MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[Bengalsrule]

Like I said Lets have some fun

My last comment on the "fun" with regards to another conference/school in NYS being better than the Yac' and it's schools!

Hopefully the YAc will be deserving of multiple bids this year. Starting out 5-2 in their first 7 games of the season (vs. Skylines record of 1-4 in thier first 5) at least establishs a good trend! My hope this weekend for Sunyac schools is that they 
A- Go 18-0 in thier games this weekend ...and..
B -Schools that begin with the letter "P" i.e. Plattsburgh upsets U of Rochester tonite and wins the Championship tommorow against either Keystone/Ursinus....and ..
C- i.e. Potsdam crushs Salem State tonite and buries Southern Vermont tommorrow in the Williams tournament (pretty smart of Williams to not allow the winners of the first night to face each other on Sat. night).

I'm gonna try and avoid any "fun" conversations that express opinions that put other NYS based conferences above ours. I do hope that Pat Coleman and others pollsters will look at the body of work that our SUNYAC teams produce during their non-confernce games. And when we do begin to beat up on each other we will at least have a 90% or better victory percenatge in our non-conference games!

  P.s. To those fans of New Paltz, Cortland and Oneonta. Good luck as your women (Cortland and New Paltz) and men Oneonta play in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA soccer championships this weekend. I couldn't find a "SUNYAC" site on D3 so for JDEX and those who are strong supporters of SUNYAC it's good to see 2 Yac' schools in the Womens Sweet 16 and Oneonta in the mens S-16. Heck if New Paltz and Cortland win their games this weekend then they could face off in the FINALS of the NCAA Div 3 Soccer Championship. An ALL-SUNYAC final. Now that would be special.

  And to the fans of Skyline soccer............never mind..they don't have anyone left in the NCAA tourney (Women or Men).

GO SUNYAC! Kick some butt this weekend...and have some FUN!

[jdex]

Friday-Saturday festivities ....

Host Oswego vs. Ithaca tonight following late afternoon Fredonia vs. Wells. Tomorrow Fredonia/IC, Lakers/Wells

Plattsburgh at UR tonight, Keystone/Ursinus matinee. Winners, losers tomorrow

Geneseo vs. St. Joe's (LI) at E. Conn where EC/Worcester St. go in opener. Winners, losers tomorrow

Potsdam draws Salem St. at Williams and at same site Saturday it's Bears/So. Vermont

Cortland tests Delaware Valley at Widener. Hosts vs. PS Mont Alto. Winners, losers tomorrow

Brockport vs. Montclair at Farmingdale. F'dale vs. john Jay. Winners, losers tomorrow

Oneonta vs. Kean at F&M, whose Diplomats meet Neumann. Winners, losers tomorrow

New Paltz vs. Centenary (NJ) at Scranton. Hosts vs. SUNY Maritime. Winners, losers tomorrow

[jdex]

 Fredonia gets second win with 52-44 beating of Wells in Oswego. Devils survive 21 Tvers. Lead 24-20 at half, extend to as many as 10 in second period. Make 18x44fg, 4x11 3s. L. Smith 12 pts off bench on 6x9ft, 3x5fg. D. Goodwin 6 rebs, 8 pts. Wells, 0-2, 17x53fg. M. Mayen 15 pts, 13 reb. Devils draw Ithaca on Saturday

[jdex]

Oneonta pulls away for 78-58 wn over Kean at F&M tourney. OSt up 39-33 midway, quickly hikes margin to double figures and never relinquish. Five starters deliver all but four points. F. Kelly 16 pts, 7 assts; L. Slivinsky 16 pts; D. Lee 14 pts(4x8 3s); D. McLaren 14 pts; N. Sarchioto 14 pts, 8 rebs. Debuting RDragons 26x57fg, 9x29 3s. Kean 1-1

Salem St. 92, Potsdam 63 although much closer contest till late.
New Paltz 85, Centenary 79
Montclair 97, Brockport 92

[magicman]

Plattsburgh with an early lead at Rochester 23-17 forcing the Yellowjackets to call a time out. 12-0 run gives the Cards a double digit lead 27-17.

The roller coaster continues as Uof R goes on an 18-6 spurt to take the lead 35-33. with 1 :35 left in the half.

Half ends with Rochester up 36-35.

[jdex]

Brockport nearly comes all the way back against Montclair, trailing 48-41 at the half and by 19 with 13:24 left. Eagles within three at 8:35 on G. Williams' ft's, again at 78-75 at 5:36 on J. Ivy hoop and by four at 0:36. Montclair resilient enough and three times hikes margin to nine when Bport approaches. Free throws settle season opener for both. Montclair 27x42 to Eagles 16x26. From the field Bport 36x76, Montclair 34x76 and 51-45 board edge. Williams 24 pts(8x18fg, 3x7 3s), 8 rebs, 4 blcks in 34'; L. Legister off the bench for 23 pts(10x18fg), 4 assts in 27'; K. Green 12 pts, 8 rebs. And D. Klein 0 pts, 5pf in 13'. Montclair's A. August 31 pts, 15 rebs in 39'

[magicman]

I expected Potsdam to have their hands full with Salem State who returned a ton from last year's 20-7 regular season MASCAC champs.

Didn't think that Brockport would lose to Montclair State though.

Real surprised that Oneonta won by 20.

Fredonia 2-0. Good non-conference start for the Blue Devils.

[jdex]

New Paltz withstands Centenary comeback at Scranton. Hawks ahead 38-29 at the break but see foe take five point lead at 12:56. NP back on top at 8:20 on H. Wichard trey and builds margin to nine. Centenary closes to one at 3:22 before S. Jenkins answers with bucket for NP. Thrice in final minute finds Centenary within two. M. Devine responds with deuce, N. Taldi with ft's, and Devine from the line at 0:12. Devine 28 pts(9x18fg, 9x10ft), 12 rebs, 5 assts in 39'; Wichard 19 pts(5x15fg), 15 rebs in 37'; Taldi 10 pts; D. Olsen 10 pts, 18 rebs. Hawks with 58 boards and 24x31ft to Cent's 13x17ft. NP opener, Cents 0-2

Cortland 36-28 over Delaware Valley at the half at Widener. Leads by as many as 12

[magicman]

Plattsburgh hanging with Rochester down 64-58 with 5:20 left to Play.

Oswego and Ithaca tied at 53 with 12:30 left to play.

[magicman]

Plattsburgh down by 3 with the ball and 2:34 left to play

[magicman]

Plattsburgh down 66-65 with the ball and 1:40 left to play.

Oswego with an 8-0 run to grab a 61-53 lead.

[magicman]

Plattsburgh grabs the lead 68-67 on a three by Shavar Fields with 26 seconds left to go.

[jdex]

Geneseo tumbles 81-72 to St. Joe's, LI at E. Connecticut. Knights take 38-37 halftime edge and involved in nip and tuck final period. Up by one at 6:10 and again at 4:41 on J. Jones hoops. Joe's seizes lead and mounts 10 point gap at 1:39. Gens with 59-34 reb advantage. Fire at 27x79fg clip. Jones 19 pts(8x19fg), 6 rebs; R. Riefenhauser 13 pts, 12 rebs. Knights 0-2 and face Worcester St. in consi. Worcester beaten 68-48 by EC

[magicman]

Plattsburgh called for a blocking foul against Dibartolomeo and he goes to the line and makes the first one to tie the game. He misses the 2nd one and Rochester gets the rebound and scores.  Cards come down and miss a shot and after a scramble for a loose ball a foul is called against the Cards. Coach Curle gets called for a technical, and after Rochester goes to the line Curle gets T'd up again and tossed.  Final score 74-68. I think we got jobbed. Even the Uof R announcers said that Dibartolomeo got bailed out on the blocking foul called against Plattsburgh when we had the lead  with 20 seconds left.

[magicman]

Oswego tops Ithaca 74-71.