MCLA Women, Men Lose at Salem State

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SALEM, Mass. -- The Salem State women's basketball team used a 15-0 spurt in the fourth quarter to turn around a five point deficit and they would go on to defeat the MCLA Trailblazers, 72-61,in MASCAC action. 
 
Kaitlin Byran scored a game high 28 points after shooting 9-19 from the floor. That included a 4-10 showing from beyond the arc. She also helped the Vikings (7-15, 3-6 MASCAC) hold a commanding edge off the glass by pulling down 9 caroms. Melissa Saad added 16 points and 9 rebounds for the Vikings while Tahira Peralta chipped in with 12.
 
Karina Mattera paced MCLA (11-10, 3-6) with a team best 20-point effort on 7-14 shooting. Courtney Pingelski scored 13 of her 18 points in the opening half for the Trailblazers.
 
MCLA will be back at home on Wednesday when it hosts Framingham State at 5:30.
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
SALEM, Mass. --- Salem State's Shaquan Murrayled the Vikings with 23 points as they held off the Trailblazers of MCLA to win, 96-72, Saturday afternoon.
 
The Vikings (14-8, 8-1 MASCAC) doubled up the Trailblazers (5-16, 1-8) at halftime, leading 54-27 before holding off a furious rally by the visitors.  MCLA got within nine at one point in the second half and only trailed 84-72 with 3:58 on the clock. The Vikings however, wouldn't allow another point and Murray made some plays in the lane to pull away from the Trailblazers.
 
Dakari Hannah-Wornum led MCLA with 16 points and 14 rebounds.
 
MCLA hosts Framingham State on Wednesday night.
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Williams Seeking Town Approval for New Indoor Practice Facility

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week gave Williams College the first approval it needs to build a 55,000-square foot indoor athletic facility on the north side of its campus.
 
Over the strenuous objection of a Southworth Street resident, the board found that the college's plan for a "multipurpose recreation center" or MRC off Stetson Road has adequate on-site parking to accommodate its use as an indoor practice facility to replace Towne Field House, which has been out of commission since last spring and was demolished this winter.
 
The college plans a pre-engineered metal that includes a 200-meter track ringing several tennis courts, storage for teams, restrooms, showers and a training room. The athletic surface also would be used as winter practice space for the school's softball and baseball teams, who, like tennis and indoor track, used to use the field house off Latham Street.
 
Since the planned structure is in the watershed of Eph's Pond, the college will be before the Conservation Commission with the project.
 
It also will be before the Zoning Board of Appeals, on Thursday, for a Development Plan Review and relief from the town bylaw limiting buildings to 35 feet in height. The new structure is designed to have a maximum height of 53 1/2 feet and an average roof height of 47 feet.
 
The additional height is needed for two reasons: to meet the NCAA requirement for clearance above center court on a competitive tennis surface (35 feet) and to include, on one side, a climbing wall, an element also lost when Towne Field House was razed.
 
The Planning Board had a few issues to resolve at its March 12 meeting. The most heavily discussed involved the parking determination for a use not listed in the town's zoning bylaws and a decision on whether access from town roads to the building site in the middle of Williams' campus was "functionally equivalent" to the access that would be required under the town's subdivision rules and regulations.
 
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