Dragon TalesOfficial Newsletter

of Oneonta State Athletics

Volume 2, No. 2 Winter, 2000-01

In this issue...

--Men’s Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming & Diving recaps,pgs. 2, 4--Winter Athletes of the Week, pg. 3--Polce and McGraw earn National Honors, pg. 3--Winter Honor Roll, pg. 5--Construction to begin on New Fields, pg. 5--Sosa Inducted into Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, pg. 6--Liz McGrail Selected as an All-American, pg. 6--SUNYAC Fall Commissioners List and All-AcademicTeam, pg. 6--Winter Scoreboard, pg. 7--Spring Schedules, pg. 8

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WINS SUNYAC CHAMPIONSHIPPaula Polce Selected as a Division III All-American along with being ECAC and

SUNYAC Player of the Year

2001 SUNYAC Champions

Senior Robyn Watson cuts her piece of the netdown as part of the celebration of earning anautomatic NCAA berth.

The women’s basketball team com-pleted their most successful season in its his-tory this winter with a 26-2 record. The 26wins included a school-record 24 straight winsbetween their only two losses to Cortland. TheRed Dragons captured the SUNYAC Champi-onship by defeating Cortland and received anautomatic berth to the NCAA Tournament inwhich they received a first round bye. Theirseason came to an end on Saturday, Mar. 3when they were defeated by Cortland 70-64in the NCAA second round.

The 2000-2001 season began athome with the Holiday Inn Tip Off in whichthe Red Dragons took the team championshipwith wins over Hartwick and Keene State.Senior Paula Polce (Trumansburg, N.Y.) ledthe way for Oneonta and was selected as theTournament MVP while junior point guardKristin Lemon (Endwell, N.Y.) was selectedto the All-Tournament Team.

It was now on to Cortland for thefirst of what would be four meetings betweenthe two schools during the year. Cortland wonround one 70-61 on their home court despite29 points from Polce and 20 points and 11 re-bounds from junior Patti Schroh (Ossining,N.Y.).

The Red Dragons would next run off24 straight wins including a 76-64 win over

undefeated Cortland in the second game be-tween the two on the last day of January. Mostof the wins during the streak were lopsidedvictories as Oneonta prepared itself for the realshowdown in the SUNYAC Tournament. Theteam began to raise eyebrows around the Re-gion and around the country as they went fromrelative obscurity to a national ranking byD3Hoops.com. All this work was going to paydividends in the conference tournament as theyheaded for a third meeting with Cortland forthe NCAA berth.

In the SUNYAC championshipgame, Cortland jumped out to an early leadand looked as though they would run awaywith the game. Oneonta battled back and tookthe lead for good just before halftime and wenton to win 68-63 to capture the SUNYACcrown.

The team now awaited the an-nouncement of the pairings for the upcomingNCAA tournament in which they were assuredof a first round bye. It was an unfor-tunate occurrence that Oneonta endedup playing Cortland for a fourth time.Cortland still had to get by St.Lawrence in the first round, but youcould almost see another game on thehorizon between the two. Cortlandnarrowly defeated St. Lawrence 62-60 to advance to the next round whichwould be played in Oneonta.

The game was as intense asthe previous three as neither team wasgoing to let the other break away. Thescore went back-and-forth with nu-

merous lead changes and ties in the first halfwith Cortland leading at the break 27-26. Inthe second half Cortland had a 10 point lead attwo different times only to see Oneonta battleback on the shoulders of Polce. She single-handedly led a charge late in the game withnine straight points to get the game to 63-62 infavor of Cortland. Over the final two minutesOneonta was forced to foul to stop the clockand Cortland made their free throws for a 70-64 victory.

Polce was selected as the Player ofthe Year in the conference while Schroh andLemon were selected to the All-ConferenceTeam.

Statistics Leaders

Scoring: ..................... Paula Polce, 19.3 ppg.Rebounding: ................Patti Schroh, 8.5 rpg.Assists: .................... Kristin Lemon, 4.5 apg.Steals: ......................Robyn Watson, 2.9 spg.FG%: ........................................... Polce, 53.2FT%: ............................................ Polce, 77.73FG: ............................................. Lemon, 45Blocks: ................................. Kristen Hall, 62

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Men’s Basketball MovesForward

As the Oneonta State men’s basket-ball team opened preseason camp theyknew that they could improve on theprevious year’s performance. Theteam returned four of five starters fromthe 1999-00 squad which finished 10-14 and just missed making theSUNYAC Tournament. The final tallyfor 2000-01 was a 13-12 mark and aseventh place finish in the conferencewhich was good enough for aSUNYAC berth.

The season opened with thehosting of the Holiday Inn Tip Offwhere the Red Dragons were the de-fending champions. In the openinggame of the tournament Oneonta shot52 percent from the field and beat cityrival Hartwick 69-57. Junior centerCraig Dawson (Afton, N.Y.) recordeda double double with 19 points and 10boards to lead the way. The next dayin the championship game the Red

Dragons ran into ahot shootingBaldwin-Wallacesquad and werebeaten 90-72.Dawson led theway for a secondstraight day with22 points and wasnamed to the All-

Tournament Team along with seniorJohn Horton (Bronx, N.Y.).

The Red Dragons openedtheir SUNYAC schedule with a con-vincing 78-61 victory over Cortlandon the road. They dropped their nextthree games including a 59-58 loss atNew Paltz before ending the first halfof the season with back-to-back winsover Buffalo State and Fredonia athome.

After dropping a 91-83shootout at Potsdam, the Red Drag-

Craig Dawson

Swimming and DivingTeams Have Successful

Seasons

The Oneonta State men’s andwomen’s swimming & diving teamscompleted positive seasons this win-ter. The women lost a few key swim-mers, but still were able to maintaintheir standing at the SUNYAC Cham-pionship meet. The men continued tobuild their foundation with youngswimmers and participated in the con-ference championship meet after nothaving done so during the previousyear.

The season opened on Oct. 28at home versus Clarkson for bothsquads withOneonta beingswept for the after-noon. The nexttwo weekends sawthe teams travel toNew Paltz,Plattsburgh andPotsdam where themen lost threewhile the womendefeated Plattsburgh and Potsdam toeven their record at 2-2.

At the North Country Invita-tional the men placed sixth and thewomen finished third overall. Sopho-more Samantha Cronk (Poughkeepsie,N.Y.) was the individual champion inboth the 100- and 200-yard breast-stroke. After a weekend off the twoteams were home to wrap up the firsthalf of the season. The women splittheir two meets with a win over MountSt. Mary and a loss to Utica Collegewhile the men won both for their firstwins in nearly two years.

In January the women wonfour of the seven meets they swam andthe men won one of the five they swamas both teams completed their dual-meet seasons. The women finished 6-6 overall and had nine individualqualifiers for the SUNYAC’s. Themen finished 3-8 overall and had fourindividual qualifiers for the confer-ence meet.

Sophomore Tristen Weaver

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Tristen Weaver

Wrestling Team Regroupswith Youngsters

The Oneonta State wrestling team wasoptimistic entering the season with asolid group of returners for the 2000-01 season. That optimism quicklyturned to rebuilding as only one of theprojected returners actually came backto the team. That didn’t discourage ayoung group of newcomers who gottheir experience under fire and cameout better for the opportunity.

The squad was led all seasonlong by senior co-captain RubinProphete (Nyack, N.Y.) who returnedto the team after missing a year-and-a-half. His season honors were twoInvitational titles, All-New York State,All-Empire Conference and All-American. He was the lone RedDragon representative at the NCAADiv. III tournament where he finishedeighth at 125 lbs. to earn All-Americahonors.

The season began at the KingsCollege Invitational and a ninth placefinish. Prophete was the onlyplacewinner with a first place finishat 125 lbs.

The next weekend Oneontahosted their annual Invitational and

finished sixth over-all. Prophete andsophomore JonM c D e r m o t t(Homer, N.Y.) werethe top wrestlers forOneonta with sec-ond place finishes.Sophomore BlaireSurgent (St.

Leonard, Md.) and freshman JustinChandler (Pleasantville, N.Y.) werefourth place finishers and freshmanDerek Joines (Oxford, N.Y.) took afifth place.

The third weekend broughtthe Red Dragons to Messiah College

Rubin Prophete

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Dan McGrawSUNYAC Coach of the Year

Russell Athletic/WBCADistrict 2

Coach of the Year

DAN MCGRAW EARNS DUALCOACH OF THE YEAR HONORS

Women’s basketball coach DanMcGraw earned dual honors from hiscoaching peers this winter after leading theRed Dragons to their best season ever. Hewas selected as SUNYAC Coach of the Yearfor a second straight year while also beingselected as the Russell Athletic/Women’sBasketball Coaches Association District 2Coach of the Year.

McGraw, who is an Albany nativeand a 1988graduate ofChristianBrothersAcademy,completed hissecond yearas the headcoach of thewomen’sprogram afterspending aseason as thetop assistantwith the team.In 1999-2000the teamfinished 16-

10 overall and advanced to the SUNYACsemifinals, this a year after the team was 9-16 in 1998-99. McGraw’s two-year record asthe head coach of Oneonta is 42-12 and hisfour-year coaching record is 78-30 whichincludes two years as the head coach at theCollege of St. Joseph in Vermont.

McGraw came to Oneonta afterspending two years as the head women’scoach at the College of Saint Joseph inVermont. While there he led his team to twostraight winning seasons including a 21-9record in 1997-98. At the conclusion of the1996-97 season, in which his squad was 15-9, he was selected as Mayflower ConferenceCoach of the Year.

McGraw is a 1997 graduate ofSaint Joseph’s where he received hisbachelor’s degree in psychology whileplaying for the men’s basketball team.McGraw had transferred from the JuniorCollege of Albany where he was a standoutshooting guard. He set the career record forthree point field goals while helping lead theteam to two straight National Junior CollegeAthletic Association Championshipappearances.

Winter Athletes of the WeekDecember 4Greg Giovinazzo, Swimming & DivingPaula Polce, Basketball

December 11Dave Micha, BasketballPatti Schroh, Basketball

January 8Greg Winn, WrestlingMarcus Stapleton, Basketball

January 15Dan Perry, WrestlingJohn Horton, Basketball

January 22Tristen Weaver, Swimming & DivingPaula Polce, Basketball

January 29Craig Dawson, BasketballPaula Polce, Basketball

February 5Paula Polce, BasketballKristin Lemon, Basketball

February 12Samantha Cronk, Swimming & DivingPatti Schroh, Basketball

February 19Rubin Prophete, WrestlingJustin Chandler, Wrestling

February 28Women’s Basketball Team

March 5Rubin Prophete, WrestlingPaula Polce, Basketball

March 12Rick Vesely, BaseballAnthony Pisciotto, Lacrosse

Paula PolceDivision III All-AmericanECAC Upstate New York

Player of the YearSUNYAC Player of the Year

PAULA POLCE SELECTED AS ANALL-AMERICAN IN BASKETBALL

Senior Forward Becomes First Womenat Oneonta to Earn Honor

Oneonta State senior forward Paula Polce ofTrumansburg, N.Y. hit the trifecta in postseason honors thiswinter capped off by her selection as a Kodak/Women’sBasketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Div. III All-Ameri-can on Mar. 15. The All-American honor joins her two pre-vious ones of being the Eastern College Athletic Associa-tion (ECAC) Div. III Upstate New York Player of the Yearas well as the SUNYAC Player of the Year. Polce becomesthe first women’s basketball player at Oneonta to earn suchhonors from the ECAC and the WBCA. She also earnedhonors as a First Team All-SUNYAC and All-ECAC Up-state New York for her outstanding performance in leadingthe Red Dragons to their best season ever.

Polce has been the leading scorer for Oneonta Stateduring the past two seasons in which the team has compiled a 42-18 record including aschool-best 26-2 record this winter. She led the SUNYAC in scoring and led the RedDragons to a conference title and an NCAA berth. At one point during their run, Oneontawon 24 straight games which was the longest such streak this year in Div. III women’sbasketball. She was selected as the Player of the Year in the SUNYAC and was a FirstTeam All-Conference player while also being selected to the SUNYAC Tournament, All-Tournament Team. Polce finished the season averaging 19.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, twosteals and two assists while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 77 percent from thefree throw line.

Polce is the only women in school history to surpass 1,000 points and 600 re-bounds for her career. She finished her four years with 1,278 points, 642 rebounds, 152assists and 168 steals and shot 48.9 percent from the field and 73.8 percent from thecharity stripe.

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ons ran off seven straight wins to raisetheir record to 11-5 entering the finalstretch of the season. A tough 58-56loss at home to Cortland sent Oneontainto a tailspin that saw the team losefive straight including two in over-time. The regular season ended withtwo straight wins over Plattsburgh andPotsdam that made the season record13-11 and an even 10-10 in SUNYACplay.

Being the seventh seed in theconference tournament the Red Drag-ons were matched against Geneseo inthe quarterfinals. The Knights shot 52percent from the floor en route to the86-76 win that ended the Oneonta sea-son. Horton was the leading scorer inthe game with 25 points while class-mates Moe Ricks (Staten Island, N.Y.)and Marcus Stapleton (Brooklyn,N.Y.) scored 13 points and 16 pointsrespectively in their final game.

Dawson finished the seasonas the team’s leading scorer andrebounder and was an All-ConferenceHonorable Mention selection. Hortonended up leading the team in assistsand steals in his only season withOneonta.

Statistics Leaders

Scoring: .......... Craig Dawson, 12.0 ppg.

Rebounding: .............. Dawson, 5.5 rpg.

Assists: ................ John Horton, 3.6 apg.

Steals: .......................... Horton, 2.8 spg.

FG%:..................................Horton, 54.1

FT%: ................. Marcus Stapleton, 71.2

3FGM: .............................. Stapleton, 23

Blocks: ......................... Dave Micha, 33

(Ithaca, N.Y.) qualified in six indi-vidual events and swam four relays atthe championships. Senior VeronicaHawley (Binghamton, N.Y.) qualifiedin two individual events and swam tworelay events. Sophomore MarishaPawlik (Hagaman, N.Y.) qualified inthree individual events and swam fourrelays. Sophomore Alissa Moskowitz(Plainview, N.Y.) qualified in threeindividual events and swam three re-lays. Sophomore Meghan Savage(Woodside, N.Y.) qualified in two in-dividual events and swam two relays.Cronk qualified in four individualevents and swam four relays. Sopho-more Megan Halling (Geneva, N.Y.)qualified in one individual event.Sophomore Catherine Brophy (StonyPoint, N.Y.) qualified in the 1-meterdiving event and set a new schoolrecord at the championships. Fresh-man Jennifer Koszta (Staten Island,N.Y.) qualified in three individualevents and swam one relay.

On the men’s side, junior RobMacLeod (Watervliet, N.Y.) qualifiedin one individual event and swamthree relays. Freshman RyanHarrington (Morrisville, N.Y.) quali-fied in one individual event and swamthree relays. Freshmen Brian Jackson

(Rochester, N.Y.)and MichaelReineke (CampbellHall, N.Y.) bothqualified in the 1-meter diving event.Juniors GregGiovinazzo (StatenIsland, N.Y.) andRudy Mercado(Carmel, N.Y.),

sophomore Derek Richards (Oneonta,N.Y.) and freshman Charlie McLean(Staten Island, N.Y.) all were partici-pants in the relay events.

Schools records set:

Tristen Weaver ..... 1000 free; 1650 free;.......................... 400 IM; 800 free relayMeghan Savage ...................... 200 backSamantha Cronk........................... 100 breast; 200 breastCatherine Brophy........... 1-meter divingJen Kostza ........................ 800 free relayMarisha Pawlik ................ 800 free relayAlissa Moskowitz ............ 800 free relay

Michael Reineke

for their Invitational and Oneontaplaced 11th overall. Prophete broughthome his second title of the winterwhile five other wrestlers placed in thetop eight in their weight classes.Chandler was 6th a 174 lbs., Joineswas 8th at 165 lbs., freshman KyleRooney (Waverly, N.Y.) was 7th at133 lbs., senior Chris LaLuna(Queensbury, N.Y.) was 8th at 157 lbs.and freshman Dave Stano (GreenfieldCenter, N.Y.) was 7th at 184 lbs.

The Red Dragons were in-volved in dual-meet action during therest of December and up to mid-Janu-ary where the team was 2-10 with winsover Johns Hopkins and New YorkUniversity. They did get some helpwhen junior Dan Perry (Whitesboro,N.Y.) returned to the team after anabsence of close to two years. He hadan instant impact on the lineup as hewas able to wrestle at both 174 lbs and184 lbs. to give coach Sosa someadded flexibility.

Up next were the New YorkState Championships at Nassau Com-munity College on the 19th and 20th.Oneonta finished 13th overall and hadtwo All-State wrestlers in Propheteand Perry. Prophete placed 6th at 125lbs. and Perry finished 3rd at 174 lbs.

Oneonta completed their dualseason winning two of their last fivemeets including a decisive 27-12 winover Cortland. They entered the Em-pire Wrestling Conference Champion-ships in good shape and finished fifthas a team with one national qualifierin Prophete and two All-Conferencewrestlers in Perry and Chandler.

Dual-Meet LeadersDan Perry .................................... 9-1Rubin Prophete ........................... 9-3Kyle Rooney ............................... 9-7Blaire Surgent ........................ 7-9Greg Winn.............................. 6-2

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Construction willbegin on two outdoorathletic venues this

spring.

Clark Companies ofDelhi, N.Y. has beenawarded the project.

No completion datehas been set, but it is

possible the twovenues could be com-

pleted as early asthis fall.

The above drawing is the new soccerstadium that will be built adjacent to theAlumni Field House. It will be home toOneonta’s nationally ranked men’s andwomen’s soccer teams.

The drawing below is the AstroTurf field andTrack venue that will be built on the existingsite. It will be the new home for field hockey,men’s and women’s lacrosse and the recentlyreinstated varsity track & field teams atOneonta.

Winter Honor Roll

Men’s Basketball

Craig Dawson ’02Holiday Inn Tip Off All-TournamentAll-SUNYAC Honorable Mention

John Horton ’01Holiday Inn Tip Off All-Tournament

Women’s Basketball

Paula Polce ’01Holiday Inn Tip Off MVPSUNYAC Player of the Week, 12/4; 2/5;D3Hoops.com Team of the Week, 12/4ECAC Weekly Honor Roll, 12/4; 2/5;ECWBCMA Central NY/Penn D3

Player of the Week, 2/5SUNYAC Tournament All-Tournament TeamSUNYAC Player of the YearAll-SUNYAC First TeamVerizon District I Basketball Academic

All-American Second TeamECAC Div. III Upstate NY Player of the YearECAC Div. III Upsate NY First Team All-StarKodak/WBCA Div. III First Team

All-American

Patti Schroh ’01SUNYAC Player of the Week, 2/12ECAC Weekly Honor Roll, 2/12SUNYAC Tournament All-Tournament TeamAll-SUNYAC Second Team

Kristin Lemon ’02Holiday Inn Tip Off All-Tournament TeamSUNYAC Tournament All-Tournament TeamAll-SUNYAC Honorable Mention

Robyn Watson ’01SUNYAC Player of the Week, 1/9ECAC Weekly Honor Roll, 1/9

Dan McGraw, SUNYAC Coach of the Year

Team: SUNYAC Champions

Women’s Swimming & Diving

Samantha Cronk ’03North Country Invitational Champion (100, 200breaststroke)SUNYAC Medalist (400 Mrelay, 200 Mrelay, 100breast, 200 breast)

Tristen Weaver ’03Rensselaer Invitational Champion (1,000freestyle)SUNYAC Medalist (400 Mrelay)

Meghan Savage ’03SUNYAC Medalist (400 Mrelay, 200 Mrelay)

Veronica Hawley ’01SUNYAC Medalist (400 Mrelay, 200 Mrelay)

Marisha Pawlik ’03SUNYAC Medalist (200 Mrelay)

Cathy Brophy ’03SUNYAC Medalist (1-meter diving)

Men’s Swimming & Diving

Michael Reineke ’04SUNYAC Medalist (1-meter diving)

Wrestling

Rubin Prophete ’01Monarch Invitational ChampionPetrofes Invitational ChampionAll-New York State, 6th placeAll-Empire Wrestling Conference, 3rd placeNCAA Qualifier, 125 lbs.NCAA Div. III All-American

Justin Chandler ’04All-Empire Wrestling Conference, 2nd place

Dan Perry ’02All-New York State, 3rd placeAll-Empire Wrestling Conference, 3rd place

Greg Winn ’03Div. III Wrestling Scholar All-American

Al SosaNational Wrestling Coaches Div. III

Hall of Fame

Field Hockey

National Field Hockey Coaches AssociationAll-Academic Team

Nicole McCullagh ’02Jen Mollen ’02Erika Szelkowski ’01Kelly Keyes ’02Jessica Clarke ’03

Wrestling coach Al Sosa shows his Hall of Fameplaque and is pictured with senior All-AmericanRubin Prophete and Scholar All-American GregWinn.

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MCGRAIL SELECTED AS ANATIONAL ALL AMERICAN

Senior Standout BecomesFirst Women to Earn Honor

Oneonta State senior women’ssoccer player Liz McGrail of Stamford,N.Y. was honored this past December asan All-American. She was selected to theDiv. III National Soccer Coaches Asso-ciation of America/Adidas All-AmericaFirst Team after leading the Red Dragonsto their greatest season ever. McGrail be-comes the first women’s soccer player atOneonta State to earn this honor.

The accolades and honors thathave been earned by McGrail during her

four-year career arenumerous. To thispoint she is the topplayer of all time forwomen’s soccer andhas set the bar highfor the next genera-tion of Red Dragonsoccer players. She isthe school’s All-TimeLeading Scorer for

both men’s and women’s soccer with 137points and this year became the firstwomen’s SUNYAC soccer player to beselected as the conference MVP threetimes. McGrail is a four-time All-SUNYAC selection and a three-time All-State and Regional All-American playerwhile leading Oneonta to three conferencechampionships.

This past season the Red Drag-ons recorded a program-best 20 wins andmade their first ever appearance in the“sweet 16” and, during McGrail’s fourseasons, put together a 65-15-6 recordwhich is a .790 winning percentage. Theteam also made three NCAA tournamentsand one ECAC tournament appearance.

“This is exciting for ourwomen’s soccer program, the College atOneonta and all the coaches and playersthat Liz has worked and played with dur-ing her lifetime,” says women’s soccercoach Tracey Ranieri. “She’s a specialindividual who strives for excellence andhas a work ethic that’s unparalleled. Iapplaud her dedication and I thank her forthe legacy that she leaves us.”

AL SOSA INDUCTED INTOWRESTLING COACHES

HALL OF FAMELongtime Red Dragon Leader Honored

at NCAA Div. III Tournament

Oneonta State wrestling coach Al Sosawas honored by the Division III National WrestlingCoaches Association with his induction into theirHall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the Div.III National Tournament during the weekend of Mar.2-3 at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Sosa, who is a resident of the City of Oneonta,completed his 35th season at the helm of the OneontaState wrestling program. During his tenure he hasdirected the Red Dragons to 15 winning seasons,including recording 10 or more dual-meet wins ninetimes. Sosa came to Oneonta in 1966 and since thattime the Red Dragons have had 10 All-Americans,seven wrestling Scholar All-Americans, 67 NCAAqualifiers and 37 All-State wrestlers. Sosa is a 1966 graduate of Cortland where hereceived his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Educa-tion. In 1970 he earned his Master’s from Cortlandand attained an advanced degree in EducationalAdministration in 1997. Sosa was the Men’s Athletic Director atOneonta from 1979-1989 and was the combined di-rector from 1989-1994. He was instrumental informing the Empire Wrestling Conference as wellas starting the men’s lacrosse program which is nowseeing much success under current coach Jim Nagle.

Sosa has also foundtime over the years toinvolve himself in thelocal soccer commu-nity and, at one time,was a coach for asemi-professionalfootball team in theOneonta area. Sosa has donemuch to promote thegrowth and develop-

ment of wrestling in the Region. The Red Dragonwrestling club has been in existence for eight yearsand runs each year from the first week of Marchthrough the month of April for boys and girls aged5-19. This club has attracted participants from a 50-mile radius during its run. At the college he hashosted an invitational tournament in November forthe past 12 years and has attracted some of the topcollegiate teams in New York, New England, Penn-sylvania and Maryland. Sosa and his wife, Doreen, are the proud par-ents of four daughters who have excelled as student-athletes during their time at Oneonta High Schooland beyond. Currently two of their daughters, Kellyand Erin, are scholarship soccer players at Div. I in-stitutions. Kelly has been a starter and captain forthe Princeton Tigers while Erin played at the Uni-versity of Delaware this past fall. Their youngestdaughter, Brianne, still has three seasons remainingas an Oneonta High Yellowjacket while their oldestdaughter, Megan is a nurse at the National Instituteof Health in Bethesda, Md. Megan was a four-yearsoccer player at the University of Rochester whereshe was an Academic All-American and a memberof four NCAA Tournament teams.

SUNYAC COMMISSIONER’S LIST /ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM, FALL 2000

CL .. AA . Name ............................ Yr ................. Sport

......... X ... Sabrina Baldock ........... SR ..... Field Hockey

......... X ... Amanda Berkowitz ...... FR ................ Soccer

X ...... X ... Amy Beutel .................. SO ................ Soccer

X .............. Erin Blackwell .............. SO ..... Swim/Diving

......... X ... Stephen Burns ............... JR ... Cross Country

......... X ... Taylor Calhoun .............. JR .......... Basketball

......... X ... Adam Chard ................. FR .......... Basketball

X ...... X ... Ann Cheney .................. SO ................ Soccer

X ...... X ... Jessica Clarke ............... SO ..... Field Hockey

......... X ... Michelle Davis ............. FR ................ Soccer

X ...... X ... Curtis Dexter ................ SR ................ Soccer

......... X ... Greg Giovinazzo ........... JR ..... Swim/Diving

......... X ... Liz Grosser .................... JR ................ Soccer

......... X ... Kristen Hall .................. SR .......... Basketball

X ...... X ... Megan Halling .............. SO ..... Swim/Diving

......... X ... Ryan Harrington ........... FR ..... Swim/Diving

X ...... X ... Veronica Hawley .......... SR ..... Swim/Diving

......... X ... Lorraine Kelly .............. FR .......... Basketball

X ...... X ... Kelly Keyes ................... JR ..... Field Hockey

X .............. Melinda Kilmer ............. JR .......... Volleyball

......... X ... Randy Lynn Levine ....... JR ..... Swim/Diving

......... X ... Megan McCauley ......... FR .......... Volleyball

X ...... X ... Nicole McCullagh ......... JR ..... Field Hockey

X ...... X ... Jennifer Mollen ............ SR ..... Field Hockey

......... X ... Elizabeth Muller ............ JR ................ Tennis

......... X ... James Ozdoba .............. FR ........... Wrestling

......... X ... Marisha Pawlik ............ SO ..... Swim/Diving

X ...... X ... Paula Polce ................... SR .......... Basketball

X ...... X ... Renee Powers ............... SO ................ Tennis

......... X ... Angela Reina ................. JR .......... Basketball

......... X ... Zbigniew Rogalski ....... FR ................ Soccer

X ...... X ... Ryan Rummery ............ SO ................ Soccer

......... X ... Joseph Santo .................. JR .......... Basketball

X ...... X ... Stephanie Sheyon ......... SO ..... Field Hockey

......... X ... Marcus Stapleton .......... SR .......... Basketball

......... X ... Kelly Stevens ............... FR ................ Soccer

X ...... X ... Jayme Stewart ............... JR .......... Volleyball

X ...... X ... Erika Szelkowski ........... JR ..... Field Hockey

X ...... X ... Mitchell Waters ............. JR ................ Soccer

X ...... X ... Tristen Weaver ............. SO ..... Swim/Diving

X ...... X ... Raena Weimer ............... JR ... Cross Country

......... X ... Greg Winn .................... SO ........... Wrestling

CL = Commissioner’s ListAA = All-Academic Team

Megan Halling

2000-01 Winter Scoreboard

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Men’s BasketballHead Coach: Paul Clune

Date ........ Opponent ...................... W/L ...Score11/18 ....... HARTWICK$ .................. W ..... 69-5711/19 ....... BALDWIN-WALLACE$ . L ...... 72-9011/28 ....... at Cortland* ..................... W ..... 78-6112/1 ......... at Geneseo* ...................... L ...... 65-7012/2 ......... at Brockport* .................... L ...... 75-8712/5 ......... at New Paltz* .................... L ...... 58-5912/8 ......... BUFFALO STATE* ........ W ..... 61-5812/9 ......... FREDONIA* ................... W ..... 80-611/5 ........... at Potsdam* ...................... L ...... 83-911/6 ........... at Plattsburgh* ................. W ..... 69-521/9 ........... D’YOUVILLE ................. W ..... 82-651/12 ......... at Oswego* ...................... W ..... 68-541/13 ......... UTICA-ROME* .............. W ..... 86-711/19 ......... OSWEGO* ...................... W ..... 57-551/22 ......... CASTLETON STATE ..... W ..... 84-631/27 ......... NEW PALTZ* ................. W ..... 76-671/30 ......... CORTLAND* .................. L ...... 56-582/2 ........... at Fredonia* ...................... L 66-68 OT2/3 ........... at Buffalo State* ............... L ...... 59-782/9 ........... BROCKPORT* ................ L ...... 73-852/10 ......... GENESEO* ...................... L ...... 59-832/13 ......... at Utica-Rome* ................. L 75-84 OT2/16 ......... PLATTSBURGH* ........... W ..... 86-652/17 ......... POTSDAM* .................... W ..... 73-712/22 ......... vs Geneseo% .................... L ...... 76-86Record to date: 13-12/10-10 SUNYAC*SUNYAC Game$Holiday Inn Classic Tournament (2nd place)%SUNYAC quarterfinals at Utica Auditorium

Senior John Horton

Freshman Justin Chandler

1/5 ........... at Potsdam* ..................... W ..... 58-471/6 ........... at Plattsburgh* ................. W ..... 80-661/12 ......... at Oswego* ...................... W ..... 78-451/13 ......... UTICA-ROME* .............. W ..... 77-561/19 ......... OSWEGO* ...................... W ..... 71-421/20 ......... MOUNT ST. MARY ....... W ..... 70-631/24 ......... CAZENOVIA .................. W ..... 66-391/27 ......... NEW PALTZ* ................. W ..... 79-511/30 ......... CORTLAND* ................. W ..... 76-642/2 ........... at Fredonia* ..................... W ..... 64-562/3 ........... at Buffalo State* .............. W ..... 66-562/9 ........... BROCKPORT* ............... W ..... 73-462/10 ......... GENESEO* ..................... W ..... 79-602/13 ......... at Utica-Rome* ................ W ..... 77-532/16 ......... PLATTSBURGH* ........... W ..... 67-592/17 ......... POTSDAM* .................... W ..... 83-442/21 ......... vs Plattsburgh% ............... W ..... 83-702/23 ......... vs Fredonia%%................ W ..... 62-582/24 ......... vs Cortland%%% ............ W ..... 68-633/3 ........... CORTLAND# .................. L ...... 64-70Record to date: 26-2/19-1 SUNYAC*SUNYAC Game$Holiday Inn Classic Tournament (Champion)%SUNYAC quarterfinals at Utica Auditorium%%SUNYAC semifinals at Utica Auditorium%%%SUNYAC final at Utica Auditorium (Champion)#NCAA Tournament second round

WrestlingHead Coach: Al Sosa

Date ........ Opponent(s) ................ W/L/T .Score11/11 ....... at Kings College Inv .......9/11 ... 76 pts................ Rubin Prophete, 1st (125)11/18 ....... RED DRAGON INV ..... 6/10 .. 42 pts................ Rubin Prophete, 2nd (125);................ Blaire Surgent, 4th (149);................ Derek Joines, 5th (165);................ Justin Chandler, 4th (174);................ Jon McDermott, 2nd (Hwt);12/1-2 ...... at Messiah College Inv ..11/13 .. 64 pts................ Rubin Prophete, 1st (125);................ Justin Chandler, 6th (174);................ Kyle Rooney, 7th (133);................ Chris LaLuna, 8th (157);................ Derek Joines, 8th (165);................ Dave Stano, 7th (184)12/9 ......... at Johnson & Wales .......... L ...... 15-33................ AIC(N) .............................. L ...... 13-26................ Bridgewater State(N) ........ L ...... 12-291/6 ........... vs Plymouth State(N) ....... L ...... 22-24................ at Brockport ...................... L ........ 3-47................ vs Norwich(N) .................. L ...... 16-311/9 ........... vs W. Maryland(N) ........... L ...... 10-33................ at Johns Hopkins ............. W ..... 36-151/11 ......... at Ursinus .......................... L ...... 10-311/13 ......... RIC ................................... L ...... 16-21................ WILKES ........................... L ...... 14-34................ NEW YORK UNIV ......... W ..... 24-131/19-20 .... NYS College Championships .............................. at Nassau CC .................. T13 ... 34 pts................ Rubin Prophete, 6th (125);................ Dan Perry, 3rd (174)1/24 ......... CORTLAND ................... W ..... 27-121/27 ......... at Oswego ......................... L ...... 16-301/31 ......... at Ithaca ............................ L ........ 6-352/3 ........... at R.I.T. ............................. L ...... 25-282/7 ........... SCRANTON.................... W ..... 30-132/17 ......... Empire State Championships................ at Ithaca .......................... 5/6 79.5 pts................ NCAA Qualifier: Rubin Prophete3/2-3 ........ NCAA Championships . T39th 5.5 pts................ All-American, Rubin Prophete, 8thFinal Dual-Meet record: 4-13-0

Women’s BasketballHead Coach: Dan McGraw

Date ........ Opponent ...................... W/L ...Score11/17 ....... HARTWICK$ .................. W ..... 83-5811/18 ....... KEENE STATE$ ............. W ..... 57-4911/28 ....... at Cortland* ...................... L ...... 61-7012/1 ......... at Geneseo* ..................... W ..... 63-6112/2 ......... at Brockport* ................... W ..... 61-5712/5 ......... at New Paltz* ................... W ..... 70-5312/8 ......... BUFFALO STATE* ........ W ..... 61-4512/9 ......... FREDONIA* ................... W ..... 58-41

Women’s Swimming & DivingHead Coach: Chris Schuler-Ghiorse

Date ........ Opponent(s) ................ W/L/T . Score10/28 ....... CLARKSON .................... L .... 89-11511/3 ......... at New Paltz ...................... L .... 79-11711/10 ....... at Plattsburgh ................... W ... 116-5211/11 ....... at Potsdam ....................... W . 115-10511/17-18 .. North Country Invitational................ at Potsdam ...................... 3/7 .. 285 pts12/2 ......... UTICA .............................. L .. 101-13812/9 ......... MOUNT ST. MARY ....... W ... 108-751/13 ......... at Oswego ......................... L .... 82-1181/15 ......... at St. Rose ........................ W ..... 70-36................ Skidmore(N) .................... W ..... 68-431/20 ......... at Rensselaer Inv ............ 7/7 . 191 pts.1/23 ......... WELLS COLLEGE ........ W ..... 69-30................ SUNY-DELHI* ............... W ..... 69-511/27 ......... BUFFALO STATE ........... L ...... 39-54................ BROCKPORT .................. L ...... 32-632/7-10 ...... SUNYAC Championships................ at Erie Comm College .... 7/9 .. 193 ptsFinal Dual meet record: 6-6-0*scrimmage meet

Men’s Swimming & DivingHead Coach: Chris Schuler-Ghiorse

Date ........ Opponent(s) ................ W/L/T .Score1028 ........ CLARKSON .................... L .... 75-12311/3 ......... at New Paltz ...................... L ...... 81-9411/10 ....... at Plattsburgh .................... L .... 67-12311/11 ....... at Potsdam ........................ L .... 92-10911/17-18 .. North Country Invitational................ at Potsdam ...................... 6/7 . 132 pts12/2 ......... UTICA ............................. W ... 117-9712/9 ......... MOUNT ST. MARY ....... W ... 108-811/13 ......... at Oswego ......................... L .... 71-1131/15 ......... at St. Rose ......................... L ...... 54-58................ Skidmore(N) .................... W ..... 70-371/23 ......... SUNY-Delhi (scrimmage) W ... 110-951/27 ......... BUFFALO STATE ........... L ...... 27-65................ BROCKPORT .................. L ...... 27-642/7-10 ...... SUNYAC Championships................ at Erie Comm College .... 9/9 . 102 ptsFinal Dual meet record: 3-8-0

2001 Spring Schedules

Dragon Tales is published three times yearly by the Sports Information Department at Oneonta State. It is printed withfunds from the membership in the Red Dragon Club. This issue was written and edited by Sports Information Director GeoffHassard. The photos for this issue were taken by Geoff Hassard and Gerry Raymonda of Raymonda Studios in Oneonta, N.Y. Ifyou would like more information about the Red Dragon Club, please call 607-436-3594 or check out the Red Dragon Club pageon our web site at www.oneonta.edu/~sports/rdclub/index.html. There is now an application form online to join the Club that youcan fill out and print and send along with your membership dues.

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BaseballHead Coach: Rick Ferchen

MARCHDate ........ Opponent(s) ............................... Time10 ............ vs Catholic University$ ......... 1:00 PM11 ............ vs Gettysburg$ ....................... 1:00 PM................ vs Alvernia$ ........................... 4:00 PM12 ............ vs Richard Stockton$ ........... 10:00 AM................ vs Washington College$ ........ 1:00 PM13 ............ vs Ohio Valley College$ ........ 1:00 PM14 ............ vs Ursinus$ .......................... 10:00 AM15 ............ vs Mount St. Mary$ ............... 1:00 PM................ vs Richard Stockton$ ............. 4:00 PM16 ............ vs Simpson College$ ........... 10:00 AM................ vs Alvernia$ ........................... 1:00 PM27 ............ MOUNT ST. MARY ............. 3:30 PM28 ............ RENSSELAER ...................... 3:30 PM31 ............ at Brockport (DH)* ............... 1:00 PMAPRIL1 .............. at Fredonia (DH)* ...................... Noon4 .............. at Utica .................................. 4:00 PM7 .............. UTICA-ROME (DH)* .......... 1:00 PM8 .............. OSWEGO (DH)* ....................... Noon11 ............ UNION (DH) ......................... 2:00 PM17 ............ at Ithaca ................................. 3:30 PM18 ............ CAZENOVIA (DH) .............. 1:00 PM21 ............ at New Paltz (DH)* ..................... TBA22 ............ CORTLAND (DH)* ................... Noon25 ............ at Hartwick ............................ 3:30 PM28 ............ KEUKA (DH) ........................ 1:00 PMMAY1 .............. HARTWICK .......................... 3:30 PM4-5 ........... SUNYAC Tournament ................. TBA11-13 ....... ECAC Tournament ...................... TBA17-20 ....... NCAA Tournament ...................... TBA*SUNYAC Game$Spring Trip to Cocoa Beach, Fla.

SoftballHead Coach: Don Flewelling

MARCHDate ........ Opponent(s) ............................... Time19 ............ vs Calvin$ .............................. 9:00 AM................ vs Keene State$ ................... 11:00 AM20 ............ vs Roger Williams$ ............... 9:00 AM................ vs Bethel$ ............................ 11:00 AM21 ............ vs North Central$ ................ 11:00 AM................ vs UMass-Dartmouth$ .......... 6:00 PM23 ............ vs Wesleyan$ ....................... 11:00 AM................ vs St. Ambrose ....................... 4:00 PM24 ............ vs Wisconsin-Stevens Pt.$ ... 11:00 AM................ vs Southern Maine$ ............... 1:00 PM27 ............ RUSSELL SAGE (DH) ......... 3:00 PM31 ............ at Plattsburgh (DH)* .............. 1:00 PMAPRIL2 .............. at Cortland (DH)* .................. 3:00 PM

4 .............. at Skidmore (DH) .................. 3:00 PM6 .............. at Brockport (DH)* ............... 3:00 PM7 .............. at Geneseo (DH)* .................. 1:00 PM9 .............. at Rensselaer (DH) ................ 3:00 PM10 ............ UTICA-ROME (DH)* .......... 3:00 PM13 ............ at Buffalo State (DH)* ........... 3:00 PM14 ............ at Fredonia (DH)* ................. 1:00 PM17 ............ OSWEGO (DH)* .................. 3:00 PM19 ............ NEW PALTZ (DH)* .............. 3:00 PM20 ............ UTICA (DH) .......................... 3:00 PM21 ............ POTSDAM (DH)* ................ 1:00 PM24 ............ at Union (DH) ........................ 3:00 PMMAY4-5 ........... SUNYAC Tournament ................. TBA*SUNYAC Game$Spring Trip to Ft. Myers, Fla.

Ryan Harrington

Men’s LacrosseHead Coach: Jim Nagle

MARCHDATE ..... OPPONENT ............................ TIME3 .............. at Virginia Wesleyan .............. 1:00 PM11 ............ vs Lycoming at U of Scranton 1:00 PM17 ............ vs RPI (Freeport, NY High) .. 3:00 PM24 ............ at Hartwick ............................ 7:00 PM31 ............ at Plattsburgh* ....................... 1:00 PMAPRIL4 .............. at Oswego* ............................ 4:00 PM7 .............. GENESEO* ........................... 3:00 PM11 ............ UTICA-ROME* .................... 4:00 PM14 ............ BROCKPORT ....................... 1:00 PM17 ............ ELMIRA ................................ 1:00 PM21 ............ POTSDAM* .......................... 1:00 PM25 ............ at Ithaca ................................. 4:00 PMMAY2 .............. at Cortland* ........................... 4:00 PM5 .............. RIT ......................................... 1:00 PM7 .............. NCAA Tournament11 ............ NCAA Tournament17 ............ NCAA Tournament25 ............ NCAA Championship*SUNYAC game

Women’s LacrosseHead Coach: Michele Dombrowski

MARCHDATE ..... OPPONENT ............................ TIME9 .............. at Hartwick ............................ 4:00 PM14 ............ vs Rensselaer$ ............................. TBA16 ............ vs Salve Regina$ ......................... TBA24 ............ SKIDMORE .......................... 1:00 PM29 ............ at Elmira ................................ 4:00 PM31 ............ at Potsdam* ........................... 1:00 PMAPRIL3 .............. at Nazareth ............................. 4:00 PM6 .............. BROCKPORT* ..................... 4:00 PM7 .............. GENESEO* ........................... 1:00 PM10 ............ at Union ................................. 4:00 PM14 ............ at New Paltz* ......................... 2:00 PM................ (played at Dietz Stadium)17 ............ CORTLAND* ....................... 4:00 PM20 ............ at Fredonia* ........................... 4:00 PM21 ............ at Buffalo State* .................... 1:00 PM24 ............ OSWEGO* ................................... 4:0027-28 ....... SUNYAC Tournament ................. TBA*SUNYAC game$games played in Panama City Beach, Fla.)

Men’s TennisHead Coach: Jim Baker

MARCHDate ........ Opponent ................................... Time16-23 ....... Spring Trip to Hilton Head, SC30 ............ vs Nazareth (Liverpool, NY) . 3:00 PMAPRIL3 .............. ITHACA ................................ 3:00 PM6 .............. at New Paltz ........................... 3:30 PM17 ............ UNION .................................. 3:00 PM21 ............ OSWEGO .............................. 1:00 PM25 ............ at Utica .................................. 4:00 PM26 ............ HARTWICK .......................... 4:00 PM

Kristin Lemon