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.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Hartwick Splits two games

Over the weekend we travel to Elmira, NY and Alfred, NY. Unfortunatly we split the games with a win in Elmira and a loss in Alfred. The loss at Alfred gave us our first loss of the season, resulting in our record now being 12-1.

In Elmira against Elmira College we won 71-60. We had three players in double figures. Anthony Keane had 18 points, 3 assists, and 4 rebounds. Chris Ryder had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jared Suderley had 14 points and 3 rebounds. Andres Carpio chipped in 6 points and added 5 assists. Mark Blazek had 8 points.

Several players saw playing time from the bench but Aaron Laing, Christian Laputka, and Mike Geisser say the most playing time out of all the bench.

In Alfred we played Alfred University and lost. The ending score was 66-72. This was the first loss of the season. With this loss we have matched the best start in Hartwick history when it comes to men's basketball.

Once again we had three players reach double figures in points. Chris Ryder led the team with 20 points and 8 rebounds and shot very well going 8 and 11 from the field which includes making both 3 point attempts. Mark Blazek had 13 points and Jared Suderley had 11 points and 4 rebounds. Anthony Keane chipped in 4 points, while, Andres Carpio added 2 as well as 4 assists.

Once again several players from the bench saw playing time. Travis Godley had 5 points, Christian Laputka had 1 point and 4 assists. Jon Zehe had 4 points and Aaron Laing had 6 points.

After this loss we are at 12-1 and 1-1 in conference play. We are off til Friday when we play Ithica college at 8 p.m. in Lambros Arena. The following day we will play once again at home against Utica college at 4 p.m. Please come and show your pride while we try to improve our record.
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