Medaille Sports

The Empire State Games came to Buffalo, NY in 2010 and several current and former Maverick athlete’s had strong showings.  A pair of seniors led their respective teams to gold medals as Ryan Maxwell (Amherst, NY/Sweet Home)(pictured) was the starting setter on the Western Region men’s volleyball squad that defended their gold from the 2008 games.  While Gina Pera (Clarence, NY/Clarence) was strong for the Western women’s soccer team that claimed gold as well.  Sophomore transfer Kara Donner (Springville, NY/Springville-Griffith) was a member of that team as well.  Two former Lady Maverick women’s basketball players had critical roles on the silver medal winning Western team as Marisa Clark (Hilton, NY/Hilton)(’08) and Carissa Ferrucci (Hamburg, NY/Immaculata)(’09) provided a strong backcourt during the tournament en route to their runner-up finish.  Sophomore Kevin Au (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) and incoming freshman Gregory Hoffman (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) each played for the Western region in the men’s soccer tournament, with Au registering an assist in their win over New York City.  The Western region continued their dominance of the games as they won the medal count again with (242) including a remarkable (104) golds.

The Medaille College baseball and softball teams were well represented when the AMCC posted their All Conference teams.  Both teams made it to the conference playoffs with the Lady Mavs making an exciting run to the title game.  On the baseball side of things the Mavs placed two players on the AMCC First Team as junior Nick Kanutsu (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East) and sophomore Mathew Urbanski (Depew, NY/Lancaster)(pictured) each earned that distinction.  (more…)