Category: Sports

The women’s tennis team dominated the three doubles matches against Salem State College Lady Vikings 7-2 in a Little East Conference match on Sept. 13. The win brings the Huskies conference record to 1-1. Several singles wins were also posted.

The Huskies defeated the Westfield State College Owls 2-1 in a Little East Conference game Sept. 10 at the Gorham campus. The game was tied up until the last three minutes of the game when senior Kayla Vaughan (Monroe) scored the game-winning goal. – This win gives the Huskies a 1-0 conference record and a 1-2 record overall.

ELIZABETH BRUNTON COMMUNICATION SENIOR AGE: 20 Stats: starter Recent highlights: “The amazing, perfect and most beautiful assists by my right forward, Julia Cyr and center forward, Eva Hanson” Pre-game rituals: “Getting each other focused and pumped up for the game.

Not only do major league baseball teams like the Red Sox trek to Florida to warm up for the season, but USM’s own Huskies recently returned from Clearwater, Florida after an intense eight-day spring training.

The team returned with a 7-4 record. They played at least one game per day with two double headers.

The Lady Huskies and new head coach, Meredith Bickford, have high hopes for the season.

“We will be a forced to be reckoned with this year,” Bickford said.

USM has only nine returning players, and of those nine, only three are seniors. The Huskies will have to rely on a mix of new and old players to help turn around a program that has struggled in its five year history.

Red Sox closer Keith Foulke has started the season with what many see as a meltdown. Despite making six saves in seven opportunities, Foulke is 1-3 and his ERA is more than double his career average at 7.07. More troubling than those numbers, Foulke has allowed five home runs in only 14 innings pitched, compared to only eight in 83 innings last season.

Students from all walks of life can be dug up on a given day on the Gorham campus. The average of which you will most likely find chugging a beer or blowing rings of pot smoke in the sunlight and listening to Pink Floyd while staring at the visualizations on their computer screen from Winamp or iTunes.

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee collaborated with a wide array of USM student organizations to put on the second annual 5k Run for the Children road race on Sunday April 17 in Gorham. The groups were able to raise over $2,000, more than twice the amount they made last year, for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program.

Name: Melissa Bellemore

Major: Psychology

Year: Sophomore

Age: 20

Team: Women’s Track and Field

Events: Pole Vault/Jumps/Hurdles

Stats:

Bryant Invitational (4/9/05): 1st in pole vault (9-6) and Long jump (16-2); Corsair Classic (4/16/05): 1st in pole vault (11-0), 3rd in Triple jump (9.

Many Red Sox fans remember the old days. Before the hiring of Theo Epstein, Boston’s general manager was a man named Dan Duquette. Duquette was notorious among Boston’s fans for seemingly never making the transaction that would push the Sox to their first championship of our lifetime, despite his best efforts.

USM overcame a five run deficit to defeat Colby College 10 to 5 at home Wednesday. The Huskies improved to 17 to 6 on the season, while the White Mules continue to search for their first win (0 to 20).

Colby jumped out to an early lead when their first six batters reached base off USM starting pitcher Kyle Fecteau (Biddeford, ME).

Last season I was fortunate enough to attend game seven of the American League Championship Series in Yankee Stadium, witnessing the finale of the greatest

comeback in playoff history. Following the game, I took a cab from the Bronx to my midtown hotel.?The city seemed to be in mourning over their loss.

Name: Melissa Henderson

Major: Social Work

Year: Senior

Softball

Jersey #: 7

Pitcher

Stats (through 4/7):

4-4, 1.63 ERA, 47.1 innings pitched, 31

Hits, 16 runs (11 earned), 5 walks, 65 strikeouts.

Recent highlights:

Little East Conference Pitcher of the Week

Pre-game rituals:

“I usually warm up and then talk to my parents about the other team and their stats.

Baseball:

4/12- USM 7, Endicott College 5

4/14- USM 11, Salem State College 2

Women’s Lacrosse:

4/14- USM 15, Rhode Island College 7

Softball:

4/12- USM 3, Bridgewater State College 1

4/12- Bridgewater State College 8, USM 2

4/13- Endicott College 5,

On a day that saw temperatures in the low 30’s, blistering winds and trickling snow flakes, the USM Men’s lacrosse team took down the Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) Mariners 10-5 at home last Tuesday. The win was the first for the Huskies (1-4), while the Mariners fell to 2-3 on the season.

Last Wednesday the USM men’s tennis team beat Salem State 9-0 in a Little East Conference match played in Gorham, bringing their LEC record to 2-0. This is the Huskies’ second consecutive 9-0 victory after sweeping UMass Boston on April 9.

“They stuck to their fundamentals and the mental part of the game,” said Assistant Coach Wayne St.

Name: Meg Myles

Major: Social Work

Year: Junior

Team: Women’s Basketball

Jersey #: 33

Position: Forward

Stats:

12.6 ppg,

5.5 rpg,

54 assists, 27 blocks,

61 steals

Recent Highlights:

Named Most Outstanding Player of Little East Conference tournament

Favorite thing about USM athletics:

The success of the program and the unity within the athletes

Quote from Coach Fifield:

“Meg came up with a big game against (Ithaca) and we rode that

performance to the “Sweet 16.

Is it that time of year already??The snow may be flying outside your window right now, but the 2004 darlings of Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox, are gearing up to defend their first world championship in 86 years.?Following the most improbable comeback in the sport’s history, baseball took a beating this winter in the media.

The USM Women’s Track and Field team capped off a monumental season with a fifth place finish at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship last Saturday at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. The Huskies’ fifth place finish was the best in school’s history.

USM faces some challenges if it plans to add a football team. The pigskin gained some attention recently when a state legislator introduced a bill requiring USM to conduct a feasibility study exploring the idea. The bill was defeated, essentially leaving football a flat issue for now.

Name: Trey Gadbois Sport: Indoor track and field Hometown: Portland, ME Year: Sophomore Major: Business Management/Communications Events: High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Hurdles Stats: 6’8 3/4 (High jump); 47’1 (Triple jump); 22′ (Long jump); 14.7 secs.

Men’s Ice Hockey: USM won its first ECAC East playoff game in six years, defeating the Thoroughbreds of Skidmore College 6-1 last Saturday, February 26, in Gorham. Junoir forward Matt Mendoza (Rockland, MA) scored two goals for the Huskies while adding a pair of assists.

In the first round of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament play the Lady Huskies secured their 26th consecutive win of the season downing the Maine Maritime Mariners 83-67. Though the Huskies were favored to win in the opening round of play, the victory did not come easily.

While interviewing USM senior defenseman John Lounsbury, you’d never know he’s made the All-League team, been the Huskies’ captain for the past two seasons, or that he is single handedly credited for bringing back the winning ways to USM. Lounsbury, a communication major and Winthrop, MA native, was appreciative of the high praise, but felt there were a lot more guys on the team that should be thanked for the turnaround.