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College roundup: Liucci to play in NEC Tournament this weekend

Nikki Liucci, a freshman from Canton, will be playing in the Northeast Conference women’s golf championship tournament this weekend in Daytona Beach, Fla., with her teammates from St. Francis of New York. 

Liucci has played well this spring for the Terriers. She had an 88 in the opening round of the Monmouth University Hawk Invitational and finished 24th in the tournament earlier this spring.  

She does have a pair of top 10 finishes this spring. She was ninth at the Lonnie Barton Invitational and tied for fifth in the recent Navy Spring Invitational in Annapolis, Md., with rounds of 88 and 85 for a 173.  

Canton’s Travis Lane is having a fine spring season pitching for the Springfield College baseball team. Last week, Lane improved to 3-1 on the season by pitching 7.1 innings in a 16-0 win over Nichols College, striking out nine and scattering seven hits. 

Lane has made five starts for Springfield (12-18) and pitched in six games. He has struck out 22 in 36.2 innings pitched. He has allowed 39 innings and just eight walks. The junior righthander is majoring in American Studies.  

Junior Titi Van Riel, a former Avon High runner, finished third in the 800 meters over the weekend for Southern Connecticut State University at the Wolfie Invitational in Stony Brook, New York. … Avon’s Michael Munoz is 6-9 as the starting goalie for the Becker College men’s lacrosse team. Munoz is a senior.

Area athletes competing in college: Here is a list of Canton and Avon High graduates competing athletically in college. If we’re missing someone, send us an email ([email protected]) and we’ll update the list.

AVON, spring 2013

Senior John Drago, men’s track, Bentley University

Senior  Tyler Grouten, baseball, Roanoke College

Senior Melissa Soucie, women’s crew, UConn

Senior   Michael Munoz, men’s lacrosse, Becker College

Junior  Danielle Neagle, women’s lacrosse, Roger Williams University

Junior   Ian Mack, men’s lacrosse, Assumpton

Junior Titi Vanriel, track and field, Southern Connecticut State

Sophomore Claire Smith, track and field, Boston College

Sophomore Alyssa Burton, track and field, Roger Williams

Sophomore  Kate Moy, lightweight crew,  University of Wisconsin

Freshman Nick Guarini, men’s lacrosse, Assumption

CANTON, spring 2013

Senior Nicole Batan, softball, RPI

Junior  Mike LeDuc, track and field, Connecticut College

Junior Travis Lane, baseball, Springfield College

Junior  Melissa Parente, softball, University of Rhode Island

Junior Monique Gauthier, softball, St. Anselm

Sophomore Ned Furtney, men’s track, Bentley University

Freshman Nikki Liucci, women’s golf, St. Francis (NY)

Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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