Men’s Basketball (8-7/5-3 SUNYAC)
Jan. 17th vs. Potsdam, W 72-51
The SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team put up 36 points in each half last Friday night, as they easily defeated visiting SUNY Potsdam 72-51 to record its fourth straight win.
Oneonta trailed 3-2 in the first minute of the night's contest before two straight from long distance by senior
Dan Lee (Ballston Lake/Shenendehowa) gave the Red Dragons a lead that they would not relinquish. Lee finished the game with 10 points.
Potsdam continued to battle and kept the game close for most of the opening half before Oneonta pulled away towards the end of the half, building itself a 36-24 lead at the break. Junior
Tyler Mager (New City/Clarkstown South) scored 16 of his game high 24 points in the opening twenty minutes.
It was much of the same in the second half, as Oneonta continued to pull away, building on its halftime lead in the first five minutes. A three-point play by sophomore
Seth Thomsen (South New Berlin/Norwich) gave Oneonta a 53-31 lead at the 14:54 mark. Thomsen finished with a season high nine points.
The Red Dragons shot an even 40 percent from the floor including 10-of-22 from long range. They outrebounded the Bears 46-35 and hit 14-of-16 free throws.
Jan. 18th vs. Plattsburgh, L, 73-84
The SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team fell at home last Saturday to visiting Plattsburgh 84-73 in SUNYAC men's action.
Oneonta trailed 63-53 after a made three-pointer with 9:30 to go in the contest. The Red Dragons then ran off eight straight points over the next minute to cut the Cardinals lead back to two points.
After a timeout by Plattsburgh, the Cardinals countered with an 8-0 run of its own to push its lead back to 10 points with 4:41 remaining. The spurt was capped by a pair of free throws.
A basket by sophomore
Jackson Zuvic (Cold Spring/Haldane) on the next possession was the last time Oneonta trailed by less than double digits. The Cardinals put together another 8-0 run over the next three minutes to put the game out of reach.
Junior
Mager led Oneonta again with 28 points. It was the eleventh time this season that Mager has scored at least twenty points in a game.
Zuvic finished with 12 points, classmate
Jack Dignan (Brewster/Brewster) added 11 points and freshman
Mikey McElroy (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) scored 10 points while grabbing a team high nine boards.
Jan. 21st vs. Cortland, L, 67-72
A valiant second half comeback fell just short for the SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team as they fell, 72-67, to rival SUNY Cortland. With the game tied at 65 apiece with 1:53 remaining in the game, it was the visiting SUNY Cortland Red Dragons that pulled out the victory down the stretch.
After a pair of free throws by senior
Lee tied the game at 65, Cortland drained a three from the top of the key to put Cortland ahead 68-65.
The two teams exchanged turnovers before Lee made a layup to pull Oneonta to 68-67 with 32 seconds left.
After an Oneonta timeout,
McElroy committed the foul to put a Cortland player on the line with 16 seconds to go. They made both free throws to push the lead back to three points.
On Oneonta's ensuing possession, Lee drove to the basket and missed a layup, but got his own rebound and sent a pass out to
Mager, who had a look at a tying three-pointer, but came up short.
Cortland made a pair of free throws for the final margin of victory.
Oneonta had four players in double figures led by Mager's 20 points. McElroy finished with 15 points while sophomores
Dignan and
Zuvic scored 11 and 10 points respectively.
The lead went back-and-forth through the first five minutes of the game, settling in at 17-17 when Zuvic made a jumper for Oneonta at the 12:33 mark.
Women’s Basketball (12-3/6-2 SUNYAC)
Jan. 17th vs. Potsdam, W 70-50
The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team outscored visiting SUNY Potsdam 38-23 in the second half, pulling away for an easy 70-50 win last Friday at home in SUNYAC action. Three players reached double figures for Oneonta.
Senior
Alyshia Crawford (Oxford/Oxford) led the Red Dragons with 19 points while classmate
Grace Schilling (Northport/Northport) and junior
Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston) added 10 points each. Oneonta held a huge advantage in points off turnovers (17-6) and second chance points (20-6). They also held a decided rebounding advantage 59-33 including 21 offensive rebounds.
Oneonta came out of halftime leading 32-27 and quickly built its lead to 11 points in the opening five minutes of the second half. A layup by Longto gave the Red Dragons its double-digit lead as they cruised from there to the finish. Longto, sophomore
Lyteshia Price (Liverpool/Liverpool) and freshman
Brianna Spector (Philadelphia, PA/Upper Dublin) all grabbed eight boards in the contest to lead Oneonta.
Oneonta connected on three consecutive layups to jump out to an early 6-0 lead. Potsdam then scored eight points to bring the game its first tie at 8 apiece at the 16:26 mark. The two teams would exchange the lead a few times over the next 10 minutes and would be tied again at 21-21 with 6:41 remaining in the half ona jumper for Potsdam.
The Red Dragons would close the half with an 11-4 spurt to take a 32-27 lead into the break. Crawford led Oneonta teams with 14.
Jan. 18th vs. Plattsburgh, L 59-70
In a battle between two of the top teams in the SUNYAC, it was Plattsburgh who got the edge with a 70-59 victory against SUNY Oneonta last Saturday in women's basketball action.
A jumper by a Cardinal with 3:48 to go in the game gave Plattsburgh a 60-49 lead, as it looked as though they had the game well in hand. Sophomore
Price would head to the line for a pair of free throws after a Cardinal fouled out. Price made both to cut the lead back to single digits.
At the 3:29 mark, sophomore
Bryn Loomis (Norwich/Norwich) stole the inbound pass after Price's free throws and was fouled righ.
Oneonta continued its comeback as Loomis made 1-of-2 and then was followed one minute later with two more free throws from Price. Senior Schilling then stole a pass, which she converted into a layup while also getting fouled. She made the free throw and Oneonta now trailed by only three points, 60-57, with 1:29 remaining.
Plattsburgh would make 10-of-10 free throws down the stretch as they pulled away for the 11-point win.
The two teams battled through the opening half to a 28-28 tie. There were three ties overall and four lead changes in the first half. Freshman
Cara Adams (Attleboro, MA/Bishop Feehan) came off the bench to lead Oneonta with 10 points. Adams finished the game with a season high 13 points.
Senior
Crawford led Oneonta with 17 points while Schilling added 15 points, five assists and three steals.
Jan. 21st vs. Cortland, W 51-32
The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball held its rival, SUNY Cortland, to a season low in points last Tuesday night en route to a lopsided 51-32 victory in SUNYAC action. The win for Oneonta allowed them to sweep the two meetings between the rivals for the year, as last Tuesday, Oneonta defeated Cortland in their gym.
Senior
Crawford led three Oneonta players in double figures with 16 points. Classmate
Schilling and junior
Longto each added 10 points. Longto and sophomore
Price each collected eight boards to lead Oneonta. Longto also had four blocks while Price and Crawford each had four steals.
Oneonta carried a 10-point lead into the second half and continued to build on it through the first nine minutes of the second half. A layup by sophomore
Loomis gave Oneonta a 37-19 lead. A few minutes later, Oneonta was up by twenty points, as they cruised from that point to the finish.
The visitors never got on track, as the combination of poor shooting and turnovers proved to be their undoing. Cortland didn't have a single player reach double figures in the contest.
The first half was played end-to-end, but both squads found it tough going on the scoring end. Oneonta managed to shoot 29 percent and Cortland struggled to shoot 20 percent and finished the game shooting 19 percent. Oneonta did hit 7-of-8 from the free throw line that allowed them to take a comfortable 26-16 lead into halftime. Both teams had stretches where they couldn't convert field goals, which led to the low scoring opening half of play.
Men’ Swimming & Diving (4-2)
Jan. 18th at Brockport, W 144-89
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to Brockport last Saturday and returned home with a 144-89 dual meet victory.
Junior
Colton Roe (Middletown/Pine Bush) highlighted the afternoon by setting a new pool record in the 200 yard backstroke. Roe finished the event in a time of 1:56.33, breaking the old record by over two seconds. Brian Williams of Cortland had previously held the record set back in 1992.
Seniors
Jermaine Miller (Elmira/Southside ) and
John Rein (Holbrook/Sachem North) each won two events for the Red Dragons. Miller took the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. He scored 257.75 and 274.50 points, respectively. Rein took first in the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard freestyle with times of 1:48.81 and 49.30.
Ryan Walsh (Wingdale/Arlington) and
Lucas Santiago (Amsterdam/Amsterdam) each won one individual swimming event. Walsh won the 50 yard freestyle in 22.72 while Santiageo took the 400 yard intermediate medley, finishing in 4:23.49.
Roe, Walsh, Rein and Connor Kelly teamed up to win the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 3:38. 62.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (5-1)
Jan. 18th at Brockport, W 117-106
The SUNY Oneonta women's swimming and diving team travelled to Brockport last Saturday afternoon and returned home victorious, defeating the host 117-106.
Leading the way for the Red Dragons was sophomore
Lindsay White (Glenville/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), who won two individual events and as a member of a winning relay team. Zentko took victory in the 400 yard intermediate medley with a time of 4:46.98 and also the 500 yard freestyle, touching the wall in 5:19.93.
Zentko teamed up with
Carly Cahill (Troy/Troy),
Nicole DiFilippo (Danville,PA/Danville ) and
Chandler Shepard (Delhi/Delaware Academy) to take the win in the 400 yard medley relay in a time of 4:07.73 to open the afternoon.
Shepard also touched the wall in first in the 100 yard freestyle, finishing in 55.18.
Other individual even winners were
Taylor Waldrop (Fairport/Fairport) in the 1000 yard freestyle (11:21.90),
Kelly Ruf (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) in the 200 yard butterfly (2:16.36) and
Kara Garbarino (Latham/Shaker) in 3 meter diving (179.75).
Wrestling (6-7)
Jan. 18th at ECWC Championship at Lycoming, T 4th with 101.5 points
The SUNY Oneonta wrestling team competed last Saturday at the ECWC championships at Lycoming and came away with its best finish in recent years, scoring 101.5 to tie for fourth place. Senior
Ben Mikac (Williamsville/Williamsville East) captured Oneonta's only title at 141 lbs., as the Red Dragons had seven wrestlers earn All-Conference honors. Ithaca College won the overall team title, scoring 142.5 points, which was 18 points better than second place SUNY Cortland.
In all, Oneonta had one champion, two runner-up finishers, two third place finishers, one fifth and one sixth place finishers. All-Conference honors go to the top six finishers in each of the 10 weight classes.
Mikac, who claimed his first ECWC title of his career, was the top seed in his weight class. Mikac was a perfect 4-0 on the day, defeating Nick Wahba of Ithaca, 11-6 in the championship match. In his two opening matches, he won by a major decision and a regular decision before getting by Anthony Battista of SUNY Cortland in sudden victory, 8-6, in the semifinals.
Seniors
Dan Graff (LaGrangeville/Arlington) and
Sean Hanson (Lorraine/South Jefferson) were both runner-ups at 174 lbs. and 133 lbs. respectively. Graff, who was seeded second in his weight class, cruised into the championship bout by posting a technical fall and a major decision in his opening two matches. In the semifinals, he defeated Jonathan Secor, 6-2, to advance into the title match versus Lou Puca of SUNY Cortland, who is currently No. 7 in Division III. Graff was narrowly beaten, 2-0, in the championship by Puca.
Hanson jumped out of the gate with back-to-back pins against Troy Feniger of SUNY Cortland and Greg Jones of RIT. In the semifinals he defeated Mike Nguyen of RIT, 5-1, before falling to Alex Gomez of Ithaca, who is currently ranked No. 2 in Division III.
Oneonta's two third place finishes came from senior
Chad Obzud (Cohoes/Lansingburgh) at 197 lbs. and sophomore
Shaun Gillen (Bohemia/Connetquot) at 165 lbs. Obzud advanced into the semifinals of his weight class before falling, 4-1, to Joey Giaramita of SUNY Cortland, who is ranked No. 4 nationally. Obzud pinned Skylar Ebner of Lycoming in the third place match.
Gillen posted consecutive wins by major decision to start his day before being edged, 3-2, by Roy Daniels of Brockport in the semifinals. He then defeated Brian Vutianitis of SUNY Cortland, 12-4, before taking Matthew Neff of Lycoming, 9-3, in the third place match.
Senior
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip) and freshman
Dominic DeGraba (Dallas, PA/Dallas) completed the group of All-Conference wrestlers for Oneonta. Provenzano was fifth at 285 lbs. while DeGraba was sixth at 125 lbs.
Jan. 22nd at Cortland, L 6-31
The nationally 10th-ranked Cortland wrestling team won 8-of-10 individual weights to defeat Oneonta, 31-6, last Wednesday night at Corey Gymnasium.
Cortland opened up a 10-0 lead. Oneonta senior
Mikac improved his season record to 24-6 with a 3-2 decision at 141 pounds over sophomore Tony Battista (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse), scoring the winning point on a third-period escape, to make it 10-3.
At 165 pounds, Oneonta sophomore
Gillen upped his record to 24-6 with a 6-3 decision and Cortland led 19-6.
Nationally fourth-ranked sophomore Joe Giaramita improved his record to 25-5 on the season for Cortland as he earned an 8-1 win at 197 pounds over senior
Obzud, who entered the match with a 22-6 record.
The night's most exciting bout occurred at 285 pounds between Cortland junior Lance Moore (Johnson City) and Oneonta junior
S. Provenzano. With the score tied 1-1 and Moore holding enough time for a riding-time point, Provenzano recorded a takedown with 22 seconds remaining to grab a 3-1 lead. Moore quickly escaped and clinched the dramatic win with a takedown with one second on the clock for a 5-3 decision and a Cortland 31-6 win.
Men’s Track & Field
Jan. 18th at Class of ’32 Invite at Colgate, 4th place with 101 pts
Jan. 18th at Ramapo Indoor Select Meet at NY Armory, Non-scoring
The SUNY Oneonta men's track & field team resumed action last Saturday with competition at two separate events. The Red Dragons competed at both the Ramapo Indoor Select Meet at the NY Armory and the Class of '32 Invitational hosted by Colgate University. The Ramapo event was a non-scoring event while the Red Dragons finished fourth at the Class of '32 Invitational, scoring 101 points.
Armory Recap
At the Armory, Oneonta posted three individual wins on the day. Senior
Tom Haskins (Tully/Tully) won the mile in a time of 4:18.06; Junior
David Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) won the 800 meters in a time of 1:57.52; Sophomore
Joe Carr (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) won the 200-meter dash in a time of 22.26;
Other top performers included juniors
Charles Remillard (Peru/Peru) and
Mike Didas (Endwell/Maine-Endwell), who were 2-3 in the 3,000-meter run. Didas recorded a personal best time of 8:43.63 in the event.
Juniors
Andrew Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) and
Bobby Gallant (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville) finished third and fifth in the mile respectively. Both athletes posted personal best times in the event. Bohunicky ran a time of 4:20.34 while Gallant clocked a time of 4:28.30.
Class of '32 Invitational recap
The top performances from Colgate yesterday came in the throws, as juniors
Patrick Weinert (Schenevus/Schenevus) and
J.D. Roth (Pearl River/Nanuet) along with senior
Joe Fox (West Nyack/Clarkstown South) picked up where they left off before the break. Weinert and Roth went 1-2 in the weight throw while the three swept the shot put event.
Weinert went nearly one meter past both his personal best mark and the school record in the weight throw with a distance of 18.33 meters (60'-1.75"). He also recorded a personal best mark of 13.98m in finishing third in the shot put.
Roth won the shot put with a personal best mark of 15.77 meters (51'-9"). In finishing behind Weinert in the weight throw, Roth also recorded a personal best mark of 17.91m.
Women’s Track & Field
Jan. 18th at Class of ’32 Invite at Colgate, 2nd with 124 points
Jan. 18th at Ramapo Indoor Select Meet at NY Armory, Non-scoring
The SUNY Oneonta women's track & field team got back into action last Saturday at two sites, as the Red Dragons split its squad and headed to New York City and Colgate University. The team competed at both the Ramapo Indoor Select Meet at the NY Armory and the Class of '32 Invitational hosted by Colgate. The Ramapo meet was a non-scoring event while the Red Dragons took second place at Colgate.
Ramapo recap
Top performances from the Armory came from seniors
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) and
Kaitlyn Brandt (West Islip/West Islip). Kennedy opened her season with a fourth place finish in the 3,000 meters. Brandt was eighth in the 60-meter dash and was ninth in the 200-meter dash. In the qualifying heat of the 60, she was one-one-hundredth of a second off her personal best time in the event.
Class of '32 Invitational recap
Oneonta recorded one individual event title at the meet, as freshman
Alexandria Kober (Webster/Webster Schroeder) won the triple jump with a distance of 10.77m (35'-4"). Kober also finished sixth in the long jump with a distance of 4.84m (15'-10.25").
Freshman
Katelyn Renna (Fairport/Fairport) placed second in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.50m (4'-11"). Sophomore
Sabrina Felice (New York/LaGuardia) was right behind Renna in third with a height of 1.45m (4'-9").
On the track, freshman
Emily McBain (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) had a solid day with a second place finish in the 1 mile run (5:27.31) and a third place finish in the 800-meter run (2:25.52).
The women will be back in action again this coming weekend at the NYU Challenge at the NY Armory on Friday and at the Hamilton Invitational on Saturday.
