Sophomore quarterback Andrew Connolly threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead host Union College to a 39-21 football victory over Hartwick College in the Eastern College Athletic Conference North Atlantic Bowl.
Connolly, who set his college high for passing yards and also had a touchdown reception, earned Most Outstanding Player honors after leading Union (8-3) to its first ECAC title since 2001.
Hartwick (5-5) also allowed Union freshman running back Kevin Valenti to hit his college high in rushing yards, with 120 on 25 carries. Valenti scored twice for the Dutchmen, who got 133 receiving yards on four catches from Justin Gallo and finished with a season-high 482 yards.
Hartwick senior running back Tosh DeMulder (Unatego) rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries. Kyle Morenus (Sidney) completed 6 of 14 passes for 73 yards in relief of starting quarterback Brian Radley, who went 5-for-14 for 134 yards.
Joe D'Alessandro paced the Hawks defense with a game-high 14 tackles. Rob Roth made 13 hits for Hartwick, which finished with 348 yards.
DeMulder opened the scoring on a 9-yard TD run and Heath Dunn's extra point gave Hartwick a 7-0 lead with 7 minutes, 16 seconds to play in the first quarter. DeMulder capped a five-play scoring drive that covered 75 yards.
The Dutchmen scored the next 29 points, on four touchdowns, two extra points and Zach Epley's 27-yard field goal.
Morenus helped Hartwick pull to 29-14 with 2:26 left in the third quarter on a 10-yard TD pass to Tim Smith, but Valenti scored from 2 yards with 1 second left in the period. Epley kicked the extra point for a 36-14 lead.
Epley made it 39-14 Union on a 31-yard field goal with 6 minutes to play. Dunn capped the scoring with an extra point, following DeMulder's 14-yard TD run with 1:22 left.
The game drew 1,197 fans.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Cross Country
NJCAA Half-Marathon
Creig Levens earned All-American honors for SUNY Delhi with a sixth-place finish Saturday during the NJCAA Half-Marathon Championships at Johnson County Community College in Kansas City.
Levens, a former SUNY Cobleskill runner, finished the 13.1-mile course in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 31 seconds. His time marked the second-fastest in program history as Chris Mason completed the same course in 1:11:26 last season.
"It's difficult to go out there and earn All-American against the international guys who compete on full scholarships," said Broncos coach Justin Wood, a former Division I runner at Seton Hall who graduated from SUNY Delhi and Walton Central. "The course was not easy. It has rolling hills with a lot of small turns."
Levens helped Delhi to 66 points for a sixth-place finish out of 16 teams. Wood said Gillette Community College's Kipkorir Mutai won the title in 1:07:49 and added that the top six finishers received All-American accolades.
Jon Tuttle placed 25th in 1:17:29 for Delhi, which got a 31st from Will Ennis (1:18:39) and a 74th from Chris Rosenberger (1:30:49) in the 83-man field.
Wood said Tuttle and Levens completed their last races for Delhi on Saturday. Wood said Tuttle is likely to transfer to Cortland following his early graduation next month and that Levens had college eligibility remaining only for Saturday's half-marathon.
Levens earned NJCAA Division III All-American cross country honors in 2005 and 2006 for Cobleskill, when it was still a two-year college.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Wrestling
Red Dragon Invitational
Delhi Central graduates Jason and Josh Wake led their respective programs to top-five finishes Saturday in Oneonta State's 12-team invitational.
Jason Wake maintained his No. 1 seed in the 157-pound bracket for Rochester Institute of Technology, capping his title run with a pin of third-seeded Cory Mahoney of Cortland in 2:57. The championship match marked the third pin of the tournament for Wake, who advanced to the final with a 5-0 decision over fourth-seeded Mike Guenther of Scranton. Wake also pinned O-State's No. 8 seed John Rocha in the quarterfinals.
Josh Wake, Jason's twin, placed second at 184 pounds for Oneonta. Second-seeded Mike Denver of The College of New Jersey upset top-seeded Jason Wake, 16-4, in the title match. Denver was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.
Zach Crain finished second at 141 pounds to match Jason Wake for the top Oneonta finish. Crain entered the tournament seeded seventh but won four straight matches to reach the final. He fell, 15-8, to top-seeded Jim Somma in the championship match.
Nine others placed for O-State, which finished fourth in the team standings with 80 points _ seven ahead of RIT.
TCNJ cruised to the team title with 152 points _ 46.5 more than runner-up Cortland. McDaniel placed third with 96 points.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Men's Basketball
O-State 56, WP 53
Senior forward Michael Grimes scored a game-high 16 points Saturday to lead Oneonta State to a victory over William Paterson in the championship game of the Scotty Wood Tournament at Muhlenberg.
Grimes earned tournament MVP honors for the Red Dragons (2-0), who opened their season with a 72-58 defeat of the Mules on Friday. Grimes averaged 12 points and 7.5 rebounds during the tournament.
All-tournament selections Brian Hooks and Brian Beckford contributed 13 and 10 points, respectively. Beckford also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds in the final.
O-State visits Ithaca on Tuesday.
MCLA 68, Hartwick 66
All-tournament selection Kyle Phillips had team-highs of 21 points and 13 rebounds, but host Hartwick (2-1) fell Saturday in the second round of the Tom Greene Memorial Tip-Off Classic at Lambros Arena.
Mark Blazek contributed 18 points for the Hawks, who were outscored, 35-29, in the second half. Brendan Kordana led all scorers with 22 points for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (2-1). He also hit four three-pointers.
Tournament MVP Derrick Faragon led Castleton State (2-1) to the tournament title, scoring 11 points in a 103-89 rout of Cazenovia (0-3) on Saturday. Bryant Winans (Afton) scored eight points for the Wildcats.
Castleton opened the tournament with an 80-69 victory over MCLA on Friday, when Hartwick downed Cazenovia, 86-58. Tournament matchups were pre-determined instead of based on first-round winners and losers.
Bates 65, Cobleskill 64
SUNY Cobleskill fell to 0-4 this season after blowing a 20-point lead in the Noyes Volkswagen Tournament consolation game at Keene State on Saturday.
Andrei Lucas had 22 points for Cobleskill, which received 19 points and three steals from all-tournament selection Damon Franklin and 13 points from Craig Orner.
Lucas scored on a short jumper to put the Fighting Tigers ahead, 45-25, 21 seconds into the second half. Bates (1-1) followed with an 18-4 run en route to a 65-61 lead with 15 seconds to go. Lucas hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to cap the scoring.
Thomas College beat Keene State, 103-93, in the title game. Cobleskill hosts Union at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Keene 75, Cobleskill 73
Geoffrey Woodbury completed a three-point play to give host Keene State the lead for good, at 72-70, in an opening-round win over Cobleskill on Friday.
Lucus scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Fighting Tigers, who got 22 points from Franklin. Teammate Carl Thomas contributed 13 points and nine rebounds.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Women's Basketball
Williams 82, O-State 75
Chessie Jackson hit seven three-pointers en route to a game-high 29 points to lead Williams College (1-1) to a consolation victory at the University of Rochester's Chuck Resler Invitational.
Jackson also had seven assists and six rebounds for the Ephs, who got four threes and 14 points from Jennie Harding and 12 points and 10 assists from Jill Greenberg. Williams went 14-for-23 from three-point range and rallied from a 44-35 halftime deficit.
All five starters for Oneonta (0-2) scored in double figures, led by Mary Kate O'Connell's 16 points. Rebecca Bucci contributed 15 points and eight rebounds; Sara Chrystie scored 14 points; Erika Puffer had 13; and Samantha Szkotak finished with 10.
An injury sidelined Szkotak with three minutes to play in the first half. She did not return to the court.
Sage 62, Hartwick 52
Kara Hackett's game-highs of 27 points and 17 rebounds Saturday helped Sage avenge a Nov. 15 loss at Hartwick with a victory in the consolation game of the Betty Abgott Invitational at Buffalo State.
The Gators used a 16-3 run in the second half to turn a one-point lead into a 60-46 advantage.
Lauren Ploof finished with 19 points and eight rebounds to lead Hartwick (1-2), which received 16 points from all-tournament selection Jalicia Connell. She matched teammates Krystle Crouse and Fritzi Flores with seven rebounds apiece.
The Hawks held Hackett to four points in a 67-60 overtime defeat of visiting Sage at Lambros Arena on Nov. 15.
Hartwick hosts Union at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Cobleskill 73, Regis 62
Nichole Garzon's college-high of 30 points led Cobleskill (2-1) to a consolation victory over Regis (2-2) in the Keene State College Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday.
Chelcy C. Moore's double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds complemented the efforts of all-tournament selection Garzon, who earned Cobleskill's athlete of the week honor Sunday.
Heidi Anderson contributed 10 points, six rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots for the Fighting Tigers, who took a 39-27 lead into halftime.
Cobleskill visits Western Connecticut State University at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Finger Lakes CC 66, Delhi 59
Lani Smith scored a game-high 22 points for Delhi in a non-conference loss Sunday to host Finger Lakes.
Shanay Bradley contributed 19 points, eight rebounds, and six steals for the Broncos, who received 14 assists, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals from Jackie Hernandez.
Shakista Woolfolk scored a team-high 19 points in the last 16 minutes for Finger Lakes, who received 11 points from Christina Sawyer and 10 from Katrina Davenport.
Delhi (3-6) hosts Hudson Valley at 6 p.m. Dec. 1.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Equestrian
Skidmore Show
Hartwick finished fifth for the third time this fall, scoring 30 points Saturday at the Skidmore College Show.
The Hawks, who placed fifth at the Cornell and Morrisville shows, fell one point shy of tying Colgate and Morrisville for third.
Lauren Lamoureux and Rachael Suite earned victories for the Hawks in intermediate fences and novice fences, respectively. Hartwick also received seconds from Aileen McCarthy (open flat), Erika Mohr (open flat), Francesca Brattoli (beginner walk trot canter), Sarah Goyer (walk trot) and Caitlin Crowther (advanced walk trot canter).
The host Thoroughbreds won the show with a perfect score of 49 points. Cobleskill finished sixth (29 points) and Oneonta State placed 12th (19) in the 15-team show.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Swimming
North Country Invitational
Freshman Kristen Magliola won three events and contributed to four relay victories for Oneonta State's women, who cruised to the title with 615 points at the six-team invitational at SUNY Potsdam.
Magliola won the 200 individual medley (2:15.28), the 100 breaststroke (1:10.84) and the 200 breaststroke (2:33.58). She also swam legs for winning relays in the 200 and 400 medleys (4:14.89; 1:57.68) and the 200 and 400 frees (1:45.74; 3:52.76).
Oneonta also received women's wins from Michele Sano (100 backstroke, 1:03.41); Samantha Pepe (400 IM, 5:14.53); Lauren Maietta (1,650 free, 19:18.01); and Jamie Milchanowski (3-meter diving, 177.55 points).
Joe Farrell led Oneonta's men to a winning total of 466 points with a win in the 500 free (5:00.25) and by anchoring the victorious 400 medley relay (3:48.90). Mike Martinez won the 1-meter dive (241.70) for the Red Dragons, who beat runner-up Clarkson by 38.5 points in the seven-team men's invitational.
O-State competes next at the ECAC Championships, which run Dec. 4-6 at the Nassau County Aquatics Center.
Herkimer Invitational
Joseph Schirrman broke two Delhi school records Saturday at the Herkimer County Community College Invitational, finishing second in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.70 and placing third in the 100 free in 51.40.
The latter broke the 2001 record of 51.57 set by Gunter-Ryan Spikereit. Schirrman's time in the 50 broke his program mark of 22.98, which he set on Thursday during the Cobleskill Invitational.
Delhi's men received a first from David Waite in 1-meter diving (215.03 points). The Broncos placed third out of six teams with 153 points, 105 behind winner Herkimer County.
Liisa Leo's diving victory (149.93 points) paced Delhi's women, who also finished third. Their 125 points were 101 behind winner Erie CC.
WS 78, Cobleskill 55
Cobleskill's women swept the top three spots in the 50 free in a non-conference loss Saturday at William Smith.
Megan West won the event in 32.66 and was followed by Oneonta High graduate Ashlee Wright (38.13) and Kayla Pollack (42.26).
West also contributed to a victory in the 200 free relay, which featured Elizabeth Butler, Tara Belcher and Kim Steinberger. The foursome touched in 2:03.99.
Butler won the 200 individual medley (2:46.53) and Pollack took first in the 100 backstroke (2:04.65)
The Fighting Tigers will compete in the Cazenovia College Invitational at 1 p.m. Dec. 5.
Hamilton Quad-Meet
Michael Phillips won three races Saturday to lead Hartwick's men to victories over Ithaca (126-117) and host Hamilton (132-99).
Phillips placed first in the 200 free (1:47.20), the 200 individual medley (1:59.70) and the 200 breaststroke (2:10.97) for the Hawks, who also fell, 173-68, to Geneseo. Teammates Nate Quinn and Josh Morey won the 1-meter (213.10 points) and the 3-meter (243.75) diving events, respectively.
Stephanie Ha and Robyn Smith placed second in the 200 IM (2:15.32) and the 200 backstroke (2:14.85), respectively, to pace Hartwick's women. The Hawks beat Hamilton, 132-99, but fell to Ithaca (184-59) and Geneseo (173-68).
Hartwick competes next at the Don Richards Invitational, which runs Dec. 4-6 at RIT.
