FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023
WHKY prevail in Game on for Giving BY NICHOLAS COUSINS Staff Writer
ing the No. 11 Geneseo Knights (18-6-2) Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. The Cardinals have played the Knights twice this season, tying 2-2 Nov. 12 and winning 3-2 Jan. 28. Geneseo is the third seed in the SUNYAC and advanced to the semifinals after beating the Fredonia Blue Devils (7-18) 3-0. “I think we like to play fast,” Moffat said. “We’re moving our feet with and without the puck.” Plattsburgh ducked out of the playoffs last season after a 6-7 overtime loss to the Brockport Golden Eagles, a team Moffat’s Cardinals beat in the 2020 playoffs.
SUNY Plattsburgh held the “Game on for Giving” fundraiser this semester for the seventh consecutive year. During the event, Cardinal athletic teams face off against one another for the support and overall engagement between students, fans and coaches. There is a $5,000 prize that is split in three ways: $2,500 is awarded to the team with the most alumni donors, $1,500 is awarded to the team with the second most alumni donors and the final $1,000 is awarded to whichever team had the highest growth from the previous year. Women’s hockey had the most donors with 142. Women’s basketball had the second most donors with 125. Men’s lacrosse had the highest increase from last year to this year by 940%. The competition aspect of this makes the fundraiser more fun for everyone involved. Mike Howard, the athletic director at Plattsburgh, introduced this idea to the university in 2016. “[Game on for Giving is] a networking experience that is barely about the money,” Howard said. “Overall, the event got off to a great start but was a bit hesitant at first even with over 500 donors. The event has still managed to grow a significant amount over time which is strictly due to people being passionate about sports.”
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Can you say playoffs? Cardinal Points Archive
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Cards to host back-to-back postseason games BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Sports Editor
Plattsburgh Cardinal playoff hockey is back. Both the men’s and women’s teams are top-two seeded teams for the first time since the women’s team joined the NEWHL and will host playoff games at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena.
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The No. 7 men’s team (18-52, SUNYAC 12-3-1) most recently beat the Morrisville Mustangs (817, SUNYAC 4-12) 5-3 Jan. 15. The win ends the regular season on a two-game win streak and an overwhelmingly positive record against conference opponents.
The win is Plattsburgh’s second against Morrisville this season, after winning 4-3 Dec. 10, 2022. Forward Carson Gallagher scored an individual season-high two goals, aided by additional scores from forwards Brendan Young and Adam Tretowicz and defenseman Jacob Modry. Forward Thomas Maia and Modry tallied two assists. Modry and Gallagher had three points each. “I think the momentum from the Morrisville game is definitely going to transfer over,” Gallagher said. “I think we have a better group to do it than last year.” Plattsburgh’s starting goalie, first-year Eli Shiller, saved 22 of 25 shots in his direction, good for
a 0.940 save percentage. Shiller leads the team in save percentage with 0.940 on the season. His three goals allowed is tied for his most all season, matching his three allowed in the game against Morrisville in December 2022, but he still earned the win in both games. “It’s a really good team, from top to bottom. We have every guy stepping up and taking new roles,” Modry said. “We have an amazing goaltender in Eli, and he’s been kind of our backbone this year.” The Cardinals hold the number two seed, the highest ever under Head Coach Steve Moffat. Plattsburgh will bypass the first round of the SUNYAC Tournament, play-
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Cardinals honor seniors as season ends BY MIKAI BRUCE Staff Writer
This past Saturday was an emotional one for some of the basketball players at SUNY Plattsburgh. It was senior night, marking the end of a four-year journey as a collegiate basketball player for six students on the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Sheriff Conteh, Myles Jones, Erik Salo, Mya Smith, Kara Oatman and Misa Dowdell played in their final games at Plattsburgh. All players were honored before their games began and received an ovation from the attendees at Memorial Hall. Both teams played against SUNY Oneonta Feb. 18 and the women’s team had their game first. Sitting at a record of 8-16 going into this game, the Cardinals were already out of the playoff picture, so this game was of
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JAYNE SMITH/Cardinal Points Senior Sheriff Conteh (15) keeps the ball away from an Oneonta defender. He played his last game as a Cardinal Saturday.
little consequence. All three seniors started in the Cardinals 51-61 loss against Oneonta. Smith recorded seven points, seven rebounds and
Friday, Feb. 17: WHKY 5-0 win @ Buffalo State* Indoor T&F meet @ St. Lawrence WBB 57-90 loss vs. New Paltz* MBB 81-86 loss vs. New Paltz* Saturday, Feb. 18: WBB 51-61 loss vs. Oneonta* WHKY 8-0 win @ Buffalo State* MBB 76-86 loss vs. Oneonta*
one assist to finish her colle- makes me happy,” Smith said. giate career. Dowdell recorded a career “Basketball is basically my high six rebounds to wrap up her whole life. It keeps me sane, and collegiate career. having the girls around, it just “It honestly meant everything
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to me. I worked my whole high school and middle school career just to play college sports, so just being able to make it here and have a great team behind me, especially my senior year was like really good, so, it was fun,” Dowdell said. Oatman and Smith both echoed similar sentiments. Above all else, they were thankful for their teammates being on this journey with them. “My time at Plattsburgh was filled with lots of friendship, great moments, getting to know a lot of people on and off the court, and it’s been such a privilege being able to spend the last four years here,” Oatman said. This was a team filled with a genuine appreciation and love for each other and even in defeat they still were the picture of class and camaraderie. SENIOR > 7 * = conference opponent
Friday, Feb. 24: Indoor T&F SUNYAC Championships @ Brockport at noon* Saturday, Feb. 25: Indoor T&F SUNYAC Championships @ Brockport at noon* WHKY vs. Canton NEWHL Semifinals at 3 p.m.* MHKY vs. Geneseo SUNYAC Semifinals at 7 p.m.* Sunday, Feb. 26: WLAX @ Russell Sage at noon (First reg. season game) BASE @ SUNY Maritime (DH) at noon, 3 p.m. (Opening day) Wednesday, March 1: WLAX @ Norwich at 3 p.m. MLAX @ Canton at 4 p.m. (First reg. season game)