TC3 Game Highlights

  • Panthers Split at D-II 3/17/2010 4:00:00 PM
    The combination of strong pitching and balanced hitting helped the Tompkins Cortland Community College baseball team earn a doubleheader split at Community College of Baltimore County-Dundalk Wednesday. The Panthers dropped the opener 6-2 before taking the nightcap 12-1 behind a ten-strikeout performance from pitcher Eric Conway (Auburn H.S./Auburn). TC3 is now 2-5 on the season, with all of its games coming against D-II teams. Dundalk is now 7-6.
     
    Ryan June (Fabius-Pompey H.S./Fabius) took the loss in the opener, with his strong effort undermined by a tough fifth inning that saw him give up four runs. Anthony Siracusa (Auburn H.S./Auburn) went 2-for-2 with an RBI to lead the six-hit attack.
     
    Game two featured Conway in control, striking out ten and walking none while allowing just three hits and one unearned run in seven innings. The offense rapped out nine hits, with Dustin Sandberg (Lambrick Park H.S./Victoria, B.C.). Joshua Boyd (Upper Room Christian H.S./Hempstead) and Dan Zambito (Auburn H.S./Auburn) each collecting two hits. Siracusa went 1-for-3 with three runs scored and Boyd had a team-best three RBI.
     
    TC3 returns to Maryland Saturday for a doubleheader against the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville.
  • Panthers Fall to Nation's #2 3/17/2010 4:00:00 PM
    Playing at home for the first time this season, the Tompkins Cortland Community College lacrosse team lost to the second-ranked team in the nation, Monroe Community College, 26-3. TC3 falls to 0-2 while Monroe improves to 3-0.
     
    The game opened with Monroe scoring twice in the opening minute, but the home teams settled things down and trailed just 6-2 after the first quarter. An 11-1 advantage for Monroe in the second quarter made it 17-3 at the half, allowing the Tribunes to cruise to the win in the second half.
     
    Doug Bushnell (Dryden/Dryden), Chris Conklin (South Burlington/South Burlington, Vt.), and Zach McMullin (Homer/Homer) scored the goals for the Panthers, with Bushnell and Kellen Simmons (Corning East H.S./Corning) adding assists. J.P. Gove (Schuylerville/Gansevoort) had a strong game in goal, recording 15 saves.
     
    TC3 is home Saturday at 1 p.m. vs. Genesee Community College.
  • Panthers Bounce Back with Two Wins
    Lakeland Box
    3/17/2010 11:00:00 AM
    After a rough Tuesday at the Cocoa Expo in Florida, the Tompkins Cortland Community College softball team bounced back Wednesday with a pair of wins over D-II opponents. The Panthers beat Kellogg Community College (Mich.) 9-0 and Lakeland Community College (Ohio) 6-3. TC3 is now 6-2 on the season.
     
    The win over Kellogg was shortened to five innings. In four times up to bat as the hoe team, TC3 scored three runs in each of the first, second, and fourth innings to bring the mercy rule into play. Janelle Boyd (Archbishop Molloy H.S./Hempstead) took the win in the circle, allowing just one hit while striking out five. Colleen Bannon (Vestal H.S./Vestal) sparked the offense by going 3-for-3 with three runs scored, a triple, and two stolen bases. Boyd went 2-for-3 with three RBI and Brooke Wierzbicki (Vestal H.S./Vestal) went 2-for-3 with a triple. Kristin Kinney (Oneida H.S./Oneida) homered while driving in two.
     
    Against Lakeland, the Panthers took and early lead, scoring in the top of the first and second before Lakeland cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the second. TC3 pushed the score to 4-1 in the fourth and, after Lakeland scored a single run in the bottom of the fourth, the Panthers plated two more in the sixth to put the game away. A single Lakeland run in the bottom of the seventh made the final 6-3.
     
    Erica Gigliotti (Cicero-North Syracuse H.S./Cicero) earned the win, entering the game in the fourth in relief of Boyd. Brooke Radley (Altmar-Parish-Williamstown H.S./Pulaski) went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, while Boyd and Joelle Herrick (Elmira Free Academy/Elmira) each collected two hits as part of TC3's 11-hit attack.
     
    TC3 ends its spring break trip Thursday with games against Count College of Morris (N.J.) and Chesapeake College (Md.).