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NJIT Poll on Internet Security Systems Says Residents Expect Another Terrorist Attack
African American Professors at NJIT Excel in Research and in Mentoring Younger African Americans
NJIT Graduates Educational Opportunity Program Students
Hurlburt Professor of Management Information Systems
Nominations for the Peter Small Memorial Scholarship
Sports News & Updates
NJIT Men's / Women's Basketball:
NJIT SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER FROM GOLDEY-BEACOM
Highlander Women Roll, 76-45; Men Survive, 84-80
MELLISH LEADS NJIT MEN: Graduate student Mars Mellish (Brooklyn Park, MN/St. Peter's (NJ)) scored 28 points, including four free throws in the final 18 seconds, to lift the NJIT men's basketball team to an 84-80 CACC victory over Goldey-Beacom on Saturday in Newark.
The Highlanders (13-10, 12-5) never trailed, but saw a 10-point lead with six minutes, 14 seconds, remaining get cut to two, 80-78, at the 18-second mark. Mellish made all four of his free-throw attempts in that period to clinch the victory, and was 8 for 8 at the line for the afternoon.
Earlier in the game, Mellish scored his 1,000th point as a collegian. He had 546 points in three seasons at Manhattan College and has 462 this season for a career total of 1,008.
Olivier Eyheramendy (Lyon, France) had career highs of 15 points and five assists for the Highlanders, who have won four straight games and eight of their last nine. Obinna Eze (Hartford, CT) led the Lightning (3-18, 2-16) with 24 points.
NJIT women's basketball team forced 28 turnovers in its 76-45 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over visiting Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday afternoon at Entwisle Gymnasium.
NJIT (14-8, 13-6) scored the last 11 points of the first half to take a 35-22 advantage into the lockerroom. The Highlanders' lead never fell below 11 in the second half, reaching a high of 32 on three occasions.
Junior SchrKya Massey (South Orange, NJ/Columbia) led all scorers with 19 points for the Highlanders. NJIT also received 18 points from Lindsey Reggo (Ridgefield, NJ/Ridgefield Memorial) and 16 from Selena Kershaw (South Orange, NJ/Columbia). Michele Carty (Wilmington, DE) paced Goldey-Beacom (9-15, 5-15) with 18 points.
NJIT has won three consecutive games and eight out of its last nine.
February 11:
MEN'S BASKETBALL (13-10): After starting the season 5-9, the New Jersey Institute of Technology men's basketball team has won eight of its last nine games. In the process, it has taken over second place in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference with a 12-5 league record.
One of the keys to NJIT's turnaround has been the ability to win close games. Through the first 14 contests, the Highlanders were 1-4 in games decided by four points or fewer. In the last nine, they are 4-1 in those games, including last week's victories over Teikyo Post University, 81-77, on Tuesday and Goldey-Beacom College, 84-80, on Saturday.
Guard Mars Mellish (Brooklyn Park, MN/St. Peter's (NJ)) continues to be the catalyst for the Highlanders' success. Mellish scored 24 points at TPU and 28 against GBC, combining for nine three-point field goals on the week. He ranks third in the CACC in scoring (20.1 ppg) and is in the top 10 nationally (NCAA-II) in steals per game (3.0). On Saturday, Mellish scored his 1,000th point as a collegian, a total which includes 546 points in three seasons at Division-I Manhattan College.
Backup point guard Olivier Eyheramendy (Lyon, France) posted career-highs in minutes (29), points (15) and assists (5) on Saturday. Eyheramendy has scored 25 of his 46 points this season against Goldey-Beacom. He has played at least 12 minutes in each of NJIT's last four games, all victories, after doing so just three times in the first 19 games.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (14-8): The NJIT women's basketball won all three of its games last week by an average score of 80.0-52.0. The Highlanders are six games over .500 for the first time as a member of Division II, and the first time since finishing the 1995-96 season 16-5. They have won eight of their last nine games.
When NJIT earned its 12th win of the season by defeating Teikyo Post, 88-58 on Tuesday in Waterbury, Connecticut, it set a school mark for most wins in Division II. The Highlanders were 11-16 in both 1998-99 and 1999-2000. The 16 wins in 1995-96 is the overall school record.
Junior SchrKya Massey (South Orange, NJ/Columbia) is closing on the school record for steals in a season. Her 74 swipes are two short of Nevea Van Wright's 76 in 1993-94.
Junior Chevanese Samms (St. Catherine, Jamaica/Essex CC) averaged 10.3 points and 11.3 rebounds in the three wins, more than five points and four rebounds above her season averages to that point.
Freshman Selena Kershaw (South Orange, NJ/Columbia) shot 64.5 percent from the field last week (20-31). She averaged 17.7 points and 6.3 rebounds. Massey and Kershaw were teammates on a state championship team at Columbia High.
NJIT Women's Swimming
February 9
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- The NJIT women's swim team earned its fourth consecutive victory with a 112-105 triumph over host St. Joseph's College on Saturday afternoon.
Junior co-captain Lisa Reeber was a triple-winner for the third consecutive meet, including individual victories in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-butterfly. Co-captain Stephanie Dubyna was also a triple-winner for the Highlanders (5-8), who won eight of 14 events.
February 11
The Highlanders, who were 1-11 last season, ran their winning streak to four consecutive meets, edging host St. Joseph's (N.Y.) College, 112-105 on Saturday.
For the third consecutive meet, junior co-captain Lisa Reeber (Highland Lakes, NJ/Vernon Township) won all three events she entered. Junior co-captain Stephanie Dubyna (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) was also a triple-winner on Saturday.
NJIT Men's Volleyball:
February 8
BRONXVILLE, NY -- The NJIT
men's volleyball team fell to 0-5 on the season with its 3-1 (30-17 30-28 32-34 30-17) loss to host
Concordia (NY) College on Friday night in EIVA Tait Division action.
Senior Justin Meyer paced the Highlanders with 36 assists and 10 digs. Sophomore Kenny Giacolone
added 13 kills and six blocks. NJIT hit just .048 on the night to the Clippers' .348. NJIT has three home matches next week, beginning Monday at 7 p.m. against East Stroudsburg
University. No. 5 Pennsylvania State University visits on Friday, followed by Juniata College
on Saturday.
February 11
Despite a breakout effort from senior Hunter Haliniak (Honolulu, HI/Roosevelt), the NJIT men's volleyball team has yet to pick up a victory, falling to Vassar College and Concordia (NY) College last week. Haliniak is averaging 3.56 kills and 3.06 digs per game on the year, both team highs. His averages last season were 0.59 kills and 1.57 digs.
The week ahead features three home matches, highlighted by the annual visit of Pennsylvania State University on Friday at 7 p.m. The Nittany Lions are the defending Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association champions and are ranked No. 5 nationally.
Senior Justin Meyer (Fort Lauderdale, FL/Cardinal Gibbons) had a career-high 64 assists and 10 digs as the New Jersey Institute of Technology men's volleyball team erased an 0-2 deficit and defeated visiting East Stroudsburg University, 3-2 (25-30 26-30 30-25 30-23 15-8), in Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association interdivision play on Monday night at Entwisle Gym.
East Stroudsburg (3-5) hit a combined .328 in the first two games, but just .057 in the last three. NJIT (1-5) took a 6-2 lead in game five and never looked back, hitting .500 for the game.
The Highlanders' Kenny Giacolone (Portsmouth, VA/Churchland) led all hitters with 24 kills and a .432 hitting percentage. Ron Horn (King George, VA/King George) added 19 kills. Jon Stellefson (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) hit .345 and had 16 kills for the Warriors.
NJIT Men's Fencing: NJIT picked up its first Middle Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association victory of the season against
St. John's (Md.) College, 15-12, in a meet at nearby Drew University on Saturday. In the process, the
Highlanders surpassed their win total fro last season. Freshman Matt Edzenga's (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo)
3-0 performance in the epee and the Highlanders 8-1 showing as a team in the saber were the keys to
victory. The Highlanders also lost to Lafayette College, 19-8, and Haverford College, 24-3, on the morning.
Edzenga was a team-best 6-3 combined in the three meets.
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