Saints Spotlight January 2013 by Emmanuel College

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JANUARY 2013

From Players to Coaches Since Emmanuel’s transition to co-educational in 2001, the College’s Athletic Department has more than tripled in size, going from five varsity sports in 2000 to 17 varsity programs in 2012. Over the past decade, Emmanuel has graduated hundreds of male and female student-athletes. Post college graduation, many of these former Emmanuel athletes have returned to their routes, opting to give back to the sports they love so much. With their NCAA Division III playing experience under their belts, many Saints alums are taking their athletic careers to another level, choosing to remain in the game, this time with a spot on the sidelines. As we begin a new year, we’ve chosen to take a look back at some of the Emmanuel alums, who are now in the coaching ranks. Here is a not-so-short, yet surely incomplete, list of Emmanuel College graduates over the past ten years, who are taking their shot at coaching at a variety of different levels. Several of our athletic alums have returned to the Fenway and are still wearing the Blue & Gold, acquiring positions on the Saints’ coaching staffs. Seven Emmanuel grads are back on campus and currently working with the Saints, including Dan Campagna (’07) – Assistant Sports Information Director, Tyson Rietz (’11) – Assistant Men’s Volleyball Coach, Irene Limlengco (’11) – Assistant Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Coach, Rob Allen (’08) - Assistant Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Coach, Mark DaCruz (’08) – Assistant Men’s Soccer

Coach, Levi Smith (’08) – Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach and Lauren Daniel (’11) – Head Coach of the Saints Dance Team. In addition to these seven, the Saints have also had several alums, who came back after commencement and previously coached at Emmanuel. Those past Emmanuel athletes and then coaches include Amy Miklus (’07) – Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach, Serghino Rene (’05) – Assistant Cross Country and Track & Field Coach, Albert Hayle (’05) – Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach and Laureyn Furtney (’09) – Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach. Four former Emmanuel Softball Players also returned post-graduation to coach the Saints, including Sarah PalmerThompson (’11), Danielle Andruskiwec (’10), Stephanie Rege (’08) and Katie Foley (’04). Five recent Emmanuel Men’s Soccer alums are now coaching. In addition to DaCruz, who coaches the Emmanuel men, Dan Campagna also serves as an assistant coach for the UMass Boston Women’s Soccer Team. DaCruz and Campagna’s teammate Henry Baptista (’07) works at Waltham High School as the head junior varsity and assistant varsity boys soccer coach. Mat Koenemann (’12) left Almuni that are currently working or coaching for the Saints include Dan Campagna (‘07), Levi Smith (‘08), Mark DaCruz (‘08), Rob Allen (‘08), Irene Limlengco (‘11) and Tyson Reitz (‘11).

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By the Numbers – With her 22 points and 15 rebounds in the Emmanuel College Women’s Basketball team’s 6562 victory over Endicott College on Dec. 11, 2012, senior forward Fiona O’Dwyer (Stamford, Conn.) recorded her 20th career double-double to help the Saints head into the semester break with an 8-1 record and a No. 18 ranking in the D3hoops.com national coaches poll. Click here to read the full story.

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By the Numbers – On Dec. 7 at the Brandeis University Invitational, senior captain Abdi Ibrahim (East Boston, Mass.), Patrick Callan (Pawling, N.Y.), Thomas Tallo (Lincoln, R.I.) and Chris Baker (Holden, Mass.) finished in a first place time of 8:26.8 in the 4x800m relay. This time set a new Emmanuel program record and qualified the team for the New England Championships.

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men’s Varsity Sports • Basketball • Cross Country • Golf • Indoor Track and Field • Lacrosse | Outdoor Track and Field • Soccer • Volleyball Women’s Varsity Sports • Basketball • Cross Country • Indoor Track and Field • Lacrosse • Outdoor Track and Field • Soccer • Softball • Tennis

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2nd Annual Men’s Volleyball Game Scheduled The 2013 Men’s Volleyball team will host the program’s second annual Alumni Volleyball game on Friday, Jan. 25 at 7:00 PM in the Jean Yawkey Center Gym. All alumni of the program are invited to play and attend the event and a reception following.

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vs. Lasell College* 7:00 pm vs. Albertus Magnus* 3:00 pm at Johnson & Wales Univ* 7:00 pm at Suffolk University* 8:00 pm at Emerson College* 1:00 pm vs. Saint Joseph’s (ME)* 7:00 pm at Rivier University* 12:00 pm at Albertus Magnus* 7:00 pm vs. Anna Maria College* 7:00 pm

* Great Northeast Athletic Conference Game

Women’s Basketball 1/12 1/15 1/17 1/19 1/21 1/23 1/26 1/30

vs. Albertus Magnus* 1:00 pm vs. Mount Ida College* 7:00 pm vs. Anna Maria College* 7:00 pm at Johnson & Wales Univ.* 1:00 pm at Emerson College* 3:00 pm vs. Tufts University 7:00 pm vs. Lasell College* 1:00 pm at Norwich University 7:00 pm

* Great Northeast Athletic Conference Game Editor EC Sports Information Dept.

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Writers Daniel Campagna Alexis Mastronardi

Design Direction/ Graphic Design Helen Kimeria

Photographers Tom Kates Photography Merrill Shea Carla Osberg Photography EC Sports Information Dept.

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Indoor Track & Field 1/12 1/19 1/26

at Tufts Invitational at Smith Invitational at USM Invitational

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Men’s Volleyball 1/25

Alumni Game

7:00 pm

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Theo Robinson Men’s Basketball Junior forward Theo Robinson (Springfield, Mass.) was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for his play during the week of Dec. 10-16. This marks the fifth time in Robinson’s career that he has been recognized by the GNAC as he was named the Rookie of the Week once during his freshman campaign while being appointed to the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll on three occasions last season. During the week, Robinson posted his 21st career double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds in a non-conference loss to Endicott College.

Nate Bruno Men’s Indoor Track & Field Bruno led the Saints at the Brandeis University’s Reggie Poyau Invitational on December 8, as the junior captured a pair of first place victories. He sprinted to a win in the 600m with a time of 1:24.23. He then teamed up with the trio of Ryan Thomas (Wakefield, R.I.), Ben Perdue (West Springfield, Mass.) and Adam Julien (New Orleans, La.) for a win in the men’s 4x400 meter relay. This time was an improvement on the relay team’s Division III New England qualifying time from their first meet of the indoor season.

Fiona O’Dwyer Women’s Basketball Senior forward Fiona O’Dwyer was named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Weekly Honor Roll during back-to-back weeks to open the month of December, landing a spot on the weekly reports for her play during the weeks of Dec. 3 and Dec. 10. O’Dwyer is currently leading the Saints while ranking fifth in the GNAC averaging 20.2 points per game to go along with an impressive 10.3 rebounds per game which not only leads the Saints and the GNAC but also ranks 44th in the nation among Division III women’s basketball players.

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Emmanuel last May after captaining the Saints for two seasons and immediately got a position as an assistant men’s soccer coach at GNAC rival Norwich University. Koenemann returned to Boston this year, but dressed in maroon, as he coached his Cadets to a 2-0 win over the host Saints. Ivan Barrera (’12) is now coaching a boys’ recreation team back in his hometown of Millis, Mass. Women’s Soccer alum Liz (Weaver) Lane (’06) is the head coach of the Leominster High School Varsity Girls Soccer Team. Weaver’s teammate, Venus Corriveau (’05), is coaching the girl’s soccer team at Brookline High School. Hillary Mota (’10) is the head coach of the Nova Soccer Club. Several Men’s Basketball alums are now coaching at an assortment of age levels. After leaving the sidelines at Emmanuel last year, Albert Hayle (’05) is now the Assistant Coach for the men’s team at UMass Boston. Hayle, along with teammates Keven James (’05) and Jerry Etienne (’05), were apart of Emmanuel’s very first men’s basketball team. James is now coaching a boy’s varsity team in Stratham, New Hampshire and Etienne is the junior varsity boy’s coach at Brookline High School. Dan Nagle (’09) was a former assistant coach for the women’s team at UMass Boston and now coaches the girl’s varsity team at Bellingham High School. The Emmanuel Men’s Basketball Program’s all-time leading scorer, Rob WilliamsHinton (’09), is an assistant coach of the boy’s team at Mission Grammar School in Roxbury. Williams-Hinton’s team plays their home games in Emmanuel’s Jean Yawkey Center. A number of Emmanuel Women’s Basketball alumnae are now coaching. Leah Lipschitz (’08) is the head coach of the women’s team at GNAC rival Mount Ida College. Lipschitz will lead the Mustangs against her alma mater and her former coach, Andy Yosinoff, on January 15th. Lipschitz’s teammate, Eric Wenz (’08) is coaching right across the street from the EC campus, serving as the girl’s junior varsity coach at Boston Latin. After a several years coaching in the Westwood school system, Kanee Chlebda (’05), who was a two-sport athlete at Emmanuel, is now coaching girl’s varsity basketball at Dover-Sherborn High School and girl’s

varsity soccer at Holliston High School. Megan Harrington (’11), who captained the Emmanuel Women’s Tennis Team, will soon be a three-sport coach at Leicester High School. Harrington is in her second season as the junior varsity basketball coach, but plans to add tennis and soccer to her coaching resume, beginning this spring. Tyson Reitz (’11) joined Emmanuel’s Men’s Volleyball coaching staff shortly after graduating. He is the program’s most recent alum to join the coaching ranks. However, they have several others leaving their marks throughout the high school and college coaching scene. After a year coaching volleyball at Coastal Carolina, Steve Yates (’06) joined the UConn staff as a Women’s Volleyball Assistant for the Huskies. The Saints’ second all-time leader in kills, Michael Townsend (’10) is back at his former high school as the Head Boy’s Varsity Volleyball Coach at Patrick Henry High School (Va.). Both Trevor Blanchet (’07) and Patrick Bemis (’06), who played together in the early years of the Saints Men’s Volleyball program, are now coaching at the high school level. Blanchet is the Dracut High School Boys and Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball Coach, while Bemis is the Girl’s Varsity Volleyball Coach and Boy’s Varsity Tennis Coach at Saugus High School. Women’s Volleyball alumna Andrea Basteri (’06) just helped lead the Melrose High School Girl’s Volleyball Team to a state championship last month. Serving as an assistant coach for the varsity team, Basteri helped the Red Raiders to their first-ever state championship in a girls’ sport. Jacqui Niosi (’05) is the Girl’s Varsity Head Coach of the perennially strong volleyball program at Quincy High School. Recent graduate Kathryne Olsen (’12), one of the Saints’ all-time assist leaders, coaches the girl’s volleyball team at Winthrop High School. In addition to Serghino Rene, who coached cross country and track & field at Emmanuel, two other Men’s Cross Country alums are now coaching Massachusetts high school teams. Jason Torres (’04) is a cross country coach at Taunton High School, while Scott Holmes (’05) coaches at Apponequet Regional High School.

Men’s Lacrosse Announces 2013 Captains Head Coach Brendan McWilliams has announced the captains for the 2013 Emmanuel College Men’s Lacrosse Team. The Saints, who will be competing in their second season of varsity competition will be captained by a junior and three sophomores, all who played for Emmanuel during the program’s inaugural varsity year. The four captains, Brian O’Regan (Milton, Mass.), Austin Lauzier (Bedford, N.H.), Cody Gallagher (West Islip, N.Y.) and Jake Jaskolski (St. Clair Shores, Mich.), were elected by votes from their teammates and coaching staff, with additional input from athletic administrators and training staff. After a 7-9 season in 2012, which included a 3-6 conference mark and a trip to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) quarterfinals, the Emmanuel Saints are poised for their second season of NCAA competition.

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SuperFan of the Month EC SuperFan of the Month – Louis Yosinoff Louis has been an avid fan of the Women’s Basketball team since the program got off the ground and running back in 1977 when his son Andy took over the helm as Head Coach. When he’s not sitting courtside in the front row of the Yawkey Center Gymnasium, Louis watches all the games from his Rhode Island home on the webstream.

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A Grand Resolution

Emmanuel College Assistant Sports Information Director Dan Campagna ran 1,000 miles during the 2012 calendar year.

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ultimate goal might be a stretch. “I went from training inside to my first outdoor run,” he explained. “And I figured, if I don’t want to do this in Florida, how am I ever going to get it done in New England?” It was through strong selfwill and consistency, that he persevered. Once the brisk winter months passed and his outdoor running became more prevalent, Campanga utilized the popular training website www. mapmyruncom to precisely track his mileage on a daily basis. A 2007 graduate and now a full-time employee of Emmanuel College, Campagna often used his four-mile roundtrip commute to work as his daily running trek. Campagna ultimately completed his twelve-month journey on December 25th, a significant Christmas present to himself. In a Facebook post last month, Campagna stated that he ran his final ten miles as a tribute, dedicating each mile from 990 to 1,000 to different friends and family members who supported him along the way. “I’m extremely proud of myself,” the 28-year old stated, once the thousand miles had been run. “I never considered myself a runner. That is actually why I became a soccer goalkeeper,” he laughed, “because I never liked to run.” A former multi-sport collegiate athlete, this was a way for Campagna to stay competitive. “It was a race to the finish against myself. I kept telling myself that I was going to get to 1,000.” And he did, despite wearing through seven different pairs of sneakers along the way! Campagna was inspired to achieve this unique goal by a friend, who had run 500 miles in 2011. “I tracked my friend’s progress throughout the year and decided that 1,000 miles was

like to run a marathon in 2013. This is the best shape I’ve ever been in, so I would like to try to run Boston this year.” Campagna is taking a little bit of time off right now, but plans to keep running and begin to increase his distances in preparation for the Patriot’s Day race. Congratulations Dan on your grand accomplishment!

As the page turned on 2012, Emmanuel College Assistant Sports Information Director Dan Campagna completed a yearlong journey that began with his resolution last New Year’s Eve. On December 31st, 2011, Campagna vowed to run 1,000 miles in 2012, a twelve-month goal requiring strategy, determination and endurance. Consider 1,000 miles. From Boston, you could travel west for 1,000 miles and hit Chicago or south to Savannah. Campagna’s cumulative runs would have taken him north as far as Newfoundland. In total, he completed the mileage equivalent to over 38 marathons last year. As we all know, New Year’s resolutions often begin with good intentions, but tend to be shortlived if they aren’t comprised of short-term objectives. Campagna’s long-term goal was well thought out and included a series of checkpoints along the way. For example, Campagna knew he would need to run at least 83 miles per month in order to achieve his goal. He used a spreadsheet to track his progress along the way, which included 261 total running days. The 261 runs varied drastically in distance, with Campagna’s longest run totaling 21 miles back in July and his shortest just a one-mile jog. His average daily run logged in at just under four miles. Despite his training dedication and tracking precision, many of the short-term check points were not reached easily. After running the coldest winter months inside on the treadmills in Emmanuel’s fitness center, Campagna headed to Florida over the College’s spring break with the Saints Softball Team. At only about 200 miles into the endeavor, it was last March that Campagna thought his

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Written by Alexis Mastronardi, SID and Associate AD

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Emmanuel Hosts 2012 Shooting Touch Shootout Over the winter break, Emmanuel College opened its’ doors for the 2012 Shooting Touch Shootout, a High School Boys Basketball tournament sponsored by Reebok, Powerade and several other local sponsors. The Shootout featured nine teams from around the country with a very high level of basketball.

Read more about the Shooting Touch Shootout here.

doable for me.” Campagna’s huge accomplishment has now sparked a trend, as two of his high school friends are aiming to run 1,000 miles this year. Although the thousand miles are in the books now, Campagna isn’t done running. Without mentioning any new resolutions for 2013, he does have some plans on the horizon. “I would definitely

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Athlete of the Month

Joslyn DelSignore

Women’s XC, Indoor and

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Birthday: Hometown: Class Year:

May 20 Taunton, Mass. Senior

Major: Biology Concentration: Health Sciences Nickname: Jos

What do you like most about Emmanuel?

Favorite music artist/band?

Science building & the food!

Coldplay & Death Cab for Cutie

Favorite place on campus?

Favorite pre-game song to get pumped up?

2nd Floor Yawkey looking over the quad

Allegretto by Bond

Favorite sports team?

Pepsi or Coke?

Bruins

I don’t drink soda, but if I had to choose, Coke!

Favorite athlete?

Guilty Pleasure TV Show?

Kara Goucher and Patrice Bergeron

My Strange Addiction

Lucky #?

Favorite cereal?

Special K with strawberries

Something that most people don’t know about you?

Best Halloween costume you’ve worn?

I have an irrational fear of Ronald McDonald

Favorite city or town?

Favorite vacation spot?

Lincoln, N.H.

Virginia Beach

Favorite ice cream?

Accomplishment you are most proud of in your sport?

It’s a tie between Moosetracks and Cookie Dough

Bruins Ice Girl

Never running more than 2 miles before college or

How many foreign countries have you been to?

doing sports my last two years of high school, and

I have not had the opportunity to travel yet!

eventually being able to place top 10 in the GNAC for cross country. It just goes to show that you can do

If it could rain something other than rain, what would it rain?

anything you put your mind to!

Chocolate and pretzels

Favorite holiday?

Favorite Family Guy character?

4th of July

Ollie the weatherman

Do you have any pets?

Favorite Person at Emmanuel?

My coaches

Favorite movie?

Favorite quote?

Forrest Gump & Pay it Forward

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” - Steve Prefontaine

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Bloor Completes Training in Low Back Disorders Emmanuel College Assistant Athletic Trainer Katie Bloor recently completed a continuing education program, which focused on new research and treatment techniques for Low Back Disorders. Bloor, who is in third year with the Athletic Department at Emmanuel, received 20 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for her participation in the program, conducted by Desert Southwest Fitness out of Tucson, Arizona.

McWilliams to Represent GNAC on D-III Lax All-American Committee Emmanuel College Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Brendan McWilliams has been selected to represent the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) on the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse All-American voting committee, it was announced by Joe Walsh, GNAC Commissioner. Brendan will be joined by fellow GNAC Head Coach Timothy Dutton of Lasell College on the AllAmerican voting committee which will have the yearly task of determining the country’s top players at the conclusion of each Men’s Lacrosse season. McWilliams and the Saints will begin their second varsity season later this spring when they open up their 2013 schedule on March 1 when they host SUNY Maritime at Roberto Clemente Field at 7:00 PM.

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Having just completed the training in December, Bloor has not yet had a chance to put much of her new knowledge to work in the Saints’ Athletic Training Room. However, “I will definitely be putting what I learned into practice after the winter break,” she stated. “Low back disorders are one of the most common complaints, not only by athletes, but also from the general public. Low back pain can be debilitating, and, if not treated correctly, can persist throughout one’s lifetime. By learning a few new methods of treatment, and by identifying which old methods are ineffective and may cause harm, we will be able to help our student-athletes recover from back pain quicker and more effectively.”

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The main focus of the training was to examine the current and traditional methods of evaluating and treating low back disorders, and further, to evaluate the effectiveness of these methods. “The training helped sort out the myths from the facts, based on research,” explained Bloor. “I learned that many of the ways athletic trainers have been taught to treat certain back pain and disorders cannot be proven as effective based on the more current research.”

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