Monday, March 5, 2007

Coffee, Bagels and the News

Lots of events to talk about today, and we'll address most of them in our Weekend Recap later today. Here's a look at some of the news clips from the weekend.

Bridget Wentworth of the Star Ledger focused on the defensive prowess of Big East Defensive Player of the Year Essence Carson in her piece leading up to the Big East tournament game against DePaul. Carson held Allie Quigley to 11 points on 4-14 shooting, including 0-7 from beyond the arc.

Here is Aditi Kinkhabwala's story of the game, focused on the stellar play of Matee Ajavon. Read her notebook as well.

• Keith Sargeant wrote nice story looking back at the career of Marquis Webb.

Aditi had her own story about the Rutgers captain.

CSTV has the story of the Rutgers baseball team defeating No. 14 Georgia Tech in the series finale this weekend. The baseball team is now 5-4 on the season before heading back south for spring break later in the week.

• Rutgers football recruit Alex Silvestro had a great weekend, winning the NJ State Championship, wrestling at the 215-pound weight class. Read the Gloucester County Times article on the weekend by Bill Evans.