Athletics

Morrisville State College posted 36.5 team points at the Ithaca College Bomber Invitational over the weekend, placing ninth, in Ithaca. Ithaca won the invitational with 191 points, followed by Centenary with 175.5 and Cortland with 156.5. Johnson and Wales followed with 110 points, Springfield with 104, Oswego 103.5, Stevens 67, New York University 50, Morrisville 36.5, Western New England 35, and Norwich 32. Justin Delamothe (Cross River, NY) posted a 2-2 record at 125 pounds for Morrisville State, recording an opening round pin in 5:27.

The Morrisville State College western equestrian team posted 35 points in the morning and 32 in the afternoon to top the competition for high point team honors in the first two shows of the season Saturday at the riding arena in Morrisville. Catherine Howland (Rutlandtown, VT) earned blue ribbons in the reining and open western horsemanship classes to earn high point rider honors for both shows.

Nick Kulas (Parma, MI) scored with 4:05 to go in the final period to give the Morrisville State College Mustangs the 3-2 upset victory over State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) opponent SUNY Geneseo Saturday night in Morrisville. Taylor Vince (Barrie, ONT) broke the scoreless tie 18:00 into the second period for Morrisville State, netting the goal immediately off the face-off win by Curtis Renaud (Carlisle, ONT).

Morrisville State College men's ice hockey posted a decisive 8-2 victory over rival SUNY Brockport for its first State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) win of the 2010-11 season Friday night in Morrisville. Playing to a scoreless first period, Morrisville State's Dave Shultz (Trucksville, PA) posted the first Mustang goal just 5:06 into the second off a breakaway on a mishandle of the puck by the Brockport defense. The Golden Eagles evened the score nearly two minutes later on a feed in front of the net to Dan Galiani at 6:45.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named Regina Laws (Uniondale, NY) and Justin Delamothe (Cross River, NY) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending October 31. Laws, senior runner on the women's cross country team, ran a team best 22:19 at the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championships on Saturday, posting a 10th place individual finish in the 5K race, leading the women's team to a fourth overall finish.

The Morrisville State College field hockey team fell to Nazareth College to bring their season to an end tonight in Morrisville. Before the start of the game, the four seniors were honored for their dedication to the sport. Molly Luzak (Burt, NY), Jennifer May (Rochester, NY), Lauren Bordonaro (North Tonawanda, NY), and Rian Tanski (Elma, NY) were the four seniors honored before the start of the game.

Fourth seed Keuka College scored the game winner just 3:06 into the overtime period to hand visiting and fifth seed Morrisville State College the heartbreaking 2-1 overtime loss in the quarterfinal round of the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) men's soccer tournament Tuesday night in Keuka Park. Erik Whitcombe (Ogdensburg, NY) broke the scoreless tie in the 70th minute to give the Mustangs the one goal advantage, but a costly foul in the box led to a converted Keuka penalty kick to knot the game at one.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announced its 2010 men's soccer championship bracket today, ranking Morrisville State College as its fifth seed. The Mustangs will face familiar foe, fourth seed Keuka College, Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in Keuka. Morrisville State will seek revenge on the Storm, who claimed the 1-0 overtime victory in the regular season finale for the Mustangs on October 26. The winner of the match-up will advance to the conference semi-finals against top seed and tournament host SUNY IT on Saturday.

The Morrisville State College hunt seat equestrian repeated reserve championship team honors Saturday, recording 38 team points at the Hartwick IHSA Show in Oneonta. Three riders qualified for the regional championships at the end of the season, Emma Monte (East Rochester, NY) in the intermediate equitation on the flat after placing third; Jill Featherly (Hilton, NY) in the novice equitation over fences after a blue ribbon on Saturday; and Kathryn Galyon (Pearl River, NY) in the advanced walk trot canter class after a second place finish.

Morrisville State College wrestling opened the 2010-11 season with a win over Penn State-Dubois, but fell in three straight matches to post a 1-3 record at the Electric City Duals held at the University of Scranton Saturday.