ECAC Recognizes Six Athletes from the SUNYAC
Division III UpstateÂ
Men's Soccer Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Dillon Johnson – SUNY CortlandÂ
Sophomore, Forward, Northport, NY
Dillon Johnson led Cortland (6-5, 3-1 SUNYAC) to two SUNYAC wins on the road over the weekend. In a 1-0 victory at Potsdam on Friday, Johnson tallied the game-winner 20 seconds before the half. In the Red Dragons' 2-1 come-from-behind win at Plattsburgh on Saturday, Johnson netted the game-winning goal on a header 6:56 into overtime. For the season, Johnson is tied for the team lead with five goals and leads the Red Dragons with three game-winners. This was the first Cortland sweep of Potsdam and Plattsburgh on the road since the 1990 season when the Red Dragons defeated the Bears, 6-0, and the Cardinals, 2-1, in overtime.
Division III Upstate
Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
Tim Beauvais – SUNY Cortland
Junior, Goalkeeper, Hilton, NYÂ
Beauvais helped lead the Red Dragons to a pair of SUNYAC wins on the road over the weekend. In a 1-0 triumph at Potsdam on Friday, he made six saves in recording his third shutout of the season. Beauvais then followed up with eight saves in Cortland's (6-5, 3-1 SUNYAC) 2-1 OT win at Plattsburgh on Saturday. For the weekend, he recorded a 0.48 GAA and a .933 save percentage.
Division III UpstateÂ
Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
Kelly Knight – SUNY Cortland
Senior, Forward, Rochester, NY
Knight helped the Red Dragons (4-3-4, 2-0-2 SUNYAC) to a pair of home SUNYAC wins over the weekend. In a 3-0 victory versus Potsdam on Friday, she scored an insurance goal in the 75th minute. In Saturday's 2-1 OT win versus Plattsburgh, Knight connected for the game-winner 6:04 into overtime. For the season, Knight leads the Red Dragons with nine points on a team-high four goals and one assist.
Division III UpstateÂ
Cohen Miles-Rath – SUNY Geneseo
Junior, Cohocton, NY
Miles-Rath dominated the 255-runner field to win the 33rd-Annual Geneseo Invitational and lead the Knights to the team championship. Covering the 8K course in 25:15.16, he built over a 100-meter lead less than two miles into the race and never looked back en route the victory. Geneseo, ranked 5th in the Atlantic Region and 35th nationally entering the weekend, easily out-distanced the 20-team field that included Rochester, which was ranked ahead of Knights (3rd regionally/26th nationally), by 78 points. The field also included RPI (7th region) and Vassar (10th region).
Division III – Mid-Atlantic Region
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Gabrielle Stein – SUNY Cortland
Freshman, Forward, Endwell, NY
Stein helped the Red Dragons (7-2) to a pair of non-conference wins last week. In a 7-2 victory at home over Nazareth on Tuesday, she recorded her second career hat trick and chipped in with an assist for a career-best seven points. In a 2-1 win at 14th-ranked Rochester on Sunday, Stein scored the game-winning goal late in the first half as Cortland won its fourth straight game. For the season, Stein leads Cortland with 31 points on a team-high 15 goals and one assist as well as three game-winners.
 Division III – Metro/Upstate
Samantha Parente – Buffalo State
Junior, Outside Hitter, E. Patchogue, NYÂ
Parente racked up 58 kills with an astounding .424 hitting percentage as she helped Buffalo State to a four-win week. She pounded out 20 kills in a three-set win over Ithaca, and then had 15 kills with no errors in a four set win over Nazareth. The Bengals extended their winning streak to 10 matches, one shy of a school record.