Category: Sports

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.

Women’s Ice Hockey:

USM erased a one goal third period deficit to defeat the Amherst College Lord Jeffs on Sunday, February 6. USM got three early goals in a span of 1:23 of the third period to go ahead and stay ahead, defeating the Lord Jeffs by a score of 4-3 in a non-conference game at Orr Rink in Amherst, MA.

The men’s basketball team retained possession of the Costello Cup this past Wednesday after beating rival St Joseph’s College 83-69. Each year, the winner of the game takes possession of the coveted Costello Cup until the teams face each other again the next season.

USM jumped out to an early lead and didn’t look back crushing St. Joseph’s College 79-45 at home on Wednesday. The game was never close, as the Huskies coasted into their fifteenth straight victory.

USM was up 21-5 with twelve minutes remaining in the first half when the Monks clamped down on defense, holding the Huskies scoreless for the next five minutes.

Women’s Ice Hockey: The Lady Huskies bowed to nationally ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 6-1 last Saturday, January 29. Junior Kari Rabaten (Brookhaven, NY) scored three goals for the Engineers, who improved to 16-3-0 on the season. Sophomore Caitlin Tassone (Woburn, MA) scored for the Huskies on a breakaway with just over three and-a-half minutes to play n the game.

Name: Ashley-Lynn Marble Age: 20 Hometown: Topsfield, Maine Parents: Butch & Marcelle Marble Year: Junior Major: Sports Medicine Position: Forward Uniform #: 23

Four athletes on the women’s basketball team were recently suspended for using cocaine over the winter break. Amanda Bryant, Dawn Ross, Tiffany Jones, and Shannon Kynoch were all suspended for four games after admitting that they had used cocaine at a party.