Curry College Student Media
BY COLBY HOYLE // APRIL 16, 2013 // In the first of two games played at Curry on Marathon Monday, sophomore pitcher Thomas Fitzpatrick was nearly unhittable. Fitzgerald threw a complete-game two-hitter in leading the Colonels past Eastern Nazarene College, 4-0. The win was Fitzpatrick’s third of the year, improving him to 3-2 overall. Fitzpatrick […]
BY NICK IRONSIDE // APRIL 15, 2013 // Curry baseball coach Dave Perdios fumed after his team’s 14-5 loss against Western New England University on Sunday afternoon, April 14, following the first game of a doubleheader. After the Colonels allowed seven runs in the second inning, Perdios’s team just couldn’t come up with an answer. […]
BY BRANDON MARTINS // APRIL 12, 2013 // The 1-2 punch of Curry’s Ana Bottary and Mel Brickey was too much for the Wentworth Institute of Technology women’s lacrosse team to overcome Wednesday evening, as the Colonels pummeled WIT, 20-5. Bottary and Brickey combined for seven goals and 14 points overall in the conference matchup […]
BY KEVIN DIFFILY // MARCH 5, 2012 // Curry’s equestrian team finished first in the Wellesley College Intercollegiate Horse show on Sunday, March 3, earning the first top-team finish in the program’s four-year history. Curry competed in both the flat and jumping competitions. Flat is a class that is based on ground riding in which […]
BY KEVIN DIFFILY // MARCH 1, 2013 // Clad in white shirts in support of their home team, Curry students stormed the Student Center basketball court last Saturday, Feb. 23, like a New England blizzard. This storm was joyful, however, as the men’s basketball team won The Commonwealth Coast Conference championship and an automatic berth […]
BY JOE DAWSON // FEB. 8, 2013 // After falling behind early in the first period, Curry battled back to tie conference rival Salve Regina, 4-4, in Portsmouth, R.I., on Wednesday night. Senior Casey Brugman led the way with two goals. With two points on the line in ECAC Northeast conference standings, Curry fell behind […]
BY COLBY HOYLE // FEB. 7, 2013 // With a win Wednesday night over Western New England College, the Curry men’s basketball team clinched the top seed in the upcoming conference playoffs. The Colonels improved to 13-2 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference following their 71-60 victory in Milton. Sedale Jones, a senior criminal justice major, […]
BY NICK IRONSIDE // FEB. 7, 2013 // Curry’s women’s basketball team shot just 26 percent from the field in a 56-47 home loss to Western New England University on Wednesday night. The Colonels found themselves tied late in the game with the Golden Bears after trailing by 10 points at the half. But Curry […]
BY KEVIN DIFFILY // DEC. 13, 2012 // “Getting into the tournament is nice, but that’s not enough,” says T.J. Manastersky. The fact that Curry’s hockey team has reached the NCAA Division 3 Tournament four of the past eight years is an impressive feat, according to Manastersky, the college’s new hockey coach. But he is […]
BY KELSEY MARCHETTI // DEC. 7, 2012 // Wide receiver Rob Bambini made his senior season a memorable one. In his final year of football at Curry, the Westwood, Mass., native broke three all-time records. Bambini now owns the records for the most receptions (210), most receiving yards (2,922) and most touchdown receptions (38). “I […]
BY KEVIN DIFFILY // NOV. 13, 2012 // In the game of volleyball, height can make a huge difference. Considering that the net is more than seven feet high, it is fair to say that the taller a player is, the better chance he or she has to dominate a game. Just don’t tell that […]
BY ANDREW BLOM // NOV. 8, 2012 // Everyone knows the term “dumb jocks.” You know, athletes who emphasize their sport over their academics. Brawn over brains. Bench pressing over book reading. Sure, it’s a stereotype. But here at Curry, there’s little evidence of its truth. Bruce Weckworth takes great pride in that fact. As […]
A successful homecoming weekend for Curry College saw victories from the men’s soccer team and the Colonels football team. The men’s soccer team defeated Wentworth 1-0 for its first conference victory of the year. The goal was scored late in the second half by junior Darren Smith. The football team took down M.I.T. on Friday […]
BY KEVIN DIFFILY // SEPT. 14, 2012 // The fall season is always an exciting time for Curry College athletics. Whether your interest lies with the football team, men’s or women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, women’s tennis, or cross country, there is always plenty of enthusiasm at the beginning of each season. This year, the women’s […]
BY SEBASTIAN HUMBERT // APRIL 3, 2012 // It happened in the 2011 season opener, played in warm Florida weather. Running in from left field to make a play, Caitlin Luquet’s ankle gave in and her knee popped out. Curry went on to lose that game 9-1. But no one knows what might have been […]
BY BRENDAN CRONIN // MARCH 29, 2012 // In 1972, there were no women’s sports teams at Curry College. None. Zero. Zip. Today, the school features seven different women’s team, the same number as men’s squads. But 40 years after the passage of federal legislation requiring equal opportunities for female students, Curry is still lagging […]
BY ANDREW BLOM // MARCH 7, 2012 // “I thought this was the year,” said A.J. Stephens. “I had something to finish and I’m mad about not finishing it…again.” Stephens is a 6-foot-5, 255-pound basketball player nicknamed “The Beast” because of his aggressive style on the hardwood. At age 24, the junior communication major was […]
BY BRANDAN BLOM // MARCH 2, 2012 // (UPDATE: After defeating Nichols College in the ECAC Northeast semifinal earlier this week, 7-2, the Colonels now take on Wentworth this Saturday, March 3, for the ECAC Northeast championship and a spot in the NCAA Division III Tournament. The game starts at 2 p.m. at Matthews Arena […]
BY TIM MCCARTHY // DEC. 5, 2011 // “Get up, Shane. Get up!” It’s what senior Shane Geib heard from a teammate after being hit from behind and into the boards during a hockey game last December against Nichols College. The hit left Geib with multiple bloody gashes on his forehead, requiring seven stitches, and the […]
