Baseball (11-20/6-7 SUNYAC) Apr. 18th vs. Cortland, L 1-4Being the ace of the pitching staff comes with the expectation of facing the opposition's top guns as well. For SUNY Oneonta junior,
Steve Ascher (Cutchogue/Mattituck), it has been the case this spring, as he faced another top pitcher and came out on the short end of a 4-1 decision to rival SUNY Cortland last Friday at home.
Ascher pitched seven strong innings allowing six hits and two runs, both of which were unearned, while striking out eight batters. Ascher is now 4-3 on the season and has lowered his team-leading ERA to 1.63.
Cortland scored the game's first run in the top of the second inning.
Oneonta tied the score in the bottom of the fourth inning. Junior
Matt Mastroianni (Somers/North Salem) drew a one-out walk and went to second on a wild pitch. With two outs, sophomore
Dylan Stamile (Long Beach, NY/Bowie (Austin, TX)) singled through the left side and Mastroianni was able to beat the throw and avoid the tag to score for Oneonta.
In the top of the fifth inning, Cortland scored the go-ahead run on a throw that got by the third baseman on an attempted stolen base that allowed him to score, as the ball went into short left field.
Cortland added two more runs in the ninth for the final of 4-1.
Apr. 19th vs. Cortland, L 0-17; L 4-11The SUNY Oneonta baseball team battled in game 2 last Saturday, but came up on the short end of an 11-4 score, as the host Red Dragons were swept by its rival SUNY Cortland.
Trailing 3-0 entering the bottom of the fourth inning of game 2, Oneonta pulled to within one run on the strength of a two-run home run by senior
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip). For Provenzano, it was his first collegiate round-tripper.
Cortland scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 5-2 lead.
Oneonta got a run back in the bottom of the seventh when junior
Mastroianni drove in sophomore
Joe Franke (Livingston Manor/Liberty Central) from second base with a single through the right side. Franke hit a double down the right field line with one out.
Cortland scored a pair of runs in the top of the eighth to increase its lead to 7-3.
Oneonta's final run of the came in the bottom of the eighth inning when freshman
Wayne Baker (Port Washington/Paul D. Schreiber) drove a two-out single to right center field to drive in
Nate Eastman (Oneonta/Oneonta) from third. Eastman led off the inning with a single up the middle. Eastman finished the game with a pair of hits.
Freshman
Robert Marks (Brooklyn/Brooklyn Technical) had his best outing of the season, as he went 7-1/3 innings, allowing seven hits and seven runs, five earned, while striking out seven batters.
In game 1 today, Cortland wasted no time, as they jumped all over Oneonta starter, Eastman, for six runs in the top of the first inning. Cortland added four runs in the fourth, two runs in the fifth and the final five runs in the seventh inning for the final.
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Apr. 21st at Fredonia (at Houghton College), W 5-3; L 0-1The SUNY Oneonta and Fredonia State baseball teams finally got a chance to play its three-game series today, as the weather forced a suspension of game 1 and a postponement of games 2 & 3 back on Mar. 29. The two squads squared off at Houghton College and Oneonta came away with a pair of wins to win the series while staying in the playoff picture in the SUNYAC.
Oneonta won game 1, 6-0, which was the completion of the suspended game, which was in the bottom of the seventh inning when the game was halted. The Red Dragons came back and won game 2, 5-3, before falling in the series finale 1-0.
Oneonta scored two runs in the eighth and added a single run in the ninth for the final of 6-0 in game 1.
LJ Gizzarelli (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) doubled in
Casey Kerdesky (Cornwall/Cornwall) and came around to score on an RBI single by
Casy Kies (Apalachin/Vestal) in the eighth inning. Gizzarelli then reached on an infield single that drove in
Stamile for Oneonta's run in the ninth.
Junior
Mickey Silberfeld (Point Lookout/Long Beach) threw three scoreless innings to pick up his first collegiate save. Junior
Ascher, who threw the first six scoreless innings back on Mar. 29, was rewarded with his fifth win of the season.
Gizzarelli finished the game with three hits to lead the offense. Kies, Kerdesky,
Billy Riedel (East Northport/John Glenn) and
Jon Halligan (Cornwallville/Cairo Durham) each collected two hits in the game.
Fredonia scored a single run in the bottom of the second inning to take the lead in game 2.
The Red Dragons bounced back with three runs in the top of the third inning to gain the lead. Freshman
David Wright (Oneonta/Oneonta) drove in the first two runs with a double while
Mastroianni in the third run on a ground out to shortstop.
The Blue Devils came right back to tie the game in the bottom of the inning with two runs.
Oneonta scored the eventual winning runs in the top of the fourth inning thanks to an RBI double by
Eastman and a sacrifice fly by
Mike Cruz (Levittown/Division Avenue) that drove Eastman in from third base.
Sophomore
Kyle Jordan (Levittown/Division) went the distance allowing five hits and striking out two in picking up his third win of the season.
In the day's final game, the Red Dragons managed only four hits in the loss including a pair by Wright.
Softball (21-9/11-3 SUNYAC) Apr. 18th at Potsdam, W 8-0; W 7-0The bats came alive last Friday afternoon for the SUNY Oneonta softball team on the road against Potsdam as they won the doubleheader, taking the first game 8-0 and the second 7-0. The Red Dragons improve to 18-9 overall and 8-3 in the conference while Potsdam falls to 2-16 overall and 1-5 in the SUNYAC.
Freshman pitcher
Sabrina DeAngelis (East Meadow/Kellenberg Memorial) continues her stellar performance this season by throwing a one-hit shutout in earning her ninth win and second consecutive complete game. She allowed the lone hit, a single, in the second inning before shutting down Potsdam, including striking out ten of the Bears.
Oneonta started the day off by plating two runs in the first inning.
Jamie Whittam (Saugerties/Saugerties) singled to lead-off and scored on a
Traci Lichtenstein (Plainview/JFK) double.
Brianna Rivera (Pomona/North Rockland) would bring Lichtenstein around with a single of her own for the early 2-0 lead.
Lichtenstein would bring home three more runs in the top of the fourth inning with her team-leading second homerun to give Oneonta a 5-0 lead.
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Jennifer Brocco (Kingston/Kingston) double in the fifth brought
Nichole Paolino(Catskill/Catskill) and Whittam, who walked and singled respectively, home for the 7-0 lead. Brocco would strike again in the seventh inning with a single that once again brought home Whittam.
The second game of the afternoon started much the same way the first did with Oneonta jumping out to a 2-0 lead after the first. Rivera would single to score Whittam for the first run of the game.
Nicole Marzillo (Bay Shore/Bay Shore) followed with a double to bring home the second.
The Red Dragons would add two more in the second. Lichtenstein continued her hot hitting as she doubled to bring home both runs after a
Meaghan Foster(Walden/Valley Central) single and Whittam bunt single.
A double steal by Foster and
Nicole Brieva (Kings Park/Kings Park) in the top of the sixth allowed Brieva to score. Whittam singled in Foster and would score on a Brocco double.
Juniors
Rachel Hitt (Boonville/Adirondack Central) and
Katie O'Flynn (Pearl River/Pearl River) and freshman
Anna Husain (Mayfield/Mayfield) combined for a seven hit shutout. Hitt picked up her seventh win, striking out four.
Apr. 19th at Plattsburgh, W 10-0 (5); W 9-1 (5) The SUNY Oneonta softball team continued their hot bats as they combined for 19 runs in last Saturday's games at Plattsburgh by scores of 10-0 and 9-1 played at South Acres Park.
The Red Dragons relied on the long ball in the first game with all 10 runs coming off three swings.
Lichtenstein and Whittam each went 3-for-4 with two runs scored while Lichtenstein hit two home runs to finish game one with seven RBIs.
After two scoreless innings, Whittam led off the top of the third with a single up the middle before stealing second and advancing to third on a passed ball. A two-out walk to
Rivera set up a double steal that allowed Whittam to score the Red Dragons' first run. With Rivera on second,
Marzillo to the plate and sent the ball over the center field fence to give Oneonta a 3-0 lead.
Oneonta opened the fourth inning with three straight singles before the Cardinals a relief pitcher for the starter. After two quick outs, Lichtenstein stepped in and hit a three-run home run to extend the Red Dragons' lead to 6-0.
With the bases loaded and two outs, Lichtenstein struck again in the top of the fifth with a grand slam to clear the bases and make it a 10-0 game.
Oneonta rookie
DeAngelis held the Cardinals to two hits, both singles. DeAngelis walked one and struck out two in the complete-game shutout.
Game two was cruising along as the two teams were scoreless through three innings but the wheels fell off in the fourth as Oneonta plated nine runs on nine hits en route to a 9-1 win in five innings over the Cardinals.
Marzillo and
Marlene Cuevas (Wappingers Falls/Roy C. Ketcham) hit back-to-back doubles in the top of fourth to get Oneonta's offense going. Cuevas scored on a passed ball to give Oneonta a 2-0 lead before an RBI double by
Paolino signaled the end of Sam Moss' day. Anderson came in to relieve Moss, but was unable to minimize the damage as Whittam reached on an error and
Brocco doubled to left center to bring in two more runs. The Red Dragons crossed the plate four more times in the inning before Anderson got O'Gorman to pop out to the shortstop to end the inning.
Nicole Chiarello broke up Oneonta's no-hit bid in the bottom of the fourth with a double to right center and Brittany Marshall followed with an infield single to put runners on the corners. Chiarello scored on a fielder's choice, but Oneonta's
O’Flynn retired the next two batters to hold the Cardinals to one run.
Brocco and Marzillo each had three hits for Oneonta in game two while Brocco and Cuevas contributed two RBIs apiece.
DeAngelis earned the win to improve to 11-5 with three perfect innings for Oneonta. O'Flynn allowed one run on two hits in one inning while
Hitt threw a scoreless inning of relief in the fifth.
Women’s Lacrosse (10-6/4-3 SUNYAC) Apr. 23rd at Scranton, W 16-9SUNY Oneonta junior attacker
Kiera McNally (East Northport/Northport) had five goals and two assists to lead the Red Dragons to a 16-9 victory over The University of Scranton in non-conference women's lacrosse action last Wednesday evening at Fitzpatrick Field.
The Red Dragons also received three goals and an assist from junior midfielder
Nikki Fioretti (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) and two goals apiece from sophomore attacker
Catherine Clark (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills) and senior midfielder
Casey Sarle (West Islip/West Islip). Senior
Chelsea Collins (St. James/Smithtown East) also contributed three assists, which pushed her into first on the all-time career assists list. Collins, who also owns the single season mark for assists set a week ago, now has 77 career assists, passing
Caroline Tulley (Malverne/Sacred Heart Academy), who set the mark at 75 when she graduated a year ago.
McNally scored three times within a four-minute span midway through the first half as the Red Dragons bolted out to a 4-1 lead en route to a 6-3 lead by intermission. Oneonta then put together two runs early in the second half to break the game open.
The Red Dragons held a 31-24 advantage in shots and a 26-21 margin in ground balls. They also won 17 of the 27 draw controls.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Amanda Reichardt (Kings Park/Kings Park) finished with nine saves in 51 minutes of action before giving way to senior
Laura Grose (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown), who stopped two shots in the nearly nine minutes she played.
Men’s Track & Field Apr. 18th-19th at SUNY Cortland ClassicThe SUNY Oneonta men's track & field team competed last weekend at the SUNY Cortland Classic and came away with multiple ECAC qualifying performances during the two-day event. In all, 12 men recorded times and distances good enough for the ECAC Division III championships scheduled for the middle of May.
The leading performer on the track for Oneonta was sophomore
Joe Carr (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), who won both the 100 and 200-meter dashes along with running the second leg of the 4x100m relay that took first place also.
Carr won the 100 with a time of 11.41 into a pretty solid head wind. In the prelims, he recorded a time of 10.81, which was good enough to qualify him for the ECAC meet. His winning time of 22.34 in the 200 into a solid headwind was just short of the ECAC standard in that event.
Carr then teamed with classmates
Thomas Wheeler (Rocky Point/Rocky Point) and
Jake Alviene (East Greenbush/Columbia) and freshman
Jonathan Albert (White Plains, NY/Woodlands) to win the 400-meter relay in an ECAC qualifying time of 42.84.
Wheeler also finished runner-up to Carr in the 100 with a time of 11.59. In the prelims, he recorded an ECAC qualifying time of 10.98.
The foursome of
J.D. Roth (Pearl River/Nanuet),
Patrick Weinert (Schenevus/Schenevus),
Joe Fox (West Nyack/Clarkstown South),
Michael Clancy (Shoreham/Shoreham-Wading River) and
Luke Nilsson (Westhampton Beach/Westhampton Beach) carried the men in the throws. Roth won both the shot put and hammer while Fox won the discus and was second in the shot put. Weinert was second in the hammer and third in the discus. Nilsson was third in the shot put while Clancy finished fourth in the hammer. All five athletes had ECAC qualifying distances to go with their performances.
The final event winner for Oneonta in the meet was junior
Rob Farrell (Carmel/Mahopac), who won the 400m hurdles with an ECAC qualifying time of 54.91.
The final two ECAC marks were turned in by sophomore
Micah Patterson (Plattsburgh/Saranac) and freshman
Eddie Cotton (Gilbertsville/Gilbertsville Mt Upton). Patterson hit his mark in the 400 meters when he crossed the line in 49.96, which placed him second in the event.
Cotton hit the ECAC mark in the long jump where he was fifth overall with a distance of 6.73m (22'-1").
Other top performers for the men included freshman
David Busby (New Paltz/New Paltz), junior Dominick Costanzo and sophomore
Conor Murphy (Greenlawn/Harborfields) in the distance events and freshman
Mykel Roche (Spring Valley/North Rockland)' in the triple jump.
Busby was the top Division III runner in the 5000m run with a time of 16:01.89. Costanzo and Murphy were 2-3 in the 10000m run with respective times of 33:22.71 and 33:54.16.
Roche was third in the triple jump with a distance of 13.43m (44'-0.75").
Women’s Track & Field Apr. 18th-19th at SUNY Cortland ClassicThe SUNY Oneonta women's track & field team competed last weekend at the SUNY Cortland Classic and came away with multiple ECAC qualifying performances during the two-day event. In all, five women and one relay recorded times and distances good enough for the ECAC Division III championships scheduled for the middle of May.
The sprinters and hurdlers had a solid weekend led by senior
Brittany Cocchieri (Airmont/Suffern), juniors
Amanda Knox (Gloversville/Goversville) and
Chelsea Christonikos (New City/Clarkstown South), sophomore
Monique Rutte (Morris/Morris) and freshman
Carrie Small (Rockland County/North Rockland).
Cocchieri ran an ECAC qualifying time of 12.48 in the 100m dash prelims where she ended up fourth in the finals. She was also 3
rd in the 200m dash with a time of 26.69 into a solid headwind.
Cocchieri was also the second leg on the 4x400m relay that finished in second place. She was joined by Christonikos, Small and Knox and ran a time of 3:58.40, which was an ECAC qualifying time.
Small was fifth in the 100m hurdles with an ECAC qualifying time of 15.67.
Knox, Christonikos and Rutte went 1-2-3 in the 400m hurdles. Knox ran an ECAC qualifying time of 1:05.16. Christonikos ran 1:06.49 and Rutte crossed the line in 1:08.11.
Freshman
Alexandria Kober (Webster/Webster Schroeder) had a pair of ECAC qualifying performances in the long jump and triple jump. She finished third in the long jump with a distance 5.31m (17'-5.25") and was third in the triple jump with a distance of 11.10m (36'-5").
Senior
Michelle Chartrand (Boiceville/Onteora) won the long jump with an ECAC distance of 5.38m (17'-8").
Freshman
Hannah Baker (Marlboro/Marlboro Central) finished second in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.53m (5'-1/4").
Other top performances were turned in by freshmen
Samantha Wilks (Endwell/Maine Endwell) and
Olivia Popovitch (Clermont/Red Hook) in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing second and third respectively.
Freshman
Meghan Serdock (Shoreham/Shoreham Wading River) finished third in the hammer throw with a season best distance of 43.41m (142'-5").
Sophomore
Lauren Acevedo (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) was third in the javelin with a distance of 28.26m (92'-8").
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