Medaille Sports

The Medaille College Men’s Basketball Team will open the 2008-09 season with an exhibition game on Saturday, November 1 against Brock University at 2 p.m. in the Kevin I. Sullivan Campus Center. The Brock Badgers were the national champions in 2008 out of all Canadian colleges and universities.

The game will follow by an alumni game, starting at 11:30 a.m., with former Maverick greats (including Todd Kane and Keith Koch) scheduled to play.

11/1 Women’s Soccer vs. Pitt-Greensburg – AMCC 1st round 6pm

11/2 Bills vs. NY Jets (SAB) 1pm

11/5 Women’s Soccer- AMCC Semi-Finals (if necessary)

11/5 Men’s Soccer- AMCC Semi-Finals 3pm (vs. Altoona/La Roche winner)

11/6 Write Thing Series, Joshua Harmon 7pm

11/8 Women’s Soccer- AMCC Championship TBA (if necessary)

11/8 Men’s Soccer- AMCC Championship TBA (if necessary)

11/9 Buffalo Bills Extravaganza 1pm

11/10 Sports Forum, Lecture Hall 1pm

11/12 Comedian (SAB) 7pm

11/14, 11/15 Music and Drama Fall Play 7pm

11/18 Men’s Basketball vs SUNY Cobleskill 7pm

11/20 Prelude Student Reading 7pm

11/21 Men’s Basketball- Ad Pro Classic 6pm

11/22 Women’s Basketball vs Keuka 8pm

11/22 Men’s Basketball- Ad Pro Classic 2pm

11/23 Women’s Basketball vs Albany College of Pharmacy 1pm

11/25 Women’s Basketball vs University of Rochester 4pm

11/25 Men’s Basketball vs Cazenovia College 6pm

The Medaille College women’s volleyball team dropped the opening game to Hilbert on senior night in the Sullivan Center, but the Lady Mavs would bounce back and hang on for a (3-2); (19-25, 25-19, 25-15, 20-25, 15-10) victory.  The Lady Mavs received a huge night from junior, Michele Burgstahler (Wilson, NY/Wilson)(pictured) who pounded out a match high (24) kills.  She was assisted on the majority of those by senior, teammate, Melissa Carter (Lancaster, NY/St. Mary’s) who finished the evening with (40) helpers.  She moved into second place on the all time assist chart as she now has (1,066) for her career.  It was fitting that the final point would come off the hands of senior, Heather Belmont (Ontario, NY/Nazareth Academy) who put down the final ball.  The win is the first in AMCC play for Medaille as they are now (1-7) in conference play and (8-19) overall.  The Lady Mavs will close out the 2008 campaign at Pitt-Greensburg on Saturday (11/1) at 1:00pm.

The Medaille College men’s soccer team went into today’s match against Penn State-Behrend having not given up a single goal in conference play this season.  The Mavs needed a win or tie to clinch their fourth straight AMCC regular season title.  The bad news was, the Mavs allowed Behrend a goal.  The good news, the Mavs also tallied a score and the teams found themselves deadlocked (1-1) after two overtime periods.  The tie assured the Mavs of the #1 seed in the upcoming AMCC tournament and it gave them a record fourth straight title.  All four titles have come without a regular season conference loss.  The game was played in very soggy conditions and the host Lions would notch the games first goal as they scored at the (36:07) mark of the first half.  Behrend would take a (1-0) lead into halftime.  The Mavs would strike about midway through the second half as junior, Josh Meier (South Wales, NY/Holland)(pictured) connected off a feed from Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) to even the score.  The two teams would play to a stalemate the rest of the way.  The tie is the first of the year for Medaille as they are now (12-5-1) overall and they close out conference play at (8-0-1).  The Mavs will receive a first round bye and will host a semifinal game on Wednesday (11/5) against an opponent that is yet to be determined.

For the first time ever the Medaille College women’s soccer team beat Penn State-Behrend and they did so on Behrend turf.  The Lady Mavs came out of Erie, PA with a (3-2) win and the assurance of hosting an AMCC quarterfinal game.  The Lady Mavs took control early on as they netted the games first two goals, as juniors, Laura Freeman (Buffalo, NY/Kenmore West)(pictured) and Danielle Radlich (Clarence, NY/Clarence) opened up the scoring.  The Lions would tally a score prior to the intermission to cut the Medaille lead in half as the teams headed into the locker room at (2-1).  Freeman would tally her second goal, the game winner, early in the second half on an assist from Radlich.  Radlich assisted on both of Freeman’s scores and sophomore Katie Bush (Jamestown, NY/Jamestown) would provide the helper on the Radlich goal.  The Lady Mavs improve to (11-8-0) overall and they finish AMCC play at (7-2-0).  The win gives Medaille a home playoff game on Saturday (11/1) at 6:00pm against an opponent that is yet to be determined.

In a tough week for Medaille, Melissa Carter (Sr. – Women’s Volleyball – Lancaster, NY) set two Medaille records. In a match against Penn State-Behrend she set the record for assists in a season (she now has 674) on the year, the previous mark was (586). In a four set loss to La Roche she had (51) assists which is the most a Lady Mav volleyball player has ever posted in a single match.

Alexander Rouse (Fr. – Men’s Soccer – Marcellus, NY) had a record breaking week as he scored five goals in one game, a win over Pitt-Greensburg. He also notched a hat trick against Pitt-Bradford (he also had an assist in that game). For the week he scored (8) goals and (1) assist for a total of (17) points in a 2-0 week.

In a game to honor the seniors, it was a freshman who stole the show. The Men’s soccer team ended regular season play at home with a (7-0) victory. Freshman striker Alexander Rouse (Marcellus, NY/Marcellus)(pictured) scored five goals for the Mavericks and now has (19) on the season stealing the spot light away from the seniors in the victory over the visiting Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats. This year’s senior class included Chris Griffiths (Elma, NY/Iroquois), Josh Waclawski (Brocton, NY/Brocton), Eric Schmitz (North Collins, NY/North Collins), Jared Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland), and Jacob Reisdorf (Strykersville, NY/Holland). Two seniors made the score sheet with Griffiths adding a goal and Schmitz an assist in the total team effort. Freshman goalkeeper Ryan Goettel (Syracuse, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) needed to make only one save in registering his ninth shutout of the season. Medaille now moves to (12-5-0) overall and (8-0-0) in AMCC play heading into the final game of the regular season Tuesday at Penn-State Behrend.

The Medaille Lady Mavericks soccer team hosted the Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats Saturday night at All-High Stadium in Buffalo. Medaille honored its three seniors by playing to a (4-1) victory over the visiting Bobcats. Seniors Shannon Radlich (Clarence, NY/Clarence), Kelly Rosenthal (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek), and Mattea Haessner (Moravia, NY/Moravia) each played in their final regular season home games. Junior Danielle Radlich (Clarence, NY/Clarence) once again led the Mavs’ attack with two goals and an assist including the game winner at 29:08 of the first half. Radlich now has 18 goals on the season and 39 points overall to pace the Lady Mavericks. The Mavs would post three first half goals including junior Sarah Kaczmarek’s (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga)(pictured) first of her Medaille career. The Lady Mavs are now (10-8) overall and (6-2) in AMCC play and will travel to Penn-State Behrend on Tuesday to close out the regular season.

The Medaille women’s volleyball team traveled to La Roche College Saturday to face the rival AMCC foe but couldn’t equal the Redhawks’ attack as the Mavericks fell (3-1) in the match. The Lady Mavs took the first contest (26-24) and would remain close in the next three games with scores of (22-25, 18-25, 24-26) but to no avail. Junior Michele Burgstahler (Wilson, NY/Wilson) led the Mavs with 24 kills in the match while senior Melissa Carter (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster)(pictured) set a Medaille record with a single-match record of (51) assists. The Mavericks fell to (7-19) overall this year and will attempt to overcome Hilbert College Wednesday night in the team’s final home game of the season.

The Medaille College women’s volleyball team dropped their fifth straight match as they were outlasted by Cazenovia College (3-2); (18-25, 25-8, 25-19, 23-25, 16-14).  The Lady Mavs were looking to sweep the series against the Wildcats in the 2008 season.  However, Cazenovia would have different plans as they took games two and three easily.  The Lady Mavs would bounce back to win game four before succumbing to the Wildcats in the fifth and final set.  The loss drops Medaille to (7-18) overall. The Lady Mavs will head to La Roche College on Saturday (10/25) to take on their AMCC rival at 1:00pm.