SPORTS
10 winter 2014 | St. Lawrence University Magazine
winter 2014 | St. Lawrence University Magazine 11
SPORTS
Oh, No You Don’t!
A wall of St. Lawrence defensemen prevents an opposing runner from gaining yardage. Led by a superb
defensive corps, the football team had its best season since 1982, finishing 7-3, undefeated at home.
Number 42, senior Obi Nwaigwe, of Valley Stream, N.Y., stood out, racking up 23.5 tackles for losses,
10.5 sacks and three forced fumbles, placing him among the top defensive performers in Division III and
earning him Liberty League First-Team honors.
Standing O
Saints cheers to the following for their
achievements in fall 2013:
- Amy Cymerman ’14
, All-America in women’s cross-country
after becoming the third woman in program history to finish
in the top 10 in the national championship race.
- Ariel Beccia ’14
and Cymerman, U.S. Track and Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association Division III National
Athletes of the Week, Oct. 14 and 28, respectively; first in
St. Lawrence women’s cross country history, and the first
time any college has had two National Athletes of the Week
in the sport.
-Andrew Bednarsky ’14
and
Aaron Costello ’15
, men’s
soccer Liberty League Player of the Year and Liberty League
Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, as the Saints
captured the league regular-season and tournament titles and
advanced to the NCAA tournament.
- Nicole Matos ’14
, career record for field hockey goalkeeper
saves with 530 in 53 career games; selected to play in 2013
Front Rush/NFCHA Division III Senior All-Star Game.
- Alec Dietsch ’17
, Liberty League Rookie of the Year, and
seniors
Mike Tateosian
,
Victor Coker Jr.
and
Obi Nwaigwe
,
first-team All-Liberty League in football.
- Lexi Brown ’16
, first-team All-Liberty League in volleyball.
- Julia Friesen ’14
, first-team All-Liberty League women’s
soccer midfielder.
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Tribute to a “Goody” Coach
On September 7, 2013, the University dedicated the
Bob Goodwin Men’s Soccer Team Room in honor of longtime
head coach and Emeritus Professor of Sport and Leisure
Studies Robert Goodwin, with many former players, parents,
family members and friends of Saints soccer on hand. The
plaque indicates that “Goody” coached from 1963 through
1990, while the framed list, held by his successor as head
coach, Bob Durocher, contains the names of all who donated
to the project, and the signatures of those who were present
for the dedication. Goodwin and Durocher are the only
two coaches in the men’s program’s 50-year history, with the
exception of a short season in 1962. With Coach Goodwin is
his wife, Beverly.
Robert Goodwin died on November 11, 2013. A memorial notice
will appear in the next issue of
St. Lawrence.
1.
Sam Hovey ’87
, men’s lacrosse
2.
Dave Hudson ’80
, wrestling and
football
3.
Daniel Laperriere ’92
, men’s
hockey
4
. Lawton Redman ’98
, cross
country, Nordic skiing, track; 2002
Winter Olympics biathlete
5.
Audrey Sparre ’78
, riding
6.
Stacy Turner ’02
, field hockey
and women’s lacrosse
7.
The 1999 men’s soccer team
,
the first team in NCAA Division
III men’s soccer history to go
unbeaten and untied en route to
an NCAA national championship.
All in the Hall
Last fall’s inductions into
the St. Lawrence University
Athletics Hall of Fame included
six individuals and a national
championship team:
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
7.
