Men’s Soccer (14-2-2 Overall)
Nov. 5th vs. Brockport, W 1-0 (SUNYAC Tournament Championship)
Freshman
Justin Rivera (Bay Shore/Bay Shore) one-touched a crossing pass from junior
Alex Shkreli(Bedford/Fox Lane) and put it in the back of the goal in the 62nd minute to lift Oneonta State to a 1-0 victory versus Brockport in the championship game of the 2011 SUNYAC tournament. The Red Dragons defense made the goal stand as Oneonta captured its first conference title since rejoining the ranks of Div. III in 2007.
Rivera, along with seniors
Gary Laronde (Wheatley Heights/Half Hollow Hills),
Nicholas Gregg (Apalachin/Owego Free Academy) and
Raymond Fitzpatrick (Garden City/Garden City) were all selected to the All-Tournament Team. Laronde was selected as the tournament Most Valuable Player.
The rest of the All-Tournament Team included Kyle Sauln, Aubrey Brown and Max Egan of Brockport; Pat Shaughnessy and Nate Economou of Plattsburgh; Colin Begy and John Piaggione of Geneseo.
The SUNYAC title is Oneonta's first since 1985, when they were competing in the conference while playing a Div. I schedule. The Red Dragons earned the SUNYAC's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament, which will be the program's first trip to the big dance since 1975, when they played in the college division tournament bracket of the NCAA.
Oneonta has now won 10 straight games and is unbeaten in its last 15 games entering the NCAA tournament field of 64, which will be announced on Monday afternoon. The win today also set a program record of 24 games without a loss at home, a streak that began in 2009. The old record was set during the years 1970-73.
The win was also head coach
Iain Byrne's 101st as a head coach, who reached the 100 win plateau in Oneonta's win versus Plattsburgh in the semifinals this past Wednesday.
Oneonta dominated play last Saturday afternoon, generating 17 shots while holding the Golden Eagles to four shots.
Oneonta goalkeeper,
Maxwell Siegelman (Roslyn/Roslyn) didn't have to make a save in the game.
Field Hockey (14-7)
Nov. 4th vs. New Paltz, W 3-2 (SUNYAC Tournament Semifinal at Cortland)
Freshman
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) scored her team-best fifth game-winning goal in lifting the Oneonta State field hockey team to a 3-2 win against New Paltz in the semifinals of the 2011 SUNYAC tournament hosted by Cortland.
Day's winning goal was at the tail end of a penalty corner for Oneonta. She was able to deflect a shot out of the air that appeared to be heading wide behind the New Paltz goalie. The assist went to senior
Jacqueline Camp (Queensbury/Queensbury), who scored the other two goals for the Red Dragons for a five-point game.
Camp's two goals came in the first half as the Red Dragons held a 2-0 lead at the halftime. Junior
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) assisted on both goals as the scores came off penalty corners. The first goal came in the 10th minute and the second came just under 10 minutes later.
New Paltz, who finished the game with a 13-5 shot advantage, turned up the pressure early in the second half and worked its way back to 2-2 less than 13 minutes into the second half.
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) finished the game with six saves.
Nov. 5th at Cortland, L 1-2 OT (SUNYAC Tournament Championship)
Top seeded Cortland scored with four minutes, 57 seconds remaining in the first overtime period to lead them to a 2-1 win over second-seeded Oneonta last Saturday afternoon in the championship game of the 2011 SUNYAC Field Hockey Tournament.
Junior
Morgan scored Oneonta's goal, while freshman goalie Tracy registered six saves.
Morgan gave Oneonta a 1-0 lead at the nine minute, 56 second mark of the game when she blasted a 10-yard straight-on shot into the lower corner for her 12th goal of the season.
Less than three minutes later, Cortland tied the score on a deflected pass into the bottom corner. A Cortland defender kept the game tied at 24:39 when she made a defensive save on Oneonta junior
Megan Warning's (Lake Peekskill/Putnam Valley) shot that squirted through the goalies pads.
Cortland generated the first good chances of the second half with back-to-back shots just over 20 minutes in that resulted in a save and a block by Oneonta. With 6:49 left in regulation, the visiting Red Dragons nearly grabbed the lead, but freshman
Day sent a deflection wide of the post.
The game winner was scored at 81:03, with a five-yard shot on a loose ball into the lower corner to give Cortland the sudden-victory win.
The All-Tournament team from Oneonta was Camp and freshman
Chelsea Remling (Mahopac/Lakeland).
Volleyball (18-20)
Nov. 4th at Cortland, L 0-3 (SUNYAC Tournament Semifinals)
The Oneonta State volleyball team fell to rival Cortland, 3-0, last Friday in the SUNYAC tournament semifinals.
The standout performance for Oneonta on the day came from sophomore
Erica Darpino (Endicott/Union Endicott), who finished the match with a team high eight kills and nine blocks.
In the opening set, the score was tied 10 times, the last at 20-20. With Oneonta leading 20-19, Cortland scored four straight points on two kills, a block and another kill to go up 23-20. Junior
Kacy Boburka's (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) kill cuts the deficit to 23-21, but Cortland scored the final two points on a kill and an error.
The second set was much the same with the two teams battling to 15 ties. Cortland led 23-20 before Oneonta came back to tie with a pair of blocks and a Cortland error. Oneonta led 25-24 after a block by senior
Stephanie Holt (Delanson/Duanesburg) and
Bridget McHugh (New Hyde Park/Herricks Albertson), but Cortland recorded three straight kills to give them the 27-25 win.
Cortland led for most of the third set before Oneonta tied the score at 18-18. Oneonta took its first, and only, lead at 20-19 on a block by Darpino and
Brittany Calvello (Gloversville/Broadalbin Perth). Following a timeout, Cortland scored five straight points to go up 24-20 and won the set 25-21.
Men’s Swimming & Diving (1-1/1-1 SUNYAC)
Nov. 4th vs. New Paltz, L 99-105
The Oneonta State men's swimming & diving team fell last Friday to visiting New Paltz in its home opener of 2011-12. The men were edged in the final relay to fall 105-99.
Oneonta needed a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay in order to take the win. The race came down to the final inches with a Hawk touching first just .02 seconds ahead of
Alex Miller (Oneonta/Oneonta). The Hawks also took third place in the relay for the final margin of victory.
Miller set two pool records in winning two individual events for the Oneonta in the meet. He won both the 400-yard IM and the 200-yard backstroke with times of 4:11.59 and 1:59.46 respectively. He broke his own record in the IM by 21 seconds while breaking Pete Millspaugh's '08 record in the backstroke by three seconds.
Lucas Rusinak (Staten Island/St. Peter's Boys) was the other double winner for the Hawks men, winning the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle events. Rusinak's time in the 1,000 was a pool record.
Freshman
Jay Park (Bayside/Bayside) won the 200-yard freestyle for Oneonta while taking second in the 200-yard butterfly.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (1-1/1-1 SUNYAC)
Nov. 4th vs. New Paltz, L 90-115
The Oneonta State women's swimming & diving team fell last Friday to visiting New Paltz in its home opener of 2011-12. The women lost 115-90.
Junior
Kristen Magliola (Shoreham/Shoreham Wading River) and freshman
Carly Cahill (Troy/Troy) were single event winners for Oneonta. Magliola won the 200-yard breaststroke while Cahill won the 200 freestyle. Cahill was also second in the 500 freestyle event.
Wrestling (0-1)
Nov. 5th at Monarch Invitational at King’s, 4th place with 91 points
Freshmen
Nick Oliveto (Suffern/Suffern) and
Michael Almaviva (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) finished 1st and 2nd at 125 lbs. and 285 lbs. in leading the Oneonta State wrestling team to a fourth place team finish at the Monarch Invitational hosted by King's College. The Red Dragons scored 91 points overall and had six place winners overall as they opened the 2011-12 season.
Oliveto began the tournament as the No. 3 seeded wrestler in his bracket and in his first match he recorded a technical fall over Andrew Petroulias of Gettysburg. He recorded a second straight tech fall versus Rory Bruce of RIT to advance into the semifinals. In the semifinals he recorded an 11-5 decision over the No. 2 seeded, Michael Flack of Wilkes. In the championship match he pinned the No. 1 seeded, Abe Evans of Gettysburg to complete his championship run.
Almaviva's run began with a pin versus Leon Bodden of Hunter College in 7:18. The No. 6 seed in his weight class, he then recorded a 4-0 decision against Nick Stewart of RIT before heading to the semifinals to match up with the No. 2 seeded Taylor Potts of Washington & Jefferson. Almaviva upset Potts 4-3 in the second tiebreak period to move into the championship match. Almaviva fell in the title match, 5-3, to unseeded Joe Giaramita of Cortland.
Oneonta other place winners in the tournament included, juniors
Matt Eberlein (Levittown/Island Trees) and
Joey Hauser (Yorktown Heights/Lakeland), who finished 6th and 4th respectively at 149 lbs. Sophomore
Ben Mikac (Lackawanna/Williamsville East), who won his weight class last year at the tournament, finished 5th at 133 lbs. Freshman
Christian Dluginski (Garden City Park/New Hyde Park) placed 4th overall at 141 lbs.
Nov. 9th at RIT, L 15-22
Oneonta traveled to RIT this past Wednesday and dropped it’s first dual meet of the season, 15-22.
The Red Dragons had five different wrestlers win their weight classes, all by decisions. Mikac won at 133 lbs class by a score of 11-8. Hauser, at 149 lbs, earned a victory over the RIT wrestler by a score of 12-5 and Almaviva earned his victory as a Red Dragon with a 4-1 decision over Nick Stewart at 285 lbs.
Also picking up their first victories of the 2011 season were sophomore
Dan Graff (LaGrangeville/Arlington) at 157 lbs. and senior
Matt Kurey (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) at 197 lbs.
