Athletics

Visiting Morrisville State College women’s volleyball fell 3-0 to host SUNY Canton, Friday night in Canton, by final set scores of 12-25, 12-25 and 11-25 in non-conference action. Morrisville State drops their third straight match and fall to 2-6 overall, while Canton improves to 11-2. Tiffany Jones-Maxwell (Hamilton, N.Y.) led the Mustangs attack game with four kills, as Lindsay Easterly (Cazenovia, N.Y.) assisted nine on the night. Jerrae Morgan  (Manhattan, N.Y.) led the defensive efforts, registering a team high six digs on the night.

The Morrisville State College athletics department has named senior Rebecca Meyer (Morrisville, N.Y.) and freshman Anthony Ostuni (Liverpool, N.Y.) it’s Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending September 23.

Visiting SUNY Geneseo field hockey posted five first half goals enroute to an 8-1 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) victory over host Morrisville State College Wednesday afternoon in Morrisville. The loss drops the Mustangs to 2-8 overall on the season and 0-4 in conference play, while the Knights improve to 4-3 overall, 2-0 in SUNYAC action.

The Morrisville State College volleyball team posted a 3-2 victory over Penn State Harrisburg in the first round of North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) cross over play, but dropped the following two matches to go 1-2 on the weekend at Wells College. Morrisville State falls to 2-5 overall, 1-3 in conference play. In the opening round, Morrisville State topped the Nittany Lions 25-22 and 25-23 before Harrisburg battled back to force a fifth set, in which the Mustangs came out on top 15-10 to claim the match win.

Despite outshooting Wilson College 22 to 12, the Morrisville State College women’s soccer team couldn’t find the back of the net and fell 2-0 on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Mustangs drop to 0-6-1 overall and 0-5 in North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) play. Courtney Bernecker scored both goals for Wilson College with unassisted efforts on each. Her first goal came just over ten minutes into the game, while her second was scored just under five minutes into the second half.

The College of St. Elizabeth scored two first half goals on their way to a 3-0 win over Morrisville State College in North Eastern Athletic Conference(NEAC) women’s soccer action Sunday afternoon in New Jersey. Christina Rios, Cassidy Crane scored for the Eagles in the first half with Valerie Lasko adding a goal in the 2nd half to finish up the scoring on the afternoon.

The Morrisville State men’s and women’s cross country teams race to 5th and 10thplace finishes, respectively, while recording some of their fastest times this season.       

Visiting SUNY Cortland football capitalized on four Mustang turnovers Saturday night, leading to a 56-14 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) victory over host Morrisville State College on Drake Field in Morrisville. Morrisville State drops to 0-4 overall, 0-2 in NJAC play, while Cortland improves to 2-1, 2-0 in conference action.

Host Morrisville State College field hockey cruised to a non-conference win Sunday afternoon, topping visiting Becker College 10-0 on Drake Field in Morrisville. The Mustangs improve to 2-7 overall, while Becker drops to 0-8.

Host SUNY Brockport posted two scores in the first 17 minutes of the contest to claim the 2-0 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) victory over visiting Morrisville State College field hockey Saturday afternoon in Brockport. Morrisville State drops to 1-7 overall, 0-3 in conference play, while the Golden Eagles improve to 4-2, and even their SUNYAC record at 1-1. Brockport posted the early 1-0 lead 9:26 into the contest on a score from Ashley Elmes before Taryn Rossi added another seven minutes later.