Dragon Tales Official Newsletter of Oneonta State Athletics
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Dragon Tales Official Newsletter of Oneonta State Athletics Volume I, No. 3 Spring/Summer, 2000 MEN’S LACROSSE WINS ECAC TITLE Baseball Team Plays in Fourth Straight ECAC Tournament the regular season losing three out of Senior Class Leads four including a 12-10 loss to Cortland Pitching Staff Leads Men’s Lacrosse that decided the conference champion Baseball Team to Fifth to First ECAC Title for the 2000 season. Their lone win Straight 20-win Season during the last four games was a thrilling 12-11 game against Hartwick The men’s lacrosse team that went to the third overtime before The hopes were high for the played the iron of Division III this Dooley put in the game winner. baseball team to contend with Cortland spring including defending National Because of the strength of their for an NCAA berth as the 2000 season Champion Salisbury State and came out schedule, the Red Dragons were invited approached. Unfortunately the bats with a 10-7 record and their first ECAC to participate in the ECAC Upstate New were silent for most of the season and Upstate New York Championship. An York Tournament at Elmira. The team too many runners were left on base as outstanding senior class that included was seeded second and would play the Red Dragons got outstanding SUNYAC Player of the Year Brian third-seeded Oswego, a team that they pitching to help them reach the 20-win Dooley (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) led had defeated earlier in the year 16-13. plateau and a fourth straight ECAC the squad. The Red Dragons dominated from the tournament berth. Before the snow opening whistle as they put up 20 goals The Red Dragon melted the Red Dragons in defeating the Lakers pitching staff included opened their season 20-8 to advance to the seniors Mike Lum versus Lycoming in finals. In the champion- (Edmeston, N.Y.) and Washington, D.C. on ship game Elmira went Jeremy Mullaney Feb. 26. Oneonta won 9- up 2-0 in the first minute (Castleton, N.Y.), juniors 7 to start the season off of play before the Red Scott Meyer (Clifton on a good note. The team Brian Dooley Dragons stormed back Mike Howell Park, N.Y.) and Ron remained in Washington Wood (Schenectady, Matt Puerta with six unanswered and played a second game on the 29th goals on their way to the N.Y.), sophomores Mike Howell against Marymount and lost 8-7. Next 14-7 victory and the title. Dooley (Binghamton, N.Y.) and Bob Kelly up was a 14-6 loss to Salisbury State on scored eight goals and added nine (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) and freshmen, the road on Mar. 4. The Red Dragons assists over the two games and was Rick Vesely (Schenectady, N.Y.) and dropped a third straight game when selected as the MVP of the champion- Nazareth came from behind to defeat ship. Oneonta 9-7 at the Carrier Dome on St. (continued pg. 2, col. 1) Patrick’s Day. A week later Oneonta hosted Statistics Leaders In this issue... the Stony Brook School Tournament in Goals: Brian Dooley, 43; --Softball and Men’s Tennis Recaps, pg. 2+3 Stony Brook, N.Y. and split a pair of Matt Puerta, 38; --Women’s Lacrosse Recap, pg. 3 games with a loss to Div. II New York Assists: Dooley, 40; Puerta, 27; --McCullagh Attends Leadership Conference, pg. 3 Tech and a win over Greensboro Points: Dooley, 83; Puerta, 65; --Waters Selected Academic All-American, pg. 3 College. The win over Greensboro was --Chi Alpha Sigma Induction, pg. 4 the beginning of six straight wins as the --Into the Streets, pg. 5 Red Dragons won four straight Goalkeeping --Athletic Awards 2000, pg. 6 SUNYAC games and had a win over Zach King (886 MP/204 Svs/ --SUNYAC Spring Academic List, pg. 6 Elmira College who was ranked 14th at .596 Sv%/9.34 GAA) --Fall Schedules, pg. 7 the time of the meeting. Oneonta ended --Spring Scoreboard and Honor Roll, pg. 8 Mike Braunstein (Hollis Hills, N.Y.) with Geneseo. Geneseo won the game who turned in many solid outings and a 2000 Softball Team to create a logjam of five teams with a 3.35 ERA that ranked them in the top 13-5 record in the conference. After the twenty in Div. III. Reloads tie-breaking procedure was used to The season opened with a 6-4 determine seedings for the conference trip to Cocoa Beach, Fla. that saw the Coming off their first ever tournament, Oneonta ended up as the team defeat Brandeis, the #7 team in NCAA appearance last spring, the fifth seed in the six team, double Div. III at the time, 3-1. The northern softball team had their work cut out for elimination championship. The Red schedule opened with an 8-3 loss to them in trying to repeat as SUNYAC Dragons didn’t go far in the tournament Rensselaer and a 2-1 loss to champions. The biggest hole to be filled as they lost their first two games to Binghamton in weather was on the mound with the loss of Buffalo State and Brockport to end their shortened games. The Allison Weller to graduation, but the season at 22-15. first weekend in April team did return five starters from 1999 saw the Red Dragons get to help fuel the offense. Statistical Leaders: swept by Brockport The season opened in Fort before splitting with Myers, Fla. with a 5-5 record including Batting: Fredonia to put their a 3-2 win over Div. II Slippery Rock. Average: Tara Hinkle, .449; Liz record at 7-9. After a 4-0 Freshman pitcher Sandy Moxley McGrail/Beth Oppenheimer, .407; win over Utica the team Greg Schanck (Oneonta, N.Y.) showed promise for the Hits: McGrail, 48; Oppenheimer, 46; did not play again for future with a strong trip while classmate Runs: Oppenheimer, 32; nine days because of weather and Beth Oppenheimer (Webster, N.Y.) led Andrea Bradford, 29; unplayable fields. the team in hitting. RBIs: Oppenheimer, 30; Hinkle, 24; The Red Dragons returned to As soon as the team Total Bases: Hinkle, 67; McGrail, 59; action with back-to-back doubleheader returned home the Slugging Percentage: Hinkle, .684; splits with Vassar and New Paltz on Apr. weather became a factor Oppenheimer, .513; 15th and 16th. The team then went on with postponements and Stolen Bases: McGrail/Oppenheimer/ the road and won a pair over Cazenovia, doubleheaders played in Kelli Winnie, 10; lost a pair to Cortland, and then began a misty, raw conditions. The opener up north was winning streak that reached eight games Tara Hinkle Pitching: to eclipse 20 wins. Their hopes of a against Hartwick that Wins: Rachel Sailar, 12; SUNYAC title ended on the first day ended up as a single game due to the Sandy Moxley, 10; with losses to Cortland and New Paltz. weather. The Red Dragons got the best ERA: Sailar, 2.26; Moxley, 2.28; The team did receive an of their city rivals 11-2 in five innings to Complete Games: Sailar, 13; invitation to the ECAC Upstate New raise their record to 6-5. The next day Moxley, 8; York Tournament in which they played the team dropped two one-run games to Innings Pitched: Sailar, 124; for the championship for a second Russell Sage before bouncing back the Moxley, 107.2; straight year. They defeated Brockport day after that with a sweep of Strikeouts: Sailar, 42; Moxley, 41; 7-3 in the semifinals, but lost to Plattsburgh in their home Clarkson 6-3 to end the season 21-16. opener. A couple of Men’s Tennis Completes Statistical Leaders: doubleheader splits to Skidmore and Brockport Another Winning Year Batting: and a single win versus Average: Rob Bernstein, .368; Geneseo completed the The men’s tennis team, which Brendan Heslin, .350; first week of April. The Liz McGrail competes during the fall and the spring, Runs: Greg Schanck, 17; Red Dragons didn’t play completed another winning year overall Mike Paragi, 16; again until the next weekend as they in dual matches with a record of 10-3 Hits: Heslin, 35; Schanck, 34; were swept by Buffalo State at home overall. The fall season is when the RBIs: Schanck, 21; Paragi, 14; and then swept Fredonia to bring their team competes in bigger tournaments Total Bases: Schanck, 45; Heslin, 44; record to 13-11. The wins over such as the ECAC North Champion- Slugging: Bernstein, .500; Heslin, .440; Fredonia were part of an eight game ships and the ITA Regional Tournament Stolen Bases: Ryan Bierwiler, 12; winning streak that put the squad in first while the spring is for Heslin, 10; place in the SUNYAC. A doubleheader dual matches. split with Cortland and a sweep of The team had a Pitching: Oswego kept them in first place entering strong core of veterans in Wins: Ron Wood, 6; Scott Meyer, 5; their make-up of the cancelled game senior co-captains Jamey ERA: Jeremy Mullaney, 0.82; Sunshine (Swan Lake, Mike Howell, 1.93; N.Y.) and Kevin Van Der Complete Games: Meyer, 7; Sommen (Oneonta, N.Y.) Jamey Sunshine Howell, 6; along with classmate Innings Pitched: Wood, 58; Athletic Web Meyer, 52.1; www.oneonta.edu/ Strikeouts: Howell, 56; Meyer, 55; ~sports (continued pg. 3, col. 1) Covar Sears (Otego, N.Y.) while their won-loss record welcoming five freshman to the mix. A while qualifying for the MCCULLAGH SELECTED TO pair of newcomers, Scott Dredge (Elida, SUNYAC Tournament. PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP Ohio) and Mike Ruger (Corning, N.Y.), They did both, with a 5- CONFERENCE emerged as impact players in the lineup 11 record and securing Sophomore Nicole McCullagh of as they contributed all year long to the the fourth spot in the Camden, N.Y.