Dragon TalesOfficial Newsletter

of Oneonta State Athletics

Volume 3, No. 1 Fall, 2001

In this issue...

--Women’s Soccer Recap Continued, pg. 2--Men’s Soccer and Volleyball Recaps, pg. 2+3--New Faces, pg. 3--Athletic Hall of Fame, pg. 4--Fall Athletes of the Week, pg. 4--Women’s Tennis, Field Hockey and Cross Country recaps, pg. 5+6--Fall Honor Roll, pg. 6--Fall Scoreboard, pg. 7--Winter Schedules, pg. 8

Women’s Soccer Wins Third Straight SUNYAC CrownMen’s Soccer Reaches Ten Wins For Third Straight Year

NEW SOCCER FIELD DEDICATED

On September 8, 2001, The College at Oneonta dedicated the brand new soccer fieldthat was completed in August. Shown here is President Donovan along with state,local and college dignitaries as they cut the ribbon to officially open Red Dragon

Soccer Field. The opening game on the new field was the Oneonta State men versusWest Virginia University and the attendance for the game was nearly 1,000 people.

Women’s Soccer Earns ThirdConsecutive NCAA Berth

The women’s soccer teamproved that there would be no stoppingthem in the post-Liz McGrail era as theycontinued their dominance in theSUNYAC en route to their third consecu-tive title. They ended the season unde-feated in conference play for the thirdstraight year while extending their regu-lar season and overall SUNYAC winningstreaks in the process. The Red Dragonscurrently have won 35 straight regularseason games in the SUNYAC and 36straight overall including the last threeconference tournaments.

The 2001 season opened at theUniversity of Rochester tournament whereOneonta dropped two 1-0 games to KeeneState and Eastern Connecticut State. Theinitial win of the fall came the followingweekend in the opening game of theMayor’s Cup Tournament at Hartwickagainst Western New England College.Two second half goals, including sopho-more Megan Conboy’s (Rocky Point, NY/Rocky Point) first collegiate goal, cata-pulted them to a 2-0 win over the GoldenBears. The next day Oneonta would facethe defending National Champions in theCollege of New Jersey to decide thisyear’s champion of the Mayor’s Cup. TheLions scored two early goals and then shutdown the Oneonta attack en route to theshut out victory.

The loss against TCNJ was thelast one for a while as the Red Dragonsran off 18 straight including their two winsin the SUNYAC Tournament to earn a trip

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to the NCAA Tournament for a thirdstraight year. Along the way, senior AmyDucharme (Burnt Hills, NY/Burnt Hills)was a scoring machine. Over an eightgame stretch she scored 11 goals that in-cluded at least one goal in five consecu-tive games. She finished the season asthe team leader in goals (16), points (38)and game-winning goals (5) and was se-lected as the SUNYAC Most Valuable

Player.The Oneonta

offense racked up 63goals for the seasonand played in onlythree games this fallwhere they won byonly one goal. Thedefense was just asoutstanding with itssenior leaders,Kristen Henniger

(Lake Grove, NY/Sachem), Liz Grosser(Levittown, NY/Kellenberg), HillaryPilosi (Dalls, PA/Lake Lehman) andKristen Lynch (Columbus, GA/West (NY)Geneseo). This foursome, along withfreshman goalkeeper Erin Hodges(Watervliet, NY/Watervliet), allowed only10 goals including only one during regu-lar season play in the SUNYAC.

The run for the Red Dragonscame to a screeching halt in the first roundof the NCAA Tournament when they lostto Keuka College 1-0. Oneonta com-pletely dominated play and held a decidedadvantage in shots at 26-1, but allowedthe Storm to capitalize on their only op-portunity of the contest.

Statistic Leaders:

Goals: .................... Amy DuCharme, 16..................................... Brooke Davis, 9Assists: ............................. DuCharme, 6......................................... Erinn Sosa, 5Points: ............................ DuCharme, 38................................................Davis, 21

Goalkeeping: ...................... Erin Hodges.1881 MP, 52 SVS, 0.48 GAA, 10 SHO

Amy DuCharme

Men’s Soccer Team RegistersDouble-Digits in Wins for

Third Straight Year

The men’s soccer team had an-other solid showing on the pitch this fallwith their 10-7-1 overall record includinga 4-2-0 record in the Atlantic Soccer Con-ference. The 10 wins for Oneonta wasthe third straight year that the squad hasregistered a double-digit winning season.The significance for the program in gen-eral is that they had not had a string ofseasons like this since the mid-’80’s whenthey put together five consecutive 10+winning seasons from 1984 to 1988.

The 2001 season opened on theroad at the Nike Classic hosted by theUniversity of New Hampshire. The RedDragons came home with a split after de-feating the hosts 2-0 and dropping a 2-1match to the University of Vermont. Jun-ior Ryan Rummery (Biggin Hill, England/Oxtego County) and freshman GeorgeFriedman (Stockholm, Sweden/Nacka)were both selected to the All-TournamentTeam for their performance during the twogames.

The secondweekend of the sea-son brought the open-ing of the College’sbrand new soccer fa-cility and the hostingof the Mayor’s CupTournament. Unfor-tunately Oneonta wasdefeated by West Vir-ginia 2-1 in the opening game on the newfield, but did bounce back the next day todefeat Mercer University 3-1 behind twogoals and one assist by sophomore JmeAmoako (Brooklyn, NY/Friends).

The Red Dragons opened theregular schedule with a trip to Philadel-phia University on Sep. 15 and werebeaten 1-0 in overtime. Philadelphia, whowould end up winning the ASC crown,scored 31 seconds into the first overtimeperiod to pull out the win.

Oneonta would win four of thenext five games including two 1-0 winsover defending ASC champion, FloridaInternational, and Adelphi University.

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Jme Amoako

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Volleyball Team ReachesTwenty Wins Again

The Oneonta State volleyballteam had high hopes entering the 2001campaign as the squad returned all of itsstarters from a year ago. The team didsee many younger players contribute andgain experience and finished 24-18 over-all for a third straight 20+ win season un-

der coach ColleenCashman.

The seasonstarted at home withthe Oneonta HolidayInn/Red Dragon Invi-tational on Aug. 31and Sep. 1. The RedDragons finished theweekend 3-1 andcaptured the SilverDivision crown whilehaving senior Jayme

Stewart (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa)selected to the All-Tournament Team.Stewart tallied 35 kills and 24 digs in lead-ing the way for the Red Dragons in thetournament.

The next two weekends sent theRed Dragons to the Rochester area for theBrockport Invitational and the RIT Invi-tational. Over the two weekends, the RedDragons went a combined 2-6 to drop theirrecord to 5-6 entering a single match withUnion on Sep. 19. Sophomore LaceyMusso (Wading River, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) was named to the All-Tour-nament Team at RIT. Oneonta droppedtheir match to Union and fell to 5-7 as theylooked to the first weekend of SUNYACEast pool play at Cortland.

Oneonta came through their firstround of conference competition with a4-1 record with their only loss to Cortlandwho went 5-0. Sophomore Becky Leccese(Mt. Kisco, NY/Horace Greeley) led theRed Dragons during the weekend record-ing 23 kills, four aces and 14 digs.

The Red Dragons went 2-2 inMaine at the Bates College Invitationalduring the next weekend. They droppedmatches to Tufts and Salisbury State andpicked up wins over Wheaton and Ply-mouth State.

Next up on the schedule was the32nd annual Oneonta State Invitationalwhich included 12 schools competing forthe top prize. The Red Dragons openedthe first day with a pair of wins to advanceto the championship bracket. JuniorJackie Leahy (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac)

Lacey Musso

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Sophomore James Crofts (Godstone, En-gland/Oxtego County) had the game-win-ner against Adelphi while senior GarvinFoster (Brooklyn, NY/Samuel J. Tilden)netted the winner against FIU.

The next three games on theschedule went by without a win forOneonta as they dropped a tough 2-1 over-time game to Lafayette, tied Iona 0-0 andlost at Cornell 2-1 to put the team’s recordat 6-6-1 with five games remaining.

The Red Dragons snapped out oftheir skid and won four of their last fivegames including a season-ending 4-0 winat Howard to clinch second place in theASC. Rummery led the way in the finalewith two goals and an assist.

Statistic Leaders:

Goals: ............................ Jme Amoako, 7.................................. Ryan Rummery, 6Assists: ................... George Friedman, 7............................................. Amoako, 4Points: ................................ Amoako, 18......................................... Rummery, 15........................... Antonio DiMuccio, 11

Goalkeeping: ........................ Jack Potter...1702 MP, 68 SVS, 0.90 GAA, 6 SHO

led the way for Oneonta. Her individual performance during the weekend earned her All-Tournament honors.

The Red Dragons had a date at the Oswego Invitational during the second week-end of October and came back as winners of the Silver bracket. Musso had another solidoverall weekend and earned All-Tournament honors.

The second round of SUNYAC pool play was held in the friendly confines ofDewar Arena the next weekend. Oneonta split the first night with a loss to Cortland anda win over New Paltz. The next day they clinched second place in the East with threewins to qualify for the SUNYAC Tournament for a second straight year.

The final weekend of the month saw the Red Dragons host the NYSWCAATournament. Oneonta was seeded 10th in a twelve team field and would be matched upwith #7 Vassar in the opening round. The Red Dragons jumped out to a 2-0 lead andlooked as though they would advance easily into the quarterfinals, but the visiting Brew-ers gained momentum to win the next three games. In the 9th place match they would beswept by Union to end their tournament 0-2.

It was on to the SUNYAC Tournament at Cortland where Oneonta would bematched up against Geneseo, the #3 team inthe West Division. The Red Dragons defeatedthe Blue Knights 3-1 to advance into the tour-nament semifinals for a second straight year.Unfortunately their run would end in the nextmatch as they were swept by Brockport to endtheir season.

Musso and freshman Cassandra Auth(East Patchogue, NY/Bellport) were selectedto the All-Tournament Team as HonorableMentions.

Statistic Leaders:

Kills: ...................... Jayme Stewart, 247Assists: ..................... Lacey Musso, 702Aces: ..................................... Musso, 93Digs: ................................... Musso, 341Blocks: .................... Dana Fleming, 104

Kristine Clark

NEW FACESLaura MoanHead Women’s LacrosseCoach/Assistant Field Hockey

Heather KellyAthletic Training Intern

Chris KentSports Information Intern

Denise MarcheseHead Softball Coach/Fitness

Center Director

Stewart MoanHead Men’s Lacrosse Coach/Physical Education Instructor

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September 3Ryan Rummery, SoccerJessica Tylutki, Cross Country

September 10Jme Amoako, SoccerCatherine Lodico, Tennis

September 17Brian Suozzo, Cross CountryBrooke Davis, Soccer

September 24Amy DuCharme, SoccerLacey Musso, Volleyball

October 1James Crofts, SoccerBrian Suozzo, Cross Country

October 8Libby Kent, TennisCatherine Lodico, Tennis

October 15Erin Hodges, SoccerLacey Musso, Volleyball

October 22Jen Mollen, Field HockeyDana Fleming, Volleyball

October 29Women’s Soccer Team

November 5Brian Suozzo, Cross CountryLacey Musso, Volleyball

Fall Athletes of the Week

ONEONTA STATE WELCOMES NEWMEMBERS TO THE HALL OF FAMENine Former Athletes and One Former Coach

Part of Third Induction Class

The College at Oneonta welcomed 10 newmembers to its Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday,Oct. 13 at a ceremony in the atrium of the AlumniField House. The ceremony was held as part ofHomecoming/Family Weekend activities and thisyear’s class now brings the total number of induct-ees to 41.

This year’s class was comprised of nine ath-letes and one coach and included Don Axtell, KeithBenjamin ’72, Tina Diekmann Grigsby ’68, KeithMcCarthy ’56, Desmond Munroe ’74, Ronald Pierce’76, Michael Pocyntyluk ’85, Joseph Spanfelner ’57,Jennifer Willink Terwilliger ’85, and Roger Weaver’76.

Axtell was the baseball coach at Oneonta Statefor 30 years and led the team to many successfulseasons during his tenure. His teams won or shared10 SUNYAC titles and Axtell is the last coach tolead the Red Dragons to a conference championshipwhich came in 1993. Along the way he guidedOneonta to its only ECAC Championships whichhe did in 1974 and 1975 and was selected asSUNYAC Coach of the Year four times with the lastcoming in 1989.

A native of Waverly, N.Y., Axtell attendedIthaca College where he received a Bachelor’s De-gree in Physical Education in 1960. Previous to be-ginning at Oneonta State in 1965 he taught andcoached for five years at Lavonia High, ClarkstownHigh and Delhi Tech. He retired to Hilton Head,S.C. and, this coming spring, Axtell will be inductedinto the Waverly High School Hall of Fame.

Benjamin made his athletic mark in the sportof swimming where he was a dominant freestyler inall distances from 200 yards to 1,650 yards. Duringhis four years of competition he set numerousOneonta pool and school records while also settingrecords in the SUNYAC in the 200, 500, 1,000 and1,650 freestyle.

Benjamin was a major contributor to threestraight SUNYAC champion teams from 1968 to1970 and was the recipient of the Fulton Award bythe SUNYAC in 1971 for his valuable contributionto swimming. His career was highlighted by earn-ing All-American honors in both the 500 and 1,650at the NCAA Championships in 1971.

Benjamin graduated from Oneonta with aBachelor’s Degree in General Education and taughtat Union-Endicott Elementary from 1972 to 1977.From 1978 to 1985 he found himself back in swim-ming as a competitive swim coach advisor and agegroup swim coach. In 1986 he began his life in thechurch where he has been since that time and cur-rently he is serving as the Pastor of the First UnitedMethodist Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Grigsby was the first female swimmer to beinducted into the Oneonta Hall of Fame and was anearly pioneer for that sport at the college. Her ca-reer highlight was setting a national collegiate recordfor the 20-yard breaststroke in 1966. She set a stan-dard with her commitment to the swimming and div-ing program for others to follow during her four-year career and served as team co-captain in 1966-67.

Grigsby’s professional life has been devotedto education and swimming where she has attainedmuch success. She has spent 27 years as a teacherand coach for the Monroe-Woodbury Central SchoolDistrict and has had multiple State qualifiers for boysand girls while coaching an undefeated girls team in1979.

McCarthy was the first great point guard forthe men’s basketball program and was referred toby the late G.Hal Chase as “the most valuable playeron the floor.” He played semi-pro basketball in theBuffalo area for three years before entering OneontaState. During his career with the Red Dragons he

was the leading assists man and, by the end, was theplayer who would take the shot when the game wason the line. He returned to the Buffalo area wherehe taught and coached at N. Tonawanda High be-fore returning to Oneonta where he retired after along tenure as an instructor and supervisor.

Munroe was a two-year starter for the RedDragons soccer team and was a member of the 1972squad that played for the College Division NationalChampionship. During his career he was an All-New York State, All-SUNYAC and an All-Ameri-can.

Munroe curently resides in the country of Ja-maica where he and 2000 Hall of Famer AltamontMcKenzie run a distillery.

Pierce was the first great track athlete duringthe early years of the track & field program. Hewas a four-year letterman and a two-year captainand MVP of the squad during his career. He was atwo-time individual qualifier for the NCAA Div. IIIChampionships in the 440-yard hurdles. He was aseven-time All-New York State track athlete and atwo-time New York State relay champion while be-ing a two-time SUNYAC champion in the hurdles.During his four years of dual-meet competition hefinished second only once while winning 50 timesfor a career winning percentage of .980. While work-ing on his advanced degree at Oneonta he served asthe track & field coach and helped guide the squadto a second place finish at the New York State Cham-pionships.

Pierce’s professional career has been involvedin upper management positions of various compa-nies and his current job is as the Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Director of Hire Intelligence, Inc. whichprovides turnkey software solutions for managingpre-recorded on-demand video applications.

Pocyntyluk is one of the all time greats in thehistory of men’s basketball. At the time of his gradu-ation he was the all time leader in scoring and re-bounding. His four years of honors includes ECACRookie of the Year in 1981, three-time ECAC All-Star, three-time SUNYAC All-Star and four-time All-New York State while being a member of the 1,000point club. After his graduation from Oneonta hespent time as an assistant for then coach DonFlewelling in 1984-85 and again from 1987-90. In1985-86 he spent a year as a player/coach in Swe-den where he averaged 37 points and 17 reboundsper game.

Spanfelner has a title that no other athlete can

ever claim, that of being the first captain of the men’ssoccer program that began in 1955. He was theteam’s goalkeeper for the very first season and hisstudent teaching assignment kept him from playinghis senior year, but the team voted him as an honor-ary captain.

Spanfelner was a three-sport standout with hisother two sports being basketball and baseball. As aforward for the basketball team he was a two-yearstarter and reached double figures in scoring 25 timesduring his sophomore and junior seasons. Duringthe spring he was mowing down opponents to wherehe completed an 18-1 career record with threestraight undefeated seasons from 1955-57.

Spanfelner spent 20 years as a teacher andcoach at Proctor High School in Utica, N.Y. untilhis retirement in 1991. In 1966 his basketball teamwon the Section 3, Class A championship.

Willink Terwilliger was a standout for the fieldhockey and lacrosse teams during the early 80’s. Sheis the third leading scorer all time with 114 points infield hockey including 50 goals. She was the fieldhockey team MVP in 1982 and was an All-New YorkState selection in both field hockey and lacrosse. Heracademic achievements earned her the Charles W.Hunt Scholarship for distinguished academicachievement while being chosen as the first recipi-ent of the female Scholar-Athlete Award for theSUNYAC in 1983-84.

Willink Terwilliger’s professional career hasbeen as a teacher and coach in the Penfield andBrighton school systems. She currently is the fieldhockey coach at Penfield High where her teams havewon the Monroe County championship five out ofthe last six years.

Weaver was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in1976 in the 16th round after a stellar four-year ca-reer on the hill and in the outfield for the Red Drag-ons baseball program. During his career he was aSUNYAC All-Star three times and was instrumen-tal in leading the 1974 squad to the ECAC UpsateNew York Championship. His career highlight wasthrowing a no-hitter against Brooklyn College in1975. He spent five years in the Tigers’ Organiza-tion and pitched for the major league team in the1980 season where he went 3-4 with a 4.10 earnedrun average.A native of St. Johnsville, N.Y., Weaver currentlyresides in Canojoharie where he is a Market Repre-sentative for Fulmont Mutual Insurance Company.

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Women’s Tennis Team PostsAnother Winning Season

The women’s tennis team wasreworked and reloaded and continued theirwinning ways in 2001 as they put togethertheir third straight winning season. CoachEd O’Malley used returning players andmixed in some solid newcomers to finish9-4 in dual matches.

The squad came out of the gatesstrong as they won their first four matchesto start the season. The first weekend ofthe fall took the team to Plattsburgh wherethey defeated Green Mountain College,Potsdam and the host. In their homeopener against Russell Sage, freshmanPam Katz (Suffern, NY/Suffern) won theclinching match in straight sets to propelthe Red Dragons to a 5-4 win over theGators and keep the team’s record un-

blemished.Oneonta then

dropped two in a row:a 6-3 loss toRensselaer and a 5-4loss to Geneseo,before pulling out a5-4 victory overBrockport to put theirrecord at 5-2 throughthe first half of the

season. The Red Dragons then won twoout of their next three matches enteringthe Rolex Regionals at William Smith atthe end of September.

At the Rolex, freshman LibbyKent (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton) ad-vanced into the quarterfinals before hav-ing to retire up one set to the #6 seed inthe tournament. Kent entered as anunseeded player and quickly advancedthrough the first two rounds with straightset wins. In the third round she neededthree sets and over four hours to put awaythe #4 seed, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. In thequarterfinals she was up one set but justcouldn’t continue and had to retire.

Oneonta finished their dualmatch season with wins over Union andOswego and a loss to Ithaca for their final9-4 record. They entered the SUNYACChampionship in good shape with all theirplayers healthy and looking to make a runat the top spot.

At the conference championshipOneonta finished fifth overall, but did

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Field Hockey StrugglesThrough Another Fall

Despite winning two of theirthree final games of the season, the fieldhockey team found the going tough againthis fall as they finished 5-12 overall and1-4 in the SUNYAC. The major problemseemed to be on the offensive end as theylost three games 1-0 and three games 2-1.

The season opened at Rensselaerwith 12 players on the Oneonta roster whowere sophomores or freshmen. The teamwas defeated 3-0, but looked ahead to theirnext date at Utica College. Against thePioneers, Oneonta got a goal from juniorBrooke Thomson (Bennngton, VT/Hoosick Falls) with less than 15 minutesremaining in the second half to tie thescore at 1-1. The two teams were still tiedat the end of regulation and went to 7 vs.7 sudden victory overtime. It wasn’t un-til the second overtime that senior NicoleMcCullagh (Camden, NY/Camden) puthome the game-winner with an assist fromfreshman MeghanDonnelly (Rome,NY/Rome FreeAcademy).

The RedDragons then lostthree straight includ-ing a 2-1 loss toNazareth that wassettled in penaltystroke play. Oneontarecorded their sec-ond win of the sea-son against Elmira 2-0 as senior Jen Mollen (Vestal, NY/Ves-tal) tallied both goals for the Red Drag-ons in leading the squad to victory.

Oneonta then dropped fivestraight games including two by the scoreof 1-0 and a third by the score of 2-1 todrop their record to 3-11 entering the fi-nal week of games. The Red Dragons re-grouped and won their final two homegames of the season in convincing fash-ion. A 2-0 shutout victory againstHamilton and a 3-1 win overManhattanville allowed the seniors to fin-ish on a winning note at their home-for-a-year, Swart-Wilcox Field. The seasonended at Oswego with a 1-0 loss for the5-12 final record.

StatisticsScoring Leaders

..................................................G-A-PtsJen Mollen .................................. 7-0-14Brooke Thomson .......................... 3-1-7

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Libby Kent

Jen Mollen

Men’s and Women’s CrossCountry Teams Make Strides

Second-year cross countrycoach, Matt LoPiccolo, was optimistic butguarded about his team’s chances in 2001.He returned a solid nucleus of runners onboth the men’s and women’s side, but waslooking for his first class of recruits to fitin and elevate the overall performancethroughout the fall season.

From theiropening meet atPlattsburgh, it wasapparent that bothteams would be im-proved over 2000.The women ranthird overall as ateam as sophomoreJessica Tylutki(Remsen, NY/NewHartford) took ninthoverall. The men ran seventh overall andwere led by newcomer Brian Suozzo(Franklin, NY/Franklin) who also ranninth.

Suozzo would end up being thetop finisher in every meet during the sea-son for the Red Dragons. His 10th placefinish at the ECAC Championships wouldearn him All-ECAC honors to make himthe first Oneonta runner to garner such anhonor.

The men’s team was balanced offby senior Lee Lurie (N. Babylon, NY/N.Babylon), junior Eric Duffy (Montrose,NY/Hendrick), sophomore Dan Verdi (Sa-vannah, NY/Clyde-Savannah) and fresh-men Anthony Cordero (Port Jefferson Sta-tion, NY/Comsewogue), Bryan Reles(Cicero, NY/Cicero-N. Syracuse) and

Matt Valcik(Latham, NY/Shaker).

The leadingrunner on thewomen’s side wasjust about splitdown the middle asTylutki and seniorSara Snyder(Schenectady, NY/Schalmont) wentback-and-forth dur-

ing the season. Tylutki ended up beingthe top finisher for the Red Dragons five

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Brian Suozzo

Sara Snyder

2001 Fall Honor Roll

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have two individual SUNYAC Champi-ons. Kent held her top seeding at secondsingles to take the title while classmateCatherine Lodico (Elmira, NY/ElmiraFree Academy) used her #1 seeding andswept through third singles to win the title.

The Red Dragons qualified forthe NYSWCAA Tournament for a secondstraight year and competed as one of thesixteen teams during the second weekendof October. Unfortunately, Oneonta tiedfor 11th place overall with no individualadvancing past the quarterfinals in thetournament as the season ended.

Top Singles Records

Libby Kent ......................................18-3Catherine Lodico ............................16-4Allison Greene ..................................8-7

Top Doubles Records

Lodico-Greene ................................ 11-3Kent-Trudy Hudson ..........................5-2

Erica Polmateer ............................ 2-2-6Nicole McCullagh ........................ 1-3-5

Goalkeeping

Jessica Clarke................... 799 MP, 1.75 GAA, 1 SHO

Kelly Mohr................... 453 MP, 2.01 GAA, 1 SHO

times while Snyder led Oneonta four timesincluding a 95th place finish at the NCAARegionals to close out the year.

This year’s women’s squad wasrounded out with junior Ann Cheney(Potsdam, NY/Potsdam), sophomoresAbby McQueeney-Penamonte (Mendon,NY/Honeoye Falls) and Christy Haynes(Chittenango, NY/Chittenango) and fresh-men Emily Cohn (Pine Plains, NY/Stissing Mount), Melissa McQuade(Waterford, NY/Catholic Central) andCarol Tichio (Hicksville, NY/Holy Trin-ity).

Corey Shafer

Men’s SoccerIndividual

George Friedman ’05............ASC Rookie of the Week, 9/4; 9/10;............UNH All-Tournament Team

Ryan Rummery ’03............UNH All-Tournament Team............ASC All-Conference First Team............ASC Player of the Week, 11/12;

Jack Potter ’04............ASC Goalkeeper of the Week, 9/24; 10/8;............ASC All-Conference First Team

Antonio DiMuccio ’04............ASC Rookie of the Week, 10/29;

John McPhail ’05............ASC Rookie of the Week, 9/24;

Women’s SoccerIndividual

Tracey Ranieri............SUNYAC Coach of the Year

Kristen Henniger ’02............Mayor’s Cup Defensive MVP............All-SUNYAC First Team............SUNYAC All-Tournament Team............NYSWCAA All State Team

Amy DuCharme ’02............SUNYAC Player of the Week, 9/24;............SUNYAC Most Valuable Player............All-SUNYAC First Team............NYSWCAA All State Team

Liz Grosser ’02............All-SUNYAC First Team............SUNYAC Tournament MVP............SUNYAC All-Tournament Team............NYSWCAA All State Team

Erinn Sosa ’04............All-SUNYAC Second Team............SUNYAC All-Tournament Team

Rose Velan ’04............All-SUNYAC Second Team

Kelly Stevens ’04............All-SUNYAC Honorable Mention............SUNYAC All-Tournament Team

Hillary Pilosi ’02............All-SUNYAC Honorable Mention

Alissa Karcz ’04............All-SUNYAC Honorable Mention

Team............SUNYAC Regular Season Champions............SUNYAC Tournament Champions

Field HockeyIndividual

Nicole McCullagh ’02............All-SUNYAC First Team............NFHCA North Atlantic Regional All-American, 2nd Team

Jen Mollen ’02............All-SUNYAC Honorable Mention............All-New York State, 3rd Team

Men’s Cross Country

Individual

Brian Suozzo ’04............Hartwick Invitational Champion............Oneonta State Invitational Champion............All-ECAC (10th place)

Women’s TennisIndividual

Libby Kent ’05............ ITA Regional Quarterfinalist............SUNYAC Champion (2nd singles)

Catherine Lodico ’05............SUNYAC Champion (3rd singles)

VolleyballIndividual

Jayme Stewart ’02............Oneonta Holiday Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team

Lacey Musso ’04............RIT Invitational All-Tournament Team............NYSWCAA Player of the Week, 9/24;............Oswego Invitational All-TournamentTeam............SUNYAC All-Tournament Team (HM)............SUNYAC East All-Conference

Jackie Leahy ’03............Oneonta Invitational All-TournamentTeam

Cassandra Auth ’05............SUNYAC All-Tournament Team (HM)

2001 Fall Scoreboard

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Men’s Soccer Schedule/ResultsSeason record: 10-7-1/4-2-0 ASC

Head Coach: Ian McIntyre

Date ..... Opponent ............................................... Result8/24 ...... at Syracuse(scrimmage)9/2 ........ at UNH$ .................................................. W, 2-09/3 ........ vs Vermont$ ............................................. L, 1-29/8 ........ vs West Virginia# ..................................... L, 1-29/9 ........ vs Mercer# .............................................. W, 3-19/15 ...... at Philadelphia Univ.* .......................... L, 0-1 ot9/19 ...... SIENA ................................................. W, 1-0 ot9/22 ...... at Marist ................................................... L, 0-19/28 ...... ADELPHI* ............................................. W, 1-010/2 ...... at Niagara ................................................ W, 3-110/5 ...... FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL* ............ W, 1-010/9 ...... LAFAYETTE ..................................... L, 1-2 2ot10/13 .... IONA ................................................. T, 0-0 2ot10/16 .... at Cornell .................................................. L, 1-210/20 .... at Binghamton* ................................... W, 2-1 ot10/24 .... at Colgate ................................................ W, 2-110/30 .... at Canisius ............................................... W, 4-011/3 ...... HARTWICK* .................................... L, 2-3 2ot11/9 ...... at Howard* .............................................. W, 4-0*Atlantic Soccer Conference Game$UNH Tournament#Mayor’s Cup Tournament

James Crofts

Women’s Soccer Schedule/ResultsSeason record: 18-4-0/10-0-0 SUNYAC

Coaches: Tracey & David Ranieri

Date ... Opponent(s) .............................................. Result9/1 ...... vs Keene State# ................................... L, 0-1, 2ot9/2 ...... vs Eastern Conn State# ............................... L, 0-19/7 ...... vs Western New England$ ......................... W, 2-09/8 ...... vs College of New Jersey$ ......................... L, 0-29/15 .... POTSDAM* .............................................. W, 6-09/16 .... PLATTSBURGH* ..................................... W, 4-09/18 .... at Utica-Rome* .......................................... W, 2-09/21 .... GENESEO* ............................................... W, 4-09/22 .... BROCKPORT* ......................................... W, 3-09/26 .... at Hartwick ................................................ W, 4-09/28 .... at Fredonia* ............................................... W, 3-09/29 .... at Buffalo State* ........................................ W, 6-010/3 .... HAMILTON .............................................. W, 5-010/5 .... at Cortland* ............................................... W, 1-010/6 .... at Oswego* ................................................ W, 2-110/10 .. SCRANTON .............................................. W, 3-110/13 .. ITHACA .................................................... W, 4-010/17 .. at New Paltz* ...................................... W, 1-0, 2ot10/20 .. NYACK ..................................................... W, 9-210/26 .. vs Brockport% ........................................... W, 1-010/27 .. vs Cortland^ ............................................... W, 2-110/31 .. KEUKA& ................................................... L, 0-1*SUNYAC Game#University of Rochester Tournament$Mayor’s Cup at Hartwick%SUNYAC Tournament Semifinal at NSHOF^SUNYAC Tournament Championship at NSHOF&NCAA Tournament 1st round

Liz Grosser

Women’s Tennis Schedule/ResultsSeason match record: 9-4Head Coach: Ed O’Malley

Date ... Opponent(s) .............................................. Result9/1 ...... vs. Green Mountain# ................................. W, 8-1........... vs. Potsdam# .............................................. W, 8-19/2 ...... vs Plattsburgh# .......................................... W, 6-39/4 ...... RUSSELL SAGE ...................................... W, 5-49/5 ...... at Rensselaer ............................................... L, 3-69/8 ...... vs Geneseo$ ................................................ L, 4-5........... vs Brockport$ ............................................ W, 5-49/11 .... CORTLAND ......................................... cancelled9/13 .... at New Paltz ............................................... W, 5-49/15 .... WILLIAM SMITH ..................................... L, 1-89/16 .... BUFFALO STATE .................................... W, 7-29/21- .. Rolex Regional Tourn23 ....... at William Smith ...... Libby Kent - Quarterfinalist9/24 .... at Union ..................................................... W, 5-49/27 .... at Oswego .................................................. W, 9-09/30 .... at Ithaca ...................................................... L, 2-710/3 .... GENESEO ............................................ cancelled10/5- .. SUNYAC Championship7 ......... at Eastside RC (Manilus, NY) ............ 5/9, 15 pts.10/12- NYSWCAA Championships14 ....... at The Reis TC (Ithaca, NY) ................ T11, 4 pts.#match played at Plattsburgh$match played at New Paltz

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Brian Suozzo

Men’s and Women’s Cross CountrySchedule/Results

Head Coach: Matt LoPiccolo

Date ... Opponent(s) .............................................. Result9/1 ...... Cardinal Classic........... at Plattsburgh .............................. M, 7/10/186 pts................................................................. W, 3/11/106 pts9/8 ...... Pat Peterson Invitational........... at Oswego ................................. M, 11/16/339 pts................................................................... W, incomplete9/15 .... at Hartwick Invitational ................ M, 4/7/114 pts................................................................... W, 5/6/116 pts9/22 .... NYU Invitational........... at Van Cortlandt Park ................ M, 22/37/716 pts............................................................... W, 19/32/566 pts9/29 .... ONEONTA INVITATIONAL ........ M, 2/3/56 pts..................................................................... W, 2/4/41 pts10/6 .... at Hamilton Invitational ............. M, 8/10/204 pts.................................................................... W, incomplete10/20 .. SUNYAC Championship........... at New Paltz ................................ M, 9/10/242 pts................................................................. W, 7/11/207 pts10/27 .. at Franklin (MA) Park .................. M, 5/5/997 pts................................................................... W, 4/4/531 pts11/3 .... ECAC Championships........... at Williams College .................. M, 21/28/529 pts............................................................... W, 17/33/563 pts11/10 .. NCAA Regionals........... At Van Cortlandt Park .............. M, 28/32/776 pts............................................................... W, 21/27/595 pts

Volleyball Schedule/ResultsSeason record: 24-18/8-2 SUNYAC

Head Coach: Colleen Cashman

Date ........ Opponent(s) ......................................... Result8/31 ......... NYU# .................................................... L, 0-3................ POTSDAM# ......................................... W, 3-09/1 ........... HUNTER# ............................................ W, 3-1................ PLATTSBURGH# ................................ W, 3-09/7 ........... vs St. John Fisher$ ................................ L, 1-3................ at Brockport$ ......................................... L, 0-39/8 ........... vs St. John Fisher$ ............................... W, 3-1................ at Brockport$ ......................................... L, 0-39/14 ......... at RIT% ................................................. L, 0-3................ vs Geneseo% ......................................... L, 1-39/15 ......... vs Cortland% ......................................... L, 0-3................ vs Potsdam% ........................................ W, 3-29/19 ......... at Union ................................................. L, 1-39/21 ......... vs Plattsburgh^ ..................................... W, 3-0................ at Cortland^ ........................................... L, 1-39/22 ......... vs Utica-Rome^ .................................... W, 3-0................ vs New Paltz^ ....................................... W, 3-2................ vs Potsdam^ .......................................... W, 3-19/26 ......... at Hartwick ........................................... W, 3-09/28 ......... vs Tufts University* .............................. L, 2-3................ vs Salisbury State* ................................ L, 0-39/29 ......... vs Wheaton (MA) College* ................. W, 3-0................ vs Plymouth State* ............................... W, 3-110/3 ......... UTICA .................................................. W, 3-010/5 ......... UNION& .............................................. W, 3-0................ ST. LAWRENCE& ............................... W, 3-110/6 ......... KING’S& .............................................. L, 0-3................ MUHLENBERG& ................................ L, 2-310/12 ....... vs Fredonia@ ........................................ L, 0-3................ vs Clarkson@ ....................................... W, 3-010/13 ....... vs New Paltz@ ..................................... W, 3-1................ at Oswego@ ......................................... W, 3-010/19 ....... Cortland## ............................................. L, 1-3................ New Paltz## ......................................... W, 3-010/20 ....... Potsdam## ............................................ W, 3-1................ Utica/Rome## ....................................... W, 3-0................ Plattsburgh## ........................................ W, 3-010/24 ....... HAMILTON ......................................... W, 3-010/27 ....... vs Vassar$$ ............................................ L, 2-3................ vs. Union$$ ........................................... L, 0-311/2 ......... vs Geneseo%% ..................................... W, 3-111/3 ......... vs Brockport%% ................................... L, 0-3#Holiday Inn/Red Dragon Invitational; $at BrockportInvitational; %at RIT Invitational; ^SUNYAC East #1 atCortland; *Bates Invitational; &Oneonta StateInvitational (4th place); @at Oswego Invitational;##SUNYAC East Weekend #2 at Oneonta; $$NYSWCAATournament at Oneonta; %%SUNYAC Tournament atCortland;

Field Hockey Schedule/ResultsSeason record: 5-12/1-4 SUNYAC

Head Coach: Michele Dombrowski

Date ........ Opponent(s) ......................................... Result8/31 ......... at Rensselaer .......................................... L, 0-39/5 ........... at Utica ........................................... W, 2-1 2ot9/8 ........... CORTLAND*# ..................................... L, 0-29/15 ......... at Nazareth ..................................... L, 1-2 2ot*9/18 ......... NEW PALTZ*# ..................................... L, 1-29/20 ......... at Elmira ............................................... W, 2-09/22 ......... HARTWICK$ ........................................ L, 0-39/25 ......... at Skidmore ........................................... L, 0-69/28 ......... BROCKPORT*$ .............................. W, 2-1 ot9/29 ......... ROCHESTER# .................................. L, 0-1 ot10/2 ......... at Union ................................................. L, 0-210/4 ......... at Geneseo* ........................................... L, 1-210/10 ....... ITHACA# .............................................. L, 0-110/14 ....... ST. LAWRENCE$ ................................. L, 2-610/16 ....... HAMILTON# ....................................... W, 2-010/18 ....... MANHATTANVILLE# ....................... W, 3-110/20 ....... at Oswego* ............................................ L, 0-1*SUNYAC game#Games played at Swart-Wilcox Field (Oneonta, NY)$Games played at Hartwick College*Lost 3-0 in strokes

2001 - 2002 Winter Schedules

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Women’s BasketballHead Coach: Dan McGraw

NOVEMBERDay . Date .... Opponent(s) .................................... TimeSat ....... 17 .... Holiday Inn Tip Off at Hartwick . 6:00 pmSun ...... 18 .... Holiday Inn Tip Off at Hartwick ... 1/3 pmTue ...... 20 .... at Castleton State ........................ 6:00 pmTue ...... 27 .... ITHACA ..................................... 6:00 pmThu ..... 29 .... at NYU ........................................ 6:00 pmDECEMBERSat ......... 1 .... SKIDMORE ................................ 4:00 pmTue ........ 4 .... NEW PALTZ* ............................. 6:00 pmFri ......... 7 .... at Buffalo State* ......................... 6:00 pmSat ......... 8 .... at Fredonia* ................................ 2:00 pmJANUARYTue ........ 8 .... PLATTSBURGH* ...................... 6:00 pmFri ....... 11 .... at Geneseo* ................................. 6:00 pmSat ....... 12 .... at Brockport* .............................. 2:00 pmTue ...... 15 .... OSWEGO* ................................. 6:00 pmFri ....... 18 .... UTICA-ROME* ......................... 6:00 pmSat ....... 19 .... BUFFALO STATE* .................... 2:00 pmTue ...... 22 .... at Cazenovia ................................ 6:00 pmFri ....... 25 .... GENESEO* ................................ 6:00 pmTue ...... 29 .... at Mount St. Mary ....................... 7:00 pmFEBRUARYFri ......... 1 .... at Potsdam* ................................. 6:00 pmSat ......... 2 .... at Plattsburgh* ............................ 2:00 pmTue ........ 5 .... at Cortland* ................................. 6:00 pmFri ......... 8 .... MANHATTANVILLE ................ 7:00 pmSat ......... 9 .... FREDONIA* .............................. 2:00 pmTue ...... 12 .... at New Paltz* .............................. 6:00 pmFri ....... 15 .... POTSDAM* ............................... 6:00 pmThu ..... 21 .... SUNYAC Tournament...................... at Utica Auditorium ................ 1/3/6/8 pmFri ....... 22 .... SUNYAC Semifinals...................... at Utica Auditorium ...................... 6/8 pmSat ....... 23 .... SUNYAC Finals...................... at Utica Auditorium .................... 4:00 pm*SUNYAC Game

Men’s BasketballHead Coach: Paul Clune

NOVEMBERDay . Date .... Opponent(s) .................................... TimeFri ....... 16 .... Holiday Inn Tip-Off at Hartwick 6:00 pmSat ....... 17 .... Holiday Inn Tip-Off at Hartwick 1pm/3pmTue ...... 20 .... at Castleton State ........................ 8:00 pmMon .... 26 .... at Clarkson .................................. 7:00 pmFri ....... 30 .... SUNY-FARMINGDALE ............ 7:00 pmDECEMBERTue ........ 4 .... NEW PALTZ* ............................. 8:00 pmFri ......... 7 .... at Buffalo State* ......................... 8:00 pmSat ......... 8 .... at Fredonia* ................................ 4:00 pmJANUARYThu ....... 3 .... at Cal-State Monterey Bay Tournament...................................................................................TBAFri ......... 4 .... at Cal-State Monterey Bay Tournament...................................................................................TBATue ........ 8 .... PLATTSBURGH* ...................... 8:00 pmFri ....... 11 .... at Geneseo* ................................. 8:00 pmSat ....... 12 .... at Brockport* .............................. 4:00 pmTue ...... 15 .... OSWEGO* ................................. 8:00 pmFri ....... 18 .... UTICA-ROME* ......................... 8:00 pmSat ....... 19 .... BUFFALO STATE* .................... 4:00 pmTue ...... 22 .... KEUKA ...................................... 7:00 pm

Fri ....... 25 .... GENESEO* ................................ 8:00 pmTue ...... 29 .... at Ithaca ....................................... 7:00 pmFEBRUARYFri ......... 1 .... at Potsdam* ................................. 8:00 pmSat ......... 2 .... at Plattsburgh* ............................ 4:00 pmTue ........ 5 .... at Cortland* ................................. 8:00 pmSat ......... 9 .... FREDONIA* .............................. 4:00 pmTue ...... 12 .... at New Paltz* .............................. 8:00 pmFri ....... 15 .... POTSDAM* ............................... 8:00 pmWed ..... 20 .... SUNYAC 1st round...................... at Utica Auditorium ................ 1/3/6/8 pmFri ....... 22 .... SUNYAC semifinals...................... at Utica Auditorium ...................... 1/3 pmSat ....... 23 .... SUNYAC Championship...................... at Utica Auditorium .................... 1:00 pm*SUNYAC Game

Men’s and Women’s Swimming & DivingHead Coach: Chris Ghiorse

OCTOBERDay . Date .... Opponent(s) .................................... TimeSat ....... 27 .... at Clarkson .................................. 2:00 pmNOVEMBERFri ......... 2 .... NEW PALTZ ............................... 4:00 pmFri ......... 9 .... PLATTSBURGH ........................ 6:00 pmSat ....... 10 .... POTSDAM ................................. 1:00 pmFri-Sat16-17 . North Country Invitational...................... At Potsdam ............................... 4 pm/9amDECEMBERSat ......... 1 .... at Utica ........................................ 1:00 pmFri ......... 7 .... at Mount St. Mary ....................... 4:00 pmSat ......... 8 .... OSWEGO ................................... 2:00 pmJANUARYSat ....... 12 .... at Rensselaer (men) .......................... NoonMon .... 14 .... at Skidmore/St. Rose ................... 2:00 pmFri ....... 18 .... CORTLAND (men) .................... 4:00 pmSat ....... 19 .... at Rensselaer (women) ..................... NoonSat ....... 26 .... at Buffalo State/Brockport .......... 2:00 pmFEBRUARYWed- .... 6- .... SUNYAC ChampionshipsSat ......... 9 .... at Erie Community College .............. TBA

Wrestling ScheduleHead Coach: Al Sosa

NOVEMBERDay . Date .... Opponent(s) .................................... TimeSat ....... 10 .... at Monarch Invitational .............. 11:00 amSat ....... 17 .... RED DRAGON INVIT ............. 10:30 amFri ....... 30 .... at Petrofes Tournament .............. 11:00 amDECEMBERSat ......... 1 .... at Petrofes Tournament .............. 10:00 amSat ......... 8 .... at American Int’l/Bridgewater State/...................... Johnson & Wales .............................. NoonJANUARYSat ......... 5 .... at Williams/Plymouth State/Brockport...................... /Norwich/Simpson ........................... NoonTue ........ 9 .... at WPI/So. Maine .............................. TBASat ....... 12 .... at RIC/Wilkes/NYU ................... 11:00 amFri- ..... 18- .... NYS College Championships ...................Sat ....... 19 .... at Oswego ......................................... TBAWed ..... 23 .... at Cortland ................................... 7:00 pmSat ....... 26 .... OSWEGO ................................... 1:00 pmWed ..... 30 .... ITHACA ..................................... 7:00 pmFEBRUARYSat ......... 2 .... RIT .............................................. 1:00 pmThu ....... 7 .... at Scranton .................................. 7:00 pmSat ....... 16 .... EMPIRE WRESTLING CONFERENCE...................... CHAMPIONSHIPS ................... 10:00 amMARCHFri-Sat 1-2 .... NCAA Championships...................... (Wilkes-Barre, PA) ............................TBA

Indoor Track & Field ScheduleHead Coach: Matt LoPiccolo

DecemberDay . Date .... Opponent ........................................ TimeSat ......... 8 .... at Cornell Relays .......................... 9:00 amJanuarySat ....... 19 .... at West Point Open Meet ............. 9:00 amSat ....... 26 .... at St. Lawrence Invitational ......... 9:00 amFebruarySat ......... 2 .... at Syracuse Invitational ................ 9:00 amSat ......... 9 .... Canadian-American Invitational...................... at Cornell ...................................... 9:00 amSat ....... 16 .... SUNYAC Championship...................... at William Smith .......................... 9:00 amSat ....... 23 .... Cardinal Classic at Plattsburgh .... 9:00 am

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