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 15, 2012

The men split the 2 games again

Over the weekend we played Ithica college and Utica college. These were both Empire 8 games and we split the pair. Both at home on Friday night we played Ithica and unfortunately lost but came back Saturday afternoon to defeat Utica college.

Friday night against Ithica the ending score was 73-71. Jared Suderley led the team with 21 points and 12 rebounds. In addition was almost perfect from the charity stripe going 11 for 12. Mark Blazek added 17 points and 8 rebounds. Andres Carpio had 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. While Chris Ryder had 9 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. Travis Godley saw his first start of the season and chipped in 3 points and an assist.

Off the bench several players saw playing time. This includes Matt Petruccione who had 7 points. Aaron Laing had 4 points, 3 rebounds, and a block. Other players who came off the bench include Jon Zehe, Christain Laputka, Mike Geisser, and Anthony Keane.

The next night we played Utica college and won a tough game. The ending score was 87-81. At the half of the game it was tied up but at the end of the second half we were able to pull away. Suderley had a monster game with 33 points and 9 rebounds. In addition he went 4 of 5 from behind the arc. Mark Blazek had 28 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Ryder had 9 points and 14 rebounds. Carpio added 3 assists and Mike Geisser got the starting nod and had 2 points and 2 assists.

Once again several players came off the bench. Christian Laputka had 3 points and 4 assists. Laing had 4 points and 5 rebounds as well as a block. Anthony Keane played very well providing two key steals which both led to points in the secound half. Overall he would add 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, as well as those 2 key steals. Other players who saw time were Mike Henson, Travis Godley, Victor Angeline, Jon Zehe, and Matt Petruccione.

We are off til Friday when we play St. John Fisher at 8 p.m. at the Lambros Arena and the following day we will play Nazareth at 4 p.m. at the Lambros Arena. These are both Empire 8 games show up and show your support.
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