Henderson Making a Mark at Springfield College
Monument Mountain alum Erving Henderson is making an impact in his first year on the Springfield College men's soccer team.
Henderson scored a pair of goals in the Pride's 3-1 win over Worcester State on Oct. 8. He has appeared in 11 games this season, collecting those two goals and an assist, and he has started once for the Pride.
Springfield College (5-6-2) hosts Wheaton College on Saturday.
Brody Calvert (Wahconah) a sophomore at Mass Maritime, leads his team with five goals this fall. He scored a goal last weekend in a 2-1 loss to Bridgewater State. Mass Maritime (2-10) is at Framingham State on Saturday.
Up at Vermont's Castleton State, Drury grad Caleb Besaw is a senior defender for the Spartans this fall. He has appeared in 14 games with four starts and has recorded two shots on goal for Castleton (6-6-4), which goes to UMass Boston on Saturday.
Berkshire County is well represented on the men's and women's soccer teams at MCLA this fall.
For the men, Monument Mountain grad Avery Manzolini, a junior for the Trailblazers, is third on the team four goals in 15 games played. Mateo Phillips (Lenox) has a pair of goals and a pair of assists in his sophomore campaign. And Brandon Balcazar, Edward Bonney and David Kankam (Pittsfield) each have scored a goal, as has Hoosac Valley grad Jacob Richardson. McCann Tech grad Michael Harris, a junior at MCLA, has appeared in two games off the bench in goal.
Hoosac Valley graduate Tia Kareh has been a stalwart in the back for the MCLA women, starting 12 games and appearing in all 13. She has a pair of shots on goal this fall. Addison Hayer (McCann Tech) has started five games for the Trailblazers in the midfield. And Eva Eberwein (Wahconah) has seven starts in 12 appearances at forward with seven shots on goal.
Kayla McGrath (Drury) has been on the pitch for all 13 games at Springfield College this fall. She has stated twice and has a goal and an assist -- both in a 6-1 win over Rhode Island College. The Pride (6-3-4) is home against Wellesley on Saturday.
Mount Everett's Huda Ngoynkulu has played in 10 games with a pair of shots on goal this fall for the Salem State women. The Vikings (4-7-2) host MCLA on Saturday.
Mount Greylock graduate Kate Swann last weekend helped the Williams College women's cross country team finish third in its division at the Connecticut College Invitational. Swann ran a 6-kilomter time of 21 minutes, 48 seconds on the Connecticut coast. Williams is gearing up for the NESCAC Championships on Nov. 2 at Bowdoin College.
Stonehill College sophomore Kellie Harrington (Pittsfield High) helped her team place 14th at last week's ECAC/IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City. Harrington covered the 6-kilometer course in 23:16.
At Vermont's St. Michael's College, Jocelyn Sommers (Wahconah) and the women's cross country squad are getting ready for this weekend's NE10 Championship in New Hampshire. In their most recent action, Sommers recorded a personal record in placing 54th and helping the Purple Knights place fifth at the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup in the Granite State. The St. Michael's are ranked ninth in the latest Division II East Region poll.
In men's cross country, Lenox Memorial grad Dennis Love ran for Marist College at the IC4As, where the Division I Foxes placed 15th out of 24 teams.
Parker Winters (Mount Greylock) helped the Framingham State men place seventh at the Western New England University Invitational last weekend. Winters placed 74th, covering the 8K course in 30:59 for the Rams, who go to Fitchburg State for the MASCAC Championships on Nov. 2.
On the gridiron, Jayshawn Moore (Mount Greylock), who played on the Drury football coop team, has carried the ball twice this fall as a sophomore at Vermont's Castleton State, gaining a couple of yards. The Spartans (3-3) are at Fitchburg State this weekend.
Westfield State junior Ryan Scott (Wahconah) has completed 50 percent of his passes for 120 yards in four appearances this fall. He threw a touchdown in a loss in the Owls' season opener. Westfield State (2-4) is at New Hampshire's Plymouth State on Saturday.
Former Wahconah volleyball standout Mckenzie Labier has played in 14 matches this fall at Bay Path University. She has 42 kills for the Wildcats (11-5), who are at Mount Holyoke on Friday.
Natalie Dos Santos (Taconic), a first-year at Westfield State, has appeared in seven matches for the Owls. She has five kills and nine digs for WSU (10-11) heading into Saturday's match at Bridgewater State.
Mount Greylock graduate Celina Savage has 18 kills in six matches as a first-year at Tufts University. She and the Jumbos are 9-9 going into Friday's match against Springfield College.
Lee graduates MaKayla Schuerer and Elizabeth Brown and Lenox's Anna Nealon have helped the MCLA volleyball team to a 7-14 start this fall. Brown is second on the team with 163 kills in 19 matches. The Trailblazers are at Salem State on Saturday.
Staying close to home, Paul Roeder (Mount Greylock) helped lead the MCLA men's golf team to a second-place finish at the MASCAC Championships this fall. Roeder finished in a tie for eighth place at the league championship in September. More recently, the Trailblazers, who also include first-year Frank Field (Hoosac Valley) placed 16th at the NEIGA Championships.
Patrick McLaughlin (Wahconah) helped lead the Skidmore men's golf team to a tie for second-place in the rain-shortened Skidmore Invitational to wrap up the fall portion of the Thoroughbreds' schedule. McLaughlin posted a team-best 14th-place finish at September's Williams Fall Invitational at Taconic Golf Club.
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