The Busy Day That Was

Brockport was abuzz with athletic activity Saturday with football's Senior Day, the Brockport/Oklahoma Invitational Tournament and a swimming and diving meet against Potsdam.

Away from the campus, the women's soccer team played a semifinal game in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament.

Senior Day: Brockport vs Buffalo State in the I-90 Bowl

The Eagles fell to Buffalo State 56-45 Saturday afternoon. The loss drops Brockport to 2-8 overall and 2-7 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). Quarterback Joe Scibilia was the team's leading rusher, with 29 rushes for 189 yards and three touchdowns. All three came in the fourth quarter as the Eagles tried to come back from a 42-24 deficit at the top of the quarter. In the air, Scibilia was 8 for 18 and 100 yards. Buffalo State had 583 total yards and Brockport had 418. Senior Nate Bull had 22 total tackles. He had 148 total tackles this year. It was the Bengals first win since 1999 against Brockport.

Women's Soccer ECACs Semifinals:

Brockport defeated Richard Stockton, the number one seed, in the semifinals of the Metro/Upstate ECAC tournament, 3-2 in overtime. Sophomore Sarah Lawson scored the winning goal on an assist from senior Jess Bush just over one minute into the second 10-minute overtime period. Bush scored the first goal on a corner kick assist from fellow senior Abby Smith within the first three minutes of the game. Richard Stockton scored the next two goals to take the lead, 2-1. Sophomore Gina Laing, on an assist by sophomore Kaila Maguire, scored the game-tying goal in the 87th minute to take it into overtime. The women will play No. 2 Drew Sunday, Nov. 14 in the ECAC Championship game.

Tonight:

• The hockey team travels to Fredonia for a 7 p.m. game. The team is looking for its first win of the season. The Eagles are 0-5 and 0-4 in SUNYAC.
• The men's soccer team, coming off an opening-round overtime win in the NCAA tournament, will play US Merchant Marine Academy at New Jersey Institute of Technology's field.

Plattsburgh Avenges '09 Championship Loss, Defeats Brockport in Penalty Kicks

The Plattsburgh Cardinals won the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championship over Brockport Saturday, Nov. 6 in penalty kicks.

Senior defender Mike Breman (Merrick, NY/Bellmore-JFK), senior midfielder Christian Tychostup (Mayfield, NY/Mayfield) and junior midfielder Brian Duffy (Hilton, NY/Hilton) made Brockport's first three penalty kicks while Plattsburgh made its first two of three. The Eagles couldn't make their next two and Plattsburgh got two more to defeat Brockport in penalty kicks, 4-3, and defeat them in the championship game.

Plattsburgh scored first with a break away shot in the 8th minute by junior forward Pat Shaughnessy. Senior forward Chris Auth (East Patchogue, NY/Bellport) tied the score for Brockport in the 54th minute. It was his second goal of the year. Neither team was able to score in the rest of regulation or in two 10-minute overtime periods.

Plattsburgh earns an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III tournament. The Eagles could earn an at-large bid into the tournament; they'll find out at 2 p.m. Monday. Last year Brockport won the SUNYAC championship over Plattsburgh in penalty kicks, winning the automatic bid. The team lost in the second round to eventual champions Messiah College.

Tychostup and senior goalie Joe Marino (6 saves in championship game) were named to the All-Tournament team.

Double Overtime Win Pushes Eagles into Championship

A State University of New York Athletic Conference playoff birth was at stake and neither Fredonia's nor Brockport's defenses were going to let any goal in.

Brockport senior midfielder Christian Tychostup (Mayfield, NY/Mayfield) eventually broke Fredonia's defense and scored the game-winning goal in the 107th minute. Six minutes into the game's second overtime, Brockport threw the ball in, but a Fredonia player headed it away from the goal. The ball came back to Tychostup, who shot it against the far post for his fourth goal of the season and the Eagles entry into the SUNYAC Championship match Saturday, Nov. 6.

Tychostup had the following to say to Sports Information about his goal:

"This goal is right up there with the best goals in my career at Brockport. To score in a double-overtime of the SUNYAC semifinals is huge. It was pure jubilation after my goal, I started running down the field, slid on my back and then the whole team jumped on top of me. You can't describe how good that feels."

Senior goalie Joe Marino (Rochester, NY/McQuaid) played his 11th shutout of the season, taking over Brockport's all-time single-season shutout title.

No. 3 Brockport (13-2-2 overall, 7-2 SUNYAC) defeated Cortland, 1-0, Saturday, Oct. 30 in the opening round of the tournament. The Eagles will defend their championship against No. 4 Plattsburgh (13-4-3, 6-3) at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 in Oneonta.

Plattsburgh took out top-ranked Oneonta Friday afternoon. The 2-2 tie went into double overtime before the Cardinals bested Oneonta 5-3 in the penalty-kick shootout.

The Eagles won the championship game last year against Plattsburgh. Brockport defeated the Cardinals 11-10 in penalty kicks. The only other time the two teams have met in the title game was in 2005, when the Cardinals won.

Brockport is 3-3 all-time in SUNYAC Championship games. Its three losses were all in the 2000s.