Opening Season Win

 

Not only were students at SUNY Cortland celebrating the annual Cortaca Jug win over Ithaca College this weekend, but celebrating the CWB team’s opening season 83-47 win over Virginia Wesleyan College as well.  The Red Dragons played their heart out Friday night upon arriving in Fredericksburg, Virginia for the University of Mary Washington’s Hampton Inn South Tipoff Tournament.

Junior Phoebe Byrnes, a transfer from SUNY Brockport, led the Cortland Women’s Basketball team 3-0 during the first period with an assist by sophomore Caysea Cohen.  With three seconds left on the clock during the first period, junior Lindsay Minor shot a one-pointer ending the period 34-20, Cortland.  Senior Megan Touhey brought the score to 36-20 during the first 30 seconds of the second period.  Conclusively, Touhey scored 22 points throughout the entire game as well as senior Grace Williamson.  Phoebe Byrnes added 14 points to the score and Caysea Cohen concluded 13 points as well as 14 rebounds, which happens to be a team-high.

Following, the Cortland Women’s Basketball Team faced Mary Washington University Saturday afternoon and fell to a 60-53 loss.  During the first half, the Red Dragons shot 38 percent from the floor and 27 percent in the second half.  Williamson scored 17 points, junior Erin Wolstenholme scored 12 points, Touhey finished up with six points, and Byrnes with six as well.

This weekend leaves the Cortland Women’s Basketball Team with a 1-1 record and much confidence for their home opener on Tuesday at 6 p.m. against Elmira followed by another home game Thursday at 6 p.m. against SUNYIT.  Until then!

Mary Washington Tip-Off Tournament

While SUNY Cortland students begin their “Cortaca-Weekend” celebration early, the Cortland Women’s Basketball team is too busy getting hyped during the 9 hour bus ride to Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is the first time the Red Dragons will play in the Mary Washington Tip-Off Tournament, and also marks the start of the 2013-2014 season. On Friday, November 15th at 5:30 p.m., the Cortland Women’s Basketball team will take on Virginia Wesleyan College, followed by facing the University of Mary Washington for the championship game Saturday, November 16th at 3 p.m.

Best of luck to the CWB team!

Our Assistant Coaches

Let’s meet the two assistant coaches behind it all,

Mary Holland and Torie Lee.

As a second season assistant, Mary Holland graduated from Nazareth College in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.  During her stay, she played on the Nazareth women’s basketball team as a freshman all the way up to her senior year, where she was named captain and played a career total of 84 games.  Prior to her college career, she graduated from Dryden High School in 2007.  She balanced basketball, soccer, and softball, and received the U.S. Marines Most-Distinguished Student-Athlete Award, the Sport and Spine Award, and two collegiate scholarships.

Torie Lee is the newest assistant coach for the Cortland Women’s Basketball team.  She enters her first season after graduating in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Le Moyne College.  At Le Moyne, Torie Lee played as a point and shooting guard from freshman all the way through to her senior year.  She was named captain for the 2011-2012 season her junior year as well as the 2012-2013 season her senior year.  Previously, Lee graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High School in 2009 where she was a high competitor on the track and field team.  She holds a record of scoring more than 1,000 career points for the Fayetteville-Manlius High School basketball team and made the All-CNY first team selection.

One Family

I am saddened to share with you the news regarding #21, senior Sarah Shine, who has decided to discontinue her captaincy and resign from the SUNY Cortland Women’s Basketball Team.  At 5’11”, Shine has taken on the forward/guard position since the 2010-2011 season her freshman year after graduating from Mount Sinai High School.

As for the rest of the CWB team, these ladies are working their fingers to the bone in preparation for this weekend’s Mary Tip-Off Tournament.  The 2013-2014 roster is officially out and listed below:

• #4 – Brittany Rando – Guard – 5’7″ – junior
• #5 – Caysea Cohen – Guard – 5’6″ – sophomore
• #10 – Lindsey Minor (Captain) – Guard – 5’7″ – junior
• #11 – Shannon White – Guard – 5’5″ – sophomore
• #12 – Pheobe Byrnes – Guard – 5’6″ – junior
• #13 – Megan Touhey (Captain) – Guard – 5’10” – senior
• #14 – Danielle Levine – Forward/Guard – 5’11” – freshman
• #15 – Alexis Esworthy – Guard – 5’7″ – freshman
• #20 – Grace Williamson (Captain) – Forward – 5’9″ – senior
• #22 – Cassidy Chapko – Guard – 5’5″ – freshman
• #23 – Erin Wolstenholme – Forward – 5’8″ – junior
• #24 – Jeannette Harris – Forward – 5’11” – senior
• #31 – Brooke DeMarco – Forward/Guard – 5’9″ – junior
• #32 – Sarah Seger – Guard – 5’9″ –  junior
• #33 – Rae Frasier – Forward – 6’0″ – junior

LET’S GO RED DRAGONS!

Its a way of life.  Red Dragon’s court, edited with FontCandy app

16 Successful Seasons

Lets get to know head coach Jeannette Mosher as we celebrate the beginning of her 16th season as head coach of the SUNY Cortland Women’s Basketball Team. Coach Mosher completed last season with a career record of 325 wins and 95 losses. Did you know that Jeannette Mosher is the leader of career wins at SUNY Cortland? She was titled the SUNYAC Coach of the Year six times as well as WBCA East Region Coach of the Year during the 2009-2010 season. Mosher is an active member of the Basketball Coaches Association of New York and was awarded the BCANY Coach of the Year in 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2007.  In 2011, Mosher was selected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s Silver Anniversary Team. Not only does Jeannette Mosher take the lead of career wins at SUNY Cortland, but she held the record for all-time leading scorer upon graduating St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana with 2,280 points in 1990. She has been inducted into the Great Lakes Valley Conference Hall of Fame after being named the GLVC Player of the Year and first team All-American her senior year.

Some brand new 2013-2014 gear for the girls.

2013-2014 CWB Game Schedule

MARY WASHINGTON TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT

• 11/15 (Friday) 5:30 p.m.  –  @ Virginia Wesleyan
• 11/16 (Saturday) 1 or 3 p.m.  – @ Mary Washington or Penn St. Altoona

GAMES

• 11/19 (Tuesday) 6 p.m.  – Elmira
• 11/21 (Thursday) 6 p.m.  – SUNYIT
• 11/23 (Saturday) 2 p.m.  – @ St. Lawrence
• 12/3 (Tuesday) 8 p.m.  –  @ Ithaca

SUNYAC CONTEST

• 12/6 (Friday)  6 p.m.  –  Potsdam
• 12/7 (Saturday)  2 p.m.  –  Plattsburgh

GAMES

• 12/14 (Saturday)  12 p.m.  – William Smith

SUNYAC CONTEST

• 1/7 (Tuesday)  6 p.m.  – @ New Paltz
• 1/10 (Friday)  6 p.m.  – Buffalo State
• 1/11 (Saturday)  2 p.m.  – Fredonia
• 1/14 (Tuesday)  6 p.m.  –  Oneonta
• 1/17 (Friday)  6 p.m.  – @ Geneseo
• 1/18 (Saturday)  4 p.m.  – Brockport
• 1/21 (Tuesday)  6 p.m.  –  @ Oneonta
• 1/28 (Tuesday)  6 p.m.  – @ Brockport
• 1/31 (Friday)  6 p.m.  – @ Fredonia
• 2/1 (Saturday)  2 p.m. – @ Buffalo State
• 2/4 (Tuesday)  6 p.m. – New Paltz
• 2/8 (Saturday)  6 p.m. – @ Oswego
• 2/14 (Friday)  6 p.m. – @ Plattsburgh
• 2/15 (Saturday)  2 p.m. – @ Potsdam
• 2/18 (Tuesday)  6 p.m. – Geneseo
• 2/22 (Saturday)  2 p.m. – Oswego

SUNYAC CHAMPIONSHIP

• 2/25 (Tuesday) TBA – SUNYAC Quarterfinals
• 2/28 (Friday ) TBA – SUNYAC Semifinals
• 3/1 (Saturday) TBA – SUNYAC Finals

Sixteen

Congratulations to the team of sixteen 2013-2014 CWB Red Dragons!

Friday afternoon was the first practice of the season for the ladies representing Cortland Women’s Basketball.  Out of 18 that tried out, only two cuts were made.  I would like to welcome the three freshmen and three transfers that are now a part of the family!  Listed are the ten RETURNING players for the 2013-2014 season:

• Captain:  Sarah Shine, senior
  
• Captain:  Megan Touhey, senior
• Grace Williamson, senior
• Brooke DeMarco, junior
• Captain:  Lindsey Minor, junior
• Brittany Rando, junior
• Sarah Seger, junior
• Erin Wolstenholme, junior
• Caysea Cohen, sophomore
• Shannon White, sophomore

Followed by the first practice without the cuts, Saturday morning consisted of shooting and conditioning in the morning, and at 3:00 an inter-squad scrimmage took place where the team is split evenly, 7 versus 7, and a “red and white” type game is held.  These ladies are off to a great start and I am excited to see what pre-season has to offer.  Only three weeks remain until the first game of the season where the CWB team will take on Virginia Wesleyan College.

Tryouts: Day 1

Day one of tryouts for the Cortland Women’s Basketball team is officially complete.  Head coach Jeannette Mosher and assistant coaches Torie Lee & Mary Holland, had the 18 determined ladies report to the track at 7:30 a.m. for a timed-mile run.  All partakers had to conclude the mile in under eight minutes: Guards had to finish in six minutes and 45 seconds while forwards needed to finish in seven minutes and 45 seconds.  Out of the 18 girls present at tryouts, 10 of them are returning players from last season not including junior Taisha Morris who will be red-shirting for the Red Dragons after suffering a knee injury last year.  In total, three players from the previous season have withdrawn from the CWB team leaving four or five shoes to be filled.

Seniors Sarah Shine, Megan Touhey, and Grace Williamson are thrilled to take on their final season.  The second half of day one’s tryouts began at 4:30 p.m. where practice and drilling took place.  This part of tryouts shows the true skills of all potential players such as shooting, ball handling, and running on the court.  Captains Lindsey Minor, Sarah Shine, and Megan Touhey see the 4:30 drilling as a way to get a feel for what each player’s ideal positions are, such as forwards, post players, rebounders, and shooting or ball handling guards.

Unfortunately, that is all I’ve got for today’s coffee break.  Fortunately, there is nothing but excitement to bring to the table by the end of the week, so I will keep you posted.  Figuratively and literally.