PULTENEY STREET SURVEY - SPRING 2017

Sports Updates
Herons LAX Ranked No. 1
US Lacrosse Magazine ranked William Smith lacrosse No. 1 in Division III on April 17, jumping two spots from
its standing just a week earlier and a significant climb since the magazine ranked the Herons 18th in the nation
during their preseason round-up.
William Smith broke the program wins in a season with a 13-4 victory over Rochester in the Liberty League Tournament semifinals and capture its fourth league championship with a 14-4 takedown of Skidmore. The Herons equaled the longest win streak in program history by opening NCAA tournament play with a 15-1 win over Westfield State, the team’s 16th straight victory.
Entering the second weekend of the NCAA tournament, William Smith led the nation in save percentage (.594), was second in win percentage (.950) and ranked third in scoring defense (4.30).
Senior midfielder Allie Flaherty and senior goalie Sarah Honan were both named Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association first team All-Americans. In addition, Flaherty was voted the Liberty League Player of the Year, Honan the Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year, and the Heron coaches the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year.
Statesmen secure NEC regular
season title
The Hobart lacrosse team visited
Robert Morris for its regular season
finale with the NEC regular season
title on the line. The Statesmen got
off to a rocky start, falling into an 8-2
hole, but rallied to tie the game by
halftime. Hobart scored five straight
goals in the second half to take
the lead and held on for an 18-17
triumph.
The Statesmen returned to the NEC Championship game for the third time in four years, but fell short of claiming its second straight title by a 5-4 count against Bryant. The NEC Player of the Year, Frank Brown ’17 led the offense with 32 goals and 50 points. With 120 career points, he ranks eighth among Division I Statesmen.
Arik Andreen ’17 and Jackson Brown ’17 lead on the defensive end. Andreen, an All-NEC second team pick, had a team-leading 24 caused turnovers this year and 61 for his career, breaking the career record set by Sean Regan ’13 (60). Jackson Brown ranks among the best goalie in Hobart’s Division I era. He has the most wins (25), is third in saves (537), fourth in GAA (10.04) and fifth in save percentage (.532).
America Trophy is HWS’ trophy
The sailing team won the America
Trophy, the MAISA coed dinghy
championship, by 29 points over
Navy to secure a spot in the
ICSA National Championship.
It’s the program’s 17 MAISA
Championship since 1996. Hector
Guzman ’20, Maya Weber ’20 and
Adam Schaefer ’17 teamed up to
win B Division by 22 points over
Georgetown. Greiner Hobbs ’18
and Anna Flaherty ’20 took second
in A Division, trailing only the
Midshipmen.
The Colleges’ sailors qualified for all three spring national championships—coed dinghy, women’s dinghy and team race— which will be held May 23 through June 2 in Charleston, S.C.
HWS sees plenty of gold at
Liberty League Championships
For the 12th consecutive time, the
Hobart rowing team pulled away
from the competition at the Liberty
League Championships. The varsity
eight secured its 13th consecutive
gold medal at the conference
championships and the second
varsity eight won gold for the
seventh straight season.
William Smith’s hopes of a seventh consecutive league title came up short, but the Herons still returned from Saratoga Springs with four sets of medals. The second varsity eight, varsity four and novice eight all won gold, while the varsity eight earned a silver medal. The overall title is based on points system based on finish in the varsity eight and second varsity eight, weighted to favor a school’s finish in the varsity eight.
Tennis teams net championship
berths
The Hobart and William Smith
tennis teams both qualified for
their respective Liberty League
Championships. The Statesmen
won nine straight matches before
falling to nationally ranked
Skidmore in the league title match.
Hobart finished the year with a
15-5 record, the team’s best since
2011-12.
The Herons secured the fourth and final spot in the Liberty League Championship by winning its final three conference matches of the regular season. After falling to the nationally-ranked Thoroughbreds in the league semifinals, William Smith’s record stood at 11-8.
Heron Awards Banquet
At the William Smith Athletics
Awards Banquet, All-American
swimmer Caroline Conboy ’17
won the Winn-Seeley Award, All-
American soccer forward Kara Shue
’17 earned the Marion Harrison
Greene ’20 Award and basketball
all-star Melanie Patterson ’17 took
home the Cynthia Oyler ’93 Award.
Click here for a complete recap of the night’s
top awards.
Block H Awards Dinner A week after the Herons handed out their year-end awards, Hobart Athletics followed suit. All- American hockey defenseman Carl Belizaro ’17 was voted the Francis L. “Babe” Kraus ’24 Memorial Award winner. Lacrosse’s Frank Brown ’17 and hockey’s Bo Webster ’17 shared the William C. Stiles ’43 Memorial Award. The Hanna Award was presented to football and lacrosse standout Sean Cunningham ’17 and rower D. Griffin Marsh '17. Click here for more on Hobart’s top award winners.
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