Men’s Track & Field
Mar. 2nd at ECAC Championships, 3rd place with 46 points
A week after winning its first SUNYAC indoor track & field championship, the SUNY Oneonta men's track & field team had its highest finish ever at the ECAC championships, finishing third with 46 points last Friday and Saturday. In all, the Red Dragons earned seven individual and two relay All-ECAC honors while setting two school records.
Leading the way during the two-day event held at the Armory in New York City, were throwers
J.D. Roth (Pearl River/Nanuet),
Patrick Weinert (Schenevus/Schenevus) and
Joe Fox (West Nyack/Clarkstown South). Fox and Roth earned All-ECAC honors in both the shot put and 35-lb. weight throw while setting school records with their performances.
Fox broke his own school record in placing second in the shot put. His distance of 16.68m (54' 8 ¾”) was two feet further than the distance he recorded in winning the SUNYAC title in the event last Saturday. He also earned All-ECAC honors with his eighth place finish in the weight throw.
Roth reset the school record in the weight throw where he finished third. His distance of 17.48m (57' 41/4”) just edged teammate, Weinert's record of 17.44m set last week at the SUNYAC championships. Roth also placed fifth in the shot put with a distance of 15.18m (49' 9 ¾”).
Weinert earned All-ECAC honors with his fourth place finish in the weight throw with a performance of 17.12m (56' 2”).
The final individual ECAC honors went to senior
Sean Bernstein (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) and junior
Tom Haskins (Tully/Tully). Bernstein finished second in the 60m dash (6.87) and Haskins finished fifth in the mile (4:18.75).
The two relays that earned All-ECAC honors were the 4x800m and the distance medley relays finishing fourth and sixth respectively. The DMR included senior
Nate Weber (LaFayette/Tully) and sophomores
Kevin Wren (Delanson/Duanesburg),
Jay Berube (Putnam Station/Ticonderoga) and
Kyle Howerton (Apalachin/Vestal). Weber, Berube and Howerton added sophomore
Bobby Gallant (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville) to run the 4x800m relay.
Women’s Track & Field
Mar. 2nd at ECAC Championships, 28th place with 11 points
The women travelled to the NY Armory this past weekend to compete in the ECAC Championships. They came back with a 28
th place finish after scoring 11 points.
Leading the way for the Red Dragons was junior
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) who finished third in the 3000m run with a time of 10:16.30 and fifth in the 5000m run in a time of 17:55.85.
The distance medley team, consisting of seniors
Carolyn Nasr (LaGrangeville/Arlington) and
Shannon Hopkins (Fort Salonga/Kings Park) and sophomores
Mariel Doyle (Delmar/Bethlehem) and
Marisa Hitchcock (Cobleskill/Cobleskill-Richmondville), finished in eighth place in a time of 12:42.40 picking up the final points for Oneonta.
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Mar. 2nd at NCAA Region 3 Championships
SUNY Oneonta junior
Jermaine Miller (Elmira/Southside ) will be making a return trip to the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving championships.
Miller finished fourth today in the 1-meter diving event at the NCAA Region 3 championships hosted by Springfield College to earn one of only eight spots from the region for the national meet. There were 18 divers that competed during the two-day event that began yesterday with the 3-meter event.
Miller was as high as second place in today's event and scored 468.85 to earn his fourth place finish. Yesterday he finished 15th in the 3-meter event with a score of 401.20.
“I am extremely proud of Jermaine,” said head coach
Chris Schuler-Ghiorse. “Jermaine showed poise and came back strong after yesterday's competition. He has had a great season to this point and I look forward to watching him perform at nationals.”
Last winter, Miller was one of only 22 divers to be invited from Division III and became the first male swimmer or diver to compete at the NCAA championships.
Miller is the current school record holder in the 1-meter discipline with a score of 522.55, which he attained at the final home meet of the season on Feb. 6. He just fell short of the 3-meter record during the SUNYAC championships last weekend where he placed second in both events.
Baseball (0-4/0-0 SUNYAC)
Mar. 2nd at Rowan, L 1-7; L 0-6
Mar. 3rd at Johns Hopkins, L 8-9; L 0-4 in 6th (shortened due to darkness)
The SUNY Oneonta baseball team dropped a pair of doubleheaders this past weekend to open the 2013 season. The Red Dragons dropped two games at Rowan on Saturday and then fell to Johns Hopkins in its two games last Sunday.
In the season opening twin bill at Rowan, Oneonta fell 7-1 and 6-0. In game one, The Red Dragons trailed 3-1 before Rowan put four runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth inning. Junior
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip) was 1-3 in the game while driving in the lone run for the Red Dragons in the top of the fifth inning. Sophomore
Steve Ascher (Mattituck, NY/Mattituck) pitched 3.1 innings and allowed three hits, three runs – one earned – while striking out five batters.
In the second game against Rowan, Oneonta managed only five hits including a pair by senior
Rob Peluso (Rensselaer/Columbia). Sophomore
Alex Mastrianni (Valatie/Ichabod Crane) threw seven strong innings in his first outing of the year allowing only five hits and two runs – one earned – while recording three strikeouts.
In the opening game against Johns Hopkins, the hosts walked off in the bottom of the ninth on a single down the line to drive in the winning run in a 9-8 victory.
Junior Chris Orlando led the offense with three doubles in four plate appearances. He also scored three runs and drove in one run. Senior
Thomas Hand (Wallkill/Valley Central) had a pair of hits including a double and an RBI. Sophomore
Matt Mastroianni (Somers/North Salem) also collected two hits while driving in a run.
Junior
Mike McFerran (Albany/Catholic Central) threw three innings and allowed only one run while striking out three batters.
The second game was called in the bottom of the sixth inning because of darkness. The final score was 4-0 in favor of the Blue Jays. The lone bright spot was the pitching of freshman
Benji Parkes (Lansing/Lansing), who threw five innings allowing two hits and two runs while striking out four batters.
Men’s Lacrosse (1-2/0-0 SUNYAC)
Mar. 6th at Union, L 7-15
The SUNY Oneonta men’s lacrosse team went on the road to battle with Union and came up empty handed with a 15-7 loss.
Daniel Stern (Shoreham/Shoreham-Wading River) had three goals and
Jimmy van de Veerdonk (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) had two goals and an assist to lead SUNY Oneonta and
Chris Miles (Manlius/Fayetteville Manlius) made 14 saves in net for the Red Dragons.
Union, which led 9-3 at halftime, saw its lead cut to three after a spirited Oneonta run in the third quarter. After a defensive opening to the quarter that saw SUNY Oneonta's
Connor Coyle (Centerport/Harborfields) (12:11) and Union traded goals, the Red Dragons went on a three-goal run to give the visiting team a chance heading into the fourth.
Stern scored his third goal of the contest on a shot from five yards out at the 7:06 mark to start the run. Van de Veerdonk scored on a turnaround shot at 5:07, then set up Oneonta's next goal just six seconds later off a faceoff win, feeding
Devon Casey (Garden City/Kellenberg) for a quick score at 5:01 to make it 10-7.
Union would score all five goals in the fourth quarter, including three in a :33 span in the opening minutes to put the game away.
Van de Veerdonk and Stern scored early in the second quarter to cut into the Union lead, but that would be as close as SUNY Oneonta would get before the halftime break, as Union scored four of the next five goals to take a six goal lead into halftime.
Women’s Lacrosse (1-1/0-0 SUNYAC)
Mar. 5th vs. Hartwick, W 20-5
The SUNY Oneonta women's lacrosse opened its 2013 season last Tuesday with a lopsided, 20-5, victory over city rival Hartwick College. The Red Dragons jumped out to an 11-2 lead at halftime and cruised in the second half en route to the dominating victory.
Leading Oneonta were sophomore
Kiera McNally (East Northport/Northport) and senior
Caroline Tulley (Malverne/Sacred Heart Academy), who had eight points and seven points respectively. McNally scored six goals in the game while Tulley added five goals. They both had three goals by halftime.
Sophomore
Jillian Donodeo (Holbrook/Sachem East) added three goals and one assist while junior
Chelsea Collins (St. James/Smithtown East) contributed four assists.
Oneonta scored the game's first goal in the fifth minute before Hartwick tied it less than 30 seconds later. Oneonta put the game away with eight unanswered goals over the next 15 minutes.
Junior
Laura Grose (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) made three saves and allowed only two goals to pick up the win in goal for the Red Dragons.
Mar. 6th at Rensselaer, L 9-13
The SUNY Oneonta women’s lacrosse team went on the road to Rensselaer and fell 13-9.
After SUNY Oneonta senior
Tulley opened the scoring 1:32 in the contest, the Engineers ran off six straight goals midway through the first half.
Red Dragons' freshman
Nicole Boylan (Massapequa/Massapequa) halted the RPI run by netting her second of the season at 16:39 of the stanza. Tulley then netted her second of the game to bring the visitors to within 6-3. Sophomore
Nicole Fioretti (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) earned the assist on Tulley's tally.
The two teams then traded goals a pair of goals leading up the halftime. Oneonta freshman
Allison McClain (Wantagh/Wantagh) scored with just under 10 seconds to play in the opening frame to make it 8-5.
Oneonta sophomore
McNally once again drew the visitors to within three goals, with her seventh of the year at 5:35 of the half. The Engineers had the answer, however, scoring three straight times to take a 12-6 lead with 14:28 to play.
The Red Dragons then tallied three consecutive goals of their own, including Tulley's fourth of the game and ninth of the season, to make it 12-9 with 4:37 remaining, but RPI was able to run down the clock and add insurance goal at 27:12.
Oneonta junior
Grose made five stops at the other end of the field.
Men’s Tennis (1-6)
Mar. 2nd at Hobart, L 1-8
The men’s tennis team travelled to Geneva to take on Hobart College last Saturday. Hobart took the victory on their home tennis courts, 8-1.
The lone bright spot for the Red Dragons was the play of junior
Michael Kennelly (Irvington/Irvington) as he defeated his opponent at first singles by scores of 6-4, 6-1. Kennelly now stands at 6-2 overall in the matches played this season, including a 5-2 record at first singles.
