Men’s Basketball (1-5/0-2 SUNYAC)
Nov. 30th at Buffalo State, L 64-85
Dec. 1st at Fredonia, L 66-72
Despite 25 points from freshman
Jackson Zuvic (Cold Spring/Haldane), the SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team fell to Fredonia last Saturday 72-66 on the road. For Zuvic, it was the third game this season that he has scored more than 20 points. This game was his high water mark in the early season, as he previously scored 22 and 21 points. Zuvic hit 10-of-15 shots including 3-of-3 from behind the arc.
Oneonta held a 37-31 lead at halftime. A free throw by freshman
Seth Thomsen (South New Berlin/Norwich) gave the Red Dragons its largest lead of the game, 48-39, with 10:53 remaining in the contest.
Fredonia scored 15 unanswered points to take a lead that they wouldn't relinquish. Fredonia had four players in double figures today and hit 10-of-22 from long range. The Blue Devils outscored Oneonta 41-29 in the second half.
Sophomores
Zach Mager (New City/Clarkstown South) and
Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) each scored in double figures for Oneonta. Mager had 11 points and six rebounds. Kelly scored 10 points, collected eight boards and dished out five assists.
Last Friday, senior
NNick Sarchioto (Duanesburg/Bishop Gibbons) scored 18 points and Zuvic had 12 points, but the Red Dragons fell to Buffalo State, 85-64, in the SUNYAC opener for both squads. Zuvic also added a game high 11 rebounds. The Red Dragons shot 40 percent from the floor, but only connected on 2-of-13 from behind the arc.
Dec. 4th vs. Skidmore, L 63-66
SUNY Oneonta sophomore
Mager had an open look at the buzzer, but the shot hit the front of the rim as the game ended with the Red Dragons coming up short last Tuesday at home versus Skidmore 66-63. The Thoroughbreds overcame a four-point halftime deficit and shot 50 percent in the second half to leave town with the victory.
Oneonta had four players in double figures led by Mager and freshman
Jack Dignan (Brewster/Brewster), who each scored 14 points. Junior
Dan Lee (Ballston Lake/Shenendehowa) and freshman
Zuvic each scored 13 points in the game.
After shooting 50 percent in the first half including hitting 5-of-10 from behind the arc, Skidmore opened the second half with a 14-5 run to gain the lead 50-45. They never trailed again and led by as many as nine points at the 9:55 mark.
Oneonta made a run at Skidmore and cut their lead to a pair on a basket by Zuvic with 6:38 to go, as the score was 60-58 in favor of the Thoroughbreds.
Six unanswered points by Skidmore over the next five minutes gave them a comfortable lead before Mager buried a three to make the score 66-61 with just over a minute to play.
A turnover by Skidmore led to a
Kelly basket at the other end for Oneonta, which made the score 66-63. A missed jumper at the other end gave Oneonta the ball for the last shot. They called a timeout with five seconds remaining to set up the final play.
Women’s Basketball (4-4/1-1 SUNYAC)
Nov. 30th at Buffalo State, W 56-52
Dec. 1st at Fredonia, L 47-57
The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team came away with a weekend split out west, as they defeated Buffalo State, but fell to Fredonia to open the SUNYAC portion of its schedule. Junior
Kristin Pappalardo (Mahopac/Lakeland) led the way for the Red Dragons, as she registered 17 and 14 points respectively.
Last Friday night, Oneonta forced 25 turnovers en route to a 56-52 victory in a rematch of last year's conference championship game, also played in Buffalo. The Red Dragons had 15 steals including eight by Pappalardo.
Oneonta outscored Buffalo 24-14 in the paint while scoring 23 points off turnovers. The Red Dragons led by as many as 14 points in the first half thanks to a 13 unanswered points that turned a 15-14 lead into 28-14. Oneonta carried a 28-16 lead into halftime.
Buffalo opened the second half with a 10-3 spurt that cut into Oneonta's lead. The Bengals climbed all the way back and actually had a 47-45 lead with just under four minutes to play.
A three-pointer by Pappalardo and a pair of free throws by
Kelly Mulligan (Pearl River/Pearl River) gave Oneonta back the lead for good. The Red Dragons converted 4-of-6 free throws down the stretch for the final of 56-52.
Sophomore
Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston) was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field and from the free throw line for 12 points in the contest. She also had five rebounds and two blocks.
In last Saturday's game, Pappalardo scored 14 points, but the Blue Devils made 26 free throws to only 15 for Oneonta in a 57-47 loss. Mulligan added 11 points in the contest, as she was the only other Red Dragon in double figures.
Oneonta trailed at the half 35-23 after only shooting 28 percent from the floor. The Red Dragons cut into the Blue Devils lead in the second half, but couldn't get any closer than seven points with 6:17 remaining in the game when Mulligan made a pair of free throws.
Fredonia outrebounded the Red Dragons 48-34 including 19 off the offensive glass.
Dec. 5th University of Rochester, L 51-61
Despite not scoring a field goal over the final 8:40, the visiting Rochester Yellowjackets held off the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons in non-conference women's basketball action last Wednesday evening. A big first half by Rochester was the difference in the contest, as they built a 41-28 lead that led them to the road victory.
A three-point basket by junior
Pappalardo got Oneonta to within six points with 2:06 remaining in the contest. Pappalardo finished the game with nine points.
Rochester iced the game by hitting 9-of-10 from the free throw line down the stretch.
Oneonta fell behind by as many as 18 points in the second half, but battled their way back into the game with tough defense. The Red Dragons forced 23 turnovers in the game, which led to 25 points.
Freshman
Lyteshia Price (Liverpool/Liverpool) led Oneonta with 12 points, which she scored in the first half.
Rochester held a 48-36 advantage on the boards including 18-11 off the offensive glass.
Oneonta jumped out to a quick 8-1 lead in the first 3:14 of the opening half, hitting its first three shots from the floor along with making a pair of free throws. The Red Dragons still led comfortably 12-5 on a
Mulligan lay up at the 15:09 mark before Rochester began to make its run.
The Yellowjackets put together a quick 8-2 run to pull within one at 14-13.
Men’s Swimming & Diving (1-1)
Nov. 30th – Dec. 2nd at ECAC Winter Meet, 3rd place with 892 points
The SUNY Oneonta men’s swimming & diving team completed its three-day competition last Sunday at the ECAC Winter Championships at the Nassau County Aquatics Center on Long Island. The men matched its performance from a year ago in finishing third overall.
The men had 11 individuals that placed 10th or better in their respective events. Leading this group was Oneonta's three divers, who all had top-8 finishes in both the 1 & 3-meter events.
Junior
Jermaine Miller (Elmira/Southside ), who was the Diver of the Meet at last year's championships, placed second in both diving events. He had a score of 441.85 in 1-meter and 442.95 in 3-meter.
Sophomore
John Buckley (Highland Mills/Monroe Woodbury) recorded two fifth place finishes while junior
Patrick Capriglione (Highland Mills/Monroe Woodbury) recorded two eighth place finishes in diving.
Senior
Alex Miller (Oneonta/Oneonta) had two top-10 finishes and nearly missed out on two more. Miller swam 1:57.81 in finishing ninth in the 200-yard backstroke and recorded a time of 54.37 in placing seventh in the 100-yard backstroke. He finished 11th in the 400-yard IM and 12th in the 200-yard IM in his other two individual events.
Sophomore
Colton Roe (Middletown/Pine Bush) and freshman
Joseph Galan (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) also had a pair of top-10 finishes. Roe was fifth in the 100 back and 10th in the 200 back. Galan finished eighth in the 1,650-yard freestyle and 10th in the 400 IM.
Senior
Alex Vaughn (Windsor/Windsor), junior
Ryan Walsh (Wingdale/Arlington), sophomore
Daniel Donaghy (Holtsville/Sachem East) and freshman
Joseph Morgan (Cornwall/Cornwall) rounded out the group of top-10 finishers with one each.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (1-1)
Nov. 30th – Dec. 2nd at ECAC Winter Meet, 6th place with 552 points
The SUNY Oneonta women’s swimming & diving team completed its three-day competition last Sunday at the ECAC Winter Championships at the Nassau County Aquatics Center on Long Island. The women finished in sixth place overall.
The women had four individuals earn top-10 finishes led by a pair of divers, who each recorded a pair of top-5 finishes. Sophomores
Kara Garbarino (Latham/Shaker) and
Hannah Hillebrand (Stony Point/North Rockland) recorded their top five finishes in 1 & 3-meter diving. Garbarino was second in 3-meter and third in the 1-meter while Hillebrand was fourth in 3-meter and fifth in 1-meter.
Sophomore
Kelly Ruf (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) was the next highest individual finisher for the Red Dragons, as she came away with a ninth place finish in the 200-yard butterfly.
Freshman
Lauren Zentko (Glenville/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) continued to impress setting a pair of school records during the 1,650 freestyle event. Her 1,000-yard split of 10:56.20 broke the old record by three seconds and her final time of 18:07.33 broke the old record by three seconds as well. She had a 10th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle to move within three seconds of that record.
Wrestling (0-4)
Dec. 1st at RIT Invitational, 6th place with 98.5 points
The SUNY Oneonta wrestling team competed last Saturday at the RIT Invitational and came away with a sixth place finish overall with 98.5 points. The overall team champion was Wesleyan University, who scored a total of 152 points.
Oneonta had seven individuals place in the top-6 in their respective weight classes led by junior
Ben Mikac (Williamsville/Williamsville East), who won the title at 133 lbs. Mikac won all four of his matches including two by major decision. In the championship match versus Omar Santiago of Oswego, Mikac, who was seeded No. 1, he won 14-6.
Rounding out Oneonta's list of place-winners was freshman
Zachary Aal (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills) (6th, 125), junior
Sean Hanson (Lorraine/South Jefferson) (5th, 133), freshman
Jacob Goddeau (Peru/Peru) (6th, 141), junior
Dan Graff (LaGrangeville/Arlington) (4th, 157), freshman
Shaun Gillen (Bohemia/Connetquot) (6th, 165) and junior
Chad Obzud () (3rd, 184).
Aal finished the day 3-2 overall and was pinned once. Hanson was 4-2 with a pair of pins while being pinned once. Goddeau was 2-3 with one pin. Graff went 4-2 win one pin. Gillen was 2-1 with one pin before having to medically forfeit his final two matches.
Obzud was 4-1 with a pair of pins, a major decision and a tech fall. His tech fall came against the current No. 4 ranked wrestler in Division III, Bryan Steinmetz of John Carroll. His only loss on the day was a 6-4 decision to returning All-American and the No.1 ranked wrestler nationally, Jefferson Ajayi of Wesleyan.
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Dec. 1st at Cornell University Relays
The SUNY Oneonta men’s track & field team opened its indoor season last Saturday at the Cornell Relays. There were plenty of highlights and personal marks that fell at the non-scoring meet to kick off the track & field season.
The biggest splash came when freshman
Jake Alviene (East Greenbush/Columbia) shattered the 60-meter hurdle record in his debut meet, as he won the title in the event. His time of 8.15 bettered his mark of 8.23, which he ran in the preliminaries. The record in the event was actually reset three times on the day. Teammate and defending SUNYAC champion, sophomore
Rob Farrell (Carmel/Mahopac), broke his own mark of 8.53 in the preliminaries when he clocked an 8.47. Alviene then broke that mark in his prelim and then broke it again in the final. Farrell ran 8.35 in the final of the event, which bettered his own personal best mark set in the prelims.
The one other school record that went down yesterday was the shot put record, as sophomore
J.D. Roth (Pearl River/Nanuet) went one meter further in setting the new mark for the event. Roth recorded a distance of 15.37 meters (50'-5.25”) in placing second overall in the event. The old mark of 14.38 was set back in 2009. Roth also placed seventh in the 35-lb. weight throw with a distance of 15.54m (51'-0”).
Roth and junior
Joe Fox (West Nyack/Clarkstown South) both had ECAC qualifying performances in the shot put. Fox, who also went past the school record in the event, finished sixth with a distance of 14.52m (47'-7.75”).
Other highlights for the men included ECAC qualifying performances in the 4x800-meter relay and senior
Sean Bernstein (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) and freshman
Joe Carr (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) running ECAC qualifying times in the 60-meter dash. Bernstein, who is a returning All-American in the 60 meters, ran a time of 6.98 in placing seventh in the event. Carr ran a time of 6.96 to finish fifth in the event. Bernstein also ran a personal best time of 34.92 in finishing third in the 300-meter dash.
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Dec. 1st at Cornell University Relays
The SUNY Oneonta women’s track & field team opened its indoor season last Saturday at the Cornell Relays.
It was junior
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) who came away with an individual victory in the 5,000-meter run. Her time of 18:13.16 was an ECAC qualifying mark and four seconds better than the second place competitor.
Junior
Allison Ryley (LaGrangeville/Arlington) and sophomores
Marielle Genovesi (Glen Head/North Shore) and
Cady Kuzmich (Greenwich/Greenwich) all ran personal best times in the 5,000 as well. Genovesi was seventh with a time of 19:08.71 while Ryley and Kuzmich finished 14th and 21st respectively.
In the sprints, it was junior
Brittany Cocchieri (Airmont/Suffern) who was the top performer on the day. She recorded personal best marks in both the 60 and 300-meter events. She made the finals in the 60 and ran a time of 8.15 to finish eighth. She finished 17th in the 300 in a time of 43.29.
All 11 athletes that competed in the women's 300 ran personal best times.
Senior
Kate Parsons (Valatie/Ichabod Crane) was the top thrower on the day, finishing fourth in the 20-lb. weight throw and 17th in the shot put. Her distance of 9.52m (31'-3”) was a personal best mark in the shot put.
