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first two, as Southern physi-cally dominated. Rosenkrantz added his second goal of the game in the period as well to

extend the Ice Owls lead to 4-1. With the clock winding down in the

game the Stags added another goal to make is 4-2 as time expired.

Ice Owls Co-Captain Matt D’Amato did not play, due to surgery for a hernia, Novador was glad to see players step up, in the absence of D’Amato.

“Joe Barnes stood out tonight, got a big goal,” said Novador, “Talloni also played well, really stepped up with D’Amato out.”

The Owls also played a game Friday against Hofstra University, scoring the most goals ever by the team.

Mike Diglio and Pete BonTempo both netted hat tricks. The Owls led 4-1 after the first period. Then came out, scoring at a breakneck pace in the second. The team put the puck past the goal-keeper 10 times in the period, and after the whirlwind had subsided, the score was 14-1. The team added two more goals in the third to solidy the 16-goal effort.

Southern is now 6-2-1 overall and 3-2 in conference play. The Ice Owls next home game is Jan. 16 at the Lou

Astorino Arena in Hamden against the Davenport Uni-versity Panthers from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Pete BonTempo (right) scored three goals in the lopsided effort.

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Sean MeenaghanGeneral assiGnment reporter

Through an injury-prone career, senior track and field athlete Richard Jackson fought through adversity and has become one of the best sprinters for the Southern Owls. Starting out young, Jackson said he began running track in elementary school.

“I first saw it when I was watching the Olympics,” Jackson said. “ I saw Mi-chael Johnson run sprints, that’s when it first appealed to me.”

Jackson said his father gave him confidence when he ran.

“My father did track back in high school,” Jackson said. “It gave me the idea to run fast because he was one of the fastest on his team.”

Through great determination, Jack-son said he took a year off from track and came back to make the team.

“I walked on and the coaches said the roster was sealed and that I had to work my way up,” Jackson said. “ I came off an injury and I wanted to heal. I decided to pursue track and field but waited until the outdoor season to compete.”

Through this, Jackson said he learned several life lessons.

“It taught me perseverance, it made me focused and it made me un-derstand time management,” Jackson said. “I had to make my own schedule. It made me make sacrifices throughout

the years.” Jackson said schools like St. Law-

rence University and University of North Carolina at Pembroke recruited him for his track abilities but he liked

Southern. “Southern initially rejected me,”

Jackson said, “ but I wanted to go. They sent me a letter about a five-week pro-gram to boost skills for more college

preparation called ConnCAS (Connecticut College Access and Success). I stayed on campus and passed every class so I decided to enroll.”

Through his career in track and field Jackson said he retained many great memories.

“One memory was when I qualified for the open 400 at the Division-2 indoor national meet,” Jackson said. “During indoor I was initially hurt but I came back stronger then ever and got the last spot. A second would be when I became an All-American in the 4x4 relay.”

As a high school student, Jackson said he attended New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, NY and won the All-Heart Award in 2006.

Coming into the up-coming season, Jackson said he set goals for himself.

“I want to lower the school’s record for 400-meter

indoor and outdoor,” Jackson said. “I want to become an individual All-American; I’m

going to let my performance stand out as the season progresses.”

Head coach for men’s track and field, John Wallin said he sees Jackson as a great athlete.

“He listens to the coaches,” Wallin said. “Executes 100 percent, he leads by example. That is key to every successful athlete. If there are too many questions it doesn’t better success and that is at every level.”

Wallin said he sees Jackson as hav-ing a great leadership role in the coming season.

“Not vocal but a silent leader,” Wallin said. “He does 100 percent of the warm up, doesn’t miss a rep or a beat. He has great success, go-ing from a little to a lot by following instructions.”

Wallin said he hopes the younger athletes on the team can follow Jack-son’s work ethic.

“I want every freshman and sopho-more to follow,” Wallin said, “say less do more.”

On the track, Wallin said Jackson has two great strengths.

“As an athlete he has great speed reserve,” Wallin said. “He is very cou-rageous, his middle name should be courage.”

In big moments, Wallin said that Jackson is able to focus on the task at hand.

“Courage is about doing something when you’re scared,” Wallin said. “He can go into a hostile situation and per-form at the highest level. He acts like he isn’t scared but I know he is. He is able to turn off his fear. That’s what separates kids that are good and those that can’t cut it.”

Sean MeenaGhan | GENErAL ASSiGNMENt rEPortEr

Sprinter Richard Jackson walked on to the Southern’s team and is now a national performer.

roundabout route for sprinter ends with 400 meters of success

owls baseball reloads after one of their best seasons everJon Morenosports Writer

Come 2011, at least five new players will be donning Owls’ uniforms in the dugout at The Ballpark at SCSU.

Head Coach Tim Shea has announced the signing of Nick Baviello, Joe Breen, Cole Bryant, Pat Egan and Justin Williams to National Letters of Intent.

Bryant is a right-handed pitcher from Newington High School, Egan is a left-handed pitcher from Christian Broth-ers Academy in New Jersey, and Williams is a right-handed pitcher from Ledyard High School. Baviello and Breen are infielders from Amity Regional-Woodbridge and Nashua in New Hampshire, respectively.

“I am extremely excited that these young men have decided to make Southern Connecticut their home for the next four years,” Shea told the Post-Chronicle.

“Each of them displays the qualities that we look for in a stu-dent-athlete, both on and off the playing field. They will all have an opportunity to make an im-mediate impact in our program and help us maintain the level of success that we expect at SCSU.”

Bryant said he feels he can make an immediate impact but he is aware he must prove him-self to the team first.

“I haven’t faced this level of competition yet but I know if I work hard I can help Southern my freshman year,” he said.

Bryant said Shea visited him multiple times and watched him throw in the bullpen. He said he chose to play at Southern because it gives him the best op-portunity to further his baseball

career while also providing him with a good education.

“My goal is to help this ball-club win another NE-10 confer-ence championship and also help Southern make it back to the College World Series,” he said.

“My expectations are that I help the team in a positive way and that I get a great college educa-tion at the same time.”

Current members of the team said they look forward to getting to know the new fresh-men coming in.

“Well when the new kids come in we tend to take them out and around and get to see

who they are and what they like,” said sophomore pitcher Tyler Albrecht. “I haven’t had much experience with the new-comers but I think they will fit right in and get accustomed to our team’s chemistry right away.”

But those are not the only changes coming to the Owls

next year. The team has also announced two changes for the coaching staff. Cole is now the lead assistant coach and former Owls’ All-American, Kari Der-bacher has joined the team as an assistant coach.

The Owls finished last season ranked No. 20 in the NCBWA national poll. Ending the season at 38-13-1 overall, the Owls won the Northeast-10 Conference regular season title lost in the finals of the NCAA East Regional.

The wins total matched the school single-season mark for wins in a season.

i am extremely excited that these young men have decided to make Southern Connecticut their home for the next four years.

Head CoaCH Tim SHea —