Athletics

The Morrisville State College men’s soccer team has partnered up with the Italian American Coalition for Kids (IACKids), as part of the programs continued community outreach, in their contest scheduled Saturday, Oct. 6, against Penn State Berks on the Morrisville State campus.

The Morrisville State College women’s soccer team fell to Lancaster Bible College 9-0 Friday night in Lancaster. The team’s overall record falls to 0-2-1, while their conference record is now 0-1. Lancaster Bible score three times in the first ten minutes of the game before going on to beat the Mustangs 9-0 in the opening weekend of conference play.

Despite taking a 1-0 lead into the second half, the Morrisville State Mustangs couldn’t hold off Lancaster Bible and settled for a 3-3 tie in the opening game of conference play. The Mustangs are now 1-2-1 overall and 0-0-1 in conference play. The Mustangs took an early lead as Brian Culkin (West Islip, N.Y.) scored off a Sanley Pierre-Louis (Gaithersburg, M.D.) assist just over six minutes into the game. The Mustangs and Chargers stayed at 1-0 until Miles Herron (Toto, Guam) scored the equalizer for the Chargers at 55:20.

Due to impeding weather the football game at Hartwick will start 15 minutes early instead of at its scheduled 1:00pm start time.

Sophomore Amanda Hunt (Tunkhannock, P.A.) and senior Austin Townsley (Horseheads, N.Y.) were top finishers for the Morrisville State College women’s and men’s cross country teams at the SUNY Oswego Cross Country Invitational, Saturday in Oswego.

Morrisville State College field hockey struggled early Saturday, suffering an 8-1 setback to non-conference Utica College in Utica. Morrisville State falls to 1-2 overall, while Utica remains untouched at 3-0. Kissandra Blaiser (Canastota, N.Y.) scored her first collegiate goal for the Mustangs, notching the score late in the second half off an assist from Ilze Stots (Clinton Corners, N.Y.).

Senior forward Sarah Angerer (Cooperstown, N.Y.) tallied two second half scores to lead host Morrisville State College field hockey to a 3-1 victory over visiting Wells College Friday afternoon in Morrisville. Morrisville State improves to 1-1 overall and will return to action tomorrow, traveling to Utica College. Wells drops to 1-3 overall. Avary McKinney (Rochester, N.Y.) posted the lone score for the Express, netting the tally off an initial centering pass from Courtney Bastian (West Winfield, N.Y.) with just over three minutes remaining in the first half.

Despite holding R.I.T. to one goal in the first half, the Mustangs could not hold off the Tigers relentless attack. R.I.T. came out strong, controlling the ball for much of the first half and creating several scoring opportunities that the Mustangs were able to stave off.  R.I.T. kept coming, however, and proved to be too much for Morrisville State, who dropped their home opener this afternoon 5-1.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named Gilroy Alvarez (Guatemala) and Tyler Dunworth (Poestenkill, N.Y.) it’s Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending September 1. Alvarez, sophomore forward, led the Mustangs men’s soccer team to a third place finish at the SUNY Potsdam College Cup over the weekend, tallying a goal and an assist for three team points.

After winning the consolation game against Hilbert College in the Potsdam College Cup, which concluded this past Sunday, Morrisville State men’s soccer players Joey Plummer (Rochester, N.Y.) and Rob Larkin (Clinton, N.Y.) were named to the SUNY Potsdam College Cup All-Tournament team. Plummer, sophomore midfielder for the Mustangs, recorded a goal in the 3-2 overtime loss to SUNY Potsdam. He is studying Business Administration and is the son of Suzanne and Joe Plummer of Rochester, N.Y.