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BEYOND THE FIELD<br />
Dear Readers:<br />
I hope this letter finds you in good health and enjoying summer. Over the last year I have been repeatedly asked about the<br />
possibility of a new outdoor athletic facility here at <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>. I thought I’d use this space to keep you abreast of what’s<br />
been taking place – both locally and in Albany – relating to this very exciting issue.<br />
As you may know, President Muriel A. Howard and Vice President for Student Affairs Hal D. Payne have been very active in<br />
seeking a new outdoor stadium. I am pleased to report that their efforts, as well as the efforts of many others, have been rewarded.<br />
This past fiscal year (2006 – <strong>07</strong>) the <strong>State</strong> Legislature approved a $4 million appropriation for the Study and Design Phase of<br />
a new multi-use stadium. Once that money was secured, the SUNY Construction Fund began an extensive national search for a firm<br />
to meet this objective. The interview process to select the firm for the Study and Design Phase took place in January. We are hopeful<br />
the selection process is completed sometime over the summer. Once completed meetings with the firm, <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> and the<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> Public Schools would begin.<br />
It is anticipated that the Study and Design Phase will take approximately one year from its inception. Meanwhile, interested<br />
parties are working toward securing from the <strong>State</strong> the actual construction dollars necessary for the facility so that work can begin<br />
once the Study and Design Phase is complete. Actual construction of the facility is expected to last 18 to 24 months.<br />
While the news is indeed exciting, our work continues to ensure that the actual construction dollars will be made available<br />
by the <strong>State</strong> Legislature and approved by the Governor. Our lobbying efforts, combined with a delegation of supportive Western New<br />
York legislators, have certainly begun the overall process through the Study and Design Phase. With your continued help and encouragement<br />
I am confident we will realize our vision of a new outdoor athletic facility for <strong>Buffalo</strong> and <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Jerry S. Boyes - Director of <strong>Athletics</strong><br />
Celebrating <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong>’s “Best of the Best”<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Athletics</strong> held its fi rst Hall of Fame Recognition Night on Friday, Feb. 9 during the basketball doubleheader against<br />
Cortland. Pictured in this “team photo” are, kneeling, Roy Macaluso, President Muriel A. Howard, Jack Foster, Don Scherer, Don<br />
O’Brien; standing fi rst row, Joe LoTempio, Joe Merlo, Robyn Ventura, Fred Hartrick, Tom Allen, Don Munson, Nancy Holzerland, Joe<br />
Bessel, Cecelie Owens, Tim Burns, Mary DelSignore, Jessica Wellings, Ed Winrow, <strong>Athletics</strong> Director Jerry Boyes; back row, Tony<br />
Sartori, Conrad Walters, Durie Burns, former <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> President D. Bruce Johnstone, Charlie Garfi nkel, Al Kozen, Howie Myers,<br />
Paul Luczak, Joe Harrington<br />
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SEASONS IN THE BOOKS<br />
MEN’S BASKETBALL<br />
Made its 27th SUNYAC playoff<br />
appearance in 28 years...Finished<br />
12-13 overall and 7-9 in conference<br />
play...Bubba Wood led the Bengals<br />
with 12.6 points-per-game and 108<br />
assists...Dion Mozelle averaged<br />
11.7 points and 5.8 rebounds-pergame...No.<br />
7 seed in SUNYAC<br />
tournament, lost 82-72 at No. 2 and<br />
eventual champion Plattsburgh in<br />
quarterfi nals...<br />
1,000<br />
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL<br />
Finished 7-18 overall and 4-12 in<br />
SUNYAC action...Jacey Brooks led<br />
the team as a Second Team All-<br />
SUNYAC selection and averaged<br />
14.4 points and 6.1 rebounds-pergame...Darnika<br />
Moseley had 12.8<br />
points and 8.2 boards-per-contest...<br />
On Jan. 9 at Cortland, both Brooks<br />
and Moseley scored the 1,000th<br />
point of their respective careers.<br />
Moseley went on to fi nish her career<br />
ranked 8th on the school’s all-time<br />
scoring list with 1,<strong>07</strong>8, and Jacey<br />
fi nished fourth in school history with<br />
1,219 points...<br />
WOMEN’S HOCKEY<br />
Improved by two wins from a year<br />
ago, fi nishing 7-15-1 overall and 5-9<br />
in ECAC West play under fi rst-year<br />
Head Coach Rob Burke...Juniors<br />
Shannon Anesetti and Mary<br />
Cohen were both named second<br />
team all-conference...Anesetti<br />
posted a 2.49 GAA and a .924<br />
save percentage, and Cohen tallied<br />
seven points from the blue line...<br />
Melissa Jeckovich fi nished as the<br />
leading scorer with 10 points...<br />
Shannon<br />
Anesetti<br />
On Feb. 9, the Bengals defeated<br />
Cortland, 72-69, in the Sports<br />
Arena, as <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> joined<br />
select company with win No. 1,000<br />
since the program turned varsity in<br />
1926...<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> is 1,002-684<br />
(.594) with 17 SUNYAC titles and<br />
18 NCAA Playoff appearances...<br />
Randy Smith led the Bengals to the 1970<br />
Final Four and is the school’s all-time<br />
leading scorer (1,712) and rebounder (1,049).<br />
Jacey Brooks<br />
Darnika Moseley<br />
SWIMMING & DIVING<br />
Men’s and women’s team both had<br />
winning records in the same season<br />
for the fi rst time...Men were 4-3<br />
and placed seventh of nine at the<br />
SUNYAC Championships...Women<br />
were 4-3-1 and also fi nished<br />
seventh at the conference meet...<br />
Freshman Miranda Warner set a<br />
new school record in the 100 back<br />
and joined Caitlin Morsch, Megan<br />
Farrell and Karli Bender on the<br />
record-setting 200 medley relay<br />
team...Eric Hastings was second<br />
team All-SUNYAC, placing third in<br />
the 1,650 free....<br />
WOMEN’S LACROSSE<br />
Opened the season by matching<br />
a school record with sevenconsecutive<br />
victories...Also matched<br />
a program best with 10 total<br />
wins, fi nishing 10-5 overall and<br />
2-5 in SUNYAC play...Freshman<br />
Stephanie Georgopoulos and<br />
junior Shantel Ackley led the<br />
Bengals with 48 and 47 points<br />
respectively...Juniors Ashley<br />
Parker and Katie Lyons were both<br />
recognized as second team All-<br />
SUNYAC...<br />
Dick Bihr led <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> to 449 victories<br />
from 1979 until 2005.<br />
Eric Hastings<br />
Leah Bernal, a senior elementary education<br />
major, won the SUNY Chancellor’s Award<br />
for Student-Excellence. The Chancellor’s<br />
Award is the highest award bestowed by<br />
SUNY upon a student, recognizing model<br />
students who have integrated academic<br />
excellence and extracurricular involvement.<br />
Bernal ranks third in school history with 106<br />
career points.<br />
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PICKING UP THE PACE<br />
TRACK & FIELD ATTAINS NATIONAL PROMINENCE...<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> jumped in the express lane this season as it<br />
continued to travel the road to national prominence as the Bengals<br />
featured five All-American performances, including two national<br />
titles, and had individuals compete in nine NCAA Championship<br />
events.<br />
Under the guidance of New York <strong>State</strong> Women’s Coach of the<br />
Year Eugene Lewis, <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> posted dramatic improvements<br />
in team results at the state and conference level as well. The men’s<br />
team was fifth at both indoor championship meets and place fourth<br />
at each of the outdoor meets. The women were fourth at each of<br />
the indoor meets and were third and fifth at the outdoor SUNYAC<br />
and New York <strong>State</strong> meets respectively.<br />
Willie Hordge led the nationally recognized athletes as a threetime<br />
All-American and a two-time national champion. After fi nishing<br />
tied for fourth in the 55-meter dash at the indoor NCAA meet, the<br />
junior capture national titles in the 100 and 200-meter dash events<br />
at the outdoor championship. He was also a four-time SUNYAC<br />
Champion, three-time <strong>State</strong> champ, and was named the SUNYAC<br />
and New York <strong>State</strong> Outdoor Runner of the Year.<br />
Junior Mario Hicks dominated the indoor circuit in the 55-meter<br />
hurdles, winning SUNYAC and <strong>State</strong> titles, and earned All-America<br />
honors, placing second at the NCAA meet. He also won the<br />
SUNYAC and <strong>State</strong> outdoor titles in the 110-meter hurdles as was<br />
part of the 4x100 meter relay teams that captured victories at each<br />
meet.<br />
Junior Jenelle Orosz was the other Bengal to gain national<br />
recognition, becoming the first-ever <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> female track and<br />
fi eld All-American after placing sixth in the indoor high jump. She<br />
also won SUNYAC and <strong>State</strong> indoor titles in the same event.<br />
Freshman Toya Edwards was the most decorated <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
athlete. In all, she won five SUNYAC and six <strong>State</strong> Championships<br />
and was named the indoor New York <strong>State</strong> Runner of the Year and<br />
outdoor Runner and Rookie of the Year. She also competed at the<br />
indoor NCAA Championships in the 55-meter dash (9th) and the<br />
outdoor 200-meter dash.<br />
Sophomore Lavonne Barfield joined Edwards, Tiffany Aaron<br />
and Chelsea Prophet to win the outdoor 4x100-meter relay<br />
SUNYAC and <strong>State</strong> Championships and set a New York <strong>State</strong><br />
record. Barfield also won the indoor <strong>State</strong> long jump title and<br />
competed at the outdoor NCAA Championships in the same event.<br />
Tenisha Jones was also impressive as a freshman, winning<br />
outdoor SUNYAC and <strong>State</strong> triple jump crowns and competed at<br />
the NCAA Championships. Fellow freshman Candace Aaron<br />
also exploded onto the scene, competing at the NCAA Intdoor<br />
Championships in the hammer throw.<br />
All-Americans<br />
Willie Hordge<br />
Mario Hicks<br />
Jenelle Orosz<br />
SUNYAC Champions<br />
T4th - indoor 55m dash<br />
National Champ - outdoor 100m dash<br />
National Champ - outdoor 200m dash<br />
2nd - indoor 55m hurdles<br />
6th - indoor high jump<br />
Mario Hicks<br />
Indoor 55m hurdles,<br />
Outdoor 110m hurdles, 4x100m relay<br />
Willie Hordge Indoor 200m, Outdoor 100m,<br />
Outdoor 200m, Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Jenelle Orosz Indoor high jump<br />
Toya Edwards Indoor 55m, Indoor 200m, Outdoor 100m,<br />
Outdoor 200m, Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Tenisha Jones Outdoor Triple Jump<br />
Joe Russell<br />
Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Shilah Richardson Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Chelsea Prophet Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Tiffany Aaron Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
LaVonne Barfi eld Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
New York <strong>State</strong> Champions<br />
Mario Hicks<br />
Indoor 55m hurdles,<br />
Outdoor 110m hurdles, 4x100m relay<br />
Willie Hordge Outdoor 200m, Outdoor 400m,<br />
Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Jenelle Orosz<br />
Toya Edwards<br />
Tenisha Jones<br />
LaVonne Barfi eld<br />
Joe Wooley<br />
Eric Bream<br />
Jameieka Price<br />
Joe Russell<br />
Shilah Richardson<br />
Chelsea Prophet<br />
Tiffany Aaron<br />
Other Top Honors<br />
Toya Edwards<br />
Willie Hordge<br />
Eugene Lews<br />
Indoor high jump<br />
Indoor 55m, Indoor 200m, Indoor 4x200m<br />
Relay, Outdoor 100m, Outdoor 200m,<br />
Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Outdoor Triple Jump<br />
Indoor long jump, Indoor 4x200m relay,<br />
Outdoor triple jump, Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Indoor triple jump<br />
Indoor 400m<br />
Indoor 4x200m relay<br />
Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Indoor 4x200m relay, Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
Outdoor 4x100m relay<br />
New York <strong>State</strong> Indoor Runner of the Year<br />
New York <strong>State</strong> Outdoor Runner of the Year<br />
New York <strong>State</strong> Outdoor Rookie of the Year<br />
SUNYAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet<br />
New York <strong>State</strong> Outdoor Runner of the Year<br />
New York <strong>State</strong> Women’s Outdoor<br />
Coach of the Year<br />
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WINNING WAYS<br />
SOFTBALL & MEN’S HOCKEY HEAD TOWARD TOP OF CLASS<br />
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MAJOR AWARD WINNERS<br />
This Year’s Best...<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>State</strong> held its annual Intercollegiate <strong>Athletics</strong> Banquet at the Holiday Inn-Amherst on Mon., May 7, to recognize its<br />
team MVP’s, seniors and major award winners from the 2006-<strong>07</strong> academic year. Below are the top honorees:<br />
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20<strong>07</strong> SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER SCHEDULES<br />
AUGUST<br />
31 Fri. Volleyball at Cortland Classic 2 p.m.<br />
31 Fri. M. Soccer BSC Invitational 3/5:30 p.m.<br />
31 Fri. W. Soccer at Skidmore Classic 7 p.m.<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
1 Sat. X-Country Dan Walker Invitational 10 a.m.<br />
1 Sat. Volleyball at Cortland Classic 10 a.m.<br />
1 Sat. M. Soccer BSC Invitational 12/3 p.m.<br />
1 Sat. Football at Morrisville 1 p.m.<br />
1 Sat. W. Soccer at Skidmore Classic 5 p.m.<br />
4 Tue. Volleyball at Medaille 7 p.m.<br />
5 Wed. W. Soccer at RIT 4 p.m.<br />
7 Fri. Volleyball at North Country Invitational 5 p.m.<br />
8 Sat. Volleyball at North Country Invitational 9 a.m.<br />
8 Sat. X-Country at Oswego Invitational 10 a.m.<br />
8 Sat. Football vs. St. John Fisher 1 p.m.<br />
8 Sat. W. Soccer at Wooster 1 p.m.<br />
8 Sat. M. Soccer at Johns Hopkins Tourney TBA<br />
9 Sun. W. Soccer at Oberlin TBA<br />
9 Sun. M. Soccer at Johns Hopkins Tourney TBA<br />
11 Tue. Volleyball vs. Penn <strong>State</strong> Behrend 7 p.m.<br />
12 Wed. W. Soccer vs. Pitt-Bradford 4 p.m.<br />
12 Wed. M. Soccer vs. Hilbert 4 p.m.<br />
14 Fri. Volleyball at New Paltz Invitational TBA<br />
15 Sat. X-Country at Brockport Invitational 11 a.m.<br />
15 Sat. Volleyball at New Paltz Invitational TBA<br />
15 Sat. M. Soccer vs. Brockport 1 p.m.<br />
15 Sat. W. Soccer at Brockport 1 p.m.<br />
21 Fri. M. Soccer vs. Oneonta 4 p.m.<br />
21 Fri. W. Soccer at Oneonta 4 p.m.<br />
21 Fri. Volleyball SUNYAC Pool Play at Geneseo 4 p.m.<br />
22 Sat. Volleyball SUNYAC Pool Play at Geneseo 10 a.m.<br />
22 Sat. X-Country at St. Lawrence Invitational 12 p.m.<br />
22 Sat. M. Soccer vs. New Paltz 1 p.m.<br />
22 Sat. W. Soccer at New Paltz 1 p.m.<br />
22 Sat. Football at Cortland 1 p.m.<br />
25 Tue. M. Soccer at RIT 4 p.m.<br />
26 Wed. Volleyball at St. John Fisher 7 p.m.<br />
28 Fri. W. Soccer vs. SUNYIT 4 p.m.<br />
28 Fri. M. Soccer at SUNYIT 4 p.m.<br />
29 Sat. X-Country at Geneseo Invitational 10 a.m.<br />
29 Sat. Football vs. Kean 1 p.m.<br />
29 Sat. W. Soccer vs. Morrisville 1 p.m.<br />
29 Sat. M. Soccer at Morrisville 1 p.m.<br />
OCTOBER<br />
2 Tue. M. Soccer vs. Pitt-Bradford 4 p.m.<br />
2 Tue. Volleyball vs. Hilbert 7 p.m.<br />
5 Fri. M. Soccer vs. Cortland 4 p.m.<br />
5 Fri. W. Soccer at Cortland 4 p.m.<br />
5 Fri. Volleyball at Plattsburgh Classic 4 p.m.<br />
6 Sat. Volleyball at Plattsburgh Classic 10 a.m.<br />
6 Sat. X-Country at Albany Invitational 10 a.m.<br />
6 Sat. Football at Montclair <strong>State</strong> 1 p.m.<br />
6 Sat. M. Soccer vs. Oswego 1 p.m.<br />
6 Sat. W. Soccer at Oswego 1 p.m.<br />
9 Tue. Volleyball vs. D’Youville 7 p.m.<br />
12 Fri. W. Soccer vs. Potsdam 4 p.m.<br />
12 Fri. M. Soccer at Potsdam 4 p.m.<br />
13 Sat. W. Soccer vs. Plattsburgh 1 p.m.<br />
13 Sat. M. Soccer vs. Plattsburgh 1 p.m.<br />
13 Sat. Football at Rowan 1 p.m.<br />
13 Sat. X-Country at Nazareth Invitational TBA<br />
13 Sat. Volleyball at Cazenovia 2 p.m.<br />
16 Tue. Volleyball vs. Pitt-Bradford 7 p.m.<br />
17 Wed. M. Soccer vs. Fredonia 4 p.m.<br />
17 Wed. W. Soccer at Fredonia 6 p.m.<br />
19 Fri. Volleyball SUNYAC Pool Play at Fredonia 4 p.m.<br />
19 Fri. M. Hockey SUNYAC Challenge 4/7 p.m.<br />
20 Sat. Volleyball SUNYAC Pool Play at Fredonia 10 a.m.<br />
20 Sat. X-Country SUNYAC Champ. at Potsdam TBA<br />
20 Sat. Football vs. William Patterson 1 p.m.<br />
20 Sat. W. Soccer vs. Geneseo 1 p.m.<br />
20 Sat. Swim at Geneseo 1 p.m.<br />
20 Sat. M. Hockey SUNYAC Challenge 4/7 p.m.<br />
20 Sat. M. Soccer at Geneseo 1 p.m.<br />
25 Thu. W. Soccer vs. St. John Fisher 3 p.m.<br />
25 Thu. Volleyball at D’Youville 7 p.m.<br />
26 Fri. Swim vs. Cortland 5 p.m.<br />
26 Fri. M. Hockey vs. Hobart 7 p.m.<br />
27 Sat. Volleyball at Hilbert TBA<br />
27 Sat. Football at Western Connecticut 12 p.m.<br />
27 Sat. M. Hockey at Hobart 7 p.m.<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
2 Fri. Swim vs. Penn <strong>State</strong> Behrend 5 p.m.<br />
2 Fri. W. Hockey vs. Rhode Island (Ex.) 7 p.m.<br />
2 Fri. M. Hockey at Geneseo 7 p.m.<br />
3 Sat. X-Country NYSCTC Champ. at Geneseo TBA<br />
3 Sat. Football vs. <strong>College</strong> of New Jersey 1 p.m.<br />
3 Sat. W. Swim vs. William Smith 1 p.m.<br />
3 Sat. W. Hockey vs. Rhode Island (Ex.) 4 p.m.<br />
3 Sat. M. Hockey at Brockport 7 p.m.<br />
4 Sun. W. Hockey vs. Concordia 2 p.m.<br />
9 Fri. Swim at Pitt-Bradford 6 p.m.<br />
9 Fri. M. Hockey vs. Plattsburgh 7 p.m.<br />
10 Sat. X-Country NCAA Regional at NYU TBA<br />
10 Sat. Football vs. Brockport 1 p.m.<br />
10 Sat. W. Hockey vs. RIT 4 p.m.<br />
10 Sat. M. Hockey vs. Potsdam 7 p.m.<br />
11 Sun. W. Hockey vs. RIT 2 p.m.<br />
16 Fri. Swim at North Country Invitational 4 p.m.<br />
16 Fri. M. Basketball vs. Gwynedd Mercy 7 p.m.<br />
16 Fri. M. Hockey at Fredonia 7 p.m.<br />
17 Sat. Swim at North Country Invitational 10 a.m.<br />
17 Sat. W. Basketball Betty Abgott Invitational 6/8 p.m.<br />
17 Sat. W. Hockey at Neumann 7 p.m.<br />
18 Sun. W. Basketball Betty Abgott Invitational 1/3 p.m.<br />
18 Sun. W. Hockey at Neumann 2 p.m.<br />
20 Tue. W. Basketball vs. St. John Fisher 6 p.m.<br />
27 Tue. W. Basketball at Nazareth 6 p.m.<br />
27 Tue. M. Basketball vs. D’Youville 7 p.m.<br />
30 Fri. Swim at Grove City Invitational 10 a.m.<br />
30 Fri. W. Basketball vs. SUNYIT 6 p.m.<br />
30 Fri. M. Hockey at Oswego 7 p.m.<br />
30 Fri. M. Basketball vs. SUNYIT 8 p.m.<br />
Home games in orange. Away games in black.<br />
All schedules are tentative. Visit www.buffalostate.edu/athletics for<br />
the most up-to-date schedules.<br />
Orange & Black was written and created by Sports Information Director Jeff Ventura. Printing by Partners’ Press<br />
(716) 876-2288. Action photos by Steve DeMeo - Team HotShots - Team19@aol.com. On the cover: (left to right)<br />
Mario Hicks, Eugene Lewis, Willie Hordge, Jenelle Orosz (photo by Bruce Fox).<br />
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NEWS/UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
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