Athletics

The Morrisville State College field hockey team dropped a 2-1 overtime non-conference decision to host University of Rochester Friday night in Rochester, falling to 8-9 overall on the season. Playing to a scoreless first half, Morrisville State's Jamie Anderson (Harpursville, NY) posted the first score of the afternoon, settling a loose ball on a penalty corner play for a score into the left lower corner of the net in the 54th minute.

The Morrisville State College men's ice hockey team opened the 2010-2011 season with a 9-2 loss to Elmira College Friday night in Elmira. Elmira opened up the contest with three scores in the first two minutes, twenty-three seconds, and added a fourth nine minutes in, for the commanding 4-0 lead after a single period.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named Teal Pedersen (Manorville, NY) and Austin Townsley (Horseheads, NY) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending October 24. In her first intercollegiate show, freshman hunt seat rider, Pedersen, posted two first place finishes over the weekend at the Skidmore IHSA show, leading Morrisville State to reserve champion team honors. She posted blue ribbon finishes in the intermediate equitation over fences and intermediate equitation on the flat classes and earned high point rider honors for the show.

Colleen Callaghan scored three times to lead the visiting Hamilton College Continentals to the 7-2 non-conference victory over Morrisville State College Wednesday evening in Morrisville. Catie Torcivia gave the Continentals the early one goal lead, netting the first Hamilton score unassisted just 2:42 into the contest. Torcivia found Erin McNally in the 15th minute on a penalty corner play to increase the Hamilton lead to two, before Morrisville State's Lauren Bordonaro (North Tonawanda, NY) responded with a tip into the cage to cut the lead to 2-1.

The Morrisville State College hunt seat equestrian team opened the 2010-11 season at Skidmore Saturday morning, earning reserve champion honors at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) show in Saratoga Springs. Three Morrisville State riders posted place finishes to qualify them for the regional championships at the end of the season; Renee Petruzzelli (Clifton Springs, NY) and Katherine Irace (Goshen, NY) in the walk trot canter class and Nicole Hallenback (Fonda, NY) in the novice equitation over fences class.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) recently announced its student-athlete of the week selections for the week ending October 24, naming Morrisville State sophomore Austin Townsley (Horseheads, NY) the men's cross country runner of the week. Townsley finished the 8k Heron Invitational in second place out of 30 runners with a time of 28:28, a 5:43 per mile pace, to lead the Mustangs. He has posted three top 10 finishes to date for the men.

Sophomore Nicole Sharick (Corfu, NY) scored with 4:11 remaining in the second overtime period to lift visiting Keuka College women's soccer to a 1-0 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) victory over Morrisville State Tuesday night in Morrisville. Keuka held the 40-5 advantage in shots and mustered five more in the second overtime before Sharick was able to sneak one past Morrisville State keeper Cheyanna Waters (Woodhull, NY) on a thru ball from Deanna Nortier (Marion, NY).

The Morrisville State College men's soccer team suffered a heartbreaking loss Tuesday night, as visiting Keuka Storm notched the 1-0 overtime North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) victory on Drake Field in Morrisville. A foul with just under three minutes to go in the overtime period proved costly for Morrisville State as Christian Sterner redirected a Brian Cunliffe free kick, a header, for the game winning score.

The Mustangs fell to SUNY Oswego 3-0 tonight in Morrisville. Oswego took the set 25-17, 25-15 and 25-20. Morrisville's record falls to 7-21 overall. Nicole Wright (Dryden, NY) led the team with seven kills, one set assist, five defensive digs and two solo blocks. Angelina Ciaschi (Ithaca, NY) added four kills, one solo block and one set assist. Deanna Zbikowski (North Syracuse, NY) recorded 12 set assists. Teammate Devan Hirst (Cobleskill, NY) tallied 11 defensive digs for the Mustangs. Lexi Hansen (Taberg, NY) had one kill and one solo block.

Host SUNY Cobleskill broke the tie with 20 seconds remaining in the first overtime period to net the 2-1 sudden victory over visiting Morrisville State College women's soccer Saturday afternoon in Cobleskill. Morrisville State took the 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute as Erin Rundle (Marathon, NY) crossed the ball to Beth Fisher (Bolton Landing, NY) who put the ball into the undefended net for the score.