About Hartwick Basketball

Oneonta, New York, United States
Hartwick is among the North East’s elite liberal art colleges both academically and athletically. Hartwick has a reputation of academic excellence and offers a most diverse selection of degree programs, with a strong emphasis on a liberal arts education. Our campus is truly beautiful. We are located on a scenic 425-acre site on the northern slopes of New York’s Catskill Mountains, in Oneonta, a town considered by some experts to be among the top ten best college towns in America. Hartwick offers a small college atmosphere; as the student/faculty ratio is 11 to 1, and the average classroom size is 15. Yet we are only 70 minutes from the state capital, Albany, and two and a half hours from New York City. This setting provides an ideal atmosphere academically, athletically, and socially for the aspiring student-athlete. Combine these facts with tremendous facilities, a great schedule, and a major commitment to the basketball program, and you can see why Hartwick basketball has made the final four and is a true Division III Giant! As a member of the Empire 8 Conference, Hartwick competes successfully in one of the premier Division III conferences in the country.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Hartwick picks up 2 wins

On Friday night and Saturday afternoon we played two games and we won them both. Friday night we played St. John Fisher and won 76-58. It was a great game. Then Saturday afternoon we played Nazareth college and won 87-65.

Against St. John Fisher, Mark Blazek led us in scoring 24 points going 6 out of 7 from beyond the arc. Blazek's 3 pointers all came in the first half where he went 6 for 6. Chris Ryder recorded another double-double going for 14 points and 12 rebounds. Jared Suderley went for 12 points and 8 rebounds, in addition he had 3 assists. Anthony Keane had 7 points, 4 assists, and 5 rebounds. Andres Carpio had 6 points.

Off the bench several players saw time. Most notably were Aaron Laing, Christian Laputka, and Mike Geisser. Aaron Laing had 2 points and 4 rebounds. Christian Laputka had 4 points and 2 assists. Mike Geisser had 6 points and 2 rebounds. Dustin Gratto also saw playing time which he recorded a block.

Saturday afternoon we played Nazareth college. Chris Ryder led the team with 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. During the game, Ryder recorded his 1000th point. This is the first time in several years where the basketball team had 2 players with over 1000 points. The other person is Mark Blazek who recorded his 1000th point last year.

Jared Suderley had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Anthony Keane had 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal, and a block. Mark Blazek had 15 points and 4 assists. Andres Carpio had 5 points and 2 assists.

Once again several players saw playing time. Once again the main players off the bench were Aaron Laing, Christian Laputka, and Mike Geisser. Laing had 12 points, 4 rebounds, and a block. Laputka had 4 points, 4 rebounds, and an assist. Geisser had 2 points, 4 assists, and a 4 rebounds.

Other players off the bench included Matt Petruccione, Ken Johnson, Shiva Sentihil, Brendan Griffin, Victor Angeline, Travis Godley, Mike Henson, Dustin Gratto, and Jake Karker.

After these two wins Hartwick has 15 wins and 2 losses. In the Empire 8 conference we are 4 and 2. We are off til Tuesday when we travel to Hobokan, New Jersey and play Stevens at 8 pm. We do not play at home until February 3 when we play Alfred college. We would like to thank the fans for all of their support and we hope it continues.
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