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In a (1-1) week for the Lady Mavs, Tanisha Travis (Fr. – Women’s Basketball – Fairport, NY) stepped up with two big performances. In the two games she netted (18) points, pulled down (22) boards and blocked (6) shots. In a huge AMCC win over Penn State-Behrend she grabbed a game high (13) boards. The Lady Mavs have locked up a playoff spot in the upcoming AMCC Tournament.

The Mavs went (2-0) on the week and the stellar defensive play of Jacob Reisdorf (Sr. – Men’s Basketball – Strykersville, NY) helped lead the way. For the week he scored (13) points, grabbed (6) boards, dished out (6) assists and came up with (5) steals. Two of his steals came late in the game in critical situations in a monumental win over Penn State-Behrend. The Mavs sit in a three-way tie atop the AMCC standings.

Carissa Ferrucci (Sr. – Women’s Basketball – Hamburg, NY) put up huge numbers in a (3-0) week. She averaged (17.3) points, (6.3) assists, (6.0) rebounds and (6.0) steals per game. With her (19) assists this week she became only the third player in program history to eclipse the (300) assist mark, she now has (305) for her career.

Ricky Reed (So. – Men’s Basketball – Rochester, NY) helped lead the Mavs to a (3-0) week as he put forth solid performances in each game. He scored (46) points, pulled down (11) boards and dished out (10) assists while shooting an astonishing (64.2%) from the floor. The Mavs have won four straight and are atop the AMCC standings with three other teams, with a (7-3) conference record.

The Medaille College women’s basketball team dropped another tough conference game as they fell at home to Penn State-Altoona (77-65).  The Lady Mavs fell behind by ten points just five minutes into play as the Lions seemingly hit every shot.  Then Medaille turned on the defensive pressure and rebounded the ball well during the latter portions of the first half.  That effort earned them a (35-32) lead at the break.  When the Lady Mavs took to the floor in the second half they found a very determined Lions team that came out of the break.  Penn State-Altoona opened the second stanza on a (12-3) run and their lead would swell to as many as (15) enroute to the victory.  (more…)

The results of the 14th Annual Reindeer Run, held on Saturday, December 6 at Medaille College’s Buffalo Campus, have been posted at leonetiming.com.

Pictures from the Reindeer Run are available at Medaille’s Flickr site.

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.

#8 Patrick Zelko

Position: Forward/Defense

Height: 5-7

Year: Sophomore

Hometown: Horseheads, NY

High School: Horseheads

For the second straight day the Medaille College men’s soccer team faced another national power as they took on 14th ranked Virginia Wesleyan at Christopher Newport University.  The Mavs would suffer a second straight setback as they succumbed to the Blue Marlins (4-0).  It was a game that saw Virginia Wesleyan tally two goals in each half as they outshot the Mavs (9-6).  The loss drops Medaille to (0-2-0) on the young season.  The Mavs will look for their first win on Tuesday (9/2) as they take on another national power, Fredonia State, on the road at 7:00pm.  Things will not get easier for Medaille as they will head to York College to take on the fifth ranked Spartans next Saturday (9/6). 

The AMCC preseason rankings came out and the Mavericks were selected as the favorites to win the conference title. The Mavs are coming off a year in which they captured their third straight regular season title but fell in the championship game. Junior, Gary Boughton (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster), was selected as the preseason player of the year. Boughton was the AMCC Co-Player of the Year in 2007 and was a first team regional All American while finishing 2nd in the nation in assists per game. The Mavericks will open the 2008 season at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA on Friday, August 29th at 7:30pm.

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