Division II Athletes From West Haven on In-State Fall Rosters

WEST HAVEN, CT — As a followup to Monday's column about student-athletes from Connecticut playing college sports at in-state institutions this fall, today we check out locals who are playing for one of the state's four Division II universities.

More than 225 Connecticut student-athletes, including seven from West Haven, are pursuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's four Division II universities this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

Waterbury has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-II rosters, while Naugatuck and Bridgeport each have nine.

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 had not yet been provided by publication time, while others did not provide hometown information.

Universities

• Southern Connecticut State - 115
• Post - 62
• New Haven - 31
• Bridgeport - 18

Counties

• New Haven - 83
• Fairfield - 49
• Hartford - 38
• Litchfield - 20
• Middlesex - 16
• New London - 11
• Tolland - 5
• Windham - 4

Sports

• football - 62
• men's soccer - 35
• women's soccer - 31
• sprint football - 23
• field hockey - 21
• men's cross country - 19
• women's volleyball - 14
• women's cross country - 13
• men's tennis, women's tennis - 4

New Haven County residents

• 13 - Waterbury
• 9 - Naugatuck
• 7 - West Haven, Hamden
• 6 - Milford, Meriden
• 4 - Wallingford, Woodbridge, Wolcott
• 3 - New Haven, Seymour, Guilford, Cheshire
• 2 - Bethany, Branford
• 1 - Oxford, Prospect, Orange, Beacon Falls, Southbury, North Branford, Ansonia

West Haven residents on in-state fall D-II rosters

• Haroon Chaudry, sr., SCSU cross country
• Dan Perusina, jr., SCSU cross country
• Jose Conde, so., SCSU football
• Blaise Haba, jr., SCSU soccer
• Marisa Pacapelli, sr., New Haven soccer
• Franco Acuna, fr., New Haven soccer
• Nick Atkins, so., New Haven football

Image created by Tim Jensen

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