College Update: Players, coaches from Binghamton, CV, M-E, U-E, Waverly, Windsor
Catch up with former Section 4 athletes who are competing/coaching collegiately.
King Rice / Monmouth University
Binghamton native Rice and the Hawks basketball team made it five wins in their most recent six outings with Sunday’s 76-63 victory at Quinnipiac (Hamden, Connecticut).
The outcome left Monmouth tied with Navy as national leaders in road victories (nine). The Hawks’ four fifth-year seniors achieved two-figure scoring totals for the fourth time this season.
“We shared the ball, they followed the plan, we said we were going to have good execution,” Rice said. “Our guys really bought into that and when we play smart basketball, we're a problem.”
The Hawks are 15-7, 7-4 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
It was made known late last month that Monmouth would leave the MAAC in favor of an invitation to join the Colonial Athletic Association effective July 1. Likewise shifting to the CAA are Stony Brook and Hampton. Present men’s basketball-playing CAA members: Charleston, Delaware, Drexel, Elon, Hofstra, James Madison, Northeastern, Towson, UNC Wilmington, William & Mary.
More: Monmouth basketball tops Quinnipiac, 76-63; Walker Miller dominates inside with 22
Riley Miner, Ashley Scott / Cazenovia
A freshman from Windsor, Miner scored 16 points, had nine rebounds and a team-leading five assists in the Wildcats’ 61-44 basketball victory Friday at Delhi.
Miner is the team’s co-No. 2 scorer (8.8) and No. 4 rebounder (5.3). Her most notable statistical outing came Jan. 29 against NVU-Johnson: 26 points, 17 rebounds, seven assists.
Ashley Scott, a sophomore from Endicott, is the team’s leading rebounder (6.8) and a 5.2-per-game scorer.
Bridget Orchard, Paige Rauch / Villanova
Villanova University’s softball team and its top player have been acknowledged atop the Big East Conference by d1softball.com in its season preview.
The Wildcats, coached by Binghamton native Orchard, head a 1-2-3 that includes Connecticut and DePaul, with ’Nova and UConn projected as NCAA Tournament participants.
Rauch, Windsor resident and Binghamton High graduate, got the twofold nod as Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year.
Villanova is to open its season Friday with games against Marshall and Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Dan Schaffer / Binghamton University
The Maine-Endwell graduate was top finisher in the 3,000-meter invitational race as part of Saturday’s Dr. Sander Columbia Indoor Track & Field Challenge at the New York City Armory.
Schaffer completed the race in 7 minutes, 53.54 seconds — 17th-fastest time nationally in Division I this season. That time represents a BU record, besting the previous standard of 7:56.21 established by Marathon High graduate Erik van Ingen 10 years ago.
Schaffer on Dec. 4 set the program’s 5,000 record (13:51.91).
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Michael Schultz / Hartwick
The Chenango Valley graduate was recently recognized once again as Empire 8 Men’s Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week.
In a meet against Stevens College, Schultz placed first in the 200 butterfly, first in the 200 individual medley and second in the 100 butterfly.
He’d been E8 Athlete of the Week on Oct. 25, Nov. 18 and Jan. 17.
Hartwick will compete in the conference championships, Feb. 16-19 at the Webster Aquatic Center.
Cheyenne Sisenstein / King University
The senior from Johnson City (Maine-Endwell High) was one of six King University wrestlers to win championships Sunday in the Limestone Open at Gaffney, South Carolina.
Sisenstein won twice by technical fall and once by pin in the 123-pound weight classification.
Next for King University (Bristol, Tennessee) the Bearcat Open, Saturday at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois.
Scott Woodring / Mansfield
The Waverly High graduate went for nine points and 10 rebounds playing a season-high 42 minutes in 114-107 win Wednesday over Bloomsburg, on a night teammate Justice Smith (Lyons) established a basketball program record with 56 points (19-for 26 FG, 3-for-4 three-point, 12 rebounds, nine assists).
For the season, Woodring — a starter in all 21 games — is the Mounties’ No. 3 scorer (9.7), No. 2 rebounder (6.4) and top shot blocker (12).
Next for Mansfield is a game Wednesday at Lock Haven.
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