Men’s Soccer (11-5-4)
Nov. 16th vs. Oberlin, L 0-2 (NCAA 1st Round at Rochester)
Two second half goals and a shutout resulted in Oberlin moving on as Oberlin College defeated SUNY Oneonta, 2-0, in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Playoffs at Edwin Fauver Stadium.
The first goal came from the penalty spot at 65:14 . Oberlin came downfield against the run of play and earned a corner kick. The ball was lifted into the center of the goalmouth and a headed the ball toward the top left corner. It was beyond the reach of Oneotna goalkeeper
Daniel DeBottis (Cicero/C-NS).
Mitchell Cain (Marcy/Whitesboro) blocked the ball with his hands to keep it out of the goal. He was red-carded and the Yeomen awarded a penalty kick.
With less than three minutes to play, another counterattack produced the second goal.
Oneonta attacked furiously for much of the contest. The Red Dragons held a 27-8 advantage in shots, 13-2 in the first 45 minutes. Eleven minutes into the match, the Yeoman keeper had to make a terrific diving save to deny Oneonta's
Dylan Williams (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury).
There was little difference early in the second half. Waves of Oneonta players swept towards goal. Cain blooped one over the bar three minutes in. With less than 33 minutes left in the match,
Justin Rivera (Bay Shore/Bay Shore) tried a shot for the top left corner from right wing. The ball struck the inside of the left post and caromed to the keeper who punched it clear. Cain was in the middle again a minute later. His shot from just outside the area was punched over the bar.
"This result kind of sums up our season," said Oneonta head coach Ian Byrne. "We can't put the ball in the net in a big game. It's hard to believe we lost."
Women’s Soccer (13-5-3)
Nov. 16th vs. Farmingdale, W 1-0 (NCAA 1st Round at William Smith)
SUNY Oneonta moves on to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 defeat of Farmingdale State last Saturday afternoon, played at William Smith Colleges' Cozzens Field. Sophomore
Jessica Lyden (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills) scored in the 62nd minute lifting the Red Dragons to victory. Oneonta will meet third-ranked William Smith, a 5-0 winner over Cabrini, at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17.
Oneonta held a distinct advantage on corner kicks, 11-3, and notched the match's only goal on one of those plays. Senior
Amanda Regensburger (Selden/Newfield) served the ball from the right corner marker and bent it in on goal. The Rams' keeper was able to punch the ball out of traffic, but not far enough as the rebound landed right at the feet of Lyden, who blasted it home from about 8 yards out for her sixth goal of the season.
Shots were fairly even in the first half, 5-3 in favor of Oneonta, but the Red Dragons asserted themselves in the second half, earning a 7-2 advantage. While the two teams combined to put five shots on goal in the opening 45 minutes, none were a serious scoring threat. After the break, the chances increased, but only marginally.
The Rams best scoring chance came in the 88th minute but was thwarted by the combination of Oneonta keeper
Rori Stark (Brewster/Brewster) and the crossbar. A Ram broke in for a tough angle try against Stark, who was able to get enough of her hand on the shot to push it off the crossbar and was subsequently cleared out by the Red Dragon defense.
Stark made four saves while her counterpart Blair made seven saves.
William Smith and Oneonta have played five times over the past decade with the Herons holding a 3-1-1 lead. Tomorrow's second round match will be the first meeting between the squads since Nov. 20, 2010, when William Smith scored a 2-1 win on Cozzens Field in the third round of the NCAA tournament
Nov. 17th at William Smith, L 0-1 (NCAA 2nd Round)
The No. 3 William Smith College soccer team scored in the 33rd minute to earn a 1-0 win over visiting SUNY Oneonta in an NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship second round match played on Cozzens Field this afternoon.
Oneonta finished its season with a 13-5-3 overall record.
The game's only goal came on a peculiar play and subsequent indirect free kick.
In the 33rd minute, Oneonta keeper
Stark was whistled for handling a ball that the referee determined was a pass back to her by a Red Dragon defender, because of the mistake, the Herons were awarded an indirect free kick inside the six yard box. A Heron passed to a teammate at the top of the box and she drilled a shot over Stark's head and into the top left corner of the goal.
Earlier in the first half, it appeared the Herons had taken a 1-0 lead, but it was called off as William Smith was whistled offsides.
In the 51st minute, the Herons almost broke through again, however, her shot was booted away by
Erica Berry (Bellmore/Kellenberg Memorial).
The Red Dragons best scoring chance came with 23:21 left in the match. Junior
Elise Moinzadeh (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) came streaking into the box a half step ahead of her Heron defender. Moinzadeh's shot from right in front went just wide of the left post and into the side of the net.
Stark played all 90 minutes in goal for Oneonta and made five saves. The Herons held a 20-3 advantage in shots and a 6-0 lead in corners. William Smith has notched 17 shutouts this season.
Men’s Cross Country
Nov. 16th at the NCAA Atlantic Region Meet, 7th with 244 points
The SUNY Oneonta men's cross country team put its six finishers in the top-79 last Saturday, as they completed its best day in program history at the NCAA Atlantic Region championships at Letchworth State Park. The Red Dragons finished seventh overall as a team, which is two spots better than its ninth place finish in 2009, which was its previous best finish at the championships.
"It was a great day to be a Red Dragon," said head coach
Angelo Posillico. "It was a tremendous feeling with both of our teams having their best regional team finishes in program history. Both squads worked extremely hard to prepare for this meet and I couldn't be prouder to be their coach. We're trying to create an identity for Oneonta cross country and today was a big step in the right direction."
Leading Oneonta with a 39th place finish was junior
Charles Remillard (Peru/Peru), who crossed the line in a time of 26:05 for the 8K event. Classmate
Mike Didas (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) was two spots (41st), but ran the same time, as three runners crossed in a photo finish. Senior
Tom Haskins (Tully/Tully) was 42nd, but only two-one-hundreths of a second behind Didas.
Freshman
David Busby (New Paltz/New Paltz) was Oneonta's fourth finisher today in 60th place with a time 26:22. Senior
Mitch Todorov (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) was close behind in 62nd place in a time of 26:26.
Oneonta's final finisher was junior
Bobby Gallant (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville), who was 79th overall in a time of 26:42.
Women’s Cross Country
Nov. 16th at the NCAA Atlantic Region Meet, 5th with 177 points
Led by senior,
Elizabeth Jewiss (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus), the SUNY Oneonta women's cross country team made a statement last Saturday with its fifth place finish at the NCAA Atlantic Region championships at Letchworth State Park. Kennedy posted a sixth place finish in a time of 21:31 for the 6K race just 24 seconds out of the top spot, which went to Grace Tilton of Rensselaer. Kennedy's finish is the best in program history, as she was three spots better than Kaitlin O'Sullivan, who was ninth in 2006.
The fifth place finish for the women was its best team finish ever, bettering its ninth place finish from two years ago. The women have put themselves in strong consideration for an at-large berth for the NCAA championships next Saturday in Hanover, IN. The announcement of the 32-team field will be tomorrow. The top two teams, NYU and St. Lawrence, automatically qualify from the Atlantic Region.
"It was a great day to be a Red Dragon," said head coach
Angelo Posillico. "It was a tremendous feeling with both of our teams having their best regional team finishes in program history. Both squads worked extremely hard to prepare for this meet and I couldn't be prouder to be their coach. We're trying to create an identity for Oneonta cross country and today was a big step in the right direction."
The women were packed nicely at the front, which allowed them to score as well as they did overall. The next four finishers for the Red Dragons were all in the top-51. Junior
Marielle Genovesi (Glen Head/North Shore) was the next runner for Oneonta in 32nd place (22:32). Sophomore
Alyssa Drapeau (Glenville/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) was next in 42nd place (22:44). Freshman
Mary Kate Bida (Millbrook/Millbrook) finished 46th (22:47). Junior
Jaclyn Masucci (Staten Island/St. Joseph by the Sea) was 51st (22:52).
Freshman
Samantha Wilks (Endwell/Maine Endwell) was 92nd (23:34) and senior
Allison Ryley (LaGrangeville/Arlington) was 157th (24:32) to round out Oneonta's top-7 finishers.
Both Kennedy and Genovesi earned All-Region honors for their finishes.
Men’s Swimming & Diving (3-1)
Nov. 15th vs. Skidmore, W 122-97
For the second consecutive week, pool and school records fell for the men's swimming and diving team as they defeated visiting Skidmore last Friday evening 122-97 to improve their season record to 3-0 in dual meets. The men won eight of the thirteen events while placing first and second in 8 of them and had the top three finishers in four.
Senior
Jermaine Miller (Elmira/Southside ) continues to shine on the 1 meter diving board as he broke both the pool and school records for six dives and eleven dives. Miller scored 339.20 points in six dives, 25 points higher that the original school record set in 2010 and over 50 points higher than the pool record set in 2011, both of which he owned.
Miller also scored 537.20 points for 11 dives on the 1 meter board. The previous pool record was set back in 2007 by Kevin Stuttle of Cortland. The school record, which was Miller's, was set back in 2011.
The record for the 100 yard backstroke, set back in 2011 by
Alex Miller, fell tonight as junior
Colton Roe (Middletown/Pine Bush) touched the wall in a time of 53.15.
Roe then teamed up with
Ryan Walsh (Wingdale/Arlington),
Joseph Galan (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) and
John Rein (Holbrook/Sachem North) and set a new pool record in the 200 yard freestyle relay when they finished the event in a time of 1:28.98. The previous relay record was set in 2011 by Cortland with a time of 1:30.60.
Galan and Walsh were also individual winners. Galan won the 1000 yard freestyle (10:25.99) and Walsh the 100 yard butterfly (53.30).
Other individual winners were junior
John Rein (Middletown/Middletown), sophomores
Stephen Penteck (Holbrook/Sachem North) and
Joseph Morgan (Cornwall/Cornwall) and freshman
Anthony Franchi (Canajoharie/Canajoharie).
Franchi, Flessa and Penteck won the 50, 100 and 200 yard freestyles respectively. Morgan won the 200 yard IM.
The quartet of Morgan, Galan, Walsh and Franchi won the 200 yard medley relay in a time of 1:43.09.
Nov. 16th at Hartwick, L 118.5-179.5
The SUNY Oneonta men's swimming and diving team fell to their crosstown rival Hartwick College this afternoon 179.5-118.5. The loss moves the Red Dragons' overall record to 3-1 in dual meet action.
Double event winners today were senior
Miller in the diving events and junior
Roe in the backstroke.
Miller continues to dominate the diving events as he took both the 1 and 3 meter boards. He scored 251.80 and 277.30, resepectively.
Roe touched the wall first in the 100 and 200 yard backstroke events. He finished the 100 in a time of 52.64 and the 200 in a time of 1:55.69.
Sophomore
Galan also brought home a victory as he won the 200 yard IM in a time of 1:59.81.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (3-1)
Nov. 15th vs. Skidmore, W 128-90
The women's swimming and diving team continues to roll as they defeated visiting Skidmore this evening 128-90 to improve their dual meet record to 3-0.
Senior
Chandler Shepard (Delhi/Delaware Academy) won two individual events and was a member of a winning relay team. Shepard won the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events in times of 25.09 and 55.21 respectively.
Shepard teamed up with sophomores
Taylor Waldrop (Fairport/Fairport) and
Lauren Zentko (Glenville/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and freshman
Nicole DiFilippo (Danville,PA/Danville) to win the 200 yard medley relay. The quartet finished in a time of 1:55.01.
Waldrop and Zentko also took individual events on the evening. Waldrop swam the 200 yard freestyle and touched the wall in a time of 2:02.49 while Zentko swam the 100 yard butterfly and won the event in 1:01.02
Other individual winners were senior
Melissa Erickson (Silver Spring, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross) and junior diver
Kara Garbarino (Latham/Shaker). Erickson won the 500 yard freestyle event in 5:30.11. Garbarino won the 1 meter diving, 6 dives and 11 dives, score 225.55 for six and 375.30 for eleven.
Nov. 16th at Hartwick, L 133.5-154.5
The SUNY Oneonta women's swimming and diving got nipped by crosstown rival Hartwick 154.5 to 133.5. The loss moves the Red Dragons record in dual meets to 3-1 this season.
Highlights on the afternoon were the performances of senior
Shepard and sophomore
Zentko as they each both won three events, including all the freestyle races.
Shepard took home the sprint freestyle events winning the 50, 100 and 200 yard events. She touched the wall in 24.84, 54.45 and 2:00.23 respectively.
Zentko followed suit by claiming the victories in the distance freestyle events and the 200 yard IM. Lauren finished her races in times of 5:21.24, 10:53.62 and 2:16.12.
Individual event winners included
Waldrop in the 200 yard backstroke (2:15.61) and
Kelly Ruf (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) in the 200 yard butterfly (2:18.15).
Men’s Basketball (1-2)
Nov. 15th at Rochester, W 95-80 (Rochester Tournament)
Nov. 16th vs. Tufts, L 78-96 (Rochester Tournament)
Despite shooting 51 percent from the field including 53 percent from long range, the SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team fell in the championship game of the Chuck Resler Tournament to Tufts University 96-78. Oneonta had three players in double figures led by junior
Zach Mager (New City/Clarkstown South), who poured in 21 points. Mager was named to the All-Tournament Team along with sophomore
Jack Dignan (Brewster/Brewster).
Oneonta never led in the contest and was behind at halftime 47-27. Sophomore
Jackson Zuvic (Cold Spring/Haldane) had 13 points while Dignan added 12 points in the loss.
Last Friday night, the Red Dragons put up 95 points in knocking off host Rochester, 95-80. All five of Oneonta's starters scored in double figures, led by Mager who scored 31 points. Mager hit 16 of 17 free throws while connecting on three, three-point baskets.
As a team, the Red Dragons hit 35 of 40 from the charity stripe in the game. The 35 makes was the second most made free throws in a game in program history. The Red Dragons made 36 versus Clarkson back in 1980. The 40 attempts was the most since 2001 against Western New England.
Senior
Dan Lee (Ballston Lake/Shenendehowa) added 15 points, which included 9 of 10 from the free throw line. Sophomores Dignan and Zuvic scored 14 points and 10 points respectively while rookie
Mikey McElroy (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) contributed 12 points in his collegiate debut.
Oneonta raced out to a 51-35 lead at halftime. With the score tied at 22 apiece at 8:33 left in the opening half, the Red Dragons scored 14 unanswered points over the next three minutes to take the lead for good. Mager capped the run with a pair of free throws. McElroy hit a pair of three-point shots to help fuel the run.
Nov. 19th vs. Hamilton, L 84-87
The visiting Hamilton Continentals used an 18-8 run over the final three minutes last Tuesday night in stealing an 87-84 victory against SUNY Oneonta in the home opener for the Red Dragons. The run began with six points by Hamilton at the 3:31 mark with a free throw and finalized the spurt with a three-point basket 10 seconds later to pull the Continentals to within 76-75.
From that point it was back-and-forth before a layup broke an 82 all tie and gave Hamilton the lead for good with 34 seconds remaining.
Oneonta carried a 45-39 lead into halftime, thanks to 17 first half points by junior
Mager. Mager would lead all scorers with 27 points. This is the third straight game that Mager has scored more than 20 points, as he is currently averaging 26.3 points per game in the early going.
A three-point basket by Mager at the 14:46 mark of the second half gave Oneonta its largest lead at 60-50.
Hamilton kept battling back and cut Oneonta's lead to five points when Hart hit a pair of free throws at 5:39. That was as close as the Continentals got until the six unanswered that brought them to with one point with 3:21 remaining.
Mager was joined by freshman
McElroy (16 pts), senior
Lee (13 pts) and sophomore
Dignan (11 pts) in double figures. McElroy added a team high eight rebounds while Dignan dished out a team high eight assists.
Women’s Basketball (3-0)
Nov. 15th vs. Hamilton, W 70-65 (Skidmore Tournament)
Nov. 16th at Skidmore, W 66-56
Junior
Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston) scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked four shots in helping to lead the SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team to a come-from-behind victory last Saturday against host Skidmore College 66-56. The victory, coupled with last Friday night's victory over Hamilton College, gave the Oneonta the team title. Longto, who scored 17 points last night, was named MVP of the tournament.
Senior
Grace Schilling (Northport/Northport) was Oneonta's top scorer in the contest with 16 points, adding six rebounds.
Alyshia Crawford (Oxford/Oxford), who joined Longto on the All-Tournament Team, scored 13 points. Sophomore
Lyteshia Price (Liverpool/Liverpool) registered 10 points and eight rebounds.
Skidmore opened the game with a 10-3 run, capped by a three-pointer. The Red Dragons came back within four with just under 10 minutes to play in the first half, but the Thoroughbreds pushed back ahead, opening a 12-point lead.
The Red Dragons ended the first half on an 8-3 run, and Schilling's layup with three seconds to play cut Skidmore's lead to three at 32-29 going into the break.
A three-point make by Crawford to start the second half tied the game at 32 apiece. From there, the Red Dragons continued to build its lead, getting it to as many 14 points with eight minutes to go in the game. Skidmore only got as close as nine points with just under two minutes remaining.
Last Friday night, in the opening game of the tournament, the Red Dragons battled Hamilton College and came away with a 70-65 victory. Three players were in double figures for Oneonta, led by Longto, who tied her collegiate career high of 17 points.
Schilling scored 16 points while collecting four assists and four steals. Crawford added 14 points while dishing out a collegiate career best eight assists.
A basket by Crawford at the 6:47 mark of the first half gave the Red Dragons its largest lead of the game at 31-20. Hamilton stormed back to close the half with an 18-6 run including a three-pointer to end the first half, which allowed the Continentals to take a slime 38-37 lead at the break.
Oneonta opened the second half with an 11-4 run to go up 48-41. A three-pointer by Hamilton with 6:40 to play gave them a one-point lead at 57-56, but the Red Dragons pushed back, taking the last lead they would need with their next trip down the floor thanks to a
Brianna Spector (Philadelphia, PA/Upper Dublin) three-point shot.
Oneonta finished the game shooting 52 percent from the floor while connecting on 11 of 13 from the free throw line.
Nov. 19th vs. Utica, W 59-43
The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team cruised past the Utica College Pioneers last Tuesday night, 59-43, in its home opener. Senior
Crawford paced Oneonta with 18 points, four assists and four steals.
Oneonta led from wire-to-wire tonight, as they jumped out to a 16-4 in the first nine minutes of the contest. Crawford led the Red Dragons with 10 of the first 16 points.
Oneonta built its lead to as many as 13 points in the first half and took a 29-17 lead into halftime.
The Red Dragons pushed its lead to 17 points in the first seven minutes of the second half before Utica made its last run of the game to cut the lead back to 10 points with 9:05 remaining in the contest.
The Red Dragons put the game out of reach with a 10-3 spurt over the next six minutes to push the lead to 17 points once again. A jumper by junior
Kaitlyn Ponesse (Wallkill/Wallkill) at the 2:33 mark gave the Red Dragons a 55-38 lead.
The Pioneers had two players in double figures tonight led by sophomore Mary Miceli, who scored 14 points.
Senior
Schilling contributed eight points to go with a team high eight boards and five assists.
Wrestling (1-4)
Nov. 16th in the North East Duals
vs. Alfred State, W 49-3; vs. Rhode Island College, L 18-22
The SUNY Oneonta wrestling team opened its home schedule last Saturday and came away with a split of a pair of matches. The Red Dragons soundly defeated Alfred State, 49-3 before being edged out by Rhode Island College, 22-18.
The highlight of the day for Oneonta was senior
Ben Mikac (Williamsville/Williamsville East) recording his 100th collegiate win. He becomes only the fifth wrestler in the 50+ years to reach this milestone and the first since Josh Wake in 2010. Mikac recorded a pair of wins today for Oneonta at 141 lbs. to bring his career total to 101. He recorded a major decision against Patrick DaFoe while collecting a 3-1 decision against Ricondo Cole of RIC.
In addition to Mikac picking up two wins today in its team matches, senior
Chad Obzud (Troy/Lansingburgh) recorded two pins and sophomore
Shaun Gillen (Bohemia/Connetquot) had a pin and a decision for his two victories on the day.
