Lynx women awarded inaugural NECC Championships Cup
Story courtesty of Christa Parulis-Kaye, Assistant Commissioner of Media Relations
For Immediate Release:
May 13, 2009
ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) concluded its inaugural season with the Becker College Hawks and the Lesley University Lynx winning the 2008-2009 Men's and Women's Champions Cup for their top performances in conference regular-season and tournament play.
The Becker College men's programs received the highest ranking in the NECC with 16.5 points (.687) out of a possible 24. The Hawks won the 2008 Men's Soccer Championship title as well as the 2009 Baseball Championship title. They finished as runners-up in Men's Tennis and were third place finishers in the 2008 Men's Golf Championships.
The Elms College men's programs finished in a close second place with 15 points (.555) out of 27. The Blazers won the 2008-2009 Men's Basketball Championship title as well as the 2009 Men's Volleyball title while earning the runners-up trophy in baseball. Mitchell College (3rd), Daniel Webster College (4th), Lesley University (5th), Newbury College (6th), Southern Vermont College (7th) and Wheelock (8th) rounded out the 2008-2009 NECC Men's Champions Cup Standings.
The Lesley University women's programs notched the highest ranking in the NECC with 21 (.777) out of a possible 27 points. The Lynx won four titles this past year including the 2008 Women's Cross Country Championship, the 2008 Women's Volleyball Championship, the 2008-2009 Women's Basketball Championship and the 2009 Softball Championship. Lesley also earned the runners-up trophy in women's soccer.
The Elms College women's programs finished in second place with 18.5 (.560) out of a possible 33 points. The Blazers won the 2008 Women's Soccer Championship title, while they were runners-up in volleyball and field hockey. Becker College (3rd), Daniel Webster College (4th), Mitchell College (5th), Newbury College (6th), Bay Path College (7th), Wheelock College (8th) and Southern Vermont (9th) rounded out the 2008-2009 NECC Women's Champions Cup Standings.
2008-2009 NECC CHAMPIONS CUP STANDINGS
Men's Champions Cup Standings
Becker
College
Elms College
Mitchell College
Daniel Webster College
Lesley University
Newbury
College
Southern Vermont
College
Wheelock College
Women's Champions Cup Standings
Lesley University
Elms College
Becker
College
Daniel Webster
College
Mitchell College
Newbury
College
Bay Path
College
Wheelock College
Southern Vermont
College
2008-2009 NEW ENGLAND COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE SPORT CHAMPIONS
2009 SPRING TEAM CHAMPION
Men's
Volleyball: Elms College
Men's Tennis: Mitchell
College
Baseball: Becker College
Softball: Lesley University
2008 FALL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Men's Tennis
Doubles
Flight #1: Kyle Carmona/Daniel
Dworetsky, Mitchell College
Flight #2: Matt
Clewer/Tim Howard, Becker College
Flight #3: Adam
Samuels/Chris White, Mitchell College
Men's Tennis Singles
Flight #1: Kyle Carmona,
Mitchell College
Flight #2: Andrew Small,
Mitchell College
Flight #3: Fran
Cusick, Lesley University
Flight#4: Daniel
Dworetsky, Mitchell College
Flight#5: Jake Gilbert,
Becker College
Flight#6:Adam Samuels, Mitchell
College
2008-2009 WINTER TEAM CHAMPIONS
Men's Basketball: Elms
College
Women's Basketball: Lesley
University
2008 FALL TEAM CHAMPIONS
Men's Cross Country: Daniel
Webster College
Men's Golf: Springfield
College
Men's Soccer: Becker College
Women's Cross Country: Lesley
University
Women's Field Hockey: Becker
College
Women's Soccer: Elms College
Women's Tennis: Bay Path
College
Women's Volleyball: Lesley
University
2008 FALL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Men's Cross Country Champion:
Herrel Siller, Jr. , Newbury College
Men's Golf Medalist: Greg
Levings, Springfield College
Women's Cross Country Champion:
Charlotte Goff, Lesley University
Women's Tennis Doubles:
Flight #1: Allison Flynn/Catherine Sivret,
Becker College
Flight #2: Shauna McNally/Danielle Stryker,
Becker College
Flight #3: Megan Nessan/Stephanie Sabolik,
Becker College
Women's Tennis
Singles:
Flight #1: Allison Flynn, Becker
College
Flight #2: Julia Bendzin, Bay
Path College
Flight #3: Megan Nessan, Becker College
Flight#4: Sarah Costa, Bay Path College
Flight#5: Carolina Ynguanzo, Bay Path
College
Flight#6: Cristina Ruiz, Bay Path College
