Wednesday, December 9, 2009

2009 Recap

It's officially the last week of Golden Eagles sports in 2009. Last night I was sitting in my nest and thinking of how awesome this year really was at Brockport...

We kicked it off late in February as our both out men's and women's basketball teams were SUNYAC Champions. It was the first time EVER that both teams made it to the Division III NCAA Tournament in the same season!

Our hockey team had a great end to the season in 2009 winning 14 games as well by hosting their first ever SUNYAC home tournament game. Oh yea, they won it too and moved on the SUNYAC semi-final.
The snow melted which meant our spring teams were ready to compete.

Our softball team made school history by sending six players to the All-SUNYAC team. The team was eliminated in the ECAC tournament. Senior Rachel Maxon earned an Academic All-American honor being named to ESPN's Academic All-American second team! Another reason why the classroom is so important!

For baseball, our Golden Eagles made it to the championship round of the SUNYAC tournament where they lost to rival SUNY Cortland. Brockport advanced to the ECAC tournament championship where they lost to St. John Fisher. The Golden Eagles still placed three players on the All-SUNYAC first team.

It was another successful year for our track and field teams. Our women's team finished with a SUNYAC title! Brockport also sent three players to the NCAA Division III Championships. Senior Dom Gonzalez earned his second All-american honor and a sixth place finish in the hammer throw at the championships.

School was then out for the summer and I got to head on down to the Carribean (what? It's my one time to actually get away. I am one verrrrrry busy bird!)

Late August arrived and cars started to flock the campus as students returned for the 2009-2010 school year. If you were an athlete you were back on campus a couple weeks before. Same went for me! I had mascot training as well. Double sessions were rough as I had to out-cheer the Cardinal from St. John Fisher and the Bomber from University of Rochester.

Anyways, back to the sports.

The fall season brought a lot of success to our soccer teams. Our men's team went on to beat nationally ranked SUNY Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC Championship game for the first time since 1978 and headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2004.

Congrats to our Women's Soccer team as well. They won the ECAC Upstate Tournament that was held here on campus. This week Nicole Gibaud and Jess VanAllen were named to the third team on the All-region team. Congrats girls!

And lastly, our football team finished up the year at 4-6. The season was highlighted by many school records were broken. QB Jake Graci broke many season records with pass attempts, passing yards, touchdown passes, and tied his own record twice of five touchdowns in a game.


Ok, now back to fast forwarding to right now. Last night our women's basketball team lost a tough one to Ithaca 57-49. Whitney Smith led the way for the Golden Eagles with 24 points. Brockport is now 1-5.

And the last game of the semester is this Friday night when our hockey team hosts Western New England. It's the last game of the year, so trust me I am going all out. Puck drops at 7:00 and we will have tons of contests and prizes. Come support your Golden Eagles!

That's all for now, and thanks for making 2009 special for Brockport Athletics.

-Ellz

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

It's the Holiday Season!

Hey all,

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. The Ellz household was rocking as usual on the holidays. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and much more.

Well as all of us were enjoying the long weekend and kicking our feet back, some of our teams were out competing!

Before we headed to break, our men's basketball team hit the road (literally just down Interstate 490) to take on St. John Fisher. Although senior Brandon Williams had a career high 13 points, Brockport lost to the Cardinals 78-61.

Most of our hockey team couldn't make it home for the holidays because they had to hit the road for the Skidmore Invitational. On Friday night, Todd Sheridan made 27 saves as the Golden Eagles shutout Western New England 5-0. The Golden Eagles were champions of the tournament on Saturday after they topped Nichols College 6-3. Sean O'Malley was named the tournament's MVP while Tom Galiani and Sheridan made the All-Tournament team.

And now your athletes of the week:

For the men:

Sean O'Malley
Sean O'Malley
Senior Sean O’Malley (Lakewood, OH) led The College at Brockport Ice Hockey team to a pair of wins and the 2009 Championship of the Skidmore Invitational to earn male athlete of the week honors.

The senior forward scored the second goal in the 5-0 win over the University of New England and opened the scoring on a power play in the 6-3 win over Nichols College. On the weekend, O’Malley sparked a power play unit that accounted for five goals to earn the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.



For the women:

Lauren Mesi
Lauren Mesi
Senior Lauren Mesi (East Aurora, NY/Clarence) finished 75th at the NCAA Division III Championship meet at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio to earn female athlete of the week honors.

Mesi was the lone representative for The College at Brockport cross country team and completed the six-kilometer course in 23:22.

The All-Region runner qualified for nationals with a 15th-place finish at the Atlantic Regional meet last weekend. Mesi finished eighth among Atlantic Region runners at nationals.


Open up your advent calenders everyone! December and the snow is finally here and don't worry I won't be migrating at all this winter!!! Go Golden Eagles!!!

-Ellsworth

Monday, November 23, 2009

Athletes of the Week and Thanksgiving!

First off congrats to our Golden Eagle Athletes of the Week!

For the men:

Luke Pariso
Luke Pariso
Luke Pariso (Darien, NY/Attica) is this week’s male athlete of the week after he won the individual title at 184 pounds at the Doug Parker Tournament at Springfield College.

The freshman helped lead the Golden Eagles to a second place finish out of 18 teams with 133.5 points while 15th ranked Williams College captured the team title with 136 points.

Pariso opened the tournament with a pin at 2:16 over Jake Greenwood from Plymouth State and then won a 3-1 decision over Jefferson Ajaya from Wesleyan University. In his third match, Pariso scored an 8-0 decision over Trinity’s William Youngblood to advance to the championship final. Pariso won the title at 184 with a 7-4 decision over Nate Sharpee from Williams College.

To the women:

Whitney Smith
Whitney Smith
Whitney Smith (Webster, NY/Webster-Thomas) is this week’s female athlete of the week after being named to the RIT All-Tournament team.

The senior guard helped lead the Golden Eagles to a 1-1 record while scoring in double figures in each game. She scored a career-high 31 points on 11-of-17 from the field including 3-for-4 from 3-point range and hit all six of her free throws in the victory over Cazenovia and added six rebounds and five assists.
Smith totaled 16 points, six boards and four assists in the one point loss to St. Lawrence.

On the season she leads the team in scoring, averaging 22.7 points per game.


A quick recap:

Our basketball teams did fantastic in their weekend tournaments. The women finished with a 1-1 record including losing a heart breaker to St. Lawerence 51-50 as we missed a free throw with just over one second remaining in the game :-(. They rebounded to a huge win on Sunday 92-70 over Cazenovia with senior Whitney Smith scoring a career-high 31 points.

The men finished 2-0 on the weekend in the University of Rochester tournament thanks to tournament MVP Jermaine Johnson with team-highs of 20 points in Friday's game and 17 points in Saturday's game. Brockport is 3-0 so far this season! Great job guys!

Only one game for hockey on the weekend as they lost to Geneseo 2-1. Sean O'Malley scored Brockport's loan goal. Senior Todd Sheridan made 26 saves between the pipes.

Another slow week this week because of the holidays. Our men's basketball team has a big showdown at St. John Fisher Tuesday night at 7. Everyone should make the short drive and watch your Golden Eagles! This weekend, our hockey team takes part in the Skidmore Invitational with a game on Saturday and Sunday.

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! (you know....the one holiday that I'm thankful I'm an eagle and not a turkey!)

-Ellsworth

Monday, November 16, 2009

Out with the Fall, In with the Winter

Hey all!!!

A great finish to many of the fall sports this past weekend.

Our women's soccer team defended their title from 2008 and were named 2009 ECAC Division III Upstate Champions after they beat Medaille Sunday afternoon 3-1. Congrats goes out to all the Golden Eagle seniors who wore the green and gold for the last time. Senior Michelle Gibaud was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after she finished the weekend with three goals and one assist.

On the men's side, the opened up their NCAA tournament with a 2-1 win (5-3 on penalty kicks) over Ohio Northern on Thursday. It was the second straight game for Brockport that was decided on penalty kicks as they won 11-10 against Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC Championship game last week.

The men lost yesturday afternoon to #1 seeded Messiah 3-1. Steve Abgarian scored the loan goal for the Golden Eagles, who finish up their season 10-6-4.

To Football:

Brockport finished up 2009 on a high note beating Buffalo State 48-30 and regaining the I-90 cup for the eighth straight year. Plenty of records were broken including the team record for yards in a game with 728 yards on the day. The record broke the previous mark that was held since 1968.

Athletes of the Week:

Male:

Felipe Diaz
Felipe Diaz
Senior Felipe Diaz (Syracuse, NY/Onondaga) was named The College at Brockport male athlete of the week.
Diaz led the Golden Eagles with eight catches as the football team posted a 48-30 victory over Buffalo State in a NJAC game at Buffalo State. The win was the eighth straight over the Bengals as Brockport retained the I-90 Cup that it has held since 2000.
Diaz set the school record for career receptions with his fifth catch of the day and 130th of his career and broke his own record for catches in a season with his eighth of the day and 65th of the season.


Female:

Michelle Gibaud
Michelle Gibaud
Senior Michelle Gibaud (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) was named The College at Brockport female athlete of the week.
Gibaud led the women’s soccer team to a 3-1 victory over Medaille College in the championship game of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate Tournament.
She was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player after scoring two goals in the 6-0 semifinal win over SUNYIT and added the game winning goal and an assist in the championship game.
She finished the season with seven goals and three assists and ends her career 15th on the all-time scoring chart with 51 points on 18 goals and 15 assists.



That's all for now!

-Ellsworth

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Athletes of the Week and more.....

Hey all, here are this week's athletes of the week:

Joe Marino
Joe Marino
Junior goalie Joe Marino (Rochester, NY/McQuaid) earns male athlete of the week honors after leading the men's soccer team to their first State University of New York Athletic Conference men's soccer championship since 1978 by virtue of taking the penalty-kick shootout, 11-10, over Plattsburgh State.

Marino made nine saves including a big save on the deciding penalty kick in the shootout to earn the SUNYAC tournament most valuable player and record his seventh shutout of the season.

In the semifinal game against Geneseo, Marino made four saves to earn the victory.


Alyssa Fitchette
Alyssa Fitchette
Senior Alyssa Fitchette (Watertown, NY/Watertown) led the women's volleyball team to the semifinals of the SUNYAC Tournament to earn female athlete of the week honors.

The Golden Eagles defeated SUNY Oneonta in straight sets in the quarterfinals before falling to eventual SUNYAC Champion SUNY New Paltz in the semifinals.

Fitchette totaled 15 kills and 13 digs in the win over Oneonta and registered 13 kills and 11 digs against New Paltz to earn All-Tournament honors.

On the season, Fitchette led the team with 462 kills and 105 blocks. Her hitting percentage of .353 stands fourth on the all-time season chart at Brockport.



On Monday, we found out the postseason future for both soccer teams. For the men, they will travel to Ohio to take on Ohio Northern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at 1pm.

As for the women, they will host the ECAC Tournament this weekend here in Brockport. Their first game is Saturday at 11am against SUNYIT. If they win, they move on to the championship game on Sunday at noon against the winner of Medaille and Sage college.

Thats it for now.....

-Ellsworth

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Big upset in Men's Soccer!!!

Hey everyone,

Lots of sports on campus this week, but it was the game seven hours away that was the biggest story. Our men's soccer team took on 20th ranked Plattsbugh in the SUNYAC Championship game on Saturday. After regulation, neither team had netted a goal. The scoreboard remained 0-0 after two 10 minute overtimes which meant shootouts would settle the championship! In the 14th round, Brockport goalie Joe Marino stopped Plattsburgh's attempt to equal the shootout. Marino's save gave the Golden Eagles a 11-10 win and their first SUNYAC title since 1978!!!

Hockey took the ice in Tuttle North for the first time of the season this weekend. On Friday, Brockport provided drama with a 4-3 OT win. Sean O'Malley netted the winner 27 seconds into the overtime period. Brockport lost on Saturday in a non-conference game against Hobart 4-1. Tom Galiani scored for the Golden Eagles.

To Football, Brockport welcomed on in Cortland to Special Olympics Stadium. Despite having the lead at halftime, Brockport (2-6 in the NJAC, 3-6 Overall) loss to the Red Dragons 56-42. QB Jake Graci threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns. Aaron Zurn scored a touchdown on the ground as well for Brockport.

Athletes of the week released tomorrow....stay tuned for the winners!!!

-Ellsworth

Monday, November 2, 2009

Athletes of the Week

Here are this week's athletes of the week:

Jake Graci
Jake Graci
Senior quarterback Jake Graci (Farnham, NY/Lake Shore) is the male athlete of the week for The College at Brockport.

Graci threw for 263 yards and completed touchdown passes to four different wide receivers to lead the football team to a 59-28 victory over SUNY Morrisville Saturday in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) game. The win snapped a five-game losing streak.

Graci moved into third place on the all-time Brockport list for passing yards in a season and is just shy of 2,000 passing yards with 1,961 so far this season.

Graci currently leads the NJAC in passing yards with 245.0 per game.

For the Women:

Lauren Mesi
Lauren Mesi
Senior Lauren Mesi (East Aurora, NY/Clarence) is the female athlete of the week for The College at Brockport as the women’s cross country team finished fourth.

She earned first team All-SUNYAC and was named into the Cross County Hall of Fame as she finished third overall in a field of 99 runners in the SUNYAC Championships with a time of 23:32.

Mesi is the fifth female runner at Brockport to earn Hall of Fame status and the first since 2007. To make the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame, runners must finish in the top five at the SUNYAC Championships once, the top 10 twice, or the top 15 three times.

A quick recap on the weekend:

The football team ended their five-game losing streak with a 59-28 win over Morrisville. Jake Graci was 16-28 good for 263 yards and four touchdowns. His performance earned him NJAC Offensive Player of the Week. Matt Newman led the way receiving for Brockport, six catches for 118 yards. The Golden Eagles welcome SUNY Cortland to Special Olympics Stadium this Saturday at 1 pm.

To Women's Soccer:

Brockport SUNYAC title hopes ended as Cortland pulled out a 1-0 victory. Brockport has declared to play in the upcoming ECAC tournament. You bet I'll post the games and times when they are announced!

That's it for now, Go Golden Eagles!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Athletes of the Week

As promised from last night's post, here are this week's Elite Eagles!!

For the Men:

Cevon Carver
Cevon Carver
Senior Cevon Carver (Bronx, NY/Dewitt Clinton) returned a pair of kickoffs for touchdowns for The College at Brockport Football team to earn the male athlete of the week.

Brockport trailed Western Connecticut State 3-0 before Carver returned the ensuing kickoff 80 yards for his first touchdown. Carver struck against with just under 10 minutes remaining in the first half, returning the kickoff 90 yards for his second score of the day giving Brockport a 20-17 lead.

He finished the contest with 170 total return yards on only two attempts. Carver currently leads the NJAC in kick return average (30.4).

To the Women:

Jess Bush
Jess Bush
Junior Jess Bush (Dryden, NY/Dryden) is this week’s female athlete of the week as The College of Brockport women’s soccer team went 1-1.

Bush had a goal and an assist in the 3-0 win over SUNY Fredonia Friday night. She netted her goal 2:50 into the contest, which proved to be the game-winner. Her assist came later in the first half on a goal by junior Abby Smith in the 25th minute.

Bush stands second on the team with 16 points on five goals and six assists this season.

Brockport (9-3-3 overall, 5-2-2 SUNYAC) earns its 13th consecutive trip to the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) tournament. The Golden Eagles are the No. 3 seed and will face No. 6 Cortland in the quarterfinals.

I'll keep you updated throughout the week, as its crunch time for our fall teams!

-Ellsworth

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Men's Soccer Finishes SUNYAC play strong

Howdy sports fans,

As we countdown the days of October we also count down the days of the fall season for Golden Eagle athletics.

The highlight of the weekend was our men's soccer team securing the #2 seed in the SUNYAC for the regular season....Great job guys! They swept action on the weekend with a 1-0 win over Fredonia on Friday and a 2-1 victory over the Bengals of Buffalo State on Saturday. Brockport finishes the regular season against Ithaca on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles earn a bye and kick off the SUNYAC tournament in the semifinals on November 6th in Plattsburgh against the winner of the #3 Geneseo/#6 Oswego game!

The Women's soccer team finished in the #3 spot in the SUNYAC. They split their weekend with a 3-0 win over Fredonia and a 2-0 loss to Buffalo State. Brockport will complete the regular season Tuesday against SUNY Cobleskill before hosting #6 Cortland at 1pm in the SUNYAC Quarterfinals.

The Volleyball team secured the No. 2 seed in the West Division after going 2-2 in the second pool play. They will face the third seed from the East Division, Oneonta, on Nov. 5th in New Paltz. But first they will compete in the NY Regional Challenge held in Ithaca this weekend.

For Football, they lost another battle with a 45-44 loss to Western Connecticut State on Saturday. The Colonials got their first win on the season as Brockport now falls to 2-5 overall and 1-5 in the NJAC. A highlight on the game was senior return man Cevon Carver returned two kick-offs of 80 and 90 yards for the Golden Eagles.

***Decision time tomorrow for your Brockport Golden Eagles Athletes of the Week....and you bet I'll write about it as soon as it happens.

GOOOOOO Golden Eagles!

-Ellsworth

Monday, October 19, 2009

Important Upcoming Week

Hey Golden Eagles fanatics,

This week is one of those do or die weeks when it comes a couple of Brockport teams. For women's soccer, they are looking to capture a SUNYAC regular season title. The women are coming off a weekend where they failed to gain ground on the conference leaders. They tied Oswego on Friday and then lost to Cortland on Saturday 1-0 in the rain and mud at Brockport.

Men's soccer needs not only a good outcome this week, but a little luck as well. The last time Brockport won the SUNYAC in the regular season was 2002. To have the same outcome in 2009, Brockport would have to win both friday's and saturday's game and have Plattsburgh lose or tie on Saturday to gain the crown. You can check out the men's team in action as both games are home this week and it all starts with a 3pm start vs Fredonia on Friday!!

On to the Athletes of the week:

First for the Men:

Mike Breman
Mike Breman
Junior Mike Bremen (Merrick, NY/Bellmore-JFK) is this week’s male athlete of the week as the men’s soccer team posted two wins over Oswego and Cortland.

Breman moved up from his defensive position to score his first career goal, which proved to be the game-winner, in the 2-1 victory over SUNY Cortland.

Brockport improves to 7-4-2 overall and 5-2 in SUNYAC play, where they currently stand second in the conference standings.



For the Women:

Amanda Yachetta
Amanda Yachetta
Senior Amanda Yachetta (Falconer, NY/Falconer) led the women’s volleyball team to a 3-0 week, with wins over RIT, Skidmore and Ramapo to earn female athlete of the week honors.

The setter totaled 120 assists on the week as the Golden Eagles defeated all three teams in four sets, 3-1. She averaged 10 assists per game as Brockport has won five consecutive matches and nine of the last eleven to improve to 15-12 on the season.



**Also, congrats to head baseball coach Justin Beach for taking down Asst. Athletic Director Mark Rowland, Sports Information Director Kelly Virgin, Asst. SID Janelle Feuz, and Asst. Hockey Coach Mark Digby in Bowling Saturday night.

From what I heard at the nest, the scores were not so hot (less than 150).....just wait till the play against me!!!

I will blog more later with updates and the latest news on Brockport Athletics. Stay tuned!!!!

-Ellsworth




Friday, October 16, 2009

It's more than just the Golden Eagles

Hey,

Of course, there are a lot of teams in action this weekend in Brockport sports, but today and tomorrow The College at Brockport are holding something special on campus. We are holding the Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged today and Saturday.

Athletes ages range from 5-21 years old. There are tons of divisions so it gives all athletes a chance to have a weekend of fun with friendly competition. I hope you come out and check out the games and support all this weekends athletes. Below is a picture from this morning Opening Ceremonies!!



















As for your Golden Eagles, our football team has a big test this weekend as they take on the NJAC's top team in Kean University. Brockport has lost three in a row and are looking to the fans on tomorrow to get a upset W. Kick off set for 1:00 out at the stadium so make sure you get your spray paint on and get ready to cheer on your Golden Eagles.

A pair of senior day celebrations you should check out Saturday afternoon as well. Field hockey takes on Geneseo at 12, and women's soccer hits the field against Cortland at 1.

My suggestion? Hop back and forth from all three games going on (since they are all next to each other!)

That's all for now, hopefully I see you all out at not only Brockport's games, but the Empire State Games too!!!!!

-Ellsworth

Monday, October 12, 2009

The week that was.....

Hey fans,

I have returned from my computer-less, but paradise vacation on Eagle Island (check previous blogs for pictures!) only to come back to Brockport to see a frost this morning......what's up with that????

Anyways, another weekend has come and went for Golden Eagle sports. During the week there was only one game as our field hockey team lost to Utica 4-1. Taryn Rossi scored the only goal for Brockport.

Even though Brockport wasn't the site of the games on Saturday, the Golden Eagles were extremely busy.

Our women's soccer team kept it rolling with a 5-0 win over Cazenoiva College. We are second in the SUNYAC and the only team without a loss in the conference.

For football, Brockport fell to The College of New Jersey 48-34. A bright spot though was Aaron Zurn had three rushing TD's and a career high 145 yards for the Golden Eagles. Felipe Diaz tied a school record for 12 receptions. With the loss our record falls to 2-3 overall, 1-3 in the NJAC.

Now to the athletes of the week:


Matt Avery
Matt Avery



Matt Avery (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) of men’s cross country team is this week’s male athlete of the week.

The junior took fifth place out of 164 runners at the Hamilton College Invitational on Saturday. Avery finished the sloppy 8K course with a time of 27:01.8. He was the first Brockport runner to cross the finish line and he led the Brockport team to a fourth place finish.






Katie Keller
Katie Keller

Senior Katie Keller (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) is this week’s female athlete of the week after leading The College at Brockport tennis team in its final regular season match and the SUNYAC Tournament.

Keller finished the season with a pair of victories in the regular-season finale against Roberts Wesleyan winning her singles match 6-3, 6-3 and teaming with fellow senior Erin McLaughlin for an 8-1 win in doubles.

Keller and McLaughlin also advanced to the semifinals of the SUNYAC Tournament held over the weekend in Syracuse. The tandem defeated the SUNY Plattsburgh doubles team by a score of 6-4, 7-5.

For the season, Keller had the most wins in singles play and recorded an 8-3 mark in doubles competition.

*******Special Notes*******


I am taking part in "Walk a Mile in her shoes" event on Wednesday at the Seymour College Union from 12-4. I will be wearing high heels along with several men on campus to raise awareness to stop violence against women. Come support the cause and stop by and say HI!!!

All week, the SAAC (Student Athletes Advisory Comittee) are collecting winter coats in our annual coat drive. We will be collecting coats at all the home contests this week and the athletic offices in Tuttle. They will be donated to the Brockport area clothing center.

-Ellsworth

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Athletes of the Week

Here are your Golden Eagle Athletes of the Week. Congrats Joe and Kasey!

Joe Marino
Joe Marino
Junior goalie Joe Marino (Rochester, NY/McQuaid) led the men’s soccer team to a 2-0-0 week and has been named the male athlete of the week.

Marino tied his season-high of nine saves against New Paltz and eight saves against Oneonta to notch his third and fourth shutout of the season. Brockport extended its shutout streak to three games and has not allowed a goal in 280 minutes of a
ction.

The win over Oneonta was the first for the Golden Eagles since 1983, snapping a 26-year streak.

Brockport is tied for first in the conference standings with a record of 3-1-0.




Kasey Schreiner
Kasey Schreiner
Freshman Kasey Schreiner (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) has been named the female athlete of the week.

Schreiner recorded 22 saves and surrendered just one goal as the field hockey team dropped a close 1-0 decision to undefeated and #5 nationally ranked SUNY Cortland.
Cortland scored 18 minutes into the contest on one of their 15 shot attempts and was held scoreless on any attempts in the second half.

Schreiner posted a .871 save percentage and allowed 3.24 goals against average on the week in 111:15 minutes of play.



*** No home games on the schedule this week which means off on vacation. The big question is where? My paradise is located on Eagle Island (on Lake Ontario).....Here is a picture!!!





See you next week and keep that Brockport spirit going!


-Ellsworth


Sunday, October 4, 2009

Women's Soccer #1 in SUNYAC

Hey all,

Another busy weekend for the Golden Eagles with the spotlight, our women's soccer team sweeping the weekend with New Paltz and Oneonta.

On Friday, goals by Natalie Gregorski and Jess Bush gave Brockport the 2-0 win over the Hawks. On Saturday the Golden Eagles handed Oneonta their first SUNYAC loss with a 2-0 victory again. Michelle Gibaud and Jess VanAllen with Brockport's goals. By beating the Red Dragons, Brockport sits alone in FIRST PLACE in the conference!

Men's soccer got a sweep too over the weekend. Steve Abgarian netted two goals on the weekend and an assist.

Rough weekend for our football team. Brockport was trying to rebound from a loss to Montclair State last week, but no such luck. They lost on Saturday to Rowan 56-20.

Check the blog early tomorrow morning. I'll give you the first look at our athletes of the week. It's going to be a tough decision! See you in the morning.

-Ellsworth

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Weekend in a Glimpse

Hey Golden Eagles fans,

Just giving you the update on the weekend.

Our football tried to start the season 3-0 for the first time since 2003, but Brockport lost in the final seconds to Montclair State on Homecoming on Saturday. Jake Graci continued to make Brockport history as he broke four more offensive records - total yards in a game, yards passing in a game, passing attempts in a game and was on the throwing end of the longest pass in school history.

On the defensive side, Nathan Bull led the Golden Eagles with 17 tackles, 10 of them being solo's and an interception. Bull's performance earned him NJAC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this year.

Thanks to all the fans who came out and supported the Golden Eagles. It was a huge crowd at Bob Boozer Field and I thought there were some great halftime festivities from the BSG Spring Break Competition to our Hall of Fame inductees walking out on the field. We even celebrated the Teams of the Decades - Some of Brockport's greatest athletes and teams made their way on the track. How Cool!

*One of the cool things that happened this week was in men's soccer. It's not very often that a goalie gets a shot on goal, and it's even more rare to see a goalie score. But never say never, as on Friday Brockport Goalkeeper Joe Marino netted his first (and probably last) goal of his career. Marino punted the ball across half field, took a big bounce and went over the Plattsburgh's goalie's head and into the back of the net!!

The rest of the game not so pretty for Brockport. Plattsburgh handed the Golden Eagles a 4-1 loss. Brockport came back on Saturday and shutout Potsdam 1-0. Brad Lefort scored Brockport's goal in the win.

For Women's Soccer - Jess VanAllen scored in both games over the weekend as Brockport tied Plattsburgh 1-1 on Friday and beat Potsdam 4-1 on Saturday.

Now to our Golden Eagle Athletes of the Week:

Male Athlete:

Senior wide receiver Matt Newman (Unadilla, NY/Unatego) is the male athlete of the week.

Newman finished with 124 yards on eight catches as The College at Brockport lost a heartbreaking 41-39 decision to Montclair State in the final minute of the game.

Newman contributed to the school record breaking 442 yards through the air, passing the old mark of 399 yards. The school record for passing attempts in a game was also broken with 58, the most in a game since 1989 with 49 attempts against Western Connecticut.


Female Athlete:

Senior Alyssa Fitchette (Watertown, NY/Watertown) led the women’s volleyball team to a 4-1 week, including a 4-0 performance in the first round of the SUNYAC Pool Play to earn female athlete of the week honors.

The middle blocker amassed 92 kills and hit .370 with 16 blocks in the five matches. Against conference opponents she averaged 4.87 kills per game, 26 digs and 14 blocks. Brockport was the only team in the SUNYAC to go 4-0 on the weekend.

Fitchette started with the week with 19 kills in the 3-1 loss to Nazareth. In pool play action she increased her kill total each match with 18 against Geneseo, 23 against Buffalo State and a career-high 26 in the 3-1 win over Fredonia. Brockport previously lost to Fredonia 3-0 a week prior.

That's all for now. A slow week more most teams at Brockport, but come out and support Field Hockey, they have three home games this upcoming week starting tomorrow (Tuesday) against Nazareth at 4 pm.

I'll be back with more updates throughout the week!

-Ellsworth

Monday, September 21, 2009

Football is 2-0!

Hey fans,

Just sending a quick update on Your Golden Eagles.

It looks like the football team likes drama (my talons are a little sore today too) as Brockport beat Frostburg State on Saturday 37-32. Brockport was losing and needed to put together a game winning drive late in the 4th quarter. Golden Eagle QB Jake Graci did exactly that as he found Hector Rosas in the end zone with 33 seconds left to give Brockport the lead and eventually the win.

Graci was on his "A" game as he threw for 344 yards and set a new school record with five touchdown passes. Way to go Jake!! The performance earned the senior quarterback the honor of NJAC (New Jersery Athletic Conference) Offensive Player of the Week.

So far Brockport is 2-0 on 2009 and look to go 3-0 for the first time since 2003. Next week is Homecoming at Brockport as the Golden Eagles take on Montclair State. Kickoff is at 1pm so see you all out at Special Olympics Stadium!

- Hey congrats goes out to the women's soccer team! They beat SUNY Geneseo 3-1 on Saturday. The only Knight goal was off a penalty kick. Brockport goalie Erin Asquith was a brick wall as she made a season-high 10 saves, earning SUNYAC player of the week.

-As for the men's team, they tied SUNY Farmingdale 0-0 in double overtime. It was the fourth shutout by the Golden Eagles so far this year!

To the Elite Eagles this week:


Kaitlyn Broderick is this week’s female athlete of the week.

The sophomore went 2-1 at number one doubles and 2-1 at No. 3 singles in three matches last week. In the win over Keuka, Broderick won 6-0, 6-0 in singles and was paired with Carolyn McMenemen for a close 9-7 victory at No. 1 doubles.

In the match against Fredonia, Broderick teamed with McMenemen for an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles and then posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 3 singles.

In the loss to RIT, Broderick played a tough singles match as she dropped the first set 6-3 before forcing a tie-break in the second set 7-6 (7-2), but it wasn’t enough.

Senior quarterback Jake Graci is this week’s male athlete of the week after leading the College at Brockport Golden Eagles to a 37-32 come from behind victory over Frostburg State University.

The victory is the second consecutive game that the Golden Eagles (2-0) have come from behind in the fourth quarter and gone ahead for the victory with less than a minute to play in the contest.

With 33 seconds left in the game, Graci threw his fifth touchdown pass, setting a new school record for touchdown passes in a game. The previous record was four scoring passes set twice in 1990 and once last year.

Graci finished with a career-high 344 yards on 26-for-37 passing and completed passes to six different receivers.

*Well that's it for now, busy week for the Golden Eagles coming up. And you better believe, that I'm going to try and get as much as sleep as possible because I may lose 20 pounds cheering on our Golden Eagles on Saturday for Homecoming!!! LOL Don't forget to check back for the updates during the week.

-Ellsworth

Friday, September 18, 2009

This Weekend's Preview

Hey sportsfans,

Just wanted to give you a quick update of what you can do this weekend as far as Golden Eagle athletics.

As for tonight (Friday Night) - Take the short trip to RIT and cheer on the Volleyball team. They have two matches tonight with the first one starting at 4:00 against Nazareth, followed by Clarkson at 6.

Field Hockey hits the field at New Paltz to take on the Hawks at 4:30.

Saturday is packed with more Brockport athletics including the HOME OPENER for Golden Eagle Football!!!!

That game starts at 1:00 over at Special Olympic Stadium against Frostburg State. Come join me and cheer on the Golden Eagles. You can sign up for halftime contests and have a chance to win Buffalo Bills Tickets!! Brockport is looking to start 2-0 for the first time since 2003 so definitely come on out to the game.

Also, a hot ticket to get is to the Women's Soccer game as they host Geneseo at 1 pm. Brockport is coming off a tie against Nazareth in the "Golden Challange for a Pink Cure" game last

Shhhhh do you want in on an Ellsworth secret?

If you want the best of both worlds.....Go to the football game and get a seat at the top of the bleachers, then you can watch the football team and at the same time turn around and watch the women's soccer team on their field!!!

Tennis is also home against Fredonia at 1 pm.

As for the Golden Eagles on the road-----Cross Country in Fredonia, Men's Soccer at SUNY Farmingdale (in Long Island), Field Hockey in Oneonta, and two more Volleyball games at the RIT invitational.

Big, Big, Big weekend for Brockport sports, and that only means one thing...... I'm gonna sweat a lot!

See you out at all the games andddd LETS GO BROCKPORT!

- Ellsworth



Monday, September 14, 2009

Another Busy Weekend for the Golden Eagles

Hey everyone,

Hopefully you had a chance to come out and see your Golden Eagles in action this weekend. The highlight was both the Men's and Women's Cross Country teams as they hosted the Brockport Invitational.

The men finished in second place while the women finished in First!!! Junior Brittany Streeter led the way for Brockport as she finished second overall while junior Caitlin McAneney finished third. For the men, junior Matt Avery finished second.

I had a lot of fun on Saturday cheering on the women's soccer team as they took on Nazereth. The Golden Eagles and the GoldenFlyers teamed up for "Golden Challange for a Pink Cure." The event's proceeds went to Strong Memorial Hospital for breast cancer research. And the best part is Brockport and Naz will make it an annual event!!

As for the game, well that was a fight too as the two teams tied 1-1 in double overtime. Jess VanAllen scored Brockport's goal, her third of the season.

Lastly, the men's soccer team lost their first game of the year 2-0 to nationally ranked #10 Hobart. Joe Marino still made 6 saves in the loss.


Now to our Elite Eagles!

Men - Matt Avery, Men's Cross Country - Avery led the men on Saturday at the Brockport invitational finishing second. He finished the 5-kilometer race in 15:54.

Women - Brittany Streeter, Women's Cross Country- Streeter finished second overall to help the women's team earn FIRST PLACE! She finished her race in 18:56.

Back to the nest again. Volleyball is the next team in action. They take on Cortland Tuesday night at 7:00 in Tuttle South. See ya there! and Go Golden Eagles.

P.S. - A quick Ellsworth shout out to Sue Hoffman, Assistant Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at the College at Brockport, for winning the Longest Drive at the 89.1 the Point Open Golf Tournament Sunday. Way to Go!!!!!


-Ellsworth

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Volleyball Gets the Win!

Hey all,

How about last night? Big win for Brockport Women's Volleyball last night 3-0 over Alfred. Heather Carroll led the way for the Golden Eagles with a team-high eight kills and three service aces. I was out at the match last night and thanks to all the fans who came out to Tuttle South.

Off the court note for the Volleyball team: Congrats to Alyssa Fitchette for earning Co-Player of the Week in SUNYAC Volleyball. She had a .487 hit percentage with 48 kills in the opening week of the season.

Another SUNYAC award to a Brockport Athlete: Steve Abgarian earned SUNYAC Player of the Week honors for Men's Soccer. He tied a school record with 5 goals in one game last week!

Anyways back to the nest! More action on campus tonight. Women's Soccer takes on Keuka at 4:00 and Field Hockey hits the field against Ithaca at 4:00 as well! See you there.

-Ellsworth

Monday, September 7, 2009

Golden Eagles Wrap-up First Weekend

Hey everyone,

Well our first weekend of the 2009 Fall Season is in the books and the Brockport Golden Eagles overall had a very successful weekend.

First off, the Football team took down William Patterson in a thrilling 22-19 victory on Saturday. Kicker Emilio Genzano was good from 22 yards to give Brockport the lead with only 11 seconds left! What a way to start off the season! Leading the Golden Eagles' offense was Riedrick Alceus with 114 yards on the ground in his first game wearing the Green and Gold.

Elsewhere, the Women's Soccer team came back after dropping their season opener. Nicole Gibaud got the "hat-trick" scoring three goals in the 7-0 shutout win over D'Youville. Then the next day Brockport won a hard fought 1-0 game over St. John Fisher. Abby Smith netting the loan goal in the win.

The Men's Soccer team finished 1-0-1 on the weekend in the Doug May tournament. They beat Nazereth 2-0 on Saturday and then tied RIT 1-1 on Sunday. Steve Abgarian scored a pair of goals in the tourney.

A couple quick notes:

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:

Male - Steve Abgarian (Men's Soccer) - Abgarian already has netted seven goals here in 2009. Including tying a school record with 5 goals in Brockport's opening win against Cazenovia.

Female- Nicole Gibaud (Women's Soccer)- Gibaud scored three times in Brockport's win over D'Youville.

NEXT ACTION:

You can check out the Women's Volleyball team on Tuesday night at 7:00pm as they take on Alfred in Tuttle South.

That's all for now. Seeeeee you at the games!

-Ellsworth

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

We are Underway!

Hey everyone, Ellsworth here again. Last night marked the official start to the 2009 Fall Season for Golden Eagles with Women's Soccer. Too bad they lost to University of Rochester 3-0, but hey lots of fans out there supporting so that's a great way to "kick" things off! Anyways, the loss last night marked the first time Brockport has lost the opener since 2005.

Also on Tuesday I got my hands on the SUNYAC Preseason Polls for Soccer. Brockport is ranked 3rd in the conference for the Women. The Men are ranked 5th. And in case your wondering who the teams to beat are this year- Oneonta Women are ranked 1st, while the Plattsburgh Men are 1st on their side.

Anyways, two more games on schedule for tonight. Men's Soccer and Women's Volleyball! The soccer team is home vs. Cazenovia (but don't head out to our field......the game is at Brockport High School so just take new campus drive and you can't miss it!). The volleyball team is at Roberts Wesleyan so that shouldn't stop you going out there and cheering them on too.

Back to the nest for now, I got to get some rest before the games start tonight. SEE YOU THERE!

-Ellsworth

Sunday, August 30, 2009

ELLSWORTH HAS CREATED A BLOG!!

Hey everyone, Ellsworth here, letting you know about my brand new blog! That's right, this is your page to keep updated with all the very latest Golden Eagle Sports news and scores. Every couple of days, I'm going to leave my nest and get on my computer to make sure you know whats going on with Brockport Athletics and when to get out and be our biggest fan!! We will also tell you about all of our special events coming up. Well anyways, the first week of classes has started which means games, matches, and contests start up this week too soooo summer vacation for me is over! I'll see you out at the games and make sure you swing by and give me a high five... and keep checking back this page for updates. GO GOLDEN EAGLES!

-Ellsworth