Rhode Island College Announces Spring Sports MVP's at Annual Banquet
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Rhode Island College Announces Spring Sports MVP's at Annual Banquet
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BASEBALL
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTSenior pitcher Dylan Pingitore (Johnston, RI) was named the baseball team’s MVP. Pingitore has appeared in eight games for RIC, starting all of them. He holds a 2-4 record with 3.29 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 52.0 innings of work. He has three complete games on the season.
SOFTBALL
Freshman shortstop Kelsey Burgess (North Providence, RI) was named the softball team’s MVP. Burgess played in 22 games, starting 20 of them. For the season, she batted .361 (22-for-61) with 22 hits, four doubles, five triples, 12 runs scored, 11 RBI and three walks. She posted a .590 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage to go along with a .988 fielding percentage.
MEN’S GOLF
Senior Jonathan Cooper (Berkley, MA) was named the men’s golf team’s MVP. Cooper helped the golf team win its fifth straight Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship and finished second as an individual last fall. He also earned All-New England honors and helped the Anchormen finish first at the NEIGA Div. III Championships by finishing first at the event (110 competitors). Cooper has seen action in 11 competitions and is averaging a score of 76.4. He has shot a season-low score of 72 twice, first in the opening round at the Williams Invitational on Sept. 12 and again on the first day of the Johnson & Wales Wildcats Spring Invitational on April 16. He has been the medalist at two invitationals this season.
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Sophomore Matthew Charles (North Providence, RI) was named the men’s outdoor track & field team’s MVP. Charles recently competed at the N.E. Alliance Championships where he placed 15th in the 200m (23.70), 17th in the 100m (11.70) and 23rd in the long jump (5.07m), while also competing as a member of the seventh place 4x100m relay (43.89) and the eighth place 4x400m relay (3:28.86). He also finished third in the 200m (22.29), sixth in the 100m (11.07) and 11th in the long jump (5.91m), while also competing as a member of the seventh place 4x400m relay (3:30.32) and the 10th place 4x100m relay (46.44), at the Silfen Invitational on Apr. 16.
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Senior Autumn Wosencroft (Newport, RI) was named the women’s outdoor track & field team’s MVP. Wosencroft recently competed at the N.E. Alliance Championships where she earned a pair of N.E. Alliance honors, finishing third in the 200m (25.82) and fourth in the 400m (57.87), while also finishing seventh in the long jump (5.15m) and competing as a member of the fifth place 4x100m relay (49.11). She also finished first in the 200m (25.40) and first in the 400m (57.95), while also competing as a member of the first place 4x100m (50.17) and the 4x400m relays at the Silfen Invitational on Apr. 16.
MEN’S TENNIS
Freshman Matthew Gambardella (West Warwick, RI) was named the men’s tennis team’s MVP. Gambardella owns 12-3 singles record and a 6-9 doubles mark for 15.0 points on the season. Gambardella is 3-0 at No. 5 singles, 9-3 at No. 6 singles and 6-0 in Little East Conference contests. He is currently 6-9 (2-4 LEC) at primarily No. 2 doubles. He has won his last 10 singles matches to help the Anchormen to their second consecutive LEC playoff berth.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Sophomore defender Alasondra Apici (Providence, RI) started all 14 games for the Anchorwomen on the back line. She tallied one goal (first career goal) for one point on the season. Apici registered 49 ground balls, 14 draw controls and 24 caused turnovers.
RI Teams To Win National Championships
PC Basketball 1960-61 NIT
The Providence College Friars won the National Invitation Tournament(NIT) in 1961, defeating St. Louis 62-59 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
At this time, the NIT was considered to be the National Championship of College Basketball.
The Friars were led by Vinny Ernst and James Hadnot that season.
PC 1962-63 NIT Champions
The Friars won their second NIT Championship two years after the first one. Led by Ray Flynn, John Thompson Jr. and Vinnie Ernst, the Friars won 15 straight games to claim the title.
Providence finished the season with a 24-4 record.
URI Men's Sailing 1965
The URI Rams won their first small boat National Championship in 1965.
The Rams were led by Art Payne and Peter Greene, both of whom were from Rhode Island.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
URI Men's Sailing 1975
The URI Rams won their second small boat National Championship and also won the National team race that season.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
URI Men's Sailing 1977
The URI men's sailing team won the National Championship in small boat sailing in 1977.
The team was led by two time all Americans Gary Knapp and Ed Adams.
Photo Courtesy of urisailing.org
Brown Men's Crew '93
The Brown Bears won the triple-crown, winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
Brown Men's Crew '94
The Bears repeated their triple-crown performance from the season before, once again winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
The Bears went undefeated on the season.
Photo Courtesy of brownbears.com
Brown Men's Crew '95
Coach Scott Roop leads the Bears to a third straight IRA and National Championship.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
PC Women's Cross Country
The 1995 Providence Friars won the programs first NCAA title. On the way, PC won their first BIG EAST and ECAC Championships.
Head Coach Ray Treacy was named NCAA Division I Women's National Coach of the Year, BIG EAST Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, Rhode Island Words Unlimited Women's Coach of the Year and NCAA District I Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Brown Women's Crew '96
Under head coach John Murphy, the Brown women's crew team won the 1996 eastern Sprints, the IRA's and the Collegiate National Championship.
The team became the first women's crew to win the "Triple Crown" of collegiate racing.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
Brown Women's Crew '97
Brown's varsity four team wins the first NCAA Championship by defeating the University of Washington on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears finished third as a team overall.
Brown Women's Sailing '98
The Brown Women's Sailing Team won the College Sailing Women's National Championship in 1998.
The championships were held at Tulane University in New Orleans Louisiana.
Brown Women's Crew '99
Brown women's crew won the first NCAA Division I Championship in Brown University History by defeating the University of Virginia by a three-second margin at lake Natoma in California.
Brown also won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the Ivy Championship, setting a new course record in the process.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
Brown Women's Crew 2000
Brown repeated as national Champions in 2000, beating the University of Washington by 3.9 seconds four points.
In addition, Brown's varsity and second varsity won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the IVY league Championship.
Both teams went undefeated on the season.
Brown Women's Crew '02
The Bears won their third National title in four years defeating the defending champion Washington by four points in Indianapolis.
Brown was the only school to qualify all of it's crew for the grand finals.
The Bears went undefeated during the regular season.
Brown Women's Crew '04
Brown won thier fourth title in six years on Lake Natoma in California.
The win made Brown the winningest program in NCAA Championship history.
Brown Women's Crew '07
Brown won their fifth National Championship in 2007 at Melton Hill Lake in Tennessee.
The Bears beat Ohio State and Yale who came in second and third place respectively.
Photo courtesy of taxref/flickr
Brown Women's Crew '08
The Bears won their sixth National Championship on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears beat Washington by eight points and third place Cal by 14 points to repeat as champions for the first time since 1999-2000.
URI Women's Sailing 2011
The URI Women won the programs first National Championship in small boat sailing in the 79 year history of the program and hoisted the Gerald C. Miller Memorial Trophy at the Sperry Top-Sider/Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championship.
The Rams won the title as a club team and were one of two club teams competing for the title. The other club team was Western Washington, who finished 17.
Photo courtesy of uri.edu
Brown Women's Crew 2011
The Bears won their seventh NCAA National Championship in 15 years under head coach John Murphy.
The Bears racked up 45 points in the final race and beat Stanford by five seconds.
The title was their first since 2008.
Photo courtesy of brownbears.com
PC Women's Cross Country
The Providence College Women's Cross Country team won the 2013 National Championship with 141 points.
Emily Sisson was the Friars top finisher as she finished in seventh place at Wabash Valley Family Sports Center.
This was Providence's first title win since 1995.
PC Hockey 2015
The Providence College Friars won the 2015 NCAA Ice Hockey National Championship, defeating Boston University 4-3 at the TD Garden.
The Championship is the first in the program's history and only the third NCAA National Title in Providence College History.
PC goatender Jon Gillies was named Most Outstanding Player.
