Athletics

On Wednesday, State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, announced the winners of the 2011-12 Scholar Athlete Award, which recognizes academic excellence and outstanding athletic achievement at the Division I, III and NJCAA levels. More than 70 student-athletes from across the SUNY System were honored, including Morrisville State senior student-athletes, Alison Falkenburgh (Bayport, N.Y.) and Tom Longland (Dunnville, Ontario) who were selected as recipients of this distinguished honor for Division III women’s and men’s lacrosse, respectively.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) has announced its 2012 Softball North and South Division All-Conference team selections, naming Morrisville State College's Monique Smith (Bronx, N.Y.) to its North Division Second Team.

The Morrisville State College athletics department has named freshman Danielle Puzio (Holbrook, N.Y.) and senior Andrew Stein (Oswego, N.Y.) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending April 29. Puzio posted a 2-0 record on the week in net for the women's lacrosse team, as they claimed the 2012 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) West Division Championship Title on Sunday. In tournament action, Puzio posted a total 26 saves in two games for a .565 save percentage, including six crucial stops in the overtime periods in the title contest.

The Morrisville State College men's lacrosse program teamed up with the Wounded Warriors Project, Saturday April 28th in North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) action against Hilbert College. The Mustangs raised $4,000 for the Wounded Warriors Project, from the raffles, gate proceeds, online jersey auction and a $200 donation from senior Tom Longland (Dunnville, ONT) the 2012 Rays of Light Servant Leadership Award recipient. In 2011 the Mustangs partnered with the WWP and raised $4500 for the cause in their first year hosting an event.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announced its Women's Lacrosse All-Conference and regular season award winners, naming Morrisville State College's head coach Amanda Nobis the 2012 Coach of the Year. Nobis, a native of Painted Post, N.Y., guided Morrisville State to a program best 11-4 regular season record, and finished atop the conference with a perfect 9-0 record, earning the overall top seed in the conference championship tournament, in which they claimed the title in a thrilling 11-10 three overtime victory over Keuka on Sunday.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) has announced its 2012 NAC West Division individual women's lacrosse award winners, naming Morrisville State College freshman attack, Shelby Wood (Duanesburg, N.Y.) the inaugural NAC West Division Rookie of the Year.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announced its 2012 NAC West Division Women's Lacrosse All-Conference selections, naming six Morrisville State student-athletes to its all-conference teams for the 2012 season. Morrisville State posted a program best 11-4 regular season record, and finished atop the conference with a perfect 9-0 record, earning the overall top seed in the conference championship tournament, in which they claimed the title in a thrilling 11-10 three overtime victory over Keuka on Sunday.

The Morrisville State College men's lacrosse team completed the 2012 Northeastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) schedule with a perfect 7-0 record, claiming their third regular season conference title in three years, and will host the championship tournament Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6. The top seeded Mustangs finished the regular season with a 10-3 overall record, and will host fourth seed Medaille College (7-6, 5-3 NEAC) Saturday at 11:30 at Drake Field on the Morrisville State campus.

Senior midfielder Hillary Hartnett (Fairport, N.Y.) notched the game winning tally in the third overtime period to lift top seeded Morrisville State College (13-4, 9-0 NAC West) to an exciting 11-10 victory over second seed Keuka College in the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) West Division Women's Lacrosse Championship Final, Sunday afternoon in Morrisville.

Top seeded Morrisville State College and second seed Keuka College each posted victories in the semi-final round to advance to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) West Division Women's Lacrosse Championship Final, Sunday, April 29 in Morrisville. Morrisville State (12-4, 9-0 NAC West) advanced with a 19-10 decision over fourth seed Medaille College (8-8, 6-3 NAC West) earlier in the day.