Sports – Page 120 – The Recorder

Blue Devils Overwhelmed by Pioneers in 101-67 Loss

February 24, 2009

In the hours leading up to the Central Connecticut men’s basketball game against Sacred Heart on Thursday, word began to circulate that Ken Horton would not be in the lineup due to a concussion. Things only got worse from the...

Blue Devils Turn Back Pioneers

February 24, 2009

In what may have been the final home game ever for the CCSU Ice Hockey Club, the Blue Devils were victorious on Senior Night, downing the Sacred Heart Pioneers 9-4 at Newington Arena on Friday. Junior co-captain Joe Dabkowski�...

Crockett Thrives in Comeback Year for Women’s Basketball

February 24, 2009

Versatility is a valuable weapon in women’s college basketball. Weapons as a whole are often far more dangerous when they go undetected. That’s what makes Leanne Crockett so vital to the Central Connecticut women’s ba...

CCSU Defeats Terriers, Clinches Second Seed in NEC Tournament

February 24, 2009

CCSU’s women’s basketball team defeated St. Francis (N.Y.) 64- 52 with double-doubles from Justina Udenze and Kerrianne Dugan on Alumni Day at Detrick Gymnasium. Udenze put up her third straight double-double with 16 points...

Blue Devils Far from the End

February 24, 2009

“What do you do when teams shoot the ball like that?” It was an impressive performance for CCSU women’s basketball coach Beryl Piper to watch when the Sacred Heart Pioneers rolled through New Britain on Monday. The CCSU...

Column: Dorau the [Sports] Explorer

February 24, 2009

Press conferences are a delightful combination of eccentric behavior, frustrating clichés and fluctuating emotions that make sports journalism so appealing to guys like me. Some days it may not seem like it, but there really...

Cheer for the Game

February 20, 2009

Column: Avoid Idolizing the Player We have not completely crumbled as a society – yet. Sports, however, is standing on wobbly knees. The sporting world is its own little society. So many ideas and modes of thinking can be ...

Mallia Reaches 100-Win Milestone, Blue Devils Continue to Roll

February 20, 2009

CCSU trailed less than three and a half minutes into the game as Piero Iberti put Holy Cross on the board. The lead would be short-lived, as Rob Diclemente scored the first of five unanswered goals to finish out the first per...

Blue Devils Defeat FDU Knights

February 20, 2009

Women's Basketball Pulls Off Fourth Straight Conference Win The Blue Devils continued their resurgence on Monday night by defeating the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (9-16, 8-7) 71-69 at Rotman Center in Hackensack, N.J. Central (1...

Blue Devils Fall at Home, Reach 1,000th Win

February 20, 2009

A game that was expected to be a historic victory for the CCSU Men’s Basketball program turned into a sobering loss at the hands of Fairleigh Dickinson. The Blue Devils did not have an answer for FDU center and Connecticut native J...

The New Hope for Basketball at Central

February 20, 2009

Women’s basketball at CCSU hasn’t had many moments in the sun. They have spent the majority of their Division I existence in the bowels of the Northeast Conference. Much like the basketball program, head coach Beryl Piper ...