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Premium Content Local roundup: Coast Guard trio headed for New England Basketball Hall of Fame

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 12:07 am

Worcester, Mass. - Coast Guard Academy graduates Mark Harris (1996), Sam Cheung ('02) and Jeff Prebeck ('08) will be inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame at a ceremony June 22 at the DCU Center.

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Premium Content Local college honors

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

• Eastern Connecticut State University third baseman Arielle Cooper, a former Fitch High School star, was named a first team Division III All-American on Thursday by the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association.

The senior from...

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Premium Content CGA to elevate club lacrosse teams to varsity status in 2015

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Coast Guard Academy announced Monday that it will elevate the men's and women's club lacrosse teams to varsity status, effective with the 2014-15 academic year.

The teams will compete for the first time as Division III intercollegiate teams...

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Premium Content Avery Point is headed back to Division II World Series

 May 13, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

Rochester, N.Y. - UConn-Avery Point played its best baseball at a perfect time.

The Pointers rode a potent offense, solid pitching and sound defense to the NJCAA Division II East District championship on Sunday.

With a 12-7...

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Premium Content College roundup: Avery Point a win away from World Series

 May 12, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

Rochester, N.Y. — Sophomore Matt Martinez hit four home runs Saturday, leading UConn-Avery Point into the championship round of the NJCAA East District Division II baseball tournament.

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Premium Content Mitchell baseball ousted from ECAC tournament

 May 11, 2013; Updated: 12:21 am

Kendall Helbert's pinch-hit, two-run double in the seventh inning Friday lifted the No. 3 seed Massachusetts Institute of Technology baseball team to a 6-4 victory over No. 6 Mitchell College in the first round of the ECAC Division III New...

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Premium Content Cavanaugh ready for journey

 May 10, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

Storrs - When UConn begins its journey into major college hockey in 2014-15, it will do so with someone very familiar with the territory.

Mike Cavanaugh, who stood alongside Boston College's Jerry York for the last 18 seasons, was...

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Premium Content CGA isn't ready to end tour

 May 10, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

New London — The Coast Guard Academy senior class extended its farewell tour Thursday.

For 14 players, their 3-1 win over fourth-seeded Husson University means more than just advancing to the ECAC New England Division III tournament...

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Premium Content Local college honors

 May 8, 2013; Updated: 11:43 pm

• Eastern Connecticut State University standout Arielle Cooper, a senior from Mystic, became the softball program's second straight Little East Conference Player of the Year recipient. Cooper also was named to the first team for the...

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Premium Content CGA, Mitchell accept ECAC baseball bids

 May 7, 2013; Updated: 11:57 pm

Three local college baseball teams took different routes to their postseason destinations this spring.
UConn-Avery Point survived a tough best-of-three game series with the Community College of Rhode...

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Premium Content Local college notes

 May 7, 2013; Updated: 11:58 pm

Mariners riding a wave
• The Mitchell College men's lacrosse team received an ECAC New England Division III tournament berth for the second time in program history Monday.

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Premium Content Pointers win another title

 May 6, 2013; Updated: 11:16 pm

Groton - When the UConn-Avery Point baseball program won its first Division II New England Championship in 1990, coach Roger Bidwell figured it would be the last.

Bidwell sure was off-base on his prediction.

The Pointers...

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Premium Content Local Colleges: Mitchell advances to NECC baseball title game

 May 5, 2013; Updated: 11:12 pm

Nashua, N.H. - Second-seeded Mitchell College advanced to the championship round of the New England Collegiate Conference baseball tournament Saturday with an 11-2 win over No. 1 Daniel Webster in the winners' bracket...

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Premium Content CCRI's Gleason comes home and pushes Pointers to the limit

 May 5, 2013; Updated: 11:03 pm

Groton - Conor Gleason badly wanted to finish what he started Saturday.

One out away from a complete game and tying the NJCAA Division II New England Tournament series at one-game apiece, Gleason faced a bases-loaded situation...

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Premium Content Santiago to the rescue for Pointers

 May 4, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Groton - When reliever Edgard Santiago enters a game, he always has the same mentality.

"I like coming out of the bullpen," Santiago said, "because I always want to help my teammates out."

He bailed out the UConn-Avery Point...

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Premium Content NCAA berth on the line for Mitchell

 May 3, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

New London — Thursday's warm weather was perfect for a post-practice cookout.

So the Mitchell College baseball team gathered near home plate for a meal — hotdogs, of course — on the day before the Mariners headed to Nashua, N.H., for...

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Premium Content Local colleges: Waterford's Strecker earns top honor

 May 3, 2013; Updated: 11:41 pm

Bri Strecker, a member of Waterford High School's state championship softball team in 2009, was recently named Player of the Year in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Strecker, a...

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Premium Content Healthy Phillips thrives at Emerson

 May 2, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Injuries always managed to derail Chelsea Phillips from playing an entire season with the Emerson College women's lacrosse team.

Finally healthy for her junior season, she made a major impact, leading the Lions and impressing other coaches...

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Premium Content Coast Guard names Aylene Ilkson volleyball coach

 May 1, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

New London - Aylene Ilkson, the top assistant at Springfield College, was named head volleyball coach at the Coast Guard Academy on Tuesday.

Ilkson, a four-year starter at Springfield (the Pride were 108-31 during that time) who...

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Premium Content Local college notes

 April 30, 2013; Updated: 11:54 pm

Mariners riding a wave
• The Mitchell College baseball team finished the regular season on a hot streak, going 10-1-1 in its last 12 games. The Mariners (21-11-1, 15-3) ended in...

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Premium Content College roundup: Coast Guard softball wins pair in NEWMAC tourney

 April 28, 2013; Updated: 11:44 pm

Norton, Mass. - Sixth-seeded Coast Guard Academy upset a pair of higher-ranked teams to advance to the winners' bracket final of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference softball tournament.

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Premium Content Camels rally for another win in their regular-season finale

 April 25, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

New London — Say this about the Connecticut College men's lacrosse team:

The Camels are certainly drama kings.

For the seventh time this season, they were involved in an intense one-goal game on Wednesday.

They came out...

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Premium Content Local colleges: UConn men promote Ricky Moore

 April 24, 2013; Updated: 11:58 pm

Storrs - UConn has promoted Ricky Moore to a full-time assistant coaching position on the men's basketball staff.
Moore, a 1999 UConn graduate, returned to his alma mater last October...

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Premium Content Local college notes

 April 23, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Mariners riding a wave

• The New England Collegiate Conference regular-season baseball title race is coming down to the final weekend, with Mitchell College (17-11, 12-3) chasing leader Daniel Webster (19-7, 12-2). The Mariners visit...

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Premium Content Avery Point baseball stays on top with old-fashioned teamwork

 April 22, 2013; Updated: 11:16 pm

Groton - UConn-Avery Point has embraced a Three Musketeers mentality this season.

All for one, one for all.

Not satisfied with just winning the first game of a doubleheader on a cool, windy Sunday afternoon, the Pointers...

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