NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sunday April 27th
proved to be a great day for both the Men's and Women's Colonial
Coast Rugby Conference (CCRC) Select Side Ruggers as the
Women’s CCRC defeated NEWCRC 14-7 and the Men’s CCRC
defeated NEWCRC 34-7.
The women, coached by Tommy Ricard (PSU) and assisted by Derek
Tommy (WIT), kicked off at 11:45am and took on a tough and well led
NEWCRC Women's Select Side in a very well played, tight battle to
the finish. The CCRC Women emerged victors 14-7. Both tries were
scored by freshman #8 Sadia Crosby (RWU). Crosby, along with fellow
RWU teammate Evynne Gartner was named Players of the Game for the
CCRC Side. Junior Sierra Kenkel (Kalispell, Mont.) was the lone
Gull selected to represent the CCRC women’s select side and
she made her presence felt subbing in on the wing early on in the
first half. Her strong running and a tireless tackles shored up the
outside. As the first ever Gull to make the CCRC Women’s
Select side team, Kenkel said, “playing with and against
girls from two great conferences lead me to feel more confident
toward being an ambassador of the game and help build
Endicott’s program.”
The men’s CCRC coached by Rob Guiry (WNE) and Justin
McIntyre (Endicott) followed with a 4:30pm kickoff against the
Men's NEWCRC Select Side. The CCRC were led by Captains Brian
Goodridge (Salve Regina) and Craig Spyropoulos (WNE). Three Gulls,
junior Austin Spencer, (North Yarmouth, Maine), sophomore Ryan
Stanek (Cheshire, Conn.), and sophomore Brian Sussingham (Yonkers,
N.Y.) started and contributed major minutes for the CCRC with
strong running and smart play making. Spencer stated that one of
the highlights of the day was how “we were able to come
together and play with guys who were former opponents; it’s
not every day that you get that kind of opportunity.” The
team got off to a hot start, scoring three tries early to go up
19-0. NEWCRC would respond quickly and put up a quick try to make
it 19 to 7 at half. The depth, experience and energy of the CCRC
were on display in the second half, as the men put up another three
tries to finish the match 34-7. Davonta Valentine (Salve Regina)
was a man on fire scoring three tries from the wing, while
Spyropoulos put in two himself. Sussingham said, “The CCRC
dominated with both its size and speed for the entire 80 minutes
and I’m looking forward to bringing back the different
techniques I picked up from the guys to share with my Endicott
teammates.”
Overall, it was a great display of elite rugby and sportsmanship
by all four participating teams. The CCRC set out to once again
prove it is an elite conference with special players and got the
job done. Stanek echoed the general consensus saying,
“It was an honor being selected to represent our conference,
the guys all got along great, we had one mission and we proved
again why the CCRC is such a dominant conference.”
The women’s CCRC Select Side Team consisted of: |
The men’s CCRC Select Side Team consisted of: |
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Sierra Kenkel |
Endicott College |
Austin Spencer |
Endicott College |
Maykaela Dillingham |
Plymouth St. |
Ryan Stanek |
Endicott College |
Lauren D’Lorio |
Plymouth St. |
Brian Sussingham |
Endicott College |
Hailey Gomes |
Plymouth St. |
Tyler Evaul |
Mass Maritime |
Erica Hasse |
Plymouth St. |
Eren Gulsen |
Mass Maritime |
Leah Kenison-Marvin |
Plymouth St. |
Shane Dempsey |
Salve Regina |
Courtney Leahy |
Plymouth St. |
Alexander Dimauro |
Salve Regina |
Eliza Leedberg |
Plymouth St. |
Brian Goodridge © |
Salve Regina |
Gina Luiso |
Plymouth St. |
James Horoszko |
Salve Regina |
Ceathrine Masson |
Plymouth St. |
Joshua Patterson |
Salve Regina |
Jordana Mineo © |
Plymouth St. |
Nicholas Pinto |
Salve Regina |
Emmie Palisi |
Plymouth St. |
Rylan Richard |
Salve Regina |
Krysten Ternullo |
Plymouth St. |
Davonta Valentine |
Salve Regina |
Sadia Crosby © |
Roger Williams |
Pat Journey |
Wentworth |
Roxann Cuda |
Roger Williams |
Matthew Meehan |
Wentworth |
Shavon Ennis |
Roger Williams |
Eric Johnson |
Western New England |
Cass Friedman |
Roger Williams |
Tom Notchick |
Western New England |
Evynn Gartner |
Roger Williams |
Zack Phelan |
Western New England |
Sydney Nadeau |
Roger Williams |
Scott Sedgwick |
Western New England |
Abby Scro |
Roger Williams |
Ryan Shultz |
Western New England |
Victoria Tansey |
Roger Williams |
Tim Smith |
Western New England |
Ashley Tucker |
Roger Williams |
Craig Spyropoulos © |
Western New England |
Shannon Singletary |
Umass Dartmouth |
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Victoria Thomas |
Umass Dartmouth |
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Kierra Gates |
Wentworth |
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Jillian Huntress |
Wentworth |
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Carissa Shetone |
Wentworth |
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