Dragon TalesOfficial Newsletter

of Oneonta State Athletics

Volume 2, No. 3 Spring/Summer, 2001

SOFTBALL WINS SUNYAC TITLERed Dragons Advance to Regional Final Game

In this issue...--Softball Recap, pg. 1+2--Don Flewelling Retires from Oneonta State, pg. 2--Men’s Lacrosse Recap, pg. 3--Men’s Tennis Recap, pg. 4--Baseball Recap, pg. 5--Women’s Lacrosse Recap, pg. 6--Three Sport Standout Liz McGrail, pg. 7--Soccer Duo Bring Home Gold Medal, pg. 7--Weaver and Rummery Attend Leadership

Conference, pg. 8--Spring Athletes of the Week, pg. 8--Chi Alpha Sigma Induction, pg. 8--Athletic Awards 2000-01, pg. 9--Spring Honor Roll, pg. 9--Scott Meyer Signs With The Reds, pg. 10--Paula Polce Attends Professional

Tryout Camp, pg. 10--Verizon Academic Honors, pg. 11--SUNYAC Spring Commissioner’s List, pg. 11--Paula Polce Selected as New York Scholar Athlete, pg. 11--CHAMPS Review 2000-01, pg. 12--Spring Scoreboard, pg. 13--Fall Schedules, pg. 14--Join the Red Dragon Club, pg. 15--Alumni Feature of Jamey Sunshine, pg. 16--New Outdoor Athletic Fields Under Construction, pg. 16

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. IIItournament. 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 bestway 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 wouldtake. 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 seniorleadership and it was also evident that the squad had some solid pitching in the form of two freshmen, Liz Scimeca (Sayville, N.Y.) and CaraLimongelli (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 weeksbefore 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 openerto 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 theroad. They put themselves in first place in the conference with an opportunity tohost the conference tournament the first weekend in May. During the run, the trioof arms for Oneonta each won seven straight decisions. Offensively, seniors LizMcGrail (Stamford, N.Y.) and Samantha Fancher (Binghamton, N.Y.) wereswinging hot bats as both players raised their averages to well over .400 with slugging percentages betterthan .500.

The Red Dragons went 5-1 to end the regular season and entered the SUNYAC tournament as thetop 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 latecharge by Geneseo to win 6-5 and then followed with a 4-2 win over Cortland to put themselves in the titlegame on the final day. Trailing 6-1after five innings to Cortland, Oneonta

rallied in the last two innings to win 8-7 to clinch the SUNYAC championship.Oneonta was seeded first in the five-team Northeast Regional tournament hosted by

Ithaca College during the second weekend of May. Their opening game was against Kings Collegeof Pennsylvania and they won 5-1 to move into the winners bracket of the double eliminationtournament. The next day rain delayed the start of their game with Ithaca and, when they finallygot a chance to play, the hosts rallied to win 9-4. The next day Oneonta defeated St. John Fisher 2-1 and then beat Ithaca 3-2 to force a deciding game which was postponed until Monday atnoontime. The Red Dragons were eliminated behind a tremendous pitching performance by theBombers 5-0.

Alayna Isby (Nassau, N.Y.), Andrea Bradford (Middletown, N.Y.), Melissa LaBarre(Conklin, N.Y.), McGrail and Limongelli were all selected to the All-Tournament Team for theirperformances over the five games.

Batting Leaders:Average: .................................... Liz McGrail, .444.........................................Samantha Fancher, .424OB%: ............................................... Fancher, .477........................................................ McGrail, .476SB: ...................................................... Fancher, 20........................McGrail and Beth Oppenheimer, 7Runs: ................................................... Fancher, 51

2001 SUNYAC Champions

Alayna Isby

MelissaLaBarre

........................................................... McGrail, 372B: ..................................................... McGrail, 15...................................................... Tara Hinkle, 103B: ........................................................ Fancher, 5................................... McGrail and Hilary Jake, 2HR’s: ............................................. Kelli Winnie, 5................................... McGrail and Alayna Isby, 3RBI’s: ........................................................ Isby, 38........................................................... McGrail, 30TB: ..................................................... McGrail, 88............................................................ Fancher, 72Slugging: ........................................ McGrail, .652............................................................... Isby, .531

Pitching Leaders:Wins: ...................................... Cara Limongelli, 16..................................................... Liz Scimeca, 12Winning%: ............................... Moxley, .818 (9-2)............................................. Scimeca, .800 (12-3)IP: ................................................ LiMongelli, 137........................................................ Scimeca, 88.2ERA: ................................................. Moxley, 1.39.................................................... Limongelli, 1.74SO: ................................................. LiMongelli, 79........................................................... Scimeca, 42Saves: ............................................... Limongelli, 3

Flew completes flight with O-StateDon Flewelling is gettin’ while the gettin’s good.

After leading the Oneonta State softball team to within a gameof an NCAA Division III World Series berth this spring,longtime teacher and coach Don Flewelling has retired.Flewelling leaves behind a legacy in two sports that may ormay not be seen anytime soon, but leaves as a Red Dragonthrough and through.

Flewelling came to Oneonta State in 1967 and never lookedback. He built a men’s basketball program into a regional andnational contender including playing for the NCAA Div. III titlein 1977. He is the winningest basketball and softball coach inthe college’s history and, during his 11 years as the softball

coach, Flewelling never had a losing season and led the program to two SUNYAC titlesand two NCAA berths - the only such heights in the history of the softball program.

Flewelling officially retired after the first semester of the 2000-2001 collegeyear, but agreed to coach his 11th season of softball on a part-time basis.

“This transition is not a happy one because we lose Don Flewelling,” AthleticDirector Steve Garner said. “He deserves the next part of his life, but we’re sad forOneonta because we’re really losing a warrior.”

“Don is a throwback,” Garner continues. “In the old days, people could coachanything. 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 afterlosing in the Northeast Region championship to Ithaca College on May 14. Besides hisconference honor, Flewelling was selected as the NYSWCAA State Coach of the Yearand 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 of269-106.

“I think any time you’ve done something for 40 years, I mean, I was always acoach, “Flewelling said. “It’ll be something I’ll miss for sure. This is a great way tofinish.”

Flewelling, a native of Glens Falls, is a 1964 graduate of Cortland State and a1965 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 MynderseAcademy.

Flewelling retired from coaching men’s basketball after the 1989-90 seasonbecause of health reasons, said Garner who took over the program in 1990.

“No one wanted to see him step down then either,” said Garner, who has beenat Oneonta State for 22 years and has served as the school’s athletic director for the lastseven years.

“His real love is coaching,” said Al Sosa, who has known Flewelling sincetheir college days at Cortland. “Some of us enjoy the teaching, but all along, his reallove and ambition was pretty much basketball.

“He’s the kind of guy that was on the road all the time, he’d sleep in hisoffice,” Sosa said. “He got out of basketball and we needed to reassign him. ... Ireassigned 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 wedid.

“He learned and he adjusted and became a very good coach for the softballprogram,” 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 thatwas available after print.)

Andrea Bradford

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Beth Oppenheimer

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 9-5overall and 5-1 in the SUNYAC. Their only conference loss came to Cortland on the road which was for the automaticberth to the NCAA tournament.

The spring season opened at Virginia Wesleyan on Mar. 3 with a 13-8 win. Junior SteveKramer (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 twoassists. The Red Dragons made it two-in-a-row to open the season with a come-from-behind 11-10win 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 rivalHartwick. The Red Dragons then ran off seven straight victories to raise their record to 9-2 overallentering 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 twogames during the streak as they defeated Brockport 20-3 and Potsdam 20-9. Leading the way forthe 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 asthey faced two nationally ranked teams in Ithaca and Cortland while facing a solid RIT squad in the season finale. Thefirst test was at Ithaca and Oneonta was hanging tough at 6-6 before the hosts put together a 5-1 third quarter to pull awayfor 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 inconference play. The contest was played tight throughout the entire four quarters. In the end, the rival Red Dragons heldon 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 RedDragons from any postseason. Oneonta did place seven players on the All-SUNYAC Team including three on the FirstTeam while Jim Nagle was selected as Coach of the Year.

Statistics Leaders:Scoring

Matt Puerta .............. 38 G/28 A/66 PTSAnthony Pisciotto .... 30 G/11 A/41 PTSMike Massari ........... 16 G/24 A/40 PTSSteve Kramer ............. 25 G/3 A/28 PTSBrian Balash .............. 13 G/6 A/19 PTS

Goalkeeping

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

Mike Louer

Mike MassariTravis Warholic

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Matt Puerta

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’tknow what to expect with the influx of new players to reshape his lineup, but the results speak for themselves. Thenucleus 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 matchesand the ITA/Rolex Regional qualifier. The Red Dragons were second in the season openingRensselaer Invitational by a point as freshman Patrick O’Toole (Liverpool, N.Y.) and sophomoreMike Ruger (Corning, N.Y.) won individual titles. A 5-2 win over Rensselaer was next for Oneontafollowed by a fourth place finish at the Flower City Tournament in Rochester. The fall season endedwith 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. TheRed Dragons returned from the journey with a well deserved 3-2 record. The trip opened with a 7-0loss 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 CarthageCollege. O’Toole led the way on the trip with a 4-1 singles record while Ruger and Dredge eachwent 3-2.

Oneonta swept through the northern part of their schedule with a 7-0 record. Their closest match was a 4-3 winover Ithaca on the road.

Mike Ruger

Greg Dehaas

Justin Weisenthal

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Individual r ecords:Singles

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

Doubles

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

Patrick O’Toole

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 weatherplay havoc with the schedule and forced many back-to-back doubleheaders which affected the pitching staff effectiveness over thelong 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 registeredwins over Gettysburg, Ursinus, Richard Stockton and Alvernia the last of which ended their trip. Leading theway was senior ace Scott Meyer (Clifton Park, N.Y.) who went 1-1 on the trip with back-to-back ninestrikeout performances while allowing no earned runs.

When the Red Dragons returned home they found six inches of snow on the ground which kept themindoors for three weeks. They finally were able to find a place to play in Newburgh, N.Y. where they playedtwo SUNYAC doubleheaders against Utica-Rome and Oswego. They came through the weekend with a 1-3record with their win being 16-0 over Utica-Rome in the opening game on the first day. In the game, Meyerwent the distance striking out 15 batters to raise his record to 2-1. Leading the offense were senior BrendanHeslin (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 whileCorbin 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 19strikeouts in registering the complete game, nine-inning win. Meyer became only the 10th player in Div. III to record 19 strikeouts ina nine inning game.

The Red Dragons officially opened their home season with a doubleheader sweep of Cazenovia. Oneonta came from behindto win the opener 10-9 and then got a solid pitching effort from sophomore Mike Braunstein (Hollis Hills, N.Y.) to win the night cap7-1.

During the final stretch of the season when the team went 8-2 they outscored their opponents 88-45. During those 10 gamesthey 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 overClarkson who was seeded second in the ECAC Div. III Upstate New York Tournament.

Batting Leaders:

Average: ...................... Brendan Heslin, .393........................................ Jason Corbin, .355OB%: .........................................Heslin, .471.................................................... Kelly, .465SB: ................................................ Heslin, 23..................................................... Corbin, 12Runs: .............................................Heslin, 35..................... Corbin and Ryan Bierwiler, 262B: ........................................... Bierwiler, 13....................................................... Corbin, 93B: ........................... Heslin and Loiacono, 6HR’s: ...............................................Heslin, 5.................................... Joe Argen, Loiacono,........................................... and Bob Kelly, 3RBI’s: ............................................ Heslin, 31................................................. Loiacono, 27TB: ................................................ Heslin, 86................................................. Loiacono, 66Slugging: ...................................Heslin, .637.................................... Geoff Loiacono, .512

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

Andy Slezak

Brendan Heslin

Geoff Loiacono

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Brendan Heslin

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Women’s Lacrosse Team Has Growing Pains

The 2001 women’s lacrosse team went through growing pains this spring as the roster included 15players who were sophomores or freshmen. The squad finished with a record of 5-10 overall whilemissing the SUNYAC tournament with a 3-5 record in conference play. Coach Dombrowskicompleted her third, and final, season as head coach as she will now concentrate her full effortstoward the field hockey program while the college searches for a full time lacrosse coach thissummer.

The season was supposed to begin on March 9 at Hartwick, but the game was postponeddue to bad weather conditions. Instead the spring opened down south in Florida with a game againstRensselaer 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 ofRhode 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 JillScala (Floral Park, N.Y.) all would earn All-SUNYAC Honorable Mention for their seasons. Andrews was also honoredby the NYSWCAA for her season by being selected to the All-New York State Third Team.

Statistics Leaders:

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

GoalkeepingJessica Clarke....................... 900 MP/203 SVS/.. .508 SV%/197 GA/13.13 GAA

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Pam Intorcia

Nicole McCullagh

Jill Scala

Sarah Andrews

Senior achieves a unique athletic feat, NCAA tournamentappearances in three sports

JOHN KEKISAP Sports Writer

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) _ Ask Liz McGrail what her greatest athletic achievement has beenduring her senior year at Oneonta State College and she stares into space with a puzzled look.

Maybe it was the soccer game last fall against Ithaca College, when she scored twiceincluding the game- winner in overtime and had an assist.

Or the game-saving, diving catch she made last week behind shortstop against Geneseo in theState University of New York Athletic Conference softball tournament.

Or the conference basketball championship game against Cortland which Oneonta State alsowon when she guarded 6-foot-5 Kate Smith.

“You couldn’t ask for a better senior year, I guess,’’ said McGrail, 23, an elementaryeducation major who aspires to be a college coach some day.

That’s putting it mildly. On Monday, McGrail finished competing inher third NCAA Division III tournament this year. The NCAA has norecords on file of an athlete who qualified for postseason tournament play inthree team sports in one school year, but Oneonta State already is calling it arecord.

“Certainly, there are no official records on that, but it’s definitely a rareoccurrence,’’ NCAA Director of Statistics Jim Wright said.

As rare as this athlete, who has excelled despite tearing up both kneesthe first injury coming just 10 minutes into her first college game atDivision I Campbell University in North Carolina.

In her four years at Oneonta, McGrail has been at the heart of sevenNCAA Division III tournament appearances by the Red Dragons. Beforeshe transferred from Campbell after one semester there, the lone Oneontateam to make an NCAA tournament was the 1976 men’s basketball team.

“She’s unbelievable! I’ve never seen anybody that can go from onesport to the next and make a contribution,’’ said softball coach Don Flewelling, who’s been coaching atOneonta since 1966. ``You get some kids that can play one sport and is a good player in another sport,but this is a tremendous player in three different sports. She exudes a quiet confidence and has atremendous resolve to be successful in anything she does. She’s something special.’’

McGrail honed her skills while growing up in tiny Stamford, about 20 miles east of Oneontaat the northwest edge of the Catskill Mountains. And she had to be aggressive she’s No. 9 of Catherineand James McGrail’s 12 children.

“Neither of my parents pushed me into sports, but when I was 5, two of my older brothersused to have me shag their baseballs for hours and hours,’’ said McGrail, who played Little League withthe guys and one year of American Legion baseball. ``We used to play soccer, too, and we could have alittle game of our own. I was told to stand by the goal, and if the ball came by to kick it in.’’

Lesson well-learned. McGrail was a first-team Division III All-American forward in soccerlast fall, a first for Oneonta State, and became the first SUNYAC player to earn conference MVP honorsthree consecutive seasons. The Red Dragons won the conference title and reached the NCAA tournamenteach of those seasons and went 65-15-8 overall in her four years. She leaves as the school’s all-timeleading scorer in soccer for men and women with 59 goals, 19 assists and 24 game-winning goals.

As a guard-forward on the basketball team, McGrail was the first player off the bench thisseason as the Red Dragons went 26-2, the best record ever for an Oneonta women’s team. She averaged6.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 assists per game to help her team back to the postseason.

And as the star centerfielder on the softball team, McGrail batted .462 and had a .701slugging percentage to lead the Red Dragons to their best season in school history (38-10).

“To be a triathlete is amazing enough by itself,’’ said teammate Carrie Andino, of Plattsburgh,N.Y., who plays third base. “Not only is she good in three sports, but she’s really humble about heraccomplishments.

To be an amazing player and an amazing person, too, is really respectable.’’McGrail hoped to end her college career on a winning note, but it didn’t happen. Oneonta was

beaten 5-0 by Ithaca on Monday in the championship game of the Northeast Region, missing a chancefor a berth in the Division III World Series.

“When I look back, winning the three conference championships this year was awesome,’’she said. “I’ve been to the national tournament in each sport prior to this year. This time, I would haveloved to win one. This was my last chance.’’

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 notsomething 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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ONEONTA STATE SOCCERPLAYERS BRING

HOME GOLDLiz McGrail and Liz Grosser Lead United

States to a Gold Medal in Australia

Liz McGrail and Liz Grosser hada strong week of competition at the sixthArafura Games in Darwin, Australia from May19-26 and helped a team of college playersfrom across the U.S. earn a gold medal. ForMcGrail it is one more honor for the muchdecorated three-sport athlete that finished thispast spring in the NCAA softball tournamentwhile Grosser has a great lead-in to her finalseason which will begin on Sept. 1 in Roches-ter, N.Y.

The U.S.team went undefeated inthe competition with a5-0 record includingtheir 6-0 win over thehost country, AliceSprings, in the goldmedal game. BothMcGrail and Grosserfigured into the scoringfor the U.S. withMcGrail ending theGames as the top scorer in the women’sbracket. McGrail scored eight goals in the fourgames that they played - one game was wonby forfeit - including two three-goal games oneof which came in the final. Grosser finishedwith two goals and also was the player whomarked the oppositions best player. TheUnited States collected six total medals at theGames, three of which were gold includingthe medal earned by the women’s soccer team.

From small beginnings ten yearsago, the Arafura Games is now a leading in-ternational sporting competition for the devel-oping athletes of the Asia-Pacific region. Heldevery two years in Darwin, the capital ofAustralia’s Northern Territory, the ArafuraGames is billed as a meeting of ‘SportingNeighbours’ and attracts competitors from allparts of Australia, nations throughout the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

The Arafura Games began in 1991as the Arafura Sports Festival, with 1500 par-ticipants from seven countries competing in13 sports. By the time the fifth Games wereheld in 1999, participation had soared to morethan 3100 athletes representing 20 nations,with competition in 26 sports.

The Arafura Games offer a uniqueopportunity for athletes to gain exposure tointernational competition. Many ArafuraGames athletes use the Games as a steppingstone to other regional events such as the SouthEast Asian Games, the East Asian Games andthe South Pacific Games.

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RUMMERY AND WEAVER SELECTED TOPARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Sophomores Will Travel to Disney Worldfor NCAA Sponsored Event

Oneonta State sophomores Ryan Rummery of Biggin Hill,England and Tristen Weaver of Ithaca, N.Y. have been selected toparticipate in the fifth annual NCAA Foundation LeadershipConference. The conference will be held May 28 through June 1 atDisney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

The mission of the NCAA Foundation LeadershipConference is to provide a diverse group of the nation’s top student-athletes an opportunity to actively participate in challenging andthought-provoking activities that will enable them to become betterleaders on their campuses and in their communities. As a result ofparticipation, the student-athletes will enhance their communicationskills, decision-making and problem-solving skills, critical-thinkingskills and collaborative skills. The conference also promotes bettercommunication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators,faculty and communities.

Weaver is a member of the swimming & diving team atOneonta. She owns three individual school records in the 400-yardindividual medley and the 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle. She is alsopart of the 200, 400 and 800-yard freestyle relay foursomes that haveschool records as well. This past winter she qualified in six indi-vidual events for the SUNYAC championships. Weaver was alsohonored for her academic achievements this winter when she wasselected to the Verizon Academic Fall/Winter At-Large Second Teamfor District 1.

Rummery is a member of the College’s Div. I men’s soccerteam which has posted back-to-back winning seasons. Rummery hasbeen a two-year starter and the team’s leading scorer during that timewhile being an All-Region selection as a rookie in 1999.

The 2000 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference willfocus on topics identified during the nomination process as well astopics recommended by members of the Divisions I, II, and IIINCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committees who serve as anAssociation-wide voice for student-athlete issues. Topics for pastconferences have included developing leadership skills, changingperception, developing political skills and utilizing the student-athletecommittee.

A total of 300 student-athletes have been invited to attendthe 2001 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference from a total of1,084 nominations. Student-athletes were nominated from NCAAmember institutions that participate in the CHAMPS/ Life Skillsprogram. Participating student-athletes will represent all NCAAdivisions, 22 different sports and more than 20 countries.

Ryan Rummery

Tristen Weaver

Spring Athletes of the Week, 2000-01

March 12Anthony Pisciotto, Lacrosse

Rick Vesely, Baseball

March 19Scott Meyer, Baseball

Melissa DiRaddo, Lacrosse

March 26Alayna Isby, Softball

Andrea Bradford, Softball

April 2Matt Puerta, Lacrosse

Jessica Clarke, Lacrosse

April 9Mike Ruger, Tennis

Cara LiMongelli, Softball

April 16Brendan Heslin, Baseball

Liz McGrail, Softball

April 23Mike Louer, LacrosseLiz Scimeca, Softball

April 30Melissa LaBarre, SoftballJohn Schofield, Baseball

May 7Softball Team

Athletes of the YearLiz McGrail, Soccer/Basketball/Softball

Rubin Prophete, Wrestling

2001 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductees(National Student Honor Society)

Name Sport Major

Kelly Keyes Field Hockey Elementary Education

Melinda Kilmer Volleyball Dietetics

Nicole McCullagh Field Hockey/Lacrosse

Elementary Education

Lizbeth Oppenheimer Softball Biology

Angela Reina Basketball Elementary Education

Joseph Santo Basketball Business

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2000-2001 Athletic Awards

.............................................................................................. MALE/FEMALERookie of the Year: ..................................................... Patrick O’Toole (tennis).................................................................................. Lacey Musso (volleyball)Valor Award: ...............................................................Matt Brown (basketball)........................................................................... Veronica Hawley (swimming)Steve Blackmon Award: ........................................ Rubin Prophete (wrestling)G. Hal Chase Award: ......................................................Mitch Waters (soccer)...................................................... Nicole McCullagh (field hockey/Lacrosse)................................................................................. Melissa LaBarre (softball)Most Outstanding Single Performance: ....................... Scott Meyer (baseball)................................................................................. Kristen Henniger (soccer)Scholar Athlete Award: ...................................................Mitch Waters (soccer)Lee Abbot Scholar Athlete Award: ............................. Paula Polce (basketball)Athlete of the Year: ................................................ Rubin Prophete (wrestling)........................................................... Liz McGrail (soccer/basketball/softball)Ross Cordell Award: ............................................................... Dr. James Elting

Team MVP’s

Men’s Soccer: .................................................................................... James RileyWomen’s Soccer: .............................................................................. Liz McGrailField Hockey: .......................................................................... Nicole McCullaghVolleyball: ........................................................................................ Lacey MussoWomen’s Swimming & Diving: ................................................... Tristen WeaverMen’s Swimming & Diving: ........................................................ Rudy MercadoMen’s Basketball: .......................................................................... Craig Dawson.......................................................................................................... John HortonWomen’s Basketball: ..................................................................... Kristin LemonWrestling: .................................................................................... Rubin PropheteWomen’s Lacrosse: ....................................................................... Sarah AndrewsBaseball: ...................................................................................... Brendan HeslinSoftball: ............................................................................................ Liz McGrailWomen’s Tennis: ............................................................................... Beth MullerMen’s Tennis: .................................................................................. Greg DehaasMen’s Cross Country: ............................................................... Sean McCormickWomen’s Cross Country: ............................................................ Dawn KoopmanMen’s Lacrosse: ................................................................................... none given

2001 SPRING HONOR ROLL

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Men’s Lacrosse

Mike Louer ’04 ......................... ECAC Goaltender of the Week, 4/24................................................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team..................... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, Honorable Mention

Matt Puerta ’02 .......................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team...................................... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 1st Team

Dave Kilcourse ’02 .................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team

Mike Massari ’02 ...................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team

Steve Kramer ’02 ...................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team

Tracis Warholic ’03 .................. SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team

Seth Baker ’03 .......................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 2nd Team

Jim Nagle ............................................... SUNYAC Coach of the Year

Baseball

Brendan Heslin ’01 .................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team......................................................... All-New York Region, 1st Team...................................... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 1st Team

Scott Meyer ’01 ......................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team..................................... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 2nd Team

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

Softball

Team ................................................................. SUNYAC Champions........................................... NCAA Div. III Northeast Region Finalist

Individual

Liz McGrail ’01 ......................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team.............................................. NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team........................................................... NFCA All-Northeast, 1st Team...................................... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 1st Team

Melissa LaBarre ’01 .................. SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team.............................................. NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team........................................................... NFCA All-Northeast, 3rd Team

Alayna Isby ’01............................ ECAC Upstate New York Hitter of the Week, 3/26................................................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team.............................................. NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team........................................... NFCA All-Northeast, 2nd Team At-Large..................................... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, 2nd Team

Andrea Bradford ’01.................. SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team.............................................. NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team........................................................... NFCA All-Northeast, 3rd Team..................... ECAC Upstate New York All Star, Honorable Mention

Tara Hinkle ’03 .......................... SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team

Cara Limongelli ’04 .................. SUNYAC All-Conference, 1st Team....................................................... SUNYAC First Player of the Year.............................................. NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team

Beth Oppenheimer ’03 ..................... NFCA All-Northeast, 2nd Team......................................... Verizon Academic All District 1, 1st Team

Sandra Moxley ’03.......................... ECAC Upstate New York Pitcher of the Week, 4/24

Don Flewelling ...................................... SUNYAC Coach of the Year........................................................... NYSWCAA Coach of the Year

Flewelling, John Speranzi and Jesse Coughlin.......................... NFCA Northeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year

Women’s Lacrosse

Sarah Andrews ’03 ... SUNYAC All-Conference, Honorable Mention........................................NYSWCAA All-New York State, 3rd Team

Pam Intorcia ’02 ....... SUNYAC All-Conference, Honorable Mention

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

Miscellaneous:Mitch Waters ’01..... Verizon Fall/Winter At-Large Academic All-District 1, 2nd Team

Tristen Weaver ’03..... Verizon Fall/Winter At-Large Academic All-District 1, 2nd Team

Paula Polce ’01 ........................... NYSWCAA Scholar Athlete Award...................... Verizon Basketball Academic All-District 1, 2nd Team

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Scott Meyer Signs withthe Cincinnati Reds

Graduated Red Dragonpitcher Scott Meyer of Clifton Park,N.Y. became the first baseballplayer in nearly twenty years to joina professional sports team when hesigned a contract with the Cincin-nati Reds of Major League Baseball.He wasn’t drafted on Tuesday orWednesday June 5 and 6 whenMajor League Baseball holds itsamateur draft, but was signed theday after by John Brickley of the

Reds to join other free agents and draftees in Florida for evalua-tion and assignment.

“About 10 minutes after the draft ended, Mr. Brickleycalled me from Boston,” said Meyer, a left-handed pitcher. “Hesaid he wanted to drive out here Thursday and sign me. I said,“I’m ready to go.”

The Reds signed Meyer to a free-agent contract, whichwas finalized Thursday at Meyer’s home.

Meyer, who went 20-6 with a 2.93 ERA in four seasonsat O-State, reported to the Reds week-long mini-camp inSarasota, Fla., on Monday June 11. From there, he will eitherstay in Florida to play in the Gulf Coast League or go toBillings, Mont., to play for the Reds’ Pioneer League affiliate.

Meyer, who had been told by Brickley and fellow Redsscout Joe Kissner that he’d probably be chosen in the laterrounds, said the two-day wait before hooking up with a teamwas difficult.

“It was the longest two days,” he said. “Every time the

phone rang, I was thinking it was a team. But it was just myfriends calling me. Pretty soon, I was yelling at them to stopcalling me.”

Though he’d rather have been drafted, Meyer said hewas pleased with the end result.

“Being drafted is nice,” he said. “But I’m in the sameboat now as the other guys. I’m just living my dream, playingpro ball.”

Meyer, who also drew interest from the PittsburghPirates and Baltimore Orioles, said his biggest on-field improve-ment came after he realized he wouldn’t succeed on his 80-mphfastball alone.

As a result, he expanded his repertoire to include acurve ball and a change-up while the velocity on his fastballimproved to 88 mph, he said.

“I just became more of a pitcher,” he said. “I knowwhat to throw in certain situations.”

A sure sign of Meyer’s improvement and potentialcame on April 12 in a game against Brockport in which he struckout 19, becoming just the 10th pitcher in Division III history tostrike out that many in a nine-inning game.

“I was in the bullpen warming up before the game andwhen I was coming into the dugout, I told the catcher, “I don’tthink I have much today,’” Meyer recalled. “But I got out thereand I had command and control.”

In 2001, Meyer went 3-2 with a 2.74 ERA and 77strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings. He was a first-team All-SUNYACand was a second-team ECAC all-star.

Collegiately, Meyer struck out 242 in 199 2/3 innings.He completed 19 of his 30 starts, had five shutouts and battershit .211 against him.

Polce Gets Invited

to Pro Basketball

Tryout Camp

After becoming the first women’s

basketball player in school history

to earn All-America honors, First

Team All-American Paula Polce got

a taste of the big time when she was

invited to the Women’s Pro Basketball Showcase held at

Life University in Atlanta, Ga. Back in June. Representa-

tives from the WNBA and European professional leagues

were in attendance to evaluate and see if there were any

players that might had been missed or overlooked in their

scouting process.

“I’m sure I’ll see the best of the best,” said Polce

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

would be awesome to get a job like that.”

It’s an opportunity that Polce took seriously as she

worked out two to three times a day prior to leaving. She

expected that the competition would be top notch and

Polce said she’d need to play within herself. “That’s

probably my biggest problem, I get so nervous,” she said.

“I just have to have a good time and play basketball. If

anything comes out of it, it will be an added bonus.”

Head women’s coach Dan McGraw reported that

Paula thought she played well during the tryouts, but that

she wasn’t approached by anyone to offer her an opportu-

nity to play professionally.

At this time Polce will play in the Empire State

Games on the Central New York squad and will finish her

studies next year while working as a graduate assistant

coach with the women’s team at Oneonta.

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POLCE CHOSEN AS A TOP SCHOLAR-ATHLETESenior Honored by New York State

Senior basketball forward Paula Polce of Trumansburg,N.Y. was one of eight women to be selected as a top scholar-athlete by the New York State Women’s Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NYSWCAA). The honor for Polce is one ofmany that she has received for being an outstanding student-athlete.

Polce’s list of honors from this year include: First TeamAll-America from the Women’s Basketball CoachesAssociation, selection as the New York State Player of the

Year, the Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and theSUNYAC Player of the Year. She also earned All-Academic honors from theSUNYAC and was a Verizon Second Team Academic All-District 1 honoree forher achievements in the classroom.

Polce was the leading scorer for Oneonta State during the past twoseasons in which the team compiled a 42-18 record including a school-best 26-2record this winter. She led the SUNYAC in scoring and led the Red Dragons to aconference title and an NCAA berth. At one point during their run, Oneonta won24 straight games which was the longest such streak this year in Div. III women’sbasketball. Polce finished the season averaging 19.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, twosteals and two assists while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 77 percentfrom the free throw line.

Polce is the only woman in school history to surpass 1,000 points and600 rebounds for her career. She finished her four years with 1,278 points, 642rebounds, 152 assists and 168 steals and shot 48.9 percent from the field and73.8 percent from the charity stripe.

FOUR ONEONTA STATE ATHLETES RECEIVEVERIZON ACADEMIC HONORS

Tristen Weaver, Mitch Waters, Paula Polce and Beth OppenheimerAll Earn Academic All-District 1 Honors

Seniors Mitch Waters (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Polce alongwith sophomores Tristen Weaver (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Beth Oppenheimer (Webster,N.Y.) all earned academic honors this year as part of the Verizon Academic All-America program. The teams are voted on by the College Sports InformationDirectors of America and, to be eligible, the student-athlete must have at least a3.2 GPA and be a starter or significant contributor to their team.

Waters, who is majoring in economics, was captain of the soccer teamfor two years and helped lead the Red Dragons to back-to-back winning seasonsincluding an 11-6-1 last fall. He has excelled in the classroom during his fouryears 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 nationalAcademic All-American when he was selected to the GTE Fall/Winter At-LargeSecond Team.

Weaver is a biology major at Oneonta and was selected in her firstyear that she is eligible for the program. During her first two years with theswim program she has set three individual school records and is a member ofthree quartets that have school relay records. Weaver owns her school records inthe 400-yard individual medley and the 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events.She is part of the 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay squads that hold therecords in those events. This past winter she qualified for six individual eventsfor the SUNYAC championship and was a medalist in the 400-yard medley relayevent.

Polce was selected to the Verizon Women’s Basketball Second Teamwhile Oppenheimer was a First Team softball selection and appeared on thenational ballot. Oppenheimer is majoring in biology and was the starting secondbaseman for the SUNYAC champion softball team that finished 38-10. She hit.331 and scored 35 runs while driving in 17 runs.

SUNYAC RELEASES SPRING COMMISIONER’SLIST AND ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

28 Oneonta State Student-Athletes Make The Grade

State University of New York Athletic ConferenceCommissioner (SUNYAC), Patrick R. Damore, announced theCommissioner’s List and All-Academic Team for the springseason. To qualify for the honor, a student-athlete must be avarsity athlete, have competed for the entire spring season andhave maintained a 3.3 grade point average for three semesters tobe selected to the Commissioner’s List or have a 3.3 grade pointaverage for the spring semester to be selected to the All-Aca-demic Team.

Oneonta State had 28 individuals earn the honor, 10 ofwhich were on the Commissioner’s List. The following is alisting of those student-athletes who were selected fromOneonta.

COMMISSIONER’S LIST / ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMSPRING 2001

CL. AA ...... Name ................................ Yr ..................... Sport....... X ........ Sarah Andrews .................. So ................. LacrosseX .... X ........ Rhudolph Bembry .............. Sr ..................... Tennis

....... X ........ Robert Bianco .................... Fr ................. Lacrosse

....... X ........ Jacqueline Borsare ............. Sr .............. Swimming

....... X ........ Andrea Bradford ................ Sr ................... Softball

....... X ........ Justin Chandler .................. Fr ................ Wrestling

....... X ........ Adam Chard ....................... Fr ............... BasketballX ................. Jessica Clarke .................... So ................. Lacrosse

....... X ........ Kristen Hall ........................ Sr ............... Basketball

X .... X ........ Megan Halling .................. So .............. Swimming....... X ........ Ryan Harrington ................. Fr .............. Swimming

X .... X ........ Veronica Hawley ................ Sr .............. Swimming

....... X ........ Brendan Heslin .................. Sr .................. Baseball

....... X ........ Lorraine Kelly .................... Fr ............... Basketball

....... X ........ Robert Kelly ....................... Jr .................. Baseball

....... X ........ Nicoll LeGare..................... Jr ................... SoftballX .... X ........ Nicole McCullagh .............. Jr ................. Lacrosse

....... X ........ Patrick O’Toole .................. Fr ..................... Tennis

X .... X ........ Lizbeth Oppenheimer......... Jr ................... Softball....... X ........ Marisha Pawlik ................. So .............. Swimming

X .... X ........ Paula Polce ......................... Sr ............... Basketball

....... X ........ Kyle Roney ........................ Fr ................ WrestlingX ................. Michael Ruger ................... So ..................... Tennis

....... 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

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Incoming SAAC President,Nicole McCullagh

Outgoing SAAC President,Mitch Waters

Chi Alpha Sigma Class of 2001

Meet the Athletes DayInto the Streets

Jane Edwards, Guest Speaker

Real Life 101

Girl Scout Day

Meet the Athletes Day

2001 SPRING SCOREBOARD

TaraHinkle

2001 Baseball ResultsHead Coach: Rick Ferchen

Date Opponent(s) W/L Score3/10 vs Catholic University$ L 3-43/11 vs Gettysburg$ W 7-5

vs Alvernia$ T 6-63/12 vs Richard Stockton$ L 6-10

vs Washington College$ L 3-93/13 vs Ohio Valley College$ L 1-43/14 vs Ursinus$ W 3-13/15 vs Mount St. Mary$ L 3-4

vs Richard Stockton$ W 3-13/16 vs Simpson College$ L 1-14

vs Alvernia$ W 7-64/7 vs UTICA-ROME (DH)*# W 16-0

L 7-124/8 vs OSWEGO (DH)*# L 1-16

L 1-54/11 vs UNION (DH)## L 0-4

W 2-14/12 at Brockport (DH)* W 5-0

L 2-74/13 at Fredonia (DH)* W 13-7

L 5-64/17 at Ithaca L 6-104/18 CAZENOVIA (DH) W 10-9(8)

W 7-14/21 at New Paltz (DH)* L 3-5

L 1-34/22 CORTLAND (DH)* L 1-17

L 1-174/24 RENSSELAER L 3-154/25 at Hartwick W 9-24/26 at Utica L 5-84/28 KEUKA (DH) W 12-5

W 7-14/29 ST. JOSEPH (DH) W 16-3

W 4-15/1 HARTWICK W 6-15/5 ST. JOHN FISHER (DH) L 4-7

W 10-85/9 CLARKSON W 15-9Final Record: 18-20-1/3-9 SUNYAC*SUNYAC Game$games played in Florida on spring trip#games played at Delani-Hitch Stadium—

Newburgh, NY##games played at Siena College

Bob Kelly

2000-01 Men’s Tennis ResultsHead Coach: Jim Baker

Date Opponent(s) W/L Score9/9-10 at Rensselaer Invitational9/13 at Rensselaer W 5-29/16-17 Flower City Tournament 4th 32 pts9/20 at LeMoyne W 7-09/29-30 ITA/Rolex at Vassar

3/18 vs West Virginia Wesleyan$ L 0-73/19 vs Albright College$ W 4-33/20 vs Macalester College$ W 4-33/21 vs Connecticut College$ W 4-3322 vs Carthage College$ L 1-63/30 vs Nazareth (Liverpool, NY) W 6-14/5 at Ithaca W 4-34/6 at New Paltz W 6-14/17 UNION W 5-24/21 OSWEGO W 6-14/25 at Utica W 7-04/26 HARTWICK W 7-0Final Dual record: 12-2$matches played in Hilton Head, S.C.

2001 Men’s Lacrosse ResultsHead Coach: Jim Nagle

Date Opponent W/L Score3/3 at Virginia Wesleyan W 13-83/11 vs Lycoming$ W 11-103/17 vs RPI (at Freeport, NY High) L 8-183/25 at Hartwick L 9-10(OT)4/1 vs Plattsburgh* (at Hartwick) W 11-74/4 vs Oswego* (at Liverpool HS) W 14-74/8 GENESEO* (at Hartwick) W 15-64/11 UTICA-ROME* W 13-54/14 BROCKPORT W 20-34/17 ELMIRA W 16-84/21 POTSDAM* W 20-94/25 at Ithaca L 9-145/2 at Cortland* L 9-125/5 RIT L 14-17Final Record: 9-5/5-1 SUNYAC*SUNYAC game$game played at U of Scranton

2001 Women’s Lacrosse ResultsHead Coach: Michele Dombrowski

Date Opponent W/L Score3/13 vs Rensselaer$ L 5-153/16 vs Salve Regina$ W 15-123/18 at Hartwick L 7-133/24 SKIDMORE (at Hartwick) L 3-153/29 at Elmira W 14-93/31 vs Potsdam* (at Hamilton) W 16-74/3 at Nazareth L 5-154/8 BROCKPORT* (at Hartwick) L 5-134/10 at Union L 6-174/13 at New Paltz* W 15-84/16 GENESEO* L 8-114/17 CORTLAND* L 1-244/20 at Fredonia* L 13-164/21 at Buffalo State* W 11-74/24 OSWEGO* L 7-16Final Record: 5-10/3-5 SUNYAC*SUNYAC game$games played in Panama City Beach, Fla.

DaveKilcourse

2001 Softball ResultsHead Coach: Don Flewelling

Date Opponent(s) W/L Score3/20 vs Roger Williams$ W 8-1

vs Bethel$ W 16-63/21 vs Keene State$ W 10-0

vs North Central$ L 0-9vs Calvin$ W 9-1

3/23 vs Wesleyan$ L 1-7vs St. Ambrose$ W 8-0

3/24 vs Wisconsin-Stevens Pt.$ L 3-6vs. University of Chicago$ L 1-3vs Southern Maine$ L 4-6

4/7 at Geneseo (DH)* L 1-8W 6-5

4/8 at Brockport (DH)* L 1-2W 7-2

4/9 at Rensselaer (DH) W 4-1W 4-1

4/11 RUSSELL SAGE (DH) W 8-7(8)W 9-1(5)

4/12 at Cortland (DH)* W 1-0W 3-2

4/13 at Buffalo State (DH)* W 8-0(5)W 6-4

4/14 at Fredonia (DH)* W 2-1W 4-3

4/17 OSWEGO (DH)* W 4-1W 14-1(6)

4/19 NEW PALTZ (DH)* W 9-0(5)W 19-8(5)

4/20 UTICA (DH) W 9-1(6)W 9-1(5)

4/21 POTSDAM (DH)* W 10-2(5)W 14-0(5)

4/23 vs Hartwick at Oneonta State W 19-0(5)4/24 at Union (DH) W 2-0

L 2-34/26 at Plattsburgh (DH)* W 7-4

W 4-14/27 UTICA-ROME (DH)* W 14-2(5)

W 25-1(5)5/3 PLATTSBURGH# W 8-0(5)5/4 GENESEO# W 6-5

CORTLAND# W 4-25/5 CORTLAND# W 8-75/11 vs Kings College% W 5-15/12 at Ithaca College% L 4-95/13 vs St. John Fisher% W 2-1

at Ithaca College% W 3-25/14 at Ithaca College% L 0-5Final Record: 38-10/18-2 SUNYAC*SUNYAC Game$Spring Trip to Ft. Myers, Fla.#SUNYAC Tournament at Oneonta State (doubleelimination) - CHAMPIONS%NCAA Regional Tournament at Ithaca College(double elimination) - Runner up

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2001 Fall SchedulesMen’s Soccer Schedule

Head Coach: Ian McIntyre

Date ....Opponent ....................................... Time8/24 ..... at Syracuse(scrimmage) .............. 6:00 pm9/2 .......at UNH$ ...................................... 3:00 pm9/3 ....... vs Vermont$ .............................. 12:30 pm9/8 .......WEST VIRGINIA# ..................... 1:00 pm9/9 .......MERCER# .................................. 1:00 pm9/14 ..... at Philadelphia Univ.* ................. 4:00 pm9/16 ..... at Howard* .................................. 1:00 pm9/19 .....SIENA ......................................... 4:00 pm9/22 ..... at Marist ...................................... 1:00 pm9/28 .....ADELPHI* ................................. 4:00 pm10/2 ..... at Niagara .................................... 3:00 pm10/5 .....FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL* 4:00 pm10/9 ..... LAFAYETTE .............................. 4:00 pm10/13 ... IONA .......................................... 2:00 pm10/16 ...at Cornell ..................................... 7:00 pm10/20 ...at Binghamton* ........................... 1:00 pm10/24 ...at Colgate .................................... 7:30 pm10/30 ...at Canisius ................................... 4:00 pm11/3 .....HARTWICK* ............................. 1:00 pm*Atlantic Soccer Conference Game$at UNH Tournament#Mayor’s Cup Tournament

Women’s Soccer ScheduleCoaches: Tracey & David Ranieri

Date ....Opponent(s) ................................... Time9/1 ....... vs Eastern Connecticut# .................. Noon9/2 .......at Rochester# ............................... 3:30 pm9/7 ....... vs Western New England$ .......... 6:00 pm9/8 ....... vs College of New Jersey$ .......... 6:00 pm9/14 .....PLATTSBURGH* ...................... 4:00 pm9/15 .....POTSDAM* ............................... 1:00 pm9/18 ..... at Utica-Rome* ........................... 4:00 pm9/21 .....GENESEO* ................................ 4:00 pm9/22 .....BROCKPORT* ........................... 1:00 pm9/26 ..... at Hartwick .................................. 7:00 pm9/28 ..... at Fredonia* ................................ 4:00 pm9/29 ..... at Buffalo State* ......................... 1:00 pm10/3 .....HAMILTON ................................ 4:00 pm10/5 ..... at Cortland* ................................. 4:00 pm10/6 ..... at Oswego* ................................. 1:00 pm10/10 ...SCRANTON ............................... 4:00 pm10/13 ... ITHACA ......................................... Noon10/17 ...at New Paltz* .............................. 3:00 pm10/20 ...NYACK ....................................... 1:00 pm10/26-27 ........SUNYAC Tournament at NSHOF ... TBA10/31 ...NCAA First Round .......................... TBA*SUNYAC Game#University of Rochester Tournament$Mayor’s Cup at Hartwick

Field Hockey ScheduleHead Coach: Michele Dombrowski

Date ....Opponent ....................................... Time8/25 ..... at Hartwick playday (scrimmages) .. TBA8/31 ..... at Rensselaer ............................... 3:00 pm9/1-2 ....at Stowe Tournament (scrimmages) . TBA9/5 .......at Utica ........................................ 6:30 pm9/8 .......CORTLAND* ............................. 1:00 pm9/15 ..... at Nazareth .................................. 2:00 pm9/18 .....NEW PALTZ* ............................. 4:00 pm9/20 ..... at Elmira ...................................... 4:00 pm9/22 .....HARTWICK ............................... 1:00 pm9/25 ..... at Skidmore ................................. 4:00 pm9/28 .....BROCKPORT* ........................... 4:00 pm9/29 .....ROCHESTER ............................. 1:00 pm10/2 ..... at Union ....................................... 4:00 pm10/4 ..... at Geneseo* ................................. 4:00 pm10/10 ... ITHACA ..................................... 4:00 pm10/14 ...ST. LAWRENCE ........................ 1:00 pm10/16 ...HAMILTON ................................ 4:00 pm10/18 ...MANHATTANVILLE ................ 7:00 pm10/20 ...at Oswego* ................................. 2:00 pm10/24-28 ........NYSWCAA Tournament ................. TBA*SUNYAC game

Men’s Cross Country ScheduleHead Coach: Matt LoPiccolo

Date ....Opponent ....................................... Time9/1 .......Cardinal Classic at Plattsburgh . 11:00 am9/8 .......Pat Peterson Invitational............at Oswego ................................. 11:00 am9/15 ..... at Hartwick Invitational ............ 11:00 am9/22 .....NYU Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park................................................................ 11:00 am9/29 .....ONEONTA INVITATIONAL ... 11:00 am10/6 ..... at Hamilton Invitational ............ 11:00 am10/20 ...SUNYAC Championship............at New Paltz .................................... Noon10/27 ...at Saratoga State Park ................. 1:00 pm11/3 .....ECAC Championships............At Tufts (MA) University ............... Noon11/10 ...NCAA Regionals atVan Cortlandt Park............ (New York City) .............................. Noon

Women’s Tennis ScheduleHead Coach: Ed O’Malley

Date ....Opponent(s) ................................... Time9/1 .......at Plattsburgh ................................... TBA............ vs Green Mountain ........................... TBA9/2 ....... vs Potsdam# .............................. 10:00 am9/4 .......RUSSELL SAGE ........................ 4:00 pm9/5 .......at Rensselaer ............................... 4:00 pm9/8 ....... vs Geneseo/Brockport............at New Paltz ........................... Noon/5 pm9/11 .....CORTLAND ............................... 4:00 pm9/13 ..... at New Paltz ................................ 4:00 pm9/15 .....WILLIAM SMITH .......................... TBA9/16 .....BUFFALO STATE .................... 10:00 am9/19 ..... at Union ....................................... 3:00 pm9/21- ....Rolex Regional Tourn23 ........ at William Smith .............................. TBA9/24 .....HARTWICK ............................... 3:30 pm9/27 ..... at Oswego ................................... 3:30 pm9/30 ..... at Ithaca ....................................... 2:00 pm10/3 .....GENESEO .................................. 4:00 pm10/5-7 ..SUNYAC Championship............at Limestone (Syracuse, NY) ........... TBA10/12- ..NYSWCAA Championships14 ........ at The Reis TC (Ithaca, NY) ............ TBA

Volleyball ScheduleHead Coach: Colleen Cashman

Date ....... Opponent .................................... Time8/31 ........ ONEONTA HOLIDAY INN RED............... DRAGON INVITATIONAL ... 4:00 pm9/1 .......... ONEONTA HOLIDAY INN RED............... DRAGON INVITATIONAL ... 9:00 am9/7-8 ....... at Brockport Invitational ............... TBA9/12 ........ UTICA ..................................... 7:00 pm9/14-15 ... at RIT Invitational ........................ TBA9/19 .......... at Union ............................................ 7:00 pm9/21-22 .... SUNYAC’s at Cortland .............. 5 pm/10 am9/26 .......... at Hartwick ....................................... 7:00 pm9/27-29 .... at Bates Invitational ............................... TBA10/5-6 ...... ONEONTA STATE................. INVITATIONAL .......................... 2 pm/9 am10/12-13 .. at Oswego Invitational ................. 4 pm/9 am10/19-20 .. SUNYAC’S AT ONEONTA ...... 4 pm/10 am10/24 ........ HAMILTON ..................................... 7:00 pm10/27-28 .. NYSWCAA CHAMPIONSHIP .... 9 am/9 am11/2-3 ....... SUNYAC Championship .......................TBA11/8-10 ..... NCAA or ECAC ..................................... TBA

Women’s Cross Country ScheduleHead Coach: Matt LoPiccolo

Date ....Opponent ....................................... Time9/1 .......Cardinal Classic at Plattsburgh . 11:00 am9/8 .......Pat Peterson Invitational............at Oswego ................................. 11:00 am9/15 ..... at Hartwick Invitational ............ 11:00 am9/22 .....NYU Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park................................................................ 11:00 am9/29 .....ONEONTA INVITATIONAL ... 11:00 am10/6 ..... at Hamilton Invitational ............ 11:00 am10/20 ...SUNYAC Championship............at New Paltz .............................. 11:00 am10/27 ...at Saratoga State Park ................. 1:00 pm11/3 .....ECAC Championships............at Tufts (MA) University .......... 11:00 am11/10 ...NCAA Regionals at Van Cortlandt Park............ (New York City) ........................ 11:00 am

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We are planning an atheltic alumni event for Saturday, October 13 at4:00 p.m. on the patio of our new soccer facility.

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NEW FIELDS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Dragon Tales is published three times yearly by the Sports Information Department at Oneonta State. It is printed with funds from the membership inthe Red Dragon Club. This issue was written and edited by Sports Information Director Geoff Hassard. The photos for this issue were taken by Geoff Hassardand 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 checkout the Red Dragon Club page on our web site at www.oneonta.edu/academics/athletics/rdclub/index.html.

The two new outdoor venues atOneonta are coming along nicely. Bothfacilities will be state of the art in surfacewith ammenities to be added in futurestages.

The two photos to the left showthe current condition of the area where theAstroTurf field and Track facility aregoing. In the coming months this facilitywill begin to show signs of completionwith the hopes of being ready for the fieldhockey season.

The photos to the right show thecurrent progress of the soccer stadium. Asyou can see the sod has already been putdown and the patio/grandstand area is inthe final stages of completion. Theprojection is to be hosting the men’sMayor’s Cup Tournament during theweekend of September 8 and 9.

Updated construction photos canbe found our our web site.

The green, green grass of home for the men’sand women’s soccer teams.

The “Great Retaining Wall of Oneonta” asviewed from Ravine Parkway.

The patio and grandstand area are taking shape.A look down the straight away from thestarting area for the 100-meter dash.

A bird’s eye view from our new softball fieldoverlooking the dirt that will soon be a turffield and track surface.

Alumni Profile - Jamey Sunshine ‘00

Jamey Sunshine

In the short time that Jamey Sunshine has beenaway from Oneonta, he has already positionedhimself for a successful career with the sport oftennis. As a four-year member of the men’steam at Oneonta he was a leader on and off thecourt and established himself as a person whohas the tools to succeed in whatever path hewas going to choose.

Right after graduation, Sunshine foundhimself in the Washington, D.C. area workingas a Tournament Associate for SFX SportsGroup. SFX is the largest promoter of liveentertainment worldwide, and the sports groupis one of the largest sports marketing andmanagement agencies in the world. SFX

represents such athletes as Michael Jordan and Andre Agassi whilespecializing in events, talent representation, naming rights and consult-ing. Sunshine was there for five months and during that time he wasprimarily responsible for helping to organize and manage the LeggMason Wild Card Challenge. He was involved in the marketing,promotion, and ticket sales for that event and was involved in the day-to-day management during the event. That experience and hands-onlearning brought him to his current position as Rankings Coordinator/Editor for atptennis.com with the ATP, the governing body for the men’sprofessional tennis circuit.

Sunshine received his Bachelor of Science degree in BusinessEconomics while minoring in Sports Management and BusinessCommunications. During his four years he received many honors andawards for his play on the tennis court as well as his accomplishmentsoff the court. He was co-captain and MVP of the men’s tennis team as asenior along with being co-recipient of the Male Scholar-Athlete Awardat the athletic banquet. He served as Vice President of the StudentAthlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and was a student body representa-tive to the Intercollegiate Athletic Board (IAB). He feels that hisinvolvement in many campus activities and clubs helped prepare himfor what he’s doing now.

“Being involved in various activities and clubs, such as theIAB and the SAAC, gave me experience that turned out to be invaluablein my profession,” said Sunshine. “It taught me how to interact withpeople and gave me the opportunity to work on my public speakingskills.”

Sunshine began volunteering for professional tennis tourna-ments in 1998. It was then that he was able to learn about the industryand meet many key people who helped organize the events. Heexperienced first hand the long hours that are put in to carry out theorganization of events as large as tennis tournaments.

“The sports industry requires long hours,” said Sunshine.“During my undergraduate years I got used to juggling many activitiesand managing my time. I prefer to be busy and during my four years atOneonta I was able to learn about time management and about commit-ment to what you’re involved in.”

Currently Sunshine maintains and produces the world widerankings for the ATP while serving as the Editor for atptennis.com, theNo. 1 tennis website in the world. He is based in Ponte Vedra Beach,Fla. which is the home base of the ATP and has been able to travelnationwide and internationally. He is primarily responsible forcalculating and maintaining the ATP Circuit worldwide rankings andhandles all ranking related questions with Federations, players, coachesand agents.

In additon, Sunshine has become the Web Site Administratorof the new internal website of the ATP. He provides editorial contentwhich includes writing match reports, tournament reviews, postingstories and updating results. He also maintains records of tournamentstatistics and examines tournament draws from non-ATP events to findany players who have illegally participated.

Sunshine is making a name for himself in a sport that heloves. He says that his experiences and his coaches and professors havegiven him opportunities that he can use in the future. “I just know thatOneonta put me in a position to succeed professionally and I want tosay thanks to all of my friends, coaches and professors who allowed meto be involved in all the activities while a student.”