Week at a Glance: Seahawks • October 30-November 5, 2023
NEWPORT, R.I. (October 30, 2023) – Last week was the end of the regular season for several Seahawk sports and with that, the women's soccer, men's soccer and field hockey seasons came to a close. It was an exciting year featuring a slate of new rivals in the NEWMAC conference.
This upcoming week there will be five home contests and three away contests. Women's volleyball, women's ice hockey, equestrian, football, and men's ice hockey will all have the opportunity to put their training to the test in the coming days.
Field hockey finished out the season last Saturday, falling 8-1 to No. 20 ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Julia Decker scored her 18th goal of the season with 14 minutes left to go in the game. Decker was assisted by Elizabeth Clark who bounced the ball off her stick, right to Decker's stick, who used the momentum to score. The Seahawks ended their first season in the NEWMAC with a 10-6 overall record and a 4-5 conference record. The team had 60 goals, 257 shots on goal, 42 assists, and 151 saves.
Springfield College hosted men's soccer on Saturday and established an early 2-0 lead after the end of the first half. Salve Regina, looking to pull even with Springfield, got themselves on the board when Ethan David scored his third goal of the season at 75:37 in to the game. David was assisted by Liam Berlingieri. Despite their best efforts, the Seahawks could not draw even with the Pride and when the final buzzer sounded it was the end of the program's first NEWMAC season.
Women's soccer ender their season with a 3-1 conference victory over Wellesley College last weekend. The Blue and the Seahawks wrestled with each other for the majority of the first half. Marissa Perachi scored the first goal of the day with just over a minute left until halftime. Perachi was assisted by Taylor Barnaby and Sydney Giampapa. Jessica Galante was the next Seahawk to score with 15 minutes left in the contest and was followed by Wellesley's Carrie Huang, giving the Blue their first and only goal of the day. Grace Hudson clinched the win by scoring the team's third goal with just 3:30 left in the game.
Although women's cross country and men's cross country competed at the NEWMAC Championships last Saturday, their season continues in two weeks at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship. On the Women's side, Isabella Hastings finished the 6,000-meter course in 26th place with a time of 24:54.1. Hastings was followed by Anna Weygang, who placed 43rd in 25:28.4. For the men, Shane Behn was the top performer. Behn came in 73rd with a time of 30:51.9 for 8,000 meters. Dillon Coblentz finished 83rd in 32:24.1.
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TUESDAY (Oct. 31)
The last week of the regular season for women's volleyball starts off with a home match against Springfield at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Last week the team fell to Wheaton College 3-2 on Tuesday, October 24 and traveled to Plymouth, New Hampshire on Saturday, October 28 for a tri-match against Plymouth State University and Westfield State University. The Seahawks circumvented the Owls 3-0 in the first game of the day and fell slightly behind the Panthers 3-2. Against the Lyons, Lucy Swanson had a sizable 20 kills, followed by Brighton Solheim and Lauren Hoyle who each made ten. Kate Murphy made 17 digs against Plymouth St and across the Westfield St. and Plymouth St. matchups Siena DeCicco had 91 assists.
FRIDAY (NOV. 3)
Men's ice hockey and women's ice hockey both play Suffolk University on Friday and Saturday in a home-and-away series. On Friday women's ice hockey will be in Boston, Massachusetts on the Ram's ice at 6 p.m. and men's hockey team will host Suffolk at St. George's at 7 p.m.
Women's hockey won 4-1 against Johnson & Wales on opening day last Saturday. Gina Richard, Jillian Egan, Ashtyn Bringardner and Jennifer Rickard all scored. Rickard's goal, the final goal of the evening, was an empty net goal. Ellee Kopecky was in-goal for the Seahawks and made 17 saves.
Men's hockey opened their season at the Buffalo State Bengals Classic, beating Arcadia University 6-1 and Buffalo State University 7-2. In the Arcadia matchup six different Seahawks scored. Damon Zimmer started the show just four and a half minutes into the game. Garrett Szeremley scored on the powerplay, but Arcadia responded with a goal of their own in the second period. The third period was when the Seahawks secured the win. Jonathan Hammel, Joseph Kile, Matthew Fawcett and Walter Baumann each scored, bringing the score to 6-1. Against Buffalo State, Johnny Mulera began the day, Fawsett scored twice and Seth Benson achieved a hat trick.
SATURDAY (NOV. 4)
Salve Regina's Saturday will begin at 9 a.m. in Seekonk, Massachusetts at Sunflower Meadows for an equestrian show.
Women's volleyball hosts Emerson College at 1 p.m. and will celebrate senior day. The Seahawks are 3-4 in all-time series history against the Lions. This year Emerson is 14-8 overall and 4-5 in the NEWMAC. The class of 2024 being honored at the game includes Sydney Ramsey and Brighton Solheim.
Football will host SUNY Maritime for the team's last home game of the season and senior day. SUNY Maritime is 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the NEWMAC. Last Saturday football beat Worcester Polytechnic Institute 27-24, bringing them to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the NEWMAC. The Seahawks trailed the Pride until the third period, when Keith Sutton's 92-yard kickoff return and Vaughn Randle's kick put Salve Regina ahead 20-17. From there the team rallied; Marcelino La Bell's 11-yard pass from Jake Stack and Randle's kick added seven points to the total. The team's only conference loss comes from a 31-21 defeat by Springfield College.
The football class of 2024 includes: (22) Joshua Adams, Francisco Aguero, Avery Arno, Sam Capodice, Garrett DeForest, Jacob Dubois, Griffin Gallati, Matt Heverin, Ryan Janz, Drew Keiran, Matthew Lavoie, Zachary Ludemann, Luke Maruca, Michael Morin, Sean Pampin, Jack Patalano, Jacob Perez, Joe Saccone, Jeff Seganos Jr., Cain Smith, Christopher Tall, Jack Zingaro.
Men's hockey will swap places with women's hockey and travel to Boston, Massachusetts for a 2:50 game against Suffolk. Women's hockey will host the Rams at St. George's at 7 p.m. Women's hockey is 0-6 all-time against Suffolk. The last time the teams played int 2022 the Rams won 3-2. The men's team is 18-11 against Suffolk since November 2000. The last faceoff in 2022 was a 5-4 win.