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2 2006 UMass Skiing UMass Skiing TEAM INFORMATION Justin ROULEAU Head Coach Massachusetts 98 Justin Rouleau enters his first season at UMass as the men s and women s skiing head coach. Rouleau, who received his B.A. from Massachusetts in 1998 as well as his secondary teaching certificate, comes back to his alma mater after spending the season at Harvard University. I could not be more pleased that Justin has joined our staff full time, said John McCutcheon, UMass Athletics Director. This will open new doors for our ski program at UMass, allowing us to develop the program to a level that will provide a better and more rewarding experience for our student athletes. Prior to his time at Harvard, Rouleau was a visiting English professor at Tomsk Polytechnic in Siberia, Russia in He also spent time at Mount Mansfield Winter Academy in Stowe, Vt. From Rouleau coached secondary-school-aged students in modern alpine ski-racing, while also teaching French and English. He served as a coach at UMass while still competing as an undergrad, helping the Minutemen to fourth and fifth place finishes in the NCAS standings. Individually, he had consistent top-10 finishes in the league and top- 25 finishes at the National Championships. Skiing Quick Facts Head Coach, Men and Women Justin Rouleau (1st season) Office Number (413) jrouleau@admin.umass.edu Mailing Address 252 Boyden Building Athletic Trainer Kathy Boyd Strength & Conditioning Coach Chris Boyko Home Course Berkshire East (Charlemont, Mass.) Men s Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/3 Women s Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/ Women s USCSA National Finish (SL/GS) 6 th / 3 rd 2005 Men s USCSA National Finish (SL/GS) 8 th / 3 rd Media Relations Phone Number (413) Media Relations Fax Number (413) Athletic Homepage Schedule Date Event Location 1/13-14 UConn GS/SL North Conway, N.H. (Cranmore) 1/21-22 Plymouth St. SL/GS Waterville Valley, N.H. (Waterville) 1/28 Brown Carnival SL Princeton, Mass. (Wachusetts) 2/4 Brown Carnival GS Lincoln, N.H. (Loon) 2/11-12 Boston College SL/GS Windsor, Vt. (Ascutney) 2/17 Colby GS Newbury, N.H. (Sunapee) 2/18 St. Anslem s SL Henniker, N.H. (Pat s Peak) 2/24-25 NCAA SL/GS Middlebury, Vt. (Middlebury) 2/25-26 ECSC Finals GS/SL Waterville Valley, N.H. (Waterville) 3/5-11 USCSA Nationals Sugarloaf, Maine(Sugarloaf) 3/8-11 NCAA Nationals Steamboat Springs, Colo.(Steamboat) Eastern College Ski Conference The UMass Ski teams race in the MacConnell Division of the Eastern Collegiate Ski Conferece. Other men s and women s teams in the league include Boston College, Babson College, Colby Sawyer College, St. Anselm College, MIT, Brown University, and Plymouth State (N.H.), New England College and the University of Connecticut. Additionally, Smith College competes on the women s side. UMass also competes in the United states College Skiing Association Men s Roster Name Yr. Hometown High School Pat Bachant Sr. Hubbardston, Mass. Stratton Mountain James Green So. Andover, Mass. Andover Rush Hawkins Jr. Shelburne, Mass. Stratton Mountain Patrick Kelly Sr. Dracut, Mass. St. John s Prep Paul Lewenberg Fr. Natick, Mass. Natick Jason Small So. Shelburne Falls, Mass. Mohawk Regional Jon Sussman So. Slingerlands, N.Y. Albany Academy Alex Zahoruiko Fr. North Andover, Mass. North Andover 2006 Women s Roster Name Yr. Hometown High School Shaleighne Collins Sr. North Reading, Mass. North Reading Caitlin Doughty Sr. Quincy, Mass. North Quincy Eliza Hawkins So. Shelburne, Mass. Mohawk Regional Amanda Lea Fr. Fairfield, Conn. Fairfield Erica Mains Sr. Hudson, Mass. Hudson Jen Moreau Jr. Lewiston, Maine Maine School of Science & Math Lisbet Rauh Sr. Princeton, Mass. Wachusett Regional 1

2006 UMass Skiing Women s SEASON PREVIEW The Minutewomen enter the season as the reigning ECSC Regional Champions.

They last won the Eastern Regional Crown in 2003, which was also the season in which the Minutewomen captured the women s skiing National Championship.

The Minutewomen will be lead by a trifecta of top caliber skiiers with sophomore Eliza Hawkins and seniors Lisbet Rauh and Caitlin Doughty.

3 2006 UMass Skiing Women s SEASON PREVIEW The Minutewomen enter the season as the reigning ECSC Regional Champions. Last season s title was the second Regional Championship in three years for the UMass women skiiers. They last won the Eastern Regional Crown in 2003, which was also the season in which the Minutewomen captured the women s skiing National Championship. The 2006 squad looks to continue the trend of recent dominance regionally and will hope to return to the national prominence they garnered two years ago. The Minutewomen will be lead by a trifecta of top caliber skiiers with sophomore Eliza Hawkins and seniors Lisbet Rauh and Caitlin Doughty. Hawkins begins the season as the current fastest woman skiier in both UMass conference and division. She is also currently ranked number one in the region. Eliza won the giant slalom event and placed third in the slalom event at the ECSC Regionals as a freshman last season to lead the Minutewomen to their Regional title. She also won the league last year taking first-place in the giant slalom and third in the slalom. After accomplishing such great feats as a freshman, Head Caitlin Doughty Coach Justin Rouleau believes there is no limit on what Hawkins can accomplish both this season and over the course of her collegiate career. Shay Collins Supporting Hawkins this season will be Rauh and Doughty along with two more seniors Erica Mains and Shaleighne Collins, all of whom are holdovers from the 2003 National Championship team. Rauh and Doughty consistently finished among the leaders last year provided the Minutewomen with a great trio of elite skiiers. Coach Rouleau believes that they will be extremely valuable assests to the Minutewomen cause this season as both look to cap outstanding careers with their best seasons yet as seniors. Mains enters the year with an added role as she will serve as a coaching assistant in addition to competeing for the Minutewomen. She will look to continue to be a steady performer for UMass. Along with Mains, Collins has been a consistent force on the slopes. Entering her fourth year on the team, Coach Rouleau has high hopes for her contributions. Overall, the Minutewomen expect to continue to be the East s best skiing unit and will strive for another National Championship Women s Results Jan Jan Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Fed. 7-8 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb Mar. 12 Player UMass Plymouth MIT & Boston Colby-Sawyer St. Anslem ECSC USCSA State Brown College (GS only) (SL only) Regional National Shaleigh Collins 22 / / / / DQ 16 / 31 / 51 Kerry Devine 38 / / / DNF 37 / /- - / - Caitlin Doughty 15 / 14 DNF / 4 DNF / / / 34 / 14 Eliza Hawkins 2 / 1 DNF / 1 6 / 2 1 / / 1 10 / DNF Erica Mains 37 / / / T 17 T 25 / 28 T / / 31 Jen Moureau - / - - / - - / - - / / - - / - Angela Nichols 48 / / / / /- - / - Lisbet Rauh 19 / DNF 11 / 8 DNF / 8 21 / / / DNF Danielle Vinton - / / / / /- - / - Note: The first score indicates place in the slalom event. The second score indicates place in the giant slalom event. The five skiiers per team with the fastest times in each event earn points. 2

2006 UMass Skiing Men s SEASON PREVIEW The UMass men are coming of an excellent season in which they won the USCSA Eatern Regional Championship and finished third in the nation behind only Colorado

Hawkins won both the slalom and giant slalom crowns, becoming the first American skier in 10 years to sweep both events.

4 2006 UMass Skiing Men s SEASON PREVIEW The UMass men are coming of an excellent season in which they won the USCSA Eatern Regional Championship and finished third in the nation behind only Colorado College and Sierra Nevada. Junior Rush Hawkins earned the title of National Champion with his dual gold medal performances at the USCSA National Championships. Hawkins won both the slalom and giant slalom crowns, becoming the first American skier in 10 years to sweep both events. The UMass men s third place finish last season was the best performance in school history. UMass will look to continue its winning ways in 2006 as the most successful UMass sport program in recent years. The Minutemen have won the last two Eastern Regional Championships and hope to make it a third under the direction of new Head Coach Justin Rouleau, a former UMass skier who graduated in Proving that it will take a team effort to repeat as Eastern Regional Champions, Coach Rouleau looks to sophomore Jason Small and freshmen Paul Lewenberg and Alex Zahouriko to support Hawkins. Small is coming off an excellent freshman season in which he placed 20 th in the USCSA National Championship and consistenly placed in the Top Ten during the regular season carnivals. Rouleau believes that Small certainly should not be neglected when discussing the upcoming season for the men s team For the first time in school history, both UMass ski teams won the ECSC Regional Championship in the same season. 3 Rush Hawkins because he has proven that he has the talent to ski on par with Rush. Additionally, Lewenberg and Zahouriko are both walk-ons who bring impressive resumes to the UMass squad. Rouleau looks forward to contributions that the two freshmen will make and thinks that they can assist Small in supporting Hawkins. Seniors Pat Bachant and Patrick Kelly, along with sophomores James Green, and Jon Sussman, will provide the Minutemen squad with added depth. Overall, the Minutemen have high expectations for the season as they know that they will improve from their previous stellar performance Men s Results Jan Jan Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Fed. 7-8 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb Mar. 12 Player UMass Plymouth MIT & Boston Colby-Sawyer St. Anslem ECSC USCSA State Brown College (GS only) (SL only) Regional Regional Pat Bachant -/- - / - - / - - / / 17 - / - James Burke 51 / 71 - / - 50 / - 51 / DNF / - - / - Kevin Collins 26 / / DNF DNF / / / - T 35 / - Marc Epstein DQ/19 DNF / / 45 - / DNF - / 8 - / DNF Jon Gray -/- - / - - / - - / / / - James Green 27/26 20 / / DNF 27 / / - - / - Rush Hawkins 1/1 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / / 1 1 / 1 Pat Hofer -/- - / - - / - - / / 11 - / - Patrick Kelly DNP/45 - / - - / - - / / - - / - David Klingener -/- - / - - / - - / / - - / - Sergey Nikiforov 43/49 DNF / 59 DNF / DNF 43 / / - - / - Jason Small 9/DQ 5 / 5 2 / DNF 9 / / 2 7 / 25 Jon Sussman 79 / 52 DQ / 68 DNF / / / - - / - Note: The first score indicates place in the slalom event. The second score indicates place in the giant slalom event. The five skiiers per team with the fastest times in each event earn points.

5 2006 UMass Skiing Meet The MINUTEWOMEN Shaleighne COLLINS Senior North Reading, Mass. North Reading H.S. Erica MAINS Senior Hudson, Mass. Hudson H.S. Rouleau On Collins: Shaleighne returns to the slopes for her senior season with the Minutewomen. One of four seniors on the team who will be able to contribute leadership, along with skiing (Junior): Posted one Top Ten finish at the Plymouth State Carnival s giant slalom event (Jan ). Also, placed in the Top 25 six times. At the ECSC Regional (Feb ), Shaleighne skiied into 16th place. She also quaified for the USCSA National Championships (Mar. 12) where she placed 31st in the slalom and 51 in the giant slalom. Caitlin DOUGHTY Senior Quincy, Mass. North Quincy H.S. Rouleau On Doughty: Caitlin is one of three senior skiiers on the 2006 UMass team. She rounds out the trio of top flight skiiers for the Minutewomen. She will look to continue an excellent career of skiing in the 2006 season (Junior): Had three top-10 finishes and 10 top-20 marks... Best finish of the season came when she placed fourth in the giant slalom competition at the Plymouth State Carnival (Jan )... At the ECSC Regional, finished fifth in the slalom portion of the Carnival. Eliza HAWKINS Junior Shelburne, Mass. Mohawk Regional H.S. Rouleau On Hawkins: Eliza leads a trio of top notch skiiers, along with Lisbet Rauh and Caitlin Doughty, for the Minutewomen. Stepped into the number one skiier role last season as a freshman. She is the sister of men s skiier, Rush Hawkins, giving UMass a dominating brother/sister comboniation. Rouleau On Mains: Erica rounds out the quartet of seniors on the Minutewomen squad. Mains is also serving as a coaching assistant during the 2006 season (Junior): Named an Academic All-American... Notched three top-20 finishes including her best career finish when she placed 15th in the ECSC Regional (Feb ) giant slalom... Placed in the top-30 in eleven events. Jen MOREAU Junior Lewiston, Maine Maine School of Science and Mathematics Rouleau On Moreau: Jen is a walk-on who looks to contribute to the team as the lone junior (Sophomore): Did not compete. Lisbet RAUH Senior Princeton, Mass. Wachusett Regional Rouleau On Rauh: Lisbet turned in an excellent junior season in 2005 and continues to be one of the leaders for UMass. As a senior, Lisbet will be counted on to provide leadership, along with her superb skiing, 2005 (Junior): Rauh posted five top-10 finishes last season and nine finishes in the top Best finish came when she finished seventh in the slalom event of the Saint Anslem Carnival (Feb. 15)... Placed eighth in the giant slalom events of both the Plymouth State Carnival (Feb.24-25) and the MIT & Brown Carnival (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) (Sophomore): Won six events last season outright, including a sweep of the Boston College Carnival (Feb. 7-8)... Finished first in five of the seven giant slalom events in which she competed, while finsihing second in another. Amanda LEA Freshman Fairfield, Conn. Fairfield H.S. Rouleau On Lea: Amanda joins the team as the only underclassman after an excellent skiing career at Fairfield High School, where she was a four year letterwinner and named to the Connecticut All-State First-Team. 4

6 2006 UMass Skiing Meet The MINUTEMEN Pat BACHANT Senior Hubbardston, Mass. Stratton Mountain H.S. Paul LEWENBERG Freshman Natick, Mass. Natick H.S. Rouleau On Banchant: Pat is one of two senior skiiers on the UMass team and will provide leadership along with excellent skiing. He is hoping to rebound from an injury last year and will try to return to his sophomore year form, as one of the elite UMass skiiers (Junior): Due to injury, he only competed in the ECSC Regional (Feb ) where he placed 16th in the slalom and 17th in the giant slalom, one of four Minutemen to finish in the top-20 of each event. James GREEN Sophomore Andover, Mass. Andover H.S. Rouleau On Green: James began his UMass career with a solid freshman campaign. He enters the season as one of the top skiiers for the team (Freshman): Best finishes came at the Plymouth State Carnival (Jan ) where have came in 20th and 21st in the slalom and giant slalom, respectively... Wrapped up his year with six top-30 finishes in eight races. Rush HAWKINS Junior Shelburne, Mass. Stratton Mountain H.S. Rouleau on Hawkins: Rush has filled the role of top skiier on the Minuteman squad since his freshman year. Hawkins has been a two time All-American and was the National Champion last season in the USCSA Nationals (Sophomore): Two-time All-American after winning the USCSA GS/SL races becoming the first American skiier in 10 years to do so... Qualified for the U.S. Nationals... Won six Carnivals outright last season... Overall he had 12 first-place finishes and two second place finishes... He was also named UMass/Dinn Bros. Co-Athlete of the Week along with Christina Huff for his performance in the MIT & Brown Carnival Jan 31st-Feb. 1st. Patrick KELLY Senior Dracut, Mass. St. John s Prep Rouleau on Kelly: Patrick is the second senior on the team. Kelly will look stay healthy as well as lead the Minutemen to an excellent season (Junior): Finished 45th in the giant slalom of the UMass Carnival (Jan )... Did not compete in any other Carnivals due to a torn ACL. Rouleau on Lewenberg: Paul comes to UMass after being a four year lertterwinner in high school and four time Ski East Champion. Paul looks to step into the UMass lineup and contribute by scoring points for the team. Before UMass: Led Natick High to an 8-2 record... Went to the State Championships and was crowned the Ski East Champion. 5 Jason SMALL Sophomore Shelburne Falls, Mass. Mohawk Regional H.S. Rouleau on Small: Jason stepped right in his fresh-man year and proved to be an excellent complement to Rush Hawkins, giving the Minutemen a powerful 1-2 punch on the slopes (Freshman): Best finishes of the 2005 season came in the giant slalom events of the Boston College Carnival (Feb. 7-8) l and the ECSC Regional (Feb ) where he placed second in both... Also finished second in the slalom of the MIT & Brown Carnival (Jan. 31- Feb. 1)... Posted 11 top-10 finishes on the season. Jon SUSSMAN Sophomore Slingerlands, N.Y. Albany Academy Rouleau on Sussman: Sussman made an impact for the UMass team his first season in college. He looks to continue to improve and ski well again during his sophomore campaign (Freshman): Competed in each carnival for the Minutemen... Best finish came in the giant slalom of the Boston College Carnival (Feb ) where he finished 49th. Alex ZAHOURIKO Freshman North Andover, Mass. North Andover H.S. Rouleau On Zahouriko: Alex will be new the UMass team this year and looks to play an important role in his first collegiate season. Before UMass: Skiied for North Andover H.S. where he was named Ski Team MVP, Ski Team Captain, and NSSL League MVP to wrap up a superb high school ski career.

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