A Look Back at the Fall of 2013

Men’s Cross Country

• Placed 5^th/6 at the 2013 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship 
  • Elms' sophomore Adam Kuzdzal (Chicopee, Mass.) was the first Blazers' runner to cross the line with a time of 32:46. Freshman Joseph Sirois (South Easton, Mass.) was next with a time of 34:30, followed by freshman Joshua Rolon (Chicopee, Mass.) (35:42) and seniors Jesse Zina (Ludlow, Mass.) (35:43) and John Southworth (1:02:45)

Women’s Cross Country

• Placed 2^nd/7 at the 2013 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship
  • Elms' senior Devon DeGrazia (Westport, Mass.) earned Second Team All-NECC honors with a sixth place overall time of 21:04 with the third fastest time by an Elms runner on any 5-kilometer course. Junior Rachel Lehouillier (Belchertown, Mass.) was 11^th overall with a time of 22:33, freshman Samantha White (Tolland, Mass.) (22:38), sophomore Emma Bernard (Springfield, Mass.) and junior Shirley Ryan (Brimfield, Mass.) finished 14^th, 16^th and 19^threspectively to give Elms five runners in the top 20. Senior Gabrielle Calvanese (Agawam, Mass.) (25:36), junior Emily Taylor (Ludlow, Mass.) (26:00), junior Maddie Boehm (Sutton, Mass.) (29:35) and senior Stephanie Konstantinidis (Holyoke, Mass.) (30:08) rounded out the Blazers' squad
  • Head Coach Matt Dyer was named the NECC Coach of the Year and the Blazers won the Team Sportsmanship Award

Field Hockey

• Finished the 2013 season with a 5-14 overall record, 4-2 in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action
• Garnered the third seed in the NECC Championship tournament
• Elms' senior midfielder Brianna Lyons (Canton, Mass.), junior defender Ashley Reid (Enfield, Conn.), sophomore forward Kristina Kopyscinski (Agawam, Mass.) and sophomore midfielder Abby McNulty (Bedford, Mass.) were all named First Team-All NECC.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Samantha Alvino (Holtsville, N.Y.) was named Honorable Mention All-NECC

Men’s Golf

• Placed 1^st/7 at the 2013 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship
  • Garnered the program’s first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Championship in May
  • Senior Henry Fall (Harpswell, Maine) finished second overall with a two-day score of 150 and became the first ever NECC golfer to be named First Team All-NECC in four consecutive seasons
  • Senior Tyler Cudnik (Hampden, Mass.) and freshman Chris Miele (South Hadley, Mass.) were named First Team All-NECC with two-day totals of 163; junior Nick Smith (Enfield, Conn.) was named Second Team All-NECC with a combined score of 165

Men’s Soccer

• Finished the 2013 season with an 11-9-0 overall record, 5-2 in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action
• Garnered the top seed in the NECC Championship tournament, secured a 5-0 victory over No. 2 Newbury College in the tournament title game and earned the program’s second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship
• Elms' senior forwards Ziggy Jonathan (Springfield, Mass.) and Adam O'Grady (Somers, Conn.) joined junior midfielder Safa Saady (Baghdad, Iraq) and sophomore defender Connor O'Grady (Somers, Conn.) on the all-conference first team

Women’s Soccer

• Finished the 2013 season with an 11-10-1 overall record, 8-1 in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action
• Secured the second seed in the NECC Championship tournament, earned a spot in the tournament title game and made an appearance in the 2013 ECAC Division III New England Championship
• Blazers' senior defender Ally Witaszek (Feeding Hills, Mass.) and sophomore midfielder Michelle Rossignol (Manchester, Conn.) were named First Team All-NECC
• Senior midfielder Christina Goodchild (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and sophomore forward Melissa Welch (Westfield, Mass.) were named Second Team All-NECC

Women’s Volleyball

• Finished the 2013 season with a 6-19 overall record, 2-6 in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action
• Junior middle hitter JC Pickett (Chicopee, Mass.) was named Honorable Mention All-NECC