2010-11 Saint Michael's College Women's Tennis Media Guide

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2010-11 Saint Michael’s College Women’s Tennis Roster

Name Yr. Hometown/High School Major

Marybeth Ash Sr. Westborough, Mass./Westborough Economics

Alex Dalton So. South Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames Biology

Deahna Giguere Sr. Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee Psychology

Emiliy Magee So. Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury Art

Jean-Marie McGrath So. Niwot, Colo./Alexander Dawson School Exploratory

Eileen Mullowney Jr. Burlington, Vt./Burlington Accounting

Emily Ogilvy Jr. Bedford, N.H./Trinity Exploratory

Marran Ranks Sr. Stratham, N.H./Exeter Education/Mathematics

Head Coach: Greg Cluff (Lafayette ’68), Eighth season

Assistant Coach: Amy Berkman (Middlebury ’08), Third season

Athletic Trainers: Jim Murdock, Jessica Moore, Whitney Grennon

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Saint Michael’s General InformationLocation ..........................................................................Colchester, Vt.Founded ............................................................................................1904Enrollment ..........................................................1,900 (undergraduate)President ........................................................................Jack NeuhauserAlma Mater ......................................................................Manhattan ’64Athletics Director ....................................................Geri Knortz M’05 Alma Mater ............................................................SUNY-Cortland ’74Affiliations ..................................................NCAA Division II/ECACConference ........................................................................Northeast-10Nickname ........................................................................Purple KnightsSchool Colors ..............................................................Purple and Gold

Women’s TennisHead Coach ....................Greg Cluff (Lafayette ’68), Eighth seasonCareer Record (entering 2010-11) ................................................86-47Record at SMC ................................................................................sameOffice Phone......................................................................802.654.2926E-mail Address ........................................................gcluff@smcvt.eduAssistant Coach ......Amy Berkman (Middlebury ’08), Third season Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................................8/3All-time Program Record (entering 2010-11) 209-167 (.556 win%)

Sports InformationSports Information Director ..........................................Seth Cole ’01Office Phone......................................................................802.654.2537Office Fax ..........................................................................802.654.2497E-mail ........................................................................scole2@smcvt.eduSports Information Intern ..................................Tony Bonvechio ’10Office Phone......................................................................802.654.2929E-mail ..............................................................abonvechio@smcvt.eduWeb Site ................................................http://www.smcathletics.comMailing Address................................................................SMC Box 258..................................................Tarrant Center, Colchester, Vt., 05439

Support StaffNCAA Faculty Athletic Representative ................Dr. Dave LandersSenior Associate Athletics Director ............................Zaf BludevichAssociate Athletics Director ............................Chris Kenny ’86 M’98Athletic Trainer..................................................................Jim MurdockAssistant Athletic Trainer................................................Jessica MooreAdministrative Assistant ......................................................Stacey PeetOffice Coordinator ..........................................................Mary MoreauEquipment Manager............................................................Jon MilazzoAthletic Facilities Director ..................................Meggan Dulude ’07Athletic Department Phone ............................................802.654.2500

The 2010-11 Saint Michael’s College women’s tennis media guide was

written, edited and designed by Sports Information Intern Tony

Bonvechio ’10. Photography by Shane Bufano, Seth Cole and Marcello

Cutti, Jr. For further information, contact the Saint Michael’s Sports

Information Office at 802.654.2537 or [email protected].

On the front cover (clockwise from top left): Seniors Deahna

Giguere, Marran Ranks and Marybeth Ash.

On the back cover: Senior Marran Ranks high-fives her teammates

during pregame introductions at the 2010 NCAA Division II

Championships at Queens (N.Y.) College.

Directions to Saint Michael’s College (Hoehl Welcome Center)

From the Boston area: Take I-93 North to junction with I-89 in

Concord, N.H. Follow I-89 North to Exit 15 in Vermont (Essex,

Winooski).

From Springfield, Mass./Hartford, Conn.: Take I-91 North to

junction with I-89 in White River Jct. Follow I-89 North to Exit 15.

From New York City/New Jersey: Take I-87 North to Exit 20

(Whitehall/Ft. Ann). Follow Rt. 149 to Ft. Ann and then follow Rt.

4 North to 22A. Take 22A North to Rt. 7. Follow Rt. 7 North to I-

189 and head North onto I-89 for approximately three miles to Exit

15.

From Montreal and points north: Take I-89 South to Exit 16

(Colchester). Take right onto Rt. 7 South and then left onto Rt. 15

East in center of Winooski.

From Littleton, N.H., and Maine: Take Rt. 2 to Montpelier to

I-89 North to Exit 15.

From I-89: Bear right off the exit ramp onto Rt. 15 East for

approximately 1/2 mile. Drive through two sets of lights, and enter

Saint Michael’s College’s main entrance at the third light (at the

jughandle). The Hoehl Welcome Center is the first building on your

left.

Finding Out More About Saint Michael’s College

Check Out Our Web Site! Fans can access a wide array of infor-

mation on the official site for Purple Knights athletics, including up-

to-date news, rosters, schedules and team stats. For the most com-

plete information on all 21 Saint Michael’s sports, log onto the brand-

new http://www.smcathletics.com.

Call The Saint Michael’s College Athletic Hotline - The sports

information office manages a 24-hour sports hotline with game

scores and recaps. The service is updated as soon as possible fol-

lowing contests, usually within one hour of completion. The

Hotline can be accessed by dialing 802.654.2SMC.

Visit The Northeast-10 Web Site - The Northeast-10 Conference

produces one of the top conference Web sites in the country and

offers comprehensive information on all 23 league sports. To learn

more about Saint Michael’s and its NE-10 opponents, log onto

http://www.northeast10.org.

Table of Contents2010-11 Roster ..........................................................inside front coverGeneral Information ..............................................................................1This Is Saint Michael’s College ............................................................2The Northeast-10 Conference..............................................................3The Coaching Staff ................................................................................4Season Outlook ......................................................................................5Meet The Purple Knights ..................................................................6-82009-10 Results & Statistics ..................................................................9Year-by-Year Results & Records ........................................................10President Jack Neuhauser ....................................................................11Athletic Administration..................................................................12-14Facilities........................................................................inside back cover2010-11 Schedule ..................................................................back cover

This Is Saint Michael’s College

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Saint Michael’s College, one of the nation’s Best Liberal Art

Colleges in the 2008 U.S. News and World Report rankings and one of

The Princeton Review’s Best 368 Colleges, is a Catholic liberal arts col-

lege committed to creating a life-changing educational experience

for students from throughout New England, the nation and the

world.

Saint Michael's involves 2,000 undergraduate students in an on-

campus residential community characterized by lifelong volunteer

service, global perspectives and exceptional teaching in traditional

arts and sciences, as well as contemporary fields of study. The

College is situated on 440 scenic acres overlooking Burlington and

Lake Champlain, with superlative views of Vermont's Green

Mountains. The Saint Michael's community is further enriched by

approximately 500 graduate students and 200 international students

in the College's School of International Studies, one of the nation's

oldest intensive English language institutes.

A vibrant campus experience encompasses everything from

sports to academic enrichment, to the fine and performing arts, to

the unique international character of the college. Saint Michael’s is

known as a terrific place for students who want to make the world a

better place, as service to the community and to all humankind is a

vibrant part of student life, reflecting the heritage of service of the

Edmundite priests who founded Saint Michael's--the one and only

Edmundite college in the world--in 1904. Today, more than 70 per-

cent of the student body actively pursues community service proj-

ects through Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts (M.O.V.E.), reflect-

ing a unique passion for social justice issues on campus.

With nearly 100 percent of undergraduates living on campus,

residential life is designed to enable academic pursuits, co-curricular

activities, and the pure enjoyment of the college years and the

Vermont experience to converge in a total Saint Michael's College

experience. The Tarrant Recreation Center and Ross Sports Center

form the epicenter for athletic and recreational activities on campus.

The College offers 21 intercollegiate sports that compete at the

NCAA Division II level with all but four teams participating in the

highly competitive Northeast-10 Conference, the second-largest

Division II conference in the nation.

For students who are looking for something slightly less com-

petitive, there is a wide variety of club and intramural sports such as

rugby, basketball, softball and even table tennis. Our acclaimed

Wilderness Program also bring students into the great Vermont out-

doors for adventure sports and survival training, from beginner to

advanced certification levels.

Saint Michael's is home to Greater Burlington's only Actor's

Equity professional summer theater, the Saint Michael's Playhouse.

On North Campus at historic Fort Ethan Allen, the Elley-Long

Music Center at Saint Michael's College is headquarters for the

Vermont Youth Orchestra Association and provides rehearsal and

performance space for the Vermont Mozart Festival. In recent years

Saint Michael’s students and professors have received Rhodes,

Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science

Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael’s professors have

been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight

years.

The Princeton Review features Saint Michael’s in its 2009

edition of “Best 368 Colleges”, the fourth straight year that

Saint Michael’s has earned this distinction.

Burlington’s Honors#1 City to Have it All

#1 Place for Outdoor SportsBest Standard of Living in U.S.

Least Stressful Metro AreaAwarded “Dream Team” Status

Safest State in the NationOne of the Best Retirement Areas in U.S.Sixth-Best “Family-Friendly” Place in U.S.One of the Top-10 Places to Raise a Family

An Outstanding Get-Away Location in the Northeast

Burlington, Vermont

“The Nation’s Most Livable City”

Located in the northwest corner of beautiful Vermont, Burlington

is the state’s largest city with a population of approximately 50,000 peo-

ple, a number that more than doubles when you add the surrounding

towns. Burlington is a thriving community that has just the right combi-

nation of cultural activities, great food, shopping, and outdoor pursuits.

A&E Television called Burlington the country’s No. 1 city in its “Top Ten

Cities To Have It All” poll. Church Street, the city’s downtown market-

place and epicenter of all Burlington has to offer, has been rated as one

of America’s “Great American Main Streets” by the National Trust for

Historic Preservation.

Below are some of the honors “the Queen City” was honored with-

in the last several years by various publications and organizations.

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The Northeast-10 Conference


Northeast-10 Conference Members

American International College ..............................Springfield, Mass.

Assumption College ....................................................Worcester, Mass.

Bentley University ..........................................................Waltham, Mass.

Franklin Pierce University ................................................Rindge, N.H.

Le Moyne College ............................................................Syracuse, N.Y.

University of Massachusetts Lowell................................Lowell, Mass.

Merrimack College ............................................North Andover, Mass.

University of New Haven......................................West Haven, Conn.

Pace University............................................................Pleasantville, N.Y.

Saint Anselm College ................................................Manchester, N.H.

Saint Michael’s College....................................................Colchester, Vt.

The College of Saint Rose ................................................Albany, N.Y.

Southern Connecticut State Univ. ........................New Haven, Conn.

Southern New Hampshire Univ. ..............................Manchester, N.H.

Stonehill College ....................................................South Easton, Mass.

Currently in its third decade, the Northeast-10 Conference has

established itself as one of the premier all-around NCAA Division II

conference in the nation. The conference is comprised of 15 north-

eastern colleges and universities: six from Massachusetts, three from

New York, three from New Hampshire, two from Connecticut, and

one from Vermont.

Founded in 1980 as the Northeast-7, the NE-10 has seen many

changes in recent years, most notably when the league expanded from

10 to 15 institutions for the 2000-01 academic year. Franklin Pierce

College, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the College of Saint

Rose, Southern Connecticut State University and Southern New

Hampshire University were all added to the league that season. In

2008, the University of New Haven joined the conference, replacing

Bryant University, which moved to NCAA Division I.

The NE-10 women’s tennis schedule is comprised of 13 match-

es, with each school playing its conference opponents once. The sea-

son is capped off by an eight-team conference tournament. The win-

ner of the conference tournament receives an automatic berth to the

NCAA Division II Northeast Regional tournament.

Conference champions are also crowned in baseball, men’s and

women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey,

football, men’s golf, men’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse,

men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming

and diving, men’s tennis, and volleyball.

2009-10 Season Wrap Up

All-Conference First Team - SinglesNo. 1 Amber Chandronnait - Southern N.H.No. 2 Deahna Giguere - Saint Michael’sNo. 2 Alena Mukdaprakorn - Southern N.H.No. 3 Catalina Echeverry - Southern N.H.No. 4 Sarah Hickey - StonehillNo. 5 Paige Frost - StonehillNo. 6 Chelsea Haedrich - Stonehill

All-Conference First Team - DoublesNo. 1 Amber Chandronnait/Alena

Mukadaprakorn, Southern N.H.No. 2 Catalina Echeverry/Aliso Waring,

Southern N.H.No. 3Emily Ogilvy/Jackie Smullen,

Saint Michael’sAll-Conference Second Team - SinglesNo. 1 Cristina Lucin - MerrimackNo. 2 Alda Ribeiro - AdelphiNo. 3 Michelle Gurda - AdelphiNo. 4 Rachel Litton - BentleyNo. 5 Alex Dalton - Saint Michael’sNo. 6 Kara Pease - Southern N.H.

All-Conference Second Team - DoublesNo. 1 Alda Ribeiro/Maria Toft,

AdelphiNo. 2 Marielle Artessa/Caroline Tisdell,

Le MoyneNo. 3 Chelsea Haedrich/Jacqueline Harrow,

Stonehill

All-Conference Third Team - SinglesNo. 1 Tirzah Walrath - Le MoyneNo. 2 Erika Sartor - Saint AnselmNo. 3 Kara Murphy - BentleyNo. 3 Linsday Simmons - StonehillNo. 4 Marissa Charles - AssumptionNo. 5 Amanda Aniboli - AdelphiNo. 6 Brittany Harbert - Bentley

All-Conference Third Team - DoublesNo. 1 Allison Cohen/Tirzah Walrath,

Le MoyneNo. 2 Nicole Byrnes/Michelle Gurda,

AdelphiNo. 3 Samantha Jean/Kara Pease,

Southern N.H.

2010 NE-10 Tournament

Quarterfinals, April 21

#1 Southern N.H. 5

#8 Merrimack 0

#2 Stonehill 5

#7 Saint Anselm 0

#3 Adelphi 5

#6 Le Moyne 0

#4 Saint Michael’s 5

#5 Bentley 0

Semifinals, April 23

#1 Southern N.H. 5

#4 Saint Michael’s 0

#2 Stonehill 5

#3 Adelphi 2

Championship, April 25

#1 Southern N.H. 5

#2 Stonehill 2

Institution NE-10 Overall

Southern N.H.* 13-0 20-2

Stonehill 12-1 18-4

Adelphi 11-2 15-4

Saint Michael’s 10-3 12-9

Bentley 9-4 10-9

Le Moyne 8-5 8-8

Saint Anselm 7-6 7-7

Merrimack 6-7 6-13

Assumption 5-8 5-9

New Haven 3-10 4-11

Saint Rose 3-10 3-11

Franklin Pierce 2-11 2-11

Pace 2-11 2-12

American Int’l 0-13 0-13

* NE-10 Regular Season &

Tournament Champion

Player of the Year

Amber Chandronnait

Southern N.H.

Freshman of the Year

Alena Mukdaprakorn

Southern N.H.

Sportsmanship Award

Caitlin Dunn

Merrimack

Coach of the Year

Greg Coache

Southern N.H.

2010 NCAADivision II

Women’s TennisEast RegionTournament

First Round

#1 Concordia 5 #8 Holy Family 0

#4 Stonehill 5#5 Goldey-Beacom 0

#2 Queens (N.Y.) 5#7 Saint Michael’s 0

#3 Southern N.H. 5#6 Adelphi 2

Second Round

#1 Concordia 5#4 Stonehill 1

#2 Queens (N.Y.) 5#3 Southern N.H. 0

Finals

#2 Queens (N.Y.) 5#3 Southern N.H. 0

The Coaching Staff

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Greg Cluff

Head Coach

Greg Cluff, the winningest coach

in the history of the Saint Michael's

women's tennis program and the

2007-08 Northeast-10 Conference

Coach of the Year, enters his eighth

season as head coach in 2010-11. He

has compiled a 86-47 through seven

seasons, with each squad finishing at

least two games above .500.

In 2009-10, Cluff led Saint

Michael's to a 12-9 record, as the

Purple Knights qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament for

the third straight season. Saint Michael's also advanced to the NE-10

Semifinals for the seventh straight season, compiling a 10-3 regular-

season conference mark, and Cluff was named the Saint Michael's

2009-10 Coach of the Year on April 29, the second time in three

years he was so honored (and third time in six seasons).

In 2008-09, Cluff guided the Purple Knights to a 14-7 record

(one win shy of the program record set the year prior), and helped

the program return to the NCAA Division II Tournament. Saint

Michael's qualified as the sixth seed in the East region, the program's

highest ranking in the NCAAs.

In 2007-08, Cluff led the team to a 15-7 season, the most wins

in program history. The team finished second in the NE-10 with a

10-2 record, and advanced to the NE-10 Championship. The pro-

gram also earned its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II

Tournament. For his efforts, Cluff was named the Saint Michael's

2007-08 Coach of the Year on May 1.

In 2006-07, Cluff led the Purple Knights to a 14-7 record, at the

time the most victories in program history. Saint Michael's earned a

share of the NE-10 regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the

NE-10 Tournament, advancing to the championship match. Cluff's

squad also earned the NE-10 Sportsmanship Award for women's

tennis.

Cluff has extensive coaching experience in the greater

Burlington area. He has spent more than 30 years (1969-81, 1990-

present) as the boy's tennis coach at Champlain Valley Union High

School in Hinesburg, where he served as a social studies teacher for

38 years. Cluff has led the team to four state championships (1977-

78, 1999-2000) and eight finals appearances under his tutelage,

including six consecutive finals berths from 1997-2002.

In addition to his high school and college coaching experience,

Cluff has also taught tennis for many summers. Since 2002, he has

been a tutor for the Town of Shelburne Recreation Tennis Program,

and from 1991-95 worked at the Burlington Tennis Club.

Cluff also is the College's coordinator of athletics admissions,

helping recruiting efforts between admissions and athletics. He has

served in this part-time capacity since the summer of 2008.


Amy Berkman

Assistant Coach

Amy Berkman returns to the

Saint Michael’s College women’s ten-

nis team for her third season as an

assistant coach in 2010-11

In 2009-10, Berkman helped

guide the Purple Knights to a 12-9

record, including a 10-3 mark in NE-

10 play, and the program's third con-

secutive appearance in the NCAA

Division II Tournament.

Berkman was a four-year standout at Middlebury College,

where she graduated in 2008 with a degree in biochemistry. As a

freshman, she helped the Panthers reach the NCAA Division III

National Tournament, and as a senior co-captain, she guided

Middlebury to a 10-5 record.

A native of Shelburne, Vt., Berkman was a top student-athlete

at nearby Rice Memorial High School.

Season Outlook


Two years removed from the finest season in the program’s 28-

year history in 2007-08, the Saint Michael’s College women’s tennis

team will look to build upon the winning tradition instilled by

eighth-year head coach and 2008 Northeast-10 Conference Coach

of the Year Greg Cluff.

Along with Cluff, assistant coach Amy Berkman has already

helped the Purple Knights get off to a raging start with a perfect 5-

0 fall season. Saint Michael’s was picked to finish third in the con-

ference according to the NE-10 Preseason Coaches Poll, and enter

the spring ranked ninth in the East region in the 2010-11

Campbell/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) College Tennis

Rankings.

Seniors

The Purple Knights will be led by their core of three top

notch seniors: Marybeth Ash, Deahna Giguere and Marran

Ranks. The trio combined for 55 wins between singles and dou-

bles play last season, with Giguere getting All-Conference First

Team honors. Ranks had a terrific fall season and was named the

NE-10 Player of the Week in mid-September, and Ash was named

to the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll in October.

Juniors

Juniors Eileen Mullowney and Emily Ogilvy are ready to

step into larger roles in 2011 and provide midlevel strength to the

Saint Michael’s squad. Ogilvy was named to the 2010 All-Conference

First Team for the #3 doubles spot and will likely remain there given

her past success. Mullowney, sidelined with an injury after just two

matches last year, is back at full strength with a chance to showcase

her abilities over a full season.

Sophomores

Three sophomores round out the Saint Michael’s roster, and

have shown tennis savvy beyond their years. Alex Dalton, Emily

Magee and Jean-Marie McGrath combined to win 73 percent of

their matches as freshmen, including a staggering 30-9 record in sin-

gles play.

Dalton received an All-Conference Second Team nod at #5 sin-

gles, and McGrath posted a perfect 11-0 record in singles action last

season. Magee emerged as a top choice for doubles play, going 6-1

between #1 and #2 doubles last season and earning a perfect 5-0

record at #1 doubles this fall.

Senior Deahna Giguere was an All-Conference First Team

selection in 2010 and should be a staple at #1 singles.Senior Marybeth Ash had a team-best 13 doubles wins in

2010, and should join forces with Ranks at the #2 doubles

spot.

Meet The Purple Knights


Marybeth AshSr. w Westborough, Mass.

As a Junior: Went 9-7 in singles action(2-1 at #1 singles, 2-1 at #2 singles, 1-2 at#3 singles and 4-3 at #4 singles), and 13-6 in doubles action (5-2 at #1 doubles, 8-4 at #2 doubles) ... went 10-2 in NE-10doubles play ... an NE-10Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient ... aDean’s List member. As a Sophomore:Went 3-3 in singles action (2-1 at #1 sin-gles, 1-1 at #2 singles, 0-1 at #6 singles),and 15-5 in doubles action (12-3 at #2doubles, 3-2 at #3 doubles) ... an NE-10

All-Conference Third Team selection for #2 doubles ... led team in doubleswins ... an NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient ... a Dean’s Listmember. As a Freshman: Went 13-1 in singles action (3-0 at #5 singles, 10-1 at #6 singles), and 14-6 in doubles action (12-6 at #2 doubles, 2-0 at #3doubles) ... an NE-10 All-Conference Second Team selection for #6 singles... a Dean’s List member. High School: Played four years of varsity tennisand basketball, and two years of varsity volleyball, at Westborough HighSchool ... a 75-4 career tennis record ... the Mid-Wach B League MVP fortennis as a senior ... tennis team won three Mid-Wach B League champi-onships ... a three-time selection to Telegram & Gazette Super Team for ten-nis ... the all-time leading basketball scorer with 1,173 points. Personal:Marybeth Beardsley Ash ... daughter of Anthony and Susan Ash ... bornAugust 29, 1988 ... played on the SMC women's basketball team as a fresh-man and sophomore ... brother, Gabe, played on the SMC tennis team ... amember of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... majoringin economics, and minoring in mathematics ... a member of Pi Mu Epsilon,the mathematics National Honor Society.

Marran Ranks

Sr. wStratham, N.H.

As a Junior: Went 10-8 in singles action

(1-2 at #1 singles, 5-0 at #2 singles, 4-6 at

#3 singles), and 13-7 in doubles action (5-

7 at #1 doubles, 8-0 at #2 doubles) ... 9-4

in league singles play, and 9-3 in league

doubles action ... third on team in singles

wins ... an NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor

Roll recipient ... a Dean’s List member. As

a Sophomore: Went 11-8 in singles

action (0-2 at #1 singles, 4-0 in #2 singles,

7-6 at #3 singles), and 16-5 in doubles action (3-2 at #1 doubles, 13-3 at #2

doubles) ... led team in doubles victories ... an NE-10 All-Conference Third

Team selection in #2 doubles ... an NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

recipient ... a Dean’s List member. As a Freshman: Went 17-3 in singles

action (4-0 at #4 singles, 9-2 at #5 singles, 4-1 at #6 singles), and 9-7 in dou-

bles action (3-0 at #2 doubles, 6-7 at #3 doubles) ... tied program record for

singles wins in a season ... an NE-10 All-Conference Second Team selection

for #5 singles. High School: Played four years of tennis, basketball and

soccer at Exeter High School ... tennis team’s MVP as a junior and senior ...

won state championship in soccer as a senior. Personal: Marran Whitney

Ranks ... daughter of Scott and Carla Ranks ... born January 11, 1989 ...

majoring in education and mathematics ... a member of the Student-Athlete

Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Deahna GiguereSr. wOakland, Maine

As a Junior: Went 9-5 in singles action

(2-0 at #1 singles, 7-5 at #2 singles), and

9-5 in doubles action (2-2 at #1 singles, 7-

3 at #2 doubles) ... an NE-10 All-

Conference First Team pick at #2 singles

(perfect 5-0 at #2 singles in league play,

and 7-0 overall) ... missed fall semester, as

she was studying abroad ... an NE-10

Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient ... a

Dean’s List member. As a Sophomore:

Went 8-5 in singles action (0-1 at #1 singles, 8-4 at #2 singles) and 10-6 at

#1 doubles pairing with junior Lindsay Horne ... an NE-10 Women’s Tennis

All-Championship Team honoree ... didn’t play in fall semester, as she was

a member of the SMC women’s soccer team (played in seven games, includ-

ing two starts) ... an NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient ... made

Dean’s List both semesters. As a Freshman: Went 11-5 in singles action (3-

1 at #1 singles, 8-4 at #2 singles), and 12-9 in doubles action (7-6 at #1 dou-

bles, 5-3 at #2 doubles). High School: Played tennis and soccer at

Messalonskee High School ... a three-time Morning Sentinel tennis MVP,

and Player of the Year in soccer ... had 33-3 career tennis record ... captained

both teams as a senior ... won Eagle Award and Academic Honor Roll all

four years. Personal: Deahna Elyse Giguere ... daughter of Charlie and

Gayle Giguere ... born October 19, 1988 ... majoring in psychology, with a

minor in gender studies.

Eileen Mullowney

Jr. w Burlington, Vt.

As a Sophomore: Went 1-1 in sin-gles action (0-1 at #4 singles, 1-0 at#5 singles) and 1-1 in doubles action(0-1 at #1 doubles, 1-0 at #2 dou-bles) before suffering a season-end-ing injury ... an NE-10Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipi-ent ... a Dean’s List member. As aFreshman: Went 10-6 in singlesaction (4-1 at #4 singles, 6-5 at #5singles), and 14-5 in doubles action (3-2 at #1 doubles, 5-1 at #2doubles, 6-2 at #3 doubles) ... an NE-10 Commissioner’s HonorRoll recipient ... made Dean’s List both semesters. High School:Played four years of tennis and swimming at Burlington HighSchool ... tennis coach was Jeanne Hulsen (former SMC assistantcoach), and swimming coach was Laura Matuszak (former SMCassistant coach) ... a two-time tennis state finalist, and state swimchampion as a senior ... a Vermont Principal’s Association Scholar-Athlete. Personal: Eileen Mary Mullowney ... daughter of Jamesand Mary Mullowney (mother played tennis at Lehigh University)... born July 16, 1990 ... majoring in accounting and minoring inmathematics ... also a member of the SMC swim team, and holdssix individual and two relay program records.



Emily Ogilvy

Jr. w Bedford, N.H.

As a Sophomore: Went 1-1 in sin-gles action (1-0 at #5 singles, 0-1 at#6 singles), and 9-3 in doublesaction (1-0 at #2 doubles, 8-3 at #3doubles) ... earned NE-10 All-Conference First Team honors at #3doubles (8-1 in league play) ... anNE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Rollrecipient. As a Freshman: Went 10-7 in singles action (1-0 at #3 singles,3-1 at #5 singles, 6-6 at #6 singles)

and 3-1 at #3 doubles ... tied for third on the team in singles wins... an NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient ... a Dean’s Listmember. High School: Played four years of tennis at Trinity HighSchool ... team MVP as a junior and senior ... competed in statechampionships in singles as a senior, and doubles as a sophomore... won Academic Scholar Award three times. Personal: EmilyCabor Ogilvy ... daughter of Michael and Jennifer Ogilvy ... bornJune 15, 1989 ... grandfather, Stephen Ogilvy, is inducted into NewEngland Tennis Hall of Fame ... great uncle, Frank Hunter, wonWimbledon doubles title in 1927.

Emily Magee

So. w Queensbury, N.Y.

As a Freshman: Went 8-6 in singlesaction (3-1 at #3 singles, 3-2 at #4singles, 2-3 at #5 singles), and 8-5 indoubles action (4-1 at #1 doubles, 2-0 at #2 doubles, 2-4 at #3 doubles)... went 8-3 in league play in singles.High School: Competed in varsitytennis (for six seasons) and alpineskiing (for five seasons) atQueensbury High School ... a three-time Empire State Games tennis

participant ... in tennis, was Foothills Council singles champion andleague Most Valuable Player ... as a junior, was Foothills Councilsingles champion and state qualifier for doubles ... tennis team wonFoothills Council championship all six seasons, and won alpine skititle three seasons. Personal: Emily Magee ... daughter of Stephenand Robyn Magee ... born July 31, 1991 ... majoring in art, andminoring in business administration ... brother, Ryan, is a senior atSMC and a member of the men's tennis team.

Alex Dalton

So. w South Easton, Mass.

As a Freshman: Went 11-3 in sin-gles action (1-0 at #4 singles, 8-1 at#5 singles, 2-2 at #6 singles), and 5-2 in doubles action (2-0 at #2 dou-bles, 3-2 at #3 doubles) ... tied forthe team lead in singles wins ... anNE-10 All-Conference SecondTeam pick at #5 singles (went 7-0 inleague play at #5 singles) ... an NE-10 All-Rookie pick. High School:Played four years of varsity tennis at Oliver Ames High School ...a Hockomock League All-Star all four seasons ... went undefeated(18-0) in #2 singles as a freshman ... was a combined 32-4 at #1singles as a sophomore and junior. Personal: Alexandra MarieDalton ... daughter of William and Rosemary Dalton ... bornDecember 19, 1990 ... majoring in biology ... sister, Catherine,played on the SMC women's tennis team from 2006-10.

Jean-Marie McGrath

So. w Niwot, Colo.

As a Freshman: Went a perfect 11-0 in singles action (2-0 at #3 singles,4-0 at #4 singles, 1-0 at #5 singles,4-0 at #6 singles), and 5-3 in doublesaction (5-1 at #2 doubles, 0-2 at #3doubles) ... tied for the team lead insingles wins ... 9-0 in league play insingles ... an NE-10 Commissioner’sHonor Roll recipient ... a Dean’s Listmember. High School: Competedin tennis, softball and swimming atAlexander Dawson School ... won the #2 singles title at theColorado Class 4A Region 1 tournament, and entered the statetournament with a 15-0 record. Personal: Jean-Marie McGrath ...daughter of James and Alicia McGrath ... born July 14, 1991 ... hastwo relatives that sailed in college (one at Boston College, one atHarvard University) ... is believed to be the first player fromColorado in program history ... undecided on a major.

2009-10 Results & Statistics

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Overall Record: 12-9 (5-2 Home, 6-3 Away, 1-4 Neutral) - NE-10 Record: 10-3 - Non-Conference Record: 2-6

Date Opponent Result SMC Results9/12 at Saint Rose* W, 9-0 Singles: Ranks (W), Ash (W), Magee (W), McGrath (W), A. Dalton (W), C. Dalton (W)

Doubles: Ash/Magee (W), Ranks/Mullowney (W), Smullen/Ogilvy (W)9/13 at Le Moyne* W, 7-2 Singles: Ash (L), Ranks (W), McGrath (W), Magee (W), Mullowney (W), C. Dalton (W)

Doubles: Ranks/Mullowney (L), Ash/A. Dalton (W), Smullen/Ogilvy (W)9/20 Adelphi* L, 6-3 Singles: Ranks (L), Ash (L), Magee (L), Mullowney (L), A. Dalton (W), Smullen (L)

Doubles: Ash/Magee (W), Ranks/McGrath (W), Ogilvy/Smullen (L)10/3 at Franklin Pierce* W, 9-0 Singles: Ash (W), Ranks (W), Magee (W), McGrath (W), A. Dalton (W), Smullen (W)

Doubles: Ash/Magee (W), Ranks/Dalton (W), Smullen/Ogilvy (W)10/4 at New Haven* W, 7-2 Singles: Ranks (L), Ash (W), McGrath (W), Magee (W), A. Dalton (W), Ogilvy (L)

Doubles: Ash/Magee (W), Ranks/McGrath (W), Ogilvy/Smullen (W)10/17 Saint Anselm* W, 8-1 Singles: Ash (W), Ranks (W), Magee (W), McGrath (W), A. Dalton (W), Smullen (W)

Doubles: Ash/Magee (L), Ranks/McGrath (W), Smullen/Ogilvy (W)3/6 Pace* W, 9-0 Singles: Horne (W), Giguere (W), Ranks (W), Ash (W), Magee (W), A. Dalton (W)

Doubles: Horne/Giguere (W), Ranks/McGrath (W), Ogilvy/Smullen (W)3/14 Wayne State# L, 8-1 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (L), Ranks (L), Ash (L), Magee (L), C. Dalton (L)

Doubles: Horne/Giguere (L), Ranks/Ash (W), A. Dalton/McGrath (L)3/15 Minnesota-State Moorehead# W, 7-2 Singles: Horne (W), Giguere (W), Ranks (W), Ash (W), McGrath (W), C. Calton (W)

Doubles: Ash/Ranks (L), Giguere/Magee (W), Smullen/Ogilvy (L)3/16 Augustana (S.D.)# L, 5-4 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (L), Ranks (L), Magee (L), A. Dalton (W), McGrath (W)

Doubles: Horne/Giguere (L), Ranks/Ash (W), A. Dalton/C. Dalton (W)3/18 William Smith# L, 8-1 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (L), Ash (L), Magee (L), A. Dalton (L), C. Dalton (L)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (L), Giguere/Magee (W), Ash/McGrath (L)3/19 Connecticut College# L, 8-1 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (L), Ranks (L), Ash (L), C. Dalton (L)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (W), Ash/McGrath (L), Ogilvy/Smullen (L)3/27 at Stonehill* L, 8-1 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (W), Ranks (L), Ash (L), Magee (L), A. Dalton (L)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (L), Giguere/Ash (L), Magee/C. Dalton (L)3/28 at Bentley W, 8-1 Singles: Giguere (W), Ranks (W), Ash (L), Magee (W), A. Dalton (W), McGrath (W)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (W), Giguere/Ash (W), Magee/A. Dalton (W)3/30 Southern N.H.* L, 5-4 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (W), Ranks (L), Ash (W), Magee (L), A. Dalton (W)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (L), Giguere/Ash (W), Magee/A. Dalton (L)4/1 at American Int’l* W, 9-0 Singles: Giguere (W), Ranks (W), Ash (W), McGrath (W), Ogilvy (W), C. Dalton (W)

Doubles: Giguere/Ash (W), Ogilvy/McGrath (W), A. Dalton/C. Dalton (W)4/6 Merrimack* W, 8-1 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (W), Ranks (W), A. Dalton (W), Magee (W), McGrath (W)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (W), Giguere/Ash (W), Ogilvy/Smullen (W)4/17 Assumption* W, 9-0 Singles: Horne (W), Giguere (W), Ranks (W), Ash (W), A. Dalton (W), McGrath (W)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (W), Giguere/Ash (W), Smullen/Ogilvy (W)4/21 Bentley$ W, 5-0 Singles: Horne (W), Giguere (W), Ranks (DNF), Ash (DNF), A. Dalton (DNS), McGrath (DNS)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (W), Giguere/Ash (W), Magee/Smullen (W)4/23 Southern N.H.@ L, 5-0 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (DNF), Ranks (L), Ash (DNF), A. Dalton (DNS), Magee (DNS)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (L), Giguere/Ash (L), Smullen/Magee (L)5/7 at Queens (N.Y.)^ L, 5-0 Singles: Horne (L), Giguere (L), Ranks (DNF), Ash (DNF), A. Dalton (DNF), Magee (DNF)

Doubles: Horne/Ranks (L), Giguere/Ash (L), Magee/Smullen (L)

* NE-10 match # - Orlando, Fla. $ - NE-10 Quarterfinals @ - NE-10 Semifinals ^ NCAA Division II East Regional

Singles Won at PositionPlayer #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Record Win%Lindsay Horne 4-9 4-9 .308Deahna Giguere 2-0 7-5 9-5 .643Marybeth Ash 2-1 2-1 1-2 4-3 9-7 .563Marran Ranks 1-2 5-0 4-6 10-8 .556Emily Magee 3-1 3-2 2-3 8-6 .571Jean-Marie McGrath 2-0 4-0 1-0 4-0 11-0 1.000Alex Dalton 1-0 8-1 2-2 11-3 .786Eileen Mullowney 0-1 1-0 1-1 .500Emily Ogilvy 10 0-1 1-1 .500Catherine Dalton 0-1 4-2 4-3 .571Jackie Smullen 2-1 2-1 .667Totals 9-12 14-6 10-9 12-6 13-5 12-6 70-44 .614

Doubles Won at PositionPlayer #1 #2 #3 Record Win%Horne/Giguere 5-5 5-5 .500Ash/Magee 4-1 4-1 .800Giguere/Horne 1-2 1-2 .333Ash/Giguere 1-0 5-3 6-3 .667Mullowney/Ranks 0-1 1-0 1-1 .500Ash/Ranks 0-1 2-0 2-1 .667McGrath/Ranks 4-0 4-0 1.000Giguere/Magee 2-0 2-0 1.000Ash/A. Dalton 1-0 1-0 1.000A. Dalton/Ranks 1-0 1-0 1.000McGrath/Ogilvy 1-0 1-0 1.000Ash/McGrath 0-1 0-1 0-2 .000Ogilvy/Smullen 8-3 8-3 .727A. Dalton/C.Dalton 2-0 2-0 1.000A. Dalton/Magee 1-1 1-1 .500Magee/Smullen 1-2 1-2 .333A. Dalton/McGrath 0-1 0-1 .000C. Dalton/Magee 0-1 0-1 .000Totals 11-10 17-4 12-9 40-23 .635

History & Records


Year W L Coach1980 5 2 Tom Obbagy1981 1 7 Tom Obaggy1982 6 4 Steve Antrim1983 6 3 Beth Cleary1984 2 9 Vivian Fong1985 5 6 Ashley Mikell1986 6 5 Ashley Mikell1987 3 9 George Shaw1988 7 8 George Shaw1989 2 9 Terry Murphy1990 0 9 Larry Bayle1991 3 8 Larry Bayle1992 6 5 Larry Bayle1993 5 5 Larry Bayle1994 5 6 Steve LaTulippe1995 5 6 Steve LaTulippe1996 5 6 Steve LaTulippe1997 7 6 Steve LaTulippe1998 10 3 Steve LaTulippe1999 10 4 Steve LaTulippe2000 11 4 Steve LaTulippe2001 13 1 Steve LaTulippe2002 12 4 Steve LaTulippe2004 9 4 Greg Cluff2004-05 11 4 Greg Cluff2005-06 11 9 Greg Cluff2006-07 14 7 Greg Cluff2007-08 15 7 Greg Cluff2008-09 14 7 Gregg Cluff2009-10 12 9 Gregg Cluff28 seasons 221-176 .557 win %

NOTE: women's tennis changed from a fall

sport to a spring sport following the fall 2002

season. Following the spring 2004 season,

women's tennis became both a fall and a

spring sport.

Coaching RecordsCoach Years Record Pct.

Beth Cleary 1983 (1) 6-3 .667

Steve LaTulippe 1994-2002 (9) 78-40 .661

Greg Cluff 2004-present (7) 86-47 .647

Steve Antrim 1982 (1) 6-4 .600

Ashley Mikell 1985-86 (2) 11-11 .500

Tom Obaggy 1980-81 (2) 6-9 .400

George Shaw 1987-88 (2) 10-17 .370

Larry Bayle 1990-93 (4) 14-27 .341

Vivian Fang 1984 (1) 2-9 .182

Terry Murphy 1989 (1) 2-9 .182

Individual Records

Career Win Pct.: .835, by Shannon Bergin (91-18), 2001-05

Most Career Wins: 91, by Shannon Bergin (91-18), 2001-05

Singles Records

Most Wins, Season: 17, by Catherine Dalton (17-1), 2006-07 (#4/#5/#6 singles)

17, by Marran Ranks (17-3), 2007-08 (#4/#5/#6 singles)

Most Wins, Season (freshman): 17, by Catherine Dalton (17-1), 2006-07

(#4/#5/#6 singles)

17, by Marran Ranks (17-3), 2007-08

(#4/#5/#6 singles)

Most Wins, Career: 47, by Shannon Bergin (47-7), 2001-05

Doubles Records

Most Wins, Season: 15, by Kelly Spelman/Mandy Puskas, 1998 (#1 doubles)

Most Wins, Career: Individual: 44, by Shannon Bergin (44-11), 2001-05

Team: 33, by Spelman/Puskas (33-7), 1997-99

Team Records

Most Wins, Season: 15, in 2007-08

Best Winning Percentage, Season: .928 in 2001 (13-1)

Fewest Wins, Season: 0, in 1990

Lowest Winning Percentage, Season: .000, in 1990 (0-9)

Most Singles Wins: 73, in 2006-07 (73-45)

73, in 2007-08 (73-47)

Highest Singles Win Pct.: .850, in 1983 (34-6)

Most Doubles Wins: 43, in 2008-09 (43-20)

Highest Doubles Win Pct.: .875, in 1983 (14-2)

Longest Regular Season Win Streak: 16 matches, 10/21/00 - 9/7/02

Northeast-10 Conference Champions1994 - Nikki Hill and Kate Colclough, #1 doubles

1998 - Kelly Spelman and Mandy Puskas, #1 doubles

Top Individual Players (By Combined Career Wins)1. Shannon Bergin ’05 (91-18, .835)

2. Kate Harrison ’02 (85-29, .746)

3. Mandy Puskas ’01 (80-29, .733)

4. Kelly Spelman ’00 (78-24, .764)

5. Marran Ranks ’11 (74-38, .655)Marran Ranks ’11 moved into the Saint

Michael’s top five for all-time combined wins.


President Jack NeuhauserJohn J. (Jack) Neuhauser,

University Professor, BostonCollege, began his tenure as the16th president of Saint Michael’sCollege, a liberal arts residentialCatholic college located in theBurlington area of Vermont, onAugust 1, 2007. He was inaugurat-ed on September 29, 2007.

Professor Neuhauser servedfrom 1999 to 2005 as academicvice president and dean of facul-ties of Boston College, and from

1977 to 1999 as dean and professor of the Boston CollegeCarroll School of Management. Dr. Neuhauser, a computerscientist, will begin his position as president of Saint Michael’sCollege on July 1, 2007.

“I’ve come to know and admire Saint Michael’s College asa trustee for five years, and quite literally, to know this place isto love it,” Professor Neuhauser said, on being named thenext president of the college. “The academic qualities of SaintMichael’s, its faculty commitment to scholarship and teaching,the enthusiasm and curiosity of its students, and its talentedadministration and staff, should put it in the first ranks of lib-eral arts colleges. That is the path I hope we will followtogether,” he said. “I only hope to be able to continue thestrong legacy of Marc and Dana vanderHeyden [SaintMichael’s current president and his wife] and their predeces-sors.”

During his six years as academic vice president and deanof faculties of Boston College, Professor Neuhauser wasresponsible for leadership of the faculty in seven schools andcolleges, containing 670 full-time faculty members, and nearly400 part-time. During this time the number of full-time facul-ty increased by 50 and the number of endowed professorshipsmore than doubled, to 45. Half the new faculty were personsof color.

As dean of Boston College’s Carroll School ofManagement, Professor Neuhauser led a redesign of the MBAprogram to promote socially responsible, ethical managementand to offer several joint degree programs: MBA-MSA, MBA-JD and MBA-Ph.D. He is also credited with raising $20 mil-lion on his own for the Carroll School.

A native of New York City, Dr. Neuhauser earned a bach-elor’s degree in physics from Manhattan College in 1964, amaster’s in operations research and statistics from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute in 1965, and a doctorate in operationsresearch and statistics: mathematics, also from Rensselaer, in1968.

Professor Neuhauser is described “as an academic leaderwho strives for excellence first,” and as a person who is “verycomfortable providing leadership within the framework of astrong Catholic institution.” Jack Neuhauser has been a mem-ber of the Saint Michael's College Board of Trustees since2001. He is the father of three grown children. He has com-pleted the Boston Marathon seven times.

Athletic Administration


Geri Knortz, Ed.D. M’05

Athletics Director

On May 7, 1997, Geraldine S. Knortz,Ed.D., became the fifth athletics directorin the College’s 93-year history, and thefirst woman to ever hold the position.

“We were looking for someone withthe leadership abilities to carry SaintMichael's into the 21st century, with con-cern for all students,” then-college presi-

dent Marc A. vanderHeyden said. “I am convinced we have found theright person in Geri Knortz.”

While at Saint Michael's, Knortz has guided the successful transi-tion of the women’s ice hockey program to varsity status and themen’s ice hockey program’s move to the ECAC East Conference.Knortz has also been instrumental in the addition of numerous full-time coaching positions, improvements to coaches offices, the reno-vation of the Ross Sports Center gymnasium floor in 2001, and theconstruction of the Duffy Artificial Turf Field in 2005.

Under her leadership, notable team successes include the fieldhockey team’s semifinal finish at the 2000 and 2001 NCAAChampionship, the men’'s basketball “Sweet Sixteen” appearance in2001, and the crowning of the men’s hockey team as the 1999 NCAADivision II Champions. The last three years, the women’s tennis teamearned the program’s first three appearances in the NCAA Division IITournament, and the men’s ice hockey team was crowned Northeast-10 Conference Tournament champions twice in the last three years.

Knortz has been a member of many college committees at SaintMichael's including: strategic planning, athletic advisory, technologysteering, administrative council, and numerous search committees. Atthe national level, she currently serves on the NCAA Committee onWomen’s Athletics, and is past chair of the NCAA Division IINominating Committee and the NCAA Postgraduate ScholarshipCommittee for the Northeast District. She is also active with theNational Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators.

Knortz prepared well for her opportunity at Saint Michael's dur-ing a very successful 15 year career at Hamilton College, where sheheld the position of associate director of athletics and senior womanadministrator. She was also a professor of physical education (tenured1987), and coached two varsity sports: volleyball and softball. She is a1974 graduate (magna cum laude) of the State University of NewYork at Cortland, where she earned a bachelor of science in physicaleducation and mathematics. She went on to earn her master of sci-ence in education at Northern Illinois University in 1978, and a mas-ter of science in administration at Saint Michael's in 2005.

Zaf Bludevich

Senior Associate

Athletics Director

A member of the athletic department

since 1975, Zaf Bludevich has been

involved in nearly every aspect of Saint

Michael’s athletics since his arrival more

than three decades ago.

Bludevich has served as associate ath-

letic director, head athletics trainer, summer

camp director, intramural director and has

coached several sports. From 1975 to 2003, he served as the College’s

head athletic trainer, and in 2004 was promoted to his current title.

A 1993 Saint Michael’s Hall of Fame inductee, Bludevich has

served on numerous committees and received several awards for his

tireless efforts and dedication to Purple Knights athletics. He has held

the positions of treasurer and secretary on the Vermont Association of

Athletic Trainers and been a member of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules

and Women’s Championship committees and ECAC Cross Country and

Track Committee.

Bludevich’s longest tenure in a coaching position was 16 years with

the cross country program, though he split his time between the men’s

(1980-83, 1990-97) and women’s (1980-87) squads. In 1984 and 1985,

his women’s squad won the Mideast Conference title.

He was the co-head coach of the men’s swimming and diving team

during its first four seasons of existence (1974-78). In 1975, he coached

the school’s field hockey team, and in 1990 he assisted Lou DiMasi’s

men’s lacrosse team.

A 1974 graduate of Norwich University (and 2004 Norwich Hall

of Fame inductee), where he received his bachelor’s degree in physical

education, he earned his master’s in education/athletic training in 1975.

In 1991, he received a degree in physical therapy from the University of

Vermont.

Chris Kenny

Associate Athletics Director

Now in his third decade as a collegeemployee, Chris Kenny - the College’s asso-ciate athletic director - is primarily respon-sible for NCAA compliance, marketing,development, and sport administration.Kenny is a product of Saint Michael’s, earn-ing a bachelor of arts degree in journalismand master of science degree in administra-tion and management at the College.

After a brief stint as public relationsdirector in the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies minor leaguesystems following graduation, he returned to his alma mater to be theCollege’s sports information director, a position he held for eight years.

Following his term as the school’s SID, he served as Director ofAthletic External Affairs for two years, before being promoted first toAssistant, then Associate Athletic Director.

A well-known face around campus, Kenny is a member of severalcommittees, both on campus and in the outer realm of college athletics.A former member of the NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Committee,he is a member of the National Association of Collegiate MarketingAdministrators, and the National Association of Athletics ComplianceCoordinators. He is also a member of Leadership Champlain’s Class of2005. A division of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber ofCommerce, Leadership Champlain is a prestigious year-long programfocused on developing professional leadership and awareness of com-munity issues facing Vermont.

On campus, he is a member of the College’s Athletic Task Force,Athletic Advisory Council, and Judicial Review Board, and chairs theCollege’s Athletic Hall of Fame Committee.

Kenny is also an active volunteer in and outside the Burlingtoncommunity. He serves on the Vermont State Sports Council, is a mem-ber of the board of directors for Big Apple Basketball (a non-profitcorporation committed to helping New York City kids achieve theirdream of a college education), and volunteers for Vermont’s Camp Ta-Kum-Ta (a residential summer camp for children with cancer) havingserved the camp as a member of its board of directors for 10 years. Heis also the Executive Director of the Robert J. Kenny Memorial GolfTournament, which endows camping scholarships at the Clara BartonCamp for girls with diabetes in memory of his late father, and is a mem-ber of the Barton Center’s “Friends of Barton.”

Sports Medicine

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Whitney Grennon

Athletic Medicine Intern

Whitney Grennon joins Saint

Michael's for her first year as the

athletic medicine intern in 2010-11.

She will assist with the health care

of the College's 21 NCAA Division

II intercollegiate varsity sports pro-

grams.

Grennon graduated summa cum laude from

Norwich University in May with a bachelor of science

degree in sports medicine/athletic training, and minors

in biology, health-nutrition, and coaching. While at

Norwich, she worked in the athletic training room for

four years, where she actively assisted the College's ath-

letic training staff.

Grennon also was a four-year standout for the

Norwich softball team, and three-year team captain.

Grennon also served two years as president of the

College's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Jim Murdock

Head Athletic Trainer

Jim Murdock, an athletic

trainer with nearly 30 years

of collegiate experience,

enters his second year as

Saint Michael’s head athletic

trainer in 2010-11.

Murdock joins Saint Michael’s after spending

11 years as an athletic trainer at the University of

Vermont, including five years as head athletic

trainer and assistant director of the Center for

Health and Wellbeing. As head athletic trainer, he

worked with all 27 of UVM’s NCAA Division I

varsity sports programs, and was the supervisor

for seven full-time staff, two part-time staff, sever-

al student athletic trainers, and three athletic medi-

cine facilities.

Prior to his time at UVM, Murdock was the director of sports medicine/head athletic trainer and assistant ath-

letics director at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J., from 1986-98. While at Monmouth, he developed

a drug-education course and program for student-athletes, and also taught a variety of courses related to athletic

training, health and fitness, and first aid safety.

Murdock is a 1980 graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a bachelor of science degree in physical

education/athletic training, and earned his masters of education in sports medicine/athletic training from the

University of Virginia in 1991. He also has served a six-year stint (1980-86) as an assistant athletic trainer and head

baseball coach at Washington & Lee University, an NCAA Division III institution in Lexington, Va.

Jessica Moore

Athletic Trainer

Jessica Moore enters her fifth

season as athletic trainer at Saint

Michael’s in 2010-11. She assists in

all of the College’s 21 varsity sports,

and works primarily with the men’s

and women’s ice hockey teams dur-

ing the winter.

Moore received her bachelor’s degree from Castleton

State College in 2002, earning her degree in sports med-

icine. While at Castleton, she was a senior athletic train-

ing student with men’s and women’s basketball, softball,

baseball and women’s soccer.

After graduating from Castleton, Moore was a grad-

uate assistant at Old Dominion University, working pri-

marily with the women's basketball team, which hosted

the NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional Tournament in

2006. She received her master's degree in education from

Old Dominion in 2006.

The Athletic Training Room is located on the first floor of the Ross

Sports Center, across from the gym.

Athletic Support


Stacey PeetAdministrative Assistant

Stacey Peet is in her 13th year as

administrative assistant to the athletic

department. She has several duties, includ-

ing managing the day-to-day operations of

the department. She also acts as the athlet-

ic department’s business manager.

Peet, a well-known face on campus, is

often seen singing the national anthem at

many of the men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soc-

cer, field hockey, and men’s ice hockey home games.

Jon MilazzoEquipment and Events

Manager

Jon Milazzo, a native of Richmond,

Vt., has been the Purple Knights’ equip-

ment and events manager since 1998. He is

in charge of the purchasing and distribu-

tion of all apparel and equipment for the

College’s 21 varsity programs.

In addition, Milazzo is responsible for

the game management of each home athletic event and the operation

of the college’s concession stand for home basketball games. He also

oversees a student work study staff of 15.

Milazzo is a graduate of the University of Hartford. Before

arriving at Saint Michael’s, he was an athletic equipment manager at

the University of Vermont for 17 years.

Meggan Dulude ’07Coordinator of Athletic

Facilities & Student Workers

Meggan Dulude was named the

College’s full-time Coordinator of

Athletic Facilities & Student Workers on

June 24, 2010. She is responsible for the

coordination of all athletics facilities and

field requests, among other tasks.

Dulude (formerly Meggan Roberge)

was a standout pitcher for the Saint Michael’s softball team from

2004-07, and holds nearly every pitching record in program history.

Seth Cole ’01

Sports Information Director

Seth Cole, a native of Blue Hill,

Maine, returns for his eighth year as

sports information director for Saint

Michael’s in 2010-11. He handles all pub-

licity and media relations efforts for the

College’s 21 varsity sports, and is the

chair of the Northeast-10 Conference

Sports Information Directors. He also

served as the College’s baseball coach from 2006-08.

Cole, a 2001 graduate of Saint Michael’s with a bachelor’s

degree in journalism, returns following a 12-month stint with USA

Hockey in Colorado Springs, Colo. He first served USA Hockey as

The Brian Fishman Intern before being hired full-time as coordina-

tor of media and public relations.

Prior to joining USA Hockey, Cole spent the 2001-02 school

year as an Asa S. Bushnell intern with the Eastern College Athletic

Conference in Centerville, Mass.

As an undergraduate, Cole served internships with the Saint

Michael’s sports information office and with the sports department

of the Burlington Free Press. In addition, he also served as sports edi-

tor of The Defender, Saint Michael’s award-winning student newspa-

per.

A four-year starter at second base for the Purple Knights’ var-

sity baseball team, Cole won the George “Doc” Jacobs Award, given

annually to a student who makes an outstanding contribution to the

athletic department at Saint Michael’s.

Mary MoreauOffice Coordinator

Mary Moreau is in her 16th year as the

athletic department’s office coordinator.

She is responsible for coordinating travel

for every team and makes all necessary

arrangements for home and away contests,

including scheduling officials and trans-

portation.

Along with Stacey Peet, she helps man-

age the day-to-day operations of the athletic department.

Tony Bonvechio ’10

Sports Information Intern

Tony Bonvechio ’10 joins Saint

Michael’s in the role of sports information

intern for the 2010-11 academic year. He

will assist with all public and media rela-

tions facets for the College’s 21 varsity

sports programs.

Bonvechio, a journalism and mass com-

munications major with a 3.2 GPA, played

baseball at Saint Michael’s for two years (and at Southern New

Hampshire University for one season). As a senior in 2010, he led the

Purple Knights with three home runs and a .472 slugging percentage

while serving as the squad’s primary catcher.

James FranklinTickets Manager and

Events Supervisor

James Franklin was named the head

coach of men’s soccer, tickets manager,

and events supervisor at Saint Michael’s

College in April of 2008.

Franklin has 12 years of collegiate

coaching experience, most recently as an

assistant coach for the University of

Vermont’s women’s program in 2006 and 2007. Prior to joining

UVM, Franklin was the men’s soccer head coach at Norwich from

2003-06. He played collegiate soccer at nearby Champlain College,

where he earned his bachelor’s degree.

Doc Jacobs Complex (left) is home to Saint Michael’s

outdoor sports teams including tennis, softball, field

hockey, soccer, lacrosse and baseball. The centerpiece

of the facility is the Christopher Duffy Artificial Turf

Field, a synthetic turf playing surface dedicated in

October of 2005. The field, used by lacrosse, soccer

and field hockey for all home games, was made possible

due to a generous lead gift by John and Kathleen Duffy,

parents of Kevin Duffy ’03, in honor of Kevin’s older

brother, Christopher, who died during the September

11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. The com-

plex also has a natural grass soccer field, as well as soft-

ball and baseball diamonds. The four-court tennis facil-

ity is just outside of the entrance to the complex (not

visible in picture at left - in lower-right corner).

The Ross Sports Center pool is home to the Purple Knights

swimming and diving teams. The 25-yard, six-lane pool is also

the home of Green Mountain Aquatics.

The Tarrant Recreation Center, named after the parents of former bas-

ketball All-American Rich Tarrant ’65, offers students indoor basketball,

tennis, racquetball and squash courts. It also has a 1/8 mile suspended

indoor track.

The Saint Michael’s basketball teams and women’s volleyball team play in the Ross Sports

Center, which was renovated in the summer of 2001. A new state-of-the-art floor was put

down to replace the previous one that existed since the building opened in 1973. The gym

has been named “The Taj Mahal of the Northeast-10 Conference”, and is widely regarded

as one of the finest facilities in the Northeast.

Facilities

The Fitness Center provides a wide variety of cardiovascular andweight-training equipment, including free weights, for all SaintMichael’s students, alumni, faculty members and staff.

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