SUNY Cortland Sport Clubs

November 9th, 2006
Ithaca, NY

The Cortland women’s basketball club kicked off a weekend of domination over Ithaca by varsity AND sport clubs on November 9th, beating Ithaca 47-39 at Ithaca College.

The men’s ice hockey club continued the trend, beating Ithaca 5-3 on Thursday night before the varsity football team was victorious on Saturday afternoon, beating Ithaca 23-20 in overtime to retain the Cortaca Jug.

More results for the women’s basketball club will be made available as they are submitted.

November 5th, 2006
Syracuse, NY

The Cortland gymnastics club competed in its first ever event on 11/5 at Syracuse University against Cornell University and host club, Syracuse. Cortland placed 2nd behind meet champion, Cornell.

Individually, Tara Salmon placed 2nd on vault and Jessica Schuddekopf placed 1st on beam.

Check back soon for a schedule of competitions taking place in Spring, 2007!

Also, click here for a video from the Syracuse meet, and here for a video montage from the club’s practices!

Ithaca, NY / Buffalo, NY

The Tae Kwon Do club competed in two tournaments over the past week, at Cornell University and at Buffalo State University.

Competition at the Cornell Tournament on 11/5 included Cortland, Cornell, MIT, RPI, RIT, Rutgers, Harvard, Penn, Lehigh, and Columbia. Individuals from Cortland receiving honors were:

- Chris Demarco: 2nd place in Men’s Forms Competition (Black Belt)
- Adam Gildea: 3rd place in Men’s Forms Competition (Blue Belt)
- Amanda Neville: 3rd place in Women’s Forms Competition (White/Yellow Belt) - 1st TKD competition
- Chrissy Natoli: 1st place in Women’s Individual Sparring (Lightweight Division)

Other accomplishments included the Men’s C-1 team (Richard Pettman, Lightweight; Nate Banden, Middleweight; Paul Evinaze, Heavyweight) advancing 2 rounds in the sparring competition. For Pettman and Evinaze, it was their first competition. Banden won both of his matches against Lehigh and MIT.

Competition at the Buffalo State tournament included local TKD clubs from the Buffalo area. Highlights for Cortland included:

- Every Cortland athlete to compete received at least 3rd place in every division and event (Forms, Board Breaking, Sparring)
- Chris Demarco (Black Belt) and Nate Banden (Green Belt) took 1st place in each of their events
Check back soon for tournament updates!

Click here to watch the halftime performance of Kickline at Cortaca!

Click here to see the video of Danceworks performing at halftime of the Cortaca game!