Athletes of the Week and Thanksgiving!

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

For the men:

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 (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

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

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

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

Athletes of the Week and more.....

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

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

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

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

Athletes of the Week

Here are this week's athletes of the week:

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

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!