Athletics News

The Alfred State College men's cross country team finished 10th while the women finished 12th at the University of Rochester Invitational.  The men scored 276 points while the women scored 367.

Zak Williamson (Rocky Point) was the top male finisher.  He finished Genesee Valley Park's 8K course in 28:02 to earn 55th  place.  Corey Smith (Wallkill) finished 86th (29:14), Sam Estes (Wheatland Chili) finished 94th (29:40), and Josh Schmidbauer (Royalton-Hartland) finished 100th (29:50).

The Alfred State College women's soccer team fell 4-0 to Herkimer CCC in their final regular season contest.  The Lady Pioneers finish the regular season with a 7-7-1 record (6-6-1 in Region III Division III play).

Diana Gentile recorded a hat trick to pace the General offense.  Megan Richards scored the final goal for HCCC who improves to 11-3 on the season.  Herkimer led 2-0 at the half.

Philicia Harris (Buffalo/Hutch Tech) made nine saves in net.  ASC was outshot 19 to 1 in the contest.

Alfred State College and Cayuga CC battled to a 2-2 tie in an end to end action filled contest.  The Pioneers finish out the regular season with a 7-6-2 record (7-4-2 Region III Division III) while Cayuga falls to 3-11-1 on the year.

Dustin Falkner (Letchworth) got the Pioneers on the board in teh 12th minute when he put on in on the top half of the net after getting a outlet pass from Alex Curran (Williamson).

The Alfred State College volleyball team won their 12th straight match with a 3-0 (30-8, 30-21, 30-11)victory over Mercyhurst North East in a WNYAC match-up.  The Lady Pioneers, ranked #6 in the latest NJCAA Division III poll, are now 20-2 overall and 5-0 in WNYAC play.

The Alfred State College volleyball team has moved up three spots to #6 in the latest NJCAA Division III poll.  The Lady Pioneers have won eleven straight contests and are 19-2 on the year.

In their past two matches the Lady Pioneers have downed two of the top team's in Region III.  Last Thursday, the Blue and Gold downed #10 Corning CC 3-2 and last night they downed honorable mention Jamestown CC 3-1.

The Lady Pioneers were ranked #6 in the preseason poll and were ranked as high as #7 during the regular season poll.

The Alfred State College women's soccer team gave Monroe CC, #4 NJCAA Division I, all they could handle in a double overtime 1-0 loss.  The loss drops the Lady Pioneers to 7-6-1 on the year and snaps a four game winning streak.

The game was scoreless until Courtney Hilliker put one in the top half of the net from 20 yards out with 1:13 remaining in double overtime.

The Alfred State College volleyball team remained undefeated in Western New York Athletic Conference matches with a 3-1 victory over Jamestown CC on Tuesday evening.

The Pioneers and Jayhawks split the first two games with A-State winning the first, 30-23, and dropping the second 27-30.  ASC took control of the third game early and won 30-17 but had to rally from a 25-19 defecit in game four to win 30-28.

The Alfred State College men's soccer team downed Jamestown CC 3-1 to earn their fourth straight victory and improve to 7-6-1 on the year (7-4-1 in Region III Division III play).

After a scoreless first half, Tyler Paulsen (Letchworth) scored after getting a pass from Dustin Falkner (Letchworth).  Jamestown answered right back with a goal by Eric Fish.

Alfred State College sophomore cornerback Brian Abrams (Saranac Lake) has been named the Northeast Football Conference defensive player of the week.

Soccer player Jody Ninos (Alfred Almond) and football player Mike Septh (Monroe Woodbury) have been named the Alfred State College athletes of the week.