Men’s Lacrosse (2-7/0-0 SUNYAC)
Mar. 25th vs. Marywood (at Hofstra), W, 11-7
The SUNY Oneonta men's lacrosse team picked up a neutral site victory last Tuesday night against Marywood University at Hofstra 11-7. Sophomore
Michael Metzger (Colonie/Colonie) scored four goals to lead the attack, as the Red Dragons ended its mini three-game skid.
Oneonta scored the opening two goals of the contest, as junior
Anthony Laureano (Holtsville/Sachem East) and sophomore
Connor Coyle (Centerport/Harborfields) gave the Red Dragons the early lead.
Marywood countered with three unanswered that carried them to halftime with a 3-2 lead.
The second half was all Oneonta, as they outscored Marywood, 9-4, including 4-1 in the final quarter to take the victory.
After falling behind early in the third quarter, 4-2, Oneonta came back with a pair of goals to even the score at four goals apiece midway through the quarter. Metzger scored his first goal of the game and was followed by junior
James Reiser (Melville/Half Hollow Hills East), who notched his first of the season.
Marywood went back ahead by two goals before Oneonta closed the quarter with three unanswered to grab the lead, 7-6, entering the fourth quarter. Metzger scored the go-ahead goal with 11 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
The Red Dragons put the game out of reach with the first four goals of the fourth quarter including a pair by Metzger.
Freshman
Zach Reilly (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) made eight saves in his collegiate debut to pick up his first win in a Red Dragon uniform.
Women’s Lacrosse (5-3/0-0 SUNYAC)
Mar. 27th at Hamilton, L 6-7
The Hamilton College women's lacrosse team rallied to beat SUNY Oneonta 7-6 in non-league action at Steuben Field this past Thursday. The Continentals, ranked 20th nationally, trailed 4-1 late in the opening period and scored the game-winning goal with 4:28 left in regulation.
Hamilton took the lead for good with under five minutes remaining.
After
Casey Sarle (West Islip/West Islip) scored an unassisted goal to put the Red Dragons up 5-3, Hamilton scored twice in under a minute to tie the game.
Oneonta knotted the game on a goal by
Jillian Donodeo (Holbrook/Sachem East) 19 seconds after a Hamilton player was sent off the field with a yellow card.
Catherine Clark (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills) and
Chelsea Collins (St. James/Smithtown East) combined for three goals and two assists, all during Oneonta's opening run. Clark opened the game's scoring with a free-position goal after 15 scoreless minutes.
Amanda Reichardt (Kings Park/Kings Park) finished with 19 saves, turning aside 12 of Hamilton's first 13 shots.
Marissa Makar (Yorktown/Yorktown) picked up three ground balls to lead Oneonta and
Nicole Boylan (Massapequa/Massapequa) caused four turnovers.
Baseball (4-10/0-0 SUNYAC)
Mar. 22nd at Kean, W 8-0; vs. Montclair State, L 1-10
Mar. 23rd vs. Montclair State, L 2-4
Junior
Steve Ascher (Cutchogue/Mattituck) continued his dominance last Saturday, as he recorded his second consecutive shutout against No. 3 Kean University. Ascher went the distance, striking out seven and scattering four hits, as the Red Dragons defeated Kean 8-0. Ascher is now 3-1 on the season while recording 17 straight scoreless innings. He now has 39 strikeouts in 26.2 innings this spring and has lowered his ERA to 2.36.
Oneonta scored all the runs they would need to seize control of this game in the second inning. Powered by a three-run home run off the bat of junior
Matt Mastroianni (Somers/North Salem), the Red Dragons would push across six runs. It was Mastroianni's first collegiate round-tripper, as he is currently hitting .425, which is over 100 points higher than his .300 career average entering the 2014 season.
All of Oneonta's runs in the second inning came with two outs. Junior
Jon Halligan (Cornwallville/Cairo Durham) got things started with a double to left center, which was followed by an RBI single off the bat of freshman
Sean Mullins (Vestal/Vestal). Sophomore
LJ Gizzarelli (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy)then singled, which allowed Mullins to get to third for freshman
David Wright (Apalachin/Vestal), who singled Mullins home with the second run of the inning. Freshman
David Wright (Oneonta/Oneonta) then drove in Gizzarelli with a single through the left side.
Mastroianni then deposited a ball over the left field fence to cap the inning for Oneonta.
A bit of two-out magic in the eighth inning gave Oneonta two more runs to increase its lead to 8-0. Sophomore
Dylan Stamile (Long Beach, NY/Bowie (Austin, TX)) led off the inning with a double and went to third base on a wild pitch. Halligan drew a two-out walk and stole second to give the Red Dragons a pair in scoring position for Gizzarelli, who then singled through the right side, which scored Stamile. Halligan came in behind Stamile thanks to an error on the catcher.
In Saturday's second game, a seven-run second inning by Montclair State powered them to a 10-1 win. Oneonta had only five hits in the game including two by Kies. Kies scored the Red Dragons' lone run in the first inning when he scored on a double by senior
Christopher Orlando (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley).
In last Sunday's single game against Montclair, Oneonta scored its only runs in the first inning, as they fell to the Red Hawks 4-2. Junior
Alex Mastrianni (Valatie/Ichabod Crane) had his best outing of the spring, throwing seven innings and allowing four runs – three earned - on six hits while striking out six batters.
With one out, Wright and Mastroianni both singled to put runners on first and second for Oneonta. The next batter was Orlando who lined a double down the left field line to drive in both runners.
Montclair scored single runs in the first, third, fourth and sixth innings to account for its four runs in the game.
