SUNY Cortland Sport Clubs

November 1, 2009
Glastonbury, CT

The SUNY Cortland roller hockey club began their second season of conference play this past weekend in Glastonbury, CT with three league games. Looking to pick up where they left off last season, Cortland was matched up against Ithaca in the season opener. The Red Dragons dominated play from the start, getting four goals from Tommy Farr and another from Sean Glynn - and that was just in the first period. Michael Barbariantz (2G) and Harris Barton combined to score three goals in the second to take an 8-0 lead over the Bombers going into the third. Miguel Valle and Bryan Buchalski each added a short-handed goal to finish off the scoring as Cortland rolled, 10-0. Dan Titterton added four assists and Lou Vetri made 23 saves in net in the win.

Game two pitted Cortland against UMass - Amherst. Cortland’s Chris Poplarski started the scoring with a short-handed goal in the first period, but the score would be tied at 1 after the first. In the second, UM-A scored two power-play goals and another even strength goal to take a 4-2 lead after the second. Cortland would rally in the third, getting goals from Miguel Valle and Poplarski to tie the game at 4. UM-A took a 5-4 lead late in the period, but Cortland responded and Poplarski finished off the hat-trick with another short-handed goal. Final score: Cortland 5, UMass - Amherst 5.

In the third and final game of the weekend, Cortland got all of their scoring done in the first period behind two goals from Tommy Farr and another from Brendan Joyce. Northeastern fought back in the second, scoring three goals of their own and tying the score for the final period. In the third, Cortland received stellar goaltending from Bryan Buchalski (24 saves) and the Red Dragons managed a 3-3 tie against the Huskies.

After the weekend, Cortland owns a 1-0-2 record, good enough for 4 points and a fourth place standing in the nine team league. The club will continue league play after the winter break. Check back soon for updates and results!

Attention all students,

The Roller Hockey club will be holding an organizational meeting on Wednesday, September 2 at 6:30pm by Poolside in Park Center. Please bring something to write with, as well as your health insurance cards or other proof of medical insurance with policy numbers, group numbers, etc. Proof of medical insurance is mandatory prior to participation with any sport club.

If you are interested, but cannot attend the meeting, please contact Bryan Buchalski at buchalski39@cortland.edu.

Sport club meeting dates will be posted once they are confirmed. For more information about all of the sport clubs, including organizational meetings for other clubs, please go to the SUNY Cortland Sport Club website: blog.cortland.edu/sportclubs

February 21, 2009
Feasterville, PA

The SUNY Cortland roller hockey club ended their first ever competitive season at the ECRHA D-III playoffs in Feasterville, PA this past weekend. The club finished with an overall record of 3-10-1 including playoffs. During playoffs, Cortland dropped a 5-3 decision to Syracuse, a team they had beaten earlier in the season in Feasterville. In the second game of the day, the club dropped an 8-2 decision to Delaware. Including playoffs, Cortland finished the season with an 0-3-1 mark against the Fighting Blue Hens.

Congratulations to the SUNY Cortland roller hockey club on a successful inaugural season!

February 20, 2009
Feasterville, PA

The SUNY Cortland roller hockey club finished their regular season ECRHA schedule on February 8th in Lemoyne, PA. In their first full season of ECRHA competition, the club finished with an overall record of 3-8-0-1, good enough for 7 league points and a fourth place finish in Division III play. The record was good enough to qualify them for post-season competition. This weekend, Cortland will travel to Feasterville, PA to compete for the Division III championship.

In their inaugural season, Cortland notched wins over Syracuse, Hofstra (B), and Cornell (B). Cortland’s Tommy Farr finished the regular season with the team lead for points (12), goals (10), and assists (7) in 12 games played. Between the pipes, Ross Midgen (2-7-1) saw the majority of minutes, putting up a 6.70 GAA in 360 minutes in net. He recorded one shutout, making 266 saves while allowing 67 goals in 10 games (0.799 save percentage).

On Saturday, Cortland will take on Syracuse in a first round playoff matchup. Check back next week for updates and results from the ECRHA playoffs. Good luck to the SUNY Cortland Roller Hockey Club!