By: Matt West Playing volleyball is something Melissa Griffin has excelled at since her first days in high school. Starting on the varsity squad all four years at Our Lady of Nazareth in Wakefield, MA, Griffin was a captain on the team during her junior and senior years. Additionally, she played for the Andover Pumas, [...]
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Lady Rams title bid falls short
October 28th, 2009 
Alex Mellion By: Alex Mellion This past weekend, the second-seeded women’s tennis team defeated Emerson College, 5-4, in the GNAC semifinals, before losing to top-seeded Simmons College in the finals, 6-0. This marked the third straight championship game appearance for the team, with one win in 2007. Coming into the season, assistant coach Isaac Stahl felt the [...]
NBA storylines to watch for this season
October 28th, 2009 Mike Giannattasio By: Mike Giannattasio With the NBA season opening up this week, there are many storylines that should be followed throughout the course of this season. The 2009-2010 season is definitely going to be different than last year, as many of the powerhouse teams have added new players, resulting in tougher competition league-wide. The Los Angeles [...]
Green poised to make another run at the title
October 28th, 2009 Journal Staff By: Andrew Macdougall After a tough regular season, and an even more difficult loss to the Orlando Magic in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Boston Celtics look to return to the NBA Finals after resting and reloading a hurt, and often depleted, roster. For the first time since mid-February, the “PGA Tour” [...]
Sports Briefs Oct. 28. 2009
October 28th, 2009 Journal Staff Big Baby hurts his thumb Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis is expected to miss a significant amount of time with a thumb injury. According to reports in the Boston Herald and on ESPNBoston.com, Davis suffered a broken thumb in an off-court incident. According the the initial report by the Herald’s Steve Bulpett, Davis injured [...]
Ram Report Oct. 28, 2009
October 28th, 2009 Journal Staff Men’s hockey Nov. 6 vs. Plymouth St., 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Becker, 2 p.m. Men’s basketball Nov. 14 at UNH, 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at Eastern Nazerene, 7 p.m. Cross-Country Oct. 31 at GNAC Championships Women’s basketball Nov. 17 at Salve Regina, TBA Nov. 20-21 at Emerson Invitational Tournament, opponents TBA GNAC Standings: Men’s [...]
Men’s soccer clinches playoff spot, will face Emerson in opening round
October 28th, 2009 Journal Staff Last night, the Suffolk men’s soccer team clinched a playoff spot and the third seed in the conference with a 7-1 thrashing of Johnson & Wales. The Rams finished the season with a record of 8-5-2 and a GNAC record of 5-2-2, good for third place in the conference behind Lasell (6-1-2) and St. Joseph’s [...]
Suffolk athletes rack up weekly, seasonal GNAC honors
October 28th, 2009 Dan Ryan By: Dan Ryan Bernhard Lotterer, GNAC Player of the Week (Oct. 27) Lotterer, a senior from Lima, Peru, was named GNAC Player of the Week after he scored five goals in just two games for the Rams last week. Lotterer scored four goals against Albertus Magnus then added another against Mount Ida College, and the [...]
Delia’s Picks Oct. 28 – Nov. 3, 2009
October 28th, 2009 Journal Staff On Campus The College of Art and Sciences Distinguished Scholars program has welcomed the Faye Family back to the university. The drummers from Senegal have scheduled a variety of events throughout the month of October and November, ranging from lectures to performances. “Sabar as a Living and Modern Art,” a lecture, is set for this [...]
The Used back on tour in support of new record
October 28th, 2009 Journal Staff By: Ashley Maceli A sea of black-dyed hair and black sweatshirts crowded the House of Blues this past Friday to see a completely crazy show given by the ultimate rock band, The Used. The Used did not disappoint in giving an extraordinary show. Drive A, an anarchist Green Day-wannabe band, opened. This generically bad rock [...]
Abolition in black & white
October 28th, 2009 Journal Staff By: Alexander Sessa It is well known that Boston was home to abolitionism for one hundred years before slavery was abolished in the United States. Those sentiments were returned to the city Friday night when The Underground Railway Theater presented a reading from a new play at the C. Walsh Theater at Suffolk University. The [...]
Hilarious satire meets fairy tail
October 28th, 2009 Marissa Holt By: Marissa Holt Holding true to the commedia dell’arte form of theatre, an adaptation of The Green Bird was presented by the Suffolk University Theatre Department. Directed by Wes Savick and running close to two hours, this production was free and had smiles glued on the faces of audience members well after the performance ended. [...]
