Men’s Soccer (3-2-1)
Sept. 15th at Vassar, W 2-1
Senior
Eric Fortier (Pleasant Valley/Arlington) scored his first two goals of the season last Saturday in leading the SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team to a dominating road win at Vassar. The win was the third straight for the Red Dragons, who have rebounded nicely after beginning the season 0-2-1.
The Red Dragons fiercely attacked the Vassar goal in the first half to the tune of 13 shots while holding the Brewers to only four shots. The final tally for the Red Dragons was 21 shots and 15 corners as they took it to the Brewers, who fell to 5-2 overall.
"It was a real contrast in styles," said coach Iain Byrne via text. "We play a great passing style of football and we created numerous chances in the first half with opportunities to increase our lead. In the second half, Vassar was more direct with longs balls and throws into the box, but our defense withstood the pressure. It was a well deserved win."
The Vassar defense could do nothing to prevent the first goal, which came in the eighth minute when midfielder
Justin Rivera (Bay Shore/Bay Shore) blasted a low shot, which was saved by the Vassar keeper. However, the diving save left a loose ball, which Fortier put to the back of the goal for the early 1-0 lead.
Both teams continued to battle for control of the game throughout the half, yet it was Oneonta who struck again in the 41st minute to double its lead. The goal came when Fortier received a through ball in the box and struck it into the lower left corner. The goal was his second of the game and season.
The Brewers only goal came less than two minutes into the second half to cut Oneonta's lead in half early. The Brewers pressed, but the Oneonta defense was up to the task as they secured a key road win in the Region.
Daniel DeBottis (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) made four saves in goal.
Women’s Soccer (3-2-1)
Sept. 15th vs. Skidmore, W 1-0
The SUNY Oneonta women's soccer team scored early in the second half and made it stand up as they defeated the visiting Thoroughbreds of Skidmore 1-0 last Saturday in non-conference action.
Oneonta controlled the tempo of the contest from the outset and especially in the second half. After going into the break tied at zero, the Red Dragons asserted itself early in the second half, which resulted in the game's only goal.
Junior
Alaina Greco (Ballston Spa/Ballston Spa) was battling for a loose ball in the box that rebounded off a Skidmore defender. Greco took one last attempt at the ball and sent a shot along the ground that appeared to be saved by the outstretched keeper from Skidmore. Somehow the ball squirted through the keepers hands and continued on to the back of the goal.
Greco's goal came just one minute after freshman
Erica Berry (Bellmore/Kellenberg Memorial) sent a shot towards the goal that Lawrence came up with while being sprawled out on the ground.
Oneonta finished the game with a 13-4 advantage in shots including a 10-2 advantage in the second half.
Skidmore's most dangerous scoring chance came in the final thirty seconds on a partial breakaway. After the defender caught up to her she got a shot off from the top of the box that was stopped by freshman
Kelley Murphy (Albany/Colonie Central), who was in goal for the first time as a collegian.
Murphy saved all four shots today and picked up her first collegiate win and shutout for Oneonta.
Field Hockey (4-2)
Sept. 15th at Morrisville, W 4-0
The SUNY Oneonta field hockey team completely dominated the Morrisville Mustangs to open its 2012 SUNYAC schedule last Saturday on the road. The Red Dragons finished the contest with a 45-13 shot advantage while out-cornering their opponents 16-1.
All of the day’s goals came in the second half for the Red Dragons including a pair by sophomore
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene). Senior
Suzanne Wright (Hudson/Germantown Central) added a goal and an assist while classmate
Ashley Johnson (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) scored the final goal for Oneonta.
Day scored the first two goals for Oneonta in the 40th and 46th minutes of play. Wright assisted on the first goal and then scored the Red Dragons third goal off a penalty corner. Wright's goal was assisted by junior
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley).
Johnson capped the scoring in the 61st minute unassisted as she took a quick touch through the defense before knocking it home.
Sophomore
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) played 63 minutes and made four saves in goal for Oneonta.
Volleyball (11-2)
Sept. 14th & 15th at Union College Invitational
vs. The Sage Colleges, W 3-0; vs. Skidmore, W 3-2
vs. Utica College, W 3-0; vs. Hartwick, W 3-0
The SUNY Oneonta volleyball team is in the midst of its longest winning streak since the 2002 season and off to an 11-2 start overall after cleaning through the Union Invitational with a perfect 4-0 mark. The Red Dragons have won eight straight matches for the first time since that season when they won the SUNYAC title and qualified for the NCAA tournament.
Its closest match was last Friday night versus Skidmore, which went five sets before the Red Dragons pulled it out, 18-16 in the fifth set. Oneonta's other three matches this weekend were 3-0 sweeps versus Sage, Hartwick and Utica.
In its opening match of the tournament against Sage, Oneonta won the first set 27-25 before taking the final two sets, 25-9 and 25-15.
Senior
Kacy Boburka (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) led Oneonta with 11 kills and three service aces. In addition,
Erica Darpino (Endicott/Union-Endicott) and
Brittany Calvello (Gloversville/Broadalbin-Perth) had 11 kills and six kills, respectively.
Against Skidmore, both teams battled hard in the first set before the Red Dragons pulled out a 25-23 win. In the second set, Skidmore led by as many as 10 points before Oneonta cut the lead to seven points. That would be as close as the Red Dragons would get as the Thoroughbreds went on to take the set, 25-19. Skidmore would capture the third set 25-17.
In the fourth set, both teams battled closely as each team exchanged the lead multiple times. After the score was deadlocked at 20-20, the Red Dragons kept up the attack en route to a 25-22 win.
The Thoroughbreds opened up a 5-0 lead in the fifth set and still lead at the switch 8-3. Oneonta battled back to cut Skidmore's lead to 10-8 when the Thoroughbred's called a timeout. Oneonta knotted the score at 14 apiece and, with the score deadlocked at 16-16, junior
Katie Sheehan (Bellmore/John F. Kennedy) served out the final two points for Oneonta as they completed the come from behind victory 18-16.
Boburka led Oneonta with 15 kills followed by Calvello and Darpino with 13 and 11 respectively. Calvello led the passing with 27 assists while
Kristina Pelaccio (Verplanck/Hendrick Hudson) had 18 digs in the winning effort.
In last Saturday’s matches, Oneonta swept through both Utica and Hartwick College.
Darpino led Oneonta with seven kills and served one ace. Sheehan and Calvello had nine digs each to lead the defense.
Against Hartwick, Boburka had eight kills and Pelaccio had 10 digs to lead the Red Dragons.
Men’s Cross Country
Sept. 15th at Airfield Invitational (in Oneonta), 1st with 34 points
The SUNY Oneonta men's cross country team won its second straight invitational last Saturday as they scored 34 points to capture the Airfield Invitational hosted out at Fortin Park in the town of Oneonta. Senior
John Longo (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) led the Red Dragons with a second place finish overall and, as a team, Oneonta placed four runners in the top-10 in beating second place DeSales University by nine points.
Longo covered the 8K course in a time of 25:48, which was eight seconds behind overall winner, Bryan Megee of DeSales.
Sophomore
Andrew Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) was the next finisher for Oneonta in fourth place in a time of 26:22. Freshman
Jim Bernstein (Grahamsville/Tri-Valley) was sixth with a time of 26:28 while senior
Ben Reynolds (Endicott/Maine-Endwell) was eighth with a time of 26:30.
Rounding out the top-7 today were, freshman
Conor Murphy (Greenlawn/Harborfields) in 14th,
Mike Didas (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) in 19th and
Anthony Romeo (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) in 20th.
Women’s Cross Country
Sept. 15th at Airfield Invitational (in Oneonta), 1st with 25 points
SUNY Oneonta sophomore
Brianna McLoughlin (Yonkers/School of the Holy Child) just wins! Last Saturday was no different as she captured her second individual title this fall in leading the Red Dragons to the team championship at the Airfield Invitational hosted by Oneonta at Fortin Park. McLoughlin covered the 6K course in a time of 22:40, seven seconds ahead of Beth Schwab of Marywood.
Oneonta scored 25 points, which was 28 points better than second place Marywood, who scored 53 points. Oneonta had five of the top-10 finishers in the race and had its top-7 runners in the first 14 finishers.
Junior
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) was third overall in a time of 23:05. Freshman
Ceili McMorrow (Pearl River/Pearl River) was right behind Kennedy in fourth place in a time of 23:20. Sophomores
Marielle Genovesi (Glen Head/North Shore) and
Caitlyn Kuzmich (Greenwich/Greenwich) were seventh and 10th respectively overall to round out Oneonta's top-5 runners.
Women’s Tennis (3-3/1-2 SUNYAC)
Sept. 14th vs. Brockport, W 9-0
The SUNY Oneonta women's tennis took a little more than 2-1/2 hours to sweep through the College at Brockport last Friday 9-0. The win for the Red Dragons evens its dual-match record at 2-2 overall while the Golden Eagles fall to 2-4 overall.
In winning the day's match, Oneonta surrendered only 28 games and won all the singles matches in straight sets.
Oneonta began the match with a sweep of the doubles. The closest match was at second doubles where sophomore
Brynn Sussman (Highland Mills/Monroe-Woodbury) and junior
Abigail Smith (Seneca Falls/Mynderse Academy) prevailed 8-6 against the Brockport duo of Rachel Lamont and Lauren Bohman.
Senior
Danielle Browarski (Colonie/Colonie) and junior
Lauren Skolnick (Sayville/Sayville) won 8-3 at first doubles while
Emily Maggiore (Binghamton/Binghamton) and
Colette Lankowicz (Sayville/Sayville) won 8-0 at third doubles.
All six players came back and played singles for Oneonta. Browarski won at first singles, Sussman won at second singles, Skolnick went 6-0, 6-0 in winning at third singles, Maggiore won at fourth singles, Lankowicz won at fifth singles and Smith won at sixth singles.
Sept. 19th at Cortland, W 8-1
Oneonta opened by winning all three doubles matches on the way to an 8-1 victory over host Cortland in a SUNYAC East dual match. Oneonta clinched the SUNYAC East third seed for October's league tournament.
Cortland played a close match at first doubles before losing 8-5 to Browarski and Skolnick.
Oneonta's other doubles wins came from
Sussman and
Smith the second flight, 8-2, and
Maggiore and
Lankowicz on the third flight, 8-0.
Lankowicz and a Cortland player battled at fifth singles, with Lankowicz winning the first set, 7-6, with a 7-4 tiebreaker. Lankowicz completed the sweep with a 6-2 win in the second set. Sussman and Skolnick won by identical 6-0, 6-2 scores at second and third singles, respectively, Maggiore was a 6-1, 6-0 victor at fourth singles and Smith earned a 6-4, 6-0 win at sixth singles.
