All four of Ursuline’s varsity winter athletic teams, as
well as the Robotics Club, made appearances in their respective state
tournaments this year! Way to go Bears!
Both the Varsity
Basketball team and Varsity Ice
Hockey team earned berths in the MIAA State Tournament. Both teams exited the tournament in the first
round after close, hard-fought contests.
Varsity Basketball ended their season at 13-7, and the Hockey team
finished with an 8-9-3 record and the title of Catholic Conference Tri-League
Champions.
Three UA Hockey Bears were also named Catholic Conference
All-Stars! Senior co-captains Delia and
Emily earned the honor, along with the team’s goalie, Erica ’13. The Junior
Varsity Hockey team also had a great season, with a 7-7 record. One of the biggest highlights of the year for
the hockey teams was running into Boston Bruins All-Star Tyler Seguin at the
rink before one of their practices!
The Junior Varsity
Basketball team put up some impressive numbers, with only one loss the
entire season! They finished with a 17-1
record. The Jr. High Basketball team also had a great season, finishing with an
11-3 record. One of the highlights of
their season was playing at halftime of a Boston College-Holy Cross women’s
game at BC’s Conte Forum!
Despite the lack of wintry weather, the Ski Team still had a great season this year! UA Skier Stephanie represented the team at
the State Alpine Championships at Mt. Wachusett, where she finished an
impressive 28th in a field of 138 skiers in the slalom race!
The Indoor Track
team had a historic season: this year marked the first time that runners from
Ursuline Academy qualified for the New England Indoor Track & Field Championships! The team ran away with a second place overall
finish at the Division IV State Championships, led by the Champion 4 x 400 relay
team. Then it was on to the All State
meet, where Amy ’15 ran a school record time of 41.72 seconds in the 300m race!
The 4 x 400 team of Maddie ‘14, Merissa ‘14, Amy ‘15 and
Meghan ’13 was on fire in the post-season.
They set a school record time in their victory at the Division IV State
Championships, and then proceeded to shatter that record at the All State
Championships the following week with a new time of 4:03.85! This new school record qualified the team for
the New England’s, and made UA athletic history.
Congratulations to all our student-athletes on a fabulous
winter season!
The Robots in Plaid,
Ursuline’s Robotics Club, had a great showing in their inaugural appearance in the FIRST Tech Challenge State
Tournament. Not only did they make it
all the way to the semi-finals of the competition, they also received the “Motivation
Award” trophy! This trophy is given to
the team who exemplifies the most team spirit and enthusiasm as well as makes a
collective effort to teach their school and surrounding community about
robotics. Congratulations to the Robots
in Plaid!
