Athletics

The Morrisville State College men's ice hockey team dropped their fourth straight contest of the season, falling 5-4 in overtime to State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) opponent SUNY Cortland Friday night in Cortland. The loss puts the Mustangs at 1-4-0 overall, while Cortland improves to 3-2.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named western rider, Kelly Hunter (Red Hook, NY), and football wide receiver, Ricky Demers (Wappinger Falls, NY) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending November 6. Hunter collected two first place finishes in the Class 12A intermediate I equitation class on Saturday as the western team collected its first two wins of the 2011-12 season. Hunter is a junior majoring in equine science at Morrisville State.

The New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) office announced its football players of the week, naming Morrisville State College's wide receiver/kick return specialist Josh Powell (Yonkers, NY) the Special Teams Player of the Week for the week ending November 5. Powell averaged 42.7 yards per kickoff return in the Mustangs home finale against Buffalo State College on Saturday, returning three kickoffs for 128 total yards. One was an 84-yard return for a touchdown just 31 seconds into the first quarter, his first collegiate touchdown return of his collegiate career.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named hunt seat rider, Keely O'Hara (Delphi Falls, NY) and men's ice hockey forward Todd Hosmer (Scarborough, ONT) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending November 13. O'Hara led the hunt seat equestrian team to a third place finish on Saturday at the Mustang Invitational and to reserve high point team honors on Sunday, earning two second place ribbons while claiming the blue twice.

Visiting Buffalo State College capitalized on three Mustang turnovers in the fourth quarter to top host Morrisville State College football by a 58-31 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) final Saturday afternoon in Morrisville. Morrisville State drops to 1-8 overall (1-7 NJAC), while Buffalo State pulls even at 5-5 (5-4 NJAC) to hand Bengal Head Coach Jerry Boyes his 100th career victory.

Visiting Buffalo State hockey tallied four second period goals en route to a 7-2 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) victory over Morrisville State College Saturday night. Morrisville State slips to 1-3-0 overall, while Buffalo improves to 2-1-0. Todd Hosmer (Scarborough, ONT) tallied both goals for the Mustangs with Patrick Stillar (Burlington, ONT) picking up an assist on each goal.

The Morrisville State College western equestrian team opened the 2011-2012 season campaign with high point team honors Saturday, sweeping all competition in both the morning and afternoon shows. Morrisville State topped compiled 33 team points to edge reserve high point team SUNY Cobleskill (25 points) in the morning show, and repeated in the afternoon with 28 team points to Cobleskill's 18.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announced its All-Conference Team selections Wednesday, naming Morrisville State College freshman middle hitter Tiffany Jones-Maxwell (Hamilton, NY/Hamilton) to its third team. Jones-Maxwell led Morrisville State with 221 kills on the season (2.28 per game) while collecting 100 defensive digs and 57 blocks at the net for the Mustangs, starting 28 matches.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named hunt seat open rider Keeley O'Hara (Cazenovia, NY) and ice hockey's netminder Colin Breen (Waterloo, ONT) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending October 30. O'Hara led the hunt seat equestrian team to a third place finish at the Hartwick Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Invitational on Saturday, placing second overall in the open equitation over fences class before topping all riders with a blue ribbon finish in the open equitation on the flat class.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) released its 2011 Men's Soccer All-Conference teams, naming three Morrisville State College student-athletes to its second and third teams. Junior forward Sanley Pierre-Louis (Gaithersburg, MD) garnered second team honors following his performance on the field this season. Pierre-Louis led the Mustangs in scoring, putting seven in the back of the net and assisted on another for 15 points this season.