SUNY Cortland Sport Clubs

October 27th, 2007
Binghamton, NY

The Cortland women’s volleyball club played in a pre-season tournament at Binghamton University on October 27th. The unofficial event was attended by Binghamton, Cortland, Syracuse, & Albany. Cortland finished pool play 3-0 on the day, beating Binghamton 25-11, Syracuse 25-23, and Albany 25-14.  Unfortunately their luck didn’t hold as the team lost in the semi-finals to Syracuse in three games.

The women’s volleyball club competes in the Northeast Women’s Volleyball Club League (NWVCL). Check back soon for tournament results and competition updates as the Red Dragons begin their season-long march to the NIRSA national tournament in Dallas, TX this March!

For the second time in 5 days the Cortland Club Hockey team upended their biggest rivals from Ithaca. In a game that saw one of the rowdiest crowds in team history, the team didn’t disappoint.

After falling behind 1-0 less than 2 minutes into the game the Dragons struck back, rattling off the next 4 goals. Goals were scored by Pat Sullivan (A: Shawn Pulvermiller and Ryan Edson), Andy Green (A: Rob Weilert, Mike Cerasoli), Mike Cerasoli (A: Kyle Smith, Andy Page), and Mike Madden (A: Shawn Pulvermiller).

Ithaca would crawl back into the physical battle closing the gap to 4-3 early in the third period, but in the end the Red Dragons proved to be too much as they got 3 third period goals from Smith (A: Cerasoli), Green (A: Cerasoli) and Pulvermiller (A: Weilert and Sullivan).

Earning his third straight win between the pipes was goalie Kevin Medrano.

The team looks to make it four in a row this Friday night against Penn State Berks @ the Alumni Arena. The puck drops at 8pm!!!

November 3rd, 2007
Ithaca, NY

The Cortland field hockey club concluded their fall season with their first two losses of the season, finishing with an overall mark of 5-2. The Red Dragons had three games in the NYSCFHL double elimination tournament hosted by Cornell University. In their first contest, Cortland got a lone goal from Caitlin Bolembach to shutout Ithaca College 1-0. Amanda Cary assisted on the game-winning goal. Goaltender Sarah Pitcher recorded her fifth shutout of the season in the win.

In the second game Caitlin Bolembach notched another goal, but it wasn’t enough as Cortland was defeated 2-1 by the University of Buffalo. In the third game, Heather Dunn tallied a goal, but a disallowed goal on a high sticking call against Cortland proved to be the difference, as the Red Dragons lost to Syracuse University 2-1. Check back in the Spring for schedules and results for the field hockey club. Congratulations on a great semester!

November 3rd & 4th, 2007
Syracuse, NY/Ithaca, NY

Game 1 vs. Syracuse
Pat Sullivan scored in overtime to give the Cortland State Club Hockey team it’s first win of the season. Sullivan scored off a faceoff to the right of the Syracuse net in the extra period. Kevin Medrano picked up his first career win between the pipes for the Dragons making 26 saves.

For the fifth straight game Cortland was on the board first when Mike Madden scored his first goal of the season. After Syracuse tied the game Mike Cerasoli scored under 2 minutes later to give the Dragons back the lead. ‘Cuse would take a 3-2 lead in the third period before Cerasoli came through again with a power play goal.

Game 2 vs. Ithaca
Mike Cerasoli had 3 goals and 1 assist to lead the Cortland Club Hockey team to its second win in as many games. Cerasoli, who leads the team in points, opened the scoring in the second period (assist to Dan Cook and Rob Weilert). Cerasoli’s second goal would come just over 3 minutes later off an assist from Cook. After Ithaca made it 2-1 Cerasoli would score his third goal on a short handed break away (assist to Rob Dosch).

With the 3-1 lead Cortland senior Shawn Pulvermiller scored his first goal of the season (assisted by Andy Green and Mike Cerasoli). The scoring would be finished off by Dan Cook (assist to Pat Sullivan and Mike Madden). Goalie Kevin Medrano had another solid game in net for the Dragons making 20 saves.

These same two teams will meet again this Thursday night in the 2nd Annual CORTACA Hockey Game at the Alumni Arena in Cortland NY. This game is also a fundraiser with all proceeds being donated to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer organization. Admission is free and all are welcome. The puck drops at 8pm!!!

November 3rd, 2007
Cortland, NY

Game 1 vs. Syracuse:
Pitching for Cortland in game one of the double-header against Syracuse was freshman Heather Berman. Berman only allowed 1 run while having 3 strikeouts and scattering 6 hits in the game. At the plate Berman had two singles and 2 RBI’s. Cortland’s offense managed to score 10 runs against Syracuse on only 10 hits. Among the Cortland players getting hits  were Laura Felpo with two singles, Meaghan Howard with an RBI triple, and Kristina Marino with a double. Jessica Constantine, Jessie Browning, Kristina Cavallo and Erica Hahn all contributed singles. Cortland won the game 10-1 in seven innings.

Game 2 vs. Syracuse
Cortland picked up right where they left off in game 1, jumping out to an early 8-1 lead after only the second inning. Freshman pitcher Christina Scala pitched 6 innings allowing 4 runs on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts. On offense Scala had 3 hits, contributed to 2 of Cortland’s 12 runs and had 2 RBI’s. Jessica Constantine scored 3 runs for the Dragons on two singles and a double. Other hitters for the team were Jenn Dennis, Kristina Cavallo, Jessie Browning, Krista Jensen, Lacy Stanton and Stephanie Melkun with a two RBI triple. Cortland won the game 12-4 after the mercy rule came into effect in the bottom of the 6th inning. The third game of the match was forfeited by Syracuse due to lack of players. Cortland finished off the fall season with a 8-1 record.

Check back in the Spring for schedule updates and results! Congratulations to the Cortland softball club on an outstanding first semester in the NCSA!