Women’s Soccer (13-4-2/7-1-1 SUNYAC)
Oct. 22nd at Cortland, W 1-0
Senior
Nha Wright scored the game's lone goal in the second half and junior goalie
Amy Lusby made seven saves, including several outstanding stops in the second half, to lead the Oneonta women's soccer team to a 1-0 win over Cortland last Friday afternoon in SUNYAC action.
Scoring chances were rare in the opening half. Cortland's best opportunity came in the 38th minute when one of their players struck a loose ball that barely went wide right with Lusby out of the goal. Five minutes later, Cortland’s goalkeeper touched a long, looping shot by Oneonta freshman
Melissa Guglielmo just over the crossbar.
The second half proved to be a much different 45 minutes than the first half with multiple scoring chances for both teams. In the 58th minute, Oneonta sophomore
Kayla Brantmeyer fired a long shot that deflected off a Cortland defender and headed for the left side of the goal. The keeper cut across the goal and denied the shot with a diving save at the post. A little over four minutes later, Wright scored the game winner. Freshman
Sarah Bobroff touched a ball back to Wright on the left side of the box. Wright took a shot that she didn't strike clean, but the ball spun inside of the left post from 15 yards out for her fifth goal of the season.
Both teams continued to attack after the score. In the 63rd minute, a Cortland player was alone on the left side of the box and hit a one-time shot. Lusby had charged off her line and deflected the ball to the right with her left hand.
Lusby came up big again in the 70th minute, denying Cortland from eight yards out. In the 84th minute, it was Wright's turn to be stopped, except her shot from the left side caromed clean off the left post and was cleared out of danger.
The host Red Dragons had one final chance to even the game. Cortland blasted a shot from the left side that was labeled for the upper right corner in the 86th minute. Lusby made a leaping save and tipped the ball just wide of the right post to preserve the shutout and the win.
Oct. 23rd at Oswego, W 2-1
The SUNY Oneonta women’s soccer team got goals from junior
Dana DeSimone and senior Wright last Saturday in defeating Oswego on the road 2-1. With the win, the Red Dragons clinched the regular season title and a first round bye for the SUNYAC tournament, which begins next Saturday with the quarterfinals. The regular season crown is the 12th consecutive for Oneonta, who is 12-4-2 overall while finishing with a 7-1-1 conference record for 2010.
The announcement of the tournament pairings and locations of games will be announced early this week by the SUNYAC office.
All the scoring in today’s game versus the Lakers came in the opening half of play. Wright scored her goal in the fourth minute of the game with an assist from sophomore Brantmeyer. Wright beat a defender after a pass in by Brantmeyer freed her up for the shot.
DeSimone made it 2-0 in the 34th minute when she scored an unassisted goal off a rebound.
The lone goal for Oswego came just 13 seconds after DeSimone’s goal to cut the lead in half.
Junior goalkeeper, Lusby, did not record any saves in today’s match. She is now 10-4-2 on the season.
Oct. 26th at Ithaca, W 1-0
The SUNY Oneonta women’s soccer team ended its 2010 regular season schedule with a big in-region win last Tuesday, 1-0, versus Ithaca on the road. The win for the Red Dragons was its third straight and raises its overall record to 13-4-2. Ithaca, which entered the match ranked 11th in this week’s NSCAA coaches poll, fell to 11-3-1 overall with the loss.
Oneonta’s goal came early in the contest when senior
Caitlin Burke beat the Bomber goalkeeper in the 10th minute off an assist from freshman Guglielmo.
Oneonta was outshot in the game16-5, but junior goalie, Lusby came up huge with some stellar saves in the final minutes. In the 83rd minute, Ithaca’s leading scorer beat four defenders to the front of the net and was stopped on a hard, point-blank shot that Lusby pushed over the crossbar. Three minutes later, Lusby made a diving save to her left to stop a shot destined for the back post to keep the game at 1-0.
The women will now prepare for the SUNYAC tournament, which begins this Saturday with quarterfinal matches. Oneonta, which won the regular season title to earn the top seed will get a bye into the semifinals, which will take place on Friday, Nov. 5. The entire tournament schedule will be released sometime tomorrow by the conference office.
Men’s Soccer (11-4-3/7-2 SUNYAC)
Oct. 22nd vs. Cortland, W 2-1 (OT)
The battle of the Red Dragons always seems to be an evenly matched game, and this was like any other. SUNY Oneonta was able to defeat SUNY Cortland 2-1 in overtime thanks to the leg of junior
Jonathan Kowalski who scored both goals for Oneonta last Friday.
The Oneonta Red Dragons wasted no time getting the ball down the field in a hurry in the first half of the game. After a battle for possession in the first five minutes of play, Kowalski got his chance. He sent a long booming kick from 25 yards out, the ball sneaked over the keeper making its way into the net in the 7th minute of play putting Oneonta up 1-0.
Oneonta had a total of six shots on goal in the first half, but the play of Cortland’s keeper kept them in the game ending the half only down by one.
This time, the Red Dragons from Cortland wasted no time in the second half to get down the field. In the 47th minute of play, a driven ball was sent into the box from the left where a Cortland player was able to head it past keeper
Maxwell Siegelman to tie the game at one a piece.
With the game tied, the physical play of both teams affected the game. Both teams were awarded with numerous fouls and yellow cards. Cortland racked up a total 15 fouls, while Oneonta was marked with 9 fouls in the game.
The Oneonta offense picked up in the second half with 7 shots on goal having just missing the net multiple times. The best shot came in the 82nd minute when senior
Michael Diefenbacher had the best opportunity of the half but Cortland’s keeper was able to secure the ball and send the game into overtime.
In overtime it was back to Kowalski who mimicked his goal way back in the first half. After receiving a pass from sophomore
Dan Scott in the middle of the field, Kowlaski took a shot from the top of the box and sent it right over the keeper into the back of the net winning in overtime 2-1.
Oct. 23rd vs. Oswego, W 2-0
In front of a capacity crowd on homecoming weekend, Oneonta State clinched the SUNYAC regular season title with a 2-0 victory over SUNY Oswego last Saturday. This is the first time the men have clinched since being eligible for the SUNYAC tournament in 2008.
Previous to the start of the game the team honored it’s three seniors;
Joe Sorriento,
Larry Pestana, and Diefenbacher, who will all be contributing factors in tournament play.
Oneonta controlled the tempo most of the first half out shooting, owning corners 4-1 and only allowing 4 fouls against the Lakers. Two back-to-back shots by Diefenbacher and sophomore
Jeff Christian in the first eight minutes of play gave Oswego’s keeper two good saves and let him know the pressure was on.
In the 41st minute of play, just before the half, sophomore
Dan Josepher finally put one in the back of the net. After shortly before coming off the bench Josepher headed the ball into the back of the net after senior
Mike Boland sent it into the box ending the half leading 1-0.
In the second half Oswego put pressure back on the Red Dragons, but were unable to capitalize. Unfortunately it backfired for the Lakers. After a great ball and shot, the Red Dragons marched down the field and were awarded a penalty shot after a foul occurred inside the box. The team decided to let sophomore
Ian Tenzer take the shot as he kicked the ball into the far right corner out of reach for the keeper and the Lakers.
The lakers put the pressure on Keeper Siegelman who made six saves in the second half shutting out Oswego.
With Josepher’s goal today, he was the team’s season points leader with six goals and three assists for a total of 15 points.
Oct. 26th at Scranton, L 1-2
The SUNY Oneonta men’s soccer team ended its regular season last Tuesday on the road, falling to Scranton 2-1. Sophomore Scott scored in the 43rd minute with an assist from junior Kowalski, which tied the score at one goal apiece going into halftime. Scott’s shot came from about 30 yards out as it was played back to him by Kowalski.
Early in the second half, a Scranton player broke the one all tie when he headed in a ball in the left corner of the goal on a corner.
Oneonta’s next best shot attempts were from 25-30 yards out by Scott in the 65th minute,
Nicholas Lange in the 66th minute, and Kowalski in the 74th minute, all of which were saved by the back-up Scranton goalkeeper, who replaced the starter at halftime.
Siegelman, who replaced
Giancarlo Colasanti at halftime, took the loss for the Red Dragons. Giancarlo made four saves in the first half while Siegelman made only one save in the second half.
Oneonta will now prepare for its semifinal match in the SUNYAC tournament on Friday, Nov. 5. The times and pairings have yet to be released from the conference office. Oneonta earned a share of the regular season title with Fredonia and Brockport, but earned the top seed by virtue of defeating both Fredonia and Brockport during the regular season.
Field Hockey (10-7/2-4 SUNYAC)
Oct. 27th vs. Utica College, W 3-2
It took two overtimes and a stroke off to determine a winner. In the end Oneonta was able to come out on top defeating Utica 3-2 last Wednesday.
Senior
Ainsley Stoll and the Red Dragons took advantage of the ball when the opportunity appeared. In the 4th minute of play Stoll received the ball off a penalty corner and rifled it into the goal to put Oneonta up 1-0.
The teams battled back and forth with shots, but the play of Oneonta’s senior goalie
Leslie Dauphinais and Utica’s goalkeeper kept the game close.
Just before the halftime as the game seemed to be winding down for the first half, a Utica player was able to dribble through defenders in the middle and score, tying the game up at one.
The second half was identical to the first half as Stoll put the ball into the net off a penalty corner to put the Red Dragons up 2-1. This was Stoll’s 20th goal of the season.
Utica began to battle back out shooting Oneonta 8-2 in the second half.
In the 64th minute of play, Utica was able to tie the game back up at 2’s.
After both teams battled in two overtime’s, the game proceeded to a stroke-off shoot out. Freshman
Stephanie Fiske made the team’s first goal for the Red Dragons while Utica was unable to convert a stroke, ending the game 3-2 in favor of Oneonta.
Volleyball (15-17/5-3 SUNYAC)
Oct 22nd & 23rd in SUNYAC East Pool Play at Potsdam
The SUNY Oneonta women’s volleyball team went 3-1 last weekend in the final SUNYAC East Division pool play weekend hosted by SUNY Potsdam. With its performance, Oneonta finished 5-3 in conference play and qualified for the SUNYAC tournament as the No. 3 seed from the East Division. Oneonta will play Geneseo, the No. 2 seed from the West Division on Thursday, Nov. 4 at Fredonia in the opening round of the six-team, three-day event hosted by Fredonia, who went 8-0 in the West Division.
Cortland, 7-1, and New Paltz, 6-2, finished ahead of Oneonta in the East standings to earn the top two seeds respectively.
After sweeping Potsdam in its opening match on Friday, the Red Dragons defeated New Paltz for the first time since 2005, 3-1. Sophomore
Kacy Boburka led three players, who recorded double digits in kills, with 18. Senior
Kelsey Klopfer fueled the attack with 27 assists. Junior
Jessica Zerega and sophomore
Brittany Calvello led the defense with 30 and 24 digs respectively. For Zerega, it was the first time in her career that she registered at least 30 digs in a match.
In its first match on Saturday, Oneonta jumped out to a 2-0 lead before falling in five sets to Cortland. Calvello had 12 kills and 16 assists to lead Oneonta.
Oneonta finished its day with a 3-1 win against Plattsburgh.
Oct. 26th vs. Union, W 3-0
The SUNY Oneonta women’s volleyball team honored seniors Klopfer and
Megan Boeltz prior to last Wednesday’s match and then celebrated by sweeping Union, 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 26-24). With the win, Oneonta inched closer to the .500 mark while recording its sixth win in the last nine matches.
Oneonta seized control of the opening set, jumping out to a 12-3 lead en route to the 25-18 win. In the second set, the Red Dragons trailed 6-4 before scoring 14 of the next 19 points to take control of that set, which they closed out at 25-19.
The third set was a battle as Oneonta fell behind early before coming back to take its first lead at 15-14. The Red Dragons increased its lead to 19-14 before Union stormed back with six unanswered points to take a 20-19 lead. After an Oneonta timeout, the Red Dragons out-dueled the Dutchwomen to end the match.
Klopfer and sophomore Calvello each had 15 assists for Oneonta in the match. Boeltz led the Red Dragons with nine kills to go along with four blocks. SUNYAC Player of the Week, Zerega, led the defense with 12 digs.
Oneonta will be home again this Friday night against cross city rival Hartwick in what is being billed as the “Presidential Match.” Both Colleges’ Presidents will be present at the match and will be involved in the opening coin toss. The match begins at 7:00 p.m. and admission is a canned food item that will be given to the local food bank of the winning team’s choosing.
