SUNY Cortland Sport Clubs

March 29, 2008
Rochester, NY

For the second year in a row, the SUNY Cortland men’s volleyball club secured the New York State Championship with a hard-fought tournament victory in Rochester, NY. On their way to their second consecutive championship, Cortland defeated Cornell, Army, Syracuse, and RIT. Their only loss during pool play was to the University of Buffalo. Cortland received a 1st round bye in their playoff bracket before beating Siena in the semi-finals and getting revenge on UB in the finals. Cortland’s next competition will be next weekend in Maryland at the East Coast Championships and the following weekend in Dallas, TX at the NIRSA national tournament. Check back to this site for updated results and information regarding these two upcoming events!

Congratulations to the SUNY Cortland men’s volleyball club!

The Cortland Cycling team spent a second weekend in Coxsackie for a great day of racing this Saturday march 29^th. The weather was great, about 50 degrees, sunny and a stiff wind coming directly out of the north. This made for some fast racing with a tailwind, but brutally tough riding while going into the wind.

Our newest racer, Alicia Palmer rode very strong despite the steep hill that organizers put in the course, gaining her a 13^th place finish out of 18 riders. Many of the people in her group were actually police officers, great job keeping up with them Alicia! She stayed right in the pack throughout the race which can often be tough to do. This was her first race, and she was thrilled to have so much fun. Matt Rankin rode a very strong race, but was dropped in the first few laps on the steep climb. Steve Sloan represented SUNY Cortland with riding with the category 1/2/3 guys. Many of the guys in his race either have ridden, or currently ride for pro teams in the region. He rode strong and got himself an impressive 48^th place out of about 75 riders, finishing only a few minutes after the lead rider. Overall, it was a great day of racing in upstate New York. Next weekend, the SUNY Cortland race team will be headed to Boston for a big collegiate race with lots of tough competition.

March 24, 2008
Cortland, NY

Junior captain Mike Cerasoli was chosen to participate in the inaugural ACHA Division 1 All-Star Game on Saturday, March 29th. Cerasoli finished the season as the NECHL leader in points and goals. He finished the year with 18 goals and 17 assists (35 points) to lead the Red Dragons in goals, assists and points. Of the 54 men’s Division 1 teams Cerasoli was one of just forty players selected to participate in the game. After hearing the news, Cerasoli was quoted as saying, “It’s a great honor and I will represent my team and Cortland well.” Check back soon for and update of the results of the festivities after this weekend. The game will be held at Penn State Ice Pavilion in University Park, PA.

March 1, 2008
Hamilton, NY

On Saturday, March 1st, the Cortland women’s volleyball club competed in an NWVCL tournament at Colgate University. In pool play the club went 6-3 playing Penn State (23-25, 25-23, 14-25), Binghamton (25-19, 25-14, 26-24), and UMass (25-16, 23-25, 25-15). The club finished 2nd in their bracket and advanced to the gold brackets in the playoffs. Unfortunately, they fell in the 1st round losing 2-0 to Syracuse University (15-25, 10-25).

The club will travel to Dallas, TX in April to compete in the NIRSA volleyball national championships. Please check back to this site for updated schedule and result information!

March 1st & 2nd, 2008
Piscataway, NJ

SUNY Cortland’s Cycling team came out strong in their 2008 season opener at Rutgers University in New Jersey this past weekend, March 1^st & 2^nd. Matt Rankin made his ECCC debut in Men’s category D. Sam fox has progressed this season making his first start in men’s D for the Rutgers race events. Bobby Taylor raced in men’s category C, while Steve Sloan started his events in men’s category B.

Saturday’s race events were the morning individual time trial followed by an afternoon Criterium on Rutgers’ Busch campus. The weather was beautiful but the gusty winds forced extra effort from all the riders. Sam Fox raced first for SUNY Cortland finishing 11^th of 35 starters in the time trial over a short brutally fast course. Bobby Taylor finished 7^th of 36 starters for Men’s division II C Men.

Matt Rankin raced for SUNY Cortland in the Rutgers Criterium for his first collegiate race. He rode an excellent race, maintaining control of the pack for the duration. Matt finished in 8^th place and gained 2 overall team points for Cortland. The head winds on the open racecourse proved too strong for Bobby and Steve. Bobby finished 33rd out of 40 riders overall in the C-race.

A circuit race was held on Rutgers’ Livingston Campus on Sunday morning. Sam Fox and Matt Rankin started in the Division II D race. Both riders rode well. Sam Fox finished 13^th while Matt finished 17^th of 34 racers. Bobby Taylor rode an excellent race in the C circuit event. He rode in the top five to ten riders for the duration but fell quite a few positions on the finishing sprint to finish 25^th overall. Sloan, in his race was a strong competitor but also fell slightly in the field on the finishing stretch to finish in 40^th place.

Next weekend SUNY Cortland’s Cycling Team will be headed to Philadelphia, PA to race at the Philly Phlyer with more riders chasing victory.