ONEONTA, N.Y. -- With the last week of October upon us, the Oneonta cross-country and soccer teams prepare to host SUNYAC postseason competition on Halloween. Field Hockey is finishing out their regular season, while volleyball still has a couple weeks of conference play left, and wrestling hits the mat for their season opener.  

Field Hockey
The SUNY Oneonta field hockey team has one more non-conference and one more conference game before the SUNYAC postseason starts next week. The Red Dragons will host New Paltz on Tuesday, October 27 at 4:00 pm at All College Field. Oneonta is 8-6 after a pair of non-conference wins over Ramapo and Manhatanville last week.  New Paltz, who is now participating in the NJAC, brings a 5-11 record. The series is tight at 18-17-0 with the Red Dragons having the edge. The Hawks got the better of Oneonta in their previous meeting last fall. 

On Saturday, October 31, the Red Dragons will travel to Oswego for the last conference matchup at 1:00 pm. Oswego has a 6-9 record currently. Oneonta owns the series over the Lakers at 37-6-3. 

Goal scorers last week – 
Junior Miranda Colacchio (Lagrange, N.Y./Arlington), freshman Gabby Ackley and senior Alexandra Howell (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East) all netted two goals last week. Sophomore Isabella Cuhna, junior Nina Contrera (Rochester, NY/Hilton Central) and senior Abigail Draper (Remsen, NY/Holland Patent) all added one goal apiece. 

Cross Country 
The SUNY Oneonta men's and women's cross-country teams will be hosting the SUNYAC Championship at Fortin Park in Oneonta on October 31 at 11:00 am for the women and noon for the men. 

Players to Watch -- 
Junior Natalia Sweat (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh) and senior Anya Sloth (Oneonta, NY/Oneonta Senior) pace the women's side as the team's one-two runners with sophomores Summer Sayavas and Jill Cinquina (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Walter Panas) right behind them. The men have a rotation of runners in their top five with seniors Noah Pickard (Batavia, NY/Batavia), Lucas Berg (Nyack, NY/Nyack), sophomore Xander Kunz (Elbridge, NY/Jordan-Elbridge), and freshman Ryan Pepples (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley Central) constantly in the mix. 

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team finished the SUNYAC season undefeated at 5-0-3 and received a bye in the first round of SUNYAC Championship play. The Red Dragons will face the winner of Potsdam and Oswego on October 31 at 2:00 pm on Red Dragon Field. The Red Dragons are 8-3-4 overall. While they did not compete against SUNY Oswego in the regular season, they beat SUNY Potsdam 3-0 earlier in the season. 

Players to Watch –
Junior Sara Kealey (Seaford, NY/General Douglas MacArthur) scored three goals last week while senior Caroline Schimitish, junior Devyn Kelly (Wappingers Falls, NY/Beacon) and sophomore Eleni Schattman (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Hendrick Hudson) each added a goal apiece and junior Emily Hardison (Coram, NY/Longwood) put up two clean sheets. 

Men's Soccer  
The SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team finished 3rd overall in the regular SUNYAC season with a 6-1-1 record. They have earned a bye in the first round of the SUNYAC tournament and are set to face the winner of SUNY Delhi versus SUNY Potsdam. The Red Dragons easily dispatched of the Broncos and the Bears in the regular season. 

Goal Scorers last week – 
Fifth-year Iyare Harris (Kingston, NY/Kingston) led the way for the Red Dragons last week with three goals followed by fifth-year Zach Rabadi's (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay) two goals. Senior Imari Harris (Kingston, NY/Kingston), sophomore Noah Hechler (Somers, NY/Somers) and freshman Elias Curran (Rondout Valley, NY/Rondout Valley) all added one goal apiece.

Volleyball 
The SUNY Oneonta volleyball team is on a 6-game winning streak and sits at 5-0 in SUNYAC play and 9-10 overall. The Red Dragons will be headed to Buffalo for a match against Buffalo State. The Bengals are also 5-0 in conference play and are currently 11-10 this season. The match is set for 6:00 pm on Friday, October 30.

On Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 pm, the Red Dragons will head to SUNY Fredonia to compete against a 9-11 Blue Devil team. Fredonia has a 3-2 record in SUNYACs. While all the other fall sports are finishing up, the volleyball team has another week after this one to compete before heading into SUNYAC tournament play.

Players to Watch – 
Senior Keira Welsh (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford), sophomore Corynna Majos, sophomore Lily Pugliese (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay) and junior Shea Landversicht (Greenville, NY/Greenville) led the attack last week against SUNY Morrisville and SUNY Oswego. Senior Lillian Slattery (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) held it down in the back line leading the team in digs and service aces, while sophomore Layla Pertchick led the team in assists. 

Wrestling
The Oneonta wrestling team begins the 2026-27 season with the Lycoming Invitational at Lycoming College on Sunday, November 1, at 10 am. The event is a non-team scoring event where there will be 20 brackets total with 10 for freshman/sophomores and 10 for upperclassmen.