This past weekend, the St. Lawrence campus community celebrated senior nights and playoff berths for several winter sports.
Starting in Burkman Gymnasium, both men’s and women’s basketball celebrate their senior nights over the weekend. The women’s team celebrated their six seniors: Ava McCann, Katie Frederick, Erin Kumler, Gunnhildur Atladottir, Dylan Watkiss and Hannah Schwoebel. They lost to Union College 54-42 for their last regular season game. They entered playoffs as the number three seed and faced Skidmore College on Tuesday night. They clinched their spot in the semifinals in a thrilling overtime win, outlasting the Thoroughbreds 64-60. McCann and Frederick each contributed 13 points for the Saints.
Frederick cemented the game for the Scarlet and Brown with two free throws with three seconds left.
“That’s what you practice for,” Frederick said. “You don’t practice to win by 30. You practice to win by two in the last seconds of a game.”
The women are moving on the Liberty League semifinals against Vassar College on Saturday at Ithaca College.
The men’s basketball team also played Union College for their senior night and were victorious 81-62. They celebrated their lone senior, Luke Hicks, who scored 12 points for the Saints that evening. Junior Trent Adamson led the Saints with 20 points and 11 rebound double double. Following suite with the women, the men’s team also faced Skidmore on Tuesday evening. They lost 67-55. After going down 20 points in the first half, the Saints were able to cut the lead to nine with two minutes left.
The men finished their season with an overall record of 16-10 and 10-8 in the Liberty League Conference.
Moving over to Appleton Arena, the women’s hockey team celebrated their four seniors in their matchup against Colgate University. Their seniors are Grace Smith, Claire Dudley, Kristen Guerriero, and Jaime Rainville. The Saints fell 9-1 against the No. 8 nationally ranked Raiders.
Senior goalies Jaime Rainville had a season-high 32 saves for the Scarlet and Brown.
The Skating Saints finished their regular season 14-13-7 and 10-8-4 in the conference. They are on the road this weekend for the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs against Yale University. In their previous matchups against Yale, they tied 4-4 and lost 1-3. They play Friday and Saturday in New Haven, Connecticut.
The men’s hockey team will celebrate their seniors this weekend and have two home games against Brown University on Friday night and Yale University on Saturday.