COBLESKILL — The SUNY Cobleskill baseball team moved to the top of the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Western Division standings by winning six-of-eight league contests during the week. Mid-week the Fighting Tigers swept the visiting Kangaroos of SUNY Canton defeating the Roos on Tuesday 23-2 before sweeping Canton on Wednesday in doubleheader action by scores of 16-8 and 13-2. Over the weekend Cobleskill traveled to Quincy, Massachusetts to take three-of-four conference contests from the Lions of Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) posting a pair of comebacks in a Friday afternoon by scores of 8-7 and 10-9 prior to splitting a doubleheader with the Lions on Saturday dropping the opener 12-2 before taking the nightcap 14-7 to improve to 12-18 overall including an 8-2 record in NAC play. Senior outfielder/first baseman Samuel Gutierrez, Queens, N.Y., Martin Van Buren High School/Queensbury Community College, led the Fighting Tiger offense batting .480 for the week going 12-for-25 at the plate to go with an on-base percentage of .552 including a stolen base, three doubles, four home runs, eight runs scored and 18 runs batted in.
Fighting Tiger sophomore sprinter/jumper Lily Swyers, Peru, N.Y., Peru High School, turned in the women’s outdoor track & field team’s top effort over the weekend at the 2024 Cortland Classic hosted by the Red Dragons of SUNY Cortland in Cortland, N.Y. Swyers placed fourth in the 100-Meter Hurdles in a time of 16.36 seconds, fifth in the Long Jump with a mark of 16’0 ½” and sixth in the Triple Jump with a mark of 33’9 ¾” at the non-scoring event.
Sophomore sprinter/hurdler Charles Foote, Cobleskill, N.Y., Cobleskill-Richmondville High School was the Fighting Tiger men’s outdoor track & field team’s top performer at the 2024 Cortland Classic hosted by the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons over the weekend in Cortland, N.Y. Foote placed third in the 400-Meter Hurdles with a time of 56.58 seconds at the non-scoring qualifying event.
The Fighting Tiger softball team dropped four-of-five decisions during the week dropping a non-league doubleheader on Tuesday to the host Soaring Eagles of Elmira College by scores of 7-6 in eight innings and 11-3 prior to dropping three-of-four conference contests to the visiting Wildcats of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute over the weekend losing on Friday at Fighting Tiger Field by a 7-2 margin then splitting a pair of games on Saturday losing the first game 18-0 then taking the second game by a 3-2 score to move their record to 10-12 overall with a 6-4 record in NAC play. First-year designated player Jenna Smyczynski, East Aurora, N.Y., East Aurora High School, paced the Cobleskill offense batting .429 for the week going 6-for-14 at the plate with a stolen base, a run scored and two runs batted in.
The men’s lacrosse team suffered through a tough weekend losing a pair of conference home games falling on Saturday to the Eagles of Husson University by a 15-8 score then dropping a 27-12 decision to the Mariners of the Maine Maritime Academy to fall to 1-9 overall with a 0-6 record in conference action. Fighting Tiger senior attackman Sean D’Amaro, Northport, N.Y., Northport High School, had nine goals and an assist on the week to reach the 100-career goal mark and with his 104 career goals and 30 assists becomes the program’s all-time leading scorer with 134 career points.
UPCOMING HOME CONTESTS:
Baseball vs. Utica University 4/25, SUNY Polytechnic Institute 5/5
Softball vs. MCLA 4/24, Russell Sage College 5/1, SUNY Morrisville 5/3 & 5/4
Lacrosse vs. SUNY Morrisville 4/24
Track & Field to host the NAC Championships on 4/26 & 4/27 at SUNY Oneonta
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