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The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) office has announced its weekly award winners, naming Morrisville State College’s Rob Larkin (Clinton, NY) the Men’s Soccer Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending September 16.

Abington, P.A.­ – Sophomore Amanda Hunt (Tunkhannock, P.A.) and senior Austin Townsley (Horseheads, N.Y.) were top finishers for the Morrisville State College women’s and men’s cross country teams at the Penn State Abington Cross Country Invitational, Saturday in Abington.

Visiting Oneonta State field hockey tallied four second half scores to top host Morrisville State College Saturday morning by a 4-0 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) final on Drake Field in Morrisville. Morrisville State drops to 1-5 overall, 0-2 in conference play, while Oneonta improves to 4-2 overall, 1-0 in SUNYAC action.

Morrisville State College men’s soccer scored with four minutes remaining in the first half and twice in the first 12 minutes of the second half to beat SUNY IT 3-0 in conference play on Saturday afternoon. Karim Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso) scored his first goal of his collegiate career when he beat Wildcats goalkeeper, Malick Faye to a 50/50 ball, giving the Mustangs the lead at 41:10.

Visiting Morrisville State College held host Montclair State University to just seven points, but couldn’t find the end zone offensively, as they fell short in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) defensive battle Saturday afternoon in Montclair, New Jersey. Morrisville State drops to 0-3 on the season, 0-1 in conference play, while the Red Hawks collect their first win of 2012 to improve to 1-2 overall, 1-0 in NJAC action.

SUNY IT scored five first half goals on their way to beating Morrisville State College 8-2 in conference play on Saturday. Stephanie Wurz opened up the scoring for the Wildcats when she took a pass from Abbey Hanehan and slotted the ball near post past Mustangs goalkeeper, Jennifer Zidzik (Lambertville, N.J.). Abbey Hanehan scored her first of four on the day next when she finished a pass from Katie Driscoll.

SUNY Oswego field hockey picked up their first win of the 2012 season, defeating visiting Morrisville State 4-0, in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action Friday afternoon in Oswego. Morrisville State drops to 1-4 overall, 0-1 in conference play, while the Lakers improve to 1-3, 1-0 in the SUNYAC. Oswego notched the first tally of the afternoon just 1:13 into the contest as Michelle Ruskey connected with Alyssa Hare for the early score.

The Morrisville State College athletics department has named senior Sarah Angerer (Cooperstown, N.Y.) and freshman Daniel Peckham (Webster, N.Y.) the Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending September 9. Angerer, forward for the field hockey team, tallied two goals, including the game winner, in the 3-1 victory over Wells College to give the Mustangs their first win of the season. She currently leads the team in goals scored.

Morrisville State College head coach, Jason Longo, has announced the addition of Brian Frankenfield to the men’s lacrosse coaching staff for the 2012-13 season. Frankenfield comes to Morrisville State from the Central Square Upstate Lacrosse League where he has been involved in all aspects of the program since 2009. Aside from coaching, Frankenfield also served as the technical advisor for the league, overseeing all teams.

The Morrisville State College women’s soccer team dropped their second straight to a conference opponent, losing to Cazenovia College 6-1 Wednesday afternoon. The Wildcats (3-2-1, 1-1 NEAC) struck early, scoring a goal just 42 seconds into the game when senior midfielder Megan McDermott scored her first of two on the day.

The Morrisville State College men’s soccer team held on to defeat visiting SUNY Oswego, 2-1 in non-conference play Wednesday afternoon. The Mustangs improve to 2-2-1 on the season overall with the win.

Four different Mustangs registered goals in a high scoring affair Tuesday afternoon, but visiting Morrisville State College field hockey fell short as Hartwick College picked up the 7-4 non-conference victory in Oneonta. Morrisville State drops to 1-3 overall, while the Hawks improve to 2-2.

The Morrisville College Equine Institute will hold its twenty-third annual Fall Yearling Sale Sept. 24 at 11 a.m. at the college's Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road. The preview day for the sale, the largest of its kind in New York state, is Sept. 23.

The Morrisville State College men’s soccer team has partnered up with the Italian American Coalition for Kids (IACKids), as part of the programs continued community outreach, in their contest scheduled Saturday, Oct. 6, against Penn State Berks on the Morrisville State campus.

Due to impeding weather the football game at Hartwick will start 15 minutes early instead of at its scheduled 1:00pm start time.

Morrisville State College field hockey struggled early Saturday, suffering an 8-1 setback to non-conference Utica College in Utica. Morrisville State falls to 1-2 overall, while Utica remains untouched at 3-0. Kissandra Blaiser (Canastota, N.Y.) scored her first collegiate goal for the Mustangs, notching the score late in the second half off an assist from Ilze Stots (Clinton Corners, N.Y.).

Despite taking a 1-0 lead into the second half, the Morrisville State Mustangs couldn’t hold off Lancaster Bible and settled for a 3-3 tie in the opening game of conference play. The Mustangs are now 1-2-1 overall and 0-0-1 in conference play. The Mustangs took an early lead as Brian Culkin (West Islip, N.Y.) scored off a Sanley Pierre-Louis (Gaithersburg, M.D.) assist just over six minutes into the game.

Sophomore Amanda Hunt (Tunkhannock, P.A.) and senior Austin Townsley (Horseheads, N.Y.) were top finishers for the Morrisville State College women’s and men’s cross country teams at the SUNY Oswego Cross Country Invitational, Saturday in Oswego.

The Morrisville State College women’s soccer team fell to Lancaster Bible College 9-0 Friday night in Lancaster. The team’s overall record falls to 0-2-1, while their conference record is now 0-1. Lancaster Bible score three times in the first ten minutes of the game before going on to beat the Mustangs 9-0 in the opening weekend of conference play.

Senior forward Sarah Angerer (Cooperstown, N.Y.) tallied two second half scores to lead host Morrisville State College field hockey to a 3-1 victory over visiting Wells College Friday afternoon in Morrisville. Morrisville State improves to 1-1 overall and will return to action tomorrow, traveling to Utica College. Wells drops to 1-3 overall.

Morrisville State College has a lineup of events planned for Mustang Weekend Sept. 28-30. The weekend festivities are open to Morrisville State College students, family members, faculty, staff, alumni and emeriti, and members of the local community.

Despite holding R.I.T. to one goal in the first half, the Mustangs could not hold off the Tigers relentless attack. R.I.T. came out strong, controlling the ball for much of the first half and creating several scoring opportunities that the Mustangs were able to stave off.  R.I.T. kept coming, however, and proved to be too much for Morrisville State, who dropped their home opener this afternoon 5-1.

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Every year, suicide claims the lives of more than 36,000 Americans (one every 16 minutes), and more than one million worldwide. Morrisville State College student Catherine Flood would like to help make a difference in those staggering statistics.

The Morrisville State College athletic department has named Gilroy Alvarez (Guatemala) and Tyler Dunworth (Poestenkill, N.Y.) it’s Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending September 1. Alvarez, sophomore forward, led the Mustangs men’s soccer team to a third place finish at the SUNY Potsdam College Cup over the weekend, tallying a goal and an assist for three team points.

After winning the consolation game against Hilbert College in the Potsdam College Cup, which concluded this past Sunday, Morrisville State men’s soccer players Joey Plummer (Rochester, N.Y.) and Rob Larkin (Clinton, N.Y.) were named to the SUNY Potsdam College Cup All-Tournament team.