Athletes From Montville On In-State Division II Winter Rosters

MONTVILLE, CT — Looking for something to do during winter break? We suggest you check out Connecticut-bred student-athletes who are playing for one of the state's four Division II universities.

About 180 state student-athletes, including three from Montville, are pursuing their academic and sports endeavors this winter at the University of Bridgeport, the University of New Haven, Post University or Southern Connecticut State University, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

New Haven has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-II rosters, Stratford has nine and Waterbury has seven.

Following are breakdowns by university, by county and by sport, with links to the home pages of each school's athletic department. Note: some rosters did not provide hometown information.

Universities

• Southern Connecticut State - 145
• New Haven - 16
• Post - 13
• Bridgeport - 6

Counties

• New Haven - 73
• Hartford - 38
• Fairfield - 32
• New London - 13
• Middlesex - 12
• Litchfield - 7
• Tolland, Windham - 2

Sports

• men's track and field - 76
• women's track and field - 43
• men's swimming - 21
• men's basketball - 13
• women's basketball - 11
• women's gymnastics - 9
• men's ice hockey - 5
• women's ice hockey - 2

New London County residents

• 3 - Montville
• 2 - Groton, New London, Norwich, Stonington
• 1 - Lebanon, Waterford

Montville residents on in-state D-II winter rosters

• Nikolas Strickland, so., SCSU track and field
• Natalie Bowens, sr., SCSU track and field
• Kiah Strickland, sr., SCSU track and field

Image created by Tim Jensen

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