Connecticut College Sports Roundup

The Connecticut College men's basketball game defeated the State University of New York Maritime College in the first round of the Citizens Bank Camel/Cadet Classic on Friday. The Camels were less fortunate on the ice, as Hamilton College and Middlebury College blanked the hockey teams in two games. The following information was provided by William Tomasian, sports information director at Connecticut College:

Men's Basketball: Conn College 85, SUNY-Maritime 70

Matt Vadas (Spring Lake Heights, N.J.) and Rob Harrigan (Milford, Conn.) netted 18 points each to lead the Connecticut College men's basketball team to an 85-70 victory against SUNY-Maritime in the first round of the Citizens Bank Camel/Cadet Classic held at Luce Field House Friday night.att Vadas (Spring Lake Heights, N.J.) and Boris Jeremic (Rijeka, Croatia) netted 18 points each to lead the Connecticut College men's basketball team to an 85-70 victory against SUNY-Maritime in the first round of the Citizens Bank Camel/Cadet Classic held at Luce Field House Friday night.

John Bullitt (Brookline, Mass.) chipped in with 12 point and seven rebounds on the block and sophomore Jethro Anilus (Stamford, Conn.) added eight points and two assist at the point.

The Camels were a perfect 15-for-15 at the foul line in the win.

"I thought our ball movement was good throughout and we did a good job freeing and finding each other," Connecticut College men's basketball coach Tom Satran said. "We are improving but have a lot of work to do starting with a very tough opponent tomorrow."

Sam Porte (Harlem, N.Y.) poured in a game-high 21 points for SUNY Maritime, connecting on 8-of-10 shots from the field. Senior guard Mike McSloy (Kings Park, N.Y.) chipped in with 19 points for the Privateers (1-5).

Connecticut College (1-3) will meet the Red Hawks of Montclair State University (4-2) in the Championship game Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. on the campus of the Coast Guard. The Red Hawks had their ticket stamped to the Championship with a 71-67 win against the Coast Guard (4-2) in the second game of the night.

Senior Andrew August (Bridgewater, N.J.) had 21 points and 13 rebounds while junior Ken Rubenstein (South Orange, N.J.) had 15 of his 20 points in the second half as Montclair State held off a late Coast Guard charge to beat the Bears.

Coast Guard which trailed by as many as 21 in the second half, cut the lead to three, but saw its four-game winning streak snapped as the Bears dropped to 4-2 on the season. Montclair State improves to 4-2 overall.

Greg Marshall (Gaithersburg, Md.) led Coast Guard with 14 points, Trip Fernandes (Branford, Conn.) finished with a season-high 13 points and Kevin Sowers (Monrovia, Md.) added 11 points and a team-high five rebounds for the Bears.

Men's Ice Hockey: Middlebury 4, Conn College 0

The Middlebury College men's hockey skated to a 4-0 victory against Connecticut College in a NESCAC game played at Dayton Arena Friday night.

Sophomore forward Louis Belisle (Repentigny, Quebec) potted a pair of second period goals and assisted on a third marker to lead the 11th ranked Panthers to the victory. Senior Charlie Strauss (Eagle River, Wis.) chipped in with a goal and an assist for the winning side.

Martin Drolet (Montreal, Quebec) chipped in with a goal for the Panthers.

Senior net-minder John Yanchek (Hillsborough, N.J.) stopped 13 shots en route to the shutout win.

Mike Petchonka (Ridgefield, Conn.) finished with 28 saves in the setback for the Camels.

The Panthers will visit Tufts University today for a 4:00 p.m. game in Malden, Mass. The Camels will host Williams College in New London for a 3:00 p.m. NESCAC tilt.

Women's Ice Hockey: Hamilton 3, Conn College 0

Becca Hazlett '13 stopped all 25 shots she faced to lead Hamilton College to a 3-0 win over Connecticut College in a NESCAC game at Hamilton's Russell Sage Rink on Friday.

It was the first shutout of the season for Hazlett, and the third of her Hamilton career. Katie Zimmerman '13 and Gigi Fraser '14 scored goals just 1 minute, 17 seconds apart in the first period, and Stephanie Lang '14 added the final goal early in the second. Hannah Jaiven '14 was credited with two assists, while Zimmerman, Julia Beaty '13 and Meredith Bitterman '12 chipped in one apiece.

Hamilton (1-3-0 overall, 1-2 NESCAC) got on the board at 7:45 of the first period when Jaiven played the puck forward to Zimmerman on a rush. Zimmerman collected at the center of the blue line and beat two Camel defenders for her first goal of the year.

Hamilton doubled its lead just 1:17 later with a power-play goal. Jaiven played the puck to Beaty for a one-time slap shot from the right point, and Fraser redirected the puck into the net from just in front of the goal for her first goal of the season.

Connecticut College (1-2-0, 1-2 NESCAC) had several good chances to get on the board later in the first. One shot clanged off the crossbar about midway through the period, and another went off the left post on a breakaway opportunity with less than a minute remaining. Hamilton held a 2-0 lead at the first intermission.

Lang scored another power-play goal just 2:21 into the second period. After Bitterman's slap shot from the slot was saved, the rebound squirted out to Lang, who flicked the puck into the net for her third goal of the year. Zimmerman was also credited with an assist on the play. The Continentals led 3-0 at the second intermission.

Neither team found the net in the third period, but the Camels' best chance to score came just before time expired. A slap shot from the right circle by Courtney Dumont '14 banged off the crossbar.

Hamilton leads the all-time series 17-6-3. The Continentals held a 32-25 shot advantage, and went 2-for-6 on the power play. Connecticut College was 0-for-8 on the power play. Kelsie Fralick '15 stopped 29 shots in goal for the Camels.

Hamilton hosts Connecticut College for another NESCAC game on today at 3 p.m.