Men's Basketball (18-7)
The men's basketball team participated in the UCAA Tournament last week. The Continentals entered the tournament as the third seed. On Tuesday evening they hosted #6 Skidmore College. Hamilton defeated the Thoroughbreds, 72-49. Jimmy Driggs (Fairfield, CT) led Hamilton with 15 points and seven assists. Kris Fudge (Utica, NY) and Noah Hammond (New Hartford, NY) each chipped in with 10 points apiece. The win allowed Hamilton to advance to the semifinals and a date against Hobart.
These two teams had split their regular season games, with Hamilton winning the last game 84-62. This game was much more competitive from the start. Neither team could gain a clear advantage in the first half as Hobart held a one-point lead at the half. Hobart came out firing in the second half, building a 12-point lead. Hamilton would go down without a fight as they battled back to take a 66-63 lead late in the half. Unfortunately the Continentals could not hold the lead as they were defeated, 72-70. Noah Hammond led Hamilton with 20 points. Joe Finley (Brooklyn, NY) chipped in 14 points and seven rebounds.
The Continentals will now prepare for the ECAC Tournament. Hamilton will host SUNY Fredonia on Wednesday, February 28 at 7 p.m. in the quarterfinals. The winner of that game will face the winner of the St. Lawrence/ Alfred University game. The semifinals and finals will be played at the highest remaining seed's school.
Men's Hockey (12-12-1)
The men's hockey teams advanced to the semifinals of the NESCAC Tournament for the second straight year with a 4-0 in over Colby College on Saturday. Hamilton came into the tournament as the sixth seed, while Colby was the fourth seed. Steve Aubuchon (Gardner, MA) led the scoring attack with two goals and an assist. Sean Smith (Ottawa, Ontario) and Vic Cizmarik (Bratislava, Slovakia) each chipped in two assists. Mike Kaufman (Thousand Oaks, CA) was brilliant in net stopping all 38 shots he faced.
Hamilton advances to the semifinals to face top-seeded Middlebury College. That game will be on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Middlebury, Vermont.
Men's Swimming and Diving
The men's swimming and diving teams competed in their first NESCAC Swimming and Diving Championships over the weekend. The Continentals finished the three-day event in second place behind Williams College with a score of 1,468 points.
Anthony Loeffler (Littleton, CO) had a strong meet for the Continentals. He won the 50-yard freestyle (21.17), the 100-yard freestyle (46.38) and was second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.71). Loeffler along with Paul O'Donnell (Leonia, NJ), Kevin Thompson (Kingston, Jamaica) and Dan Bordoni (Fayetteville, NY) won the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:24.94. Eric Schwenker (Queensbury, NY) won the 100-yard backstroke (52.52), the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.96) and was second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:54.40). Schwenker, Loeffler and David Cecere (Chelmsford, MA) and James Morrison (Fairfield, CT) won the 400-yard medley relay in a time of 3:26.55. Schwenker, Cecere, Morrison and O'Donnell took fourth place in the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:36.16. Cecere and Morrison also had some fine finishes in their individual events. Cecere took third in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.93) and was third 200-yard breaststroke (2:07.80). Morrison took sixth in the 100-yard butterfly with a time 52.64 and was second in the 200-yard butterfly in a time 1:55.09.
Indoor Track and Field
The Continentals competed at the NYSCTC Championships last weekend at SUNY Fredonia. The men finished 10th overall while the women were 5th.
Barb Dalgish (Eastchester, NY) set a school record in the pole vault with a vault of 2.59 meters (8'6"). She finished 7th overall in the competition. Maggie Hanson (Bowdoinham, ME) won the 1,000-meters (3:01.14) and the 1,500-meters (4:42.32). For her efforts she was named the New York State Runner of the Year as well as the UCAA Runner of the Week.
On the men's side Sam Brown (Villanova, PA) placed fourth in the 1,000-meters with a time of 2:35.99. Brown along with Ryan Murelli (Torrington, CT), Scott Taylor (Windsor, NY) and Doug Zeyak (Hague, NY) won the 4x800 relay in a time of 8:07.92.
Squash
The men's squash team competed at the NISRA Championships last weekend at Yale University. The Continentals finished in 8th place, going 0-3.
