Southern New Hampshire University Athletics
Week at a Glance (March 19-25, 2018)
Female Athlete of the Week: Sarah Lavallee - Softball - Sr., DP/P
Sarah Lavallee (Candia, N.H.) put together a slash line of .300/.421/.600/1.021, going 9-for-30 while hitting three home runs, racking up 14 RBI and scoring six times during a 7-3 week for the Penmen. Lavallee, who was also 4-1 with a 3.24 ERA in the circle, drove in a run in seven straight games to open the trip, while hitting safely in six of them. Lavallee's most impressive game came Tuesday in an 8-6 win against Bloomsburg, as she finished 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI, while coming on in relief to allow just one unearned run on one hit in three innings of work. In the circle, Lavallee allowed just nine earned runs, while striking out eight in 25 innings of work. Lavallee opened the trip with her only complete game, allowing one run on five hits, while striking out a pair over seven innings in a 2-1 win against Wayne State on Monday. Lavallee also picked up a pair of victories in relief, including in a 7-1 triumph against Molloy on Wednesday when she fired five-and-two-thirds innings of scoreless relief, giving up just four hits, while fanning a pair.
Male Athlete of the Week: Shane McDonald - Baseball - Gr., P
Shane McDonald (Blue Point, N.Y.) went the distance in a seven-inning 6-1 victory against 21st-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday, allowing one run on five hits, while striking out 10 and walking four. McDonald held the Spartans to a .208 average in the lone win of the week for the Penmen.
Softball (17-3, 2-0 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
3/12 vs. Mercy - W, 8-1 (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/12 vs. Wayne State - W, 2-1 (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/13 vs. Bloomsburg - W, 8-6 - 10 inn. (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/13 vs. Northwood - L, 2-7 (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/14 vs. Molly - W, 7-2 (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/14 vs. Molloy - W, 7-1 (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/16 vs. Edinboro - W, 14-3 (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/16 vs. West Chester - W, 2-1 (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/17 vs. Wayne State - L, 0-14 - 5 inn. (at Clermont, Fla.)
3/17 vs. Northwood - L, 0-7 (at Clermont, Fla.)
This Week's Games:
3/25 at Saint Rose - 12 p.m.
3/25 at Saint Rose - 2 p.m.
Notes:
- Softball went 7-3 last week, as it wrapped up its 14-game trip to Clermont, Fla., running its start to the season to 17-3.
- Senior Brittany Perdigao (Stoughton, Mass.) hit .452, going 14-for-31 with five RBI and a team-leading 11 runs scored. Perdigao, who made it on base at a .485 clip and also slugged .516 to post an OPS of 1.001, was on fire during the middle four games of the trip, going 10-for-16 with four RBI and seven runs scored, including Saturday in a 14-3 win against Edinboro when she finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and scored three times.
- Fellow senior Sarah Lavallee (Candia, N.H.) put together a slash line of .300/.421/.600/1.021, going 9-for-30 while hitting three home runs, racking up 14 RBI and scoring six times. Lavallee, who was also 4-1 with a 3.24 ERA in the circle, drove in a run in seven straight games to open the trip, while hitting safely in six of them. Lavallee's most impressive game came Tuesday in an 8-6 win against Bloomsburg, as she finished 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI, while coming on in relief to allow just one unearned run on one hit in three innings of work. In the circle, Lavallee allowed just nine earned runs, while striking out eight in 25 innings of work. Lavallee opened the trip with her only complete game, allowing one run on five hits, while striking out a pair over seven innings in a 2-1 win against Wayne State on Monday. Lavallee also picked up a pair of victories in relief, including in a 7-1 triumph against Molloy on Wednesday when she fired five-and-two-thirds innings of scoreless relief, giving up just four hits, while fanning a pair.
- Sophomore Jordan Wade (E. Taunton, Mass.) slashed .385/.543/.538/1.081, going 10-for-26 while knocking in three runs and scoring 10 times. Wade twice turned in 3-for-4 performances on the trip, walking, driving in a run and scoring once in the win against Bloomsburg, as well the next day in the 7-1 victory over Molloy when she also scored a pair of runs.
Baseball (10-7, 0-0 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
3/12 at Eckerd - L, 1-9
3/13 at Nova Southeastern - L, 2-10
3/17 vs. #21 St. Thomas Aquinas - L, 0-2 (at Northborough, Mass.)
3/17 vs. #21 St. Thomas Aquinas - W, 6-1 - 7 inn. (at Northborough, Mass.)
3/18 vs. #21 St. Thomas Aquinas - L, 2-4 (at Northborough, Mass.)
This Week's Games:
3/21 vs. Merrimack - 3 p.m. (at Northborough, Mass.)
3/24 at Pace - 12 p.m.
3/24 at Pace - 3 p.m.
3/25 at Adelphi - 12 p.m.
3/25 at Adelphi - 3 p.m.
Notes:
- Baseball went 1-4 last week, as it wrapped up its trip to Florida and then came back north for a three-game set with 21st-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas.
- Graduate student Shane McDonald (Blue Point, N.Y.) went the distance in a seven-inning 6-1 victory against STAC on Saturday, allowing one run on five hits, while striking out 10 and walking four. McDonald held the Spartans to a .208 average during the game.
- Redshirt-junior John Stanton (Sandwich, Mass.) hit .313 and slugged .500, as he went 5-for-16 with a home run, two RBI and a pair of runs scored. Stanton went 3-for-4 with his long-ball and two RBI in the win against STAC.
- Redshirt-senior Ryan Sullivan (Hopkinton, Mass.) slashed .273/.429/.636/1.065, as he went 3-for-11 with a home run, RBI and two runs scored. In the win over the Spartans, he was 2-for-2 with a walk, double, home run, RBI and two runs.
Women's Lacrosse (1-5, 0-2 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
3/15 at #24 Stonehill - L, 14-16
3/17 at #2 Adelphi - L, 4-17
This Week's Games:
3/20 at #21 Merrimack - 4 p.m.
3/24 vs. Franklin Pierce - 12 p.m.
Notes:
- Women's lacrosse went 0-2 last week against a pair of nationally-ranked teams.
- Junior Kristin Wilder (Framingham, Mass.) scored seven goals, including five in a 16-14 loss at 24th-ranked Stonehill on Thursday.
- Senior Alexa Bedell (Londonderry, N.H.) registered six points on a pair of goals and four assists, while scooping up three ground balls and winning eight draw controls. All six of her points came in the loss to Stonehill.
- Junior goalkeeper Leah Olansky (Bennington, Vt.) racked up 27 saves over 107:43 in net, as she recorded a save percentage of .482 for the week. Olansky stopped 15 of 31 shots against Stonehill and then turned aside 12 of 25 in 47:43 of action in Saturday's 17-4 loss at second-ranked Adelphi.
Men's Lacrosse (2-2, 0-1 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
3/17 vs. #3 Pace - L, 9-17
This Week's Games:
3/24 vs. #8 Adelphi - 1 p.m.
Notes:
- Men's lacrosse dropped a 17-9 decision at third-ranked Pace on Saturday in its only game of the week.
- Senior Chris West (Albany, N.Y.) notched a career-best four points, as he scored two goals and handed out a pair of assists.
- Senior Michael Brawley (Tewksbury, Mass.) stopped a career-high 17 of the 33 shots he faced over the opening 59:26, while freshman Oscar Kozikowski (Portsmouth, N.H.) only saw one bid in the final 34 seconds.
Women's Track & Field
Last Week's Results:
3/16 at VCU Ram Invitational - No scoring
3/17 at Tribe Invitational - No scoring
This Week's Meets:
Idle
Notes:
- Women's track & field competed at both the VCU Ram Invitational in Rchmond, Va., on Friday and the Tribe Invitational in Williamsburg, Va., on Saturday.
- Junior Ashley Elder (Bristol, Conn.) turned in four top-three finishes at two meets last weekend, including a pair of wins at the Tribe Invite, as she captured the shot put (13.17 meters - 43 feet, 2.5 inches) and the discus (37.41 meters - 122 feet, 9 inches). At the VCU Ram Invite, Elder was second in the hammer throw (44.71 meters - 146 feet, 8 inches), including first among DII competitors, and finished third in the shot put (12.44 meters - 40 feet, 9.75 inches), including second in DII.
- Sophomore Alanna Murphy (Nashua, N.H.) produced four top-10 finishes last week. Murphy was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (15.77), eighth in the 100 meters (13.84) and 10th in the 200 (27.97) at the Tribe Invite. She was also ninth in the triple jump (10.68 meters - 35 feet, 0.5 inches), including third among DII athletes, and 27th in the 200 meters (28.44) at VCU.
Men's Tennis (4-6, 3-0 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
3/14 at Florida Southern - L, 2-7
3/15 at #9 Flagler - L, 1-8
3/16 at Palm Beach Atlantic - L, 2-7
This Week's Matches:
3/22 vs. Adelphi - 3 p.m. (YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown)
3/24 at Stonehill - 1 p.m.
Notes:
- Men's tennis went 0-3 last week, as it played a tough schedule against regionally- and nationally-ranked opponents in Florida.
- Sophomore Bas van Biezen (Sassenheim, Netherlands) went 4-2 last week, including 3-0 at No. 5 singles. van Biezen battled back for a 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 win against Florida Southern's Matt Matsuyama on Wednesday, defeated No. 9 Flagler's Reid Burrows, 6-3, 6-1, Thursday and capped the week with a 6-0, 6-1 victory Friday against Palm Beach Atlantic's Thomas Salmon. van Biezen also earned an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles with teammate Xavier Aubron (Herouville, France) against PBAU's Pato Zarazua and Pietro de Silva.
Women's Golf
Last Week's Results:
3/14 at Pinehurst Women's Intercollegiate (Pinehurst, N.C.) - 8th/8
3/15 at Pinehurst Women's Intercollegiate (Pinehurst, N.C.) - 8th/8
3/16 at Pinehurst Women's Intercollegiate (Pinehurst, N.C.) - 8th/8
This Week's Matches:
Idle
Notes:
- Women's golf finished eighth at the Pinehurst Women's Intercollegiate, which was held Wednesday-Friday at Pinehurst No. 8 in Pinehurst, N.C. The Penmen were the only non-Division I team to play in the three-round tournament.
- Junior Kaitlyn Lutinski (Derry, N.H.) turned in a 288 over three rounds last week, as she recovered from a 100 in the opening round to shoot consecutive rounds of 94.
- Freshman Makyla Lewellen (Zanesville, Ohio) matched the lowest score for SNHU, shooting 95-97-96 for a 288.
Men's Golf
Last Week's Results:
Idle
This Week's Matches:
Idle
Notes:
- Men's golf was idle last week and is back on the links April 12-13 at Le Moyne's Mike Bello Invitational at the Bellevue Country Club in Syracuse, N.Y.
Women's Tennis (11-4, 9-3 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
Idle
This Week's Matches:
Idle
Notes:
- Women's tennis is off until Friday, March 30 when it hosts Roberts Wesleyan College.
COMPLETED SEASONS
Women's Soccer (15-3-5, 9-1-4 NE10)
Notes:
- Women's soccer, which was ranked as high as No. 18 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Poll during the season, put together a historic season, winning the sixth most number of matches in program history.
- The Penmen earned the highest Northeast-10 finish ever with the No. 2 seed and went on to capture their second NE10 crown and first since 2012.
- The team garnered the program's fourth berth into NCAA Tournament, where it notched the first NCAA postseason win in program history in the first round.
- Senior Rianna Fasanello (E. Bridgewater, Mass.) was named to the D2CCA East All-Region First Team, with classmate Trisha Luis (Lowell, Mass.) earning a spot on the Second Team. Fasanello anchored a back line that led the league in GAA (0.62) and goals allowed (15), while scoring her first career goal in a 1-0 win against Assumption on Oct. 17. Luis led the team in both goals (11) and points (27), checking in third in the league in both categories.
-Fasanello was also an NE10 major award winner, being selected as the Defensive Player of the Year, with fourth-year head coach receiving Coach of the Year honors. Fasanello was joined on the All-Conference First Team by Luis, while Senior Abigail Maker (Naples, Maine), junior Ariana Silvia (Brockton, Mass.) and sophomore Shae Roys (No. Billerica, Mass.) were all Second Team selections. Senior goalkeeper Paige Salmon (W. Hempstead, N.Y.), senior Courtney Benson (Hopkinton, N.H.) and junior Samantha Sparda (Scarborough, Maine) also were tabbed for the Third Team, while freshman Allyson Patterson (Seekonk, Mass.) received an All-Rookie Team nod.
Men's Soccer (11-3-3, 8-3-2 NE10)
Notes:
- Men's soccer, which was ranked as high as No. 12 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Poll during the season, finished fourth in the Northeast-10 standings and played to a 0-0 draw against fifth-seeded Le Moyne in the quarterfinal round of the NE10 Championship, before falling on penalty kicks.
- The team missed out on an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, bringing the nation's longest active streak to an end at nine appearances.
- Junior Alex Satrustegui (Pamplona, Spain) was selected to the NE10 All-Conference First Team after a 15-goal, four-assist, 34-point campaign that saw him rank second in the league in goal goals and points, as well as fourth in game-winning tallies (4). He found the back of the net in 13 of 17 matches, including a season-high five straight from Oct. 7-21. Sophomore Louka Masset (Paris France) was also a First Team selection with six goals for 12 points, in addition to helping anchor a back line that was fourth in the league in GAA (0.95) and goals allowed (17). Masset also had a flair for the dramatic, with five of his six goals coming as either game winners or equalizers in the 70th minute or later.
- Sophomore Romain Daniellou (Brest, France) and freshman Daniel Jones (W. Hartford, Conn.) were tabbed for the Second Team, while freshman Kiko Hernandez (Madrid, Spain) earned a spot on the Third Team. Jones and Hernandez also received All-Rookie nods.
Women's Volleyball (11-12, 7-7 NE10)
Notes:
- Volleyball narrowly missed the Northeast-10 postseason, but turned its season around down the stretch, winning seven of its final 10 matches to get to .500 in the league.
- The team posted a 3-1 victory against NE10 runner-up Southern Connecticut on Oct. 28 as part of that span, while narrowly falling at eventual NE10 Champion New Haven, 3-2, on Nov. 4.
- Senior Marisa Coronis (Hudson, N.H.) earned the third NE10 All-Conference selection of her career with a Second Team honor. Coronis set a new single-season program record with 346 kills, while leading the league in kills per set (3.89) and ranking 15th in service aces per set (0.34). She wrapped up er career second all-time in kills (1,166) and matches played (104), as well as seventh in both hitting percentage (.241) and blocks (202).
Field Hockey (8-9, 4-8 NE10)
Notes:
- Field hockey began the season 5-1, including 2-0 in the Northeast-10, before hitting an eight-game slide and then wrapping up the year with three straight wins.
- Five of the losses during the eight-game skid came by just a single goal.
- Freshman Hélène Servais (Brussels, Belgium) was crowned the Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year - the first member of the program ever to earn a major award from the league - after posting 19 points on eight goals and three assists.
- Sophomore Laura van der Doorn (Beverwijk, The Netherlands) was named to the NE10 All-Conference Second Team after turning in a 10-goal, four-assist, 24-point campaign.
Cross Country
Notes:
- The women's cross country team twice finished runner-up at meets this season, in addition to placing seventh at the Northeast-10 Championship and ninth out of 25 teams at the NCAA East Regional Championship.
- Sophomore Jill Couto (Newton Junction, N.H.) paced the team all year, capturing first place at both the Vermont Tech Invitational and the Bruce Kirsch Cup. Couto also finished 13th at the NE10 Championship to earn All-Conference Second Team honors, as well as 17th at the NCAA East Regional to claim United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region accolades.
- On the men's side, the team won the Bruce Kirsch Cup, was runner-up at the Vermont Tech Invite, finished third at the NE10 Championship and was fifth of 23 teams at the NCAA East Regional.
- Senior Tyler McLaren (Pepperell, Mass.) turned in a magnificent season, winning both the Vermont Tech Invitational and the Bruce Kirsch Cup, while finishing runner-up at the New England Championship, NE10 Championship and NCAA East Regional. McLaren, who garnered NE10 All-Conference First Team and USTFCCCA All-Region honors, became the second runner in program history to qualify for the NCAA National Championship, where he turned in the highest finish at the meet for a Penmen, placing 43rd out of 249 runners in a time of 32:02.8. McLaren topped the previous SNHU best by 32 spots, while finishing just three spots shy of attaining All-America status.
Women's Basketball (17-12, 12-9 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
Notes:
- Women's basketball posted its highest overall win total (17) and conference win total (12) since the 2011-12 season and earned its first NE10 Championship berth with the Northeast Division's No. 4 seed since that same campaign.
- The team, which won 11 of 13 from Nov. 15-Jan. 6, hosted its first postseason game ever Feb. 23 and won that NE10 first round contest against Saint Rose, 75-62, for its first NE10 Championship win since 2011. The Penmen then fell just short of its first-ever semifinal berth with a 75-64 loss at Southern Connecticut two days later.
- The Penmen posted a 73-68 win at third-ranked Bentley on Dec. 6 and then captured lightning in a bottle a second time, recording a 66-55 home win against the Falcons on Feb. 7 when they were ranked seventh, to earn the first regular-season sweep of Bentley in program history.
- Junior Kylie Lorenzen (Holliston, Mass.), who scored her 1,000th career point Jan. 3 versus Pace, was named a Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team selection after starting all 29 games and averaging 17.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game, while shooting 47.5 percent (182-383) from the field and 82.5 percent (132-160) from the stripe.
Men's Basketball (15-12, 11-10 NE10)
Notes:
- Men's basketball began the season 9-0, falling just one game shy of matching the program's best start since the 1989-90 campaign.
- The team would win three of its last five, including the last two games of the season, to earn a NE10 Championship berth as the Northeast Division's No. 5 seed. The Penmen suffered a heartbreaking, 76-74 loss at the buzzer against Southern Connecticut to exit in the first round for the first time since 2008.
- Legendary head coach Stan Spirou announced his retirement after the season, bringing to an end a 33-year career that saw him post 640 wins, eight conference championships, five Elite Eight berths and a pair of Final Four appearances.
- Senior Chris Walters (Stamford, Conn.) was an NE10 All-Conference First Team pick for the second straight season. He started all 27 games and averaged 23.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, while shooting 49.3 percent (198-402) from the field, 44.1 percent (52-118) from beyond the arc and 85.7 percent (191-223) from the stripe. His 191 free throws made are the most in single season in program history, while his 639 total points rank fourth and his scoring average places fifth.
- Junior Daquaise Andrews (Queens, N.Y.), who netted his 1,000th career point at Stonehill on Feb. 3, was a Third Team honoree after starting all 27 contests and recording 17.9 points per game on 47.6 percent (182-82) shooting, in addition to tallying 7.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals per contest.
Men's Ice Hockey (12-9-3, 6-7-2 NE10)
Notes:
- Men's ice hockey won 12 games and captured the No. 4 seed to earn its first NE10 Championship berth in two seasons. The Penmen traveled across town to top-seeded Saint Anselm and dropped a 3-1 decision in the semifinals to the eventual champions.
- The team went 7-1-1 over a nine-game stretch from Nov. 17-Jan. 16 and then won four-in-a-row from Feb. 2-10.
- Senior Chris Moquin (Hooksett, N.H.) garnered Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team recognition, registering career highs in both goals (20) and points (28).
- Fellow senior Matt McLelland (Reading, Mass.) was a Second Team choice, anchoring the defensive unit and collecting a career-best 14 points on a goal and 13 helpers. Freshmen Zack Ciampa (Revere, Mass.; 1-7-8), Kyle Galloway (Sugar Hill, Ga.; 4-6-10) and Max Kent (Sandwich, Mass.; 1-11-12) were tabbed to the All-Rookie Team.
