Today in Brockport Athletics

The Busy Day That Was

2010-11-13T15:17:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

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

2010-11-05T15:05:00.000-07:00

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.

Men's soccer continues shutout domination

2010-10-01T16:47:00.000-07:00

The men's soccer team continued their shutout streak Friday afternoon at home against SUNY New Paltz, 2-0. It's the team's eighth straight shutout, a school record, and lifts the unbeaten Golden Eagles to 7-0-2 overall, 3-0 SUNYAC.
Senior goalie Joe Marino had six saves for the team, which is ranked #20 in the nation by d3soccer.com.
Brockport scored early, then preserved the shutout in the second half. Senior defender Mike Breman scored on a throw in from Aubrey Brown in the 23rd minute. The ball deflected off a New Paltz defender and hit the near-side of the goal.
Freshman Nick Stenzel scored his first collegiate goal. His first shot was saved by New Paltz goalie Thomas Viscardi, but Stenzel went after his own miss and secured the goal. Stenzel had the following to say about his first collegiate score to Brockport's Sports Information:

“It was awesome scoring that goal. It’s been a lot of fun playing this year. Just coming out, being ranked 20th in the nation, it’s a very cool feeling. We’re just trying to stay loose and put balls in the back of the net.”

The Golden Eagles will attempt their ninth straight shutout Saturday, October 2 at A. Huntley Parker Jr. Field in Brockport against SUNY Oneonta.

Women's tennis flies high against Elmira

2010-09-30T15:03:00.000-07:00

The women's tennis team won their last home match of the season Wednesday, Sept. 29. The Golden Eagles swept doubles to lead the team to a 7-2 win over Elmira at Brockport High School.
Junior Kaitlyn Broderick, sophomore Carolyn McMenemon and freshman Ellen Meyers each won two matches.
Of nine matches on the day, Brockport fell in only two of them.
The results of each game and match are as follows:

DOUBLES
1.Katelyn Richenberg/Mackenzie Rounds(BROCKPORT)
defeated
Clare Lowery/Melanie Walker (ELMIRA) - 9-7
2.Ellen Meyers/Kaitlyn Broderick(BROCKPORT)
defeated
Rebecca Kingman/Emily Marois (ELMIRA) - 8-3
3.Shayla Combs/Carolyn McMenemon (BROCKPORT) defeated
Briana Palmieo/Micas Moskoff (ELMIRA) - 8-6

SINGLES
1.Kingman (ELMIRA)
defeated
Rounds (BROCKPORT) - 7-5, 6-0
2.Palmiero (ELMIRA)
defeated
Richenberg (BROCKPORT) - 2-6, 6-2, (10-3)
3.Broderick (BROCKPORT)
defeated
Lowery (ELMIRA) - 6-0, 6-0
4.McMenemon (BROCKPORT)
defeated
Walker (ELMIRA) - 6-1, 6-1
5.Meyers (BROCKPORT)
defeated
Marois (ELMIRA) - 6-1, 6-1
6.Jen Lazarony (BROCKPORT)
defeated
Moskoff (ELMIRA) - 6-2, 6-0
7.Combs (BROCKPORT)
defeated
Tiffany Goonetilleke (ELMIRA) - 6-0, 6-1 (Ex)

The team is 4-7 overall and 1-2 in SUNYAC West. They'll continue their schedule at SUNY Cortland Saturday, October 2.

Eagles drop a Homecoming Heartbreaker

2010-09-25T15:07:00.000-07:00

The Golden Eagles lost a Homecoming heart breaker Sept. 25 against The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), 24-21.
After a scoreless first quarter, Brockport scored the first points of the game with a 3-yard touchdown run by Riedrick Alceus. Three minutes later TCNJ scored to tie the game, but the Eagles scored two unanswered touchdowns and looked to be soaring to a few more.
With two minutes left in the third quarter TCNJ running back Joe Falco ran the ball into the endzone from the two yard line to tighten the game at 21-14 Brockport. Shortly into the fourth quarter, quarterback James Donoghue torched the Brockport defense with a 51 yard pass to James Yates for the tying touchdown. The drive took just four plays and covered 64 yards.
With less than three minutes in the game, Brockport drove down the field to win the game. An incomplete pass up the left sideline left them at fourth and 10 on TCNJ's 24 yard line and a decision to make. Coaches decided to try for the first down, and the team failed to convert.
TCNJ took control of the ball with almost a minute left on the game clock. With less than five seconds left in the game and the ball on Brockport's 27 yard line TCNJ kicker Tyler Olsson attempted the game winning field goal and made it.
It was the college's homecoming game and was preceded by a parade through the campus and town. Students showed up to cheer on their school in body paint, in the free "Game On" t-shirts they received at last week's first home game and in gold and green decked out apparel.
The stadium was also renamed at halftime of the game. The previous Special Olympics Stadium was renamed Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium.
The Brockport Golden Eagles next play at Morrisville State at 7 p.m. Oct. 2. The team is 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.

Golden Eagles 4th in SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup

2010-06-24T07:08:00.000-07:00

The College at Brockport finished fourth in the final State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Commissioner’s Cup standings for the 2009-10 academic year with an average score of 6.14 points, as announced by the conference office.

Men's Soccer finished first with 9.5 points after winning the SUNYAC title for the first time since 1978. Baseball posted nine points after finishing third in the regular season and winning the SUNYAC Championship for the second time in program history. Women's Lacrosse finished second in the conference with nine points. Men's Outdoor track posted eight points, while volleyball and men's basketball each finished with 7.5 points in the standings.

Commissioner's Cup points are awarded based on each team's finish in the SUNYAC standings, both during the regular season and in league postseason tournaments, when applicable. The first-place school in each sport receives 10 points, second place receives nine points, and so on. A school’s regular-season finish is added to its postseason finish and is divided by two to determine the points for each sport. The total points earned are then divided by the number of conference sports the school sponsors.

Brockport is Starting a Pep Band

2010-06-21T06:53:00.000-07:00

Starting with the 2010-2011 academic/athletic year, Brockport will have its own pep band play at various athletic games! Brockport is looking for gifted musicians to motivate the Golden Eagle athletes and fans. Pep bands are a rarity in DIII sports but they can be an important part of campus culture and will add to the home field/ice/court advantage for the Golden Eagles.

The coordinators of this project are looking for any musicians who are interested in participating. If you are interested, please email Adam Standish at astandis@brockport.edu.

LeFevre Joins the Golden Eagles; Welcome to the Team

2010-06-14T06:55:00.000-07:00

On behalf of the department of athletics at The College at Brockport I would like welcome Noah D. LeFevre as the new director of athletics for the Golden Eagles. He replaces Lin Case, who retired in May after a 23-year career at the College; 15 years as director of athletics. Thank you Lin for all you have done for Brockport athletics.

LeFevre is currently associate director of athletics at New York University (NYU), and will begin is new position as Brockport AD effective July 12th.

We are all looking forward to Noah joining our team and are excited for his guidance as the Golden Eagle athletes and coaches continue to be successful on and off the playing field.

Go Brockport!

~Ellsworth

Scholar Athletes of the Year

2010-05-28T08:15:00.000-07:00

Seniors Melissa Hill (Rochester, NY/Brighton) and Matt Mangona (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) have been voted The College at Brockport 2009-10 Outstanding Female and Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year as voted on by the coaching and athletic administrative staff at the college.

Hill led the Golden Eagle Women’s Lacrosse team in nearly all statistical categories as the team earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history and advanced to the second round before losing to the defending National Champions Franklin & Marshall.
Hill carries a 3.90 grade point average as a Spanish major with a concentration in teacher certification.
The senior was a first-team All-Region selection and led Brockport with 48 goals, 11 free-position goals, 67 groundballs, 50 draw controls and 50 caused turnovers as the team finished with a 13-4 record with all four loses coming against teams ranked in the top-20 national rankings.
Brockport earned the No. 20 spot in the national poll for the final two weeks of the regular season.

Mangona was fourth on the Golden Eagle football team with 50 tackles including 23 solo stops and 3 ½ quarterback sacks.
In addition to his duties as a starting linebacker for the team, Mangona also carries a 3.85 grade point average with a double major in Accounting and Finance. He was the recipient of the Vice Provost Office Undergraduate award and was also inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma national college athletics honor society.

Athletes of the Year

2010-05-28T08:12:00.000-07:00

Seniors Steve Abgarian (Merrick, NY/Bellmore JFK) and Lauren Gildemeyer (Baldwinsville, NY/CW Baker) were voted The College at Brockport 2009-10 Outstanding Male and Female Athlete of the Year as voted on by the coaching and athletic administrative staff at the college.

Abgarian led the Golden Eagle Men’s Soccer team to the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tournament championship and the second round of the NCAA Tournament en route to earning the first All-American award for men’s soccer at Brockport since 1974. The senior forward led the team with 12 goals and four assists for 28 points and had four game-winning goals.
He was a First-Team All-SUNYAC selection, a First-Team All-Region selection and earned Third-Team All-America honors.

Gildemeyer capped a fantastic career leading the Golden Eagle Gymnastics team to a second consecutive second place finish at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championships in 2010. The team also won its third Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) team championship in the past four years and set the school record for a team score with a 190.050 against SUNY Cortland during the regular season.
Individually, Gildemeyer received three All-America awards at the NCGA Championships as she placed second with 9.700 in the floor exercise, fifth all-around with 37.625 and tied for 10th the vault (9.050). Her performance qualified her for the NCAA Division I Regional Championships where she finished 14th on the floor exercise.
She won the floor exercise tying her career-high with a 9.9 and also captured first in the all-around competition leading Brockport to its third ECAC Championship title in the last four seasons and was named the ECAC Gymnast of the Year.
She scored a career high 38.600 in the all-around at Cornell, which ranks second best all-time at Brockport and her vault of 9.8 at the Brockport Invite tied the school record.
Gildemeyer is the third gymnast to represent The College at Brockport at the Division I Regional Championships and was an alternate for the regional championships in 2008. Former Golden Eagles Sarah Bulka and Carrie Santore competed at the regional during their careers.

Athletes of the Week

2010-05-24T11:21:00.001-07:00

Senior Stephanie Powell (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls) is the female athlete of the week after qualifying for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships to be held on May 27-29 at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Powell won the hammer throw at the Oneonta Last Chance meet over the weekend with a toss of 45.80 meters, setting a new meet record. However, it was her provisional qualifying distance in the hammer throw as she cleared the 50-meter mark with a toss of 50.70 meters at the Bucknell Bison Open that earned her a spot at nationals. Powell is ranked 16th in a field of 18 competitors.

Junior Max Keado (Troy, NY/Catholic Central) is the male athlete of the week after leading the Brockport Baseball Team to an appearance in the NCAA Regional Tournament.
It was the second NCAA appearance for Brockport in the history of the program. Keado hit .556 in two games going 5-of-9 at the plate with one run scored an a run batted in. The centerfielder was 1-of-2 on stolen base attempts and had four putouts.
He finished the season second on the team in hitting with a .384 average and 58 hits. His 43 runs scored set a new season record and he was named first team All-SUNYAC.

Baseball Ends its Season with a 9-7 loss to Oneonta

2010-05-20T14:14:00.000-07:00

The College at Brockport baseball team ended its season with a 9-7 loss to SUNY Oneonta on the second day of NCAA Regional Tournament action in Auburn, NY.

Oneonta plated two runs in the top of the ninth inning for a 9-7 lead. Brockport threatened in the bottom of the ninth with runners on second and third with one out before a strikeout and a groundout ended the game.

Brockport finishes the season 23-18 after making its second NCAA Tournament appearance.

Game tied late

2010-05-20T13:44:00.001-07:00

Brockport and Oneonta are tied late in the game as Brockport is batting in the bottom of the seventh inning.
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Brockport held a 3-1 lead until the sixth inning when Oneonta exploded for five runs to take a 6-3 lead. The Golden Eagles answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead at 7-6 but Oneonta answered with one in the seventh to knot the game at 7-7.

James Williamson is on the mound for Brockport.

Baseball playing in game two of the NCAA Regional Tournament

2010-05-20T12:08:00.000-07:00

Brockport facing Oneonta in an elimination game Thursday at the NCAA Regional Tournament in Auburn. After three innings of play Brockport leads 3-1. Oneonta scored in the top of the first but Brockport answered with two runs in hte bottom of the inning as Nate Parrino and Mike Meola each connected on RBI singles. Max Keado led off the inning with a walk and stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Parrino's single scored him and two batters later Parrino scored from second on Meola's RBI single.

In the bottom of the third, Max Zimmerman walked and moved to seond on a wild pitch and then scored on a Joe Zaccardo base hit past a diving third baseman. Mike Meola walked to put runners on first and second and after a pitching change, the side was retired.

Brockport Falls to St. John Fisher at NCAA's

2010-05-19T19:50:00.000-07:00

The Golden Eagles took a 2-0 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the sixth inning but St. John Fisher responded with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and held on for a 3-2 victory.

Brockport will play SUNY Oneonta at 1:15 pm Thursday in the second round of the double-elimination tournament.

Score update from NCAA Regional Baseball

2010-05-19T19:29:00.000-07:00

Brockport scored twice in the sixth inning to take a 2-0 lead but St. John Fisher answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-2 lead.

Joy was replaced by Brian Wolf to start the bottom of the eighth inning.

Brockport is 21-1 with leading after six innings - the only loss was in game three of the season at Kean University when Kean came from behind to score three late runs for a 7-6 win.

NCAA Regional Baseball Action

2010-05-19T18:37:00.000-07:00

The Golden Eagles baseball team opes the NCAA Regional competition with its game against St. John Fisher. after four innings without a hit, both teams have a pair of hits but the score is still 0-0 after the first five innings.

Check back for more updates and a final update at the completion of the first game.

James Joy is pitching for Brockport and Mike Meola has reached base twice with a walk and a single for Brockport.

Athletes of the Week

2010-05-17T11:20:00.000-07:00

Freshmen Sarah Brown (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) and John Osucha (Corfu, NY/Alden) are the Elite Eagles for the week of May 10-16.

Brown is the female athlete of the week after leading Brockport to a first round win in the NCAA Division III Tournament over Rowan before falling to Franklin and Marshall University, the defending Division III National Champions, in the second round.
Brown scored four of the first five goals for Brockport in the 16-9 win over Rowan and added two assists in the loss to the Diplomats.
The Golden Eagles finished the season with a 13-4 record as Brown led the team with 69 points on 36 goals and 33 assists.

Osucha is the male athlete of the week as he was the top finisher for the Golden Eagles at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships.
Osucha placed second in the discus competition with a NCAA provisional throw of 48.77 meters (160 feet). His best this season (164’11”) has him on the NCAA list as 17th overall this season.

Baseball to Play in Auburn, NY Regional

2010-05-17T06:22:00.000-07:00

The College at Brockport Baseball team learned late Sunday night that it had received the #7 seed in the Auburn, NY Regional bracket for the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The Golden Eagles will face St. John Fisher College – the No. 2 seed – in the first game of the double-elimination regional competition on Wednesday May 19th at 7:45pm.

Brockport (23-16) earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with its victory in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tournament in Cortland earlier in the month. St. John Fisher (28-12) earned an at-large bid to the tournament after winning the Empire 8 regular season championship. The two teams played twice this season with Brockport winning a 7-6 decision at St. John Fisher and the Cardinals winning a 12-9 game at Brockport.

All games in the regional will take place at Falcon Park in Auburn, NY the minor league home of the Auburn Doubledays.

SUNY Cortland is the host school and is also the top seed in the regional. St. John Fisher is the second seed followed by Oneonta State (#3), Skidmore College (#4), Keene (NH) State (#5), Farmingdale State (#6), Brockport and Castleton (VT) State (#8).

Schedule for May 19th
10 am Skidmore v Keene State
1:15 pm Cortland v Castleton State
4:30 pm Oneonta State v Farmingdale State
7:45 pm St. John Fisher v Brockport

Athletes of the Week

2010-05-10T09:04:00.000-07:00

Senior Nate Parrino (Brockport, NY/Brockport) and junior Jamie Kaminsky (Oakdale, NY/Sayville) have been named the athletes of the week for the week of May 3-9.

Parrino is the male athlete of the week after leading the Brockport Baseball Team to the 2010 SUNYAC Championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Parrino was named the SUNYAC tournament MVP after hitting .714 in the two games going 5-for-7 at the plate with seven runs batted in. In the win 14-9 win against nationally ranked #26 Plattsburgh, Parrino finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored. The senior went 3-for-3 with five RBI and the game winning walk off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth in the 10-6 win over Oneonta. The grand slam hit gave him 59 hits on the season, tying the single season record at Brockport. He also had 10 putouts in the game, setting a new season record that currently stands at 341, the old record was 333. Brockport’s league title is its first since 2004 and its fifth overall.

Kaminsky has been named the female athlete of the week after leading the Brockport Women’s Lacrosse Team to a second place finish in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tournament. Kaminsky made five saves in the 20-15 win over Buffalo State in the semifinals and tied her season high of 14 saves in the 10-4 loss to SUNY Cortland in the championship. Kaminsky was named to the all-tournament team. Brockport will be making its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance with a 12-3 record after earning an at-large bid and will host Rowan University in the first round game at 4 pm Wednesday.

Women's Lacrosse Earns a Bid to the NCAA Tournament

2010-05-10T09:03:00.000-07:00

The College at Brockport Women’s Lacrosse team learned late Sunday night that is had received an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The Golden Eagles, playing in their first-ever NCAA Tournament, will host Rowan University in the first round game at 4 pm Wednesday.

Brockport (12-3) finished second in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tournament Saturday in Cortland with a 10-4 loss to host SUNY Cortland.

Senior Melissa Hill leads a balanced offensive attack for the Golden Eagles with 41 goals. Seven players have at least 23 points on the season with freshman Sarah Brown leading the way with 32 goals and 30 assists for 62 points. Sophomore Dayna Piraino is second on the team with 59 points on 30 goals and 29 assists followed by Hill and sophomore Karen Bianchi who has contributed 30 goals and five assists. Fellow sophomore Carly Motondo is next with 25 goals and four assists while senior Lindsey Cayea and freshman Kaila Maguire each have 23 points.

Defensively, Brockport goalie Jamie Kaminsky has played every minute of every game with a 7.55 goals against average and 116 saves.

BASEBALL wins SUNYAC Championship

2010-05-10T09:02:00.001-07:00

The College at Brockport Baseball Team has won the 2010 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championship under third year head coach Justin Beach. The SUNYAC baseball postseason tournament was officially declared completed after Sunday’s elimination game between Oneonta and host Cortland was canceled due to snow and cold, windy weather.

Brockport, the lone team with a 2-0 record in the tournament, is the champion per SUNYAC bylaws and receives the league’s NCAA Div. III tournament automatic berth.

Brockport defeated Plattsburgh 14-9 in the first game and advanced in the winner’s bracket with a 10-6 win over Oneonta on Nathan Parrino’s (Brockport, NY/Brockport) walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday.

Parrino was named the tournament MVP after hitting .714 in the two games going 5-for-7 at the plate with seven runs batted in. Seniors Joe Zaccardo (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) and Jeff Jones (Lancaster, NY/Lancster) and junior Max Keado (Troy, NY/Catholic Central) joined Parrino on the all-tournament team. Zaccardo and Keado each hit .556 as Zaccardo had five hits with five RBI and Keado had five hits and five runs scored. Jones finished 4-for-8 with four RBI and two stolen bases.

League rules stipulate that the tournament must be concluded by the end of the day Monday (May 10). However, league and school officials agreed that no team should play three games in one day, which could have happened if Cortland and Oneonta played on Monday and that winner defeated Brockport. Therefore, the tournament was officially declared finished by SUNYAC Commissioner Dr. Patrick Damore.

Brockport’s league title is its first since 2004 and its fifth overall. NCAA tournament selections and pairings will be announced on Monday, May 17.

The Road to SUNYACs

2010-05-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

Brockport will be sending three teams to SUNY Cortland for the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) postseason tournaments from May 6-9. The winner of each tournament will earn an automatic bid into NCAA Div. III tournament play.

On Thursday May 6, the six-team, double-elimination SUNYAC softball tournament opens with four games. Top-seeded Cortland plays sixth-seeded New Paltz at 9 a.m., followed by second-seeded Plattsburgh versus fifth-seeded Brockport at 11 a.m. and third-seeded Oneonta against fourth-seeded Geneseo at 1 p.m. The losers of the first two games play at 3 p.m. in an elimination game. The tournament will continue with four games Friday, two Saturday, and one more, if necessary, on Sunday. Brockport last won the SUNYAC title in 1997 and have won six titles in the 26-year history of the tournament.

The four-team, double-elimination baseball tournament begins Friday as second-seeded Plattsburgh plays third-seeded Brockport at noon. Cortland, the top seed, will face fourth-seeded Oneonta at 3:30 p.m. Three games are scheduled for Saturday, starting at 10 a.m., and the championship round begins Sunday at noon, with another game to follow, if needed. Brockport last won the SUNYAC title in 2004.

The four-team women’s lacrosse tournament starts Friday with top-seeded Cortland meeting fourth-seeded Geneseo at 12:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., second-seeded Brockport plays third-seeded Buffalo St. The two winners play for the title Saturday at 12 p.m. (or 1 p.m. if Cortland’s men’s lacrosse team loses on Wednesday). Brockport has never won the SUNYAC title in the 13 year history of the tournament.

2010 SUNYAC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
(Dragon Field – SUNY Cortland)

Thursday, May 6
Game 1: (#6) New Paltz at (#1) Cortland, 9 a.m.
Game 2: (#5) Brockport vs. (#2) Plattsburgh, 11 a.m.
Game 3: (#4) Geneseo vs. (#3) Oneonta, 1 p.m.
Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 3 p.m.

Friday, May 7
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 9 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 11 a.m.

(remaining schedule to be determined based on results of first six games – schedule includes games Friday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and Sunday at 12 p.m., if needed)

2010 SUNYAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
(Wallace Field – SUNY Cortland)

Friday, May 7
Game 1: (#3) Brockport vs. (#2) Plattsburgh, 12 p.m.
Game 2: (#4) Oneonta at (#1) Cortland, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 8
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 10 a.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 1 p.m.
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 9
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 12 p.m.
Game 7: Same teams at Game 6, if needed (appx. 30 minutes after Game 6 ends)

2010 SUNYAC WOMEN’S LACROSSE TOURNAMENT
(SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex)

Semifinals – Friday, May 7
(#4) Geneseo at (#1) Cortland, 12:30 p.m.
(#3) Buffalo St. vs. (#2) Brockport, 3 p.m.

Finals – Saturday, May 8
Semifinal winners, 12 p.m. (start time changes to 1 p.m. if Cortland men are not hosting)

Athletes of the Week

2010-05-03T11:01:00.000-07:00

Max Zimmerman and Melissa Hill were selected as the Elite Eagles for the week of April 26-May 2nd.

Junior Max Zimmerman (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville) broke two school records and led the baseball team to a No.3 seed in the upcoming SUNYAC Tournament to earn the male athlete of the week.
Zimmerman finished with a .353 batting average, a 1.059 slugging average and a .500 on-base percentage. He was 6-of-17 at the plate with four homeruns, four runs scored and 13 RBI.
The designated hitter broke the career RBI record with a nine-RBI performance in an 18-9 victory against Hilbert College. The old record was 108, and Zimmerman now stands at 118.
Zimmerman also set the single season record for runs batted in as he led Brockport to a come-from-behind 9-8 victory in 10 innings over SUNY New Paltz. He hit a three-run home run to give Brockport the 8-7 lead and then had the game-winning RBI single down the left field line in the 10th to end the game. Zimmerman had four RBIs in the game for his 46th of the season, breaking the school record for RBI’s. The old record was 45 set in 2009.
It is the ninth consecutive SUNYAC tournament appearance for Brockport and the eighth consecutive season with 20 plus wins.

Senior Melissa Hill (Rochester, NY/Brighton) is the female athlete of the week after leading Brockport to two wins and a No. 2 seed in the SUNYAC Tournament.
Hill finished the week with nine goals and one assist as Brockport defeated Buffalo State 18-7 and Fredonia 15-11 in overtime. She netted four goals against the Bengals and tied her career-high of five goals, including two in overtime, verse Fredonia.
Hill also finished with eight groundballs, five draw controls and eight caused turnovers in the two games.

Spring Senior Days

2010-04-28T08:01:00.000-07:00

The of the spring sports season is upon us here at Brockport which means final home games for the Golden Eagles and an opportunity to recognize and thank the seniors for their dedication and commitment to the Green and Gold.

Women's Lacrosse will be hosting senior day on Friday, April 30th before the 4pm game against Buffalo State.

Men's Lacrosse will be recognizing eight seniors on Saturday, May 1st before the 1pm game against Potsdam.

Softball will also be hosting senior day on May 1st against Oneonta. The seniors will be honored following the first game of the doubleheader.

Baseball has 10 seniors this year and they will be honored on Sunday, May 2nd before the game at 12 noon against New Paltz.

Hope to see everyone out at the fields supporting Brockport and the 2010 seniors.

GO BROCKPORT!

Hot Tickets

2010-04-27T13:14:00.000-07:00

The Golden Eagles are in full action this week with multiple games at homes. If you are unsure of which games to attend I suggest you check out the following:

Men’s Lacrosse: SUNY Geneseo at Brockport, Wednesday, April 28 at 4 pm at Special Olympics Stadium – Geneseo has clinched a berth in the SUNYAC Tournament but Brockport needs a win in one of its final two games to secure a spot in the tournament. Brockport is 0-9 against the Knights since returning to the varsity level for men’s lacrosse in 2001.

Women’s Lacrosse: Buffalo State at Brockport, Friday, April 30 at 4 pm. This key SUNYAC game could decide the final seedings for the upcoming SUNYAC Tournament. Both teams have a 5-1 record and have clinched a spot but each could finish anywhere from second to fourth in the final regular season standings.

Men's Baseball: New Paltz at Brockport, Sunday, May 2 at 12pm at Clark V. Whited Sports Complex. Brockport needs to beat New Paltz or have New Paltz lose of its two games to Fredonia on Saturday to clinch a spot in the SUNYAC tournament. The two teams met earlier in the season on March 27th when the Hawks won 3-2.

See you at the field!

~Ellsworth

Athletes of the Week

2010-04-26T08:17:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Rusty Landon and Dayna Piraino on being named the Brockport Elite Eagles of the Week for the week of April 19-25.

Junior Rusty Landon (Ithaca, NY/Lansing) is the male athlete of the week after breaking the school record in the 400-meter hurdles at the SUNY Geneseo Open.
Landon finished first with an NCAA provisional time of 53.68, breaking the old school record mark of 54.8 set in 1986 and 1988. His winning time was almost two full seconds ahead of second place at 55.50 and currently ranks him 10th in Division III.

Sophomore Dayna Piraino (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) is the female athlete of the week as she led the women’s lacrosse team to an 11-9 victory over SUNY Geneseo.
Piraino scored four goals and had four assists in the win. The Golden Eagles scored three times in a span of two and half minutes in the second half to open up a 10-7 game as Piraino scored the ninth goal and assisted on the tenth.
With the win and results from other games over the weekend, Brockport (9-2 overall, 5-1 SUNYAC) clinched a spot in the SUNYAC tournament.
Piraino leads the team with 46 points on 22 goals and 24 assists.

Athletes of the Week

2010-04-22T07:03:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Kyle Crosley and Kelly Briscoe on being named the Brockport Elite Eagles of the Week for the week of April 12-18.

Junior goalie Kyle Crosley (Clinton, NY/Homer) is the male athlete of the week after leading the men’s lacrosse team to a 13-9 victory over SUNY Oneonta.
Crosley made 18 saves, including nine in the fourth quarter, as Brockport won its first State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) game of the season. The win snapped a three game losing skid by the Golden Eagles and they handed Oneonta its first SUNYAC loss of the year.
Brockport improves to 7-4 on the season, tying the school record for most wins.

Senior Kelly Briscoe (Stuyvesant, NY/Ichabod Crane) is the female athlete of the week after leading the softball team to a SUNYAC doubleheader split with Geneseo. Brockport dropped the first game 2-1 in the seventh and dominated the nightcap winning 13-3 in five innings.
Briscoe hit .429 with two runs scored and four runs batted in.
In the first game, she had an RBI groundout to tie the game 1-1 in the sixth inning. In game two, Briscoe went 3-for-4 at the plate, including her third homerun of the season. She also earned her seventh win on the mound this season as she allowed three runs (one earned) on seven hits with six strikeouts.

Athletes of the Week

2010-04-12T09:23:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Steve Locke and Lauren Gildemeyer on being named the Brockport Elite Eagles of the Week for the week of April 5-11.

Junior Steve Locke (Oxford, NY/Oxford) is the male athlete of the week after throwing a no-hitter in the first game to lead The College at Brockport Baseball Team to a doubleheader sweep over the SUNY Oswego Lakers. Locke led the Golden Eagles to a 3-0 win with just two walks and eleven strikeouts as he faced 29 batters in the first complete game for a Brockport pitcher this season. According to Brockport records, it is the first nine-inning no-hitter in the history of the program. He threw five consecutive strikeouts as he retired the second and third batter in the fourth inning and went 1-2-3 in the fifth. Seven of his eleven strikeouts were swinging and he added three assists and one putout. In the third inning, Locke covered first base when Nate Parrino stepped off to make a play. And in the eighth inning, Locke preserved his own no-hitter when he fielded a short bunt down the third base line.

Senior Lauren Gildemeyer (Baldwinsville, NY/CW Baker) is the female athlete of the week after competing at the NCAA Division I East Regional Championship.
Gildemeyer scored a 9.775 on her floor exercise routine to finish in a tie for 14th place overall.
She was the lone Division III qualifier to the East Regional and received scores of 9.85, 9.8, 9.75 and 9.7 from the four judges following her routine.
Gildemeyer is just the third gymnast from The College at Brockport to compete at the Division I Regional Championships as Sarah Bulka and Carrie Santore each earned spots in 2005.

Athletes of the Week

2010-04-05T08:34:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Max Zimmerman and Melissa Hill on being named the Brockport Elite Eagles of the Week for the week of March 29-April 4.

Junior Max Zimmerman is the male athlete of the week after leading the Brockport Baseball team to a 4-0 week.
Zimmerman finished with a .647 batting average, a .941 slugging average and a .667 on-base percentage. He was 11-of-17 at the plate with two doubles, a grand slam, five runs scored and 12 RBI.
The designated hitter had three hits and two runs batted in the 6-2 victory over nationally ranked #25 University of Rochester. The Golden Eagles held on for a 14-10 win over Pitt-Bradford, where Zimmerman had four hits and five RBI. Brockport swept Utica College 12-8 and 11-1 to finish the week. Zimmerman had four hits in the two games included a grand slam in the second game.
Zimmerman had at least two hits in each game and currently leads the team with 27 hits and 26 RBI on the season.

Senior Melissa Hill is the female athlete of the week after leading the women’s lacrosse team to a 2-0 week.
Hill scored eight goals with two assists over the two games in addition to leading the team with seven ground balls, six draw controls and five caused turnovers.
Hill netted five goals in the 29-5 win over SUNY New Paltz in which the Golden Eagles set a new school record for most goals in a game. She followed with three goals in the 17-8 victory over Oneonta.
Brockport has won six straight games and are averaging nearly 20 goals per game in the six-game win streak while allowing just over five per contest.

Baseball defeats #25 Rochester

2010-04-01T07:12:00.000-07:00

The College at Brockport Baseball team posted a 6-2 victory over the University of Rochester Wednesday afternoon in a single nine-inning game at the Clark V. Whited Sports Complex in Brockport.

Rochester was ranked #25 in the latest American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Baseball Poll. It is the fifth consecutive win for the Golden Eagles over the Yellowjackets.

Go Golden Eagles!

SUNYAC Athletes of the Week

2010-03-29T11:26:00.000-07:00

The College at Brockport had seven athletes recognized as SUNYAC Players of the week for their outstanding performances for the week of March 22-28.

Tom McCormick - Baseball Player, Junior, Shortstop
McCormick led Brockport to a 3-1 week including a sweep of Oneonta for the first time since 2000. He finished with a .467 batting average, a .533 slugging average and a .444 on-base percentage.

Adam Drypolcher - Men's Lacrosse Player, Senior, Attack
Drypolcher led Brockport to a pair of non-conference wins as Brockport is off to a 5-1 start. He scored at least three goals in each game and also handed out five assists.

Kyle Crosley - Men' Lacrosse Goalie, Junior
Crosley was 2-0 in the goal for Brockport. He made 21 saves in the win over Elmira and six saves in a win over Medaille. The win ties him for the school record for most wins in a season by a goalie.

Jamie Kaminsky - Women's Lacrosse Goalie, Junior
Kaminsky recorded a pair of victories, with 16 saves and a .571 save percentage, as Brockport won for the fourth straight game.

Pete Manktelow - Men's Track Athlete, Senior
Manktelow won the 5000-meter run in dominating fashion winning by more than a minute ahead of the field. His time of 15:01.79 was an ECAC Championship qualifying time.

Ray Lund - Men's Field Athlete, Junior
Lund qualified for the ECAC Championships in three different events in the season-opening event at the Ithaca Invitational. He qualified in the hammer, shot and discus and posted first place finishes in the shot and discus events.

Stephanie Powell - Women's Field Athlete, Senior
Powell won the hammer throw at the Ithaca Invitational with a throw of 47.24 meters which earned her a provisional spot for the NCAA Championships.

Go Golden Eagles!

Athletes of the Week

2010-03-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Tom McCormick and Lauren Gildemeyer on being named the Brockport Elite Eagles of the Week for the week of March 22-28.

Junior Tom McCormick is the male athlete of the week after leading the Brockport Baseball team to a 3-1 week including a sweep of SUNY Oneonta for the first time since 2000.
McCormick finished with a .467 batting average, a .533 slugging average and a .444 on-base percentage. He was 7-of-15 at the plate with one double, five runs scored and three RBI.
The Golden Eagles held on for a 7-6 win over St. John Fisher to start the week, followed by a tough 3-2 loss to New Paltz and ended with two wins over Oneonta. The first was a come from behind 9-8 victory and the second was a dominate 14-7 win.
McCormick had at least one hit in each game and currently leads the team with 22 hits on the season.

Senior Lauren Gildemeyer is the female athlete of the week after winning three All-America honors and leading The College at Brockport Gymnastics team to a second place finish in the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championship.
Brockport scored a team total of 186.200 and finished just over a half point behind the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. In the All-Around competition, Gildemeyer took fifth place overall with a final score of 37.625 and qualified to compete individually in both the vault and floor.
Gildemeyer followed up her All-America performance in the All-Around with All-America honors on both the Vault and the Floor Exercise. She finished second place in the floor exercise competition with a 9.700 and finished tied for 10th place in the vault with a 9.050.
She finishes her career at Brockport with nine All-America honors.

Upcoming Athletic Events

2010-03-25T09:03:00.000-07:00

Hello Golden Eagle Fans!

Are you ready for some spring sport action? I am very excited as we have a busy weekend ahead of us. I hope to see you all at the game showing your Brockport pride.

Saturday:
Baseball v SUNY New Paltz 12pm (doubleheader)
Softball v Rochester 1pm (doubleheader)
Men's Lacrosse v Elmira 1pm

Sunday:
Baseball v SUNY Oneonta 12pm (doublheader)

Go Brockport!

~Ellz

Athletes of the Week

2010-03-22T11:05:00.000-07:00

Junior Maria Quagliana is this week’s female athlete of the week after earning All-American honors in diving.
Quagliana finished ninth with a score of 400.35 in the one-meter diving event at the NCAA Division III National Championship meet held at the University Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
With the ninth place finish, Quagliana earns honorable mention All-American status. It is the first All-American honor for a female in the history of the Brockport Swimming and Diving program.
She also competed in the three-meter diving event and finished in 18th place with a score of 379.75, three points out of All-American contention.

Junior Andy Hilton is this week’s male athlete of the week after scoring four goals to lead the men’s lacrosse team to a 1-1 week.
Hilton scored once in the 11-5 loss to St. John Fisher College and tallied three goals, including the game-winner with less than seven minutes to play in the 7-6 victory over Kean University.
He has six goals and two assists on the season.

Spring Break Highlights

2010-03-22T10:45:00.000-07:00

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break. I was able to get away for a little while to head south and watch some of our teams compete. Here are a few highlights to catch everyone up to date.

* Maria Quagliana became the first female for Brockport swimming and diving to earn All-American honors with a 9th place finish on the one-meter board.
* Gymnastics won its third consecutive ECAC Championship and Lauren Gildemeyer was named ECAC gymnast of the Year.
* Women's Lacrosse set a new school record for most goals in a game with a 24-0 win over Medaille.
* Softball went 11-1 on its spring break trip to Florida.
* Baseball went 4-4 in Arizona and stands at 5-6 overall on the season.
* Men's Lacrosse is 3-1 on the season, including a 7-6 win over Kean University.
* Wrestler Tyler Marlow was named the ECWC Rookie of the Year.
* Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Linda Michele earned her first win at Brockport with a 17-7 win over Ithaca.
* Men's Lacrosse player Adam Drypolcher scored his 100th career point for the Golden Eagles in the loss to St. John Fisher.

The first home game of the spring season is set for Tuesday March 23rd with women's lacrosse hosting U of R at 4pm. Baseball, Softball and Men's Lacrosse will all be home on Saturday March 27th.

Go Golden Eagles.

~Ellsworth

Congrats Stephanie Geer

2010-03-15T12:13:00.000-07:00

Junior Stephanie Geer was named the SUNYAC softball pitcher of the week for the week ending March 14.
Geer led the Golden Eagles winning her first two starts in Florida with two complete-games and a combined 16 strikeouts. She allowed just one run in the two combined games and two walks for a 0.64 ERA. Brockport defeated St. Joseph's College at Maine 3-1 and shutout Worcester State 2-0.

Athletes of the Week

2010-03-15T12:04:00.000-07:00

Female Athlete of the Week
Senior Lauren Gildemeyer (Baldwinsville, NY/CW Baker) is this week’s female athlete of the week after leading The College at Brockport Gymnastics team to its third straight ECAC Championship.

Gildemeyer won the all-around with a 37.8 scored and captured the floor exercise title tying her career high with a 9.9 for the second consecutive week.

She also finished second on the balance beam, fifth on the vault and sixth on the uneven bars for the Golden Eagles. Additionally, she was voted the ECAC Gymnast of the Year by the head coaches of the member schools.

Male Athlete of the Week
Senior Adam Drypolcher (Manlius, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius) is this week’s male athlete of the week after leading The College at Brockport Men’s Lacrosse team to another victory and a 2-0 record to start the 2010 season.

Drypolcher scored four goals in the season opening victory over Alfred University more than a week ago and last week led the Golden Eagles with three goals and an assists in the 9-7 victory over Clarkson University.

Drypolcher leads the team with eight points on seven goals and one assist and has moved into first place on the school’s all-time career scoring list. Already the school’s all-time career goal scorer, he moved into first place on the all-time career points list with his first three points of the season passing Anthony Ventresca. Drypolcher is one point shy of the 100-point milestone for his career with 78 goals and 21 assists.

Athletes of the Week

2010-03-08T09:16:00.000-08:00

Male Athlete of the Week
Senior Brandon Williams (Rochester, NY/Wilson) is this week’s male athlete of the week after leading the Golden Eagle’s to the ECAC Championship game.
Brockport lost to Ithaca in the Championship, 78-71, after defeating Hobart 86-59 in the semifinals. It was the eighth appearance in the ECAC tournament for the Golden Eagles, compiling a record of 9-6.
In the two games, Williams finished with 21 points, five rebounds, seven steals and nine assists. He had a career high six assists against Ithaca. He shot 50% from the floor, 67% from the arc and 71% from the line.
Brockport has participated in the ECAC’s or NCAA post-season tournament 14 of the last 15 years, including the last 11 consecutive.
The Golden Eagles finished the 2009-10 season with an overall record of 17-12.

Female Athlete of the Week
Junior Melissa Scorse (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Mendon) is this week’s female athlete of the week after qualifying for the NCAA’s in the 55-meter dash.
Scorse finished fourth in the finals at the ECAC’s with a time of 7.29, but her 7.22 finish in the preliminaries improved her NCAA provisional qualifying time from earlier this year.
Scorse will be the lone representative for Brockport at the national meet. She qualified for the same event last year and finished 11th in 7.29.

Other Noteworthy Performances:
Lauren Gildemeyer won the All-Around competition with a career high score of 38.600, which is the second-best score in school history and the highest score in a regular-season meet. She also won the floor exercise as she tied her career-high with a 9.9. Gildemeyer finished with a 9.6 on vault, 9.550 on the uneven bars and a 9.55 on the balance beam.

Adam Drypolcher scored four goals, including the game-winner at the 2:17 mark of overtime, to lead The College at Brockport Men’s Lacrosse team to an 11-10 victory over Alfred University in the season-opening game for the Golden Eagles in Alfred.

Golden Eagles Earn All-Conference

2010-03-02T12:34:00.000-08:00

The State University of New York Athletic Conference has honored ten Golden Eagles as All-Conference selections for there performances throughout the winter season.

Ice Hockey
Senior goaltender Todd Sheridan was named All-SUNYAC First Team. Sheridan finished with a 6-8-1 and a 3.50 goals against average in conference play. He led the SUNYAC with 496 saves in net against conference foes for a .903 save percentage.

Men's Basketball
Senior Jermaine Johnson was selected as a member of the All-SUNYAC First-Team. It is the 17th straight season that a Golden Eagle player has been honored as a first-team selection.

Women's Basketball
Senior Whitney Smith was selected as a member of the All-SUNYAC Second-Team. Smith led the Golden Eagles in scoring with 16.9 points per game and was the team’s leading scorer in 21 of the 25 games this season.

Indoor Track and Field
Senior Stephanie Powell and junior Ray Lund each were named First Team All-Conference selections. Seniors Cevon Carver, Nick Mieney, Zach Williamson and freshman Nicole Jones were also recognized by the SUNYAC as Second Team All-Conference selections.
Powell finished first in the weight throw with a career best toss of 14.93 meters and Lund took first place in the men’s weight throw with an NCAA provisional toss of 17.28 meters. It is the third indoor track All-Conference honor for Lund who earned first team in 2009 and second team in 2008.
Carver placed second in the 55 meter hurdles in 7.89 earning his second All-Conference award for indoor track after being named to the first team in 2009. Williamson finished second behind Lund in the weight throw with a distance of 15.76 meters and Mieney took second in the pole vault clearing an NCAA provisional height of 4.65 meters.
Jones placed second in the shot put with a toss of 11.28 meters.

Swimming and Diving
Senior Maria Quagliana earned second team honors. Quagliana took second place in the 3-meter diving and third in the one-meter at the conference championships. The diver scored a 416.45 in the 3-meter competition and then she broke her own school record in the one-meter diving competition, with a score of 426.05.

Congratulations Golden Eagles!

Men’s Basketball to Host ECAC Championship

2010-03-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

The College at Brockport Men’s basketball team has been selected to host the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate New York Basketball Tournament Saturday and Sunday March 6-7 at the Tuttle North Gymnasium in Brockport.

Brockport (16-11) is the No. 2 seed in the tournament and will face No. 3 Hobart College (17-10) at 4 pm Saturday. Ithaca College is the top seed and will face No. 4 seeded Rensselaer at 7 pm Saturday. The semifinal game winners will meet at 2 pm Sunday for the ECAC Championship.

Tickets are $4 for Adults and $2 for Students.

Full release from the Brockport Athletic Department.

Athletes of the Week

2010-03-01T12:30:00.000-08:00

Sophomore James Cody (Schwenksville, PA) is this week’s male athlete of the week after scoring three goals in the SUNYAC Ice Hockey Tournament.
Cody scored twice in the 3-0 victory over SUNY Potsdam in the first round of the tournament. He gave Brockport a 2-0 lead with 9:58 to play in the second period and late in the third period Cody stole the puck near the blue line and raced the length of the ice and tapped in an empty-net goal for the final margin.
In the semifinal game against nationally ranked #4 Plattsburgh, Cody scored midway through the third period for his 14th goal of the season.
Cody finished the season with a team high 28 points on 14 goals and 14 assists. In the past two years, Cody has led Brockport to back-to-back 14 win seasons. It's the most wins in a two year span since becoming a varsity program in 1973-74.

Senior Stephanie Powell (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls) is this week’s female athlete of the week after leading the women’s indoor track and field team to a fifth place finish at the SUNYAC Championships.
Powell won her first individual SUNYAC title as she finished first in the weight throw with a career best toss of 14.93 meters. Her previous best mark was 14.63 set at St. Lawrence earlier this season.

On to the Semifinals

2010-02-24T08:08:00.000-08:00

The men's basketball team and the ice hockey team each advanced to the SUNYAC Semifinals after posting wins last night in the first round of the tournament.

In basketball senior Jermaine Johnson hit a layup and sank a free throw to complete a 3-point play with nine seconds remaining in overtime to give No. 4 seeded Brockport a 68-67 win over visiting No. 5 Buffalo State. Brockport advances to play No. 1 Plattsburgh (19-7) on Friday Feb. 26th at 8pm.

In ice hockey sophomore James Cody scored twice and senior Justin Noble added the game-winning goal as No. 4 Brockport posted a 3-0 victory over No. 5 SUNY Potsdam. Brockport (14-11-1) advances to play No. 2 seed SUNY Plattsburgh in Plattsburgh due to the upset in Fredonia as SUNY Morrisville posted a 3-2 overtime win over Fredonia. Game time is 7pm on Saturday Feb 27th.

For full game details visit http://www.brockport.edu/athletics/

You can follow the semifinal action for both games on the radio at http://www.891thepoint.com/

Or get live stats for basketball at http://www.sidearmstats.com/plattsburgh/mbball/index.htm

and live stats for hockey at http://www.sidearmstats.com/plattsburgh/mhockey/index.htm

Let's Go Brockport!

SUNYAC Playoffs

2010-02-22T11:22:00.000-08:00

HELLO Brockport fans! It is SUNYAC playoff time and I hope you are ready to cheer your Golden Eagles on all the way to a conference championship.

The ice hockey team has earned the #4 seed in the tournament and will host #5 SUNY Potsdam on Tuesday February 23rd at 7pm. The two teams split on the season with Potsdam earning a 6-3 win early in the year. Last month, Brockport beat Potsdam on home ice by a score of 4-2.

The men's basketball team will be the #4 seed in the SUNYAC tournament and will host #5 Buffalo State on Feb. 23rd at 7pm. Brockport defeated Buffalo State 74-68 in late January and last week the Bengals won 85-80.

Tickets to either event are $2 for students and $5 for adults. The first 50 Brockport students at each event with college ID are FREE, courtesy of BSG.

Let's go Brockport!

Athletes of the Week

2010-02-22T11:19:00.000-08:00

Here are the Elite Eagle athletes of the week for the week of Feb. 15-21.

Freshman Tyler Marlow (Palmyra, NY/Palmyra-Macedon) is the male athlete of the week after leading the Brockport Wrestling team to a second place finish at the Empire Wrestling Conference Championships.
Marlow won the individual championship at 125 pounds and was named the most outstanding wrestler. With the win, Marlow earns the automatic qualifier to the NCAA Championships on March 5-6.
Marlow pinned a wrestler from RIT in the first round, then beat a wrestler from Cortland before pinning the number-one seed from Ithaca in the championship bout in 2:09.
Brockport finished second in the team competition by earning 126 points. SUNY Cortland won the championship with 141.5 points and No.4 Ithaca College finished third with 124.5 points.

Senior Carrie Rock (Chambersburg, PA/North Hagerstown) is the female athlete of the week after leading the gymnastics team to a third place finish at the Harriet Marrance Memorial Invitational.
Rock competed for the first time this season and looked like she never missed a beat as she took top honors on the balance beam with a 9.550. The score ties her second best performance on the apparatus.

Congrats Seniors

2010-02-18T07:04:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, the men's and women's basketball teams recognized the senior members for their commitment and dedication. Thank you seniors!

Coach Beauregard with seniors Jenna Smith, Whitney Smith and Lacey Grove.

Coach Dunne with seniors Brandon Williams, Jake Hanlon, Jermaine Johnson and Josh Zenkel.

Saves for a Cure

2010-02-16T09:04:00.000-08:00

Senior Todd Sheridan (Edison, NJ) and The College at Brockport Ice Hockey team will be taking part in its annual Saves for a Cure game on Friday, February 19th when the Golden Eagles host SUNY Oswego at 7pm in the Tuttle North Ice Arena.

Saves for a Cure is a charity organization that Sheridan, a cancer survivor, started three years ago to raise money to help children in the Rochester area better cope with the challenges of undergoing cancer treatments. Throughout the season, any save made by a Brockport goalie raises money pledged by local businesses.

The hockey team will join forces with the Athletic Department and the College Bookstore to help boost the fund raising activity for the charity.

The Athletic Department will be donating all of the ticket-sale revenue from the Saves for a Cure game to the charity and The College at Brockport Bookstore will be donating 20% of the sales from any emblematic merchandise purchased between February 15-20, 2010. In addition, there will be a 50/50 raffle during the game and general donation buckets. All proceeds will be enhancing hospital stays for children undergoing cancer treatments at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center in Rochester.

This year, the Golden Eagles will be wearing black jerseys with a white Saves for a Cure logo on the front during the Oswego game. The jerseys are available for auction beginning February 15 and continuing through February 20, at noon. Winners will be announced February 20 and also be contacted via email to confirm delivery of the jersey.

The auction can be found online Here or the link can be found on the hockey web page.

For more information on Saves for a Cure watch the 2010 YouTube video

Athletes of the Week

2010-02-15T10:31:00.001-08:00

Here are the Elite Eagle athletes of the week for the week of Feb. 8-14.

Senior Nathan Butler is this week’s male athlete of the week after setting three school records at the SUNYAC Swimming and Diving Championships.
Butler broke the oldest school record remaining at Brockport (set in 1977) with an opening 100-yard backstroke leg of 54.16 second in the 400-yard medley relay. He improved the record the next day in the backstroke event with a time of 53.94 seconds, earning ninth place.
Butler was part of the 800-yard freestyle relay that captured third-place overall with a school-record time of 7:09.80. The time was more than 21 seconds better than the qualifying time for the relay and shaved more than six seconds off the school record set in 1988.
His final record came when he shaved nearly two full seconds off his preliminary time of 2:00.69 to break the school record in the 200-yard backstroke. He finished 11th overall in 1:58.98.

Senior Jen Conklin is this week’s female athlete of the week after setting two school records at the SUNYAC Swimming and Diving Championships.
Conklin broke her own school record in the 200 yard Individual Medley placing 12th in 2:19.03. The old record was set in her freshman season. The second record came in the 400-yard Medley Relay as Conklin swam the second leg in the relay that placed seventh in 4:17.13. The relay finished in 4:17.09 in the preliminary round of competition setting the new school record. The previous record was set in 1997.

Sea of Green

2010-02-12T12:46:00.000-08:00

Tonight is SEA of GREEN as the ice hockey team will be hosting SUNY Geneseo at 7pm. The first 250 Brockport students with ID will receive a 'Sea of Green' T-shirt courtesy of College Suites.

Brockport is 12-9-1 on the season and has gone 6-1-1 in its last eight games... Nine players have tallied more than 10 points on the season .... James Cody leads the team with 24 points on 11 goals and 13 assists... Cody leads the conference with eight power play goals... Ray Tremblay ranks eighth in the SUNYAC with 17 assists and he stands fourth in power play points with 14 (3g, 11a)... Gregg Amato stands second in the conference for defensmen scoring with 18 points on three goals and 15 assists... Todd Sheridan is allowing 3.24 goals against average with a .908 save percentage... Brockport has an 85.7% penalty kill on the season.

A win tonight brings Brockport one step closer to hosting a playoff home game. Bring your Brockport pride to the rink and dont forget to wear Green and you cheer on your Golden Eagles.

See ya tonight!

~Ellsworth

Athletes of the Week

2010-02-08T08:18:00.000-08:00

Once again Brockport had some impressive performances throughout last week but two student-athletes really raised the bar to earn athlete of the week honors.

Freshman Elizabeth Levy (Glen Allen, VA/Hermitage) is this week’s female athlete of the week after recording a second high 38.300 on the all-around at the University of Pittsburgh quad meet against Iowa State, Rutgers and Pitt.
Levy had the highest Brockport score on the vault with a 9.60 and scored a team-best on the uneven bars with a 9.475 and was the best Golden Eagle on the floor exercise with a 9.675. She scored a 9.55 on the balance beam as Brockport set a new school record with a team score of 48.00, breaking the old mark of 47.375 set in 2004.
As a team Brockport scored a 188.350, which is the second-highest regular-season team score in school history and the fourth-best team score in school history. The 188.350 is also the highest Division III score in the country this season.

Senior Dan Brigano (Utica, NY/Utica-Proctor) is this week’s male athlete of the week after establishing a new school record for The College at Brockport Swimming and Diving teams with a score of 470.20 on the three-meter board in an 11-dive meet at the SUNY Oswego Diving Invitational.
Brigano finished second in the three-meter competition and was third in the one-meter event for the Golden Eagles. Brigano broke his own record of 426.5 in the three-meter competition as he scored over 43 points higher than the previous mark. In the one-meter event, Brigano took third with a 432.15.
Both of his scores are provisional qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships.

Honorable Mention for the week included:
Kileigh Chapman scored a school-record 9.75 to help Brockport set a new record on the beam at Pittsburgh.
James Cody scored two goals on the week including the game winner over Buffalo State.
James Forsyth defended his title at 165 pounds to help lead the Golden Eagles to the team title for the 14th straight season at the John Summa Invitational Tournament.

~Ellz

Get in the PINK ZONE

2010-02-01T08:25:00.000-08:00

The College at Brockport Women’s Basketball team will host PINK ZONE on Tuesday, February 2nd. The team will wear pink warm-up tops and other pink apparel for its game against SUNY Fredonia at 6 pm at the Tuttle North Gymnasium in Brockport.

All fans are encouraged to wear pink as well and all donations collected will go to the Kay Yow Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Cancer Fund.

There will be raffle items sponsored by the Brockport Student Government, Brockport Health Promotions and the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on campus. Students and fans can purchase raffle tickets at the game and can also purchase pink t-shirts and pink carnations to show their support for the breast cancer awareness campaign.

The WBCA works with college teams from across the country to organize Pink Zone events on their campuses to raise money in honor and memory of the former North Carolina State head women’s basketball coach Kay Yow, who passed away in January of 2009 after a long battle with cancer.

Athletes of the Week

2010-02-01T08:02:00.000-08:00

There were a lot of outstanding athletic performances turned in by the Golden Eagles last week which makes choosing the athletes of the week a bit tough...but the votes are in and the honors go to Whitney Smith and Ray Lund.

Senior basketball guard Whitney Smith (Webster, NY/Webster-Thomas) eclipsed the 1,000 career point mark as she averaged 20.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in three games. She shot 47.8 percent from the floor, 54.5 from the arc and 84.6 from the free throw line. Smith netted a game-high 20 points against Buffalo State and finished with 19 points and a team-high seven rebounds verse Cortland. She scored a game-high 22 points, grabbed six rebounds, handed out three assists and had four steals against Oswego. On the season she leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.2 points per game.

Junior Ray Lund (Thiells, NY/North Rockland) dominated the throwing events, winning the weight throw and the shot put to help The College at Brockport Men’s Indoor Track and Field team to a second-place finish at the Class of '32 Alumni Meet at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. Lund earned the Katie Almeter Most Valuable Player award for the men as he was first in the weight throw with a 16.92-meter heave and took top honors in the shot put with a personal best and winning toss of 14.52 meters.

Honorable mention performances on the week included:
Senior gymnast Lauren Gildemeyer who tied the school record on vault with a winning score of 9.8.
Junior Maria Quagliana continued to dominate the women’s diving events, winning both the one- and three-meter events against Oneonta and Buffalo State.
Senior goalie Todd Sheridan made 17 saves in the third period and a total of 36 as Brockport scored three times in the final 20 minutes of the game to lead the Golden Eagles to a 5-2 victory over SUNY Morrisville. Brockport has won five of its last six games and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the SUNYAC standings with the road win.
Pete Manktelow was second in the mile run at Colgate with a school-record time of 4:16.73. The time is just .7 seconds from the NCAA qualifying standard.

Congrats to all of the student-athletes - keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing what this week has in store.

~Ellsworth

Weekend Athletic Events

2010-01-29T08:10:00.000-08:00

Hello Brockport Fans!

The Golden Eagles will be busy in Tuttle North this weekend as there are several events going on. I hope to see you all wearing your green and gold and cheering on Brockport.

Today at 4pm the swimming and diving teams are hosting SUNY Oneonta. It is also senior day, so be sure to stop by and give the seniors and extra hand for their dedication over the years.

At 6pm, the women's basketball team will host SUNY Cortland. Senior Whitney Smith passed the 1,000 point career milestone earlier in the week and currently leads the team with 16.8 points per game. Cortland leads the conference standings with an 8-1 record and is on an eight game winning streak.

At 8pm, the men's basketball team will host the Red Dragons. Brockport leads the SUNYAC standings with an 8-1 record and are on a four game winning streak. They lost to Cortland earlier in the season 65-63. The Golden Eagles are forcing average of 22 turnovers per game and are led by Jermaine Johnson who is averaging 13.3 points per contest.

On Saturday, the men's and women's basketball teams will be back in action at 2 and 4pm against SUNY Oswego. The women lost to the Lakers in the final few minutes back on Dec. 4, while the men came out on top 53-49.

On Sunday, the gymnastics team, who is ranked No. 1 in the Nation among division III teams as calculated by computer scoring and posted at www.troester.com, will be hosting the Brockport Invite. The Golden Eagles will compete against MIT, Southern Connecticut, West Chester and Wilson.

And as a heads up Tuesday February 2nd is Pink Zone! The basketball teams will wear pink warm-up tops and other pink apparel for its game against SUNY Fredonia, at 6 pm, in the Tuttle North Gymnasium. Fans also are encouraged to wear pink and all donations will go to the Kay Yow Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Cancer Fund.

Go Brockport!

~Ellsworth

Funday Monday

2010-01-25T08:05:00.000-08:00

Welcome back Brockport Students! I bet you are all excited to be back on campus with your friends after a very long intersession break. Good luck with the start of classes.

To get Monday started here are the Athletes of the week!
For the men: Senior Nick Mieney (Byron, NY/Byron-Bergen) earned the honor as he took top honors in the pole vault. Mieney cleared 15’ 5” in the pole vault competition to earn a provisional spot for the NCAA Division III Championships later this year as he led The College at Brockport Men’s and Women’s Track & Field squads to third-place finishes Saturday at the St. Lawrence University Invitational.

For the women: Junior Maria Quagliana (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) is this week’s female of the week after winning three of her four diving events in two dual meets. Against Monroe Community College Quagliana posted two wins as the Golden Eagles won by a score of 153-139. She won the one-meter with a score of 231.65 and in the three-meter event she posted a 223.55. Her 11-dive score of 407.80 in the one-meter qualified her provisionally for Nationals. Against Gannon University she won the three-meter board with a score of 258.50 and finished second in the one-meter with a score of 244.90, just off the first-place score of 244.95.

Men's basketball had an impressive week as they won all three games to improve to 11-4 on the season and 7-1 in the SUNYAC. The Golden Eagles lead conference by two wins over Cortland and Oneonta (5-3). On Friday night the team played a marathon of a game winning in double overtime 100-96 against Plattsburgh. Josh Zenkel hit a three pointer at the end of the regulation with the clock hitting 00:00 to force the overtime.

The gymnastics squad earned another win on the season to remain unbeaten at 3-0 as they defeated Springfield. Brockport won each individual event and took the top two spots in the all-around.

Indoor Track and Field competed for the first time in over a month and had four individual first place finishes as Male Athlete of the Week, Mieney, took top honors in the pole vault. Junior Ryan Gilmore won the 5K race with a time of 15:40.77 and fellow junior Ray Lund was the top collegiate finisher in the weight throw with a toss of 57’5½”. Junior Brittany Dodd won the 55-meter hurdles race with a winning time of 9.00 seconds to lead the Brockport women’s team.

Senior James Forsyth wrestled back for three victories in the consolation bracket in the 165-pound weight class to finish fourth, leading The College at Brockport Wrestling team to an eighth-place finish at the New York State Championships Sunday at Cornell University in Ithaca.

The hockey team posted a 4-2 come from behind victory over Potsdam Friday night before falling to Nationall-ranked No. 3 SUNY Plattsburgh on Saturday. The Golden Eagles currently rank fourth in the conference standings with a 4-6 record, tied with Cortland and Geneseo.

Despite losing by three points to Potsdam, Brockport had some highlights in the game. Lacey Grove finished with a career-high16 points while Rachel Csakany recorded her fourth consecutive double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Sophomore Bobbi Jean Bryden added a career-high 10 points.

Dan Brigano set new pool records in the one-meter and three-meter against MCC in 11-dives.

Well before this turns into a thesis, I better wrap things up.... Mark your calendars for Swimming senior day on Friday Jan. 29 against Oneonta at 4pm and Gymnastic senior day on Sunday Jan. 31 at 12pm.

Go Brockport!

~Ellsworth

Top 10 Golden Eagle Facts

2010-01-21T13:28:00.001-08:00

Hello Golden Eagle Fans!

It's been a while since I last checked in. So to get everyone back up to speed I'm going to do a top ten list of Golden Eagle Athletics from the past week.

10.) The men's basketball team set a new Wendy's College Classic Tournament record for most three-pointers attempted in the three game series with 93. The old record was 84 set by RIT in 2006.

9.) The #8 seeded Brockport women's basketball team upset the #1 seed Nazareth College in the Wendy's College Classic, 58-54. It was the largest upset in tournament history.

8.) The men's basketball team drained 15 three-pointers en route to a 83-69 win over SUNY Geneseo.

7.) Freshman Elizabeth Levy finished second on both the balance beam and floor exercise and scored a meet-high 37.225 to win the all-around competition in a 183.775-177.175 victory over Ithaca College.

6.) Gymnast Lauren Gildemeyer won all three events she competed in. She posted a 9.6 on the floor, a 9.250 on the beam and a 9.675 on the vault.

5.) Maria Quagliana won each of her two diving events against MCC and provisionally qualified for Nationals with an 11-dive score of 407.80 in the one-meter.

4.) Sophomore Ian Finnerty was named the Male Athlete and SUNYAC Player of the Week after he scored four goals, including the game-winner for The College at Brockport Hockey team in a 6-3 victory over Lebanon Valley.

3.) Dan Brigano won each of his diving events against MCC, setting new pool records with NCAA provisional qualifying scores.

2.) The men's basketball team gained sole possesion of first place in the SUNYAC standings with a 53-48 victory over Fredonia.

1.) Head Coach Brian Dickinson earned his 100th career victory at Brockport with a 4-0 shutout over Assumption College.

Now that you are caught up, I hope to see you all out supporting the Golden Eagles this weekend. The men's and women's basketball teams will be hosting Plattsburgh on Friday night at 6-8 and take on Potsdam on Saturday at 2 and 4. The Ice Hockey team will host Potsdam on Friday and Plattsburgh on Saturday will both games starting at 7pm.

~Ellsworth

Wendy's College Classic Update

2010-01-14T08:16:00.000-08:00

The men's and women's basketball teams are currently competing in the Wendy's College Classic Tournament this week throughout the Rochester area.

On Tuesday night the women pulled off the biggest upset in the 17-year history of the women's tournament, as the Golden Eagles knocked off top-seeded Nazareth College 58-54 at Roberts Wesleyan. Senior Whitney Smith (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) scored 18 points, including 11 in the second half. The Golden Eagles advance to play Roberts Wesleyan (9-6) at 6:15 pm tonight at the University of Rochester.

Last night the men lost to Roberts Wesleyan College as the Raiders scored 10 of the final 13 points of the game for the 70-63 final. Brockport will play SUNY Geneseo at 1:30 pm Friday at the University of Rochester in the consolation bracket of the tournament. Sophomore Gerald Williams (Rochester, NY/Charlotte) led Brockport with 14 points and freshman Derek Klein (Valley Stream, NY/Long Island Lutheran) added 11 for the Golden Eagles.

Hope to see everyone out at the U of R. Let's go Brockport!

-Ellz

2010 Season Underway

2010-01-11T07:38:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Golden Eagle Fans!

I hope everyone had a nice holiday season and didn't get buried under all the snow. I was going to travel south but since they were experiencing cold weather as well I stuck around to keep tabs on our student-atheltes.

Here is a quick recap to catch everyone up to date on what our teams have been up to the past week.

The men's basketball team posted three SUNYAC wins against Geneseo, Oneonta and New Paltz and are now 7-2 on the season and in second place in the conference standings with a 4-1 record. Brockport will be competing in the Wendy's College Classic Tournament this week as the #5 seed and take on #4 seeded Roberts Wesleyan on Wednesday night at 8:15.

Women's basketball earned its second SUNYAC win of the season with a 52-48 victory over Geneseo last Tuesday night before losing to Oneonta and New Paltz over the weekend. The women will also be participating in the Wendy's College Classic and will face Nazareth on Tuesday at 6:15 at Roberst Wesleyan.

Wrestling traveled to the Virginia Duals over the weekend and took third place. Freshman Tyler Marlow was named the most outstanding wrestler of the American College Division. He won three matches including two by pin in 32 and 30 seconds.

Gymnastics opened its season with a victory over Cortland on Saturday as the Golden Eagles won all four events. Senior Christina Baggetta won the uneven bars event, junior Kaitlin Dewey won the vaulting competition, sophomore Colleen Chahbazi won the balance beam and freshman Elizabeth Levy won the floor exercise.

Men's Ice Hockey competed once over the break and lost 4-2 to Hobart. Justin Noble and Jason Gorrie each scored third-period power play goals to close a 3-0 lead but Brockport surrendered a late empty-net goal.

Senior Dan Brigano and junior Maria Quagliana each placed first in both the one meter and three meter diving events for The College at Brockport Swimming and Diving squads last week but RIT swept the first place finishes in each of the swimming events to post a pair of victories.

And now for your athletes of the week:
For the men:
Freshman Tyler Marlow (Palmyra, NY/Palmyra-Macedon) was named the most outstanding wrestler of the American College Division of the 30th annual Virginia Duals tournament. Marlow won three matches to lead The College at Brockport Wrestling team to a third place finish.

Brockport cruised to a 28-11 victory over Millersville University in the first round as Marlow pinned his opponent in the 125 weight class in 32 seconds. Brockport lost to Pitt-Johnston in the next round but rebounded to defeat Anderson College, 24-9, and Millersville University, 27-17, to claim the third place finish.

Against Anderson Marlow opened the match with a 5-4 decision and in the third place match against Millersville Marlow downed his opponent in 30 seconds.

For the women:
Freshman Elizabeth Levy helped guide the Golden Eagles to a 176.325-166 win over SUNY Cortland in the first gymnastics meet of the year. Brockport won all four events in the season opening victory as Levy won the floor exercise scoring a 9.450 in her collegiate debut.

That's all for now. Go Golden Eagles!

-Ellsworth

2009 Recap

2009-12-09T06:19:00.000-08:00

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

It's the Holiday Season!

2009-12-02T06:27:00.000-08:00

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

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

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

Athletes of the Week and Thanksgiving!

2009-11-23T06:55:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-16T07:19:00.000-08:00

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.....

2009-11-10T07:28:00.000-08:00

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!!!

2009-11-08T19:01:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-02T07:09:00.000-08:00

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!

Athletes of the Week

2009-10-26T07:56:00.000-07:00

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

For the Men:

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

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

Men's Soccer Finishes SUNYAC play strong

2009-10-25T17:57:00.000-07:00

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

Important Upcoming Week

2009-10-19T20:02:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

It's more than just the Golden Eagles

2009-10-16T06:51:00.000-07:00

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

The week that was.....

2009-10-12T06:56:00.000-07:00

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 (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

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

Athletes of the Week

2009-10-06T06:48:00.000-07:00

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

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 action.

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

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

Women's Soccer #1 in SUNYAC

2009-10-04T13:02:00.000-07:00

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

Weekend in a Glimpse

2009-09-27T19:42:00.001-07:00

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

Football is 2-0!

2009-09-21T14:45:00.000-07:00

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

This Weekend's Preview

2009-09-18T07:53:00.001-07:00

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

Another Busy Weekend for the Golden Eagles

2009-09-14T05:38:00.000-07:00

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

Volleyball Gets the Win!

2009-09-09T07:58:00.000-07:00

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

Golden Eagles Wrap-up First Weekend

2009-09-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

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

We are Underway!

2009-09-02T06:00:00.000-07:00

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

ELLSWORTH HAS CREATED A BLOG!!

2009-08-30T18:44:00.000-07:00

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