Medaille Sports

The Medaille College men’s golf team is hitting its stride just in time for the AMCC Championships.  For the third time in eleven days the Mavs have finished first in a tournament.  The latest came today as they won the Spartan Invitational hosted by D’Youville College at the Springville Country Club.  As a team the Mavs shot a (318), which was nine strokes better than second place Daemen College, D’Youville and E.C.C. were the other participants. Leading the way for Medaille was the tournament medalist, Aaron Jantzi (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg)(pictured) shot a team and tournament best (74).  Teammate John Haberman (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West) finished in third place with a (78).  The Mavs will focus their attention on the AMCC Championships which take place this weekend (10/4 and 10/5) at Tom’s Run Golf Course in Blairsville, PA.

The Medaille College men’s soccer team hosted the nations sixth ranked team as Hobart College came to All High Stadium this evening.  The Mavs had been dominant at home in their first five games but the Statesmen would escape Buffalo with a hard fought (1-0) win over Medaille.  The mavs controlled play throughout much of this game and had several great scoring chances but they could not deliver.  Perhaps the best chance came early in the second half as Medaille had a corner kick that was played to Kendell McFayden (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North)(pictured) who got a great touch on the ball but the Hobart goalie made a tremendous diving stop thwarting the Mavs chances.  The winning goal came off a deflection that went right to the Hobart player who ripped a shot that freshman, keeper, Ryan Goettel (Syracuse, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) had no chance of stopping, he had four saves on the evening. The Mavs outshot Hobart (18-12).  The loss ends a six game win streak for Medaille and it is the second (1-0) loss this season to a top ten team, they also dropped a (1-0) decision to #5 York College.  The Mavs are now (6-5-0) overall as they head to Frostburg State to take on the Bobcats on Saturday (10/4) at 7:00pm.

The women’s soccer team followed up its thrilling double overtime victory over La Roche College with a (3-0) blanking of Alfred University.  The win is the fourth in the Lady Mavs last five games as they inch closer to the (.500) mark.  It was a great day for junior, forward, Danielle Radlich (Clarence, NY/Clarence)(pictured) who tallied all three goals for Medaille.  She now has (9) on the season and (56) for her career.  The first of her three scores came just (8:25) into play as she put the ball past the Saxon keeper off an assist from junior, Laura Freeman (Buffalo, NY/Kenmore West). Radlich’s other two scores came off helpers from senior, Kelly Rosenthal (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek).  The shutout was preserved by senior, keeper, Mattea Haessner (Moravia, NY/Moravia) who stopped all (4) shots on goal.  The Lady Mavs improve to (5-6-0) on the season as they will resume conference play on Saturday (10/4) as they travel to Frostburg State for a 5:00pm game. 

Laura Freeman (Jr. – Women’s Soccer – Buffalo, NY) scored all three of the Lady Mavs goals in a (1-1-0) week including the double overtime winner against AMCC foe La Roche, the Lady Mavs won that game (2-1). The win over La Roche kept the Lady Mavs unbeaten in conference play at (2-0-0).

John Haberman (So. – Men’s Golf – Kenmore, NY) finished tied for 5th at the Penn State-Behrend Classic with a (73) and then led the Mavs to the title of the 1st Annual Medaille College Fall Invitational as he shot a (75). That was the second tournament win for Medaille this fall.

The men’s golf team hosted the first ever Medaille College Fall Invitational as part of Family Weekend and the Mavs held on for a one stroke team win as they shot (317).  The win is the second in eight days for Medaille as they are stringing together a very successful season.  The Mavs were led by John Haberman (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West) who was the tournament Medalist as he shot a (75) on the day.  That score tied teammate, E.J. Kuebler (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North)(pictured) who also had a terrific round.  The Mavs just squeaked past Daemen College who finished with a team score (318).  Medaille will next hit the course on Tuesday (9/30) in the D’Youville College Invitational at Springville Country Club.

 The men’s soccer teams (0-4-0) start is a distant memory as the Mavs have used the lessons learned from their grueling road start to explode over the last six games.  The latest victim was conference foe La Roche College who came into All High Stadium and was blitzed from the opening whistle as the Mavs scored early and often enroute to a (6-0) win over the Redhawks.  The Mavs are unbeaten at home (5-0-0) and have outscored their opponents (35-1) at All High.  This evening’s game was no different as the Mavs scored just (3:06) into the first half on a beautiful goal by Josh Meier (South Wales, NY/Holland) who blasted a shot past the La Roche keeper on a beautiful ball played by Scott Gentner (Buffalo, NY/St. Joe’s)(pictured), Gentner would also tally the games fourth goal.  (more…)

Despite being outshot by a considerable margin (15-7), the Lady Mavs capitalized on two great scoring opportunities to upend AMCC foe La Roche College (2-1) in double overtime.  Both goals came off the foot of junior, Laura Freeman (Buffalo, NY/Kenmore West)(pictured), the first evened the match at (1-1) as she beat the Redhawk keeper with (10:56) remaining in regulation off an assist from junior, Katy Schelble (Springville, NY/Springville Griffith).  The teams would trade chances late but to no avail.  The first overtime would come and go with no resolution.  So the Lady Mavs headed into the second overtime period looking for a crucial win.  The Redhawks would have two decent opportunities  to score early in the second overtime period but the game would end with (4:51) remaining as Freeman scored on a breakaway that would seal the victory.  The Lady Mavs have won three of their last four and they improve to (4-6-0) overall and stay unbeaten in conference play at (2-0-0).  The Lady Mavs will host Alfred University on Tuesday (9/30) at 4:00pm.

The Lady Mavs took to their home floor for the first time in 2008 as they were hosting AMCC foe Frostburg State in the first game of a tri-match.  It ended up being a tough opener for Medaille as they fell to the Bobcats (3-0); (25-16, 25-17, 25-6).  In the loss Medaille was led by sophomore, Laura Ptak (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West) who finished with  team high (6) kills while only committing (1) hitting error.  The second match proved to be much more to the Lady Mavs liking as they bested Morrisville State (3-1); (25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22).  Senior, setter, Melissa Carter (Lancaster, NY/St. Mary’s)(pictured) directed a balanced offense as she finished the match with (42) assists and she also chipped in with (5) service aces.  (more…)

The men’s golf team was coming off their second tournament win ever as they headed to the Penn State-Behrend Fall Classic.  The Mavs played extremely well enroute to a fourth place finish.  The field of thirteen teams was paced by Westminster College who won with a team score of (296).  The Mavs set a program record with their team score of (304) and senior, leader, Aaron Jantzi (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg)(pictured), finished in second place with a (-2) round of (70), one shot off the winning mark of (69).  Sophomore, John Haberman (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West) also had a terrific round as he finished just out of the medals with a round of (73).  The Mavs will hit the course again on Saturday (9/27) as they will host their first ever tournament at 11:30am at Sheridan Park Golf Club in Tonawanda, NY.

The Medaille College women’s volleyball team was coming off a stirring five set win over Alfred University in their previous match as they headed down Route 198 to take on Buffalo State.  This match would prove to be much tougher as the Lady Mavs fell to the Bengals (3-0); (25-14, 25-20, 25-18).  In the loss Medaille received strong play from junior, Holley McAllister (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta)(pictured), who finished with (17) digs to pace the Lady Mavs defensively.  Coming off the bench to contribute for Medaille was freshman, Patty Nellis (Hilton, NY/Hilton) who chipped in with (2) services aces and (3) digs.  The loss drops Medaille to (3-9) on the year.  Next up for the Lady Mavs is a tri-match in the Sullivan Center on Saturday (9/27).  The Lady Mavs will take on Frostburg State at 11:00am and Morrisville State at 3:00pm.