SUNY Cortland Sport Clubs

September 28, 2008

Cortland, NY

The SUNY Cortland women’s lacrosse club erased a year of misfortune against Ithaca on Sunday, beating the Bombers 11-6. Cortland had lost both previous contests to Ithaca in the 2007-2008 season 11-10 and 12-10. Cortland opened the scoring early and dominated offensively in the first half, taking a 5-1 lead at halftime. Ithaca battled back, closing the gap to 6-4 in favor of the Red Dragons halfway through the second half. But Cortland, led by Erinn Wilcox (3 goals) and Britt Gale (2 goals) put an end to the comeback, rattling off 5 straight goals to take a commanding 11-5 lead late in the half. Ithaca added another tally late to make the final score 11-6 in favor of Cortland.

Nicole Prechtl (2 goals), Whitney Stevenson (1 goal, 2 assists), AnneMarie Vitchers (1 goal, 2 assists), Dana Zaccaro (1 goal, 1 assist), Julie Park (goal), and Laurie Vitchers (goal) also contributed to the Cortland attack. The Cortland defense, backed by goaltender Sam Anderson, also played well, shutting down the Ithaca offense in the first half.

Cortland will play their next home game on Sunday, October 19th against Broome Community College. Game time is set for 1:30pm on Stadium White.

September 27, 2008

Cortland, NY

The SUNY Cortland Field Hockey Club earned their second victory in as many games with a 6-1 win over visiting Colgate on Saturday afternoon. Cortland’s Brittany Barnett opened the scoring 14 minutes into the first half to make the score 1-0. Kim Vocco would score the eventual game winner 3 and a half minutes later to push the lead to two. Before halftime, the Red Dragons had opened up a commanding 4-1 lead. Cecelia Galbaith added two goals while Kristen Mastronardi and Nicole Sherman each added a goal to lead the club to a 6-1 victory over the Red Raiders. Goaltender Nicole Latham made one save and allowed one goal in the cage.

With the win, Cortland improves to 2-0 in the NYSCFHL. The club will seek to push their record to 3-0 when they host Ithaca College on Saturday, October 11th. Game time is set for 10am on Stadium White. Admission is free, so come out and support your SUNY Cortland Field Hockey Club!

September 27, 2008
Cortland, NY

The SUNY Cortland men’s soccer club opened their fall home schedule on Saturday hosting Cornell University. Down 1-0 late in the second half, Cortland’s Pat Goggins netted the tying goal. The clubs battled to a stalemate through overtime and finished as a 1-1 tie. Cortland goalkeeper Dave Dormandy made several key saves late in the game to preserve the tie.

Cortland will return to action at home on Saturday, October 11th vs. Syracuse. Game time is scheduled for 3pm on Stadium White. Admission is free!

September 27, 2008
Cortland, NY

The Cortland men’s rugby club was shutout by Syracuse on Saturday, 50-0. With the loss, the club drops to 0-3 on the season. Cortland will look to reverse its luck against Binghamton on the road this coming Saturday. Game time is scheduled for 1pm at the Bearcats home field. Cortland returns home for three straight conference games beginning Sunday, October 12th. Come out and support your Cortland Men’s Rugby Club! Admission is free! All games are played on the rugby field adjacent to the Route 281 parking lot.

September 20, 2008
Cortland, NY

The Cortland Field Hockey club avenged their NYSCHFL playoff loss to Cornell in a 1-0 shutout of the Big Red at home. Goaltender Jessie Ford made several game-saving stops to help propel the Red Dragons to their first win of the 2008 season.

Cortland started the 2007 season with a string of 5 straight shutouts. They look to push their 2008 streak to 2 this weekend against the Red Raiders of Colgate. Game time is set for 11am on Stadium White. Admission is free! Come out and support your Cortland Field Hockey Club!