Coming Attractions: January 12

Men's Basketball: 2-11

The Pioneers fell in both of their contests this past week as they opened up play in 2015. The Pioneers fell 107-29 to NCAA DI Cornell and lost a hard fought 64-52 decision at Morrisville.

Justin Wallace (Mt Vernon) and Adam Fezza (Southhampton) each had five points while Tyler Elliott (Perry) had four points and nine rebounds for Alfred vs. Cornell.

Tommy Hutson (Brooklyn/Susan McKinney) and Fezza each had 11 points while Elliott continued his solid freshmen season with seven points and 13 rebounds in the contest vs. Morrisville.

Women's Basketball: 5-4, Ranked #11 in USCAA

In their first action of 2015 Alfred State lost a heartbreaking 69-67 overtime contest to SUNY POLY.

Alfred State led by as many as 12 in the 1st half and held a 30-26 lead at halftime. The Lady Pioneers held a 56-49 lead with just over four minutes remaining when the Wildcats started to chip away. SUNY POLY got a layup from Geena Gallo with 26 seconds left to give them their first lead 61-60. After a foul shot made it 62-60, Jennifer Fedrick (Buffalo/Bennett) made a lay-up to tie the game for the Lady Pioneers and send the contest into an extra frame.

The Wildcats went on a 6-0 run to grab the lead in overtime but had to hold on for the victory. Alfred State's Kimberly Levee (Dansville) hit two shots in the final 1:35 to cut it 69-67 but the Lady Pioneers last second efforts could not get the game tying shot off before the horn sounded.

Haley Witchella (Oxford) led all scorers with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Helena Covington(Elmira Free) had 15 points and 13 boards and Briana Meehan (Whitesville) chipped in 14. Destiny Brito(Manhattan/Park West) finished with 11 rebounds and eight assists.

Swimming: Men 3-3, Women 0-6

The Pioneers were scheduled to dive into the 2015 portion of their season on Wednesday but the meet was cancelled. The blue & gold will next be in action on January 24th at Pitt-Bradford.

Indoor Track: 

The tracksters get back in action on January 24th when they race at Brockport.

Wrestling: 1-6

The wrestling team traveled to the prestigious Whitehill Duals at Lycoming over the weekend. The Pioneers were tripped up by Messiah (48-10), Cortland (53-0), Wesleyan (40-9), RIT (48-6), and Case Western (30-25).

Ryan Thierman (Portville) was 3-2 on the weekend with a 10-0 victory over Marshall Myers (Messiah) and a 8-0 victory over Nate Lee (Case Western). George Vanvalen (Ithaca) was 2-0 on the week with a pin of Jacob English (Messiah) and a 7-1 win over Keonmin Hwang (Wesleyan).

In a tight match with Case Western, Thierman, Brian Carr (Liverpool), Kevin Thayer (Unatego), Konnor Kremer (Horseheads), and Juan Nunez (Middletown) all earned victories.