Women’s Soccer (4-2/1-0 SUNYAC)
Sept. 18th vs. New Paltz, W 1-0
The Oneonta State women’s soccer team started its conference schedule on a strong note with a 3-0 victory against the New Paltz Hawks. The difference in play was shots on goal as Oneonta out shot New Paltz 18 to 3 last Saturday.
The Red Dragons controlled the tempo of the game with its strong defense lead by senior captain
Caitlin Burke (Manorville/Center Moriches) and quick offense lead by junior
Dana DeSimone (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa).
The ball barely broke midfield for New Paltz as the Red Dragons defense kept the Hawks to only one shot on goal in the first half, which allowed the Red Dragon offense to have their chances. With six shots on goal for Oneonta, speedster
Kori Hamm (Burlington Flats/Edmeston) only needed one to put the Red Dragons on the board, splitting the defense in the 39th minute of play putting them ahead 1-0 before the half.
Oneonta wasted no time in the second half putting the ball into the box. Sisters Dana and
Karly DeSimone (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) each started the half with a shot on goal in the first 30 seconds of play. Dana had three more shots on goal before it paid off. In the 76th minute of play, D. DeSimone, like Hamm, was able to dribble right past the defenders and the keeper to score easily in a wide open net.
With the Red Dragons up 2-0, DeSimone, Karly that is, also made her presence felt with an assist off the header goal by freshman
Mary Gray (Valley Cottage/Nyack) in the 86th minute of play to put the game away for Oneonta 3-0.
Sept. 19th vs. Williams, L 1-0
In a great match-up filled with physical play, great ball skills, and solid defense, Oneonta State women’s soccer fell short losing to Williams College 1-0 last Sunday. The NSCAA, as of September 14th, ranks Williams #7 in the country.
Oneonta came out trying to take control of the game early setting a faced pace tempo with two shots on goal by freshman DeSimone and senior
Nha Wright (Schenectady/Duanesburg) in the first six minutes of play. DeSimone and Wright led the Red Dragon offense to seven shots on goal but were unable to capitalize in the first half. In the 40th minute Williams had an opportunity but the ball smacked the right post, as keeper
Amy Lusby (West Babylon/N. Babylon) was able to recover and hold off Williams going into the half.
The second half was a more physical half as both teams started right off with a couple of quick fouls. Wright had a chance to score the first goal of the game as she crossed the ball towards the goal but it was one hop too far bouncing just wide of the post. Williams then began to show why they deserve the number seven ranking keeping their toughness and pressuring the Oneonta defense.
In the 72nd minute of play Williams marched down the field and into the box trying to find an open lane to shoot. During the flurry by Williams, senior captain
Erin Boyle (West Babylon/West Babylon) was knocked down and injured on the play, the Oneonta defense remained calm hitting it back towards the sideline. With Boyle down and the ball still in play Williams knew they had to capitalize and did, as the Red Dragons were outnumbered, an Eph redirected the ball and knocked it in the back of the net for the only goal of the game.
Goalkeeper Lusby had a career day with five great saves for the Red Dragons in the loss.
Men’s Soccer (3-2-2/0-0 SUNYAC)
Sept. 18th at New Paltz, L 1-2
The SUNY Oneonta men’s soccer team opened its 2010 SUNYAC schedule with a 2-1 loss at New Paltz last Saturday.
The Hawks struck first in the 34th minute finishing a goal from a service. New Paltz doubled the score four minutes later to take the lead of 2-0 into halftime.
The lone goal on the day for the Red Dragons came in the 89th minute by
Jonathan Kowalski (Glens Falls/Glens Falls) off an assist from
Ian Tenzer (Mahopac/Mahopac).
New Paltz finished with a 7-5 margin in corners and Oneonta held a 19-15 advantage in shots.
Oneonta keeper
Jesse Dobson (Holtsville/Sachem) allowed two goals while saving three shots in 45 minutes of play.
Maxwell Siegelman (Roslyn Heights/Roslyn) took over the reins in the second half compiling three saves.
Field Hockey (4-4/0-2 SUNYAC)
Sept. 17th at Geneseo, L 0-3
The Oneonta State field hockey team was defeated on the road to Geneseo in the SUNYAC opener by a score of 3-0 last Friday.
The Red Dragons were outnumbered not only on the scoreboard but also in many statistics categories. The Blue Knights outshot Oneonta 19-2 and held a 19-7 advantage in penalty corners.
Senior goalkeeper
Leslie Dauphinais (Harpursville/Harpursville) made twelve saves on the day to keep the goals scored at 3.
Sept. 18th at Brockport, L 2-3
The Red Dragons dropped a heart breaker last Saturday at Brockport as the Golden Eagles came from behind to defeat Oneonta 3-2 in the waning minutes of the game.
The score was tied at halftime 0-0 before Brockport score less than one minute into the second half. The scored remained at 1-0 until senior
Ainsley Stoll (Williamsville/Williamsville North) was able to redirect a shot from
Katlin Bushnell (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) into the goal. Less than five minutes later, sophomore
Megan Warning (Lake Peekskill/Putnam Valley) was able to finish a rebound to put the Red Dragons up 2-1.
After going down and with only minutes remaining, the Golden Eagles pushed and was able to tie the score and take the lead with a little over one minute left. The Red Dragons tried to push back but fell short on time.
Sept. 22nd vs. Skidmore, L 2-5
Oneonta State women’s field hockey made a comeback but fell short losing to Skidmore 5-2 on All College field last Wednesday. Junior
Jacqueline Camp (Queensbury/Queensbury) was the team’s only scorer on the day.
From the start of the game Skidmore controlled the turf with a shot in the first two minutes of play. The thoroughbreds followed that up with another four shots before their effort paid off. In the 18th minute of play Skidmore took the lead on the board 1-0.
Skidmore didn’t take long to add to the scoreboard in the start of the second half. In the 36th minute of play a thoroughbred player found a loose ball off a rebound and put it away to put Skidmore up 2-0.
Leading scorer for the Red Dragons Stoll tried her best to get the team in it with two great opportunities that came up just short. Soon after Skidmore added a third goal to increase their lead.
Junior Camp wasn’t giving up anytime soon. In the 54th minute, Camp received the ball off a deflection and shot it in the back of the net, giving hope to the Red Dragons. Camp found herself back in position to score for Oneonta when Skidmore was called for a penalty. Camp stepped up and scored the penalty stroke in the 65th minute giving the Red Dragons some resurgence down by one.
Volleyball (3-10/0-0 SUNYAC)
Sept. 17th & 18th at Ducks Classic
The SUNY Oneonta volleyball team dropped four matches this past weekend at the Ducks Classic hosted by Stevens Institute.
In the opening matches of the tournament last Friday, the Red Dragons were defeated by Richard Stockton 3-0. The second match of the evening, Oneonta was defeated by Swarthmore 3-1, after winning the opening set 25-20.
The second day of the tournament went much the same way was as the first day. Oneonta was defeated by host Stevens Institute in three sets. Later in the day, the Red Dragons, once again won the opening set but could not hold the momentum as they lost 3-1 to FDU.
Kacy Boburka (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) led the Red Dragons with 42 kills and five block assists. Oneonta received sixty assists from
Kelsey Klopfer (Baldwinsville/Baldwinsville) and fifty-five digs by
Jessica Zerega (New City/Clarkstown).
Sept. 21st at Scranton, W 3-1
Oneonta State overcame a 1-0 deficit to pull out a 3-1 victory over The University of Scranton last Tuesday evening at Scranton.
Sophomore outside hitter Boburka led the Red Dragons with 16 kills and nine digs, sophomore setter
Brittany Calvello (Gloversville/Broadalbin-Perth) had nine kills, 11 assists, six digs and three blocks, and senior middle hitter
Megan Boeltz (Greene/Greene) finished with seven kills and five blocks.
Tied 1-1 in sets and trailing 18-13 in the third set, the Royals fought back and appeared to have momentum on their side by cutting the margin to one, 19-18. Down the stretch, however, Scranton committed four service errors, including one with a 25-24 lead with an opportunity to nail down the final point. The Red Dragons then scored the next two points on kill and a service ace by Calvello to hold on for a 27-25 victory to take a 2-1 lead in sets.
With momentum now clearly in Oneonta favor, the Red Dragons took advantage as libero Zerega who finished with a match-high 23 digs, won 19 straight points on her serve.
Women’s Tennis (3-3/2-3 SUNYAC)
Sept. 17th vs. Geneseo, L 0-9
The Oneonta State women’s tennis team fell to defending SUNYAC champions Geneseo 9-0 last Friday.
The closest matches of the day came in doubles, where both first doubles
Danielle Browarski (Colonie/Colonie) &
Emily Shannon (East Northport/Northport) and second doubles
Carly Smith (Binghamton/Binghamton) &
Carly Fried (Somers/Somers) battled with their opponents coming up just short 8-6 in both matches.
Sept. 18th vs. Brockport, W 8-1
The Oneonta State women’s tennis team bounced back after their loss to Geneseo to defeat Brockport with confidence 8-1 last Saturday. The Red Dragons took five of six singles points and took all three of the points in the doubles matches.
Jackie Daly (Voorheesville/Voorheesville) came up just short losing the first set 4-6, coming back to win the second set 6-2, but falling again in the third set for the Red Dragons only loss at #6 singles.
Dana Denenberg (Cortlandt Manor/Hendrick Hudson), Fried, and
Lauren Skolnick (Sayville/Sayville) each picked up wins at #3, #4 and #5 singles, respectively. Emily Shannon defeated her opponent by scores of 6-1, 6-0 to claim her second win at #2 singles and Browarski earned her third victory at #1 singles.
Browarski and Shannon picked up the victory at #1 doubles to push their overall wins at four thus far on the season. Also picking up victories in doubles action were the duos of Smith and Fried as well as
Elizabeth Flamman (Setauket/Ward Melville) and Skolnick.
Men’s Cross Country
Sept. 17th in Oneonta State Airfield Invitational
The SUNY Oneonta cross country teams hosted the Airfield Invitational last Friday out at Fortin Park in the Town of Oneonta and came away with a 10th place finish overall out of 19 schools that participated. The Red Dragons scored 313 points as a team, 29 points out of 9th place, which went to SUNYAC rival Plattsburgh. St. Lawrence University was the overall team champion with five finishers in the top 15 as they scored 42 points, 18 points ahead of SUNY Geneseo.
Today’s meet served as a preview of the NCAA Div. III Atlantic Region championship, which will be held at Fortin Park on Saturday, Nov. 13 beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The Red Dragons were led today by Oneonta native
Nick Madison (Oneonta/Oneonta)who finished 34th overall. Madison was Oneonta’s top individual finisher at last year’s region championship as a rookie.
Right behind Madison were two of his classmates,
John Longo (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) and
Chris Harvey (Kings Park/Kings Park) who finished 59th and 65th respectively.
Rounding out the top five for the Red Dragons today was freshman
Mitchell Todorov (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) senior
Tim Greenberg (Oneonta/Oneonta).
Women’s Cross Country
Sept. 17th in Oneonta State Airfield Invitational
The SUNY Oneonta cross country teams hosted the Airfield Invitational last Friday out at Fortin Park in the Town of Oneonta and came away with a 9th place finish overall out of 20 schools that participated. The Red Dragons scored 231 points as a team, two places behind SUNYAC rival SUNY Cortland. St. Lawrence University was the overall team champion with four finishers in the top 10 as they scored 50 points, 18 points ahead of SUNY Geneseo.
The meet served as a preview of the NCAA Div. III Atlantic Region championship, which will be held at Fortin Park on Saturday, Nov. 13 beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The Red Dragons were led today by junior
Lauren Brunetto (Fishkill/Beacon), who finished 25th overall. Brunetto was a 2010 All-American at the Indoor Track & Field Championships where she placed 6th in the country in the 800m.
Brunetto was followed by senior
Celia Alterio (Amherst/Amherst) (38th), sophomore
Lindsay Romaine (Holbrook/Sachem) (52nd), and newcomer, freshman
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus)(53rd).
Rounding out the top seven for the Red Dragons today was freshman
Allison Ryley (LaGrangeville/Arlington) and sophomores
Pam Ernst (Miller Place/Miller Place) and
Molly Hassett (Delmar/Bethlehem).
Men’s Tennis (3-0)
Sept. 21st at Union, W 9-0
The Oneonta State men’s tennis team went on the road to defeat Union College 9-0 last Tuesday.
Freshman
Michael Kennelly (Irvington/Irvington) played the closest match on the afternoon at #1 singles defeating the #1 for the Dutchman 7-5, 6-2.
Also picking up points for the Red Dragons in singles matches were
Adam Shapiro (East Rockaway/Lynbrook),
William Sacco (Canandaigua/Naples),
Jonathan Dorin (Lynbrook/Lynbrook),
John Taft (Queensbury/Glens Falls), and
Joshua Slifkin (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff).
Doubles action went much the same way as singles play as the tandems of Sacco/Dorin, Kennelly/Taft and
Joe Higgins (Peru/Peru)/
Alex Holdstein (Hastings-on-Hudson/Hastings) earned all three points for Oneonta.
