With the NCAA tournament ending in the beginning of April, a lot of college basketball fans may now feel they have nothing to watch, which, is, of course, simply not true. I will be the first to admit that I would rather watch any regular season college basketball game rather than any regular season NBA game.
But we’re not there yet, and this time of the year in the NBA is the most exciting and the only time during the NBA season that I look forward to games and even care to watch them. During the regular season it seems these players who we once grew to love on the college ranks transform into something totally different in the NBA.
On Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, JSC traveled to Waterville, Maine to take second place at the NAC championships.
Freshman Jarryd Audette won his singles match to earn the number two singles flight title for JSC. Audette finished his freshmen campaign with a 12-2 record in singles play.
Senior Pat Kantlhner won his number five singles flight match for the Badgers. The win capped off a perfect 13-0 record during singles play for the senior.
Senior Cameron MacDonald and sophomore Justin Kutler teamed up to win the number three doubles flight championship for JSC.
Friday, April 25, JSC stayed at home to host the Green Mountain College Eagles in a doubleheader. JSC took both matches by the score of 5-2.
Two Badgers were recognized by the North Atlantic Conference for the 2008 season. Junior defensemen RJ Fleming and sophomore attack men Billy Noyes received All-Conference First Team for their efforts this season.
The Badgers were home on Wednesday, April 30, for their final game of the season to host the Hornets of Lyndon State. It was also senior day for four Badgers. Evan Pestone, Matt Martin, Keegan Pettit, and Lance McGrath were all playing in their final home game.
The Badgers wasted no time and jumped out to an early 7-0 en route to a 20-4 outburst on LSC.
On Sunday, April 27, in Leicester, Mass. JSC Badgers snapped its 47-game losing streak in game one of the doubleheader against Becker College by the score of 2-1.
Sophomore Miranda Robtoy had an RBI double followed by an RBI single from junior Ashley Allegrini which drove in Robtoy. Sophomore Julie Gervais pitched a great game going all seven innings allowing one earned run and striking out four for the win.
After picking up its first win of the season, JSC fell to the Hawks 15-7 in game two.
Gervais paced the JSC offense with a two-run homer that put JSC ahead 7-4, but it was not enough as the Hawks scored 11 more runs en route to the victory. Robtoy went 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored, and Allegrini had two RBI to go along with two singles on the day.