Baseball (18-21/9-9 SUNYAC)
May 4th vs. Brockport, L 3-4 (SUNYAC Tournament at Cortland)
Brockport got a base hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases-loaded to give them a 4-3 walk-off victory over Oneonta last Friday in the first round of the SUNYAC Tournament in Cortland.
Oneonta took an early lead against the Golden Eagles with single runs in the first and third innings. Senior
Tory Bouyea (Plattsburgh/Plattsburgh) hit a one-out RBI single in the first to knock in classmate
Kevin Knack (Ghent/Ichabod Crane), who led off the game with a base hit. In the second inning, freshman
Charlie MacDowell (Middletown/Minisink Valley) stole home after senior
Eric Wells (Athens, PA/Athens) got into a run down on an attempted steal of second base.
MacDowell hit a sacrifice fly to left field in the ninth to drive in
Rob Peluso (Rensselaer/Columbia) from third base to tie the game at 3-3 after Brockport had scored three runs in the seventh inning to take a 3-2 lead.
Oneonta starter
Chris Tyson (Niskayuna/Niskayuna) pitched into the seventh inning before being lifted for freshman
Kyle Jordan (Levittown/Division). Tyson allowed six hits and three earned runs while striking out four batters. Jordan pitched a scoreless inning and-a-third before giving way to
Jim Hegmann (Middletown/Pine Bush) in the ninth. Hegmann was only able to record the one out before the winning run was scored.
May 5th vs. Plattsburgh, W 5-1 (SUNYAC Tournament at Cortland)
May 5th vs. Brockport, L 5-8 (SUNYAC Tournament at Cortland)
The 2012 Oneonta State baseball season came to a close last Saturday afternoon with an 8-5 loss to Brockport in the second elimination game of the SUNYAC tournament hosted by SUNY Cortland. Oneonta finishes the season with an overall record of 18-21.
Oneonta staved off elimination in the first game of the day at 10am. The Red Dragons got a strong pitching performance from freshman
Steve Ascher (Mattituck, NY/Mattituck) along with some timely hitting in eliminating Plattsburgh 5-1. Ascher (2-2) went 6-2/3 innings allowing only one run and six hits with four strikeouts before giving way to junior
Hegmann in the seventh inning. Hegmann closed out the game for the Red Dragons and picked up his third save of the year.
Oneonta led 2-1 entering the bottom of the eighth inning before pulling away with three runs.
Chris Massaroni (Voorheesville/Voorheesville) and
Zachary Levanduski (Elmira Heights/Thomas Edison) hit back-to-back singles with one out. After a pitching change for the Cardinals,
Cody Hitt (Boonville/Adirondack) drew a walk to load the bases. Massaroni then scored on a wild pitch, which allowed Levanduski and Hitt to move into scoring position.
Peluso then doubled to left center to drive in both Levanduski and Hitt with the final runs of the inning.
Peluso was 3-for-4 with three runs batted in while Hitt collected two hits and scored two runs to lead Oneonta.
Against Brockport, Oneonta was cruising along with a 3-1 lead before the Golden Eagles put up seven runs in the home half of the fifth inning to take an 8-3 lead. Massaroni hit an RBI double in the first to drive in
Bouyea with the game's first run. In the third inning, a ground out by Bouyea knocked in
MacDowell while a throwing error allowed
Knack to score.
MacDowell doubled in the sixth inning to drive in
Ivan Plata (Schenectady/Guilderland) and Hitt to bring Oneonta back to within three runs at 8-5. Unfortunately that would be it for the Red Dragons as the Brockport pitching staff only allowed one more hit the rest of the way.
Freshman
Alex Mastrianni (Valatie/Ichabod Crane) (3-3) took the loss allowing seven earned runs over 4-2/3 innings.
Men’s Track & Field
May 4th & 5th in SUNYAC Championship Meet, 3rd place with 139 points
The Oneonta State men’s track & field team used the home site advantage this past weekend to a third place team finish at the 2012 SUNYAC track & field championships. The men scored 139 points en route to its final team standing. The SUNY Cortland men and women took the overall team titles, unseating the defending conference champion SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights.
The men had a huge championship as they took home five individual and one relay conference crown. The men collected a total of 12 medals one meet, two facility and two school records while setting many personal best marks.
Leading the way for the men was seniors
Jesse Dobson (Farmingville/Sachem East) and
Sean Wren (Delanson/Duanesburg), junior
Sean Bernstein (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) and freshman
Rob Farrell (Carmel/Mahopac). These four athletes won five individual SUNYAC titles for Oneonta. Bernstein, Farrell and Dobson were three of the four legs on the SUNYAC champion 4x100-meter relay.
Bernstein won both the 100 and 200-meter dashes and made it look easy in doing so. In winning the 200, he set an Oneonta facility record of 21.26. Bernstein amassed 22.5 points to lead all track athletes in the meet.
Right behind Bernstein in total points was Farrell, who collected 20 points for the Red Dragons. Farrell set a school record in winning the 110-meter hurdles, crossing the line in 15.32 seconds. He also ran a personal best time of 54.37 to earn a medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
Wren ran the race of his career in winning the 400 hurdles. He ran a time of 52.68, which shattered his own school record in the event of 54.00 seconds. His time was also a SUNYAC meet and Oneonta facility record.
Dobson ran a personal best time of 48.58 in winning the 400-meter run. Previously, Dobson's fastest time in the event was 50.09.
Individual medalists for the men, in addition to the champions, included junior
Chris Harvey (Kings Park/Kings Park) and
Dustin Cox (Pulaski/Pulaski) and freshmen
J.D. Roth (Pearl River/Nanuet) and Pat Weinert.
Harvey was third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He broke his own school record by 11 seconds with a time of 9:29.71. Cox cleared 6'-2” in taking second place in the high jump. Weinert went 13 feet past his personal best in the javelin to finish second. He ended up with a distance of 159'-5”. Roth was third in the shot put with a personal best distance of 48'-3/4”.
Women’s Track & Field
May 4th & 5th in SUNYAC Championship Meet, 3rd place with 119.5 points
The Oneonta State women’s track & field team used the home site advantage this past weekend to a third place team finish at the 2012 SUNYAC track & field championships. The women collected 119.5 points en route to its final team standing. The SUNY Cortland men and women took the overall team titles, unseating the defending conference champion SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights.
As was expected, senior
Sarah Timmons (Schodack/Maple Hill) led the way for the women's team. When the day was done, Timmons collected three SUNYAC titles and a total of 32 points. She broke her own school record in winning the javelin with a distance of 125'-4”. Her personal highlight of this championship was winning the discus throw for a fourth time, making her only the fifth women's track & field athlete in SUNYAC history to capture a single event four times.
The last time it happened was in 2006 when Oneonta State national champion, Adrianne Musu Jackson Buckner made it a clean sweep in the 200-meter dash. The other three athletes to accomplish this career sweep were field athletes.
Besides Timmons, the women had two individual and two relay medalists. Sophomore
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) and freshmen
Brianna McLoughlin (Yonkers/School of the Holy Child) and
Kenya Outram (Brooklyn/Victory Collegiate) earned medals for their performances. Outram was also part of the 4x100 relay that came in second. Her foursome included sophomores
Brittany Cocchieri (Airmont/Suffern),
Kaitlyn Brandt (West Islip/West Islip) and
Shana Ventresca (Niagara Falls/Niagara Falls). Outram broke her own school record in finishing second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.35 seconds.
Kennedy and McLoughlin both ran personal best times in finishing 2-3 in the 1,500-meter run. Kennedy crossed in 4:49.68 while McLoughlin ran 4:49.98.
Cocchieri ran the anchor leg for the 4x400 relay that finished third in a time of 4:01.47. Her teammates were senior
Lacie Newland (Gloversville/Gloversville) and juniors
Carolyn Nasr (LaGrangeville/Arlington) and
Shannon Hopkins (Fort Salonga/Kings Park).
