May 31, 2005

USILA Men's Lacrosse All-Americans Announced

Three Knights Receive National Honor

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team had three individuals earn USILA Division III All-American status when the teams were announced on Monday. Junior midfielder Pat Riehlman became just the second two-time All-American in men's lacrosse, earning Honorable Mention honors. Joining Riehlman on the honorable mention team and earning their first certificate were sophomore midfielder Owahn Bazydlo and first year close defender Kevin Hennigan.

May 31, 2005

NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Turner Wins Two All-American Awards
Beck, DePrez, Haney All-Americans

NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships

Senior Ted Turner highlighted the Geneseo participants at the 2005 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships held at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa on Thursday through Saturday by earning a pair of All-American certificates, finishing with six for his career. Turner earned the fifth All-American award of his career with a fourth place finish in the 10,000 meters in a time of 30:47.60 on Thursday and capped his career with All-American honors for a third place finish (14:44.16) in the 5,000 meters on Saturday afternoon.

Geneseo had three others earn All-American honors as first year Amanda Haney won her first national honor with a third place (1.73 meters) leap in the high jump, with junior Kim DePrez adding a fifth place height of 1.65 meters in the same event to earn her fifth national award. Senior Jeff Beck rounded out the All-American performances by gaining his third career certificate with an eighth place time of 9:17.93 in the 3,000 meter
steeplechase.

In other meet action from Thursday, senior Renne Catalano placed ninth in the 10,000 meter finals with a time of 36:32.72 to narrowly miss All-American honors. Junior Marta Scott and first year Meghan Nolan each qualified for Saturday's 1500 meter finals by placing second in heat two (4:36.06) and sixth in heat one (4:34.82) in the preliminary heats. In the finals, Nolan was ninth in a time of 4:38.51, while Scott was 12th in 4:41.58.

The Knights in action on Friday included junior Matt Kuenzel, who placed 15th in the shot put for Geneseo with a toss of 15.11 meters, senior Jason Casey, who was 14th in the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 9:40.89 and junior Fran Magri, who finished 18th in the women's steeplechase with a time of 11:52.22.

May 15, 2005

ECAC Upstate Women's Softball Tournament

Knights Claim Third Title in Six Years
Kuhn Named Most Outstanding Player

ECAC Division III Women's Softball Championships

Troy, N.Y.-The SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights (26-15) won their third ECAC Upstate Women's Softball championship in six years with a thrilling 1-0 win over St. John Fisher in the final game at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute this afternoon. Sophomore Christina Marinucci belted a leadoff homerun in the fifth inning to provide the only run of the game. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament by tossing her second straight complete game shutout after allowing just five hits and striking out two.

May 15, 2005

ECAC Upstate Women's Lacrosse Championships

Geneseo Defeats Oswego to Win Title
Katz Named Most Outstanding Player

ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Lacrosse Championships

Geneseo, N.Y.-The Geneseo Blue Knights (14-2) avenged one of their two losses on the season by defeating the Oswego Lakers (11-6) by a score of 12-11 to capture the 2005 ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Lacrosse championship on Saratoga Field this afternoon. This is Geneseo's first postseason team championship of any kind in women's lacrosse in the ten year existence of the program.

Sophomore Martha Katz (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Mendon) earned Most Outstanding Player honors after scoring four first half goals to help the Knights to a 7-5 intermission lead as the teams traded goal scoring runs throughout the contest.

With the game tied at one, Geneseo scored three time in a span of 2:13 to take a 4-1 lead. The Lakers got four straight from 20:12 to 13:47 to grab their only lead of the game at 5-4, but the Knights answered with three Katz goals to end the half with the 7-5 advantage.

Geneseo scored three times in a row early in the second half after a second half opening score by Oswego's Kathryn Carbonaro (Auburn, NY/Auburn), but the Lakers got four straight, including a pair from Laura Dorsey (Auburn, NY/Auburn) from 19:38 to 16:58 to tie the game at 10 apiece.

Sophomore Megan Hilts (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) struck at 10:57 for a 11-10 lead and sophomore Quinn Harvey (Huntington, NY/Walt Whitman) scored in transition on a nice feed from junior Amy Glover (Chittenango, NY/Chittenango) with 6:58 to add an insurance goal. Oswego scored with two seconds remaining to make the final.

Hilts totaled three goals, one assist and first year Shauna Leonard (West Henrietta, NY/Rush-Henrietta) collected a pair of second half goals and two helpers for the Geneseo attack. Junior Jess Pausewang (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford) made nine saves to earn the win.

Sophomore Ashley-Anne Maltagliati (East Islip, NY/East Islip) led the Lakers with four goals and Carbonaro finished with three goals, one assist. Freshman Lauren Burrows (Kirkville, NY/East Syracuse-Minoa) started in goal, allowing six goals and making three saves in 18:34, while junior Ashley Perkins (Oneida, NY/Oneida) came off the bench to stop six shots and allow six goals in 41:26.

May 14, 2005

ECAC Division III Upstate Men's Lacrosse Championship

Knights Fall to #4 RIT in Semifinals

Courtesy RIT Sports Information Office

GENESEO, NY -- The #4 RIT (8-7) men's lacrosse team will get a chance to defend their ECAC title with a 12-10 win over #1Geneseo (12-5) in the semifinals of the ECAC Division III Upstate Men's Lacrosse championship. In a rematch of last year's title game RIT will face #2 Hartwick College in the championship game on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Geneseo, New York.

Junior attack David Thering (Fairport, NY/Fairport) had four assists giving him 200 career points on 113 goals and 87 assists. He becomes the sixth player in RIT history to reach the 200-point milestone.

The Tigers fell behind early in the first quarter on goals by Kevin Grant (Rochester, NY/Pittsford-Sutherland) and Jack Ryerson (Rochester, NY/Brighton). RIT responded with a pair of goals from Andrew Ruocco (Corning, NY/Corning East) to tie the score at 2-2.

Zach Bednarz (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) gave the Tigers their first lead of the game with 11:42
to play in the second quarter on an assist from Ruocco.

David Demuth (Jordan, NY/Jordan-Elbridge) and Bednarz tallied back-to-back goals for RIT, opening their lead to three goals at 5-2.

Mike Pizzuto (Amherst, NY/Amherst) pulled the Knights to within two goals at 5-3 with his even strength goal with 6:04 to play in the half.

RIT blew the game open in the third quarter, scoring five times. Andrew Ruocco had three of RIT's five goals as he finished with six on the afternoon. Stephen Papa (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) and Colin Jesien (Cambridge, MD/Cambride-S. Dorchester) also scored.

Geneseo mounted a comeback in the fourth quarter, scoring seven times. The Knights scored the final five goals of the game, cutting RIT's lead to 12-10. But it was too little too late as time ran out for the Knights.

Chris Kelley (Syracuse, NY/CBA) had three of the Knights seven goals, including back-to-back goals with under two minutes o play in the contest. He finished the afternoon with three goals.

Jack Ryerson led Geneseo with four goals and an assist, while Mike Pizzuto added a goal and two assists. Tim Garback (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) made 11 stops for Geneseo.

Andrew Ruocco led RIT with six goals and two assists, while David Thering had four assists. John Foley made 12 saves in net for the Tigers.

May 14, 2005

ECAC Upstate Softball Championships

Knights Win a Pair in First Day

ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Softball Championships
The SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights, seeded fourth in the ECAC Division III Upstate tournament, won a 5-3 first round decision over the host Rensselaer and advanced to the double elimination tournament finals with a 6-0 win over Rochester in the second game.

Geneseo scored a pair of runs in the third and fifth inning and added a run in the sixth to take a 5-1 lead and hold on for the win in the opener. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn allowed just two hits, struck out six and gave up one earned run on the mound. Junior Keaghan Reed hit a two-run homer, sophomore Laura Skalaski was 2-3 with a run and Cat Pratico went 1-2 with an RBI.

In the second game, Geneseo led 2-0 on a single run in the fifth and a solo homer by Kuhn in the sixth before exploding for four runs in the seventh to seal the win over the Yellowjackets. Junior Lauren Zefting singled, stole second and scored on Reed's double. After a Jodi Guilboard base hit, sophomore Christina Marinucci hit a run-scoring single and Skalaski followed with a two-run triple. Kuhn struck out 11 and gave up five hits in tossing the complete game shutout.

The Knights are now 25-15 on the year and will face the consolation bracket winner of Rochester and St. John Fisher in Sunday's championship.

May 14, 2005

ECAC Upstate Women's Lacrosse Championships

Oswego Defeats Vassar in First Semifinal
Geneseo Advances to Title Game over Brockport

ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Lacrosse
The second seeded Oswego Lakers (11-5) rebounded from a 4-1 early deficit to grab an 11-7 win over the #3 Vassar Brewers (8-9) in the first semifinal game of the ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Lacrosse championship at SUNY Geneseo this afternoon. The Lakers advance to Sunday's championship game, held at Geneseo at 1 pm.

Senior Kathryn Carbonaro (Auburn, NY/Auburn) entered the game late in the first half after attending commencement exercises in Oswego and scored with 1:10 left in the first half to begin a late three goal recovery and give the Lakers a 5-4 intermission lead.

Carbonaro finished with four goals, one assist to lead the Laker attack and sophomore Tricia McNeilly (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) added two goals, three helpers on the afternoon. Sophomore Ashley-Anne Maltagliati (East Islip, NY/East Islip) netted two goals, one assist and freshman Lauren Burrows (Kirkville, NY/East Syracuse-Minoa) stopped six shots and allowed three goals in 43 minutes after coming off the bench to post the win.

For Vassar, sophomore Ali Fantl (West Hartford, CT/Hall) scored three of her four goals in the first 17 minutes as the Brewers jumped out to a 4-1 advantage. Junior Jessica Johnson (Denver, CO/Colorado Academy) added two goals, two assists and freshman Ariel Nelson (Greenlawn, NY/Harborfields) made 10 saves in taking the loss in nets.

In the second semifinal, top seeded Geneseo (13-2) ran to a 13-8 win over #4 Brockport. The Knights scored four goals early in the first half to take a 4-1 lead and netted six straight goals from final minute of the first stanza to the first 10 minutes of the second period to take an 11-5 with 20 minutes to play. The Knights advance to the title game against Oswego looking to avenge one of their two losses this season, a 9-8 decision on April 19.

Junior Melody Kuzniar (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) scored five goals, one assist and senior Lauren Chatterton (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) added three goals, one helper to pace the attack. Sophomore Megan Hilts (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) and first year Shauna Leonard (West Henrietta, NY/Rush-Henrietta) each added two goals.

Brockport finishes their season with a record of 9-6 and were led by freshman Carrie Kane (Irondequoit, NY/Irondequoit), who had two goals, one assist and sophomore Renee Cuda (Lafayette, NY/Lafayette), who added a goal and two assists.

Geneseo's Jess Pausewang (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford) made six saves to earn the win in goal, while junior Jess Dudek (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) stopped 15 shots in taking the loss for the Eagles.

May 12, 2005

SUNYAC Announces Spring Awards

Lacrosse, Softball All-SUNYAC Teams
Hennigan Named Men's Lacrosse Rookie of the Year
Final Commissioner's Cup Standings

SUNYAC Award Winners
The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced the final Commissioner's Cup Standings and the All-Conference teams for softball, women's and men's lacrosse today. First year Kevin Hennigan highlighted the announcements by earning SUNYAC Rookie of the Year honors in men's lacrosse.

With a school record tying eight SUNYAC titles in 2004-05, the Knights finished second in the SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup for the seventh time in nine years by averaging 9.47 points per sport to champion Cortland's 9.54 points per sport. Geneseo led the competition throughout the year, but the Red Dragons won the crown with four conference titles on the final weekend of the spring season to capture their eighth title in the nine years of the competition. Geneseo was the winner in 2002-03.

On the All-SUNYAC teams, the Knights had four softball players, six women's lacrosse players and eight men's lacrosse players earn honors. Junior Keaghan Reed (outfield) and sophomores Audrey Kuhn (utility-P/1B), Christina Marinucci (catcher) and Melissa Mason (shortstop) were named to the All-SUNYAC Softball Team.

Senior Nicole Santariello (defender) and junior Jess Pausewang (goalie) earned First Team honors for women's lacrosse, while Second Team selections included senior Lauren Chatterton (attack) and a trio of midfielders in junior Melody Kuzniar, sophomore Megan Hilts and first year Shauna Leonard.

In men's lacrosse, Geneseo placed four players on the first team and four on the second team. First team picks included senior Aaron Giffin (faceoff specialist), senior d-middie Tom McDonald, sophomore middie Owahn Bazydlo and defender Hennigan. On the second team were senior middie Chris Stock, junior attack Brian Orlowski, junior middie Pat Riehlman and sophomore long-stick middie Rick Bova.

May 10, 2005

Knights in the ECAC Championships

Geneseo Set to Host Women's and Men's Lacrosse
Softball Earns Berth in Upstate Championship

2005 ECAC Upstate Women's Lacrosse Championship
The Geneseo Knights (12-2) have been selected as the top seed and host for the 2005 ECAC Upstate Women's Lacrosse championships to be held on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, 2005. The Knights will take on #4 Brockport (9-5) in a rematch of last weekend's SUNYAC semifinal on Saturday at 4:30 pm. The 2:00 pm semifinal will feature #2 Oswego (10-5) playing #3 Vassar (8-8). The winners will play for the championship on Sunday at 1:00 pm.

2005 ECAC Upstate Men's Lacrosse Championship
The Geneseo Knights (12-4) have been selected as the top seed and host for the 2005 ECAC Upstate Men's Lacrosse championships to be held on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, 2005. The Knights will take on #4 RIT (7-7) on Saturday at 4:00 pm in one semifinal. Second seeded Hartwick (10-6) will host #3 Oneonta (8-8) in the other semifinal on Saturday, with the winners playing for the championship on Sunday at 2:00 pm at Geneseo.

2005 ECAC Upstate Women's Softball Championships
The Geneseo Knights (23-15) earned the number four seed for the ECAC Upstate Women's Softball championships to be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15. Geneseo will face the top seeded Red Hawks (20-6-2) in the 10 am game of the double elimination tournament on Saturday with #2 St. John Fisher (28-16) facing #3 Rochester (26-16) in the other first round game at 12 noon.

May 07, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Falls in SUNYAC Title Game
Track and Field at NYSCTC Championships

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Cortland this afternoon to take on the Red Dragons in the championship game of the SUNYAC tournament and fell by a score of 20-8 to the nation's second ranked team. Geneseo's Mike Pizzuto scored his second goal of the game with 10 seconds left in the first half to cut the Cortland lead to 7-4 at the intermission, but the Red Dragons scored twice in the first 54 seconds of the third and added six more third period goals to take a 15-5 lead on the way to the title. Junior Pat Riehlman scored two goals, one assist and Brian Orlowski netted a pair of scores to lead the attack. Sophomore Tim Garback made six saves and allowed 18 goals in 48 minutes, while Josh Jaufmann made two stops and allowed two goals in 12 minutes. The Knights, ranked 14th by the USILA this week, fall to 12-4 on the season. Geneseo's Kevin Hennigan, Owahn Bazydlo and Brian Orlowski were named to the All-Tournament team.

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
The women's outdoor track and field team travelled to Rochester for the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championships and finished second in the team scoring with 131 points to champion Ithaca's 135. The Knights had two NCAA provisional times and four first place finishes. Junior Marta Scott ran to a win in the 1500 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 4:39.80 and classmate Fran Magri posted a national provisional qualifying time of 11:05.66 in winning the 3000 meter steeplechase. Other first place performances were turned in by Krissy Wolcott in the 100 meters (12.49) and Mary Kosloski in the triple jump (10.99 meters). The Knights had four second place finishes and five other provisional qualifying performances. Senior Renne Catalano was second in the 3000 steeplechase in a provisional time of 11:13.17, first year Meghan Nolan posted a provisional time of 4:40.69 in the 1500 meters and the high jump trio of Kim DePrez, Amanda Haney and Kosloski each leaped a provisional height of 1.64 meters. In addition, Christy Finke placed second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.72.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to the University of Rochester for the NYSCTC championships and finished fifth in team scoring with 99 points. Geneseo had three winners as Jason Casey won the 3000 meter steeplechase in an NCAA provisional time of 9:11.27, senior Ted Turner captured the 5000 meters in 14:53.60 and Ross Hunkovic won the 1500 meters in 3:57.24. Geneseo's four runnerup finishes included Casey in the 5000 meters (15:15.67), Jeff Beck in the steeplechase (NCAA provisional 9:12.24), Joe Goodspeed in the high jump (1.91 m) and Zach Maskin in the triple jump (13.23 m).

May 07, 2005

SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Championship

Cortland Defeats Geneseo to Claim Eighth Title
Grosso Named Tournament MVP

SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Championship

The Cortland Red Dragons (17-1), ranked ninth in the latest IWLCA poll, won their eighth SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse tournament title and seventh in a row this afternoon with a 14-6 win over host Geneseo (12-2).

Cortland trailed the Blue Knights by a count of 3-2 with 13:45 to go in the first intermission before scoring 10 straight goals over a 23 minute span to race to the championship. Tournament Most Valuable Player Regina Grosso (Baldwinsville/Baker) stopped seven shots to earn the win in nets for the Red Dragons.

Cortland's Andrea Venditti (Baldwinsville/Baker) scored four goals and sophomore Jennifer Willis (Huntington/Walt Whitman) added three goals, one assist and four draw controls to pace the attack. Sophomore Ali Bourgal (Sachem) contributed two goals, two helpers and four draws, while classmate Cici Carter (Guilderland) caused five turnovers.

Geneseo got a goal and two assists from senior Lauren Chatteton (Syracuse/Corcoran) and two scores from sophomore Megan Hilts (Niskayuna). Junior Jess Pausewang (Patchogue/Patchogue-Medford) made 13 saves in taking the loss.

2005 SUNYAC All-Tournament Team
Heather Daley-Brockport
Jessica Dudek-Brockport
Jen Albanese-Oswego
Katie Carbonaro-Oswego
Megan Hilts-Geneseo
Shauna Leonard-Geneseo
Nicole Santariello-Geneseo
Dyan Voorhees-Cortland
Cici Carter-Cortland
Erin Lynn-Cortland
Jennifer Willis-Cortland
MVP-Regina Grosso-Cortland

May 07, 2005

SUNYAC Softball Championship

Knights Fall to Cortland in Winner's Bracket
Geneseo Ousted by Oneonta

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Cortland on Friday for the finals of the winner's bracket of the SUNYAC softball tournament and dropped a tough 1-0 decision in 11 innings to the Red Dragons. Both teams had opportunities to plate the winning run before the Dragons got a single, passed ball and game winning double in the bottom of the eleventh. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn allowed just six hits and struck out 10 in taking the loss on the mound and classmate Laura Skalaski went 2-4 with a double.

In Saturday morning's consolation bracket final, the Knights were ousted from the tournament by Oneonta by a score of 6-1. The Red Dragons struck for a pair of runs in the first inning and, after Geneseo got an unearned run in the second, exploded for four runs in the bottom of the third to seal the win. The Knights got their lone run when Christina Marinucci reached second on an error by an outfielder and moved to third on a sacrifice. After a Jodi Guilboard walk, Marinucci scored on a strikeout, throw out double play. Junior Keaghan Reed had the lone hit for the game for the Knights as they fall to 23-15 on the season and will await a possible ECAC bid.

May 06, 2005

SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament

Geneseo, Cortland Advance to SUNYAC Championship Game
Knights Defeat Brockport
Red Dragons Top Lakers

SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament

The SUNY Geneseo Knights (12-1) and the Cortland Red Dragons (16-1) advanced to Saturday's SUNYAC Tournament championship game on Saratoga Field in Geneseo, NY this afternoon.

Top seeded Geneseo defeated the #4 Brockport Golden Eagles (9-5) in the first game of the afternoon by a score of 13-7. The Knights scored the final three goals of the first half to lead 8-4 at the intermission and netted four of the first five goals of the second stanza to take a commanding 12-5 lead with 15:12 remaining.

Sophomore Megan Hilts (Niskayuna) scored four goals, one assist and first year Colleen Byrne (Syracuse/Bishop Ludden) added three scores to lead Geneseo. Senior Lauren Chatterton (Syracuse/Corcoran) and junior Melody Kuzniar (Rome) each added a pair of goals for the hosts.

For Brockport, junior Angela Inzinna (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville) scored three goals, one assist, while Carrie Kane (Irondequoit) and Rochele Locey (Corning/Corning East) each had a goal and an assist.

Geneseo's Jess Pausewang (Patchogue/Patchogue-Medford) made 12 saves to post the win in nets, while Jessica Dudek (Orchard Park) stopped 16 shots in nets for the Golden Eagles.

In the second game, #2 Cortland, ranked ninth in the country by the IWLCA, jumped out to a 5-0 lead before settling for an 11-9 win over the upset-minded Oswego Lakers (10-5). The Red Dragons held a 6-3 intermission advantage and scored three goals in a three minute span to lead 11-6 with 8:41 remaining.

Sophomore Andrea Venditti (Baldwinsville/Baker) scored three times and added an assist to pace the attack. Junior Jesse Lynch (West Islip) netted two goals, one assist and sophomore Jill Battaglia (Amherst) added a pair of scores.

Oswego got three goals, one assist from Ashley-Anne Maltagliati (East Islip) and Tricia McNeilly (Lindenhurst) scored two goals, two helpers. First year Lauren Burrows (Kirkville/East Syracuse-Minoa) came off the bench to make 10 saves and allow seven goals in 49 minutes of action, while junior Ashley Perkins (Oneida) allowed four goals and made two saves in 11 minutes as the starter.

Cortland's Regina Grosso (Baldwinsville/Baker) stopped eight shots in posting the win in goal.

May 05, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summary

Softball Advances in SUNYAC

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Cortland today as the #2 seed for the SUNYAC tournament and advanced to the finals of the winner's bracket with a 4-0 victory over Brockport. The #6 Golden Eagles had won a 2-0 decision from #3 Plattsburgh earlier in the day. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn tossed a three-hit, eight strikeout complete game shutout to post the win on the hill. Geneseo scored all four runs in the fourth inning, with Kuhn pounding an RBI double and Christina Marinucci and Laura Skalaski each contributing an RBI single. The Knights are now 23-13 on the season and will face #1 Cortland on Friday in the double elimination tournament. The Red Dragons defeated Buffalo St., 6-1 on Thursday after the Bengals defeated Oneonta in the first round, 9-3.

May 04, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Men's Lacrosse Advances to SUNYAC Championship

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked #14 this week by the USILA, hosted Oneonta this afternoon in the SUNYAC semifinals and the second seeded Knights advanced to the SUNYAC championship game with a 14-8 win over the third seeded Red Dragons. Geneseo scored the first four goals of the game, the first three in the first 1:33, on the way to a 9-5 intermission lead. Junior attack Jack Ryerson led the way with three goals, two assists, while midfielders Owahn Bazydlo and Chris Stock scored three goals, one assist apiece. Junior Brian Orlowski added three goals and senior Chris Kelley netted two, while Mike Pizzuto and Pat Riehlman each dished out a pair of helpers. Sophomore Tim Garback made 10 saves in posting the win as the Knights advance to 12-3 on the season. Geneseo will face top seeded Cortland at 1:00 pm in the SUNYAC Championship at Cortland.

May 03, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Clinches SUNYAC Top Seed
Softball Splits at Cazenovia

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted the Oneonta Red Dragons and clinched the top seed for this weekend's SUNYAC tournament with a 17-6 victory. The Knights led 12-5 at the intermission after scoring the first five goals and eight of the first nine of the game. Senior Lauren Chatterton scored three goals, three assists to lead the attack and with the three helpers became the Knights all-time assist leader with 67. Senior Nicole Santariello, first year Shauna Leonard and sophomore Martha Katz each added three scores and Melody Kuzniar netted two goals, one assist. Junior Jess Pausewang made 10 saves to earn the win in goal. The Knights are now 11-1 overall and 6-1 in SUNYAC. Geneseo will host Brockport in the first SUNYAC semifinal on Friday at 12:30 pm, with #2 Cortland facing #3 Oswego at 3:00 pm. The championship is slated for Saturday at 1:00 pm.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Cazenovia this afternoon and split their last regular season doubleheader. The Knights captured the opener with a 1-0 win in the top of the seventh inning when Keaghan Reed reached base on an error, moved to second on a sacrifice and scored on Geneseo's lone hit of the game, a single by Jodi Guilboard. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn was on the mound and tossed a three-hit, five strikeout shutout. In the second game, Geneseo fell by a score of 8-2. Kuhn went 1-3 with an RBI, Allison Dvorsky was 2-3 and Sonia Luchanko went 1-4 with an RBI to lead the offense. Sophomore Amanda Johanning allowed five runs on five hits in three innings and first year Carla Cosselman gave up two earned runs in three innings. The Knights complete the regular season with a mark of 22-13 and will travel to Cortland on Thursday for the SUNYAC tournament.

Apr 30, 2005

SUNYAC Track and Field Championships

Women Win Third Straight Outdoor Title
Men Finish Second

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
The women's outdoor track and field team travelled to Oneonta on Friday and Saturday and won their third consecutive SUNYAC Outdoor Track and Field championship by scoring 196 points to runnerup Brockport's 154.5. Senior Renne Catalano highlighted the meet with a pair of winning performances as she captured the 5000 meters in 18:27.39 and the 3000 steeplechase in an NCAA provisional time of 11:19.52. Three other Knights captured a first and a second place as Meghan Nolan won the 800 (2:19.84) and was second in the 1500 (4:47.18), Marta Scott won the 1500 (4:43.62) and finished second in the 5000 (18:38.18) and Mary Kosloski was runnerup in the high jump (1.59 meters) and won the triple jump (10.85 meters). Other winning performances by Geneseo included Kim DePrez in the high jump in an NCAA provisional height of 1.64 meters and Kristin Wayman, who won the 10,000 meters in 39:22.43. Senior Kristina Mattice was second in the long jump in 5.37 meters and junior Krissy Wolcott ran to a second in the 100 meter dash in 12.69. The conference title is the eighth for the Geneseo athletic program this academic year, equalling the school best set in 2002-03.

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
The men's outdoor track and field team travelled to Oneonta for the SUNYAC championships on Friday and Saturday and finished second with 158 points to champion Cortland's 187.50. Junior Matt Kuenzel and senior Ted Turner highlighted the meet with two wins apiece. Kuenzel won the shot put in an NCAA provisional distance of 16.22 meters, the hammer throw with a toss of 48.62 meters and was second in the discus with a distance of 45.63 meters, while Turner won the 5000 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 14:46.73 and the 10,000 meters. Senior Jeff Beck captured first in the 3000 steeplechase in an NCAA provisional time of 9:21.01 and was second in the 5000 with a time of 15:09.16. Other top performances included Paul Torres, who took second in the 110 hurdles (14.91) and third in the 400 hurdles (14.91) and Jason Casey, who was second in the steeplechase (9:38.67).

Apr 30, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Defeats Brockport
Men's Lacrosse Wins in Overtime

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted Brockport this afternoon and won an 18-12 decision over the Golden Eagles. Brockport scored twice in the first three minutes, but Geneseo got five goals in a row over a four minute span and never looked back. After a Golden Eagle goal made it 5-3, the Knights ripped off five more in a row on their way to an 11-5 intermission advantage. Geneseo scored the first four goals of the second stanza to gain their largest lead at 15-5. Brockport then scored six of the next seven goals to cut the lead to 16-11, but could get no closer. Geneseo's Melody Kuzniar led all scorers with seven goals, one assist and first year Shauna Leonard added four goals, one helper. The Knights got three goals from Quinn Harvey and a pair from senior defender Nicole Santariello. Junior Jess Pausewang made 12 saves in nets for the Knights as they raise their record to 10-1 overall and 5-1 in SUNYAC.

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Oneonta tonight and won a thrilling 7-6 overtime decision when junior Pat Riehlman scored with 2:15 left in the extra session. In the contest, neither team led by more than one goal throughout with the lead changing hands five times. Senior Chris Stock had a pair of goals for Geneseo, junior Jack Ryerson and first year Mike Pizzuto each had a goal and an assist and Owahn Bazydlo and Brian Orlowski each tallied once for the Knights. Sophomore Tim Garback was spectacular in nets as he made 16 saves and allowed just the six goals in posting the win. Geneseo completes their regular season with a record of 11-3 overall and 5-1 in SUNYAC and the Knights will host a SUNYAC semifinal game on Wednesday.

Apr 30, 2005

Softball Contest Cancelled Today

Doubleheader with RIT Cancelled

Women's Softball
The women's softball doubleheader scheduled for 1 pm this afternoon at RIT has been cancelled due to inclement weather and field conditions. Due to the lateness of the season, this contest will not be rescheduled. Geneseo is scheduled to travel to Cazenovia on Tuesday for the final regular season competition.

Apr 29, 2005

Distance Runners at the Penn Relays

Five Participate on National Stage
Two School Records Fall

Outdoor Track & Field
Five members of the outdoor track and field team travelled to the Penn Relays on Thursday night to participate in distance night at one of the most prestigious national track and field meets in the country. Senior Ted Turner and junior Fran Magri each set school records competing against some of the finest Division I competition. Turner finished 21st in the 5000 meters in a school record 14:22.94, while Magri placed ninth in heat two of the 3000 meter steeplechase in a school record time of 11:09.70. Other competitors for Geneseo included Jeff Beck, who was 34th in the 5K in 15:10.67, Jason Casey, who placed eighth in heat two of the 3000 steeplechase in 9:16.23 and Renne Catalano, who was 18th in the 10,000 meters in 36:13.15.

Apr 28, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summary

Softball Sweeps Oneonta

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Cortland this afternoon to take on Oneonta in a makeup doubleheader and swept the Red Dragons by scores of 1-0 and 9-6. In the opener, sophomore Audrey Kuhn tossed a six hit, six strikeout, complete game shutout on the mound. The Knights plated the winning run in the top of the seventh inning when Christina Marinucci opened with a double, pinch runner Diana Meskill moved to third on a single by Michele Wilson and later scored on an error. Sophomore Melissa Mason was 2-3 in game one. In the second game, Geneseo scored three runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings, erasing a 6-3 deficit on the way to the win. Kuhn was 3-4 with three RBI and junior Sonia Luchanko was 1-3 with a two-run double which gave the Knights the lead for good in the fifth inning. Junior Lauren Zefting was 2-4, Mason was 1-3 and Kuhn allowed eight hits, three walks and gave up just one earned run in posting the win on the mound. Geneseo is now 21-12 overall and finish the SUNYAC regular season with a mark of 14-6.

Apr 27, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Men's Lacrosse Downed by Cortland

Men's Lacrosse
The 18th ranked men's lacrosse team hosted #2 Cortland this afternoon and were defeated by the Red Dragons by a score of 15-8. In a seesaw first half, Cortland scored with just 1:58 to go to take a 5-4 intermission lead. After the Knights tied the game on Owahn Bazydlo's goal from Pat Riehlman with 11:33 left in the third, Cortland ripped off three goals in a row and six of the next seven to open an 11-6 lead with 11:01 remaining in the game. Geneseo then scored two of the next three to cut the lead to 12-8, but the Dragons netted the final three goals over the last eight minutes to secure the win and the top seed for next week's SUNYAC tournament. Senior Chris Kelley scored two goals, two assists to lead the offense. Junior Brian Orlowski scored two goals, one assist and senior Chris Stock added three helpers. Geneseo's Tim Garback made 13 saves in taking the loss as the Knights fall to 10-3 overall and 4-1 in SUNYAC.

Apr 26, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Softball Sweeps Lakers
Women's Lacrosse Defeats Buffalo St.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted Oswego this afternoon and swept the Lakers by scores of 3-0 and 5-2. In the opener, sophomore Audrey Kuhn tossed a complete game, three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in notching her 11th win against five defeats. The Knights took a 2-0 lead in the first inning after junior Lauren Zefting singled, Kuhn singled and Keaghan Reed singled and advanced on an error to plate both runs. Geneseo added an insurance run in the sixth when Christina Marinucci singled and advanced to second on an error and Cat Pratico singled her home. In the second game, the Knights trailed 2-0 after three innings with the Lakers tapping starter Carla Cosselman for an unearned run in the second and an unearned run in the third. Geneseo scored four runs in the sixth inning when Kuhn doubled and Reed reached on an infield error to start the inning. Marinucci reached first on a fielder's choice with all runners safe to load the bases. Junior Jodi Guilboard singled home a pair of runs and Kristen Newton followed with a two-run base hit to complete the inning. Geneseo added an insurance run in the seventh on a walk to Melissa Mason, a sacrifice and a Kuhn RBI double. Sophomore Amanda Johanning got the win on the mound with 3 2/3 innings of relief and Kuhn struck out the final batter of the game with the bases loaded to earn her first save of the season. The Knights are 19-12 overall and move to 12-6 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Buffalo St. this afternoon and won a 15-8 decision over the Bengals. Junior Melody Kuzniar scored five goals, one assist to pace the attack as the Knights scored eight of the last nine goals to break open a 7-7 game with 20 minutes remaining in the second half. First year Shauna Leonard scored three goals, one assist, senior Lauren Chatterton had two goals, two helpers and sophomore Megan Hilts added a pair of scores for the Knights. Junior Jess Pausewang made five saves to post the win in nets as Geneseo advanced to 9-1 overall and 4-1 in SUNYAC.

Apr 25, 2005

SUNYAC Fall/Winter Scholar-Athletes Announced

Three Knights Earn the Conference Honor

SUNYAC Scholar-Athletes
The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced 14 winners of the Fall and Winter SUNYAC Scholar-Athlete awards. The award is given to the member of the first or second All-Conference team with the highest grade point average in each sport the conference sponsors.

Three Geneseo student-athletes received the honor, one from fall sports and two from winter sports. Senior Renne Catalano was named the scholar-athlete for women's cross country. A 2004 track and field All-American, Catalano won the SUNYAC and NYSCTC individual championships this season in leading the Knights to the team titles and a berth in the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country championships.

For the winter season, sophomore Christy Finke and junior Matt Kuenzel from the indoor track and field teams earned the awards. Finke won the SUNYAC and NYSCTC titles in the 800 meters, was part of the winning 4x800 and Dstance Medley relays at the conference, state and ECAC meets and culminated the season by earning All-American honors as part of the Distance Medley relay.

Kuenzel tossed his way into the recordbooks at Geneseo by setting a new school standard in the indoor shot put. The ECAC shot put champion completed his season by making his first appearance at the NCAA Division III championships, where he finished 11th.

Apr 23, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Wins in Overtime
Track and Field at Hamilton

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Potsdam this afternoon to take on the Bears and won a thrilling 8-7 overtime decision. Junior Jack Ryerson scored from senior Chris Stock with just 1:01 left in the first overtime to give the Knights the win. After a scoreless first quarter, the Bears scored the first two goals of the game on their way to a 5-2 halftime lead. Geneseo got goals from Owahn Bazydlo and Pat Riehlman in the quarter, the latter coming with 1:00 to go in the half to cut the lead to three. The Knights exploded for three goals in a 2:22 span to even the game at five after three quarters, but the Bears regained the lead at 6-5 with 12:01 to play in regulation. A pair of Riehlman goals with 11:02 and 9:59 left put the Knights back in front at 7-6, but the Bears got the equalizer with 5:57 to play which set the stage for Ryerson's heroics. Sophomore Tim Garback made 16 saves in posting the win in nets as the Knights advance to 10-2 overall and 4-0 in SUNYAC.

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
The men's outdoor track and field team travelled to Hamilton for a non-scoring meet. The Knights had four first place finishes and a pair of runnerup performances. Senior Ted Turner ran to a first place finish in the 1500 meters in a time of 4:00.73, Chris Gettings won the long jump with a leap of 6.21 meters, Paul Torres capured the 110 high hurdles with a time of 15.46 and Joe Goodspeed took the high jump with a height of 1.77 meters. Junior Matt Kuenzel was second in the hammer throw (46.73 m) and Jim Tillapaugh crossed second in the 800 meters in 1:57.07.

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
The women's outdoor track and field team travelled to Hamilton College for a non-scoring meet and had three winners and three second place finishes. Senior Kristina Mattice won the triple jump with a distance of 10.32 meters, junior Kim DePrez won the high jump with a leap of 1.52 meters and first year Meghan Nolan captured the 800 meters in 2:16.66. Second place performances were turned in by Gwen McLaughlin in the long jump (5.08 m), Fran Magri in the 1500 (4:54.85) and Christy Finke in the 800 meters (2:17.17).

Apr 23, 2005

Softball Washed Out on Saturday

Ithaca Doubleheader Cancelled

Women's Softball
Today's doubleheader with Ithaca scheduled for 1 pm on the Raschi Field has been cancelled due to the weather conditions. No reschedule date has been announced.

Apr 22, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Softball Sweeps SUNYIT
Women's Lax Downs Fredonia

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to SUNYIT this afternoon and won a 10-0, 13-2 (5) doubleheader sweep of the Wildcats. In the opener, Carla Cosselman pitched the first inning and struck out one and Audrey Kuhn struck out seven and allowed one hit over six innings to combine on the shutout. At the plate, sophomore Christina Marinucci was 3-3 with two doubles, first year Kristen Newton hit a two run homer and junior Sonia Luchanko was 2-3 with three RBI. In the second game, Keaghan Reed was 3-4 with a pair of home runs and five RBI and Kuhn was 3-3 with a double and an RBI. Sophomore Laura Skalaski pounded a three-run homer and classmate Amanda Johanning picked up the win by tossing five innings, allowing six hits and striking out two. The Knights advance to 17-12 overall and 10-6 in SUNYAC.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Fredonia this afternoon and won a 13-6 decision over the Blue Devils. Sophomore Martha Katz and first year Shauna Leonard each scored four goals to lead the attack and five others had single tallies for Geneseo. Junior Jess Pausewang made 11 saves to post the win in nets as the Knights advance to 8-1 overall and 3-1 in SUNYAC.

Apr 20, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Defeats Alfred

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Alfred tonight to take on the Saxons and won a 16-3 decision. Geneseo scored 11 seconds into the game on a goal by Owahn Bazydlo on the way to a 6-0 first quarter lead. The Knights advanced to a 10-0 halftime lead and never looked back. Bazydlo led the way to three scores and four other players added a pair of goals. Junior Pat Riehlman, Brian Orlowski, Mike Pizzuto and Jack Ryerson each found the back of the net twice. Sophomore Tim Garback allowed just one goal in 45 minutes of action, while Josh Jaufmann stopped two shots and allowed two goals in the fourth period. Geneseo advances to 9-2 on the season.

Apr 19, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Knocked from Unbeaten Ranks
Softball Drops Doubleheader to Red Dragons

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Oswego this afternoon to take on the Lakers and were knocked from the unbeaten ranks by a score of 9-8. Geneseo trailed 4-0 in the first 15 minutes of the contest, but scored five unanswered goals from the 6:42 mark remaining in the first half to the 26:52 point of the second half to take a 6-5 lead. Oswego got a 3-0 run of their own over the next 15 minutes to regain the lead at 8-6. The Knights tied the game with 9:50 left, but the Lakers got what would prove to be the game winner with 7:22 remaining in the contest. Geneseo's Melody Kuzniar scored two goals and Megan Hilts and Shauna Leonard each had a goal and an assist. Junior Jess Pausewang made 10 saves in taking the loss in goal as the Knights fall to 7-1 overall and 2-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the Cortland Red Dragons this afternoon and dropped the doubleheader by scores of 8-2 and 1-0. In the opener, Cortland took advantage of six Geneseo errors in scoring four unearned run and one earned run off starter Audrey Kuhn in five innings. The Knights had four hits and scored two unearned runs in the sixth inning. In game two, Kuhn tossed a four hitter with seven strikeouts, but the Dragons had a single, groundout and a double in the fifth inning to break the scoreless tie. Geneseo had no hits in game two, reached base on five walks, but could not score. Geneseo is now 15-12 overall and 8-6 in SUNYAC.

Apr 16, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Distance Runners at Bucknell
Women's Lacrosse Runs Past Potsdam
Softball Splits with Brockport

Outdoor Track & Field at Bucknell
The distance runners on the outdoor track and field team travelled to Bucknell University on Friday night for a non-scoring meet. Senior Ted Turner highlighted the meet by qualifying automatically for the NCAA Division III championships by winning the 10,000 meters in 30:09.54 over mostly Division I competition. Five other runners qualified provisionally for the championships as senior Jeff Beck was seventh in the 10K in 30:56.96, senior Renne Catalano was second in the 10,000 meters in 36:25.61, junior Fran Magri placed fifth in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 11:10.85 and junior Marta Scott and first year Meghan Nolan were fifth (4:35.84) and seventh (4:37.62), respectively, in the 1500 meters.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Potsdam this afternoon and won a 15-4 decision over the Bears as sophomore Megan Hilts and first year Shauna Leonard each scored three times to lead the offense. Geneseo remained unbeaten on the season at 7-0 and went to 2-0 in SUNYAC play as three others scored two goals apiece. Seniors Lauren Chatterton and Liz Ryan and sophomore Martha Katz each netted a pair of scores. Junior Jess Pausewang made 14 saves in nets to post the win.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted Brockport this afternoon and split a doubleheader with the Golden Eagles by winning the opener, 7-0, and falling in the second game, 3-0. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn tossed a two-hit shutout in the first game with 14 strikeouts to lead the team. Geneseo scored three times in the first inning. Melissa Mason singled and stole second to start the inning. After a pair of strikeouts, junior Keaghan Reed doubled home Mason and junior Jodi Guilboard followed with a two-run homer. The Knights added a run in the fifth and three more in the sixth, including a two-run single by Cat Pratico. In game two, Geneseo got just three hits, one each from Lauren Zefting, Sonia Luchanko and Kristen Newton. Sophomore Amanda Johanning started the game and allowed three runs on four hits and two walks in two innings. First year Carla Cosselman came on in relief and shutout the Eagles on three hits over the next four innings, but the Knights could not get the offense started. Geneseo is now 15-10 overall and 8-4 in SUNYAC.

Apr 14, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Stays Unbeaten
Softball Splits with Rochester

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team remained unbeaten on the season at 6-0 with a 13-11 win at St. John Fisher this afternoon. The Knights led 5-4 at the intermission and advanced to a 13-7 lead with 5:39 left before the Cardinals scored the final four goals to make the final. Senior Lauren Chatterton and junior Melody Kuzniar each collected four goals, one assist to pace the offense and the Knights had five others score single goals. St. John Fisher went six of 15 from the free position arc, while Geneseo was just 1-3. Junior Jess Pausewang made 13 saves in posting the win in nets and the other goal scorers were Marty Katz, Jackie Griffin, Megan Hilts, Amy Glover and Quinn Harvey.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Rochester this afternoon and split a doubleheader with the Yellowjackets. The Knights mustered only three game one hits on the way to a 5-0 loss as Melissa Mason, Jodi Guilboard and Cat Pratico got the hits. Sophomore Amanda Johanning was on the mound and allowed three earned runs, walked four and struck out one in six innings. Geneseo got the split with a 7-6 win in game two by jumping out to a 7-1 lead after 4 1/2 innings. Rochester got three runs in the fifth and two more in the seventh to make the final. First year Carla Cosselman got her first start on the mound this season and picked up the win by tossing six innings, allowing 10 hits and striking out two. Junior Michele Wilson came on in the seventh with two runs in, no outs and a runner on second and preserved the win by coaxing three straight groundouts. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn went 2-4 with two runs, Laura Skalaski was 2-4 with two RBI and Christina Marinucci went 2-3 with an RBI to pace the offense. The Knights are now 14-9 on the season.

Apr 13, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Men's Lacrosse Defeats Brockport

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked 20th by the USILA, hosted the Brockport Golden Eagles this afternoon and won a 10-4 decision. The Knights led 3-0 after one period and 4-2 at the intermission before erupting for five goals in the third for a 9-2 lead. Junior Jack Ryerson scored four goals, one assist to lead the attack. Sophomore Owahn Bazydlo netted two goals, one assist and Brian Orlowski and Pat Riehlman each had a goal and two helpers for the Knights. Geneseo outshot the Eagles by a 43-19 margin and were four of eight with the man advantage. Sophmore Tim Garback made nine saves in posting the win and senior Chris Kelley added a pair of goals. The Knights are now 8-2 overall and 3-0 in SUNYAC.

Apr 12, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Tops #3 Cortland
Softball Sweeps Buffalo St.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted Cortland this afternoon and topped the Red Dragons for the first time in 11 attempts all-time by the score of 14-12 as junior Melody Kuzniar scored four goals and senior Lauren Chatterton netted three goals, two assists. Cortland is ranked #3 nationally by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association. Geneseo led 3-1 with 18:45 left in the first half, but Cortland tied the game at four with a pair of goals one minute apart at 15:07 and 14:03. The Knights reclaimed a two goal lead with scores at 13:36 and 11:55, but the Dragons netted four of the last first half goals to take an 8-7 intermission lead. After the Dragons added to their lead at 26:39, Geneseo scored six straight goals over 14 minutes to take a commanding 13-9 lead on Chatterton's second goal of the game with 11:01 left. Cortland battled back with scores at 8:09, 7:44 and 5:09, but Chatterton completed the scoring with six seconds left to seal the win. First year Shauna Leonard added three goals, one assist, sophomore Megan Hilts added two goals and juniors Amy Glover and Krystina Danizio each scored once. Geneseo's Jess Pausewang made 17 saves in posting the win as the Knights were outshot by a 39-23 margin. Geneseo is now 5-0 overall and 1-0 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Buffalo St. this afternoon and swept the Bengals in a doubleheader with a 5-2 win in game one and an 11-5 victory in game two. In the opener, Geneseo scored four runs in the first inning when Melissa Mason doubled, Audrey Kuhn was intentionally walked and junior Keaghan Reed tripled home two runs and scored on an error on the play. After a walk to Jodi Guilboard and a sacrifice, Michele Wilson singled home Guilboard with the fourth run of the inning. The Bengals scored twice in the bottom of the first, but Geneseo added an insurance run in the fifth on Reed's RBI single. Kuhn allowed just three hits and one earned run with 12 strikeouts in posting her seventh win against three defeats. In game two, Geneseo scored two runs in the third inning, four in the fourth to open a 6-1 lead. After Buffalo St. scored three times in the sixth to draw within 6-4, Kuhn belted a grand slam homer and Reed followed with a solo shot in the sixth to break the game open. Kuhn finished 2-3 with four RBI, junior Lauren Zefting went 2-4 with two runs and Sonia Luchanko was 1-3 with two RBI. On the mound, Kuhn went the distance and allowed five hits and just one earned run while striking out 10. The Knights advance their record to 13-8 overall and 7-3 in SUNYAC.

Apr 11, 2005

Monday's Contest Summary

Softball Splits with Fredonia

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Fredonia this afternoon and split the doubleheader with the Blue Devils by taking the first game, 4-3, and falling in the nightcap, 8-5. Sophomore Audrey Kuhn allowed five hits and two earned runs while striking out four to gain the win in game one. Offensively, junior Jodi Guilboard hit a solo homer, Kuhn went 2-4 with an RBI and Lauren Zefting knocked in a pair of runs to lead the Knights. In the second game, Fredonia broke up a scoreless game by tapping Amanda Johanning for five runs in the fourth inning on the way to the win. Geneseo scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to make the game 7-4, but could draw no closer. Junior Keaghan Reed and sophomore Laura Skalaski were each 2-4, Kuhn was 2-3 with an RBI and Michele Wilson and Sonia Luchanko each had a pair of hits. Johanning allowed 11 hits in going the distance and taking the loss on the mound. Geneseo is now 11-8 overall and 5-3 in SUNYAC.

Apr 11, 2005

USSA Directors' Cup Standings

Geneseo 14th after Winter Season

USSA Directors' Cup
After the completion of the winter championship season, the Geneseo Blue Knights stand 14th in the United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the USA TODAY . Geneseo has earned 334 points as the Knights added points in the winter with the seventh place finish by the women's indoor track and field team, the men's ice hockey team reaching the quarterfinals and a 35th place finish by the men's indoor track and field team. Geneseo, which was ranked #10 after the fall season, remains the top school in New York in the standings with Ithaca (16th) and Cortland (20th) also cracking the top 25.

Apr 09, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Defeats Plattsburgh
Softball Splits with Cardinals
Track at Rochester Invitational

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team hosted Plattsburgh this afternoon and raced to a 15-6 win over the Cardinals. Four players had four points to lead the attack as Owahn Bazydlo scored three goals, one assist, juniors Jack Ryerson and Pat Riehlman scored two goals, two assists and first year Mike Pizzuto netted a goal and three assists. Senior Chris Kelley found the back of the net three times, Brian Orlowski added a goal and two helpers and Joe DeVoe contributed a goal and an assist. Single goals were netted by Dan Balestra and Rick Bova as the Knights advanced to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC play. Geneseo's Tim Garback made two saves to post the win in nets.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted Plattsburgh this afternoon and split a doubleheader with the Cardinals by winning 5-2 in game one and dropping a tough 3-1 decision in game two. In the opener, Audrey Kuhn tossed a two-hitter with five strikeouts as the Cardinals broke up the shutout bid with two runs in the top of the seventh. Sophomore Melissa Mason was 2-3 with two runs and an RBI and Keaghan Reed and Sonia Luchanko each drove in a run. In the second game, Plattsburgh scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead and added an insurance run in the sixth. Geneseo's Amanda Johanning allowed four hits and two earned runs to take the loss on the mound and Laura Skalaski had two hits at the plate. Geneseo is now 10-7 overall and 4-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Outdoor Track and Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to Rochester on Saturday for a non-scoring meet and the Knights had five first place finishes. Junior Marta Scott was a double winner by capturing the 1500 meters in 4:42 and the the 5000 meters in 18:28.12. Other winners for the Knights included Krissy Wolcott in the 100 meters (12.68), Renne Catalano in the 3000 meter steeplechase (11:26.83) and Amanda Haney in the high jump (1.64 meters). Other top performances included Fran Magri, who finished third in the 3000 steeplechase in 11:49.09 and Diana Snyder, who was third in the 400 meters in 61.68.

Men's Outdoor Track and Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to Rochester for a non-scoring meet and highlighting the performances was junior Matt Kuenzel, who set a school record in the shot put with an NCAA provisional toss of 16.01 meters to finish second. Junior Zach Maskin was the lone winner of the meet by taking the triple jump in 13.93 meters. Other top performers included Paul Torres, who was second in the 400 hurdles (57.38) and third in the 110 high hurdles (15.85), Jason Casey, who was second in the 3000 steeplechase in 9:35.80 and Andrew McCarthy, who was second in the 10,000 meters in 32:48.18.

Apr 08, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Softball Sweeps Bears
Kuhn Hits Pair of Homers in Game Two

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the Potsdam Bears this afternoon and won game one of the doubleheader with a 7-0 shutout win. Geneseo's Audrey Kuhn got the Knights on the board with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning after a Lauren Zefting single with one out. Junior Keaghan Reed hit her second homer of the week just three pitches later for back-to-back roundtrippers and a 3-0 lead. The Knights added single runs in the second and third with sophomore Laura Skalaski belting a leadoff homer in the sixth to seal the win. Kuhn tossed a one-hit shutout with nine strikeouts, giving up the lone hit in the Potsdam sixth inning. In the second game, Geneseo won a 12-8 decision when Kuhn hit a three-run homer in the top of the seventh to break an 8-8 tie. Kuhn hit a two-run single in the first, a run scoring single in the second and a solo homer in the fourth inning in going 4-4 with seven RBI. Geneseo's Melissa Mason was 3-4 with three runs and an RBI and Skalaski went 2-4 with two RBI. Geneseo led 7-2 after two innings, but the Bears scored four runs in the fourth to tie the game at eight. Sophomore Amanda Johanning pitched six innings, allowing nine hits and six earned runs, while Kuhn pitched a scoreless seventh to preserve the win. Geneseo is now 9-6 overall and 3-1 in SUNYAC.

Apr 06, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Softball Sweeps Fisher
Men's Lacrosse Sinks Lakers

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the St. John Fisher Cardinals in a non-league doubleheader this afternoon and swept the twinbill by scores of 3-0 and 13-1. In the opener, Geneseo's Keaghan Reed broke up a no-hitter with a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning after Lauren Zefting reached on a error, a pair of outs and a walk to Audrey Kuhn. Kuhn tossed a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts to earn her third win on the mound. In the second game, the Cardinals got an unearned run in the first inning, but the Knights answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Geneseo erupted for four unearned runs in the third and seven unearned in the fourth to put the game away. Geneseo's Jodi Guilboard, Kuhn and Reed each had two hits and sophomore Amanda Johanning struck out four and allowed three hits in posting her fourth win. The Knights are now 7-6 on the season.

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Oswego this afternoon and sunk the Lakers with a 13-7 victory. Geneseo opened a 4-1 first quarter lead and extended to a 9-1 lead with 6:00 minutes left in the second on the way to a 9-4 intermission advantage. Junior Brian Orlowski scored four first half goals and added an assist to lead the attack, while sophomore Owahn Bazydlo netted two goals, three helpers. The Knights were five of eight on the man advantage as Pat Riehlman scored two goals, two assists and Jack Ryerson scored two goals, one assist. The Knights got one goal from Chris Kelley, Aaron Giffin and Dan Balestra and a pair of assists from Colin Ireland. Sophomore Tim Garback made eight saves and allowed seven goals in 56:36 and Josh Jaufmann stopped one shot in 3:24. Geneseo is now 6-2 on the season and 1-0 in SUNYAC play.

Apr 04, 2005

Tuesday's Contests Postponed

Women's Lacrosse at Fredonia
Softball at Fredonia
Postponed due to field conditions

Schedule Changes
The women's softball doubleheader at Fredonia scheduled for Tuesday, April 5 at 3 pm has been postponed and rescheduled for Monday, April 11 at Fredonia at 3 pm due to the inclement weather and subsequent field conditions.

The women's lacrosse game at Fredonia originally slated for Tuesday, April 5 at 4 pm has been postponed. No makeup date has been determined.

Apr 04, 2005

Zera Named All-American

Senior Earns National Recognition
Also Named First Team ECAC

Men's Basketball
Senior guard Joe Zera earned a pair of postseason awards last week as he was named first team All-ECAC and earned third team All-American honors by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Zera is just the fourth Geneseo men's basketball player to gain national recognition, joining Ed Robota, '75, Scott Fitch, '94 and Ian Tudman, '95. Zera is the 89th student-athlete in Geneseo history to earn All-American status.

Apr 02, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse defeats Clarkson
Equestrian Competes at Regionals

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team hosted Clarkson this afternoon and won a 12-7 decision. Junior Pat Riehlman got the Knights on the board first at 10:22 and classmate Brian Orlowski found the back of the net 11 seconds later off a feed from Owahn Bazydlo. Geneseo took 7-3 halftime lead and never looked back. Clarkson pulled to within two with 10:27 to play in the third quarter but it wasn't enough as the Knights held on for the win. Junior Jack Ryerson paced the Geneseo attack with four goals, one assist as Orlowski picked up four scores. Riehlman dished out four assists to go along with his first quarter goal as senior Chris Kelley handed out three helpers. Single goals were scored by Kevin Grant, Bazydlo and Mike Pizzutto. Sophomore Tim Garback posted the win in nets for the Knights after stopping seven shots. Geneseo improves to 5-2 on the season.

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to Cazenovia for the Regionals on Saturday and had six riders qualify for the zone championships this Saturday at Skidmore and three winners in the eight class show. To qualify for the next level, a rider must place in the top three finishers in their respective class. Winners for the Knights were Janice Washburn in the Intermediate class over fences, Julie Sahler on the flat in WTC and Holly Skuce on the flat in Walk/Trot. Geneseo's Leslie Miller was second over fences in the Open division, Kim Parker was second on the flat in Walk/Trot and Jennie O'Brien placed third on the flat in the Intermediate division.

Apr 01, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Softball Splits with New Paltz

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to New Paltz this afternoon and split their SUNYAC opening doubleheader with the Hawks. In the opener, sophomore Audrey Kuhn tossed a complete game, one-hitter with nine strikeouts to lead the Knights to a 4-0 win. Sophomore Christina Marinucci was 2 for 3 with an RBI and Kristen Newton was 1 for 3 with two RBI to pace the attack. Junior Lauren Zefting added two hits and Kuhn was 1 for 3 with an RBI. In game two, New Paltz scored a run in the second inning and an unearned run in the third to earn the split with a 2-0 decision. The Knights managed just three hits for sophomore Amanda Johanning, who allowed just six hits and struck out three in taking the loss. Geneseo is now 5-6 overall and 1-1 in SUNYAC.

Mar 31, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summary

Women's Lacrosse Defeats Rochester

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted Rochester this afternoon and ran to a 17-12 victory over the Yellowjackets. Geneseo trailed 9-8 at the intermission as Rochester scored six straight goals in one stretch. Senior Lauren Chatterton assisted on Megan Hilts goal with 20:40 left and scored two more goals over the next three minutes to give the Knights a 13-10 lead and break the game open. First year Shauna Leonard scored four straight goals late in the second half and finished with six for the game. Chatterton finished with three goals, three assists and junior Melody Kuzniar added three goals, two helpers. Hilts and Martha Katz contributed two goals apiece and junior Amy Glover collected a goal and an assist. Geneseo outshot the Yellowjackets by a 39-29 margin as Jess Pausewang made nine saves to post the win in nets. The Knights advance to 4-0 on the season.

Mar 29, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Women's Lacrosse Blanks Medaille
Chatterton Sets Two More School Records

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted Medaille this afternoon and blanked the Mavericks by a score of 28-0. Geneseo led 17-0 at the intermission. Senior Lauren Chatterton set a pair of school records for points in a game (12) and career points with 182. Chatterton scored six goals, six assists in the contest and moved past Betsy Meldrim's 175 on the career chart. First year Shauna Leonard netted six goals, one assist and sophomore Megan Hilts added five goals for the Knights. Other multiple point scorers included Quinn Harvey with three goals, one assist, Liz Ryan and Melody Kuzniar with a goal and an assist apiece, Lindsay Reichert with a pair of goals and Amy Glover with a goal and an assist. Senior Meghan Pitko, Blake Martin and Marty Katz chipped in with one goal each. Junior Jess Pausewang made three saves in 46:03 and Katie Goldacker stopped one shot in 13:57 to combine on the shutout. The Knights move to 3-0 on the year.

Mar 28, 2005

Garsys Named Women's Soccer Coach

Rush-Henrietta, Rochester Grad Takes Over Program

SUNY Geneseo is pleased to announce the hiring of Aria Garsys as women's soccer coach.

"We are very pleased to have Aria join our staff," said Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation, Marilyn Moore. "It is comforting to me to turn the reins of this historically successful program over to an individual of Aria's high caliber."

Garsys replaces Aimee Canale Koch, who left the position to pursue other business opportunities after guiding the Knights to a record of 66-46-14 in six seasons.
As a player, Garsys led the University of Rochester to a record of 53-15-9 in starting all 77 games of her four year career. Rochester earned three consecutive bids to the Division III national tournament before Garsys paced the Yellowjackets to the ECAC Upstate championship in 1999.

Garsys was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Second Team All-American in 1998 and was a three-time NSCAA All-Northeast Region selection. She earned New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association (NYSWCAA) Player of the Year honors in 1998 and was first team All-NYSWCAA and first team All-University Athletic Association in both 1998 and '99.

Garsys scored 20 goals, five assists in her last two seasons as a striker after playing both sweeper and stopper her first two collegiate years and was a two-time finalist for the prestigious WHAM Local College Sportswoman of the Year award.

A 2003 graduate of the University of Rochester, Garsys served as an assistant coach at her alma mater under the tutelage of head coach Terry Gurnett following a year of playing club soccer for University College Dublin in Ireland. The Rush-Henrietta High School graduate has further honed her coaching skills with the Rochester Jr. Rhinos and Olympic Development Program.

In addition, Garsys played six years in the Empire State Games with the Western open team from 1996-2001, winning four gold and one bronze medal and was as a member of the Rochester Ravens W-League team in 2000-01.

"I am honored to be selected as a head coach at a fine academic institution like Geneseo," explained Garsys. "Joining this team of wonderful student-athletes is extremely exciting."

Mar 26, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Defeats Ithaca
Women's Lacrosse Grounds Elmira Eagles

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked #22 by the USILA, travelled to Ithaca this afternoon and won a 13-8 decision over the #24 Bombers. The Knights used a 3-0 second quarter advantage to take a 7-2 intermission lead and never looked back. Ithaca scored the last two goals of the third and first two of the final period to draw within three goals at 10-7, but the Knights answered three times over a four minute span to seal the win. Geneseo's Brian Orlowski scored three goals, one assist to pace the attack, while junior Pat Riehlman and sophomore Owahn Bazydlo each collected three scores. Senior Chris Kelley handed out two helpers and single goals were scored by Chris Stock, Jack Ryerson, Aaron Giffin and Jake Bebee. Sophomore Tim Garback stopped eight shots to post the win in nets as Geneseo moves to 4-2 on the season.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Elmira this afternoon and grabbed a 20-7 win over the Soaring Eagles. Senior Lauren Chatterton netted seven goals, one assist to lead the attack and has 15 goals in two games this season. Chatterton is Geneseo's all-time leading goal scorer with 121 and stands second in career points with 170. First year Shauna Leonard scored five goals, sophomore Megan Hilts added four goals and junior Melody Kuzniar contributed three goals, one helper. Senior Liz Ryan added one goal and netminder Jess Pausewang stopped five shots. The Knights are now 2-0 on the season.

Mar 23, 2005

Winter Athletic Cup Standings

Knights Stand First in SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup
Geneseo Seventh Nationally in Sports Academy Cup

Winter Athletic Cup Standings
The SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights have risen to the top of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Commissioner's Cup standings with 129.50 points to Cortland's 127.25 points through the winter season. Geneseo picked up the maximum 11 points for championships in men's swimming and diving and women's and men's indoor track and field. The men's ice hockey team garnered 10.5 points (averaging 11 for the SUNYAC tournament title and 10 for the second place regular season finish), while the women's swimming and diving team grabbed 10 points for second place at the SUNYAC meet. Cortland has won seven of the eight Commissioner's Cup competitions with Geneseo claiming the title in 2002-03.

In the Sports Academy Cup sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and USA Today, Geneseo has risen to seventh in the country in the contest that rewards points for finishes in the NCAA Division III National Championships. Geneseo has amassed 304 points and is one of just three New York State schools listed in the top 20. Cortland is currently 13th and Ithaca stands 18th. The winter standings released included Geneseo sponsored sports of men's and women's track and field and women's swimming and diving and non-sponsored sports of men's wrestling, rifle and skiing. The standings will be updated upon the completion of basketball, ice hockey and men's swimming and diving.

Mar 22, 2005

Monday's Contest Summary

Women's Lacrosse Wins Opener
Chatterton Sets Record

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team opened their season at RIT today and scored 14 straight goals at one point in the game on the way to a 20-2 win. Senior Lauren Chatterton broke her own school record with eight goals to lead the attack and sophomore Megan Hilts added five goals, one assist. Chatterton scored two of the Knights first three goals before the Tigers made the game 3-1 with 19:39 left in the first. Geneseo scored the last eight goals of the first half and got six more in the second to break the game open. First year Shauna Leonard scored three goals, two helpers , Quinn Harvey had a goal and two assists, Melody Kuzniar added two goals and Amy Glover contributed a goal and an assist. Geneseo's Jess Pausewang made six saves and allowed two goals in 53:38 and Katie Goldacker went untested in her 6:22 of play.

Mar 20, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Men's Lacrosse Trips Conn. College

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team completed the Colorado College round robin by grabbing a dramatic 6-5 come-from-behind win over Connecticut College this afternoon. The Knights led 2-1 at the intermission but saw Connecticut score three times in the third quarter for a 4-3 lead. Geneseo's Owahn Bazydlo scored a man-up goal with just 1:09 left in the period to even the game at four after three periods. The Knights trailed 5-4 after a goal at 7:36, but junior Pat Riehlman scored a pair of unassisted goals, one with 4:45 left and one with just 26 ticks remaining to give the Knights the win. Sophomore Brian Orlowski had a goal and an assist, while Aaron Giffin and Jack Ryerson each collected one goal. Sophomore Tim Garback made 11 saves as the Knights move to 3-2 on the season.

Mar 20, 2005

Softball at East Coast Classic

Knights Go 2-3 on Friday and Saturday

Women's Softball
The women's softball team continued their spring trip by participating in the East Coast Classic at Salem, Virginia on Friday and Saturday. In Friday's games, Geneseo posted a 1-2 record, defeating Averett College after falling to Salisbury and Marietta. In the opener, the unbeaten Sea Gulls scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the 11th inning to post a 3-1 win. After seven scoreless innings, the teams moved into the tiebreaker format and Salisbury took a 1-0 lead in the eighth on an RBI single. Geneseo countered when Cat Pratico sacrificed the placed runner Diana Meskill to third and Laura Skalaski hit a sacrifice fly. After two more scoreless innings, Salisbury got two runs on one hit and an error. The Knights had no hits in the 11 innings, but Audrey Kuhn held the Sea Gulls to just four hits and no earned runs while striking out nine in going the distance. In the second game, junior Michele Wilson was tapped for six runs in the 1 2/3 innings as Geneseo dropped a 6-2 decision to Marietta. Kuhn hit a two run homer in the fourth inning and sophomore Melissa Mason was 2 for 3 with a run scored for the Knights. Sophomore Amanda Johanning pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed just two hits with three strikeouts in relief. In the last game of the day, Geneseo got a three hitter from Johanning with five strikeouts in a 2-0 win over Averett. Geneseo got a run in the first inning on a leadoff double by Mason and an RBI single from Sonia Luchanko and a run in the third inning on a single by Luchanki and an RBI double by Kuhn. On Saturday, the Knights lost a tough 1-0 decision to Capital in eight innings. Kuhn pitched 7 2/3 innings, striking out nine and allowing just four hits and the unearned run. Junior Lauren Zefting went 2 for 3 at the plate. In the finale, Geneseo jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held on for a 6-5 win over Meredith. The Knights scored two runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth to open the lead. Geneseo is now 4-5 to open the season.

Mar 18, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Falls to Colorado College

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Colorado College as part of their spring trip and dropped a tough 11-8 decision. In near blizzard conditions, Geneseo could not shake a slow start as they trailed 2-0 after one and 5-1 at the intermission. In the third quarter, Geneseo scored three goals to the Tigers one and scored two goals midway through the fourth to draw within one score at 8-7. The Tigers ripped off three straight from 3:49 to 0:11 to seal the win. First year Mike Pizzuto scored three times, senior Chris Stock and junior Pat Riehlman added two goals, one assist, senior Chris Kelley handed out three helpers and junior Jack Ryerson netted one goal. Sophomore Tim Garback made six saves in taking the loss. The Knights fall to 2-2 on the year.

Mar 18, 2005

Walker Earns All-American Honors

Netminder Becomes Geneseo's Sixth Hockey AA
College All-American Total Raised to 88

Men's Ice Hockey
Geneseo senior netminder Brett Walker was named Second Team East All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association on Thursday night, becoming just the sixth hockey player and 88th student-athlete at Geneseo to earn national recognition. Walker, who posted a 14-4-2 record with a stingy 2.70 goals against average and a .912 save percentage in leading Geneseo to their second ever SUNYAC championship and second berth in the NCAA Division III championships. Walker joins first team goalie Lou Germain (1990), first team forward Chris Smith (1990), second team defenseman Sean Cascio (1990), first team forward Glen Mazurowski (1991) and second team goalie Mark Breeden (1998, 1999) as Geneseo hockey All-Americans.

Mar 17, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Softball Splits with Bridgewater

Women's Softball
The women's softball team continued their road swing in Virginia by splitting a doubleheader with Bridgewater (VA) on Wednesday. In the opener, Geneseo dropped a 2-1 decision on an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning. After allowing a run in the top of the first, Geneseo tied the game in the fifth inning on Christina Marinucci's walk, a sacrifice by Cat Pratico, a groundout and a run scoring single by Melissa Mason which scored pinch runner Diana Meskill. The Knights were held to just three hits and sophomore Audrey Kuhn took the tough luck loss on the mound by allowing just four hits and striking out eight. In the nightcap, Geneseo bounced back with a 5-2 win as sophomore Amanda Johanning tossed a complete game, nine-hit win with four strikeouts. Geneseo trailed 2-0 heading to the sixth when Mason reached on an error and scored on Sonia Luchanko's double. After a groundout, Keaghan Reed singled home Luchanko and advanced to third on an error. Pinch hitter Jodi Guilboard singled home Reed for the third run of the stanza. The Knights added a pair of runs in the final inning when Lauren Zefting singled, moved to second on Mason's single and both runners scored on a Kuhn two-run double. Geneseo moves to 2-2 on the season with the split.

Mar 15, 2005

Monday's Contest Summary

Softball Splits Season Opener

Women's Softball
The women's softball team opened their 2005 season with a doubleheader split at Roanoke on Monday. In the opener, sophomore All-American Audrey Kuhn picked up where she left off last season with a complete game, four-hit, 4-0 shutout win. Junior Cat Pratico went 1-3 with three RBI to lead the offense, with Keaghan Reed, Kuhn and Melissa Mason each contributing one hit. In the nightcap, Geneseo fell by a 5-2 score. Kuhn and junior Jodi Guilboard each went 1 for 3 with an RBI and sophomore Amanda Johanning pitched six innings and allowed 12 hits and the five earned runs. Geneseo is now 1-1 and continues their southern swing at Bridgewater on Wednesday.

Mar 12, 2005

NCAA Men's Ice Hockey

Trinity Advances to Semifinals, 4-0

NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey
The Trinity Bantams (21-3-2) advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals tonight with a 4-0 victory over the Geneseo Ice Knights (18-7-4) in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena in Geneseo, N.Y.

The Bantams opened the scoring at 10:48 of the first period when Thomas Wenstrom scored his fourth goal of the season from the blue line that caught the inside of the post, with Kevin Hathaway and John Halverson picking up the helpers.

The game remained 1-0 at the second intermission, before the Bantams took advantage of a man advantage with a power play goal by Bryan Crabtree just six seconds into the final period. Crabtree's 11th of the season came just after the opening faceoff from the high slot with the assist going to Adam Ladd.

Trinity's third goal came at the 16:00 mark as Richard Masucci picked up a loose puck in front and tucked it home with Matthew Rafuse and Daniel Maturi assisting.

Geneseo pulled goaltender Brett Walker with 2:50 remaining, put pressure on the Bantam defense, but could not score on senior goaltender Doug Kisielius, who posted his first shutout of the season with 32 saves.

Crabtree scored an empty netter at 19:07 to complete the scoring with Ladd getting an assist as the Bantams outshot the Ice Knights by a count of 35-32.

Walker stopped 31 shots and allowed three goals in 58 minutes in taking the loss for Geneseo.

Mar 12, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Track & Field at NCAAs
DePrez, Scott, Nolan Earn All-American
Men's Lax Falls to Golden Flyers

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to the 2005 NCAA Division III national meet and saw junior Kim DePrez become an All-American for the fourth time with a second place finish in the high jump (1.72 meters). DePrez was the 2003 Indoor and Outdoor National Champion in the event, along with earning national honors in the 2004 outdoor meet. First year Amanda Haney, who qualified for the national meet in just two competitions since finishing basketball season, was 10th in the high jump with a leap of 1.61 meters. Junior Marta Scott earned her All-American honors for the second indoor year in a row by finishing fifth in the mile run in 4:56.29 and first year Meghan Nolan became the college's 87th All-American by finishing seventh place in the same event in 4:59.12. Senior Renne Catalano finished 11th in the 5000 meters in 18:06.90. The Knights finished seventh in team scoring with 19 points for the competition.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team had the second of two qualifiers compete in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships on Saturday as junior Matt Kuenzel finished 11th in the shot put with a toss of 15.20 meters in his first visit to the national meet.

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Nazareth College this afternoon to take on the nationally ranked Golden Flyers and dropped a tough 15-10 decision. Nazareth erupted for seven goals in the second quarter to take a 10-4 intermission lead, but the Knights scored the only three goals of the third period and the first two scores of the fourth to make it 10-9 with 13 minutes left. Nazareth scored four goals in a two minute span to break the game open and take control, 14-9 with 10:15 remaining. Senior Chris Stock had six points on two goals, four assists to lead the attack and sophomore Owahn Bazydlo netted three goals for Geneseo. Geneseo's Chris Kelley and Mike Pizzuto each scored a goal and an assist, while single tallies were made by Pat Riehlman, Aaron Giffin and Brian Orlowski. Sophomore Tim Garback made 10 saves in taking the loss as the Knights fall to 2-1.

Mar 11, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Turner Becomes Four-time All-American
Distance Medley Relay Earns All-American
Scott, Nolan Qualify for Mile Finals

Men's Indoor Track & Field
Senior Ted Turner earned his fourth All-American award by racing to fourth place in the 5000 meters in a time of 14:37.73 at the 2005 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships at Illinois Wesleyan tonight. Turner finished just .07 from third place and added the All-American honors to his 2003 and 2004 cross country honors and his 2004 outdoor 5000 meter award. Junior Matt Kuenzel will compete in the shot put competition on Saturday.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team had two individuals and the Distance Medley Relay compete in day one of the 2005 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships tonight at Illinois Wesleyan. In the Distance Medley Relay finals on Friday night, the foursome of Fran Magri, Christy Finke, Emily Howland and Marta Scott earned All-American honors for Geneseo when they finished fourth in a time of 11:58.21. Magri, Finke and Howland become the 84th, 85th and 86th Geneseo student-athletes to earn All-American, joining relaymate Scott, who was the 76th in last year's indoor competition.

Friday's events included the the mile run preliminaries, where Scott and first year Meghan Nolan each moved into Saturday's final by finishing second in 5:02.26 and fourth in 5:02.48, respectively, in heat two.

In addition to Scott and Nolan on Saturday, senior Renne Catalano will run the 5000 meters, while junior Kim DePrez and first year Amanda Haney will participate in the high jump.

Mar 11, 2005

Ice Knights NCAA Hockey Preview

Geneseo To Skate Against Trinity in Quarterfinal
Game Broadcast on 89.3 WGSU-FM
Tickets Still Available

Men's Ice Hockey
The SUNY Geneseo Ice Knights (18-6-4) will faceoff against the Trinity (CT) Bantams (20-3-2) on Saturday at 7 pm in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena in Geneseo, NY. The game will be broadcast by SUNY Geneseo student radio station, 89.3 WGSU-FM, and webcast at www.geneseo.edu/~wgsu with play-by-play man Craig Weissman and color commentator Jeff Phelps.

The Ice Knights and Bantams each make their second appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament, with Geneseo dropping a first round game to Babson in 1990 and Trinity falling to Norwich in a 2003 quarterfinal.

Each team has a standout senior goaltender in Brett Walker for Geneseo and Douglas Kisielius for Trinity. Walker boasts a 14-3-2 record, 2.68 goals against average and a .912 save percentage, while Kisielius counters with a 15-3-2 record, 2.73 GAA and .915 save percentage.

On offense, Geneseo has 10 players with 20 or more points led by sophomore Mitch Stephens (15 goals, 25 assists for 40 points), senior Jason Kuczmanski (15-24-39) and sophomore Mike MacDonald (20-14-34). Trinity senior Joseph Ori (11-29-40), junior Cameron Finch (23-15-38) and freshman Daniel Maturi (14-19-33) headline seven players with 20 or more points.

Both squads put a premium on special teams as the Bantams stand eighth in NCAA Division III in combined special situations, ranking second on the power play (28.2%) and 35th in penalty kill (81.4%), while Geneseo is 12th on the combined list, #5 on the power play (25.2%) and 10th on the penalty kill (86.8%).

Advance sale tickets for the contest are still available and can be reserved on a "will call" basis by calling the SUNY Geneseo Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation at 585-245-5344 until 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for students/children.

Mar 10, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summary

Men's Lacrosse Grounds Soaring Eagles

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Alfred University this afternoon and won a 11-9 decision over the Elmira Soaring Eagles by scoring six times in the fourth period. The Knights trailed 3-0 after one quarter, 4-2 at the intermission and 7-5 after three periods before erupting for six straight goals in the final stanza to take an 11-7 lead. First year Mike Pizzuto made the most of his first collegiate start by scoring a goal and two assists, including gaining the helper on the first two scores of the fourth period. Junior Brian Orlowski led the offense with three goals, one assist, including netting the final two goals for the Knights at 6:04 and 4:40 of the fourth. The Eagles added a pair of man-up goals down the stretch to make the final. Junior Pat Riehlman added two goals, one assist, sophomore Owahn Bazydlo netted a goal and two assists and senior midfielders Aaron Giffin and Chris Stock each scored a goal for the Knights. Sophomore Tim Garback made eight saves in posting the win. Geneseo advances to 2-0 on the year.

Mar 09, 2005

Men's Lacrosse Postponed

Elmira Contest Date/Location Change

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse game scheduled for this afternoon against Elmira College at Corning East High School has been postponed due to the weather conditions.

The game has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 10 at Alfred University at 1:45 pm, improved weather conditions permitting.

Check back to knights.geneseo.edu for further updates.

Mar 09, 2005

Knights Lead Commissioner's Cup after Winter Season

Indoor Track, Swimming, Hockey Propel Geneseo to Lead

SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup Standings
The Geneseo Knights took the lead over SUNY Cortland in the SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup standings after the completion of the conference winter season with an average of 9.25 points per sport to the Red Dragons 9.09. Geneseo has totaled 129.5 points in the 14 sports to date, while Cortland has 127.25 in the annual award given out for best overall SUNYAC sport finishes.

An 11 point system for both regular season and playoffs is used with the top team in the conference awarded 11 points, second place 10 points, etc. The total points are then divided by the number of sports the school participates in to arrive at the average per sport.

In the winter season, Geneseo earned the maximum 11 points for women's and men indoor track and field and men's swimming and diving championships, while the men's ice hockey team generated 10.5 points (11 points for the playoff win and 10 points for the regular season second place finish for the 10.5 average).

In addition, the women's swimming and diving team earned 10 points for being runnerup and the women's and men's basketball teams each collected 5.75 points (6 points for regular season finish and 5.5 for the playoffs).

The competition will finish in the spring season with the SUNYAC sponsoring women's and men's lacrosse, women's and men's outdoor track and field, women's softball and men's baseball.

Geneseo won the SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup in 2002-03 and has finished second six times in the eight years of the competition.

Mar 08, 2005

NCAA Division III Hockey Ticket Info

Ice Knights host Trinity (CT) on Saturday

2005 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championships
The Geneseo Ice Knights will host the Trinity (CT) Bantams on Saturday, March 12 at 7 pm in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena in a quarterfinal game with the winner earning a berth in the national semifinals.

Tickets for the event are $5 for adults and $3 for students/children and can be obtained by visiting the main office of the SUNY Geneseo Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation in the Merritt Athletic Center in person or reserving your ticket on a "will call" basis by phoning 585-245-5344 between the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM from Tuesday, March 8 through Friday, March 11.

Mar 07, 2005

10 Qualify for Indoor Track & Field Nationals

Eight From Championship Women's Team
Two Men to Participate

Indoor Track & Field
Ten members of the women's and men's indoor track and field team have been selected to participate in the 2005 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships to be hosted by Illinois Wesleyan on Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12.

The women's team will have eight representatives to the national meet. The team was the first in school history to win the SUNYAC, NYSCTC and ECAC team titles in the same year. 2003 two-time National Champion and three-time All-American Kim DePrez will lead the Knights by participating in the high jump along with first year Amanda Haney.

Other qualifiers include All-Americans Renne Catalano (5000 meters) and Marta Scott (1500 and DMR), juniors Fran Magri (DMR) and Emily Howland (DMR), sophomore Christy Finke (DMR) and first year Meghan Nolan (1500).

On the men's side, three-time All-American Ted Turner returns to the national competition in the 5000 meters, with junior Matt Kuenzel participating for the first time in the shot put.

Mar 06, 2005

Ice Knights to Host NCAA Quarterfinal!

Geneseo Tabbed to Host Trinity (CT)
Ticket Information to Come

NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championships
The NCAA announced the field and pairings for the 2005 NCAA Division III National Championships and the Geneseo Ice Knights (18-6-4), fresh off their SUNYAC Championship, will host Trinity, Connecticut (20-3-2) in a quarterfinal match on Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 7:00 pm in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena.

Information regarding tickets will be posted on Monday at knights.geneseo.edu.

St. Thomas, Minnesota (17-5-5) will face St. John's, Minnesota (23-2-2) in the play-in round on Wednesday, March 9 with the winner travelling to top seed St. Norbert (24-2-3) on Saturday. The other quarterfinals scheduled for Saturday include Middlebury (20-4-3) hosting Curry (19-5-3) and New England College (17-11-0) travelling to Manhattanville (21-3-1).

The site of the semifinals and championship game will be determined following the quarterfinals. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, March 18 with the St. Norbert/St. Thomas/St. John's winner scheduled to face the Geneseo/Trinity winner with the Middlebury/Curry winner taking on the New England College/Manhattanville victor.

The championship game will take place on Saturday, March 19 at 7:00 pm.

Mar 06, 2005

Weekend Equestrian Results

Knights at St. Lawrence on Saturday
Geneseo at Cazenovia on Sunday

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to St. Lawrence on Saturday and to Cazenovia on Sunday and had five individuals qualify for regionals. Geneseo's Leslie Miller and Nicole Santillo qualified over fences and Shana Page, Emma Boyer and Kim Parker will participate on the flat. In Saturday's competition, the Knights placed three riders in first place in Miller over fences and Page and Parker on the flat. Geneseo's Anne Haggarty was second over fences and Santillo was second on the flat. In Sunday's competition, Parker and Holly Skuce were second place on the flat, while third place performances were turned in by Haggarty and Jennie O'Brien over fences and Alicia Thomas on the flat.

Mar 05, 2005

Ice Knights Win SUNYAC Title!

Geneseo Skates Past Plattsburgh into NCAAs
Walker Named Tournament MVP

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Plattsburgh Cardinals in game two of the SUNYAC Championship Series and won the championship for just the second time in school history with a dramatic 5-4 come from behind overtime win. Tournament Most Valuable Player Brett Walker made 33 saves in goal to carry the Ice Knights to the automatic berth in the NCAA Division III tournament. The Ice Knights first won the title in the 1986 season.

Geneseo had five different players score, including Michel Bond's game winner 3:28 into the overtime on the power play. Bond picked up a loose puck after Mitch Stephens' slap shot sailed wide and dumped it into the open side of the net for the championship clinching goal.

The Cardinals jumped on the Ice Knights as Justin Rafferty scored from All-Tournament selection Ryan Busby and Paul Kelly just 23 seconds into the contest. Geneseo answered just 1:24 later when Dan Schofield scored from Mat Cyr. The game remained 1-1 at the first intermission.

Plattsburgh took a 3-1 lead in the second period on a goal by Kelly from Rafferty and Busby at 3:33 and a power play score at 18:28 as All-Tournament pick Bryan North scored from Justin Joy and Busby. The Ice Knights got back to within a goal at the second intermission when All-Tournament selection Mike MacDonald netted his 20th of the year on the power play from All-Tournament pick Matt English and Bond as the puck crossed with just three seconds left in the period.

In the third, English scored from Trent Cassan just 1:36 into the period to even the game at three, but the Cardinals regained the lead at 4-3 when Jordan Smith scored from North and Rick Janco at 5:13. Senior All-Tournament selection Jason Kuczmanski got his 15th of the season and team high fifth of the playoffs at 8:54 of the third from Chris Tarr and Brett Bestwick to set the stage for Bond's heroics.

Geneseo advances to 18-6-4 on the year, while the Cardinals fall to 18-13-0. The Ice Knights await Sunday's announcement of the 2005 NCAA Division III tournament brackets.

2005 SUNYAC Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Team
Most Valuable Player-Brett Walker, G, Geneseo
All-Tournament-Jason Kuczmanski, F, Geneseo
All-Tournament-Mike MacDonald, F, Geneseo
All-Tournament-Matt English, D, Geneseo
All-Tournament-Ryan Busby, F, Plattsburgh
All-Tournament-Bryan North, D, Plattsburgh

Mar 05, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summary

Women's Indoor Captures ECAC Title!
Men's Lacrosse Wins Opener
Men's Indoor Finishes Eighth

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to St. Lawrence this afternoon for the ECAC Championships and won the team title for the second consecutive year by scoring 118 points to runnerup College of New Jersey's 81. The Knights had three individual winners, two relay winners and three individual second place finishes in the two day competition. Junior Fran Magri ran to another big weekend as she won the 1000 meters in 3:03.15, teamed with Emily Howland, Christy Finke and Marta Scott to win the Distance Medley Relay in an NCAA provisional time of 11:57.28 and ran with Scott, Meghan Nolan and Finke to a Newell Fieldhouse record time of 9:28.64. Other individual winners were Scott in the 1500 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 4:38.79 and first year Amanda Haney, who leaped an NCAA provisional 1.67 meters to win the high jump. Runnerup finishes were posted by Sally Briggs in the 3000 meters (10:30.15), Nolan in the 1500 in an NCAA provisional time of 4:40.37 and senior Renne Catalano in the 5000 meters (18:01.41). The Knights will await word on their NCAA provisional results for next weekend's national championships.

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Hobart College for their season opener today and won a 16-1 decision over Wooster (OH). The Knights broke a 5-1 intermission game open with nine goals in the third quarter, three of which came in the first 1:40 of the period and four more over a two minute span later the stanza. Geneseo's Brian Orlowski led the attack with four goals and Jack Ryerson added two goals, two assists. Junior Pat Riehlman, senior Chris Stock and senior Dan Sheehan each added a pair of goals. Sophomore Tim Garback made 14 saves and allowed one goal in 57 minutes of action to post the win in nets and junior Josh Jaufmann was untested in his three minutes of play. The Knights received a goal and an assist from Aaron Giffin, Owahn Bazydlo and Chris Kelley.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to the ECAC Championships at St. Lawrence University and finished in eighth place with 31 points. Junior Matt Kuenzel highlighted the competition for the Knights as one of two winners by posting a Newell Fieldhouse and school record toss of 16.63 meters in the shot put, shattering his own mark of 15.84 meters. Senior Ted Turner won the 5000 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 14:42.68, while junior Zach Maskin placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 13.71 meters and Ross Hunkovic was fourth in the 1500 meters in 4:00.99.

Mar 04, 2005

Ice Knights Win SUNYAC Opener

Cassan, MacDonald, Stephens Lead Offense
Walker Posts Win

Men's Ice Hockey
The second seeded men's ice hockey team (17-6-4) hosted #4 Plattsburgh (18-12-0) in the opening game of the 2005 SUNYAC Championship series and skated to a 5-2 win over the Cardinals behind the offense of the Trent Cassan, Mike MacDonald, Mitch Stephens line and the goaltending of Brett Walker. Geneseo opened the scoring at 6:41 of the first when sophomore Brett Bestwick took a crossing pass from senior Chris Tarr on the power play with junior Nick Onody picking up an assist. The Cardinals evened the score at 12:57 of the first when Conor McDonough scored in the slot on assists from Anthony Lecesse and TJ Cooper to make it 1-1 at the first intermission.

The Cardinals, who outshot Geneseo 36-22 on the game, took a 2-1 lead at 2:15 of the second when Ben Kemp scored from Bryant Wilson and Bryan North. Geneseo then began their string of four straight goals as Cassan scored from Stephens and MacDonald on the man advantage at 6:34 to tie the score at the second intermission.

Geneseo struck early in the third stanza with their third power play goal as Jason Kuczmanski scored his 14th of the year from Bestwick and Tarr at 1:33 to take a 3-2 lead. The Ice Knights stretched the lead to 4-2 on MacDonald's shot in the slot off a nice feed from behind the goal from Stephens at 10:17. Cassan completed the scoring at 19:24 with an empty net goal from MacDonald.

Walker made 34 shots to post the win in goal as the Ice Knights held the Cardinals to 0-3 on the power play, while going three for seven with the man advantage. Junior Craig Neilson stopped 17 shots and allowed four goals in 59:04 for the Cardinals.

Game two of the three point series with be held tomorrow, Saturday, March 5 at 7 pm in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. If Geneseo wins or ties in Saturday's contest, they will be declared the SUNYAC champions. Plattsburgh needs to win Saturday's game to force a third and deciding game on Sunday, March 6 in Geneseo at 2 pm.

Mar 02, 2005

Men's Lacrosse Site Changed for Opener

Contest Moved to Hobart

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team will take on Wooster (OH) in their season opener on Saturday, March 5. The game will be played at Hobart College at 4:15 pm. The game was originally scheduled for 1:00 pm at Liverpool High School, but was moved due to field conditions. Please check knights.geneseo.edu for further weather related and field condition updates for this contest and all other spring sporting events as the season progresses.

Mar 02, 2005

NYSCTC Award Winners

Turner Named Runner of the Meet
Prevosti Garners Women's Coach of the Year

NYSCTC Indoor Track & Field
The New York State Collegiate Track Conference selected senior Ted Turner as the Runner of the Meet at the state championships on Saturday. Turner won the 3000 for the second time and the 5000 meters for the third year in a row in leading the Knights to a third place team finish.

On the women's side, first year head coach Dave Prevosti earned his second "Coach of the Year" award this season as he added the NYSCTC honor to his previous SUNYAC Women's Indoor Coach of the Year recognition.

Feb 28, 2005

Ice Knights Set to Host Plattsburgh

#2 Geneseo in First Final Since 1991
#4 Cardinals Set for 14th Straight Appearance
Ticket Prices

Men's Ice Hockey
The second seeded Geneseo men's ice hockey team will host the #4 Plattsburgh St. Cardinals in the SUNYAC Men's Ice Hockey Championship series on Friday and Saturday, March 4-5 in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. The series is a first to three points competition with two points awarded for a win and one point for a tie. If both teams have earned two points after Saturday's contest, a third and deciding game will be played on Sunday, March 6 at 2 pm.

The Ice Knights will appear in their first SUNYAC championship since 1991 and are playing for their second ever SUNYAC title, the first coming in 1986. Coincidentally, Plattsburgh makes their 14th straight appearance since missing out on the SUNYAC final in 1991. The Cardinals have won 17 SUNYAC titles since 1978, including two NCAA Division III National Championships.

SUNYAC Tournament Ticket prices for all games are as follows:

$2 for SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Plattsburgh students ONLY. Student ID required.
$3 for Children Under Age 18.
$5 for all others.

Feb 26, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Advance to SUNYAC Championship
Women's Indoor Wins States!
Men Finish Third at NYSCTC

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Fredonia tonight in game two of the SUNYAC semifinal series and won the series with a 5-1 victory over the Blue Devils. After a scoreless first period, the Ice Knights gained control with a pair of goals in the second and two more in the third to take a 4-0 lead. First year Mat Cyr got the Ice Knights on the board with an unassisted goal at 3:58 and Jon Schnepf scored his first of the season from Matt Caren and Jack Bullard at 6:29 for the two-goal second intermission lead. Senior Jason Kuczmanski took over the scoring in the early stages of the third period, netting his 12th of the year at 5:51 on the power play from Mike MacDonald and Matt English and his 13th at 9:41 from Brett Bestwick. The Devils added an extra man goal of their own at 12:44 to spoil Brett Walker's shutout bid, but junior Nick Onody scored just five seconds into a power play opportunity from Chris Tarr at 13:55 to make the 5-1 final. Walker stopped 28 shots in nets to lead the Knights to the SUNYAC championship series for the first time since the tournament expanded to a best of three final in 1993. The Ice Knights will host Plattsburgh on Friday and Saturday at 7 pm in a three point series, with an if necessary game on Sunday at 2 pm. Geneseo's last appearance in the tournament finale came in 1991, a 6-2 loss to Oswego, and the lone SUNYAC championship won by the Ice Knights was in 1986. Geneseo is now 16-6-4 on the season.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field travelled to RIT for day two of the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championships and won the team title with 221.5 points to outdistance Ithaca's 140. Four individuals captured titles on day two as junior Fran Magri won the 1000 meters (3:00.84) just ahead of teammate Meghan Nolan (3:00.85), senior Renne Catalano nosed out teammate Kristin Wayman in the 3000 meters (10:28.35 to 10:28.47), junior Marta Scott won the 1500 meters in 4:45.75 to edge Nolan's 4:45.88 and junior Mary Kosloski leaped to a win in the triple jump (11.26 m). Other top finishers for the Knights included Sue-Ann Dunn, who was second in the 55 meters in 7.61, sophomore Christy Finke, who was second in the 800 meters in 2:10.09 and sophomore Jamie Militello, who set a school record in the pole vault with a seventh place height of 2.90 meters.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to the NYSCTC championships at RIT for day two this afternoon and finished in third place with 103 points to champion Rensselaer's 139.5 and Rochester's 110. Senior Ted Turner and junior Zach Maskin each posted individual victories for Geneseo today as Turner (8:48.16) raced to a narrow win over teammate Jeff Beck, who was second with a time of 8:49.12 in the 3000 meters and Maskin jumped 13.82 meters in the triple jump. Other top performances included Paul Torres, who was third in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.00, Adam Streb was third in the 1000 (2:35.17) and Ross Hunkovic was third in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:06.54.

Feb 25, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Tie Fredonia in SUNYAC Opener
Track & Field at States

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Fredonia tonight in game one of the SUNYAC Tournament semifinals and played to a 3-3 draw in overtime. The winner of tomorrow's contest will advance to the tournament championship round. If the teams tie tomorrow night, a 20 minute minigame will be played to determine the advancing team. In tonight's action, Fredonia took a 1-0 lead at 1:40 of the second period on the power play after a tight-checking, scoreless first stanza. The Ice Knights evened the game just 34 ticks into the third period when senior Jason Kuczmanski scored on the power play on a backhander from Chris Tarr and Nick Onody. After the Blue Devils took the lead at 3:28, Tarr scored on the man advantage on a scramble in front with Kuczmanski and Mitch Stephens picking up the helpers. The Blue Devils waited just three minutes again in retaking the one goal lead at 7:48. The game remained 3-2 Fredonia until junior Michel Bond deflected a centering pass from Stephens on the power play at 19:39 with goaltender Brett Walker on the bench for an extra attacker. Kuczmanski assisted on the play as well. Neither team could score in the overtime session to set up tomorrow's winner take all contest. Walker made 27 saves in the game as the Ice Knights were outshot by a 30-24 margin. Geneseo is now 15-6-4 on the season.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to RIT for the first day of the New York State Collegiate Track Conference indoor championships and finished the first day of competition with a 55-41 lead over second place Ithaca. The Knights had two winners and two school record performances. Senior Renne Catalano won the 5000 meters in a time of 18:04.6 and the Distance Medley Relay team of Fran Magri, Emily Howland, Christy Finke and Marta Scott won in an NCAA provisional and school record time of 12:07.98. In addition, the 4X200 relay team of Krissy Wolcott, Lindsay Quist-Chaffee, Sue-Ann Dunn and Jessica Rockford placed fourth in a school record time of 1:49.14. The competition continues on Saturday.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to the NYSCTC championships at RIT on Friday and were in fifth place with 28 points after day one. In a tightly contested championship, Brockport is the leader after the first day with 40 points. Senior Ted Turner highlighted the first day with a win in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:40.54 and junior Matt Kuenzel placed third in the weight throw with a toss of 15.23 meters. The Knights continue with the meet on Saturday.

Feb 25, 2005

SUNYAC Announces Basketball All-Stars

Zera Named Player of the Year
Kitson Earns Rookie of the Year
Brown Garners Honorable Mention

Men's Basketball
The SUNYAC announced the 2005 All-Conference teams on Thursday night at the SUNYAC tournament dinner in Utica and senior Joe Zera headlined the award winners for the Knights. After averaging a SUNYAC best 23.1 points per game in conference play on 51% shooting from the floor, 43% from the arc and a SUNYAC best 86.7% from the line, Zera was named First Team All-SUNYAC and the conference's Player of the Year. Zera completed the season with an overall scoring average of 22.4 points per game and finished his career fifth all-time at the college in scoring with 1,339 points.

First year Tarik Kitson was named the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year after posting a 9.4 points per game average while grabbing 6.8 rebounds in conference play. Coming off the bench to begin the year, Kitson started 21 of 26 games and scored 8.1 points and six caroms on the season.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team had one representative on the All-SUNYAC team as senior Felisa Brown earned Honorable Mention status after leading the Knights with 11.0 points per game and a team high 28 three point field goals on the season.

Feb 23, 2005

Prevosti named Women's Indoor SUNYAC Coach of the Year

First Year Coach guides Knights to Championship

First year head coach, Dave Prevosti was named the Women's Indoor track and field SUNYAC Coach of the Year after guiding his team to a first place finish at the SUNYAC Championship. The Knights dominated the team competition as they registered over 100 points more than runnerup Cortland to earn their third straight SUNYAC indoor title. The Knights set three SUNYAC meet records as they had seven individual winners and a pair of winning relays. Prior to taking over the head coaching job, Prevosti spent three years as an assistant coach behind Mike Woods.

Feb 22, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoop Falls to Cortland in SUNYAC
Men's Season Ended in Overtime at Oswego

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to #3 Cortland for the quarterfinal round of the SUNYAC tournament as the sixth seed and dropped a tough 52-51 decision to the Red Dragons. Cortland used a 6-2 run to end the first half with a 29-25 lead after the game was tied 10 times in the first stanza. The game was tied three more times in the second half before Geneseo used a 6-2 run of their own to take a 45-41 lead with 6:22 left. The Red Dragons put the game away with a 7-0 run to lead 48-45 with 2:09 remaining. The Knights got a three point field goal from Laura Talbott with two ticks left to make the final. First year Amanda Haney made five of nine from the floor and four of six from the line for 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the offense. Senior Felisa Brown netted 11 points, five caroms and Talbott contributed nine points, nine rebounds, three assists, three steals. The Knights complete their season at 11-15.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to #3 Oswego for the quarterfinal round and saw the Lakers use a 11-0 run in overtime to go on to an 87-78 win. The Knights led 44-36 at the intermission, but the Lakers used a 19-10 run to open the second half to take their first lead of the second half at 55-54. With 10 minutes to play, the teams went on a dry spell with the score tied at 58, before a layup and three pointer by senior Joe Zera gave the Knights a 63-58 lead. Geneseo moved to a seven point advantage at 70-63 on sophomore Scott Sciera's jumper with 3:09 remaining, but a pair of Laker long range baskets sandwiched a jumper by Zera for a 72-69 Geneseo lead with 1:23 left. A steal on the inbounds and two subsequent free throws made it 72-71 and another steal and basket gave the Lakers a 73-72 lead with 38 seconds left. Sophomore Steve McDonnell made a steal on a full court press and was fouled with 8.7 seconds remaining. McDonnell made the first of two to tie the game at 73, but the Knights were whistled for a violation on the second attempt. Geneseo got another steal on the last possession, but could not get a game winning shot off. In the overtime, the teams traded baskets before the Lakers went on their game clinching run. Zera led the way with 28 points, Sciera added 16 points and sophomore Greg Spears collected 14 points, 12 rebounds. The Knights end their season with a record of 12-14.

Feb 22, 2005

Knights SUNYAC Basketball on the Web

Women Face #3 Cortland
Men Travel to #3 Oswego

SUNYAC Basketball
The women's and men's basketball teams begin play tonight in the quarterfinal round of the SUNYAC Basketball tournament and both teams can be heard on internet webcasts.

The #6 seeded women's team will travel to #3 Cortland for a 6 pm tipoff and the game can be heard live at www.bcmonsters.com.

The men, seeded sixth, will travel #3 Oswego for an 8 pm tipoff and the game can be heard live at www.oswego.edu/~wnyo.

Feb 19, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Defeats Brockport
Women Fall to Golden Eagles

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Brockport tonight and first year Tarik Kitson's layup in traffic with 33 seconds off a feed from sophomore Brian Bennett proved the winning bucket in an 82-78 win. Geneseo used a 15-0 run in the first half to erase an eight point deficit to take a 42-35 lead with 3:05 left on the way to leading 44-39 at the intermission. In a seesaw second half, Geneseo trailed by five at 72-67 with 4:49 left before a pair of three pointers by Joe Zera and Steve McDonnell gave the Knights a one point lead. Zera made seven of 13 shots from the floor and 10 of 13 from the line on his way to a game high 26 points. McDonnell and sophomore Greg Spears added 15 points apiece and Kitson contributed 10 points, eight rebounds. Bennett dished out 12 assists as the Knights raise their record to 12-13 overall and 9-7 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Brockport tonight and dropped a 76-55 decision. Geneseo never recovered from a 19-0 Brockport run to end the first half in trailing 40-20 at the intermission. Senior Patricia McGrath led the way with 14 points on five of six shooting from the field and four of four from the line. Junior Jackie Fertitta added nine points and senior Laura Talbott handed out six helpers. The Knights converted 17 of 18 from the line in the loss. Geneseo falls to 11-14 overall and 8-8 in SUNYAC.

Feb 19, 2005

SUNYAC Indoor Track & Field Championships

Knights Claim Women's and Men's Titles!
Women Third Straight Crown
Men Fourth Win in Five Years

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to the SUNYAC championships at Hobart College this afternoon and dominated the team competition with 250 points to runnerup Cortland's 142 for their third straight SUNYAC indoor title. The Knights had seven individual winners and a pair of winning relays, including setting three SUNYAC meet records. Junior Marta Scott had a huge day for Geneseo as she won the 800 meters in 2:22.57, the 1500 meters in 4:54.25 and anchored the winning 4X800 relay with Christy Finke, Meghan Nolan and Fran Magri to a SUNYAC meet record time of 9:34.24. Senior Renne Catalano was a double winner for Geneseo in taking the 3000 meters in 10:27.93 and the 5000 meters in 18:42.50 and junior Kim DePrez leaped a SUNYAC meet record and NCAA automatic qualifying height of 1.73 meters in winning the high jump. Other winners for Geneseo included junior Mary Kosloski in the triple jump in an NCAA provisional distance of 11.25 meters, Magri in the 1000 meters in 3:02.45 and the Distance Medley Relay team of Katrina Mackowiak, Jessica Rockford, Emily Hurley and Taryn Hand, in a SUNYAC meet record time of 12:52.64. In addition, second place finishes were turned in by Emily Howland in the 500 meters (1:18.41), Finke in the 800 meters (2:23.10), Nolan in the 1000 (3:02.83) and 1500 (4:58.26), Kristin Wayman in the 3000 meters (10:41.89) and 5000 meters (19:06.84) and Nicole Barzee in the shotput (11.96 meters).

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to Hobart College for the SUNYAC Indoor championships and nosed out Cortland, 164.50 to 159 by winning the last relay to take the team title. Geneseo had four winners and two champion relays to gain their fourth title in five seasons. Geneseo's Ted Turner led the charge with a pair of first place finishes in the 3000 meters (8:48.02) and 5000 meters (15:07.34). The meet clinching performance was turned in by the 4X800 relay team of Jim Tillapaugh, Adam Streb, Brad Johnson and Dan FitzGibbons, who won the race in a time of 8:06.45. Other winners for the Knights included Paul Torres in the 55 hurdles (8.02), FitzGibbons in the 800 meters (1:57.61) and the Distance Medley Relay team of Dan Moore, Scott Baron, Shane Zanetti and Eugene Peterson (10:49.50). In addition, junior Matt Kuenzel was second in the shot put in an NCAA provisional toss of 15.54 meters and was third in the weight throw (15.32 meters), while Zach Maskin was second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.91 meters.

Feb 18, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoops Defeat Devils
Men Top Fredonia

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted the Fredonia Blue Devils tonight and slipped past the Blue Devils by a score of 59-58 when Jessica Chambers cashed two free throws with four seconds left. The Blue Devils led by four points at the intermission and outscored the Knights 17-6 to open a 15 point lead at 44-29. Geneseo went on a 21-6 run to tie the game at 50 for the first time since 2-2 and added seven more points to Fredonia's two to take a 57-52 lead. The Blue Devils put together several defensive stops and a layup with 14 seconds left completed a 6-0 run and gave them a one point lead at 58-57. Geneseo's balanced attack was paced by Chambers, who had 12 points. Senior Patricia McGrath and first years Merrissa Wilson and Lydia Reed each added eight points for the Knights. Geneseo advances to 11-13 overall and 8-7 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Fredonia tonight and cruised to a 78-67 win after jumping out to an 11-0 lead to open the game. The Knights led by as many as 26 points in the second stanza before settling for the 11 point win. Senior Joe Zera, who scored a career high 37 against the Devils back in January, collected a game high 27 points on eight of 12 from the floor, three of four from the arc and eight of 10 from the line. Sophomore Steve McDonnell made seven of his eight shots from the field, three of four from the arc and all three free throws for 20 points and first year Tarik Kitson netted eight points, a team high six rebounds and five blocked shots. Zera moved past David Gross, '67 into fifth place in career scoring for Geneseo with 1,275 points. The Knights move to 11-13 overall and 8-7 in SUNYAC.

Feb 17, 2005

SUNYAC Announces Ice Hockey All-Stars

Ice Knights Place Three on Team

Men's Ice Hockey
The SUNYAC announced the 2005 Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference team on Thursday and three Geneseo players earned honors. After battling for first place all season and settling in as the number two seed for the playoffs after the final night of regular season competition, Geneseo received two second team choices and one honorable mention pick.

Senior Brett Walker posted a league best 10-1-1 record in goal with a 2.69 goals against and a .906 save percentage in conference games to earn Second Team All-SUNYAC. Junior defenseman Matt English joined Walker on the second team after scoring three goals, 14 assists from the blue line.

Senior Jason Kuczmanski topped the team in SUNYAC scoring with nine goals, 12 helpers on his way to Honorable Mention status.

Feb 16, 2005

SUNYAC Announces Swimming & Diving All-Stars

Nine Men, Six Women Earn Honors

SUNYAC Men's Swimming & Diving
The SUNYAC announced the All-Conference teams for men's swimming and diving and the Blue Wave placed nine representatives, including seven first team members and a pair of second team selections. Senior Dan Allen, juniors Josh Hinman, Mike Wiese and Evan Smith, sophomores Phil Szrama and James Kallio and first year Charlie Hake were named to the first team, while senior Dan Kelly and first year Chris Norton were second team choices.

SUNYAC Women's Swimming & Diving
The All-Conference teams in women's swimming and diving have been announced by the SUNYAC and Geneseo placed six representatives. Seniors Erin Walsh and Jenny Cocco earned first team consideration, with senior Katie DelloStritto, sophomores KC Monahan and Lindsey Fial and first year Justine Diaz garnering second team status.

Feb 15, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Basketball Teams Sweep Elmira

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Elmira tonight and won a 79-74 decision over the Soaring Eagles behind Patricia McGrath's career high 21 points. McGrath made six of nine from the floor and all nine of her free throws, while grabbing six rebounds. McGrath's effort overshadowed first year Amanda Haney's career best 15 points and eight caroms in support, while junior Jessica Chambers added 13 points, eight boards. First year Merrissa Wilson added 10 points off the bench, junior Jackie Fertitta handed out six assists and senior Laura Talbott contributed five rebounds, five assists. The Knights advance to 10-13 on the season.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team entertained the Elmira Soaring Eagles tonight and won a 66-59 victory behind sophomore Steve McDonnell's 18 points. McDonnell scored eight of his points in the last 50 seconds, including six straight free throws on his way to 8-8 from the line. The game was tied at 26 at the intermission and the seesaw game was decided for good on sophomore Brian Bennett's three pointer with 2:43 left gave Geneseo a 58-56 lead. Bennett netted six of eight from the floor and three of five from the arc to score a career high 15 points, while grabbing seven rebounds. Senior Joe Zera hit six of his 13 shots on the way to 13 points. Geneseo advances to 10-13 on the season.

Feb 15, 2005

Tonight's Basketball on WYSL

Knights Host Elmira

Women's and Men's Basketball
The women's and men's basketball games vs. Elmira tonight can be heard LIVE on WYSL 1040 AM out of Avon and the audio webcast can be found at www.wysl1040.com.

Listen in as Geneseo grad J.C. DeLass calls all the action from the Louise Kuhl Gymnasium with the women's game tipping off at 6 pm and the men following at 8 pm.

Feb 13, 2005

SUNYAC Swimming & Diving Championships

Men Win Title for Seventh Straight Time
Women's Streak Stopped at 15
Allen, Walsh, Dotterweich Earn Honors

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team dominated the field at the 2005 SUNYAC Swimming and Diving championships and won their seventh consecutive conference crown by outscoring second place Oswego by a score of 939-611. Geneseo added five more winners, one winning relay, two NCAA provisional times and a SUNYAC record in today's final day of competition. Senior Dan Allen won the 100 freestyle in a provisional time of 46.63 and teamed with John Zolna, Charlie Hake and Tim Stockton in the 400 freestyle relay in a SUNYAC record and provisional time of 3:07.61. Other winners included Mike Wiese in the 1650 free (16:58.73), Evan Smith in the 200 back (1:58.12), James Kallio in the 200 breast and Josh Hinman in the 200 fly (1:55.73). Allen was named the Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet and head coach Paul Dotterweich earned Coach of the Year Honors. Congratulations Blue Wave!

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team had their 15 year hold on the SUNYAC title snapped by Oswego with the Lakers finishing 77 points ahead of the Blue Wave, 718.50-641.50. Senior Jenny Cocco ripped a SUNYAC record and NCAA provisional time in the 200 breast (2:27.46) to highlight the final day for the women. Classmate Erin Walsh and first year Justine Diaz were second (17:53.77) and third (18:12.35) in the 1650 freestyle, while KC Monahan and Lindsey Fial took the same positions in the 200 fly in times of 2:13.10 and 2:15.47. Walsh was named the Grace Mowatt Award Winner for career SUNYAC accomplishment.

Feb 12, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Tie Potsdam
Women's Basketball Traps Bears
Men's Basketball Falls in Overtime

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Potsdam tonight and tied the Bears 4-4. An offensive explosion by the teams resulted in a 3-3 first intermission score. Geneseo's Trent Cassan opened the scoring from Jeff Mosher just 33 seconds in to the game. Potsdam scored three minutes later, but Mat Cyr scored from Matt English to reclaim the lead. After the Bears tied it again just two minutes later, the Ice Knights took their third one goal lead on Dan Schofield's power play goal from English and Mike MacDonald. Potsdam scored their man advantage goal with 6:51 left in the first. In the second period, Geneseo went up 4-3 on Chris Tarr's breakaway, but the Bears scored with 0:08 left to knot the game at four. In the third period both teams had several scoring opportunities, but were stonewalled by the goaltenders. The overtime session was especially fast and furious as the Bears pulled their goalie with 1:20 left in order to try and get the win and the fourth seed in next week's SUNYAC tournament and the right to host the first round. With the single point, Geneseo looks to have earned the second seed, a first round bye and the right to host a SUNYAC semifinal. Senior Brett Walker made 42 saves as the Knights are now 15-6-3 overall and 10-3-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Potsdam this afternoon and ran out to a 35-17 halftime lead on the way to a 71-47 victory. All 13 players in uniform scored for the Knights with senior Felisa Brown leading the way with 11 points. Classmate Patricia McGrath and first year Merrissa Wilson each collected nine points and senior Laura Talbott dished out 10 assists. First year Erin Roche and junior Sara DeVoe each went four of five from the floor for eight points. Geneseo raises their record to 9-13 overall and 7-7 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team dropped a tough 76-69 overtime loss to the first place Potsdam Bears this afternoon. The Knights trailed 31-29 at the intermission, but went on a 9-3 run in the final minutes to take a 59-56 lead with 0:15 seconds left. Sophomore Steve McDonnell's three point play with 2:36 remaining to get the run started and tie the score at 53. McDonnell cashed two free throws with 1:49 left to give the Knights a two point lead, but the Bears evened the game with a layup. Sophomore Nick Kelley and McDonnell each sunk a pair of charity tosses around a 1-2 from the line for Potsdam to give Geneseo a 59-56 lead with 15 ticks left. After another Bear layup with nine seconds left, senior Joe Zera went 1 of 2 from the line for a 60-58 advantage. Potsdam was fouled with six seconds left and made both free throws to send the game to overtime. In the extra session, the Bears opened with a 7-2 run, but a layup by sophomore Greg Spears and two free tosses by McDonnell cut the lead to 67-66. A two pointer by the Bears extended the lead to three, but Zera's long range shot tied the score again at 69 with 0:59 left. The Bears then hit the deciding three point basket with 27 seconds left and went four of four from the line to seal the win. McDonnell led the way with 20 points, Zera added 16 and Spears chipped in 13 points, eight rebounds. The Knights fall to 9-13 overall and 7-7 in SUNYAC.

Feb 12, 2005

SUNYAC Swimming & Diving

Men Extend Lead to 200 points after Day Two
Women Remain Second

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team continued with the SUNYAC championships on Friday and raced to an almost insurmountable lead with a 612-397 advantage over second place Oswego. Junior Josh Hinman had a big day in winning the 100 fly in 51.69, teaming with Phil Szrama, James Kallio and Charlie Hake to win the 200 medley relay in an NCAA provisional time of 1:35.53 and combining with Dan Allen, Dan Kelly and Mike Wiese to capture the 800 free relay in an NCAA provisional time of 6:58.86. Allen won the 200 freestyle in a provisional qualifying time of 1:42.82, Szrama added a win in the 100 back in 53.45 and Kallio was second in the 100 breast in a time of 59.23. The competition completes on Saturday as the Blue Wave tries to close out their seventh straight SUNYAC title.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team has their work cut out for them on the final day of competition on Saturday in the quest to win their 16th consecutive SUNYAC title. Following day two on Friday, Geneseo trailed Oswego 483.50 to 423.50, however, the team has faced similar deficits after two days in the past. Geneseo had no winners on Friday, but had three runnerups, two second place relays and two third places. Senior Jenny Cocco was second in the 100 breast in 1:09.11 and teamed with Katie DelloStritto, Lindsey Fial and Colleen Wayne in the 200 medley relay in an NCAA provisional time of 1:51.44. Senior Erin Walsh and sophomore KC Monahan were second (1:58.13) and third (1:58.35) in the 200 freestyle and Dellostritto and Justine Diaz placed the same in the 100 back with times of 1:01.32 and 1:01.77, respectively. In addition, the 800 free relay team of Diaz, Monahan, Maren McDonald and Walsh posted a time of 7:59.89.

Feb 12, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Beats Buzzer
Women's Basketball Defeats Plattsburgh
Ice Knights Tripped by Cardinals

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Plattsburgh on Friday and sophomore Steve McDonnell's layup with one second left on a feed from classmate Scott Sciera gave the Knights a dramatic 73-72 win. The Knights trailed 37-30 at the intermission despite Joe Zera scoring 20 of his game high 22 points in the first half. First year Tarik Kitson spearheaded the second half comeback with 13 of his 15 points as Geneseo outscored the Cardinals 20-4 in one stretch to turn a six point deficit into a nine point lead. After a Plattsburgh run tied the game at 67, Sciera scored four points around a Cardinal free throw, two from the line and two on a baseline jumper to give Geneseo a 71-68 lead with 26 seconds left. A rebound basket with 18 ticks left and a layup off a Geneseo turnover with 10 seconds left gave the Cardinals the 72-71 advantage and set the stage for McDonnell's heroics. Sciera scored nine points, including five of six from the line and McDonnell finished with 10. Geneseo advances to 9-12 overall and 7-6 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Plattsburgh and senior Patricia McGrath snapped a 55 all tie with a free throw with 1:42 remaining to give the Knights the win. First year Amanda Haney netted one of two with 1:01 left to seal Geneseo's 57-55 victory. The Knights led 28-27 at the half and the tightly contested game was tied six times in the second stanza. Sophomore Katy Irving led the way with 12 points, senior Felisa Brown scored nine points and classmate Laura Talbott dished out 10 assists as Geneseo raised their record to 8-13 overall and 6-7 in SUNYAC.

Men's Hockey
The men's hockey team travelled to Plattsburgh and the Cardinals skated to a 2-1 win over the #13 Ice Knights. After a scoreless first period, Plattsburgh scored at 1:53 of the second to take the lead. The Ice Knights tied the game less than three minutes later when Mitch Stephens skated in on goal and tucked the puck into the corner with Trent Cassan and Mike MacDonald picking up assists. Plattsburgh got the winner at 13:17 of the second period in a tight, defensive game. Senior netminder Brett Walker was spectacular in nets, stopping 33 shots as the Ice Knights were outshot 35-20 and held the Cardinals to 0-4 on the man advantage. Geneseo drops to 15-6-2 overall and 10-3 in SUNYAC. The Ice Knights will need a win vs. Potsdam on Saturday in the regular season finale to secure first place in the league.

Feb 11, 2005

SUNYAC Swimming & Diving

Men Lead after Day One
Women Stand Second
Full Results at SUNYAC.com

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team began competition at the SUNYAC Swimming and Diving championships today at Erie Community College in search of their seventh straight conference title and 12th of the last 16. The Blue Wave had three winners, two second place finishes and swept second through sixth place in the 500 freestyle to jump out to a 305-198 lead over second place Oswego. First year Charlie Hake dethroned senior teammate Dan Allen in the 50 freestyle to highlight the first day of competition with a time of 21.30 to 21.46. The pair teamed with junior Tim Stockton and first year John Zolna to win the 200 freestyle relay in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:24.67. In addition, sophomore James Kallio was second in the 200 IM in a time of 1:58.54, junior Mike Wiese led the onslaught in the 500 freestyle with a second place time of 4:46.90 and the 400 medley relay team of Phil Szrama, Kallio, Josh Hinman and Stockton were winners in 3:30.92. The competition continues on Friday and Saturday.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to Erie Community College today as the 15 time defending conference champion. The team got off to a slow second place start and trails first place Oswego by a score of 211.50 to 187.50 after day one. Senior Erin Walsh was the lone winner as she captured the 500 freestyle in a time of 5:10.17. The 200 freestyle relay team of Colleen Wayne, Lindsey Fial, Lindsay Swensen and Katie DelloStritto (1:42.25) and the 400 medley relay team of Justine Diaz, Jenny Cocco, Fial and Wayne (4:04.96) each finished in third place. Geneseo continues the quest on Friday and Saturday.

Full results and team standings after each night's events can be found at www.sunyac.com.

Feb 08, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Defeats Oswego
Women's Basketball Tripped by Lakers

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team outlasted the visiting Oswego Lakers tonight by a score of 73-70 as senior Joe Zera made four free throws in the final 17 seconds on his way to a school record 14-14 from the line and a game high 27 points to lead the Knights. Geneseo saw a 19 point first half lead dwindle to 15 at the intermission and 11 early in the second half at 43-32 with 17:58 remaining. After a 10-1 run gave Geneseo a 20 point lead at 53-33, the Lakers posted a 25-4 run to take their first lead of the game at 59-58 with 7:47 remaining. Oswego extended to a four point lead at 65-61 with 4:37 left, but Steve McDonnell netted a free throw with 4:05 left and a three pointer with 3:36 remaining to tie the game for the third time at 65. After the teams exchanged baskets, first year Tarik Kitson put the Knights ahead for good with a rebound bucket after a Zera missed three pointer. After Zera gave Geneseo a four point lead with 17 seconds remaining, Oswego cut the lead to one on a three pointer with 12 ticks left. Zera's final points came with nine seconds left and Oswego could not get their desperation three pointer to fall. Kitson finished with 16 points on seven of 10 shooting and seven rebounds, McDonnell added 11 points and sophomore Greg Spears was five of seven for 10 points as the Knights move to 8-12 overall and 6-6 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Oswego tonight and were tripped by the Lakers by a score of 55-52. Geneseo trailed at the half by a score of 27-23, but tied the game for the first of three times in the second half at 32 on a Laura Talbott jumper with 16:07 left. With the score tied for the final time at 39 with 10:40 remaining, Oswego went on a 7-0 run to open the lead. Geneseo battled back to within a point at 53-52 with 1:17 left on a three point basket by Brown. The Knights missed a pair of opportunities to take the lead as the Lakers missed a pair of free throws, but Oswego notched a pair of charity stripe shots with 13 seconds left to make the final. Brown tied a career high with 25 points by making 10 of 20 from the floor and four of eight from the arc to lead the attack. Junior Sara DeVoe added seven points, six rebounds and Jessica Chambers chipped in with six points and five caroms. Junior Jackie Fertitta contributed a game high nine rebounds and made three steals. The Knights fall to 7-13 overall and 5-7 in SUNYAC.

Feb 06, 2005

Weekend Indoor Track and Field

Distance at NYC Armory On Saturday
Knights at Syracuse on Sunday

NYC Armory Meet
The Knights posted four NCAA Division III provisional qualifying times at the NYC Armory meet on Saturday against some of the top schools in collegiate track and field. On the men's side, senior Ted Turner raced to a school record time of 14:37.91 in the 5000 meters. The women had three qualifying performances as junior Renne Catalano ran a 17:37.26 in the 5000 meters, junior Marta Scott raced to a 5:03.25 time in the mile run and the Distance Medley Relay team of Fran Magri, Emily Howland, Christy Finke and Scott finished in 12:10.05.

Syracuse Invitational
Geneseo sent several participants to the Syracuse University Invitational on Sunday. Junior Matt Kuenzel highlighted the men's performances as he snapped his own school record with a toss of 15.84 meters in the shot put to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Division III championships. In addition, Brad Johnson and Adam Streb finished second and third in the 1000 meter run with times of 2:35.55 and 2:36.11, respectively.

In women's action, junior Mary Kosloski qualified provisionally in the high jump with a leap of 1.65 meters in a second place finish and junior Sally Briggs crossed second in the 5000 meters in a time of 18:37.73.

Feb 05, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Skate Past Oswego
Basketball Sweeps SUNYIT

Men's Hockey
The men's hockey team hosted #8 Oswego tonight and skated to a dramatic 3-1 win over the Lakers, vaulting the Ice Knights into first place in the SUNYAC at 10-2. Geneseo grabbed a 1-0 lead at 12:37 of the first when junior Matt English wristed a shot from the slot on a 2 on 1 just under the crossbar. The Lakers evened the game at 5:37 of the second on the power play to make it 1-1 after two periods. In the third period, first year Trent Cassan's slap shot from the left faceoff circle netted his seventh of the year on the power play at 10:19 with Mitch Stephens picking up an assist. Sophomore Brett Bestwick added an empty net goal with 16 seconds left to seal the win. Senior Brett Walker remained unbeaten in SUNYAC play at 10-0 by making 24 saves. The Ice Knights advance to 15-5-2 on the season.

Women's Basketball
Geneseo hosted SUNYIT tonight and won a convincing 72-22 matchup. The Knights set a school record for least amount of points scored by an opponent, breaking the previous mark from Dec. 1994 against New Paltz (25). Geneseo led the entire game and never looked back as they coasted to a 38-13 halftime score. In the second half, the Knights set another school record for fewest points allowed in the second half as the Wildcats were held to only nine points. Senior Felisa Brown led Geneseo with 19 points on 8-14 from the floor, while junior Jessica Chambers chipped in with 11 points. Junior Sara DeVoe added seven points and five boards for the Knights. Geneseo improves to 7-12 on the season and 5-6 in SUNYAC play.

Men's Basketball
Geneseo played host to the SUNYIT Wildcats tonight and won 72-66. The Wildcats jumped out to a quick 16-4 lead but the Knights managed to fight back to within three to end the half at 34-31. SUNYIT came out strong in the second half and led by as many as 10 with 12 minutes remaining. Geneseo then went on a 13-3 run to tie the game at five minutes. The Knights took the lead for good on a pair of 3 pointers from seniors Joe Zera and David Muchnick at 3:52 and 3:09 to seal the win. Muchnick led Geneseo with a career high 18 points on 6-10 from the arc, while first year Tarik Kitson added a career high 16 points on 6-12 from the field. Zera chipped in with 16 points for the Knights. Geneseo advances to 7-12 on the season and 5-6 in the SUNYAC.

Feb 04, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Slay Red Dragons

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Cortland Red Dragons and skated to a 6-1 win. Sophomore Brett Bestwick scored the first of his two goals shorthanded at 8:08 of the second period to give Geneseo a 2-1 lead. Bestwick's second score came at 14:38 of the second and began a three goals in 1:40 barrage, breaking the game open and giving the Ice Knights a 5-1 lead. First year Trent Cassan scored at 8:26 of the first period on the power play from Michel Bond and Mitch Stephens for the only goal of the stanza. Cortland tied the score at 6:37 of the second before Bestwick gave the Knights a 3-1 lead. First year Mat Cyr scored 1:12 after Bestwick's second from Dan Schofield and junior Kris Heeres got his first of the season just 28 ticks later from Cyr and Schofield. Geneseo's Mike MacDonald scored his team high 18th with the man advantage from Schofield and Stephens at 17:15 of the third to complete the scoring. Senior Brett Walker stopped 26 shots to post the win in goal as he remained unbeaten in SUNYAC play at 9-0. Geneseo advances to 14-5-2 overall and 9-2 in SUNYAC.

Feb 01, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoop Falls to Brockport
Eagles Defeat Men

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Brockport tonight to face the first place Golden Eagles and fell by a score of 68-45. Brockport jumped out to a 32-21 halftime advantage and never looked back despite Geneseo grabbing an early 10-4 advantage. Junior Jackie Fertitta scored six of her team high eight points in the first half and Amanda Haney netted five of five from the free throw line on her way to seven points. Junior Sara DeVoe added six points and Erin Roche netted five points, six boards as the Knights were outrebounded by a 37-24 margin. The Knights fall to 6-12 overall and 4-6 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Brockport and dropped a tough 79-69 decision to the Golden Eagles. Geneseo led much of the first half before Brockport cashed two long shots in the final minutes to tie the score at 35 at the intermission. Senior Joe Zera led three double figure scorers with 19 points on six of 15 from the floor and five of six from the line. Sophomore Greg Spears netted 16 points and grabbed a team high seven rebounds, while sophomore Steve McDonnell added 10. Sophomore Brian Bennett contributed eight points on four of four shooting and added six boards, four steals. Geneseo falls to 6-12 overall and 4-6 in SUNYAC.

Feb 01, 2005

Tonight's Basketball on WYSL

Knights Travel to Brockport

Women's and Men's Basketball
The women's and men's basketball games at Brockport tonight can be heard LIVE on WYSL 1040 AM out of Avon and the audio webcast can be found at www.wysl1040.com.

Listen in as Geneseo grad J.C. DeLass calls all the action from the Tuttle North Gymnasium with the women's game tipping off at 6 pm and the men following at 8 pm.

Jan 29, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Trounce Bengals
Swimming & Diving Sweeps Oswego
Basketball Falls to Oneonta

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Buffalo St. tonight and skated to an 11-1 victory by scoring three goals in the first period and four each in the second and third. Sophomore Brett Bestwick scored a hat trick and senior Chris Tarr and sophomore Mitch Stephens each collected two goals, two assists. Senior Jason Kuczmanski and first year Trent Cassan each had three assists and other goals were scored by Matt English, Mike MacDonald, Jack Bullard and Steve Sankey. Senior Brett Walker made 19 saves and allowed one goal in 49 minutes and classmate Pete Fitzgerald stopped five shots in his 11 minutes of play. The Ice Knights advance to 8-2-0 in SUNYAC and 13-5-2 overall.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to Oswego today and grabbed a 123-100 win from the Lakers. Senior Dan Allen was a double winner in taking the 100 free in 48.54 and the 200 free in 1:45.44 to pace Geneseo. The Blue Wave had five other individual winners and one victorious relay as Max McArdle won the 1000 free in 10:37.95, Charlie Hake captured the 50 free (22.12), James Kallio crossed first in the 200 IM in 2:03.82, Mike Wiese won the 200 fly in 2:00.10 and Phil Szrama won the 200 back in 2:02.88. In addition, the 400 medley relay team of Szrama, Kallio, Josh Hinman and Tim Stockton were winners in 3:37.34. Geneseo completes their regular season with a record of 13-0.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team bounced back from a tough loss at Cortland on Tuesday with a 126-114 win at Oswego this afternoon. Senior Erin Walsh and junior Colleen Wayne were double winners for the Blue Wave this afternoon. Walsh won the 200 free (2:02.89) and 500 free (5:17.90), while Wayne sprinted to wins in the 50 free in 25.41 and 100 free in 55.49. Other winners for Geneseo included Lindsey Fial in the 200 IM (2:18.86), Sabrina Feldman in one meter diving with a score of 193.85 points, senior Katie DelloStritto in the 200 back in 2:17.62 and the 400 medley relay team of DelloStritto, Jenny Cocco, KC Monahan and Wayne (4:12.18). Geneseo completes their dual meet season with a record of 9-3.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Oneonta this afternoon and fell to the Red Dragons by a score of 65-55. The Knights led 30-29 at the intermission as senior Felisa Brown scored 12 of her team high 17 points and first year Amanda Haney netted 10 of her 12 points. The Red Dragons scored the first bucket of the second half to take the lead and Geneseo could only gain the advantage back once more in the stanza as Haney's layup gave the Knights a short-lived 38-37 lead with 11:50 remaining. Junior Jess Chambers chipped in with 11 points, six rebounds and senior Laura Talbott dished out five assists. The Knights made just eight of 15 free throw attempts, while the Red Dragons were 27-40 from the charity stripe. Geneseo falls to 6-11 overall and 4-5 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team dropped a 70-67 decision at Oneonta this afternoon. The Knights made six of eight from the arc in the first half on their way to a 12 point lead at 43-31, but netted just two of seven in the second stanza as their lead diminished. Senior Joe Zera topped the scoring charts again with 26 points on nine of 18 from the field, three of six from the arc and five of five from the line. First year Tarik Kitson made all six of his field goal attempts on the way to 13 points and he collected a game high 10 boards. Senior David Muchnick went four of five from long range in the first half to add 12 points as Geneseo falls to 6-11 overall and 4-5 in SUNYAC.

Jan 28, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Defeat #7 Fredonia
Women's Hoops Ground Hawks
Men Fall to New Paltz in Overtime

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Fredonia, ranked #7 in the USCHO.com poll, and skated past the Blue Devils by a score of 4-2. After a scoreless first period, Geneseo's Brett Bestwick got the scoring started on a scramble in front with Chris Tarr and Jason Kuczmanski picking up assists. After the Blue Devils scored to make it 1-1 at 5:58 on a Kyle Bozoian goal, the Ice Knights regained the lead at 8:39 when Michel Bond connected on the man advantage from Kuczmanski and Nick Onody. Geneseo took a 3-1 lead at 4:28 of the third period when Kuczmanski ducked around a Devil defenseman at the blue line and scored on the mini breakaway with first year Steve Sankey getting credit for a helper. Fredonia's Chad Berman notched a power play goal at 10:24 to get the Devils within one goal. With 1:00 to play and the Ice Knights on the penalty kill, Onody sent a shot from his own end through the crease and nearly into an empty net, but Bond raced out of the penalty box and tucked home the loose puck for his second of the night, sealing the Geneseo win. Geneseo moves to 7-2-0 in SUNYAC and 12-5-2 overall, while the Devils fall to 7-1-1 and 13-2-3. Senior Brett Walker made 22 saves to post the win in nets, while Fredonia's Rick Cazares stopped 29 shots.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to New Paltz tonight and won a 51-47 decision over the Hawks. Sophomore Katy Irving paced all scorers with 12 points as she went four of seven from the arc to lead the Knights. Senior Felisa Brown added nine points, while first year players Amanda Haney and Erin Roche each collected seven points and a game high seven rebounds. The Knights led 28-23 at the half, but needed to score the last four points of the game after the Hawks tied it at 47 on a three pointer with 3:26 to play. Geneseo advances to 6-10 overall and 4-4 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to New Paltz tonight and dropped a heart-breaking 76-75 overtime contest. Geneseo trailed 31-23 at the intermission as senior Joe Zera was held to just five points. Zera heated up in the second stanza, scoring 23 of his game high 33 points. Sophomore Steve McDonnell's free throw with 1:32 left gave Geneseo a 67-64 lead, but the Hawks netted a long range shot with 0:42 left to send the game to overtime. In the extra session, New Paltz jumped to a 73-68 lead but a David Muchnick bucket cut the lead to 73-70. After a Hawk free throw, Zera's three pointer with 26 ticks left cut the lead to 74-73 and the SUNYAC's leading scorer cashed a layup on with just one second remaining to give the Knights a 75-74 advantage. On the ensuing throw in, New Paltz heaved the ball the length of the floor and made their desperation attempt from just inside the top of the key for the winning margin. McDonnell added nine points in the loss, sophomore Greg Spears hit for eight points, 10 rebounds and Brian Bennett added eight points. The Knights fall to 6-10 overall and 4-4 in SUNYAC.

Jan 25, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Defeats Buffalo St.
Men's Swimming & Diving Swamps Cortland

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Buffalo St. tonight and won a 75-51 decision over the Bengals. The Knights led by 21 points in the first half on their way to a 40-25 halftime lead and never looked back. Senior Joe Zera scored 22 points on nine of 14 shooting from the field and four of seven from the arc and grabbed a game high six rebounds. Sophomore Steve McDonnell netted five of his seven shots from the floor and all four free throws on his way to 16 points and Greg Spears chipped in with 13. The Knights advance to 6-9 on the season with their fifth straight win and are now 4-3 in SUNYAC play.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to Cortland tonight and stayed undefeated on the year at 12-0 with a 129-106 win. The Blue Wave had seven different individual winners as Mike Wiese won the 1650 free in 17:00.18, Travis Brennan won the 200 free in 1:49.50, Dan Kelly captured the 50 free in 22.92, Chris Norton won the 100 fly (55.16), Kevin VanDerMeid crossed first in the 100 free (49.94), John Zolna won the 100 back (59.31) and James Kallio took the 100 breast in 1:02.19. In addition, the 200 medley relay team of Zolna, Kallio, Norton and Dan Allen won in a time of 1:46.45.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Buffalo St. tonight and dropped a 50-45 deficit to the Bengals. The Knights got off to a 16-6 lead in the first but only managed to score two more points in the half as the Bengals came back to tie the game at 18 apiece at halftime. Geneseo led by as many as nine in the second half but couldn't hold on as Buffalo St. went on a 10-0 run in a span of 2:25. First year Erin Roche and senior Felisa Brown led the way for the Geneseo with 11 points each as junior Jessica Chambers grabbed a team high eight boards. The Knights fall to 5-10 on the season and 3-4 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to Cortland tonight and dropped a tough 125-117 decision to the Red Dragons. Junior Colleen Wayne won a pair of events to lead the way as she captured the 100 free (56.25) and the 200 free (2:03.89). Other winners included Erin Walsh in the 1650 free in 18:18.66, Amanda Cavarella in the 400 IM in 4:52.99, Lindsey Fial in the 100 back in 1:05.25 and Lindsay Swensen in the 500 freestyle in 5:32.56. In addition, the 200 free relay team of Wayne, Maren McDonald, KC Monahan and Walsh were winners in 1:43.40. Geneseo drops to 8-3 on the year.

Jan 25, 2005

Listen to Tonight's Basketball vs. Buffalo St.

WYSL 1040 AM to carry action

Women's and Men's Basketball
The basketball doubleheader between Geneseo and Buffalo St. can be heard LIVE tonight on WYSL 1040 AM or listen to the audio webcast at www.wysl1040.com. The women tipoff at 6 pm with the men following at 8.

Catch all the great basketball action as Geneseo graduate J.C. DeLass calls the play-by-play for this SUNYAC matchup!

Jan 23, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Shutout by USA Under 18

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the USA Under 18 team this afternoon and were shutout by the national team in the exhibition by a score of 7-0. Team USA scored two goals in the first, one shorthanded, and three in the second, one on the power play, on first year goaltender Derek Jokic. The nationals added two goals in the third against senior Brett Walker. Jokic made 17 saves in the two periods and Walker stopped 15 shots in the third. Nate Gerbe had a hat trick for Team USA, Phil Kessel added a goal and an assist and Jeff Frazee was solid in nets in stopping 24 shots to post the shutout.

Jan 22, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Basketball Sweeps New Paltz
Swimming & Diving Strokes Past Ithaca
Indoor Track & Field at RIT

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted New Paltz this afternoon and won their fourth straight game with a 90-78 victory behind senior Joe Zera's 28 points. Zera was eight of 13 from the floor and 10-14 from the line for the game as the Knights made 10-13 from the free throw line in the second half after leading 49-40 at intermission. Sophomore Greg Spears scored a career high for the second straight night as he poured in 23 points on 10 of 17 from the floor and three of four from the stripe. Sophomore Brian Bennett dished out a career high 12 assists, classmate Steve McDonnell added 14 points and first year Tarik Kitson posted a double-double with 12 points, 10 boards. The Knights move to 5-9 overall and 3-3 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted New Paltz this afternoon and recovered from a 24-23 halftime deficit to win 66-58 over the Hawks. First year Erin Roche scored 12 of her career high 15 points in the second half to lead the comeback win. Junior Jackie Fertitta scored 12 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out seven assists, while classmate Jessica Chambers made six of eight shots for 12 points. First year Amanda Haney collected eight points in the first half to help keep the Knights within striking distance. Geneseo is now 5-9 overall and 3-3 in SUNYAC.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted Ithaca this afternoon and swam past the Bombers for the first time in a 124-108 victory. Geneseo had three double winners in the historic event as KC Monahan won the 200 free in 2:00.46 and the 200 fly in a pool record time of 2:14.55 to lead the Blue Wave. Senior Erin Walsh won the 500 free in 5:17.29 and the 1000 free in 10:48.56, while junior Colleen Wayne captured the 50 free in 25.20 and the 100 free in 56.21. In addition, Geneseo's Lindsey Fial won the 200 IM in 2:18.89 and the 400 medley relay team of Katie DelloStritto, Jenny Cocco, Monahan and Wayne won in a time of 4:12.30. Geneseo is now 8-2 on the season.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team hosted Ithaca this afternoon and remained unbeaten on the year at 11-0 with a 136-86 win. Senior Dan Allen led the charge by winning the 100 free in 47.91, the 200 free in 1:44.42 and teaming with John Zolna, Charlie Hake and Tim Stockton to break the pool record in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:26.23. Junior Mike Wiese was a double winner by taking the 500 free in 4:55.67 and the 1000 free in 10:07.44, while other winners included Hake in the 50 free (21.76), Evan Smith in the 200 IM (2:02.71), Dan Kelly in the 200 fly (2:02.34) and Travis Brennan in the 200 back (2:02.34). In addition, the 200 medley relay team of Phil Szrama, PJ Dunn, Josh Hinman and Stockton won in a time of 1:40.18.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to RIT for a non-scoring meet today. Geneseo had five winners and two school record breakers this afternoon. Senior Kristina Mattice set a new school mark in the long jump with a win in 5.39 meters and sophomore Jamie Militello sprung 2.88 meters in the pole vault to set a new school standard to highlight the meet. Winners for Geneseo included Marta Scott in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:46, Christy Finke in the 800 meters in a time of 2:21.69, junior Kim DePrez in the high jump (1.70 m) and classmate Mary Kosloski in the triple jump (10.95 meters). In addition, junior Krissy Wolcott ran to second place finishes in both the 55 dash (7.53) and the 200 dash (27.51).

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team participated in a non-scoring meet at RIT today and saw Matt Kuenzel continue his dominant performances with a school record toss of 15.24 meters in winning the shot put and a 14.73 distance in placing second in the weight throw. The Knights had three other winners as Paul Torres ran to a 7.53 time in the 55 hurdles, senior Jeff Beck crossed first in the 3000 meters in 8:59.26 and Will Blette helped the Knights sweep high jump on the day with a height of 1.91 meters. In addition, Geneseo's Chris Popovici was second in the 500 meters (69.08) and the 1000 meters (2:36.24).

Jan 21, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Cages Cortland
Ice Knights Ground Eagles
Women's Hoop Falls to Red Dragons

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Cortland tonight and used a 17-3 run over six minutes in the second half to defeat the Red Dragons by a score of 72-67. After trailing 33-27 at the intermission, Geneseo used a six point spurt to tie the game at 41 with 13:53 to go. Cortland then extended to a 49-45 lead when the Knights got eight points from Greg Spears and seven from Steve McDonnell to help Geneseo erase the deficit and lead 62-52 with 4:33 left. A three pointer by Cortland with 2:04 left made it 62-60, but the Knights made six shots from the free throw line, four by Nick Kelley and a pair by Joe Zera in the final 24 seconds to ice the win. McDonnell hit for a game high 19 points on seven of 13 from the floor, three of five from the arc to lead four double figure scorers. Spears collected a career high 16 points on eight of 13 from the field, Zera netted 14 points and first year Tarik Kitson made five of his seven shots on the way to career bests in points (11) and rebounds (12). Geneseo advances to 4-9 overall and 2-3 in SUNYAC.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team grabbed a dramatic 4-3 overtime win at Brockport tonight when senior Chris Tarr tipped home the game winner 1:02 into the extra session. Tarr's goal, off assists from Michel Bond and Jason Kuczmanski, spoiled the Golden Eagles upset bid after Brockport scored at 17:32 of the second to make it 3-2 and added the game tying goal with just 44 seconds left in regulation. The teams were tied at one after the first period after Kuczmanski scored from Bond and Tarr at 13:25 and the Eagles knocked one past Brett Walker at 16:36. Geneseo built the 3-1 lead in the second stanza as Bond scored from Trent Cassan and Mitch Stephens at 8:45 on the power play and Mike MacDonald got his team leading 16th goal of the year from Eric Lawler at 12:12 with the Ice Knights shorthanded. Walker made 26 saves in posting his seventh win against two defeats as Geneseo moves to 11-5-2 overall and 6-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Cortland tonight and fell to the Red Dragons by a score of 55-45. The Knights trailed 28-26 at the half and tied the score on the first possession of the second stanza before Cortland scored the next four points and never trailed the remainder of the game. The Dragons made four of six free throws over the final 44 seconds to extend to the 10 point final. First year Amanda Haney made six of six from the floor on her way to a game and career high 13 to lead the way. Sophomore Katy Irving added eight points and junior Jackie Fertitta handed out six helpers. The Red Dragons connected on 17 of 30 free throws, while the Knights were just five of nine as they fall to 4-9 overall and 2-3 in SUNYAC.

Jan 18, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Defeat Elmira
Men's Basketball Downs Fredonia
Zera Reaches 1,000 Point Milestone

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Elmira tonight and grounded the Soaring Eagles by a score of 5-1. Geneseo led just 1-0 at the first intermission on Mat Cyr's seventh goal of the season on assists from Dan Schofield and Ram Sidhu at 1:34. The line hooked up again at 2:54 of the second on the power play with Schofield getting the goal and Cyr and Sidhu the helpers. First year Trent Cassan scored at 11:29 to make it 3-0 Geneseo and Elmira got on the board just 1:05 later to make it 3-1. Sophomore Mitch Stephens scored unassisted with a shorthanded goal at 14:56 after a clearing error by the Elmira goaltender to extend Geneseo's lead to 4-1 at the second break. Sophomore Mike MacDonald completed the scoring with his team leading 15th on an assist from Cassan at the 11:26 mark of the third. Senior Brett Walker was stellar in goal as he stopped 38 shots and helped hold the Soaring Eagles to an 0-8 power play performance. The Ice Knights extend their record to 10-5-2 on the season.

Men's Basketball
Senior Joe Zera scored a school record 30 points in the second half on his way to a career high 37 in leading the Knights to an 86-74 win at Fredonia tonight. Zera was 12 of 21 from the floor, three of eight from the arc and 10-11 from the line and reached the 1,000 point milestone for his career. Zera stands 16th at the college with 1,022 points and has his sights next set on Harry Ward's, '74 15th place of 1,041. The Knights led 39-35 at the intermission and got 13 points on five of six from the floor and two of three from long range from sophomore Steve McDonnell. Sophomore Brian Bennett nearly posted a triple-double with nine points, nine rebounds and nine assists and sophomores Greg Spears and Frank Tripi each chipped in with seven. Geneseo wins their second in a row and advances to 3-9 overall and 1-3 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Fredonia tonight and dropped a tough 66-59 decision to the Blue Devils. Geneseo trailed 31-22 at intermission as junior Jessica Chambers led the way with 16 points on six of nine from the floor and four of six from the line. Sophomore Katy Irving made six of her 15 shots from the field and three of 10 from the arc to add 15 points and junior Sara DeVoe collected 10 point on three of five from the field and four of eight from the stripe. Senior Laura Talbott grabbed a game high nine rebounds, handed out seven assists and made four steals. Geneseo falls to 4-8 overall and 2-2 in SUNYAC.

Jan 15, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Swimming & Diving Sweeps Fredonia
Men's Indoor Track & Field Wins at St. Lawrence
Ice Knights Tripped by Hobart in Overtime

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted the Fredonia Blue Devils this afternoon and raced to a 126-106 win to raise their record to 7-2 on the season. The Blue Wave had seven different swimmers win events today. Senior Lindsay Swensen won the 1000 free in 11:26.77, junior Colleen Wayne captured the 200 free in 2:01.70, sophomore KC Monahan won the 50 free in 26.56 and senior Katie DelloStritto won the 200 IM in 2:23.00 in the first half of the meet. In the latter stages, Geneseo's Jess Gucwa won the 100 fly in 1:02.90, Maren McDonald won the 100 free in 56.49 and Lindsey Fial won the 100 back in 1:03.90.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team hosted Fredonia this afternoon and cruised to a 125-49 win. Junior Tim Stockton was a double winner in the 50 free (22.14) and the 100 free (48.97) to lead the team. Geneseo had four other winners and swam a good portion of the meet exhibition. Senior Brian Pittelli won the 1000 free (10:51.96), Dan Kelly won the 200 free with a time of 1:46.08, Josh Hinman won the 200 IM in a time of 2:07.40 and Mike Wiese captured the 100 fly in 53.87. The Blue Wave is now 10-0 on the season.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to St. Lawrence this afternoon and placed first of six teams in the meet. Geneseo posted five first places and four seconds this afternoon. Junior Matt Kuenzel won the shot put (14.12 m) and was second in the weight throw (14.18 m) to lead the way. Other winners for the Knights included Paul Torres in the 55 hurdles (8.03), Chris Popovici in the 800 meters (1:59.46), Ted Turner in the 5000 meters (14:44.17) and Joe Goodspeed in the high jump (1.93 m). Runnerup finishes included Jim Tillapaugh in the 1500 meters (4:07.73), Zach Maskin in the triple jump (13.12 m) and Eliot Matson in the pole vault (3.95 m). Junior Adam Streb grabbed a third place finish in the 1500 meters (4:09.22) and Andrew McCarthy was third in the 3000 meters in 9:17.32.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team finished fourth of six teams this afternoon at the St. Lawrence Open. The Knights lone winner on the day was junior Renne Catalano, who won the 5000 meters in a time of 18:02.75. Senior Kristina Mattice collected two of the four second places in the long jump (5.12 m) and triple jump (10.08 m). Juniors Fran Magri and Marta Scott grabbed second spots in the 1000 meters (3:04.69) and 1500 meters (4:49.18), respectively. In addition, sophomore Sue-Ann Dunn was third in the 55 dash (7.49), junior Kim DePrez was third in the high jump (1.58 m) and first year Meghan Nolan was third in the 1500 meters (4:54.61).

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted #14 Hobart tonight and dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the 14th ranked Statesmen. The Ice Knights led 1-0 at the intermission on Mike MacDonald's 13th goal of the year that came unassisted on the power play. The Statesmen took a 2-1 advantage on a power play goal at 25 seconds into the second stanza and another score just 59 seconds later. Geneseo evened the game on MacDonald's second extra man goal at 10:36. In the third period, Hobart netted their third goal just 14 seconds into the period, but Mitch Stephens tied the game again at 13:00 on assists from MacDonald and Jason Kuczmanski. First year Derek Jokic made 31 saves in taking the loss as the Knights fall to 9-5-2 on the year.

Jan 15, 2005

JP Morgan Chase Tournament

Men Grab Seventh Place with Win
Women Fall to Brockport, Finish Sixth

JP Morgan Chase Scholarship Tournament
The men's basketball team garnered seventh place this morning with a 80-71 victory over Keuka College for their second win of the season at Roberts Wesleyan. The Knights led 45-34 at the half as senior Joe Zera led three double digit scorers with 19 points on six of 12 from the floor and five of six from the line. Sophomore Steve McDonnell added 15 points, including eight of 10 from the charity stripe as Geneseo made 25 of 32 attempts as a team. Sophomore Greg Spears was six of 12 from the field on his way to 13 points and first year Tarik Kitson collected six boards and nine points. Sophomore Brian Bennett finished with eight points and a team high eight caroms. The Knights are now 2-9.

The women's basketball team travelled to Nazareth College this afternoon and dropped a 68-61 decision to the Brockport Golden Eagles in the fifth place game. Geneseo made 12 of 17 free throws in the first half on their way to a 35-28 intermission advantage, but visited the line just three times in the second half as the Eagles led by as many as 10 in the second stanza. Junior Jessica Chambers made seven of eight shots from the floor on her way to 15 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead the Knights. Junior Sara DeVoe added 10 points, first year Amanda Haney grabbed a team high seven rebounds in just seven minutes and senior Laura Talbott scored eight points and dished out five assists. Geneseo falls to 4-7 on the year.

Jan 14, 2005

JP Morgan Chase Tournament

Men Fall Short in Comeback
Face Keuka in Seventh Place Game
Women Play Brockport for Fifth

JP Morgan Chase Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to RIT this afternoon to take on Roberts Wesleyan in the consolation round this afternoon and fell short in their comeback attempt in a 76-66 loss. Geneseo trailed 47-26 at the intermission after taking an early seven point lead at 15-8. Geneseo shaved the Raider lead throughout the second half and got to within eight at 68-60 with 3:28 to go on Steve McDonnell's three point field goal. The Knights could get no closer the rest of the way.

McDonnell led the way with 22 points on eight of 15 from the floor, three of seven from the arc and three of four from the line. Sophomore Scott Sciera added 12 points and senior Joe Zera collected 10. First year Tarik Kitson added eight points and grabbed a game high nine rebounds.

The Knights will face Keuka College in the seventh place game on Saturday at 11 am at Roberts Wesleyan.

The women's team will take on Brockport in the fifth place game on Saturday at 1 pm at Nazareth College.

Jan 13, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Defeat Lebanon Valley

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's hockey team travelled to Lebanon Valley tonight and won a 4-2 decision over the Flying Dutchmen. The Ice Knights grabbed a 2-0 first intermission advantage on goals by sophomore Mitch Stephens and first year Ram Sidhu. Stephens goal came unassisted, while senior Jason Kuczmanski and first year Mat Cyr picked up helpers on the Sidhu goal. The Dutchmen scored twice in the second period to even the game at the second intermission, but sophomore Mike MacDonald scored his team high 12th goal at 2:16 of the third period on the power play for the game winner from Stephens and Dan Schofield. First year Steve Sankey fed sophomore Brett Bestwick at 19:32 for an empty netter to complete the scoring. First year Derek Jokic made 18 saves in posting the win in nets as the Ice Knights snap a three game winless streak and run their record to 9-4-2.

Jan 13, 2005

JP Morgan Chase Tournament

Women Defeat Keuka
Men Take on Roberts on Friday

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to RIT this afternoon to take on the Keuka Storm in the consolation bracket and won a 51-47 comeback victory. The Knights trailed 27-20 at the intermission after shooting just 32% from the field.

Keuka opened the second stanza with a free throw, but Geneseo scored 10 straight points, including a pair of three point field goals by Felisa Brown to take a 30-28 lead. The game was tied three times over the next seven minutes before the Knights took the lead for good on a free throw by Patricia McGrath with 8:37 left that gave Geneseo a 36-35 advantage. Another Brown three pointer at 4:50 gave the Knights their largest lead at 47-39 and they held on for the four point win.

Brown finished with 15 points on five of nine from the field and three of four from the arc and grabbed a team high eight boards. First year Lydia Reed added nine points, including five of six from the foul line. Junior Jackie Fertitta netted eight points, three assists, three rebounds, three steals and senior Laura Talbott handed out seven helpers. The Knights advance to 4-6 on the season and will face the winner of Brockport vs. RIT in the fifth place game at Nazareth College on Saturday at 1:00 pm.

The men's basketball team will take on Roberts Wesleyan in the consolation round of the JP Morgan Chase tournament on Friday at 3:30 pm at RIT.

Jan 12, 2005

JP Morgan Chase Tournament

Men Fall to Rochester in Opener
Women Face Keuka in Consolation Tomorrow

JP Morgan Chase Tournament
The seventh seed Geneseo Knights were defeated 77-60 by the number two seeded Rochester Yellowjackets in the quarterfinal of the JP Morgan Chase Scholarship Tournament. Geneseo fought hard in the first half and led 31-29 shooting 11 of 24 from the floor and hitting all six attempts from the line.

The Yellowjackets came out hard in the second outscoring the Knights 14-3 in a six minute span to break the game open. Brendan McAllister had nine of the 14 points hitting three from the arc.

Senior Joe Zera led the way for Geneseo as four players scored in double figures. Zera went 5-12 from the field and 7-8 from the charity stripe for 20 points. Brian Bennett, David Muchnick and Steve McDonnell each added 10 and Greg Spears chipped in with seven points and five boards for the Knights.

Geneseo falls to 1-8 on the season and will take on the sixth seed Roberts Wesleyan in the consolation at RIT on Friday at 3:30 pm.

The Geneseo women's basketball team will face Keuka in the 1:30 pm consolation game at RIT tomorrow.

Jan 12, 2005

Wednesday Contest Summaries

Men's Swimming & Diving Defeats New Paltz
Women Dropped by Hawks

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to New Paltz this afternoon and won a 109-84 decision over the Hawks. Junior Mike Wiese won the 200 free in 1:49.33 and the 200 fly in 2:00.93 as the lone double winner. Sophomore James Kallio won the 1000 free in 10:47.78, senior Dan Allen captured the 50 free in 21.97 and the two teamed with Phil Szrama and Josh Hinman to cross first in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:37.30. In addition, Evan Smith won the 200 back with a time of 2:01.41 as the Blue Wave extends their record to 9-0 on the season.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team were defeated at New Paltz this afternoon by a score of 110-95 to drop their record to 6-2. Senior Erin Walsh was a double winner by capturing the 500 free (1:58.02) and the 1000 free (5:21.17) and classmate Jenny Cocco was the only other victor after crossing first in the 100 breast in 2:33.22.

Jan 11, 2005

JP Morgan Chase Tournament

Knights Fall in Women's Quarterfinal
Men Face Rochester on Wednesday

JP Morgan Chase Scholarship Tournament
The Geneseo Knights fell to the Nazareth Golden Flyers in tonight's quarterfinal by a score of 64-53. The Knights led at the half by a narrow 21-19 margin after causing 18 Flyer turnovers, but shooting only nine of 30 from the floor. Nazareth came out strong in the second half and got up by six points with 14:35 to play. Geneseo fought back and tied the game at 44 with 7:47 remaining, but it wasn't enough as Nazareth went on a 10-1 run over four minutes to break the game open.

The Knights were led by senior Felisa Brown who had 11 points, while Jessica Chambers and Patrica McGrath each contributed nine points and six boards. First year Amanda Haney chipped in with eight points on three of four from the field and two of three from the line.

The Knights fall to 3-6 on the season and will take on Keuka in the consolation round at RIT on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

The men's basketball team will host second seeded Rochester in the quarterfinal round of the JP Morgan Chase Scholarship tournament on Wednesday at 8:15 pm.

Jan 09, 2005

JP Morgan Chase Seedings & Pairings Announced

Women Seeded Fifth
Men Placed Seventh

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team (3-5) received the fifth seed tonight at the JP Morgan Chase Scholarship Tournament Dinner and will face fourth seeded Nazareth (7-2) in the first round on Tuesday, January 11 at 8:15 pm at Geneseo. The opening game at Geneseo on Tuesday will feature #2 Roberts Wesleyan (12-4) facing seventh seeded Brockport (2-6) at 6:15 pm. The other quarterfinal doubleheader at St. John Fisher will pit #3 Rochester (6-4) vs. sixth seeded RIT (3-6) at 6:15 pm and top seeded Fisher (9-0) hosting #8 Keuka (3-3) at 8:15 pm. The semifinals are slated for Thursday at 6:15 and 8:15 pm at RIT, with the championship game at 5:30 pm at RIT on Saturday.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team (1-7) received the seventh seed tonight at the JP Morgan Chase Scholarship Tournament Dinner and will face #2 Rochester (9-2) in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday, January 12 at 8:15 pm at Geneseo. The opening game at Geneseo on Wednesday will feature #3 RIT (5-5) facing sixth seeded Roberts Wesleyan (2-10) at 6:15 pm. The other first round doubleheader at St. John Fisher will pit #4 Brockport (5-3) vs. fifth seeded Nazareth (4-6) at 6:15 pm and top seeded Fisher (10-0) hosting #8 Keuka (0-6) at 8:15 pm. The semifinals are slated for Friday at 6:15 and 8:15 pm at RIT, with the championship game at 8:00 pm at RIT on Saturday.

Jan 08, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summary

Swim Teams Defeat Washington & Lee
Ice Knights Tie Johnson & Wales

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team completed their training trip to Florida by taking on Washington & Lee on the road home and won a thrilling 132-130 decision to remain undefeated on the season at 8-0. Sophomore James Kallio paced the team with three individual wins in taking the 100 and 200 breast events in 1:01.16 and 2:15.38 and completing the triple with a 2:01.73 time in the 200 IM. Junior Mike Wiese captured two events for the Blue Wave in the 1000 free (10:08.60) and the 500 free (4:55.84).

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team ran their record to 6-1 on the season with a 141-118 victory over Washington & Lee on the return trip home from Florida. The team posted a trio of double winners as KC Monahan won the 100 and 200 fly events in 1:02.10 and 2:17.85, respectively, senior Erin Walsh captured the 200 free (2:01.98) and 500 free (5:21.92) and Jenny Cocco touched first in the 100 and 200 breast in times of 1:09.55 and 2:32.50.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Johnson & Wales Wildcats tonight and started slow for the second consecutive night on the way to a 4-4 tie. Geneseo trailed 2-1 at the first intermission, including the Wildcats getting on the board just 22 seconds into the contest. Geneseo's Brett Bestwick tied the game on the power play at 9:46 from Matt English and Michel Bond, but J&W scored at 12:40 to take the lead. The Wildcats took a two goal advantage at 3:12 of the second, but Geneseo roared back to grab a 4-3 lead before the end of the second. Senior Chris Tarr got a power play goal from Bestwick and Bond at 6:55, sophomore Mitch Stephens scored with the man advantage at 7:34 from Jason Kuczmanski and Bond and first year Mat Cyr netted the go-ahead goal from Dan Schofield and Steve Jordan at 19:07. The game remained 4-3 until the Wildcats tied it at the 12:42 mark of the third. Geneseo's Derek Jokic made 33 saves as the Knights run their record to 8-4-2 on the season.

Jan 07, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Tripped by Wentworth
Track & Field at Cornell

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Wentworth Leopards tonight in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena and could not recover from a four goal deficit at the first intermission in falling by a final of 4-3. The Leopards scored a shorthanded goal on their second shot of the game at 5:57, added a pair of odd-man rush goals at 9:19 and 11:08 to take a 3-0 advantage despite being outshot by a 10-6 margin at that point in the game. Wentworth made it 4-0 at 18:33 on the power play. The Ice Knights began to chip away with a pair of goals just 16 seconds apart in the second stanza. First year Ram Sidhu scored his first collegiate goal at 13:04 on the power play with Mat Cyr and Mitch Stephens picking up helpers and junior Dan Schofield fired a wrist shot home from Cyr and Nick Onody. Geneseo cut the deficit to one at 13:50 of the third when Jason Kuczmanski fed Stephens for a slap shot from the point on the power play and Mike MacDonald tipped it home for his team-leading 11th goal. Geneseo threatened in the remaining six minutes but could not gain the equalizer. Senior Brett Walker made 30 saves in taking the loss as the Knights fall to 8-4-1 on the season.

Indoor Track & Field
The indoor track and field team travelled to Ithaca, NY for the Cornell University Open. In the non-scoring meet, Geneseo grabbed a first place finish on both the women's and men's side. In women's action, senior Kristina Mattice won the long jump (5.33 m) and was third in the triple jump (9.71 m). Other third place finishes included Krissy Wolcott in the 60 meter dash in a time of 8.43, Renne Catalano in the 3,000 meters in 10:35.55 and junior Kim DePrez in the high jump (1.58 m). The men also posted one winner and four third place performances. Senior Ted Turner won the mile run in 4:25.76 to highlight the competition. Geneseo's Paul Torres headlined the third place finishes with a 8.55 time in the 60 meter hurdles, while Ross Hunkovic finished the mile in 4:29.41, Chris Hart posted a 1.88 meter height in the high jump and Zach Maskin leaped 13.47 meters in the triple jump.

Jan 04, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Falls to Ithaca
Men Tripped at Pitt-Bradford

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Ithaca tonight and dropped a 68-47 decision to the Bombers. The Knights trailed 36-30 at the half and scored six points to open the second stanza to even the game. The Bombers then went on a 17-2 run over the next five minutes to take a 15 point lead and break the game open. Junior Jessica Chambers led the Knights with 14 points on five of eight shooting and four of six from the line, while grabbing a game high nine rebounds. Senior Patricia McGrath made three old fashioned three-point plays in the first half for nine points and classmate Laura Talbott collected seven caroms and handed out four assists. Geneseo falls to 3-5 on the year.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Pitt-Bradford tonight and were tripped by a 59-57 score. The Panthers scored the game winner with just 2.5 seconds left and the Knights final desperation attempt fell just short as they drop to 1-7 on the season. Sophomore Greg Spears scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out three assists to pace three double figure scorers. Senior Joe Zera added 13 points and first year Tarik Kitson chipped in with 10. The Knights led 29-24 at the intermission.

Jan 03, 2005

Happy New Year!

Winter Teams Set to Restart on Tuesday
Knights 10th in USSA Cup after Fall Season
Advance Sale Tickets for JPMorganChase Available

The SUNY Geneseo Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation wishes a very Happy New Year to all students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and friends of Geneseo athletics.

The Knights will resume the winter season in 2005 starting on Tuesday, January 4 as the women's basketball team entertains Ithaca College at 6:00 p.m. in the Kuhl Gymnasium, while the men's basketball team travels to Pitt-Bradford for a 7:30 p.m. tilt. The Ice Knights return to action on Friday and Saturday, January 7-8 as Wentworth visits Geneseo on Friday at 7 p.m. and Johnson & Wales comes to town on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. In addition, the swimming and diving teams will match strokes with Washington & Lee on Saturday, January 8 at the same time the indoor track and field teams travel to Cornell.

USSA Directors' Cup
The Knights raced to a 10th place standing in the United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the USA TODAY. Geneseo earned 194 points to crack the top ten led by the men's soccer national semifinal appearance, a 10th place finish at the NCAA meet by the men's cross country team and a 13th place by the women's cross country team at the national competition. Geneseo is currently the top school in New York in the standings with Ithaca (20th), Hobart/William Smith (22nd) and Cortland (23rd) also cracking the top 25.

JP Morgan Chase Tournament
Advance sale tickets for the 39th Annual JPMorganChase Scholarship Basketball tournament are now available through the athletic department. The ticket prices are $4 per person good for ANY doubleheader throughout the tournament. This price is the same as the price at the door, however, SUNY Geneseo athletics will get to keep 50% of the ticket price for each advance sale ticket sold prior to Monday, January 10. Please contact George Gagnier at 585-245-5346 or Mike Mooney at 585-245-5343 for purchase.

The Knights will be hosting a JPMorganChase women's quarterfinal doubleheader on Tuesday, January 11 and a men's quarterfinal doubleheader on Wednesday, January 12. Full seedings, pairings and tournament brackets for this prestigious event will be announced on Sunday, January 9 at the pre-tournament dinner for players, coaches and administrators.

Dec 13, 2004

Men's Soccer Postseason Honors

Stock Named 83rd Geneseo All-American
Mooney Earns Regional Coach of the Year

Men's Soccer
Senior soccer goalkeeper Chris Stock (Penfield) became the 83rd All-American at Geneseo and the fourth in men's soccer in 58 years of competition after he was named second team All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Stock led the Knights to a 17-5-2 mark on the season and posted a 0.73 goals against average and a .851 save percentage in recording a school record 14 shutouts. Stock is second all-time at Geneseo with 23 blankings.

In 2004, Stock was named the SUNYAC Player of the Year, SUNYAC Tournament MVP, First team All-SUNYAC, First team All-Northeast Region and is a three-time All-SUNYAC and All-Northeast Region selection.

Head coach Mike Mooney was named the NSCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year after guiding the Knights to their first ever SUNYAC championship, the first berth in the NCAA Division III tournament and an appearance in the NCAA Division III Final Four in Greensboro, NC.

Dec 11, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Tigers Trim Ice Knights
Indoor Track & Field at RIT
Equestrian at St. Lawrence

Men's Ice Hockey
The 18th ranked men's ice hockey team hosted #8 RIT tonight in the Wilson Ice Arena and dropped a tough 4-3 decision to the Tigers on a power play goal with 55 seconds left in the game. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead on a shorthanded goal in the first period and extended to a 2-0 advantage at 4:01 of the second. The Ice Knights cut the deficit to 2-1 after two periods when sophomore Mitch Stephens scored on a wrap around with Jason Kuczmanski and Mike MacDonald picking up the helpers at 14:16. The Tigers regained their two goal cushion at 2:32 of the third. Geneseo then tied the game on a pair of power play goals as Michel Bond scored from Stephens and Kuczmanski at 4:23 and MacDonald tallied from Bond and Stephens at 6:42. Geneseo's Brett Walker made 29 saves as the Ice Knights fall to 8-3-1 on the season.

Indoor Track & Field
The indoor track and field team travelled to RIT this afternoon for a non-scoring meet and the Knights had three double winners and two others win one individual event and take part in a winning relay. On the women's side, Geneseo's Sue-Ann Dunn won the 55 dash in 7.67 seconds and the 200 dash in 27.57 and senior Kristina Mattice won the long jump in 5.18 meters and the triple jump in 10.70 meters. In addition, junior Emily Howland won the 1500 meters in 4:55.12, classmate Fran Magri won the 1000 (3:08.30) and the pair teamed with Katrina Mackowiak and Emily Hurley to capture the 4X400 relay in a time of 4:21.09. In addition, Kim DePrez won the high jump in 1.60 meters, Sally Briggs won the 5000 in 19:08.86 and Krissy Wolcott captured the 400 meter dash in 1:04.02. On the men's side, Joe Goodspeed won the high jump with a height of 1.88 meters and was second in the long jump in 6.59 meters, while Adam Streb and Dan Fitzgibbons were first and second in the 1500 meter run with times of 4:08.18 and 4:09.91, respectively.

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to St. Lawrence this afternoon and finished seventh of 12 teams. The Knights had no first place finishes, but five riders grabbed runnerup honors and four others took third place. Senior Jennie O'Brien and first year Christina Trimarchi each earned a second over fences in the Open class, while senior Kristen Jacobsen was second in Beginner WTC. In addition, junior Kim Parker and first year Alicia Thomas each placed second in Walk/Trot. Third place performances were turned in by junior Nicole Santillo over fences in Intermediate, junior Audra Smith over fences in Novice, sophomore Morgan Weiler on the flat in the Novice class and sophomore Julie Sahler in Advanced WTC.

Dec 10, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoop Falls in Overtime
Men Defeated By St. John Fisher

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to undefeated St. John Fisher tonight and dropped a hard fought 63-61 overtime decision to the Cardinals. The Knights trailed 34-26 at the half as the Cardinals hit 56% of their shots from the field, while holding Geneseo to 48%, including making four from beyond the arc. In the second stanza, Geneseo used pressure defense to get back in the game and held the Cardinals to just 19 points and a 1-8 performance from the arc. Senior Laura Talbott made a running jumper in the lane with 28 seconds left to send the game into the extra session. In the overtime, Geneseo built a 58-55 lead, but St. John Fisher went on an 8-0 run to take a five point lead and seal the win. Junior Jessica Chambers led the way with 14 points on six of eight from the floor and senior Felisa Brown added 12 points, including four of four from the line. Junior Sara DeVoe added nine points, five boards off the bench and Talbott handed out nine assists. Geneseo falls to 3-4 on the season.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to St. John Fisher tonight to take on the undefeated Cardinals and dropped a 74-56 decision. The Knights led 36-31 at the intermission, but were held to just 20 second half points. Senior Joe Zera scored 15 points to lead the offense, first year Tarik Kitson netted seven points on two of two from the floor and three of three from the line and sophomore Greg Spears chipped in six points, eight caroms. Senior David Muchnick added eight points on three of six from the floor and two of five from the arc. Geneseo falls to 1-6 on the year.

Dec 09, 2004

Knights Earn Awards

Kuczmanski Tabbed as SUNYAC Player of the Week
Soccer All-Northeast Region Teams Announced

Men's Hockey
Senior Jason Kuczmanski was named the SUNYAC Hockey Player of the Week after scoring a goal and an assist, including the game winner in the 3-2 win over Plattsburgh on Friday and netting three goals, two helpers in the 9-6 win over Potsdam on Saturday. Kuczmanski leads the Ice Knights with 18 points on eight goals, 10 assists.

Men's Soccer
Two members of the NCAA Division III Final Four men's soccer team were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Northeast Region team this week. Senior goalkeeper Chris Stock, the 2004 SUNYAC Player of the Year and SUNYAC Tournament MVP, was named to the first team and classmate midfielder David Fink earned second team honors.

Women's Soccer
Junior Jackie Fertitta, the 2004 SUNYAC Player of the Year and sophomore Emily Petraglia were each named to the third team All-Northeast Region squad by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Dec 07, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Defeats Alfred
Men Fall to Saxons

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Alfred University tonight and won a 52-39 decision over the Saxons. The Knights got 11 points apiece from Jessica Chambers and Jackie Fertitta, with the former grabbing a game high seven rebounds. Senior Felisa Brown added nine points and collected six steals as the Knights forced 32 turnovers and classmate Laura Talbott contributed five assists, four steals. Geneseo evens their record at 3-3 on the year.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team entertained Alfred this evening and dropped a 93-82 decision to the Saxons. In a game of spurts, Geneseo trailed by seven at the half but started the second stanza with an 8-2 run to pull within one. The Saxons then went on a 15-4 run to take their biggest lead of the game at 55-43. The Knights clawed back to even the gaem at 66 apiece, but Alfred scored four straight and never looked back. Senior Joe Zera scored a game high 33 points on 14 of 23 from the floor and four of six from the arc. Sophomore Scott Sciera made five of his six shots from the field and four of four from the line for 14 points and senior David Muchnick netted four of six from the floor and three of five from the arc for 11 points. The Knights fall to 1-5 on the season.

Dec 05, 2004

Swimming & Diving at ECAC Meet

Men Finish Second
Women Capture Third

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to the ECAC Division III championships at the Nassau County Complex in Long Island, NY and placed second with 629 points to champion NYU's total of 977.50. Geneseo had no individual winners, but did have three second place finishes and four runnerup relays. Senior Dan Allen captured second in the 200 free (1:45.36) and third in the 50 free (21.81) and participated in all four second place relays. Allen teamed with Jeremy Hinman, Charlie Hake and Tim Stockton in the 200 free relay (1:27.08) and 400 free relay (3:12.98), with Josh Hinman, Mike Wiese and Dan Kelly in the 800 free relay (7:09.74) and with Phil Szrama, James Kallio and Josh Hinman in the 400 medley relay (3:37.61). Other second place performances were turned in by Christian Foster in three meter diving (366.00) and Josh Hinman in the 200 fly (1:59.91), while Nick D'Alesandro placed third in one meter diving with a score of 332.15.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to Long Island to the ECAC Division III championships at the Nassau County Complex and scored 607 points to finish behind New York University's 914 and Albright College's 613.50. Senior Erin Walsh was a double winner after taking the 500 free in an ECAC championship record time of 5:12.46 and the 1650 free in a time of 18:02.77. First year Justine Diaz grabbed a pair of runnerup finishes in the backstroke events (1:01.78 in the 100 and 2:15.94 in the 200) and a third place in the 1650 free (18:31.41). Senior Jenny Cocco was second in the 200 breast in a time of 2:32.22 and third in the 100 breast in a time of 1:10.48, while sophomore KC Monahan was second in the 200 free with a time of 2:00.37. In addition, the 400 medley relay team of Diaz, Cocco, Lindsey Fial and Colleen Wayne were second in 4:10.26.

Dec 04, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Sets Record on Way to Win
Ice Knights Trap Bears
Men's Basketball Falls to Cardinals

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team set a new school standard by holding the visiting Plattsburgh Cardinals to seven points in the first half on their way to a 51-35 win this afternoon. Geneseo led 21-7 at the break and 37-8 with nine minutes to play when they cleared the bench. Junior Jackie Fertitta scored 10 points and had eight steals in the game and senior Felisa Brown netted nine points as Geneseo forced 34 turnovers. Junior Jessica Chambers scored eight points, six rebounds and senior Laura Talbott dished out seven assists as Geneseo advanced to 2-3 overall and 2-1 in SUNYAC.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Postdam tonight and trapped the Bears with five third period goals on the way to a 9-6 win. Geneseo led 3-0 after one period and 4-2 after two before the teams began the third stanza onslaught. Senior Jay Kuczmanski scored three goals, two assists to lead the offense with his last two coming consecutively in the third period to give Geneseo a 6-2 lead. After Potsdam pulled within 7-6 at 18:48, the Ice Knights got a pair of goals in the last minute to make the final. Sophomore Mike MacDonald (2-1), senior Chris Tarr (1-2) and sophomore Brett Bestwick (0-3) each had three points and Mitch Stephens added a goal and an assist in the win. Senior Brett Walker extended his record to 5-0 on the year by making 20 saves as the Knights extend to 8-2-1 overall and 5-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to the Nazareth Show today and finished fourth of 12 teams. A trio of Knights grabbed first places as Julie Sahler and Christina Szalinski each earned a first in Advanced WTC on the flat and Kim Parker placed first in Walk/Trot. Geneseo's Christina Trimarchi and Leslie Miller both earned second place finishes in the Open division over fences, Nicole Santillo was second on the flat in the Intermediate class and Claudia Kurjakovich was second on the flat in Advanced WTC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Plattsburgh this afternoon and dropped a 74-58 decision to the Cardinals. Plattsburgh scored the first 12 points of the game on their way to a 34-28 halftime advantage and the Knights got no closer in the second stanza. Senior Joe Zera scored a game high 26 points on eight of 15 from the floor, two of five from the arc and eight of 10 from the line. Sophomore Steve McDonnell netted 10 points and classmate Greg Spears collected eight points, five rebounds. The Knights fall to 1-4 overall and 0-3 in SUNYAC.

Dec 03, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Skate Past Cardinals
Women's Basketball Defeats Potsdam
Men's Cagers Downed by Bears

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Plattsburgh tonight and skated to a 3-2 win over the Cardinals to run their SUNYAC record to 4-2 and their overall mark to 7-2-1. Senior Jay Kuczmanski netted a goal and an assist, including the eventual game winner on the power play at 1:25 of the third and junior Michel Bond added a goal and an assist in the win. Bond's marker gave Geneseo a 1-0 lead at 5:04 of the first, but the Cardinals answered at 14:51 with a shorthanded score. The Ice Knights led 2-1 after two periods on a Trent Cassan goal from Jack Bullard and Kuczmanski's game winner from Mitch Stephens and Bond gave Geneseo a 3-1 lead. Plattsburgh scored on the power play at 5:19 to cut the deficit to 3-2, but senior Brett Walker, who stopped 22 shots in nets, and the Knights defense made the one goal lead stand.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Potsdam tonight and defeated the Bears by a score of 89-49. Geneseo led 40-23 at the half and forced 39 turnovers to run away with the win. Senior Felisa Brown made nine of her 16 shots from the floor on the way to a game high 20 points and had six steals. Junior Sara DeVoe netted 11 points, while junior Jessica Chambers and first year Merrissa Wilson added 10 points apiece. First year Amanda Haney collected nine points and a team high six rebounds, while junior Jackie Fertitta contributed a game high six assists and four thefts. The Knights win their first game of the season to go to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Potsdam tonight and dropped a 79-58 decision to the Bears. Potsdam led 43-32 at the intermission and the Knights could get no closer than seven points the rest of the way. The Bears made 11 of 19 shots from behind the arc and shot 53% for the game. Sophomore Greg Spears scored 13 points on six of seven from the floor and one of two from the line and hauled down a team high six rebounds to lead the Knights. Sophomores Nick Kelley and Brian Bennett, along with first year Tarik Kitson scored nine points apiece, with Kelley's coming on three of four from the arc. The Knights drop to 1-3 overall and 0-2 in SUNYAC.

Nov 30, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Sunk by Lakers
Men Swamped in Second Half

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Oswego tonight and trailed 43-29 at the half on their way to a 74-55 defeat in their SUNYAC opener. Senior Felisa Brown snapped a two game shooting slump by hitting eight of 10 shots from the floor and three of four from the line for a game high 19 points. Junior Jessica Chambers made three of her four shots from the charity stripe on her way to seven points as the Knights hit 13 of 16 from the line as a team. First year Lydia Reed collected six caroms and junior Jackie Fertitta dished out four assists as the Knights fall to 0-3 overall.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team headed to Oswego to take on the Lakers to begin the SUNYAC season and fell by a score of 76-54. Oswego broke open a close 32-28 game at the half. The Knights were led by senior Joe Zera, who scored 23 points and grabbed four rebounds, including going 4-4 from the line. First year Tarik Kitson added seven points and hauled in a team high seven rebounds and sophomore Brian Bennett added seven points, four caroms and four helpers. The Knights fall to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in SUNYAC.

Nov 29, 2004

Barth Becomes Geneseo's 82nd All-American

First Year Spiker Named Honorable Mention

Women's Volleyball
First year outside hitter Kate Barth became Geneseo's 82nd All-American, and first ever for Geneseo women's volleyball, when she was named to the Honorable Mention team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

The Babylon, N.Y. native and St. Anthony's High School graduate led the Knights with a school record 677 kills and 81 service aces. Her 4.91 kills per game average led the SUNYAC and was 12th in NCAA Division III. The SUNYAC West Player of the Year compiled a .300 hitting percentage and aided the Knights to the 25th best hitting percentage in Division III (.260).

Nov 26, 2004

Knights Championship Run Ends

Men's Soccer Slugged in Greensboro
Smith, Robinson Earn All-Tournament

Men's Soccer
The Geneseo men's soccer team travelled to Greensboro, North Carolina tonight for the semifinals of the NCAA Division III national tournament and had their cinderella season ended by a score of 3-1 by the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs. Geneseo trailed 1-0 at the intermission as UCSC held a 10-2 shot advantage. The Banana Slugs opened a two goal lead at 56:37 and made it 3-0 at 69:00. UCSC held the play most of the contest and created several scoring opportunities, ending with a 19-6 shot lead. The Knights got on the board at 79:16 when first year Patrick Occhiuto took a through ball from senior David Fink and blasted a shot off goalkeepers hands for the lone Geneseo goal. Junior Taylor Smith and first year Matt Robinson earned All-Tournament Team honors. Stock made five saves as the Knights end their season with a record of 17-5-2, a SUNYAC tournament title and berth in the NCAA Final Four.

Nov 21, 2004

Greensboro Here We Come!

Men's Soccer Reaches Final Four!
Verbanac Scores in Second OT

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team continued with the NCAA Division III national tournament at St. Lawrence this afternoon and became just the second team in school history to reach the final four with a 1-0 double overtime win over Williams (MA) College.

Geneseo's Dan Verbanac scored in the second overtime session on a header for his first goal of the season after receiving a cross from senior David Fink. Senior Chris Stock posted his 14th shutout of the season despite the Knights being outshot 24-5 by the Ephs.

The Knights join the 1994 Geneseo women's soccer team as the only teams in school history to advance to the final four. The Knights move to 17-4-2 on the season and will face UC Santa Cruz in the national semifinals on Friday, November 26 at 5:00 pm in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 7:30 pm semifinal will feature Messiah and Salisbury University.

Nov 20, 2004

Other Saturdays Contest Summaries

Swimming & Diving at Hamilton
Lycoming Defeats Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball Tripped by TCNJ

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to Hamilton College this afternoon for a quad meet and went 3-0 on the afternoon with a 138.5-104.5 win over the hosts, a 166-75 victory over Hartwick and a 176-66 win over Ithaca. Senior Dan Allen won a trio of events to lead Geneseo as he captured the 100 free (47.88), 200 free (1:44.64) and the 500 free (4:49.90). Junior Mike Wiese had a spectacular meet in winning the 200 fly (2:02.30), finishing second in the 1000 free (10:16.63) and crossing the line fourth in the 500 free in 4:57.68, as did sophomore James Kallio, who won the 200 IM and the 2090 breast in 2:02.77 and 2:16.43, respectively. In addition, Geneseo's Dan Kelly was second in the 200 fly in a time of 2:02.72. The Blue Wave moves to 7-0 on the season.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to Hamilton today for a quad meet and posted a 1-1 record with a 170-64 win over Hartwick and a 124-118 loss to the hosts. Geneseo and Ithaca did not post a team result. Senior Erin Walsh won a pair of individual events as she captured the 500 free (5:18.17) and the 1000 free (10:53.90) and led off the winning 400 free relay team (3:48.14) with KC Monahan, Lindsay Swensen and Maren McDonald. Monahan posted the lone other win for Geneseo in the 200 free (2:01.51), while Jenny Cocco, McDonald and Justine Diaz finished second in the 200 breast (2:31.47), 200 free (2:02.22) and 200 back (2:17.84), respectively. Geneseo is now 5-1 on the year.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team continued with the Lycoming tournament this afternoon and were defeated by the hosts in the championship game by a score of 75-64. Senior Joe Zera earned All-Tournament honors after scoring 27 of his game high 36 points in the first half, a school record for one half, to lead the Knights to a 14 point intermission lead. First year Tarik Kitson had seven points, six boards and two assists and sophomore Greg Spears chipped in with six points. Geneseo led by as many as 18 points in the first half as Zera scored the Knights first 19 points of the game. Lycoming opened the second stanza with a 11-0 run and broke open a close game with a 17-6 run over the final 3:31, including 8-10 from the charity stripe. The Knights fall to 1-1 on the season.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Rochester to take on The College of New Jersey in the consolation game of the Chuck Resler tournament and dropped a tough 48-47 decision. Junior Jessica Chambers made one of two free throws with 15 ticks left to bring the Knights within one point and proceeded to steal the ball at midcourt on the ensuing inbounds. Senior Felisa Brown's missed jumper was tipped out of bounds by the Lions with 0:03 on the clock and Chambers could not get a shot off in the final seconds when she collided with an opponent on the inbounds pass. An All-Tournament pick, Chambers led the way with game highs in points (13) and rebounds (10), while Brown added nine markers and senior Laura Talbott dished out eight assists. The Knights fall to 0-2 on the season.

Nov 20, 2004

Survive and Advance!

Men's Soccer Moves into Final 8
Lauricella Nets Game Winner
Stock Posts 13th Shutout

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team (16-4-2) travelled to St. Lawrence University this afternoon to take on Wheaton (MA) College in the round of 16 of the NCAA Division III championships and moved into the final eight with a 1-0 victory. Senior Eric Lauricella scored his second consecutive game winner and sixth of the season in the 21st minute to give the Knights the victory over the Lyons, who were an NCAA final four team in 2003. Senior Chris Stock made five saves in posting his 13th shutout of the season. The Knights were outshot by a 15-11 margin and the Lyons had eight corners to Geneseo's two. Geneseo will take on Williams (MA) College, who won a 1-0 overtime victory today over the host Saints, on Sunday, November 21 at 1:00 pm at St. Lawrence. The winner earns the right to play in the final four in Greensboro, North Carolina on Friday, November 26 and Saturday, November 27.

Nov 20, 2004

Cross Country at Nationals

Men Finish 10th at NCAAs
Turner, Beck All-Americans
Women Place 13th

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to Wisconsin Eau Claire for the NCAA Division III championships and placed 10th of 24 teams with 292 points in their second consecutive trip to the national meet. Senior Ted Turner bettered his 2003 race by one spot to earn his second consecutive cross country All-American certificate with a fourth place finish in a time of 24:44. Classmate Jeff Beck shaved six spots off his 2003 finish to earn All-American honors for the second time after placing 23rd with a time of 25:12. The Knights scoring five included first year Eugene Peterson, who was 126th in 26:16, sophomore Mike McGrath, who placed 132nd in 26:24 and sophomore Jim Tillapaugh, who crossed 138th in 26:28. Juniors Dan Moore and Brad Johnson completed the team by finishing 162nd in 26:43 and 203rd in 27:28, respectively.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team participated in the NCAA Division III National championships for the sixth year in a row and ran to a 13th place team finish with 336 points. Junior Renne Catalano led the charge with a 64th place finish in a time of 22:55, while classmate Marta Scott was 93rd in 23:12. First year Meghan Nolan placed 106th in a time of 23:22, sophomore Christy Finke was 122nd in 23:31 and first year Kristin Wayman crossed 146th in 23:49 to complete the scoring five. First years Karen Merrill and Sarah Allen were 159th in 24:03 and 203rd in 25:15, respectively, to complete the team.

Nov 19, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Defeat Golden Eagles
Men's Basketball Wins Opener
Women's Basketball Falls to Rochester

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Brockport Golden Eagles tonight and won a 4-3 decision. The Ice Knights led 1-0 at the first intermission on a goal by Jay Kuczmanski with Mitch Stephens and Steve Sankey picking up assists. Geneseo's Mat Cyr made it 2-0 at 3:45 of the second on a breakaway from the blue line with assists to Jack Bullard and Mike Morris. The Golden Eagles made it 2-1 at 16:27 of the second on the first of Mark Digby's three scores. Junior Dan Schofield made it 3-1 Geneseo at 6:36 of the third and classmate Nick Onody gave the Ice Knights a three goal cushion on the power play at 12:12. Junior Kris Heeres and Cyr collected helpers on the Schofield goal, while sophomore Brett Bestwick and Sankey assisted the eventual game winner. The Eagles completed the scoring at 14:23 and 17:38 of the third. Geneseo's Brett Walker made 23 saves to post the win in nets as the Ice Knights move to 6-2-1 overall and 3-2 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team opened their season by travelling to the Lycoming tournament and defeated John Jay by a score of 73-56. Senior Joe Zera collected 25 points, five assists in leading the offense and sophomore Greg Spears added 12 points for the Knights. Sophomore Scott Sciera scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds and Brian Bennett chipped in with six helpers. The Knights will take on the hosts in the title game.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Rochester to take on the fifth ranked Yellowjackets in the opening game of the Chuck Resler Tip-Off tournament and dropped a 59-41 decision. The Knights trailed 34-15 at the intermission and could not recover. Junior Jackie Fertitta led the way offensively with 10 points on five of seven shooting, while Jessica Chambers added nine points. Senior Felisa Brown netted eight points on six of seven from the line and senior Patricia McGrath grabbed a team high seven rebounds. The Knights fall to 0-1 and play The College of New Jersey in the third place game.

Nov 18, 2004

Knights Earn Honors

MacDonald, Sankey Win SUNYAC Weekly
Weismann Tabbed for Molnar Award
Barth Earns AVCA All-Region

Men's Ice Hockey
Sophomore Mike MacDonald and first year Steve Sankey were named the SUNYAC Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, for their performances in the week ending November 14. MacDonald scored five goals, two assists in a pair of wins last week and Sankey netted two goals, one assist in the 8-1 win over Cortland.

SUNYAC Dr. Sam Molnar Award
Geneseo graduate Paul Weismann, '04 was named the 2003-04 Dr. Sam Molnar Award winner by the State University of New York Athletic Conference. The award is given to the male student-athlete with the best combination of athletic ability and academic excellence. A SUNY Chancellor's Award winner, Weismann carried a grade point average of 3.58 in chemistry, won several SUNY Geneseo Chemistry department awards and was a two year captain and starting defenseman for the Ice Knights.

AVCA All-Region
First year outside hitter Kate Barth was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region team. The SUNYAC West Player and Rookie of the Year, Barth set a school record of 677 kills this season in leading the Knights to a 25-16 record, a spot in the SUNYAC title game and berths in the NYSWCAA and ECAC tournaments.

Nov 15, 2004

NCAA Men's Soccer

Knights to play Wheaton (MA) in Round of 16

Men's Soccer
The SUNY Geneseo men's soccer team will travel to St. Lawrence University on Saturday, November 20 to take on Wheaton (MA) in the round of 16 in the NCAA Division III national championship tournament.

The sectional site in Canton, New York will feature the host Saints taking on Williams (MA) in the 11:00 am game on Saturday, with the contest between the Knights and the Lyons following at 1:30 pm. The winners are scheduled to meet on Sunday for the chance to advance to the Division III Final Four in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Nov 13, 2004

Other Saturday Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Shock Lakers
Volleyball Knocked From ECACs
Swimming & Diving Sprint Past Brockport

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Oswego tonight and shocked the Lakers with a 7-6 victory when sophomore Mike MacDonald completed a hat trick by scoring the game tying goal with 1:28 left and the game winner with just 20 ticks remaining. After a scoreless first period, junior Nick Onody gave Geneseo a 1-0 lead at 2:20 of the first. The Lakers scored on the man advantage at 3:28 and 6:50 for a 2-1 lead, but the Ice Knights reclaimed the lead on a power play goal from Jay Kuczmanski with assists to Matt English and MacDonald at 9:41 and MacDonald's first of the night from Kuczmanski and Mitch Stephens. The Lakers erupted for three scores in the first 7:47 of the third for a 5-3 lead, but the Knights tied the score on a pair of power play goals just eight seconds apart as Stephens scored from Michel Bond and Bond scored from MacDonald and English at 12:39 and 12:47. The Lakers set the stage for MacDonald by recapturing the lead at 6-5 at 14:48. Senior Brett Walker posted his second win of the season in goal by making 26 saves as Geneseo evens their SUNYAC record at 2-2 and goes to 5-2-1 overall.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team took on #2 Rochester in the semifinals of the ECAC Upstate tournament at RIT this afternoon and the third seeded Knights fell by scores of 30-19, 21-30, 18-30, 23-30. Geneseo was led by Jessi Laemlein, who collected 13 kills, junior Emily Tatar's 18 assists and three service aces and senior Erin Sharp's 17 digs, six aces as the Knights complete their season with a record of 25-16.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to Brockport this afternoon and won a 127.5-94.5 decision over the Golden Eagles. Senior Jenny Cocco set a new pool record with a time of 1:09.11 in the 100 breast and Sabrina Feldman won both the one meter (193.95) and the three meter (198.90) diving events to lead Geneseo. Other winners included Amanda Cavarella in the 1000 free (11:35.90), Justine Diaz in the 200 free (2:04.74), Colleen Wayne in the 100 back (1:05.62), Maren McDonald in the 50 free (24.45), Erin Walsh in the 200 IM (2:19.35) and Lindsey Fial in the 100 free (57.82). The team advances to 4-0 on the season.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to Brockport this afternoon and raised their record to 4-0 on the year with a 138-88 swamping of the Eagles. Geneseo's Travis Brennan was a double winner as he captured the 200 free in 1:50.49 and the 100 back in 56.17. Other winners for the Blue Wave included Max McArdle in the 1000 free (10:51.18), Tim Stockton in the 50 free (22.65), Dan Allen in the 200 IM (2:02.08), James Kallio in the 100 fly (54.98), Kevin VanDerMeid in the 100 free (49.63) and Nick D'Alessandro in one meter diving (213.40).

Nov 13, 2004

Men's Soccer Advances in NCAA

Knights Defeat Keene (NH), 3-2
Lauricella Nets Game Winner

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team won their second round NCAA Division III tournament game with a dramatic 3-2 win over host Keene (NH) this afternoon on senior Eric Lauricella's goal with 7:19 left. Lauricella took a direct kick which hit the Owls wall and came right back to him for another shot which found the back of the net and sent the Knights to the round of 16. Keene took a 1-0 lead at 35:05 of the first, but senior Dave Aguado scored the first of his two goals at 37:02 after a direct kick was touched to him by first year Matt Robinson, who's shot was dropped by the Keene goalkeeper and knocked in by Aguado. Sophomore Chris Billoni served a direct kick from midfield in the 60th minute that was headed by Taylor Smith to Jim Felluca, who served to Aguado for a one-timer and a 2-1 Knights lead. Keene evened the game at the 74:07 mark on a shot into the upper corner past Geneseo keeper Chris Stock which set the stage for Lauricella's heroics. The Knights will face the Wheaton (MA)/Babson winner, a game snowed out today, in the next round on November 20th at a location and time to be determined.

Nov 13, 2004

Cross Country Teams NCAA Bound

Women First, Men Second at Atlantic Regional
Women Make Sixth Straight Trip, 11th Overall
Men Earn Two in a Row, Third Overall

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Division III championships for the sixth straight year and 11th time overall with a first place team finish by scoring 41 points to capture the Atlantic Regional team title at St. Lawrence over runnerup Ithaca's 64 points. Junior Marta Scott led the individual finishers for the Knights with a time of 22:43 to pace Geneseo. The pack of junior Renne Catalano and first years Kristin Wayman and Meghan Nolan placed eighth through tenth and sophomore Christy Finke completed the scoring five with a 16th place finish. Catalano ran to a 22:53 time over the 6,000 meter race, while Wayman came in 23:00, Nolan was 23:04 and Finke finished 23:13. Completing the top seven for Geneseo were first years Sarah Allen and Karen Merrill, who were 25th in 23:27 and 41st in 23:48, respectively. Geneseo will travel to Wisconsin Eau Claire for the national championship race on Saturday, November 20.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to St. Lawrence for the NCAA Atlantic Regional and earned their second straight and third overall trip to the national championships after scoring a second place 84 points to champion College of New Jersey's 67. Senior Ted Turner won his second individual regional title in a row by covering the 8,000 meters in a time of 24:52. Classmate Jeff Beck finished fourth in 25:20, while sophomore Mike McGrath and first year Eugene Peterson continued to run well with finishes of 22nd in 25:55 and 26th in 26:01, respectively. Geneseo's scoring five was completed by Dan Moore's 31st place finish (26:13), while the top seven included Brad Johnson, who was 42nd in 26:26 and Jim Tillapaugh, who was 44th in 26:32. The Knights are looking to better their seventh place team finish at the NCAA in 2003 when they travel to Wisconsin Eau Claire on Saturday, November 20.

Nov 12, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Volleyball Advances in ECAC Tournament
Ice Knights Skate Past Red Dragons

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to RIT tonight as the #3 seed for the ECAC Upstate tournament and defeated sixth seeded Vassar in the first round by scores of 28-30, 30-21, 30-25, 30-22. First year Kate Barth collected 20 kills, while classmates Jessi Laemlein and Courtney Nash netted 16 and 10 kills, respectively. Junior Emily Tatar centered the attack with 51 assists and senior Erin Sharp contributed 16 digs. The Knights move to 25-15 on the season and will face second seeded Rochester in tomorrow's 1:30 pm semifinal. The host Tigers will face #5 Elmira, a five game upset winner over fourth seeded New Paltz, in the 11 am semifinal with the championship match scheduled for 6 pm.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Cortland tonight and skated past the Red Dragons by a score of 8-1. Geneseo led 2-0 after one period and 5-1 after two as they broke the game open. First year defenseman Steve Sankey scored two goals, one assist to pace the attack and sophomores Mitch Stephens and Mike MacDonald each collected two goals fro Geneseo. Junior Michel Bond and first year Trent Cassan each had a goal, while senior Jay Kuczmanski, junior Dan Schofield and sophomores Brett Bestwick and Mike Morris each contributed two assists. Senior Brett Walker was in nets and made 21 saves to post the win in his first start of the season. Geneseo raises their record to 4-2-1 overall and 1-2 in SUNYAC.

Nov 10, 2004

NCAA Division III Men's Soccer

Knights Advance to Second Round
Felluca Nets First Career Goal

Men's Soccer
The SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights (14-4-2) defeated the RIT Tigers (9-8-1) by a score of 1-0 on Saratoga Field this afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer tournament.

Sophomore defender Jim Felluca (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) scored his first career goal at 47:35 with the assist going to Matt Robinson (Rochester, NY/Irondequoit). The game winner was set up when Felluca's corner kick was cleared by the Tigers defense to Robinson. The first year midfielder touched the ball back out to Felluca, whose bad angle, left-footed shot from the right side slid just under the upper left corner of the crossbar.

"We were fortunate to escape the first half scoreless going into the wind after they (RIT) controlled the play," said Geneseo coach Mike Mooney. "After scoring so early in the second half going with the wind, we went into our defensive shell a bit early and were happy to hold them off."

The Tigers outshot Geneseo by a 19-9 margin and had several quality scoring chances. Junior Gavin Thomas' (Ontario, NY/Wayne) header with 20 ticks left in the first half hit the crossbar, senior Abe Zwirn's (Berwick, ME/Noble) header was cleared off the line by Geneseo's David Fink (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) with 30:20 remaining and freshman Andrew Ong (Kuala Lampur, Malaysia/ISKL) nearly evened the game with 24 minutes remaining when his shot rocketed off the crossbar.

Geneseo had a pair of chances to take a two goal advantage late in the second stanza as RIT senior goalkeeper Nate Andrews (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) made a diving save on Robinson's header with 15 minutes left and Geneseo senior David Aguado (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) hit the right post from 15 yards out and then the crossbar on the rebound with five minutes left to play.

Senior goalkeeper Chris Stock (Penfield, NY/Penfield) made five saves to post his 12th shutout of the season for Geneseo. The Knights advance to the NCAA Division III second round and will play at Keene St. (NH) on Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 1:00 pm.

Nov 08, 2004

Volleyball Selected for ECAC Upstate Tournament

Knights Seeded Third, Travel to RIT

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team was selected for the ECAC Division III Upstate championships as the third seed in the six team single elimination tournament. The Knights (24-15) will face sixth seeded Vassar in the second match on Friday, November 12 at 8:00 pm. The winner will take on the #2 Rochester Yellowjackets in the second semifinal at 1:30 pm on Saturday, November 13. In the 5:30 pm first round match on Friday, fourth seeded New Paltz will face #5 Elmira with the winner to take on top seeded host RIT in Saturday's 11:00 am semifinal. The semifinal winners will advance to Saturday's 6:00 pm championship match.

Nov 08, 2004

Men's Soccer to Host NCAA First Round

Knights To Make First Ever Appearance

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team will make their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer championship tournament when they host the RIT Tigers (9-7-1) in the first round on Wednesday, November 10 at 1 pm on the Saratoga Field.

The Knights (13-4-2) gained entry into the national competition with a 1-0 victory over top seeded Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC title game, while the Tigers advanced with a 1-0 win over St. John Fisher in the championship match of the Empire Eight tournament and are making their 14th visit to the national tournament.

Tickets for the event are $6 for adults, $3 for students and $2 for children under 12. Spectators will enter the soccer complex at the side of the field closest to the Saratoga Townhouses.

Nov 06, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Volleyball Defeated by Cortland in SUNYAC Final
Swimming & Diving Sweep Rochester
Hockey Drops Second Straight in SUNYAC

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the SUNYAC tournament at Brockport today and advanced to the championship match with a 30-25, 25-30, 18-30, 30-18, 15-10 win over the host Golden Eagles, seeded first out of the SUNYAC West division. First year Kate Barth, who was named the SUNYAC West Player of the Year yesterday, led the attack with 16 kills and classmate Jessi Laemlein added 14 kills on a .519 hitting percentage. Senior Karyn Patridge collected 18 digs, five blocks, four kills and two service aces with a perfect 25 of 25 serving percentage. Junior Emily Tatar handed out 27 assists and first year Elisha Landrigan added 12 helpers as the Knights advance to 24-14 on the year. In the championship match, Geneseo grabbed a 30-25 win in game one over the East division #1 seed, Cortland, but dropped three straight game, 30-13, 30-23, 30-25. This was Geneseo's first appearance in the championship finals since 1998. Barth had 15 kills, eight digs and Tatar handed out 15 helpers. Barth and Patridge were named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament team.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted the Rochester Yellowjackets this afternoon and stayed unbeaten on the season with a dramatic 122-121 win as senior Erin Walsh, first year Maren McDonald, senior Lindsay Swensen and sophomore KC Monahan won the 400 free relay in a time of 3:47.30 to win the meet. The 400 medley relay team of Katie DelloStritto, Jenny Cocco, Lindsey Fial and Colleen Wayne got the Knights started by winning in 4:14.62. Geneseo then saw Walsh and Wayne each win two events with the former taking the 500 free (5:22.33) and the 1000 free (10:59.31) and the latter capturing the 50 free (25.26) and the 100 free (56.06). In addition, Fial won the 200 IM in 2:16.81 as Geneseo advanced to 3-0 on the year.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team raced to a 125-102 victory over Rochester this afternoon at Geneseo. The Blue Wave started with a win as Phil Szrama, James Kallio, Josh Hinman and Tim Stockton won the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:38.55 and the team proceeded to see one double winner and three other individuals win events. Senior Dan Allen glided to wins in the 100 free (48.48) and 200 free (1:46.26), while first years Travis Brennan, Charlie Hake and Christian Foster each won events. Brennan placed first in the 200 IM in 2:07.28, Hake won the 50 free in 22.64 and Foster captured three meter diving with a score of 239.50 points. Geneseo moves to 3-0 on the campaign.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Buffalo St. tonight and dropped their second straight SUNYAC contest of the season by a score of 6-3. The Ice Knights could not recover from a 3-0 first period deficit as the Bengals scored twice on the power play and added a goal in the last two minute. Buffalo St. made it 4-0 at 1:49 of the second before the Ice Knights got on the board with an unassisted goal by Mitch Stephens at 8:23. Geneseo cut the lead to two at the second intermission when Jack Bullard scored from Mat Cyr and Matt English at 13:50. Buffalo St. reclaimed the three goal lead at 1:06 of the third, but the Ice Knights struck at 3:07 on the power play with Mike MacDonald scoring from English and Cyr. Buffalo St. completed the scoring at 5:06 of the third. First year Derek Jokic made 18 saves and allowed three goals in playing the first period and the last 14:54 of the third, while senior Pete Fitzgerald allowed three scores in the second period and the first 5:06 of the third. The Ice Knights fall to 3-2-1 overall and 0-2 in SUNYAC.

Nov 06, 2004

NYSCTC Cross Country

Turner, Beck Lead Geneseo Men to Victory
Catalano, Scott Pace Geneseo Women

NYSCTC Men's Cross Country
The Geneseo men's cross country team turned in a dominating performance at the NYSCTC championships held at Letchworth State Park today as the Knights scored 33 points to runnerup Brockport's 72. Seniors Ted Turner and Jeff Beck continued their all to familiar runs by finishing first and second for Geneseo with Turner winning the race in a time of 24:56 and Beck crossing in 25:23. The Knights strength in the race came in the form of a pack of three finishers from ninth through 11th and another duo finishing 13th and 14th. First year Eugene Peterson led the first group with a time of 26:26, Mike McGrath was close behind in 26:27 and Brad Johnson came in at 26:37. Rounding out the top seven were Dan Moore in 26:39 and Jim Tillapaugh in 26:44.

St. Lawrence's Jon French placed third individually to lead the Saints to a fourth place team finish, while Scott Austin (fourth) and James Davenport (fifth) led the Golden Eagles to the runnerup team finish.

Turner and Beck earned first team All-State (places 1-7), the next five Geneseo runners were second team All-State (8-14) and Geneseo's Bill Holl netted third team All-State (15-21) status by placing 21st in a time of 27:02.

Turner earned NYSCTC Runner of the Year, head coach Mike Woods was the Coach of the Year and RIT's Diego Grisales used a seventh place finish to take home Rookie of the Year honors.

NYSCTC Women's Cross Country
The Geneseo women's cross country team mirrored the men's team finish as the Knights scored 29 points to gain the championship over St. Lawrence's 61. Senior Renne Catalano won the individual title for Geneseo in a time of 18:28 to defeat Tora Olafsen of St. Lawrence (18:40). Junior Marta Scott placed fourth for the Knights in a time of 18:55 and Geneseo had five of the six finishers from seventh to 12th place. First years Meghan Nolan and Karen Merrill and sophomore Christy Finke placed seventh in 19:02.2, eighth in 19:02.6 and ninth in 19:02.8 to complete the scoring five. The top seven included first years Sarah Allen, who was 11th in 19:09 and Kristin Wayman, who was 12th in 19:12.

Ithaca's Bridgette Pilling and Payson Warlick finished third and fifth, respectively to lead the Bombers to a third place team finish with 79 points.

For the Knights, Catalano, Scott and Nolan earn first team All-State for Geneseo, Merrill, Finke, Allen and Wayman took home second team All-State honors and junior Sally Briggs placed 20th in 19:27 for third team All-State.

Catalano earned NYSCTC Runner and Rookie of the Year and head coach Mike Woods was the Coach of the Year.

Nov 06, 2004

Men's Soccer Wins SUNYAC Title!

First in School History for Knights
Mooney Gains Title in 20th Season
Stock Named Tournament MVP

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team (13-4-2) took on top seeded Plattsburgh at the Hall of Fame Fields in Oneonta in today's SUNYAC championship game and won the conference crown for the first time in school history with a 1-0 win over the Cardinals. Head coach Mike Mooney, the winningest coach in Geneseo soccer history with 192 wins, gained the victory in his 20th season when senior Andy Rice knocked in a cross from junior Dan Art from six yards out at 71:55. Senior goalkeeper Chris Stock was named the tournament Most Valuable Player after making three saves to post his 11th shutout of the season. Geneseo outshot the Cardinals by a 16-9 margin and had seven corners to Plattsburgh's five.

Rice, senior midfielder David Fink and sophomore defender Jim Felluca joined Stock on the All-Tournament team. With the victory, Geneseo will compete in the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in school history. The first round of the national championships will take place on Wednesday, November 10 and the Knights opponent, site and time will be determined during the national selections on Sunday.

Nov 05, 2004

SUNYAC All-Stars Announced

Stock Named Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Fertitta Earns Women's Player of the Year
Barth SUNYAC West Volleyball Player of the Year

Men's Soccer
The SUNYAC announced the 2004 Men's Soccer All-Conference team and senior goalkeeper Chris Stock led six Knights on the team in being named the Huntley Parker Player of the Year. Stock was the lone Geneseo representative on the first team after posting a 0.75 goals against, setting a school record in shutouts for a season and adding to the offensive attack with his accurate goal kicks and booming punts. The Knights placed three players on the second team in senior midfielder David Fink, junior midfielder Taylor Smith and sophomore defender Chris Billoni. Senior Dave Aguado and junior defender Jim Felluca earned honorable mention status to complete the six honored players.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team placed four players on the All-SUNYAC team led by junior midfielder Jackie Fertitta, who was named the Player of the Year after scoring four goals, seven assists for 15 points, including tying a school record with four helpers in one game. Sophomore forward Emily Petraglia led Geneseo with 35 points on 15 goals, five assists and joined Fertitta on the All-Conference first team. Junior defender Ashley Clark earned her third straight league honors by making the second team, while midfield classmate Maureen Hilliker was selected as an honorable mention pick.

Women's Volleyball
First year phenom Kate Barth led a pair of Knights named to the SUNYAC West division All-Conference team, including being named the West Player of the Year, Co-Rookie of the Year and a First team performer after setting a school record for kills in a season. Senior Erin Sharp earned second team All-SUNYAC honors after topping the team in digs with 447 from her libero position.

Nov 05, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Advances to SUNYAC Final
Volleyball Advances in SUNYAC
Women Fall to Top Seeded Oneonta

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to the Soccer Hall of Fame Fields in Oneonta today for the semifinals of the SUNYAC tournament and advanced to the title game with a 1-0 win over New Paltz. Senior Eric Lauricella scored the game winner at 75:20 on an assist from Andy Rice to give the Knights the victory and avenge the Hawks 3-1 regular season win over the Knights at New Paltz on October 2. Senior Chris Stock made six saves to post his 10th shutout of the season as the Knights advance to 12-4-2 on the season. Geneseo will face top seeded Plattsburgh, a 4-0 winner over Brockport in the other semifinal, in tomorrow's 11 am title match in Oneonta. Geneseo will look to gain revenge on another regular season loss as the Cardinals won by a score of 2-0 in the regular season at Geneseo on September 17.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Brockport this afternoon for the first round of the SUNYAC tournament as the #3 seed from the West division and defeated the East division #2 seed, New Paltz, by a score of 30-10, 29-31, 30-24, 30-21. First year Kate Barth collected 23 kills, four service aces and classmate Jessi Laemlein added 14 kills to lead the attack. Junior Emily Tatar dished out 49 assists and senior Erin Sharp posted 19 digs as Geneseo advances to tomorrow's semifinal to take on the West #1 seed, Brockport. The Knights are now 23-14 on the season.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to the Hall of Fame Fields in Oneonta this afternoon to take on the top seeded and unbeated Oneonta Red Dragons and ended their season with a tough 5-0 loss. The Knights played into a ferocious wind in the first half and trailed 4-0 at the intermission. In the second stanza, Oneonta added one goal, while the Knights threatened but hit the crossbar twice. First year Dana Cummings made four saves as Geneseo completes their season with a record of 8-13. Junior Jackie Fertitta and sophomore Emily Petraglia were named to the All-Tournament team.

Nov 02, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Knights Advance in SUNYAC Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Brockport this afternoon as the number five seed in the SUNYAC tournament and defeated the fourth seeded Golden Eagles by a score of 1-0 on sophomore Martha Brown's first half tally. Senior Jessalyn Ciampa fed Brown for a shot from 20 yards out over the Eagle goalkeeper at 22:05. Geneseo outshot Brockport by a 15-13 margin and first year Dana Cummings made 11 saves to post the shutout in nets. The Knights advance to 8-12 on the season and will travel to Oneonta to take on the top seeded Red Dragons in Friday afternoon's 1:30 pm SUNYAC semifinal.

Nov 01, 2004

Sunday's Contest Summary

Equestrian Second at Alfred
Miller Earns High Point Rider

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to Alfred for day two of the Saxon Invitational and garnered a second place team finish of 12 schools to earn Reserve High Point team. Sophomore Leslie Miller earned High Point Rider honors after grabbing first place finishes in the Open division both on the flat and over fences. Junior Nicole Santillo won first in Intermediate both on the flat and over fences, while senior Emma Boyer and first year Christina Szalinski earned firsts on the flat in Advanced WTC and junior Holly Skuce captured a first in Walk/Trot on the flat. Second place performances were turned in by senior Jennie O'Brien over fences in the Open, senior Anne Haggarty on the flat in Intermediate, junior Audra Smith in Novice both on the flat and over fences, junior Marcy Rice over fences in the Novice and junior Kim Parker on the flat in Walk/Trot.

Oct 30, 2004

Welcome Women's Equestrian!!!

Today's Alfred Event First Ever as Varsity for Geneseo

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to Alfred today for their first ever competition as a varsity team. Each event is divided into classifications, with the most skilled riders performing "On the Flat" and "Over Fences" in the Open Division, Intermediate and Novice, and just "On the Flat" in Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter (WTC), Beginner WTC and Walk/Trot.

The Knights had several quality performances as junior Janice Washburn earned "Reserve High Point Rider" for having the second highest combined point total on the day. Washburn collected a first place on the flat in the Open Division and a second place over fences. Other first places were scored by junior Novice Audra Smith over fences, senior Advanced WTC Kristen Jacobsen on the flat and juniors Kim Parker and Holly Skuce on the flat in Walk/Trot. Second place performers included first year Christina Trimarchi over fences in the Open division, seniors Emma Boyer and Shana Page both on the flats in Advanced WTC.

Oct 30, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Swimming & Diving Wins Invitational
Ice Knights Defeat St. Clair
Barth Named NYSWCAA Rookie of Year

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted Alfred University and the College of St. Rose in the Geneseo Invitational this afternoon and won the meet with a score of 244 points to Alfred's 197. The Blue Wave had three double winners this afternoon as Erin Walsh won the 200 free in 2:02.61 and the 500 free in 5:24.25, Colleen Wayne captured the 50 free (25.31) and the 100 free (56.79) and Lindsey Fial crossed first in the 100 fly in 1:04.41 and the 200 IM in 2:18.14. Other winners for Geneseo included Katie DelloStritto, who won the 100 back in 1:04.03 and Jenny Cocco in the 100 breast in 1:11.29. Geneseo swept all three relays as DelloStritto, Cocco, Fial and Lindsay Swensen won the 200 medley (1:58.13), Walsh, DelloStritto, Maren McDonald and Wayne won the 200 free (1:43.92) and Walsh, Fial, McDonald and Wayne won the 400 free in 3:51.54.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team hosted the Geneseo Invitational this afternoon and placed first with 272 points over Alfred's 192 and College of St. Rose's 116. Geneseo's Christian Foster was the lone double winner after capturing one meter diving (226.45) and three meter diving (223.88). The Blue Wave had six individual winners as Mike Wiese won the 1000 free in 10:27.64, Tim Stockton placed first in the 50 free (22.47), Josh Hinman won the 100 fly in 53.87, Phil Szrama crossed first in the 100 back in 56.45, Dan Kelly was a winner in the 500 free in 5:03.90 and James Kallio captured the 100 breast in 1:02.01. Geneseo placed two relays in the top spot as Szrama, Kallio, Hinman and Jeremy Hinman won the 200 medley in 1:40.36 and John Zolna, Jeremy Hinman, Rory O'Reilly and Stockton took the 200 free in 1:29.88.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to the NYSWCAA tournament today at Cortland and split a pair of matches as first year Kate Barth was named the New York State Rookie of the Year in the pre-tournament ceremony. In the first match of the day, Barth had 31 kills, eight digs and three service aces in a tough five game loss to the Nazareth Flyers (30-22, 28-30, 30-32, 30-24, 13-15). Classmate Jessi Laemlein tallied 14 kills, sophomore Abi Goettsch netted six kills, five blocks and junior Emily Tatar handed out 47 helpers. In the consolation bracket, the Knights defeated Oneonta, 30-22, 30-22, 30-26. Barth led the way with 27 kills, Laemlein added 12 kills and Tatar dished out 36 assists. Senior Karyn Patridge and sophomore Megan Wailand each contributed seven digs. The Knights are now 22-14 on the year.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted St. Clair College in an exhibition tonight and captured an 8-1 decision. Junior Kris Heeres scored four goals as the Ice Knights exploded for six goals in the second stanza to break the game open. Sophomore Mitch Stephens and Jack Bullard each had a goal and an assist, while Nick Onody and Mike MacDonald each collected a goal. Senior Pete Fitzgerald got the start in nets and allowed no goals and made nine saves in 30:02 of action, while first year Derek Jokic stopped 10 shots and allowed one goal in 29:58.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Hamilton this afternoon and dropped a 3-1 game to the Continentals. Geneseo trailed 1-0 on a penalty kick at 32:13, but knotted the score 1:30 later when Joe Titus headed in a direct kick by Chris Billoni to send the game to the intermission even. Hamilton scored goals in the 56th and 65th minute to post the win despite being outshot by the Knights by a 17-11 margin. Senior Chris Stock made four saves in taking the loss as Geneseo falls to 11-4-2 on the campaign.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Utica College this afternoon and dropped a 3-1 decision to the Pioneers. Geneseo trailed 2-0 at intermission and 3-0 after 48 minutes until senior Sarah Maisonet scored the lone goal at 68:03 off an assist from Alyssa Anderson. Junior Amanda Carver made 15 saves as the Knights complete their season with a record of 8-10 on the year.

Oct 27, 2004

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Women's Soccer Falls to Fisher

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted St. John Fisher this afternoon and dropped a tough 1-0 outcome to the Cardinals despite holding a 24-5 shot advantage. Geneseo outshot their opponent by a 9-4 margin in the first half, but trailed 1-0 when the Cardinals broke through on a breakaway and scored the lone goal at 33:09. Geneseo's Dana Cummings made one save as the Knights fall to 7-12 on the season.

Oct 26, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Plays to Scoreless Tie
Stock Sets New Standard
Volleyball Falls to Cortland

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Ithaca this afternoon and played the Bombers to a scoreless draw over 120 minutes of action. Senior Chris Stock set a new school record with his ninth shutout of the season to surpass Louis Guilfoil's 1996 record of eight which Stock equalled last season. Stock made seven saves to move into third all-time at the college with 19 career blankings. The Knights are now 11-3-2 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Cortland tonight and dropped a 30-21, 30-25, 30-26 decision to the Red Dragons. In the third game, Geneseo led 17-8 before Cortland scored 10 of the next 11 points to even it at 18. The game stayed even until the Red Dragons scored three points in a row with the score 24-all to take command. First year Kate Barth had 10 kills to lead the way, Jessi Laemlein added seven kills and senior Karyn Patridge contributed nine digs, three blocks. Geneseo falls to 21-13 on the year.

Oct 26, 2004

All-SUNYAC Field Hockey Announced

Three Knights Earn Honors

Women's Field Hockey
The SUNYAC announced the 2004 All-Conference team today and three Knights earned second team honors. Sophomore forward Jeanine Tripepi , senior midfielder Sarah Maisonet and senior defender Corinn Gorman each earned the nod as an All-SUNYAC player. This is Tripepi's second time earning conference honors and the first for both Maisonet and Gorman.

Oct 23, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Cross Country Sweeps SUNYAC!
Field Hockey Drops Bombers
Ice Hockey Trips Lebanon Valley

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to Brockport this afternoon for the SUNYAC championship and won their fifth straight conference title by scoring 16 points to runnerup Fredonia's 66. Junior Renne Catalano captured the individual title in a time of 23:09 as the Knights took the first four places and had five runners earn SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame status. A trio of first year students joined Catalano at the top as Kristin Wayman was second in 23:34, Meghan Nolan ran third in 23:35 and Sarah Allen captured fourth in 23:37 to each gain a place in the Hall. Sophomore Christy Finke was seventh in a time of 23:47, junior Fran Magri earned a place in the Hall by finishing eighth in 23:49 and first year Karen Merrill completed the top seven by placing ninth in 23:54. The top seven finishers earn first team All-SUNYAC, with junior Sally Briggs, who was 11th in 23:56, joining the Magri and Merrill on the All-SUNYAC second team.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team won their fifth straight SUNYAC championship at Brockport on Saturday by scoring 33 points to runnerup Cortland's 56. Senior Ted Turner won his second straight individual title with a time of 25:06 to cover the field, while classmate Jeff Beck placed third in 25:37 for the Knights. Joining Turner and Beck as first team All-SUNYAC performers was Mike McGrath, who was seventh in 26:18. On the second team All-SUNYAC squad was first year Eugene Peterson, who placed ninth in 26:30, sophomore Jim Tillapaugh, who was 13th in 26:44 and junior Dan Moore, who crossed 14th in 26:45. Junior Andrew McCarthy rounded out the top seven by placing 17th in 26:57.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Ithaca Bombers this afternoon and won a 3-1 decision as sophomore Erin Brown scored a pair of second half goals just 1:13 apart to break a 1-1 tie. The Knights led 1-0 at the intermission as sophomore Karen Garnish scored from senior Erin Wight at 6:46. Ithaca evened the game just 51 ticks into the second stanza, but the Knights gained the win on the two Brown goals with junior Melissa Walsh picking up assists on both scores. Junior Amanda Carver made four saves to post the victory.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to SUNYIT this afternoon and won a 6-2 decision to earn the fifth seed in the upcoming SUNYAC playoffs. The Knights scored three times in each half to gain the win over the Wildcats as sophomore scoring sensation Emily Petraglia netted three goals, one assist to up her team leading totals to 15 goals and 35 points on the campaign. The school records for a season are 16 goals, set by junior Jackie Fertitta in 2002 and 38 points by Julie Rivers in 1987 and equalled by Betsy Balling in 1993. Junior Jessalyn Ciampa scored a goal and three assists and single markers were scored by Fertitta and Jackie Powers. The Knights advance to 7-11 overall and 5-5 in SUNYAC play.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Lebanon Valley this afternoon and won a 4-3 victory when junior Nick Onody scored a power play goal at 13:46 of the second period on assists from Kris Heeres and Jay Kuczmanski. In a game marred by 40 penalties between the teams, Geneseo was three of 16 with the man advantage but held the Dutchmen to just 1 of 16 of their power play attempts. The Ice Knights led 2-0 after 3:04 on goals by Matt English and Mitch Stephens, but the Dutchmen got the next three to take a 3-2 lead at 1:44 of the second stanza. Kuczmanski set the stage for Onody's game winner by tying the score at 7:40 of the second on a perfect crossing pass from Brett Bestwick. The Knights Derek Jokic posted 26 saves in gaining the win as Geneseo advanced to 3-0-1 on the season.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team won a 125.5-109.5 decision at Buffalo St. today. Junior KC Monahan was a double winner by taking the 200 free (2:04.93) and the 500 free (5:32.49). Five other Knights posted individual wins as Erin Walsh won the 1000 free in 11:08.83, Colleen Wayne raced to a win in the 50 free (26.14), Lindsey Fial captured the 100 fly in 1:02.54, Lindsay Swensen won the 100 free in 59.13 and Katie DelloStritto crossed first in the 100 back in 1:05.16. Geneseo advances to 2-0 on the year.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team travelled to Buffalo St. today and won by a score of 129-81. The 400 medley relay team of Rory O'Reilly, James Kallio, Josh Hinman and Dan Allen set a new pool record with a blistering time of 3:42.49. Individually, junior Mike Wiese won a pair of events and six others had wins for the Blue Wave. Wiese won the 1000 free in 10:34.26 and the 100 fly in 55.73. In addition, Allen won the 100 free in 22.46, Dan Kelly captured the 200 free in 1:52.23, Hinman won the 200 IM (2:08.28), O'Reilly took the 100 back in 57.58, Jeremy Hinman crossed first in the 100 free (51.21) and Christian Foster won three meter diving with a score of 224.85. The Blue Wave is now 2-0 on the year.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued on Saturday with SUNYAC West Pool Play and split a pair of matches. The Knights will enter the SUNYAC tournament as the number three seed from the West after posting a season record of 5-3 at the pool play. In today's first match, Geneseo fell to Brockport by scores of 30-25, 26-30, 30-25, 30-24. First year Kate Barth had 20 kills, seven digs and classmate Jessi Laemlein added 10 kills. Senior Erin Sharp contributed 17 digs in the loss. In match two, Geneseo rebounded with a 30-22, 30-22, 24-30, 30-18 win over Oswego. Barth had 28 kills, sophomore Abi Goettsch added 12 kills and first year Elisha Landrigan dished out 40 assists as the Knights run their record to 21-12 overall.

Oct 22, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Defeat Elmira in OT
Swimming & Diving Sweep RIT
Volleyball Goes 1-1 at Pool Play

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Elmira Soaring Eagles tonight and won a dramatic come-from-behind 6-5 overtime win. Junior Dan Schofield scored two goals and two assists including the game winner just 2:43 into the overtime to lead the Ice Knights. Geneseo led 1-0 at the first intermission on Mitch Stephens' first goal of the season at 10:55, but Elmira scored five times in the second stanza to the Ice Knights three goals to take a 5-4 second period lead. Sophomore Brett Bestwick netted the game tying goal just 1:07 into the third to set the stage for Schofield's heroics. Stephens and first year Trent Cassan each had a goal and three assists, while sophomore Mike McDonald contributed a goal and two helpers. First year Derek Jokic made 22 saves to post the win in nets as the Ice Knights go to 2-0-1 on the season.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted RIT tonight and won a 129-104 victory as senior Erin Walsh and first year Justine Diaz each won two events. Walsh captured the 200 IM in 2:21.63 and the 100 free in 57.20, while Diaz won the 1000 free in 11:15.94 and the 100 back in 1:03.69. Other winners included Katie DelloStritto, who won the 50 free in 26:72, Colleen Wayne won the 200 free in 2:04.18 and KC Monahan captured the 100 fly in 1:02.83. Geneseo is now 1-0 on the season.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team hosted the RIT Tigers tonight and raced to a 132-106 victory. Senior Dan Allen and junior Josh Hinman each won two events with Allen racing to a 10:34.41 time in the 1000 free and a 48.90 time in the 100 free, while Hinman took the 200 free in 1:50.82 and the 100 fly in 54.68. Other winners for Geneseo included James Kallio, who won the 100 breast in 1:02.18 and Travis Brennan, who crossed first in the 100 back in 57.76. Geneseo advances to 1-0 on the year.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Fredonia for the second round of SUNYAC pool play and split a pair of matches on the night. In the opener, Geneseo dropped a tough 29-31, 27-30, 30-22, 27-30 decision to the hosts. First year Kate Barth had 23 kills, nine digs, senior Erin Sharp had 20 digs and junior Emily Tatar collected 44 assists. In the nightcap, Geneseo rebounded with a 30-22, 30-18, 30-20 win over Buffalo St. Barth had 16 kills, three aces, senior Karyn Patridge and first year Jessi Laemlein contributed 10 kills each and Tatar dished out 43 helpers. Geneseo is now 20-11 on the season and will continue on Saturday with the pool play action at Fredonia.

Oct 20, 2004

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Earns SUNYAC Playoff Bye
Field Hockey Blanks Wells
Women's Soccer Falls in OT

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted the Brockport Golden Eagles this afternoon and earned a SUNYAC playoff tournament first round bye with a 2-1 win. First year Matt Robinson's header on a cross from senior Tyler Ferrera at 69:47 gave the Knights the victory. After a scoreless first half, junior Taylor Smith scored on a penalty kick after a handball in the penalty area to give the Knights a 1-0 lead at 48:43. Brockport evened the game at 62:50 on a corner kick. Senior Chris Stock made nine saves to post the win in nets as Geneseo was outshot by a 20-16 margin. The Knights raise their record to 11-3-1 overall and 6-2-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted Wells College this afternoon and blanked the visitors by a score of 5-0. Sophomores Karen Garnish and Laura Henson each scored a goal and an assist to lead the offense as the Knights scored a goal in each half on a penalty corner advantage with time expired. Other goal scorers for Geneseo included Jeanine Tripepi, Sarah Buchanan and Sarah Maisonet, while Kim Nelson and Melissa Walsh each picked up helpers. Junior Amanda Carver played 54:03 in nets and first year Lauren McCauley played 15:57 in goal as the Knights held a 35-0 shot advantage. Geneseo advances to 7-9 on the year.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Brockport this afternoon and dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to the Golden Eagles. Brockport took a 1-0 lead just 3:29 into the game, but an unassisted goal by sophomore Martha Brown at 62:56 sent the game to the extra session. The Eagles got the game winner at 98:45 of the first overtime and outshot the Knights by a 14-13 margin. First year Dana Cummings made eight saves in taking the loss in goal as the Knights fall to 6-11 overall and 4-5 in SUNYAC.

Oct 19, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Falls to Houghton

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Houghton College tonight and dropped a 2-0 decision to the Highlanders. Geneseo junior Amanda Carver took the loss in nets as she and the Knights defense allowed one goal in each half this evening. The Knights fall to 6-9 on the season.

Oct 19, 2004

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Petraglia, Lauricella Tabbed

Weekly Honors
Sophomore Emily Petraglia and senior Eric Lauricella have earned weekly honors after stellar play on the soccer field last week.

Petraglia was named the SUNYAC and ECAC Women's Soccer Player of the Week and the Rochester Area Colleges Athlete of the Week after scoring five goals and adding one assist in a 2-0 week. Petraglia netted two scores in Geneseo's 4-2 win over Buffalo St. on Friday and added three goals, one assist in the 4-2 victory over Fredonia on Saturday.

Lauricella was tabbed as the SUNYAC Player of the Week after having a hand in all three Knights goals last week as he scored the game winner in the 1-0 victory over Buffalo St. on Friday and had a goal and an assist in the 2-1 win over Fredonia on Saturday.

Oct 16, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Defeats Hamilton
Soccers Sweep Fredonia
Volleyball Wins Pair
Hockey Ties Neumann

Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Hamilton College this afternoon and won a 2-1 decision over the host Continentals. The Knights garnered a 2-0 halftime advantage on the strength of a Laura Henson unassisted goal and a tally by Erin Brown off an assist from Erin Wight. Junior Amanda Carver posted the win in nets and Krystina Danizio contributed a defensive save as the Knights held off a late Hamilton flurry. Geneseo advances to 6-8 on the season.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Fredonia this afternoon and battled to a 2-1 win over the Blue Devils. Senior Eric Lauricella scored his second goal in as many days and third of the season on a rocket from a bad angle 25 yards out to give Geneseo a 1-0 lead at 28:01. Fredonia evened the score on a shot off a direct kick just three minutes later to send the game to intermission tied at one. In the second stanza, Lauricella raced down the left side and found classmate Dave Aguado, who's header into the upper left corner gave Geneseo a 2-1 lead and proved to be the game winner at 66:35. Senior Chris Stock made two saves to post the win in nets as the Knights move to 10-3-1 overall and 5-2-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Fredonia today and won a 4-2 victory over the Blue Devils. In what was a near repeat of yesterday's 4-2 win over Buffalo St., the Knights took a 2-0 lead at half but watched Fredonia pull within one early in the second stanza. Geneseo reclaimed the two goal cushion with 31:37 to play, Fredonia cut the deficit to one with 22 minutes left, but the Knights got the insurance goal with 13 minutes remaining. Sophomore Emily Petraglia had a foot in all four scores as she netted Geneseo's first three goals and assisted on Martha Brown's insurance tally. Junior Jackie Fertitta dished out two assists and first year Dana Cummings made three saves to post the win in goal. Geneseo advances to 6-10 overall and 4-4 in SUNYAC.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the SUNY/CUNY challenge at Hunter College today and won a pair of matches to complete the tournament with a 4-0 record. The Knights defeated York, 30-12, 30-12, 30-12 and Lehman, 30-8, 30-22, 30-23. In the opener, first year Kate Barth had seven kills, seven assists and four service aces, while classmate Jessi Laemlein added seven kills. Courtney Nash contributed five kills, four aces and Caitlin Murray totaled six digs. In the final match, senior Karyn Patridge had eight kills, five digs and Megan Wailand contributed six kills, seven aces to pace the attack. Barth collected seven kills and Abi Goettsch had six kills as Geneseo moves their record to 19-10 on the season.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to Rochester this afternoon and won first place in team scoring with 24 points to runnerup Baldwin-Wallace's 46. The Knights placed their top seven runners in the top 12 places as Renne Catalano won the individual title with a time of 23:08. Sophomore Christy Finke had her most impressive run of the season with a third place time of 23:58, junior Fran Magri was fifth in 24:05 and Kristin Wayman and Karen Merrill rounded out the scoring five by finishing seventh in 24:06 and eighth in 24:08, respectively. First year Sarah Allen, who was ninth in 24:10 and Meghan Nolan, who was 12th in 24:27, completed the top seven for the Knights.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to the Rochester Invitational this week and finished in third place with 63 points to champion Lock Haven's 48 and Carnegie Mellon's 49 as top runner Ted Turner took the week off from competition. Senior Jeff Beck led the charge by placing second in 26:00 and first year Eugene Peterson grabbed a top ten with a time of 26:51. Geneseo's scoring five included Mike McGrath, who was 11th in 26:51, Brad Johnson, who finished 19th in 27:07 and Dan Moore, who crossed the line 21st in 27:13. The Knights top seven contained Andrew McCarthy, who was 23rd in 27:19 and sophomore Jim Tillapaugh, who was 27th in 27:32.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team participated in the NYSWCAA tournament at Cornell and finished eighth in team scoring with 12 points as one singles player reached the semifinals. Senior Shalini Sudarsanan won a 6-1, 6-1 win over Goldberg of New Paltz in the first round and a 6-4, 7-5 victory over St. Lawrence's Ellis in the quarterfinals before falling 6-1, 6-3 to Will of William Smith in the semifinals. Other first round singles winners included Nicole King, who won 6-1, 6-1 over Alfred's Drooz in fourth singles before falling 6-3, 6-2 to William Smith's Maier in the quarters and first year Lauren Eichenauer, who captured a 6-4, 7-6 (2) six singles match over Hartwick's Petrosa before bowing out to William Smith's Kelly in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-4. Geneseo's Kristen Greiner drew top seed Coleman of Hamilton in the first round at #1 singles and lost, 6-2, 6-0, sophomore Krissy Feikert fell 6-0, 6-0 to top seed Graham of Vassar at second singles and senior Rene Smith lost a 6-1, 6-1 decision to Hamilton's Horn at fifth singles. In doubles play, Sudarsanan and Smith advanced to the quarters with an 8-6 win over Kucheryavenko and Tessoni of Nazareth in second doubles before dropping an 8-0 decision to McCaslin and TerBush of Cortland in the quarterfinals and King and Eichenauer won an 8-2 match over Green and Nestor of Hartwick at third doubles before losing an 8-3 match to Cortland's Abar and Hemedinger in the quarterfinals. Greiner and Feikert dropped an 8-4 first round match to second seeded Coleman and Donovan of Hamilton at first doubles.

Men's Ice Hockey
The Ice Knights hosted the Neumann Knights at Wilson Ice Arena and posted a 1-1 tie. Geneseo's lone goal came in the second period as Trent Cassan found the back of the net with assists from Brett Bestwick and Matt English. Neumann quickly answered with a goal of their own from Jon Hancock three minutes later. First year Derek Jokic posted 35 saves in the tie for Geneseo as the Ice Knights moved to 1-0-1 on the young season.

Oct 15, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Soccers Sweep Buffalo St.
Ice Knights Defeat Neumann
Volleyball Wins Pair

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Buffalo St. this afternoon and defeated the Bengals by a score of 1-0 on senior Eric Lauricella's goal at 39:36 of the first half. Senior Andy Rice touched a crossing pass to Lauricella, who finished from three yards out for the game's lone goal. Geneseo outshot the Bengals by an 11-7 count as senior Chris Stock made one save and tied the school record for shutouts in a season with his eighth of the year. The Knights advance to 9-3-1 overall and 4-2-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Buffalo St. and notched a 4-2 win over the Bengals. Geneseo led 3-0 on a pair of goals by Emily Petraglia and a score by Maureen Hilliker before the Bengals got their first goal at 41:22 for a 3-1 intermission deficit. Junior Jackie Fertitta picked up helpers on all four of Geneseo's goals as Hilliker got her second of the game at 58:35 to complete the scoring and reclaim the two goal cushion. Geneseo's Laura Castor made three saves to post the win in nets as Geneseo advances to 5-10 overall and 3-4 in SUNYAC play.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Neumann Knights tonight in their season opener and won a 5-1 decision. First year Mat Cyr scored four goals in his Ice Knight debut to pace the offense and senior Chris Tarr handed out three assists as Geneseo got all five goals on the power play. Junior Nick Onody scored one goal and junior transfer Dan Schofield added two helpers as Geneseo raced to a 4-0 first intermission lead and never looked back. First year Derek Jokic stopped 23 shots in posting the win in nets as the Ice Knights held Neumann to one for 16 on the man advantage.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Hunter College for the SUNY/CUNY challenge and swept a pair of matches tonight. In the first match, Geneseo defeated Hunter by scores of 30-17, 30-19, 30-23. Senior Karyn Patridge posted 10 kills, 10 assists, eight service aces and seven digs to pace the attack. First year Courtney Nash totaled nine kills and junior Emily Tatar passed out 20 assists. In match two, the Knights won a 30-12, 30-21, 30-20 decision over Medgar. Geneseo's Megan Wailand led the way with seven kills, seven digs and Tara Geil added seven kills. First year Elisha Landrigan dished out 24 helpers and Danielle Cassidy contributed seven digs. Geneseo raises their record to 17-10 on the season.

Oct 13, 2004

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Falls to Rochester

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Rochester tonight and fell to the Yellowjackets for the third time this season by scores of 30-24, 30-27, 19-30, 30-19. First year Kate Barth had 17 kills, 10 digs, three aces to lead the Knights and Emily Tatar handed out 39 assists with 13 digs. First year Jessi Laemlein contributed 17 kills and classmate Courtney Nash had nine blocks. The Knights fall to 15-10 on the campaign.

Oct 12, 2004

Today's Field Hockey Postponed

No makeup date set

Women's Field Hockey
Tuesday's field hockey game scheduled for 4 pm at Houghton College has been postponed. There has been no makeup date set as yet.

Oct 10, 2004

SUNYAC Tennis Championships

Knights Finish Third

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to the SUNYAC Championships at Limestone Tennis Club in Manlius, NY on Saturday and Sunday. The Knights placed third in the team scoring with 22 points to champion Cortland's 32 and runnerup New Paltz's 23. The Knights had three individuals reach the finals in singles action including Krissy Feikert, Nicole King and Lauren Eichenauer. Feikert won her quarterfinal match 6-0, 6-2 over Montmeat of Plattsburgh, defeated New Paltz's Farrell in the semifinals, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 and lost to Oneonta's Lindell, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in the title match. King won her quarterfinal match 6-0, 6-2 over Collins of Potsdam defeated New Paltz's Goldstein in the semifinals, 6-2, 6-0 and lost to Cortland's Abar, 6-1, 6-2 in the championship. Eichenauer won her quarterfinal match 6-3, 6-2 over Bautista of Oswego, defeated Cortland's Hemedinger in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-2 and lost to New Paltz's Rosario, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0 in the title match. In other singles action, Kristen Greiner reached the semifinals with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Fredonia's Menth in the first round and a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6) win over New Paltz's Yamakawa in the quarterfinals before falling to Cortland's Dorscheid in the semis, 6-4, 6-2. Shalini Sudarsanan reached the semifinals with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Brockport's Vegh in the quarterfinals before falling to Cortland's TerBush in the semis, 6-2, 7-5. Rene Smith reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Brockport's Yadanza in the quarterfinals before falling to New Paltz's Larson in the semis, 6-3, 6-1. In doubles action, all three Geneseo entries won in the quarterfinals and were eliminated in the semifinals. Greiner and Feikert won 6-1, 6-2 over Plattsburgh's Higgins and Smith before being knocked out 6-3, 7-5 by New Paltz's Farrell and Yamakawa. Smith and Sudarsanan defeated Brockport's McDonald and Vegh, 6-3, 6-0 before falling to New Paltz's Larson and Goldberg, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. King and Eichenauer topped Potsdam's Collins and Pioch, 6-1, 6-2 before bowing out to New Paltz's Goldstein and Thomas, 6-2, 6-1.

Oct 09, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Downs Fisher in OT
Field Hockey Falls to Cortland

Men's Socoer
The men's soccer team travelled to St. John Fisher College tonight and slipped past the host Cardinals with a 2-1 victory in overtime. Senior Andy Rice knocked his own rebound after an initial shot by classmate Dave Aguado to give the Knights a dramatic come-from-behind win. The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead at 21:51 of the first half, but Aguado's header on a corner kick from Jim Felluca at 69:23 of the second stanza set the stage for Rice's heroics. Senior Chris Stock made three saves to post the win in nets as the Knights advance to 8-3-1 on the season.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Cortland this afternoon and dropped a 3-1 decision to the nationally ranked #5 Red Dragons. Geneseo fell behind 2-0 at the intermission, but sophomore Karen Garnish scored off a loose ball in front to make it 2-1 at the 5:54 mark of the second half. The Red Dragons got the insurance goal just two minutes later and held the Knights the rest of the way. Junior Amanda Carver made eight saves in goal and Krystina Danizio and Ashley Broska each had a defensive save as the Knights fall to 5-8 overall and 2-3 in SUNYAC.

Oct 07, 2004

Thursday's Contest Summary

Knights Fall to Rochester

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted the Rochester Yellowjackets this afternoon and dropped a hard fought 2-1 match to the visitors, who raise their record to 5-1-3. Geneseo's Emily Petraglia ripped a left footed shot into the upper right corner of the net after a cross from sophomore Lindsay Quist-Chaffee to give the Knights a 1-0 lead at 28:20. The lead was short-lived as Rochester evened the game just 2:09 later to make it 1-1 at the intermission. The game remained tied until Rochester got the win on a direct kick shot from 30 yards out with just 5:09 remaining. Geneseo's Dana Cummings made four saves in taking the loss in goal as the Knights fall to 4-10 on the season.

Oct 06, 2004

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Posts Shutout
Volleyball Defeats Fisher

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Alfred University this afternoon and posted a 3-0 shutout over the Saxons. Seniors Dave Aguado and David Fink, along with junior Dan Art each had a goal and an assist in the victory. Aguado's one-timer off a Fink cross at 8:34 gave the Knights a 1-0 lead and Art scored off a Fink feed for a 2-0 halftime lead. Fink added the final goal in the second half at 82:46 and senior Chris Stock posted his seventh shutout by making four saves. The Knights advance to 7-3-1 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team hosted St. John Fisher tonight and won a four game set with the Cardinals, 30-18, 30-19, 30-32, 30-26. First year Kate Barth led the way with 23 kills, 13 digs and Jessi Laemlein added 17 kills for the Knights. Seniors Karyn Patridge and Erin Sharp played their last regular season contest in the Kuhl Gym and contributed 11 kills, 14 digs and 24 digs, respectively. Junior Emily Tatar centered the attack with 49 helpers and first year Courtney Nash had 13 kills, five blocks. The Knights advance to 15-9 on the season.

Oct 06, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Tennis Blanks St. John Fisher

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to St. John Fisher College on Tuesday afternoon and blanked the Cardinals by a score of 9-0. Sophomore Krissy Feikert and senior Shalini Sudarsanan each won 6-0, 6-0 at second and third singles, respectively, to lead the Knights. First year Kristen Greiner won first singles, 7-5, 6-2, senior Nicole King took fourth singles, 6-0, 6-2, senior Rene Smith captured fifth singles, 7-5, 6-0 and first year Lauren Eichenauer won at sixth singles, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6). In doubles action, Greiner and Feikert won first doubles, 8-1, Sudarsanan and Smith captured second tandems, 8-1 and King and Eichenauer took third doubles, 8-6.

Oct 04, 2004

Monday Contest Summaries

Women's Soccer Defeats Alfred

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Alfred tonight and blanked the Saxons by a score of 6-0. Sophomore Emily Petraglia scored two goals and an assist in a four goal second half barrage and junior Jackie Fertitta netted both of Geneseo's first half scores. Sophomore Emma Vaughn-Cherubin and first year Diane Long added markers for the Knights and sophomore Carly Chiapetta added an assist on Fertitta's second score. First year Dana Cummings made two saves in 52:30 to gain the win and classmate Laura Castor came on and made one save in 37:30. Geneseo advanced to 4-9 on the season.

Oct 04, 2004

Knights Induct Four into Sports Hall of Fame

Shope, Lewis, Gleason, Rose Headline Event
Tarantella, Robinson Honored in "Legends" Category
1996 Women's Track & Field Recognized

Geneseo, N.Y.-The SUNY Geneseo department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation inducted four new members into its Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 2, 2004 in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom as part of the college's Homecoming festivities.

The 2004 class includes women's track and field star Beth Shope '99, men's lacrosse players Gary Lewis '76 and Tom Gleason '79 and former men's lacrosse and wrestling coach, Paul Rose.

Shope is an eight-time SUNYAC and five time New York State champion performer in women's track and field. Under head coach Mike Woods, she helped the Knights to a pair of SUNYAC team championships and a New York State team championship, participating in the outdoor hammer throw, indoor 20 pound weight throw, shot and discus. Combining power, speed and agility, the Irondequoit High School graduate earned All-American honors seven times in her career, each of her four years for the hammer and three years for the weight. Shope's impressive career reached its apex on Thursday, May 20, 1999 at the NCAA Division III championships at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio when she tossed the hammer 173' 1" to become the first student-athlete in Geneseo history to earn a National Championship. In 1999, she graduated from Geneseo with a mathematics degree and an art minor, while earning the Dr. Myrtle A. Merritt Scholar-Athlete Award. She still holds the school records for the hammer and weight throws and continues to compete in the hammer at the Empire State Games, where she has earned three golds, two silvers and a bronze for the Western team. She currently resides in Fairport, New York and is the web department manager for wholelattelove.com in Victor, New York.

Lewis was a two-time ECAC champion as part of the men's lacrosse program. From his midfield position, he helped the Knights to a record of 39-15 during his four seasons, including the two ECAC titles in 1974 and 1975. As a junior in 1975, he scored a whopping 41 of his 72 career goals, earned All-SUNYAC honors and became Geneseo's first lacrosse All-American and just the seventh Geneseo student-athlete in any sport to gain national recognition. Those 41 goals still rank fourth for a season and the 72 for his career is a tie for 10th all-time at the college. He graduated from Geneseo with a history degree in 1976 and works as senior sales representative for Stryker Orthopedics. He resides in Jamesville, New York with his wife Deborah and has two sons Ryan ( 20) and Jeffrey (17).

Gleason guided the men's lacrosse program to a record of 34-17 in four seasons from his attack position. The Yorktown Heights native earned All-SUNYAC honors in 1979 as a senior and later that season became the college's 11 overall All-American and second men's lacrosse player to gain national honors. He ranks fourth all-time at the college with 176 points, is fourth in assists with 108 and is 15th with 68 goals. His 75 points on 40 goals and 35 assists in 1979 rank third all-time for a single season and his single game high of nine points on five goals, four assists came against Colgate during that prolific scoring season. The Pleasant Valley resident graduated from Geneseo in 1979 with a degree from the John Wiley Jones School of Business and his career led him to be the Manager of Global Services at IBM in Somers, New York. He and his wife Joanne have three children, Jennifer (22), Megan (21) and Tom (18), the latter two following in Dad's footsteps as current Geneseo students.

Rose provided the impetus and leadership over 10 years that turned a fledgling Geneseo men's lacrosse program, started by John Hoey and Geneseo Sports Hall of Famer John Linfoot in 1968, into a regional powerhouse. Leading the Knights to a record of 83-44 in his ten years, Rose still holds the highest winning percentage for a men's lacrosse coach at Geneseo. During his tenure, Geneseo never had a losing season and he guided the team to the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship in back to back seasons in 1974 and '75. In addition, he spent eight years as the college's wrestling coach. The 1967 graduate of Cortland earned his master's degree in physical education from Penn St. in 1973 and taught an eclectic array of physical education classes at Geneseo including all the racquet sports, handball, yoga and fencing. Following his time at Geneseo, he coached at Colgate for five years and at SUNY Morrisville for 10 years before retiring from his position as Dean of Enrollment Management and Men's Lacrosse coach in 1994. After officiating lacrosse for six seasons, Morrisville twisted his arm, but probably just a little, and convinced him to come back to the playing field as their coach in 2003. Still an active age group lacrosse player and distance runner, he charishes the first ECAC championship over Union and the Knights 1977 16-12 win over Division I Syracuse University as his most memorable moments at Geneseo. He and his wife Jeanne have two sons, Brian (33) and Christopher (30).

In addition to the Hall of Fame inductions, Geneseo recognized Gloria Tarantella and Ruth Robinson in the "Legends of the Blue Knights" category. A resident of Retsof, New York, Tarantella was the athletic department secretary for six years before moving to the administration building and eventually to the Office of the President as an assistant to then president, Dr. Carol Harter. Robinson, a Geneseo resident, served the athletic department as the secretary for 27 years under department heads and/or athletic directors, Dr. Myrtle A. Merritt, Dr. Dan Mullin, Bob Riedel, Fred Bright, and Dr. John Spring.

The ceremony also included recognition of the 1996 women's track and field team, who set a standard of excellence which today's teams strive to emulate. After winning three invitationals to open the indoor season for head coach Mike Woods (Geneseo, 1969), the team won the indoor SUNYACs, finished third at the state meet. In the outdoor season, the Knights joined the 1984 version of the team as the only teams to sweep both the indoor and outdoor SUNYAC championships, a feat has since been duplicated by both the 2003 and 2004 teams.

Rose, Shope, Gleason, Lewis at Hall of Fame

Oct 04, 2004

Sunday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Splits Pair

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the Oneonta tournament and won their first match of the day with a 35-33, 30-22, 28-30, 30-25 decision over Union. First year Kate Barth smashed 26 kills to lead the way and Jessi Laemlein added 15 kills for the Knights. Junior Katie Florczak had five service aces during a 22-22 serving streak, senior Erin Sharp contributed 30 digs and Emily Tater handed out 45 assists. In the second match, Geneseo dropped a tough five game set to the hosts, 31-29, 21-30, 24-30, 30-25, 9-15. Barth had 25 kills, Megan Wailand added 11 kills, 20 digs, Sharp had a whopping 34 digs and Elisha Landrigan dished out 32 helpers. Barth and Laemlein were named to the All-Tournament team as the Knights are now 14-9 on the season.

Oct 02, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Cross Country Wins Invitational
Women Harriers Place Second
Field Hockey Blasts Oswego

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team hosted 14 schools today at the 24th Annual Geneseo Cross Country Invitational at Letchworth State Park in Mt. Morris, NY and ran to a first place team finish with 35 points to runnerup Brockport's 44. Seniors Ted Turner and Jeff Beck placed 1-2 for the third time this season with Turner pacing the field in 25:14 and Beck finishing in 25:29. Brockport's James Davenport was third, Ryan Kolb was fifth and Scott Austin placed sixth to lead the runnerups. The Knights scoring five included Eugene Peterson, who was eighth in 26:09, Mike McGrath, who was 10th in 26:28 and Brad Johnson, who finished 15th in 26:47, while the top seven contained James Kopscay, who was 17th in 26:54 and Jim Tillapaugh, who was 20th in 27:07. University of Toronto's Jose Carvalho cracked the top five by finishing fourth in 25:52.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team hosted the 24th Annual Geneseo Invitational at Letchworth State Park in Mt. Morris, NY and finished second of 16 teams with 46 points to champion Cornell University, who had 35 points. Geneseo senior Renne Catalano sprinted past Cornell's Toni-Lynn Salucci to win the individual title with a time of 18:06 to the runnerup's 18:15. Junior Marta Scott placed third for the Knights in 18:33, Sarah Allen was 12th in 18:59, Fran Magri was 14th in 19:07 and Sally Briggs was 16th in 19:10 to complete the scoring five. Cornell's Megs DiDario was fourth and Toronto's Genny McInnes was fifth. The Knights top seven included Carrie Gregory, who was 18th in 19:11 and Kristin Wayman, who placed 25th in 19:26.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted Oswego this afternoon and jumped to a 3-0 intermission lead on their way to a 5-1 victory. Sophomore Erin Brown scored two goals, while Jeanine Tripepi and Heather Peck each handed out two assists to lead the offense. Sophomore Karen Garnish added a goal and an assist and Laura Henson and Melissa Walsh each scored a single marker. Junior Amanda Carver made one save and allowed no goals in 51:38, while first year Lauren McCauley collected one save and allowed one goal in 18:22. The Knights raise their record to 5-6 overall and 2-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted New Paltz this afternoon and fell to the Hawks for the first time in 11 meetings by a score of 1-0. The Knights outshot the Hawks by a 27-11 margin, but an early goal at 7:45 gave New Paltz the win. Geneseo's Dana Cummings made four saves as the Knights drop to 3-9 overall and 2-4 in SUNYAC.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to New Paltz this afternoon and dropped a 3-1 count to the host Hawks. New Paltz led 1-0 at halftime before Geneseo's Andy Rice scored at 51:43 to even the game at one. The Hawks got the game winner in the 82nd minute and added an insurance goal seven minutes later to seal the win. Senior Chris Stock made five saves as the Knights fall to 6-3-1 overall and 3-2-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to the Oneonta tournament on Saturday. In match one, Geneseo was defeated by King's, 30-25, 30-28, 30-22. First year Jessi Laemlein had 15 kills and a .667 hitting percentage, senior Erin Sharp contributed 15 digs and first year Kate Barth added 12 kills. In the second match of the day, Geneseo got 19 kills, two aces from Barth, 12 digs from Sharp and 27 assists from Elisha Landrigan to sweep the New Paltz Hawks, 30-12, 30-24, 30-18. The Knights totaled 39 kills against just three errors in 74 total attacks for a .486 hitting percentage. Geneseo is now 13-8 on the season.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to RIT today and won a convincing 8-1 match over the host Tigers. Kristen Greiner and Krissy Feikert captured first doubles, 8-2 with Greiner winning first singles, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 and Feikert taking second singles, 6-1, 6-0. Seniors Shalini Sudarsanan and Rene Smith teamed to win second doubles, 8-4 with the former winning third singles, 6-2, 6-2 and the latter taking fifth singles, 6-4, 6-3. Senior Nicole King won fourth singles, 6-1, 6-1 and sixth singles provided a Geneseo 6-1, 7-5 victory by Lauren Eichenauer. The Knights advance to 7-3 on the season.

Oct 01, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Defeats SUNYIT
Women's Soccer Tripped by Oneonta
Women's Tennis Defeated by Cortland

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to SUNYIT on Friday and ran to a 7-0 win over the Wildcats. The Knights jumped out to a 4-0 intermission lead with goals by Tyler Ferrera, Taylor Smith, Dan Art and Joe Titus. Senior Dave Aguado and Ferrera picked up assists on the Smith goal and first year Jason Sideris added a helper on the Titus goal. Sophomore Kyle Mitchinson scored a second half hat trick to make the final with Titus assisting the first goal and first year Matt Robinson helping on the second goal. Senior Chris Stock made three saves in posting his sixth shutout as Geneseo advanced to 6-2-1 overall and 3-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted Oneonta this afternoon in a rematch of last season's SUNYAC title game and dropped a tough 1-0 decision to the Red Dragons. Despite playing a player down from the 8:37 mark, the Knights held the defending national champions at bay for 65 minutes before allowing the game's lone goal. First year Dana Cummings made 11 saves in net and the Knights had five of their seven total shots in the first eight minutes. Geneseo falls to 3-8 overall and 2-3 in SUNYAC.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted Cortland this afternoon and dropped a tough 8-1 loss to the Red Dragons. First year Lauren Eichenauer won the lone point with a 6-1, 6-3 win at sixth singles. First year Kristen Greiner was part of two close matches as she teamed with Krissy Feikert in a tough 9-8 (4) first doubles match and dropped an equally difficult three set first singles match, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4. The Knights fall to 6-3 on the season.

Sep 29, 2004

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Defeats Mercyhurst
Volleyball Blanks Alfred

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Mercyhurst Lakers and snapped a two game losing streak with a 2-0 win over the visitors. The Knights scored a goal in each half on their way to the win as sophomore Karen Garnish tipped in a pass from classmate Jeanine Tripepi at 29:40 and second year Erin Brown collected an unassisted insurance tally at 59:50. Junior Amanda Carver posted her third shutout of the season by making five saves. The Knights advance to 4-6 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Alfred tonight and blanked the Saxons, 30-15, 30-23, 30-18. Junior Emily Tatar dished out 31 assists and had eight digs and first year Kate Barth collected 12 kills for the Knights. Junior Jelena Vujcic and first year Jessi Laemlein each added six kills as Geneseo raises their record to 12-7 on the season.

Sep 28, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Tennis Blanks Oswego

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to Oswego today and blanked the Lakers by a 9-0 score. Sophomore Krissy Feikert and first year Kristin Greiner won the first doubles match by a score of 8-0 and Greiner captured first singles by a score of 6-0, 6-1. Seniors Shalini Sudarsanan and Rene Smith teamed to win second doubles, 8-4, with Sudarsanan taking second singles, 6-0, 6-0 and Smith winning fourth singles, 6-1, 6-1. In third doubles, seniors Nicole King and Julia Serce captured an 8-5 victory as King went on to win third singles, 6-0, 6-3 and Serce sixth singles, 6-0, 6-2. First year Lauren Eichenauer was the victor at fifth singles, 6-1, 6-1 as the Knights extend their record to 6-2 on the season.

Sep 25, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Cross Country Sweeps St. Lawrence Pre-Regional
Men's Soccer Wins in OT
Volleyball 3-1 at SUNYAC Pool Play

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to St. Lawrence today for the NCAA Atlantic Pre-Regional race and won the team title with 60 points to runnerup St. Lawrence's 75. The NCAA Atlantic Region qualifier will be held on the same course on Saturday, November 13. Seniors Ted Turner and Jeff Beck are making a habit of finishing 1-2 for the Knights as Turner captured the individual title with a time of 25:29 and Beck placed runnerup with a 25:43 time. Geneseo's scoring five included Brad Johnson, who was 17th in 26:58, Mike McGrath, who was 19th in 27:02 and Eugene Peterson, who was 21st in 27:04. Completing the top seven for Geneseo was Andrew McCarthy, who finished 23rd in 27:13 and Jim Tillapaugh, who was 32nd in 27:25.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to St. Lawrence today for the Pre-Regional race and duplicated the men's victory by scoring 43 points to second place St. Lawrence's 67. Senior Renne Catalano secured the individual title with a time of 22:46 and junior Marta Scott ran to a third place finish in 23:06. Junior Fran Magri provided a top ten finish with a time of 23:49, sophomore Christy Finke was 13th in 24:00 and Karen Merrill was 16th in 24:08 to complete the scoring five. The Knights top seven included Kristin Wayman, who was 18th in 24:13 and Sally Briggs, who was 20th in 24:16.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Cortland this afternoon and notched a dramatic 1-0 double overtime win over the Red Dragons when senior Eric Lauricella collected his first goal of the season on an assist from classmate Tyler Ferrera in the 105th minute. Senior Chris Stock made five saves to post the shutout as the Knights advance to 5-2-1 overall and 2-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with SUNYAC pool play at Brockport this afternoon and won an exciting five game set with Fredonia to open the day. Geneseo's Kate Barth slammed 30 kills to lead the Knights to the 30-18, 28-30, 30-27, 29-31, 16-14 win over the Blue Devils. First year Jessi Laemlein added 17 kills, senior Erin Sharp had 23 digs and first year Elisha Landrigan handed out 56 assists. The Knights took on the host Golden Eagles in their final match of the afternoon and dropped a tough four game match, 30-28, 32-34, 23-30, 31-33. Landrigan dished out 39 assists to lead the way for the Knights. Barth had 15 kills, Laemlein added 11 kills and Sharp contributed 19 digs. Geneseo is now 11-7 overall and 3-1 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted Cortland today and fell to the Red Dragons by a score of 1-0. The game was scoreless through the first half and Cortland got the game winner on a scramble in front from six yards out after a corner kick at 52:37. Geneseo outshot the Red Dragons by a 14-11 count but were unable to net the equalizer. Geneseo's Dana Cummings made four saves as the Knights fall to 3-7 overall and 2-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to New Paltz this afternoon and lost a 6-0 game to the Hawks. Geneseo fell behind 1-0 in the first minute and 3-0 at the intermission and could not recover. Junior Amanda Carver played the first half in goal and made five saves, while first year Lauren McCauley stopped one shot in 35 minutes of the second stanza. Geneseo falls to 3-6 on the campaign.

Sep 24, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Soccer Downs Oswego
Volleyball Spikes Oswego, Buffalo St.
Men's Soccer Plays Scoreless Draw

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted the Oswego Lakers and won a close 3-2 match this afternoon despite outshooting their opponent by a 35-7 margin. Sophomore Emily Petraglia provided the game winner when she broke loose on a breakaway at 64:33 for her second goal of the game and a 3-1 Geneseo lead. Junior Jackie Powers opened the scoring for the Knights when she found a Petraglia rebound shot on her foot and put it home for the 1-0 lead at 8:18 of the first half. Oswego answered at 21:07 to make it even at the intermission. Petraglia's first of the game came on a touch pass from six yards out by Powers at 46:07 to give Geneseo a 2-1 advantage. The Lakers cut the deficit to 3-2 at 66:01, but could not gain the equalizer as Geneseo's Dana Cummings made four saves. The Knights advance to 3-6 overall and 2-1 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Brockport for the first round of SUNYAC pool play today and won their opening match 30-20, 30-24, 30-27 over the Oswego Lakers. First year Kate Barth had 20 kills, six digs and four service aces to lead the way and junior Emily Tatar dished out 38 assists. Sophomore Megan Wailand added 10 kills, seven digs and Caitlin Murray provided 12 digs. The Knights took on Buffalo St. in the second match of the night and earned a 3-1 win over the Bengals. Barth had 19 kills, nine digs, Tater handed out 34 helpers and Murray contributed nine digs. Geneseo advances to 10-6 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Oswego this afternoon and played to a scoreless tie with the Lakers despite gaining a 24-6 advantage in shots and a 13-4 lead in corner kicks. The Knights Chris Stock made one save in posting the shutout as Geneseo sees their record go to 4-2-1 overall and 1-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Hartwick tonight and dropped a tough 2-1 overtime game to the Hawks. The Knights took a 1-0 lead over the unbeaten Hawks with a goal by Jeanine Tripepi on a pass from Sarah Maisonet in the first half. Hartwick answered to even the game at the intermission. The contest remained scoreless throughout the second half and the Hawks got the game winner on a penalty corner just 2:13 into the extra session. Junior Amanda Carver made 11 saves in nets as the Knights fall to 3-5 on the season.

Women's Tennis
Three members of the women's tennis team travelled to William Smith for the ITA Northeast championships. In early singles matches on Friday, Geneseo's Kristin Greiner won a 5-5 (retired) decision over Drew's Vo to advance to the second round and sophomore Krissy Feikert was knocked to the consolation bracket with a 6-2, 0-6, 7-5 loss to Vassar's Will.

Sep 22, 2004

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Slides Past Brockport
Tennis Clipped by William Smith

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Brockport Golden Eagles this afternoon and won a 1-0 decision when sophomore Meaghan Caminiti scored on an assist from Sarah Maisonet with under five minutes to play in the first half. Junior Amanda Carver and the Knights defense made the lone goal stand up as Carver made seven saves to post the shutout. Geneseo advances to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted William Smith this afternoon and dropped a tough 5-4 match to the Herons. Geneseo fell behind by a 3-0 count after the doubles action, but stormed back in singles to make the match close. Sophomore Krissy Feikert remained unbeaten at second singles with a 6-3, 6-1 win, senior Shalini Sudarsanan won 7-5, 6-3 at third singles, senior Nicole King grabbed a 7-5, 6-1 win at fourth singles and first year Lauren Eichenauer won 5-7, 7-6, 3-2 (retired) victory at sixth singles. First year Kristen Greiner dropped a tough three set match at #1 singles, 3-6, 7-6, 6-3. The Knights fall to 5-2 on the campaign.

Sep 21, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Defeats Ithaca

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team (8-6) defeated the Ithaca Bombers for the second time in four days in a three game match in the Louise Kuhl Gymnasium tonight. It was just the fourth time Geneseo has defeated the Bombers in 44 tries, including Saturday's four game win at the RIT tournament. Geneseo's balanced attack was led by first years Jessi Laemlein and Kate Barth, who had 16 and 15 kills, respectively. Senior Karyn Patridge contributed nine digs, four blocks and four service aces and first year Elisha Landrigan dished out 29 assists.

Sep 18, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Soccers Sweep Potsdam
Tennis Blanks Potsdam
Volleyball Defeats Ithaca

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted the Potsdam Bears this afternoon and won a 10-2 victory. Seniors Andy Rice, David Fink, Dave Aguado and Tyler Ferrera each scored two goals and Rice picked up an assist to lead the offense. Geneseo's other goals came from Patrick Occhiuto, who opened the scoring at 6:39 and Dan Art. Geneseo led 4-0 at intermission and outshot the Bears by a 31-10 margin. Senior Chris Stock made one save in 54 minutes of action, Pete Hines stopped two shots and allowed one goal in 15 minutes and Tim Spayd made one save and allowed one goal in 21 minutes. The Knights are now 4-2 overall and 1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Potsdam this afternoon and blanked the Bears by a score of 7-0. Sophomore Lindsay Quist-Chaffee scored a pair of goals in the first half as the Knights led 4-0 at the break. Junior Maureen Hilliker and first year Nicole Schwartz each had a goal and an assist on the attack. Junior Jackie Fertitta, sophomore Emma Vaughn-Cherubin and first year Diane Long each added markers for the Knights. First year Dana Cummings picked up the shutout by making three saves in nets as Geneseo raises their record to 2-6 overall and 1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team won their second straight 9-0 match by blanking the host Potsdam Bears this afternoon. Senior Shalini Sudarsanan won her second consecutive third singles match at 6-0, 6-0 at ran her streak of shutout sets to five in singles competition. In other singles action, first year Kristin Greiner won a 6-3, 6-1 decision at first singles, sophomore Krissy Feikert won 6-0, 6-1 at #2, senior Nicole King won 6-2, 6-0 at fourth, senior Rene Smith won 6-2, 6-0 at fifth and first year Lauren Eichenauer won 6-0, 6-3 at sixth. In doubles action, Greiner and Feikert were 9-7 winners at first doubles, Sudarsanan and Smith won second doubles, 8-2 and King and Julia Serce won third doubles, 8-2. The Knights advance to 5-1 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the RIT tournament today and won a four game match with perennial state power Ithaca by a score of 30-25, 20-30, 30-27, 30-22. First year Kate Barth led the attack with 18 kills and classmate Elisha Landrigan handed out 43 assists to pace the team. Senior Erin Sharp totaled 15 digs and Megan Wailand added seven kills, 14 digs for Geneseo. In the second match of the day, Geneseo dropped a 30-23, 30-25, 30-25 set with the Rochester Yellowjackets. Barth had 10 kills, first year Jessi Laemlein added seven kills and Sharp contributed 11 digs. The Knights stand at 7-6 on the season.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Oneonta this afternoon and fell in their first SUNYAC game of the season by a score of 4-1. The Knights trailed 2-0 at intermission and 3-0 early in the second before Erin Wight scored the lone goal, unassisted. The Red Dragons added an insurance goal on Amanda Carver, who allowed four goals and made three saves in 60 minutes of action. First year Lauren McCauley came on in relief and was untested in 10 minutes of play.

Sep 17, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Volleyball Splits at RIT
Men's Soccer Falls to Plattsburgh
Women's Soccer Defeated by Cardinals

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to RIT for the first round of the Tiger tournament and the Knights split a pair of matches. In the opener, Geneseo lost to the hosts by scores of 25-30, 32-34, 30-25, 18-30. First year Kate Barth led the way with 18 kills, junior Emily Tatar had 21 assists, Erin Sharp contributed 17 digs and Elisha Landrigan handed out 19 helpers. In the nightcap, the Knights defeated Vassar in three games by scores of 30-24, 31-29, 31-29. Barth totaled 23 kills to lead the attack, Landrigan had 33 assists and Caitlin Murray tossed in 15 digs. Geneseo is now 6-5 on the year.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Plattsburgh this afternoon and fell to the Cardinals by a score of 2-0 on Saratoga Field. The teams played a scoreless first half before Plattsburgh took a 1-0 lead with just 20 minutes remaining on an own goal as a Knight defender was attempting to clear a Cardinal cross. The Cardinals got an insurance goal just 10 minutes later on a crossing pass for the 2-0 win. The Knights Chris Stock made five saves in taking the loss as Geneseo falls to 3-2 overall and 0-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Plattsburgh this afternoon and dropped a 3-1 decision to the Cardinals. In a similar game to Tuesday's home loss to Nazareth, the Knights fell behind 2-0, cut the deficit to 2-1 and then gave up a late goal for the final. Geneseo trailed 2-0 at the half and were held in check until Emily Petraglia scored her second of the season on an assist from Jackie Powers at 77:17. The Cards added their final marker at 84:02 as first year Dana Cummings made eight saves in taking the loss in goal. Geneseo falls to 1-6 overall and 0-1 in SUNYAC.

Sep 16, 2004

Thursday's Contest Summary

Tennis Blanks Fredonia

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team completed a clean sweep 9-0 win over visiting Fredonia this afternoon. The Knights won all three doubles matches to open the contest as Kristen Greiner and Krissy Feikert won 8-0 at first doubles, Shalini Sudarsanan and Rene Smith won 8-1 at second doubles and Nicole King and Katherine Howard won at third doubles, 8-0. The singles action was more of the same as Sudarsanan and King won 6-0, 6-0 at third and fourth singles, respectively. Greiner won a 6-3, 6-1 decision at first singles, Feikert stayed unbeaten at 10-0 on the year with a 6-0, 6-1 win at second singles, Smith was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at fifth singles and Lauren Eichenauer finished with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at sixth singles. Geneseo advances to 4-1 on the season.

Sep 14, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Wins in Overtime
Volleyball Defeats Elmira
Women's Soccer Falls to Nazareth

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Elmira this afternoon and grabbed a 2-1 overtime decision over the host Soaring Eagles when sophomore Laura Henson scored just 50 seconds into the extra session. After a scoreless first half, Elmira took a 1-0 lead with eight minutes to go, but the Knights set the table for Henson's heroics when sophomore Jeanine Tripepi evened the game with just under five minutes to play. Sophomore Erin Brown picked up an assist on the game tying goal and Tripepi was credited with a helper on the game winner. Junior Amanda Carver made six saves in 65 minutes of action and first year Lauren McCauley was untested in five minutes of play at the end of regulation.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Elmira tonight and defeated the Soaring Eagles in four games, 30-26, 28-30, 30-19, 30-19. Senior Karyn Patridge led the attack with 10 kills, 15 digs and three blocks and Erin Sharp contributed 19 digs, two service aces. First year Kate Barth continued her stellar play with 17 kills, 11 digs as the Knights raise their record to 5-4 on the season.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted the Nazareth Golden Flyers this afternoon and dropped a 3-1 contest. After a scoreless first half, Nazareth scored two goals within eight minutes to jump out to a two goal cushion. Geneseo's Martha Brown rocketed a direct kick from 25 yards out that eluded the Nazareth goalkeeper to pull the Knights within one. The Flyers added an insurance goal with 56 ticks left to seal the win. Geneseo's Dana Cummings made four saves as the Knights fall to 1-5 on the year.

Sep 12, 2004

Sunday's Contest Summary

Women's Soccer Defeated by Union

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team played their second nationally ranked team in as many days at the William Smith Heron Cup as the Knights fell this afternoon to #15 Union by a score of 2-0. Geneseo was outshot 27-4 on the day as first year Dana Cummings made 10 saves on the afternoon. Union scored at 13:19 and 47:26 to gain the win. Geneseo falls to 1-4 on the season.

Sep 11, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Cross Country Sweeps Oswego Invitational
Tennis Defeats Oneonta
Volleyball Defeats Oswego

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to Oswego for the Pat Peterson Invitational and won the team scoring with 27 points to runnerup St. Lawrence's 55. Senior Renne Catalano led the Knights by winning the individual title in a time of 18:43.37. Geneseo's scoring five all finished in the top eight as Marta Scott was fifth in 19:16.33, Meghan Nolan was sixth in 19:17.33, Fran Magri was seventh in 19:19.58 and Kristin Wayman was eighth in 19:21.15. Rounding out the top seven was Karen Merrill, who was 10th in 19:25.77 and Christy Finke, who was 11th in 19:27.42.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to Oswego and breezed past 11 teams to win the meet with 23 points. St. Lawrence finished second with 44 and Ithaca was third with 97. Senior Ted Turner raced past the field to win the individual crown with a time of 25:25.37, just finishing ahead of teammate Jeff Beck, who was second in 25:34.22. The men's version placed their scoring five in the top eight as well with Jim Tillapaugh placing fifth in 26:43.96, Andrew McCarthy was seventh in 26:49.98 and Mike McGrath was eighth in 26:52.76. Completing the Knights top seven was Eugene Peterson, who was ninth in 26:59.16 and Brad Johnson, who crossed 12th in 27:07.16.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted the Oneonta Red Dragons this afternoon and won a convincing 8-1 decision. The Knights Krissy Feikert remained undefeated on the season with a 6-2, 6-3 win at second singles and teamed with first year Kristen Greiner to win 8-6 at first doubles. Seniors Shalini Sudarsanan, Nicole King and Rene Smith each grabbed a pair of wins with Sudarsanan winning 6-1, 6-0 at third singles, King capturing fourth singles, 6-3, 6-0 and Smith taking fifth singles, 6-0, 6-1. Sudarsanan and Smith teamed to win second doubles, 8-4 and King teamed with Julia Serce to take third doubles, 8-6. First year Lauren Eichenauer added a 6-3, 6-0 win at sixth singles as the Knights advance to 3-1 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team hosted the Oswego Lakers and the Rochester Yellowjackets in a tri-meet at Geneseo this afternoon. In the first match, the Knights defeated Oswego by scores of 30-21, 30-17, 26-30, 30-18. Junior Jelena Vujcic led the way with 13 kills, Megan Wailand added 12 kills and senior Karyn Patridge served 10 aces for the Knights. First year Elisha Landrigan handed out 20 assists, junior Emily Tatar dished out 15 helpers and sophomore Katie Florczak contributed 16 digs. Senior Emily Horsington had nine kills, 11 digs for the Lakers.

In the second match of the day, Rochester defeated Oswego by scores of 30-11, 30-7, 30-15. Sophomore Susan Johnson led the Yellowjackets with 14 kills, 11 digs and junior Kate Czarniak added seven kills two blocks. Senior Grace Kraay contributed 16 digs, two aces for Rochester. For Oswego (1-6), Horsington had five kills and junior Susie Burt added seven digs.

In the final match of the afternoon, Rochester (6-1) defeated the Knights (4-4) in a thrilling five game set, 28-30, 31-29, 31-29, 25-30, 15-9. Johnson led the way with 19 kills, 25 digs, senior Kristin Vogt added 12 kills, six blocks and senior Liz Loveless handed out 38 assists for the Yellowjackets. For Geneseo, first year Jessi Laemlein had 24 kills, classmate Kate Barth had 23 kills, 10 digs and junior Emily Tatar dished out 42 helpers. Kraay added 33 digs for Rochester and senior Erin Sharp contributed 28 digs for the Knights.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the St. Lawrence Saints this afternoon and dropped a 1-0 game. The contest was scoreless in the first half and the Saints got the game winner at 56:16 of the second period. Geneseo's Amanda Carver took the loss in goal after making two saves. Geneseo outshot the Saints by a 12-3 margin.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted St. Lawrence this afternoon on the Saratoga Field and fell by a score of 2-1. Geneseo led 1-0 in the first half as David Fink scored unassisted at 15:14. St. Lawrence evened the game just six minutes later as the game went to intermission, 1-1. In the second half, the Saints played a man down for 41:27, but got the game winner at 80:39 from Mark McIntire. Geneseo's Chris Stock made six saves in taking his first loss of the season as the Knights fall to 3-1.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to William Smith today for the first round of the Heron Classic and dropped a 4-0 game to the hosts. William Smith scored once in the first half and three more times in the second half. Geneseo's Jess Francis made three saves and allowed one goal in 53:36 and Dana Cummings stopped five shots and allowed three goals in 36:24. The Knights fall to 1-3 on the campaign.

Sep 10, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Remains Unbeaten
Tennis Falls to New Paltz

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted the Clarkson Golden Knights and won a 2-0 decision this afternoon on Saratoga Field. Junior Taylor Smith was taken down in the penalty area at the 29:06 mark of the first half and senior Andy Rice converted the ensuing penalty kick to give the Knights a 1-0 halftime lead. Smith scored the insurance goal when Dave Aguado's cross was deflected onto Smith's foot and he put the shot past the Clarkson goalkeeper David Hennessey for a 2-0 Geneseo lead at 57:40. Senior Chris Stock, who made three saves, and the Knights defense held Clarkson to 11 shots for the game to record their third shutout as Geneseo moves to 3-0 on the season.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted New Paltz this afternoon and dropped a 6-3 decision to the Hawks. Sophomore Krissy Feikert was part of two of the three wins as she teamed with first year Kristen Greiner to win 8-2 at first doubles and won a 7-5, 6-3 second singles match. Senior Nicole King provided Geneseo's third point with a 6-3, 6-0 win at fourth singles. The Knights fall to 2-1 on the year.

Sep 08, 2004

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Tripped in Double OT

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Nazareth Golden Flyers this afternoon and dropped a tough 2-1 double overtime decision. On a soggy Raschi Field, the Flyers went 77 minutes between goals to defeat the Knights just 2:09 into the second overtime. Geneseo opened the scoring just 1:18 into the game when Sarah Maisonet's through pass found sophomore Jeanine Tripepi for her second goal of the season. Nazareth answered nine minutes later, setting the table for the defensive battle. Junior Amanda Carver made four saves in nets for the Knights, who fall to 1-2 on the season.

Sep 07, 2004

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Knights Fall to RIT

The SUNY Geneseo Knights (3-3) put up a tough fight against the RIT Tigers (1-0) but fell just shy in a five game match tonight in the Louise Kuhl Gymnasium. Geneseo dropped a tough 30-25, 27-30, 30-19, 29-31, 19-21 decision against the Tigers.
Geneseo first year Kate Barth (Babylon/St. Anthony's) and Jessi Laemlein (Webster/ Webster) paced the Lady Knights with 19 and 13 kills, respectively. Senior Erin Sharp (Fishers/Victor) contributed 16 digs, and senior Karyn Patridge (Oswego/Oswego) dished out five service aces and 13 digs.
For RIT, junior Laurie Underhill (East Aurora/Mt. Mercy) led the way with 21 kills, 15 digs and three blocks while classmate Christina Anabel (Apalachin/Vestal) contributed 15 kills. Senior Sarah Ballard (Lake View/Frontier) handed out 45 helpers.

Sep 05, 2004

Sunday's Contest Summaries

Women's Soccer Gains First Win

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team continued with the Elizabethtown tournament this afternoon and swept past the hosts by a score of 2-0. Sophomore transfer Emily Petraglia scored her first goal in a Geneseo uniform at 69:57 on an assist from Carly Chiapetta to give the Knights a 1-0 lead. Just seven minutes later, junior Jackie Powers gave Geneseo an insurance goal with the helper going to Jackie Fertitta. Sophomore Jessica Francis posted the shutout in goal by making six saves as the Knights held a 16-8 shot advantage. Geneseo runs their record to 1-2 on the season.

Sep 04, 2004

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Defeats Oberlin
Men's Soccer Over Hobart
Tennis Defeats Plattsburgh

Women's Field Hockey
The Knights travelled to Oberlin this afternoon and won a 2-0 decision to even their record at 1-1. Sophomore Jeanine Tripepi scored in the first half on an assist by Sarah Maisonet and classmate Laura Henson added a second half insurance goal from Erin Wight. Junior Amanda Carver posted the shutout in goal.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Hobart this afternoon and won for the second time in as many tries with a 1-0 victory. Senior David Aguado netted his second straight game winner on a pass from first year Matt Robinson at the 29:07 mark of the first half. Senior Chris Stock made four saves to post his second shutout.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted Plattsburgh this afternoon and won a 9-0 decision. First year Kristen Greiner won 6-2, 6-0 at first singles and teamed with Krissy Feikert to capture first doubles, 8-2. Feikert won a 6-2, 6-2 decision at second singles. Senior Julia Serce teamed with Rene Smith to win at second doubles, 8-5 and Nicole King and Lauren Eichenauer captured third doubles, 8-2. In other singles action, senior Shalini Sudarsanan won at third, King at fourth and Smith at fifth by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores and Eichenauer won at sixth, 6-0, 6-1. The Knights advance to 2-0 on the year.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the Cortland tournament on Saturday and went 1-2 on the day. In the first match, Geneseo dropped a tough 12-30, 22-30, 31-29, 26-30 decision to the host Red Dragons. First year Kate Barth had 15 kills, 10 digs and Emily Tatar and Elisha Landrigan had 20 assists apiece. Geneseo then defeated the Fredonia Blue Devils by a score of 30-26, 19-30, 30-23, 30-23. Barth had 16, kills, 12 digs, Jessi Loemlein added 14 kills and Tatar and Landrigan combined for 45 helpers. In the Knights final match, Lebanon Valley defeated Geneseo by a score of 30-16, 31-29, 30-16. Landrigan handed out 21 assists and Katie Florczak contributed 12 digs. Geneseo ends the tournament with a 3-2 record and Barth was named to the All-Tournament team.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to the Elizabethtown tournament and were defeated by the College of New Jersey by a 4-0 score. TCNJ outshot the Knights by a 17-4 margin and Dana Cummings made five saves for Geneseo. The team falls to 0-2 on the year.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to the Daniel Walker Invitational at Buffalo St. today and finished second in team scoring with 58 points to Division II Edinboro's 37. Senior Jeff Beck led the way with a third place finish in a time of 26:30. Classmate Ted Turner was ninth in 27:24 and sophomore Jim Tillapaugh was 13th in 27:42. Rounding out the scoring five were Brad Johnson, who was 16th in 27:53 and Ross Hunkovic, who was 17th in 27:55.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team participated in the Daniel Walker Invitational at Buffalo St. this afternoon and finished in third place in the team scoring with 64 points behind a pair of Division II schools in Edinboro (35) and Malone (61). Senior Renne Catalano finished fifth for Geneseo, junior Marta Scott was 11th, first year Meghan Nolan was 13th, Taryn Hand was 17th and junior Sally Briggs was 18th. Times were unavailable.

Sep 03, 2004

Friday's Contest Summaries

Tennis Defeats Brockport
Volleyball Opens with Pair of Wins

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted the Brockport Golden Eagles this afternoon in the season opener for both teams and the Knights cruised to an 8-1 victory. Senior Shalini Sudarsanan paced five players who each won a pair of matches as she captured third singles, 6-0, 6-0 and teamed with classmate Rene Smith to win second doubles, 8-3. Sophomore Krissy Feikert won a 6-4, 6-2 decision at second singles and teamed with first year Kristen Greiner for an 8-2 win at first doubles. The Knights led 3-0 after the doubles action when senior Nicole King and first year Lauren Eichenauer won an 8-0 decision. In other singles action, King won fourth singles, 6-2, 6-0, Smith took fifth singles, 6-1, 6-0 and Eichenauer captured sixth singles, 6-0, 6-0. In the most competitive match of the afternoon, Brockport's Ashley Balling gave the Golden Eagles their lone win at first singles by outlasting Greiner, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. The Knights move to 1-0 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team opened at the Cortland tournament with a 30-19, 15-30, 30-19, 30-23 win over Oswego. First year Kate Barth totaled 11 kills, five digs and three aces and junior Jelena Vujcic contributed 10 kills, nine digs and three aces. Senior Erin Sharp led the defense with 11 digs and Emily Tater dished 27 assists with seven digs. In the nightcap, Geneseo defeated St. Lawrence by a score of 30-17, 25-30, 30-17, 30-22. Tatar centered the attack with 26 assists, Vujcic totaled nine kills and senior Karyn Patridge contributed eight kills.

Sep 02, 2004

Softball Knights in the Spotlight

Trawitz Wins Red Wings "Apprentice"
Whipple To Debut on "The Benefactor"

Softball Knights in the Spotlight

A pair of SUNY Geneseo softball alumni have placed themselves squarely in the spotlight. Courtney Trawitz '04 was recently named the winner of the Rochester Red Wings (AAA) baseball "Apprentice" contest and Kathy Whipple '03 will make her debut on the new ABC-TV reality series "The Benefactor".

A native of Pittsford, NY and a Pittsford Mendon graduate, Trawitz beat out nine other contestants in the Red Wings Apprentice as competitors were involved in promotions, publicity, ticket and advertising sales thoughout the season. The field was eliminated periodically with Rochester General Manager Dan Mason letting the individuals know by doing his best umpire imitation and proclaiming "YOU'RE OUT"!

Prior to the season finale on Tuesday, August 31, Trawitz was interviewed live by both WHEC-TV 10 in Rochester and by morning radio celebrity Brother Wease on 96.5 WCMF. In the evening, Trawitz watched as Mason tossed out her final competitor and she was announced as the Red Wings Apprentice. For winning the contest, Trawitz will accompany the Red Wings Front Office staff to Anaheim, CA for the minor league baseball winter meetings in December. She is a former intern in the SUNY Geneseo Sports Information office and is currently a graduate student at Canisius College.

A graduate student at New York Medical College, Whipple will make her debut on the national scene on Monday, September 13 as a contestant in the new ABC-TV reality series "The Benefactor". Whipple was selected as one of 16 to compete for the $1,000,000 prize given out by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who will make the decisions on who stays and who goes. A native of Webster, NY and a Webster High grad, Whipple grabbed a spot on the show in an audition held in Las Vegas, NV. The show will air on Mondays from 8:00-9:00 pm.

Sep 01, 2004

Wednesday's Opening Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Slips Past Nazareth
Field Hockey Defeated by William Smith
Women's Soccer Falls to Ithaca

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Nazareth this afternoon in their season and home opener and slipped by the Golden Flyers by a score of 1-0 when senior Dave Aguado scored on a header from Andy Rice with just 11:15 remaining in regulation. In a closely played match, Nazareth managed just seven shots and none on goal, while the Knights had just four shots on goal and 10 shots overall. Senior Chris Stock picked up the shutout for Geneseo.

Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted William Smith this afternoon in the home and season opener and were defeated by a 4-2 score by the nationally heralded Herons. Geneseo's Erin Brown scored just 12:52 into the game on a pass from Jeanine Tripepi to give the Knights an early lead. William Smith took a 2-1 lead with goals at the 24:00 to tie it 1-1 at the half and at 38:00. Geneseo's Laura Henson netted an unassisted goal to tie the game at two, but the Herons Sophie Dennis completed a hat trick with goals at 52:23 and 56:56 to seal the win. Geneseo's Amanda Carver made nine saves to take the loss in nets as the Knights were outshot by a 20 to 4 margin.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Ithaca for their season opener this afternoon and were defeated by the Bombers by a 1-0 score. Geneseo outshot Ithaca by a 12-10 margin, but the Bombers got the victory with a goal at 31:23 of the first half. First year Dana Cummings made seven saves in taking the loss in nets.

Aug 30, 2004

Prevosti Named Track and Field Coach

Assistant Elevated To Top Post

SUNY Geneseo Names Prevosti as Track & Field Coach

Geneseo, N.Y.-SUNY Geneseo is pleased to announce the hiring of Dave Prevosti as Geneseo's women's and men's indoor and outdoor track and field coach.

Prevosti replaces Mike Woods, who relinquishes his head coaching duties in track and field, but will stay on as the head women's and men's cross country coach and serve as Prevosti's assistant in track and field.

"We are fortunate to have a qualified and loyal assistant who we can elevate to this position," said Athletic Director Marilyn Moore. "Dave has been a knowledgable, hard working member of the track and field staff and we anticipate a smooth transition into his new duties."

Prevosti spent three years as Woods' assistant, working primarily with the jumpers and gaining experience in all facets of the Knights' program including contest and practice management and recruitment of qualified student-athletes.

A native of Maplecrest, N.Y., Prevosti participated for four seasons of indoor and three seasons of outdoor track and field for the Raiders. His specialties were the sprints, sprint relays, long and triple jumps and he twice finished third at the National Christian College Athletic Association championships.

A 1996 graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College with a bachelor's degree in psychology, Prevosti served as an assistant coach at his alma mater for for four seasons and spent two years as the Program Coordinator at the Voller Athletic Center.

Prevosti earned his master's degree in athletic administration from SUNY Brockport in 2003, did his administrative intership at SUNY Geneseo and is a certified instructor in AED, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, Community First Aid and Safety and Lifeguard Training.

"I am very thankful for this opportunity and appreciate the confidence Geneseo has in my abilities to lead the team," said Prevosti. "I have been fortunate to be a part of the Knights program for the past four years and am excited about the future."

Aug 27, 2004

Welcome Back Knights!

Fall Contests Begin September 1
2004-05 Schedules Posted

Welcome back Geneseo students, parents, staff, alumni and friends for another exciting year of SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights action!

The 2004-05 schedules have been posted on knights.geneseo.edu for all sports and we are looking forward to another action packed season.

The fall season gets underway on Wednesday, September 1 as the men's soccer team plays host to Nazareth College at 4 pm, the field hockey team entertains William Smith at 4 pm and women's soccer travels to Ithaca.

The women's tennis team kicks off their season on Friday, September 3 when they host Brockport at 4 pm with the volleyball team travelling to Cortland for the Red Dragon Classic.

The fall season openers are completed on Saturday, September 4 when the women's and men's cross country teams race at the Buffalo St. Invitational.

Rosters and season previews will be available on knights.geneseo.edu as soon as the teams have been finalized. Good Luck Knights in 2004-05!

Aug 16, 2004

Geneseo Athletics Expands to 20 Sports

Women's Equestrian Elevated to Varsity Status

Geneseo, N.Y.-The SUNY Geneseo department of intercollegiate athletics and recreation is pleased to announce the elevation of women’s equestrian from club sport to varsity status for the 2004-05 season. The expansion brings the program to 20 sports, 12 for women and eight for men at the varsity level.

"We are proud to be adding equestrian to our program and look forward to helping a new group of student-athletes reach the high level of success that our other teams already enjoy," said Marilyn Moore, Director of Athletics. "The sport is a perfect complement to the outstanding public, liberal arts education that Geneseo provides and shows our continuing commitment to expand intercollegiate opportunities for women."

The team will operate out of Leg Up Stables and be coached by Kim Sanford, who has mentored riders at the club sport level since 1996. The Knights will continue to compete in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association, zone 2, region 2. The team will challenge varsity teams such as Alfred, Cazenovia, Nazareth, Potsdam and St. Lawrence, along with club teams at Oswego, RIT, Rochester and Syracuse.

Sanford, a native of Geneseo, earned an associates degree from SUNY Delhi in 1977. She is a New York State licensed veterinary technician, medical laboratory technician and research technician. Sanford is a member of the Genesee Valley Pony Club, the Genesee Valley Hunt and the Genesee Valley Riding and Driving Club.

Sanford is the owner and trainer at Leg Up Stables and manages the 300 acre farm which is home to approximately 70 horses.

"Moving into varsity status and receiving additional recognition and funding from the college will be a substantial benefit to our program," said Sanford. " It is exciting to be joining such a highly respected and successful intercollegiate athletics program."