Athletics

Morrisville State College had three place in the top 20 at the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championships as the men's team claimed the third overall team finish Saturday afternoon at Penn State Berks in Reading, Pennsylvania. The women's team finished fourth overall behind two top 20 finishes.

Lauren Bordonaro (North Tonawanda, NY) scored a hat trick to lead the Mustangs, but Morrisville State College fell 4-3 to visiting Houghton College Saturday afternoon in Morrisville. The Highlanders' took the lead 15 minutes into the game, after Rachel Stefanski (Wallingford, CT) scored an unassisted goal into the open net. With four minutes remaining in the half, Jennifer Huyett (Stevens, PA) added another unassisted Highlanders' goal to make it 2-0.

The Morrisville State College women's soccer team closed out the 2010 season with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to host Alfred University Saturday afternoon in Alfred. Alfred took a one goal lead 12 minutes into the contest, and nine minutes later Beth Fisher (Bolton Landing, NY) responded for the Mustangs to even the contest at one midway through the half. In the 30th minute, Alfred regained the lead and maintained the advantage until the 63rd minute when Fisher found Kara Collins (New Berlin, NY) for the equalizer.

Visiting Morrisville State College took an early lead over host Rowan College, but couldn't hold on as the Profs recorded the 34-21 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) victory Saturday afternoon in Glassboro. The loss drops the Mustangs to 1-7 overall, 1-6 in conference action while Rowan improves to 7-1 overall, 6-1 in the NJAC.

The Morrisville State College field hockey team dropped a 2-1 overtime non-conference decision to host University of Rochester Friday night in Rochester, falling to 8-9 overall on the season. Playing to a scoreless first half, Morrisville State's Jamie Anderson (Harpursville, NY) posted the first score of the afternoon, settling a loose ball on a penalty corner play for a score into the left lower corner of the net in the 54th minute.

The Morrisville State College men's ice hockey team opened the 2010-2011 season with a 9-2 loss to Elmira College Friday night in Elmira. Elmira opened up the contest with three scores in the first two minutes, twenty-three seconds, and added a fourth nine minutes in, for the commanding 4-0 lead after a single period.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named Teal Pedersen (Manorville, NY) and Austin Townsley (Horseheads, NY) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending October 24. In her first intercollegiate show, freshman hunt seat rider, Pedersen, posted two first place finishes over the weekend at the Skidmore IHSA show, leading Morrisville State to reserve champion team honors. She posted blue ribbon finishes in the intermediate equitation over fences and intermediate equitation on the flat classes and earned high point rider honors for the show.

Colleen Callaghan scored three times to lead the visiting Hamilton College Continentals to the 7-2 non-conference victory over Morrisville State College Wednesday evening in Morrisville. Catie Torcivia gave the Continentals the early one goal lead, netting the first Hamilton score unassisted just 2:42 into the contest. Torcivia found Erin McNally in the 15th minute on a penalty corner play to increase the Hamilton lead to two, before Morrisville State's Lauren Bordonaro (North Tonawanda, NY) responded with a tip into the cage to cut the lead to 2-1.

The Morrisville State College hunt seat equestrian team opened the 2010-11 season at Skidmore Saturday morning, earning reserve champion honors at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) show in Saratoga Springs. Three Morrisville State riders posted place finishes to qualify them for the regional championships at the end of the season; Renee Petruzzelli (Clifton Springs, NY) and Katherine Irace (Goshen, NY) in the walk trot canter class and Nicole Hallenback (Fonda, NY) in the novice equitation over fences class.

The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) recently announced its student-athlete of the week selections for the week ending October 24, naming Morrisville State sophomore Austin Townsley (Horseheads, NY) the men's cross country runner of the week. Townsley finished the 8k Heron Invitational in second place out of 30 runners with a time of 28:28, a 5:43 per mile pace, to lead the Mustangs. He has posted three top 10 finishes to date for the men.