May 30, 2006

USILA Announces Lacrosse Awards

Six Knights Earn All-American
Riehlman Plays in North/South Game

United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association

The USILA announced the 2006 All-America team at their annual awards luncheon on Sunday, May 28. The Geneseo Knights had six players recognized this season, more than any other single year, after posting a 13-3 record and reaching the NCAA Division III quarterfinals.

Junior close defender Phil Gardner was a third team choice, just the second time that a Geneseo player has received higher than honorable mention honors. Two-time All-American attackman Don Litzelman '82 was a third team choice following his senior season.

Senior Pat Riehlman became the first male in a Geneseo team sport to earn All-America honors three years after being tabbed an honorable mention pick. Riehlman represented Geneseo in the annual STX/USILA North/South Senior All-Star game that was held on Friday, May 26 at Villanova University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Other honorable mention picks included junior midfielder Owahn Bazydlo and sophomore close defender Kevin Hennigan, who each received their second All-America award, while senior attackman Jack Ryerson and sophomore faceoff specialist Tim McDermott garnered their first national recognition.

May 25, 2006

NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field

Five Knights in Competition on Day Three
Haney Earns All-American on Day Two
Three Knights Compete on Day One

NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field

On the third and final day of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field championships at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, the Knights had five competitors in action. On the men's side, senior Ross Hunkovic was 10th in the 1,500 meters in 3:56.84 to complete his career. In the field events, both Matt Kuenzel in the shot and Zach Maskin in the triple jump, failed to qualify for the finals. Kuenzel was seventh in flight one with a toss of 16.00 meters and Maskin was eighth in flight one with a leap of 13.77 meters. For the women, Marta Scott finished 12th in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:50.10 and junior Shannon Griggs was 14th in the 5,000 meters in 18:01.94.

Friday was day two of the championships and sophomore Amanda Haney highlighted the competition for Geneseo by earning her second All-American certificate after finishing in a tie for sixth place in the high jump with a height of 1.67 meters. Haney earned her first All-American certificate during the outdoor season in 2005. In other results, senior Fran Magri raced to a 16th place finish in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:23.40.

On day one, three members participated in the competition. On the women's side, Scott qualified for Saturday's finals in the 1,500 meters by finishing second in heat two of the preliminaries with a time of 4:29.93. On the men's side, Hunkovic placed fourth in a time of 3:51.18 in heat one of the 1,500 meters to qualify for Saturday's finals, while senior Paul Torres failed to qualify for the finals in the 400 meter hurdles after finishing in a time of 54.14 in heat two.

The championships continue on Saturday as Scott and Hunkovic will race in the 1,500 meter finals, senior Matt Kuenzel will participate in the shot put, senior Zach Maskin will compete in the long jump and junior Shannon Griggs will run in the 5,000 meters.

May 22, 2006

NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field

Knights Send Eight to National Meet

NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field
The Geneseo Knights will have eight participants in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships to be held Thursday, May 25 through Saturday, May 27 at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois.

On the women's side, Geneseo will be represented by senior Marta Scott in the 1,500 meters, senior Fran Magri in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, junior Shannon Griggs in the 5,000 meters and sophomore Amanda Haney in the high jump.

Scott is trying to earn her seventh All-American certificate to close out an outstanding career at Geneseo. Magri is gunning for her third national certificate, while Griggs and Haney are aiming for their second All-American award.

For the men, senior Matt Kuenzel will participate in the shot put, senior Paul Torres in the 400 hurdles, senior Zach Maskin in the triple jump and senior Ross Hunkovic in the 1,500 meter run.

All four men are trying to close out their careers by winning their first All-American certificate as Torres and Maskin are making their first appearance in an NCAA competition.

May 20, 2006

Track & Field at Baldwin-Wallace

Knights Prep for NCAAs

Track & Field
Eleven members of the outdoor track and field team travelled to Baldwin-Wallace College on Friday night for the Twilight Invitational in preparation for this week's NCAA Division III Championships.

Automatic qualifiers Marta Scott and Ross Hunkovic each participated in the 1,500 meter run, with Scott taking second place in 4:35.45 and Hunkovic winning the event in 3:58.60.

The remaining nine participants were attempting to better their provisional qualifying performances in hopes of earning a berth in the national meet.

On the men's side in the field events, senior Matt Kuenzel was third in the discus (47.40 meters) and fourth in the shot put (15.56 m), senior Zach Maskin was second in the triple jump (13.89 m) and Joe Goodspeed was second in the high jump (2.00 m). In the running events, senior Paul Torres was third in the 400 hurdles in 55.43 and fourth in the 110 hurdles in 15.10, while junior Jim Tillapaugh raced to a sixth place finish in the 800 meters in 1:54.42.

For the women, senior Fran Magri won the 3000 meter steeplechase in 11:06.47 and sophomore Amanda Haney won the high jump with a height of 1.61 meters. Senior Emily Howland was fourth in the 800 meters in 2:20.53 and classmate Mary Kosloski was sixth in the triple jump (10.45 m) and seventh in the high jump (1.56 m).

The field for the NCAA championships will be announced on Sunday night, May 21.

May 17, 2006

NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse

Knights Fall to Wesleyan in Quarterfinals

NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse
The Wesleyan University Cardinals (16-3) scored three goals in 40 seconds during a 7-4 third quarter to snap a 3-3 halftime tie and race to a 16-10 victory over the SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights (13-3) to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse tournament this afternoon on SUNY Geneseo's Alumni Field.

The first half featured a 2-1 advantage by Geneseo in the first quarter and an identical 2-1 margin to Wesleyan in the second stanza as six different players scored for the two teams. Geneseo's Mike Pizzuto (Amherst, NY/Amherst) scored his second of three goals on the game on a turnover in the Wesleyan zone with 13:19 left in the third to give the Knights a 4-3 lead.

After a defensive stop, Geneseo turned the possession over on an offsides infraction and the Cardinals struck with 11:09 left as senior Glenn Adams (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) scored the second of his game high six goals. The Cardinals scored on the ensuing faceoff as freshman pole Spike Malangone (Lake Grove, NY/St. Anthony's), who grabbed a team high seven groundballs, scored his first of the season at 10:55 and sophomore Chris Jasinski (Wilton, CT/Wilton) completed the spurt at 10:29 in transition to advance to a 6-4 lead.

The teams traded goals the remainder of the period until Adams scored with just 32 ticks left to give the Cardinals a 10-7 third quarter lead. Wesleyan got a man-up goal from sophomore Grayson Connors (Princeton Junction, NJ/Peddie School) and a score by freshman Jason Ben-Eliyahu (East Setauket, NY/Ward Melville) to open the fourth quarter and extend to a five goal lead.

Adams would get three goals in the final six minutes and junior goalie Charlie Congleton (Groton, MA/Groton School) made 10 of his 17 saves in the final period to seal the win for Wesleyan.

Senior Jack Ryerson (Rochester, NY/Brighton) led Geneseo with four goals, one assist on the afternoon, moving into second all-time at Geneseo with 113 career goals, and junior Owahn Bazydlo (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) added two goals, one helper. Sophomore Tim McDermott (Cortland, NY/Homer) won 20 of 30 attempts and scooped nine groundballs to aid in Geneseo's possession.

Geneseo outshot Wesleyan by a 37-28 margin with Geneseo's Tim Garback (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) maing eight saves to take the loss in nets.

Wesleyan will take on Cortland, a 12-8 winner over Middlebury, in the national semifinals on Sunday at Cortland.

May 13, 2006

NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse

Knights Advance to Quarterfinals

NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse
The SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights (13-2) advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse tournament with a 12-5 victory over the St. Lawrence Saints (14-4) this afternoon on SUNY Geneseo's Alumni Field. Geneseo and St. Lawrence were each making their second appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament.

In a matchup of nationally ranked faceoff specialists, Geneseo sophomore Tim McDermott (Cortland, NY/Homer) won 13 of 19 attempts from St. Lawrence first year P.J. Santora (Cos Cob, CT/Millbrook School) and scored just six seconds into the game to propel the Knights to a 5-0 lead after one quarter of play. Senior All-American midfielder Pat Riehlman (Skaneateles, NY/Skaneateles) and junior All-American midfielder Owahn Bazydlo (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) scored 15 seconds apart to give the Knights a 4-0 lead with 8:00 remaining in the first stanza.

St. Lawrence netted the first marker of the second quarter when junior Brendan Lynch (Medfield, MA/Medfield) scored the first of his three goals on the afternoon after rolling the crease and shooting low, but Geneseo's balanced attack, which featured eight different goal scorers in the first half, scored three times in the stanza to lead 8-1 at the intermission.

Senior Jack Ryerson (Rochester, NY/Brighton), who finished with two goals, two assists, struck first in the third quarter for Geneseo to advance to a 9-1 lead. First year Tyler Moore (North Andover, MA/Brooks School) got the first of his two goals with 3:09 remaining in the third quarter, but sophomore Mike Pizzuto (Amherst, NY/Amherst) gave Geneseo a 10-2 lead by netting the lone man-up goal of the game with just four seconds left in the period after checking the ball from the stick of St. Lawrence goalie Justin Demuth (Jordan, NY/Jordan-Elbridge).

In the final period, Lynch struck at 11:34 and 10:24 remaining on a left side crease roll to cut the deficit to six goals, but Bazydlo went end-to-end with 6:07 remaining and Pizzuto scooped up a loose ball and fired it home with 1:10 left to seal the win for the Knights.

St. Lawrence outshot Geneseo by a 37-28 margin, but Geneseo's Tim Garback (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) made 11 saves to post the win in nets. Demuth stopped five shots in nets for St. Lawrence.

Geneseo will play Wesleyan (CT), an 11-8 winner over RIT, in the tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday, May 17 at a site and time to be determined.

May 10, 2006

SUNYAC All-Conference Teams Announced

10 Earn First Team Honors
Lyons Named Coach of the Year

SUNYAC All-Conference Teams
The All-SUNYAC teams were announced this week for men's and women's lacrosse and women's softball. The Knights had 10 individuals earn first team honors and another seven student-athletes garnered second team status.

In men's lacrosse, head coach Jim Lyons was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year for the third time in his six seasons after guiding the team to a 6-0 regular season record and a berth in the conference title game. Geneseo had seven of the 13 first team members, including senior attackman Jack Ryerson, sophomore attackman Mike Pizzuto, junior midfielder Owahn Bazydlo, junior faceoff man Tim McDermott, senior d-middie Kevin Austin, junior close defender Phil Gardner and sophomore close defender Kevin Hennigan. On the second team were senior midfielder Pat Riehlman, junior longstick middie Rick Bova and junior goalie Tim Garback.

In women's lacrosse, Geneseo claimed two first team players and four second team players. Senior first home Melody Kuzniar and junior center Megan Hilts grabbed the first team honors, while junior third home Maggie Benham, sophomore attack wing Shauna Leonard, junior cover point Krystina Danizio and senior goalie Jess Pausewang were second team honorees.

In women's softball, junior centerfielder Laura Skalaski, who led the Knights in hitting, was the lone representative on the All-SUNYAC team.

May 09, 2006

Departmental Award Winners Announced

Scott, Riehlman Named Top Athletes
Kosloski, Smith Earn Scholar Awards
Walsh, Ryerson, Kuenzel Garner Leadership Honors

SUNY Geneseo Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation
Department Award Winners

The SUNY Geneseo Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation has announced the winners of the prestigious Louise Kuhl, Ira S. Wilson, Contribution and Leadership, Myrtle Merritt and Dan Mullin Scholar-Athletes, Nick Hayes Memorial, Robyn Whitney-Lewis Memorial and Jennifer Guyer Divico and James E. Divico Memorial awards. These awards are given annually to outstanding senior student-athletes who have contributed in an exemplary fashion to a particular aspect of the college's intercollegiate athletics program and were presented to the student-athletes at the Sixth Annual Geneseo Athletics Awards banquet on Sunday, May 7, 2006.

This year's Louise Kuhl Award for outstanding contribution by a female student-athlete goes to Marta Scott, a member of the women's cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field teams. Scott is a six-time All-American, including five times for indoor track and field and once, a 24th place finish, at the cross country nationals as she aided the Knights to the NCAA Division III national championship in 2005. Her top national finish in track and field was just this past indoor season, when she placed second in the mile run at the national meet. She was one of five finalists for the prestigious WHAM Rochester Area Local College Sportswoman of the Year award and was the 2006 Rochester Area Colleges Female Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. The SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Famer is a five-time SUNYAC champion on the track and along with the rest of the Geneseo senior women track and field participants, never lost a SUNYAC championship in 12 total tries in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field. She hopes to add to her athletic accomplishments as she has already qualified for the 2006 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships coming up May 25-27 at Benedictine College in Illinois. The biology major and East Aurora High graduate has a 3.02 grade point average, is a member of the SUNYAC All-Academic team and will be attending graduate school at the University of Buffalo. Scott is the daughter of Lawrence and Frances Scott of South Wales, N.Y.

The Ira S. Wilson Award is presented to the male student-athlete who has has the most outstanding athletic career. Pat Riehlman has led his men's lacrosse team to a record of 48-15 in his four seasons, including a 12-2 mark and a #5 national ranking this season, a 12-5 record as a junior when he led the team in scoring with 44 points on 26 goals, 18 assists and an 11-5 mark as a sophomore when the Knights won their second ever SUNYAC title and first trip to the NCAA Division III tournament. As a midfielder, he stands ninth in career goals at Geneseo with 76, eighth in career assists with 63 and 10th in career points with 139. He is a two-time United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-American and a three-time All-SUNYAC performer, who was named the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year in 2003. He and his teammates will continue their season by paricipating in the NCAA Division III championship tournament. Pat carries a 3.27 grade point average as an accounting major and after graduation, will be working in Syracuse for Price Waterhouse Coopers accounting firm. Riehlman is the son of Peter and Mary Beth Riehlman of Skaneateles, N.Y.

This year's female contribution and leadership award winner is Melissa Walsh. On the field, this four year member and captain of the women's field hockey team earned second team All-SUNYAC honors this season after scoring five goals and two assists from her midfield position. Off the court, she has been a two year member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee and served as the vice chair this year. She has participated in the annual Leaf Raking for Senior Citizens and Adopt-A-Family programs and was the point person for the March of Dimes Walk America. Off season, she has been a valued member of the event management staff, working basketball, hockey and lacrosse contests as a ticket seller, security person and statistician. In the classroom, she holds a 3.29 grade point average in business administration and is a two-time member of the SUNYAC All-Academic team . In addition, she fulfills her requirements in the Wegmans Manager Trainee program by working the front end at the Geneseo Wegmans during the academic year and at her hometown Penfield Wegmans during the summer months and school vacations. The Penfield High School graduate is awaiting her placement as a Wegmans store manager following commencement. Walsh is the daughter of John and Lori Walsh of Fairport, N.Y.

The male contribution and leadership award had a tie in the voting that could not be broken, so the department is awarding a pair of student-athletes the award this year.

On the field, Jack Ryerson is just the third player in Geneseo men's lacrosse history to score 100 goals in his career. He currently leads the nationally fifth ranked Knights in scoring with 36 goals and 45 points and stands 11th all-time in career points with 134. His leadership abilities are exemplary and in the off-season he provides a service to the athletic department by serving as the clock operator for home basketball games and the visiting protocal contact for men's ice hockey, among other event management responsibilities. He has been the site supervisor for special events, including wheelchair basketball and Section V basketball . In the classroom, he carries a 2.97 grade point average as an economics major and following graduation, will work in Rochester at First Investors Financial Consulting. A Brighton High School graduate, Ryerson is the son of Gary and Carol Ryerson of Rochester, N.Y.

The second male contribution and leadership award goes to a student-athlete that is described by his coach, Dave Prevosti, as one of the most clutch performers he has seen. Matt Kuenzel is Geneseo's all-time best thrower, holding three school records and most recently, leading the Knights to the SUNYAC outdoor track and field championship by winning the shot put, placing second in the hammer and javelin and taking a third in the discus to score 32 of Geneseo's 199 points, a truly inspiring performance in championship competition. He is a five-time SUNYAC champion and has participated in three NCAA Division III national championships, where his best finish is ninth place in the shot put at the 2006 indoor championships. He has been named to the All-SUNYAC, All-State and All-ECAC track and field teams and his leadership is demonstrated by his being selected a team captain three years running. Off the field, he is a member of the SUNYAC All-Academic team, SUNYAC Commissioner's List and carries a 3.53 grade point average in mathematics and secondary education. He won the SUNYAC Scholar-Athlete award for indoor and outdoor track and field in 2005, is a member of Phi Eta Sigma first year honor society, Golden Key National Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Kuenzel is the son of Charles and Margaret Kuenzel of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The Dr. Myrtle Merritt Scholar-Athlete Award is given to the female student-athlete who has maintained an excellent grade point average, while making a significant contribution to her respective team. Mary Kosloski is a four-time SUNYAC All-Academic team member and a three-time member of the Commissioner's List who carries a 3.67 grade point average as a member of the Geneseo Honors program in the geological sciences. In October, funded through a Geneseo Foundation grant, she presented her senior research at the Geological Society of America's annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah and was recently elected into the nation's best known and most prestigious national honor society, Phi Beta Kappa. She has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in Geology at Cornell University. However, her accolades are not reserved for the classroom. As a member of Geneseo's highly successful women's track and field team, she is a four-time first team All-SUNYAC and All-New York State honoree in both indoor and outdoor track and field, where she specializes in the triple jump, high jump and long jump. The Kenmore East graduate has been an NCAA Division III national qualifier three of her four years in the triple jump and finally cracked the top eight to earn All-American honors by finishing seventh at the 2006 NCAA Division III Indoor championships. Mary is the daughter of Victor and Janet Kosloski of Tonawanda, N.Y.

The Daniel Mullin Scholar-Athlete award is named in honor of Geneseo's former chair of the department of health and physical education. The recipient is the senior male student-athlete who has demonstrated high academic achievement and athletic excellence. Taylor Smith has been a four year starter a midfielder for the men's soccer team. On the field, he has been a four-year All-SUNYAC pick and a three-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Northeast Region selection. The two-year team captain was the field general in the middle in helping lead Geneseo to the SUNYAC title and berth in the NCAA Division III semifinals in Greensboro, North Carolina as a junior, where he was named to the All-Tournament team. In the classroom, he carries a 3.55 grade point average in psychology, is a three-time SUNYAC All-Academic team and a two-time SUNYAC Commissioner's List honoree. He earned third-team NSCAA Scholar-All American honors in 2005, was the SUNYAC Scholar-Athlete for men's soccer and was named the T. Fred Holloway Award winner as the SUNYAC Men's Soccer player with the highest grade point average and athletic accomplishment. Finally, he recently was one of just five SUNY Geneseo students to receive SUNY's highest honor, the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. He will be attending graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Smith is the son of Leigh and Mary Smith of Penfield, N.Y.



The Nick Hayes Memorial Award goes to a student who has contributed to the athletic department in a non-playing capacity. Hiroko Yuki, a communication major, could have won the award for either of her jobs within the athletic department. In her duties as an intern in the sports information office, she wrote game programs, updated statistics and publicized athletic accomplishments throughout campus. But her true love in athletics is hockey. As a volunteer in the hockey office, she was responsible for the Ice Knights media guide, advertising for games, running the Chuck-A-Puck contest and other between period activities. Hiroko is the daughter of Shinichi and Keiko Yuki of Kobe, Japan.

A member of the women's swim team, Jennifer Guyer Divico was an outstanding swimming talent who epitomized the team concept. The Jennifer Guyer Divico Memorial Award is presented each year to the member of the women's swim team who most closely resembles these characteristics. Heather Waymouth was a member of two SUNYAC championship teams in her four seasons and swam in the 100 and 200 backstroke and 1650 freestyle in SUNYAC championship competition. She was a team captain this season and participated as a facilitator as Geneseo hosted the Section V Sportsmanship Summit this spring. She is a four-time member of the SUNYAC All-Academic team, earned SUNYAC Commissioner's List three times and carries a grade point average of 3.50 in her dual major of biology and elementary education. Waymouth is the daughter of Mark and Lynda Waymouth of Mason, Ohio.

Jim Divico, a member of Geneseo's basketball team, was a dedicated athlete who displayed great courage despite injury and physical limitations during his playing career. The James E. Divico Memorial Award is presented to the individual on the men's basketball team who most closely resembles these characteristics. A unique situation presented itself year with the Divico award, in that, the men's basketball team had no seniors this season. However, the department decided to continue the annual tradition of this award in Jim's memory as one member of the junior class epitomizes what this honor is all about. Like Jim, Steve McDonnell has spent the better part of two seasons playing through pain and, at times, missing games due to the painful foot ailment, plantar faciaitis, which, at its worst, makes it difficult to even walk without severe pain. A team captain and starting guard, McDonnell led the team in scoring this season despite his injury problems by averaging over 12 points per game. On January 31, 2006, in a game versus Fredonia, he made nine of 12 shots from the three point line to break the school record for three-point field goals made in a game, cementing himself as one of Geneseo's best sharpshooters. Steve is the son of Steve and Donna McDonnell of Fairport, N.Y.

A 1997 SUNY Geneseo graduate, Robyn Whitney-Lewis was a four year member and All-SUNYAC performer for the women's volleyball team whose unexpected death in the spring of 2003 deeply impacted the Geneseo athletic family. The Robyn Whitney Lewis Memorial Award was established by her family to honor the memory of one of Geneseo's finest student-athletes. Each year, the award is given to a senior member of the women's volleyball team who mirrors Robyn's commitment, dedication and enthusiasm for the sport of volleyball. Jelena Vujcic has been a four year player at outside hitter on the volleyball team. She compiled 213 kills and 451 digs in four seasons. The two-year team captain is a four-time member of the SUNYAC All-Academic team and two-time member of the SUNYAC Commissioner's List. She holds a 3.53 grade point average in biochemistry with a minor in anthropology. Vujcic is the daughter of Slavoljub and Marija Vujcic of Amherst, N.Y.

May 07, 2006

NCAA Division III Lacrosse

Geneseo Receives At-Large Berth
Knights get First Round Bye

Men's Lacrosse
The Geneseo men's lacrosse team (12-2) received their second ever bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships on Sunday and will receive a first round bye in the 20-team tournament. The Knights will host the winner of St. Lawrence at Endicott College on Saturday, May 13. Check back to knights.geneseo.edu for a game time and opponent after Wednesday's first round.

May 06, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Falls in SUNYAC Title Game
Track & Field at NYSCTC

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team, seeded second, fell to unbeaten, top seeded and host Cortland this afternoon in the SUNYAC championship game by a score of 14-8. Geneseo scored four of five goals in a 12 minute span to tie the game at four 19:10 into the first half, but the Red Dragons answered with the last four goals in the final five minutes of the half to take a commanding 11-6 intermission lead. Geneseo scored the first two goals of the second stanza, but Cortland put the game away with three scores in a five minute period late in the match. Junior Megan Hilts scored five goals to lead the attack, classmate Maggie Benham netted a goal and two assists, while single tallies were made by Melody Kuzniar and Maggie Morris. Senior Jess Pausewang stopped nine shots in taking the loss as the Knights fall to 12-3 on the season.

Men's Track & Field
The men's track and field team travelled to St. Lawrence for the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championships and placed fifth of 15 teams with 81 points. Geneseo had three winners as Matt Kuenzel captured the shot put with an NCAA provisional distance of 15.85 meters, Joe Goodspeed won the high jump with a height of 1.89 meters and Paul Torres won the 400 hurdles in 55.16 seconds after capturing second in the 110 hurdles in 15.03. Geneseo's Kevin Lasky took second in the triple jump with a leap of 12.89 meters and senior Ross Hunkovic was third in the 800 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 1:52.99.

Women's Track & Field
The women's track and field team travelled to the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championships at St. Lawrence and placed sixth with 64 points. Junior Shannon Griggs placed first in the 5000 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 17:31.75, sophomore Amanda Haney won the high jump with a leap of 1.62 meters and the 4X800 relay team of Christy Finke, Emily Howland, Fran Magri and Marta Scott won in a time of 9:21.25 to lead Geneseo. Sophomore Meghan Nolan was second in the 1,500 meters in 4:47.89 and Scott placed third in the 5000 in 17:47.47.

May 06, 2006

SUNYAC Men's Lacrosse

Cortland Defeats Geneseo for Title

Men's Lacrosse
The second seeded visiting SUNY Cortland Red Dragons, ranked seventh in the latest USILA poll, defeated top seeded and fifth nationally ranked Geneseo this afternoon to claim their fourth SUNYAC tournament title in five seasons.

Geneseo jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first quarter on goals by Owahn Bazydlo (Syracuse/Corcoran), Jack Ryerson (Rochester/Brighton) and Brian Orlowski (Hauppauge) in a span of 1:47. Tournament Most Valuable Player Matt O'Connell (Camillus/West Genesee) scored two of his three goals within 1:02 as Cortland went on a 4-0 run to take the lead. Geneseo's Mike Pizzuto (Amherst), an All-Tournament selection, answered with 2:48 remaining in the first, but the Red Dragons dominated the second quarter, outscoring Geneseo 4-0 to take a commanding 8-4 halftime lead as All-Tournament pick Ryan Heath (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) scored both his goals in the second stanza.

After the teams traded goals in the third quarter, Geneseo pulled within three goals at 10-7 when Orlowski scored the first goal of the fourth with the man advantage, but All-Tournament pick Mike Felice (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) scored with 10:45 left and again with 6:48 remaining to seal the win.

Cortland goalie Ben Gaebel (Deferiet/Carthage), who made 11 saves and long stick middie Cheney Raymond (Camillus/West Genesee) were named to the All-Tournament team. Geneseo was represented on the All-Tournament team by faceoff man Tim McDermott (Cortland/Homer), who controlled possession for Geneseo by winning 18 of 24 faceoffs attempts and scooping nine groundballs and junior long stick middie Rick Bova (Syracuse/Onondaga), who collected five groundballs and handed out one assist.

Cortland will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament, while Geneseo hopes to obtain an at-large berth and will await the announcement of the remainder of the field and pairings to come on Sunday.

May 05, 2006

SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse

Knights Advance to SUNYAC Final

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Cortland today for the SUNYAC tournament semifinals and defeated Oneonta by a score of 13-11 to advance to tomorrow's championship game. After leading 7-5 at the intermission, Geneseo scored five straight goals over a seven minute span to extend to a 13-8 lead and put the game away. Senior Melody Kuzniar scored four goals, two assists to lead the attack and junior Martha Katz netted four scores and grabbed three draw controls. Geneseo got two goals, one assist from Maggie Benham, two goals and four draw controls from first year Maggie Morris and a goal and an assist from Emily Ward. Senior Jess Pausewang registered the win by making 16 saves in goal as the Knights advance to 12-2 on the season. In the championship game, Geneseo will take on Cortland, who defeated Buffalo St. in the other semifinal today by a score of 14-3 and won the regular season battle with Geneseo, 13-7, on April 29.

May 04, 2006

SUNYAC Softball Tournament

Geneseo Eliminated from SUNYAC Softball

Women's Softball
The women's softball team, seeded fifth, travelled to Plattsburgh on Thursday for the SUNYAC Softball double elimination tournament championships and won their opening game with a 7-0 blanking of second seeded Cortland. The Knights opened the scoring in the second inning when first year Kerry Kuhn belted a solo homerun. Geneseo broke the game open with two outs in the third inning when Melissa Mason walked, Lauren Zefting walked and both runners scored when a Cortland outfielder dropped a fly ball by Audrey Kuhn. After Kerry Kuhn walked, junior Laura Skalaski blasted a three-run homer for a 6-0 lead. Geneseo added a run in the fifth on a single by Audrey Kuhn, a fielder's choice and a Skalaski triple. On the mound, Audrey Kuhn scattered five hits, walked one and struck out won in tossing the complete game shutout. In game two of the tournament on Friday, Geneseo was handed their first loss by a score of 6-1 against #3 Buffalo St. The Bengals scored two runs in the first and two more in the third off Kerry Kuhn on their way to the victory. Geneseo got their lone run in the bottom of the third as first year Sara Weisenborn hit a one-out double and scored on a two-out single by Zefting. Kuhn allowed 10 hits, walked six and struck out eight in taking the loss on the mound. In the final game for Geneseo, the Knights were eliminated from the tournament by Cortland, 4-0. The Knights were held to just two hits and made four errors as junior Audrey Kuhn allowed seven hits and two earned runs with two strikeouts. Geneseo completes their season with a record of 22-17.

May 03, 2006

SUNYAC Men's Lacrosse Tournament

Knights Advance to Title Game

Men's Lacrosse
The top seeded SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights, ranked fifth in the latest USILA poll, hosted fourth seeded Oswego this afternoon in the semifinals of the SUNYAC tournament and advanced to the championship game with a 12-4 victory over the Lakers.

Geneseo jumped out to a 3-0 first quarter lead, extended to a 6-1 halftime advantage and sealed the game with a 4-1 outburst in the third period for a 10-2 lead. Senior Jack Ryerson (Rochester/Brighton) scored four goals, senior Pat Riehlman (Skaneateles) had two goals, two assists and sophomore Mike Pizzuto (Amherst) collected a goal and three helpers to pace the Geneseo attack.

Junior Tim McDermott (Cortland/Homer) controlled possession for Geneseo as he won 14 of 18 faceoffs attempts and scooped six groundballs, while junior long stick middie Rick Bova (Syracuse/Onondaga) also grabbed six groundballs. Junior Tim Garback (Syracuse/Henninger) made six saves and allowed two goals in 45 minutes of action in nets for Geneseo. First year Eddie Watts (Mt. Kisco/Horace Greeley) allowed one goal and made three saves in 9:21 and classmate Ben Duggan (Buffalo/Nichols) made one save and allowed one goal in 5:39.

For the Lakers, sophomore John Schumacher (Webster/Thomas) scored the last two goals of the game, while junior Steve Tronovitch (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) and senior Jeff Salisbury (Oswego) each had a goal and an assist. Sophomore goalie Matt Pfister (Patchogue/Patchogue-Medford) stopped 15 shots in nets for Oswego.

Geneseo will host second seeded and number seven nationally ranked Cortland in the championship game on Saturday at 1 p.m. Geneseo defeated Cortland by a score of 9-8 at Cortland on April 26.

May 02, 2006

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Pizzuto, Garback for Men's Lax
Kuenzel, Hunkovic for Men's Track and Field

Weekly Honors
Four SUNY Geneseo student-athletes earned weekly honors for their performances last week. Men's lacrosse players Mike Pizzuto and Tim Garback earned SUNYAC Player and Goalie of the Week, respectively. Pizzuto scored four goals, three assists in two wins last week, including netting the game winner with 5:35 left in Geneseo's 9-8 win over then #4 Cortland. Garback posted a 2-0 record in goal by allowing just 15 goals in two games with a .531 save percentage on the week.

Senior Matt Kuenzel earned Rochester Area College Athletics Athlete of the Week and SUNYAC Field Athlete of the Week after leading Geneseo to the team title at the SUNYAC Championships by scoring 32 points. Kuenzel won the shot put, was second in the hammer and javelin and placed third in the discus.

Hunkovic was named SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Week after scoring 20 points at the conference championships with wins in the 800 and 1,500 meter runs.

Apr 29, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Clinches SUNYAC Regular Season Title
Softball Sweeps RIT
Women's Lacrosse Falls to Cortland

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked seventh in the latest USILA poll, hosted the Oneonta Red Dragons and clinched the SUNYAC regular season title with a 12-7 victory. Geneseo led 3-1 in the first quarter, including senior Jack Ryerson scoring the 100th goal of his career 4:34 into the game. Geneseo led 8-6 at the intermission, before the defense took over the second half and held the Red Dragons to a single goal in the third period. Junior Owahn Bazydlo led the attack with three goals, one assist, Ryerson scored two goals, one assist and sophomore Mike Pizzuto added a goal and two assists. In addition, seniors Brian Orlowski and Pat Riehlman each added a pair of scores. Junior Tim Garback made five saves and allowed seven goals in 58:45 and first year Eddie Watts was untested in 1:15 of play. This is the Knights first regular season title since 1982 and the Geneseo (11-1, 6-0 SUNYAC) will host fourth seeded Oswego in a SUNYAC tournament semifinal on Wednesday, May 3 at 4 p.m.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the RIT Tigers and swept the regular season ending doubleheader by scores of 4-0 and 7-3. In the opener, junior Audrey Kuhn tossed a five-hit complete game shutout with one walk and seven strikeouts. Geneseo scored all four runs in the fifth inning. Junior Melissa Mason led off with a homer, Audrey Kuhn had a one out single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. First year Sara Weisenborn plated Kuhn with a pinch hit double and scored on a two-out, two-run homer by senior Keaghan Reed. In the second game, Geneseo scored seven runs in the second inning including a two-run double by senior Sonia Luchanko and RBI singles by Audrey Kuhn and Liz Squairs. First year Lindsay Norton allowed nine hits and three earned runs, while Carla Cosselman allowed one hit and struck out one in the seventh inning. Geneseo completes the regular season with a 21-15 record and will next participate in the SUNYAC tournament from Thursday, May 4-Saturday, May 6.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted #5 Cortland this afternoon and the Red Dragons earned the right to host next week's SUNYAC tournament with a 13-7 win over the Knights. Cortland scored three times in a 5:21 span of the first half to break the game open at 4-1 and added seven straight goals to open the second half for a 13-3 lead. Geneseo netted the last four goals of the game over the final 10:47. Junior Emily Ward collected two goals, one assist for the Knights, classmate Maggie Benham converted a pair of scores and senior Melody Kuzniar added a goal and an assist. Cortland outshot the Knights by a 24-21 margin, scooped 27 groundballs to Geneseo's 15 and created 20 turnovers. Senior Amy Glover and first year Maggie Morris scored single goals for Geneseo and senior Jess Pausewang made six saves. The Knights fall to 11-2 on the season and 6-1 in SUNYAC play, while Cortland remains unbeaten at 15-0 overall and 7-0 in SUNYAC. Geneseo will be the #2 seed in the conference tournament and will play #3 Oneonta on Friday.

Apr 28, 2006

SUNYAC Track & Field Championships

Geneseo Men, Women Sweep SUNYAC Titles
Hunkovic, Kuenzel Honored

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
The men's outdoor track and field team travelled to Brockport for the SUNYAC championships and the Knights scored 199.5 points to narrowly defeat Cortland's 193. Geneseo's Matt Kuenzel and Ross Hunkovic were honored as the Field Performer and Track Performer of the Meet, respectively. Kuenzel won the shot put with a toss of 15.98 meters and was second in the hammer throw (50.29 m) and the javelin (51.95 m), while Hunkovic won the 800 meters in 1:53.99 and the 1,500 meters in 4:00.82. Geneseo's Joe Goodspeed and Paul Torres each grabbed a first and second place finish as Goodspeed won the high jump with a leap of 2.02 meters and was runnerup in the long jump (6.92 m), while Torres won the 110 hurdles in 15.04 and was second in the 400 hurdles in 53.34. Other top performances for Geneseo included senior Zach Maskin, who was first in the triple jump (14.46 meters), junior Mike McGrath, who was second in the 10,000 meters in 32:17.80, senior Dan Moore, who was second in the 5,000 meters in 15:25.15, first year Will Haskell, who was runnerup in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 9:30.73 and junior Jim Tillapaugh, who was second in the 1500 meters in 4:02.14. Geneseo sweeps the SUNYAC running championships after capturing the 2005-06 league crowns in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field.

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
The women's outdoor track and field team competed in the SUNYAC championships at Brockport and won their fourth straight SUNYAC outdoor title by outscoring Brockport, 188.5 to 158. Winners for the Knights included Marta Scott in the 1500 meters (4:42.77), Shannon Griggs in the 5000 meters (17:54.51) and Amanda Haney in the high jump with a leap of 1.65 meters. Senior Mary Kosloski was second in the high jump (1.55 m) and third in the triple jump (11.24 m), while Fran Magri and Christiana Martin were second and third in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 11:23.59 and 11:35.23, respectively. Geneseo placed second, third and fourth in the 10,000 meters with Martin in 39:10.36, Sally Briggs in 39:28.99 and Laura Iafrati in 39:34.77. Junior Lindsay Quist-Chaffee was third in the long jump with a distance of 5.05 meters. The Knights complete the season sweep of the SUNYAC running championships with wins in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field. This is the second time in four years that Geneseo has swept the six men's and women's SUNYAC running titles.

Apr 28, 2006

Friday's Contest Summary

Softball Sweeps Oswego in SUNYAC finale

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Oswego for their final SUNYAC regular season doubleheader and swept the Lakers by scores of 10-2 and 5-2. In the opener, senior Cat Pratico was 3-4 with a homerun and three RBI and Laura Skalaski went 2-4 with a solo homerun to pace the Geneseo attack. Senior Sonia Luchanko was 3-4, junior Melissa Mason went 2-4 and Lauren Zefting had a pair of RBI. Junior Audrey Kuhn picked up the win on the mound by allowing just five hits and striking out three. In the second game, Geneseo completed the sweep as first year Lindsay Norton gave up six hits and one earned run on the hill. At the plate, first year Liz Squairs was 2-2 with three RBI, Zefting was 2-4, while Pratico and Skalaski each went 1-2 with an RBI. Geneseo is now 19-15 overall and finishes 13-7 in SUNYAC, good for fifth place and a berth in the conference playoffs. The Knights will end their regular season on Saturday when they host RIT at 12 p.m.

Apr 27, 2006

Thursday's Contest Summary

Women's Lacrosse Trips Saints

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to St. Lawrence this afternoon and stormed back from a 10-1 deficit at one point in the first half for a dramatic 14-13 win on Melody Kuzniar's fourth goal with 59 seconds left in the second overtime. Geneseo trailed 10-5 at halftime, but evened the game as sophomore Shauna Leonard scored with 2:58 remaining and finished with four scores as the Knights scored the final seven goals of the game. Kuzniar finished with four goals, two assists, senior Amy Glover and junior Maggie Benham netted two scores each and Emily Ward chipped in with a goal and an assist. Senior Jess Pausewang made 13 saves in posting the win as Geneseo moved to 11-1 on the season. The Knights will face SUNY Cortland on Saturday at 1 p.m. with the winner hosting the SUNYAC tournament on Friday and Saturday, May 5-6.

Apr 26, 2006

Wednesday's Contest Summary

#7 Men's Lacrosse Defeats #4 Cortland

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked seventh in the latest USILA poll, defeated #4 Cortland by a score of 9-8 as sophomore Mike Pizzuto converted a pass from Brian Orlowski with 5:35 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Knights led 8-6 at halftime after outscoring the Red Dragons by a 6-3 count in the second quarter and were shutout until the game winner. Pizzuto finished with three goals, one assist and senior Pat Riehlman added a goal and two helpers to lead the attack. Geneseo got a pair of goals from Joe Malach, a goal and an assist from Colin Ireland and single markers from Owahn Bazydlo and Orlowski. Junior Tim Garback made 12 saves as the Knights defense held the Dragons scoreless in the third period. Sophomore Tim McDermott won 13 of 20 faceoffs for Geneseo, but Cortland scored on three of eight extra man attempts, while the Knights were 0-3. Geneseo is now 10-1 overall and 5-0 in SUNYAC and will play their regular season finale on Saturday at 1 p.m. versus Oneonta. With a win over Oneonta, the Blue Knights will clinch the SUNYAC regular season title and top seed in next week's SUNYAC tournament.

Apr 25, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Women's Lacrosse Races Past Oneonta

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team scored six straight goals, including the last four of the first half to erase a 4-2 deficit on the way to an 18-11 victory over visiting Oneonta this afternoon. Junior Maggie Benham scored three goals and handed out three assists to pace the Geneseo attack as the Knights rallied to outscore the Red Dragons by a 12-7 count in the second half. Senior Melody Kuzniar scored four goals, including two in the final minute of the game and junior Megan Hilts added two goals, two assists and eight draw controls for the Knights. In addition, Geneseo got three goals apiece from Amy Glover and Martha Katz, along with a goal and an assist from Emily Ward. Senior Jess Pausewang made five saves and allowed eight goals in 53:19, while first year Hannan McKee allowed three goals and made one save in 6:41. Senior defense wing Lindsay Reichert netted her first goal of the season with 6:27 left as Geneseo netted the final four scores of the game. Geneseo is now 10-1 overall and 6-0 in SUNYAC and will travel to St. Lawrence on Thursday.

Apr 25, 2006

SOFTBALL SCHEDULE CHANGES

Today vs. Oswego, Rescheduled
Thursday vs. Cazenovia, Cancelled

Women's Softball
The women's softball doubleheader with Oswego scheduled for today has been postponed due to field conditions and has been rescheduled for Friday, April 28 at 3 p.m. The Knights contest with Cazenovia slated for Thursday, April 27 at 3 p.m. has been cancelled due to the Wildcats needing to reschedule a NEAC league contest on that date.

Apr 23, 2006

SOFTBALL CONTEST CANCELLED

Game will not be rescheduled

Women's Softball
The women's softball doubleheader scheduled for this afternoon versus Ithaca has been cancelled due to the weather conditions. Due to the lateness in the season, the contest will not be rescheduled. Geneseo is slated to travel to Oswego on Tuesday.

Apr 22, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

#9 Men's Lacrosse Downs Potsdam
Women's Lacrosse Cages Bengals
Track & Field at Hamilton

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, currently ranked #9 in the USILA poll, scored the first seven goals of the game on their way to a 20-7 victory over SUNY Potsdam this afternoon. Junior Owahn Bazydlo led the barrage with three goals, two assists for five points, while seniors Jack Ryerson and Brian Orlowski scored three goals apiece. Attackmen Tom Costanza and James Brandon each added two goals, Erich Dehm, Colin Ireland and Tim McDermott had a goal and an assist apiece and Mike Pizzuto and Pat Riehlman dished out two helpers. Senior defender Matt Hyde scooped six groundballs, junior Tim McDermott won 12-18 faceoffs and first year Ryan Plante won six of his eight faceoffs. Junior Tim Garback played 32:43 in goal, making five saves and allowing five goals, while four other netminders combined for 27:17, two goals allowed and four saves. Geneseo is now 9-1 overall and 4-0 in SUNYAC and will travel to Cortland on Wednesday.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Buffalo St. and defeated the Bengals by a score of 15-7. Junior Emily Ward had four goals, one assist and senior Melody Kuzniar added two goals, three helpers to pace the Geneseo attack. Junior Maggie Benham and sophomore Shauna Leonard each collected three goals and one assist, while Megan Hilts totaled three points on two goals, one assist and Colleen Byrne had a goal and a helper. Senior Jess Pausewang made 11 saves in posting the win in goal as Geneseo advances to 9-1 overall and 5-0 in SUNYAC. The Knights will host Oneonta on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Outdoor Track & Field
The outdoor track and field team travelled to Hamilton today for a non-scoring meet. On the women's side, Geneseo had two first place finishes as Meghan Nolan won the 1,500 meters in a time of 4:56.41 and senior Marta Scott won the 800 meters in a time of 2:19.36. Junior Lindsay Quist-Chaffee equalled the school record in the pole vault with a sixth place height of 2.90 meters. Runnerup finishes included sophomore Amanda Haney in the 100 hurdles in a time of 16.59, Diana Snyder in the 400 meters in a time of 1:02.73 and Lauren Mesi in the javelin with a toss of 32.07 meters. On the men's side, Erik Wieber won the high jump (1.79 meters) and was second in the triple jump (11.94 m) to highlight the meet. Other runnerups included Will Haskell in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:56 and Chris Gettings in the long jump (5.89 meters).

Apr 21, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Softball Stops Skid vs. SUNYIT
Saturday's Game Postponed until Sunday
Distance Runners at Princeton

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the SUNYIT Wildcats and stopped their eight game losing skid with a doubleheader sweep. The Knights won the opener by a score of 6-1 as junior Audrey Kuhn allowed just two hits and an unearned run while striking out eight on the mound and went 1-3 with a run and two RBI at the plate. Geneseo scored four times in the third inning and twice more in the fourth as sophomore Kristen Newton was 3-3 with a run, first year Liz Squairs was 2-3 with a double and an RBI and junior Melissa Mason was 1-3 with a double, run and an RBI. The Knights completed the sweep with a 4-0 blanking of the Wildcats as first year Kerry Kuhn tossed a complete game two-hit shutout with a walk and nine strikeouts. Offensively, Geneseo scored single runs in the first, second, fifth and sixth. Junior Laura Skalaski went 3-4 with an RBI, Mason was 2-3 with a run and a ribbie and Kerry Kuhn was 2-4 with a double. The Knights advance to 17-15 overall and 11-7 in SUNYAC. The doubleheader with Ithaca College previously scheduled for Saturday, April 22 has been postponed to Sunday, April 23 at 2 p.m. due to the impending weather slated for Saturday.

Outdoor Track & Field
Six members of the Geneseo distance running team competed in the prestigious Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton University on Friday night. Senior Fran Magri provided the top finish for the Knights as she ran to eighth place in the 3000 meter steeplechase in a school record and NCAA provisional time of 10:58.21. Classmate Emily Howland was 22nd in the 800 meter run with an NCAA provisional time of 2:15.03, while junior Christy Finke was 31st in the same event in 2:24.84. On the men's side, junior Jim Tillapaugh and Dan Fitzgibbons competed in the 800 meters, placing 20th in a school record time of 1:53.90 and 40th in 2:02.51, respectively. Senior Dan Moore ran a 15:09.98 in the 5000 meters to place 37th.

Apr 19, 2006

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Men's Lacrosse Sinks Saxons

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked #9 in this week's USILA poll, hosted Alfred this afternoon and won an 18-3 decision over the Saxons. Geneseo led 10-0 at the intermission after scoring four goals in the first quarter and six in the second. Alfred netted the first goal of the third period, but the Knights rallied for three straight on the way to a 14-2 third period advantage. Senior attackman Brian Orlowski scored three goals, four assists to lead the attack and classmate Jack Ryerson added four goals, one assist. Other multiple point scorers included sophomore Mike Pizzuto, who netted three goals, one assist, senior Pat Riehlman, who had two goals, one assist, Joe Malach, who dished out three helpers and Erich Dehm, who added two assists. Six other Knights tallied single goals including Colin Ireland, Tom Costanza, Rick Bova, Mike Ryerson, Brian McShea and Kiel Moore. Junior Tim McDermott won 19 of 22 faceoffs and scooped 10 groundballs and classmate Tim Garback got the win in nets after being untested in 30 minutes of action. First year Eddie Watts allowed two goals in the third quarter and classmates Ben Duggan, Steven Matthews and Steven Brooks combined to make one save and allow one goal in the fourth quarter. Geneseo is now 8-1 on the season and will host Potsdam on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Apr 18, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Defeats Fredonia
Softball Drops Doubleheader to Cortland

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted Fredonia this afternoon and raced to a 21-3 win on the Saratoga Field. Geneseo scored the first 11 goals of the game, before Fredonia scored with 39 seconds left in the first half to make it 11-1 at the intermission. The Blue Devils scored quickly in the second half, but the Knights scored the final seven goals of the contest over the last 17 minutes. Junior Maggie Benham scored a career high seven goals and added three assists as 13 of Geneseo's goals were assisted. Senior Melody Kuzniar added four goals and one helper and first year Maggie Morris came off the bench for a goal and three assists. Juniors Megan Hilts and Martha Katz each collected two goals, one assist, while sophomore Shauna Leonard totaled three helpers. Other multiple point scorers included senior Amy Glover and junior Emily Ward, who netted two scores each and first year Laura Kitts, who had a goal and an assist. Senior Jess Pausewang made 10 saves and allowed just three goals in posting the win in nets. Geneseo is now 8-1 overall and 4-0 in SUNYAC and will travel to Buffalo St. on Saturday.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Cortland this afternoon and dropped a pair of games to the Red Dragons by scores of 9-5 and 1-0 in nine innings. In the opener, Geneseo led 2-0, but Cortland scored three runs in the fourth and four in the fifth to take command. Geneseo scored three runs in the sixth to make it 7-5, but Cortland added a pair of runs to make the final. Junior Audrey Kuhn was 1-4 with two RBI and took the loss on the mound by allowing 10 hits, four earned runs, walking three and striking out three. Senior Sonia Luchanko and sophomore Kristen Newton each had a hit, run scored and an RBI. In game two, Geneseo broke up a perfect game by Cortland in the bottom of the eighth inning with singles by Kerry Kuhn and Kristen Newton, but cound not score. Cortland took advantage of a one-out walk with an RBI double to provide the winning run in the top of the ninth inning. First year Kerry Kuhn allowed just five hits, walked four and struck out seven in taking the hard-luck loss on the hill. Geneseo is now 15-15 overall and 9-7 in SUNYAC. The Knights will host SUNYIT on Friday at 3 p.m.

Apr 17, 2006

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Ward, Hunkovic Named by SUNYAC
Men's Lacrosse Rises to #9

Weekly Honors
Senior Ross Hunkovic was named the SUNYAC Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week and junior Emily Ward earned SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week for the week ending April 16, 2006.

Hunkovic earned his honor after eclipsing a 26 year old SUNYAC record in the 1,500 meters by running an NCAA Division III automatic qualifying time of 3:49.13 at the Bucknell University Bison Invitational on Friday night. Hunkovic finished in sixth place of 78 participants in the event and was the top Division III performer.

Ward attained her recognition by scoring a career high five goals, including the game tying goal with 2:38 left in regulation and game winner with 1:39 remaining in the second overtime, as Geneseo defeated Brockport on Tuesday, 13-12. Ward added seven groundballs and two caused turnovers in the win over the Golden Eagles, along with scoring four goals in Geneseo's 19-6 win over Potsdam on Saturday.

In other news, the men's lacrosse team rose to #9 in this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) poll. The ranking is the highest in program history, eclipsing the #10 ranking from earlier this season.

Apr 15, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Defeats Potsdam
Distance Runners Shine at Bucknell
Softball Swept at Brockport

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Potsdam this afternoon and won a 19-6 decision. The Knights led 13-2 at the intermission and were led by junior Maggie Benham's five goals. Junior Emily Ward added four goals, sophomore Shauna Leonard netted three goals, one assist and senior Melody Kuzniar collected three scores. Senior Jess Pausewang made 12 saves in posting the win in nets as the Knights advance to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in SUNYAC. Geneseo will host the Fredonia Blue Devils on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Women's Track & Field
The distance runners from the women's track and field team travelled to the Bucknell Open on Friday and Saturday and saw one NCAA automatic qualifier and three provisional qualifiers. Senior Marta Scott will be making the trip to the national meet after posting a time of 4:31.38 in the 1,500 meters. Provisional qualifiers included senior Emily Howland in the 800 meters (2:13.74), senior Fran Magri in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (11:15.74) and junior Shannon Griggs in the 5,000 meters (17:17.28). Other performances included Meghan Nolan in the 1,500 meters (4:49.38), Christy Finke in the 800 meters (2:19.91) and the 10,000 meter trio of Christiana Martin, Laura Iafrati and Sally Briggs, who posted times of 38:18.30, 38:35.72 and 39:47.27, respectively.

Men's Track & Field
The men's track and field distance runners travelled to the Bucknell Open and saw senior Ross Hunkovic qualify automatically for the NCAA Division III championships by posting a school and SUNYAC record time of 3:49.13 in the 1,500 meters. The previous conference record was a 26 year old mark. Junior Jim Tillapaugh broke Hunkovic's school mark in the 800 meters with a time of 1:54.24, while first year Will Haskell ran a 9:32.56 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. In the 5,000 meters, seniors Dan Moore and Andrew McCarthy ran a 15:12.09 and 15:37.36, respectively, while Dan Fitzgibbons posted a 1:56.17 in the 800 meters. In addition, first year Jon Gauthier ran a 31:42.56 in the 10,000 meters and junior Mike McGrath posted a 33:34.17 in the same race.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Brockport this afternoon and were swept in a twinbill by scores of 2-1 and 5-2. In the opener, Brockport scored a pair of unearned runs to defeat Geneseo. Junior Audrey Kuhn allowed just three hits, while walking one and fanning four. The Knights scored their lone run on a Melissa Mason RBI single. In the second game, first year Kerry Kuhn allowed nine hits, five runs, four earned with one walk and five strikeouts to take the loss on the mound. She accounted for Geneseo's offense in game two by smashing a two-run homer. The Knights are now 15-13 overall and 9-5 in SUNYAC and will travel to Cortland on Tuesday.

Apr 12, 2006

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Grounds Eagles
Softball Skid Hits Four Games

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked #11 in this week's USILA poll, travelled to Brockport this afternoon and grounded the Eagles by a score of 18-2. Geneseo led 3-0 after one, 5-1 at the intermission and 14-1 after three quarters. Senior Jack Ryerson scored four goals, two assists and Colin Ireland and Tom Costanza each netted three goals, one helper to lead the attack. Senior Pat Riehlman had a goal and four assists, Kiel Moore added a pair of goals and Erich Dehm had a goal and an assist. The Knights got single markers from Owahn Bazydlo, Mike Pizzuto and Mike Ryerson. Junior Tim McDermott won 17 of 21 faceoffs and collected nine groundballs and classmate Tim Garback picked up the win in nets by making three saves and allowing one goal in 45 minutes of action. First year Eddie Watts stopped two shots and allowed one goal in 11 minutes and classmate Steven Brooks was untested in four minutes of play. The Knights are 7-1 overall and 3-0 in SUNYAC and will host Alfred University on Wednesday, April 19 at 4 p.m.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the University of Rochester Yellowjackets this afternoon and their losing skid hit four games with a doubleheader loss. In game one, Geneseo fell behind 5-0 after the top of the second inning as Rochester broke the game open on the way to a 13-2 decision in five innings. The Yellowjackets scored five unearned runs on five Geneseo errors. Junior Laura Skalaski was 2-2 and Cat Pratico was 1-2 with an RBI for the Knights. Junior Audrey Kuhn took the loss on the mound, allowing eight runs, seven earned with six walks and two strikeouts in four innings, while first year Lindsay Norton was tapped for five runs, one earned on three hits with one walk and two strikeouts. In the second game, Rochester scored four unearned runs and seven total off first year Kerry Kuhn on the way to a 7-2 victory. Senior Sonia Luchanko was 2-4 with a double and a run scored at the plate. Kerry Kuhn allowed nine hits, walked two and struck out four over six innings and Carla Cosselman pitched a perfect seventh inning. Geneseo falls to 15-11 overall and will travel to Brockport on Saturday.

Apr 11, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Nips Golden Eagles
Softball Drops Pair to Buffalo St.
Track & Field at Hamilton

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted the Brockport Golden Eagles this afternoon and won a dramatic come-from-behind 13-12 overtime decision. Junior Emily Ward scored a career high five goals, including the tying goal with 2:38 left in regulation and the game winner with 1:39 remaining in the second overtime to lead the Knights. The game was tied at 7-7 at the intermission before Brockport exploded early in the second half. The Golden Eagles, who were led by senior Angela Inzinna's three goals, eight assists, scored five of the first six goals to take a 12-8 lead with 9:51 remaining on Inzinna's third score. Geneseo got a pair of goals from junior Maggie Benham with 6:09 and 5:03 left and crept within one on junior Megan Hilts goal with 3:15 remaining. Benham finished with three goals, one assist, Hilts had two goals, one helper and senior Melody Kuzniar added two scores for Geneseo. Statistically, the game was as close as the final score as the teams each had 15 draw controls, Geneseo outshot Brockport, 29-28, and the Golden Eagles committed 26 turnovers to the Knights 25. Senior Jess Pausewang made 10 saves to post the win in nets as the Knights move to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC. Geneseo will travel to Potsdam on Saturday to face the Bears.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted Buffalo St. this afternoon and dropped a pair of games by scores of 5-3 and 6-2. In the opener, Geneseo took a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and third innings. In the first inning, Melissa Mason singled, was sacrificed to second by Lauren Zefting and scored on an Audrey Kuhn single. In the third, Mason singled, Zefting singled, Kuhn walked and senior Keaghan Reed hit an RBI groundout. The Bengals scored three runs with two outs in the top of the fifth to take a 3-2 lead. Geneseo answered in the bottom of the frame as Sonia Luchanko singled, was sacrificed to second by Mason and pinch runner Nicole Steger scored on an Audrey Kuhn single. Buffalo St. scored single runs in the sixth and seventh to make the final. Audrey Kuhn took the loss on the hill after allowing eight hits and four earned runs. In the second game, the Bengals scored a run in the second, three in the fourth and two in the sixth to take a 6-0 lead before Laura Skalaski hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh for the Knights to break up the shutout. First year Kerry Kuhn allowed 12 hits, five earned runs and struck out three on the mound. Geneseo is now 15-9 overall and 9-3 in SUNYAC. The Knights will host the Rochester Yellowjackets on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Track & Field
Select members of the track and field team travelled to Hamilton College today. Senior Matt Kuenzel highlighted the meet by winning the shot put (15.07 meters), hammer (45.74 m) and discus (43.83 m). Other men's winners for Geneseo included Elliott Matson in the pole vault with a height of 4.27 meters, Zach Maskin in the triple jump with a leap of 13.65 meters and Joe Goodspeed, who won the long jump in 6.49 meters and was second in the high jump (1.95 m). On the women's side, Julie Thering was the lone winner with a toss of 33.98 in the discus and was second in the shot put with a throw of 11.33 meters. Junior Lindsay Quist-Chaffee posted a pair of runnerup performances by jumping 5.03 meters in the long jump and 10.56 meters in the triple jump.

Apr 10, 2006

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Newton, Brandon Recognized by SUNYAC

Weekly Honors
Softball player Kristen Newton and lacrosse player James Brandon were recognized as the SUNYAC Player of the Week for their respective sports.

A sophomore from Whitesboro, N.Y., Newton led the Knights to a 6-2 record last week by hitting .421 (8-13) with five doubles, three runs scored and four RBI. The left fielder posted a .684 slugging percentage and leads the team with a .419 average (13-31) on the season.

Brandon, a first year from Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., scored six goals, six assists in a pair of wins for the #10 men's lacrosse team. The attackman scored five goals, two assists in the 17-3 win over Oswego and added a goal and four assists in the 19-4 victory over Plattsburgh.

Apr 09, 2006

Sunday's Contest Summaries

Softball Sweeps Potsdam
Track and Field at Rochester

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Potsdam this afternoon for a makeup doubleheader and swept the Bears by scores of 9-1 in five innings and 5-2. In the opener, Geneseo scored five runs in one inning to break the game open. At the plate, Laura Skalaski was 2-3 with two RBI, Sonia Luchanko was 2-4 with two RBI and Lauren Zefting was 2-3 with two runs and an RBI. Junior Audrey Kuhn went the five innings on the hill, allowing five hits while striking out one. Senior Keaghan Reed was 1-3 with an RBI double, while Kristen Newton and Christina Marinucci were each 2-3. In game two, Audrey Kuhn and Newton were each 1-3 with two RBI and first year Kerry Kuhn went 1-3 with an RBI at the plate, while scattering eight hits and striking out three over seven innings on the mound. The Knights are now 15-7 overall and 9-1 in SUNYAC. Geneseo will host the Buffalo St. Bengals on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Women's Track & Field
The women's track and field team travelled to Rochester for a non-scoring meet. The Knights had a pair of winners as Marta Scott captured the 800 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 2:15.07 and sophomore Amanda Haney won the high jump with a leap of 1.63 meters. Runnerup finishes were posted by Fran Magri in the 1,500 meters, Christiana Martin in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, Mary Kosloski in the long jump and Lauren Mesi in the javelin.

Men's Track & Field
The men's track and field team travelled to the University of Rochester for a non-scoring meet. Geneseo posted five first place performances on the afternoon. Senior Ross Hunkovic won the 800 meters in 1:54.91, junior Jim Tillapaugh won the 1,500 meters in a time of 4:00.21, first year Jon Gauthier won the 5,000 meters in 15:26.45, Zach Maskin won the triple jump with a distance of 13.79 meters and Joe Goodspeed won the high jump with a leap of 1.92 meters.

Apr 08, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's, Women's Lacrosse Win
Softball Splits with Plattsburgh

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team travelled to Plattsburgh this afternoon and thumped the Cardinals by a 19-4 count. The tenth ranked Knights raced to a 7-1 first quarter lead and never looked back. A trio of Geneseo players had five points as senior Jack Ryerson had four goals, one assist, first year Tom Costanza had two goals, three helpers and classmate James Brandon added a goal and four assists. Junior Owahn Bazydlo added four scores, sophomore Mike Pizzuto had two goals, two helpers and Colin Ireland added two goals, one assist. The Knights are now 6-1 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC. Geneseo travels to Brockport on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Oswego today and won a 10-6 decision over the Lakers to avenge their only regular season loss of 2005. Sophomore Shauna Leonard led the attack with three goals, junior Martha Katz had two scores and Emily Ward added a goal and an assist. Single goals were scored by Megan Hilts, Melody Kuzniar, Amy Glover and Laura Kitts. Geneseo is now 5-1 overall and 1-0 in SUNYAC and will host the Brockport Golden Eagles on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Plattsburgh this afternoon and split a doubleheader between two of the SUNYAC's unbeaten teams. In the opener, Plattsburgh won a 3-1 decision as the Cardinals scored three times in the second inning off junior Audrey Kuhn. Geneseo's lone run came via a Keaghan Reed RBI single as she was 1-3. Kuhn allowed six hits, two earned runs and struck out two. The Knights got the split with a dramatic 1-0 eight inning victory. Junior Melissa Mason led off the eighth with a single and was sacrificed to second by Lauren Zefting. After Audrey Kuhn was intentionally walked, Reed knocked another RBI single to end the game. Mason finished 2-4 with a run scored and first year Kerry Kuhn picked up the win on the mound by scattering seven hits over eight innings and striking out four. Geneseo is now 13-7 overall and 7-1 in SUNYAC. The Knights will travel to Potsdam on Sunday to makeup the doubleheader that was rained out on Friday.

Apr 05, 2006

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Sinks Lakers
Softball Splits with St. John Fisher

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked #10 in the latest USILA poll, hosted the Oswego Lakers this afternoon and won a 17-3 decision. Geneseo led 6-0 at the half and outscored the Lakers by a 5-0 margin in the final period. First year James Brandon scored five goals and added two assists to lead the offense. Senior Jack Ryerson netted three goals, one helper, sophomore Mike Pizzuto had two goals, two assists and junior Owahn Bazydlo and first year Tom Costanza added a goal and three assists apiece. Sophomore Tim McDermott was 13-18 on faceoffs and grabbed a game high seven groundballs, while senior d-middie Kevin Austin collected six groundballs. Junior Tim Garback made five saves and allowed three goals in 51:14 of action, first year Eddie Watts stopped three shots in 6:03, while Ben Duggan and Steven Matthews were untested in the remaining 2:43. The Knights advance to 5-1 on the year and will travel to Plattsburgh on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to St. John Fisher this afternoon and split the twinbill. Geneseo dropped the opening game by a scant 1-0 score and rebounded with a 5-4 victory to gain the split. In the opener, the Knights managed just two hits, both by sophomore Kristen Newton, as Fisher tapped junior Audrey Kuhn for one run on a pair of doubles. Geneseo got the split by scoring all five runs in one inning. First year Sara Weisenborn led off with a solo homerun and classmate Sara Grabosky hammered a three-run homer later in the inning. First year Lindsay Norton got the start on the mound and allowed three runs, one earned in four innings to gain the win. Sophomore Carla Cosselman came on in relief and allowed just one run in three innings. Geneseo is now 12-6 on the season and will travel to Potsdam on Friday for a SUNYAC doubleheader at 3 p.m.

Apr 05, 2006

Knights Win Weekly Honors

Pausewang, Magri, Haney Recognized

Weekly Honors
Senior women's lacrosse goalkeeper Jess Pausewang, senior track athlete Fran Magri and sophomore field athlete Amanda Haney earned weekly honors for the Knights this week.

Pausewang, who leads NCAA Division III goalkeepers with a .722 save percentage, was named the SUNYAC and Rochester Area College Athletics Athlete of the Week after posting a .717 save percentage in a pair of Geneseo wins.

Magri was tabbed the SUNYAC Women's Outdoor Track Performer of the Week after winning the 3000 meter steeplechase and placing third in the 800 meters at the Brockport Invitational.

Haney, who won the high jump and the 100 meter hurdles at the Brockport Invitational, was named the NYSCTC Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week.

Apr 04, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Softball Sweeps Fredonia
Women's Lacrosse Tripped by Fisher

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the Fredonia Blue Devils this afternoon and swept the doubleheader by scores of 11-3 in six innings and 8-0 in five innings. In the opener, Fredonia jumped on top by a 3-0 score in the top of the second, but the Knights scored three unearned runs in the bottom of the inning and two more unearned in the fourth to take a 5-3 lead. The Knights erupted for five runs in the fifth inning to break the game open. Sophomore Kristen Newton was 3-3 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI, junior Christina Marinucci was 2-4 with two runs and an RBI and junior Melissa Mason was 2-4 with a double and two RBI. Senior Keaghan Reed added a pair of RBI and was 1-2, while junior Audrey Kuhn picked up the win by scattering seven hits and striking out six. In the second game, Geneseo scored three in the first and second innings to jump out to a 6-0 lead. Junior Laura Skalaski and first year Liz Squairs each hit a solo homer, while Audrey Kuhn and Kerry Kuhn were each 2-3. First year Kerry Kuhn allowed two hits and struck out two in four innings and Carla Cosselman pitched a perfect fifth. The Knights are 11-5 overall and 6-0 in SUNYAC and will travel to St. John Fisher on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted the St. John Fisher Cardinals this afternoon and were tripped by a score of 11-10. Geneseo trailed 5-0 in the first ten minutes of the game before recovering to trail 6-5 at the intermission. Sophomore Shauna Leonard scored with 23:35 left to tie the game at eight for Geneseo, but the Cardinals would score three of the next four goals to take an 11-9 lead with 9:56 left. Geneseo's Emily Ward scored on a free position with 6:31 remaining, but the Knights could not capitalize on their scoring opportunities down the stretch. Senior Jess Pausewang made 13 saves in goal as the Knights outshot the Cardinals by a 33-27 count. St. John Fisher won the draw control battle, 12-11 and had four fewer turnovers than Geneseo. Senior Melody Kuzniar had three goals, one assist, junior Megan Hilts had two goals, one helper and Ward finished with two scores. Junior Maggie Benham added a goal and an assist, while single goals were scored by Leonard and Martha Katz. The Knights fall to 4-1 on the season and will travel to Oswego on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Apr 01, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Softball Sweeps Oneonta
Men's Lacrosse Defeats Clarkson
Track and Field at Brockport

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted Oneonta this afternoon and swept the doubleheader by scores of 4-1 and 4-3 in nine innings. In the opener, Geneseo got a two-run homerun from seniors Keaghan Reed and Sonia Luchanko to power the offense. Reed's came in the first inning with Audrey Kuhn aboard on a hit-by-pitch, while Luchanko's came in the fourth inning with Kristen Newton on with a single. Junior Audrey Kuhn picked up her fifth win of the season against two defeats on the mound by allowing just three hits and an unearned run, while striking out seven. In the second game, sophomore Kristen Newton singled with two outs in the top of ninth and scored on a Luchanko double to give the Knights the win. Geneseo scored a run in the third inning to take a 1-0 lead when Melissa Mason singled, stole second and scored on an error. In the fourth inning, the Knights advanced to a 3-0 lead when singles by Keaghan Reed and Laura Skalaski and a walk to Sara Weisenborn loaded the bases. Newton singled home a run and Luchanko provided an RBI ground out. Oneonta evened the game with single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. First year Kerry Kuhn pitched eight innings, allowing seven hits, one earned run and striking out five to gain the win and classmate Lindsay Norton came on in the ninth to post her first save. Geneseo is now 9-5 overall and 4-0 in SUNYAC and will host Fredonia on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked 11th in the latest USILA poll, outscored the Clarkson Golden Knights by a 5-0 count in the third quarter to pull away for an 11-4 win. Geneseo led 5-1 at the intermission as senior Jack Ryerson scored three of his game high five goals on the afternoon. Junior Owahn Bazydlo added a goal and four assists, while sophomore Mike Pizzuto and Erich Dehm each added a goal and an assist. Single goals were scored by Tom Costanza, Rick Bova and James Brandon. Junior Tim Garback made the start in nets, stopping four shots and allowing two goals in 48:40 of action. First year Eddie Watts made three saves and allowed one goal in 8:05 and classmate Ben Duggan allowed one goal in the final 3:15. Sophomore Tim McDermott controlled 14 of 18 faceoffs for the game and defender Phil Gardner scooped up five groundballs. The Knights advance to 4-1 on the season and will host Oswego on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Women's Track & Field
The women's track and field team travelled to Brockport this afternoon for a non-scoring meet. Sophomore Amanda Haney won a pair of events as she captured the 100 meter hurdles in 16.49 and the high jump with a leap of 1.60 meters. Senior Fran Magri won the 3000 meter steeplechase in a time of 11:28.91 and was third in the 800 in 2:24.57, while Shannon Griggs was second in the 1500 meters (4:47.62) and fourth in the 800 in 2:25.30. Other runnerup finishers included Lisa Halloran in the steeplechase (12:13.29) and Lauren Mesi in the long jump (4.96 meters) and javelin (32.49 m).

Men's Track & Field
The men's track and field team participated in the Brockport Invitational this afternoon. Geneseo had five first place finishers on the day. Senior Matt Kuenzel won the shot put (15.18 m) and was second in the discus (44.92), Craig Harlacher won the 200 meter dash in 23.26 and was second in the 100 meter dash (11.50) and Paul Torres won the 400 hurdles in 56.41 and was third in the 110 hurdles (15.52). In addition, first year Will Haskell won the 3000 meter steeplechase in 9:47.84 and senior Zach Maskin won the triple jump with a distance of 13.49 meters. Geneseo's Joe Goodspeed grabbed a pair of runnerup performances in the high jump (1.93 m) and triple jump (13.09 m).

Mar 31, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Softball Sweeps Hawks
Women's Lacrosse Runs Past Allegheny

Women's Softball
The women's softball team hosted the New Paltz Hawks and swept the SUNYAC opening doubleheader by scores of 4-2 and 4-3. In the opener, Geneseo scored three times in the second inning when the Hawks misplayed a fly ball by Sonia Luchanko with the bases loaded to score a pair of runs and Geneseo added a run on a fielder's choice. With the score at 3-1, Geneseo got the insurance run on a walk to Keaghan Reed, a single by Laura Skalaski and an error on a stolen base attempt by Skalaski. Senior Lauren Zefting and Skalaski each went 2-3 at the plate and junior Audrey Kuhn picked up the win on the mound by allowing four hits and one earned run, while striking out six. In the second game, Geneseo jumped to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a double by Kerry Kuhn, an RBI single by Elizabeth Squairs and a two-run homer by Kristen Newton. Geneseo led 4-1 before the Hawks plated a pair of runs in the bottom half of the seventh. First year Kerry Kuhn went 3-3 at the plate and tossed a four-hitter with six strikeouts on the mound to pick up the win. Geneseo moved to 7-5 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC. The Knights will host the Oneonta Red Dragons on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania this afternoon and raced to a 9-4 win to remain unbeaten on the season at 4-0. Trailing 3-2 with 11:10 left in the first half, Geneseo scored four straight times as senior Melody Kuzniar scored both of her goals with Emily Ward and Megan Hilts each connecting as the Knights took a commanding 6-3 lead with 25:16 remaining in the second half. After Allegheny cut the lead to 6-4, Geneseo netted goals at 9:43, 4:52 and 2:13 remaining to ice the victory. Hilts led the attack with three goals, one assist, junior Maggie Benham had a goal and two helpers and sophomore Shauna Leonard netted a pair of scores. Senior Jess Pausewang stopped 14 shots to earn the win in nets. Geneseo will host the St. John Fisher Cardinals on Tuesday, April 4 at 4:00 p.m.

Mar 31, 2006

Cross Country Teams Earn Academic Honors

Women's Team, Four Individuals Noted
Two Men's Individuals Honored

USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country
The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the 2005 Division III All-Academic teams and individuals on Friday.

Geneseo's women's team, the NCAA Division III National Champions, succeeded in the classroom as well, posting a team cumulative grade point average of 3.49 out of 4.00. Geneseo's grade point average was the 36th best of 108 schools recognized for having a team GPA of 3.00 or higher.

Individually, four Geneseo women earned the minimum 3.50 semester grade point average for individual All-Academic honors. Senior Renne Catalano (3.92), first year Liz Montgomery (3.88), junior Christy Finke (3.86) and senior Marta Scott (3.76) were recipients.

On the men's side, Geneseo had two individuals honored for All-Academic status. Senior Dan Moore (3.66) and junior Jim Tillapaugh (3.65) reached the semster minimum grade point average of 3.50.

Mar 29, 2006

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Women's Lacrosse Stings Yellowjackets

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team travelled to Rochester this afternoon to take on the Yellowjackets and got the game winning goal from junior Maggie Benham on an assist from sophomore Shauna Leonard with 1:36 remaining in an 11-9 win. Geneseo trailed 6-3 in the first half before recovering to score the last two goals of the first stanza and the first two goals of the second to take a 7-6 lead. Rochester regained the lead on a pair of scores with 24:04 and 15:28 remaining, but Geneseo responded with scores at 6:53 and 4:09 left to regain the lead at 9-8. Rochester tied the score with 2:25 remaining to set the stage for Benham's heroics. Senior Melody Kuzniar led the attack for the Knights, scoring her fifth goal of the game with 53 ticks left to provide the insurance marker. Benham finished with a goal and two helpers and junior Emily Ward came off the bench to score twice. Leonard, the Knights leading scorer, was held to a goal and an assist, while single tallies were notched by Martha Katz and Megan Hilts, who added six groundballs, four caused turnovers and three draw controls. Senior Jess Pausewang was spectacular between the pipes, making 19 saves to post the win. Senior Amy Glover collected four draws and three groundballs and classmate Lindsay Reichert snared six groundballs and caused a pair of turnovers. Geneseo outshot Rochester by a 32-29 margin, controlled 33 groundballs to 22 for the Yellowjackets and won the draw control battle by a 13-9 count. The Knights remain unbeaten on the season at 3-0.

Mar 25, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Defeats Ithaca
Women's Lacrosse Wins over Elmira

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked #12 in the USILA poll, hosted #23 Ithaca this afternoon and defeated the Bombers by a score of 16-6. Geneseo outscored Ithaca by a 6-1 count in the second quarter to take a 9-3 halftime lead and cruised to the win. Senior attackman Jack Ryerson scored four goals to pace the offense and Colin Ireland netted a goal and two assists. Senior midfielder Pat Riehlman and junior midfielder Owahn Bazydlo each had two goals, two helpers, while senior Brian Orlowski and sophomore Mike Pizzuto collected two goals apiece. Other goal scorers for Geneseo included Erich Dehm, Rick Bova and Sean Murney. Sophomore Tim McDermott won 17 of 25 faceoff opportunities to help the Knights control possession. Junior Tim Garback got the win in nets by making six saves and allowing five goals in 46:18 of action. Geneseo's Eddie Watts, Steven Matthews and Steven Brooks combined to make five saves and allow just one goal in the remaining 13:42. The Knights are now 3-1 on the season.

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team hosted Elmira on Saturday afternoon and won a 10-6 decision over the Soaring Eagles. Geneseo scored the last four goals of the first half to take a 6-2 intermission lead and the teams traded goals throughout the second half to make the final. Senior Melody Kuzniar scored all three of her goals in the first half and sophomore Shauna Leonard netted three scores to pace the attack. Junior Quinn Harvey added a goal and an assist, while single tallies were scored by Maggie Benham, Megan Hilts and Amy Glover. Junior Martha Katz collected a team high four ground balls and grabbed two draw controls. Senior Jess Pausewang made six saves in posting the win in nets as the Knights advance to 2-0.

Mar 18, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Softball Splits on Final Day of Trip

Women's Softball
The women's softball team concluded their spring trip to the Rebel Games in Kissimmee, Florida on Friday and split the final day to end the trip with a 5-5 record. In game one, Geneseo was shutout by Denison (OH) by a score of 9-0. Junior Audrey Kuhn went the distance, walking four and striking out two as well as going 2-3 at the plate. The Knights earned the split by defeating Ramapo (NJ) by a score of 3-1. Geneseo scored single runs in the first, second and sixth innings to offset a first inning run by Ramapo. Senior Lauren Zefting was 3-4 with a run and a RBI, Sonia Luchanko was 1-1 with an RBI, first year Sara Weisenborn was 1-4 with a triple and a run scored and Laura Skalaski went 2-4. On the mound, Kerry Kuhn allowed five hits, walked one and struck out three to gain the win. In addition, Kuhn was 1-2 with an RBI and two sacrifices.

Mar 17, 2006

Knights Earn Postseason Honors

Verdino Named All-American
Finke, Tillapaugh SUNYAC Scholars

Women's Basketball
Sophomore Annie Verdino was named a Kodak Honorable Mention All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Verdino was a first team All-SUNYAC pick after leading the conference in scoring at 18.4 points per game and led Geneseo to a record of 17-11 this season. Verdino is the fourth women's basketball player at Geneseo to earn national recognition, joining Katie Smith '94, Carey Janis '94 and Megan Mackey '98. In addition, Verdino was the lone player from the SUNYAC named to the d3hoops.com All-East Region first team.

SUNYAC Scholar-Athletes
Juniors Christy Finke and Jim Tillapaugh were named SUNYAC Scholar-Athletes for women's and men's track and field, respectively. The award is given to the member of the All-SUNYAC first or second team with the highest grade point average. Finke earned the award for cross country in the fall, while this is the first recognition for Tillapaugh.

Mar 16, 2006

Thursday's Contest Summary

Softball Splits in Kissimmee

Women's Softball
The women's softball team continued with the Rebel Games this afternoon in Kissimmee, Florida and split a pair of games. In the opener, the Knights dropped an 8-5 decision to Franklin & Marshall as Geneseo allowed five unearned runs. First year Lindsay Norton got the start and allowed five runs, one earned in 4 2/3 innings with a walk and two strikeouts. Classmate Kerry Kuhn came on in relief and took the loss, allowing four hits, three runs in 1 1/3 innings. At the plate, senior Keaghan Reed and junior Christina Marinucci were 2-4, first year Sara Weisenborn had a pinch-hit RBI double and junior Audrey Kuhn had a run scoring single. Geneseo got the split with a dramatic 2-1 win over Anderson in game two. Anderson led 1-0 after one inning, but the Knights answered in the fifth when Sonja Luchanko led off with a single, moved to second on a Melissa Mason sacrifice and scored on a Lauren Zefting base hit. Geneseo completed the comeback with the game winner in the bottom of the seventh. Luchanko led off with a base hit, moved to second on a Mason sacrifice and scored on Audrey Kuhn's shot to the gap. Kuhn went the distance, striking out seven. The Knights are now 4-4 on the trip.

Mar 15, 2006

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Lacrosse Opens with Win
Softball Sweeps Day as Kerry Kuhn Tosses No-Hitter

Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team took on Western New England College this afternoon at the Disney Complex in Orlando, Florida and opened their season with a 15-2 win. Sophomore Shauna Leonard scored three goals, two assists, first year Maggie Morris netted three goals, one assist and senior Amy Glover tallied three scores to lead the Knights attack. Junior Maggie Benham added a goal and an assist, while single scores were recorded by Quinn Harvey, Megan Hilts, Martha Katz, Emily Ward and Anne McNall. Senior Jess Pausewang made eight saves to post the win in nets.

Women's Softball
The women's softball team continued with the Rebel Games today in Kissimmee, Florida and swept a pair of games, 8-0 over Bridgewater (MA) State and 3-0 over Hamilton College. In the opener, Geneseo junior Audrey Kuhn pitched a three-hit shutout with seven strikeouts. At the plate, Geneseo got a pair of hits and three RBI from Laura Skalaski, three hits and two RBI from Kuhn and a triple, walk and two runs scored from Melissa Mason. In the nightcap, first year Kerry Kuhn tossed a no-hitter, facing just one batter over the minimum as she went seven innings with one walk and nine strikeouts. At the plate, Sara Weisenborn had a triple and scored on a Nicole Steger groundout and Liz Squairs had a two-run single. Geneseo is now 3-3 on the season.

Mar 14, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Lacrosse Falls to Hampden-Sydney

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team, ranked #10 this week in the USILA poll, took on #24 Hampden-Sydney at the Disney Complex in Orlando, Florida and dropped a 10-5 decision. Geneseo trailed 4-2 at the intermission, but Hampden-Sydney erupted for five third quarter goals to take command of the contest. Junior Owahn Bazydlo scored two goals, one assist and single goals were netted by Pat Riehlman, Mike Pizzuto and Erich Dehm. Junior Tim Garback made nine saves in taking the loss in nets. Geneseo is now 2-1 on the season.

Mar 13, 2006

Monday's Contest Summary

Softball Defeats Washington College
Geneseo Nine Falls to St. Norbert

Women's Softball
The women's softball team continued with the Rebel Games this afternoon in Kissimmee, Florida and won their first game of the season with a 4-0 shutout of Washington (MD) College. Junior Audrey Kuhn tossed a six-hit shutout with three strikeouts and was 3-3 with a run and a RBI for the Knights. Senior Lauren Zefting went 2-4 with two runs, first year Kerry Kuhn was 1-3 with three RBI and Laura Skalaski had two hits in three at-bats for Geneseo. In the nightcap, Geneseo fell to St. Norbert's by a score of 4-2. The Blue Knights allowed three runs in the first inning and one more in the second to fall behind 4-0, before Carla Cosselman was relieved in the fourth inning by Lindsay Norton, who shutout the Green Knights the rest of the way. Geneseo scored both runs in the fourth inning as senior Keaghan Reed doubled to open the stanza. Reed scored on a single by Laura Skalaski, who later scored on a base hit by Katie Wilkes. The Knights are now 1-3 on the season.

Mar 13, 2006

Sunday's Contest Summary

Softball Starts 0-2

Women's Softball
The women's softball team travelled to Kissimmee, Florida for their spring trip and dropped a pair of games on the opening day. Geneseo dropped a tough 7-6 decision to Wisconsin-Platteville in the first game. Platteville broke open a 3-3 game with four runs in the top of the sixth inning, before Geneseo mounted a comeback by scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Senior Lauren Zefting went 2-3 with two runs and an RBI, junior Christina Marinucci was 2-4 with two RBI and senior Cat Pratico went 3-4 for the Knights. Junior Audrey Kuhn was tapped for 14 hits, allowed all seven runs and struck out five on the mound, while going 1-4 with a pair of runs at the plate. In game two, Geneseo fell to The College of New Jersey by a score of 9-1. Kuhn was 1-2 with an RBI at the plate and first year Kerry Kuhn allowed nine hits, nine runs, two earned runs on the mound and was 1-1 at the plate for Geneseo.

Mar 11, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summary

#16 Men's Lacrosse Shocks #3 Nazareth

Men's Lacrosse
The 16th ranked men's lacrosse team travelled to #3 Nazareth College this afternoon and shocked the Golden Flyers by a score of 12-9. Geneseo led 6-2 in the first half when Nazareth scored three goals to make it 6-5 at the intermission. The Golden Flyers netted another score at the beginning of the second half to tie the game at six, before the Knights collected four of the next five goals to break the game open and take a 10-7 lead. Nazareth cut the deficit to 10-9, but Geneseo scored twice in the final two minutes to make the final. Sophomore Mike Pizzuto scored three goals, two assists to lead the offense, while junior Owahn Bazydlo and junior Colin Ireland each added two goals and one assist. Senior Brian Orlowski scored a three goals, senior Jack Ryerson had a goal and an assist and a single tally was scored by Joe Malach. Junior Tim Garback made 13 saves to post the win in nets and Tim McDermott controlled the time of possession for Geneseo by going 15 of 24 on faceoffs. Geneseo is 2-0 on the season.

Mar 10, 2006

NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field

Women Finish Tied for 11th
Scott Leads Five All-Americans

NCAA Division III Track & Field
The men's and women's track and field team travelled to St. Olaf University in Northfield, Minnesota for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships. The women's team finished tied for 11th place with 16 points in the two-day competition as senior Marta Scott highlighted a pair of All-American finishes by taking second place in the mile run in a school record time of 4:56.20 and teaming with seniors Fran Magri and Emily Howland, along with junior Christy Finke to gain All-American honors in the Distance Medley Relay with a third place time of 11:58.95.

Senior Mary Kosloski posted her first All-American performance with a seventh place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 11.31 meters and finished 11th in the high jump with a height of 1.61 meters. Kosloski becomes Geneseo's 96th All-American.

Other women competing for Geneseo included junior Shannon Griggs, who was ninth in the 5,000 meters in 17:31.75 and first year Christiana Martin, who placed 15th in the same event in 19:13.22.

On the men's side, senior Matt Kuenzel finished ninth in the shot put with a toss of 16.38 meters on Saturday and senior Ross Hunkovic failed to qualify for the finals as he finished seventh in heat two in the mile run with a time of 4:21.67 on Friday.

Mar 10, 2006

SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup

Geneseo Remains Second After Winter

SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup
The Geneseo Blue Knights remained in second place in the SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup after the winter sports were completed. Geneseo has scored 130.50 points in 14 sports for a 9.32 points per sport average and trail Cortland's 9.45 points per sport. Points are awarded on an 11 point scale for a team's regular season finish and conference tournament finish.

The Knights received the full 11 points for men's and women's indoor track and field and men's swimming and diving. The men's ice hockey team received 10.5 points, the average of 11 for being the tournament champions and 10 for finishing second in the regular season.

Geneseo got eight points for women's swimming and diving and women's basketball, while the men's basketball team picked up five points.

Mar 08, 2006

NCAA Division III Ice Hockey

Ice Knights Fall to UMASS Dartmouth

NCAA Division III Ice Hockey
Geneseo, N.Y.-The visiting UMASS Dartmouth Corsairs (25-4-0) used three second period goals to break open the game on their way to an 8-2 win over the SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights (19-9-2) in the play-in round of the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey tournament.

The Corsairs led 1-0 after one period despite being outshot, 12-6, when sophomore Jeff Grant (Burlington, MA) converted on the power play from junior Kyle McCullough (Danvers, MA) and junior Paul Carr (Springfield, MA). Geneseo was 0-5 on the power play in the first period and 0-9 for the game against UMass Dartmouth's #1 ranked Division III penalty killing unit.

McCullough scored the first of his three goals of the game at 4:08 of the second to extend the lead, with junior Peter Lindner (Parlin, NJ) following with a power play goal at 7:22 and junior Ray Kirby (Fairhaven, MA) striking at 9:34.

After the second intermission, senior Eric Frank (Waltham, MA), who added a pair of assists, scored on a breakaway at 3:50 to make it 5-0, before Geneseo got on the board when junior Steve Jordan (Coquitlam, BC) scored from junior Tyson Terry (Abbotsford, BC) and first year Casey Balog (Brockport, NY).

McCullough added goals at 11:28 and 13:33, junior Jim Foley (Brockton, MA) scored at 13:51 for the Corsairs and Geneseo's Ram Sidhu (Port Alberni, BC) completed the scoring at 17:20 for the Blue Knights.

Freshman Jon Dryjowicz-Burek (Ludlow, MA) made 29 saves to post his 17th win against four defeats for the Corsairs, while sophomore Derek Jokic (Petersburg, ONT) stopped 29 shots in falling to 16-8-2 on the season for the Knights.

UMass Dartmouth advances to Saturday's quarterfinal round, where they will travel to Middlebury (VT) to take on the Panthers at 7 p.m.

Mar 08, 2006

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Men's Lacrosse Opens With Win

Men's Lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team opened their season with a 12-6 win over Elmira on the turf at Alfred University this afternoon. Geneseo led 6-0 at halftime and cruised to the victory as Elmira got no closer than four goals in the second stanza. The Knights outshot the Soaring Eagles by a 52-14 count as junior Owahn Bazydlo led the attack with three goals, one assist. Sophomore Mike Pizzuto had two goals, two helpers, senior Jack Ryerson netted two goals and one assist, while first year Joe Malach and junior Colin Ireland each colleced two scores. Geneseo's Tim Garback made five saves in posting the win in nets.

Mar 06, 2006

NCAA HOCKEY TICKET INFORMATION

Geneseo vs. UMass-Dartmouth, 3/8/06, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division III Ice Hockey

The tickets for Wednesday evening's 7:00 p.m. NCAA Division III play-in game at SUNY Geneseo's Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena between the Ice Knights and the visiting University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth Corsairs will be priced at $5 for adults and $3 for college students with a valid ID, high school students and children.

Pre-paid "will call" tickets for the game can be obtained by calling the SUNY Geneseo Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation department at 585-245-5344 with your name, contact information and credit card number (Mastercard, VISA or Discover). All other tickets will go on sale at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8 in the main lobby of the Merritt Athletic Center.

****ATTENTION SUNY GENESEO STUDENTS****
As was the case for the SUNYAC tournament games, the Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation department will be providing FREE tickets to the NCAA game to the first 1,000 SUNY Geneseo students with valid ID. These tickets, paid for by the athletic department, will be available at the main office of the athletic department from 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday-Wednesday, ONLY. One ticket per ID, there will be no exceptions.

Mar 05, 2006

NCAA Division III Hockey Tournament

Ice Knights to Host UMass-Dartmouth on Wednesday

NCAA Division III Men's Hockey Tournament
The Geneseo Ice Knights, winners of this afternoon's SUNYAC championship, will host University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in Wednesday's East play-in game. The winner will advance to take on the East top seed, Middlebury, in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

The other east quarterfinals include Hobart travelling to Norwich and Elmira visiting Manhattanville. Out west, St. Olaf travels to Wisconsin-Superior in the play-in game, with the winner moving on to face St. Norbert in the quarterfinal.

Check back on Monday for further details regarding the game time and ticket information.

Mar 05, 2006

SUNYAC Ice Hockey Tournament

ICE KNIGHTS CAPTURE SUNYAC TITLE!!!

SUNYAC Ice Hockey Tournament

The SUNY Geneseo Ice Knights (19-8-2) won their second consecutive SUNYAC men's ice hockey title in the Wilson Ice Arena this afternoon with a 4-3 win over the Plattsburgh Cardinals (19-12-1). With the win, Geneseo claims the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National championship.

Sophomore forward Trent Cassan scored his second goal of the game on a slap shot from the right faceoff circle to provide the game winning score. On the play, Geneseo defenseman Tyson Terry passed to blueline mate Steve Sankey, who chipped it out of the Geneseo defensive zone, where Cassan picked up the puck and carried it into the Plattsburgh zone and fired the shot.

The Ice Knights led 3-0 after 30 minutes of play as Michel Bond opened the scoring on the power play at 11:04 of the first period on assists from Mathieu Cyr and Brett Bestwick. In the second period, Cyr deflected a shot from Bond with Mitch Stephens picking up a helper to make it 2-0 at 1:35 and Cassan got his first of the game from Mike MacDonald and Stephens at 10:26.

Plattsburgh erupted for three goals in a 3:20 span of the second period to even the game. Freshman defenseman Nick Rolls sent a wrist shot into the upper left corner on the power play at 14:16 on assists from Ben Kemp and Bryan North for the first goal. Freshman Kevin Galan scored on into an open side of the net on a nice feed from behind the goal by Riley Hill at 16:58 and freshman Derek Whitehead banged in a rebound at 17:36 to tie the game. Rolls picked up an additional helper on Galan's score and Justin Rafferty was credited with an assist on the Whitehead tally.

Geneseo's Derek Jokic made 24 saves to post the win in nets, while Plattsburgh's Craig Neilson stopped 20 shots. Stephens was selected as the Tournament Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the All-Tournament team by defenseman Nick Onody, Cassan and Jokic of Geneseo and Rolls and Whitehead of Plattsburgh.

Mar 04, 2006

SUNYAC Hockey Tournament

Ice Knights Force Game Three

SUNYAC Men's Hockey Tournament
The Geneseo Ice Knights (18-8-2) forced a third and deciding game in the SUNYAC Championship series with a dramatic 4-3 come-from-behind win over the visiting Plattsburgh Cardinals (19-11-1) tonight in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena.

Junior Mitch Stephens scored his NCAA Division III leading seventh shorthanded goal with 6:24 remaining in the third period to complete the comeback for Geneseo. Stephens picked up a loose puck at the red line and tucked a shot just past the outstretched left pad of Plattsburgh goaltender Craig Neilson.

In the opening period, Plattsburgh took a 1-0 lead at 17:56 as freshman Derek Whitehead knocked classmate Mike Thomson's rebound past Geneseo netminder Derek Jokic, with senior defenseman Bryan North picking up the first of his three assists on the night. Geneseo answered on the power play when sophomore defenseman Steve Sankey lifted a backhander just under the crossbar with 16 ticks left in the period to make it 1-1 at the intermission on assists from Nick Onody and Stephens.

The Cardinals erupted for a pair of goals just 58 seconds apart as freshman forward Riley Hill scored at 42 seconds of the second stanza and freshman defenseman Nick Rolls shot hit a skate in front and deflected past Jokic at 1:42. Geneseo got within a goal at 15:00 of the second on the power play when senior Dan Schofield lifted a shot from the right faceoff circle over Neilson's shoulder with Stephens getting the helper.

The Ice Knights got the tying goal at 8:22 of the third period when senior Kris Heeres knocked his own rebound into the net after an initial blast by senior defenseman Matt English.

Jokic stopped 23 shots and helped the Knights hold the Cardinals to 0-5 on the power play, while Neilson made 30 saves in taking the loss as Geneseo was 3-7 with the extra man.

The third and deciding game will be held on Sunday, March 5 at 2:00 p.m. in Geneseo's Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. Tickets (Adults-$5, Students/Children-$3, SUNY students-$2) will go on sale at 11:30 a.m. in the main lobby of the Merritt Athletic Center and the department of intercollegiate athletics and recreation will be purchasing the first 1,000 tickets for SUNY Geneseo students with a valid ID.

Mar 04, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Equestrian Finishes Fourth at St. Lawrence
Track & Field at Trinity Invitational

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to the St. Lawrence show this afternoon and finished fourth in the team competition. Geneseo had a pair of winners today as junior Kari Washak won the Walk/Trot class and sophomore Christina Trimarchi placed first in the Open class, over fences. The Knights claimed two runnerup awards and a trio of third place ribbons. Senior Hillary Wentworth was second in the Advanced WTC class and qualified for the regional show, while first year Katie Heishman placed second in the Intermediate flat class. Third places were turned in by senior Audra Smith in the Intermediate over fences, sophomore Katie Marshall in Advanced WTC and sophomore Christina Szalinski in Novice flat class.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to Yale University for the Trinity College Invitational for a non-scoring meet. The Knights had one winner and a pair of runnerups as junior Shannon Griggs captured the 5000 meters in 17:29.16. Seniors Marta Scott and Emily Howland each raced to a second place finish, with the former running a 4:58.29 in the mile and the latter clocking a 2:16.39 in the 800 meters. Sophomore Amanda Haney jumped 1.63 meters in the high jump to finish third in her first meet after completing the basketball season, narrowly missing the NCAA provisional qualifying height of 1.64 meters.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team competed in the Trinity College Invitational at Yale University and senior Ross Hunkovic provided the meet highlight by winning the mile run in a time of 4:12.26. Geneseo had four participants finish in third place as Scott Baron ran a 23.36 in the 200 meters, senior Paul Torres raced to a 7.87 time in the 55 meter hurdles, Joe Goodspeed posted a 1.96 meters in the high jump and senior Matt Kuenzel tossed the shot put a distance of 15.76 meters.

Mar 03, 2006

SUNYAC Hockey Tournament

Ice Knights Fall in Game One

Men's Ice Hockey
The Geneseo men's ice hockey team, seeded #2, dropped a 4-1 decision to the fourth seeded Plattsburgh Cardinals in game one of the first-to-three points championship series. The series winner earns an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III tournament championship.

Plattsburgh (19-10-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period as sophomore defenseman Trevor Mallon knocked a rebound past Geneseo netminder Derek Jokic at 7:17 and freshman Riley Hill notched a power play goal at 19:33. First year Ryan Burke and senior Justin Rafferty were credited with assists on the former, with freshman Nick Rolls and senior Ben Kemp getting helpers on the latter.

Senior Nick Onody made it 2-1 at 2:32 of the second period for Geneseo (17-8-2) as senior Michel Bond and junior Tyson Terry assisted on Onody's rush that ended with his slapshot beating Plattsburgh goalie Craig Neilson.

Senior David Friel scored on the power play at 6:58 of the third on assists from freshman Kevin Galan and Mallon to extend to a two-goal lead and senior Ben Kemp added an empty netter to complete the scoring.

Neilson made 36 saves to post the win in nets for Plattsburgh and Jokic stopped 30 shots in the loss for Geneseo.

The series continues on Saturday in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena and the Cardinals can claim their 18th SUNYAC title with a win or a tie in game two. Geneseo can force a third game on Sunday with a victory in game two.

Mar 01, 2006

ECAC Women's Basketball

Knights Fall to Elmira

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to #3 Elmira as the sixth seed for the quarterfinals of the ECAC Division III Upstate tournament and dropped a 63-44 decision. Geneseo trailed 27-18 at the intermission and could not recover as Elmira forced 31 turnovers. The Knights were led by sophomore Annie Verdino, who scored 16 points on 6-14 from the field. Geneseo got six points apiece from Amanda Haney and Amanda Bihr, while Jessica Chambers grabbed eight boards. The Knights complete the season at 17-11.

Feb 27, 2006

ECAC Women's Basketball Tournament

Knights Gain #6 seed, will travel to #3 Elmira

ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Basketball
The Geneseo Blue Knights (17-10) were awarded the sixth seed for this week's ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Basketball tournament today. Geneseo will travel to third seeded Elmira (17-10) on Wednesday for the quarterfinals at 7 p.m.

The other remaining quarterfinal games feature top seeded Oneonta hosting #8 Keuka, #2 Union entertaining seventh seeded Brockport and #5 Fredonia travelling to fourth seeded Utica College.

This is Geneseo's eighth trip to the ECAC tournament, where they won championships in 1991, 1992 and 2003.

Feb 25, 2006

SUNYAC Ice Hockey

Ice Knights Advance to Championship Series
Bullard's Goal in Minigame the Difference

SUNYAC Ice Hockey
The #2 seeded Geneseo men's hockey team entertained third seeded Fredonia tonight in game two of the two game SUNYAC semifinal series and the Ice Knights advanced to the championship with a 1-0 victory in the 20-minute minigame on a goal by senior Jack Bullard.

Fredonia (17-9-3) forced the minigame with a convincing 5-2 win over Geneseo in the regulation game. The Blue Devils outshot Geneseo by a 44-17 margin and got a pair of goals from Joe Muli. Fredonia took a 2-0 lead in the first on Muli's first score and a power play goal by Neal Sheehan. Geneseo answered with a shorthanded goal directly off a faceoff by Mitch Stephens, his NCAA leading sixth of the season, but the Blue Devils regained the two goal lead just 45 seconds later when Matt Zeman streaked in from the left side and Jim Gilbride put the rebound home.

The Devils added a pair of goals in the second period as Tom Briggs and Muli made it 5-1, with Stephens completing the scoring at 17:03 of the third. Fredonia's Rick Cazares made 15 saves in posting the win, while Geneseo's Derek Jokic stopped 39 shots in the loss.

In the minigame, the team's were scoreless until senior Kris Heeres fired a shot from the left faceoff circle that Bullard deflected past Cazares for the only goal of the 20-minute game. Jokic made 14 saves and Cazares stopped 11 shots in the minigame.

Geneseo advances to the SUNYAC championship series, where they will host the fourth seeded Plattsburgh Cardinals at the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena on Friday and Saturday, March 3-4 at 7 p.m. In the first to three point series, a third game will be played on Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m., if necessary.

Feb 25, 2006

NYSCTC Indoor Track & Field

Women Win State Title
Men Finish Seventh

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to RIT for the NYSCTC championships and the Knights won the competition with 150 points to pace the field over runnerup Brockport, who had 128.5. Junior Shannon Griggs and seniors Mary Kosloski and Marta Scott each won a pair of events. Griggs won the 5,000 meters on Friday with an NCAA provisional time of 17:23.04 and the 3,000 meters on Saturday with a time of 10:16.60, while Kosloski captured the high jump with a leap of 1.63 meters on Friday and the triple jump with an NCAA provisional distance of 11.29 meters on Saturday. Scott won the mile run with a time of 5:06.47 and the 1000 meters in a meet record time of 2:57.98. Senior Emily Howland raced to the win in the 800 meters with an NCAA provisional time of 2:17.25. Geneseo had two winning relays as the Distance Medley Relay team of Fran Magri, Howland, Christy Finke and Scott won in an NCAA provisional time of 12:00.98 on Friday and the 4X800 relay team of Finke, Meghan Nolan, Magri and Scott won in a time of 9:30.67. In addition, first year Christiana Martin raced to a second place in the 3000 meters in 10:25.81 and a third place in the 5,000 meters in an NCAA provisional time of 17:53.97.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team finished seventh with 57 points in the two day competition at the NYSCTC championships at RIT. Sophomore Joe Goodspeed and the Distance Medley Relay were the top finishers on Friday night as they claimed runnerup honors, with Goodspeed posting a 1.97 meter mark in the high jump and the DMR racing to a time of 10:14.42. On Saturday, senior Matt Kuenzel won the shot put with an NCAA provisional toss of 15.69 meters and classmate Ross Hunkovic was second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.74.

Feb 24, 2006

SUNYAC Women's Basketball

Knights Fall to #1 Cortland in Overtime

SUNYAC Women's Basketball
The fourth seeded Geneseo women's basketball team travelled to the Utica Memorial Auditorium tonight to face the top seeded Cortland Red Dragons and dropped a tough 61-53 decision to the Red Dragons.

Geneseo trailed 26-20 at the intermission and by as many as 12 in the second half before mounting a comeback. Junior Katy Irving, who finished with nine points, hit a three-point field goal with 56 seconds left to tie the score at 49 and the Knights had a chance to win the game in regulation, but sophomore Annie Verdino's shot fell short at the buzzer.

In the overtime, Cortland jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, making 9-10 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. Verdino and sophomore Amanda Haney led the offense with 14 points apiece with Haney grabbing seven rebounds as the Knights fall to 17-10 on the year. Geneseo will now await a possible bid to the ECAC Upstate championships.

Feb 24, 2006

SUNYAC Hockey Tournament

Ice Knights Take Game One in Semifinal Series

Men's Ice Hockey
The Geneseo men's ice hockey team, seeded second in the SUNYAC tournament, hosted #3 Fredonia in game one of the two-game, best to three points series tonight and won a 4-3 decision on junior Mitch Stephens' 13th goal of the year with 5:25 remaining in the third period.

The Blue Devils (16-9-3) jumped out to a two-goal advantage in the first period on scores by Matt Zeman and Shawn Walker. Zeman took a pass from Neal Sheehan at the blue line and worked past a defender to fire the shot past Geneseo netminder Derek Jokic at 7:29. Walker scored from Will Barlow in front at 10:58 to get the two goal lead.

After a Geneseo (17-6-2) timeout, the Ice Knights scored a pair of power play goals at 11:48 and 12:59. Junior Mike MacDonald netted his 14th of the season from Stephens as the puck went just under Blue Devil goaltender Rick Cazares' arm and junior Brett Bestwick got his seventh of the year, completing a passing series from Michel Bond and Matt English into the open side of the net on the back door.

In the middle period, senior Dan Schofield gave Geneseo a 3-2 lead at 3:17 on a feed from Casey Balog, but Fredonia evened the game tied the game at 12:08 of the third when Sheehan scored on the power play on a nice feed from Zeman. On the game winner, junior Steve Jordan kept the puck in at the blue line to Cassan at the top of the right faceoff circle and his waist high shot was deflected in by Stephens.

Jokic made 31 saves to post the win in nets, while Cazares stopped 24 shots in taking the loss. The two teams take the ice at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow for game two of the series.

Feb 24, 2006

SUNYAC Basketball All-Stars Announced

Verdino, Morton Earn Honors

SUNYAC Basketball
The State University of New York Athletic Conference announced the conference award winners and all-star teams on Thursday and Geneseo had two representatives.

Sophomore Annie Verdino, who led the league in scoring during the regular season with 18.2 points per game, was named first team All-SUNYAC and was the lone Geneseo representative on the squad.

For the men, Geneseo did not have any players on the all-star team, but first year Scott Morton was named the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year after averaging 7.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a team high 2.5 steals. Morton is the second consecutive Knight to earn the rookie honor, joining sophomore Tarik Kitson.

Feb 21, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Advances in SUNYAC
Men Fall to Oswego in Quarterfinal

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team, seeded fourth, hosted the #5 Fredonia Blue Devils (16-9) in the quarterfinals of the SUNYAC tournament and ran to a 63-51 win as sophomore Annie Verdino scored 23 of her career high 34 points in the first half. The Knights advance to the semifinals and will play top seeded Cortland on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.

Geneseo (17-9) led 32-28 at the intermission after trailing by seven at 11-4 in the early going. The Knights stretched the lead to 11 at 43-32 with 15:52 remaining, before the Blue Devils got to within two at 49-47 on a layup by Cheryl Kindzia with 8:22 to play. Geneseo then went on a 14-2 run to close the game.

Verdino notched 10-13 from the field, 2-2 from the arc and 12-14 from the line and grabbed six rebounds. Junior Katy Irving and sophomores Lydia Reed and Amanda Haney added seven points apiece and senior Jessica Chambers hauled down a team high eight rebounds.

For Fredonia, Kindzia scored 22 points and grabbed a game high 15 rebounds, sophomore Danielle Bleecker added eight points, six rebounds and junior Karolyn Baker dished out eight assists.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to #2 Oswego (20-6) as the seventh seed for the quarterfinals of the SUNYAC tournament and dropped a tough 66-62 outcome to end their season. The Knights, who finish 12-14, trailed 30-25 at the intermission, but could get no closer than four points throughout the second stanza.

Geneseo was led by first year Scott Morton, who scored 14 points on 5-10 shooting and grabbed six rebounds. Sophomore Tarik Kitson and juniors Greg Spears and Brian Bennett collected 10 points apiece as Kitson was 5-8 from the floor with eight caroms, Spears went 5-17 from the field and Bennett was four of four from the field and two of two from the line with six assists.

The Knights could not overcome a hot shooting performance by Oswego's Kyle Reuter, who made five of seven from the arc and 7-12 overall on his way to a game high 21 points. The Lakers got 17 points on 6-13 shooting and a game high 13 rebounds from Mat Burridge and made 7-12 from the line down the stretch to seal the win.

Feb 21, 2006

SUNYAC Indoor Track & Field Awards Announced

Kuenzel Earns Field Performer of the Meet
Prevosti Garners Men's Coach of the Year
All-Conference Teams Announced

SUNYAC Indoor Track & Field
Senior Matt Kuenzel and head coach Dave Prevosti highlighted the announcement of the championship meet performers and coach of the year honors by the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC).

Kuenzel was named the field performer of the meet after winning the shot put and placing second in the weight throw, while Prevosti garners his second SUNYAC Coach of the Year honor as the men's coach of the year to go along with his women's indoor coach of the year honor in 2005.

Joining Kuenzel on the All-SUNYAC first team were senior Paul Torres and junior Jim Tillapaugh, while seniors Ross Hunkovic and Zach Maskin and juniors Mike McGrath and Joe Goodspeed earned second team honors.

On the women's side, seniors Marta Scott, Emily Howland and Mary Kosloski were joined by junior Shannon Griggs on the first team, while seniors Fran Magri and Sally Briggs, junior Christy Finke and first years Christiana Martin, Alison Lewis and Julie Thering gained second team status.

Feb 19, 2006

SUNYAC Playoffs Set

Women's Basketball Earns #4 Seed, Host on Tuesday
Seventh Seeded Men Travel for Quarterfinal
Ice Knights Face Fredonia

SUNYAC Basketball Tournament
The seedings and pairings for this week's SUNYAC Basketball tournament were announced today after the final regular season contest between Oneonta and Potsdam was played this afternoon.

On the women's side, Geneseo, who were 11-5 in conference play, earned the fourth seed and will host #5 Fredonia (11-5) in Tuesday's quarterfinal round at 7 p.m. The Knights were awarded the hosting for the first round game based on their 63-52 win over the Blue Devils on January 31.

The first 1000 SUNY Geneseo students showing a valid student ID may obtain a FREE advance ticket for the game at the athletic department beginning on Monday, February 20, compliments of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation.

For the men, Geneseo (7-9) grabbed the seventh seed using the SUNYAC tiebreakers when the Buffalo St. Bengals (7-9) lost their regular season finale to SUNYIT on Saturday. The Knights will travel to #2 Oswego (12-4) on Tuesday for the quarterfinals at 8 p.m.

Other Tuesday quarterfinal women's games include top seeded Cortland (15-1) hosting #8 New Paltz (4-12), #7 Buffalo St. (6-10) travelling to second seeded Oswego (13-3) and #3 Oneonta (12-4) hosting sixth seeded Brockport (9-7).

In the men's tournament quaterfinals on Tuesday, #1 Cortland hosts eighth seeded Buffalo St., sixth seeded Plattsburgh (8-8) travels to #3 Brockport (10-6) and #4 SUNYIT (10-6) hosts fifth seeded Potsdam (10-6).

The tournament semifinals and championship are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 24-25 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, N.Y.

SUNYAC Ice Hockey
The second seeded Geneseo Ice Knights will take on #3 Fredonia in the semifinal two-game, first to three points series on Friday and Saturday, February 24-25 beginning at 7 p.m. both nights. Geneseo received a first round bye this past weekend, while Fredonia advanced to the semifinal series with a pair of wins (7-2 in game one and 5-3 in game two) over the sixth seeded Potsdam Bears.

The first 1000 SUNY Geneseo students showing a valid student ID may obtain a FREE advance ticket for each game at the athletic department beginning on Monday, February 20, compliments of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation.

Feb 18, 2006

SUNYAC Indoor Track & Field

Women Win Fourth Straight Title!
Men Slip Past Cortland for Second Straight Year!

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y. to participate in the SUNYAC Indoor Track and Field championships. The Knights dominated the field, scoring 216 points to runnerup Oneonta's 141. Geneseo had several events highlights this afternoon. In the 800 meter dash, the Knights went 1-2-3 as senior Emily Howland won the event with an NCAA provisional and school record time of 2:16.40, junior Christy Finke was second in 2:19.66 and senior Marta Scott was third in 2:19.79. In the 1000, senior Fran Magri was second in 3:02.02 and sophomore Meghan Nolan was third in 3:07.54. In the mile, Scott won in an NCAA provisional time of 5:00.42, while first year Christiana Martin was third in 5:12.38. Junior Shannon Griggs won the 3000 meters in 10:18.14 and the 5000 meters with an NCAA provisional time of 17:51.86 to pace the Knights, while Martin was second in the 3000 in 10:19. Geneseo won the top six places in the 5K as senior Sally Briggs was second (18:38.58), first year Laura Iafrati was third (18:52.06), sophomore Kristin Wayman was fourth (18:55.37) and first years Lisa Halloran and Carolyn Cronauer were fifth and sixth with times of 18:57.35 and 18:57.72, respectively. Senior Mary Kosloski was a winner in the high jump with an NCAA provisional height of 1.68 meters, while teammate Alison Lewis was second with 1.63 meters. First year Julie Thering placed second in the shot put with a toss of 11.71 meters. The women's distance medley relay won the title with a time of 13:05.64.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to Geneva, N.Y. this afternoon for the SUNYAC championships. The Knights, who won by a mere five points last season, slipped past Cortland by a score of 176-175 to retain their title for the second straight year and five of the last six. Winners for Geneseo were senior Paul Torres, who won the 55 hurdles with a school record time of 7.74 seconds, senior Matt Kuenzel, who won the shot put with a toss of 16.59 meters and was second in the weight throw with a toss of 16.20 meters and junior Jim Tillapaugh, who won the 800 meters in 1:57.51. In addition, the distance medley relay raced to the win in a time of 10:43.13 and the 4X800 meter relay ran to a first place in the final event to clinch the meet with a time of 8:04.42. Junior Mike McGrath, senior Dan Moore and first year Jon Gauthier finished 2-3-4 in the 5000 meters with times of 15:22.85, 15:30.43 and 15:31.14, respectively. Junior Joe Goodspeed was second in the high jump with a leap of 1.98 meters, while senior Ross Hunkovic was second in the 1000 meters in 2:36.80 and third in the mile run with a time of 4:22.00. Sophomore Dan FitzGibbons was second in the 800 meters. Senior Zach Maskin was second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.57 metes and teammate Kevin Lasky was third in 13.36 meters, while first year Craig Harlacher ran to a third place in the 200 meters in 22.90.

Feb 17, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Slays Red Dragons
Women's Basketball Falls to Cortland

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Cortland tonight and slayed the first place Red Dragons by a score of 76-70. Geneseo shot 72% (18-25) in the first half to race out to a 39-29 intermission lead. The Knights were led by sophomore Joe Kling, who hit seven of nine from the field and six of eight from the line for 20 points. Junior Brian Bennett exploded for 17 points by hitting six of nine from the floor and 2-3 from the arc and first year Scott Morton added 12 points, including five of eight from the field. Juniors Greg Spears and Scott Sciera added nine points apiece and sophomore Tarik Kitson hauled in a team high seven rebounds. The Knights complete the regular season at 12-13 overall and 7-9 in SUNYAC. They will await the remaining SUNYAC contests this weekend to find out their seed and opponent for the upcoming SUNYAC tournament.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to first place Cortland tonight and fell by a score of 73-46 to the SUNYAC unbeaten Red Dragons. Geneseo's only lead of the game was at 2-0 on an Annie Verdino jumper and the Knights trailed by as many as 38 during the second half. Verdino was the lone Knight in double figures with 16 points and grabbed a team high seven rebounds. Sophomore Amanda Haney netted eight points and hauled in six caroms. The Knights finish the regular season with a 16-9 record overall and an 11-5 SUNYAC mark. With Fredonia's win over SUNYIT tonight, the Blue Devils have grabbed the #5 seed for the upcoming SUNYAC tournament and the Knights will host the Devils on Tuesday in the first round at 7 p.m.

Feb 17, 2006

Ice Knights Earn All-SUNYAC Honors

English, MacDonald, Onody Named

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team had three players named to the SUNYAC All-Conference team on Thursday. Senior defenseman Matt English was named to the first team, junior forward Mike MacDonald garnered second team status and senior defenseman Nick Onody was an honorable mention choice.

English, who has six goals, eight assists for 14 points in 24 games, is the first Ice Knight player recognized for the first team since forward Aaron Coleman in 2001 after being a second team choice last season. MacDonald, who leads the team in goals with 13 and is second in points with 30, got his first All-League selection. A second team pick in 2003, Onody was tabbed for honorable mention after scoring three goals, 10 assists in 24 games this year.

Feb 16, 2006

Knights Earn Weekly Awards

Three Tabbed SUNYAC Player of the Week

Weekly Honors
Three Geneseo student-athletes earned SUNYAC Player of the Week honors for the week ending February 12 as sophomore Derek Jokic for men's hockey, senior Mary Kosloski for women's field and sophomore Annie Verdino for women's basketball each garnered conference recognition.

Jokic was named the Goaltender of the Week after posting 34 saves in the 3-1 win over #5 Oswego on Friday and adding 19 stops in the 10-5 win over Cortland on Saturday. For Kosloski, she captured the triple jump and placed third in the high jump at Cornell's Robert Kane Invitational.

Verdino, who was also recognized as the ECAC Upstate Player of the Week, averaged 22.7 points, 10 rebounds and posted two double-doubles in a 2-1 week for the Knights, including shooting nearly 50% from the floor and 82% from the free throw line.

Feb 14, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Women's Hoop Defeats Brockport
Men's Basketball Falls to Golden Eagles

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Brockport tonight and defeated the Golden Eagles by a score of 69-62. The Knights led the Golden Eagles at the half by a score of 32-24 and throughout the second half. Brockport drew within four on several occasions, but the Knights put together runs to hold and extend the lead. Sophomore Annie Verdino made 5-10 shots from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 6-9 from the line for a game high 18 points to lead the offense. Senior Jessica Chambers hit four of six from the floor and all six of her shots from the foul line for 14 points and grabbed a team high seven rebounds, while junior Katy Irving went 3-4 from long range on her way to 11 points. The Knights shot 47% from the floor and held the Eagles to 34% from the field and committed just 13 turnovers. Geneseo moves to 16-8 overall and 11-4 in SUNYAC and clinches a first round home playoff game on Tuesday, February 21.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Brockport tonight and dropped a 94-78 decision to the Golden Eagles. Geneseo trailed the Golden Eagles by a score of 41-40 at the intermission, but could not overcome a 77% second half shooting performance by the hosts. In a tightly called contest that featured 25 total fouls in the first half, Brockport made 21-28 free throws, while the Knights were just 12-23 for the game. First year John Papincak and sophomore Joe Kling each scored a career high 16 points to lead the way, with Scott Morton adding 15 points and Brian Bennett collecting 10. Geneseo falls to 11-13 overall and 6-9 in SUNYAC play.

Feb 11, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Defeat Cortland
Women's Basketball Defeats New Paltz
Men Run Past Hawks

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Cortland tonight and skated to a 10-5 win over the Red Dragons to clinch second place in the SUNYAC and a first round bye in the conference playoff tournament. Sophomore Trent Cassan had two goals, two assists to lead the offense, senior Dan Schofield scored a goal and two assists and junior Mitch Stephens eclipsed the 100 career point barrier by adding three helpers. Junior Mike MacDonald scored a pair of goals, seniors Matt Caren and Michel Bond, along with sophomore Mat Cyr each had a goal and an assist with senior Kris Heeres netting a single marker. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 19 saves to post the win as the Ice Knights finish the regular season with a record of 16-6-2 overall and 10-4-0 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted New Paltz this afternoon and won a 66-49 decision over the Hawks. Geneseo ran out to a 32-20 halftime advantage and the 17 point final was the largest margin of the game. Sophomore Annie Verdino went nine of 15 from the floor and five of five from the line for a game high 23 points to lead the offense. Sophomore Amanda Haney was 6-8 from the field and 2-2 from the charity stripe to add 14 points and junior Katy Irving collected 12 points, six rebounds on five of 10 shooting. The Knights are now 15-8 overall and 10-4 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted the New Paltz Hawks and used 17 points from junior Steve McDonnell to run to a 72-63 win. The Knights led by eight at the half and New Paltz cut the lead to two at 59-57, but Geneseo scored the next six points to break the game open. McDonnell hit seven of eight from the foul line on his way to the game high, while junior Greg Spears hit 5-11 from the floor on his way to 13 points and a game high nine rebounds. Sophomores Joe Kling, Tarik Kitson and first year John Papincak each added nine points in the winning effort. Geneseo is now 11-12 overall and 6-8 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to Cornell for a non-scoring meet on Saturday. The Knights had a pair of first place finishes as senior Mary Kosloski won the triple jump in 11.57 meters and was third in the high jump at 1.60 meters, while classmate Emily Howland raced to a win in the 800 meters in 2:17.53. Geneseo had a pair of second place performances as junior Shannon Griggs was runnerup in the 3000 meters in 10:22.05 and senior Marta Scott finished just behind Howland in the 800 in 2:18.34. In addition, senior Fran Magri posted a fourth place finish in the 500 meters in a time of 1:20.86.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to Cornell for a non-scoring meet and Geneseo's Joe Goodspeed finished third in the long jump (6.78 meters) and third in the high jump (1.96 meters) to highlight the meet. The Knights got a third place performance from Craig Harlacher in the 200 meters (23.10), while fourth place finishes were posted by senior Matt Kuenzel in the shot put (15.57 m) and Zach Maskin in the high (1.86 m) and triple (13.79 m) jumps. Seniors Andrew McCarthy and Ross Hunkovic each claimed a fifth place in the mile run in 4:27.85 and the 800 meters in 1:57.22, respectively.

Feb 10, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Skate Past Oswego
Men's Basketball Defeats Oneonta
Women's Hoop Falls to Oneonta

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted #5 Oswego tonight and the 13th ranked Ice Knights skated to a 3-1 win. Geneseo took a 2-0 lead in the first period when Trent Cassan knocked in a rebound in front on the power play at 7:33 on an assist from Mike MacDonald and 4:41 later, MacDonald went end-to-end, shook off a defender and fired a shot into the upper left corner from the slot for the two goal lead. The Lakers answered with a 5 on 3 power play goal with just 24 seconds left in the opening stanza to make it 2-1. Junior Mitch Stephens completed the scoring when he converted a two on one rush with MacDonald for a shorthanded goal at 8:31 of the second. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 34 saves in posting the win for the Ice Knights as they advance to 15-6-2 overall and 9-4-0 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Oneonta tonight and won a 78-69 decision over the Red Dragons. First year Scott Morton collected 18 points on six of eight shooting from the floor, two of two from the arc and 4-5 from the line to lead the offense. Geneseo led 41-31 at the intermission and built a 15 point lead in the second half, before settling for the nine point victory. Junior Steve McDonnell added 15 points on 4-8 from the floor, 3-6 from the three point line and 4-5 from the charity stripe, while classmate Greg Spears netted 11 points and grabbed a game high seven boards. Geneseo advances to 10-12 overall and 5-8 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Oneonta and dropped a tough 76-64 decision. Geneseo trailed by 11 at the intermission and fell behind by as many as 18 in the second half, but could get no closer than seven points the rest of the way. Sophomore Annie Verdino scored a game high 21 points and grabbed a game high 14 rebounds on 7-21 from the floor and 7-10 from the line to lead three double digit scorers. Junior Katy Irving added 14 points, including 6-6 from the charity stripe, while sophomore Amanda Haney netted 10 points. Geneseo falls to 14-8 overall and 9-4 in SUNYAC.

Feb 09, 2006

SUNYAC Swimming & Diving

Men Win Eighth Straight SUNYAC Title!
Wiese Named Fulton Award Winner
Women Finish Fourth

SUNYAC Swimming & Diving
The women's and men's swimming and diving teams travelled to Erie Community College and the men's team won their eighth straight SUNYAC title, while the women finish fourth.
At the conclusion of the championships, senior Mike Wiese was honored as the James Fulton Award winner for career achievement in SUNYAC swimming.

On the men's side, Geneseo completed the victory by scoring 845.5 points to runnerup Cortland's 650.5. On the final day, junior James Kallio won the 200 breast in an NCAA provisional and school record time of 2:06.77, while the 200 fly trio of Josh Hinman, Mike Wiese and Chris Norton placed 1-2-3 in times of 1:54.91 (NCAA provisional), 1:56.51 and 1:58.29, respectively. Senior Evan Smith was second in the 200 back in a school record 1:56.89 and Nick D'Alesandro placed second in three meter diving with a score of 450.55. Day two highlights included the trio of Hinman, Norton and Wiese placing 1-2-3 in the 100 fly with times of 51.68, 52.52 and 53.41, respectively, to lead Geneseo to a 557.5-427.5 lead over Cortland. Senior Evan Smith posted a win in the 100 back with a time of 53.54, while the 200 medley relay (1:36.21) team of Phil Szrama, Kallio, Hinman and Charlie Hake and the 800 freestyle relay (7:06.36) team of Wiese, Tim Stockton, Sig Culhane and Hinman each placed second. On day one, sophomore John Zolna won the 50 free and anchored the winning 200 free and 400 medley relays to lead the Blue Wave to a 280-196 lead over Cortland. Zolna won the 50 free in 21.31 and teammate Hake was third in 21.48 as the team placed in four of the top eight positions. Zolna teamed with Szrama, Kallio and Hinman to set a school record in the 400 medley relay with an NCAA provisional time of 3:29.40 and combined with Hake, Jerry Hinman and Stockton to win the 200 free relay in an NCAA provisional time of 1:24.48. Geneseo dominated the 500 freestyle with five of the top eight finishers as senior Wiese was second in 4:46.20 and Josh Hinman was third in 4:48.97, while senior Smith and Kallio went 2-3 in the 200 IM in 1:57.39 and 1:58.17, respectively.

On the women's side, Geneseo finished fourth with 510 points to trail Oswego (827), Cortland (596) and New Paltz (566). Final day highlights included a third place finish by Justine Diaz in the 1650 in 18:18.56 and a 3-4 finish in the 200 fly by Lindsay Dressel and Lindsey Fial in 2:14.39 and 2:14.65. Day two highlights were the 1-2-4 finish in the 400 IM by Dressel, Fial and Amanda Cavarella in a school record 4:40.02, 4:41.96 and 4:46.11, respectively. On the first day, Geneseo scored 155.5 points to trail Oswego's 230.5 and Cortland's 188. Dressel posted the best finish of the night with a second place in the 200 IM in a school record time of 2:11.54, while Fial placed third in the same event in 2:12.83. Senior Colleen Wayne swam to a fourth place time of 25.21 in the 50 free.

Feb 09, 2006

SUNYAC Academic Teams Announced

Fall 2005 All-Academic
Fall 2005 Commissioner's List

SUNYAC Academic Awards
The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) has announced the Fall 2005 semester academic awards. The fall sport student-athletes qualify for the All-Academic team by achieving a 3.3 or higher grade point average for the semester, while the Commissioner's List is made up of fall student-athletes that have maintained a 3.3 or higher cumulative grade point average for three consecutive semesters. At Geneseo, 73 student-athletes earned All-Academic team, while 42 were recognized on the Commissioner's List.

Feb 07, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoop Defeats Bengals
Men Fall to Buffalo St.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Buffalo St. tonight and swept the season series with the Bengals by posting a narrow 51-49 win. Geneseo led 23-19 at the half as sophomore Annie Verdino scored half of her game high 24 points. Verdino was nine of 15 from the field and six of seven from the line, while grabbing a game high 10 rebounds. Junior Katy Irving scored seven points, including the game winning bucket with 26 seconds left which gave Geneseo the lead. Buffalo St. had two chances to tie the game, but Verdino blocked one shot with three seconds left and the shot off the ensuing offensive rebound bounced off the rim at the buzzer. Geneseo is now 14-7 overall and 9-3 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Buffalo St. tonight and dropped a 70-58 decision. After trailing 33-27 at the intermission, the Knights evened the game at 33-33 to begin the second half. The Bengals retook the lead until a Scott Morton three-point field goal gave Geneseo a 45-43 lead with 10:13 remaining. Buffalo St. then scored six straight to take control of the game and built the lead to 13 with 3:40 left. Sophomore Joe Kling led the offense with 14 points and grabbed a game high 14 rebounds in the loss. Morton, Scott Sciera and Tarik Kitson added nine points as the Knights fall to 9-12 overall and 4-8 in SUNYAC.

Feb 04, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Defeat Fredonia
Women's Basketball Defeats Potsdam
Men Fall to Bears in Overtime

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Fredonia tonight and skated past the Blue Devils by a score of 3-1. After a scoreless first, Fredonia scored at 17:50 of the second period on the power play, but Geneseo answered with just 31 seconds left in the period at 19:29 when Matt English scored from Mitch Stephens and Brett Bestwick on the man advantage. The Ice Knights game winner came at 6:21 of the third when Ram Sidhu scored after a nifty spin move at the blue line by Mike MacDonald, who fed Sidhu for the goal. Geneseo's insurance came at 16:12 when junior Mitch Stephens finally got on the board on the power play from MacDonald after being foiled on a pair of mini-breakaway attempts earlier in the contest. Sophomore Derek Jokic stopped 31 shots in posting the win as Geneseo goes to 14-6-2 overall and 8-4-0 in SUNYAC.

Men's and Women's Track & Field
The men's and women's track and field team travelled to the prestigious New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the New York City Armory. The meet features mostly Division I competition and Geneseo is one of just a handful of Division III institutions participating. Senior Marta Scott placed an impressive eighth in the mile run in 5:00.59 and sophomore Meghan Nolan was 20th in the same event in 5:13.72. In the Distance Medley Relay, Fran Magri, Emily Howland, Christy Finke and Scott were 13th in 12:11.21. The Knights ran a pair of women in the 5,000 meters as first year Christiana Martin was 20th in 17:24.58 and junior Shannon Griggs placed 26th in 17:38.35. In the men's competition, senior Ross Hunkovic provided the top finish by placing 16th in the mile in 4:15.43, while teammate Jim Tillapaugh was 42nd in the same event in 4:27.07. Other competitors included junior Mike McGrath, who finished 34th in the 5000 meters in 15:05 and senior Dan Moore, who placed 41st in 15:28. Senior Matt Kuenzel was 18th in the shot put with a toss of 15.30 meters, senior Zack Maskin was 23rd in the triple jump with a leap of 13.58 meters, Paul Torres was 40th in the 60 hurdles in 8.55 seconds and Chris Popovici was 54th in the 800 meters in 1:59.72.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted the Potsdam Bears this afternoon and won a 68-60 decision over the Bears. Geneseo led 36-28 at the half, but the Bears took brief leads at 48-47 and 52-51 before Geneseo went on a 8-0 run to break the game open. Sophomores Annie Verdino and Amanda Haney each collected 18 points to pace the attack. Verdino's came on 5-9 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and six of seven from the line, while Haney netted seven of 14 from the floor and four of four from the stripe and grabbed seven rebounds. Junior Katy Irving and Lydia Reed netted eight points apiece with Reed adding five assists. The Knights raise their record to 13-7 overall and 8-3 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Potsdam this afternoon and dropped a tough 78-71 overtime decision. Geneseo led 34-28 at the half and the Knights led by two on the final possession, but Potsdam made a jumper with one second left to send the game into overtime. In the extra session, the Bears made 11-12 free throws to seal the win. First year Scott Morton led the way with 13 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and five steals. Junior Greg Spears and first year Jeff Howe each had 11 points and sophomore Joe Kling netted 10 markers and hauled down seven boards in the loss. The Knights fall for the third time in OT this year as their record drops to 9-11 overall and 4-7 in SUNYAC.

Feb 03, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoop Defeats Plattsburgh
Men's Basketball Falls to Cardinals
Ice Knights Shutout by Bengals

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Plattsburgh tonight and held the Cardinals to just 13 second half points in a 56-36 victory. Geneseo led just 24-23 at the intermission, but forced Plattsburgh into a 3-29 (10.3%) second half shooting percentage. Geneseo was led by senior Jessica Chambers, who netted 12 points on five of eight shooting. Sophomore Annie Verdino added nine points and a game high 10 rebounds, while junior Katy Irving and sophomore Merrissa Wilson each scored eight. Geneseo advances to 12-7 overall and 7-3 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Plattsburgh tonight and the Cardinals erased a seven point halftime deficit on the way to a 66-59 win over the Knights. Geneseo led 35-28 at the half, but the Cardinals used a 15-8 run to even the game at 50 midway through the second half. Sophomore Joe Kling led Geneseo by making five of six from the field and three of four from the line on the way to 14 points. Junior Scott Sciera and first years Scott Morton and Jeff Howe each made nine points, with Morton grabbing a game high eight rebounds with four assists. Geneseo is now 9-10 overall and 4-6 in SUNYAC.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Buffalo St. and dropped a 7-0 decision to the Bengals. Geneseo fell behind 3-0 after one and 4-0 after two periods. Trying to jump start the offense, the Ice Knights pulled their goalkeeper with 2:35 into the third period and the net remained empty for all but seven seconds until the 10:56 mark. During the stretch, Buffalo St. managed three empty net goals. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 19 saves in 51:46 of action for Geneseo as they fall to 13-6-2, 7-4-0.

Track & Field at RIT Invitational
A men's and women's track and field split squad team participated in the RIT Invitational on Friday night in a non-scoring meet. On the women's side, Geneseo had five winners as Sue-Ann Dunn won the 55 dash in 7.79 seconds, Kristin Wayman captured the 3000 meters in 10:40.43 and the team swept the jumping events as Alison Lewis went 1.60 meters in the high jump, Lindsay Quist-Chaffee hit 5.20 meters in the long jump and Mary Kosloski leaped 11.16 meters in the triple jump. On the men's side, senior Andrew McCarthy provided the lone victory by taking the 3000 meters in 9:01.12. Geneseo's Joe Goodspeed was second in both the high jump (1.93 m) and the triple jump (13.01 m), while Chris Gettings was runnerup in the long jump (6.65 m) and Craig Harlacher finished second in the 200 meters in 23.66 seconds.

Jan 31, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

McDonnell, Men's Basketball Shoots Past Fredonia
Women's Hoop Defeats Fredonia

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted the Fredonia Blue Devils tonight and won a 75-54 decision as junior guard Steve McDonnell scored a career high 28 points, including setting a new school record with nine three-point field goals. McDonnell had tied Scott Fitch's '93 record of eight earlier this season, but hit six of seven attempts in the first half and his ninth in 12 tries with 6:56 left in the second stanza. McDonnell hit three of the long range shots during a 19-3 run to close the half as Geneseo extended from a 25-25 tie to lead 44-28 at the intermission. First year Scott Morton collected 11 points on four of five from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2-2 from the charity stripe and sophomore Joe Kling added nine points, four assists and three steals in support of McDonnell. The Knights raise their record to 9-9 overall and 4-5 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Fredonia tonight and used a 31-22 halftime advantage to run past the Blue Devils by a final score of 62-53. Fredonia made a run in the second half to tie the game at 50, but junior Katy Irving scored five of her game high 15 points during a 10-0 run which sealed the game for Geneseo. Sophomores Annie Verdino and Amanda Haney each added 13 points, while classmate Merrissa Wilson added 12 points, six rebounds. The Knights held a 42-30 rebounding average and made 14-19 from the free throw line, while the Blue Devils hit on three of four from the stripe. Geneseo advanced to 11-7 overall and 6-3 in SUNYAC.

Jan 28, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Win in Plattsburgh
Men's Basketball Falls in Overtime
Women's Basketball Defeats SUNYIT

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Plattsburgh tonight and won a 5-2 decision over the Cardinals. Geneseo led 2-1 after one period on goals by Chris Kestell and Casey Balog. Kestell's came on the power play at 8:35 with the Ice Knights trailing 1-0 as Brett Bestwick and Matt English were credited with assists. Balog scored at 10:35 from Michel Bond for Geneseo's second goal. After a scoreless second period, sophomore Trent Cassan scored from Mike MacDonald and Bestwick on the power play for a 3-1 lead and then MacDonald scored on a turnover by the Plattsburgh netminder for a 4-2 lead at 17:12. Senior Jack Bullard added an empty net goal for the final with a helper going to English. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 30 saves to post the win in nets. The Ice Knights advance to 13-5-2 overall and 7-3 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to SUNYIT to take on the Wildcats tonight and dropped a tough 94-92 overtime decision. Geneseo led by 40-39 at the half and the Wildcats outscored Geneseo 45-44 in the second stanza. The Knights had a chance to win the game in regulation on an out-of-bounds play with 0:001 left, but first year Scott Morton's acrobatic tip-in attempt just bounced off the iron. Junior Steve McDonnell led the way with 20 points, sophomore Joe Kling added 14 and Morton collected 12. Sophomore Tarik Kitson and junior Brian Bennett were in double digits with 10 points apiece, with Kitson hauling down a team high 10 rebounds. The Knights could not overcome a 14-28 shooting percentage from the three point line by SUNYIT. Geneseo is now 8-9 overall and 3-5 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to SUNYIT tonight and won a 68-52 decision over the Wildcats. Sophomore Annie Verdino scored 16 of her game high 24 points in the first half to lead the attack as the Knights led by a 40-26 margin at the intermission. Verdino went nine of 12 from the field and six of nine from the line, while junior Katy Irving netted six of 15 shots from the floor on her way to 15 points. Sophomore Merrissa Wilson added 10 points, four assists. Geneseo advances to 10-7 overall and 4-3 in SUNYAC.

Jan 28, 2006

TODAY'S SWIM MEET CANCELLED

Saturday's Tilt with Oswego Cancelled

Women's and Men's Swimming & Diving
The women's and men's swimming and diving meet scheduled for Saturday, January 28 vs. Oswego at 1 p.m. has been cancelled due to a bus problem for the Lakers.

The meet was the final home contest of the season for the Blue Wave and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, along with head coach Paul Dotterweich recognize and thank seniors PJ Dunn, Josh Hinman, Chris LaForest, Jeff Lipp, Katie Raines, Evan Smith, Tim Stockton, Heather Waymouth, Colleen Wayne and Mike Wiese for their commitment and dedication to SUNY Geneseo Blue Wave Swimming and Diving.

Geneseo will next compete in the 2006 SUNYAC Championships on February 8-11 at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Aquatics Center. The men will be looking to run their SUNYAC win streak to eight years, while the women will try to avenge last season's second place finish which snapped a 15 year conference win streak.

Jan 27, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoop Downed by Cortland
Men Fall to Red Dragons
Ice Knights Defeated by Potsdam

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Cortland tonight and dropped a 68-51 decision to the Red Dragons. Cortland led 26-19 at the intermission and the 17 point margin was the largest of the game. Sophomore Annie Verdino led the Knights with 17 points, 12 rebounds, while Amanda Haney, Jamie Scordino and Bridget Riley netted seven points each. The Knights fall to 9-7 overall and 4-3 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team had their six game win streak snapped by the visiting Cortland Red Dragons tonight by a score of 69-57. Geneseo jumped to an early 8-0 lead before settling for a 28-26 intermission advantage. Cortland took the lead for the first time in the game with 16:12 left in the second half at 36-35 and got the advantage for good with a 7-0 run to take a 54-47 lead with 6:22 remaining. Junior Steve McDonnell scored 19 points on 6-13 from the floor and 5-5 from the line and classmate Greg Spears netted 15 points on six of 11 shots from the field and 3-3 from the charity stripe. Each team hauled down 32 rebounds for the contest, but the Knights were plagued by 19 turnovers. Geneseo is now 8-8 overall and 3-4 in SUNYAC.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Potsdam tonight and dropped a close 6-5 decision to the Bears. Geneseo jumped to a 3-0 first period lead on goals by Michel Bond, Nick Onody and Chris Kestell. Bond's came at 6:11 and was assisted by Brett Bestwick and Casey Balog, Onody scored at 6:59 and Kris Heeres and Jack Bullard got the helpers, while Kestell netted his at 16:11 on an assist by Mat Cyr. The Bears scored four times in the second stanza to take a 4-3 lead with two coming on the power play and one shorthanded. Sophomore Trent Cassan made it 4-4 at 18:15 of the second on assists by Onody and Dan Schofield, but Potsdam scored again with the extra man and once even strength to gain a two goal advantage. The Ice Knights scored with goaltender Derek Jokic pulled with 1:45 left as Heeres got the goal from Kestell, but Geneseo could not net the equalizer. Jokic stopped 27 shots in taking the loss as the Ice Knights fall to 12-5-2 overall and 6-3-0 in SUNYAC.

Jan 24, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Basketball Sweeps Buffalo St.
Swimming & Diving Defeats Cortland

Men's Basketball
The mens' basketball team used a 9-0 spurt in the first half to pull away from the visiting Buffalo St. Bengals on the way to an 88-64 win tonight. In a closely contested first stanza, first year Scott Morton scored five of his career high 16 points during the stretch as Geneseo led 47-34 at the half. Junior Greg Spears scored 17 points on seven of nine shooting from the floor and 3-4 from line, while hauling down seven rebounds. Junior Nick Kelley was four of five from the arc, including 3-3 in the first half for 12 points and sophomore Tarik Kitson netted seven points and grabbed six boards. The Knights advance to 8-7 overall and 3-3 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted Buffalo St. tonight and held on for a 62-59 win over the Bengals. The Knights trailed 32-31 at the intermission after going on a 17-4 run to close the half. In the second half, Geneseo took the lead for good at 40-39 on a free throw by Amanda Haney and led by as many as nine in the stanza. The Bengals got within two at 49-47 with 7:20 left, but Geneseo built the lead back to seven on a layup by Jessica Chambers with 1:26 remaining. Buffalo St. went on a 7-1 run to cut the deficit to one at 60-59 with 12 seconds left, but sophomore Annie Verdino hit her tenth and eleventh free throw on 12 attempts with 11 seconds left to seal the deal. Verdino finished with a game high 27 points and 12 boards to pace the offense, while Chambers and Katy Irving each collected 10 points. Senior Jackie Fertitta dished out six assists and made six steals. Geneseo is now 9-6 overall and 4-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted the Cortland Red Dragons and remained unbeaten on the season at 10-0 following a 120-117 win. Sophomore Amanda Cavarella and first year Lindsay Dressel each won two events for the Blue Wave. Cavarella captured the 1650 free in 18:35.10 and the 500 free in 5:27.55, while Dressel won the 400 IM in 4:45.96 and the 100 breast in 1:11.87. Other winners for Geneseo included Kelly Dudek in the 200 free in 2:00.65, Colleen Wayne in the 100 free in 55.04, Lindsay Fial in the 100 back in 1:03.30 and the 200 medley relay team of Dudek, Katie Raines, Fial and Wayne, who won in a time of 1:54.53.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team hosted Cortland tonight and stroked to a 126-108 decision over the Red Dragons. Sophomore Nick D'Alesandro paced the team by winning the one meter (251.40) and three meter (259.55) diving events. Other winners for Geneseo included James Kallio in the 400 IM in 4:23.45, Chris Norton in the 100 fly in 53.73, Charlie Hake in the 100 free in 49.02 and Evan Smith in the 100 back in 55.41. Geneseo moves to 9-1 on the season.

Jan 24, 2006

Tonight's Basketball on WYSL

Women Open at 6 pm
Men Tip Off at 8 pm
Men's Game Tape Delay Broadcast by UPN 18, WBGT-TV Rochester

Women's & Men's Basketball
Tonight's Geneseo basketball games between the Blue Knights and the Buffalo State Bengals can be heard LIVE on WYSL 1040-AM. The audio webcast can be found at http://www.wysl1040.com. Tune in as the women's team looks to win their second straight and the men try to extend their win streak to six games!

In addition, the men's game will be covered for tape delay broadcast by UPN 18, WGBT-TV Rochester and will air on Sunday, January 29th at 8 p.m.

Jan 21, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Snaps Three Game Skid
Men's Basketball Defeats New Paltz
Swimming & Diving Sweeps RIT

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team snapped their three game losing skid with a 74-53 win over New Paltz this afternoon as sophomore Amanda Haney came off the bench to record a double-double with 12 points with a game and career high 13 rebounds. Geneseo led 37-28 at the intermission after reeling off a 19-4 run to close the half. New Paltz got no closer than eight points at 48-40 with 13:31 left, but the Knights used a 9-3 run to break open the contest. Sophomore Annie Verdino led the offense with 16 points on five of seven from the field and 6-6 from the line. Sophomore Merrissa Wilson added 14 points, six rebounds, six assists on 5-8 from the floor and junior Katy Irving added 13 points on five of nine shooting. Geneseo advances to 8-6 overall and 3-2 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to New Paltz this afternoon and won their fifth straight with a 73-49 win over the Hawks. The Knights led 30-28 at the intermission, but blew the game open in the second half to take command of the contest. Junior Steve McDonnell hit 6-12 from the floor and five of five from the line on his way to a game high 18 points and sophomore Tarik Kitson was six of 13 from the field and four of six from the line for 16 points with a team high eight rebounds. Junior Scott Sciera added nine points on four of eight from the floor, while classmate Brian Bennett scored six points, four assists and first year John Papincak added six points, five caroms. Geneseo is now 7-7 overall and 2-3 in SUNYAC.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to RIT this afternoon and won a 118-94 decision over the Tigers to remain unbeaten in dual meets this season at 9-0. Senior Colleen Wayne paced the team by winning the 200 freestyle (2:02.26) and the 500 free (5:28.37). Other winners for the Blue Wave included sophomores Amanda Cavarella, who won the 200 fly in 2:16.19 and Justine Diaz, who touched first in the 200 back in 2:20.37, along with first year Lindsay Dressel, who captured the 1000 free in 11:14.23. In addition, the 400 medley relay team of Kelly Dudek, Katie Raines, Dressel and Wayne opened the meet with a winning time of 4:15.26.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team swam to a 131-108 victory at RIT this afternoon to raise their record to 8-1 on the season. Senior Evan Smith posted a pair of victories in taking the 200 IM (2:03.33) and the 200 back (2:01.74). Geneseo had four individual winners and one relay. Senior Chris LaForest won the 1000 free in 10:43.37, Mike Wiese took the 500 free in 4:53.75, junior James Kallio captured the 200 breast in 2:14.80 and first year Sig Culhane touched first in the 200 free in 1:49.61. In addition, the 400 medley relay of Phil Szrama, Kallio, Chris Norton and Tim Stockton won in a time of 3:40.00.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the St. Clair Saints (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) in an exhibition game tonight and grabbed a 5-4 win when Michel Bond scored from Kris Heeres and Chris Kestell on the power play at 7:16 of the third period. Geneseo trailed 1-0 just 54 seconds into the game, but Trent Cassan tipped a slap shot by Mitch Stephens at 5:37 to even the game. St. Clair took a 2-1 intermission lead at 9:41 of the first, but the Ice Knights scored the first three goals of the second to take a 4-2 lead. Stephens scored off a faceoff from Mike MacDonald at 1:08, junior Brett Bestwick took advantage of a Saint turnover to score unassisted at 6:40 and Cassan got his second of the night on the power play from Stephens and Dan Schofield. The Saints got goals at 10:00 and 11:11 to make the game 4-4 after two periods, leading to Bond's heroics. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 31 saves in goal to preserve the win.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to RIT on Saturday for a non-scoring meet. The Knights were led by senior Mary Kosloski, who was one of five winners on the afternoon after capturing the high jump in an NCAA provisional leap of 1.67 meters, along with placing second in the triple jump (10.57 m). Other winners for Geneseo included Diana Snyder, who won the 500 meters (1:21.68), first year Christiana Martin, who captured the mile run in 5:15.15, senior Marta Scott, who crossed first in the 800 meters in 2:19.48 and junior Shannon Griggs, who broke the tape in the 5000 meters in 18:20.17.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to RIT for a non-scoring meet and had one winner and five runnerups. Senior Zach Maskin was the lone winner, taking the triple jump with a leap of 13.56 meters. Second place performances were turned in by Jim Tillapaugh in the mile run (4:29.82), Dan FitzGibbons in the 800 meters (2:00.58), Will Haskell in the 3000 meters (8:59.79), Paul Torres in the 55 hurdles (8.06) and Matt Kuenzel in the shot put (15.39 m).

Jan 20, 2006

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Skate Past Brockport
Men's Basketball Defeats Oneonta
Women Fall to Red Dragons

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Brockport tonight and skated past the Golden Eagles by a score of 6-3. Geneseo took a 2-0 first intermission lead as Mitch Stephens scored from Nick Onody and Mike MacDonald at 16:34 on the power play and Mat Cyr scored from Ram Sidhu and Denis Desjardins just 21 seconds later. Geneseo took a 3-0 lead at 7:24 of the second on the first of two power play goals by Trent Cassan as Dan Schofield and Stephens got the helpers. The Golden Eagles scored a pair of extra man goals at 8:25 and 12:42, before Cassan gave Geneseo a 4-2 lead from MacDonald and Schofield on the power play at 13:54. Brockport closed the second stanza scoring at 17:47, making it a 4-3 game headed to the third. In the final session, Geneseo, who was 4-8 with the extra attacker, got a power play goal from MacDonald from Cassan and Schofield at 8:29 and Stephens tossed in a shorthanded goal into the empty net at 19:23 to complete the scoring. Sophomore netminder Derek Jokic made 17 saves to post the win. Geneseo is now 12-4-2 overall and 6-2 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Oneonta tonight and claimed a 74-59 victory as the Knights broke open a 28-28 halftime tie with a 16-4 run to begin the second half. Sophomore Tarik Kitson went eight of 13 from the floor and five of six from the line for a game high 21 points to lead four double digit scorers. Junior Steve McDonnell offset a tough shooting night by making nine of 10 from the line on his way to 11 points. Sophomore Joe Kling and first year Scott Morton each netted 10 points, with Kling going 4-4 from the floor and Morton hitting five of his seven shots from the field, while grabbing a team high five rebounds. The Knights win their fourth straight game to advance to 6-7 overall and 1-3 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Oneonta and were defeated by a score of 74-44 as the Knights could not recover from the Red Dragons netting the final 19 points of the first half to take a 40-16 intermission lead. Sophomore Amanda Haney paced the offense with eight points and seven rebounds. First year Jamie Scordino and sophomore Annie Verdino each netted six points. Geneseo is now 7-6 overall and 2-2 in SUNYAC.

Jan 18, 2006

Knight Earns Weekly Honors

Kosloski Earns SUNYAC Honor

Weekly Honors
Senior jumper Mary Kosloski was named the SUNYAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week for her performance at the St. Lawrence Open on Saturday. The Tonawanda, New York native and Kenmore East graduate won the high jump and finished second in the triple jump in Saturday's competition.

Jan 17, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Knights Race to Win over Elmira

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted Elmira tonight and raced to a 79-40 win over the Soaring Eagles. Geneseo scored 14 straight points to lead 19-5 early in the first half, scored 10 in a row to lead 29-7 and junior Steve McDonnell hit a three pointer with six seconds left in the period for a 43-14 intermission advantage. In a balanced attack, McDonnell and Nick Kelley each scored 12 points with McDonnell hitting four of eight from the floor and three of three from the line, while Kelley netted four of five from the arc. Junior Greg Spears and first year John Papincak added 11 points, with the latter making three of his five from three point range. First year Jeff Howe added eight points, four assists in a team high 26 minutes. The Knights advance to 5-7 on the season.

Jan 17, 2006

Tonight's Basketball on WGSU

Men Tipoff at 7:30 p.m.

Men's Basketball
Tonight's men's basketball game between the Blue Knights of Geneseo and the Elmira Soaring Eagles can be heard LIVE on 89.3 WGSU-FM. The audio webcast can be found at http://wgsu.geneseo.edu. Tune in as the Knights try to extend their win streak to three games!

Jan 14, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Claims Fifth Place in Chase
Women Fall in Chase Third Place Game
Ice Knights Defeated by Elmira

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to RIT this afternoon and ran to a 85-71 win over Keuka College to claim fifth place in the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship tournament. Junior Greg Spears hit 11-17 shots from the field on the way to a game high 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Sophomore Tarik Kitson hit 6-8 from the floor and 4-4 from the line for 16 points, junior Nick Kelley hit four of eight from the arc and 2-2 from the line for 14 points and junior Steve McDonnell netted 4-7 from the floor and 2-3 from long range on his way to 12 points. Spears earned First team All-Tournament for his efforts over the three games. Geneseo advanced to 4-7 on the season.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to the University of Rochester this afternoon to take on the Roberts Wesleyan Raiders in the third place game and lost a 64-47 decision. The game was tied at 21 at the intermission, but the Raiders began the second half with a 9-2 run to break open the game. Geneseo got 23 points from sophomore Annie Verdino on 9-18 from the field and 5-5 from the line, while grabbing eight rebounds. In addition, Verdino set a new tournament standard by making 27 of 28 (96.4%) of her free throws and was named First team All-Tournament. First year Jamie Scordino added six points and senior Jessica Chambers netted six points and handed out five assists. The Knights fall to 7-5 on the season.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Elmira tonight and dropped a 4-2 outcome to the Soaring Eagles. Elmira broke the ice at 1:42 of the first period and scored again at 7:32 for a 2-0 intermission lead. The Eagles scored the lone goal of the second at 6:07, before the Ice Knights made it 3-1 at 6:10 of the third when Kris Heeres scored from Michel Bond and Matt English on the power play. Elmira answered four minutes later and Geneseo completed the scoring when Dan Schofield netted a goal from Mitch Stephens and Mike MacDonald at 17:19 as Geneseo skated six on five with the netminder pulled. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 20 saves in taking the loss as the team falls to 11-4-2 on the season.

Women's Indoor Track and Field
The women's indoor track and field team travelled to the St. Lawrence Open. Geneseo finished second with 140 points to Queens College (196). The Knights had were led by senior Mary Kosloski, who was first in the high jump (1.60 m) and secod in the triple jump (10.48 m). Geneseo swept the first three places in the mile run as senior Marta Scott finished in 5:07.38, classmate Fran Magri ran in 5:18.58 and sophomore Meghan Nolan crossed in 5:22.41. Junior Christy Finke led a 1-2 finish in the 800 meters by running in 2:21.65 and senior Emily Howland was close behind in 2:21.77. Other winners for the Knights included first year Julie Thering in the shot put (11.91 m) and the distance medley relay team of Howland, Finke, Scott and first year Christiana Martin, who finished in 13:07.56.

Men's Indoor Track and Field
The men's indoor track and field team travelled to the St. Lawrence Open. Geneseo finished in second place to Queens College, 158-137. Senior Matt Kuenzel was a double winner as he placed first in the shot put (15.40 m) and the weight throw (14.60 m). First year Craig Harlacher won the 200 meters in 23.69 and was second in the 55 dash in 6.81 seconds, while other winners included Ross Hunkovic in the mile (4:21.93), Joe Goodspeed in the high jump with a leap of 1.91 meters and Elliot Matson in the pole vault with a height of 4.00 meters. Senior Zach Maskin placed second in the triple jump with a distance of 13.35 meters and junior Mike McGrath was second in the 5000 meters in 15:33.51.

Jan 13, 2006

Friday's Contest Summary

Men's Basketball Defeats RIT in Chase consolation
Ice Knights Win at Lebanon Valley

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to the University of Rochester this afternoon to take on RIT in the consolation round of the JPMorgan Chase tournament and raced to an 86-56 win. Geneseo led by as many as 35 points in the second half as they shot 58% from the field (35-60) and outrebounded the Tigers by a 46-27 margin for the game. The Knights jumped out to a 14-1 lead to open the game, shooting a blistering 72% (23-32) from the field and four of five (80%) from the arc in the first half. Junior Greg Spears led the way with 20 points on nine of 13 from the field, grabbed a game high six rebounds and handed out five assists, while sophomore Joe Kling added a career best 13 points after going 6-7 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Junior Scott Sciera and first year John Papincak added 11 points apiece and first year Scott Morton dished out six assists.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Hershey, Pennsylvania tonight to take on the Lebanon Valley Dutchmen and skated to a 10-6 win at historic Hersheypark Arena. Senior Kris Heeres led the attack with two goals, one assist, junior Mitch Stephens added a goal and two assists and senior Jack Bullard dished out three helpers for the Ice Knights. Geneseo led 3-1 after one period, 7-5 after two and added three goals in the third to put the game out of reach. Junior Tyson Terry, senior Nick Onody, senior Dan Schofield and sophomore Steve Sankey each had a goal and an assist, while senior Michel Bond and junior Mike MacDonald contributed two assists apiece. Other goal scorers for Geneseo were senior Matt Caren, sophomore Mat Cyr and first year Chris Kestell. First year Jeff Pasemko got the start in goal and allowed five goals and made 12 saves in 33:21 and sophomore Derek Jokic came on in relief and stopped 12 of 13 shots over 26:39. The Ice Knights raise their record to 11-3-2 overall.

Jan 12, 2006

Thursday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Falls to Rochester at Chase
Swimming and Diving Sweep New Paltz

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to the University of Rochester tonight to take on the top seeded Yellowjackets in the semifinals of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship tournament and dropped a 78-35 decision. The Yellowjackets controlled the game throughout as they jumped to a 38-17 lead at the intermission. Geneseo made just five of 17 shots from the floor and committed 18 turnovers, while Rochester hit 14-30 from the field. Sophomore Annie Verdino made four of six shots and 8-9 free throws on her way to 16 points and sophomore Amanda Haney finished with seven points. Verdino set a tournament standard with 22 consecutive free throws made over two games. The Knights fall to 7-4 on the season and will play Roberts Wesleyan in the third place game on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the University of Rochester.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted the New Paltz Hawks this afternoon and won a 112-93 decision to snap the Hawks' 17-dual meet win streak over three seasons. Sophomore Amanda Cavarella was a double winner this afternoon as she won the 500 free (5:26.39) and the 1000 free (11:07.40). The team had two other individual winners and won the final relay. First year Kelly Dudek touched first in the 200 free in a time of 2:01.47 and junior Lindsey Fial won the 200 IM in a time of 2:14.66. In addition, the 400 free relay team of Dudek, Maren MacDonald, KC Monahan and Colleen Wayne won in a time of 3:47.12. Geneseo remains unbeaten on the season at 8-0.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team rolled to a 101-87 win over visiting New Paltz this afternoon. First year Sig Culhane captured a pair of events for Geneseo as he won the 100 (50.47) and the 200 (1:50.84) freestyles. Four other members of the Blue Wave won events as Josh Hinman took the 1000 free (10:30.36), Tim Stockton won the 50 free (22.76), Travis Brennan touched first in the 200 IM (2:07.29) and Mike Wiese stroked to the win in the 200 fly in 2:05.89. In addition, the 400 medley relay team of John Zolna, PJ Dunn, Brennan and Phil Szrama opened the meet by winning in a time of 3:49.51. Geneseo is now 7-1 on the year.

Jan 11, 2006

JPMorgan Chase Tournament

Men's Basketball Falls to Fisher in First Round

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Nazareth College tonight for the first round of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship tournament as the number eight seed and dropped a tough 70-55 decision to top seeded St. John Fisher. Geneseo trailed by a score of 31-30 at the intermission, but St. John Fisher used a 10-0 run midway through the second half to break the game open and lead 63-45 with under seven minutes to play. In the first half, the Cardinals led 11-3 early, before the Knights answered with a 14-6 run to tie the game at 17. Sophomore Tarik Kitson led the Knights with 12 points on six of seven shooting and Joe Kling managed nine points in the loss. The Knights fall to 2-7 on the year and will play in the consolation bracket against the loser of #4 RIT and #5 Brockport at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at the University of Rochester.

Jan 10, 2006

JPMorgan Chase Tournament

Geneseo Survives and Advances, 73-66 in OT

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to #5 Nazareth tonight for the first round of the JPMorgan Chase tournament as the fourth seed and won a thrilling 73-66 overtime decision in the first overtime game in the history of the JPMorgan Chase tournament. In the overtime, Nazareth jumped out to a 62-58 lead, but Katy Irving hit a three-pointer with 2:11 left to tie the game at 63 and the Knights scored eight straight points for a 71-63 lead. Sophomore Annie Verdino made a pair of free throws with 16 seconds left in overtime to set a tournament record 14-14 from the line on her way to a game and career high 28 points. Geneseo trailed by as many as 17 in the first half, but completed the first stanza with an 8-0 run to cut the deficit to 35-27. Geneseo got their first lead at 55-54 on Irving's jumper with 48 seconds left in regulation. After Irving stole an inbounds pass at 24 seconds, she converted one of two free throws with 14 ticks left in regulation for a 56-54 lead, but the Knights grabbed the offensive rebound. Geneseo committed a turnover with 10 seconds left to set up Nazareth's buzzer beating layup to send the game to the extra session. Senior Jessica Chambers finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds, Irving added 10 points and Verdino grabbed 10 boards in the win. The Knights outrebounded the Flyers by a 44-28 margin and made 24-29 from the line as they advance to 7-3 on the season. The Knights will face top seeded Rochester on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. at Rochester.

Jan 10, 2006

Monday's Contest Summary

Women's Swimming Sinks Washington & Lee
Men Fall to Generals

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team completed their January trip south by facing the Washington & Lee Generals and won a convincing 116-87 decision. Geneseo had three double winners as Lindsay Dressel won the 200 IM (2:15.93) and the 100 fly (1:03.05), Colleen Wayne won the 50 (25.84) and 100 (55.63) freestyles and Amanda Cavarello won the 1000 (11:03.39) and 500 (5:25.32) freestyles. Other winners included the 200 medley relay of Lindsey Fial, Katie Raines, Dressel and Wayne (1:56.82) and the exhibition 200 free relay of Maren McDonald, Molly Vallone, KC Monahan and Kelly Dudek (1:46.32). Geneseo remains unbeaten at 7-0.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team had their 21-meet win streak snapped at Washington & Lee by a score of 130-75. The Blue Wave had three winners as Phil Szrama won the 100 back (56.61), James Kallio the 100 breast (1:01.42) and the 200 free relay team of Charlie Hake, Tim Stockton, Jeremy Hinman and John Zolna won in a time of 1:29.59. Geneseo is 6-1 on the season.

Jan 09, 2006

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Verdino, Jokic, Kuenzel Tabbed by SUNYAC

Weekly Honors
Three Geneseo Knights earned SUNYAC Player of the Week honors for the week ending January 8, 2006 as sophomore Annie Verdino was named the Player of the Week for women's basketball, sophomore Derek Jokic earned Goalie of the Week for men's ice hockey and senior Matt Kuenzel garnered field performer of the week for men's indoor track and field.

Verdino grabbed the honors after averaging 18 points, eight rebounds on her way to the Marymount (VA) Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Jokic stopped 38 of 39 shots in the Ice Knights 2-1 overtime victory at Curry on Sunday, while Kuenzel won the shot put (15.22 meters) and finished second in the weight throw (13.78 meters) at the Cornell Open on Friday.

Jan 08, 2006

JPMorgan Chase Basketball Seedings Announced

Women Seeded Fourth
Men Underdogs at Eighth

JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Basketball Tournament
The seedings and pairings for the 13th Annual Women's and the 40th Annual Men's JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Basketball tournament were announced at the annual pre-tournament dinner this evening.

On the women's side, Geneseo was seeded fourth with a 6-3 record and will face #5 Nazareth College (5-5) at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday at Nazareth. The other first round games on Tuesday include #1 Rochester (8-3) taking on eighth seeded Keuka (1-5) at Nazareth at 6:15 p.m., second seeded Roberts Wesleyan (10-3) facing #7 RIT (2-7) at 6:15 p.m. at Brockport and #6 Brockport (4-4) hosting third seeded St. John Fisher (9-1) at 8:15 p.m.

The women's tournament semifinals and consolation games are scheduled for Thursday at the University of Rochester, with the championship game slated for Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Rochester.

On the men's side, Geneseo was seeded eighth with a 2-6 record and will face #1 St. John Fisher (8-2) at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday at Nazareth. The other first round games on Wednesday include #2 Rochester (8-3) taking on seventh seeded Nazareth (4-6) at Nazareth at 8:15 p.m., third seeded Roberts Wesleyan (9-7) facing #6 Keuka (5-2) at 6:15 p.m. at Brockport and #5 Brockport (4-5) hosting fourth seeded RIT (5-4) at 8:15 p.m.

The men's tournament semifinals and consolation games are scheduled for Friday at the University of Rochester, with the championship game slated for Saturday at 8:00 p.m. at Rochester.

Jan 08, 2006

Sunday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Win in Overtime

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Curry tonight and won a 2-1 overtime decision as senior Kris Heeres scored 1:02 into the extra session on assists from Michel Bond and Mike MacDonald. The Ice Knights opened the scoring at 17:42 of the first as Matt English scored from Denis Desjardins and Matt Caren. Curry tied the game at 7:04 of the second period, but sophomore Derek Jokic made 38 saves in net to lead the Knights to the victory. In the defensive-minded contest, Geneseo was 0-5 with the extra man, while Curry failed on three extra man attempts. The Ice Knights move to 10-3-2 on the season.

Jan 07, 2006

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Wins Marymount Title in OT
Ice Knights Skate Past Salve Regina

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Marymount (VA) Tournament and took on the hosts in the championship game, where they won a thrilling 67-63 overtime decision. Tournament Most Valuable Player Annie Verdino scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, including four points in the extra session to lead the Knights. Senior Jessica Chambers was named to the All-Tournament team after contributing 11 points, 10 boards in the title game, while junior Katy Irving added 12 points, including a jumper in overtime which put the Knights ahead for good, 64-63 with 58 seconds left. Geneseo trailed 33-28 at the intermission and were down 51-40 with 6:01 left when they went on a 16-5 run to send the game into the extra session on sophomore Amanda Haney's layup with 27 ticks remaining. The Knights are now 6-3 on the season.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Salve Regina in Newport, Rhode Island, tonight and skated to a 5-1 win over the Seahawks. Geneseo welcomed the return of sophomore Trent Cassan to the lineup for the first time this season after being injured during preseason. Cassan was reunited with junior linemates Mitch Stephens and Mike MacDonald as the three combined for three goals, five assists. Cassan got the Ice Knights started with his first of the season from Stephens at 3:01 and MacDonald scored from Stephens at 16:57 for a 2-0 first intermission lead. Salve Regina netted their lone goal at 8:34 of the second to make it 2-1, but senior Dan Schofield scored on the power play from MacDonald and Stephens to give Geneseo a 3-1 second intermission lead. In the third, sophomore Steve Sankey scored from Mat Cyr and Brett Bestwick at 11:49 and MacDonald got his second of the night from Schofield and Cassan on the power play at 17:03 to complete the scoring. First year Jeff Pasemko made 23 saves to earn the win in nets as the Knights raise their record to 9-3-2.

Jan 06, 2006

Friday's Contest Summary

Women's Cagers Defeat Staten Island

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Virginia for the opening round of the Marymount Tournament and escaped with an 80-75 comeback win over Staten Island. Geneseo trailed by as many as 18 in the first half, before trailing 41-38 at the intermission. Geneseo's inside trio of Amanda Haney, Jessica Chambers and Annie Verdino were too much for the Dolphins as they combined for 52 points, 19 rebounds on the way to a 47-31 advantage on the glass. Haney topped the scoring column by going eight of 12 from the floor and four of six from the line for 20 points with nine rebounds. Chambers hit 6-14 from the field on her way to 17 points, seven boards and Verdino added 15 points in the win. Junior Katy Irving hit all six of her shots from the charity stripe on the way to 13 points as Geneseo made 26 of 34 free throw attempts. The Knights advance to 5-3 on the year and will play in tomorrow's 6:00 p.m. championship game versus the winner of Marymount and North Carolina Wesleyan.

Jan 03, 2006

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Men's Hoop Defeats Pitt-Bradford

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted the Pitt-Bradford Panthers tonight and grabbed a 70-61 win as junior Greg Spears scored 13 points, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out seven assists to lead five double digit scorers. Two of Spears' helpers led to a pair of Scott Sciera dunks during an 8-1 run over a three minute span that gave Geneseo a 64-57 lead with 1:57 remaining. The Knights then made four of six from the line to seal the win. Geneseo trailed 15-8 in the early going, before racing to a 17-5 run for a 25-20 lead on their way to a 31-27 halftime advantage. In the second stanza, the Knights led by nine at 52-43 with 9:06 left before the Panthers netted nine straight points to even the contest with 7:27 remaining. Sciera, sophomore Joe Kling and first years Scott Morton and Jeff Howe each netted 10 points on a combined 17 for 20 shooting, with Kling hauling down eight boards and Morton dishing out four assists. Geneseo is now 2-6 on the year.

Jan 03, 2006

Wiley Named Women's Soccer Coach

Alumnus Returns to Guide Knights

Geneseo, N.Y.-SUNY Geneseo is pleased to announce the hiring of Nate Wiley as head women's soccer coach.

Wiley replaces Aria Garsys Goodberlet, who will remain with the program as an assistant coach after stepping down to devote more energy to her full-time teaching responsibilities in the Rush-Henrietta (N.Y.) school district.

A native of Churchville, New York and graduate of Byron-Bergen High School, Wiley spent the 2005 season as an assistant coach at Geneseo after serving as the head men's coach at Chowan (NC) College for three seasons from 2002-04.

While at Chowan, Wiley improved the team's winning percentage for three consecutive seasons after inheriting a team that won just one contest in the two seasons prior to his arrival.

A U.S. Soccer Federation D Coaching License holder, Wiley's coaching resume` includes a three year stint as an assistant for both the women's and men's programs at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, where he aided the women to their first NCAA tournament appearance and the men to their first ECAC tournament berth.

Wiley takes over a storied women's soccer program at Geneseo which has just three losing seasons in 25 years of competition, has consistently finished in the upper echelon of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) and advanced to the NCAA Division III national semifinals in 1994.

"I am excited to take over this program, especially considering that it is at my alma mater," said Wiley. "I look forward to building on the strong winning tradition of my predecessors."

A 1999 graduate of Geneseo, Wiley was a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Northeast Region selection and a two-time All-SUNYAC defender. He played in five Empire State Games for the Western Open team, earning one silver and two bronze medals.

In addition, Wiley earned a master's degree in business administration from Penn State Behrend in 2002 and has numerous camp, clinic and club team coaching experiences.

"I am confident that with Nate's coaching experience, he will be an asset to our program," said Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Marilyn Moore. "His dedication to soccer and his commitment to Geneseo will provide the leadership necessary to elevate our program to conference and national recognition."

Jan 02, 2006

Smith Named NSCAA Scholar All-American

First for Geneseo Men's Soccer

NSCAA Scholar All-American
Senior Taylor Smith was named a third team Scholar All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). The Penfield, N.Y. native with a 3.49 grade point average in elementary education became the first Geneseo men's soccer player to earn the national academic award.

To be eligible, the player must have at least a 3.30 grade point average and be a member of the 2005 NSCAA All-Region team. The team consists of 33 total players from NCAA Divisions I, II and III. Smith will be honored at the NSCAA All-America Luncheon on January 21, 2006 as part of the NSCA Convention in Philadelphia, PA.

Jan 02, 2006

Happy New Year from Geneseo Athletics

Knights Ready for Exciting 2006 Season!

The department of intercollegiate athletics and recreation wishes all student-athletes, coaches, administrators, alumni, faculty, staff, family and friends of Geneseo athletics a very Happy New Year as we embark on the 2006 season.

Another exciting year of Geneseo sports kicks off on Tuesday, January 3 as the men's basketball team hosts Pitt-Bradford in a 7:00 p.m. tipoff in the Louise Kuhl Gymnasium.

Let's Go Knights!!!

Dec 10, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Skate to Tie with Potsdam

Men's Ice Hockey
The depleted men's ice hockey team skated to a 5-5 tie with visiting Potsdam tonight as the Ice Knights dressed just 14 skaters due to injuries and game disqualification suspensions. Geneseo controlled play for most of the contest and built a 5-3 third period lead when junior Brett Bestwick completed a hat trick by intercepting a clearing pass by the Bear netminder and firing a shorthanded goal into the vacated net. The Ice Knights led 1-0 on the first of two goals by Matt English at 9:43 of the first period, unassisted on the power play. Potsdam answered with the man advantage at 15:05, but Bestwick scored on a nice feed from Mitch Stephens at 18:22 to give Geneseo a 2-1 intermission lead. The Bears scored for the second time on the power play to tie it at 8:11 of the second and took a 3-2 lead at 11:12 when it looked as though the net had been dislodged prior to Dan Quartucio shooting it into the goal. English tied the game on the power play on an assist from Kris Heeres at 15:39 to make the score 3-3 after a pair of periods. The game remained even until Bestwick scored a power play goal from the slot at 10:31 into the top left corner from Heeres and English and got the shorthanded score at 17:02. Potsdam scored their third power play goal with the netminder pulled at 18:10 to draw within one and duplicated the power play, extra attacker goal at 18:47 to send the game to the extra session. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 20 saves for Geneseo as their record is now 8-3-2 on the season.

Dec 09, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Hoop Downed by Fisher
Men's Basketball Defeated by Cardinals
Ice Knights Fall to Division I RIT

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team hosted St. John Fisher tonight and dropped a tough 55-49 decision to the unbeaten Cardinals. Geneseo came back from a 12 point first half deficit to cut the lead to four, eventually trailing 31-22 at the intermission. Geneseo trailed by as many as 14 points in the second stanza, before mounting a comeback. Sophomore Annie Verdino capped a 13-2 run to cut the lead to 50-49 with thirty seconds left, but the Cards knocked down five of six free throws to seal the win. The teams combined for 80 turnovers on the game. Verdino led the way for the Knights with 14 points, nine rebounds and classmate Amanda Haney added 11 points, seven boards. Senior Jackie Fertitta contributed seven assists, four steals as the Knights fall to 4-3 on the year.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted St. John Fisher tonight and dropped a 75-61 decision to the Cardinals. Geneseo led 38-37 at the half, but Fisher scored the first 10 points of the second half to break the game open. Junior Greg Spears scored 14 of his team high 18 points in the first half to lead Geneseo and classmate Steve McDonnell netted all six of his free throws on his way to 15. Junior Brian Bennett was 3-3 from the field for six points as the Knights fall to 1-6 on the campaign.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to RIT tonight to face the Division I Tigers and dropped a 6-1 decision. The Ice Knights led 1-0 when Mitch Stephens scored an unassisted shorthanded goal at 12:24 of the first period, but the Tigers came back to take a 3-1 first intermission lead. RIT added a pair of goals in each of the final two stanzas for the win. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 32 saves as the Knights fall to 8-3-1 on the year.

Dec 08, 2005

Knights Earn Soccer All-Region Honors

Two Men, Two Women Tabbed

NSCAA All-Northeast Region
Two men and two women from SUNY Geneseo have earned National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Northeast Region honors. On the men's side, junior defender Jim Felluca received first team recognition and senior midfielder Taylor Smith was a third team choice. Smith was a third team choice for the third time in his career, while Felluca gains his first honor.

For the women, senior midfielder Jackie Fertitta earned second team honors, while junior forward Emily Petraglia was a third team choice. Fertitta was a four-time All-Region selection for the Knights, while Petraglia gains her second award in as many seasons since transferring to Geneseo.

Dec 06, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Defeats Alfred
Men Fall to Saxons

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Alfred tonight and made 17-27 free throws to offset a 19-64 shooting night in grabbing a 57-51 win. Sophomore Annie Verdino scored eight of her 10 points in the second half to lead the offense and classmate Merrissa Wilson netted nine points and grabbed six boards. Sophomore Amanda Haney collected eight points, including 6-7 from the line and senior Jess Chambers added seven points and 10 rebounds. The Knights advance to 4-2 on the season.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Alfred tonight and dropped a 78-73 decision to the Saxons. The game was even at 23 when Alfred went on a 10-0 run on their way to a 37-29 halftime lead. Alfred made 25-30 free throws for the game to 11-21 for Geneseo. The Knights were led by Greg Spears, who had 16 points and nine rebounds on six of 12 from the floor and 4-8 from the line. First year John Papincak was in double figures with 5-10 from the field on his way to 12 points. Senior Steve McDonnell, sophomore Joe Kling and first year Jeff Howe each netted eight points in the loss as the Knights fall to 1-5 on the season.

Dec 04, 2005

ECAC Winter Swimming Championships

Geneseo Men and Women Finish Second

ECAC Division III Winter Swimming & Diving Championships

The SUNY Geneseo women's and men's swimming and diving teams each finished runnerup to New York University at the 2005 ECAC Division III Winter Swimming and Diving Championships at Nottingham High School in Syracuse, N.Y.

On the women's side, Geneseo scored 629 points to NYU's 1,240.5. Geneseo had no winners at the meet, however first year Lindsay Dressel and junior Lindsey Fial had solid performances. Dressel was second in both the 200 and 400 IM events in 2:15.77 and 4:41.73, respectively, while Fial was third in the 200 IM in 2:16.55, third in the 100 back in 1:03.27 and fourth in the 100 fly in 1:02.17.

In addition, Dressel was part of four scoring relays and Fial swam on two. The pair teamed with seniors Katie Raines and Colleen Wayne to finish second in the 200 medley relay in 1:55.78 and third in the 400 medley relay in 4:14.31. Dressel combined with Jacqueline Morris, Maren MacDonald and Wayne to finish third in the 400 free relay (3:47.18) and teamed with Haley Morris, MacDonald and Wayne to place third in the 800 free relay (8:18.15). Geneseo's 200 free relay team of Wayne, Kelly Dudek, MacDonald and Haley Morris finished third in 1:43.07.

Other top performances included Haley Morris finishing third in the 200 free in 2:02.02 and fourth in the 100 free in 56.51, Wayne placing fourth in the 200 free in 2:02.56, Raines finishing fourth in the 200 breast in 2:35.86 and sophomore Justine Diaz crossing fourth in the 500 free (5:29.25) and the 1650 free (19:04.02).

On the men's side, Geneseo scored 588 points to NYU's 1,314. The Blue Wave had two winners in the event as sophomore Charlie Hake won the 50 free in 21.87 and Nick D'Alesandro captured the three meter diving with 416.10 points before finishing fourth in one meter diving with 341.80.

Geneseo placed four relays in the runnerup spot and a fifth relay in third place. Sophomore John Zolna participated in the four second place relays, teaming with Hake, Jeremy Hinman and Tim Stockton in the 200 free (1:26.03), with Kevin VanDerMeid, Hake and Stockton in the 400 free (3:12.62), with Phil Szrama, James Kallio and Josh Hinman in the 200 medley (1:38.25) and with Szrama, Kallio and Chris Norton in the 400 medley (3:34.82). The 800 free relay of Josh Hinman, Stockton, Travis Brennan and Mike Wiese placed third in 7:17.85.

Other top individual performances were turned in by Kallio, who was second in the 100 breast in 1:00.53, Zolna, who was third in the 50 free in 21.98 and third in the 100 free in 48.33, Evan Smith, who swam third in the 200 back in 2:01.86, Wiese, who was third in the 200 fly in 2:00.38 and fourth in the 500 free in 4:54.25, PJ Dunn, who was fourth in the 200 breast in 2:16.11 and Szrama, who was fourth in the 100 back in 55.84.

Dec 03, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Skate Past Cortland
Women's Basketball Downs Plattsburgh
Men's Basketball Falls to Cardinals

Men's Hockey
The men's hockey team travelled to Cortland tonight and won a 6-2 decision over the Red Dragons to raise their record to 8-2-1 overall and 5-2 in SUNYAC play. The Ice Knights led 2-0 after one period as Mark Schwamberger scored from Steve Sankey and Steve Jordan and Michel Bond scored from Casey Balog and Chris Kestell. The Knights made it 3-0 on a goal by Balog with Bond and Sankey getting helpers, before the Red Dragons got on the board on the man advantage. Balog connected for his second goal from Kestell and English at 12:58 to reclaim the three goal advantage, but Cortland scored another power play goal at 14:58 to make it 4-2. The Knights completed the scoring with Bond getting his second at 16:50 from English and Kestell and junior Brett Bestwick added a shorthanded empty netter at 19:55. Sophomore Derek Jokic stopped 19 shots to post the win.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team rebounded from a 35-32 halftime deficit to record a 76-71 win over host Plattsburgh this afternoon. The Knights used a 24-33 performance from the free throw line to defeat the Cardinals as sophomore Annie Verdino netted six of six from the line and six of nine from the floor for 18 points to lead the way. Classmate Amanda Haney netted five of seven from the field and five of six from the charity stripe for 15 points, while grabbing seven rebounds and senior Jessica Chambers collected eight points, eight caroms. The Knights are now 3-2 overall and 2-1 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team dropped a 71-54 decision at Plattsburgh this afternoon to fall to 1-4 overall and 0-3 in SUNYAC play. Geneseo trailed by a 39-23 count at halftime and could not gain momentum against the host Cardinals. First year John Papincak led the attack with 13 opints and Greg Spears made six of eight shots for 12 points, while hauling down a team high seven rebounds. First year Scott Morton dished out seven assists for the Knights.

Dec 02, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Jordan Beats OT Buzzer in Ice Knights Win
Women's Hoop Falls to Oswego
Men's Basketball Defeated by Lakers

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Oswego tonight and junior defenseman Steve Jordan scooped a loose puck in front and fired it into the back of the net with just one second left in overtime to give Geneseo a 3-2 win. After a scoreless first period, junior Mike MacDonald scored just seven seconds into the second from Brett Bestwick for a 1-0 Ice Knight lead. Oswego answered at 1:27 to tie the game, before the teams traded power play goals. The Lakers pulled ahead 2-1 at 3:41 and the Ice Knights evened the game at 6:08 with the extra man when Bestwick scored from MacDonald and Nick Onody to set the stage for Jordan's heroics. Sophomore Derek Jokic was spectacular in nets, making 32 saves, including five in the overtime session when Geneseo played a man down for two minutes. Geneseo is now 7-2-1 overall and 4-2 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to Oswego tonight and dropped a 67-60 decision. Geneseo trailed 34-24 at the half and were down by as many as 18 points in the second half before mounting a comeback. The Knights trailed 49-45 when the Lakers went on a game clinching 10-4 run. Junior Scott Sciera led the way with 19 points, eight rebounds on seven of eight from the field and five of seven from the line. Sophomore Tarik Kitson and junior Steve McDonnell were in double figures with 13 and 12 points, respectively, with Kitson hauling in seven boards. The Knights fall to 1-3 overall and 0-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to Oswego tonight and could not withstand a 41-29 second half onslaught in a 79-67 loss. The Knights were even with the Lakers at the intermission, 38-38 and the score was tied with 10 minutes left when Oswego used a 10-3 run to break the game open. Sophomore Annie Verdino went 10 of 18 from the field on her way to a game high 22 points, while first years Bridget Riley and Jamie Scordino each collected 12 points as they were a combined 10-11 from the floor. Geneseo falls to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in SUNYAC play.

Nov 29, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Women's Basketball Races Past SUNYIT
Men Fall in Overtime

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team got 64 points from their post players, including a career high 26 points from sophomore Amanda Haney, as they ran to a 94-50 win over the SUNYIT Wildcats. Geneseo led 44-29 at the intermission and used an 11-0 run to take command of the contest with a 61-35 lead with 14:15 remaining. Haney was 10 of 17 from the floor and six of seven from the line, while grabbing seven rebounds and sophomore Annie Verdino scored 19 points on 6-12 from the field and 7-7 from the line. First year Bridget Riley added 14 points, nine boards and senior Jessica Chambers added five points, nine caroms in the frontcourt. Senior Jackie Fertitta scored six points, dished out five assists and made four steals. The Knights advance to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in SUNYAC.

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team hosted SUNYIT and dropped a tough 75-72 overtime decision. Geneseo trailed 41-35 at the half as the Wildcats made eight of 10 from the arc in the first period and finished nine of 14 from the three point line (64.3%). In the second half, Geneseo used a 9-3 run to cut the lead to one at 55-54. SUNYIT scored four straight points to take a 64-60 advantage with 4:12 left, but a free throw by Scott Sciera and a three pointer by Steve McDonnell tied the game. After a Wildcat basket, junior Greg Spears scored the final bucket of regulation with 2:13 left to tie the game at 66 and send it into overtime. In the extra session, SUNYIT took the lead for good at 70-68 with 2:52 left and sealed the win with a pair of free throws with 22 ticks left. McDonnell scored 26 points to lead Geneseo, including tying a school record with eight three-point field goals. The mark was originally set by Scott Fitch '93, who did it once in 1991 and again in his postgraduate year in 1994. Spears added 12 points, sophomore Tarik Kitson collected nine points and eight rebounds and Sciera grabbed 10 boards. Geneseo falls to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in SUNYAC.

Nov 27, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Women's Hoop Falls to Baruch

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team closed their trip to New York City with a 69-59 loss to Baruch College this afternoon. Geneseo trailed 36-33 at the half and could not withstand an 11-2 run by Baruch in the second half, which extended their lead to 10 points. Sophomore Annie Verdino collected her second straight double-double by scoring 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to pace the Knights. Sophomore Amanda Haney and first year Bridget Riley each netted 10 points, with the latter hauling down nine boards. Sophomores Merrissa Wilson and Lydia Reed each had five assists as the Knights fall to 1-1.

Nov 26, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summary

Women's Cagers Win Opener

Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team travelled to York this afternoon and won a 63-54 decision to open the season. Sophomore Amanda Haney was eight of 14 from the field on her way to 17 points to lead three double figure scorers. Sophomore transfer Annie Verdino collected a double-double in her first game in a Knight uniform after scoring 14 points on six of 10 shooting and hauling down 13 rebounds. Junior Katy Irving added 13 points and sophomore Lydia Reed dished out four assists. Geneseo led 30-22 at the intermission, shot 54% from the floor and held the Cardinals to 28% field goal shooting.

Nov 20, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Men's Basketball Falls in Tournament Final

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team took on MIT this afternoon in the championship game of the Emmanuel College tournament and dropped a 68-60 decision. The Knights led 28-27 at the half and held a six point lead at 44-38 with 10:23 to play on a basket by All-Tournament pick Tarik Kitson. The Knights last lead of the game came at 52-50 with 5:56 remaining on Steve McDonnell's basket, but MIT went on an 8-0 run to take command of the contest. McDonnell earned All-Tournament honors after posting a team high 21 points on eight of 15 shooting, junior Scott Sciera added 13 points, eight boards and Kitson chipped in with 12. The Knights held a 33-26 rebounding advantage, but went 2-15 from the arc to their opponent's 7-18. Geneseo is now 1-1 on the season.

Nov 19, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Basketball Wins Season Opener
Swimming & Diving Sweep at Hamilton

Men's Basketball
The men's basketball team travelled to the Emmanuel College Tournament tonight to face Western Connecticut in the first round and ran to a 65-48 season-opening win. Sophomore Tarik Kitson, who earned SUNYAC Rookie of the Year honors last season, led three double-digit scorers with 19 points, 11 rebounds on eight of 13 shooting. Junior Steve McDonnell added 14 points, nine rebounds and junior Greg Spears collected 12 points. Junior Scott Sciera chipped in with eight points, seven caroms, while junior point guard Brian Bennett dished out six assists. Geneseo held a comfortable 35-23 advantage at the intermission and held a 52-34 rebounding margin. Geneseo will take on MIT in Sunday's championship game.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to Hamilton College this afternoon for a quad meet with the host Continentals, Hartwick and Ithaca. Geneseo won all three meets in defeating the host, 131-110, Hartwick, 170-67 and Ithaca, 134-103. Geneseo's Lindsay Dressel won the 200 IM in a school record time of 2:14.10, was second in the 200 fly (2:16.33) and teamed with Lindsey Fial, Katie Raines and Maren MacDonald to win the 400 medley relay in a time of 4:11.68. Senior Colleen Wayne duplicated Dressel's efforts by winning the 100 free in 55.72, placing second in the 50 free in 25.94 and teaming with Haley Morris, Kelly Dudek and Molly Vallone to win the 400 free relay in a time of 3:47.39. Other top performances included Fial's second place finish in both the 200 IM (2:16.71) and the 200 back (2:18.08), a second place in the 200 free (2:02.72) by Morris and a second place in the 200 breast by Raines (2:37.41). With the trio of wins, Geneseo advances to 6-0 on the season.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team took on Hamilton, Hartwick and Ithaca this afternoon at Hamilton and won the scoring against all three teams. Geneseo defeated the hosts, 162-80, Hartwick, 137-100 and Ithaca, 167-70. Junior James Kallio and sophoore John Zolna paced the Blue Wave as each won a pair of events and swam on a winning relay. Kallio won the 200 IM (2:03.04) and the 200 breast (2:16.35) and teamed with Phil Szrama, Chris Norton and Tim Stockton to win the 400 medley relay in 3:39.01. Zolna captured the 50 (22.19) and 100 (49.56) freestyles and combined with Stockton, Jeremy Hinman and Charlie Hake to win the 400 free relay in 3:18.02. Senior Josh Hinman won the 200 free in 1:49.46 and was second in the 200 fly (2:04.25), while Hake was second in the 50 free (22.34), Evan Smith was second in the 200 IM (2:04.06) and Mike Wiese swam runnerup in the 1000 free in 10:19.97. Geneseo raises their record to 6-0 on the campaign.

Nov 19, 2005

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!

Women's Cross Country Wins in Ohio
First Team in School History
Woods Named National Coach of the Year

NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships

The SUNY Geneseo women's cross country team lived up to this week's national #1 ranking by becoming the college's first ever National Championship team by scoring 88 points to runnerup Williams (MA) College's 107 at the NCAA Division III Cross Country championships this afternoon in Delaware, Ohio.

First year Liz Montgomery led three All-American runners for Geneseo as she finished third in the race in a time of 22:00, just nine seconds off the winning time set by Hailey Harren of Gustavus Adolphus. Senior Marta Scott and junior Shannon Griggs earned All-American honors after finishing the six kilometer course in 24th place (22:50) and 30th place (22:55), respectively.

Geneseo's scoring five included senior Renne Catalano, who was 48th in 23:15 and first year Christiana Martin, who finished 56th in 23:20. Junior Christy Finke and sophomore Karen Merrill were 93rd in 23:54 and 117th in 24:12 completed the Knights' seven.

Head coach Mike Woods was named the National Coach of the Year as the Knights won their 10th meet in as many tries this season. Prior to the achievement, Geneseo's closest national champion contenders were the 1994 women's soccer team and the 2004 men's soccer team, who each advanced to the national semifinals before being eliminated.

On the men's side, #16 Geneseo finished 20th in team scoring with 440 points this afternoon in Ohio. Senior Ross Hunkovic raced to a 78th place finish to lead the pack in a time of 27:02. Geneseo's top two runners all season, senior Dan Moore and junior Mike McGrath, were 122nd in 27:28 and 130th in 27:32. Sophomore Jim Tillapaugh was 131st in 27:33 and junior Billy Holl galloped to a time of 28:07 to finish 180th and complete the scoring five. Other runners for Geneseo included senior Andrew McCarthy, who was 185th in 28:14 and first year Will Haskell, who was 193rd in 28:27.

Nov 18, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Skate Past Eagles

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Brockport tonight and skated to a 5-2 win over the Golden Eagles. Geneseo took a 1-0 lead with just 10 seconds left in the first period when Kris Heeres scored from Mitch Stephens and Brett Bestwick on the power play. Sophomore Mat Cyr scored at 13:24 of the second from Tyson Terry and Mike Morris for a 2-0 lead. After the Eagles made it 2-1 at 8:06, sophomore Mike MacDonald netted the first of his two goals at 9:10 and added another at 13:01 for a 4-1 lead. Stephens and Steve Sankey got helpers on the first and Bestwick on the second. Brockport scored at 15:10 to make it 4-2, but Stephens got an empty netter with 54 ticks left to make the final margin. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 27 saves in posting the win in goal. The Ice Knights are now 6-2-1 overall and 3-2 in SUNYAC.

Nov 16, 2005

WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!!

Women's Cross Country Tops Coaches Poll
Men's Rise to #16
NCAA Championship on Saturday

Cross Country
The women's cross country team became the second team in school history to earn a number one in the country ranking when the latest national Cross Country Coaches Association Poll was released on Tuesday evening.

The Knights, previously ranked #2 and unbeaten in nine events this season, earned 236 points in the poll to rise ahead of the previous #1, Williams (MA) College after cruising to the NCAA Atlantic Region championship last Saturday. The team joins the 1989-90 men's ice hockey team as the only Geneseo teams to earn a #1 ranking in the regular season.

The men's team rose from #21 to 16th in the latest poll after qualifying for the national meet with a second place finish at the Atlantic regional. The teams will compete for the national title in Delaware, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday, November 19 in the 2005 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. The women race at 11 a.m., while the men begin at 12 p.m. Geneseo has never won a team national championship.

Nov 13, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Women's Soccer Falls in ECAC Final

ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Soccer

The third seeded Geneseo women's soccer team fell to top ranked Nazareth College by a score of 3-1 in this afternoon's championship match of the ECAC Upstate tournament. Geneseo trailed 3-0 at the intermission and scored their lone goal at 67:42 when senior Jackie Fertitta converted from junior Martha Brown. Sophomore Laura Castor stopped 12 shots in taking the loss as Geneseo completes their season with a record of 10-8-2.

Nov 12, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Cross Country Teams Headed to Nationals
Women's Soccer Advances to ECAC Final
Swimming Sweeps Brockport

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to the 2005 NCAA Atlantic Region championship at Genesee Valley Park and raced to a first place team finish with 22 points to outdistance runnerup Ithaca's 80. Geneseo placed the scoring five in the top seven places as first year Liz Montgomery led the pack with a second place time of 22:06. Junior Shannon Griggs was third in 22:08, senior Renne Catalano was fourth in 22:27, senior Marta Scott was sixth in 22:30 and first year Christiana Martin was seventh in 22:31. Completing the top seven was junior Christy Finke, who was 14th in 23:07 and sophomore Karen Merrill was 22nd in 23:34. The Knights, ranked second nationally, will race in the NCAA Division III championship race, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan, on Saturday, November 19.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to Genesee Valley Park in Rochester for the 2005 NCAA Atlantic Regional championship and qualified for the national race by finishing in second place with 65 points to College of New Jersey's 64. The top two teams reached the national race, leaving third place NYU's 68 points out of the running. Individually, junior Mike McGrath was the Knights top finisher with a seventh place time of 25:51. Geneseo's scoring five finished in a pack from 13th through 16th as Dan Moore ran in 26:06, Ross Hunkovic in 26:07, Jim Tillapaugh in 26:08 and Andrew McCarthy in 26:11. The top seven included Will Haskell, who was 40th in 26:48 and Brad Johnson, who was 50th in 26:57. Geneseo will travel to Delaware, OH for the NCAA Division III championships on Saturday, November 19.

Women's Soccer
The third seeded women's soccer team travelled to Nazareth College this afternoon to take on #2 Utica in the ECAC Division III Upstate tournament and won a 3-2 victory over the Pioneers. Geneseo's Diane Long scored at 8:20 on an assist from Genevieve Bernier to give the Knights a 1-0 lead. Junior Emily Petraglia scored the first of her two goals on the afternoon at 11:22 to give Geneseo a two-goal intermission advantage. After the Pioneers made it 2-1 at 53:24, Petraglia extended the lead again from Long at 54:48 and Utica completed the scoring at 57:06. Geneseo's Laura Castor made 10 saves as the Knights advance to Sunday's 12 p.m. championship game to face top seeded Nazareth.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted the Brockport Golden Eagles this afternoon and won a 126-101 decision. The team had a pair of double winners as Justine Diaz captured the 1000 free (11:37.16) and the 100 back (1:07.90) and Haley Morris won the 50 free (26.26) and the 100 fly (1:05.17). Other winners for Geneseo included Colleen Wayne in the 200 free in 2:05.44, Kelly Dudek crossed first in the 200 IM in 2:20.77, Lindsay Dressel won the 100 free in 56.94 and Sabrina Feldmann took one meter diving with a score of 198.25. Geneseo is now 3-0 on the season.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team defeated visiting Brockport this afternoon by a score of 115-108. Junior Phil Szrama won the 500 free in 5:10.46 and the 1000 free in 10:56.74 to lead the way. Other winners for the Blue Wave included Kevin VanDerMeid, who won the 50 free in 22.90, Josh Hinman, who captured the 100 free in 51.42 and Charlie Hake, who breezed to the win in the 100 back in 1:02.01. The team is now 3-0 on the season.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Rensselaer in the semifinals of the ECAC Division III Upstate tournament and were eliminated with a 1-0 loss this afternoon. The game was scoreless until Rensselaer's Joe Johnson headed a corner kick from the far post back into the six yard area, where Craig DiDomenico's header found the back of the net for the lone goal of the match at 64:05. Junior Nick Bochette was untested in posting the shutout in goal as Geneseo failed to get any of their seven shots on goal. The Red Hawks advance to Sunday's championship game, while the Knights finish their season 12-4-4.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Fredonia tonight and dropped a 6-1 decision to the Blue Devils. Fredonia claimed a 3-0 first period lead before junior Mitch Stephens scored from Nick Onody and Mike MacDonald with one second left in the first period to make it 3-1 at the break. Fredonia added a goal just 17 ticks into the second period and tacked on two more in the third for the final. First year Jeff Pasemko allowed four goals and made eight saves in 20:17 and sophomore Derek Jokic stopped 21 shots and allowed two goals in the remaining 39:43. Geneseo falls to 5-2-1 overall and 2-2 in SUNYAC.

Nov 11, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Cage Bengals in OT

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Buffalo St. tonight and slipped past the Bengals by a score of 5-4 in overtime on Mitch Stephens' goal 3:58 into the overtime session. The Ice Knights, who allowed the four goals all on the power play, trailed 2-0 at the first intermission. First year Casey Balog scored his first of the season at 1:22 of the second from Steve Sankey and Nick Onody on the power play and Kris Heeres followed with a goal at 4:53 from Onody and Mike Morris to tie the game at two. The Bengals answered late in the second for a 3-2 second intermission lead. Buffalo St. advanced to a 4-2 lead when, with just over six minutes left, took a 5:00 major penalty. Junior Mike MacDonald scored 15 seconds into the the extra man from Brett Bestwick and Dan Schofield and Balog netted his second of the night at 17:13 from Sankey and Ram Sidhu to tie the game and set the stage for Stephens' overtime heroics. Sophomore Derek Jokic made 24 saves as the Ice Knights raise their record to 5-1-1 overall and 2-1 in SUNYAC.

Nov 10, 2005

Fall Commissioner's Cup Standings

Geneseo Second in SUNYAC

SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup

The Geneseo athletic program raced to a second place standing of 11 schools after the fall season competition in the annual SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup. The Knights scored 66 points to average 9.43 points per sport in the seven conference sponsored fall sports.

Geneseo trails Cortland, who scored 68 points for a 9.71 average and leads third place Brockport, who totaled 58.25 points for an 8.32 average.

Points are awarded for regular season and SUNYAC tournament play based on an 11 point system. The Knights garnered 11 points for first place in men's and women's cross country, grabbed 10 points for second place in field hockey, 9.25 for women's soccer, 9 for tennis, 8.25 for men's soccer and 7.5 for volleyball.

Geneseo won the title in 2002-03 and has finished second to Cortland seven times in the nine years of the competition.

Nov 10, 2005

ECAC Women's Soccer

Knights Advance to Semifinals

ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Soccer

The women's soccer team hosted the Medaille Mavericks this afternoon on the Saratoga Field in the first round of the ECAC Division III Upstate tournament and advanced to the semifinals with an 8-0 victory.

Geneseo, who outshot Medaille 26-1 in the first half and 48-3 for the game, led 1-0 at the intermission on the first of two unassisted goals by junior Emily Petraglia. The Knights exploded for seven second half goals, all of them coming after a Maverick red card led to an 11-10 player advantage.

Junior Carly Chiappetta had a goal and an assist, Jessica Gilmore contributed a pair of helpers and single goals were tallied by Krissy Wolcott, Alaina Smith, Jackie Powers, Jessica Zumbo and Alison Lewis.

Sophomore Laura Castor made one save in 66:39 and classmate Dana Cummings was untested over the final 23:21 in nets for Geneseo. Senior Lindsey Kennedy played spectacularly for the Mavericks in goal, finishing with 15 saves.

Geneseo advances to Saturday's 1:30 p.m. semifinal against #2 Utica College at host Nazareth College.

Nov 09, 2005

Women's ECAC Soccer Postponed

Game rescheduled for Thursday

ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Soccer

Today's first round match of the ECAC Division III Upstate Women's Soccer tournament between #3 Geneseo and #6 Medaille has been postponed due to weather conditions. The game has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, November 10, at 1:00 p.m. The winner advances to Saturday's tournament semifinal at Nazareth College versus #2 Utica.

Nov 09, 2005

SUNYAC Scholar-Athletes Announced

Finke, Tripepi, Smith Represent Geneseo

SUNYAC Scholar-Athletes

The SUNYAC announced the fall winners of the SUNYAC Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete award. The honor goes to the member of the All-SUNYAC first or second team with the highest grade point average in their respective sport over at least three semesters. Geneseo had three of the seven sport winners for the fall, including junior Christy Finke for women's cross country, junior Jeanine Tripepi for women's field hockey and senior Taylor Smith for men's soccer. It is the second Chancellor Scholar-Athlete award for Finke, who won last spring for indoor track and field, and the first for Tripepi and Smith.

Nov 08, 2005

Men's Soccer Earns SUNYAC Honors

Smith Named Holloway Winner
Manetta Dubbed Rookie of the Year

SUNYAC Men's Soccer
Senior Taylor Smith of the men's soccer team was selected as the T. Fred Holloway Award winner for the SUNYAC conference. The award is given to the player with the highest cumulative grade point average from either the first or second All-SUNYAC team. Smith led Geneseo with four goals, one assist this season and is the third men's soccer player to earn this prestigious honor.

First year Judan Manetta scored two goals, three helpers on his way to earning SUNYAC Rookie of the Year honors and an All-SUNYAC honorable mention award. Manetta is the second Geneseo men's soccer player to earn the rookie of the year distinction.

Nov 07, 2005

ECAC Upstate Championships

Men's Soccer Named Top Seed
Women's Soccer Tabbed as #3 Seed

ECAC Upstate Division III Championships

The men's soccer team was selected as the top seed for the 2005 ECAC Upstate Division III championship tournament and will host the semifinals and championship game on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13. The five team tournament field includes #5 Rensselaer, who will play a first round game at #4 Keuka on Wednesday, with the winner facing Geneseo in Saturday's 11 a.m. semifinal. Second seeded RIT will take on #3 St. John Fisher in the 1:30 p.m. semifinal on Saturday, with the semifinal winners advancing to Sunday's 12 p.m. championship match.

The women's soccer team was selected as the #3 seed for the 2005 ECAC Upstate Division III championship tournament. The Knights (8-7-2) will host the sixth seeded Medaille Mavericks (11-7) in a first round game on Wednesday, November 9 at 1 p.m. The winner will advance to face #2 Utica in the semifinals at Nazareth College on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Fourth seeded Fredonia hosts #5 New Paltz, with the winner advancing to Saturday's semifinals against top ranked Nazareth. The championship match is slated for Sunday at 12 p.m.

Nov 07, 2005

All-SUNYAC Teams Announced

Men's Soccer
Women's Soccer
Women's Volleyball

All-SUNYAC Honors

The SUNYAC announced the All-Conference teams for women's soccer, men's soccer and volleyball. In men's soccer, five players earned All-SUNYAC honors as seniors Taylor Smith and Andy Rice and juniors Jim Felluca and Chris Billoni earned second team honors and first year Judah Manetta was a third team choice. In women's soccer, senior Jackie Fertitta and junior Emily Petraglia were first team selections, with junior Martha Brown earning second team honors. In volleyball, sophomores Kate Barth and Courtney Nash earned first team All-SUNYAC West, while first year setter Ashley Saltzman was a second team choice and was named Co-Rookie of the Year.

Nov 05, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Cross Country Sweeps NYSCTC Meet
Swimming Defeats Rochester
Ice Knights Trounced by Cardinals

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team won their eighth team championship in as many tries this season by outscoring Ithaca, 21-60, to claim the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championship at Hamilton this afternoon. Junior Shannon Griggs won her first career individual title by covering the 5 kilometer course in 17:20, with first year Liz Montgomery right behind in second place in 17:21. Senior Marta Scott was third in 17:34 and the scoring five included first year Christiana Martin, who was seventh in 18:01 and senior Renne Catalano, who was eighth in 18:08. Completing the top seven were junior Christy Finke, who crossed ninth in 18:17 and senior Fran Magri, who claimed 15th in 18:36.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to Hamilton for the NYSCTC championships and won the team title with 49 points to runnerup Rochester's 84. Senior Dan Moore topped the list for the Knights with a fourth place finish in 26:22, with junior Mike McGrath and senior Ross Hunkovic in the top ten. McGrath raced to a sixth place time of 26:29 and Hunkovic was seventh in 26:37. Geneseo's scoring five included Jim Tillapaugh's 11th place finish (26:53) and Billy Holl's 21st place time of 27:13. Senior Andrew McCarthy, who was 23rd in 27:16 and first year Will Haskell, who was 26th in 27:22, finished the top seven.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team travelled to Rochester this afternoon and won a 157-141 decision over the Yellowjackets. First year Lindsay Dressel was a triple winner, capturing the 200 IM in 2:16.27 and the 100 and 200 breast in 1:11.28 and 2:34.02, respectively. Junior Lindsey Fial won a pair of events in taking the 100 back in 1:03.88 and the 100 fly in 1:02.85, while first year Haley Morris raced to a first in the 100 freestyle in 56.21. Geneseo is now 2-0 on the season.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team extended their dual meet winning streak to 17 at Rochester by a 177-117 score. Junior James Kallio won a pair of events and five others placed first for the Blue Wave. Kallio crossed the line first in both the 100 (1:01.63) and 200 (2:20.46) breast events to pace Geneseo. Other winners included Phil Szrama in the 100 back (56.17), John Zolna in the 50 free (22.24), Tim Stockton in the 100 free (50.19), Chris Norton in the 100 fly (55.34) and Nick D'Alesandro in one meter diving with a score of 225.95. Geneseo is now 2-0 on the year.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted Plattsburgh tonight and were defeated by a 7-1 score. Geneseo jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Ram Sidhu scored on the power play at 2:43 of the first period on assists from Michel Bond and Dan Schofield. However, the Cardinals scored three times in the first, three in the second and added a goal in the third to skate to the win. Geneseo falls to 4-1-1 overall and 1-1 in SUNYAC.

Nov 04, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Win in Overtime
Soccer Teams Eliminated in SUNYAC Tourney
Volleyball Spiked by Potsdam

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team skated past the visiting Potsdam Bears tonight by a score of 4-3 in overtime when junior Mitch Stephens gloved down a puck in his own zone, split a pair of Potsdam defenders at the blue line and lofted a shot just under the crossbar just 39 seconds into the extra session. The Ice Knights opened the scoring at 10:43 of the first period when Michel Bond scored on the power play with Stephens and Nick Onody picking up the helpers. After the Bears took a 2-1 lead at 5:04 of the second, Stephens scored on the extra man from Mike MacDonald on the power play at 7:59. Potsdam reclaimed the lead at 9:33 of the second, but Geneseo's Ram Sidhu scored from Bond and Steve Sankey at 13:30 of the second stanza to set the stage for Stephens' heroics. First year Jeff Pasemko made 11 saves to post the win in nets as the Ice Knights advance to 4-0-1 overall and 1-0 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to the Hall of Fame Fields in Oneonta for the SUNYAC tournament semifinals as the #2 seed and eliminated from the tournament by #3 Cortland, 2-1 in double overtime. After a scoreless first half, Geneseo took a 1-0 lead in the 61st minute when senior Alaina Smith scored on an assist from Jackie Fertitta. The Red Dragons evened the match just 11 minutes later and got the game winner with just 2:59 left in the second overtime. Sophomore Laura Castor made four saves as the Knights fall to 8-7-2 on the season.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Oneonta Hall of Fame Fields as the #4 seed and fell to top seeded Plattsburgh by a score of 2-0. The Cardinals scored the game winner with six minutes to play and added a penalty kick with less than two minutes remaining to seal the victory. Sophomore Tim Spayd made three saves in taking the loss. The Knights fall to 12-3-4 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Cortland this afternoon as the #2 seed from the West division and fell to Potsdam, seeded #3 from the East division, 30-16, 24-30, 31-29, 27-30, 15-12. Junior Megan Wailand led the way with 15 kills, 11 digs and sophomore Kate Barth had 10 kills, 11 digs. Junior Abi Goettsch chipped in eight kills, four blocks and first year Ashley Saltzman contributed 35 assists, four kills. The Knights end their season with a 21-15 record.

Nov 01, 2005

Knights Earn Honors

Manzo, Doster Earn Field Hockey Honors
Five Named All-SUNYAC Field Hockey
MacDonald Named Ice Hockey Player of the Week

SUNYAC Honors
Two members of the Geneseo field hockey program were honored by the SUNYAC today. The conference announced that Geneseo head coach Shannon Manzo was named the SUNYAC Coach of the Year and first year forward Sarah Doster was tabbed as the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year.

In her third season, Manzo guided the Knights to a second place finish of 4-1 in the league, with the lone loss a 3-2 decision to nationally ranked Cortland. Doster had three goals, four assists in league competition, led Geneseo in scoring with eight goals, seven assists for 23 points and is the first Geneseo field hockey player in program history to be named SUNYAC Rookie of the Year.

Five members of the field hockey team earned All-SUNYAC honors. Junior Jeanine Tripepi and Doster were first team forwards, junior Karen Garnish was first team midfield, sophomore Alison Stromberg was first team defense and senior Melissa Walsh was tabbed second team midfield.

Junior Mike MacDonald was named the SUNYAC Ice Hockey Player of the Week after scoring two goals in the weekend sweep of Neumann College, including the game winner in the 2-1 win on Friday.

Nov 01, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Men's Soccer Advances in SUNYAC Tournament

Men's Soccer
The fourth seeded men' soccer team hosted #5 Cortland in the first round of the SUNYAC tournament and won a 1-0 decision over the Red Dragons to advance to Friday's semifinal. Geneseo's Matt Robinson moved past a defender into the penalty area and was fouled, resulting in a penalty kick at 41:36 for the Knights. Senior Dan Verbanac converted the shot for the lone goal of the game. Sophomore Tim Spayd, who made five saves, and the Knights defense preserved the one goal victory. Geneseo outshot Cortland by a 10-8 margin and had an 8-2 corner kick advantage. Geneseo is now 12-2-4 on the season and will face top seeded Plattsburgh on Friday in the semifinal at 1:30 p.m. at the Hall of Fame Fields in Oneonta.

Oct 30, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Field Hockey Falls to St. Lawrence

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to St. Lawrence this afternoon and dropped a 3-1 decision to the Saints. St. Lawrence controlled the game from the opening whistle, scoring a pair of goals in the first half and extending to a 3-0 advantage early in the second stanza. Geneseo's Karen Garnish scored unassisted off a penalty corner situation to provide the lone score for the Knights and senior Amanda Carver made seven saves in taking the loss. The Knights are now 8-8 on the season.

Oct 29, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Clamps Continentals
Swimming & Diving Sweeps Geneseo Invite
Ice Knights Trip Neumann

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted the Hamilton Continentals this afternoon and won a 2-0 victory. Senior Taylor Smith converted a penalty kick at 22:13 to give Geneseo a one goal advantage. First year Nick Prosser one-touched a ball past a defender and scored on a 25 yard breakaway to give Geneseo an insurance goal with just 3:32 left in regulation. Sophomore Tim Spayd made three saves and had one ball cleared off the line by a defender. Geneseo outshot Hamilton by an 11-8 count and the Continentals benefitted by having one ball cleared off the line by a defender. The Knights advance to 11-2-4 on the season.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted Alfred University and the College of St. Rose this afternoon and won the team title with 248 points. Alfred collected 164 points and St. Rose scored 107 points. A pair of first year swimmers each won two events to lead the Blue Wave as Haley Morris won the 100 and 200 freestyles in 56.72 and 2:02.37 and Lindsay Dressel won the 100 butterfly (1:02.32) and the 200 IM (2:15.84). Senior Colleen Wayne won two events as she captured the 50 free in 25.79 and the 100 back in 1:05.48, while classmate Katie Raines won the 100 breast in 1:12.14.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team won the team title at the Geneseo Invitational this afternoon by scoring 244.5 points to runnerup Alfred's 171.5. The College of St. Rose finished a distant third with 93 points this afternoon. Sophomore Nick D'Alesandro was the lone double winner after taking one meter diving (227.45) and three meter diving (217.75). Other winners for Geneseo were junior James Kallio, who won the 100 breast in 1:01.87, senior Mike Wiese, who captured the 1000 free in 10:21.97 and sophomore John Zolna, who crossed first in the 50 freestyle in 22.24.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team grabbed a sweep of the weekend series at Neumann College this afternoon with a 3-2 win over the Knights when senior Matt Caren stole a clearing pass and fired a wrist shot past the Neumann goalie at 14:47 of the second period for the game winner. Geneseo scored on the power play at 4:44 when Mike MacDonald got his second goal of the weekend with helpers going to Mitch Stephens and Chris Kestell. Neumann answered at 14:35 of the first and took a 2-1 lead at 5:12 of the second. Geneseo evened the game at 13:20 when junior Brett Bestwick manuvered past the Knight defense and fed Michel Bond for the equalizer. First year Jeff Pasemko manned the pipes today and stopped 21 shots to earn his first win in an Ice Knight sweater. Geneseo remained unbeaten on the season at 3-0-1.

Women's Equestrian
The women's equestrian team travelled to Cazenovia for their first show of the season and won first place of 14 teams as junior Leslie Miller was the High Point Rider of the day after winning first place over fences and on the flat in the Open Division. Geneseo had five others win first place ribbons as Katie Heishman won both over fences and on the flat in the Intermediate division, Cassie Brown was first over fences in Novice, Liz Barone was first on the flat in Novice, Hillary Wentworth was first on the flat in Advanced WTC and Holly Skuce was first on the flat in Beginner WTC.

Oct 28, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Ice Knights Defeat Neumann
Women's Soccer Ties at Fisher

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to Neumann College tonight and grabbed a 2-1 win when junior Mike MacDonald scored on an assist from classmate Mitch Stephens at the 12:22 mark of the third period to break a 1-1 tie. Geneseo opened the scoring at 17:51 of the first when first year Chris Kestell scored his first collegiate goal after Stephens made a nifty move around a Neumann defender and slid a pass across the crease to Kestell. Senior Kris Heeres picked up a helper on the goal. Sophomore Derek Jokic was spectacular between the pipes, making 28 saves as the Ice Knights were outshot by a 29-15 margin. Geneseo is now 2-0-1 on the season.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to St. John Fisher this afternoon and came from a pair of goals down to settle for a 2-2 tie with the Cardinals. Geneseo trailed 1-0 at the half and Fisher added their second score at the 74:50 mark, but the Knights answered a minute later when junior Emily Petraglia scored her team-leading 11th of the year. Senior Jackie Fertitta netted her ninth of the season with 7:02 remaining to tie the contest and sophomore Laura Castor preserved the even game by making seven saves in nets. Geneseo is now 8-6-2 on the year.

Oct 26, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Men's Soccer Blanked by Ithaca

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Ithaca this afternoon and were blanked by the Bombers by a score of 1-0. Geneseo outshot Ithaca by a 12-9 count for the game, but the Bombers made the most of their quality opportunities by scoring on a header off a corner kick at the 20:21 mark of the first period. Geneseo's best chance came in the first half, when sophomore Matt Robinson's shot from 10 yards out was blocked by an Ithaca defender at the goal line. Sophomore Tim Spayd made two saves as the Knights drop to 10-2-4 on the year.

Oct 25, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Spiked by Cortland

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team hosted Cortland tonight and dropped a tough four game set to the Red Dragons, 30-17, 17-30, 30-25, 31-29. Cortland controlled the first game from the opening serve and Geneseo responded the same in game two. The Red Dragons won a seesaw battle in the third, before coming from 18-12 down in the fourth to clinch the match. In the final stanza, Cortland scored nine of 10 points to take a 21-19 lead to force a Geneseo timeout, netted a pair of points in a row to force another timeout at 28-26 and then sealed the win with the final two points of the match. Geneseo was led by sophomore Kate Barth, who had 20 kills, 10 digs, three blocks and a .340 hitting percentage, classmate Courtney Nash, who added seven kills, six blocks and a .350 hitting percentage and junior Abi Goettsch, who contributed five kills, five blocks. On senior night in Geneseo, the two Knight seniors, Emily Tatar and Jelena Vujcic contributed 27 assists, 10 digs and four kills, 10 digs, respectively, in their final home contest. Geneseo is now 21-14 on the season.

Oct 25, 2005

Women's Soccer Cancelled

Field conditions at Cazenovia

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer game scheduled for this afternoon at Cazenovia has been cancelled due to poor field conditions. The game will not be rescheduled. The Knights will complete the regular season on Friday at St. John Fisher at 4 p.m. Geneseo is the #2 seed for the upcoming SUNYAC championship tournament and will play the winner of #3 Cortland and sixth seeded Oswego on Friday, November 4 at the Hall of Fame Fields in Oneonta.

Oct 25, 2005

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Morimoto Earns SUNYAC, ECAC Honors
Jokic Named SUNYAC Goalie
Montgomery Garners NYSCTC Award

Weekly Honors
Junior Yoshi Morimoto was named SUNYAC and ECAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week after scoring his third game-winning goal of the season in the Knights 1-0 win on Wednesday over the Brockport Golden Eagles, ranked 13th nationally.

Sophomore Derek Jokic earned SUNYAC Goalie of the Week honors after stopping 16 shots in Geneseo's 9-2 win over Lebanon Valley on Saturday. Jokic has a 1-0-1 record on the season and has not allowed an even strength goal.

First year Liz Montgomery was tabbed as the Co-Runner of the Week by the NYSCTC after winning the individual title at the SUNYAC Cross Country championships in Plattsburgh on Saturday, leading Geneseo to their sixth straight team crown.

Oct 22, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Cross Country Sweeps SUNYAC Titles
Ice Knights Skate Past Lebanon Valley
Women's Soccer Shuts Out SUNYIT

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to Plattsburgh this afternoon and won their sixth straight SUNYAC title by scoring 19 points to runnerup Brockport's 83. First year Liz Montgomery won her first SUNYAC individual title by covering the six kilometers in a time of 21:21. The Knights placed the rest of the scoring five 3-4-5-6 as Shannon Griggs finished in 22:06.1, Marta Scott in 22:06.7, Renne Catalano in 22:12.5 and Karen Merrill in 22:12.6. The top seven included Christiana Martin in eighth place in 22:18 and Christy Finke in ninth place in 22:37. Montgomery, Griggs, Merrill and Finke were named new members to the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame and head coach Mike Woods was named the SUNYAC Coach of the Year.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team won their sixth SUNYAC championship in a row by scoring 43 points to Cortland's 67 this afternoon at Plattsburgh. In a team effort, Geneseo placed fourth, seventh, eighth, 10th and 14th in team scoring. Senior Dan Moore led the pack in 25:40, junior Mike McGrath finished in 25:52, first year Will Haskell crossed in 25:53, junior Jim Tillapaugh was 26:09 and senior Brad Johnson finished in 26:15. In the top seven were senior Andrew McCarthy, who was 15th in 26:22 and junior Bill Holl, who was 23rd in 26:41. Moore, McGrath and Tillapaugh were new inductees to the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame, while Woods earned SUNYAC Coach of the Year honors.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team hosted the Lebanon Valley Dutchmen and skated to a 9-2 win this afternoon. Geneseo led 3-2 after one period and erupted for four goals in the second and added two in the third for the win. Senior Dan Schofield scored two goals, one assist, junior Mitch Stephens netted a goal and three helpers and senior Matt English scored a pair of goals to lead the offense. Other scorers for the Ice Knights included Jack Bullard, Brett Bestwick, Tyson Terry and Kris Heeres. Sophomore Derek Jokic stopped 16 shots to post the win in nets as Geneseo advances to 1-0-1 on the season.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted the SUNYIT Wildcats today and won a 7-0 decision. Geneseo led 2-0 at the intermission and pounced on the 'Cats for five more in the second stanza. Senior Jackie Fertitta scored three goals, one assist to lead the attack. Other goal scorers were Emily Petraglia, Diane Long, Carly Chiapetta and senior Alaina Smith on a penalty kick. Sophomore Laura Castor made three saves to earn the shutout as Geneseo advances to 8-6-1 overall and 7-2-1 in SUNYAC. With the win, Geneseo earns the number two seed in the SUNYAC tournament and will receive a first round bye.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the SUNYAC pool play at Oswego and won a pair of three game matches this afternoon. Geneseo grabbed a 30-16, 30-23, 30-26 win over Buffalo St. in the first match and a 30-17, 30-25, 30-23 win over Fredonia in the second match. In the opener, sophomore Jessi Laemlein posted nine kills, Kate Barth had seven kills, seven digs and Ashley Saltzman handed out 20 assists to pace the Knights. Junior Abi Goettsch and sophomore Courtney Nash posted six kills apiece. In the second game, Barth had 12 kills eight digs and Saltzman dished out 37 helpers and five service aces to lead Geneseo. Nash and Goettsch had nine and eight kills, respectively, while junior Megan Wailand contributed seven kills, eight digs. During the weekend, Barth collected her 1,000 career kill. Geneseo is now 21-13 on the year overall and 6-2 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Swimming & Diving
The women's swimming and diving team hosted the Buffalo St. Bengals this afternoon and won a 127-106 decision. The Wave had seven different winners as Amanda Cavarella captured the 1000 free in 11:41.36, Maren McDonald won the 200 free in 2:03.74, Kelly Dudek crossed first in the 50 free in 26.52, Haley Morris won the 200 IM in 2:19.17, KC Monahan captured the 100 fly in 1:04.29, Colleen Wayne won the 100 free in 56.97 and Jacqueline Morris won the 100 back in 1:07.27. Geneseo is now 1-0 on the season.

Men's Swimming & Diving
The men's swimming and diving team hosted Buffalo St. in the season opener and won a 126.5-89.5 victory over the Bengals. Senior Mike Wiese and sophomore Nick D'Alesandro were double winners for Geneseo. Wiese took the 200 free in 1:51.19 and the 100 fly in 55.15, while D'Alesandro won one and three meter diving with scores of 214.85 and 230.44, respectively. Other winners for the Blue Wave were Sig Culhane in the 1000 free (11:06.34), Jeremy Hinman in the 50 free (23.01), Evan Smith in the 200 IM (2:06.09) and Clint Sugnet in the 100 free (50.52). Geneseo is 1-0 on the campaign.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Ithaca this afternoon and the game was called due to field conditions at halftime with the Knights leading by a score of 1-0. Geneseo's goal came from junior Jeanine Tripepi on an assist by Laura Henson. The game will go down as a no contest unless a makeup date can be arranged to play the second half.

Oct 22, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Splits at Pool Play

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Oswego for the second round of SUNYAC pool play at split a pair of matches. In the opener, Geneseo won a thrilling 23-30, 30-16, 31-29, 18-30, 17-15 win over host Oswego. Junior Abi Goettsch collected 13 kills to lead a balanced attack that featured 12 kills apiece by sophomores Kate Barth, Courtney Nash and Jessi Laemlein. Junior Katie Florczak contributed 14 digs. In the nightcap, Geneseo dropped a tough 30-21, 30-19, 30-28 decision to Brockport. Barth had six kills, 13 digs, Nash added six kills and Ashley Olsheski contributed 10 digs. Geneseo is now 19-13 overall and 4-2 in SUNYAC.

Oct 19, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Trips Brockport
Women Fall to Golden Eagles
Field Hockey Trounces Wells

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team, ranked sixth in the latest NSCAA regional poll, travelled to second ranked Brockport and defeated the Golden Eagles by a score of 1-0 on junior Yoshi Morimoto's goal with just 1:04 left in regulation. The Knights outshot the Eagles by a 13-12 margin and got the lone goal when senior Dan Verbanac fed Morimoto at the top of the 18 yard box. Geneseo's Tim Spayd made seven saves in goal to post his fourth shutout of the season and he benefitted from a defender clearing a ball off the goal line in the first half. The Knights advance to 10-1-4 overall and finish the SUNYAC regular season with a record of 5-1-3 overall.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted Brockport this afternoon and dropped a 1-0 decision to the Golden Eagles, despite outshooting the visitors by a 28-8 margin. Geneseo controlled play throughout, but Brockport scored the only goal of the game at 58:23 on a counter attack. The Golden Eagle forward one touched the ball past a defender and went in on a breakaway from 25 yards out, beating Geneseo goalkeeper Diane Long to the far post. Long made four saves as the Knights fall to 7-6-1 overall and 6-2-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Wells College this afternoon and won an 11-0 decision against the overmatched Express. Junior Sarah Buchanan led the attack with three goals, one assist and first year Stephanie Honsinger added three scores for the Knights. Junior Jeanine Tripepi netted a pair of goals, while single scores were provided by Meaghan Caminiti, Justine Mecchio and Ashley Broska. Sophomore Megan Coltoniak made the start in goal and was untested in 45 minutes of action, while first year Sarah Jane Marques made three stops in 25 minutes to combine on the shutout. Geneseo is now 8-7 on the campaign.

Oct 18, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Caged by Tigers

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to RIT tonight and were caged by the Tigers in three games, 30-17, 31-29, 31-29. Sophomore Kate Barth led the way with eight kills, eight digs. Junior Abi Goettsch and sophomore Jessi Laemlein each contributed seven kills and first year Ashley Saltzman handed out 31 assists. The Knights stand at 18-12 on the season and will participate in the second round of SUNYAC pool play on Friday and Saturday at Oswego.

Oct 16, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Ice Knights Fall to Queens in Exhibition

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team participated in the consolation game of the Potsdam tournament and were defeated by Queens College of Kingston, Ontario by a score of 7-4. Geneseo took a 2-0 first intermission lead on the work of Dan Schofield. The senior forward scored on the power play at 3:17 from Michel Bond and Nick Onody and netted a shorthanded score at 16:40. Queens cut the lead to 2-1 in the second, but Mat Cyr scored from Schofield and sophomore Steve Sankey to regain the 3-1 lead. However, the advantage was short lived as Queens scored twice more in the second to tie the game and then erupted for four straight goals in the third to take a 7-3 lead. Senior Kris Heeres got the final tally for the Ice Knights on a feed from Onody at 12:58. First year Jeff Pasemko stopped 19 shots in nets. The game is considered an exhibition by the NCAA and will not count in the Ice Knights overall record as they remain at 0-0-1.

Oct 15, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Earns Dramatic OT Victory
Women's Soccer Defeats Fredonia
Women's Cross Country Wins at Rochester

Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Hamilton Continentals this afternoon and won a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory when first year Sarah Doster sent a crossing pass to junior Jeanine Tripepi at the 7:17 mark of the overtime session for the game winner. After a scoreless first half, Hamilton took a 1-0 lead at 41:39, but Geneseo's Erin Brown smashed an eight yard shot past the keeper at 48:46 to even the game and set the stage for Tripepi's heroics. Senior Amanda Carver made two saves to post the win as the Knights held a 19-4 shot advantage. Geneseo is now 7-7 on the year.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted Fredonia this afternoon and used a pair of second half goals to gain a 3-1 win over the Blue Devils. Senior Jackie Fertitta opened the scoring just 2:10 into the match with an unassisted goal, but Fredonia knotted the game at one apiece with a score off a corner kick at 21:08. The game remained tied until the 57th minute when sophomore Nicole Schwartz got the game winner on an unassisted effort. Junior Emily Petraglia notched the insurance goal off a corner by Carly Chiapetta at the 84:20 mark to complete the scoring. Sophomore Diane Long made four saves as Geneseo raised their mark to 7-5-1 overall and 6-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the SUNY/Liberty challenge at Skidmore today and blanked Baruch, 30-24, 30-12, 30-22. Sophomore Courtney Nash paced the attack with 10 kills and first year Ashley Saltzman centered the attack with 43 assists. Juniors Abi Goettsch and Megan Wailand each totaled nine kills, with Wailand adding 12 digs, five service aces. In the second match, the Knights dropped a tough five game set to Clarkson, 26-30, 30-25, 33-35, 30-18, 10-15. In a balanced attack, Wailand led the way with 15 kills, 18 digs and sophomore Jessi Laemlein netted 14 kills, four blocks. Nash contributed 12 kills, four blocks, Goettsch had 11 kills, nine blocks and Kate Barth and Jelena Vujcic each totaled nine kills. Saltzman dished out 60 assists and junior Katie Florczak added 24 digs. Goettsch was named to the All-Tournament team for her efforts. Geneseo is now 18-11 on the campaign.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to the Rochester Invitational this afternoon and won the team title with a perfect team score of 15 as the country's #2 ranked team claimed the top five spots and had the top seven in the first nine positions. First year Liz Montgomery grabbed her second consecutive individual title by covering the six kilometer course in 22:00. Junior Shannon Griggs followed in 22:40, junior Christy Finke crossed in 22:51, sophomore Karen Merrill ran at 23:00 and first year Christina Martin ran in 23:02. The top seven included sophomore Meghan Nolan, who was seventh in 23:30 and first year Laura Iafrati, who crossed ninth in 23:45.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Fredonia this afternoon and played to a 0-0 draw with the Blue Devils. Despite being outshot 26-7, Geneseo got the tie as sophomore Tim Spayd made nine saves in goal to earn the shutout. Geneseo is now 9-1-4 overall and 4-1-3 in SUNYAC.

Men's Cross Country
The #16 men's cross country team travelled to the Rochester Invitational and placed fourth in team scoring with 112 points as the top seven runners all took the afternoon off today. Geneseo was led by sophomore Derek Zellefrow, who was 16th in 27:17 and first year Ben DeGeorge, who placed 18th in 27:19. The scoring five included sophomore Eugene Peterson, who crossed 24th in 27:38, first year Pete Beuhler, who was 26th in 27:42 and first year Jon Gauthier, who ran 29th in 27:52. Completing the top seven were Brett Dolan, who was 31st in 27:59 and senior Eric Peskor, who was 38th in 28:32.

Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team travelled to the Potsdam tournament tonight for the season opener and played to a 4-4 tie with the hosts. Geneseo fell behind 1-0 at 10:11 of the first period, but scored three times in a span of 3:21 for a 3-1 first intermission lead. Senior Kris Heeres scored on the power play at 12:25 from Mat Cyr and Mike MacDonald to even the game, Cyr scored with the extra man on assists from Michel Bond and Nick Onody and Mark Merl scored from Mark Schwamberger for the final goal of the period. Potsdam scored their second of four extra man goals at 16:38 of the second for the only score of the period, but Onody gave the Ice Knights the two goal cushion with a power play goal from Bond and Cyr at 10:24 of the third. The Bears completed the scoring with extra man goals at 12:16 and 17:40. Sophomore Derek Jokic was in nets and made 36 saves. After a scoreless overtime, Potsdam defeated Geneseo, 2-1, in the rarely used shootout for tournament advancement.

Oct 15, 2005

NYSWCAA Tennis

Feikert/Greiner Reach Semifinals

NYSWCAA Tennis Tournament
The women's tennis team travelled to Cornell University for the 2005 NYSWCAA tournament and junior Krissy Feikert and sophomore Kristen Greiner continued their stellar first doubles play by being the lone participants to advance to the semifinal round. Feikert and Greiner, who were seeded third in the 16 team bracket, earned an 8-5 win over Lindsey Brady and Brianne Francisco of RIT in the first round on Friday and a 9-7 win over Meola and Werts of Union in the quarterfinal. Unfortunately, a recurrence of Greiner's late season leg injury forced the team to a default in the semifinal round, ending the campaign.

In other doubles action on Friday, first years Vivian Cheung and Caitlin Sternberg dropped an 8-4 decision to Terrien and Vallejos of St. Lawrence and sophomores Lauren Eichenauer and Maureen Peer lost an 8-3 match to Fitzpatrick and Miller of Union.

Geneseo failed to advance to the quarterfinals in Friday's singles action as Greiner lost 6-4, 6-2 to Maddie Pauli of Skidmore, Feikert dropped a 6-3, 6-0 match to Katie Donovan of Hamilton, Cheung was defeated by Kara Powers of Hamilton, 6-1, 6-3, Sternberg fell 7-5, 6-0 to Cory Turner of William Smith, Eichenauer fell to Erin Chapman of Ithaca, 6-2, 6-0 and Peer was eliminated by Nazareth's Danielle Carinci, 6-2, 6-2.

Oct 14, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Ties at Buffalo St.
Women's Soccer Draws with Bengals
Volleyball Splits Pair

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travellled to Buffalo St. this afternoon and overcame a one goal deficit to gain a 1-1 tie with the Bengals. The Knights fell behind at the 21:27 mark of the first half, but first year Joe Walter banged home a goal off the post at 37:09 to even the game at the intermission and end the scoring. The Bengals outshot Geneseo by a 10-9 margin, but the Knights held a 6-3 corner kick advantage. Sophomore Tim Spayd stopped two shots in nets as the Knights run their record to 9-1-3 overall and 4-1-2 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted the Buffalo St. Bengals this afternoon and played to a 1-1 tie. It was the first time in 25 women's soccer meetings that Geneseo had not defeated the Bengals outright. After a scoreless first half, Buffalo St. opened the scoring at 63:15 on an unassisted goal. The Knights answered just 23 seconds later when senior Jackie Fertitta took the kickoff, moved endline and crossed to an open Alaina Smith, who knocked the shot in from two yards out for the equalizer. Sophomore Diane Long made three saves as the Knights record stands at 6-5-1 overall and 5-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to the SUNY/Liberty League Challenge at Skidmore and split a pair of matches. In the opener, Geneseo knocked off Union College in four games by scores of 30-20, 21-30, 30-25, 30-27. Sophomore Kate Barth had 14 kills, 17 digs and two service aces and classmate Courtney Nash added 13 kills and a .500 hitting percentage to lead the attack. Junior Megan Wailand contributed 10 kills, 14 digs, classmate Katie Florczak totaled 14 digs, three aces and senior Emily Tatar handed out 45 helpers. In the nightcap, Geneseo dropped a 30-19, 30-22, 33-31 set to the host Thoroughbreds. Junior Abi Goettsch had 11 kills, three blocks, Nash netted nine kills, three roofs and Tatar dished out 34 assists. Senior Jelena Vujcic contributed seven kills, 13 digs and Florczak added 17 digs. The Knights are now 17-10 on the year.

Oct 12, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Falls in Double OT
Volleyball Spiked by Rochester

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted NAIA member Houghton College this afternoon and dropped a tough 2-1 double overtime decision to the Highlanders. After a scoreless first half, Houghton scored off a penalty corner at 43:18 to take a 1-0 lead. Geneseo answered 10 minutes later when Sarah Doster took a shot from six yards out that was initially saved, but rebounded right back to her and she converted to tie the game at one goal apiece. The next 34 minutes saw spectacular goaltending at both ends as Geneseo's Amanda Carver posted 23 saves, just three off the school record for a single game. Houghton outshot the Knights by a 33-15 margin for the game and got the winner 2:56 into the second overtime session. The Knights fall to 6-7 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team hosted the Rochester Yellowjackets tonight and lost a three game match by scores of 30-17, 30-26, 30-17. Geneseo was led by sophomore Courtney Nash, who had eight kills, three blocks and junior Megan Wailand, who added eight kills, five digs. Sophomore Jessi Laemlein contributed six kills and junior Katie Florczak totaled 10 digs. The Knights fall to 16-9 on the season.

Oct 11, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Women's Soccer Shutout by Rochester

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Rochester tonight and dropped a 4-0 decision to the Yellowjackets, ranked #12 in the latest NSCAA Division III poll. The game was scoreless in the first half when Rochester struck twice in a five minute span on direct kicks, the latter coming off a rebound, to take control of the contest. Sophomore Diane Long got the start in goal and made four saves in 45 minutes of action, while Laura Castor came on and stopped three shots with two goals allowed in the second stanza. The Knights fall to 6-5 on the season.

Oct 11, 2005

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Montgomery Named RACA Athlete of the Week
Cross Country Teams Rise in National Poll
Men's Soccer Listed in NSCAA Poll

Weekly Honors
First year Liz Montgomery was named the Rochester Area College Athletics Female Athlete of the Week for her winning performance at the Ohio Wesleyan Pre-National Open meet last Friday. Montgomery led the Knights to the team title with 22 points by completing the hilly, five kilometer course in a time of 18:22.

In other women's cross country news, with the performance in Ohio, Geneseo earned their highest ever ranking in the national Cross Country Coaches Poll as the Knights were elevated from fourth in the nation to second. Williams (MA) is currently ranked first.

This is the second highest national ranking a Geneseo team has achieved after the men's ice hockey team, who was ranked #1 in the country during the 1990-91 season.

On the men's side, the Knights jumped from #25 to the #16 spot after finishing second to #3 North Central (IL) College at the Pre-National Open.

In addition, the defending SUNYAC champion and 2004 NCAA Division III semifinal men's soccer team was listed in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America national poll for the first time this season. The Knights appeared as "others receiving votes" in the top 25 poll, recognized unofficially as #29.

Oct 11, 2005

All-SUNYAC Tennis Announced

Greiner and Feikert Earn Honors

All-SUNYAC Tennis Team
Junior Krissy Feikert and sophomore Kristen Greiner were named to the First Team All-SUNYAC tennis squad following their first doubles title on Sunday at the 2005 SUNYAC Tennis Championships. Feikert, who was a second team choice in 2004, earns her second All-Conference award, while Greiner gains her first postseason honor.

Oct 09, 2005

SUNYAC Women's Tennis

Greiner and Feikert Win First Doubles Crown
Team Finishes Third

SUNYAC Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to Manlius, NY for the 2005 SUNYAC Women's Tennis Championships and sophomore Kristen Greiner and junior Krissy Feikert captured the conference title at first doubles as the Knights finished in third place in team scoring to champion Cortland and runnerup New Paltz. The pair combined to defeat Potsdam's Kristina Koncewicz and Lauren Olivari in the semifinals by a score of 7-5, 6-2 and then grabbed the school's second ever first doubles title with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback win over top seeded Dana Lim and Eri Yamakawa of New Paltz. The pair joins Tonya Hawman and Jill Powers, who won in 1998, as Geneseo first doubles champions in SUNYAC competition.

In other doubles action on Sunday, first years Vivian Cheung and Caitlin Sternberg were defeated in the semifinals by New Paltz's Margarete Fenton and Jennifer Larson, 6-2. 6-2.

In Saturday's action, Greiner and Feikert advanced to the semis in first doubles with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Ashley Balling and Kayla Mizgala of Brockport, while Cheung and Sternberg grabbed a 6-2, 6-1 quarterfinal win over Oswego's Michelle Giorlando and Theresa Ruane. In third doubles, Lauren Eichenauer and sophomore Maureen Peer dropped a tough 7-5, 6-1 quarterfinal decision to Elise Daigler and Sierra Summerville of Fredonia.

In singles action on Saturday, four of six players reached the semifinals before being eliminated from the tournament. At first singles, Greiner won a 6-1, 7-5 match over Plattsburgh's Valerie Papi, before stretching top seed Laurie Dorscheid of Cortland to three sets, eventually falling, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. At second singles, Feikert won a 6-1, 6-0 quarterfinal match over Oneonta's Zirka Markewitz, before bowing out with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to second seeded Dana Lim of New Paltz. Cheung defeated Fredonia's Ellen Engel at third singles, 6-1, 6-0 and was upset by third seeded Katherine Ketigan of New Paltz in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-3. At fourth singles, Sternberg defeated Brockport's Alex Hinckley, 6-0, 6-1 and lost to Cortland's Andrea TerBush in a hard fought match, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 7-6 (3). Eichenauer and Peer were knocked out of fifth and sixth singles with a 6-2, 6-0 loss to Cortland's Meredith McCaslin and a 6-1, 6-2 loss to New Paltz's Brittany Gilligan, respectively.

On Friday, Geneseo's Eichenauer was the lone participant, winning a 6-4, 6-1 first round match over Brockport's Allison Beatty.

Oct 08, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Grounds Cardinals
Field Hockey Drops Heartbreaker to #8 Cortland

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted St. John Fisher this afternoon and grounded the Cardinals by a score of 2-1. St. John Fisher controlled play early, but Geneseo scored on their first good opportunity when junior Jim Felluca sent a 30 yard direct kick from inside the right sideline towards the near post and sophomore Pat Occhiuto deflected it home for a 1-0 lead at 22:51. After the intermission, the Cardinals were awarded a penalty kick on a handball in the area and converted to even the game at one at 53:40. Geneseo, who outshot the Cardinals by a 9-6 count in the second half and 14-11 for the game, got the game winner after several chances when senior Andrew Rice's point blank shot was saved and senior Taylor Smith collected the rebound and scored from two yards out. Sophomore Tim Spayd made six saves in gaining the win and Geneseo benefitted from Felluca clearing a shot off the line in the waning minutes. The Knights are now 9-1-2 on the season.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted #8 Cortland and lost a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to the nationally regarded Red Dragons. Geneseo was attempting to gain their first win over Cortland in six attempts all-time. After a scoreless first half, junior Jeanine Tripepi scored unassisted just 2:24 into the second period to give the Knights the lead. Cortland got an unassisted score less than five minutes later at 42:07 to tie the game. Geneseo recaptured the lead at 60:09 when first year Sarah Doster converted a penalty corner from junior Karen Garnish. The Red Dragons then received a pair of penalty strokes in the final 7:16 as they converted one at 62:44 and one at 67:41 to gain the victory. Cortland outshot the Knights by a 15-10 margin and had 21 corners to Geneseo's seven. Senior Amanda Carver made 10 saves in taking the loss in nets as the Knights fall to 6-6 overall and 4-1 in SUNYAC.

Oct 07, 2005

Friday's Contest Summary

Women's Cross Country Takes OWU Open
Men Finish Second

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team, currently ranked fourth in the NCAA Division III Coaches Poll, travelled to Ohio Wesleyan Open today and first year Liz Montgomery won the individual race in a time of 18:22 to lead Geneseo to the team title with 22 points. The Knights placed the scoring five in the top eight places and grabbed ninth and 11th place to defeat runnerup Ithaca's 94 points. Senior Renne Catalano was third (19:00), junior Shannon Griggs finished fourth (19:01), senior Marta Scott was sixth in 19:07 and first year Christiana Martin was eighth in 19:13 to complete the scoring five. Rounding out the top seven were sophomore Karen Merrill, who was ninth in 19:14 and junior Christy Finke, who placed 11th in 19:23.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to the Ohio Wesleyan Open and placed second in team scoring with 58 points to champion North Central's (IL) 49. The Knights scoring team ran in a pack between 14th place and 22nd place as senior Dan Moore paced with way in a time of 27:08 to take 14th. Junior Mike McGrath was 15th (27:09), first year Will Haskell was 16th (27:20) and seniors Ross Hunkovic and Andrew McCarthy finished 19th in 27:26 and 22nd in 27:31, respectively. Completing the top seven were junior Billy Holl, who was 45th in 27:53 and senior Brad Johnson, who was 50th in 27:58.

Oct 05, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Sinks Saxons
Field Hockey Drops Thriller to Utica

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Alfred this afternoon and defeated the Saxons by a score of 3-0. First year Nick Prosser assisted on a pair of goals in the first half to give the Knights a 2-0 intermission advantage. Classmate Judah Manetta picked up the first goal and junior Kyle Pucko converted the second. In the second half, Geneseo added a score when Dan Verbanac got on the board, unassisted. Sophomore Tim Spayd earned the shutout in nets for Geneseo as they raise their record to 8-1-2 on the season.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Utica Pioneers today and dropped a thrilling 3-2 decision. The Knights jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the first half as all five goals came in the opening period. First year Stephanie Honsinger knocked home a shot from two yards out on a cross from Sarah Doster just 50 seconds into the game for a 1-0 lead. The Knights extended to a two goal lead three minutes later when Karen Garnish crossed to six yards out and junior Laura Henson tipped it home at 3:53. The Pioneers got their first goal at 6:26, equalled the game at 8:11 and got the game winner at 24:17. The Knights had several opportunities in the second half, but could not gain the tying goal. Senior Amanda Carver made eight saves in taking the loss in nets. The Knights are now 6-5 on the season.

Oct 04, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Tennis Grounded by Cardinals

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted St. John Fisher this afternoon and dropped a tough 5-4 decision to the Cardinals. Junior Krissy Feikert highlighted the match for Geneseo as she won 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 at first singles and teamed with sophomore Lauren Eichenauer to win first doubles, 8-0. The Knights had a 2-1 lead after doubles action as first years Vivian Cheung and Caitlin Sternberg won an 8-3 match at second doubles. Cheung won a 6-3, 6-2 victory at second singles for the Knights final point. Geneseo played shorthanded this afternoon as first singles/first doubles player Kristen Greiner rested a nagging injury and Sternberg competed in doubles action only as she works her way back from injury. The Knights fall to 6-4 on the season.

Oct 03, 2005

Monday's Contest Summary

Women's Soccer Shuts Out Saxons

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted Alfred this afternoon and shutout the Saxons by a score of 6-0. The Knights got three goals in each period as Krissy Wolcott and Alison Lewis each collected a goal and an assist to lead the attack. Geneseo got goals from Kaye Robinson, Emily Petraglia, Alyssa Funk and Martha Brown as they outshot the Saxons by a 40-2 margin. Sophomore Diane Long got the start in goal and was untested in 45 minutes of action and Dana Cummings stopped one shot in the second half to combine on the blanking. Geneseo is now 6-4 on the season.

Oct 03, 2005

2005 Sports Hall of Fame Class Inducted

Geary, VanDerMeid, Houlihan, Muldner Recipients
Rittenhouse Recognized as a "Legend"
1996-97 Swim Team Honored

SUNY Geneseo Inducts Four into Sports Hall of Fame
Rittenhouse, 1996-97 Swimming and Diving Also Honored

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 1, 2005 in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom as part of the college's Homecoming festivities.

The 2005 class included men's swimming standouts Todd Geary '99, Matt VanDerMeid '98, Mike Houlihan '98 and Josh Muldner '99. The four combined for 42 All-American certificates in their careers, including earning first team honors three times in the 800 freestyle relay.

Geary is a 16-time SUNYAC champion, specializing in the individual medley, freestyle and medley relays. He helped the Blue Wave to a pair of SUNYAC team championships in 1997 and 1999 and still holds the school records for the 200 individual medley and the 800 freestyle relay. The Honeoye Falls-Lima graduate earned All-American honors in three different seasons and is a seven-time All-American, earning each honor in freestyle relays, including three first team All-American awards. In 2000, he completed his student-teaching requirements, graduating from Geneseo with a biology degree with secondary certification and earned a Master's degree from SUNY Brockport in 2004. His fondest memory of Geneseo athletics is placing fourth in the 800 freestyle relay at the NCAA Division III swimming and diving championships in two consecutive years. An eighth grade science teacher in the Caledonia-Mumford school district, he currently resides in Avon with his wife Lisa and they are expecting their first child in February.

VanDerMeid is a 24-time SUNYAC champion in the sprint events and freestyle relays and was undefeated in SUNYAC competition in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles. He helped the Blue Wave to a pair of SUNYAC team championships in 1995 and 1997 and still holds the school records for the 100 and 200 freestyles and the 800 freestyle relay. He is a three year All-American, who earned 10 All-American certificates, including three first team awards. A 1998 graduate with a degree in computer science, he was named the Dan Mullin Scholar-Athlete for combined athletic excellence and academic achievement following his senior year. The Livonia native competed with a USS Master team for two years before beginning to race triathalons in 2003. His fondest memory of Geneseo athletics is winning SUNYACs and qualifying for the NCAA championships. A technical consultant for Relativity Technologies in Raleigh, North Carolina, he works from his home Lansing, Michigan.

Houlihan won 10 SUNYAC championships in distance freestyle and freestyle relays and led Geneseo to the SUNYAC team title in 1995 and '97. He still holds three school records for the 1000 and 1650 freestyles and the 800 freestyle relay. He is one of just three four year All-Americans in school history, earning 10 All-American certificates, including three first team awards. A native of Latham, New York and graduate of Shaker High School, he was named the Ira Wilson Award as Geneseo's top male athlete for 1998 and received the James Fulton Award from the SUNYAC for career swimming achievement that same year. He graduated with a degree in elementary education, has coached YMCA teams, swam with the MIT Master's team and joins Matt as a fan of triathalons the past three years. His most vivid memory of Geneseo athletics is, as a first year swimmer, anchoring the 800 free relay at the SUNYACs with seniors Pat Fish, Mark Monaghan and Dennis Deitch. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his wife, Casey, a 2001 Geneseo grad, and their two dogs and is currently working towards his Master's degree in guidance counseling.

Muldner won 19 SUNYAC championships in distance freestyle, butterfly and freestyle relays and led Geneseo to the SUNYAC team title in 1997 and '99. He is Geneseo's all-time decorated All-American with 15 national certificates in four years. He joins Mike Houlihan and 2004 Hall of Fame Inductee Beth Shope '99 as the only four year All-Americans in school history. He still holds three school records for the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyles and the 800 freestyle relay. The Union-Endicott High School graduate was named the Ira Wilson Award as Geneseo's top male athlete for 1999, was the co-winner of the Dan Mullin Scholar-Athlete Award for combined academic excellence and athletic accomplishment and received the James Fulton Award from the SUNYAC for career swimming achievement. In addition, he was named the Sam Molnar Award winner as the top scholar-athlete in any sport at any of the 11 SUNYAC institutions. He graduated with a History degree with secondary education and went on to receive a Master's degree in school counseling from the College of William & Mary. He recently relocated back to New York in Saratoga Springs with his wife, Maria and is a school counselor in the Saratoga Springs City School District.

In addition to the Hall of Fame inductions, Geneseo recognized Del Rittenhouse '73 in the "Legends of the Blue Knights" category. The late Rittenhouse was the top player on Geneseo's golf team in the early 70s and was the first Knight to earn All-SUNYAC honors. He is survived by his wife, Rhonda and his two daughters, Karyn and Christy.

The ceremony also included recognition of the 1996-97 women's and men's swimming and diving teams. Each team went 8-1 in the dual meet season on their way to the SUNYAC Championship. On the women's side, the Knights scored 539 points at the conference meet to runnerup Binghamton's 490 to win their eighth SUNYAC title in a row on the way to what would eventually become 15 straight league titles. Geneseo won five events at the championships as Amy Cleary won the 100 freestyle and Michelle Standora won the 50 freestyle. Cleary, Standora, Heather McCloskey and Jean Eitzmann won the 200 free relay, Standora, McCloskey, Cleary and Meg Flanegan won the 400 free relay and Eitzmann, McCloskey, Flanegan and Cleary won the 800 free relay. For her efforts, Cleary was named the Grace Mowatt Award winner, a first for a Geneseo student-athlete and coach Debbie Thompson was the SUNYAC Coach of the Year for the second of three times. On the men's side, Geneseo won 10 events on their way to the SUNYAC title, scoring 461 points in a close meet in which Cortland and Binghamton each totaled 416. Matt VanDerMeid won the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles and teamed with his three companions up at the head table to win the 400 and 800 free relays on his way to being named the Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. Josh Muldner won the 100 and 200 butterfly events, Mike Pacifico won both one and three meter diving and Todd Geary swam to the victory in the 400 IM.

Oct 03, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Wins Pair at Oneonta

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the Oneonta tournament on Sunday and swept a pair of matches. The Knights defeated Mt. St. Mary in the opener, 30-23, 30-21, 30-18 as junior Megan Wailand tallied 10 kills, 10 digs, four service aces and classmate Abi Goettsch collected nine kills, four blocks and a .467 hitting percentage. First year Ashley Saltzman handed out 29 assists. In the second match, Geneseo won a 30-19, 30-26, 30-28 win over Union College. Goettsch earned All-Tournament honors after posting 12 kills and a .570 hitting percentage in the final match and Wailand added nine kills, seven digs. The Knights are now 16-8 on the year.

Oct 01, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Soccer Defeats New Paltz
Men's Soccer Wins Overtime Thriller
Field Hockey Defeats Oswego

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team scored a pair of first half goals to defeat the host New Paltz Hawks by a score of 2-0 this afternoon. Sophomore Nicole Schwartz scored her first of the season just 2:53 into the match to give the Knights the lead and junior Emily Petraglia netted her team high seventh of the season at 32:04 on an assist from senior Jackie Fertitta to provide the insurance. Sophomore Diane Long made five saves to post the shutout in goal as the Knights advance to 5-4 overall and 5-1 in SUNYAC play.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team played their sixth overtime game of the season and won for the third time in extra session when senior Taylor Smith headed a corner kick from Jim Felluca at 107:08 to give the Knights a 2-1 win over visiting New Paltz. The teams were tied at one goal apiece at the intermission as senior Dan Art scored from Kyle Pucko at 8:29 and the Hawks evened the game at 27:43. Sophomore Tim Spayd made five saves to gain the win in goal as the Knights advance to 7-1-2 overall and 4-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Oswego and came from a goal down to win a 3-1 decision. The Lakers got on the board at 20:52, but senior Melissa Walsh answered with a score at 25:16 from first year Sarah Doster to even the game at one at the intermission. In the second stanza, Meagan Caminiti got the game winner from Laura Henson on a scramble in front at 43:00 and Stephanie Honsinger scored from Erin Brown at 62:29 to give the Knights an insurance tally. Senior Amanda Carver made one save to gain the win in nets as the Knights advance to 6-4 overall and 4-0 in SUNYAC.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to Cortland this afternoon and dropped an 8-1 decision to the Red Dragons. Geneseo's lone win came at first doubles, where junior Krissy Feikert and sophomore Kristen Greiner won a 9-7 victory. The Knights fall to 6-3 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Oneonta for the first day of the Red Dragon Invitational and the Knights defeated the hosts in the first match, 11-30, 30-25, 27-30, 30-19, 15-12. Sophomore Courtney Nash led the way with 11 kills, four blocks and a .430 hitting percentage. Junior Abi Goettsch added 10 kills, four blocks, sophomore Jessi Laemlein contributed 11 kills and classmate Kate Barth totaled nine kills. In match two, Geneseo dropped a 30-15, 30-19, 30-28 decision to St. John Fisher. Junior Megan Wailand had six digs, one service ace as the Knights are now 14-8 on the season.

Oct 01, 2005

25th Annual Geneseo Cross Country Invitational

Knights Win Both Women's and Men's Races
Brown, Sawicki Capture Individual Titles

25th Annual Geneseo Cross Country Invitational

SUNY Geneseo hosted the 25th Annual Cross Country Invitational this afternoon at the High Banks Area of Letchworth State Park and the host Knights won both the women's and men's team events.

On the women's side, Geneseo finished fourth through 10th place to score 25 points to defeat runnerup University of Toronto's 92 points. SUNY Brockport placed third with 108 and Otterbein College of Ohio was fourth with 123.

Individually, Toronto alum Megan Brown ran unattached in winning the women's individual race with a blistering time of 16:40 over the five kilometers (3.1 miles). SUNY Potsdam's Jodie Schoppman was second in 17:08, Toronto's Beth Wightman was third in 17:27 and Geneseo's first year phenom Liz Montgomery eclipsed the 18:00 mark with a fourth place time of 17:30.

Geneseo's winning scoring combination included senior Renne Catalano, who was fifth in 18:16, sophomore Karen Merrill, who was sixth in 18:29, first year Christiana Martin, who was seventh in 18:31, junior Shannon Griggs, who was eighth in 18:33, senior Marta Scott, who was ninth in 18:41 and sophomore Meghan Nolan, who was 10th in 18:50.

On the men's side, Geneseo placed seven runners in the top 19 places to score 56 points and narrowly defeat a talented Otterbein's 63 points. The University of Rochester was third with 80 points and Toronto was fourth with 108.

Individually, Otterbein's Mike Sawicki, an expected NCAA Division III national contender, raced to the win in 25:16 over the eight kilometers (5 miles) to outdistance Rochester's Mark Stevens, who crossed the line in 25:20. Otterbein's Mike Cauley ran third in 25:25 and Geneseo alum Jeff Beck ran unattached in fourth in 25:44.

Geneseo's top finisher in the team scoring was junior Mike McGrath, who was eighth in 25:55. Senior Dan Moore placed 12th in 26:16, Ross Hunkovic was 14th in 26:23 and first year Will Haskell was 15th in 26:26. The scoring seven for the Knights ran in a pack and finished 17th, 18th and 19th as Jim Tillapaugh crossed in 26:32, Andrew McCarthy finished in 26:36 and Brad Johnson came home in 26:38.

The Knights, along with head coach Mike Woods, thank the more than 360 runners from 20 participating schools for attending this year's 25th annual event.

Sep 30, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Blanks SUNYIT
Women's Soccer Defeated by Oneonta
Tennis Defeats RIT

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted SUNYIT this afternoon and won a 1-0 decision over the Wildcats on senior Andrew Rice's goal at 19:16. The Knights outshot the Wildcats by a 24-7 margin, despite playing a man down for nearly 35 minutes of the second half. Geneseo's scoring opportunity came when first year Judah Manetta served a ball into the box on a direct kick that senior Taylor Smith flicked to Rice, who finished into an open goal. Sophomore Tim Spayd got the shutout in goal by making two saves as Geneseo advanced to 6-1-2 overall and 3-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Oneonta and dropped a 5-0 decision to the six-time defending SUNYAC champions. Geneseo was outshot by a 17-3 margin as sophomore Diane Long made six saves in taking the loss in goal. The Knights are now 4-4 overall and 4-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team won four of six singles matches to record a 5-4 win over visiting RIT this afternoon. The Knights trailed 2-1 after doubles play as Kristen Greiner and Krissy Feikert won 8-3 at first doubles. In the singles action, Geneseo captured the first four singles levels as Greiner won at first, 6-4, 7-6 (4), Feikert at second, 6-3, 6-4, first year Vivian Cheung at third, 6-0, 6-2 and first year Caitlin Sternberg at fourth singles, 7-5, 6-2. The Knights advance to 6-2 on the season.

Sep 28, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Spikes Saxons

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team hosted Alfred tonight and won a three game set over the Saxons, 30-27, 30-23, 30-28. The Knights were led by sophomore Courtney Nash, who had 14 kills, four blocks and junior Megan Wailand, who added 10 kills, 17 digs. Senior Emily Tatar contributed 18 assists, 21 digs and senior Danielle Cassidy chipped in 26 digs, four service aces Geneseo. The Knights are now 13-7 on the season.

Sep 27, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Tennis Blanks Oswego

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team hosted Oswego this afternoon and moved to 5-2 on the season with a 9-0 blanking of the Lakers. In doubles action, sophomore Kristen Greiner and junior Krissy Feikert moved their season record at first doubles to 6-1 with an 8-1 win. First years Vivian Cheung and Caitlin Sternberg won 8-4 at second doubles and sophomores Lauren Eichenauer and Maureen Peer won 8-2 at third doubles. In singles action, Greiner won 6-2, 6-2 at number one, Feikert won 6-1, 6-1 at second, Cheung won at third, 6-0, 6-1, Sternberg captured fourth at love-love, Eichenauer won at fifth singles, 6-1, 6-0 and Peer captured a hard fought 7-6 (5), 6-3 decision at sixth.

Sep 26, 2005

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Fertitta, Doster Gain Recognition

Weekly Honors

Senior Jackie Fertitta and first year Sarah Doster each earned weekly SUNYAC honors for their performances last week.

Fertitta was named the SUNYAC Women's Soccer Player of the Week after scoring two goals, one assist in a 2-1 week, including a pair of game winning goals against Oswego and Cortland. For her efforts, Fertitta also earned Rochester Area College Athletics (RACA) Athlete of the Week and ECAC Upstate Women's Soccer Player of the Week recognition.

Doster earned SUNYAC Field Hockey Player of the Week after netting a goal and three assists in the Knights 4-0 blanking of New Paltz. Doster is tied for the SUNYAC scoring lead with six goals, three helpers for 15 points.

Sep 26, 2005

KIDS NIGHT OUT

Women's Basketball Takes Part in Global Volunteer Day
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KIDS NIGHT OUT

The women's basketball team, in conjunction with Prudential Global Volunteer Day, presents KIDS NIGHT OUT for children ages 5-15. The event takes place on Friday, September 30, 2005 from 5-9 pm in the Louise Kuhl Gymnasium.

Drop your children off for a SUPERVISED night filled with movies, games, swimming, arts & crafts, plus much more! The cost? IT'S FREE!!!

Concessions will be available and questions can be directed to head women's basketball coach Kris Ruffo at 245-5354.

Sep 25, 2005

Sunday's Contest Summary

Hawks Soar over Field Hockey

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Hartwick this afternoon and the Hawks soared to a 3-1 win over the Knights. Geneseo took a 1-0 lead on Stephanie Honsinger's rebound goal in the first half, but the Hawks answered with a pair of first half goals to take a 2-1 intermission lead. The game remained 2-1 until Hartwick added an insurance goal late in the match. Senior Amanda Carver made three saves in nets and the Knights drop to 5-4 on the season.

Sep 24, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Wins Second Straight in OT
Field Hockey Blanks New Paltz
Women's Soccer Defeats Cortland

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Cortland this afternoon and junior Yoshi Morimoto's rebound goal 2:48 into overtime gave the Knights their second straight extra session victory. After a scoreless first half, Cortland took a 1-0 lead at 47:39 on a penalty kick and a red card ejection put the Knights a man down. However, just 18 seconds later, the Red Dragons had a player ejected making the match a 10-on-10 affair for the remaining 43:03 of regulation and the overtime. The Knights evened the game at 70:13 on a penalty kick by Jim Felluca, setting the stag for Morimoto's heroics. Geneseo outshot the Red Dragons by a 17-5 count, including first year Nick Prosser's blast from the right side of the penalty area on which Cortland goalie Sean Trask made a spectacular diving save but the rebound went directly to Morimoto for the game winner. Geneseo is now 5-1-2 overall and 2-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the New Paltz Hawks this afternoon and cruised to a 4-0 win to remain unbeaten in SUNYAC play at 3-0. First year Sarah Doster was part of all four scores with a goal and three assists, while senior Melissa Walsh netted a pair of scores. Junior Jeanine Tripepi got the Knights on the board with a goal just 1:39 into the match. Senior Amanda Carver got the start and was untested in 44:28, while Megan Coltoniak stopped two shots in 25:32. The Knights advance to 5-3 overall.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Cortland this afternoon and grabbed a 2-0 win over the Red Dragons to keep their SUNYAC record unblemished at 4-0. Senior Jackie Fertitta scored on a corner kick by Carly Chiappetta with 1:17 left in the first half and junior Emilly Petraglia ripped a 25 yard shot inside the post just 1:36 into the second stanza to provide the scoring. Sophomore Diane Long made three saves to post the shutout as the Knights move to 4-3 overall.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the SUNYAC West pool play this afternoon and split a pair of matches. In the first contest, Geneseo defeated Fredonia, 32-30, 24-30, 30-18, 30-26. Sophomore Kate Barth pounded 15 kills, 12 digs and four blocks, while junior Abi Goettsch contributed eight kills, nine blocks and six service aces. First year Ashley Saltzman handed out 45 assists and Courtney Nash contributed nine kills. In match two, the Knights faced the other unbeaten pool play team in SUNY Brockport and dropped a tough four game set, 15-30, 30-26, 21-30, 23-30. Nash had 11 kills, Barth added 10 kills and Saltzman dished out 37 helpers as the Knights complete the weekend with a record of 12-7 overall and 3-1 in SUNYAC West.

Sep 23, 2005

Friday's Game Summaries

Men's Soccer Wins in OT
Women's Soccer Blanks Lakers
Volleyball Defeats Buffalo St., Oswego

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Oswego this afternoon and won a 3-2 thriller when senior Dan Art converted a Joe Walter one touch from eight yards out 5:10 into the first overtime period. The Lakers took a 1-0 intermission lead with a goal at 37:06, despite being outshot by a 13-4 margin in the first period. Geneseo continued to control play, winning the second half shot margin by 15-3 and evened the game at 66:48 when Patrick Occhiuto sent a through ball to first year Judah Manetta, who converted the mini-breakaway. The Knights took a 2-1 lead when senior Dan Verbanac lofted a high arching shot from 20 yards out after a Manetta cross at 83:45. A little more than two minutes later, Oswego served a ball from midfield and scored a header from six yards out to even the game at two and send the game into overtime. First year Adam McMahon made two saves as the Knights finished the game with a 29-8 shot advantage. The Knights are now 4-1-2 overall and 1-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team travelled to Oswego this afternoon and blanked the Lakers by a score of 2-0. The Knights scored a goal in each half as senior Jackie Fertitta netted the first on an assist from Maureen Hilliker and junior Emily Petraglia got the insurance goal in the second half on a helper by Melissa Santariello. Sophomore Diane Long made the start in goal and posted the shutout with one save. Geneseo evens their overall record at 3-3 and remains unbeaten in SUNYAC play at 3-0.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team hosted the SUNYAC West Pool Play today and won their first match, 30-28, 30-18, 30-13 over Buffalo St. Junior Abi Goettsch led the way with eight kills and a .727 hitting percentage, while sophomores Courtney Nash and Kate Barth each contributed eight kills. Senior Emily Tatar handed out 28 assists for the Knights, while junior Megan Wailand contributed seven kills, nine digs. In match two, Barth collected 17 kills, 14 digs, Wailand totaled 14 kills, 27 digs and first year Ashley Saltzman dished out 60 assists as the Knights came from a pair of games down to win 23-30, 26-30, 30-24, 30-27, 15-9 over Oswego. Geneseo is now 11-6 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC.

Sep 21, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Tennis Falls to Herons

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to William Smith this afternoon and dropped a tough 6-3 set to the Herons. Geneseo led 2-1 after the doubles play as junior Krissy Feikert and sophomore Kristen Greiner won 8-5 at first doubles and sophomore Maureen Peer and first year Caitlin Sternberg won 9-7 at third doubles. The Herons came back to win five of six singles matches as Feikert was the lone winner for the Knights at second singles, 6-4, 6-3. Geneseo falls to 4-2 on the season.

Sep 20, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Blanks Brockport
Women's Soccer Falls at Ithaca
Volleyball Spiked at Ithaca

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team grabbed their second SUNYAC win in a row with a 2-0 shutout over the host Brockport Golden Eagles this afternoon. After a scoreless first half, first year Stephanie Honsinger scored her first career goal for the Knights to give Geneseo a 1-0 lead and junior Sarah Buchanan added an insurance goal as the Knights raise their record to 4-3 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC. Senior Amanda Carver posted the shutout in nets by making six saves.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team had their two game win streak ended at Ithaca this afternoon in a 2-1 loss to the Bombers. Ithaca opened the scoring at 17:58 of the game and took the one goal lead into the intermission. In the second stanza, the Bombers extended to a two goal advantage at 67:18, but the Knights pulled within one at 83:23 when senior Jackie Fertitta fed classmate Nancy Prior for her first of the season. The Knights could not gain the equalizer over the final seven minutes as sophomore Diane Long took the loss in nets, making six saves. The Knights fall to 2-3 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Ithaca tonight and dropped a 30-24, 30-24, 30-20 set to the Bombers. Sophomore Kate Barth had 13 kills, eight digs, four blocks and first year Ashley Saltzman totaled 14 assists. Junior Abi Goettsch added seven kills and Megan Wailand contributed six kills, nine digs. The Knights fall to 9-6 on the season.

Sep 20, 2005

Knights Earn Weekly Honors

Petraglia, Merrill Gain Recognition

Weekly Honors
Junior Emily Petraglia and sophomore Karen Merrill earned weekly honors for women's soccer and women's cross country, respectively.

Petraglia was named the SUNYAC Women's Soccer Player of the Week after scoring four goals, one assist in a 2-1 week for the Knights. Petraglia scored a goal in the loss to Nazareth on Tuesday, a goal and an assist in the dramatic 4-3 come from behind win over Plattsburgh on Friday and added a pair of scores in the 8-0 shutout of Potsdam on Saturday.

Merrill was named the New York State Collegiate Track Conference Female Runner of the Week after gaining her first ever individual title at the Fredonia Invitational, where her time of 18:55 led the Knights to the team championship.

Sep 17, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Field Hockey Wins in Overtime
Women's Soccer Traps Bears
Tennis Defeats Oneonta

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Oneonta Red Dragons this afternoon and won a dramatic 3-2 overtime decision. The Knights led 1-0 at the intermission when first year Sarah Doster scored her team high fifth goal of the season at 28:24. Junior Jeanine Tripepi, who led the team in scoring her first two seasons, netted her second of the year in as many games on an assist from classmate Laura Henson. The Red Dragons cut the deficit to a goal just 10 minutes later and got the equalizer with just 2:27 remaining. In the overtime session, Tripepi sent the Knights to the win on an assist from Karen Garnish just 1:22 into the extra session. Senior Amanda Carver made six saves in posting the win in nets as the Knights even their record at 3-3 overall.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted Potsdam this afternoon and shutout the Bears by a score of 7-0. Geneseo scored four times in the first half and three more in the second. Junior Emily Petraglia and sophomore Kaye Robinson each netted a pair of goals and senior Jackie Fertitta added a goal and an assist. Senior Alaina Smith and junior Carly Chiapetta chipped in with goals. Sophomore Diane Long got her second win of the season by making one save in 45 minutes, while Dana Cummings was untested in 45 minutes of the second half. Geneseo moves to 2-2 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC play.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to Oneonta this afternoon and won a 6-3 decision over the Red Dragons. The Knights swept the doubles action to take a 3-0 lead as sophomore Kristen Greiner and junior Krissy Feikert won 8-1 at first doubles, sophomore Lauren Eichenauer and first year Vivian Cheung won 8-4 at #2 doubles and Maureen Peer and Caitlin Sternberg grabbed an 8-5 win at third doubles. In the singles, Feikert won 6-1, 6-1 at second, Cheung was victorious at third singles, 6-0, 6-1 and Eichenauer came back for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win at fourth singles. The Knights advance to 4-1 on the season.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to Fredonia this afternoon and won the team title by placing their five scoring runners in the top six, including sophomore Karen Merrill, who won her first ever individual title in a time of 18:55. The Knights scored 16 points to runnerup Fredonia's 65. Sophomore Meghan Nolan was second in 19:35, junior Shannon Griggs was third in 19:37, first year Christiana Martin was fourth in 19:57 and first year Lauren Ferrimani was sixth in 20:10. Rounding out the top seven for the Knights were first year Whitney Nephew, who was seventh in 20:11 and senior Sally Briggs, who was ninth in 20:22.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to Fredonia this afternoon and senior Dan Moore won his first individual collegiate title with a time of 27:11 to lead the Knights to the team championship with 35 points to Houghton's 53. Sophomore Eugene Peterson and first year Ben DeGeorge supported Moore's efforts with top ten finishes. Peteson was fourth in 27:47 and DeGeorge crossed the line sixth in 28:01. Completing the scoring five for Geneseo were senior Adam Streb, who was 11th in 28:28 and first year Jon Gauthier, who was 13th in 28:30, while Derek Zellefrow and Shane Zanetti were in the top seven by finishing 17th in 28:48 and 21st in 29:07, respectively.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the RIT tournament this afternoon and won a 32-30, 30-19, 24-30, 30-25 win over the Rochester Yellowjackets. Senior Emily Tatar handed out 40 assists to center the attack, with sophomore Kate Barth collecting 20 kills, seven digs and classmate Courtney Nash adding 14 kills. Junior Megan Wailand contributed 11 kills, seven digs and Katie Florczak totaled 21 digs. In the second match of the day and final match of the tournament, Geneseo won a 19-30, 30-27, 30-22, 30-25 decision over Clarkson. Wailand netted 15 kills, seven digs and Nash had 15 kills, three blocks to lead the way. Junior Katie Florczak added 12 digs and Tatar contributed 34 assists, 11 digs.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Potsdam this afternoon and played to a 1-1 tie with the Bears. Geneseo's Taylor Smith broke up the scoreless game with a penalty kick with 10 minutes remaining, but the Bears got the equalizer on a 30 yard shot that skipped into the net. First year Adam McMahon made one save in goal for the Knights as they are now 3-1-2 overall and 0-1-1 in SUNYAC.

Sep 16, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Women's Soccer Wins SUNYAC Thriller
Men's Soccer Tripped at Plattsburgh
Tennis Falls to New Paltz

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team allowed three goals in the first 21:47 and then stormed back to capture a 4-3 win over visiting Plattsburgh on Saratoga Field this afternoon, giving head coach Aria Goodberlet her first career win. The Cardinals scored on three of their first five shots to take a three goal lead and four minutes later, a nearby lighting sighting caused a 35 minute delay. Following the delay, Geneseo controlled play, outshooting Plattsburgh 13-5 in the first half, but still trailed 3-0 at the intermission. Geneseo's Melissa Santariello scored at 49:14 from 20 yards out on a direct kick to jumpstart the comeback and the Knights rally continued after a red card ejection resulted in the Cardinals having to play a person down. Senior Jackie Powers netted the first of her two goals on a cross from junior Emily Petraglia at 63:19 and Petraglia's low shot inside the right post evened the game at 71:38. Powers got the game winner less than three minutes later by collecting a rebound off a Nancy Prior shot and putting it into the open net for the 4-3 lead at 74:34. Sophomore Dana Cummings made one save and allowed three goals in 27:17, before classmate Diane Long came on in relief after the weather delay to make one save in gaining the win in nets. Geneseo moves to 1-2 on the season and 1-0 in SUNYAC.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Plattsburgh tonight and dropped a 2-1 double overtime decision to the Cardinals. After a scoreless first half, senior Dan Art collected a rebound and put home the first goal of the game with 12 minutes left to give the Knights a 1-0 lead. Geneseo played a man down over the final 10 minutes and throughout the overtimes as the Cardinals scored in the final eight minutes and in the second OT to gain the win. First year Adam McMahon took the loss in nets as the Knights drop their first game of the season and are now 3-1-1 overall and 0-1 in SUNYAC.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team travelled to New Paltz this afternoon and were handed a 7-2 defeat by the host Hawks. First year Vivian Cheung helped earn both points for the Knights as she won 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 at third singles and teamed with sophomore Lauren Eichenauer to win 9-8 at second doubles. The Knights fall to 3-1 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team opened the RIT Invitational with matches against Nazareth and New York University on Friday. In the opening match, Geneseo lost a tough five game set to the Golden Flyers, 30-21, 26-30, 30-21, 23-30, 11-15 and in the nightcap, dropped a 30-22, 30-21, 30-14 decision to the Violets. In the first match, Geneseo received 19 kills, 11 digs from sophomore Kate Barth, 30 assists from senior Emily Tatar and 14 kills from sophomore Courtney Nash. In the nightcap, Barth had nine kills, six digs, junior Megan Wailand added six kills and first year Ashley Saltzman handed out 10 helpers. Geneseo is now 7-5 on the season.

Sep 14, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Field Hockey Grounds Eagles

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team used three first half scores on the way to a 4-0 shutout over visiting Elmira on Merritt Field this afternoon. Junior Jeanine Tripepi opened the scoring with her first of the season at 4:52 for the Knights. First year Sarah Doster netted her team high fourth of the year from Sarah Buchanan at 22:57 and senior Melissa Walsh connected on a corner from Karen Garnish at 32:06 to give the Knights the 3-0 intermission lead. In the second half, the game remained 3-0 until Buchanan tipped a shot past the Eagle goalie with just 2:47 remaining on a corner. Senior Ashley Broska was credited with the assist. Senior Amanda Carver stopped four shots in the first half and combined on the shutout with sophomore Megan Coltoniak, who made one save in the final 35 minutes. Geneseo is now 2-3 on the season.

Sep 13, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summaries

Volleyball Wins Seventh Straight
Women's Soccer Tripped by Nazareth

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team won their seventh straight match, defeating the Elmira College Soaring Eagles in a three game set in the Louise Kuhl Gymnasium tonight. Geneseo was led by sophomore Kate Barth, who had 20 kills, 12 digs and a .410 hitting percentage and classmate Courtney Nash, who added nine kills, six blocks. First year Ashley Saltzman dished out 19 assists, senior Emily Tatar contributed 16 helpers and senior Jelena Vujcic chipped in six service aces for Geneseo as they run their record to 7-3 on the season.


Women's Soccer
The women's soccer travelled to Nazareth College this afternoon and the Flyers used three straight goals to trip the Knights by a 3-2 margin. Senior Jackie Fertitta got Geneseo on the board just 2:29 into the match on an assist from Lindsay Quist-Chaffee, but the Flyers answered 2:12 later and the game went into intermission tied at one. Nazareth came out in the second stanza and scored at 49:52 and got the eventual game winner just 34 ticks later to take a 3-1 lead. Junior Emily Petraglia scored off a corner kick by Maureen Hilliker at 64:13 to cut the deficit to one, but the Knights could not muster the game tying goal over the final 26 minutes. Geneseo was outshot by a 20-12 margin and sophomore Dana Cummings made six saves in taking the loss in nets. The Knights fall to 0-2 on the season.

Sep 10, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Volleyball Wins Elmira Invitational
Men's Soccer Outscores St. Lawrence
Cross Country Sweeps Oswego Invite

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team won the Elmira Invitational this afternoon with wins over Alfred and the hosts in the championship match. The Knights advanced to the champioship with a 30-25, 30-22, 30-28 win over Alfred. Sophomore Kate Barth had 21 kills, junior Megan Wailand added 11 kills, eight digs and senior Jelena Vujcic added 16 digs, four service aces. Sophomore Courtney Nash netted eight kills, three blocks and first year Ashley Saltzman contributed 44 helpers, 11 digs. In the championship match, the Knights completed the weekend with a 4-0 record and went 12-0 in games with a 30-28, 30-20, 30-15 win over the host Soaring Eagles. Nash was named tournament MVP after contributing 13 kills, six blocks, while Barth earned All-Tournament honors with 12 kills, six digs. Senior Emily Tatar had 34 assists, Wailand added nine kills, four aces and junior Katie Florczak contributed 14 digs. The Knights are now 6-3 on the year.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to St. Lawrence this afternoon and outscored the Saints by a 4-2 margin. Sophomore Patrick Occhiuto gave Geneseo a 1-0 lead at 11:42 and classmate Matt Robinson found first year Joe Walter in front for a two goal advantage at 27:00. After the Saints pulled within a goal at 33:18, junior Yoshi Morimoto scored unassisted at 42:55 to give the Knights another two goal cushion. In the second stanza, St. Lawrence got within a goal at 57:16, but Robinson fed Dan Verbanac at 79:47 to seal the win. First year Adam McMahon had one save in posting the win in nets as the Knights advance to 3-0-1 on the year.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to Oswego today and won the team title with 26 points to runnerup Ithaca's 57. The Knights had the second through fourth place finishers as first year Liz Montgomery finished in 18:11, senior Marta Scott came home in 18:25 and senior Renne Catalano ran to an 18:27 time. Sophomore Karen Merrill was sixth in 18:38 and junior Christy Finke was 11th in 18:54 to complete the scoring five. Rounding out the top seven were sophomore Meghan Nolan, who was 12th in 18:57 and senior Fran Magri, who was 16th in 19:15.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team raced to the win at Oswego this afternoon as the Knights scored 44 points to Brockport's 76. Junior Mike McGrath ran to a fourth place finish in 25:51 to lead the way and senior Dan Moore was seventh in 25:59. The remainder of the Knights top seven finished in a pack 10th-14th. Senior Andrew McCarthy finished in 26:11, junior Ross Hunkovic in 26:12, junior Jim Tillapaugh in 26:13, first year Will Haskell in 26:20 and senior Brad Johnson in 26:21.

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Rensselaer today and dropped a 2-1 overtime decision. After a scoreless first half, Rensselaer took a 1-0 lead at 43:16, but the Knights evened the game less than two minutes later when Jeanine Tripepi fed Sarah Doster for a goal at 45:04. The contest remained 1-1 for the remainder of regulation and into overtime until the Red Hawks got the game winner in the 72nd minute. Senior Amanda Carver made six saves in taking the loss as the Knights fall to 1-3 on the year.

Sep 09, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Defeats Clarkson
Volleyball Sweeps at Elmira Tournament

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team posted their second shutout of the season with a 2-0 win over host Clarkson University this afternoon. The Knights received a spark from the return of senior forward Andrew Rice, who played for the first time this season after a preseason injury and scored the game's opening goal at 33:39 on an assist from Kyle Pucko. First year Adam McMahon got the shutout in goal by making two saves as Geneseo outshot the hosts by a 15-2 margin. Sophomore Patrick Occhiuto scored the unassisted insurance goal at 69:55 to complete the scoring as the Knights advance to 2-0-1 on the season.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Elmira for the Soaring Eagle Invitational and swept the opening matches in three games against Hartwick and Hamilton. The Knights began the tournament with a 30-25, 30-17, 30-23 win over the Hawks as sophomore Kate Barth collected 17 kills, 10 digs and classmate Courtney Nash added eight kills, three blocks. Junior Katie Florczak added 10 digs for the Knights. In the second match, Geneseo grabbed a 30-15, 30-18, 30-20 win over the Continentals. Barth and Nash had 10 kills apiece and senior Emily Tatar dished out 19 assists to pace the attack. Geneseo is now 4-3 on the year and will continue with the tournament on Saturday.

Sep 08, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summary

Tennis Remains Unbeaten at 3-0

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team remained unbeaten at 3-0 this season with a 6-3 win over visiting Nazareth this afternoon. The Knights opened a 2-1 lead after doubles play as sophomore Kristen Greiner and junior Krissy Feikert won an 8-5 decision at first doubles, while sophomore Lauren Eichenauer and first year Emily Grisante were taking an 8-4 win at third doubles. In singles action, Eichenauer gave the Knights a 3-1 lead with a 6-0, 6-3 win at fifth singles, but the Flyers answered with a win at third singles to make it 3-2. The Knights rattled off three straight wins to clinch the match as Greiner won 7-5, 6-3 at first singles, first year Caitlin Sternberg won 6-3, 6-3 at fourth singles and Feikert came back from an early deficit to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 at second singles.

Sep 07, 2005

Wednesday's Contest Summary

Field Hockey Downed by Nazareth

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Nazareth College tonight and were downed by the Flyers by a score of 3-1. Nazareth led 1-0 at the intermission, but extended to a two goal lead just 6:45 into the second stanza. The Knights pulled within a goal just 2:09 later when first year Sarah Doster netted her second of the season on a penalty corner with Karen Garnish picking up the assist. The game remained 2-1 until the Flyers got an insurance goal at 55:32 to seal the win. Senior Amanda Carver took the loss in nets after making three saves as the Knights fall to 1-2 on the season.

Sep 06, 2005

Tuesday's Contest Summary

Volleyball Defeats Nazareth

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to Nazareth tonight and won a thrilling five game set over the Golden Flyers. Sophomore Courtney Nash collected 13 kills to lead the team to a 30-26, 30-26, 21-30, 15-30, 15-7 win. Junior Megan Wailand added eight kills, 10 digs, senior Emily Tatar handed out 21 assists and senior Jelena Vujcic contributed 10 digs and four service aces. The Knights raise their record to 2-3 on the year.

Sep 03, 2005

Saturday's Contest Summaries

Women's Field Hockey Defeats Wooster
Women's Cross Country Wins at Buffalo St.
Women's Tennis Downs Fredonia

Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team hosted the Wooster Fighting Scots this afternoon and won a 2-0 decision to earn their first win of the season. Senior Melissa Walsh scored just 8:54 into the contest to give the Knights a 1-0 intermission lead and first year Sarah Doster scored off an assist from junior Laura Henson at 51:33 to seal the win. Senior Amanda Carver made six saves as the Knights controlled play and outshot the Scots by a 20-6 margin. The Knights are now 1-1 on the season.

Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team travelled to the Dan Walker Invitational at Buffalo St. this afternoon and won the meet with a score of 43 points over runnerup Division II Edinboro's (PA) 52. Geneseo had three runners in the top 10 and three others in the top 15 at the meet including senior Renne Catalano, who was fourth in 19:05, senior Marta Scott, who was sixth in 19:17, Liz Montgomery, who placed eighth in 19:30. Sophomore Karen Merrill, junior Christy Finke and Christiana Martin ran 12th (19:40), 13th, (19:56) and 14th (19:58), respectively.

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team ran their record to 2-0 on the season with a 6-3 win at Fredonia this afternoon. Junior Krissy Feikert and sophomore Kristen Greiner were double winners as Feikert won second singles, 6-2, 6-0, Greiner won first singles, 6-1, 6-2 and the pair teamed to win first doubles, 8-1. First years Vivian Cheung and Caitlin Sternberg each won a pair of matches as well with Cheung winning third singles, 6-1, 6-0 and Sternberg capturing fourth singles, 6-1, 6-1 and the pair teaming to win second doubles, 8-2.

Men's Cross Country
The men's cross country team travelled to Buffalo St. for the Dan Walker Invitational and won a second place team finish with 59 points to champion Malone (OH), who had 32. The Knights had four runners in the top 15 places as Mike McGrath ran fifth in 26:45, Dan Moore was eighth in 26:52, Ross Hunkovic was 12th in 27:00 and Jim Tillapaugh was 13th in 27:02.

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team hosted Hobart College this afternoon and watched the Statesmen score two goals in the final 26 minutes to earn a 2-2 tie. Geneseo's Matt Robinson scored early in the match on a cross from Joe Walter at 3:13 to give the Knights the lead and first year Nick Prosser converted a breakaway for a 2-0 lead at 57:16. Hobart made it 2-1 at 64:01 on a penalty kick and after pressuring the Knights' defense, converted the game tying goal with under three minutes left. First year Adam McMahon made five saves for the Knights as they are now 1-0-1 on the campaign.

Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team hosted William Smith College this afternoon in their season opener and dropped a tough 1-0 decision as the Herons scored with just 1:12 remaining. Both teams had several scoring opportunities throughout the game, but the Heron sophomore Johanna Murphy intercepted a clearing pass at the top of the penalty area and lofted a high left-footed shot into the top right corner. The Herons outshot the Knights by a 12-6 margin and sophomore Laura Castor made seven saves in nets in taking the loss.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team continued with the NYU tournament this morning and dropped a tough 30-26, 30-18, 30-19 decision to St. Thomas (MN). Sophomore Kate Barth had eight kills, classmate Courtney Nash added four kills and first year setter Ashley Saltzman dished out 20 assists on the attack. Defensively, Danielle Cassidy had five digs and Katie Florczak added four digs. In the final match of the tournament, Geneseo grabbed a 31-29, 29-31, 30-25, 30-27 win over Gallaudet. Barth had 12 kills, five blocks, 17 digs to lead the team. Nash added 10 kills, five blocks, Megan Wailand contributed 10 kills, 13 digs, four aces and Emily Tatar handed out 33 assists as the Knights complete the weekend at 1-3.

Sep 02, 2005

Friday's Contest Summaries

Tennis Wins Season Opener
Volleyball Drops a Pair at NYU

Women's Tennis
The women's tennis team opened the 2005 season with an 8-1 win at conference rival Brockport this afternoon. Sophomore Kristen Greiner won a 6-3, 6-0 decision at first singles and teamed with junior Krissy Feikert, who won second singles, 6-2, 6-1, to capture first doubles, 8-3. First year Vivian Cheung won an exciting third singles match, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and classmate Caitlin Sternberg won at fourth singles, 6-4, 7-6. The Knights swept the singles competition when sophomore Lauren Eichenauer won fifth singles, 6-4, 7-6 and Maureen Peer took sixth singles, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. In other doubles action, Cheung and Sternberg combined for a close 9-8 win at second doubles.

Women's Volleyball
The women's volleyball team travelled to New York University today for their season opening tournament and fell to the #3 nationally ranked hosts in five games in their opening match. The Knights dropped a pair of 30-27 games to open the set, but rebounded with 31-29, 30-25 wins to even the match at a pair of games. The Violets ran to a 15-10 decision in the decided stanza. Sophomore Kate Barth led the way with 13 kills, 11 digs, four blocks and classmate Courtney Nash had five kills, eight blocks. Geneseo's defense held strong throughout the match as Danielle Cassidy contributed 20 digs and junior Megan Wailand added seven digs, seven service aces. The Knights fell in their second Wisconsin-Stevens Point in their second match by scores of 30-25, 30-28, 30-21. Junior Megan Wailand and sophomore Courtney Nash each had seven kills and senior Emily Tatar added 17 assists, 10 digs. Geneseo will continue with the tournament on Saturday.

Sep 01, 2005

Thursday's Contest Summaries

Men's Soccer Blanks Nazareth
Field Hockey Falls to Herons

Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team travelled to Nazareth College this afternoon for their season opener and blanked the Golden Flyers by a score of 2-0. First year Nick Prosser scored his first collegiate goal on a through ball from classmate Judah Manetta at 14:30 to give the Knights a 1-0 intermission lead. The game remained 1-0 until sophomore Matt Robinson took a Nazareth corner kick in his own end and went the length of the field, splitting two defenders and knocking it past the Flyer keeper for an insurance goal with 2:49 left in the contest. First year Adam McMahon made seven saves to post his first collegiate shutout.

Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team travelled to Geneva, NY tonight to take on the highly regarded William Smith Herons and dropped a tough 2-1 decision. The Herons led 2-0 at the intermission before Geneseo's Erin Brown scored on an assist by Karen Garnish to make it 2-1 at the 40:59 mark. Senior netminder Amanda Carver stopped 16 shots in goal as the Knights fall in their season opener.

Sep 01, 2005

It's Opening Day 2005-06!!!

Men's Soccer, Field Hockey Kickoff Season

2005-06 Opening Day
The SUNY Geneseo Blue Knights begin their 2005-06 season today as the men's soccer team travels to Nazareth College to take on the Golden Flyers at 4 pm this afternoon. The Knights are the defending SUNYAC Champions and advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals last season.

The women's field hockey team begins action tonight as they travel to Geneva, NY for a 7:00 p.m. tilt against the William Smith College Herons.

The remainder of the Geneseo teams begin play this weekend. On Friday, the women's tennis team travels to Brockport and the women's volleyball team to the New York University tournament. On Saturday, the women's and men's cross country teams race at the Buffalo St. Invitational and the women's soccer team begins play by hosting William Smith.

Aug 24, 2005

Geneseo Tabbed 21st in NSCA Power Rankings

First Appearance in Annual Collegiate Rankings

NSCA Division III Collegiate Power Rankings

Chicago, IL-August 1, 2005-The National Collegiate Scouting Association announces its third annual Collegiate Power Rankings. SUNY Geneseo ranks 21st on the list of top academic and athletic colleges/universities in the country at the NCAA Division III level.

NSCA power rankings are calculated for each school at the Division I, II and III level by averaging the U.S. News & World Report ranking, the U.S. Sports Academy Director's Cup rank (NACDA) adn the student-athlete graduation rate of each school. The U.S. Sports Academy's Director's Cup ranking evaluates the strengths of NCAA athletic departments, while the U.S. News & World Report ranking recognizes institutions of academic excellence. The student-athlete graduation rates are based on those provided by the NCAA.

SUNY Geneseo ranked 12th in the U.S. News & World Report, 26th in the final Division III NACDA ranking and 27th in Division III student-athlete graduation rates.

Aug 15, 2005

Lammers Named Head Men's Ice Hockey Coach

Alumnus Returns to Lead Ice Knights

Geneseo, N.Y.-SUNY Geneseo is pleased to announce the hiring of Jason Lammers as head men’s ice hockey coach.

Lammers replaces Brian Hills, who accepted a position as the top assistant coach for the Rochester Institute of Technology's Division I program after four seasons on the bench for Geneseo.

A native of Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Lammers returns to Geneseo after two seasons of professional hockey followed by five seasons as an assistant coach at four different universities.

Lammers played two seasons of minor league hockey for the Idaho Steelheads and Phoenix Mustangs in the West Coast League in 1998-99 and 1999-2000 and began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Clarkson University in 2000-01.

In 2001-02, Lammers was the top assistant at Hobart College, returned to Clarkson in 2002-03 and worked the past two seasons for head coach Guy Gadowski, at Alaska-Fairbanks in 2003-04 and at Princeton in 2004-05.

Lammers takes over a prominent men’s ice hockey program which has consistently finished in the upper echelon of the State University of New York Athletic Conference, including the Ice Knights second ever SUNYAC title and trip to the NCAA Division III tournament last season.

"It is my dream to return to my alma mater as the head hockey coach," said Lammers. "I look forward to continuing the success of the past and will strive to take the team further into the NCAA tournament."

A 1998 graduate of Geneseo, Lammers was a two-time assistant captain and captained the team for the 1997-98 season, when he earned second team All-SUNYAC honors as a defenseman.

In addition to his coaching duties, Lammers will be responsible for the management of the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena and will serve as the liaison to the Genesee Finger Lakes Youth Hockey organization.

"I am confident that with Jason's playing and coaching experience, he will be an asset to our program," said Athletic Director Marilyn Moore. "His dedication to the game and his commitment to Geneseo, especially our alumni and the community, will provide the leadership necessary to keep our program at the fore-front of Division III ice hockey."

Aug 12, 2005

2005 Blue Knights Golf Classic

Blue Knights Roundtable Fundraiser Draws 86 Players
Thanks to All the Participants!!!

2005 Blue Knights Golf Classic

The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation, along with the Blue Knights Roundtable Booster Club, would like to thank the 86 players, sponsors and advertisers for their support of the 2005 Blue Knights Golf Classic held at Webster East Golf Club on Thursday, August 11.

The event serves as the primary fundraiser for the Roundtable Booster Club, which provides support for the intercollegiate athletics and recreation program.

Check out some of the great action from yesterday's event!

Swim coach Paul Dotterweich attempts the birdie putt.

Celebrating the par three!

Hoop alum Andy Paris, '85 and Associate AD Mike Mooney study the stroke of swim alum Todd Yunker, '89.

Aug 04, 2005

2005-06 Schedules Posted

Knights Begin Fall Action on Thursday, September 1
Men's Soccer, Women's Field Hockey Open Season

2005-06 Schedules
The Geneseo Blue Knight schedules for 2005-06 have been posted on each team's page. The fall sports open on Thursday, September 1 as the men's soccer team travels to Nazareth and the women's field hockey team visits William Smith.

The home season begins on Saturday, September 3 as the women's soccer team hosts William Smith at 12 noon on the Saratoga Field, the field hockey team entertains Wooster (OH) on Alumni Field at 1 pm and the men's soccer team takes on Hobart at 3 pm on the Saratoga Field.

Home openers for the remaining four fall sports include the women's tennis team entertaining Nazareth on Thursday, September 8 at 4 pm, the women's volleyball team hosting Elmira on Tuesday, September 13 at 7 pm and the men's and women's cross country team hosting the Geneseo Invitational on Saturday, October 1 at Letchworth State Park at 11 am.