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.