
Field Hockey advances
Oct. 31 – Freshman Field Hockey forward India Lowe (Glocester, MA) scored the game-winning goal in the 63rd minute to lift the third-seeded Huskies to a 1-0 victory over the sixth-seeded Westfield State College Owls. The win was the first round game of the 2006 Little East Conference Championship. With the win, the Huskies advanced to the semifinal round of the tournament. Huskies freshman goalkeeper Allie Hill (Cape Elizabeth) earned her third shutout making eight saves, including seven in the second half.
Field Hockey falls in Double OT
Nov. 2 – Senior UMass Dartmouth midfielder Robin Dziedzic (Palmer, MA) scored two goals, including the game winner in overtime, leading the second-seeded Corsairs to a 2-1, double-overtime win over the third-seeded Huskies. The Huskies concluded its 2006 season with a 10-11 record – its best finish since the 2003 season when the Huskies captured the Little East Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament with a 17-6 record. Huskies freshman goal keeper Allie Hill (Cape Elizabeth) kept her team in the game with eight saves in regulation, three in the first overtime and another two in the second overtime.
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