Dragon Tales Official Newsletter of Oneonta State Athletics

Volume 2, No. 3 Spring/Summer, 2001

SOFTBALL WINS SUNYAC TITLE Red Dragons Advance to Regional Final Game

The 2001 softball team used a strong offensive attack and young arms to complete a 38-10 record while advancing to the Northeast Regional final of the NCAA Div. III tournament. Along the way they set new records for consecutive wins and most wins in the history of the softball program. For the senior class it was truly the best way to end their careers as they set the bar extremely high for future teams to try and reach. The season began in Fort Myers, Fla. for 10 games in which the squad finished 5-5 and had many questions regarding the direction that the season would take. They came out of the gate with three straight wins, but faltered losing five of the last seven games including the last three. It was evident that the team had senior leadership and it was also evident that the squad had some solid pitching in the form of two freshmen, Liz Scimeca (Sayville, N.Y.) and Cara Limongelli (Westbury, N.Y.) to go with sophomore Sandy Moxley (Oneonta, N.Y.). When the Red Dragons returned north they found snow covered fields and were forced to go back indoors for nearly two weeks before they could get back into action. Their first action was on the road to open their SUNYAC schedule against Geneseo and Brockport. They managed to split both doubleheaders and returned home with a 7-7 record overall and 2-2 in conference play. They dropped their opener to Geneseo 8-1 and then came from behind to win 6-5 in the second game. The next day they lost 2-1 in the first game to Brockport and then won the second game 7-2. From that point the Red Dragons ran off a school-record 21 straight victories that included doubleheader sweeps of Cortland, Buffalo State and Fredonia on the road. They put themselves in first place in the conference with an opportunity to host the conference tournament the first weekend in May. During the run, the trio of arms for Oneonta each won seven straight decisions. Offensively, seniors Liz Alayna Isby McGrail (Stamford, N.Y.) and Samantha Fancher (Binghamton, N.Y.) were swinging hot bats as both players raised their averages to well over .400 with slugging percentages better than .500. The Red Dragons went 5-1 to end the regular season and entered the SUNYAC tournament as the top seed and host as the top six teams began the battle for the NCAA berth. Oneonta opened with a five- inning, 8-0 win over Plattsburgh in the opening game of the tournament. The next day they held off a late charge by Geneseo to win 6-5 and then followed with a 4-2 win over Cortland to put themselves in the title 2001 SUNYAC Champions game on the final day. Trailing 6-1 after five innings to Cortland, Oneonta rallied in the last two innings to win 8-7 to clinch the SUNYAC championship. In this issue... Oneonta was seeded first in the five-team Northeast Regional tournament hosted by --Softball Recap, pg. 1+2 --Don Flewelling Retires from Oneonta State, pg. 2 Ithaca College during the second weekend of May. Their opening game was against Kings College --Men’s Lacrosse Recap, pg. 3 of Pennsylvania and they won 5-1 to move into the winners bracket of the double elimination --Men’s Tennis Recap, pg. 4 tournament. The next day rain delayed the start of their game with Ithaca and, when they finally --Baseball Recap, pg. 5 got a chance to play, the hosts rallied to win 9-4. The next day Oneonta defeated St. John Fisher 2- --Women’s Lacrosse Recap, pg. 6 1 and then beat Ithaca 3-2 to force a deciding game which was postponed until Monday at --Three Sport Standout Liz McGrail, pg. 7 noontime. The Red Dragons were eliminated behind a tremendous pitching performance by the --Soccer Duo Bring Home Gold Medal, pg. 7 Bombers 5-0. --Weaver and Rummery Attend Leadership Conference, pg. 8 Alayna Isby (Nassau, N.Y.), Andrea Bradford (Middletown, N.Y.), Melissa LaBarre --Spring Athletes of the Week, pg. 8 (Conklin, N.Y.), McGrail and Limongelli were all selected to the All-Tournament Team for their --Chi Alpha Sigma Induction, pg. 8 performances over the five games. --Athletic Awards 2000-01, pg. 9 --Spring Honor Roll, pg. 9 Batting Leaders: --Scott Meyer Signs With The Reds, pg. 10 Average: ...... Liz McGrail, .444 --Paula Polce Attends Professional ...... Samantha Fancher, .424 Tryout Camp, pg. 10 OB%: ...... Fancher, .477 --Verizon Academic Honors, pg. 11 --SUNYAC Spring Commissioner’s List, pg. 11 ...... McGrail, .476 --Paula Polce Selected as New York Scholar Athlete, pg. 11 SB: ...... Fancher, 20 --CHAMPS Review 2000-01, pg. 12 ...... McGrail and Beth Oppenheimer, 7 --Spring Scoreboard, pg. 13 Runs: ...... Fancher, 51 --Fall Schedules, pg. 14 --Join the Red Dragon Club, pg. 15 --Alumni Feature of Jamey Sunshine, pg. 16 Melissa --New Outdoor Athletic Fields Under Construction, pg. 16 LaBarre ...... McGrail, 37 Flew completes flight with O-State 2B: ...... McGrail, 15 Don Flewelling is gettin’ while the gettin’s good...... Tara Hinkle, 10 3B: ...... Fancher, 5 ...... McGrail and Hilary Jake, 2 After leading the Oneonta State softball team to within a game HR’s: ...... Kelli Winnie, 5 of an NCAA Division III World Series berth this spring, ...... McGrail and Alayna Isby, 3 longtime teacher and coach Don Flewelling has retired. RBI’s:...... Isby, 38 ...... McGrail, 30 Flewelling leaves behind a legacy in two sports that may or TB: ...... McGrail, 88 may not be seen anytime soon, but leaves as a Red Dragon ...... Fancher, 72 through and through. Slugging: ...... McGrail, .652 Flewelling came to Oneonta State in 1967 and never looked ...... Isby, .531 back. He built a men’s program into a regional and Pitching Leaders: national contender including playing for the NCAA Div. III title Wins: ...... Cara Limongelli, 16 in 1977. He is the winningest basketball and softball coach in ...... Liz Scimeca, 12 the college’s history and, during his 11 years as the softball Winning%: ...... Moxley, .818 (9-2) ...... Scimeca, .800 (12-3) coach, Flewelling never had a losing season and led the program to two SUNYAC titles IP: ...... LiMongelli, 137 and two NCAA berths - the only such heights in the history of the softball program...... Scimeca, 88.2 Flewelling officially retired after the first semester of the 2000-2001 college ERA: ...... Moxley, 1.39 year, but agreed to coach his 11th season of softball on a part-time basis...... Limongelli, 1.74 SO: ...... LiMongelli, 79 “This transition is not a happy one because we lose Don Flewelling,” Athletic ...... Scimeca, 42 Director Steve Garner said. “He deserves the next part of his life, but we’re sad for Saves: ...... Limongelli, 3 Oneonta because we’re really losing a warrior.” “Don is a throwback,” Garner continues. “In the old days, people could coach anything. You could give him anything to do and he could do a good job.” The Red Dragons finished with a school-best record of 38-10 this spring after losing in the Northeast Region championship to Ithaca College on May 14. Besides his conference honor, Flewelling was selected as the NYSWCAA State Coach of the Year and earned Regional honors by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Flewelling, who was also the SUNYAC Coach of the Year in 1999, compiled an overall record of 269-106. “I think any time you’ve done something for 40 years, I mean, I was always a coach, “Flewelling said. “It’ll be something I’ll miss for sure. This is a great way to finish.” Flewelling, a native of Glens Falls, is a 1964 graduate of Cortland State and a 1965 graduate of Ball State University. Prior to his coming to Oneonta, he had success- ful coaching stints in basketball and baseball at Ball State, Cortland and Mynderse Academy. Flewelling retired from coaching men’s basketball after the 1989-90 season because of health reasons, said Garner who took over the program in 1990. Beth Oppenheimer “No one wanted to see him step down then either,” said Garner, who has been at Oneonta State for 22 years and has served as the school’s athletic director for the last seven years. “His real love is coaching,” said Al Sosa, who has known Flewelling since their college days at Cortland. “Some of us enjoy the teaching, but all along, his real love and ambition was pretty much basketball. “He’s the kind of guy that was on the road all the time, he’d sleep in his Andrea Bradford office,” Sosa said. “He got out of basketball and we needed to reassign him. ... I reassigned him to softball.” Garner said Flewelling’s impact on the softball program was immediate. “He turned to a very poor softball program that I had,” Garner said. “In his very first year, (the program) went from six or seven victories to 25 or whatever we did. “He learned and he adjusted and became a very good coach for the softball program,” Garner said. “He’s a chameleon. He took the program from dust.”

(Original story written by Dean Russin, Sports Editor of the Oneonta Daily Star. Oneonta SID Geoff Hassard edited the story while adding more recent information that was available after print.)

Dragon Tales 2 Men’s Lacrosse Completes Fifth Straight Winning Season

Despite graduating its greatest senior class, the 2001 edition of the men’s lacrosse team had a solid year and finished 9-5 overall and 5-1 in the SUNYAC. Their only conference loss came to Cortland on the road which was for the automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. The spring season opened at Virginia Wesleyan on Mar. 3 with a 13-8 win. Junior Steve Kramer (Ossining, N.Y.) led the way with three goals and one assist while classmate Matt Puerta (Hicksville, N.Y.) and sophomore Dan Bakke (Floral Park, N.Y.) each registered two goals and two assists. The Red Dragons made it two-in-a-row to open the season with a come-from-behind 11-10 win over Lycoming. Junior Anthony Pisciotto (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) scored the tying and game- winning goals for Oneonta, the second of which came with only 1:32 left in the game. Oneonta dropped the next two games including a tough 10-9 overtime loss to city rival Hartwick. The Red Dragons then ran off seven straight victories to raise their record to 9-2 overall entering the final three games of the season. During the win streak many of the scores were one- sided which allowed many players to play in each game. The team did register 20 goals in two Matt Puerta games during the streak as they defeated Brockport 20-3 and Potsdam 20-9. Leading the way for the Red Dragons were Puerta on offense and freshman goalie Mike Louer (Islip, N.Y.). The final three games of the year would determine whether the Red Dragons would receive a postseason berth as they faced two nationally ranked teams in Ithaca and Cortland while facing a solid RIT squad in the season finale. The first test was at Ithaca and Oneonta was hanging tough at 6-6 before the hosts put together a 5-1 third quarter to pull away for good en route to the 14-9 win. Oneonta then went to Cortland for what was the SUNYAC championship game as both teams were undefeated in conference play. The contest was played tight throughout the entire four quarters. In the end, the rival Red Dragons held on to win 12-9 to secure the conference title for a second straight year. In the final game of the season Oneonta was defeated at home 17-14 by RIT which would eliminate the Red Dragons from any postseason. Oneonta did place seven players on the All-SUNYAC Team including three on the First Team while Jim Nagle was selected as Coach of the Year.

Travis Warholic Statistics Leaders: Mike Massari Scoring

Matt Puerta ...... 38 G/28 A/66 PTS Anthony Pisciotto .... 30 G/11 A/41 PTS Mike Massari ...... 16 G/24 A/40 PTS Steve Kramer ...... 25 G/3 A/28 PTS Brian Balash ...... 13 G/6 A/19 PTS

Goalkeeping

Mike Louer ...... 779 MP/185 SVS/ ...... 603 SV%/122 GA/9.40 GAA

Mike Louer

Dragon Tales 3 Youngsters Lead Men’s Tennis

The men’s tennis team reinvented itself this year and came away with a 12-2 dual-match record. Coach Jim Baker didn’t know what to expect with the influx of new players to reshape his lineup, but the results speak for themselves. The nucleus of the program is all underclassmen which bodes well for the next couple of years. The abbreviated fall schedule saw the squad participate in two invitationals, two dual matches and the ITA/Rolex Regional qualifier. The Red Dragons were second in the season opening Rensselaer Invitational by a point as freshman Patrick O’Toole (Liverpool, N.Y.) and sophomore Mike Ruger (Corning, N.Y.) won individual titles. A 5-2 win over Rensselaer was next for Oneonta followed by a fourth place finish at the Flower City Tournament in Rochester. The fall season ended with a 7-0 win over LeMoyne and a trip to Vassar College to compete in the Regional qualifier. The spring season began as it always does with a trip to Hilton Head for a slate of matches. The Red Dragons returned from the journey with a well deserved 3-2 record. The trip opened with a 7-0 loss to West Virginia Wesleyan and was followed with three straight 4-3 wins over Albright College, Macalester College and Connecticut College before ending the trip with a 6-1 loss to Carthage Patrick O’Toole College. O’Toole led the way on the trip with a 4-1 singles record while Ruger and Dredge each went 3-2. Oneonta swept through the northern part of their schedule with a 7-0 record. Their closest match was a 4-3 win over Ithaca on the road.

Mike Ruger

Individual records: Singles

Scott Dredge ...... 12-7 Greg Dehaas ...... 8-12 Patrick O’Toole...... 17-6 Mike Ruger ...... 18-5 Brad Lieberman ...... 4-6 Greg Dehaas Justin Weisenthal ...... 9-7 B.J. VanderWoude ...... 3-1 Rudy Bembry...... 5-4

Doubles

Dredge/O’Toole ...... 4-2 Ruger/Lieberman ...... 10-5 Dredge/Dehaas ...... 9-3 O’Toole/VanerWoude ...... 7-5

Justin Weisenthal

Dragon Tales 4 Baseball Team Hampered by Weather and Pitching Depth

The baseball team was relatively young this spring with only two seniors while welcoming seven freshmen to the squad. The weather play havoc with the schedule and forced many back-to-back doubleheaders which affected the pitching staff effectiveness over the long season. The team did finish strong, winning eight of their last 10 to complete an 18-20-1 season. The spring opened with an 11-game slate down south in Florida in which the team went 4-6-1. The Red Dragons registered wins over Gettysburg, Ursinus, Richard Stockton and Alvernia the last of which ended their trip. Leading the way was senior ace Scott Meyer (Clifton Park, N.Y.) who went 1-1 on the trip with back-to-back nine strikeout performances while allowing no earned runs. When the Red Dragons returned home they found six inches of snow on the ground which kept them indoors for three weeks. They finally were able to find a place to play in Newburgh, N.Y. where they played two SUNYAC doubleheaders against Utica-Rome and Oswego. They came through the weekend with a 1-3 record with their win being 16-0 over Utica-Rome in the opening game on the first day. In the game, Meyer went the distance striking out 15 batters to raise his record to 2-1. Leading the offense were senior Brendan Heslin (Binghamton, N.Y.) and sophomores Geoff Loiacono (Herkimer, N.Y.) and Jason Corbin (Miller Place, N.Y.). Heslin had four hits, an RBI and scored three runs. Loiacono had three hits and two RBIs while Brendan Heslin Corbin had three hits and four RBIs. The next highlight of the season was a 5-0 win over Brockport in which Meyer set a school record with 19 strikeouts in registering the complete game, nine-inning win. Meyer became only the 10th player in Div. III to record 19 strikeouts in a nine inning game. The Red Dragons officially opened their home season with a doubleheader sweep of Cazenovia. Oneonta came from behind to win the opener 10-9 and then got a solid pitching effort from sophomore Mike Braunstein (Hollis Hills, N.Y.) to win the night cap 7-1. During the final stretch of the season when the team went 8-2 they outscored their opponents 88-45. During those 10 games they also swept two single games from Hartwick by the scores of 9-2 and 6-1. Their final win of the season was a 15-9 win over Clarkson who was seeded second in the ECAC Div. III Upstate New York Tournament.

Batting Leaders: Average: ...... Brendan Heslin, .393 ...... Jason Corbin, .355 OB%: ...... Heslin, .471 ...... Kelly, .465 SB: ...... Heslin, 23 ...... Corbin, 12 Runs: ...... Heslin, 35 ...... Corbin and Ryan Bierwiler, 26 2B: ...... Bierwiler, 13 ...... Corbin, 9 3B: ...... Heslin and Loiacono, 6 HR’s: ...... Heslin, 5 ...... Joe Argen, Loiacono, ...... and Bob Kelly, 3 RBI’s: ...... Heslin, 31 ...... Loiacono, 27 TB: ...... Heslin, 86 ...... Loiacono, 66 Slugging: ...... Heslin, .637 Andy Slezak ...... Geoff Loiacono, .512

Pitching Leaders: Wins: ...... Scott Meyer, Mike Braunstein, ...... John Schofield, Bob Kelly ...... and Rob Fredette, 3 Brendan Heslin IP: ...... Braunstein, 53.2; Meyer, 49.1 ERA: ...... Schofield, 2.25; Meyer, 2.74 SO: ...... Meyer, 77; Braunstein, 57 Saves: ...... Dave Garcia and Rick Vesely, 1

Geoff Loiacono

Dragon Tales 5 Women’s Lacrosse Team Has Growing Pains

The 2001 women’s lacrosse team went through growing pains this spring as the roster included 15 players who were sophomores or freshmen. The squad finished with a record of 5-10 overall while missing the SUNYAC tournament with a 3-5 record in conference play. Coach Dombrowski completed her third, and final, season as head coach as she will now concentrate her full efforts toward the field hockey program while the college searches for a full time lacrosse coach this summer. The season was supposed to begin on March 9 at Hartwick, but the game was postponed due to bad weather conditions. Instead the spring opened down south in Florida with a game against Rensselaer in which the Red Dragons were defeated 15-5. In their final game of their mini two- game journey, the women bounced back with a 15-12 victory over Salve Regina University of Sarah Andrews Rhode Island. Leading the way for the Red Dragons was freshman Melissa DiRaddo (DeWitt, N.Y.) who had five goals and one assist. Oneonta returned up north and dropped their first two games before winning two straight to even their record at 3- 3 through the first six games. In their 14-9 win over Elmira, Nicole McCullagh (Camden, N.Y.) and Sarah Andrews (Tompkins Cove, N.Y.) each scored four goals to lead the way for the Red Dragons. In their 16-7 victory over Potsdam, Pam Intorcia (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) led the attack with four goals and one assist. Oneonta would register only two more wins over the final nine games to finish 5-10. Andrews, Intorcia and Jill Scala (Floral Park, N.Y.) all would earn All-SUNYAC Honorable Mention for their seasons. Andrews was also honored by the NYSWCAA for her season by being selected to the All-New York State Third Team.

Pam Intorcia Statistics Leaders:

Scoring Sarah Andrews ...... 32 G/10 A/42 pts. Pam Intorcia ...... 32 G/2 A/34 pts. Nicole McCullagh Marina Angelides ...... 21 G/6 A/27 pts. Nicole McCullagh ...... 17 G/8 A/25 pts. Melissa DiRaddo ...... 16 G/3 A/19 pts.

Jill Scala Goalkeeping Jessica Clarke ...... 900 MP/203 SVS/ .. .508 SV%/197 GA/13.13 GAA

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Dragon Tales 5 ONEONTA STATE SOCCER Senior achieves a unique athletic feat, NCAA tournament PLAYERS BRING appearances in three sports HOME GOLD Liz McGrail and Liz Grosser Lead United JOHN KEKIS States to a Gold Medal in Australia AP Sports Writer Liz McGrail and Liz Grosser had ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) _ Ask Liz McGrail what her greatest athletic achievement has been a strong week of competition at the sixth during her senior year at Oneonta State College and she stares into space with a puzzled look. in Darwin, Australia from May Maybe it was the soccer game last fall against Ithaca College, when she scored twice 19-26 and helped a team of college players including the game- winner in overtime and had an assist. from across the U.S. earn a gold medal. For Or the game-saving, diving catch she made last week behind shortstop against Geneseo in the McGrail it is one more honor for the much State University of New York Athletic Conference softball tournament. decorated three-sport athlete that finished this Or the conference basketball championship game against Cortland which Oneonta State also past spring in the NCAA softball tournament won when she guarded 6-foot-5 Kate Smith. while Grosser has a great lead-in to her final “You couldn’t ask for a better senior year, I guess,’’ said McGrail, 23, an elementary season which will begin on Sept. 1 in Roches- education major who aspires to be a college coach some day. ter, N.Y. That’s putting it mildly. On Monday, McGrail finished competing in The U.S. her third NCAA Division III tournament this year. The NCAA has no team went undefeated in records on file of an athlete who qualified for postseason tournament play in the competition with a three team sports in one school year, but Oneonta State already is calling it a 5-0 record including record. their 6-0 win over the “Certainly, there are no official records on that, but it’s definitely a rare host country, Alice occurrence,’’ NCAA Director of Statistics Jim Wright said. Springs, in the gold As rare as this athlete, who has excelled despite tearing up both knees medal game. Both the first injury coming just 10 minutes into her first college game at McGrail and Grosser Division I Campbell University in North Carolina. figured into the scoring In her four years at Oneonta, McGrail has been at the heart of seven for the U.S. with NCAA Division III tournament appearances by the Red Dragons. Before McGrail ending the she transferred from Campbell after one semester there, the lone Oneonta Games as the top scorer in the women’s team to make an NCAA tournament was the 1976 men’s basketball team. bracket. McGrail scored eight goals in the four “She’s unbelievable! I’ve never seen anybody that can go from one games that they played - one game was won sport to the next and make a contribution,’’ said softball coach Don Flewelling, who’s been coaching at by forfeit - including two three-goal games one Oneonta since 1966. ``You get some kids that can play one sport and is a good player in another sport, of which came in the final. Grosser finished but this is a tremendous player in three different sports. She exudes a quiet confidence and has a with two goals and also was the player who tremendous resolve to be successful in anything she does. She’s something special.’’ marked the oppositions best player. The McGrail honed her skills while growing up in tiny Stamford, about 20 miles east of Oneonta United States collected six total medals at the at the northwest edge of the Catskill Mountains. And she had to be aggressive she’s No. 9 of Catherine Games, three of which were gold including and James McGrail’s 12 children. the medal earned by the women’s soccer team. “Neither of my parents pushed me into sports, but when I was 5, two of my older brothers From small beginnings ten years used to have me shag their baseballs for hours and hours,’’ said McGrail, who played Little League with ago, the Arafura Games is now a leading in- the guys and one year of American Legion baseball. ``We used to play soccer, too, and we could have a ternational sporting competition for the devel- little game of our own. I was told to stand by the goal, and if the ball came by to kick it in.’’ oping athletes of the Asia-Pacific region. Held Lesson well-learned. McGrail was a first-team Division III All-American forward in soccer every two years in Darwin, the capital of last fall, a first for Oneonta State, and became the first SUNYAC player to earn conference MVP honors Australia’s Northern Territory, the Arafura three consecutive seasons. The Red Dragons won the conference title and reached the NCAA tournament Games is billed as a meeting of ‘Sporting each of those seasons and went 65-15-8 overall in her four years. She leaves as the school’s all-time Neighbours’ and attracts competitors from all leading scorer in soccer for men and women with 59 goals, 19 assists and 24 game-winning goals. parts of Australia, nations throughout the Asia- As a guard-forward on the basketball team, McGrail was the first player off the bench this Pacific and beyond. season as the Red Dragons went 26-2, the best record ever for an Oneonta women’s team. She averaged The Arafura Games began in 1991 6.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 assists per game to help her team back to the postseason. as the Arafura Sports Festival, with 1500 par- And as the star centerfielder on the softball team, McGrail batted .462 and had a .701 ticipants from seven countries competing in slugging percentage to lead the Red Dragons to their best season in school history (38-10). 13 sports. By the time the fifth Games were “To be a triathlete is amazing enough by itself,’’ said teammate Carrie Andino, of Plattsburgh, held in 1999, participation had soared to more N.Y., who plays third base. “Not only is she good in three sports, but she’s really humble about her than 3100 athletes representing 20 nations, accomplishments. with competition in 26 sports. To be an amazing player and an amazing person, too, is really respectable.’’ The Arafura Games offer a unique McGrail hoped to end her college career on a winning note, but it didn’t happen. Oneonta was opportunity for athletes to gain exposure to beaten 5-0 by Ithaca on Monday in the championship game of the Northeast Region, missing a chance international competition. Many Arafura for a berth in the Division III World Series. Games athletes use the Games as a stepping “When I look back, winning the three conference championships this year was awesome,’’ stone to other regional events such as the South she said. “I’ve been to the national tournament in each sport prior to this year. This time, I would have East , the and loved to win one. This was my last chance.’’ the South . McGrail leaves behind an array of relieved opponents. “They usually say they’re not going to be sad to see me go,’’ she said with a smile. “They enjoy playing against me and watching me play, but they’ll be glad when I’m not there. This is not something I strived for. But I’m sure this is something that will mean a lot to me when I look back.’’

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Dragon Tales 7 RUMMERY AND WEAVER SELECTED TO Spring Athletes of the Week, 2000-01 PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Sophomores Will Travel to Disney World March 12 for NCAA Sponsored Event Anthony Pisciotto, Lacrosse Rick Vesely, Baseball Oneonta State sophomores Ryan Rummery of Biggin Hill, England and Tristen Weaver of Ithaca, N.Y. have been selected to March 19 participate in the fifth annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Scott Meyer, Baseball Melissa DiRaddo, Lacrosse Conference. The conference will be held May 28 through June 1 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. March 26 The mission of the NCAA Foundation Leadership Alayna Isby, Softball Conference is to provide a diverse group of the nation’s top student- Andrea Bradford, Softball athletes an opportunity to actively participate in challenging and thought-provoking activities that will enable them to become better April 2 leaders on their campuses and in their communities. As a result of Matt Puerta, Lacrosse participation, the student-athletes will enhance their communication Jessica Clarke, Lacrosse skills, decision-making and problem-solving skills, critical-thinking April 9 skills and collaborative skills. The conference also promotes better Mike Ruger, Tennis communication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, Cara LiMongelli, Softball faculty and communities. Weaver is a member of the swimming & diving team at April 16 Oneonta. She owns three individual school records in the 400-yard Brendan Heslin, Baseball individual medley and the 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle. She is also Liz McGrail, Softball part of the 200, 400 and 800-yard freestyle relay foursomes that have April 23 school records as well. This past winter she qualified in six indi- Mike Louer, Lacrosse vidual events for the SUNYAC championships. Weaver was also Liz Scimeca, Softball honored for her academic achievements this winter when she was selected to the Verizon Academic Fall/Winter At-Large Second Team April 30 for District 1. Melissa LaBarre, Softball Rummery is a member of the College’s Div. I men’s soccer John Schofield, Baseball team which has posted back-to-back winning seasons. Rummery has been a two-year starter and the team’s leading scorer during that time May 7 Softball Team while being an All-Region selection as a rookie in 1999. The 2000 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference will Athletes of the Year focus on topics identified during the nomination process as well as Liz McGrail, Soccer/Basketball/Softball topics recommended by members of the Divisions I, II, and III Rubin Prophete, Wrestling NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committees who serve as an Association-wide voice for student-athlete issues. Topics for past conferences have included developing leadership skills, changing perception, developing political skills and utilizing the student-athlete committee. A total of 300 student-athletes have been invited to attend 2001 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductees the 2001 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference from a total of (National Student Honor Society) 1,084 nominations. Student-athletes were nominated from NCAA member institutions that participate in the CHAMPS/ Life Skills Name Sport Major program. Participating student-athletes will represent all NCAA Kelly Keyes Field Hockey Elementary Education divisions, 22 different sports and more than 20 countries. Melinda Kilmer Dietetics Nicole McCullagh Field Hockey/Lacrosse Elementary Education Lizbeth Oppenheimer Softball Biology Ryan Rummery Angela Reina Basketball Elementary Education Joseph Santo Basketball Business

Tristen Weaver

Dragon Tales 8 2000-2001 Athletic Awards Team MVP’s Men’s Soccer: ...... James Riley ...... MALE/FEMALE Women’s Soccer: ...... Liz McGrail Rookie of the Year: ...... Patrick O’Toole (tennis) Field Hockey: ...... Nicole McCullagh ...... Lacey Musso (volleyball) Volleyball:...... Lacey Musso Valor Award: ...... Matt Brown (basketball) Women’s Swimming & Diving: ...... Tristen Weaver ...... Veronica Hawley (swimming) Men’s Swimming & Diving: ...... Rudy Mercado Steve Blackmon Award: ...... Rubin Prophete (wrestling) Men’s Basketball: ...... Craig Dawson G. Hal Chase Award: ...... Mitch Waters (soccer) ...... John Horton ...... Nicole McCullagh (field hockey/Lacrosse) Women’s Basketball: ...... Kristin Lemon ...... Melissa LaBarre (softball) Wrestling: ...... Rubin Prophete Most Outstanding Single Performance: ...... Scott Meyer (baseball) Women’s Lacrosse: ...... Sarah Andrews ...... Kristen Henniger (soccer) Baseball: ...... Brendan Heslin Scholar Athlete Award: ...... Mitch Waters (soccer) Softball: ...... Liz McGrail Lee Abbot Scholar Athlete Award: ...... Paula Polce (basketball) Women’s Tennis: ...... Beth Muller Athlete of the Year:...... Rubin Prophete (wrestling) Men’s Tennis: ...... Greg Dehaas ...... Liz McGrail (soccer/basketball/softball) Men’s Cross Country: ...... Sean McCormick Ross Cordell Award: ...... Dr. James Elting Women’s Cross Country: ...... Dawn Koopman Men’s Lacrosse: ...... none given

2001 SPRING HONOR ROLL Men’s Lacrosse Alayna Isby ’01 ...... ECAC Upstate New York Hitter of the Week, 3/26 Mike Louer ’04 ...... ECAC Goaltender of the Week, 4/24 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team ...... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ...... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, Honorable Mention ...... NFCA All-Northeast, 2nd Team At-Large ...... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 2nd Team Matt Puerta ’02 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team ...... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 1st Team Andrea Bradford ’01...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team ...... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team Dave Kilcourse ’02 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team ...... NFCA All-Northeast, 3rd Team ...... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, Honorable Mention Mike Massari ’02 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team Tara Hinkle ’03 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team Steve Kramer ’02 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team Cara Limongelli ’04 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team Tracis Warholic ’03 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team ...... SUNYAC First Player of the Year ...... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team Seth Baker ’03 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team Beth Oppenheimer ’03 ...... NFCA All-Northeast, 2nd Team Jim Nagle ...... SUNYAC Coach of the Year ...... Verizon Academic All District 1, 1st Team

Baseball Sandra Moxley ’03 ...... ECAC Upstate New York Pitcher of the Week, 4/24 Brendan Heslin ’01 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team ...... All-New York Region, 1st Team Don Flewelling ...... SUNYAC Coach of the Year ...... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 1st Team ...... NYSWCAA Coach of the Year

Scott Meyer ’01 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team Flewelling, John Speranzi and Jesse Coughlin ...... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 2nd Team ...... NFCA Northeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year

John Schofield ’04 ...... ECAC Pitcher of the Week, 4/30 Women’s Lacrosse

Softball Sarah Andrews ’03 ... SUNYAC All-Conference, Honorable Mention ...... NYSWCAA All-New York State, 3rd Team Team ...... SUNYAC Champions ...... NCAA Div. III Northeast Region Finalist Pam Intorcia ’02 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, Honorable Mention

Individual Jill Scala ’02 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, Honorable Mention

Liz McGrail ’01 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team Miscellaneous: ...... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team Mitch Waters ’01 ...... NFCA All-Northeast, 1st Team ..... Verizon Fall/Winter At-Large Academic All-District 1, 2nd Team ...... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 1st Team Tristen Weaver ’03 Melissa LaBarre ’01 ...... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team ..... Verizon Fall/Winter At-Large Academic All-District 1, 2nd Team ...... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ...... NFCA All-Northeast, 3rd Team Paula Polce ’01 ...... NYSWCAA Scholar Athlete Award ...... Verizon Basketball Academic All-District 1, 2nd Team

Dragon Tales 9 Scott Meyer Signs with phone rang, I was thinking it was a team. But it was just my the Cincinnati Reds friends calling me. Pretty soon, I was yelling at them to stop calling me.” Graduated Red Dragon Though he’d rather have been drafted, Meyer said he pitcher Scott Meyer of Clifton Park, was pleased with the end result. N.Y. became the first baseball “Being drafted is nice,” he said. “But I’m in the same player in nearly twenty years to join boat now as the other guys. I’m just living my dream, playing a professional sports team when he pro ball.” signed a contract with the Cincin- Meyer, who also drew interest from the Pittsburgh nati Reds of Major League Baseball. Pirates and Baltimore Orioles, said his biggest on-field improve- He wasn’t drafted on Tuesday or ment came after he realized he wouldn’t succeed on his 80-mph Wednesday June 5 and 6 when fastball alone. Major League Baseball holds its As a result, he expanded his repertoire to include a amateur draft, but was signed the curve ball and a change-up while the velocity on his fastball day after by John Brickley of the improved to 88 mph, he said. Reds to join other free agents and draftees in Florida for evalua- “I just became more of a pitcher,” he said. “I know tion and assignment. what to throw in certain situations.” “About 10 minutes after the draft ended, Mr. Brickley A sure sign of Meyer’s improvement and potential called me from Boston,” said Meyer, a left-handed pitcher. “He came on April 12 in a game against Brockport in which he struck said he wanted to drive out here Thursday and sign me. I said, out 19, becoming just the 10th pitcher in Division III history to “I’m ready to go.” strike out that many in a nine-inning game. The Reds signed Meyer to a free-agent contract, which “I was in the bullpen warming up before the game and was finalized Thursday at Meyer’s home. when I was coming into the dugout, I told the catcher, “I don’t Meyer, who went 20-6 with a 2.93 ERA in four seasons think I have much today,’” Meyer recalled. “But I got out there at O-State, reported to the Reds week-long mini-camp in and I had command and control.” Sarasota, Fla., on Monday June 11. From there, he will either In 2001, Meyer went 3-2 with a 2.74 ERA and 77 stay in Florida to play in the Gulf Coast League or go to strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings. He was a first-team All-SUNYAC Billings, Mont., to play for the Reds’ Pioneer League affiliate. and was a second-team ECAC all-star. Meyer, who had been told by Brickley and fellow Reds Collegiately, Meyer struck out 242 in 199 2/3 innings. scout Joe Kissner that he’d probably be chosen in the later He completed 19 of his 30 starts, had five shutouts and batters rounds, said the two-day wait before hooking up with a team hit .211 against him. was difficult. “It was the longest two days,” he said. “Every time the

Polce Gets Invited would be awesome to get a job like that.” to Pro Basketball It’s an opportunity that Polce took seriously as she Tryout Camp worked out two to three times a day prior to leaving. She expected that the competition would be top notch and After becoming the first women’s Polce said she’d need to play within herself. “That’s basketball player in school history probably my biggest problem, I get so nervous,” she said. to earn All-America honors, First “I just have to have a good time and play basketball. If Team All-American Paula Polce got anything comes out of it, it will be an added bonus.” a taste of the big time when she was Head women’s coach Dan McGraw reported that invited to the Women’s Pro Basketball Showcase held at Paula thought she played well during the tryouts, but that Life University in Atlanta, Ga. Back in June. Representa- she wasn’t approached by anyone to offer her an opportu- tives from the WNBA and European professional leagues nity to play professionally. were in attendance to evaluate and see if there were any At this time Polce will play in the Empire State players that might had been missed or overlooked in their Games on the Central New York squad and will finish her scouting process. studies next year while working as a graduate assistant “I’m sure I’ll see the best of the best,” said Polce coach with the women’s team at Oneonta. prior to attending the camp. “I’m going to see the elite down there. It’ll be interesting to see where I fit in. There are a lot of opportunities overseas for women to play. It would be pretty tough for me to turn down an offer. It

Dragon Tales 10 SUNYAC RELEASES SPRING COMMISIONER’S POLCE CHOSEN AS A TOP SCHOLAR-ATHLETE LIST AND ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Senior Honored by New York State 28 Oneonta State Student-Athletes Make The Grade Senior basketball forward Paula Polce of Trumansburg, N.Y. was one of eight women to be selected as a top scholar- State University of New York Athletic Conference athlete by the New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Commissioner (SUNYAC), Patrick R. Damore, announced the Association (NYSWCAA). The honor for Polce is one of many that she has received for being an outstanding student- Commissioner’s List and All-Academic Team for the spring athlete. season. To qualify for the honor, a student-athlete must be a Polce’s list of honors from this year include: First Team varsity athlete, have competed for the entire spring season and All-America from the Women’s Basketball Coaches have maintained a 3.3 grade point average for three semesters to Association, selection as the New York State Player of the Year, the Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and the be selected to the Commissioner’s List or have a 3.3 grade point SUNYAC Player of the Year. She also earned All-Academic honors from the average for the spring semester to be selected to the All-Aca- SUNYAC and was a Verizon Second Team Academic All-District 1 honoree for demic Team. her achievements in the classroom. Oneonta State had 28 individuals earn the honor, 10 of Polce was the leading scorer for Oneonta State during the past two seasons in which the team compiled a 42-18 record including a school-best 26-2 which were on the Commissioner’s List. The following is a record this winter. She led the SUNYAC in scoring and led the Red Dragons to a listing of those student-athletes who were selected from conference title and an NCAA berth. At one point during their run, Oneonta won Oneonta. 24 straight games which was the longest such streak this year in Div. III women’s basketball. Polce finished the season averaging 19.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, two steals and two assists while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 77 percent COMMISSIONER’S LIST / ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM from the free throw line. SPRING 2001 Polce is the only woman in school history to surpass 1,000 points and 600 rebounds for her career. She finished her four years with 1,278 points, 642 rebounds, 152 assists and 168 steals and shot 48.9 percent from the field and CL. AA ...... Name ...... Yr ...... Sport 73.8 percent from the charity stripe...... X ...... Sarah Andrews ...... So...... Lacrosse X .... X ...... Rhudolph Bembry ...... Sr ...... Tennis FOUR ONEONTA STATE ATHLETES RECEIVE ...... X ...... Robert Bianco ...... Fr ...... Lacrosse VERIZON ACADEMIC HONORS Tristen Weaver, Mitch Waters, Paula Polce and Beth Oppenheimer ...... X ...... Jacqueline Borsare ...... Sr ...... Swimming All Earn Academic All-District 1 Honors ...... X ...... Andrea Bradford ...... Sr ...... Softball Seniors Mitch Waters (Johannesburg, ) and Polce along ...... X ...... Justin Chandler ...... Fr ...... Wrestling with sophomores Tristen Weaver (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Beth Oppenheimer (Webster, ...... X ...... Adam Chard ...... Fr ...... Basketball N.Y.) all earned academic honors this year as part of the Verizon Academic All- X ...... Jessica Clarke ...... So...... Lacrosse America program. The teams are voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America and, to be eligible, the student-athlete must have at least a ...... X ...... Kristen Hall ...... Sr ...... Basketball 3.2 GPA and be a starter or significant contributor to their team. X .... X ...... Megan Halling ...... So...... Swimming Waters, who is majoring in economics, was captain of the soccer team for two years and helped lead the Red Dragons to back-to-back winning seasons ...... X ...... Ryan Harrington ...... Fr ...... Swimming including an 11-6-1 last fall. He has excelled in the classroom during his four X .... X ...... Veronica Hawley ...... Sr ...... Swimming years at Oneonta and has received numerous academic honors from the college. Last year he was the first athlete in school history to be selected as a national ...... X ...... Brendan Heslin ...... Sr ...... Baseball Academic All-American when he was selected to the GTE Fall/Winter At-Large ...... X ...... Lorraine Kelly ...... Fr ...... Basketball Second Team. Weaver is a biology major at Oneonta and was selected in her first ...... X ...... Robert Kelly ...... Jr ...... Baseball year that she is eligible for the program. During her first two years with the ...... X ...... Nicoll LeGare...... Jr ...... Softball swim program she has set three individual school records and is a member of three quartets that have school relay records. Weaver owns her school records in X .... X ...... Nicole McCullagh ...... Jr ...... Lacrosse the 400-yard individual medley and the 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events...... X ...... Patrick O’Toole ...... Fr ...... Tennis She is part of the 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay squads that hold the records in those events. This past winter she qualified for six individual events X .... X ...... Lizbeth Oppenheimer...... Jr ...... Softball for the SUNYAC championship and was a medalist in the 400-yard medley relay ...... X ...... Marisha Pawlik ...... So...... Swimming event. X .... X ...... Paula Polce ...... Sr ...... Basketball Polce was selected to the Verizon Women’s Basketball Second Team while Oppenheimer was a First Team softball selection and appeared on the ...... X ...... Kyle Roney ...... Fr ...... Wrestling national ballot. Oppenheimer is majoring in biology and was the starting second X ...... Michael Ruger...... So...... Tennis baseman for the SUNYAC champion softball team that finished 38-10. She hit .331 and scored 35 runs while driving in 17 runs...... X ...... Jessica Russell...... Fr ...... Lacrosse ...... X ...... Joseph Santo ...... Jr ...... Basketball ...... X ...... Elizabeth Scimeca ...... Fr ...... Softball X .... X ...... Tristen Weaver ...... So...... Swimming X ...... Gregory Winn...... So...... Wrestling

CL = Commissioner’s List; AA = All-Academic Team

Dragon Tales 11 Chi Alpha Sigma Class of 2001

Incoming SAAC President, Outgoing SAAC President, Nicole McCullagh Mitch Waters

Into the Streets Meet the Athletes Day

Jane Edwards, Guest Speaker

Meet the Athletes Day Real Life 101

Girl Scout Day

Dragon Tales 12 2001 SPRING SCOREBOARD

2001 Softball Results 2001 Baseball Results 3/18 vs West Virginia Wesleyan$ L 0-7 Head Coach: Don Flewelling Head Coach: Rick Ferchen 3/19 vs Albright College$ W 4-3 3/20 vs Macalester College$ W 4-3 Date Opponent(s) W/L Score 3/21 vs Connecticut College$ W 4-3 3/20 vs Roger Williams$ W 8-1 Date Opponent(s) W/L Score 322 vs Carthage College$ L 1-6 vs Bethel$ W 16-6 3/10 vs Catholic University$ L 3-4 3/30 vs Nazareth (Liverpool, NY) W 6-1 3/21 vs Keene State$ W 10-0 3/11 vs Gettysburg$ W 7-5 4/5 at Ithaca W 4-3 vs North Central$ L 0-9 vs Alvernia$ T 6-6 4/6 at New Paltz W 6-1 vs Calvin$ W 9-1 3/12 vs Richard Stockton$ L 6-10 4/17 UNION W 5-2 3/23 vs Wesleyan$ L 1-7 vs Washington College$ L 3-9 4/21 OSWEGO W 6-1 vs St. Ambrose$ W 8-0 3/13 vs Ohio Valley College$ L 1-4 4/25 at Utica W 7-0 3/24 vs Wisconsin-Stevens Pt.$ L 3-6 3/14 vs Ursinus$ W 3-1 4/26 HARTWICK W 7-0 vs. University of Chicago$ L 1-3 3/15 vs Mount St. Mary$ L 3-4 Final Dual record: 12-2 vs Southern Maine$ L 4-6 vs Richard Stockton$ W 3-1 $matches played in Hilton Head, S.C. 4/7 at Geneseo (DH)* L 1-8 3/16 vs Simpson College$ L 1-14 W 6-5 vs Alvernia$ W 7-6 4/8 at Brockport (DH)* L 1-2 4/7 vs UTICA-ROME (DH)*# W 16-0 2001 Men’s Lacrosse Results W 7-2 L 7-12 Head Coach: Jim Nagle 4/9 at Rensselaer (DH) W 4-1 4/8 vs OSWEGO (DH)*# L 1-16 W 4-1 L 1-5 Date Opponent W/L Score 4/11 RUSSELL SAGE (DH) W 8-7(8) 4/11 vs UNION (DH)## L 0-4 3/3 at Virginia Wesleyan W 13-8 W 9-1(5) W 2-1 3/11 vs Lycoming$ W 11-10 4/12 at Cortland (DH)* W 1-0 4/12 at Brockport (DH)* W 5-0 3/17 vs RPI (at Freeport, NY High) L 8-18 W 3-2 L 2-7 3/25 at Hartwick L 9-10(OT) 4/13 at Buffalo State (DH)* W 8-0(5) 4/13 at Fredonia (DH)* W 13-7 4/1 vs Plattsburgh* (at Hartwick) W 11-7 W 6-4 L 5-6 4/4 vs Oswego* (at Liverpool HS) W 14-7 4/14 at Fredonia (DH)* W 2-1 4/17 at Ithaca L 6-10 4/8 GENESEO* (at Hartwick) W 15-6 W 4-3 4/18 CAZENOVIA (DH) W 10-9(8) 4/11 UTICA-ROME* W 13-5 4/17 OSWEGO (DH)* W 4-1 W 7-1 4/14 BROCKPORT W 20-3 W 14-1(6) 4/21 at New Paltz (DH)* L 3-5 4/17 ELMIRA W 16-8 4/19 NEW PALTZ (DH)* W 9-0(5) L 1-3 4/21 POTSDAM* W 20-9 W 19-8(5) 4/22 CORTLAND (DH)* L 1-17 4/25 at Ithaca L 9-14 4/20 UTICA (DH) W 9-1(6) L 1-17 5/2 at Cortland* L 9-12 W 9-1(5) 4/24 RENSSELAER L 3-15 5/5 RIT L 14-17 4/21 POTSDAM (DH)* W 10-2(5) 4/25 at Hartwick W 9-2 Final Record: 9-5/5-1 SUNYAC W 14-0(5) 4/26 at Utica L 5-8 *SUNYAC game 4/23 vs Hartwick at Oneonta State W 19-0(5) 4/28 KEUKA (DH) W 12-5 $game played at U of Scranton 4/24 at Union (DH) W 2-0 W 7-1 L 2-3 4/29 ST. JOSEPH (DH) W 16-3 4/26 at Plattsburgh (DH)* W 7-4 W 4-1 W 4-1 5/1 HARTWICK W 6-1 4/27 UTICA-ROME (DH)* W 14-2(5) 5/5 ST. JOHN FISHER (DH) L 4-7 W 25-1(5) W 10-8 5/3 PLATTSBURGH# W 8-0(5) 5/9 CLARKSON W 15-9 Final Record: 18-20-1/3-9 SUNYAC 5/4 GENESEO# W 6-5 Dave CORTLAND# W 4-2 *SUNYAC Game Kilcourse 5/5 CORTLAND# W 8-7 $games played in Florida on spring trip 5/11 vs Kings College% W 5-1 #games played at Delani-Hitch Stadium— 5/12 at Ithaca College% L 4-9 Newburgh, NY 5/13 vs St. John Fisher% W 2-1 ##games played at Siena College at Ithaca College% W 3-2 5/14 at Ithaca College% L 0-5 Final Record: 38-10/18-2 SUNYAC 2001 Women’s Lacrosse Results *SUNYAC Game Head Coach: Michele Dombrowski $Spring Trip to Ft. Myers, Fla. #SUNYAC Tournament at Oneonta State (double Date Opponent W/L Score elimination) - CHAMPIONS 3/13 vs Rensselaer$ L 5-15 %NCAA Regional Tournament at Ithaca College 3/16 vs Salve Regina$ W 15-12 (double elimination) - Runner up 3/18 at Hartwick L 7-13 3/24 SKIDMORE (at Hartwick) L 3-15 3/29 at Elmira W 14-9 3/31 vs Potsdam* (at Hamilton) W 16-7 4/3 at Nazareth L 5-15 4/8 BROCKPORT* (at Hartwick) L 5-13 Bob Kelly 4/10 at Union L 6-17 4/13 at New Paltz* W 15-8 2000-01 Men’s Tennis Results 4/16 GENESEO* L 8-11 Head Coach: Jim Baker 4/17 CORTLAND* L 1-24 4/20 at Fredonia* L 13-16 Date Opponent(s) W/L Score 4/21 at Buffalo State* W 11-7 9/9-10 at Rensselaer Invitational 4/24 OSWEGO* L 7-16 Tara 9/13 at Rensselaer W 5-2 Final Record: 5-10/3-5 SUNYAC Hinkle 9/16-17 Flower City Tournament 4th 32 pts *SUNYAC game 9/20 at LeMoyne W 7-0 $games played in Panama City Beach, Fla. 9/29-30 ITA/Rolex at Vassar Dragon Tales 13 2001 Fall Schedules

Men’s Soccer Schedule Field Hockey Schedule Volleyball Schedule Head Coach: Ian McIntyre Head Coach: Michele Dombrowski Head Coach: Colleen Cashman

Date ....Opponent ...... Time Date ....Opponent ...... Time Date ...... Opponent ...... Time 8/24 ..... at Syracuse(scrimmage) ...... 6:00 pm 8/25 ..... at Hartwick playday (scrimmages) .. TBA 8/31 ...... ONEONTA HOLIDAY INN RED 9/2 ...... at UNH$ ...... 3:00 pm 8/31 ..... at Rensselaer ...... 3:00 pm ...... DRAGON INVITATIONAL ... 4:00 pm 9/3 ...... vs Vermont$ ...... 12:30 pm 9/1-2 ....at Stowe Tournament (scrimmages) . TBA 9/1 ...... ONEONTA HOLIDAY INN RED 9/8 ...... WEST VIRGINIA# ...... 1:00 pm 9/5 ...... at Utica ...... 6:30 pm ...... DRAGON INVITATIONAL ... 9:00 am 9/9 ...... MERCER# ...... 1:00 pm 9/8 ...... CORTLAND* ...... 1:00 pm 9/7-8 ...... at Brockport Invitational ...... TBA 9/14 ..... at Philadelphia Univ.* ...... 4:00 pm 9/15 ..... at Nazareth ...... 2:00 pm 9/12 ...... UTICA ...... 7:00 pm 9/16 ..... at Howard* ...... 1:00 pm 9/18 ..... NEW PALTZ* ...... 4:00 pm 9/14-15 ... at RIT Invitational ...... TBA 9/19 ..... SIENA ...... 4:00 pm 9/20 ..... at Elmira ...... 4:00 pm 9/19 ...... at Union ...... 7:00 pm 9/22 ..... at Marist ...... 1:00 pm 9/22 ..... HARTWICK ...... 1:00 pm 9/21-22 .... SUNYAC’s at Cortland ...... 5 pm/10 am 9/28 ..... ADELPHI* ...... 4:00 pm 9/25 ..... at Skidmore ...... 4:00 pm 9/26 ...... at Hartwick ...... 7:00 pm 9/27-29 .... at Bates Invitational ...... TBA 10/2 ..... at Niagara ...... 3:00 pm 9/28 ..... BROCKPORT* ...... 4:00 pm 9/29 ..... ROCHESTER ...... 1:00 pm 10/5-6 ...... ONEONTA STATE 10/5 ..... FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL* 4:00 pm ...... INVITATIONAL ...... 2 pm/9 am 10/2 ..... at Union ...... 4:00 pm 10/9 ..... LAFAYETTE ...... 4:00 pm 10/12-13 .. at Oswego Invitational ...... 4 pm/9 am 10/13 ...IONA ...... 2:00 pm 10/4 ..... at Geneseo* ...... 4:00 pm 10/19-20 .. SUNYAC’S AT ONEONTA ...... 4 pm/10 am 10/16 ...at Cornell ...... 7:00 pm 10/10 ...ITHACA ...... 4:00 pm 10/24 ...... HAMILTON ...... 7:00 pm 10/20 ...at Binghamton* ...... 1:00 pm 10/14 ...ST. LAWRENCE ...... 1:00 pm 10/27-28 .. NYSWCAA CHAMPIONSHIP .... 9 am/9 am 10/24 ...at Colgate ...... 7:30 pm 10/16 ...HAMILTON ...... 4:00 pm 11/2-3 ...... SUNYAC Championship ...... TBA 11/8-10 ..... NCAA or ECAC ...... TBA 10/30 ...at Canisius ...... 4:00 pm 10/18 ...MANHATTANVILLE ...... 7:00 pm 11/3 ..... HARTWICK* ...... 1:00 pm 10/20 ...at Oswego* ...... 2:00 pm *Atlantic Soccer Conference Game 10/24- $at UNH Tournament 28 ...... NYSWCAA Tournament ...... TBA #Mayor’s Cup Tournament *SUNYAC game Men’s Cross Country Schedule Head Coach: Matt LoPiccolo

Date ....Opponent ...... Time 9/1 ...... Cardinal Classic at Plattsburgh . 11:00 am 9/8 ...... Pat Peterson Invitational ...... at Oswego ...... 11:00 am 9/15 ..... at Hartwick Invitational ...... 11:00 am 9/22 ..... NYU Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park ...... 11:00 am 9/29 ..... ONEONTA INVITATIONAL ... 11:00 am 10/6 ..... at Hamilton Invitational ...... 11:00 am 10/20 ...SUNYAC Championship ...... at New Paltz ...... Noon 10/27 ...at Saratoga State Park ...... 1:00 pm 11/3 ..... ECAC Championships Women’s Soccer Schedule ...... At Tufts (MA) University ...... Noon Coaches: Tracey & David Ranieri 11/10 ...NCAA Regionals atVan Cortlandt Park ...... (New York City) ...... Noon Date ....Opponent(s) ...... Time 9/1 ...... vs Eastern Connecticut# ...... Noon Women’s Tennis Schedule 9/2 ...... at Rochester# ...... 3:30 pm Head Coach: Ed O’Malley 9/7 ...... vs Western New England$ ...... 6:00 pm 9/8 ...... vs College of New Jersey$ ...... 6:00 pm Date ....Opponent(s) ...... Time 9/14 ..... PLATTSBURGH* ...... 4:00 pm 9/1 ...... at Plattsburgh ...... TBA 9/15 ..... POTSDAM* ...... 1:00 pm ...... vs Green Mountain ...... TBA 9/18 ..... at Utica-Rome* ...... 4:00 pm 9/2 ...... vs Potsdam# ...... 10:00 am Women’s Cross Country Schedule 9/21 ..... GENESEO* ...... 4:00 pm 9/4 ...... RUSSELL SAGE ...... 4:00 pm Head Coach: Matt LoPiccolo 9/22 ..... BROCKPORT* ...... 1:00 pm 9/5 ...... at Rensselaer ...... 4:00 pm 9/26 ..... at Hartwick ...... 7:00 pm 9/8 ...... vs Geneseo/Brockport Date ....Opponent ...... Time 9/28 ..... at Fredonia* ...... 4:00 pm ...... at New Paltz ...... Noon/5 pm 9/1 ...... Cardinal Classic at Plattsburgh . 11:00 am 9/29 ..... at Buffalo State* ...... 1:00 pm 9/11 ..... CORTLAND ...... 4:00 pm 9/8 ...... Pat Peterson Invitational 10/3 ..... HAMILTON ...... 4:00 pm 9/13 ..... at New Paltz ...... 4:00 pm ...... at Oswego ...... 11:00 am 9/15 ..... WILLIAM SMITH ...... TBA 10/5 ..... at Cortland* ...... 4:00 pm 9/15 ..... at Hartwick Invitational ...... 11:00 am 9/16 ..... BUFFALO STATE ...... 10:00 am 10/6 ..... at Oswego* ...... 1:00 pm 9/22 ..... NYU Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park 9/19 ..... at Union ...... 3:00 pm 10/10 ...SCRANTON ...... 4:00 pm 9/21- ....Rolex Regional Tourn ...... 11:00 am 10/13 ...ITHACA ...... Noon 23 ...... at William Smith ...... TBA 9/29 ..... ONEONTA INVITATIONAL ... 11:00 am 10/17 ...at New Paltz* ...... 3:00 pm 9/24 ..... HARTWICK ...... 3:30 pm 10/6 ..... at Hamilton Invitational ...... 11:00 am 10/20 ...NYACK ...... 1:00 pm 9/27 ..... at Oswego ...... 3:30 pm 10/20 ...SUNYAC Championship 10/26- 9/30 ..... at Ithaca ...... 2:00 pm ...... at New Paltz ...... 11:00 am 27 ...... SUNYAC Tournament at NSHOF ... TBA 10/3 ..... GENESEO ...... 4:00 pm 10/27 ...at Saratoga State Park ...... 1:00 pm 10/31 ...NCAA First Round ...... TBA 10/5-7 .. SUNYAC Championship 11/3 ..... ECAC Championships *SUNYAC Game ...... at Limestone (Syracuse, NY) ...... TBA ...... at Tufts (MA) University ...... 11:00 am #University of Rochester Tournament 10/12- .. NYSWCAA Championships 11/10 ...NCAA Regionals at Van Cortlandt Park $Mayor’s Cup at Hartwick 14 ...... at The Reis TC (Ithaca, NY) ...... TBA ...... (New York City) ...... 11:00 am Dragon Tales 14 JOIN TODAY

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Dragon Tales 15 Alumni Profile - Jamey Sunshine ‘00

In the short time that Jamey Sunshine has been “Being involved in various activities and clubs, such as the away from Oneonta, he has already positioned IAB and the SAAC, gave me experience that turned out to be invaluable himself for a successful career with the sport of in my profession,” said Sunshine. “It taught me how to interact with tennis. As a four-year member of the men’s people and gave me the opportunity to work on my public speaking team at Oneonta he was a leader on and off the skills.” court and established himself as a person who Sunshine began volunteering for professional tennis tourna- has the tools to succeed in whatever path he ments in 1998. It was then that he was able to learn about the industry was going to choose. and meet many key people who helped organize the events. He Right after graduation, Sunshine found experienced first hand the long hours that are put in to carry out the himself in the Washington, D.C. area working organization of events as large as tennis tournaments. as a Tournament Associate for SFX Sports “The sports industry requires long hours,” said Sunshine. Group. SFX is the largest promoter of live “During my undergraduate years I got used to juggling many activities Jamey Sunshine entertainment worldwide, and the sports group and managing my time. I prefer to be busy and during my four years at is one of the largest sports marketing and Oneonta I was able to learn about time management and about commit- management agencies in the world. SFX ment to what you’re involved in.” represents such athletes as Michael Jordan and Andre Agassi while Currently Sunshine maintains and produces the world wide specializing in events, talent representation, naming rights and consult- rankings for the ATP while serving as the Editor for atptennis.com, the ing. Sunshine was there for five months and during that time he was No. 1 tennis website in the world. He is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, primarily responsible for helping to organize and manage the Legg Fla. which is the home base of the ATP and has been able to travel Mason Wild Card Challenge. He was involved in the marketing, nationwide and internationally. He is primarily responsible for promotion, and ticket sales for that event and was involved in the day- calculating and maintaining the ATP Circuit worldwide rankings and to-day management during the event. That experience and hands-on handles all ranking related questions with Federations, players, coaches learning brought him to his current position as Rankings Coordinator/ and agents. Editor for atptennis.com with the ATP, the governing body for the men’s In additon, Sunshine has become the Web Site Administrator professional tennis circuit. of the new internal website of the ATP. He provides editorial content Sunshine received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business which includes writing match reports, tournament reviews, posting Economics while minoring in Sports Management and Business stories and updating results. He also maintains records of tournament Communications. During his four years he received many honors and statistics and examines tournament draws from non-ATP events to find awards for his play on the tennis court as well as his accomplishments any players who have illegally participated. off the court. He was co-captain and MVP of the men’s tennis team as a Sunshine is making a name for himself in a sport that he senior along with being co-recipient of the Male Scholar-Athlete Award loves. He says that his experiences and his coaches and professors have at the athletic banquet. He served as Vice President of the Student given him opportunities that he can use in the future. “I just know that Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and was a student body representa- Oneonta put me in a position to succeed professionally and I want to tive to the Intercollegiate Athletic Board (IAB). He feels that his say thanks to all of my friends, coaches and professors who allowed me involvement in many campus activities and clubs helped prepare him to be involved in all the activities while a student.” for what he’s doing now.

NEW FIELDS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE The two new outdoor venues at Oneonta are coming along nicely. Both facilities will be state of the art in surface with ammenities to be added in future stages. The two photos to the left show the current condition of the area where the AstroTurf field and Track facility are going. In the coming months this facility will begin to show signs of completion A bird’s eye view from our new softball field The green, green grass of home for the men’s overlooking the dirt that will soon be a turf with the hopes of being ready for the field and women’s soccer teams. field and track surface. hockey season. The photos to the right show the The “Great Retaining Wall of Oneonta” as A look down the straight away from the current progress of the soccer stadium. As The patio and grandstand area are taking shape. viewed from Ravine Parkway. starting area for the 100-meter dash. you can see the sod has already been put down and the patio/grandstand area is in the final stages of completion. The projection is to be hosting the men’s Mayor’s Cup Tournament during the weekend of September 8 and 9. Updated construction photos can be found our our web site.

Dragon Tales is published three times yearly by the Sports Information Department at Oneonta State. It is printed with funds from the membership in the Red Dragon Club. This issue was written and edited by Sports Information Director Geoff Hassard. The photos for this issue were taken by Geoff Hassard and Gerry Raymonda of Raymonda Studios in Oneonta, N.Y. If you would like more information about the Red Dragon Club, please call 607-436-3594 or check out the Red Dragon Club page on our web site at www.oneonta.edu/academics/athletics/rdclub/index.html.

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