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TABLE OF CONTENTS THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY’S ATHLETICS WEEK IN REVIEW WOMEN’S ...... 2 • TCNJ falls in NJAC title game; earns at- MARCH 3, 2008 large bid to NCAA Tournament. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD...... 3 • Herrick sets school record in the mile as FEMALE LION OF THE WEEK Lions excel at NYU Invitational. HILLARY KLIMOWICZ WINTER HONORS...... 4 Basketball WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STATS...... 5 Junior Scotch Plains, NJ/ WRESTLING STATS...... 6 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Klimowicz averaged 23.5 points and 13.0 re- bounds in the NJAC Tournament as the Lions LIONS’ SPORTS HOTLINE defeated Montclair State, 74-52, in the semis and RESULTS AND SCHEDULE CHANGES: fell to Kean in the championship, 70-61. Klimowicz 609.771.2682 had 19 points and nine rebounds against MSU and then had a career high 28 points in the title game with 17 rebounds, which also tied a ca- reer high. Earlier in the week, she was tabbed as the 2008 NJAC Player of the Year and First Team All-NJAC.

MALE LION OF THE WEEK

ERIC FERRIERE Tennis Senior Montague, NJ/Kittatinny Ferriere recorded his 100th career win as he was victorious at both fourth singles and at No. 2 doubles as TCNJ handled Skidmore College by the score of 7-2. Ferriere is now 100-32 on his Lion career with a 57-16 singles mark.

This spring, TCNJ’s Sports Information Office will be offering Live Stats for each home contest for baseball, softball and women’s lacrosse. For more information www.tcnjathletics.com.

SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE Sports Info Director: Ann King Assistant SID: Lyle Fulton Office Phone: 609.771.2517 Office Phone: 609.771.2266 Home Phone: 609.883.5602 [email protected] Fax: 609.771.3067 [email protected] Athletic Web Site: www.tcnjathletics.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Head Coach: Dawn Henderson Record: 21-6 NJAC: 11-2

TCNJ falls in NJAC title game; headed to NCAAs had a huge game scoring a career-high 28 points and The Lions saw their claim for another New Jer- tying a career best with 17 rebounds. sey Athletic Conference Championship come up short as Senior Sara Best (High Bridge, NJ/Voorhees) also the team dropped the title game to Kean University, 70- scored in double figures for the Lions with 11 points, 61, but TCNJ was rewarded for its outstanding season while freshman Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough, NJ/ with an at-large berth to the 2008 NCAA Division III Cham- Hillsborough) chipped in with 10 rebounds. pionship. Kutch was also honored by the NJAC earlier in The Lions open the NCAA Tournament facing the week as she was tabbed as the Rookie of the Year. Bridgewater (VA) College, which claimed the automatic Head Coach Dawn Henderson was honored as the Coach bid from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, on March of the Year with sophomore Alex Gregorek (Mahway, 7 at 4 p.m. at the University of Mary Washington. The NJ/Academy of Holy Angels) earning All-NJAC Honorable Eagles won their conference tournament as the sixth seed Mention. and knocked off the top three seeds to claim the title. The Lions opened the conference tournament Bridgewater enters the NCAA Tournament with a record hosting Montclair State University and grounded the Red of 15-13. Hawks with a 74-52 triumph. Mary Washington (26-2) and Baruch (22-6) will Klimowicz led all scorers with 19 points and Kutch square off in the other game with the winners meeting had a banner game with 11 points and a career high 16 on March 8 at 5 p.m. rebounds. Best also posted a double-double with 12 points In the NJAC Championship game, the Lions fell and 11 rebounds and junior Alyssa Michella (Washing- behind midway through the first half and closed the mar- ton Twp., NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy) contributed gin to within eight points on two different occasions in nine points and six rebounds. the second half, but it wasn’t enough as the Cougars held on for the 70-61 win. Lion Bites... Junior Hillary Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/ • Klimowicz ranks second in the NJAC in scoring and third Scotch Plains-Fanwood), who was named the NJAC Player in rebounding. She leads the team in both categories scor- of the Year and First Team All-NJAC earlier in the week, ing at a clip of 17.3 points per game and grabbing 11.3 rebounds. She also leads the conference in field-goal per- centage at 65.1% (194-for-298) and blocked shots (110). The junior was also named CoSIDA’s ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America All-District II Third Team. • Balanced scoring continues to be key for the Lions. In addition to Klimowicz, Kutch (10.6 ppg) and Best (10.2 ppg) are each scoring in double digits, followed closely by Gregorek (9.0 ppg). • The Lions had plenty of success at home this season going 10-2 at Packer Hall, including a perfect 6-0 mark in NJAC play. • This marks the 11th time the Lions have earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament with an 10-10 mark. This is TCNJ’s third trip to the national tournament in the last five season. UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Opponent Time March Fri. 7 vs. Bridgewater (VA) College# 4 p.m. NCAA First Round Sat. 8 Mary Washington/Baruch# 5 p.m. NCAA Second Round # Hosted by University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA TCNJ’s Nicole Diaz (left) and Kelsey Kutch INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Head Coach: Eric Mobley

TCNJ hits NCAA provisional marks at NYU Invite also part of TCNJ's 4x400 relay team that met NCAA pro- Fresh off of their 11th straight New Jersey Ath- visional standards. She was joined on that team by se- letic Conference Championships earlier in the week, nior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), TCNJ’s women's indoor track and field team was back on sophomore Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) and the track competing at the New York University. The Li- freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) ons had plenty of qualifty performances at the event with as the quartet combined for a time of 3:57.55. three NCAA provisional marks and a host of ECAC worthy Junior Martine McGrath (West Long Branch, NJ/ times. The event held at the 168th Street Armory. Shore Regional) placed second overall in the 5,000 meters Junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne with an ECAC worthy time of 17:39.31, while Wimberly Valley) placed fourth in the one-mile run with a school- took 10th in the 800 meters in 2:19.11 and Spadaccini record time of 4:56.25 and was the top NCAA Division III was 16th in 2:20.16. Both of those times met ECAC stan- finisher in the race. That time was also a NCAA provi- dards. sional cut. The Lions received another top-10 finish in the Junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/ weight throw as sophomore Ashley Krauss (Flemington, Cinnaminson) posted a NCAA provisional distance of 5.45 NJ/Hunterdon Central) had a personal-best and ECAC meters in the long jump to place seventh overall and was distance of 13.48 meters. TCNJ had three more ECAC qualifiers as Bonelli posted a time of 59.86 seconds in the 400 meters, Michelle Wallace (Emerson, NJ/Emerson) in the 3,000 (10:49.64) and junior Justine Carnevale (Oceanport, NJ/Shore Regional) in the 1,000 (3:08.96). Junior Kirsten Gerbehy (Califon, NJ/Voorhees) had a solid meet for the Lions with a personal-best effort of 9.67 seconds in the 600-meter high hurdles and cleared a height of 1.5 meters in the high jump. Men's 4x400 hits ECAC mark… The Lion men were also in action at the NYU Invitational with the 4x400 relay team turning in a season-best and ECAC qualifying time of 3:20.18 to place eighth overall in the event. Running the event for the Lions were junior Rob McGowan (Monroe Twp., NJ/Monroe Twp.), sopho- more DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris), senior Steve Murray (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) and freshman Kyle Gilroy (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford Twp.).

Busy weekend awaits Lions… Both Lion teams will be in action this weekend with one last opportunity to qualify for the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships. TCNJ will compete at the ECAC Championship hosted by Harvard University on Freshman Meryl Wimberly March 7-8 with the Lions men also competing at the IC4A’s UPCOMING SCHEDULE held at Boston University. The NCAA Championships are set for March 14-

Opponent Time 15 in Ada, Ohio and will be hosted by Ohio Northern Uni- March versity. Fri.-Sat. 7-8 at ECAC Championships TBA (Hosted by Harvard University) Sat.-Sun. 8-9 at IC4A’s TBA (Hosted by Boston University) TCNJ WINTER HONORS

Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Hillary Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains- Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) Fanwood) • Lycoming Tip-Off All-Tournament Team • Marymount Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team • Gwynedd-Mercy Classic Most Valuable Player Men’s Indoor Track & Field • NJAC Player of the Week (11/18/07, 12/17/07, Pasquale DiGioacchino (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) 1/7/08, 1/28/08, 2/4/08, 2/18/08 & 3/3/08) • NJAC Track Athlete of the Week (12/10/07) • ECAC Metro Player of the Week (1/9/08) • ECAC Metro Co-Player of the Week (1/30/08) Brian Donatelli (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) • NJAC Field Athlete of the Week (1/21/08 & 2/18/08) Alex Gregorek (Mahwah, NJ/Academy of Holy Angels) • Marymount Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris) • NJAC Track Athlete of the Week (2/11/08) Sara Best (High Bridge, NJ/Voorhees) • Gwynedd-Mercy Classic All-Tournament Team Women’s Indoor Track & Field Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) • NJAC Field Athlete of the Week • NJAC Rookie of the Week (1/15/08) (12/10/07 & 3/3/08)

Martine McGrath (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) • NJAC Track Athlete of the Week (1/21/08) • ECAC Co-Track Athlete of the Week (1/23/08)

Cristina D’Amato (Madison, NJ/Madison) • NJAC Field Athlete of the Week (1/21/08)

Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne) • NJAC Track Athlete of the Week (1/28/08, 2/11/08, 2/26/08 & 3/3/08) • ECAC Division III Track Athlete of the Week (1/30/08) • ECAC Division III Co-Track Athlete of the Week (2/28/08)

Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) • NJAC Rookie of the Week (2/4/08 & 2/11/08)

Ashley Krauss (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) • NJAC Field Athlete of the Week (2/18/08)

Men’s Swimming & Diving Greg Lloyd (Ringoes, NJ/Hunterdon Central) • ECAC Division III Diver of the Week (12/5/07 & 1/30/08)

Senior Brian Donatelli 2007-08 TCNJ Women's Basketball The College of New Jersey Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar. 3, 2008) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (21-6) (10-2) (8-4) (3-0) CONFERENCE...... (11-2) (6-0) (5-2) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (10-4) (4-2) (3-2) (3-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------34 Hillary Klimowicz.. 27-26 742 27.5 194-298 .651 0-1 .000 78-101 .772 117 188 305 11.3 56 1 38 57 110 24 466 17.3 22 Kelsey Kutch...... 27-27 729 27.0 109-226 .482 1-5 .200 68-83 .819 73 104 177 6.6 66 0 41 81 23 48 287 10.6 03 Sara Best...... 24-22 646 26.9 106-249 .426 1-15 .067 32-44 .727 26 80 106 4.4 52 0 64 47 25 37 245 10.2 45 Alexandra Gregorek. 27-1 529 19.6 103-205 .502 0-0 .000 37-76 .487 61 77 138 5.1 71 2 19 62 30 13 243 9.0 23 Alyssa Michella.... 27-27 799 29.6 69-224 .308 40-137 .292 21-23 .913 37 115 152 5.6 33 0 75 50 2 30 199 7.4 32 Lisa Koch...... 25-5 468 18.7 49-160 .306 28-90 .311 16-23 .696 14 42 56 2.2 28 0 67 52 1 10 142 5.7 15 Nicole Diaz...... 27-27 771 28.6 42-146 .288 26-80 .325 24-43 .558 9 67 76 2.8 42 0 88 92 3 48 134 5.0 14 Erin Drulis...... 6-0 101 16.8 9-22 .409 8-20 .400 0-0 .000 7 6 13 2.2 6 0 4 2 1 2 26 4.3 02 Stephanie Prall.... 17-0 116 6.8 14-40 .350 2-10 .200 5-8 .625 5 5 10 0.6 4 0 11 14 1 6 35 2.1 21 Karen Lassoni...... 27-0 310 11.5 9-44 .205 3-12 .250 4-10 .400 10 25 35 1.3 24 0 35 35 0 19 25 0.9 05 Chrissie Beha...... 22-0 171 7.8 6-25 .240 0-0 .000 5-15 .333 22 25 47 2.1 22 0 4 13 0 7 17 0.8 10 Jamie Cresbaugh.... 5-0 16 3.2 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.4 20 Barb Jones...... 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 41 49 90 3.3 0 17 ------Total...... 27 5399 711-1642 .433 109-370 .295 290-426 .681 422 783 1205 44.6 407 3 446 525 198 244 1821 67.4 Opponents...... 27 5399 513-1617 .317 125-438 .285 304-452 .673 390 582 972 36.0 416 - 313 515 82 240 1455 53.9

TEAM STATISTICS TCNJWOM OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1821 1455 !11/16/07 vs King's College W 69-60 82 Points per game...... 67.4 53.9 !11/17/07 vs Denison W 66-53 175 Scoring margin...... +13.6 - !11/18/07 at Marymount (Va.) L 48-60 300 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 711-1642 513-1617 11/27/07 MORAVIAN COLLEGE W 74-52 220 pct...... 433 .317 11/29/07 at Dickinson College W 66-63 75 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 109-370 125-438 12/1/07 at Catholic W 78-49 - 3-point FG pct...... 295 .285 12/6/07 MT. ST. MARY COLLEGE L 55-62 140 3-pt FG made per game.. 4.0 4.6 *12/8/07 RUTGERS-NEWARK W 75-44 200 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 290-426 304-452 12/16/07 at Marymount (Va.) L 73-81 365 pct...... 681 .673 $1/4/08 vs Widener W 81-57 100 REBOUNDS...... 1205 972 $1/5/08 at Gwynedd-Mercy W 54-40 150 Rebounds per game...... 44.6 36.0 1/7/08 SALISBURY W 47-36 75 Rebounding margin...... +8.6 - *1/12/08 MONTCLAIR STATE W 61-58 225 ASSISTS...... 446 313 1/14/08 ELIZABETHTOWN W 72-64 85 Assists per game...... 16.5 11.6 *1/16/08 at Kean University L 44-60 188 TURNOVERS...... 525 515 *1/19/08 RICHARD STOCKTON W 83-54 175 Turnovers per game..... 19.4 19.1 *1/23/08 at Rowan University W 75-50 91 Turnover margin...... -0.4 - *1/26/08 at William Paterson L 67-71 400 /turnover ratio.. 0.8 0.6 *1/30/08 RUTGERS-CAMDEN W 67-29 75 STEALS...... 244 240 *2/2/02 at New Jersey City University W 62-41 191 Steals per game...... 9.0 8.9 *2/9/08 at Ramapo College of NJ W 74-39 100 BLOCKS...... 198 82 *2/13/08 KEAN UNIVERSITY W 79-71 350 Blocks per game...... 7.3 3.0 *2/16/08 at Richard Stockton W 58-32 175 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - *2/20/08 ROWAN UNIVERSITY W 74-61 220 Home win streak...... 0 - *2/23/08 at Rutgers-Camden W 84-46 150 ATTENDANCE...... 3180 2542 &2/27/08 MONTCLAIR STATE W 74-52 365 Home games-Avg/Game.... 12-265 12-182 &2/29/08 KEAN UNIVERSITY L 61-70 1050 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 3-119 * = Conference game ! = Marymount University Tip-Off Classic SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total $ = Gwynedd-Mercy Classic ------& = NJAC Tournament The College of New Jersey..... 856 965 - 1821 Opponents...... 615 840 - 1455 The College of New Jersey LIONS 2007-2008 TCNJ WRESTLING VARSITY STATS Dual Meet Record: 19-3

2007-2008 Schedule/ WRESTLERS DUAL TOURNEY TOTAL PINS TF MD CAREER W/L Results (19-3) John Barnett 12-5 14-4 26-9 1 1 6 26-9 11/3-4 at Ithaca Invitational 1st 11/9 NEW YORK UNIV. W, 30-6 John Biango 0-0 15-6 15-6 1 7 47-29 11/14 HUNTER COLLEGE W, 30-9 Justin Bonitatis 11-3 23-1 34-4 8 2 3 34-4 11/18 at Ursinus Fall Brawl NTS Joe Bozzomo 5-3 3-7 8-10 2 2 8-10 11/28 at King’s College W , 43-6 Tyler Branham 3-0 12-1 15-1 1 1 8 56-14 12/1 at York (PA) Invitational 3rd Jason Burch 0-0 5-8 5-8 1 1 7-14 12/4 at Stevens Institute W, 24-16 Steve Carbone 12-4 15-5 27-9 6 3 67-28 12/28-29 at Sunshine Open NTS Jack Casey 0-1 5-8 5-9 5-9 1/5 vs. Plymouth State* W, 36-3 Mike Denver 2-0 11-7 13-7 2 13-7 1/5 vs. Messiah College* W, 32-9 Mike Derisi 0-0 0-5 0-5 0-5 1/5 vs. Wisc.-La Crosse* L, 40-3 Dan DiColo 15-4 16-4 31-8 5 4 30-20 1/5 vs. MIT* W, 46-0 John Dinan 2-0 8-5 10-5 1 2 1 22-18 1/11 vs. St. John’s (MN)$ L, 34-8 Will Dodd 0-0 0-8 0-8 2-19 1/11 vs. John Carroll$ W, 25-13 Danny Franke 2-2 2-8 4-10 1 2 4-10 1/11 vs. Case Western$ W, 34-13 Mike Garone 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1/12 vs. Messiah College$ W, 28-12 Lenny Goduto 0-0 3-2 3-2 2 28-11 1/12 vs. RIC$ L, 25-13 1/12 vs. Springfield$ W, 35-7 Dan Hughes 8-5 13-11 21-16 1 3 21-16 1/23 at Centenary W, 20-16 Mike Jacoutot Jr. 4-3 2-2 6-5 2 21-11 1/29 WILKES UNIV. W, 20-18 Dave Kiley 0-0 4-3 4-3 4-3 2/2 at RWU! W, 30-9 Kyle Kinchen 5-1 11-4 16-5 3 3 16-5 2/2 vs. Williams! W, 24-12 Louis Klein 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-3 2/2 vs. WPI! W, 39-3 Adam Koziol 1-5 8-6 9-11 5 1 9-11 2/3 at Springfield W, 21-13 Ryan McCabe 3-1 8-8 11-9 2 1 2 29-30 2/9 vs. Oswego State W, 26-13 Robert Micheliche 0-0 8-8 8-8 2 8-8 2/9 at Univ. of Scranton W, 53-0 Andrew Mittleman 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-2 2/24 at Met Championships 1st Greg Osgoodby 17-3 15-2 32-5 7 7 10 88-23 3/7-8 at NCAA Championships Anthony Panzarino0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Chris Prihoda 2-2 4-1 6-3 3 28-26 * North/South Duals Conor Redmond 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-28 $ Budd Whitehill Duals Ray Sarinelli 16-4 11-1 27-5 3 11 89-26 ! MET/NE Duals Brandon Scott 0-0 3-4 3-4 3-4 Jaishon Scott 0-0 8-6 8-6 2 2 8-6 Brian Suozzo 2-7 10-9 12-16 1 2 16-23 Bill Tenpenny 0-0 7-6 7-6 1 1 19-25 Jim Tomczuk 6-6 6-7 12-13 2 1 51-29 S. Vanwingerden 8-3 11-4 19-7 6 2 36-29 Al Wonesh 16-1 14-6 30-7 5 4 6 41-16 TCNJ Team 0-4

TCNJ TOTALS 151-69 275-170 420-235 66 21 89 857-526

2007-2008 TCNJ WRESTLING TEAM STATISTICS