SUNY Cortland Sport Clubs

April 29, 2008
Cortland, NY

After having to reschedule the game from Saturday night to last night, the Cortland men’s lacrosse club finally got to play Binghamton University in the NCLL quarterfinals. Cortland fell behind 2-0 early but rallied to make it 4-2 at the end of the 1st quarter. Late in the game, Cortland had an 8-4 lead before Binghamton mounted their comeback. The Bearcats cut the lead to 8-7 with 12 minutes left in the game, but Cortland added an insurance goal with under 4 to play and held on in the final few minutes for a 9-7 win. With the victory, Cortland advances to their 4th straight NCLL Final Four appearance. In 2005, the club lost in the semi-finals, in 2006 Cortland took home the national championship, and in 2007 the club lost in the finals to Columbia. Cortland has already taken their revenge on Columbia, defeating them 11-8 in the regional semi-final match.

The national semi-final games will be played at Lynchburg University in Virginia on Saturday afternoon with the league championship game scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Cortland will play host team Lynchburg in their next game. The winning team will play the winner of Cincinnati vs. TCNJ/Millersville.

Currently, Cortland’s record stands at 8-1. The Red Dragons look to improve to 10-1 to finish their season. Good luck to the Cortland men’s lacrosse club!

April 20, 2008

Buffalo, NY

The SUNY Cortland baseball team resumed league play this weekend with a pair of games against the University of Buffalo on the road. In the opening game of the double header, Cortland fell behind 9-2 before rallying to tie the game at 9. The game would go to extra innings where Buffalo ended up winning on a walk-off homerun. Final score: 10-9 in favor of the Bulls. Tim Holder went 2-4 with a homerun and 4 RBIs.

In the nightcap, Cortland showed signs of exhaustion. The game was tied 2-2 after the 2nd inning, but Cortland’s inability to put the ball in play combined with ineffective pitching spelled disaster for the Red Dragons. They would eventually end up losing to UB 13-3 in 6 innings. Matt Bauer finished 1-3 with a 2B and 2 RBIs in the loss.

Cortland travels to Syracuse next weekend for a three game set against the Orange. Check back next week for updated scores and game summaries!

April 26, 2008

Cortland, NY

This was not the way the SUNY Cortland women’s lacrosse team envisioned finishing their spring season. Cortland led Cornell 8-4 at the half and pushed the margin to 9-4 before Cornell began their comeback. With 15 minutes remaining in the 2nd half, Cortland scored to make it 10-6, but that would prove to be the final goal of the afternoon for the Red Dragons. Cornell tied the game with under 2 minutes remaining and took the lead with 15 seconds remaining. The lady laxers controlled the face-off but were unable to send the game into overtime, losing 11-10. Kaela Dear and Kelly Fletcher led the club in scoring.

Check back next season when the women’s lacrosse club looks to join the WDIA!

April 20, 2008
Binghamton, NY

The SUNY Cortland Field Hockey club finished 1-2 at Binghamton University’s spring tournament. The club got off to a rough start, losing to host Binghamton 7-0 before rebounding for a 6-0 win over St. Bonaventure. Brittany Barrett and Nicole Green both scored 2 goals for Cortland. Fran Zaenglein and Liz Haggerty rounded off the scoring in game 2. In the third match of the day, Cortland lost by 2 to Syracuse, 3-1. Carolyn Paskoff netted the lone goal for the club.

Check back soon for updated schedule and result information!

April 19-20, 2008

Cortland, NY

For the first time in a long time, the New York State Rugby Conference Collegiate Upstates Tournament was hosted on a college campus. SUNY Cortland was chosen as the host site and the men’s rugby club was the official tournament host. On Saturday, the women’s tournament was played and the Cortland Peace Frogs competed in the Division II bracket. In their 1st game vs. Colgate, Cortland dominated winning 26-5. It was a different story in the next two games, as Cortland was shutout against RPI (10-0) and Oneonta (12-0). Cortland finished in 4th place in Division II.

On Sunday it was the men’s turn to compete. The Warriors lost their opening contest against Brockport-A by a final score of 29-5. Cortland would rebound in their 2nd pool play match of the afternoon shutting out Binghamton 13-0. In the consolation match, Cortland and St. Bonaventure battled to a 5-5 tie at the end of regulation before Cortland scored a try to win 10-5. The club finished in 3rd place in Division I.

Check back soon for updated schedule and result information!