Lacrosse News

Kathy Feldman, athletic director at Alfred State College, has announced the hiring of Mark Kanellis as the college’s new lacrosse coach.  Kanellis will also serve as the director of intramurals.

Kanellis played at Nazareth College for the Golden Flyers between 2004 and 2008.  He was a captain of the 2008 squad, played in the North-South game, and was the Block ‘N’ Award recipient.  During his four year career, Kanellis appeared in 56 games and netted 13 goals and five assists.  He also picked up 66 ground balls.

Twenty Alfred State College student athletes have been honored with academic awards.  Eleven Pioneers were named NJCAA Academic All-American, 13 were named Academic All-Region, and 20 were named Academic All Conference.

Women's basketball player Jacqueline Dresser (South Seneca) earned a 4.00 GPA to earn distinguished NJCAA Academic All-American.  She was also an All-Region and All-WNYAC academic honoree.

Other NJCAA distinguished Academic All-Americans include:

Alfred State College men’s soccer and lacrosse coach Todd Weil has resigned from his position in the athletic department.  Weil has spent the past four seasons at the helm of the lacrosse program and the last three seasons guiding the men’s soccer team.

On the lacrosse field, the Pioneers had a 29-24 mark in his tenure.  He led the team to three Region III Tournaments and had his team ranked in the NJCAA top ten during his time at Alfre

Six members of the Alfred State College lacrosse team have been named All-WNYAC.  Ryan Grogan (Churchville), Josh Mateo (Waterloo), and Mitch Mertel (Churchville) were 1st team selections while William Ardolino (William Floyd), Tony Micelotta (Irondequoit) and Ryan Speciale (Corning West) were named 2nd team.

Grogan led the blue and gold with 72 points.  He netted 37 goals and passed out a team high 35 assists from his attack position. 

Five members of the Alfred State College lacrosse team have earned All-Region honors following the Pioneers 10-4 season.  Josh Mateo (Waterloo) and Mitch Mertel (Churchville) were second team selections while Ryan Grogan (Churchville), Ryan Speciale (Corning West), and Marshall Merritt (Marcellus) were named

Recently the Alfred State College athletic department handed out the 2008-09 athletic awards at a ceremony held at the Lake Lodge.

SENIOR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

The ASC Senior of the Year Awards are given to the male and female senior athletes who have competed in a sport for two years while achieving career excellence and exhibited good character.

An offense averaging 16 goals a game never could get going as the Alfred State College lacrosse team saw their season come to an end following a 18-6 loss to #4 seed Monroe CC in a Region III Tournament opening round contest.  The Pioneers, ranked #9 in the NJCAA, finish their campaign with a 10-4 record.

The Alfred State College lacrosse team will enter the Region III Tournament as the #5 seed.  The Pioneers wrapped up their regular season on Sunday with a 10-3 overall record and a 8-3 mark in Region III play.

The Pioneers will travel to #4 Monroe CC on Tuesday for a first round match-up with the Tribunes (13-4).  Opening faceoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Alfred State and Monroe met on April 14th in a tight contest.  MCC led throughout the game but had to withstand a 4th quarter rally in their 12-10 victory.

The Alfred State College lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season with a convincing 16-4 victory over Tompkins Cortland CC.  The Pioneers, ranked #10 in the latest NJCAA poll, will head into the postseason with a 10-3 record and a 8-3 mark in Region III play.

The #10 ranked Alfred State College lacrosse team closed out the home portion of their season with a 21-11 victory over Jefferson CC on Saturday.  Ten different Pioneers found the back of net as the blue and gold scored their most goals of the season.

The Pioneers jumped on top early on the Cannoneers leading 8-3 after the first quarter and 14-5 at halftime.