A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E - Colby-Sawyer College

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Go
Chargers!
17 Colby-Sawyer
athletes were
named to the 2011
TCCC Academic
All-Conference
Team.
Baseball
(14–22; 8–14 TCCC)
After a one-year hiatus from The
Commonwealth Coast Conference
(TCCC) tournament, the 2011 baseball
team made it back for the 15th time
in 16 seasons. In the first round, the
Chargers traveled to top-seed Western
New England, where they rallied from a
6–1 deficit in the eighth inning before
the Golden Bears went on to a 6–5
victory. The team then traveled to Salve
Regina for an elimination game. The
Seahawks protected their home field,
scoring the game-winning run in the
bottom of the 10th to advance with
a 3–2 victory. Junior Justin Martin
(Lebanon, N.H.) earned All-TCCC
Honorable Mention accolades. In
conference-only games, Martin hit .300
and had an on-base percentage of .408.
Martin led Colby-Sawyer in all games
Brandon McFadden ’11
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Deb MacEachern ’11
with 17 runs batted in. Senior Brandon
McFadden (Dummerston, Vt.) set a new
Colby-Sawyer single season record for
throwing out attempted base stealers
with 19. He also led the conference in
that category with 15 during TCCC play.
McFadden finished with a school record
of 35 for his career.
Women’s Lacrosse
(8–10; 6–5 TCCC)
Under the direction of first-year head
coach Emily Rinde-Thorsen, the team
had one of its best seasons of the
past several years. Colby-Sawyer finished
sixth in 2011 to make a seventh
straight TCCC tournament appearance
and a 10th in the last 11 seasons. The
Chargers traveled to the tournament’s
number three seed, Curry College. The
Colonels came away with 13–8 victory,
ending Colby-Sawyer’s season as ranked
fourth in the nation in caused turnovers
(12.44) and 11th in ground balls per
game (25.89). Junior Brittney Murphy
by Sports Information Director Ryan Emerson
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(Woburn, Mass.) had a record-breaking
season in 2011. She set new single season
records for points with 100, goals
with 72, and assists with 28. Murphy
was named to the All-TCCC First Team.
She also found herself among the best
in the nation as she ranked 11th in
points, 15th in points per game, 16th in
goals and 26th in goals per game. Senior
co-captain Deb MacEachern (Billerica,
Mass.) anchored the defense and was
named to the All-TCCC Second Team
after leading the conference with 13.82
caused turnovers per game.
Men’s Tennis
(3–11; 3–8 TCCC)
The 2011 men’s tennis team featured
just one senior and the youth showed
as Colby-Sawyer finished ninth in
the TCCC standings, failing to reach
Rob Barnes ’11
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