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The Genesee Community College men’s soccer team continued their winning ways on Tuesday afternoon as they defeated the visiting Finger Lakes Community College Lakers, 8-0.

The Cougars scored three goals in the first 17 minutes of the match. Sam Cassidy struck first, followed by Nathan Rose and Dominic Francis. The Cougars dominated play in the first half and led the Lakers at the break, 3-0.

Genesee added to their lead in the second half on goals by Theo Stamotopolus, Matheus Freire, and Sean Hallas, before Francis added his second of the contest. An own goal was also tallied in the second half, and GCC cruised to an 8-0 win.

Jake O’Leary and Sean Allen each played a half in net, earning the shutout for Genesee.

The Cougars (8-1) will return to action on Thursday afternoon at 4:00pm as they travel to Mercyhurst Northeast.

 

The Genesee Community College women’s soccer team had a tough night hosting the visiting Lakers from Finger Lakes Community College on Tuesday night, falling by a final score of 7-0.

The Lakers struck early in the first half on goals by Hannah Dalle and Rebecca Giacapuzzi to put the Lakers in front 2-0 just five minutes in. FLCC would continue to stretch their leads as Tasha Hyland and Dalle scored to make the score 4-0 at the break.

FLCC added three second half goals and kept the Lady Cougars to just two shots on net.

Nicole Patterson made 13 saves in goal for Genesee.

The Lady Cougars (2-7-1) return to action on Saturday afternoon at 2:00pm when they host North County Community College.

Both the boy's and girl's cross country teams grabbed three of four at Oatka Park tonight. The teams triumphed over Holley, Cal-Mum and Geneseo, but fell to Way-Co. Jeff Antolos was again untouchable winning by his usual minute over second place with a 16:14. Arron Carlson placed 7th in the race in 18:00 and brother Justin was 10th in 18:41. Ryan Fuller ran to place 20th (20:00), Alec Covel was 23rd (21:03), Dennis Bleier 25th (21:32) and Bryan Mosicki 32nd (23:00). In the girl's race Emily McCracken paced the Irish placing 4th in 20:52, with Laurie Call 5th in 21:10 and Anna Warner 7th with 21:17. Shelby McGinnis placed 12th (22:59), Madison Gluck was 19th (24:43), Rose Flumerfeldt placed 21st (26:25), Hannah Pingrey was 25th (26:45) and Emily Sherman was 28th (27:21).

 

The Notre Dame Cross Country Girls team ran to a 4th place finish at the East Aurora Invitational on Saturday. Junior Laurie Call led the Irish over the 3 mile course with a 5th place finish of 19:23 and Sophomore Anna Warner grabbed 10th with 19:50. Fellow Sophomore Eily McCracken placed 18th with 20:10, Freshman Shelby McGinnis 45th with 21:32 and Sophomore Rose Flumerfeldt rounded out the top five placing 66th in 23:16. Freshman Emily Sherman placed 78th with 25:19. The boy's team captured 7th place, just 9 points out of 4th. Senior Jeff Antolos ran away with the race with 15:24, a full minute ahead of the second place finisher and the second fastest time of the day. Fellow Senior Arron Carlson placed 10th with 17:04. Sophomore Justin Carlson was 35th in 18:04, Junior Alec Covel was 61st in 18:51 with Juinor Ryan Fuller close behind in 18:59 to place 64th. Freshman Bryan Moscikci and Sophomore Dennis Bleier battled it out at the finish to place 97th and 98th respectively with 21:13. Next up on Tuesday are key match-ups with Way-Co, Geneseo, Holley, and Cal-Mum at Oatka Park.

The Notre Dame Girl's Cross Country team raised their record to 4 -1 Tuesday evening at Livonia High School beating Oakfield, Bath-Haverling and Wheatland-Chili while dropping to host Livonia. Emily McCracken, Anna Warner, and Laurie Call finished 3 - 4 - 5 in the race with Shelby McGinnis placing 17th. Madison Gluck was the deciding factor in the score with Oakfield with her 25th place finish. ND now leads Division III.

The boy's had a rough night falling to Wheatland-Chili and Livonia, but were able to get by Oakfield and Bath-Haverling. Jeff Antolos easily won the race by well over a minute. Arron Carlson finished 5th. The boy's are now 3 - 2 on the season and second in Division III.

The teams are in action this Saturday at the East Aurora Invitation at 10:00am

The Genesee Community College baseball team swept a Sunday afternoon double-header against Mercyhurst North East, downing the visiting Saints 4-1 and 7-4.

Sean Stanley (Holley, NY) allowed just one run on four hits while striking out three and walked two in 6.1 innings of work in game one. The Cougars jumped out in front early with a three-run first inning, highlighted by a two-run double from Ramon Vega that scored Brandon Collins and Zach Ranta. Ryan DiMartino (Batavia, NY) capped off the scoring for GCC with an RBI single in the fourth that gave Genesee a 4-1 lead, a lead they would hold on to.

Stanley earned the win while Ivan Madafferi (Albion, NY) pitched the final two outs of the game to earn the save. Vega was 1-2 at the plate with two runs batted in. Collins was 1-2 with an RBI and a run scored.

(Zach Ranta (left) and Brandon Collins (right) celebrate after scoring for Genesee Community College in game one of a double-header on Sunday afternoon)

In game two, GCC got another strong pitching performance, this time from Brandon Stagg. Stagg went six-plus innings and allowed only two runs on two hits and struck out five. Genesee responded to a first inning Saints run by scoring twice in the home-half of the inning to take back the lead. Shakeel Newton led off with an infield single and then came around to score on a Vega single. An RBI single from Fauchedre Celestijn plated Ranta later in the inning and gave GCC a 2-1 lead.

Ranta delivered a two-run double in the third inning and scored a run of his own on a sacrifice fly by Celestijn to give Genesee a 5-1 lead. The Cougars added a run in the fourth and a run in the fifth and allowed three runs (two earned) to the Saints in the seventh inning, but held on for the win.

Ranta finished game two 1-2 with two runs batted in and two runs scored, Newton was 2-3 with two runs scored and Collins was 2-4 with a run batted in and a run scored.

Genesee will return to action on September 22nd when they host Niagara County Community College for a double-header at Dwyer Stadium, beginning at 1pm.

The Genesee Community College men's soccer team continued their winning ways on Thursday evening as they defeated the visiting Niagara County Community College Thunderwolves, 5-0.

Dominic Francis continued his scoring pace as he notched in a pair of goals to lead the Cougars to the win. Francis would get the first goal of the game at the halfway mark of the opening half. Lee Micklethwaite assisted on the goal. The Cougars would add to the lead as Matheus Freire added his first collegiate goal as a Cougar to lead Genesee into the break with a 2-0 lead.

(Sean Hallas, #2, goes for a slide tackle in GCC's win over Niagara CCC on Thursday)

Genesee added three more goals in the second half behind tallies from Micklethwaite, Theo Stamotopolus and Francis.

The win improves GCC to 5-1 overall and the Cougars will return to action on Saturday at 3:00pm as they travel to Mohawk Valley Community College.

 

The Genesee Community College women's soccer team defeated the visiting Niagara County Community College Thunderwolves by a final score of 3-2 on Thursday afternoon.

Niagara scored the first goal of the contest 14 minutes in when Victoria Gray got a shot past Genesee keeper Nicole Patterson. The Cougars would tie the contest fifteen minutes later when Dana Hansen found the back of the net. Shelby Hatfield earned the assist.

The second half saw Genesee get out to a two goal lead as Kaitlyn Bowers and Rachel Ball scored to make it 3-1. Niagara would score one of their own late in the half as Alison Conner tallied the goal, but it was not enough as GCC held on for the 3-2 victory.

Patterson made nine saves to pick up GCC's second consecutive victory of the season.

The Lady Cougars (2-3-1) will return to action on Saturday afternoon at 1:00pm when they travel to Mohawk Valley Community College.

The Genesee Community College men’s soccer team eased passed Jefferson Community College on Tuesday evening, defeating the visiting Cannoneers by a final score 9-0.

The opening half saw the Cougars score twice in the first ten minutes as Declan Brennan and Dominic Francis each beat the Jefferson goalkeeper to put the Cougars out in front. Genesee then continued to put the game on cruise control as Lee Micklethwaite and Nathan Rose scored late in the opening half to send Genesee into halftime with a 4-0 lead.

The Cougars upped the lead to 5-0 just three minutes into the second half as Ryan Dunn found the back of the net. Two minutes later, Francis would score his second of the match on a penalty kick to up the score to 6-0. The Cougars added three more goals in the later stages of the second half on goals by Micklethwaite, his second, Francis' third, and Sean Hallas to make the final score 9-0.

Jake O’Leary made four saves to earn the shutout, the third of the season for GCC.

With the win, Genesee improves to 4-1 on the season. The Cougars return to action on Thursday at 5pm when they host Niagara County Community College

 

 

The Genesee Community College women’s soccer team shut out the visiting Jefferson Community College Cannoners 1-0 on Tuesday evening, earning their first victory of the season.

Denae McGrath scored the first and only goal of the contest for the Cougars in the 16th minute to give Genesee a lead they would hold on to.

(#16 Dana Hansen challenges a jump ball in win over Jefferson Community College)

Jefferson nearly tied the game twice in the second half, but Nicole Patterson made two big saves to keep the Cannoneers off the board. In the 12th minute, Patterson tipped a shot off of a free kick over the cross bar and followed with a diving save off of a corner kick in the 25th minute.

Patterson made seven saves in net.

The win is the first for the Lady Cougars and the first for head coach Caitlin Long.

Genesee (1-3-1) returns to action on Thursday at 3pm at home when they take on Niagara County Community College.

The Notre Dame Cross Country Team opened up with an easy win against Keshequa at Genesee County Park Course 1. Jeff Antolos set a new school course record in the boys race running 16:13 (formerly held by Dan Bobo at 16:25) with Arron Carlson taking second in 17:51. Justin Carlson was third in 18:24, Ryan Fuller 6th (19:29) and Alec Covel 7th (19:44). Dennis Bleier (20:48) and Bryan Moscicki (23:02) rounded out the scoring placing 10th and 11th respectively. The girls team had a little easier time taking the top four spots behind Anna Warner (20:36), Laurie Call (20:38), Emily McCracken (21:01) and Shelby McGinnis (22:24). Madison Gluck finished 6th (24:40), Rose Flumerfeldt 7th (25:48) Hannah Pingrey 9th (25:55) and Emily Sherman 10th (26:30). The Irish will be going again on Saturday at the West Seneca Inviational at Sunshine Park on Saturday. Girls race at 12:00 noon and the boys at 1:00pm.

The Genesee Community College men’s soccer team cruised to their third victory of the season on Saturday afternoon, handling visiting Onondaga Community College 7-0.

The Cougars struck early when Theo Stamotopolous beat the OCC goalkeeper just a minute and a half into the opening period to put Genesee in front 1-0. Nathan Rose made it 2-0 with a goal in the 15th minute, and then assisted on a Lee Micklethwaite goal about six minutes later to give the Cougars a three-goal lead. Sam Cassidy and George Anthony followed with goals in the 32nd and 34th minutes to cap off a five-goal first half, sending GCC into the break with the lead.

(Theo Stamotopolous, right, celebrates his first half goal in win over OCC on Saturday)

Jake O’Leary and Cameron Evans weren’t tested often in net, but combined for the shutout, the second of the year for Genesee. Dom Francis added a goal in the fourth minute of the second half before Cassidy scored his second of the game in the 25th minute to put the finishing touches on OCC.

The win improves Genesee to 3-1 on the season. The Cougars will return to action on Tuesday afternoon when they host Jefferson Community College at 4pm.

 

The Genesee Community College women’s soccer team played host to Onondaga Community College on Saturday evening, still searching for their first win of the season.

Both teams played nearly 90 minutes of even, scoreless soccer before Emily Parker cashed in the only goal of the game in the 88th minute off of an assist from Olivia Ferlenda. The play was a result of a free kick just outside of the box.

Genesee played well defensively all afternoon, not allowing many scoring chances for OCC.

(#19 Taylor Vanderkooi goes for a steal late in the game against OCC)

 

The Lady Cougars’ best scoring chance came late in the first half when Megan McDonald sent a cross into the middle of the box that was snared by the OCC goalkeeper.

With the loss, Genesee falls to 0-3-1 on the season. The Lady Cougars will host Jefferson Community College on Tuesday night at 6pm.

The Genesee Community College women’s volleyball team knocked off Mercyhurst North East on Thursday night, three sets to one to earn their third straight conference victory of the season.

The Lady Cougars extended an early 8-5 first set lead to 11-5 after Karin Davis served to three straight points. Mercyhurst fought back and cut it to four before Genesee pulled away again, winning the first set 25-17.

It was a back-and-forth second set before GCC made a four-point run to turn a 14-14 tie into an 18-14 lead. The Lady Cougars would win the second set 25-19.

Mercyhurst jumped out early in the third set before falling behind 14-11. The Lady Saints battled back and won nine of the final thirteen points to win the third set 25-20.

Genesee closed out the match in the fourth set, withstanding a late Mercyhurst run, to win the final game 25-21.

Carrie Blunt led the way with 19 kills, Davis had 15 digs, Leyinska Quiles-Torres tallied 26 assists and four digs and Michelle Nagle chipped in nine kills and six digs.

With the win, Genesee improves their overall record to 6-8 and will return to action next Thursday when they travel to Erie Community College for a 6pm start.

The Genesee Community College men’s soccer team had a difficult home test Wednesday afternoon as they fell to arch-rival Monroe Community College by a final score of 4-1. 

The Tribunes dominated play from the outset and out-shot the Cougars 14-9 in the contest.  

(#2 Theo Stamotopolous goes for a header against MCC on Wednesday afternnon)

Dominic Francis scored the lone goal for the Cougars in the first half to cut the MCC lead to 2-1.  Theo Stamotopolus assisted Francis on the marker.  

Seamus Sharkey, Daniel Tesoro (2 goals) and Ngwese Ebangwese all scored for MCC, who moves to 4-0 on the season while the Cougars fall to 1-1. 

Jake O’Leary made 10 saves for Genesee in the losing effort. 

The Cougars return to action on Thursday at 5:00pm on the road against Erie Community College.

The Genesee Community College women’s volleyball team notched a victory in their home opener on Tuesday night, defeating the visiting Pioneers from Alfred State College three sets to one.

The Lady Cougars were down early in the first set, trailing 13-8 before winning eight of eleven points to tie the set at 16. Both teams went back and forth and were tied at 20 a piece before Genesee took control and won the opening set 25-22.

GCC trailed early on again in the second set and were unable to dig out of the hole, losing 25-11 and tying the match at one set a piece.

The Lady Cougars responded by earning a 25-18 win in the third set and took control of the fourth set behind strong serving by Leyinska Quiles, who served to the set’s first four points and gave GCC the early lead. Genesee would not trail in the fourth set and won 25-20, defeating Alfred State 3-1 on the night.

(#3 Michelle Nagle goes for the kill in Genesee's win over Alfred State on Tuesday night)

Carrie Blunt had three blocks and nine kills on the night, Quiles tallied 23 assists, Michelle Nagle recorded eight kills and seven digs, Karin Davis had 15 digs and Alexandra Perez added seven digs and seven kills.

The win improves Genesee’s overall record to 5-8 and the Lady Cougars will return to action at home on Thursday night when they host Mercyhurst North East at 6pm.