April - May 2006

All press releases by Dan LaCorbiniere, Sports Information Coordinator

05.14.06

Nicholas, McNamee, and Semedo lead Knights to Second Place at NJCAA Track Nationals

Women’s team has best finish ever at National Championship. Finishing second, the CCRI women were just 33 points behind National Champions Mohawk Valley CC. the Knights were led by National Champions Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) who won the Heptathlon with 3,683 points, won the 400m with a time of 58.44 a new CCRI school record. Elisa Semedo (Portugal) won the long jump with a leap of 5.26m and the 400m hurdles in a time of 1:05.89 another CCRI school record, and Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI) won the Javelin with a throw of 34.10m. All three women received First Team All-American honors for their First place finishes. Second team All-American honors went to Mary Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) who finished 2nd in the triple jump with a leap of 10.70m a new CCRI school record, and Semedo finished 2nd in the 100m hurdles in a time of 15.67 for yet another CCRI school record. All told there were five All-Americans, including three on the first team, two on the second team, and four School records, and a second place finish. Overall an excellent performance for the Knights women’s track & field team. Top five team finishers: Mohawk Valley CC 136, CCRI 103, William Rainey Harper College 78.5, College of DuPage 75, and Erie Community College 60.

Other CCRI Women who scored: TJ- Elisa Semedo 3rd 10.56m, LJ-Mary Oyekoya 4th 5.03m, 4x800m relay-Procter, Lanctot, Pollak, Nicholas 3rd 11:01.14, 800m-Sherilyn Nicholas 3rd 2:28.52 Rachael Procter 8th 2:36.30,1500m-Rachael Procter 5th-5:27.91, 5000m-Kristina Lanctot 8th 22:11.94, 100m hurdles-Mary Oyekoya 8th 16.43,400m hurdles-Mary Oyekoya 8th 1:25.01, HJ –Sherilyn Nicholas 4th 1.52, Mary Oyekoya 5th 1.50m.

On the men’s side, the CCRI Knights Men’s Track team finishes in 6th place with 61.5 points. The National Champs was College of DuPage with 151 points. CCRI men who received All-American honors are Mike Dolan (South Kingstown, RI) won the hammer throw with a throw of 43.46 to earn 1st team honors, Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI) 2nd team Hammer 43.33m, Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) 2nd team High Jump 1.91m. Top six Team finishers: College of DuPage 151, William Rainey Harper College, Mohawk Valley Community College 77, SUNY- Delhi 76, Alfred State 72, CCRI 61.5.

Other CCRI Men who scored: TL-Jaimaal Munir 3rd 13.02m, 10000m—Ron Guenard 5th 34:16.80, 5000m—Ron Guenard 7th 16:54.39, 3000mSteeplchase –Bryan Galvin 10:21.49, HJ-Dante Lopardo-tie 4th 1.86m, 400m-Kevin White 8th 50.85, 400m hurdles-Kevin White 6th 57.50, 100m-David Delude 7th 11.20, 4x100m-Munir-Saucier-White-Delude 5th 44.00, 4x800m-McMillian-Galvin –Hannon-Stewart-5th 8:28.51, 4x400m-McMillian-Stewart-Delude-White -8th 3:33.00.

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK

NJCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP

At Orchard Park, N.Y.

TEAM SCORES: 1, DuPage, 151; 2, William Rainey Harper, 79.5; 3, Mohawk Valley, 77; 4, Delhi, 76; 5, Alfred St., 72; 6, CCRI, 61.5; 7, Glocester County, 52; 8, Howard, 34; 9, SUNY-Cobleskill, 27; 10, Erie, 25; 11, Herkimer, 22; 12, Bergin, 21; 13, SUNY-Morrisville, 12; 14, Steven Tech, 19; 15, Kingsboro, 16; 16, Middlesex County, 15; 17, Northern Essex, 14; 18, Columbus St., 10; 19, Duchess, 9; 20, Nassau, 8; 21, Cumberland County, 5; 22, Broom, 4; 23, Queensboro, 1.

CCRI RESULTS: 100 -- 7, Delude, 11.21. Javelin -- 10, Obenhaus, 42.3 meters. 400 -- 8, White, 50.85. 3000 Steeplechase -- 5, Galvin, 10:21.49. Hammer -- 1, Dolan, 43.46m; 2, Kao, 43.43. Shot -- 11, Kao, 12.02m. 5000 -- 7, Guenard, 16:54.39; 9, Farrell, 17:31.61. HJ -- 2, Munir, 1.91m; 4, Lopardo, 1.86m. 10,000 -- 5, Guenard, 34:16.80. 4x800 relay -- 5, (Galvin, Hannon, McMillen, Stewart) 8:28.5. 4x400 relay -- 8, (McMillen, Stewart, Delude, White) 3:33.5. 400 hurdles -- 6, White, 57.29; 4x1 -- 5, (Munir, Saucier, White, Delude) 44.00, 4 x 400 -- Stewart, McMillian, DeLude, White 8th 3:33.00.

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK

NJCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP

At Orchard Park, N.Y.

TEAM SCORES: 1, Mohawk Valley, 136; 2, CCRI, 103; 3, William Rainey Harper, 78.5; 4, DuPage, 75; 5, Erie, 60; 6, Glocester County, 54; 7, Herkimer, 53; 8, tie between, Alfred St. and Kingsboro, 50; 10, Delhi, 46.5; 11, tie between Middlesex County and SUNY Cobbleskill, 34; 13, Northern Essex, 23; 14, Howard, 14; 15, Stevens Tech, 10; 16, Bergin, 7; 17, tie between, Columbis St. and Cumberland County, 6; 19, Morrissville, 3; 20, tie between, Duchess and Nassau, 2.

CCRI RESULTS: LJ -- 1, Semedo, 5.26m; 4, Oyekoya, 5.03m; 12, Nicholas, 4.25m. Hammer -- 13, Peter, 23.97. 4x800 relay -- 3, (Procter, Lanctot, Pollak, Nicholas) 11:00.14. Javelin -- 1, McNamee, 34.10m. 400 -- 1, Nicholas, 58.45. Discus -- 9, Peter, 29.78m; Heptathlon -- 1, Nicholas, 3683 pts.; TJ -- 2, Oyekoya, 10.70m; 3, Semedo, 10.56m. 400 hurdles -- 1, Semedo, 1:05.89; 8, Oyekoya, 1:25.01. 100 hurdles -- 2, Semedo, 15.67; 8, Oyekoya, 16.43. 5000 -- 8, Lanctot, 22:11.94. 800 -- 3, Nicholas, 2:31.25; 8, Procter, 2:45.2. 1500 -- 5, Procter, 5:31.30. HJ -- 4, Nicholas, 1.50m; 5, Oyekoya, 4.10m. 800m Nicholas 2:28.52, 8th Proctor 2:36.30, 1500 m proctor 5th 5:27.91.

05.12.06

2005-06 CCRI Award winners

Men’s soccer

All-Region

Raunisio Oliveira (East Providence, RI)

Todd Levellee (North Scituate, RI)

Daniel Ortiz (East Providence, RI)

Jose Grajales (Central Falls, RI)

Women’s soccer

All-Region

Anne Kineke and Honorable mention All-American (East Greenwich, RI)

Brittney Godbout (Cranston, RI)

Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI)

Jami Elliott and second team All-American (Cumberland, RI)

Sharon Barbosa (Fall river, MA)

Jessica Mullett (Woonsocket, RI)

Kathryn Finn (Warwick, RI)

Cross Country

All-District

Chris Farrell (Lincoln, RI)

Ron Guenard- and All-American (Cumberland, RI)

Joe Hannon (Gloucester, RI)

Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA)

Luis Rodriguez (Lincoln, RI)

Mark Langlois (Warwick, RI)

Sherilyn Nicholas and all-american (Taunton, MA)

Volleyball

All-region

April Oberhelman (Woonsocket, RI)

Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA)

Kimiyo Garcia (East Providence, RI)

Sonja Nealy (Woonsocket, RI)

Men’s basketball

All-region

Marvin Owens and 1st team All-American (Bridgeport, CT)

Marquis Victor (Lawrence, MA)

Travon Little (Danbury, CT)

Women’s basketball

All-Region

Monet Johnson (Brooklyn, NY)

Jenny Kinney (Milford, NJ)

Indoor track (that can attend-not on outdoor track)

All-District

Nick Weinhofer (New Foundland, Canada)

Maurice Rogers (Clinton, MA)

Jasmine Jennings and All-American (Warwick, RI)

Baseball

All-Region XXI

Brad Hertzler

Drew Powell

Seth Desautel

Eric Page

Kyle Johnson

Softball

Jen Dupont

Jenna Peters

Christina Campopiano

Alyse Fram

Heather Lynch

Jasmine Bonanca

Tennis

Andrew Parente

Outdoor Track

Sherilyn Nicholas

Rachael Proctor

Mary Oyekoya

Lani Pollack

Michelle McNamee

Chris Farrell

Jaimaal Munir

Joe Hannon

Bryan Galvin

Jake McMillen

Hunter Stewart

Golf

Kyle DeCosta

Robert Maloof

Team MVP’s

Women’s soccer- Jami Elliott (Cumberland, RI)

Men’s soccer- Raunisio Oliveira (East Providence, RI)

Volleyball- April Oberhelman (Woonsocket, RI)

Volleyball- 7th player Nicole Pedro (Fall River, MA)

Cross Country women- Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA)

Cross Country men- Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA)

ID track women- Mary Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI)

ID track men- Maurice Rogers (Clinton, MA)

Men’s basketball- Marvin Owens (Bridgeport, CT)

Women’s basketball-Renee buck (will not be there)

Baseball- Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI)

Softball- Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI)

Golf- Peter Fish (West Greenwich, RI)

OD Track Men- Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI)

OD Track Women- Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI)

Tennis- Jason Garrahan (Smithfield, RI)

Coach of year

Gregg Cornell (will not be there) (Pascaog, RI) Northern RI

05.09.06

Knights fall 5-0 to UConn-Avery Point to finish season 23-11

The CCRI men’s baseball team lost 5-0 to the Pointers of UConn-Avery Point on Monday in the deciding Region XXI Championship game. With the win UConn-Avery Point wins the Region XXI Championship Series 2-1, with the loss the Knights end their season 23-11 and runner-up in Region XXI.

Championship Game (Series tied at 1-1)

CCRI 0 UCAP 5

Michael Shuckerow (Milford, CT) pitched well but took the tough loss as he gave-up four runs on four hits in 3 2/3 innings. Jesse Ladig (Deerfield, FL) pitched four innings of great relief allowing just one run on four hits. UConn-Avery Point’s Nick Carlucci pitched a great game throwing a complete game five-hitter allowing no runs and striking out six while walking only one, Carlucci was the same pitcher that CCRI had beaten earlier in the year 5-3. The one shining light for CCRI offensively came in the form of Co-Captain Brett Thornton (Coventry, RI) who had three of the CCRI five hits on the day.

Though the Knights ended the season with a loss, they still had one heck of a season finishing 23-11. In addition they had five Knights make first team All Region XXI they were: Pitcher Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI), Catcher Drew Powell (Osceola, FL), Co-Captain Infielder Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI), Outfielder and DH Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI), and Outfielder Eric Page (South Kingstown, RI).

Great Season Knights!!!

05.08.06

CCRI Splits with UCAP 12-4 and 7-3 Region XXI Championship down to pivotal Game 3 at UCAP

The CCRI Knights men’s baseball team won the first game of the Region XXI Championship Series 12-4 on Saturday but fell 7-3 to UCAP on Sunday which leaves the pivotal deciding Championship game to be played Monday May 8th at 3:00pm at UConn-Avery Point. Wit the win and loss the Knights record now stands at 23-10 on the season.

Game 1 Saturday

CCRI 12 UCAP 4

Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI) pitched very well against a tough UCAP line-up scattering ten hits over seven innings allowing four runs while striking out seven to earn his sixth victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by David Boyajian (Warwick, RI) who went 2-3 with two RBI, Drew Powell (Osceola, FL) who went 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored, and Jang-Won Lee (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) who went 2-3 with two runs scored. With the victory the Knights take a 1-0 series lead in the Region XXI Championship and run their season record to 23-9.

Game 2 Sunday

CCRI 3 UCAP 7

Frank Mazza (North Kingstown, RI) got the start but only lasted 2 2/3 innings allowing three runs and striking out three. Chad Denomme (West Warwick, RI) got the loss pitching four innings allowing four runs and striking out one, Dave Gladding (Cranston, RI) and Jesse Ladig (Deerfield, FL) each came in to pitch scoreless innings to help keep the Knights close. The only offensive highlight was Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) who went 2-3 with an RBI, contributing two of just five hits for the Knights. With the loss UCAP ties the Championship Series at 1-1 and the Knights record falls to 23-10 on the season. The Knights look to bounce back in the deciding game of the Series Monday at 3:00pm at UCAP.

Go Knights!!!

05.08.06

Nicholas and Farrell lead CCRI to second place finish at District Meet

Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) led the CCRI women’s track team to a second place finish at the Northeast District Championship Meet. Nicholas became District Champion in the 400m, 800m, high jump, and scored in the 200m dash, 100m dash, 100m high hurdles, long jump, and javelin. Nicholas was also part of the District Champion 4x100m relay team with Temi Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI), Lani Pollack (Deland, FL), and Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI). Also turning in District Championship performances were Rachael Proctor (East Providence, RI) in the 1,500m and McNamee in the javelin. CCRI women’s outdoor track team came close to taking the title but with the absence of power house runner Elisa Semedo (Portugal), who had family obligations, Gloucester CC won by on point. Here’s how they finished: 1- Gloucester cc 173—2 CCRI 172—3 Middlesex CC 86—4 Northern Essex 68—5 Nassau CC 26—6 Bergen 22—7 Howard cc 20—8 Thaddeus Stevens 18—11 Duchess cc 6—11Bronx cc 6---13 Queensborough cc 3

The CCRI Men’s outdoor track team finishes only 4 points out of first with many great efforts. Including District Championship efforts from Chris Farrell (Lincoln, RI) in the 1500m run, Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) in the high jump, the 4x800m relay team of Joe Hannon (Woonsocket, RI), Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA), Jake McMillen (Coventry, RI), and Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI), and Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI) in the hammer throw. Here’s how all the teams finished: 1 Gloucester cc 173—2 CCRI 169—3 Thaddeus Stevens 96—4 Bergen cc 94—5 Howard cc 65—6 Middlesex cc 52—7 Northern Essex cc 44—8 Queensborough cc 36—9 Bronx cc 24—10 Nassau cc 17—11Montgomery College 15—12Cumberland cc 8—13 Dutchess cc 4

Complete CCRI women’s results: 100m-2nd Nicholas 13.41, 200m-3rd Nicholas 28.44, 400m-1st Nicholas 1:00.61, 800m-1st Nicholas 2:34.41, 3rd Procter 2:49.82, 6th Pollak 2:59.99, 1500m, 1st Procter 5:36.01, 6th Pollak 6:27.24, 5000m- 4th Lanctot 22:37.54, 100mHH-1st Oyekoya 16.39, 400mh-1stOyekoya 1 1:20.76, 4x100m- 1stOyekoya , Nicholas, Pollak, and McNamee- 57.87, HJ- 1st Nicholas, 1.57m, 3rd Oyekoya 1.52m, LJ- 5th Oyekoya 4.89-6th Nicholas 4.88, TJ- 2nd Oyekoya 10.46m, Shot- 8th Mcnamee-9th Alison 8.01

Discus- 4th Peter 28.67—6th McNamee 25.53m, Hammer- 2nd Peter 27.96 6th McNamee 20.19

Javelin- 1st McNamee 33.96m-5th Peter 26.78-6th Nicholas 26.12.Complete CCRI men’s results

100m-2nd Delude 11.15, 6th Saucier 11.54, 200m-2nd Delude 23.52, 10th Saucier 24.35, 400m-8th Stewart 54.33

800m 5th Hannon 2:12.30-6th Stewart 2:13.20-7th McMillen 2:14.59, 1500m 1st Farrell 4:27.33 –4th Hannon 4:36.16

5000m 2nd Farrell 16:58.69-3rd Guenard 17:01.46-5th Galvin 18:11.65, 10000m-2nd Guenard 39:08.97

110m HH 4th Munir 19.27, 400mh 5th Lopardo 1:07.64-6th Munir 1:08.23

3000mst 3rd Galvin 11:00.37, 4x100 6th Munir Saucier McMillian Delude 45.41

4x400 2nd Stewart McMillian Hannon Delude 3:36.64, 4x800m 1st Hannon Galvin McMillian Stewart 8:22.22

HJ 1st Munir 1.87m-3rd Lopardo 1.77m—6th Delude 1.72m, LJ 5th Delude 6.28m-8th Munir 5.93m-10th Lopardo 5.66m, TJ 4th Munir 12.58m-6th Lopardo 11.62m, Shot 6th Kao 11.97m-10th Dolan 10.72m

Discus 7th Kao 35.04m –10th Dolan 28,64m, Hammer 1st Kao 46.32m-2nd Dolan 42.19m

Javilin 7th Obenhause 40.39m

05.05.06

Knights gear-up for Region XXI Division II Baseball Championship versus UCAP

The CCRI men’s baseball team gears-up for the Region XXI Division II Baseball Championship this weekend at UConn-Avery Point. UConn-Avery Point is the number one seed will host number two seed CCRI.

The Schedule of games is as follows game 1 will be at 1:00pm Saturday at UCAP, Game 2 will be Sunday at 1:00pm at UCAP and Game 3, if necessary, will be Monday at 3:00pm at UCAP.

05.01.06

Semedo set three CCRI School Records at Brown Invitational

For the women Elisa Semedo (Portugal) set two school records 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds and 400 meter hurdles in a time of 1:07.88. Samedo also was a member of the 4x400m relay team that set a school record with Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA), Mary Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) and Rachael Procter (East Providence, RI) in a time of 4:16.90. In her first meet as a member of the CCRI Track & Field team Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI) joins the list of NJCAA Div. III National qualifiers with a 33.26m (109’-11") throw in the Javelin.

On the men’s side Kevin White (Swansea, MA) ran a strong 57.87 in the 400m hurdles and adds another event to his list of NJCAA National qualifying marks including the 400m, 4x400m relay team, 4x100m relay team, as well as being an alternate on 4x800m relay team. Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) also qualifies for his second open event at the Championship with a 52.14 in the 400m dash. Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) did his best high jump of the outdoor season with a 1.86m (6’-01.25").

Complete CCRI results:

Women

100m 20th Oyekoya, 400m 14th Nicholas 1:00.36, 800m42nd Procter 2:36.52-49th Pollak 2:52.50—53rd Lanctot 2:55.65, 1500m 55th Procter 5:32.75—60th Lanctot 5:44.20,100m H 7th Semedo 15.75-10th Oyekoya 16.15, 400mH 11th Semedo 1:07.88, 4x400m 9th Nicholas, Semedo, Oyekoya, and Procter 4:16.90, LJ 18th Semedo 4.52m 14-10, Discus 14th Peter 27.44m 90-00, Javelin 11th McNamee 33.26m 109-01—26th Peter 23.22 76-02

Men

100m 10th Saucier 11.63—14th White 11.88, 400m 12th 52.14, 800m 20th Hannon 2:05.59—26th McMillen 2:08.05-28th Galvin 2:10.62, 1500m 36th Farrell 4:24.83, 5000m Guenard 17:03.28, 400mH 6th White 57.87, 3000msteeple 7th 10:54.95, 4x100 6th Munir, Saucier, White, and McMillen 45.68, 4x400m 6th Stewart White McMillen Hannon 3:33.32, HJ 5th 1.86m 6-01.25 Munir –7th Lopardo 1.81 5-11.25, LG 11th Munir 5.71m 13th Lopardo 5.63 18.05.75, TJ5th 12.70m Munir

Knights down Dean 4-1 to win Region XXI Championship then

Fall to Orange County CC 2-0, Orange County advances to District Tourney

Game 5

CCRI 4 Dean College 1

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched an excellent game pitching seven innings allowing just four hits and one run that was unearned while striking out four to earn her eighth victory of the year. Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) led the Knights offensively by going 2-3 with two RBI and Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) went 2-3 with a run scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who had a hit and a run scored and Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who added a pinch-hit RBI double. With the victory The Knights become 2006 Region XXI Champions. The Knights now face Orange County CC to see who will go on to compete in the Northeast District Championship at Region XIX nest weekend.

Championship Game

CCRI 0 Orange County 2

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched three great innings but it wasn’t enough as she allowed two unearned runs and got the hard luck loss. Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched three scoreless innings of relief and struck out three. Offensively the Knights were led by Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) who went 2-3 and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) also went 2-3 for the game. Once again the Knights scattered eight hits but could not score a run in the tough 2-0 loss. With the victory Orange County CC advances to the Northeast District Championship next week at Region XIX

Seasonal Notes:

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) becomes CCRI win leader with 17 career victories, in addition set a single-season strikeout record with 80 strikeouts (ranked #17 in the nation), and career strikeout leader with 142 strikeouts. Dupont also holds the top two ERA’s in CCRI History with 1.51 as a freshman and 1.57 as a sophomore for a CCRI career best 1.54 ERA. Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) set the single-season hit record with 46 hits in 2006 and recorded the 3rd highest batting average in CCRI history at .605 for the season, a mark that ranks her #2 in the Nation for the 2006 season

Region XXI Fast-pitch Softball Tournament re-cap Day 1

Bonanca breaks hit record in 8-0 win over Massasoit CC then

Knights fall to Orange County CC 3-1 but still alive in tourney

Game 1

CCRI 8 Massasoit CC 0

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched an awesome game allowing just one hit over five shutout innings with three strikeouts to earn her sixth victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who went 3-3 with four RBI and a run scored and in doing so became the CCRI single-season hit leader with 44 hits this season breaking the mark set by Lindsay Cavanagh in 2005. Also contributing for the Knights were Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) who was 2-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.

Game 4

CCRI 1 Orange County CC 3

Co-captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched a great game but got the tough luck loss pitching seven innings allowing three runs, only one earned, walking one and striking out nine. The Knights were able to get the bases loaded in the first inning but could not score a run. That was pretty much a microcosm of the game as the Knights scattered eight hits but could only score one run in the third inning. Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) went 2-3 with a double, Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) added a hit and an RBI while Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) had a hit with a run scored.

With the loss the Knights will face Dean College in the Consolation Bracket Final/Region XXI Title game Sunday at 10:00am (Orange County CC is not from Region XXI therefore the highest Region XXI seed left in the Tournament will be the winner of the 10:00am game. The winner of the Tournament Championship advances to the District championship at Region XIX).

Knights split with Dean 11-5 and 0-6 and earn bid into Region XXI Championship

The CCRI Knights men’s baseball team only had to win a single game in a doubleheader versus Region XXI rival Dean College to earn a bid into the Region XXI Championship series versus UConn-Avery Point May 6th-7th at UCAP. The Knights did just that winning the first game of the doubleheader 11-5 and Dean won the second game 6-0.

Game 1

CCRI 11 Dean 5

Michael Shuckerow (Milford, CT) pitched a very good game throwing five innings allowing five runs, four earned, while striking out four to get the victory. Offensively the Knights bats were on fire as they exploded for 13 hits led by Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) who went 3-4 with a double, three runs scored, and an RBI and Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI) who went 3-3 with two doubles and two RBI. With the victory the Knights earn the #2 seed in the Region XXI Championship versus UConn-Avery Point, UCAP will be the #1 seed and host of the Championship to be held this weekend May 6 and 7 at UCAP.

Game 2

CCRI 0 Dean 6

CCRI could only muster three hits of Dean College’s Ken Ryan who kept them off balance all day. Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) went 1-2 in the loss. Frank Mazza (North Kingstown, RI) took the loss pitching five innings allowing four earned runs on five hits while striking out five. The Knights had already secured the Championship bid which also could help explain the lack of offense in the second game.

The Game Schedule for The Region XXI Championship this weekend will be released later this week.

04.28.06

Knights to play Worcester State Tuesday May 4th at 4:00pm

The CCRI Knights men’s baseball team will play the lancers of Worcester State Tuesday May 4th at 4:00pm at the CCRI Knight Campus in Warwick. The Knights are currently 21-8 on the season and are gearing-up for the Region XXI Tournament May 6th and 7th at UConn-Avery Point.

Go Knights!!!

Knights cruise past Cougars 10-0 and 14-1 in doubleheader to end regular season 17-5

The CCRI Knights women’s fast-pitch softball team cruised past the cougars of Holyoke CC 10-0 and 14-1 in their final doubleheader of the regular season. With the two victories the Knights end the regular season with a 17-5 record. On the mound the Knights are led by Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) with a team-leading 1.93 ERA, seven victories and two saves with 64 strikeouts in just 54.1 innings pitched. At the plate the Knight are led by the Nations leading hitter Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) batting .651, and is on pace to set the single-season hit mark with 41 hits, just two hits shy of Lindsay Cavanagh’s 2005 mark of 43 hits. Bonanca has 29 RBI and 22 runs scored along with five doubles and four triples, and seven stolen bases to go along with the high batting average. Also contributing for the Knights offensively are Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) with 33 hits including five doubles and three homeruns, 23 RBI and 21 runs scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) batting .508 with 32 hits including eight doubles and two triples with 21 RBI, and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) batting .464 with 32 hits 12 RBI and 27 runs scored.

Game 1

CCRI 10 Holyoke CC 0

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched a fantastic game five scoreless innings allowing just four hits while striking out three to pick-up her fifth victory of the year. Offensively the knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 4-4 with three RBI and a run scored, Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) who was 3-4 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI, and Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) was 3-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who was 2-2 with an RBI and Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) who went 2-3. This game got out of hand quick as the Knights scored one run in the first, four runs in the second, and five runs in the third before calling of the dogs to win by a final of 10-0.

Game 2

CCRI 14 Holyoke CC 1

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pick-up her fifth victory of the year pitching three innings of one-hit ball allowing just on unearned run while striking out two, Co-Captain Jen Dupont earned her second save of the year as she came in to pitch the final two innings and did it in impressive fashion as she struck out six of the nine batters she faced. Leading the way for the Knights at the plate were Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) who went 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) went 2-3 with two doubles two RBI and a run scored, and Cassie Cooney (Central Falls, RI) was 2-2 with a double two RBI and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) went 1-2 with a double two RBI and a run scored, Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) went 1-2 with two RBI and a run scored, and Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) added a double, RBI and a run scored.

The Knights look forward to the Region XXI Tournament this weekend as they are set to face-off against Massasoit CC at 10:00am on Saturday.

04.26.06

Knights outlast Springfield 8-5 and 11-10 to sweep doubleheader and improve to 15-5

The CCRI women’s fast-pitch softball team outlasted the Pride of Springfield College JV squad 8-5 and 11-10 to improve their record to 15-5 on the season. On the mound they are led by Co-captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) who came into yesterday’s doubleheader with a 2.01 ERA and ranked #14 in the nation in strikeout average striking out 1.17 batters per inning. Offensively the Knights are led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who came into yesterday’s doubleheader with a stellar .623 batting average which ranks her #2 in the Nation, with 33 hits including three doubles and four triples with 17 runs scored with 22 RBI and Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) is not too far behind her with a .566 batting average ranking her #4 in the nation, with 30 hits including four doubles a triple and three homeruns. Defensively the Knights have looked to Sophomore Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who has saved countless runs with her sparkling glove at the "hot corner" (3B).

Game 1

CCRI 8 Springfield 5

Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) picked-up her team-leading seventh win pitching seven innings allowing only two earned runs and striking out five. Offensively the Knights were led by Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) who had two hits and three RBI, Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) was 2-3 2ith two doubles an RBI and a run scored, and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) also pick-up two hits with two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) who had an RBI double and two runs scored, and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) also added an RBI double and a run scored.

Game 2

CCRI 11 Springfield 10

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pitched 5 1/3 solid innings but was a victim of a barrage of "Texas league hits" (bloopers) and defensive miscues that helped Springfield amass 10 runs seven earned, the numbers can be misleading because Lemmon pitched very well. Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) was able to get the victory, her fourth of the year, as she pitched 12/3 innings of one-hit scoreless ball. Offensively the Knights were led by Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 4-5 with two RBI and a run scored, Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) was 2-3 with three RBI and two runs scored, Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) was 3-3 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored, and Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) added a hit with three RBI and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who had two hits including a double and two runs scored and Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) had two hits a run scored and the two game winning RBI.

What a fantastic finish! With the Knights down 10-9 in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs Heather Lynch singled to left, followed by a walk to Co-Captain Jenna Peters , followed by a single by designated player Nicole Brierley leaving the bases loaded for Lindsay Laurie who singled home the tying and go ahead run to give the Knights the 11-10 victory.

The Knights play next in a doubleheader Thursday at 4:00pm at Winslow Park in Warwick.

Knights lose to UCAP 5-4 record falls to 20-8 on the season

The CCRI Knights men’s baseball team lost a tough game to Region XXI rival UConn-Avery Point 5-4. With the loss the Knights record falls to 20-8 on the season and UConn-Avery Point will host the Region XXI Tournament.

CCRI 4 UCAP 5

Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI) put forth a gutsy performance pitching 71/3 innings allowing just five hits and four runs, with four strikeouts with no decision. Michael Shuckerow (Milford, CT) got the tough luck loss UCAP scored the winning run on a blooper hit to right field giving them the 5-4 win. Offensively the Knights were led by Jang-Won Lee (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) who had two hits including a homerun and three RBI and Matt Ranaudo (Milford, CT) who went 2-4 with a double and two runs scored.

Assistant Coach Joe Vigeant said: "Our guys battled very hard and never gave up and for that we are proud of them, we’ll be ready for the rematch in one week!"

The Knights play Wednesday at Massasoit CC at 4:00pm for their last regular season game before the Region XXI Tournament May 6-7th at UCAP game times TBD.

04.24.06

Knights rip Rams 7-2 to improve record to 2-2 on the season

The CCRI Knights Tennis team defeated the Rams of Springfield Tech CC 7-2 to improve their record to 2-2 on the season. CCRI carried the momentum gained against the Holyoke squad from the day before and defeated an improved Springfield Technical CC team. Springfield only brought 4 players, defaulting three positions from the start of the match. CCRI could have taken this beginning point and really let things go, but first and second singles dominated to win the match outright, posting a 6-1, 6-1 victory in first singles by Sophomore Ben Tabor of Seekonk, MA and a 6-4, 6-4 victory in second singles by freshman Andrew Parente of Smithfield, RI.

CCRI Freshmen Heather Neal of Lincoln, RI saw action in her first match of the season and overcame the inexperience of both her and her opponent to post a respectable 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7) defeat to her opponent Matthew Reilly of STCC. Both Neal and Reilly are new to tennis and needed assistance on the scoring and, in particular, the scoring of the match tiebreak (also called super tiebreak) in place of the third set.

CCRI Sophomore Drew Hochman of Cranston and Freshman Ashley Frey of E. Greenwich posted their first victories of the season. Hochman teamed up with fellow sophomore, Smithfield native Jason Garrahan of CCRI and they posted a 10-6 pro-set (first to 10 games, win by two) victory. Frey teamed up with fellow freshman and Smithfield native Andrew Parente and they posted a 10-4 pro-set (first to 10 games, win by two) victory.

CCRI maintained the momentum gained on Friday by carrying through and defeating an improved Springfield Tech team. The weather played a factor as well, as rain threatened to impact the matches, but the first drops started falling as the players were picking up their bags to walk off the court. Springfield Tech came to play, and play they did, getting in all six matches that were playable with the four players they were able to bring. The Knights look forward to the Region XXI Tournament this weekend. The week off will do the team well as several players are nursing nagging injuries. We will have some light practice, focusing on preparing for the weekend. All of The Knights are looking forward to the weekend and optimistic about the team’s chances to get to the Nationals in Texas!

Complete scores:

1s. Ben Tabor (CCRI) def Mike Kirkpatrick (STCC) 6-1, 6-1

2s. Andrew Parente (CCRI) def William Kane (STCC) 6-4, 6-4

3s. Kevin Andrew (STCC) def Brittney Godbout (CCRI) 6-0, 6-4

4s. Matthew Reilly (STCC) def Heather Neal (CCRI) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)

5s. Ashley Frey (CCRI) default

6s. Drew Hochman (CCRI) default

1d. Jason Garrahan/Drew Hochman (CCRI) def Mike Kirkpatrick/William Kane (STCC) 10-6

2d. Ashley Frey/Andrew Parente (CCRI) def Kevin Andrew/Matthew Reilly (STCC) 10-4

3d. Heather Neal/Christopher Rich (CCRI) default

Knights fall 6-3 but earn respect versus Holyoke

CCRI used the experience gained against the Holyoke squad from a week earlier and took the match to their home courts. The Knights were able to turn over the results in three of the nine matches, taking third and sixth singles, as well as second doubles. Freshman Andrew Parente (Smithfield, RI) led the Knights with a victory in both third singles and, teamed up with fellow freshman (and Smithfield native) Christopher Rich to take second doubles. Both matches were closely contested and Andrew and Chris showed some great resolve to pull out their matches.

In the most interesting match of the day, Sophomore Brittney Godbout of Cranston, RI outlasted her opponent, Nick Chavez of HCC, the very same Chavez that she lost to a week ago. Godbout showed great perseverance and patience, outlasting Chavez 6-7 (7-2), 6-3, 1-0 (10-3). Chavez took the opening set in a tie-break, with Godbout double faulting her serve on set point in the tie-break. Most people would have let that get to them, but not Godbout. She stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the second set, never looking back as she closed out the set 6-3 and dominated in the match tiebreak (also known as a super tiebreak – first one to 10 points, win by two), 10-3.

The drama of the match was stirred-up by Holyoke Head Coach Steve Roswicz. Roswicz at one point said that if Nick Chavez were to split sets with Brittney Godbout that he would commit suicide. It turned out to be a bit of melodrama as he clearly didn’t follow through on his threat. Bobby Riggs and Billy Jean King taught us a long time ago not to make such ridiculous claims they will come back to haunt you.

Freshman Christopher Rich of Smithfield teamed up with fellow freshman (and Smithfield native) Andrew Parente to also reverse their score from last Friday’s second doubles contest against Jay Danek and Matt Lentes of HCC. Last Friday Rich and Parente fell 11-9 in a 10-game pro-set (first to 10 games, win by two). This Friday, the results were reversed as Rich and Parente persevered 11-9 in the same format, against the same opponents!

Knights to face Massasoit CC in Region XXI Softball Tournament

The CCRI women’s fast-pitch softball team, seeded #1, will face the #4 seed Warriors of Massasoit CC in the first round of the Region XXI fast-pitch softball Tournament to be held this weekend Saturday April 29th and 30th at Winslow Park in Warwick.

The CCRI Knights will face Massasoit CC at 10:00am followed by #2 seed Dean College who will face #3 seed Orange County CC out of Middletown, NY at 12noon. The losers of games 1 and 2 will face off at 2:00pm and the winners will face off at 4:00pm.

The finals of the loser’s bracket will play Sunday at 10:00am and the winner of the loser’s bracket game will play the winner of game 4 at 1:00pm if both teams then have one loss they will play an "if" game at 3:00pm.

The winner of the Tournament will go on to play in the Northeast District Tournament on May 6-7 at Region XIX. Note: if Orange County wins the Tournament the highest ranking Region XXI team will be declared the Region XXI Champion but Orange will still go on to play in the District Tournament.

Knights rock Roxbury 12-3 and 14-5 in weekend doubleheader

Game 1

CCRI 12 Roxbury CC 3

Mike Reid (Warwick, RI) pick-up his first college victory throwing five innings of two hit ball allowing just one earned run and striking out a remarkable thirteen Roxbury CC batters. Offensively the Knights were led by Co-Captain Brett Thornton (Coventry, RI) who had a homerun with three RBI, Brandon Savickas (Johnston, RI) who had a double with three RBI, and Jang-Won Lee (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) had two hits including a double with two RBI. With the win the knights improve their record to 19-7 on the season.

Game 2

CCRI 14 Roxbury CC 5

Jake Sullivan (Lincoln, RI) earned his first college victory throwing 41/3 innings allowing just one hit and four runs with five strikeouts. Offensively the Knights were led by catcher Ron Ribera (Newport, RI) who had two hits including a triple with three RBI, Jang-Won Lee (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was 1-2 with three RBI, James Rosenthal (Tiverton, RI) had two hits, and Co-Captains Brett Thornton (Coventry, RI) and Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) added two hits each. With the victory the Knights improve their record to 20-7 on the season.

The Knights next game will be Tuesday at 4:00pm versus UConn-Avery Point. Note originally the Knights were supposed to play a doubleheader versus but needed to make-up a Region XXI game to eliminate a tie for seeding purposes in the Region XXI Tournament.

Go Knights!!!

Nicholas sets CCRI record in Heptathlon at Holy Cross Meet with 3702 points

Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) broke the CCRI record in the Heptathlon which she set last year with 3,702 points, shattering her old record of 3,408 by almost 300 pts. Nicholas, competing against top 4-year colleges from all over New England, in the Multi-event Meet placed fifth with her record setting performance.

Sherilyn is a returning NJCAA All-American in the Heptathlon put forth an impressive effort in setting the new CCRI record her scores for all the events were as follows: Day 1 100m hurdles 19.14 for 377 pts, high jump 1.47 m for 588 pts, shot put 8.83m for 453 pts, 200m run 27.46 for 674 pts, Day 2 long jump 4.72m for 485 pts, javelin throw 26.24m for 406 pts, and the 800m 2:27.97 for 719 pts giving her a total of 3,702 and a new CCRI heptathlon record.

Nicholas hopes to continue her excellent year as the she competes with the rest of the CCRI Track & Field team this Sunday the 30th at Brown University Open Meet.

2006 Region XXI Division II Softball Tournament

Sat-Sun, April 29-30 @ CCRI, Warwick, RI(Winslow Field)

Participants: CCRI, Massasoit CC, Dean College, Orange County CC

Sat., April 29

Game 1 10:00am Community College of Rhode Island (1) vs Massasoit CC (4)

Game 2 12:00pm Dean College (2) vs Orange County CC(3)

Game 3 2:00pm Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 2

Game 4 4:00pm Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2

Sun., April 30

Game 5 10:00am Winner of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 4

Game 6 1:00pm Winner of Game 4 vs Winner of Game 5

Game 7 3:00pm If both teams have one loss, final game

Mon., May 1 Rain Date

Tournament procedures:

Top of bracket occupies third base side and is home team on score board.

For first game of each day. Visitors take infield 45 min prior to game time, Home team takes infield 25 minutes prior to game time.

After first game for each team, no infield will be allowed on game field.

National Anthem will be played at first game of each day.

Team introductions will occur for first two games each day.

Winner of tournament advances to District Tournament on May 6-7 @Region 19.

Highest ranking Region XXI team is declared Region XXI champion

Game Times

Saturday:

Game 1 - 10:00am

Game 2 – 12:00pm

Game 3 – 2:00pm

Game 4 – 4:00pm

Sunday:

Game 5 – 10:00am

Game 6 – 12:00pm

Game 7 – 2:30pm (if necessary)

04.21.06

CCRI hires Rick Harris to be new Head Coach for men’s basketball

The Community College of Rhode Island is proud to announce the hiring of Rick Harris of Cranston, RI to become the new Head Coach of the CCRI Knights men’s basketball team.

Harris comes to CCRI from Cranston East where he enjoyed success as their Head Boy’s Basketball Coach from 1990-2006 where he had 230 career wins. Harris won four Division I League Championships in 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2004 and three Division I-A State Championships in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Harris earned Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the year in 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Before being Head Coach at East Rick was the Assistant Coach at Cranston East 1982-85 and 1987-89, and Assistant Coach at Johnston 1989-1990 both under Head Coach Jim Hopkins. Harris was Assistant Boys’ Basketball Coach, Head Freshman Coach at Our Lady of Providence from 1985-1987 under Head Coach Joe Hassett. Harris was also Head Boys’ Basketball coach at St. Matthew’s Intermediate CYO from 1979-1985 where they won the State Championship in 1979, 1980, and 1983.

Harris has served as the Treasurer of the Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Association from 2000- present. In addition, Harris is the Director of the Rick Harris Hoop Skills Basketball Camp for boys and girls ages 6-16 in the summer. Harris has worked for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2001 until the present at their annual summer camp held every summer at University of California Santa Barbara as the Commissioner of the NIT (youngsters age 9-11), working under the direction of Glenn Carraro-Assistant General Manager to Mitch Kupchak.

The Community College of Rhode Island welcomes Rick and wishes him good luck as he brings the CCRI men’s Basketball Program to new heights.

Go Knights!!!

Knights demolish Dean 8-0 and 9-1 to improve to 13-5

The CCRI Knights women’s fast-pitch softball team avenged their only Region XXI loss in emphatic fashion by dominating the bulldogs of Dean College defeating them 8-0 in the first game of the doubleheader and 9-1 in the second game. With the wins the Knights improve their record to 13-5 on the season and 7-1 in Region XXI. In addition the Knights have won the regular season Region XXI Title and will host the Region XXI Tournament that will be held Saturday April 29 and Sunday April 30th. The Region XXI Tournament will feature Massasoit CC, Dean College, Orange County CC from NY, and the host team CCRI Knights.

Game 1

CCRI 8 Dean 0

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) dominated the Dean batters allowing just three hits over five innings while striking out four to earn her team-leading sixth victory of the year and lowered her ERA to 2.01 with 53 strikeouts in just 45.1 innings pitched. Offensively the Knights were led by Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) who was 3-3 with an RBI and three runs scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who was 2-2 with an RBI and a run scored, and a stolen base, and Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) was also 2-2 with an RBI a run scored and a stolen base. Also contributing for the Knights were Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who was 1-1 with an RBI double and a run scored and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) was 1-2 with an RBI.

Game 2

CCRI 9 Dean 1

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pitched her best game of the year allowing just one run on one hit over five innings while striking out three to earn her fourth victory of the year and lower her ERA to 3.00. Offensively the Knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, and a stolen base, Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 3-3 with a double two RBI and a run scored, Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) was 3-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base, and Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) was 3-3 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who had two hits and two RBI and Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) added two hits and a run scored.

The Knights next games will be Tuesday April 25th for a doubleheader with Springfield College JV at 3:00pm at Winslow Park in Warwick.

04.19.06

Knights march past Massasoit 6-2 and 11-2 to improve to 11-5

The CCRI Knights fast-pitch women’s softball team defeated Region XXI foe Massasoit CC in a doubleheader 6-2 in the first game and 11-2 in the second game. With the victories the Knights improve their record to 11-5 on the season and 5-1 in Region XXI.

Game 1

CCRI 6 Massasoit CC 2

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched a great game allowing just one unearned run on three hits over seven innings striking out seven to earn her team-leading fifth victory of the year. Dupont has been excellent this season on the mound leading the team with a 2.26 ERA and 49 strikeouts in just 40.1 innings pitched with five wins and a save. Offensively the Knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 2-2 with two RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base, Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) was 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored, and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) added a two-RBI double. Also contributing for the Knights at the plate were Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) who had two hits each.

Game 2

CCRI 11 Massasoit CC 2

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched very well allowing just one earned run while scattering seven hits over five innings and striking out four to earn her third victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led again by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 4-4 (6-6 on the day) with two RBI and two runs scored, Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) was 3-5 with four RBI and a run scored. Bonanca and Lynch have provided a solid one-two punch in the middle of the line-up leading the team in almost all offensive categories Bonanca has a .630 batting average with 29 hits including three doubles, four triples with six stolen bases, 20 RBI and 15 runs scored while Lynch’s line looks like this: .551 batting average with 27 hits including three doubles, one triple and three homeruns with 22 RBI and 16 runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) was 2-3 with a triple two RBI and a run scored, Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) who was 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who had two hits and a run scored, Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) added a hit, two RBI and a run scored while Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) and Cassie Cooney (Central Falls, RI) each added a hit and two runs scored.

The Knights next games will be a doubleheader Thursday versus Region XXI rival Dean College at 3:00pm at Winslow Park in Warwick.

04.18.06

Knights put "the Hertz" to Dean 11-0 to improve to 18-7

CCRI 11 Dean College 0

The CCRI Knights baseball team dominated Dean College 11-0 winning in five innings by the mercy rule. With the win the Knights improve their record to 18-7 on the season and 5-1 in Region XXI.

Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI) completely dominated the Dean hitters allowing just one hit over five innings of shutout baseball while striking out seven to earn his fifth victory of the season and in doing so lowered his ERA to and astounding .878 with 42 strikeouts in 41 innings pitched. Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) led the Knights with a homerun and four RBI, Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI) joined the hit parade going 2-3 with a homerun and three RBI, and Eric Page (South Kingstown, RI) was 2-3 with two doubles. The Knights hitters started slowly scoring one run in the first after getting the bases loaded and one run in the third inning. However, the Knights exploded for nine runs in the fifth to win the game by the ten-run mercy rule.

The Knights next games will be a doubleheader Saturday April 22nd versus Roxbury CC starting at noon on the CCRI Knight Campus in Warwick. From there they will travel to UConn-Avery Point for a doubleheader on Sunday the 23rd starting at 1:00pm.

Go Knights!!!

Knights handled by Holyoke 9-0

The CCRI tennis team was outmatched by a more-experienced Holyoke squad that has been playing all winter and has even taken a couple of trips South to get some early season matches in. Holyoke was playing in at least their sixth match while it was only CCRI’s second match. The experience was still a very good one for the CCRI team. The Knights showed them that we are not that far off from the defending Region XXI Champions of Holyoke CC considering how competitive the matches actually were.

All the matches were a lot closer than the scores would suggest as the CCRI tennis team fought hard against the defending Region XXI champions, Holyoke CC. In fact Jason Garrahan (Smithfield, RI) and Brittney Godbout (Cranston, RI) both led their singles matches in the first set, getting an early break, but finally succumbing to the experience of their HCC opponents. Second Doubles Chris Rich (Lincoln, RI) and Andrew Parente (Smithfield, RI) exchanged breaks back and forth and actually served for the match at 9-8 in the 10 game pro-set, before succumbing to the greater experience of their Holyoke opponents. First doubles Ben Tabor (Seekonk, MA) and Drew Hochman (Cranston, RI) were on serve in was shaping up to be the fiercest battle of the afternoon until Hochman retired with severe cramps in both calves.

Head Coach John Panzica said: "We faced stiff, experienced competition but appear to be poised to return this Friday in a rematch with the defending Region XXI Champions on their home turf, ready to take back some of our pride and demonstrate that this year’s tournament will not be a cake-walk for Holyoke CC." The Knights are showing that they will not back down from any opponent which is always the first step on the road to success for the CCRI tennis program.

Complete scores:

1singles Tom Tillotson HCC def Ben Tabor CCRI 6-2, 6-1

2singles Trevor Chan HCC def Chris Rich CCRI 6-2, 6-2

3singles Jay Danek HCC def Jason Garrahan CCRI 6-4, 6-3

4singles Matt Lentes HCC def Andrew Parente CCRI 6-3, 6-2

5singles Jay Paul HCC def Drew Hochman CCRI 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)

6singles Nick Chavez HCC def Brittney Godbout CCRI 6-4, 6-3

1d. Tom Tilottson/Trevor Chan HCC def Ben Tabor/Drew Hochman CCRI 3-2 (ret)

2d. Jay Danek/Matt Lentes HCC def Chris Rich/Andrew Parente CCRI 11-9

3d. Jay Paul/Nick Chavez HCC def Ashley Frey/Jason Garrahan CCRI 10-2

Game Note: The weather forced CCRI tennis into the Lincoln Fieldhouse. Thanks to the teamwork of Gregg Cornell, Head Track Coach, Kevin Salisbury, Team Administrator, and Saraen Kao, of the CCRI track team, we were able to line the two remaining courts in Lincoln to allow us to complete the match.

CCRI Track & Field Teams finish third at UMASS-Dartmouth meet

Both of the CCRI men’s and women’s track & field teas finished third at the UMASS-Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday here are the team placements: Women- Westfield State 194, Smith College 107, CCRI 100, UMASS-Dartmouth 91, Salem State 76, Emmanuel 60, Northern Essex 33, Roger Williams 25; Men-Westfield State 303, UMASS-Dartmouth 138, CCRI 97.5, Salem State 76, Northern Essex 21.5, Roger Williams 19, Wentworth 5.

New NJCAA Division III National qualifiers include: Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) in the long jump with a jump of 6.29m, Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI) in the shot put 12.51m, Dante Lopardo (Johnston, RI) in the high jump with a leap of 1.82m, the team of Galvin, Hannon, Stewart, and White 4x400m with a time of 3:35.72. Also Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) in the 800m in a time of 2:04.43, Dave Delude (South Kingstown, RI) 100m 11.18, Kevin White (Swansea, MA) in the 400m with a time of 51.63, in the Javelin Tom Obenhaus (Warwick, RI) qualified with a throw of 43.16m. For the women in the triple jump Elisa Semedo (Portugal) leaped 10.45m and Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) leaped 10.25m, in the long jump Semedo leaped 5.29m and Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) jumped 4.78m the 4x400m team of Nicholas, Lanctot, Procter, and Pollak ran in 4:43.95, in the 200m Nicholas ran 1:00.35, and in the 800m Rachael Procter (East Providence, RI) ran 2:38.60.

Complete List of CCRI Women Finishers: 400mH -5th Oyekoya 1:21.59, 4x400-3rd, Nicholas, Lanctot, and Pollak, and Procter 4:43.95, high jump-3rd Nicholas 5-00, 6th Oyekoya 4-08, LJ-1st Semedo 5.29, 6th Nicholas 4.78,TJ-1st Semedo 10.45m, 2nd Oyekoya 10.25m, 200m-4th Nicholas 27.94, 400m-1st Nicholas 1:00.35,800m, 3rd Procter 2:38.60, 9th Lanctot 2:54.42, 11th Pollak 2:58.97, 1500m- 3rd Procter 5:23.43, 6th Lanctot 5:46.67, 7th Pollak 6:21.60

100m hurdles-1st Oyekoya 16.02, and 2nd Semedo 16.08.

Complete List of CCRI Men Finishers: Discus—1st Kao 39.59m, Hammer 1st Kao 45.50m

Javelin 6th Obenhaus 43.16, 100m 2nd Delude 11.18—5th Saucier 11.65, 200m—3rd Delude 23.05—8th White 24.04—10th Saucier 24.19—15th Lopardo 25.54, 400m 4th White 51.63

800m—2nd Stewart 2:04.43—5th Hannon 2:05.91-7th McMillian 2:08.23-9thFarrell2:18.06-11th Saucedo 2:21.61-12th Guenard 2:25.12, 1500m—3rd Farrell 4:22.12-4th Galvin 4:23.08-7th Guenard 4:28.56, 4x400m—Stewart, Hannon, Galvin, and White 3:35.72, Shot –5th Kao 12.51m

TJ—6th Lopardo 11.66m, LJ 5th Munir 6.29m-11th Lopardo 5.71m, HJ-4th Lopardo 1.82m-5th Munir 1.82m

04.14.06

Knights split doubleheader with Region XXI rival Dean 7-6 and 5-4

Game 1

CCRI 6 Dean 7

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched a very good game though she got the loss. Over six innings she allowed just four earned runs while striking out four. Offensively the Knights were led by Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who was 2-3 with a triple and a double, two RBI and a run scored, Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) was also 2-3 with two singles with two RBI. Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) went 2-4 with two singles an RBI and a run scored and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 2-4 with two singles and a run scored.

Dean got on the scoreboard first with two runs in the second CCRI answered with three runs in the fourth and three runs in the sixth. After a twenty minute rain delay Dean rallied for two in the sixth and three in the bottom of the seventh to earn the victory. This was a great game but tough loss for the Knights who fall to 8-5 for the season.

Game 2

CCRI 5 Dean 4

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pitched an excellent game allowing just two earned runs over seven innings striking out five to earn her third victory of the season. Offensively the Knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 2-3 with a triple and a single with an RBI and a run scored and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who was 2-4 with a triple and a double. Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 2-4 with a double, a single with an RBI and a run scored, Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) went 2-2 with two singles an RBI and a run scored, and Co-captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) added an RBI double with a run scored.

Another great game that started with both teams scoring one run each in the first inning, both teams remained silent in the second third and fourth and each scored one more in the fifth. The Knights put together five hits in the top of the sixth to score three runs. Jasmine Bonanca led off the inning with a single and was batted on a single from Heather Lynch, Lynch later scored on a double from Jenna Peters and the inning was capped off by Nicole Brierley singling home Jenna Peters giving the Knights a 5-2 lead. Dean answered back in the bottom of the sixth with two runs making the score 5-4 in the seventh. In the top of the seventh the Knights got two hits but some great defense from Dean prevented the Knights from scoring an insurance run as Christina Campopiano tripled with Alyse Fram on first but Fram was cut down at the plate on an excellent relay throw from centerfield to shortstop Amy Grail to catcher Tiffany Integlia. Dean was able to get runners on first and third in the bottom of the seventh with two outs but could not tie the game as Amy Lemmon struck out Kathleen Bruce looking to preserve the victory. With the win the knights improve their record to 9-5 on the season and 3-1 in Region XXI.

The Knights next games will be Tuesday April 18th versus Massasoit CC at their home field Winslow Park in Warwick. The Knights have also re-scheduled two doubleheaders Tuesday April 25th at 3:00 versus Springfield College JV and Thursday April 27th at 4:00pm versus Holyoke CC.

Knights win 7-2 in first tennis matches of year against Springfield Tech.

CCRI Freshman Ben Tabor (Seekonk, MA) defeated STCC Captain Mike Kirkpatrick in a second set tie-breaker to win the #1 singles match 6-2 7-6 (8-6). Tabor exercised a considerable amount of patience to beat the very steady Kirkpatrick. CCRI Freshman Chris Rich (Lincoln, RI) defeated Larent Lundy 7-5, 6-0 in the #2 singles match. Rich used his big serve to break the very talented Lundy from STCC. CCRI Freshman Andrew Parente (Smithfield, RI) 6-2, 6-0 and Sophomore Jason Garrahan (Smithfield, RI) 6-1, 6-0 had relatively easy singles matches each allowing their opponents 2 or less games.

CCRI Head Coach John Panzica said "Despite having gusty winds and future opponents looking on, our team played very well. We are looking forward to playing Holyoke CC today (Friday April 14th) at home (Toll Gate High School)."

Complete scores:

1singles Ben Tabor CCRI defeated Mike Kirkpatrick 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)

2singles Chris Rich CCRI defeated Larent Lundy 7-, 6-0

3singles Andrew Parente CCRI defeated Kevin Andrew 6-2, 6-0

4singles Jason Garrahan CCRI defeated Alex Siekierski 6-1, 6-0

5singles William Kane STCC defeated Brittney Godbout 6-1, 6-3

6singles Heather Neal CCRI won default

1doubles Larent Lundy/William Kane STCC defeated Chris Rich/Andrew Parente 10-7

2doubles Jay Garrahan/Ben Tabor CCRI defeated Alex Siekierski/Mike Kirkpatrick 10-2

3doubles Ashley Frey/Brittney Godbout CCRI won by default

CCRI Head men’s basketball Coach Dave Chevalier retires

CCRI Head men’s basketball coach Dave Chevalier has decided to retire and has relocated to sunny Florida. Chevalier enjoyed great success at CCRI with a 74-49 overall record during his four years of service has the Head Coach. Coach Chevalier led the Knights to back to back Region XXI Championships in 2004-05 and 2005-06, also winning the Northeast District Championship in 2004-05 and earning a trip to the Nationals in Danville, Illinois where they finished ninth.

CCRI Head women’s basketball Coach Grygorcewicz resigns to take position at Mitchell

CCRI Head women’s basketball Coach Cas Grygorcewicz has resigned his post at CCRI to take a full-time position at Mitchell College where he will serve as the Head Coach for their women’s basketball team and also serve as student-athlete academic advisor.

Coach Grygorcewicz enjoyed tremendous success in his two years as the Head Coach of the Knights women’s basketball team with a record of 47-16 including a record setting season in 2004-05 where they were 29-4. Coach Cas led the Knights to back-to-back Region XXI and Northeast District Titles. Grygorcewicz succeeded Coach Ceseretti who also won the Region XXI tournament and Northeast District Tournament and brought the Knights to the Nationals in 2003-04. Coach Cas led the Knights to consecutive third place finishes at the National Tournament in 2004-05 and 2005-06.

04.13.06

Powell slams Knights past Eastern Connecticut JV 8-5

CCRI 8 Eastern Connecticut State JV 5

Frank Mazza (North Kingstown, RI) pitched seven solid innings allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits while striking out five to pick-up his fifth victory of the year. Jessie Ladig (Deerfield, FL) picked-up his third save of the year pitching one inning of one-hit relief to secure the victory. Offensively the Knights were led by Drew Powell (Osceola, FL) who went 2-4 and demolished a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning to give the Knights a quick 4-1 lead.

The Knights followed-up their four-run first inning with a three-run second inning and one run in the third to take a 7-1 lead. Eastern Connecticut rallied for three runs in the sixth and one in the eighth giving CCRI the 8-5 victory. Brandon Savickas (Johnston, RI) added two hits with a run scored. With the win the Knights improve their record to 17-7 on the season.

The Knights next games will be Saturday April 15th versus The College of St. Rose for a doubleheader starting at 1:00pm at the CCRI Knight Campus in Warwick.

04.12.06

Marvin Owens earns NJCAA First Team All-American honors

Marvin Owens (Bridgeport, CT) was voted First Team NJCAA Division II men’s basketball All-American, adding yet another accomplishment to his impressive resume. Owens was earlier voted First Team All-Region XXI.

CCRI Sophomore forward Marvin Owens had a year to remember. Owens was the nation’s leading scorer in NJCAA Division II, averaging 27.4 points per game for the #15 ranked CCRI Knights men’s basketball team. Owens became CCRI all-time scoring leader with his 22 points in the District Semi-final loss to Lackawanna College Saturday March 11th, giving him a career total of 1,407 points. Owens now owns both the single season scoring mark with 794 points in a season in the Region XXI championship game versus Massasoit CC March 4th. Owens is the only player in CCRI history to eclipse the 1,400 point mark with 1,407 points.

In his freshman year Owens was selected All-Region XXI after averaging 19.8 points per game in the regular season and to the All-Tournament team at the NJCAA Division II basketball Nationals in Danville Illinois where he averaged 19 points and 6.5 rebounds per game against Defending National Champion Cuyahoga CC and Lincoln College.

During the Knights Florida Road Trip Owens became the 10th player in CCRI history to score 1,000 points in his career, he did it at the 9:00 mark versus Broward CC Thursday January 5th.

Owens is a complete player not only scoring 27.4 points per game but adding 8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.75 steals per game while guarding the best player on opposing teams. Owens truly leads the Knights on both ends of the court. Every time the Knights need a big play Owens is the man they turn to.

Off the court Owens is a polite a jovial young man who acts as leader to his teammates. Marvin always encourages teammates to do the right thing both on and off the court. Academically Owens has come a long way his improved study habits will help him succeed at the Division I College level.

Owens hopes to continue his college career at a Division I College playing basketball which is almost a certainty. Owens has played against top Division I talent and has showed he belongs, even scoring 42 versus Broward College in Florida and 41 versus Globe Institute in February. Northwood College (current home of legendary former Villanova Coach Rollie Massimino), St. Bonaventure, Fordham, and University of Louisiana-Monroe have already shown an interest in Marvin at the next level.

Knights wallop Warriors in doubleheader 14-1 and 9-0 to improve to 8-4

The CCRI Knights women’s fast-pitch softball team beat the Warriors of Massasoit CC 14-1 in the first game and 9-0 in the second game of their doubleheader on Tuesday. With the two victories the Knights improve their record to 8-4 on the season and 2-0 in Region XXI.

Game 1

CCRI 14 Massasoit CC 1

Sophomore Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) was dominant on the mound pitching five innings allowing just one unearned run and scattering five hits while striking out 12 Massasoit batters to earn her fourth victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who went 4-4 with two singles, a double and a triple, with three RBI and three runs scored as well as making a few unbelievable stops at the hot corner. Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) was also hot going 3-3 with two singles and a two-run homerun with three RBI and three runs scored. Also contributing three hits was Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) with three singles, three RBI and three runs scored, Amber Cerreto (Hope, RI) added two hits and an RBI, and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) added two hits and two runs scored. With the win the Knights record improves to 7-4 on the season.

Game 2

CCRI 9 Massasoit CC 0

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) had her best outing of the season pitching five shutout innings allowing just four hits, walking one and striking out four to earn her second victory of the season. Offensively the Knights were led by Sophomore Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) who went two for two with a triple and a homerun, two RBI and three runs scored and Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) was also two for two with a triple and a homerun with two RBI and two runs scored. Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) added her second homerun of the day going one for two with two RBI and two runs scored. Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) added two hits and two RBI. Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) added two hits each. With the win the Knight improve their record to 8-4 on the season

The game was relatively close at 4-0 in the top of the fifth until Christina Campopiano started a one out rally with a base hit she was driven home on a ridiculous two-run home run by Heather Lynch . Jenna Peters followed with another homerun to left field just short of where Lynch hit hers then Missy Keeley made it back-to-back-to-back homeruns with a homerun that landed about five feet to left of where Peters hit hers. Mallery Andreozzi later knocked in Nicole Brierley making it 9-0. Amy Lemmon retired the side in the fifth allowing just one base runner to secure the victory.

The Knights play a doubleheader this Thursday at Region XXI rival Dean College at 3:00pm

Go Knights!!!.

04.11.06

Nicholas, Oyekoya and Guenard lead CCRI at Bryant University Invitational

Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton MA) won the 400m run in a time of 1:01.99 to qualify for the Nationals in yet another event. Nicholas had already qualified for nationals in the 800m and high jump earlier in the year. Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) leaped 4’10" in the high jump to qualify for Nationals. Ron Guenard (Cumberland, RI) qualified in the 5000m with a 4th place finish in a time of 16:08.66. The CCRI men’s 4x100m team of Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI), Anthony Saucier (Coventry, RI), Kevin White (Swansea, MA) and David Delude (South Kingstown, RI) qualified for Nationals in a time of 45.73 seconds. Elisa Semedo (Portugal) qualified in the 100m hurdles in a time of 16.28 seconds and in the triple jump with a leap of 31’-08.75".

Full CCRI Women placements:

100m: 8th Oyekoya 13.87

200m: 7th Nicholas 28.77

400m: 1st Nicholas 1:01.99

800m: 17th Procter 2:43.16, 29th Lanctot 2:58.7, 32nd Pollak 3:06.95

1500m: 20th Procter 5:43.78, 28th Lanctot 5:56.25, 37th Pollak 6:21.89

100m Hurdles: 2nd Oyekoya 16.24, 3rd Semedo 16.28

High Jump: 2nd Nicholas 5-00.00, 3rd Oyekoya 4-10-00

Triple Jump: 4th Semedo 31-08.75

Discus: 2nd Peter 96-06

Javelin: 24th Peter 69-03

Full CCRI Men Placements:

100m: 3rd Delude 11.41, 5th Saucier 11.86

200m: 3rd Stewart 24.95

400m: 8th Stewart 53.19, 11th White 53.93

5000m: 4th Guenard 16:08.66, 14th Farrell 17:12.53

4x100m: 7th Munir, Saucier, White and Delude 45.73

High Jump: 3rd Munir 5-08, 5th Lopardo 5-08

Shot: 2nd Kao 38-10.50

Discus: 4th Kao 121-11

Hammer: 8th Kao 137-05, 9th Dolan 131-05

Javelin: 13th Obenhaus 125-10

04.10.06

Knights sweep Anchormen JV 11-2 and 6-4 to improve to 16-7 on the season

Game 1

CCRI 11 RIC JV 2

Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI) earned his fourth win of the year with another outstanding pitching performance throwing a complete game four-hitter allowing no earned runs and striking out six. Offensively the Knights were led by Jake Sullivan (Lincoln, RI) who had two hits and three RBI and Jang Won-Lee (Toronto, Ontario) had two hits and two RBI. Also contributing for the Knights were David Boyajian (Warwick, RI) and Drew Powell (Osceola, FL) who had two hits each and Co-Captain Brett Thornton (Coventry, RI) had two RBI. The Knights pounded out eleven hits highlighted by a seven run second inning, which was more than enough for Hertzler as the Knights coasted to victory 11-2. With the win the Knights record improves to 15-7 on the season.

Game 2

CCRI 6 RIC JV 4

Michael Shuckerow (Milford, CT) threw five solid innings allowing just three runs and striking out five to earn his third victory of the season and Matt Ranaudo (Milford, CT) held the Anchormen to one run in two innings of relief to help lead the Knights to victory. Offensively David Boyajian (Warwick, RI) cracked a homer and had two RBI, Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) added two hits and two RBI, and Luis Chacon (West Warwick, RI) added two hits. The Knights got on the scoreboard first with a four run fourth inning and followed that with a two run fifth the Anchormen answered with three in the fifth and one in the seventh but it wasn’t enough as the Knights pulled off the 6-4 victory. With the win the Knights improve to 16-7 on the season.

The Knights next game will be Wednesday April 12th at 4:00pm versus Eastern Connecticut State at the CCRI Knight campus in Warwick.

Go Knights!!

04.07.06

Knights take it to Region XXI rival DEAN 10-2 in eight innings

CCRI 10 Dean 2

Frank Mazza (North Kingstown, RI) had a stellar performance pitching against rival Dean College. Mazza had eight strikeouts and two earned runs in seven innings of work. In his first five innings, Mazza did not allow a run. He was later relieved by freshman Michael Shukerow (Milford, CT) who pitched a solid scoreless inning, while striking out one. The Knights had fine offensive games from freshman tandem of Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI) and Matt Ranaudo (Milford, CT). Johnson went 2-5 with a double and a homerun and Ranaudo also went 2-5 with two RBI and two stolen bases. Sophomore Co-Captain Brett Thornton (Coventry, RI) made some noise on the base paths with two stolen bases and two runs scored.

The team chalked up their first runs in the third inning with two outs, Matt Ranaudo slapped a single to center with the bases loaded that drove in Thornton and Jacob Sullivan. In the fourth, the boys of spring put three more runs on the board highlighted with Sullivan’s bases loaded singled scoring two (Boyajian, Thornton). The Knights put the game out of hand when Jang Won-Lee (Toronto, Ontario) drove in two in the fifth with an infield single to put them up eight to zero. Kyle Johnson ended the game in the eighth with a moon-ball homerun.

04.03.06

Knights crush Cobleskill 12-1 ands split with Dutchess CC 7-8 and 13-2 to improve to 13-7

Game 1 (April 1st) CCRI 12 SUNY-Cobleskill 1

Frank Mazza (North Kingstown, RI) pitched an excellent game throwing six strong innings allowing just one run on one hit and striking out seven to pick up his third victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Luis Chacon (West Warwick, RI) who had three hits, four RBI and two runs scored. David Boyajian (Warwick, RI) added a triple and three RBI. With the win the Knights improve to 12-6 on the season.

Game 2 (April 2nd) CCRI 7 Dutchess CC 8

CCRI fell behind 4-1 by the end of the second inning but rallied back to tie the score at 7-7 in the seventh inning but Dutchess CC was able to score another run in the bottom of the seventh to win the game 8-7. On a positive note, Eric Page (South Kingstown, RI) had a great game at the plate going 2-3 with a double and a homerun and three RBI and Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) contributed two hits to the cause. With the loss the Knights record falls to 12-7 on the season.

Game 3 (April 2nd) CCRI 13 Dutchess CC 2

Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI) had another dominant outing allowing no runs over seven innings while striking out nine to earn his third victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Kyle Johnson (north Kingstown, RI) went 2-4 with three RBI and Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) was 2-3 with an RBI. Assistant Coach Joe Vigeant said "great way to bounce back after a tough loss". With the win the Knights improve their record to 13-7 on the season.

The Knights next game will be Wednesday April 5th at Eastern Connecticut at 4:00pm before returning home to play Region XXI rival Dean College on Thursday April 6th at 4:00pm.

Eleven CCRI Track & Field team members qualify for Nationals at first meet of year

Eleven CCRI Track & field team members become National qualifiers at the first meet of the year which qualifies them for the Division III NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Nationals on Saturday at the RIC Invitational which was their first meet of the season.

On the women’s side Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) qualified in the 200m with a time of 27.60 seconds and in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.0 seconds and Rachael Proctor qualified in the 1,500m with a time of 5:28.80. In addition, the Women’s 4x800m relay team of Proctor, Kristina Lanctot (Lincoln, RI), Lani Pollack (Deland, FL), and Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) qualified with a time of 11:33.40, Nicholas also qualified in the high jump with a leap of 1.53m and the 800m with a time of 2:30.10, and Alison Peter (Middletown, RI) qualified in the discus with a throw of 28.70m and Javelin with a throw of 26.21m.

On the men’s side Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA) qualified in the 1,500m with a time of 4:16.20. Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI) qualified in the discus with a throw of 38.11m and in the hammer with a throw of 44.27m. Mike Dolan (South Kingstown, RI) also qualified in the hammer with a throw of 44.49m. Ron Guenard (Cumberland, RI) qualified in the 10,000m with a time of 34:57.40, and Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) qualified in the high jump with a leap of 1.83m.

This was an excellent day for the CCRI Outdoor Track & field team as they put forth great times and distances to qualify for Nationals. In addition, the times recorded were hand-timed so the officials automatically add on .24 seconds which makes the qualifying times even more impressive.

The Knights next meet will be this Saturday the 8th at the Bryant University Invitational.

Go Knights!!!

Knights sweep Dutchess CC 2-1 and 4-1 to improve to 6-4 on the season

Game 1 Dutchess 1 CCRI 2

Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched a great game allowing one unearned run on four hits over seven innings while striking out four she was relived in the eighth inning by Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) who pitched one inning to earn her first victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) who had two of CCRI’s three hits and the game winning RBI and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) also contributed a hit.

The Knights got on the score board first after Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) drew a walk, stole second and advanced to third on a bad throw from the catcher putting her on third base. From there Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) sacrificed her home giving the Knights the 1-0 lead. Dutchess answered back in the top of the sixth with an unearned run. Neither team scored in the seventh setting up the championship tie-breaker rule wherein a runner starts on second base to being each extra inning. CCRI pitcher Amy Lemmon was helped by some great fielding by Christina Campopiano who cut down the go ahead run at the plate preserving the tie score. To start the eighth inning Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) started on second base with the Championship tie-breaker rule, Mallery Andreozzi laid down a perfect bunt single and Serapiglia scored easily after a bad throw by Dutchess, giving the Knights the 2-1 victory. With the win the Knights record improves to 5-4 on the season.

Game 2 Dutchess CC 1 CCRI 4

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched an excellent game allowing just one unearned run on four hits while striking out two over seven innings to earn her second victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who had a double and RBI and a run scored, Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who had a hit with an RBI, and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) added a hit and an RBI.

The Knights got on the scoreboard first again as Jasmine Bonanca drove-in Kara Seripiglia in the bottom of the first inning. The Knights erupted for three runs in the fourth highlighted by an RBI double by Christina Campopiano that scored Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) the eventual winning run. With the win the Knights record improves to 6-4 on the season.

The Knights next games will be this Thursday when the Knights face Holyoke CC at 3:00pm for a double header at their home field located at Winslow Park in Warwick.

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