Men’s Soccer (11-5-1/7-2 SUNYAC)
Oct. 19th vs. Fredonia, W 7-0
One win down and one to go for the SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team as they kept themselves alive for the top seed in the SUNYAC tournament, which begins next Saturday.
After taking a 1-0 lead into halftime, the floodgates opened and Oneonta poured it on to the tune of six goals for the final of 7-0. The offensive output was the Red Dragons' largest since Sep. 1, 2009 when they put 10 up versus SUNY Cobleskill.
Junior
Luke Halberg (Norwich/Valley Heights Christian Academy) and freshman
Zef Saljanin (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) each registered a pair of goals for Oneonta last Friday. Halberg scored his team-leading fifth and sixth goals of the season while Saljanin scored his first two collegiate goals.
Sophomore
Mitchell Cain (Marcy/Whitesboro) and freshman
Colin Volpe (Commack/St. Anthony's) each had one goal and one assist, as did senior
Eric Fortier (Pleasant Valley/Arlington).
Oneonta completely dominated with a 24-4 shot advantage and a 7-1 advantage in corner kicks. Fredonia had two shots in each half. The two first half shots came in the first seven minutes of the match and actually were in close. Starter
Daniel DeBottis (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) saved one shot and the other flew over the goal.
Oct. 20th vs. Buffalo State, W 5-0
The SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team completely dominated visiting Buffalo State last Saturday in SUNYAC action 5-0. The victory secured a bye in the conference tournament, as the Red Dragons earned the No. 2 seed after Plattsburgh defeated Brockport 2-1 in overtime. Despite having the same 7-2 conference record, Plattsburgh earned the top seed because of its win over the Red Dragons earlier in the season.
Oneonta took control from the opening whistle even though it took them until the 29th minute to put its first goal on the scoreboard. Junior
Jason Ruivo (Sleepy Hollow/Sleepy Hollow) scored his first goal of the season unassisted after he dribbled around a defender before sliding a shot underneath the Bengals keeper.
Six minutes later, freshman
Volpe notched his fourth goal of the season off an assist from junior
Halberg. Halberg made a crossing pass to Volpe, who was at the top of the box. Volpe settled the ball and then fired a shot to the upper right hand corner of the goal for a 2-0 lead for Oneonta.
The Red Dragons would add a third goal in the final minute of the first half when sophomore
Cain scored on a corner kick. Cain was in the right spot to collect a rebound of a save by the keeper on the original ball sent in from the corner by classmate
Justin Rivera (Bay Shore/Bay Shore).
Freshmen
Ryan Young (Stormville/John Jay) and
Jake Sutherland (Syracuse/West Genesee) each scored their first collegiate goals in the second half for the final margin of victory. Seniors
Alex Shkreli (Bedford/Fox Lane) and
Ian Tenzer (Mahopac/Mahopac) assisted on Young's goal while Tenzer put a ball through to Sutherland who slipped a low shot past the Buffalo keeper.
Women’s Soccer (11-6-1/7-2 SUNYAC)
Oct. 19th at Fredonia, L 0-1
Oct. 20th at Buffalo State, W 3-1
The SUNY Oneonta women's soccer team defeated Buffalo State last Saturday 3-1 on the road in the final SUNYAC regular season match of 2012. With the victory, Oneonta secured the No. 2 seed and a first round bye in the conference tournament, which begins next Saturday.
Last Friday, Oneonta fell to Fredonia 1-0, which set up the must win to secure a first round bye.
The first half of the day's contest didn't have much going on until the final seven minutes when the two teams combined for three goals. Oneonta held a 9-3 advantage in shots and a 2-1 lead heading into halftime.
Senior
Kayla Brantmeyer (Center Moriches/Center Moriches) got things started with an unassisted goal in the 39th minute. It was her fifth goal of the season. Brantmeyer would tally another unassisted goal in the 71st minute to add insurance to the Red Dragons lead.
The Bengals tied knotted the score at 1’s just four minutes later on a direct kick from about 30 yards out.
As the first half was coming to a close, junior
Karly DeSimone (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) sent a through ball into the box to sophomore
Elise Moinzadeh (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa), who finished the pass off with a shot to the lower corner of the goal. The goal came with 13 seconds remaining in the first half and gave Oneonta its lead going into the break.
Field Hockey (10-6/3-3 SUNYAC)
Oct. 19th vs. New Paltz, L 3-4
In a must win for both teams in a tight race for the four SUNYAC tournament berths, it was SUNY New Paltz that came out on top, 4-3, versus SUNY Oneonta last Friday.
For Oneonta they will need Brockport to lose to Oswego tomorrow for them to earn the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament that will be held Nov. 2-3 at the highest seed. Brockport lost at SUNY Cortland today, 4-0.
The game was well played and entertaining as both squads moved the ball from end-to-end creating multiple scoring chances throughout the 70 minutes. In the end, Oneonta generated 23 shots and 11 corners to New Paltz's 17 shots and four corners.
New Paltz's opening goal actually came on a corner on a tipped shot that sailed past Oneonta goalie
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool). Tracy finished the game with seven saves.
In the eighth minute, a Hawk player was able to redirect a pass for the games opening goal.
Senior
Suzanne Wright (Hudson/Germantown Central) tied the game at one apiece in the 22nd minute. The ball was in tight to the New Paltz goalie, but junior
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) was able to slip a pass to Wright, who one-timed it by the goalie.
The two teams went into halftime tied 1-1.
Oneonta struck first in the second half, as Morgan got loose and dribbled into the circle before taking a shot that trickled by the goalkeeper to give the Red Dragons a 2-1 lead in the 41st minute.
The Hawks didn't waste much time in tying the game. In the 43rd minute, New Paltz had a flurry of shots before they were able to slip one past Tracy.
New Paltz took the lead for good five minutes later on a blast that just snuck inside the right post. The Hawks added an insurance goal in the 65th minute.
With just under two minutes remaining, Oneonta made the game interesting when Morgan scored her second of the game to cut the Hawks lead back to a goal. Morgan was able to dribble into the circle before rifling a shot to the back of the goal.
New Paltz was able to control the ball enough during the final 1:57 to secure the win.
Oct. 24th vs. Utica College, W 3-1
Two late first half goals lifted the SUNY Oneonta field hockey team last Wednesday in a 3-1 victory over Utica College at home. The win for the Red Dragons was its 10th of the season, which is the third consecutive season that Oneonta has recorded at least 10 wins in a season.
Utica had three shots in the game and they all came in the first half including the game's first goal in the fifth minute of play. Tracey only had to make a pair of saves in picking up her ninth win of the season.
It appeared that Utica would take its one-goal lead into halftime, as time was running out in the opening half of play. The Red Dragons came up with a pair of goals including one with nine seconds left in the first half.
Sophomore
Kelcy Forbragd (Camden/Camden) got the equalizer with less than two minutes to go when she collected a ball that deflected off a Utica defender's stick. She was able to get a shot by the Pioneers' goalie inside the far post.
The go ahead goal was scored by senior
Wright, who notched her team leading 12th goal of the season. Wright was in the right place when the ball came off the goalie's pad where she was able to get her stick on it to bang a shot to the back of the goal.
Oneonta dominated the second half and scored an insurance goal in the 65th minute. Senior, two-year captain,
Bridgette Robinson (Clarks Summit, PA/Abington Heights) scored her first collegiate goal off an assist from classmate
Ashley Johnson (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), who registered her team leading ninth assist of the season. Johnson made a nice touch pass to Robinson inside the circle. Robinson finished the play with a shot that whistled by the goalie.
Volleyball (19-12/3-5 SUNYAC)
Oct. 19th & 20th at SUNYAC East Pool Play at New Paltz
vs. Cortland, L 0-3; vs. New Paltz, W 3-2; vs. Potsdam, W 3-1; vs. Plattsburgh, L 0-3
The SUNY Oneonta volleyball team came through with a 2-2 record at the final SUNYAC East Division pool play weekend hosted by New Paltz to finish 3-5 overall in conference matches. Oneonta finished tied for third place with SUNY Potsdam, which means the two teams have to play a play-in game at Buffalo State to qualify for the SUNYAC tournament on Friday, Nov. 2 at noon.
In last Saturday's first match versus SUNY Potsdam, Oneonta won 3-1 (25-17, 24-26, 25-21, 25-19). This match tied the two teams with one match remaining for both. Both squads lost their matches to end in a tie for the final playoff spot, thus the reason for the play-in.
Senior
Kacy Boburka (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) led three players in double figure kills with 18. She also had eight digs and two blocks. Junior
Erica Darpino (Endicott/Union-Endicott) had 14 kills and a pair of blocks. Senior
Brittany Calvello (Gloversville/Broadalbin-Perth) recorded her sixth triple double of the season with 10 kills, 21 assists and 15 digs.
Versus Plattsburgh, Boburka was tops again with 12 kills to go with 10 digs. Calvello had 17 assists, five aces, five blocks and 16 digs. Junior
Kristina Pelaccio (Verplanck/Hendrick Hudson) led the defensive effort with 19 digs.
Oct. 25th vs. Hartwick, W 3-1 (Presidential Match)
In a battle for city bragging rights between the two College Presidents, it was the SUNY Oneonta volleyball team that came out on top of Hartwick College last Thursday night 3-1. The match was the third annual Presidential Match, this year hosted by Oneonta.
Oneonta never trailed in the opening set en route to a 25-21 win. The Red Dragons led by as many as eight points before Hartwick battled back to pull within two points at 23-21.
In the second set, Hartwick scored the opening point, but that was its only lead, as Oneonta won the set easily 25-13.
The third set was close throughout with eight ties and six lead changes. The last lead change came at 19-18 in favor of the Hawks, as the won the third set 25-20 to force a fourth set.
The two squads battled again in the fourth set with neither team holding more than a two-point lead until the end when Oneonta won 25-22. With the score tied at 20-20, Oneonta scored three unanswered to create some breathing room. Hartwick got it back to 24-22 and had the serve, but the match ended on Calvello kill, as Oneonta took the victory.
Senior
Boburka led Oneonta with 12 kills. Calvello had 17 assists and 12 digs in the match. Junior
Pelaccio led the defense with 17 digs.
Oneonta will close out the regular season this Saturday at home when they host the Dig Pink Invitational. All Funds raised will go towards breast cancer education and research. Fans are asked to wear pink to the matches in support of the effort.
Men’s Cross Country
Oct. 19th at Hartwick Fast Course 5K, W 17-44
The SUNY Oneonta men’s cross country team journeyed to the other hill last Friday to participate in the Hartwick College Fast Course 5K race on the track. They won the meet with a nearly perfect score 17-44.
Taking top honors for the men was a newcomer to the program. Sophomore transfer,
Donato Geraci (Ridge/Longwood) led the squads. Geraci, who won the men's race, completed the event in 16:01.
The next six finishers for the Red Dragons were all in the top 10. This group included five sophomores and one senior. Sophomore
Jay Berube (Putnam/Ticonderoga) (2nd), sophomore
Bobby Gallant (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville) (3rd), sophomore
Charles Remillard (Peru/Peru) (5th), senior
Anthony Romeo (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) (6th), sophomore
Juan Soriano (Middletown/Middletown) (8th) and sophomore
David Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) (9th) comprised the top-7 for Oneonta last Friday night.
Women’s Cross Country
Oct. 19th at Hartwick Fast Course 5K, W 20-40
The SUNY Oneonta women’s cross country team journeyed to the other hill last Friday night to participate in the Hartwick College Fast Course 5K race on the track. The women won the meet with a score of 20-40.
Taking top honors for the women was a newcomer to the program. Sophomore transfer
Marisa Hitchcock (Cobleskill/Cobleskill-Richmondville) led the women’s squad with a time of 19:17.
Behind Hitchcock last Friday night was sophomore
Caitlyn Krug (Massapequa Park/Massapequa) (3rd), junior
Allison Ryley (LaGrangeville/Arlington) (4th), junior
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) (5th), sophomore
Brianna McLoughlin (Yonkers/School of the Holy Child) (6th), junior
Cara Ugolino (West Hurley/Onteora) (8th), and freshman
Margaret Sanderson (Schaghticoke/Hoosic Valley) (10th) for Oneonta's top-7.
