Football: Disparity on the road continued this week after the team suffered a devastating overtime loss to division opponent St. Lawrence. Quarterback Patch Flanagan did everything he could on the ground rushing for a career high 204 yards boosting him into the top 5 in Division III for quarterback rushing yards. The team had control of the game leading 24-10 at the start of the 4th quarter but gave up two back to back 70 yard drives allowing the Saints to tie up the ball game. Union had a chance in the final minute of the game to win it but an unfortunate intentional grounding penalty led to the clock running out. In overtime a tragic red-zone interception gave St. Lawrence the ball back and allowed them to kick a field goal for the win. The team returns back to Frank Bailey field this Saturday for Homecoming and Parents Weekend. Wear Pink for breast cancer awareness month and come support the team as they take on Buffalo State in a 1:00 pm kickoff.
Soccer: The Men’s soccer team hosted two tough league opponents in RPI and Bard tying both games 0-0. The game was back and forth against RPI with Union nearly scoring late but the odd man rush was killed by a soft yellow card. They avoided disaster as RPI got a shot off as time expired but the goal was thankfully disallowed. Against Bard, Union controlled the game getting 5 of their 10 shots on net but none able to get past the Bard goalkeeper. The team continues league play with two road games this upcoming week.
The women’s team played a similar schedule traveling to RPI and Bard while also playing a mid-week game at Eastern Connecticut State and hosted Hamilton this past Sunday. The RPI game was a dead even matchup with each team getting 5 shots on net and 5 saves behind Maya Koster’s shutout in net ending in a 0-0 tie. After that, the team went on a 3 game win streak beating ECS 1-0, Bard 6-0 and Hamilton 2-1. Impressive performances by Rachel Berliner who had a shutout at ECS, Taylor Bovardi and Grace Penna who both scored 2 goals against Bard, and Sam Friedman who had a goal against Bard and Hamilton. Union outshot Bard 34-1 getting 8 different players points in the game. Watch the women at home this Homecoming weekend as they host Ithaca on Friday.
Golf: The Women’s golf team concluded their fall campaign winning their home invitational at Mohawk Country Club hosting St. Lawrence and Vassar. First-Year Iyene Issien led the team with a 2nd place finish followed by Liz Bentsianov in 5th place, Shea White at 6th, Carina Anastasio in 8th, Kat Dimacopoulos at 12th and Ella Golas at 15th.
Field Hockey: The field hockey team hosted University of Rochester in front of a packed house for their Athletes for Athletes game and it was an electric win. It took two overtimes to decide this thriller with Union getting the win thanks to First-Year Maggie Monaghan late goal. This team likes to live on the edge as they go into overtime again at William Smith and the teams leading scorer Maddie Greco buries another to win the game 3-2. The team is back home next Sunday for Homecoming weekend hosting RPI.
Volleyball: The Volleyball team goes 2-1 in their first 3 liberty league games taking on Skidmore, Ithaca and RIT. They beat both Skidmore and RIT 3 sets to 1 but lost 0-3 against the #20 ranked team in the nation in Ithaca. First-Year Allie Kronenberg continues to rack up assists in her debut season as the starting setter. She is first on the team and 4th in all of liberty league in assists. Defensive star Georgia Pool surpassed her 1000th career dig in the win against RIT and also moved into 3rd in the liberty league on the season. She currently sits at 5th all time in Union’s history for digs per set in her career. Shannon McGrath and Georgia Pinciaro continue to lead the offense ranked 1 and 2 respectively in kills and overall points. McGrath leads the liberty league in service aces and is top 5 in both kills and points. Maddie McCarron makes her impact on the offensive end as well leading the liberty league in blocks and is 3rd on the team in points.
Cross Country: The Men’s and Women’s teams competed in the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University where the Women’s team finished 3rd out of 32 teams and the men finished 21st out of 41 teams. The men were headlined by Senior Ryan Russell who finished 7th running a time of 24:51.1 in the 8k. The women were led by Senior Cat Dacey’s 3rd place finish running a 22:01.2. Both teams will be in the Conn College invitational next week.
Crew: The Men’s and Women’s teams traveled to Rochester for the Head of the Genesee Meet for the longest race of their fall season at 5000 meters. The Women’s 8+ boat finished in 5th place and the 4+ boat finished in 10th. The men’s team finished 3rd in the 8+ race followed by the 4+ varsity boat finishing in 6th and the novice 4+ boat finishing in 2nd.
Hockey: The Women’s team dropped both games to #12 ranked Penn State this weekend. The first game was back and forth coming down to the wire with Union pulling their goalie to try to get a goal late but unfortunately giving up that empty net goal in the final minute to lose 4-2. The second day was all Penn State early scoring 3 first period goals. Union made a push scoring the next 2 but in a high scoring 3rd period Penn state scored 2 more within a minute of each other to go up 5-2. A late power play goal from Karianne Engelbert wasn’t enough to get them back in it with the final score 5-3. They will go up to UNH this weekend before a stretch of ECAC opponents. The men’s team took a 4-2 victory over Stonehill college in their first road game of the year. The following day they went up against #3 ranked Boston University giving up 3 first period goals to the star studded roster of NHL draftees eventually losing 4-1. The team returns home for Homecoming weekend hosting two games against Mercyhurst.
Swimming & Diving: Men’s and Women’s Swim teams opened up their seasons this past week. The Women’s team started strong hosting Westfield State and Roberts Wesleyan on Friday winning 158-70 and 131-105 respectively. They then traveled to Clarkson to win that meet 179.5-143.5. The Men’s team fell in their first 2 meets to Roberts Wesleyan losing 98-136 and at Clarkson 106-237.
Be sure to show out for all our teams competing on this upcoming Homecoming and Parents Weekend!
Let’s Go U!
