Men’s basketball
Daniels named to All-Little East team
3/1 – Junior men’s basketball guard Josh Daniels (Everett, WA) was named to the All-Little East Conference second team for the second straight year. Daniels averaged a team-high 13.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game for the 2006-07 season. Daniels led the Huskies in assists with 63 and steals with 26. Daniels shot 41.9 percent from the field, including 37.2 percent from beyond the three-point line and 75.6 percent from the foul line. Daniels scored in double-figures 14 times during the season, including a season and career-high 32 points in the Huskies 87-82 loss against Western Connecticut State University. The men’s basketball team finished its 2006-07 season at 6-20 overall and 2-12 in the Little East Conference.
Men’s indoor track and field
Haggerty, Sawyer sweep LEC awards
2/26 – Junior Adam Haggerty (Hermon) and sophomore Jimmy Sawyer (Gorham) of the men’s indoor track and field team swept the Little East Conference (LEC) Men’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week awards for their performances at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEIcAAA) Indoor Championships at Boston University. Haggerty was named the LEC Field Athlete of the Week for the second straight week, and the third time in his career. Haggerty cleared a personal-best in the pole vault with a height of 15-3. Sawyer was picked as the LEC Track Athlete of the week for the second time this season. He ran a season-best time of 49.26 seconds in the 400-meter trials, missing his school record by just 0.09 seconds.
Women’s indoor track and field
Artesani, Riitano take track, field awards
2/26 – Freshman sprinter Emily Artesani (Orono) and senior thrower Caterina Riitano (Sangerville) of the women’s track and field team were named the Little East Conference Women’s Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances at the NYU Fastrack Invitational. Artesani was named the Track Athlete of the Week for the fourth time this indoor season. She set a new school record competing in the 200 meters, with a time of 26.48 to break the previous record of 26.84. Riitano was selected as the Field Athlete for the first time in her career. She achieved a personal best in the 20-pound weight throw for the third straight week. She put up a mark of 14.50 meters to finish fifth in the event.
Men’s ice hockey
Castleton skates past, in OT
2/24 – Castleton State ice hockey freshman Kirk Bolduc (Lewiston) scored just 14 seconds in overtime to give the fifth-seeded Castleton State College Spartans a 3-2 victory over the fourth-seeded Huskies in the quarterfinal round game of the ECAC East tournament. Southern Maine tied the game in the third period to push the overtime. Senior defenseman Chris Helms (Sandwich, MA) scored the first goal, one second after a Spartan penalty at 7:57. Sophomore defenseman Ben Loss (Wilmette, IL) got the equalizer at 10:47 on another power play. The 2006-07 men’s ice hockey team ends its season at 15-9-2.
Source: www.usm.maine.edu/athl