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Golf team to compete in NCAA III tourney

STEVEN MACRI
Sports Editor

After winning the Freedom Conference tournament, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s men’s golf team will compete in the NCAA III tournament on May 14 in Destin, Fla.

The Devils began the 2013 season with one goal in mind: To win the Freedom Conference tournament. They reached that goal on April 26 in Hershey, Pa., by dethroning Manhattanville College and overcoming the competition from DeSales University.

“I think it’s satisfying,” said senior Daniel Bentson.

“We’ve had this date circled on our calendar since our schedules came out in early March. To put all our hard work into it and finally achieve our goal, it’s very satisfying.”

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Freshman Jordan Durham leads women’s golf to successful season

STEVEN MACRI
Sports Editor

Fairleigh Dickinson University’s women’s golf team is a real contender for the MAC Conference championship this year, thanks to freshman Jordan Durham.

Durham has had a season to remember, averaging a score of 81 per match. The impressive freshman has finished in the top five in every tournament the Devils have participated in this season.

The young golfer had some Division I schools contact her, but Durham decided to attend FDU.
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Men’s golf has successful start, hopes to reach NCAA tourney

STEVEN MACRI
Sports Editor

For senior Billy King and the rest of his class, this is their last chance to meet their goals and accomplish the task they came to do when arriving at Fairleigh Dickinson University. The men’s golf team currently sits at a 2-1 record, but have placed in multiple tournaments this season, including winning the Misericordia University Tournament.

For King, a better parting gift to cap off his career and the careers of the rest of his fellow seniors would be to win the big prize, the MAC Tournament, and head to the Division III NCAA Tournament.
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Baseball team looks for leadership entering the 2013 season

STEVEN MACRI
Sports Editor

FDU’s baseball team has new faces scattered throughout their lineup as they head into the first weeks of their 2013 season, which started with a loss against Kean.

The Devils were picked to finish third in the Preseason Freedom Conference Coaches’ Poll. According to junior shortstop Brandon Adams, the men don’t mind playing the underdog role this season.

“I kind of like being the three seed because we aren’t playing the season with a target on our backs,” Adams said. “Then we are going to come from behind and no one will expect it when they see us dog piling in Quakerstown.” (Quakerstown is where conference playoffs are held annually.)

The Devils graduated a large number of seniors last season. Big time hitters such as Ryan Fandel, Matt Joiner and Steve Seminerio are gone. The pitching staff lost starter Glenn Cox and Fred Lucchetti. The bullpen will also be without some major contributors such as Chris Laudati and Mike Winters.
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Hall and Williamson excel on Senior Day victory over Delaware Valley

STEVEN MACRI
Sports Editor

The crowd erupted at the Ferguson Recreation Center when Delaware Valley’s head basketball coach Casey Stitzel called a time out after his team fell behind by seven points, the largest defecit of last Saturday’s game against Fairleigh Dickinson’s men’s basketball team.

The two FDU seniors on the court, Derek Hall and Mike Williamson, carried the Devils through their scoring run, which helped guide the team to a lead. This seemed like a perfect moment since it was Senior Day, meaning this battle against Delaware Valley was Hall and Williamson’s last home game of their college careers.

Williamson explained how his and Hall’s experience helped during the close of the game.
“It comes with the experience,” Williamson said. “The team relies on us to lead because we know the ins and outs of the system” and how it is run.

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Former New York Giants running back tells FDU students about his life after football

STEVEN MACRI
Sports Editor

On Feb. 10, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) hosted an event and welcomed former New York Giants running back Cecil Lee Rouson at the Ferguson Recreation Center.
Senior communication studies major Zach Flaherty, FCA leader, organized this event and hopes to have a speaker come to the campus every other Sunday.

Rouson, who attended Colorado University, was drafted by the Giants in the 1985 National Football League (NFL) draft. He played under Head Coach Bill Parcells and won two Super Bowls while with the Giants. Rouson also played for one year with the Cleveland Browns.
The former Giants player is now a motivational speaker and Northern New Jersey director of the FCA. He is constantly traveling to provide his fellow Christians with his wisdom on his religion.
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FDU student goes to Bergamo

Photo courtesy of Mike Donnelly.


STEVE MACRI
Sports Editor

Mike Donnelly had never left the United States before, but that all changed when he studied abroad in Bergamo, Italy. Donnelly is a psychology major at the College at Florham, and felt this was something he could not miss out on.

He learned more about the fall semester study abroad program from Gloria Pastorino, the professor who spearheaded FDU’s partnership with the Universita degli studi di Bergamo.

“FDU gave me a golden opportunity, nothing was holding me back,” Donnelly said.

Pastorino assisted Donnelly in fulfilling his dream last semester by guiding him through the steps it took to get to Italy. The program is similar to Wroxton College, FDU’s English campus, which is popular among students.
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Women’s basketball shoots for Freedom Conference Championship

STEVE MACRI
Sports Editor

Marc Mitchell, the College at Florham’s head women’s basketball coach, is beginning to see results during his fourth season with the Devils.

Mitchell has pieced together this team the way he envisioned it when he accepted the job at FDU.

Currently, the women’s team is having their best season in program history. The Devils sit at a 21-2 record, thanks to an 18-game winning streak that ended earlier this month.

They were ranked number 25 in the country for Division III women’s basketball last week.

Mitchell shows he has a great deal of energy towards this year’s team and spectators can witness this at games. He is constantly yelling out play formations, arguing a bad call or giving advice to his young team.

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Sammond closes ‘Brooklyn’ themed month with talk of Dodgers

STEVE MACRI
Sports Editor

The Dodgers once were more than a team that played in the Major Leagues; they were the heart and soul of the borough of Brooklyn. Great players such as Jackie Robinson, Gil Hodges, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider and Roy Campanella were considered more than human to the citizens of Brooklyn – they were both role models and heroes.

Ken Sammond, associate director of the Florham honors program and a professor at FDU, talked about the history of the Dodgers while in Brooklyn and how it related to author Colm Toibin’s book, “Brooklyn,” in front of a large crowd at the Twombly Lounge on Nov. 27. This was the last of a month of speakers at the College at Florham about the influence of “Brooklyn.”

But, his main reason for traveling to the Twombly Lounge on a snowy Tuesday was to inform students about the Brooklyn Dodgers and their importance.
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SAAC hosts annual charity volleyball tournament

Team Zack Morris, the first place team from this year’s SAAC volleyball tournament on Nov. 29.


STEVE MACRI
Sports Editor

At 8 p.m. on Nov. 29, six teams walked through the doors of the Recreation Center at the College at Florham ready to compete for first place in the annual Student Athlete Advisory Committee volleyball tournament, while raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Jennifer Noon, field hockey head coach and adviser of SAAC, said, “We are in the Mid-Atlantic Conference and as a conference wide event every SAAC program is required to raise $500 for Make-A-Wish.”

Each team was allowed to play two to three games in the opening round. There was a semifinal round and, of course, the championship game. This tournament was competitive, but fun at the same time.

Different organizations showed up, such as the field hockey team, the women’s soccer team and sisters of Theta Phi Alpha.

The women from the volleyball team were also present to referee the matches. They used their knowledge of the game to help the players who are not as familiar with the sport.

According to m.wish.org, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has been helping children with life-threatening medical conditions since 1980. The organization is worldwide and is said to reach out to about 250,000 children.
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