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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Nov 18, 2013

Salve Regina hosts Connecticut College

In his 12 seasons as head coach, Sean Foster '97 has now won half of his season-opening games.
In his 12 seasons as head coach, Sean Foster '97 has now won half of his season-opening games.
Recap Box Score
Game Leaders
Connecticut Col.
Pts: 2 Players (#05, #14) - 6
Reb: Matt Vadas - 8
Ast: 2 Players (#02, #25) - 2
Salve Regina
Pts: Barrett Hanlon - 16
Reb: Nicholas Bates - 11
Ast: 2 Players (#04, #13) - 4
Team Stats
Full stats

Salve Regina vs. Connecticut Col. Summary: Salve Regina University men's basketball opens its 2013-14 home schedule with Connecticut College in a non-league meeting at the Rodgers Recreation Center (7:30 p.m. tip-off).

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (1-0) versus Connecticut Col. Camels (1-1) - home-opener for the Seahawks

Game date, time and site: Tue., Nov. 19, 2013; 7:30 p.m. @ Newport, R.I. (Rodgers Recreation Center)

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Tickets: Free admission

Series edge: Connecticut Col. leads, 14-6

Last Seahawks' win in series: Salve Regina won, 67-58, in Newport, R.I., on December 11, 2009

Last Camels' win in series: Connecticut Col. won, 82-59, in New London, Conn., on December 8, 2012

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SALVE REGINA VS. CONNECTICUT COL.
  • This is the 21st meeting between the Seahawks and Camels.
  • Salve Regina won the first two meetings (1993, 1994) before Connecticut College had an eight-game win streak in the series.
  • Connecticut College leads the all-time series, 14-6, including wins in the last three meetings.
  • A two-point victory (80-78) and a one-point victory (55-54) in 2010 and 2011, respectively, preceded last season's 82-59 win by the Camels.
  • In last year's meeting at New London, Conn., Salve Regina enjoyed a 14-0 run to close within one (58-57) before the Camels bettered that stretch with a 22-0 run.
LAST TIME OUT - SALVE REGINA 73, JOHNSON & WALES 68 - NOVEMBER 15
  • Salve Regina tipped off the 2013-14 season with a 73-68 victory over Johnson & Wales at the Wildcat Center on Friday.
  • Barrett Hanlon led the way for Salve Regina with 23 points, five steals and four rebounds while Patrick Dinneen had 18 points and four boards in the win for the Seahawks.
  • Johnson & Wales raced out to the early lead and held a 13-5 advantage at the 13:42 mark. Salve Regina responded, however and used a 10-2 run, capped by a layup by Hanlon with 11:11 left in the stanza.
  • The visiting Seahawks continued their run and used an 18-8 burst over the next eight minutes to take their first double-digit advantage on a layup by Nicholas Bates.
LAST TIME OUT - CONNECTICUT COL. 92, WESTERN NEW ENG. 69 - NOVEMBER 17
  • Matt Vadas made 11-of-17 from the floor including seven of 11 3-point attempts to score a game-high 33 points.
  • Vadas added 10 rebounds for a double-double.
  • Rob Harrigan was named to the all-tournament team in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off Tournament hosted by the Camels.
TODAY'S SALVE REGINA MEN'S BASKETBALL FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
  • This is the first time these teams have met in November.
  • Salve Regina men's basketball first played on November 19 in 1982 (Friday), hosting Fitchburg State in a 74-71 victory.
  • Salve Regina has a 4-6 record all-time on this date.
  • The Seahawks have won the last three times they have played on November 19 - 68-58 against Maine-Machias in 2004, 72-49 against Maine-Fort Kent in 2005, and 60-56 against St. Joseph's (LI) in 2011.
CAPTAINS
  • Seniors Jeff Bielefeld and Joshua Hohlfelder share captains' duties for the 2013-14 season.
  • 12th-year head coach Sean Foster remarks: "Our staff is excited to have such dynamic leadership going into the 2013-14 season. Jeff and Josh are tremendous people, excellent students and hard-working athletes. Their positive example will be extremely beneficial to our younger players." 
CCC PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
  • Salve Regina ranks fifth in the conference's pre-season coaches' poll, released on Friday.
  • Gordon and Curry both received four first-place votes, but the Scots edged the Colonels in total points.
  • Salve Regina finished just ahead of Eastern Nazarene in the poll, a team the Seahawks lost to in first-round action of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Men's Basketball Championships last season.

CCC TEAM - POINTS (FIRST-PLACE VOTES)
1. Gordon - 90 (4)
2. Curry - 89 (4)
3. Endicott - 81 (2)
4. Nichols - 64
5. Salve Regina - 51
6. Eastern Nazarene - 49
7. Roger Williams - 40
7. Wentworth - 40
9. U. of New England - 28
10. Western New Eng. - 18

WHAT'S UP NEXT 
  • Salve Regina begins a six-game road trip with a visit to Norton, Mass., to meet the Lyons of Wheaton College on Thursday, November 21.
  • The Seahawks return to Rodgers Recreation Center on Thursday, January 2, 2014, to host the Panthers of Middlebury College.  
SEASON OPENERS
  • Salve Regina is 14-17 all-time in season openers.
  • Last season, the Seahawks opened in Providence, R.I., with a four-point win in overtime against Johnson & Wales, 79-75.
  • The largest margin of victory in a season-opener (35 points) came in an 87-52 win against Emerson College in Boston, Mass., on November 24, 1986.
  • Salve Regina raced out to a 15-point lead by halftime on Friday at Johnson & Wales, and hung on for a 73-68 victory against the Wildcats.
COACHES' CORNER
  • Sean Foster enters his 12th season as the head coach, the winningest in the history of the Seahawks (141-152; .481).
  • Friday night's win for Coach Foster evened his career season-opener record at six wins and six losses.
  • Foster welcomes new assistants Matt Adams and Tyler Hundley to his coaching staff.