Athletics

Morrisville State College hosted the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Northern Division Volleyball Pool Play Tournament Saturday in Morrisville, and Keuka College posted two wins to remain undefeated in the North. In the first of the day's action, Cazenovia College posted a three-game comeback over host Morrisville State, claiming the 3-1 win with match scores of 15-5, 25-17, 25-12, and 25-23.

Maddie Morgan scored the lone goal with 21 seconds to go before the halftime period to lift host Gallaudet University to the 1-0 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) victory over Morrisville State Saturday afternoon in Washington, DC. Morgan tallied her score off a deflection from the left within the six-yard box. Sarah Boudah (Middlebury, VT) recorded the loss in net, making five stops as Morrisville State dropped to 1-11 overall, 0-8 in conference action.

Senior forward, Andrew Brobbey (Bronx, NY) recorded his first hat trick of his collegiate career, leading Morrisville State men's soccer to the 4-0 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) victory over Gallaudet University Saturday afternoon in Washington, DC. Brobbey gave Morrisville State the early goal lead, connecting on a cross from Erik Whitcombe (Ogdensburg, NY) on the right just 11:53 in.

The Morrisville State College Theatre Department and the Student Government Organization (SGO) will present the play, You Can't Take It With You, Oct. 29-31 and Nov. 4-6, in the Little Theatre of the John W. Stewart Center for Student Activities (STUAC) on the Morrisville State College campus. You Can't Take It With You, by playwrights George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, is a three-act comedy about two young lovers from very different families who can't seem to work out their differences.

Four different players recorded goals as the Morrisville State College field hockey team put away two in each half to power past host St. Vincent College by a 4-0 final Friday afternoon in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

The Morrisville State College athletic department invites all area children to take part in the NCAA Football's sixteenth annual “Take a Kid to the Game” (TAKG) program as the Mustangs take on nationally ranked SUNY Cortland, Saturday, October 23 at 1 p.m. in the college's stadium. Kids, ages 12 and younger, will receive free admission with the purchase of an adult ticket.

The Mustangs fell to Hartwick College tonight in Morrisville. The team's overall record drops to 6-16. The Mustangs won the first two sets 27-25 and 28-26. Hartwick came back and won the last three sets 25-22, 25-16 and 15-6. The Mustangs' Nicole Wright (Dryden, NY) had 15 defensive digs, one solo block, one assist and 14 kills. Deanna Zbikowski (North Syracuse, NY) had 34 assists and five kills.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has recently named sophomore Kelsey Pellegrino (Cicero, NY) and senior Sean Barrett (Hopewell Junction, NY) its Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending October 10. Pellegrino, goalkeeper for the field hockey team, was instrumental to the team's 2-1 overall week, tallying 26 saves in three games while posting State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) wins over Oneonta and Oswego.

Penn State Abington's Alix Edwards broke free of the defense on a fast break in the overtime period and fired the game winner into the net to claim the 2-1 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) victory over Morrisville State College men's soccer Sunday afternoon. Sebastian Hernandez gave Abington the goal advantage midway through the first half, placing a free kick into the left upper corner post that deflected into the net in the 26th minute.

Visiting Penn State Abington women's soccer posted a 2-1 lead at the half and added two more in the second to claim the 4-2 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) victory over host Morrisville State College Sunday afternoon in Morrisville. Alyssa Tunkel (East Meadow, NY) gave Morrisville State an early 1-0 lead, connecting on a free kick from outside the box just 3:03 into the contest.