Keith Gill

Stonehill posted its fourth top-17 team performance in the last seven seasons at the NCAA Division II National Championships last Saturday afternoon, as Head Coach Karen Boen's Skyhawks placed 17th of 24 teams in competition that took place as part of the 2006 NCAA Division II Fall Sports Festival at the Escambia Country Equestrian Center in Pensacola, Fla.  Senior Kelly Chaisson (Walpole, Mass.) closed out her brilliant cross country career by becoming the third All-America performer in school history, as she covered the 6K layout in a time of 21:25 to join Meghann Shanahan '05 and Dianna Chivakos '05 in that exclusive club.  Senior Dana DeIngenis (Cranston, R.I.) was next in 49th place for Stonehill, which made its seventh straight appearance in the NCAA national championship race, while junior Lesley Clunie (Newburyport, Mass.) was 92nd overall.  Sophomores Jackie Oates (South Easton, Mass.) and Jenny Gardynski (Everett, Mass.) rounded out the Skyhawk scoring by placing 101st and 102nd, respectively.

Sophomore Nick Smith (Colonia, N.J.) scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead four players in double figures as Stonehill began defense of its NCAA Northeast Regional crown with an 80-44 non-league victory over St. Thomas Aquinas as part of the Northeast-10/East Coast Conference Challenge last Wednesday evening at Aquinas Hall in Sparkill, N.Y.  Senior co-captain Lance Clarke (Cambridge, Mass.) added 15 points in the triumph for Head Coach David McLaughlin's Skyhawks, who also received 14 points and eight boards from freshman AJ Rudowitz (Monroe Township, N.J.) and 12 points from fellow freshman Nikola Stevanovic (Belgrade, Serbia).  Freshman Randall Stallworth (Toms River, N.J.) netted eight points and dished off seven assists in his collegiate debut, while senior co-captain Soap Toun (Cranston, R.I.) and sophomore Colin Scanlon (Centreville, Va.) combined for 13 points for Stonehill, which shot 50 percent from the field and 82 percent from three-point range.  The Skyhawks open both their home and Northeast-10 slates on Monday evening in hosting Southern New Hampshire at Merkert Gymnasium beginning at 7:00 p.m., and Stonehill then heads to Bridgeport, Conn. to take on Mercy in a non-league outing on Wednesday evening at Harbor Yard beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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Sophomore Jamie Marsalise (Laurel Hollow, N.Y.) earned individual high point rider honors on Sunday afternoon as Stonehill placed fifth of 12 teams competing at the Boston College Intercollegiate Horse Show at Volo Farm in Westford, Mass.  Marsalise posted first place finishes in the open fences and open flat for Head Coach Sara DelVecchio's Skyhawks, who also received first place performances from junior Renee Rogers (Hopkinton, Mass.) and freshman Kelli-Ann Monroe (Swanzey, N.H.) in the novice flat as well as freshmen Stephanie Perry (West Wareham, Mass.) and Megan Martinez (New York, N.Y.) in the intermediate flat and novice fences, respectively.  Stonehill is tied for second place in the IHSA Regional standings with Boston University through five shows this season, and the Skyhawks return to action on Sunday, December 3rd with competition at the Holiday Tournament of Champions beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Stonehill returns to action for the first time in 16 days on Tuesday evening when Head Coach Trisha Brown's Skyhawks begin a three-game homestand and open Northeast-10 Conference play by entertaining Southern New Hampshire in a league outing at Merkert Gymnasium that tips-off at 5:30 p.m.  Stonehill, 3-0 on the young season, has been idle since capturing the title at the 2006 Disney Division II Tip-Off Classic during the first weekend of November at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., as the Skyhawks bested Augustana (S.D.), Felician and 11th-ranked West Texas A&M to take top team honors.  Stonehill, which finished second in last year's Northeast-10 race at 17-5 in conference play, will also host Concordia (Sunday, November 26th) and UMass Lowell (Wednesday, November 29th) as part of the three-game homestand.

Lance Clarke

Stonehill Basketball will once again be available on-line this season, as a total of 24 Skyhawk men's and women's regular season contests will be webcast at no charge via Stretch Internet, a service of Gilbert, Ariz., over the Official Athletics web site of Stonehill College, www.stonehillskyhawks.com.  Returning for the ninth season of calling the action of Skyhawk Basketball will be Charlie Bergeron, the voice of Stonehill Basketball and Football since 1998 who will provide play-by-play, and Brian Buckley, who will once again serve as the Skyhawks' color analyst.  The first Stonehill Basketball webcasts of the new season take place on Wednesday, November 29th when the Skyhawks entertain UMass Lowell in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader beginning at 5:30 p.m.  Skyhawk Basketball will also be available via videocast for a nominal fee on the new television network of the Northeast-10 Conference, Northeast-10 TV.

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