Athletics

Visiting Nazareth College field hockey used a five goal first half to top host Morrisville State College by a 7-3 final Friday afternoon in Morrisville. Morrisville State falls to 2-11 overall, while the Golden Flyers improve to 2-9. Jamie Anderson (Harpursville, N.Y.) led the Mustangs with a goal and two assists, while teammates Rebecca Meyer (Morrisville, N.Y.) and Rebecca Quackenbush (Barker, N.Y.) each added one tally apiece.

Visiting Oswego State dropped the first match and rallied to win the next three, claiming the 3-1 match win over Morrisville State College Wednesday night in Morrisville. Morrisville State drops to 3-10 overall, while Oswego pulls even at 9-9. The Mustangs topped the Lakers 25-22 in the first match before falling 13-25, 20-25 and 19-25 in the next three in the loss.

Despite giving up the first goal to Alfred University, the Morrisville State College men’s soccer team came back with three unanswered goals, to beat the Saxons 3-1 in non-conference action Tuesday afternoon. After playing a scoreless first 30 minutes, Alfred University struck first when freshman Nicholas Carey scored off a pass from senior forward Eric Rockwood, giving the Saxons a 1-0 lead going into halftime.

Visiting Union College field hockey tallied five first half scores, en route to a 6-2 non-conference victory over host Morrisville State College Tuesday afternoon on Drake Field in Morrisville. The win lifts the Dutchmen to 3-6 overall, while Morrisville State drops to 2-10. Allison Troy led Union with two goals while teammates Caroline Moran, Ali Flake, Emily Finneran and Hannah Najar each added one apiece. Trista Johnson and Nicole Merigliano were credited with an assist each. Molly McCune earned the win in net, turning away nine.

The women's volleyball team won its second match in a row as the Hawks defeated SUNY Morrisville 3-1 (25-15, 25-17, 26-28, 25-18) on Tuesday evening at Lambros Arena on Dig Pink Night. With the win, Hartwick's record is now 5-11 while the Mustangs fall to 3-9. The Hawks built an 8-2 lead that increased to 14-7 and 17-9 as they took the first set 25-15. Hartwick held a steady lead throughout much of the second set with their lead growing to as much as 23-15 before claiming the set 25-17.

Sophomore Amanda Hunt (Tunkhannock, P.A.) and freshman Anthony Ostuni (Liverpool, N.Y.) were top finishers for the Morrisville State College women’s and men’s cross country teams at the Cazenovia Homecoming Cross Country Invitational, Saturday in Cazenovia. Both the men’s and women’s team finished 6th overall while completing a clean sweep of all North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) teams participating, including host Cazenovia College, Keuka College and SUNY IT.

Visiting Morrisville State College women’s volleyball picked up their third win of the 2012 season, topping host Utica College 3-1 in a thrilling match Sunday afternoon in Utica. Morrisville State improves to 3-8 overall, claiming the victory with set scores of 28-26, 25-22, 21-25 and 25-14. Dayna Scurry (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led Morrisville State’s attack with a team high 19 kills, adding a solo block, while teammate Tiffany Jones-Maxwell (Hamilton, N.Y.) added 13 kills and 2.5 blocks at the net.

Morrisville State College women’s volleyball dropped two matches Saturday afternoon at the SUNY Canton tri-match, falling 3-0 to host Canton, before suffering a 3-0 defeat to Oswego. The Mustangs fall to 2-8 overall, and return to the court Tuesday, traveling to Hartwick for a non-conference match. Canton claimed the first match with set scores of 25-13, 25-16 and 25-11 behind a nine kill performance by Jessica Reynolds.

Morrisville State College put together their best offensive effort to date on the season, but fell short as visiting Kean University collected the 51-28 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) win Saturday afternoon during Mustang Weekend (Homecoming) in Morrisville. The Mustangs fall to 0-5 overall, 0-3 in NJAC play, while Kean pulls even at 2-2, improving to 2-0 in conference action.

Release courtesy of Michael Nosek BENNINGTON, Vt. – The Southern Vermont College women’s soccer team defeated the Mustangs of Morrisville St., 2-0, on Thursday afternoon.  The Mountaineers had goals scored by junior Kaitlyn Forant (Hardwick, Vt.) and senior Shawnee Webster (Hoosick, N.Y.).