SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers Weekly Recap - 13 April 2022

SUNY COBLESKILL FIGHTING TIGER WEEKLY RECAP 4/11/22 

The SUNY Cobleskill baseball team won three-of-four road games during the week losing on Tuesday to the Engineers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in non-league action 13-3 prior to winning a non-league match-up on the road versus the Pioneers of Utica College 10-6, The Fighting Tigers closed the week by sweeping the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) opening doubleheader versus the host Wildcats of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute by scores of 8-5 and 4-3 to improve to 10-11 overall including a 2-0 record in league action. Senior outfielder Samuel Gutierrez, Bay, Bayside, N.Y., Martin Van Buren High School/Queensborough Community College, led the way offensively for the Orange & Black batting .500 with a .611 on base percentage along with one home run, two stolen bases, five runs scored and nine RBI for the week.  

The Fighting Tiger men’s outdoor track & field team posted a team total of 48 points to place fifth in a field of 10 teams at the 2022 Utica College Spring Invitational hosted by the Pioneers of Utica College at the college’s Pioneer Turf and Track and Field Complex on Saturday. First year distance runner Eamonn Sullivan, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Fordham Preparatory School, was the team’s top finisher posting an Atlantic Regional Qualifying effort in the 5000-meter run with a program record time of 15:13.30 to place second overall in the event. 

Th Cobleskill softball team won two-of-six games during the week losing a pair of non-conference doubleheaders falling to the Dutchwomen Union College by scores of 5-0 and 11-3 on Tuesday then dropping a pair of games on Wednesday to Gators Sage College by scores of 8-5 and 11-3 prior to sweeping the Wildcats of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in NAC play in games played at SUNY Oneonta on Friday by scores of 9-1 and 5-3 to improve to 4-12 overall on the season including a 2-0 record in conference play. Senior outfielder Alyssa Villielm, Rifton, N.Y., Kingston High School, led the Fighting Tigers on offense batting .444 for the week with a home run, with two runs scored and three RBI on the week.   

First year jumper Lilah Ward, Arlington, Vt., Arlington High School, won the high jump at the 2022 Utica College Spring Invitational hosted by the Pioneers of Utica College at the college’s Pioneer Turf and Track and Field Complex on Saturday by clearing a height of 4’11”. Led by Ward’s efforts the Fighting Tigers posted a team total of 13 points to place seventh overall in the nine-team field.  

The Fighting Tiger men’s lacrosse team split a pair of road games during the week posting an 18-6 over the Mavericks of Medaille College on Tuesday then falling in conference play to the Terriers of Thomas College by a 16-13 margin to move to 3-4 overall including a 1-3 record in NAC play. Sophomore attackman Gregory Neumann, Accord, N.Y., Rondout Valley High School, posted a big week for the Orange & Black with six goals, five assists and 12 ground balls.  

The hunt seat equestrian team Closed out the 2021-22 season over the weekend at the 2022 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Zone 2 Championships hosted by St. Lawrence University at the college’s Elsa Gunnison Appleton Riding Hall. The Fighting Tigers received a third place finish in Introductory Horsemanship from senior Julianna Ciccotelli, Hillsborough, N.J., Hillsborough High School, at the championship event.  

SUNY Cobleskill Athletic Department announced this week that Chukwuma Asala has been named as the Fighting Tigers new head women’s soccer coach. Asala comes to Cobleskill after serving as the Head Girls Varsity Soccer Coach at Holy Names Academy in Albany, N.Y. where he posted a 61-13-3 overall record in three seasons guiding his team to a pair of Colonial Council Championships and two Section II Championships.  

UPCOMING HOME CONTESTS: 

Lacrosse vs. SUNY Canton 4/20, SUNY Poly 4/23 

Baseball vs. Cazenovia 4/15 & 4/16, SUNY Canton 4/22 & 4/23, Utica College 4/26 

Softball vs. Cazenovia College 4/29 & 4/30