SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers Weekly Recap - 23 February 2024

COBLESKILL - The SUNY Cobleskill women’s basketball team captured the 2024 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Western Division Championship over the weekend in games hosted by the Fighting Tigers. On Friday evening Cobleskill defeated the Mustangs of SUNY Morrisville by a score of 68-43 in the opening round then taking the title on Saturday with a 76-33 drubbing of the Kangaroos of SUNY Canton. Junior forward Cara Walker, Phelps, N.Y., Midlakes High School, was the catalyst to the wins posting a pair of double/doubles averaging 14.5 points, 10.5 points, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game as the Fighting Tigers improved to a program record 25-1 overall on the year and increased their program record longest winning streak to 15 games.

The Fighting Tiger men’s basketball team won the 2024 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Western Division Championship over the weekend in games played at SUNY Morrisville, N.Y. On Friday evening Cobleskill topped the Wildcats of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute 90-74 then winning the divisional title on Saturday with an 84-82 victory over the Broncos of SUNY Delhi to improve to 17-10 overall on the year. Sophomore guard Kobe Long, Rochester, N.Y., McQuaid Jesuit High School, was the driving force to the title averaging 29.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game shooting 60.0% from the field including 58.8% from three-point range and 92.3% from the free throw line.

Senior distance runner Nick Logan, Queensbury, N.Y., Queensbury High School, was the Fighting Tiger men’s indoor track & field team’s top placer at the 2024 West Point Tune-up Meet hosted by the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Logan placed second overall in the Mile Run in a time of 4:22.09 and third in the 1000-Meter Run in a time of 2:35.12 at the non-scoring qualifying event.

Junior distance runner Kathrine Ledermann, Altamont, N.Y., Guilderland High School, was the Fighting Tiger woman’s indoor track & field team’s top finisher at the 2024 West Point Tune-up Meet hosted by the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Ledermann won the 1000-Run at the non-scoring qualifying event in a time of 3:33.56 to go with an eighth place finish in the Mile-Run with a time of 5:56.68.

Sophomore Sydney DiLascio, Highland, N.Y., Highland High School, earned individual Reserve Point Rider honors at the semester’s opening Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Region 3 Zone 2 event hosted by Skidmore College at the Van Lennep Riding Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Saturday. Led by DiLascio’s efforts the Fighting Tigers placed second overall in a 10-team field at the event.

The Fighting Tiger baseball team was ranked first in the season opening 2024 NAC Western Division Coaches Poll.

The Fighting Tiger men’s lacrosse team was ranked seventh overall in the season opening 2024 NAC Coaches Poll.

UPCOMING HOME CONTESTS:

Men’s Basketball hosts the 2024 NAC Championship Game versus Husson University on Saturday Feb. 24 at 1:00 p.m.

Baseball vs. SUNY Canton 4/5 & 4/6, SUNY Oneonta 4/10, Eastern Nazarene 4/12

Softball vs. VTSU-Castleton 4/2, MCLA 4/9, SUNY Poly 4/16 & 4/17