Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Adelphi Baseball 2010 Podcast
Monday, December 7, 2009
Freshman Tall Racks up another Award
In what has been one of the best seasons by a Freshman in Adelphi Soccer history, Issa Tall continues to be recognized for his outstanding effort in 2009.
Tall has been named to Goal.com's All-Freshman team as announced on their website on December 3rd. Tall is the first ever Panther to receive this award.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Women Basketball Continues to Struggle
Coach Kelley Watts called the Northeast 10, "the toughest conference for Division II basketball." The Panthers are finding out exactly what their head coach meant by this through the first four games of the season.
The Panthers are currently (0-3) in Northeast-10 conference play while stumbling to an (0-4) record overall. Despite solid play from Theresa Foley and Ashley Caiafa, the Panthers are suffering from the inability to rebound the basketball. They currently are being out rebounded by an average of 14 boards a game. If Coach Watts and company are to end this losing streak, it must start with being aggressive on the boards.
Adelphi Women's Basketball
Adelphi Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Nov 29, 2009)
All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
ALL GAMES........... (0-4) (0-1) (0-3) (0-0)
CONFERENCE.......... (0-3) (0-1) (0-2) (0-0)
NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-1) (0-0) (0-1) (0-0)
DATE TIME OPPONENT SCORE ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS
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11/16/09 5 p.m. at C.W. Post 49-55 L 254 (14)Samantha Briendbach (8)Kara Tancredi
(8)Theresa Foley
11/18/09 5:30 pm * at Pace 45-67 L 325 (15)Ashley Caiafa (7)Ashley Caiafa
11/24/09 5:45pm * STR 51-63 L 184 (18)Theresa Foley (6)Theresa Foley
11/29/09 1:30 PM * at Assumption 46-67 L 112 (12)Theresa Foley (5)Theresa Foley
* - Conference game
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES TOTALS AVG/GAME
HOME.................... 1 184 184
AWAY.................... 3 691 230
NEUTRAL................. 0 0 0
TOTAL................... 4 875 219
Combined Team Statistics
Adelphi Women's Basketball
Adelphi Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 29, 2009)
All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
ALL GAMES........... (0-4) (0-1) (0-3) (0-0)
CONFERENCE.......... (0-3) (0-1) (0-2) (0-0)
NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-1) (0-0) (0-1) (0-0)
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND
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11/16/09 at C.W. Post L 49-55 254
*11/18/09 at Pace L 45-67 325
*11/24/09 STR L 51-63 184
*11/29/09 at Assumption L 46-67 112
## SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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23 Ashley Caiafa....... 3-3 32.7 .293 .222 .800 4.7 1.3 5 1 12.0
14 Theresa Foley....... 4-4 31.8 .529 .000 .571 5.8 0.8 7 0 10.0
05 Erika Cottle........ 4-3 31.8 .438 .250 .667 1.3 2.5 11 0 7.8
32 Kara Tancredi....... 4-4 33.2 .375 .200 .200 5.5 1.5 1 0 6.5
22 Alexis Williams..... 4-4 33.5 .281 .100 .600 2.5 1.0 6 0 6.3
44 Samantha Briendbach. 4-1 17.0 .348 .000 .538 2.0 0.5 2 0 5.8
20 Samantha Perez...... 4-1 15.3 .286 .000 .000 0.8 1.0 2 0 2.0
33 Hunter Marek........ 3-0 7.7 .167 .000 .000 1.7 0.7 1 0 0.7
11 Phelan Livingston... 2-0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0 0 0.0
03 Caitlin Wetmore..... 3-0 7.7 .000 .000 .000 1.7 0.3 1 0 0.0
TM TEAM................ 4-0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 3.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Total............... 4 .359 .175 .583 26.8 9.3 36 1 47.8
Opponents........... 4 .458 .397 .631 41.0 15.8 31 13 63.0
SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G
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Ashley Caiafa....... 3 12-41 .293 4-18 .222 8-10 .800 36 12.0
Theresa Foley....... 4 18-34 .529 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 40 10.0
Erika Cottle........ 4 14-32 .438 1-4 .250 2-3 .667 31 7.8
Kara Tancredi....... 4 12-32 .375 1-5 .200 1-5 .200 26 6.5
Alexis Williams..... 4 9-32 .281 1-10 .100 6-10 .600 25 6.3
Samantha Briendbach. 4 8-23 .348 0-1 .000 7-13 .538 23 5.8
Samantha Perez...... 4 4-14 .286 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 8 2.0
Hunter Marek........ 3 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 0.7
Phelan Livingston... 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0
Caitlin Wetmore..... 3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0
Total............... 4 78-217 .359 7-40 .175 28-48 .583 191 47.8
Opponents........... 4 93-203 .458 25-63 .397 41-65 .631 252 63.0
REBOUNDS
TOTALS GP MIN OFF DEF TOT PF FO A TO A/TO HI
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Ashley Caiafa....... 3 98 4 10 14 8 0 4 14 0.3 15
Theresa Foley....... 4 127 5 18 23 12 1 3 14 0.2 18
Erika Cottle........ 4 127 2 3 5 11 0 10 13 0.8 9
Kara Tancredi....... 4 133 8 14 22 6 0 6 5 1.2 13
Alexis Williams..... 4 134 3 7 10 8 0 4 12 0.3 8
Samantha Briendbach. 4 68 3 5 8 14 1 2 9 0.2 14
Samantha Perez...... 4 61 0 3 3 5 0 4 7 0.6 4
Hunter Marek........ 3 23 3 2 5 0 0 2 3 0.7 2
Phelan Livingston... 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1.0 0
Caitlin Wetmore..... 3 23 4 1 5 2 0 1 2 0.5 0
Total............... 4 800 37 70 107 68 2 37 81 0.5 51
Opponents........... 4 799 51 113 164 61 - 63 94 0.7 67
TEAM STATISTICS ADE OPP
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SCORING................. 191 252
Points per game....... 47.8 63.0
Scoring margin........ -15.2 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 78-217 93-203
Field goal pct........ .359 .458
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 7-40 25-63
3-point FG pct........ .175 .397
3-pt FG made per game. 1.8 6.3
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 28-48 41-65
Free throw pct........ .583 .631
F-Throws made per game 7.0 10.3
REBOUNDS................ 107 164
Rebounds per game..... 26.8 41.0
Rebounding margin..... -14.2 -
ASSISTS................. 37 63
Assists per game...... 9.3 15.8
TURNOVERS............... 81 94
Turnovers per game.... 20.3 23.5
Turnover margin....... +3.3 -
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.5 0.7
STEALS.................. 36 31
Steals per game....... 9.0 7.8
BLOCKS.................. 1 13
Blocks per game....... 0.3 3.3
ATTENDANCE.............. 184 691
Home games-Avg/Game... 1-184 3-230
Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 0-0
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total
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Adelphi.................. 106 85 - 191
Opponents................ 123 129 - 252
Overall Team Statistics
Adelphi Women's Basketball
Adelphi Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 29, 2009)
All games
TEAM STATISTICS ADE OPP
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SCORING.................. 191 252
Points per game........ 47.8 63.0
Scoring margin......... -15.2 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 78-217 93-203
Field goal pct......... .359 .458
3 POINT FG-ATT........... 7-40 25-63
3-point FG pct......... .175 .397
3-pt FG made per game.. 1.8 6.3
FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 28-48 41-65
Free throw pct......... .583 .631
F-Throws made per game. 7.0 10.3
REBOUNDS................. 107 164
Rebounds per game...... 26.8 41.0
Rebounding margin...... -14.2 -
ASSISTS.................. 37 63
Assists per game....... 9.3 15.8
TURNOVERS................ 81 94
Turnovers per game..... 20.3 23.5
Turnover margin........ +3.3 -
Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.5 0.7
STEALS................... 36 31
Steals per game........ 9.0 7.8
BLOCKS................... 1 13
Blocks per game........ 0.3 3.3
WINNING STREAK........... 0 -
Home win streak........ 0 -
ATTENDANCE............... 184 691
Home games-Avg/Game.... 1-184 3-230
Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total
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Adelphi....................... 106 85 - 191
Opponents..................... 123 129 - 252
Men's Lacrosse Helps Give Away 3,500 Turkeys To The Community
Garden City, N.Y. -
On Wednesday, November 25, members of the Adelphi University men's lacrosse team teamed up with Bob Jesberger, the owner of Mid Island Collision in Rockville Centre, N.Y., to help give away 3,500 turkeys, canned goods, and warm clothes to the neediest families of the local Long Island community.
"It was a great chance for us to do something nice and to help those who really need it," said sophomore attack man Joe Vitale.
Following the day's events the team was left with fifteen turkeys and in an effort to see them all be distributed, the team then transported and donated the remaining turkey's to the Boys and Girls Club in Hempstead, N.Y. and The Salvation Army.
"It was a great chance to hand out food and remember why we celebrate Thanksgiving," said sophomore defenseman Nick Mastronardi. "It also wound up being a workout lifting that many turkeys into trucks and vans, and it will be one Thanksgiving that I will always remember."
When summarizing the day's events, third-year head coach Gordon Purdie added:"It was exciting to see so many players giving and sharing their time to help others. At the end of the day we as a team were reminded of what Thanksgiving is truly all about."
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Men's Basketball
The Men's team will look to continue their winning ways tonight against Southern Connecticut State.
Adelphi University Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 30, 2009)
All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
ALL GAMES........... (5-0) (1-0) (3-0) (1-0)
CONFERENCE.......... (3-0) (1-0) (2-0) (0-0)
NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-0) (0-0) (1-0) (1-0)
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND
------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------
*11/18/09 at Pace W 79-64 550
11/21/09 vs Dowling W 79-69 285
11/20/09 at Molloy W 97-71 220
*11/24/09 STR W 68-49 312
*11/29/09 at Assumption W 79-65 267
## SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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24 Byrd, Richard....... 5-5 35.2 .462 .379 .853 6.0 2.8 12 5 22.4
14 Akinyooye, David.... 5-5 29.8 .542 .000 .659 7.8 1.0 4 9 15.8
04 Cosgrove, Casey..... 5-5 28.8 .396 .406 .917 6.0 5.4 13 0 12.4
11 Diasparra, Chris.... 5-0 24.8 .520 .556 1.000 2.6 1.2 4 0 7.4
01 Farley, Steffon..... 5-5 23.2 .556 .000 .786 5.2 0.4 1 15 6.2
12 Calarco, John....... 5-0 12.2 .600 .667 .000 2.2 1.4 3 2 6.0
10 Johnson, Rob........ 5-5 29.2 .242 .143 .714 2.8 2.0 3 0 5.6
03 Ranglin, Chris...... 5-0 13.2 .500 .000 .833 1.2 0.0 2 0 3.4
05 Fitzgerald.......... 1-0 3.0 1.000 .000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 0 3.0
32 McDonald, Norron.... 1-0 3.0 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0 0 2.0
22 Simpson, Bradley.... 1-0 3.0 .000 .000 .500 1.0 0.0 0 0 1.0
44 Harkins, Richard.... 1-0 8.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0
02 Marbach, Andrew..... 1-0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
TM TEAM................ 5-0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 4.8 0.0 0 0 0.0
Total............... 5 .465 .389 .777 39.0 14.4 42 31 80.4
Opponents........... 5 .361 .253 .713 35.0 10.0 40 11 63.6
SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G
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Byrd, Richard....... 5 36-78 .462 11-29 .379 29-34 .853 112 22.4
Akinyooye, David.... 5 26-48 .542 0-1 .000 27-41 .659 79 15.8
Cosgrove, Casey..... 5 19-48 .396 13-32 .406 11-12 .917 62 12.4
Diasparra, Chris.... 5 13-25 .520 5-9 .556 6-6 1.000 37 7.4
Farley, Steffon..... 5 10-18 .556 0-1 .000 11-14 .786 31 6.2
Calarco, John....... 5 12-20 .600 6-9 .667 0-0 .000 30 6.0
Johnson, Rob........ 5 8-33 .242 2-14 .143 10-14 .714 28 5.6
Ranglin, Chris...... 5 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 17 3.4
Fitzgerald.......... 1 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 3 3.0
McDonald, Norron.... 1 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2.0
Simpson, Bradley.... 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 1.0
Harkins, Richard.... 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0
Marbach, Andrew..... 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0
Total............... 5 132-284 .465 37-95 .389 101-130 .777 402 80.4
Opponents........... 5 108-299 .361 25-99 .253 77-108 .713 318 63.6
REBOUNDS
TOTALS GP MIN OFF DEF TOT PF FO A TO A/TO HI
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Byrd, Richard....... 5 176 2 28 30 10 0 14 13 1.1 33
Akinyooye, David.... 5 149 12 27 39 12 0 5 9 0.6 26
Cosgrove, Casey..... 5 144 1 29 30 16 1 27 17 1.6 17
Diasparra, Chris.... 5 124 3 10 13 13 1 6 7 0.9 14
Farley, Steffon..... 5 116 15 11 26 14 0 2 6 0.3 8
Calarco, John....... 5 61 2 9 11 8 0 7 9 0.8 11
Johnson, Rob........ 5 146 2 12 14 12 0 10 3 3.3 11
Ranglin, Chris...... 5 66 3 3 6 9 0 0 7 0.0 10
Fitzgerald.......... 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3
McDonald, Norron.... 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2
Simpson, Bradley.... 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
Harkins, Richard.... 1 8 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 99.0 0
Marbach, Andrew..... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Total............... 5 1000 53 142 195 98 2 72 74 1.0 97
Opponents........... 5 1000 62 113 175 112 - 50 83 0.6 71
TEAM STATISTICS ADE OPP
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SCORING................. 402 318
Points per game....... 80.4 63.6
Scoring margin........ +16.8 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 132-284 108-299
Field goal pct........ .465 .361
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 37-95 25-99
3-point FG pct........ .389 .253
3-pt FG made per game. 7.4 5.0
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 101-130 77-108
Free throw pct........ .777 .713
F-Throws made per game 20.2 15.4
REBOUNDS................ 195 175
Rebounds per game..... 39.0 35.0
Rebounding margin..... +4.0 -
ASSISTS................. 72 50
Assists per game...... 14.4 10.0
TURNOVERS............... 74 83
Turnovers per game.... 14.8 16.6
Turnover margin....... +1.8 -
Assist/turnover ratio. 1.0 0.6
STEALS.................. 42 40
Steals per game....... 8.4 8.0
BLOCKS.................. 31 11
Blocks per game....... 6.2 2.2
ATTENDANCE.............. 312 1322
Home games-Avg/Game... 1-312 3-346
Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 1-285
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total
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Adelphi University....... 208 194 - 402
Opponents................ 144 174 - 318
Overall Team Statistics
THE STAT CREW SYSTEM
Adelphi University Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 30, 2009)
All games
TEAM STATISTICS ADE OPP
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SCORING.................. 402 318
Points per game........ 80.4 63.6
Scoring margin......... +16.8 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 132-284 108-299
Field goal pct......... .465 .361
3 POINT FG-ATT........... 37-95 25-99
3-point FG pct......... .389 .253
3-pt FG made per game.. 7.4 5.0
FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 101-130 77-108
Free throw pct......... .777 .713
F-Throws made per game. 20.2 15.4
REBOUNDS................. 195 175
Rebounds per game...... 39.0 35.0
Rebounding margin...... +4.0 -
ASSISTS.................. 72 50
Assists per game....... 14.4 10.0
TURNOVERS................ 74 83
Turnovers per game..... 14.8 16.6
Turnover margin........ +1.8 -
Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 0.6
STEALS................... 42 40
Steals per game........ 8.4 8.0
BLOCKS................... 31 11
Blocks per game........ 6.2 2.2
WINNING STREAK........... 5 -
Home win streak........ 1 -
ATTENDANCE............... 312 1322
Home games-Avg/Game.... 1-312 3-346
Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 1-285
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total
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Adelphi University............ 208 194 - 402
Opponents..................... 144 174 - 318
Children under 12 admitted free!
Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University men's and women's basketball teams celebrate the NCAA's Take A Kid (TAKG) to the Game on Saturday, January 23, 2010 as part of its conference doubleheader versus Stonehill College. This is a great opportunity to bring a child, sibling, big brother or big sister, to an Adelphi basketball game!
Admission is free for children under 12 with a paying adult. General admission is $5 for adults, $3 for alumni and non-Adelphi students.
The TAKG initiative provides several opportuntities for all participants to not only watch a competitive NCAA collegiate basketball event, but spend priceles time with loved ones. There will be half-time promotions and other fantastic give aways as well as a chance to meet the Adelphi players and coaches. The Adelphi Panther mascot will also be on hand (or paw) to take pictures with the children.
For more information, please contact Adelphi Athletics at 516-877-4240.
TAKG is a national grassroots program designed to encourage adults to take children to NCAA sporting events and the 2009-10 season marks the 15th year the Take A Kid to the Game program has promoted women and men's basketball. With the NCAA's support, over 700 TAKG games will be hosted across the nation, which will provide thousands of youngsters the opportunity to experience college basketball.
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Adelphi Announces 2010 Nike Summer Camp Schedule
Garden City, N.Y. - Adelphi University released its tentative 2010 Nike Summer Camp schedule as per Assistant AD and Camp Coordinator, Paige Smith. The camps will run from June through August and will include field hockey, volleyball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, basketball and tennis.
Ages for the camps range from 8-18 and specific start times are yet to be determined. Day camps are $295 with overnight camps (five days, four nights) priced at $499.
"It is very nice to brand our name with an apparel company with such a great reputation. Their name recognition in the athletic industry and the quality of their product is synonymous with the quality of Adelphi's camps. In fact, Nike has agreed to brand all camp gear with Adelphi's athletic logo for 2010," said Smith.
Field Hockey camps will run June 28-July 1. Volleyball camp begins July 5-9, with an advanced camp offered July 19-21 from 4:00 pm-8:00 p.m. The boy's basketball camps begin July 11-15 (overnight), with a second week added for August 8-12. The soccer camps will take place July 12-16 and again July 19-23. Softball camps will also run July 19-22. A boy's lacrosse overnight camp is scheduled for July 28-30. Information on the tennis camps, which were a late addition to the schedule, is yet to be determined.
More information, including camp brochures,will be available in the coming months. However for general camp questions, please contact the head coach of the sport specific camp for details.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Vote Issa Tall!
Freshman Issa Tall has been nominated as a finalist of the top 34 male college soccer players for the Soccer News Net Player of the Year award.
Tall, a native of Mulhouse, France, dominated the Atlantic Soccer Conference as a freshman for the Panthers. In his first year, Tall led the league with 14 goals in only 16 games and ranks 2nd nationally with 0.88 goals per game. Tall went on to lead the Panthers to a 13-2-4 record overall and a ASC conference title by scoring a team-leading 33 points. The freshman sensastion was also named ASC conference player of the week twice.
Fans from across the country will be able to vote for the top collegiate player. Voting began on Tuesday, November 17 and will continue until December 19, and will be conducted on Big Apple Soccer (www.bigapplesoccer.com), ChicagoLand Soccer News (www.chicagolandsoccernews.com), LA Soccer News (www.lasoccernews.com), New England Soccer News (www.newenglandsoccernews.com), Philly Soccer News (www.phillysoccernews.com), and Dallas Soccer News. (www.dallassoccernews.com).
Online fan voting will account for 40% of the total toward the award. The remaining 60% of the vote will be cast by the editorial staffs of the six web sites.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
1 on 1 with Amy Williams
Amy Williams Spotlight
BY JOHN OTANO
Amy Williams, senior, is a Business Management major and an integral part of the Volleyball team at Adelphi University. In 2008, Williams, from Bloomington, Indiana, was selected to the East Coast Conference third-team to go along with an ACVA Division II All Regional Selection. This season for the Panthers, Williams leads the team in digs (516) and digs per game at nearly four digs a game.
Q: Why did you choose to be a Panther?
“At the last minute I decided that I wanted to play college volleyball. I toured some schools in the Northeast and I liked Adelphi the best. I wanted to be close to New York City.”
Q: What is the best thing about being a member of the Volleyball team?
“My teammates. Hands down. They are some of the most amazing, fun people to be around. They just bring really great energy. They’re the people that can pick me up after a bad day.”
Q: What is your favorite thing to do on campus? Off campus?
“On campus, spending time with my teammates. While off campus, I enjoy going to the city.”
Q: Who has influenced you most academically and athletically?“
"My parents. Definitely. They’ve always been my support system. They rock.”
Q: What is your most embarrassing moment in sports?
“I have had many embarrassing moments in sports. I can tell you my last embarrassing moment was last weekend during one of our games. I got aced on. That happens commonly so it’s not really a big deal but the fact is I thought a ball was out. It was very much in bounds so that was pretty embarrassing. Pretty embarrassing.”
Q: What is your most memorable moment in sports?
“Qualifying the NCAA’s in my sophomore year. That was the first year that’d I’ve ever been exposed to that level of competition. It was the first year that our volleyball program at Adelphi had ever made the NCAA’s.”
Q: Most recently played songs on your iPod:
“A big mish-mosh of randomness. Ingram Michaelson- Morning Lullabies, I love that song. The Beatles- Across the Universe. Empire State of Mind- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. I like the band The Muse.
Q: Four favorite foods:
“ I like Kimchi. It’s a Korean spiced cabbage. Cheesecake. Burritos. I’m getting hungry as I speak”
Q: Three things you would want to have if you were stranded on a desert island
“I have no idea. I’d want a boat. Get me off of that island.”
Q: Two things you would change about Adelphi:
“It’d be very nice if our meal cards would work off-campus. Being a resident, we’re mandated to buy a meal plan. It’d be nice to go down the street to Adelphi Deli and it could be used there instead of solely 
with the monopoly of Lackman. It would be nice to dine in the close Garden City community. I think if you’re going to be in a dorm, also, suite style dorms are very nice instead of having communal bathrooms.”
Q: One favorite hobby:
“I love traveling. I’m a traveler. I was born in Germany and lived in Korea. I lived in Europe and I’m studying in Italy next semester.”
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Evidence that Adelphi needs a Football Team
Winningnest Coaches in Long Island HS Football History
1) HOWIE VOGTS WINS- 361 SCHOOL- BETHPAGE- ACTIVE (NASSAU COUNTY)
2) DON SYNDER WINS- 237 SCHOOL- FARMINGDALE- RETIRED 1992 (NASSAU COUNTY)
3) TOM CASSESE WINS- 209 SCHOOL- COMSEWOGUE- RETIRED 2007 (SUFFOLK COUNTY)
4)(tied) FRED SMITH WINS- 202 SCHOOL- FRIENDS + COLD SPRING HARBOR & LOCUST VALLEY-RETIRED 1998
4)(tied) TOM FLATLEY WINS- 202- SCHOOL- GARDEN CITY- ACTIVE (since Coach Flatley is still active he will pass Fred Smith on the list)
5) FRED FUSARO- WINS- 192- SCHOOL- SACHEM H.S.- RETIRED 2002
5 Best Plyers from Suffolk County
1) Jason Gwaltney - RB- North Babylon 01-04
Gwaltney rushed for 2,377 yards and 37 touchdowns as a senior. He rushed for 5,112 yards, 90 TDs and scored 546 points during his first three years. 467 yards rushing on 43 attempts against East Islip in 2003.
2) Miguel Maysonet RB- Riverhead 04-08
5971 yards rushing ranks 8th all time on New York State list of leading rushers for high school football players. Currently plays a local Division I Hofstra.
Source: http://www.roadtosyracuse.com/reference/records-scoring.shtml
3) Derek Kenney QB- Stony Brook H.S.- 1995-1997
4760 career yards passing
Source: http://www.roadtosyracuse.com/reference/records-passing.shtml
4) Bryan Tornee WR- Commack- 1999-00
2006 career yards receiving. 1269 yards receiving on 65 receptions in 2000. Plays college football at Stonybrook University.
Source: http://www.roadtosyracuse.com/reference/records-receiving.shtml
5) Boomer Esiason QB- East Islip- graduated 1979
Source: http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EsiasBoo01
Best Players from Nassau County
1) Jim Brown-RB- Manhasset HS
At mostly white Manhasset High School, Brown earned 13 letters playing football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse and running track. As a senior, he averaged 14.9 yards a carry in football and 38 points a game in basketball. While in high school, Brown and several other athletes created a gang called "The Gaylords," and Brown was elected president. He said the gang got involved in fistfights but nothing too dangerous, and nobody ever did jail time.
Source: http://www.sportsplacement.com/brownbio.htm
2) Matt Snell- QB- Carle Place HS- ???
Went on after Carle Place to play QB for the NY Jets.
3) Amos Zereoue - RB- Mepham HS- 1992-1994
5360 career rushing yards while at Mepham high school. Went on to play in the NFL with the Pittsburg Steelers.
Source: http://www.roadtosyracuse.com/reference/records-receiving.shtml
4) D'Brickashaw Ferguson - T- Freeport HS- graduated 2002
Was a standout two-way lineman for head coach Russ Cellan at Freeport High School as a three-year starter, who earned SuperPrep and PrepStar All-America honors… Rated by SuperPrep as the top offensive lineman in New York and the state’s second-ranked player.
http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/player/1071-d-brickashaw-ferguson
Other players of note:
1) John Mackey RB/TE Hempstead- 1959
2) Ray Barbuti HB/LB - Lawerence- 1924
3) Rob Reifsynder - Baldwin- 1955
4) Bill Sandie- FB/MLB- Mepham- 1953
5) Bernie Wyatt- RB/LB- 1935
REFERENCE: http://www.newsday.com/sports/high-school/football/long-island-s-best-football-players-from-early-days-1.1569847
The purpose of this post is to make those out there aware of the sheer impact high school football has on the culture of Long Island. It's a shame that Adelphi can't call any of these athletes their own as they go on to prusue a career after their playing days on Long Island are over. It would be nice for Adelphi to be home to a football team with players that can represent the school rather than being a univeristy that is notoriously linked with former alum Flava Flav.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Men's Soccer Update
Adelphi is heading Men's Soccer finished the season strong ripping off 3 straight wins to finish the season (11-2-4) overall and (2-1-1) in Atlantic Soccer Conference action.
Adelphi captured the 2009 ASC Regular Season Championship and will open tournament play on November 13th.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Men's Soccer
France. Sweden. Canada. Australia. Trinidad. Cyprus. No you’re not at the Geneva Convention. You’re looking at the 2009 Adelphi Men’s Soccer team.
The international presence on the field has led the Panthers to an 9-2-4 start. Adelphi went undefeated in the month of September, outscoring their opponents by a combined 15-3 margin. Adelphi began the month of October with a resounding 3-1 drubbing of Longwood to avenge a tough loss in last years postseason. The win over Longwood gave Adelphi it’s first win in conference play to move to (1-0-1) in the Atlantic Soccer Conference. Senior Kevin Gluchowski finds the mixture of talent and diversity as a big reason to why Adelphi has been successful this season.
“What's special about this team this year is that we have a core group of returnees from last year plus an extremely large freshman class, so you can see everyone learning from one another. Moving forward we just need to stay the course and focus on one game at a time,” said Gulchowski.
Much of this success can be attributed to the dominance shown early by the French freshman Issa Tall.
Tall has showed the faintest signs of being a freshman as he has started in every game. The midfielder has scored 13 goals in the first 14 Division I collegiate games of his career. Tall also leads the team in points (27) and has notched 3 game winning goals. Despite leading the team in these categories, Tall explains his early successes are a product of a team effort.
“Even as a freshman, I feel well in this team. That's true that I am leading the team with points but I’m not alone on the field. Thanks to my teammates’ for doing well because they give me a certain freedom and a confidence therefore I adapted quickly and scored goals.”
Tall scored both of the goals needed to beat Big East foe Syracuse, 2-1, marking one of the biggest wins in Adelphi University history. Head Coach Carlo Aquista believes Issa’s international experience has made the jump to Division I soccer an easier transition.
“Issa brings a ton of international experience coming from France. He played at a high youth level there. The learning curve in college soccer, he’s picked it up very quickly. His impact has been tremendous, 11 goals in 12 games. His impact has been vital,” says Coach Aquista.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Midnight Madness
Sunday, October 11, 2009
New Conference, No Problem for Panthers VolleyballBY JOHN OTANO
The Northeast-10 is the new home to Adelphi this season and Adelphi Volleyball is making themselves right at home.
The Panthers pushed their perfect record in the Northeast-10 to 8-0 in conference play and 16-6 overall with a win over Assumption on Saturday, October 10th. The Panthers are winners of their last 8 contests.
Junior Hilary Pavels, who was recently named Northeast-10 player of the week (9/28), leads the assault with 202 kills on the year. Despite losing players that have etched their legacy into the record books here at Adelphi, this years team isn’t short on players that have assaulted some of the same records.
Going into this season, Senior Amy Williams continues to build upon her all-time digs record at Adelphi in her final season with 1,362 digs. Williams has amassed nearly 258 digs that is slightly ahead of Pavels for the team lead in digs. Junior Heather Mau is currently adding to her 1,438 assists which ranks 4th on the all-time Career assists leaders at Adelphi. Along with Panther Seniors Anna Gabbard, who is second on the team in kills with 158, and Senior Audrey Goss who has compiled 91 kills, leads a team that continues to steamroll over the Northeast-10.
“I want to win the Northeast-10. I want to make a splash as soon as we get in,” says Goss.
The Panthers look to stretch their winning streak to 9 games when they travel to Waltham, Massachusetts on October 16th for a date with Bentley.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
BY JOHN OTANO
The Panthers continued their race to the top of the standings in the Northeast-10 conference with a resounding shutout of conference rival Pace University, 3-0, on September 16. It is the Panthers’ fifth win in their first six games, with four of those wins coming in conference play.
Adelphi entered the game as the 15th ranked Division II team in the nation and could rise with the win as Pace fell to 1-4-1 overall and 0-4 in conference play.
From the outset of the game, the Panthers were aggressive and got off 29 shots for the game while holding Pace to only three.
Junior Brianne McDonnell started the onslaught of offense by zipping through the defense off an assist from senior captain Kayte Kinsley. McDonnell, who leads the Panthers in goals (4), assists (3), and points (11), sent a ball soaring through the night, bending it just past Pace goalie Courtany Hagen.
The Panthers struck again just a minute later with an attack that ended with senior Karen Roveto getting her first goal of the season off a cross from junior Kristen Dexter. They continued their dominance through the second half when senior Amanda Popoli guided a pass from fellow senior Caitlin Morrison to find the back of the net to seal an Adelphi victory.
Head coach Rich Ilsley praised his team for their performance, but said that he couldn’t use this game as a measuring stick for the future of the season.
“We played well,” he said, “but I don’t think it was a particularly strong team that we played so it kind of gives you a false sense."
For the past 19 years, Ilsley has led the Women’s Soccer program to 10 of the last 18 NCAA Division II tournaments. Over that span, Ilsley has amassed a staggering 249-70-25 record.
Ilsley’s overall winning percentage has him ranked 13th among all NCAA coaches and second at the Division II level. He attributes much of his success to being fortunate enough to have had great players to coach.
“It’s no secret that if you don’t have the right people pulling the cart, you’re not going anywhere,” he said. “The key is to have good players and getting them to work together.”
Success for the team is measured with league championships and an entry into the NSCAA Division II tournament. Last season the Panthers finished with a 14-4-1 record but missed a bid to the NSCAA tournament, which qualifies it as a disappointing season by team standards. Ilsley made it clear that the goal of his program, every year, is not only to gain a bid but to also do well throughout the tournament.
“That is always the goal,” Ilsley said. “That is the end all, be all. That was our disappointment last year; we didn’t get a bid. That is always the goal of this team is to make it into the tournament. Once you make it in, once you get your foot in the door, then everything is open.
“Is it attainable? Yes. Can we? That remains to be seen.”
Although the bar is set incredibly high for his players, Junior Brianne McDonnell made it clear that Adelphi Women’s Soccer is ready to clear the bar completely.
“One thing that is special about Adelphi Women's Soccer is that every year we have a team that can compete for a National Championship. That is our main goal every year: to be the last team standing in the nation. This year I really think that we can do it. We have proved ourselves to be competitive and we have beaten some of the best teams in the nation and are good enough to not settle for anything less.”
Despite the competitive nature of this group of girls, McDonnell explains that this team is more than just your ordinary soccer club.
“This team has grown to be a family. It is great to be a part of a group of girls that I can call my best friends. We all support each other on and off the field no matter what.”
Be a part of the Panthers’ push to the postseason by checking out their schedule in the Women’s Soccer section of the Adelphi Official Athletic website, http://aupanthers.cstv.com.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Web Journalism Project
This is a project strictly as an exercise in learning the new iMovie program and narrating over video/photos. Enjoy.
Life is short but sweet for certain.