Men’s Soccer (1-0)
August 31st at Ithaca, W 1-0 OT
SUNY Oneonta sophomore
Dylan Williams (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) scored in the 94th minute to lift the men's soccer team to a season opening 1-0 victory last Saturday at Ithaca College. The goal came on a breakaway after junior
Justin Rivera (Bay Shore/Bay Shore) sent a long pass ahead that Williams was able to secure before putting it past the keeper.
The two teams battled to a scoreless tie through the first 90 minutes of today's contest, which was the opening game for both squads. The shots were 2-2 after the first half until Oneonta turned up the heat in the final 45 minutes hoping to get a shot to go to the back of the goal. The Ithaca keeper was up to the task, keeping the Red Dragons off the scoreboard.
"We dominated possession throughout the match, but didn't create enough goal scoring opportunities," texted coach Byrne. "Ithaca was organized and defended well in numbers and could have won the game if they had capitalized on one of their counter attacks."
Williams finished the contest with three shots on goal including the game-winner. The Red Dragons finished the game with a 14-6 advantage in shots.
Junior transfer,
Vincent Pellegrino (Baldwin/Baldwin), and classmate
Daniel DeBottis (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) combined for the shutout. Pellegrino made two saves while DeBottis played the final 48 minutes and recorded no saves in picking up his initial win of the season.
Women’s Soccer (1-1)
August 30th vs. Richard Stockton, W 2-1 (Cougar Classic)
August 31st at Kean, L 1-2 (Cougar Classic)
The SUNY Oneonta women's soccer team returned home from the Cougar Classic hosted by Kean University 1-1 last weekend. They defeated Richard Stockton on Friday 2-1 before falling to the host on Saturday by the same score.
Oneonta got off to a hot start against Richard Stockton when senior
Amanda Regensburger (Selden/Newfield) finished off a cross from sophomore
Kayla Ceschini (Miller Place/Miller Place) just 22 seconds into the game. Ceschini won the ball off the kickoff and dribbled down the right hand side before playing a long cross into Regensburger who one-timed it by the keeper into the net for the quick 1-0 lead.
The Red Dragons kept up the pressure up with three shots in the next four minutes, which included hitting the crossbar and a blocked shot by a defender for a ball that was headed into the goal. Senior
Karly DeSimone (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) broke through in the 24
th minute with a long run down the right side of the field and finished it off herself before the keeper could get to there.
The Ospreys were able to pull a goal back when their player was fouled inside the penalty area resulting in a red card. Oneonta's goalkeeper,
Kelley Murphy (Albany/Colonie Central), made the initial save on penalty shot, but a second penalty kick was awarded just eight seconds later that was converted.
Down to ten players, the Red Dragons were able to deflect the pressure that Stockton was applying to pick up the first win of the season.
In Saturday’s game versus Kean, the Cougars broke open the scoring in the 25
th minute when they were able to finish the rebound from the initial save Murphy made on a breakaway.
The game continued to be end to end for the next 50 minutes with neither team having any real scoring opportunities. DeSimone would be the player to answer the call for the Red Dragons. She received the pass at the top of the 18 and weaved into the box before being dragged down by a Cougar defender. She stepped up to the spot and took the shot herself. Kean's goalkeeper got her hand on the ball and deflected it off the post, but not far enough as DeSimone followed the shot and buried it in the net to tie the game.
The Cougars would answer back as they applied pressure to the Red Dragons. In the 84
th minute, a corner kick was headed off the crossbar and fell to the feet of an open Kean player who put it into the goal.
Oneonta responded with high pressure themselves and had two corner kick opportunities of their own before the end of the game.
The game was evenly played with Oneonta holding the edge in the shot department 14 to 12 and Kean in corners 6 to 5.
Murphy made five saves in the game and her counterpart, Nunez, made eight.
Field Hockey (3-0)
August 31st at St. Lawrence, W 2-0 (St. Lawrence Tournament)
September 1st vs. Cedar Crest, W 9-1 (St. Lawrence Tournament)
SUNY Oneonta Field Hockey returned home from the St. Lawrence Tournament last weekend sweeping both games with a 2-0 victory over the host St. Lawrence on Saturday and a 9-1 rout of Cedar Crest Sunday.
In Saturday's game, junior forward
Kelcy Forbragd (Camden/Camden) scored one goal and provided an assist on another as the Red Dragons defeated St. Lawrence 2-0 in the season opener for both teams. Oneonta scored the only goal of a tight first half with exactly two minutes left on the clock prior to half time off a penalty corner.
Hannah Hayward (Glens Falls/Glens Falls) sent a pass to Forbragd who was on her left. Forbragd snapped a shot between the Saint goalie to the inside of the near post for the game's first goal.
The Saints had some chances in the first half and trailed 10-8 in shots, but the Red Dragons came out firing in the second half and outshot the Saints 9-1 in the first 12 minutes of the second period. Oneonta added to their lead with 2:27 remaining in regulation time when Forbragd again had a hand in the scoring.
Andrea Day (Greene/Greene) worked the ball in from the right side and got it to Forbragd, who sent a pass across the goal mouth which
Anna Torri (Niskayuna/Niskayuna) tapped home to make it a 2-0 game at 67:33.
Oneonta's goalie,
Krista Servedio (Shrub Oak/Lakeland), stopped all six Saint shots on goal for her first shutout of the year.
The game against Cedar Crest was over within the first half as Oneonta scored all nine of their goals within that time frame. Day started the scoring off just 1:07 into the game when she was able to finish off a pass from
Ashley Morgan (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) to the near post. Day followed up with her second goal, just a little over two minutes later, on pass from Morgan to the center of the goal.
The Red Dragons would go on to score six goals in less than a ten minute span.
Erin Butler (Walton/Walton) and Torri each scored two goals while
Sierra Earle (Baldwinsville/Baldwinsville) and
Tatum Knapp (Marathon/Marathon) added one. Knapp added a second goal in the half just four minutes shy of the intermission.
Oneonta outshot the Falcons 40-4 and had a 9-2 advantage in penalty corners.
Servedio and
Tess Tracy (Liverpool/Liverpool) shared the goalkeeping responsibilities with Tracy picking up one save in the game and Servedio earning her second victory on the season.
September 4th vs. Hamilton, W 4-3
Three goals in the first half and an insurance goal in the second earned SUNY Oneonta field hockey the win over Hamilton College 4-3 in their home opener last Wednesday.
Oneonta got on the board early as they scored :57 seconds in to the game. Sophomore
Sara Rattigan (Stormville/Carmel) was able to tip a
Chelsea Remling (Mahopac/Lakeland) shot that was taken after picking up the loose ball off a turnover.
The Red Dragons would add two more additional goals to take a 3-1 lead into the intermission.
Day passed a penalty corner to
Morgan at the top of the striking circle, who played the ball to Remling. Remling hit a one time shot toward the goal that
Forbragd tipped past the goalkeeper. Morgan would score the game's third goal when she picked up a deflected pass and hit a screamer to the back post before Hamilton's goalkeeper could react.
The Continentals got on the board in with two minutes remaining when a player received a pass back from off her own penalty corner to tuck it by Oneonta's goalkeeper,
Tracy.
Forbragd would open up the second half with her second goal, and team leading third on the season, just two minutes into play. Day was once again the set up person as she sent a pass across the circle to Forbragd, who scored to the far post.
Hamilton stepped up the pressure and scored two of their own to cut the Red Dragon lead to 4-3.
The Red Dragons would hold on as the Continentals had two penalty corners in the last three minutes of the game. A game saving stop by Tracy, who pushed the ball high into the air was cleared down the field and time would expire before Hamilton could get back down the field.
Oneonta outshot the Continentals 17-12. Hamilton held a slight advantage in penalty corners 13-10.
Tracy made four saves in the game for her first win of the season.
Volleyball
August 30th vs. Emmanuel, W 3-0
August 30th vs. St. Lawrence, W 3-0
The SUNY Oneonta volleyball team opened its 2013 season last Friday with a pair of shutout wins on the first day of the 44th annual Oneonta Invitational. The Red Dragons swept both Emmanuel and St. Lawrence in straight sets to begin the fall campaign 2-0.
Oneonta's first match was versus Emmanuel and the Red Dragons won by scores of 25-19, 25-22 and 25-19.
Sophomore
Jill Darpino (Endicott/Union Endicott) led the Oneonta attack with 11 kills. Classmate
Kristina Pelaccio (Verplanck/Hendrick Hudson) led the defense with 16 digs. Freshman
Paige Carpluk (Yephank/Bellport) added 11 digs in her first collegiate match. Senior
Erica Darpino (Endicott/Union-Endicott) had four blocks to lead Oneonta to go with nine kills.
Oneonta defeated St. Lawrence 25-22, 25-22 and 25-23.
Darpino led Oneonta with six kills while adding four blocks. Carpluk had four blocks as well along with a team high 12 digs.
August 31st vs. Kean, L 2-3
August 31st vs. Potsdam, W 3-2
The 44th annual Oneonta Invitational came to a close last Saturday, as the SUNY Oneonta volleyball team came away with a split of its two matches including a tough five-set loss to tournament champion Kean University. The Red Dragons did respond with a gritty five-set victory against SUNY Potsdam in its second match of the day. Oneonta finished the two-day event 3-1 overall.
Oneonta won the first two sets in its match versus Kean before the Cougars rallied to win the next three to steal the match. Senior
E. Darpino and sister, sophomore
J. Darpino, led the Oneonta attack with 12 kills and 15 kills respectively. Erica also added seven blocks, as both were named to the All-Tournament Team for Oneonta.
Junior
Becca Horton (Owego/Owego Free Academy) had 22 assists while senior
Pelaccio had 18 digs to lead the defense.
Against Potsdam, Jill had 10 kills to lead Oneonta while Erica and
Hannah O'Neil (Brookhaven/Bellport) each had nine kills. Horton had 23 assists and Pelaccio had 22 digs.
Men’s Cross Country
August 31st at Rensselaer Invitational, 1st with 31 points
The SUNY Oneonta men's cross country team opened the 2013 season by winning the Rensselaer Invitational last Saturday at Saratoga State Park. The Red Dragons had five runners in the top ten and nine in the top 15, as Oneonta had a team score of 31 points, which was one point better than host Rensselaer.
Leading Oneonta with his third place finish was sophomore
Jim Bernstein (Grahamsville/Tri-Valley), who crossed the line in a time of 16:01. Right behind Bernstein in fourth and fifth place respectively were junior
Andrew Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) and sophomore
Mike Didas (Endwell/Maine-Endwell).
Senior
Tom Haskins (Tully/Tully) and junior
Charles Remillard (Peru/Peru) rounded out the top five runners for Oneonta in ninth and tenth place respectively.
A pair of freshmen finished 13th and 14th in their first collegiate race.
David Busby (New Paltz/New Paltz) and
Jean-Paul Scott (Fairport/Fairport) ran times of 16:21 and 16:23 respectively.
Women’s Cross Country
August 31st at Rensselaer Invitational, 1st place with 30 points
The SUNY Oneonta women's cross country team opened the 2013 season by winning the Rensselaer Invitational last Saturday at Saratoga State Park. The Red Dragons had its top five runners in the top eight, as they took places four though eight to score 30 points, which was 19 points better than second place Plattsburgh.
Leading the women in fourth place was senior
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus), who ran a time of 19:18. Right behind Kennedy was junior
Brianna McLoughlin (Yonkers/School of the Holy Child), freshman
Mary Kate Bida (Millbrook/Millbrook), sophomore
Alyssa Drapeau (Glenville/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and junior
Marielle Genovesi (Glen Head/North Shore).
A pair of freshmen finished 11th and 12th in their first collegiate race to round out the top-7.
Elizabeth Jewiss (Marathon/Marathon) and
Elizabeth Chichester (Mount Morris/Mount Morris) ran times of 20:10 and 20:11 respectively.
