Freshman Lauren Rowinski (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) posted a come-from-behind three-set win at number three singles to lift Stonehill to a 5-4 victory over Southern New Hampshire in quarterfinal round play of the 2007 Northeast-10 Conference Championships last Thursday afternoon on the Stonehill Courts, as Head Coach Pam Arpe's Skyhawks earned a berth in the Northeast-10 Final Four for the seventh straight season, falling to top-seeded Saint Michael's (5-2) in the semi-final round.  Junior Daniella Granato (Concord, Mass.) and freshman Samantha Dircks (Stony Brook, N.Y.) each posted wins in singles and doubles play against Southern New Hampshire for Stonehill, while Rowinski teamed up with junior Elise Clark (Spring Lake, N.J.) for a triumph at number two doubles.  Dircks, Rowinski, Clark and junior Allison Bleakney (Lewiston, Maine) each earned all-Northeast-10 accolades for their performances this spring for the Skyhawks, who finished the season at 12-7 overall and 8-4 in Northeast-10 play.

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Five school records fell during competition for both Stonehill squads last weekend at the M.I.T. Spring Coed Invitational in Cambridge, Mass. as well as at the Princeton Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J.  Senior Brandon Beloin (Danielson, Conn)., named as the Northeast-10 Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week, set a school record in the 400 intermediate hurdles (53.97) for Head Coach Karen Boen's Skyhawks, and he was also part of a record-setting effort in the 4 X 400 relay along with seniors Vinnie Williams (Springfield, Mass.) and Dana Burbank (North Andover, Mass.) as well as junior Thomas Woods (Medfield, Mass.) with a time of 3:21.83.  Williams set a new mark in the 200 meters with a time of 21.59 at M.I.T., while juniors Russ Miranda (West Warwick, R.I.) and David Metzger (Ellington, Conn.) set new standards in the hammer throw and 5,000 meters at M.I.T. and Princeton, respectively.  On the women's side, sophomore Jenny Gardynski (Everett, Mass.) set a school record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in her first time ever competing in the event with a time of 12:07.17, while freshman Meghan Rocha (Nashua, N.H.) won the discus with a mark of 114 feet, 7 inches en route to earning Northeast-10 Female Freshman Field Athlete of the Week accolades for the third straight week.  Both Stonehill squads will compete at the Brown Invitational in Providence, R.I. on Sunday morning beginning at 10:00 a.m. EDT.