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May 16, 2008SoftballPress ReleaseWALTHAM, Mass. - Bentley softball standouts Alex Hitchcock (Abington/Abington HS) and Briana Kneeland (Winthrop/Winthrop HS) were named to the 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Hitchcock, a junior shortstop, was a second-team selection, and Kneeland, a senior outfielder, was a member of the third team.Bentley also...
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May 15, 2008SoftballFeatured ArticleBoston Globe reporter Marvin Pave catches up with the 2008 Bentley softball team, which improved on its 2007 win total tenfold, due in part to the contributions of freshman Christine D'Amico of Shrewsbury. Here is his article, which appeared in the May 15 edition of Globe West (www.bostonglobe.com)Rejuvenated Bentley squad turns corner (by Marvin Pave, Globe Correspondent)Their team motto is...
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May 14, 2008Women's TennisPress ReleaseWALTHAM, Mass. - Senior Kelly Nugent (Lynnfield/Lynnfield HS) of the Bentley women's tennis team has been named the Division II national recipient of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Arthur Ashe Jr. Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship. The national award winner is selected from the eight regional award winners that were announced last week. Nugent was the East Region's winner. The...
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May 14, 2008Field HockeyPress ReleaseWALTHAM, Mass. - Following nine years at Lasell College, Jessica (Cormier) King is returning to her alma mater, Bentley College, as head field hockey coach, Athletics Director Bob DeFelice announced today.King, a 1997 Bentley graduate and former two-time first-team Division II All-America, started the Lasell program from scratch after spending two years as an assistant coach at Bentley...
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May 14, 2008Men's Outdoor TrackPress ReleaseWALTHAM, Mass. - Bentley track standouts Melissa Nash (Marshfield/Marshfield HS) and Stephan Ramirez (San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan HS) have been accepted to participate in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held in Walnut, Calif. May 22-24.Ramirez, a senior, will compete in the 1500 meters on Thursday, May 22 at 7:35 pm ET, and Nash, a junior, will run in...
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May 11, 2008BaseballPress ReleaseWALTHAM, Mass. - Bentley outfielder James Roche (Arlington/Arlington HS) has been named the Baseball Freshman of the Year in the Northeast-10 Conference. He's the first Falcon to receive that award since Jeff Hudson a decade ago.Roche was also one of three Bentley players named to the All-Conference team. Sophomore first baseman Garrett Stenhouse (Warwick, R.I./Pilgrim HS) was chosen by...
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May 10, 2008Women's Outdoor TrackEvent StoryDURHAM, N.H. - Bentley senior Meaghan Munroe (Haverhill, Mass./Haverhill HS) finished her collegiate career by setting a school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the New England Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at the University of New Hampshire.Munroe turned in a time of 12:14.06, improving on the school record she set just a week ago by more than 10 seconds....
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May 9, 2008Women's Outdoor TrackEvent StoryDURHAM, N.H.- For the fourth time this season, Bentley freshman Corinne Flieger (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton HS) broke the school record in the 100 meter hurdles, this time doing so at the New England Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of New Hampshire on Friday.Flieger's time of 15.49 seconds reduced the school record by 0.28 seconds over the mark she set last...
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May 9, 2008Women's TennisPress ReleaseWALTHAM, Mass. - Senior Kelly Nugent (Lynnfield/Lynnfield HS) of the Bentley women's tennis team has been named the Division II East Region recipient of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Arthur Ashe Jr. Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship. The award is given annually to a player who has exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis...
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May 7, 2008BaseballEvent StoryRINDGE, N.H. - Junior right-hander Mike Adams (Orchard Park, N.Y.) struck out 12 over seven innings and sophomore right fielder Kevin Rivers (Bristol, Conn.) drove in four runs, two on a home run to right center in the third, as third-seeded and nationally-ranked Franklin Pierce University eliminated sixth-seeded Bentley from the Northeast-10 Conference baseball playoffs, 10-2, Wednesday afternoon...
