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Tuesday, April 11, 2006					

FIVE CORSAIRS EARN ACADEMIC HONORS FROM ECAC NORTHEAST 

CAPE COD, MA– Five members of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s hockey team are among 78 hockey players who have earned ECAC Northeast Conference All-Academic Honors for the 2005-06 season.

Senior forward Ian Seaver (Ludlow, MA/Springfield Cathedral HS), senior defenseman Dave Cioch (Springfield, MA/New England Jr. Coyotes), junior forward Jim Foley (Brockton, MA/Catholic Memorial HS), (Springfield, MA/Springfield Cathedral HS) and sophomore defenseman Tyler Crocker (Wakefield, MA/Wakefield HS) represented the Corsairs as members of the ECAC Northeast Conference All-Academic Team. 

Seaver served as UMass Dartmouth’s captain last season, and Cioch served as an assistant captain. 

Foley was the Corsairs’ fifth leading scorer with eight goals, 14 assists and 22 points; Carr led UMD defensemen in scoring with 18 assists; Seaver had six goals, 11 assists and 17 points, including two game-winning goals and two power play goals; Crocker had a goal and 13 assists for 14 points; and Cioch had a goal and six assists for seven points.

Players honored must have earned a grade point average of 3.00 or better and must have completed at least one full year in residence at their academic institution. Players must have played in half their team’s games, while goaltenders must have played at least a third of their team’s total minutes.

“Besides being very good hockey players, they are all very good student-athletes,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “We’re very proud of their accomplishments in the classroom, and how they represent UMass Dartmouth hockey.”

UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY