Men’s Basketball (1-6 / 0-3 SUNYAC)
Dec. 7th vs. Geneseo, L 63-70
Oneonta fell to visiting Geneseo last Friday in the Red Dragons SUNYAC home opener, 70-63. Oneonta had three players in double figures led by sophomore
Zach Mager (New City/Clarkstown South), who scored 19 points to go with a team high eight rebounds.
Geneseo led by as many as 11 points on two different occasions in the second half.
Trailing 46-35 with 12:31 remaining in the contest, Oneonta put together a 14-5 run that brought them to within a basket at 51-49. Freshman
Jack Dignan (Brewster/Brewster) fueled the run at both ends of the floor while pouring in nine of the 14 points. Dignan finished the game with 14 points, matching his season high. Dignan connected on three, three-point shots, had three steals and two assists in the game.
Geneseo pushed its lead back to six points on back-to-back baskets before Mager scored five straight points to cut the Blue Knight lead to one point at 55-54 with just under four minutes to play.
The Blue Knights built its lead back to nine points with 34 seconds to play in the game. Oneonta could only get as close as five points on a lay up by senior
Nick Sarchioto (Duanesburg/Bishop Gibbons).
Sophomore
Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) joined Mager and Dignan in double figures for Oneonta, scoring 10 points while dishing out six assists.
Oneonta scored the game's first six points en route to jumping out to a 14-4 lead. Freshman
Jackson Zuvic (Cold Spring/Haldane) scored six of his eight first half points in leading the way.
Both teams shot 50 percent from the field in the opening twenty minutes. Geneseo led at halftime 31-26.
Dec. 8th vs. Brockport, 70-83
SUNY Oneonta sophomore
Mager scored a collegiate career high 40 points last Saturday, but his Red Dragons fell to Brockport 83-70 at home. Mager became only the fourth player ever to reach 40 points in a single game for the men and the first since Daryl Parsons poured in that many versus Juniata on Nov. 21, 1997. Mager's performance included 12-of-17 from the field and 12-of-14 from the line. He also had a team high nine rebounds.
Brockport had four players in double digits.
The story of the game was in that the Golden Eagles' bench outscored Oneonta's 37-6 and Brockport converted 16 Oneonta turnovers into 32 points.
The Golden Eagles led by as many as 18 points on four different occasions. Brockport held an 11-point lead at halftime 44-33. Oneonta shot 52 percent in the first half while Brockport shot 46 percent.
Women’s Basketball (4-6 / 1-3 SUNYAC)
Dec. 7th vs. Geneseo, L 39-49
SUNY Oneonta fell to Geneseo last Friday, 49-39.
Junior
Kristin Pappalardo (Mahopac/Lakeland) led Oneonta with 18 points. The Red Dragons forced 20 turnovers in the game and had 12 steals, but shot only 23 percent including 2-of-12 from behind the arc.
In the first 10 minutes of the second half, Geneseo pushed its four-point halftime lead to 13 points at 39-26. A basket by Allison McKenna gave the Blue Knights its largest lead of the game at the 10:42 mark.
Oneonta began to inch its way back into the game, as they slowly began to cut into Geneseo's lead. A steal and a lay up by
Kelly Mulligan (Pearl River/Pearl River) cut the Blue Knight's lead to four points at 39-35 with 4:05 remaining.
Geneseo pushed its lead back to nine points on two three-point baskets.
The Red Dragons never got closer than six points over the final two minutes of the game.
Sophomore
Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston) reached double figures for Oneonta tonight, as she scored all 10 of her points in the opening half of play.
After Geneseo scored the game's first basket, Oneonta ran off seven unanswered including five points from Pappalardo. Pappalardo scored 11 points in the first half to lead the Red Dragons.
Geneseo put together a 13-4 run to take a 15-11 lead with 8:31 to go in the first half. A jumper from Paige Hill capped the run.
Over the final eight minutes of the opening stanza, the two teams were tied three times, the final tie coming at 19-19. The Blue Knights carried a slim 25-21 lead into the locker room.
Dec. 8th vs. Brockport, L 45-53
A huge second half that included a closing run of 17-9 lifted visiting Brockport to a road win last Saturday over SUNY Oneonta in SUNYAC women's basketball action. The Golden Eagles broke away from Oneonta with the game tied at 36 apiece with 6:29 remaining in the contest.
Freshman
Bryn Loomis (Norwich/Norwich) led Oneonta with 10 points, which she scored in the first half. Classmate
Lyteshia Price (Liverpool/Liverpool) had 10 rebounds and nine points.
Oneonta maintained its halftime lead and was ahead 28-22 at the 16:45 mark before Brockport began to chip away at the lead.
A 14-8 spurt over the next 10 minutes by Brockport brought the game even at 36 where they continued to roll onto victory.
The first half of play included four ties and four lead changes. Oneonta scored the opening six points of the contest before the Golden Eagles came back with six unanswered to tie the game. The two teams continued to go back-and forth with the lead. Brockport's largest lead in the first half was 18-14.
Oneonta seized the momentum and put together an 11-0 run that was finished off with a steal and lay up by junior
Grace Schilling (Northport/Northport). Schilling finished the first half with six points, as they had its largest at 25-18. Oneonta would end the half with a 26-20 lead.
Men’s Swimming & Diving (2-1)
Dec. 8th at Cortland, W 153-145
The SUNY Oneonta men’s swimming & diving team traveled to SUNY Cortland last Saturday for the final dual meet of the first semester and came away with a split. The men defeated Cortland 153-145. It was the second straight year that Oneonta has defeated its rival.
Leading the men was the foursome of seniors
Alex Miller (Oneonta/Oneonta) and
Alex Vaughn (Windsor/Windsor) and juniors
Jermaine Miller (Elmira/Southside ) and
Ryan Walsh (Wingdale/Arlington). Each swimmer won two events each to account for Oneonta's eight individual wins. Oneonta also won one relay on the day, as both Vaughn and
Alex Miller (Oneonta/Oneonta) teamed with sophomore
Colton Roe (Middletown/Pine Bush) and freshman
Lucas Santiago (Amsterdam/Amsterdam).
A. Miller's wins came in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke events. Vaughn's wins were in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events. Jermaine won both diving events while Walsh won the 100 and 200-yard butterfly events. In the 1-meter diving event, Miller reached his third NCAA qualifying score of the season.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (1-2)
Dec. 8th at Cortland, L 103-195
The SUNY Oneonta women’s swimming & diving teams traveled to SUNY Cortland last Saturday for the final dual meet of the first semester and came away with a split. The women fell 195-103.
Leading the women with a pair of wins was sophomore
Carly Cahill (Troy/Troy), who won the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke.
Oneonta's only other winner on the women's side was junior
Alexxa Poliachik (Niagara Falls/Niagara Wheatfield), who won the 100-yard backstroke.
Wrestling (2-5)
Dec. 8th at Quad Meet at Johnson & Wales
vs. WPI, W 22-18; vs. Johnson & Wales, L 16-26; vs. Williams College, W 24-13
The SUNY Oneonta wrestling team competed at Johnson & Wales University last Saturday and came away with a pair of wins. The Red Dragons were able to defeat WPI and Williams while they dropped a close one to the hosts.
The two wins for Oneonta also gave head coach
Duane Ritter his 100th win as a Division III head coach. Ritter, who is in his 9th season at the helm of the Red Dragons wrestling program, is 100-61-3 overall.
Leading Oneonta with three wins Saturday was sophomore
Alex Pugh (Morrisville/Peru). Pugh captured three wins at 125 lbs., including a pin of Andrew Gauthier of Johnson & Wales.
Juniors
Ben Mikac (Williamsville/Williamsville East) and
Jake Smith (St. James/Smithtown), sophomore
Greg Du Vall (Sherburne/Sherburne Earlville) and freshmen
Shaun Gillen (Bohemia/Connetquot) and
Jacob Freudenberg (Islip/Islip) all recorded two wins on the day. For Smith and DuVall, it was their first action of the season after injuries sidelined them for the first month. Both wrestlers recorded one pin each.
Men’s Track & Field
Dec. 8th at Ithaca College Quad Meet
The SUNY Oneonta men’s track & field team competed this past Saturday at the non-scoring Ithaca College Quad Meet. Two weeks in and the Red Dragons continue to reach career best marks in many events as well as set school records.
Turning in his second record-setting performance of the season was sophomore
J.D. Roth (Pearl River/Nanuet). This week he grabbed the school record in the 35-lb. weight throw after last week soaring past the shot put record. He now holds both indoor records in the throws.
Roth's distance of 16.59m (54' 5 ¼”) in the weight throw went over a foot farther than the old record of 53' 1 ½”) that was set at the SUNYAC championship in 2009 by Mike DeVasto. His distance in the weight and his toss in the shot put of 15.25m were good enough to win both events.
Also, in the throws, sophomore
Patrick Weinert (Schenevus/Schenevus) had personal best marks of 13.96m in the shot put and 16.15 in the weight throw, as he came in second and third respectively.
In the jumps, senior
Dustin Cox (Pulaski/Pulaski) put himself at the top of the SUNYAC with a height of 1.93m (6' 4”) in the high jump while recording personal best marks in the long jump (6.45m) and 60-meter hurdles (8.74).
A week after setting the school record in the 60 hurdles, freshman
Jake Alviene (East Greenbush/Columbia) was at it again, this time in the 200-meter dash. His time of 22.43 was an ECAC qualifying time and puts him at the top of the SUNYAC in that event. He also won the 60 hurdles in a time of 8.43.
Outdoor national champion and indoor All-American,
Sean Bernstein (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker), ran a time of 6.96 in winning the 60-meter dash. His time was good enough for the ECAC meet as well as putting his No. 2 currently on the NCAA performance list.
Freshman
Joe Carr (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) ran to a first place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 50.30. His time made the ECAC mark while putting him third on the NCAA performance list for that event.
Women’s Track & Field
Dec. 8th at Ithaca College Quad Meet
The SUNY Oneonta women’s track & field team competed this past Saturday at the non-scoring Ithaca College Quad Meet.
Highlighting the women's side were three ECAC qualifying marks registered by juniors
Kaitlyn Brandt (West Islip/West Islip),
Brittany Cocchieri (Airmont/Suffern) and
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus).
Brandt won the 60-meter dash in an ECAC qualifying time of 8.08, which was also a personal best mark.
Cocchieri finished third in the 200-meter dash with an ECAC qualifying and personal best time of 26.73.
Kennedy won the 3,000 meters with an ECAC qualifying time of 10:43.87.
For the first time ever, Oneonta will have four pole vaulters at the SUNYAC championship meet, as sophomore
Deanna Caracciolo (St. James/Smithtown East) and freshmen
Alicia Switser (Guilderland/Guilderland),
Lauren Bracco (Chester/Monroe Woodbury) and
Jordan Lidstone (Hyde Park/F.D. Roosevelt) all hit conference qualifying marks.
Senior
Kate Parsons (Valatie/Ichabod Crane) was Oneonta's final event winner on the day, as she won the 20-lb. weight throw with a SUNYAC qualifying distance of 13.88m (45' 6 ½”). Junior
Emily DeNovio (Schenectady/Guilderland) was 5th in the same event with a personal best mark of 11.78m (38' 7 ¾”).
