The Busy Day That Was

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

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

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

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

Women's Soccer ECACs Semifinals:

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

Tonight:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Double Overtime Win Pushes Eagles into Championship

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men's soccer continues shutout domination

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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