SUNY Cortland Sport Clubs

February 22, 2009
Cortland, NY

The men’s volleyball club hosted their annual tournament this past Sunday. Despite an impressive 6-2 record in pool play, the NCVF Div-II nationally fourth ranked Red Dragons were upset in the semifinals against Div-I Syracuse-A. Cortland entered two teams into the 10 team tournament that included Siena, Cornell, NCCC, RIT, Colgate, Ithaca, and two teams from Syracuse. Cortland-A rolled through their first three pool-play matches of day, beating Ithaca, NCCC and Syracuse-B in straight sets. In their final pool play match of the day, Cortland lost a hard-fought battle to rival RIT, 22-25 and 15-25. The loss dropped them into second place in their bracket and forced a semifinal matchup against Syracuse-A. Cortland-A would lose the match in straight sets, 22-25 and 18-25 to end their day.

Cortland’s B-team finished pool play with a record of 3-5 against Colgate (1-1), Syracuse-A (0-2), Cornell (0-2), and Siena (2-0), but failed in their bid to qualify for the tournament playoffs.

The club plans on participating in the regional tournament in Maryland and the NIRSA national tournament in Kansas City in early April. Check back soon for updated results and schedule information!

February 15, 2009
Cortland, NY

The SUNY Cortland women’s basketball club hosted the Ithaca College Bombers for a game on Sunday, 2/15, and walked away with a 12 point win. Cortland’s Jen Nixon led the club with 6 points in the 42-30 win over Ithaca. Teammate Kristi Freitag added 5 points and Kristin Howe chipped in 4 points of her own in the victory.

With the victory, the club evens their season record at 3-3. They will head to Boston University this weekend to participate in the NIRSA NCCS Regional Basketball tournament held there. Check back next week for updated results and schedule information.

February 21, 2009
Feasterville, PA

The SUNY Cortland roller hockey club ended their first ever competitive season at the ECRHA D-III playoffs in Feasterville, PA this past weekend. The club finished with an overall record of 3-10-1 including playoffs. During playoffs, Cortland dropped a 5-3 decision to Syracuse, a team they had beaten earlier in the season in Feasterville. In the second game of the day, the club dropped an 8-2 decision to Delaware. Including playoffs, Cortland finished the season with an 0-3-1 mark against the Fighting Blue Hens.

Congratulations to the SUNY Cortland roller hockey club on a successful inaugural season!

February 22, 2009
Cortland, NY

The SUNY Cortland men’s basketball team played host to Cornell University’s club team this past Sunday. Cornell opened the game on a 19-0 run in what looked to be a blowout. Cortland slowly chipped away at the lead, getting the score as close as 8 late in the first half, and trailing by 10 at the break.

In the second half, Cortland narrowed the margin to as few as 5, but each time they came close, Cornell went on scoring runs to hold off the Red Dragon comeback. Early fouls in the second half put Cornell in the double bonus and they would hit their free throws down the stretch to put away Cortland, 78-64 . Scott Valens and Elliott Miller led the way for Cortland scoring 16 points apiece. Teammate Travis Sahagian added 6 points on 6-7 shooting from the free throw line. Check back soon for updated schedule information and game results.

February 20, 2009
Feasterville, PA

The SUNY Cortland roller hockey club finished their regular season ECRHA schedule on February 8th in Lemoyne, PA. In their first full season of ECRHA competition, the club finished with an overall record of 3-8-0-1, good enough for 7 league points and a fourth place finish in Division III play. The record was good enough to qualify them for post-season competition. This weekend, Cortland will travel to Feasterville, PA to compete for the Division III championship.

In their inaugural season, Cortland notched wins over Syracuse, Hofstra (B), and Cornell (B). Cortland’s Tommy Farr finished the regular season with the team lead for points (12), goals (10), and assists (7) in 12 games played. Between the pipes, Ross Midgen (2-7-1) saw the majority of minutes, putting up a 6.70 GAA in 360 minutes in net. He recorded one shutout, making 266 saves while allowing 67 goals in 10 games (0.799 save percentage).

On Saturday, Cortland will take on Syracuse in a first round playoff matchup. Check back next week for updates and results from the ECRHA playoffs. Good luck to the SUNY Cortland Roller Hockey Club!