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Fitzsimmons named NE-10 Women's Soccer Player of the Year
Nov. 8,
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SOUTH EASTON – American International College (AIC) women's soccer junior back Allie Fitzsimmons of West Springfield, was named the 2012 Northeast-10 Women's Soccer Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, it was announced following a vote of the NE-10 head coaches.
Fitzsimmons, who also earned first-team all-conference honors for the second straight season, has started in all 17 games for AIC, scoring five goals with one assist for 11 points. She is tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals this season. She also led a defense that has recorded ten shutouts in the last 11 games, just one shy of the school record for shutouts in a season. The Yellow Jackets enter the Northeast-10 Championship Tournament riding a school-record streak of six consecutive shutouts.
Fitzsimmons is the third player in program history to be named Northeast-10 Player of the Year, joining current head women's basketball coach Kristen (Patterson) Hutchison (2000) and Amanda Matthews (1988). She is the second player to be named Defensive Player of the Year, the first being Nicole Sullivan in 2000.
Elms field hockey falls in NECC title game
PAXTON – Elms College freshman Kristina Kopyscinski of Agawam, scored two goals, but top-seeded Anna Maria College used a pair of goals from Marybeth McClune to highlight a string of four straight scores by the AMCATS as Anna Maria posted a 4-2 win over the second-seeded Blazers the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship tournament title game on Nov. 3.
Senior goalkeeper Alexandra Bonavita of Agawam made eight saves in the losing effort.
Elms swimming tops Gordon
CHICOPEE – Senior Mark Gehring of West Springfield earned top honors in the 200-meter freestyle (2:16.67) and the 100-meter freestyle (1:00.08) as the Elms men's swimming and diving team earned a 146-87 victory over Gordon College on Nov. 3.
Junior Aaron Starke of Chicopee clocked a time of 26.44 in the 50-meter freestyle to claim first in the event.
Holyoke's Kyle Murphy was on the Blazers' 200-meter medley relay squad that posted a winning time of 1:59.05.
Narey nets game-winner in NECC semifinal
CHICOPEE – Elms College junior forward Kayla Narey of South Hadley netted her second goal of the game with just 28 seconds left in regulation to lift the second-seeded Blazers to a thrilling 5-4 victory over No. 3 Becker College in a Nov. 1 NECC Championship tournament semifinal.
Spring nets postseason goal
CHICOPEE – Freshman forward Hannah Spring of South Hadley netted a goal to help pace the third-seeded Blazers to a 2-0 victory over No. 6 Mitchell College in last week's NECC Championship tournament first round women's soccer game on Oct. 31.
Gallo pots goal in win
SPRINGFIELD – Westfield's Kelly Gallo netted a goal to help complete a 5-1 victory over Clark University in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship Quarterfinals on Oct. 31.
WSU to host baseball clinic
WESTFIELD – The 10th annual WSU Baseball Academy begins on Nov. 25, for players ages 9 to 18. There will be eight Sunday sessions with a fee of $50 per session. To register, contact Head Coach Ray Arra at 572-5633 or 244-7189.
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