Men’s Soccer (1-2/0-0)
Sept. 1st vs. FDU-Florham, W 5-1
The Red Dragons had a convincing win over visiting FDU-Florham in it's opening game of the 2011 season with a 5-1 victory last Thursday.
Oneonta (1-0) started the scoring off with a penalty kick taken by senior
Jonathan Kowalski (Glens Falls/Glens Falls) in the 22nd minute of the game after a handball was called against the Devils in the box. The lead didn't last long as FDU tied the score on a crossing pass that was finished with a header to the back of the goal in the 25th minute.
In the 32nd minute of play, senior
Gary Laronde (Wheatley Heights/Half Hollow Hills), who had just entered the game, scored on a breakaway of his own. Oneonta held the advantage in shots in the first half, 7-2.
The second half was all Oneonta as they were able to net three more goals in the last twenty minutes of play. Junior
Eric Fortier (Pleasant Valley/Arlington) scored his first of the season after a shot taken by
Raymond Fitzpatrick (Garden City/Garden City) hit the post and fell to Fortier's feet. Fortier blasted the rebound past the keeper for the third Oneonta goal of the game.
Freshman goalkeeper
Daniel DeBottis (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) made a huge save in the 77th minute to keep the game at 3-1 Oneonta.
The last two goals came in the 83rd and 86th minutes by Laronde and
Dan Josepher (Manorville/Eastport-South Manor). Laronde picked up a deflected ball at the top of the 18 and turned quickly to put the ball past the keeper. Josepher's goal was textbook. Freshman
Justin Rivera (Bay Shore/Bay Shore) flicked on a throw- in to Josepher, who volleyed the ball into the back of the net for the fifth and final goal of the game.
Oneonta out shot the Devils 20-4 and had one more corner kick in the game.
Sept. 3rd at St. Lawrence (at Lotto Tournament), L 2-3
Junior
Alex Shkreli (Bedford/Fox Lane) and Fitzpatrick each scored last Saturday, but the men's soccer team fell 3-2 to St. Lawrence in the opening game of the 2011 Lotto Tournament hosted by the Saints.
The two teams traded early goals as Oneonta broke the scoring ice when Shkreli took a through pass from
Nicholas Lange (Freeville/Dryden) and went one-on-one with the Saints keeper at the 20:18 mark for the game's first goal.
The go-ahead goal for the Saints was scored at 57:29 when a lead pass was sent into the box and a Saints player was able to control and go one-on-one with goalie Maxwell Siegelman (Roslyn/Roslyn), scoring from point blank range.
Oneonta got one back when Fortier crossed the ball to the far post for a header goal by Fitzpatrick at 69:19, but time feel short for any further comeback.
Sept. 4th vs. Clarkson (at Lotto Tournament), L 0-1
The Red Dragons dropped its second straight game last Sunday against Clarkson, 1-0. Oneonta outshot Clarkson 15-9, but were unable to put the ball past the goalkeeper. The end of the first half saw both teams with five shots apiece and no goals to show for it.
Clarkson was able to break the deadlock in the 54th minute of play when a Knight was able to get off a service that was headed into the back of the net.
Oneonta responded with a flurry of shots on goal, but were unable to break down the Golden Knights defense and goalkeeper. The Red Dragons owned the advantage in shots as well as in corner kicks, 6-2.
DeBottis made three saves for the Red Dragons. Senior
Nicholas Gregg (Apalachin/Owego Free Academy) and Fitzpatrick were selected to the All-Tournament Team.
Field Hockey (2-0/0-0 SUNYAC)
Sept. 3rd vs. Southern Maine, W 6-2
Junior
Megan Warning (Lake Peekskill/Putnam Valley) scored three goals including back-to-back tallies in the second half to lead the Red Dragons to a season opening, 6-2 win, versus visiting Southern Maine last Saturday. Warning, who was the team's second leading scorer a year ago, picked up where she left off in 2010.
Oneonta actually trailed 1-0 when Southern Maine scored the game's first goal in the seventh minute.
The hosts didn't waste any time in tying the score as exactly one minute later senior
Jacqueline Camp (Queensbury/Queensbury) knocked home a loose ball behind the goalie off a shot by junior
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley).
The Red Dragons notched three more scores over the remaining 27 minutes to lead going into the break, 4-1. Morgan scored her first goal in an Oneonta uniform after transferring in this season from UConn. Her goal made it 2-1 before freshman
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) scored her first collegiate goal to make it 3-1. Warning made it 4-1 with her first of the game off an assist from Morgan to complete the Putnam Valley connection.
Warning added her final two goals in the early part of the second half to put the game out of reach for the Huskies.
Oneonta held a 22-15 advantage in shots and a 12-7 edge in penalty corners in the contest.
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) finished the game with five saves in goal before giving way to classmate,
Emma Wasserman (High Falls/Roundout Valley) with a few minutes left.
Sept. 4th vs. St. Lawrence, W 4-3
Four different players scored last Sunday as the Red Dragons got the best of visiting St. Lawrence 4-3. Oneonta held a 25-13 advantage in shots and a 9-5 edge in penalty corners as they begin the season 2-0 for a second straight year.
Oneonta jumped all over the Saints in the first 12 minutes of action recording eight shots and four corners while play stayed in St. Lawrence's defensive end of the field. The Red Dragons finally broke through when Warning controlled a rebound of a
Suzanne Wright (Hudson/Germantown Central) shot. Warning was waiting on the back post after inserting the ball on Oneonta's fourth corner of the game.
In the 23rd minute of play, the Saints gained a bit of momentum and generated some scoring opportunities where they were able to tie the score at 22:54.
The two teams went into halftime deadlocked at 1 apiece, but Oneonta held a 12-4 advantage in shots.
The Red Dragons struck for back-to-back goals just four minutes apart in the first 12 minutes of the second half. Day scored her second goal in as many days on a shot from the top of the circle that made it between the goalie’s legs.
Junior
Ashley Johnson (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) then scored an unassisted goal four minutes later on a beautiful reverse stick shot that found the back of the goal to give Oneonta a 3-1 lead.
The Saints didn't quit and pulled back to within one goal in the 53rd minute.
Oneonta scored an insurance goal in the 68th minute when Morgan scored on a penalty corner off an assist from
Stephanie Fiske (Marathon/Marathon).
Tracy finished the game with five saves.
Volleyball (2-2/0-0 SUNYAC)
Sept. 2nd & 3rd in Oneonta Invitational
vs. SUNYIT, W 3-1; vs. Pacific University, L 1-3;
vs. Mount Saint Mary’s College, W 3-0; vs. Millikin, L 0-3
The volleyball team completed its two-day Invitational splitting a pair of matches to finish this past weekend 2-2 overall. Highlighting the weekend for the Red Dragons was head coach, Colleen Cashman, recording her 300th career win in a 3-0 sweep of Mount St. Mary on Saturday.
Cashman is in her 13th year at Oneonta and 15th overall as a collegiate head coach. Before taking over as the coach of Oneonta she spent two seasons at her alma mater Binghamton University. She currently stands at 300-263 overall including a record of 256-227 at Oneonta.
Oneonta opened the 2011 season with a 3-1 win versus SUNYIT, junior
Kacy Boburka (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) led Oneonta with 15 kills, 12 digs and three aces. Senior
Christina Fabiochi (Manorville/Eastport South Manor) added 10 kills and three blocks. Junior
Brittany Calvello (Gloversville/Broadalpin-Perth) led the Red Dragons with 37 assists while contributing nine kills of her own.
Boburka had 12 kills and 12 digs in the match against Pacific. Calvello led Oneonta once again with 29 assists while also adding 12 digs.
In the three-game sweep of Mount St. Mary (25-15, 25-12, 25-14), Boburka registered 10 kills in two games while Calvello tallied 16 assists and eight digs.
In Oneonta's three-game loss to Millikin (22-25, 14-25, 19-25), Boburka and Fabiochi each had nine kills to lead the Red Dragons. Calvello had a team high 31 assists and 14 digs while senior
Jessica Zerega (New City/Clarkstown) added 11 digs.
Boburka and Calvello were selected by the coaches to the All-Tournament Team for their play in the four matches.
Men’s Cross Country
Sept. 3rd in Oneonta Early Bird Invitational, 1st place with 26 points
The men’s cross country team opened its 2011 season this past Saturday and were victorious as they came away with a first place finish. The team scored 26 points, which was 35 points better than second place Oswego.
Junior
Ben Reynolds (Endicott/Maine-Endwell) led the way for the Red Dragons with a second place overall finish in a time of 19:58.
Oneonta had its seven scoring runners in the top 14 finishers. Behind Reynolds was junior
John Longo (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) in third place; junior
Chris Harvey (Kings Park/Kings Park) in fifth place; sophomore
Tom Haskins (Tully/Tully) in seventh place; senior
Charles Hollister (Cooperstown/Cooperstown) in ninth place; sophomore
Anthony Romeo (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) in 10th place; sophomore
Jesse Hamway (Oneonta/Oneonta) in 14th place.
Women’s Cross Country
Sept. 3rd in Oneonta Early Bird Invitational, 1st place with 17 points
The women’s cross country team opened its 2011 season this past Saturday and came away with a first place finish with a total of 17 points. The Red Dragons were 49 points better than the second place finisher Oswego.
Leading the way for the Red Dragons was sophomore
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus), who completed the 4.5k course in a time of 18:11.
Oneonta saw three freshmen finish in the top eight as
Christine Connelly (Staten Island/St. John Villa Academy),
Jaclyn Masucci (Staten Island/St. Joseph by the Sea) and
Brianna McLoughlin (Yonkers/School of the Holy Child) finished fourth, sixth and eighth respectively.
Rounding out the list of runners who placed in the top seven for Oneonta were, junior
Pam Ernst (Miller Place/Miller Place) in third; senior
Ellen Paccia (Marietta/Tully) in seventh and senior
Lauren Brunetto (Fishkill/Beacon) in ninth.
Women’s Soccer (0-2/0-0)
Sept. 2nd vs. Union (Rachel Miller Tournament), L 0-4
The Red Dragons opened its 2011 season last Friday afternoon at the Rachel Miller Tournament hosted by RIT. Despite outshooting Union College 13-11, the Dutchwomen made the most of its opportunities en route to the 4-0 victory. Senior
Dana DeSimone (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) led Oneonta with three shots, two of which were on the net.
Amy Lusby (West Babylon/North Babylon) made five saves in goal.
Sept. 3rd at RIT (Rachel Miller Tournament), L 0-1 OT1
For the second game in a row, the Red Dragons outshot its opponent, but was unable to stick one in the back of the goal as they dropped its second straight, 1-0 to RIT in overtime.
Karly DeSimone (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) led Oneonta with five shots.
