Monday, February 15, 2010

Beckman reaches milestone in loss at Machias

#15 Tiffany Beckman

Machias, ME -
Junior Tiffany Beckman (East Hartford, CT) became the first Fisher College Lady Falcon to score 1,000 points in her career. She scored point #1,000 during the first half of today's 65-49 loss at the University of Maine at Machias.

"It is very exciting to know that I am the first Lady Falcon to score 1,000 points." stated Beckman after the game. "This was one of my personal goals and I'm just so happy to have accomplished it."

Beckman recorded 18 points and seniors Jackie Streeter (Westminster, MA) and Leslie Wadhams (Burlington, VT) added 9 points each for the Lady Falcons.

With the loss, Fisher falls to 6-20 on the season with a 3-8 mark in Sunrise Conference play. The Lady Falcons will finish up their season on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the College of Saint Joseph in Vermont.

Men's Basketball

Machias, ME - The Fisher College Men lost a tough one in overtime at Machias, 83-80. Junior Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) scored 22 points while fellow classmate Oscar Brown (Buffalo, NY) and freshman Jasmin Handanovic (Milford, NH) added 16 points each to pace the Falcon offense. Brown collected 15 rebounds to record his 8th double-double of the season. Senior Ryan Henry (Westwood, NJ) chipped in 17 points in the loss.

Fisher has lost three in a row after an impressive 20 game winning streak. Their record now stands at 22-4 for the season and 9-3 in Sunrise Conference action. Fisher will look to rebound from the tough Maine excursion as they travel to Randolph Center, Vermont on Thursday, February, 18, 2010 for a Sunrise Conference match up versus Vermont Technical College.