FIGHTING TIGER WEEKLY RECAP 3/17/08

The Fighting Tiger men’s basketball team advanced to the “Final Four” of the 2008 NJCAA Division III National Championship Tournament hosted by SUNY Delhi in Delhi, NY over the weekend. Cobleskill defeated Middlesex Community College of Edison, NJ in the quarterfinals by a score of 58-56 before losing in the semifinals to Joliet Junior College 75-55. Cobleskill closed the season losing in the tournament’s consolation game to Hostos Community College of the Bronx, NY 58-56 to finish the year with a 26-8 overall record. Senior forward Stanley Francois, Valley Cottage, NY, Suffern High School, was named to the All-Tournament Team for the Fighting Tigers after 9.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.

Freshman pitcher/outfielder Tom Wiener, Montrose, NY, Hendrick Hudson High School, led the Fighting Tiger baseball team to the first winning spring trip in program history going 11-for-22 at the plate and posting a record of 1-1 on the mound as the Orange & Black went 5-4 on the nine-game trip to Port Charlotte, FL. Weiner opened the things for the team by going the distance in an impressive 5-3 victory over number thirteen ranked Itasca Community College of Grand Rapids, MN striking out nine in the seven inning contest.

The SUNY Cobleskill men’s lacrosse opened the season with a 2-2 record on their annual spring trip defeating Montgomery Community College of Rockville, MD 9-1 in the season opener then losing games to number ten ranked Catonsville Community College in Catonsville, MD 16-12 and number eight ranked Anne Arundel Community College 13-6 in Arnold, MD before defeating Delaware Technical & Community College in Dover, DE 10-8 in the trip’s finale. Freshman midfielder Matt Pierce, Ogdensburg, NY, Heuvelton High School, had eight goals and an assist for the Fighting Tigers on the week.
On Friday March 28th the SUNY Cobleskill Athletic Department will be hosting “An Evening with Jack Lengyel” beginning at 6:30 PM at the college’s Bouck Theater. The program will serve as a salute to Cobleskill’s past history as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and to recognize the school’s impending move to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) next year. A nationally renowned college athletic administrator and football coach; Lengyel’s greatest accomplishment was the rebuilding of the football program and community at Marshall University after the fatal airline crash involving the team, athletic department staff, boosters and community leaders in November of 1970. This story served as the basis of the successful Warner Brothers Studios motion picture: “We Are Marshall”. For further information on the event interested parties may contact the SUNY Cobleskill Athletic Department at (518) 255-5127

UPCOMING HOME CONTESTS:
Men’s Tennis vs. CC of Rhode Island 3/29, Holyoke CC 3/31
Baseball vs. Cazenovia College 3/28, Fulton Montgomery CC 4/3
Track & Field vs. SUNY Delhi 3/26
Softball vs. Holyoke CC 4/2, Broome CC 4/9
Men’s Lacrosse vs. Monroe CC 3/29, Broome CC 4/5