May 2007

Knights’ Championship hopes dashed at Tennis Nationals

The CCRI men’s tennis team battled very hard but lost all six matches they competed in on day two of the Division III Men’s Tennis National Tournament.

In Flight One Singles the Knight’s Dan Deluca (Warwick, RI) lost to #2 seed Roger Torres of Harford CC 6-3 and 6-1. In Flight Two Singles the Knights Ben Tabor (Seekonk, MA) lost to #1 seed Eddie Distrito of Rock Valley CC 6-0 and 6-3. In Flight Three Singles the Knights Christopher Rich (Smithfield, RI) lost to #2 seed Gary Preston of Harford CC 6-1 and 6-1. Finally, in Flight Four Singles the Knights Geoffrey Arnold (Westerly, RI) lost to Brandon Womack from Eastfield CC in a tough three set battle 6-2, 2-6, and 6-4.

In Flight Two Doubles the Knights team of Geoffrey Arnold and Andrew Parente lost to the #2 seeded team of Chris Hoover and Gary Preston of Harford CC in one of the most exciting matches of the day 4-6, 6-1, and 7-6 (6). In Flight Three Doubles the Knights team of Christopher Rich and Ben Tabor lost to Glen Adorno and Justin Russo of Suffolk County CC in another very hard fought match 6-3, 4-6, and 6-1.

Unfortunately the Knights National Championship dreams did not come true but they had an excellent season and have nothing to hang their heads about. However, making it to the Nationals for the second year in a row including the women’s team having a second team All-American in Joana Augustine shows that the CCRI Knights Tennis Program is heading in the right direction.

Knights off to rough start at first day of Division III Men’s Tennis Nationals

The CCRI men’s tennis team did not fare too well at day one of the Division III NJCAA Men’s Tennis Nationals at Collin CC in Plano, TX.

In Flight One Doubles the Knight’s team of Zachary Brothers (North Smithfield, RI) and Dan DeLuca (Warwick, RI) lost an intense match to Matt Alvis and Alex Lopez of Joliet JC 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5. In Flight Five Singles the Knight’s Andrew Parente (Smithfield, RI) lost to Aaron Sixta of Eastfield College 6-0 and 6-2. In Flight Six Singles the Knight’s Zachary Brothers lost to Dan Butera of Suffolk County CC 6-1 and 6-1.

The Knights look to get in the win column on Tuesday in their four Singles matches and two Doubles matches. Stay tuned for more updates.

White and McNamee Earn All-American honors at NJCAA Track & Field Nationals

Kevin White (Swansea, MA) earned First Team All-American honors with his 1^st place finish in the 400m hurdles in a time of 55.44. White placed fourth in the 110 high hurdles with a CCRI school record time of 15.82. Joining White in earning All-American honors was Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI) who earned Second Team All-American honors with her second place finish in the Javelin throw with a throw of 34.53m.

Other Knights who finished well at the Nationals include Lee DeRosa (Mansfield, MA) who ran for a seventh place finish in the 100m dash. DeRosa ran an 11.26 in the final but he ran a season’s best in the prelims of 11.07. Lee then came back in the 200m run with a fifth place finish 22.73 while running 22.55 in the prelims. Ronald Guenard (Cumberland, RI) placed sixth in the 10k run in the time of 37:15.82. Guenard also ran the 5k but failed to score with a 13^th place finish in a time of 18:03.59. Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) in the 800m ran for eighth place in a time of 2:04.41. Hunter ran a season’s best in the prelims of 1:58.58. Kristin Vanhouwe (North Smithfield, RI) ran for seventh place in the 1500m race in a time of 5:32.72. Vanhouwe also placed eighth in the 800m run in a time of 2:46.53, and ran a season’s best in the prelims 2:41.06.

In addition, The Knights men’s 4x400m team of Stewart, Murphy, DeRosa, and White ran 3:35.50 in the prelims but this was not fast enough to advance them to the finials. Justin Murphy (Warwick, RI) ran the 800m race in the prelims in 2:10.70 but it was not fast enough to advance to the finials. Marinos Pylarinos (Cumberland, RI) threw the Javelin 37.77m but failed to qualify for finals.

Knights win Region XXI Golf Championship by 46 strokes to move on to Nationals

It was more of the same in round two for the men’s CCRI Golf team, great play from a number of different players. All this great play has propelled the Knights to the National Championship after winning the Region XXI Championship on Thursday for the second straight year. The Knights blew away the field with a 46 stroke victory. The Knights as a team shot a two day total score of 647. Finishing in second place was Springfield Technical Community College with a score of 693 followed by Holyoke Community College and Mass Bay who shot scores of 697 and 820 respectively. This is the second straight year that the Knights have advanced to the National Championship.

The Championship Medalist (low score) was CCRI freshmen Joe Downing (Portsmouth, RI) who shot a two-day total of 149. The Knights freshman had a seven stroke lead going into the final round and was able to hold off all other competitors with a final round score of 76. A competitor said, "Joe is like a machine, when he gets in the zone he is almost unbeatable."

Joe was not the only Knight to finish in the top five yesterday he had company from his other teammates. Kyle DeCosta (Pawtucket, RI) finished 11 strokes behind Joe with a score of 160 which as good enough for second place. Kyle followed his first round score of 82 with his best round of the season by shooting a 78. The Knights also had the fourth place finisher in the event. Andrew Bernardo (Warwick, RI) shot 81 yesterday for a total score of 166. Other Knights that competed where Greg Lakeway (Exeter, RI) who played a consistent two days of golf shooting 85 on the first day followed by an 87 on day two and Trevor Woolley (North Kingston, RI) who finished the event strong by cutting six shots off of his first day score with an 89.

Coach Richard Marchetti said after the round, "The team played like a Championship team and set their goals for the Championship and achieved them. Joe played two incredible rounds of golf and kept hi composure despite rough greens and warm temperatures. He brought his game to a whole new level and deserved the medalist honors. I feel like the team is peaking at the right time and is prepared to play on the national stage."

The Knights will be back in action at Chautauqua Country Club in New York on June 4^th through the 8^th when they compete for the NJCAA Division III National Championship.

Former Lady Knights Soccer star Alexander keeps piling up awards at Umass-Lowell

Former Lady Knights soccer star Tanekar Alexander (D’Abadie, Trinidad) received a full scholarship to play soccer at University of Massachusetts at Lowell (Div. II). Alexander was named Women’s Soccer team MVP for 2006. More importantly she also received the UMass-Lowell Athletic Department’s Student-Athlete award for attaining the highest cumulative GPA of all of the student-athletes at Umass-Lowell with an impressive 3.775 GPA! She truly put the word "student" in student-athlete. On the field Tanekar was also named to both the Northeast 10 Third Team All-Conference and was also named to the NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) Second Team All-New England.

Augustine falls in Championship 6-0 and 6-1 still earns Second Team All-American

Joana Augustine (Providence, RI via Leer, Niedersachen, Germany) lost to Maya Vankineni of Oxford College 6-0 and 6-1 in the NJCAA Division III Women’s Tennis #1 Singles Championship Match. However, with her second place finish at the Championship Augustine earned Second Team All-American honors and becomes the first woman in CCRI history to make All-American for playing tennis. She joins Jonathan Delfino (1997) and Jason Garrahan (2006) who earned Academic All-American honors while playing Tennis for the Knights.

In the only other Match for the Lady Knights on Wednesday the #2 Doubles team of Jennie Sandahl (Falkoping, Sweden) and Vanitda Thongsithavong (Providence, RI) lost to Abby Geronimo and Lauren Petrolito of Gloucester CC 8-4 in the finals of the consolation round 8-4.

Overall it was and excellent showing at the Division III Women’s Tennis Championships for the Lady Knights with one Second Team All-American in Joana Augustine, and four Lady Knights making it at least to the final four: Augustine in #1 singles, Katie Finn (Warwick, RI) in #3 Singles, Thongsithavong in #4 Singles, and Sandahl in #5 Singles.

Knights on top by 20 strokes after day one of Region XXI Golf Championship

After the first round of the Region XXI Championship the Community College of Rhode Island stands in first place with a team score of 325. The score puts CCRI 20 strokes ahead of the next closest competitor going into the final round on Thursday morning. In second place is Springfield Technical Community College with a score of 345. They are followed by Holyoke Community College (345) and Mass Bay Community College (418). Dean College does not have four golfers and will not compete in the Championship.

After one round the club house leader is the Knights’ Joe Downing (Portsmouth, RI) who shot a season low score of 73. Downing was the first golfer on the course on Wednesday and set a feverish pace. Joe played the front nine holes in a magical one under par 34. The 34 was very workman like for Downing going out and paring eight of the first nine holes while birding the difficult 376 yard, par four, fifth hole. Downing finished the round two over par and in a great position to win the event on Thursday with his seven shot lead.

As a team the Knights did very well with all four Knights coming in at 85 or below. Kevin DeCosta (Pawtucket, RI) finished the round with a strong 82 putting in his only birdie of the day in on the last hole. Teammates Andrew Bernardo (Warwick, RI) and Greg Lakeway (Exeter, RI) finished the first round with solid scores of 85.

Head Coach Richard Marchetti said after the round, "It was a great opening round to our Regional Championship. Having Joe lead the way took a lot of pressure off of his teammates. Today was a total team effort that put us in a great position for tomorrow’s round."

The Knights will be back in action Thursday at 11am as they play the second and final round of the Region XXI Championship.

Augustine wins 6-2 and 6-3 advances to Division III Tennis #1 Singles Finals in Tucson

Joana Augustine (Providence, RI via Leer, Niedersachen, Germany) defeated Brittany Williams of Broome CC 6-2 and 6-3 in the Semi-Final round of #1 Singles at the Division III women’s Tennis Nationals in Tucson Arizona. Augustine advances to play Maya Vankineni of Oxford College for the Division III Women’s Championship tomorrow Wednesday May 9^th at 10:30am EST.

The other Lady Knights did not fare as well in the semi-finals. In #3 Singles Katie Finn (Warwick, RI) lost to Alexandra Karlgut of Broome CC 6-3 and 6-1. In #4 Singles Vanitda Thongsithavong (Providence, RI) lost to Alyssa Arnold of the College of DuPage 6-3 and 6-3. Finally, in #5 Singles Jennie Sandahl (Falkoping, Sweden) lost to Blair Hufford of the College of DuPage 6-0 and 6-0.

NJCAA Tennis Nationals Complete Day 2 update

Augustine Knocks–off #3 seed at Tennis Nationals without losing game 6-0 and 6-0

And Finn Knocks off #2 seed 6-1 and 6-1, Sandahl wins 6-1 and 6-1, Thongsithavon wins 0-6,7-6 (8-6), and 6-4 also advances

In #1 singles CCRI freshman tennis player Joana Augustine (Providence, RI via Leer, Niedersachen, Germany) keeps rolling at the Division III Women’s Tennis Nationals as she defeated the #3 seed Kate Bechs from the College of Gloucester County without losing a game in straight sets 6-0 and 6-0. So far Augustine has only dropped one game at the Nationals. Augustine will face Brittany Williams of Broome CC at 11:30am this morning EST.

In #3 Singles Katie Finn (Warwick, RI) defeated #2 seed Lindsey Formisano from the College of Gloucester County 6-1- and 6-1. Finn will play Alexandra Karlgut from Broome CC 11:30am EST today.

In #4 singles the Lady Knights Vanitda Thongsithavong (Providence, RI) advanced to the final four, however it did not come as easy as all the other Lady Knights’ matches. Vanitda beat a very tough Jessica Cybulski from the Community College of Suffolk. Thongsithavong found herself down early, dropping the first set 0-6. Thongsithavong battled back to win an epic second set with the match on the line. Vanitda won the second set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (8-6) evening the match at one set apiece. In the third and deciding set Thongsithavong was able to break Cybulski serve giving her the 6-4 advantage and the right to move into the final four.

In #5 singles Jennie Sandahl (Falkoping, Sweden) defeated Lauren Funes of Suffolk CC 6-1 and 6-1. Sandahl will face #2 seed Ellen Simons from Oxford College today at 2:00pm EST.

In #2 singles Liz Sutton (Warwick, RI) lost to Madeline Spratt from Oxford College 6-1 and 6-1. With the loss Sutton moves to the consolation bracket and will play Kellianne Jones of Community College of Suffolk.

The Lady Knights were not as fortunate in the doubles as they were in the singles portion of the event. The number #1 singles team of Joana Augustine and Katie Finn lost 6-1 6-3 to the Abigail Conover and Melissa Lewis who are from the College of DuPage.

Once again Thongsithavong found herself in the middle of another three set match, however this time she was on the wrong end losing to Ellen Simons and Lindsay Baker of Oxford College. With her teammate Jennie Sandahl the Lady Knights dropped the first match 6-2. They battled back to win the second set in convincing fashion winning 6-3. However the Knights did not have enough in the tank and dropped the third set 6-1.

NJCAA Region XXI Golf Championship

Hosted By: Community College of Rhode Island

Course: Cranston Country Club

The first round of the NJCAA Region XXI Golf Championship will tee off this Wednesday May 9^th. The first tee time is scheduled for 11:00 am and the last tee time is at 11:48. Tee times will go off at approximately every seven minutes.

The teams participating in this years championship are as follows; Dean College, Community College of Rhode Island, Springfield Technical Community College, Holyoke Community College and Mass Bay Community College.

The format for the event is a 36-Hole team competition. The winning team will be determined by the four low individuals each day. The lowest score becoming the Region XXI Champion.

Thursday’s tee times have not yet been determined they will be determined by the order of the scores after day one and the start times will be the same first tee off is at 11 am and the last one coming at 11:48.

Augustine Knocks–off #3 seed Bechs at Tennis Nationals without losing game 6-0 and 6-0

And Finn Knocks off #2 seed 6-1 and 6-1, Sandahl wins 6-1 and 6-1 also advances

In #1 singles CCRI freshman tennis player Joana Augustine (Providence, RI via Leer, Niedersachen, Germany) keeps rolling at the Division III Women’s Tennis Nationals as she defeated the #3 seed Kate Bechs from the College of Gloucester County without losing a game in straight sets 6-0 and 6-0. So far Augustine has only dropped one game at the Nationals. Augustine will face either Brittany Williams of Broome CC or #2 seed Jennifer Tripp from Suffolk County CC at 11:30am tomorrow morning EST.

In #3 Singles Katie Finn (Warwick, RI) defeated #2 seed Lindsey Formisano from the College of Gloucester County 6-1- and 6-1. Finn will play either Abby Geronimo from Suffolk CC or Alexandra Karlgut from Broome CC tomorrow at 11:30am EST.

In #4 singles Jennie Sandahl (Falkoping, Sweden) defeated Lauren Funes of Suffolk CC 6-1 and 6-1. Sandahl will face either Blair Hufford of the College of DuPage or #2 seed Ellen Simons from Oxford College tomorrow at 2:00pm EST.

In #2 singles Liz Sutton (Warwick, RI) lost to Madeline Spratt from Oxford College 6-1 and 6-1. With the loss Sutton moves to the consolation bracket.

Augustine Wins First Round Match at Tennis Nationals to Advances to Elite Eight!

CCRI Women’s Tennis player Joana Augustine (Providence, RI) won her first match of the NJCAA Division III national tennis championship which is taking place in Plano, Texas. In the round of sixteen Joana beat Kathryn McEntee in straight sets 6-0 6-1. With the win Joana will face Kate Bechs from Gloucester County Community College today at 11 AM local time.

In doubles action the Lady Knights will take the court for the first time today as Joana Augustine and Kathryn Finn (Warwick, RI) will face off against Abigail Conover and Melissa Lewis from College of DuPage. This match is set to start at 5PM local time.

Knights come up Short versus STCC, Stockbridge, and Holyoke CC

The CCRI Men’s Golf Team went winless for the first time this season on Friday when they lost 3 matches. With the losses the Knights recorded falls to 7-4 on the season. The Knights shot a team score of 352 which placed them behind Springfield Technical Community College (327), UMASS Stockbridge (342) and Holyoke Community College (348).

The Knights were lead by Andrew Bernardo (Warwick, RI) who shot a team low 82 on a difficult Chicopee Country Club. Other scores from the Knights were Joe Downing (Portsmouth, RI) who shot an 85. One shot behind Downing was teammate Kyle DeCosta (Pawtucket, RI) who shot an 86. Rounding out the foursome was Greg Lakeway (Exeter, RI) who shot a 99.

The reason for the high scores is because the team arrived just in time for their tee off. On the way to Springfield the hit major construction on RT 295 which caused them to be 45 minutes late and not have any time to practice balls on the range or take any putts on the putting green. This caused for some high numbers early which is very uncharacteristic of the Knights.

Coach Richard Marchetti said after the round, "This was a good learning experience for our young team. Playing on a course for the first time and not playing well is a good lesson for course management. Being able to take only what the course gives you and not biting off too much teaches us good course management skills. I still feel that the team is ready for the upcoming regional tournament and will play well."

The Knights will be back on the course this Wednesday for the first round of the Regional Championship which is being held on Cranston Country Club.

Five CCRI Knights earn All-Region XXI honors

Five members of the CCRI Knights baseball team earned Region XXI honors for the spring 2007 season. They include: Making First Team All-Region XXI Blake Burns (Osceola, FL), David Boyajian (Warwick, RI), Brandon Savickas (Johnston, RI), and Christopher Day (North Kingstown, RI). In addition, Co-Captain Outfielder Eric Page (South Kingstown, RI) earned the Golden Glove Award for Defensive Player of the year.

Blake Burns led the Knights with 30 hits sporting an impressive .341 batting average with 27 runs scored and 19 RBI. Brandon Savickas led the Knights with a gaudy .469 batting average with 30 hits 10 runs scored and 16 RBI. David Boyajian also had a great year at the plate batting .266 with 25 hits, 14 runs scored and 14 RBI.

Christopher Day (North Kingstown, RI) was the Knight’s #1 pitcher with an impressive 2.17 ERA to go with his 6-2 record striking out 37 batters in 45 2/3 innings pitched. Eric Page anchored the Knights defensively in the outfield with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage committing no errors in 28 games played.

Knights fall to #12 ranked UConn-Avery Point 9-1and 6-5 in Region XXI Championships to finish season 16-14-1

The CCRI Knights baseball team lost to the #12 ranked Pointers of UConn-Avery Point 9-1 in Game 1 on the Championships on Friday and 6-5 in Game 2 on Saturday. With the losses the Knights finish the season 16-14-1 and runner-up in Region XXI.

Game 1

CCRI 1 UCAP 9

The game was very close with the score 2-1 through the first five innings UCAP was able to score three times between the sixth and seventh innings to take a 5-1 lead going into the eight before scoring four more runs in the eight to win by the mercy rule.

On the mound for the Knights Chris Day (North Kingstown, RI) took the loss though he pitched very well though the first five innings keeping the Knights within a run but the Knights bats could not get any closer as UCAP was able to ease away from the Knights as Day gave-up three more runs in his final two innings while David Maher (Richmond, RI) did not record an out and gave-up one run, and Warren Sternberg (North Kingstown, RI) pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed three runs which allowed UCAP to win by a final of 9-1 by the mercy rule.

Offensively for the Knights Sean Arlan (East Providence, RI) led the way with two hits in three at-bats followed by Co-Captain Jake Sullivan (Lincoln, RI) who had a hit and a run scored. Also contributing for the Knights were David Boyajian (Warwick, RI), Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI) and Brandon Savickas (Johnston, RI) each contributed a hit a piece.

Game 2

UCAP 6 CCRI 5

The Knights were the home team for Game 2 (though they played the game at UCAP). The Knights played with a sense of urgency in Game 2 as they faced elimination and were able to take a 5-2 lead into the top of the seventh inning. CCRI Pitcher Dave Gladding (Cranston, RI) was cruising through the first six innings and was able to get the first two out in the seventh before he ran into some tough luck. The bad luck started with a harmless fly ball to left center that Leftfielder David Martin (Portsmouth, RI) seemed to have a beat on but was called off by Centerfielder Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI) and the ball fell in for a hit, the next batter also reached on a hit and Gladding walked the next batter loading the bases. More bad luck came Gladding’s way when what could have been strike three was called a foul tip by the umpire, which hurt the Knights as that batter eventually walked in another run and kept the UCAP rally alive. Gladding walked one more before being replaced by James Vaughn (Westerly, RI) who walked the first tow batter he faced, making it a total of five batter walked in a row and giving UCAP the 6-5 lead. The Knights bats were quiet in the seventh and eight innings but they had a chance to tie the score in the ninth as John Amore (Johnston, RI) led the inning off with a base hit and he was sacrificed over by Blake Burns (Osceola, FL) putting him in scoring position with one out. However, the Knights couldn’t get Amore across the plate as the next two Knight batters popped out to end the Knights’ rally and season.

On the mound for the Knights David Gladding took the loss as pitched very well though the first 6 2/3 innings he pitched but just couldn’t get that final out in the final out in the seventh inning in all he gave-up six runs on nine hits, while walking six and striking out five he was relived by James Vaughn who pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing no hits and no runs, walking two and striking out one.

Offensively for the Knights Co-Captain Eric Page (South Kingstown, RI) led the way with two hits, two RBI and a run scored, followed by Brandon Savickas (Johnston, RI) who also had two hits with a run scored. Also contributing for the Knights were John Amore with two hits and an RBI and Sean Arlan (East Providence, RI) with two hits and a run scored.

White, Stewart, and Guenard run away with Northeast District Championships

The CCRI Men’s and Women’s track teams competed this past weekend in the Northeast district championships. The Men’s team placed 6^th place out of 12 teams while the women’s team placed 7^th out of 10 teams.

The Men’s team was lead by Kevin White (Swansea, MA) who won two events at the Northeast District Championship. White finished in first place in both the 110 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 16.24 seconds and the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 57.70. Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) joins White as a Northeast District Champion with his personal best finish in the 800 meter race with a time of 2:00.67. Ron Guenard (Cumberland, RI) is also a Northeast District Champion in the 10K (6.2 miles) race with a time of 39:09.29. Guenard also finished in fifth place in the 1500m with a time of 4:33.61. Sprinter Lee DeRosa (Mansfield, MA) had a solid day with a personal best time of 11.12 in the 100m event while also running a solid race in the 200m with a time of 22.74 which was good for 5^th place.

On the Women’s side Kristin Vanhouwe (North Smithfield, RI) ran a personal best time in the 5K (3.1 miles) with a time of 21:21.70 placing her in third and qualifying her for the NJCAA Division III National Championship though she will not compete because she will be concentrating on the 1500m and 800m events at nationals. In the 1500m race Vanhouwe finished in second place with a time of 5:38.42. Kristina Lanctot (Lincoln, RI) finished in 4^th place in the 5K event with a time of 24:21.39 and finished in 8^th place in the 1500m event with a time of 6:25.40.

The Knights look to continue their success this weekend May 10th-12th at the NJCAA Division III Track & Field Nationals at Howard Community College in Maryland.

Knights Bring Big Lumber to down Bridgeport 22-4 and improve record to 17-12-1

The CCRI Knights baseball team defeated the Purple Knights of Bridgeport JV 22-4 in their last regular season game of the year. With the victory the Knights improve their record to 17-12-1 for the regular season. In addition there were many former CCRI Knights and current Varsity member of the Purple Knight in the crowd watching the game with mixed emotions they were: former Captains Brett Thornton and Seth Desautel, Marek Deska, Troy Sainsbury, and Riley Shuckerow, all of whom are enjoying a great season for the 20-10 Purple Knights varsity team. However the former Knights were still very happy to see the Knights take the victory.

Leading the hit parade for the Knights was Cory Lydikson (Milford, CT) who was 2-2 with a double and two RBI along with Nick Simon (Pawtucket, RI) who was 1-3 with a double two runs scored and two RBI. Also contributing for the Knights was Sean Arlan (East Providence, RI) who was 1-2 with two RBI, John Amore (Johnston, RI) who was 1-4 with three runs scored and two RBI, and Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI) who was 1-4 with four runs scored.

On the mound for the Knights six pitchers combined to subdue the Blue Knights attack led by James Vaughn (Westerly, RI) who got the victory pitching three innings of no-hit ball with a strikeout followed by David Maher (Richmond, RI) who pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Kyle Kells (Scituate, RI) had a little trouble in the sixth giving up two runs, Victor Baez (Providence, RI) and Jesse Ladig (Deerfield, FL) each gave a run and John Amore finished out the game pitching one inning and striking out one.

Head Coach Ken Hopkins said "Great win! It was nice to see all of our former players: Seth Desautel, Brett Thornton, Marek Deska, Troy Sainsbury, and Riley Shuckerow and to see that they are all having outstanding years for the 20-10 varsity team."

The Knights begin their quest for the Region XXI Championship Friday at 4:00pm when the travel to Region XXI number one seed UConn-Avery Point. Game two will be Saturday at 1:00pm at UConn-Avery Point and if needed game three will be Sunday at 1:00pm at UConn-Avery Point.

Knights Take Two Out of Three Matches beating Holyoke and STCC but falling to Stockbridge

The CCRI Men’s Golf Team moved it record to 7-1 on the season yesterday with two wins and one loss. The Knights shot a team score of 337 which was good enough to beat two region XXI opponents. With the 337 the Knights beat STCC and Holyoke CC who shot team scores of 346 and 398 respectively. The one team that beat The Knights was UMASS – Stockbridge who shot a low score of 336 which was one stroke better then the Knights.

Once again the Knights were lead by Freshman Joe Downing (Portsmouth, RI) who shot a career best score of 76 (par 71). The 76 was good enough to be the medalist of the four team tournament. On a difficult front nine holes Downing went out in a one over 37.

The Knights received solid efforts from its other three players. Kyle DeCosta (Pawtucket, RI) shot an 84 while teammates Andrew Bernardo (Warwick, RI) and Trevor Woolley (North Kingstown, RI) shot an 88 and 89 respectively.

Coach Richard Marchetti said after the round, "Joe has taken on a leadership role with his consistent scoring. I felt that our team had a good effort today against two Region XXI opponents. Stockbridge is traditionally very strong and is usually ten to twelve strokes better then any region XXI team. However today we were only beaten by one stroke which is a definite step in the right direction for us. We are continually getting better and are eager for the Region XXI tournament on May 9-10."

The Knights will be back on the course today again versus Mass Bay at Maplegate Country Club.

2007 CCRI Awards Ceremony Re-cap

Here is a re-cap of The 2007 CCRI Awards Ceremony held Tuesday May 1^st in the CCRI Boards Room on the CCRI Knight Campus in Warwick. In all forty four (44) awards were awarded during the Ceremony. There were Departmental Awards, All-Region Awards, all-District Awards, All-America Awards, and Team MVP’s selected for each team The Awards included:

Departmental Awards

Izzy Siperstien Male Student-Athlete Award

Todd Leveillee (North Scituate, RI) Men’s Soccer

Mary O’Neil Female Student-Athlete Award

Sharon Barbosa (Fall River, MA) sophomore Women’s Soccer

Joseph Andre Jr. Student –Athlete Award

Stephanie Grassini (Warwick, RI) freshman Women’s Soccer and

Catherine Fleming (Riverside, RI) freshman Volleyball

Ann Cullen Scholarship Award

Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI) sophomore W. basketball/Outdoor Track (Javelin)

Student-Worker Recognition

Flanagan (Lincoln) Campus

Catherine Fleming (Riverside, RI) Lifeguard

Knight (Warwick) Campus

Matt Votto (Johnston, RI) Sports Information

Awards by Sport

Fall Sports

Volleyball

Ashley Markley (Preston, CT) freshman, Women’s Volleyball

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006

Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) sophomore, Women’s Volleyball

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2005 and 2006

April Oberhelman (Woonsocket, RI) sophomore, Women’s Volleyball

-Team Co-Captain in 2006

Katie Fleming (Riverside, RI) freshman, Women’s Volleyball

-7^th Player Award Winner

Kimiyo Garcia (East Providence, RI) sophomore, Women’s Volleyball-Team MVP

-2006 Second Team All-American by the NJCAA
-First Team All-Region XXI in 2005 and 2006

Women’s Soccer

Jill DeLuca (West Warwick , RI) sophomore (freshman eligible), Women’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006

Julie DeLuca (West Warwick , RI) sophomore (freshman eligible) Women’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006

Cassie Cooney (Central Falls, RI) sophomore Women’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006

Amber Cerreto (Hope, RI) sophomore Women’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006

Katie Finn (Warwick, RI) sophomore Women’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2005 and 2006

Stephanie Grassini (Warwick, RI) freshman Women’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006 (NJCAA)
-First Team All Northeast Region in 2006 (NSCAA)
-NSCAA Second Team All-American in 2006 (National Soccer Coaches Athletic Association)

Sharon Barbosa (Fall River, MA) sophomore Women’s Soccer-Team MVP

-NSCAA First Team All-American
-NJCAA Second Team All-American
-First Team All-Region XXI in 2005 and 2006
-First Team All Northeast Region in 2005 and 2006 (NSCAA)

Cross Country

Men

Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) sophomore Cross Country

-Third Team All-District in 2006

Ron Guenard (Cumberland, RI) sophomore Cross Country-Team MVP

-First CCRI Runner to earn Back to Back All-American nominations
-2006 Honorable Mention All-American
-2006 District Champion!
-2006 First Team All-District
-2005 Second Team All-American
-2005 First Team All-District

Women

Kristin Vanhouwe (North Smithfield, RI) freshman Cross Country

-Third Team All-District in 2006

Kristina Lanctot (Lincoln, RI) sophomore Cross Country

-Second Team All-District

Rachael Procter (East Providence, RI) sophomore Cross Country-Team MVP

-First Team All-District

Men’s Soccer

Peter Maciel (East Providence, RI) freshman Men’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006

Ezekiel Payne (Warwick, RI) sophomore Men’s Soccer

-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006
-Honorable Mention All-East Region (NSCAA)

Kevin Dos Santos (Cumberland, RI) sophomore Men’s Soccer-Team Co-MVP

-Team Co-Captain in 2006
-First Team All-Region XXI in 2006
-Second Team All-East Region (NSCAA)

Todd Leveillee (North Scituate, RI) Men’s Soccer-Team Co-MVP

-Team Co-Captain in 2006
-First Team All-Region XXI
-First Team All-East Region (NSCAA)

Winter Sports

Men’s Basketball

Connor Evans (Cranston, RI) sophomore Men’s Basketball - All-Region XXI in 2006

Pat Dame (West Greenwich, RI) freshman Men’s Basketball-Team MVP

-All-Region XXI in 2007
-Honorable Mention All-American 2007

Women’s Basketball

Janay Perkins (Bronx, NY) sophomore Women’s Basketball - All-Region XXI in 2007

Denise Scott (Yonkers, NY) freshman Women’s Basketball

-All-Region XXI in 2007
-First Team All-American 2007
-National Tournament All-Tournament Team

Jenny Kinney (Milford, NJ) sophomore Women’s Basketball-Team MVP-All-Region XXI in 2006 and 2007

Indoor Track

Women

Kristin Vanhouwe (North Smithfield, RI) freshman Indoor Track-Team MVP

Men

Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) sophomore Indoor Track-Team MVP

Spring Sports

(All-Region/All-District/All-American to be released within a week or two only team MVP’s awarded for spring sports)

Baseball

Blake Burns (Osceola, FL) sophomore Baseball-Team MVP

Softball

Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) sophomore Softball-Team MVP

Golf

Kyle DeCosta (Pawtucket, RI) sophomore Golf-Team MVP

Tennis

Men

Christopher Rich (Smithfield, RI) sophomore Tennis-Team MVP

Women

Katie Finn (Warwick, RI) sophomore Tennis-Team MVP

Outdoor Track

Men

Kevin White (Swansea, MA) sophomore OD Track (100m/400m HH)-Team MVP

Women

Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI) sophomore OD track (Javelin)-Team MVP

Ralph Catougno Scholar Athlete Award (Highest GPA-Male and Female)

Male

Ezekial Payne(Warwick, RI) sophomore Men’s Soccer-GPA: 3.67

Female

Liz Sutton (Warwick, RI) sophomore Women’s Soccer/Tennis-GPA: 3.84

CCRI Athletics Coach of the Year

Marcus Reilly Women’s Basketball

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