WINTER PARK, Fla.—Fourteen student-athletes were named to the 2012 All-Sunshine State Conference Rowing Team, with the Barry Buccaneers placing three members of their crew on the team: Kristina Boncheva, Renee Forcier and Helene Pierre all earned First-Team varsity awards. It was the first all-conference awards for the trio. Junior Boncheva, who...click to read more
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.—After leading the Bucs to a fourth-place finish at the national tournament, Barry University junior Taylor Babcock earned honorable mention from the National Golf Coaches Association. Babcock led the Bucs with a 77.69 stroke average this year and finished in the top 10 of eight of the 12 tournaments for the Bucs this season....click to read more
LOUISVILLE -- Francesca Perini walked down the award stage steps and flashed a wide smile. She and her Barry University women's golf team had just accepted the fourth place trophy at the NCAA Division II National Championships Saturday. And what a feeling it was. To know that these Buccaneers, ranked sixth in the nation in the latter stretches of...click to read more
LOUISVILLE -- Barry University women's assistant tennis coach Maria Lopez was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA Division II National Assistant Coach of the Year. Lopez helped guide the Buccaneers to a No. 2 national ranking and 26-1 record this season, which ended Friday in the NCAA Championships semifinals. In her third year as a...click to read more
Barry University women's tennis players Julie Stas and Akemi Maehama and women's golfer Taylor Babcock were named to the College Sports Information Director's of America Academic All-District At-Large women's team. All three are now eligible for the All-American honor. Stas, a senior from Brussels, Belgium who recently graduated, has a 3.62 in...click to read more
Barry University men's golfer Daniel Stapff and men's tennis player Marco Mokrzycki were named to the College Sports Information Director's of America All-District 5 Academic Men's At-Large Team. Stapff, who finished fourth at the NCAA Division II Championships after shooting 7-under par in the 54-hole tournament, carries a 3.92 in finance. He was...click to read more
LOUISVILLE -- Barry jumped up to fourth place after the third round of the NCAA Division II National Championships when the women's golf team shot 308 Friday in the third round. Nancy Vergara recovered from an off day Thursday to shoot 1-over 73 on a day she had three birdies. Paola Grande shot 77, finding her form for the second straight day, and...click to read more
LOUISVILLE -- All good things must come to an end. Friday, that something good that has been the talk of Buccaneer Tennis Center all year long saw its last day. Only it wasn't in Miami Shores. The final chapter ended in Kentucky, where No. 2 Barry University's women's team battled to the end of a 5-2 loss to No. 3 Armstrong Atlantic in the NCAA...click to read more
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. -- Barry University men's golf team season ended Friday in the Division II National Championships match play quarterfinals when the Bucs lost 3-2 to Central Oklahoma at the Cardinal Club. That ends the Bucs' season. Barry won the first match after Scott Smyers took care of business, winning by a stroke over Andrew Green. Smyers...click to read more
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. -- Yeah, the Buccaneers have a lot of pride. Yeah, they wanted to win the stroke play portion. Yeah, they wanted to post the lowest scores. Yeah, they believe Danny Stapff should've been a First Team Ping All-American. But the bottom line is Barry University's men's golf team lives to see another day. Barry shot 289 in the final...click to read more
