Men’s Soccer (11-3-4/7-0-2 SUNYAC)
Oct. 25th at Buffalo State, W 2-0
Sophomore
Sean Vinberg (Massapequa Park/Massapequa) and freshman
Zachary Southworth (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) each scored their first goals of the season last Friday, as the SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team defeated Buffalo State, 2-0, on the road. The victory for Oneonta clinched the SUNYAC regular season title and, with it, home field throughout the conference tournament, which begins next Saturday with first round games. This is the fourth consecutive year that the Red Dragons have either won outright or shared the regular season title. Oneonta is the two-time defending SUNYAC champion and is looking to make it three in a row in 2013.
"It was a solid win against a much improved Buffalo State team," texted coach
Iain Byrne. "Earning the home field for the conference tournament will be a big advantage for us."
Oneonta made two first half goals stand up today, as junior
Vincent Pellegrino (Baldwin/Baldwin) recorded his third shutout of the season. Pellegrino made three stops in running his season record to 5-2-3 overall.
The Red Dragons didn't waste any time in putting its first goal on the scoreboard this afternoon. Vinberg scored on a corner kick in the fourth minute. Vinberg was the second player to get his head on the ball after it came off the head of classmate
Jared Van Brunt (Sayville/Sayville).
Southworth's goal came in the 22nd minute off an assist from sophomore
Jake Sutherland (Syracuse/West Genesee). Southworth completed the play with a shot to the near corner.
Oneonta outshot the Bengals, 15-8, while holding a decided advantage in corner kicks, 10-2.
Oct. 26th at Fredonia, W 3-1
The SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team put the finishing touches on its regular season and SUNYAC schedule last Saturday with a 3-1 win at Fredonia. The victory for the Red Dragons completed an unbeaten conference record, as they finished 7-0-2 in the SUNYAC for the season while finishing 11-3-4 overall. This is the second time in the last three years that Oneonta has finished unbeaten in conference play. In 2011, when the team made a run all the way to the NCAA championship weekend, the Red Dragons were 8-0-1.
The day's match began with a pair of goals in the first six minutes of play, one by each team.
Oneonta scored the game's first goal, as sophomore
Alex Winiarski (Great Neck/St. Anthony's) connected for his third goal of the season in the fifth minute, assisted by
Dylan Williams (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury). Fredonia State drew even on the goal just over one minute later. The forward had a one-v-one opportunity on Oneonta goalkeeper
Daniel DeBottis (Cicero/C-NS). It was the Blue Devils' only shot on goal in the game.
The wind advantage shifted to the Red Dragons in the second half, and they made good on it. Freshman
Southworth, who scored his first collegiate goal in Friday's regular season title clinching win at Buffalo State, converted a corner kick from Winiarski in the 55th minute. An insurance goal by freshman
Hans Purtell (Johnson City/Johnson City) in the 80th minute closed out the scoring. The goal was assisted by senior
Luke Halberg (Norwich/Valley Heights Christian Academy).
The Red Dragons had a 13-7 advantage in shots and a 4-3 edge in corner kicks.
Women’s Soccer (10-4-3/6-0-3 SUNYAC)
Oct. 25th vs. Buffalo State, W 2-0
The SUNY Oneonta women's soccer team rolled past Buffalo State last Friday at home with a 2-0 convincing win to move their record to 8-4-3 and 5-0-3 in the SUNYAC.
Oneonta dominated the play from the starting whistle. The Red Dragons had a great opportunity to take a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute as sophomore
Kayla Ceschini (Miller Place/Miller Place) took a beautiful through pass and found herself one-on-one with the keeper. Ceschini took the quick shot but the keeper was able to get a fingertip on it to put it around the far post.
It wouldn't take Ceschini long to find the back of the net as she opened the scoring at the 21:19 mark. Senior
Karly DeSimone (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) was fouled from behind, about 25 yards out on the right hand side. DeSimone took the ensuing direct kick and drove the ball through traffic to the back post, where Ceschini one-timed it into the net for the 1-0 lead.
The Red Dragons started the second half with the same vigor as the first and had another great opportunity to make it a two goal game but the Bengals keeper came up with another great save. Junior
Elise Moinzadeh (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) worked the ball around her defender on the right hand side and sent a looping cross to the back post that found DeSimone's head, but she was unable to generate enough power to put it past the keeper.
Ceschini would play the role of playmaker in the 81st minute for goal number two as she broke down the left hand wing and sent the ball across the middle to classmate
Jessica Lyden (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills), who drove it home left footed for the 2-0 lead.
Oneonta's defense stymied the Bengals as they could only muster three shots on the afternoon.
The Red Dragons held an advantage in shots (12-3) and corners (2-0).
Oneonta's goalkeeper,
Kelley Murphy (Albany/Colonie Central), made three saves on the afternoon.
Oct. 26th vs. Fredonia, W 5-2
With one regular season game left to be played on Wednesday at Hartwick, the SUNY Oneonta women's soccer team finished off SUNYAC Conference play by claiming the regular season title with a 5-2 win over visiting Fredonia.
Oneonta netted three goals in the first half to take a 3-0 lead into the halftime break. In the 17th minute of play, sophomore
Liz Lasota (Cutchogue/Mattituck) played the ball down the right flank
DeSimone. DeSimone broke around two Blue Devil defenders and drove the ball along the six yard box, past a diving keeper, to
Shana Ventresca (Niagara Falls/Niagara Falls), who slid in front of her defender to score her first goal of the season.
DeSimone would set up the second goal as she floated a cross to the back post where
Moinzadeh was waiting to head the ball past the keeper.
Fredonia had their best opportunity in the first half when an Oneonta defender tripped a Blue Devil in the box and gave away a penalty kick.
Murphy, the Red Dragons keeper, made an amazing diving save to her right as she kept the score at 2-0. DeSimone would now work her own magic as she won the ball off one of the center defenders and muscled her way through the rest of the defense before firing the ball home just over the keeper's head.
The Blue Devils would get on the board in the second half as they started to press a bit more to find a goal and cut the Oneonta lead to 3-1.
The Red Dragons answered back as they would score two more to take a 5-1 lead. DeSimone took the beautiful through pass from freshman
Casey Walsh (Pearl River/Pearl River) and chopped the ball back to her right foot on the left side of the goal before sending a rocket past the keeper and in to the side netting of the goal.
The fifth goal and final Oneonta goal, started with
Avery Serfis (West Hurley/Onteora). Serfis won the ball off a defender at the top of the box and passed it Ventresca who was open on the left side. Ventresca flighted the ball into the box and found the head o
f Lyden in the 84th minute.
Fredonia would score a second goal less than a minute later.
Murphy made 8 saves in the game.
Oneonta out shot and cornered the Blue Devils, 15-13 and 6-4 respectively.
The Red Dragon's wore black tops with pink writing and numbers for Breast Cancer Awareness in honor of those that have fought and continue to fight the battle.
Before the game began, the team also recognized their four seniors. DeSimone,
Amanda Regensburger (Selden/Newfield) and
Melissa Guglielmo (Somers/Somers) are all four year players while Ventresca has been with the team the last two years.
Oct. 30th at Hartwick, W 4-0
The SUNY Oneonta women's soccer team travelled over to cross-town rival Hartwick and walked away with a 4-0 victory in their final regular season game of the season.
Sophomore
Ceschini broke the scoring open in the 30th minute as she received the ensuing Hartwick goal kick and dribbled into the box before firing the ball home for her fifth of the season.
Oneonta continued to pressure in the first half. In the 30th minute, sophomore
Lasota placed a corner kick in the penalty box that was knocked around before classmate
Lyden buried it in the net to give the Red Dragons a 2-0 lead going into the halftime break.
The second half was all about the Oneonta seniors as
Regensburger and
Guglielmo each scored and
DeSimone provided an assist.
The Red Dragons opened up the half by earning three straight corner kicks but were unable to convert any of them as they were put out by the Hawks defense.
Regensburger would score her third goal of the season in the 70th minute. The initial shot was taken by Guglielmo and saved by Hawks keeper, Annie Millar, but the ball bounced around and was headed out by a Hartwick player before Regensburger made the back of the net ripple with her shot.
Guglielmo would close out the game, scoring the fourth goal, just 2 mintues later as she took a pass from DeSimone and slotted it past the keeper.
Oneonta outshot the Hawks 17-5 and held a 10-0 advantage in corner kicks.
Field Hockey (12-6/3-3 SUNYAC)
Oct. 26th at Cortland, L 2-3 OT2
SUNY Oneonta field hockey gave Cortland all it could handle last Saturday but came up short in double overtime 3-2.
Senior Erin Smith scored with seven minutes, 31 seconds remaining in the second overtime to lift the nationally 16th-ranked Cortland field hockey team to a 3-2 win at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.
Cortland took a 1-0 lead 28:03 into the game with a rebound goal.
Junior
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) tied the game at 45:09 when she converted a cross from
Sara Rattigan (Stormville/Carmel). The visiting Red Dragons grabbed a 2-1 lead at 62:16 as Day finished off a rebound. Mairead Hourihan made a diving save and a second shot hit the post before Day cleaned up in front.
With Cortland pressing for the tying goal in the closing seconds, Cortland was awarded a penalty corner. The ball went out to the top of the circle to a Cortland player who blasted a shot past
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) with no time on the clock to send the game to overtime.
In the first 15-minute extra session, Cortland earned five penalty corners but could not convert. The host Red Dragons controlled much of the play in the second overtime and eventually broke through at the midway point. A Cortland player controlled the ball at the top of the circle, pulled it out, pushed it back in and blasted a long shot that found the cage to give Cortland the 3-2 victory.
Tracy made 14 saves, while senior
Stephanie Fiske (Marathon/Marathon) recorded two defensive saves and junior
Sierra Earle (Baldwinsville/Baldwinsville) had one.
Oct. 27th at Oswego, W 3-0
The SUNY Oneonta field hockey team travelled to Oswego last Sunday for the final regular season SUNYAC conference game and walked away with a 3-0 victory. With the win, the Red Dragons have secured the fourth spot in the SUNYAC Championship tournament to be held at top seed SUNY Cortland. Oneonta will play the host in the opening game of the tournament on November 8th at 11 a.m.
In the game, Oneonta scored all three of their goals in the opening half of the game. It all started in the 9th minute when the Red Dragons earned a penalty corner.
Day took the ensuing corner and passed the ball to senior
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) at the top of the arc. Morgan touched it to her left to
Earle, who hammered home the ball for the games first goal.
Earle would be the playmaker on the second goal as her initial shot that was saved by Oswego's goalie, but Earle would pick up the loose ball. After a quick move, Earle passed the ball to teammate Rattigan, who drove the ball home in the bottom left hand side to give the Red Dragons a 2-0 lead.
The final goal of the afternoon came at the 24:29 mark as Day used some fancy stick work and popped the ball up over the goalie after going one-on-one with her.
Oneonta held Oswego to five shots total and only one in the first half on the afternoon, while the Red Dragons had 14 including 10 in the opening period. Oswego held a slight advantage 7-6 in penalty corners.
Tracy, the starting goalie, didn't have to make a save in the first 35 minutes.
Krista Servedio (Shrub Oak/Lakeland) came in at halftime and had three saves in the second half.
Oct. 30th at Utica, W 4-3 OT
The SUNY Oneonta field hockey team travelled to Utica College last Wednesday for a non-conference game and won an overtime thriller 4-3 in the first overtime.
Morgan would play the hero as she scored the game winner at the 83:18 mark. Morgan dribbled the ball through three defenders before putting it past the UC goalie in the right side of the goal.
The Pioneers struck first at the 10:24 mark off a penalty corner. Colleen Dowling took the pass fro Angela Charles and put the shot past starting goalie,
Tracy.
It didn't take long for the Red Dragons to respond as they netted their first just over a minute later. Junior
Day ) broke around her defender and slotted a ball to classmate
Kelcy Forbragd (Camden/Camden), who hammered the ball into the goal to tie the game.
Utica would score six minutes later to take a 2-1 lead into the halftime break.
Oneonta came out with vigor as Day scored her 15th goal of the season off an assist from Morgan. Day took the initial penalty corner and passed to Morgan. Morgan maneuvered the ball around before passing back to Day for the finish.
Erin Butler (Walton/Walton) would give the Red Dragons the lead 3-2 as
Rattigan passed it forward sending Butler in on a breakaway. One move around the goalie and Butler would score her seventh of the season.
With less than four minutes to go in the game, the Pioneers responded to tie the score and send it in to overtime.
The Red Dragons' goalies, Tracy and
Servedio, combined to make 8 saves in the game. Servedio picked up her fifth win of the season.
The game was evenly played as each team took 14 shots. Utica held a slight advantage in penalty corners 10-7.
Volleyball (14-18/2-7 SUNYAC)
Oct. 25th & 26th at SUNYAC Pool Play at Geneseo
vs. Geneseo, L 1-3; vs. Plattsburgh, L 1-3; vs. Fredonia, L 1-3
The SUNY Oneonta women's volleyball team completed its 2013 conference schedule last Saturday with a 3-1 loss to Fredonia. On Friday, the Red Dragons dropped matches to host SUNY Geneseo and Plattsburgh by identical scores. Oneonta failed to qualify for the SUNYAC tournament in the first year of a single division conference.
In their opening match Friday against Geneseo, Oneonta won the first set before dropping three straight for the 3-1 loss. Sophomore
Jill Darpino (Endicott/Union Endicott) was the leader with 14 kills to go with a pair of blocks. Junior
Becca Horton (Owego/Owego Free Academy) had 23 assists while senior
Kristina Pelaccio (Verplanck/Hendrick Hudson) had 20 digs to lead the Red Dragons.
Against Plattsburgh last Friday night, Oneonta fell behind 2-0 before taking the third set, but dropped the fourth set in its 3-1 defeat. Senior
Erica Darpino (Endicott/Union-Endicott) registered double-digits in kills with 13 to go with four blocks. Sophomore
Karly Greco (East Patchogue/Bellport) led with 21 assists. Freshman
Jessica Pelaccio (Verplanck/Hendrick Hudson) had a team high four aces while her sister, Kristina, had 18 digs in the match.
On Saturday versus Fredonia, Oneonta once again won the first set, but dropped the next three sets. Sophomore
Hannah O'Neil (Brookhaven/Bellport) registered 12 kills to lead the Red Dragons. Freshman
Paige Carpluk (Yaphank/Bellport) contributed seven kills and 11 digs.
E. Darpino was the leader with six blocks while
K. Pelaccio had 20 digs to lead the team.
Men’s Cross Country
Oct. 25th at Hartwick FastTrack 3K, W 21-40
In the last competition prior to the SUNYAC championships, the SUNY Oneonta men's cross country team competed over at Hartwick College last Friday night in a 3K track duel.
The overall winner was sophomore
David Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell), as all seven of Oneonta's runners finished in the top-10. Bohunicky crossed the finish line in a time of 9:05, one second ahead of teammate, freshman
Anthony Lupia (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse).
The next five finishers for Oneonta were senior
Matt Calado (Saint James/Smithtown East) (5th), sophomore
Conor Murphy (Greenlawn/Harborfields) (6th), freshman
Andrew Fleming (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) (7th), junior
Juan Soriano (Middletown/Middletown) (8th), and freshman
Griffith Eddy (Alcove/Ravena Coeymans Selkirk) (9th).
Women’s Cross Country
Oct. 25th at Hartwick FastTrack 3K, W 20-43
In the last competition prior to the SUNYAC championships, the No. 28 SUNY Oneonta cross country team competed over at Hartwick College last Friday night in a 3K track duel.
The overall winner was Hartwick freshman, Victoria Hathaway, but the next nine runners were all from Oneonta, led by freshman
Rachael Shine (Clifton Park/Clifton Park). Shine crossed the finish line in a time of 11:02, 17 seconds behind Hathaway.
The next eight finishers, in order, for Oneonta included junior
Jaclyn Masucci (Staten Island/St. Joseph by the Sea), sophomores
Sarah Cottone (East Setauket/Ward Melville) and
Deirdre Davis (Warwick/Warwick Valley), junior
Caitlyn Krug (Massapequa Park/Massapequa), freshman
Hanna Cavanagh (Warwick/Warwick Valley), sophomore Lucia Moneta, freshman
Megan Ottati (Amsterdam/Amsterdam) and senior
Cara Ugolino (West Hurley/Onteora).
Men’s Swimming & Diving (1-0)
Oct. 26th at Oswego, W 130-113
In the opening dual meet of the season, SUNY Oneonta men's swimming and diving defeated Oswego on the road 130-113.
The highlight on the afternoon was the diving display of junior
Jermaine Miller (Elmira/Southside ). Miller qualified for nationals and was first on the 1 meter diving board with a score of 295.05 in six dives. He also won the 3 meter event with a score of 270.10.
Oneonta took the top three places in the 200 yard IM. Sophomore
Joseph Galan (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) finished in first with a time of 2:02.97 while classmate Lucas Sanitago was second and junior
Kevin Flessa (Middletown/Middletown) finished third.
The Red Dragons took first and third in both the 1000 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly. Sophomore
Stephen Penteck (Holbrook/Sachem North) won the 1000 free in a time of 10:53.88 while
Cody Galusha (Endicott/Maine-Endwell) was third with a 10:55.66. The 100 fly was won by senior
Ryan Walsh (Wingdale/Arlington) in 53.61 while Santiago was third.
Galan would also win the 500 yard freestyle in a time of 5:05.31 while junior
Colton Roe (Middletown/Pine Bush) won the 100 yard backstroke with a 54.63 finish.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (1-0)
Oct. 26th at Oswego, W 150.5-78.5
The SUNY Oneonta women's swimming and diving opened it's dual meet schedule with a 150.5 to 78.5 victory at Oswego last Saturday afternoon swimming some fast times.
Oneonta took first in 11 of the 13 events and was first and second in 8 of them. Leading the way for the Red Dragons today was senior
Chandler Shepard (Delhi/Delaware Academy), juniors
Carly Cahill (Troy/Troy) and
Kara Garbarino (Latham/Shaker) and sophomore Lauren Zetnko as each of them won two individual events on the day.
The quartet of Poliachik,
Nicole DiFilippo (Danville,PA/Danville ),
Kelly Ruf (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) and Shepard started the afternoon off by winning the 200 yard Medley in a time of 1:55.04.
Shepard would turn around and win the 200 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle in times of 2:03.13 and 54.92 respectively.
The two diving events, 1 meter and 3 meter were won by Garbarino. In the 1m board, Kara scored 203.30 points while on the 3m she had 193.30 points in the six dives.
Cahill also set a new personal best in the 200 yard IM. She swam the event in a time of 2:20.06. Carly also won the 100 yard backstroke with a 1:03.87 finish.
Zentko swam a time of 10:57.67 in the 1000 yard freestyle to win the event and a 1:01.56 in the 100 yard freestyle to also claim the victory.
Poliachik and
Melissa Erickson (Silver Spring, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross) each won an individual event. Poliachik won the 50 yard freestyle in a new personal best time of 25.84 while Erickson won the 500 yard freestyle (5:30.38).
