Men’s Soccer (13-2-2/8-0-1)
Nov. 2nd vs. Plattsburgh, W 4-2(SUNYAC Tournament Semifinals)
When it rains, it pours and the Oneonta State men's soccer team poured in four unanswered goals in a span of 9:49 to roll past visiting Plattsburgh 4-2 in the semifinals of the SUNYAC tournament on a gorgeous afternoon last Wednesday at Red Dragon Soccer Field. The Red Dragons will now take its 14-game unbeaten streak that includes nine straight wins into Saturday's championship game at home versus Brockport at 1pm.
With Oneonta trailing 2-0 in the 68th minute, the Red Dragons finally broke through on a goal by junior
Ian Tenzer (Mahopac/Mahopac) off a corner kick. Tenzer was on the receiving end of a service by classmate
Dan Scott (Salt Point/FD Roosevelt) 68:34 into the match. For Tenzer, it was his first game back since Cortland on Sep. 24.
From that point the floodgates opened and Oneonta turned up the pressure for three more scores including a pair by junior
Dan Josepher (Manorville/Eastport South Manor). When Josepher scored Oneonta's fourth goal at 78:23, Plattsburgh was shocked. Josepher finished a pass across the top of the box by classmate
Eric Fortier (Pleasant Valley/Arlington).
Josepher's first goal came in the 75th minute to tie the score at two apiece. Senior
Gary Laronde (Wheatley Heights/Half Hollow Hills) made a great play to maneuver around a Cardinal defender before dropping a pass back to a charging Josepher who finished with a rocket to the back of the goal.
Just over three minutes later, freshman
Justin Rivera (Bay Shore/Bay Shore) carried the ball from the left wing into the box where he unloaded a shot that beat Andy Heighington (Simcoe, Ontario) to the far right post for a 3-2 advantage for Oneonta.
Plattsburgh scored its first goal in the 27th minute. The Cardinals protected its one-goal lead for the remainder of the half.
Plattsburgh took a 2-0 lead in the 65
th minute.
Oneonta had a decided advantage in shots in the match, 24-4 while having an 11-5 edge in corner kicks.
Oneonta will be playing for its first conference championship since 1985 on Saturday and its first since rejoining the SUNYAC in 2007. The winner of Saturday's game will receive the conference's automatic berth into the field of 64 teams for the NCAA tournament, which begins with first round games on Thursday, Nov. 10.
Women’s Soccer (7-9-1/5-3-1)
Oct. 29th vs. Geneseo, L 0-1 (SUNYAC Tournament Quarterfinals)
The visiting Geneseo Blue Knights made its early first half goal stand up last Saturday in eliminating Oneonta State from the SUNYAC tournament.
Geneseo scored its goal in the sixth minute of play this afternoon.
Oneonta held a 16-10 shot advantage and an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks, but couldn't sneak one past the Blue Knights goalkeeper, who collected four saves in the game.
Senior
Amy Lusby (West Babylon/North Babylon) made seven stops in her final collegiate game.
Field Hockey (13-6/4-2 SUNYAC)
Oct. 28th at Union, W 4-3 OT
Freshman
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) scored 4:45 into overtime to lift SUNY Oneonta to a 4-3 non-league field hockey victory at Union College last Friday afternoon.
After a save and rebound, Day blasted home her eighth of the season from 10 yards out to lift the Red Dragons to the triumph at 74:45. Oneonta had a 21-18 shot advantage and Union had a 13-11 advantage in corners.
Oneonta opened the scoring with 21:32 remaining in the first half.
Suzanne Wright (Hudson/Germantown Central) took a loose ball in front on the right side of the net, and through a crowd fired in her third of the season.
Union tied the game with 13:09 left in the first half. The Dutchwomen a 2-1 lead with 9:50 remaining in the half.
Stephanie Fiske (Marathon/Marathon) tied it for the Red Dragons with her second of the season at 41:48 of the contest, deep inside the left post.
Megan Warning (Lake Peekskill/Putnam Valley) set up the play for the 2-2 tie. Warning then notched her team leading 18th of the year with a scramble behind the goalie after a pass from
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) at 46:58, and it was 3-2 Oneonta.
At 53:07, Union tied the game at 3’s.
A Dutchwoman player had an open shot just minutes into the overtime but
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) made the save. On the other side, three minutes in,
Chelsea Remling (Mahopac/Lakeland) had a drive in close from the left side that dribbled wide.
Tracy made 13 saves for Oneonta.
Volleyball (18-19/4-4 SUNYAC)
Oct. 28th at Hartwick, W 3-1 (Presidential Match)
Oct. 29th vs. Sage, W 3-0 (Dig Pink Extravaganza)
The Oneonta State volleyball team defeated both Hartwick and Sage College this past weekend. The win versus Hartwick came last Friday night as the Red Dragons captured the second annual Presidential match while the win versus Sage came last Saturday afternoon in the Dig Pink Invitational. Oneonta will now prepare for the SUNYAC tournament that begins this Thursday at Cortland. Oneonta's opening opponent is Buffalo State.
In last Friday night's win at Hartwick, Oneonta dropped the opening set, 25-18, before rallying and sweeping the next three sets for the victory. Senior
Jessica Zerega (New City/Clarkstown) led the Red Dragons with 22 digs. Junior
Kacy Boburka (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) had a team-high 16 kills and sophomore
Erica Darpino (Endicott/Union Endicott) contributed 11 kills. Junior setter
Brittany Calvello (Gloversville/Broadalbin Perth) had 43 assists to go with 12 digs. With the 22 digs, Zerega became only the second volleyball player to surpass 2,000 digs in a career.
Last Saturday versus Sage, Oneonta swept the Gators, 25-16, 25-11, 25-16. Boburka was the team leader with eight kills followed by sophomore
Bridget McHugh (New Hyde Park/Herricks Albertson) with seven kills. Calvello had 21 assists and nine digs to lead the Red Dragons in both those categories.
Nov. 3rd vs. Buffalo State, W 3-1 (SUNYAC Tournament
The Oneonta State volleyball team got 21 kills and four blocks from junior
Boburka as they advanced past Buffalo State in the 2011 SUNYAC tournament being held at Cortland. The Red Dragons, who are the No. 3 seed from the East Division, eliminated Buffalo State, who was the No. 2 seed from the West Division by a final of 3-1.
In the first set, the score was tied at 10-10 and 11-11 before Oneonta took the lead for good at 12-11. The Red Dragons were still up, 15-14, before going on 4-0 run en route to the 25-17 opening set victory.
In the second set, Oneonta gained a 10-9 lead before scoring six straight points to go up 16-9. Buffalo State battled back to get within 20-17, but Oneonta scored the next two points and went on to win 25-20.
With the teams deadlocked at 7-7 in the third set, the Bengals went on a 4-1 run to go up 11-8. At 13-11, Buffalo State scored the next three points to go up 16-11. Oneonta fought back to within 20-18, but Buffalo State scored the next two points and leads by at least three the rest of the way, winning 25-20.
Buffalo State led early 3-0 and 6-3 before Oneonta put together a 9-1 run to go ahead 12-7. The Red Dragons were still up 15-8 before Buffalo State made a run to get to within two points at 16-14. Oneonta shuts the door with the next three points and closes out the set 25-17 to seal the match.
Junior
Calvello fueled the offense with 41 assists while contributing 15 digs. In the match, Calvello went over 1,000 assists for the season, which is a collegiate career first and only the second time in the last 16 years that the mark has been cracked.
Today's first round win for Oneonta was the first time since 2004 that they have advanced into the semifinals of the conference tournament. That season they met Cortland in the semifinals and were defeated 3-1.
Men’s Cross Country
Oct. 29th at SUNYAC Championships, 4th place with 126 points
Oneonta State junior
John Longo (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) finished in 16th place last Saturday in leading the men's cross country team to a fourth place finish at the 2011 SUNYAC Championship meet. The Red Dragons scored 126 points, 3 points out of third place, which went to Plattsburgh. The Geneseo men took the title with a near perfect score of 17points.
Longo covered the 8K distance in 26:51, just two seconds behind the 15th runner, which would have earned him a spot o the All-Conference second team.
The Red Dragons had all seven scoring runners finish in the top 60 in the race. Those runners who ran in the top-7 today besides Longo were Oneonta native
Jesse Hamway (Oneonta/Oneonta) in 23rd place; Senior
Charles Hollister (Cooperstown/Cooperstown) in 34th place; junior
Ben Reynolds (Endicott/Maine-Endwell) in 35th place; junior
Chris Harvey (Kings Park/Kings Park) in 40th place; junior
Jared Reynolds (Coeymans Hollow/Coeymans-Ravena-Selkirk) in 58th place and
Anthony Romeo (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) in 60th place.
Women’s Cross Country
Oct. 29th at SUNYAC Championships, 4th place with 88 points
Oneonta State sophomore
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) finished in fifth place last Saturday at the SUNYAC championship meet to lead the Red Dragons to a fourth place team finish with 88 points. The race was run at Bowdoin Park and Oneonta just missed third place by three points as rival Cortland came in just ahead with 85 points. Geneseo captured the team title with 36 points.
Kennedy's performance got her into the SUNYAC cross country Hall of Fame, which makes her the third female to earn the honor and the second in as many years as last year senior
Lauren Brunetto (Fishkill/Beacon) was inducted after her fifth place finish at the conference championship meet. Kennedy is the first to be inducted as a sophomore for Oneonta. Kennedy will also be a part of the SUNYAC All-Conference first team, which goes to the top-7 finishers at the championship meet.
Joining Kennedy as an All-Conference honoree is junior
Pam Ernst (Miller Place/Miller Place) who earned second team honors after finishing 15th overall.
The Red Dragons had all seven scoring runners finish in the top 38 in the race. Those runners who ran in the top-7 on the day besides Kennedy and Ernst were Brunetto in 17th place. The next three runners for Oneonta were all freshmen as
Brianna McLoughlin (Yonkers/School of the Holy Child),
Caitlyn Kuzmich (Greenwich/Greenwich) and
Marielle Genovesi (Glen Head/North Shore) finished 28th, 29th and 36th respectively. Oneonta's seventh runner was senior
Ellen Paccia (Marietta/Tully), who was 38th overall.
Men’s Swimming (1-0/1-0 SUNYAC)
Oct. 29th at Oswego, W 125-118
Big contributions from newcomers helped lead the Oneonta State men’s swimming & diving team to a season opening win over Oswego last Saturday.
Freshman
Daniel Donaghy (Holtsville/Sachem East) and sophomore
Jermaine Miller (Elmira/Southside) were both double winners for the Red Dragons on the day. Donaghy won the 1,000 and 500-yard freestyle events to score 18 points in the individual events.
Miller picked up where he left off last winter, winning both the 3-meter, six dives and 1-meter, six dive events with scores of 257.05 and 246.20 respectively.
Single event winners in the meet for the men included Oneonta native
Alex Miller and junior
Steven Hourigan (Stony Brook/Ward Melville). Miller won the 100-yard backstroke while setting a school record in the 200-yard IM, which he placed second. Hourigan won the 100-yard butterfly.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (1-0/1-0 SUNYAC)
Oct. 29th at Oswego, W 132-107
Big contributions from newcomers helped lead the Oneonta State women’s swimming & diving team to season opening win over Oswego last Saturday.
Sophomore
Melissa Erickson (Silver Spring, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross) and freshmen
Carly Cahill (Troy/Troy) and
Hillary Chocko (Queensbury/Queensbury) who won two events to lead the Red Dragons to the victory.
Erickson won both the distance freestyle events. Cahill won both the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events. Chocko won both the 100 butterfly and the 200 IM events.
Picking up individual event wins were a trio of freshmen as
Alyssa Brennan (St. James/Smithtown East),
Kara Garbarino (Latham/Shaker) and
Hannah Hillebrand (Stony Point/North Rockland) all made an impact in their collegiate debut. Brennan won the 100 back, Garbarino took the 3-meter, six dive event while Hillebrand won the 1-meter, six dive event.
