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Fall '08 Schedules Released The Keuka College Storm are gearing up for another successful fall sports season. Last fall, Keuka's six teams won two North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) regular season championships, a NEAC tournament championship, made an NCAA and an ECAC Tournament, and had 25 players recognized on the All-NEAC teams. To see who, when, and where the Storm are playing in 2008, please click on the sport of your choice below. ______________
Keuka Tops in NEAC Keuka College dominated almost every North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) sport that it competed in this year. It is only fitting that the Storm were awarded the president's cup by the Conference after totaling more points then the other nine schools in the NEAC. Keuka won the overall president's cup by almost four full points over Keystone College. Keuka also won the women's standings after finishing either first or second in four of its six sports it competed in. Keuka finished third overall in the men's standings behind Keystone and Penn State-Berks. Below is a table of the final president's cup standings.
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Shaughnessy Named ESPN
For the second time this year, senior Jen Shaughnessy (LeRoy, N.Y./LeRoy)
has been
Shaughnessy, the NEAC Tournament MVP, captained the Storm softball team to a 23-9 overall record and an impressive 16-1 conference mark. She also helped captured a second straight NEAC Tournament title and a second straight NCAA Tournament appearance. On the hill, Shaughnessy went 12-6 with a 2.49 ERA in 104.2 innings. She struck out 87 batters and held hitters to just a .218 batting average while tossing 13 complete games and five shutouts. ______________ Fredricks Named Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Region
Freshman first basemen Sarah Fredricks (Milton, Ontario/E.C. Drury)
continued to pour in the accolades after her sensational rookie season.
Fredricks was chosen to the Louisville Fredricks, the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Player of the Year, led the Storm to a 23-9 overall record and a 16-1 conference mark. She helped guide the Storm to NEAC regular season and tournament championships while also getting Keuka back to the NCAA Tournament. Fredricks batted a blistering .406 while clubbing a school record five home runs. She also led the Storm in at bats (101), hits (41), doubles (6), RBIs (38), slugging percentage (.653), and putouts (204). ______________
18 Spring Athletes Named to All-NEAC Teams Keuka College was well represented on the All-NEAC teams as 18 different student athletes were honored. Keuka also sported three Coach of the Year, two Player of the Year, and one NEAC Tournament MVP winners this Spring. Headlining the long list of recognized players were junior golfer Josh Robinson (Barton, N.Y./Tioga) and rookie softball player Sarah Fredricks (Milton, Ontario/E.C. Drury). Both players were named there sports Player of the Year. Robinson finished first at the NEAC Golf Championships with a two-day total of 148, three strokes ahead of the second place finisher. Fredricks led the Storm back to the NCAA Tournament and a second straight NEAC Tournament title after batting .406 and leading the Storm in hits (41), home runs (5), and RBIs (38).
Keuka also sported three NEAC Coach of the Year winners. Matt Tantalo for men's tennis, Jamie Burke for softball, and Seth Fikes for baseball. Tantalo led the Storm to a 3-1 NEAC mark and a second place finish in the regular season. Burke guided Keuka to a 16-1 conference record while winning both the regular season and tournament championships. Fikes skippered the Storm to an 8-5 conference record and a fourth place finish.
In men's tennis, six players were named to the All-Conference teams. Leading the way for Keuka was rookie Patrick Barker (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) who was named to the second team in flight No. 2 singles. Joining Barker on the second team in singles were sophomores Mike Fischer (Katskill Bay, N.Y./Lake George) in the fourth flight and Casey Dahlstrom (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) in the sixth flight. Named to the All-NEAC honorable mention team in singles were senior Andy Oberg (Lino Lakes, MN/Centennial) in the first flight, sophomore Will Fisher (Watkinsville, GA/Oconee) in the third flight, and junior Justin Roe (Port Byron, N.Y./Port Byron) in the fifth flight. All six players were named to the All-NEAC second team in doubles. Barker and Oberg in the first flight, Fisher and Fischer in the second flight, and Roe and Dahlstrom in third flight.
In softball, seven players were chosen for All-NEAC honors led by All-NEAC first team selections Fredricks and sophomore outfielder Jessica VanScoter (Canisteo, N.Y./Canisteo-Greenwood). Named to the second team were senior pitcher Jen Shaughnessy (LeRoy, N.Y./LeRoy), senior shortstop Amanda Witter (Hornell, N.Y./Hornell), freshman outfielder Denise Bilbow (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker), and freshman third basemen Liz Ripp (Glenfield, N.Y./South Lewis). Rookie Morgan Engelbert (Elmira Heights, N.Y./Thomas Edison) was picked for the honorable mention team. Shaughnessy was also chosen as the NEAC Tournament MVP, after going 3-0on the hill and allowing only one earned run in 16 innings.
Baseball sported four players on the All-NEAC teams. Sophomore pitcher Kyle Sherin (Walworth, N.Y./Gananda), junior second basemen Alex Paquette (Clinton, N.Y./Clinton), and senior first basemen Mike Perrone (Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream) were all picked for the second team. Senior outfielder Collin Mullins (Conklin, N.Y./Susquehanna Valley) was chosen for the honorable mention team.
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Keuka Ends Season with One-Run Loss
The Keuka softball team had its magical 2008 season come to an end after
falling 4-3 to the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State in its second
game of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The Storm end the year with a
23-9 overall record. Eastern Connecticut State, which has won the
For the second game in a row Keuka scored in the top of the first. Senior shortstop Amanda Witter (Hornell, N.Y./Hornell) led off the game with a single and was followed by a Denise Bilbow (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) sac bunt in which she reached safely. Rookie Morgan Engelbert (Elmira Heights, N.Y./Thomas Edison) then laid down another sac bunt that ECS threw over the first basemen's head to allow two runs to score. A nice diving catch by the Warriors centerfielder limited the damage to just two runs for the Storm. Senior ace Jen Shaughnessy (LeRoy, N.Y./LeRoy) then worked an almost perfect bottom of the first, allowing just a walk. Keuka was then held scoreless in the top of the second, while Eastern Connecticut State cut the lead in half in the bottom of the second. The Warriors leadoff hitter reached on an error and was followed by a base hit up the middle. After a sac bunt, Keuka committed another error allowing an unearned run to cross the plate.
Shaughnessy pitched out of trouble in the bottom of the third,
stranding two runners. ECS had another runner in scoring position in
the bottom of the fourth but a nice catch by Engelbert up The Storm threatened in the top of the fifth loading the bases on two hits and a walk with just one out. Keuka was unable to plate a run after a groundout and a strikeout. In the bottom half of the fifth, the Warrior bats woke up, belting four hits including two doubles and a triple. ECS plated three runs to go ahead 4-2. Keuka quickly answered with a run in the top of the sixth after Shaughnessy clubbed a double and was drove in by a Jessica VanScoter (Canisteo, N.Y./Canisteo-Greenwood) single. Down to its last three outs in the top of the seventh, Keuka's Kate Kraus (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) worked a lead-off walk and was bunted over to second perfectly by classmate Liz Ripp (Glenfield, N.Y./South Lewis). The Storm then lined out and popped up to end the game. Keuka finished with five hits while ECS ended with eight. Shaughnessy falls to 12-6 on the year after tossing her 13th complete game while striking out one. _______________
Storm Fall 7-1 to Gulls The Keuka College softball team lost its first game of the 2008 NCAA Tournament at Plattsburgh State on Thursday, May 8, by a score of 7-1 to the Gulls of Endicott College. Keuka struck first but were unable to hold the lead as they fall to 23-8 on the year while Endicott improves to an impressive 39-4.
The Storm got off to a great start in the top of the first when senior
leadoff hitter Amanda The Gulls quickly answered in the bottom half of the inning as they loaded the bases with two singles and an error before plating the tying run with sac fly to right field. In the second inning, Keuka was held to just one hit, a single by freshman Liz Ripp (Glenfield, N.Y./South Lewis). Endicott took the lead in the bottom of the second after two singles, a throwing error, and a suicide squeeze scored two more runs. The score would remain 3-1 in favor of the Gulls for the next three innings.
The Storm ran into trouble in the bottom of the sixth after a triple was
followed by another suicide squeeze to make it 4-1. Still in the
bottom of the sixth, the Gulls then loaded the bases and belted a two-run
double. A dropped pop fly then made it 7-1 before the Storm
Keuka's Shaughnessy suffers her fifth loss (12-5) despite allowing just three earned and striking out five in six innings of work. Shaughnessy's counterpart for Endicott, Jen Elwell, improved to 15-3 on the year while allowing just seven hits and striking out four. Shaughnessy also led the Keuka bats going 2-for-3 with the Storm's only RBI. Freshman centerfielder Morgan Engelbert (Elmira Heights, N.Y./Thomas Edison) belted a double that one hopped the fence while Witter, Bilbow, Ripp, and sophomore Jessica VanScoter (Canisteo, N.Y./Canisteo-Greenwood) each ripped a single. The Storm will next play Friday, May 9, against the No. 5 seeded Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State at 10 am. The Warriors lost to Cortland State by a score of 14-5 in its NCAA opener. ______________
Storm Draw Endicott in First Round
The Keuka College softball team was awarded the No. 7 seed for its first
round regional of
The regional is being played at Plattsburgh State and also features the following teams:
No. 1 Montclair State (42-4) If Keuka wins its first round game they would then play the winner of the St. John Fisher vs. Springfield game on Friday, May 9 at 2 pm. If the Storm were to lose its first round game then they would play the loser of the Cortland State vs. Eastern Connecticut State on Friday at 10 am. Below is a link to the first round Tournament schedule: http://www.ncaa.com/uploadedFiles/Sports/Softball/Articles/Division_III/Plattsburgh2008.pdf _______________
NCAAs Here We Come
The Keuka College softball team won the North Eastern Athletic Conference
(NEAC) Tournament Championship for the second time in as many years after
defeating Philadelphia The Storm will again represent the NEAC in the NCAA Tournament. The Storm improve to 23-7 overall while PBU falls to 17-17. The Crimson Eagles defeated Penn State-Berks 9-0 to set up the championship game with Keuka. After a scoreless first inning for both teams, PBU plated two runs in the top of the second. Keuka answered with six runs of its own in the bottom half of the second. The Crimson Eagles would score once more in the top of the third to get within 6-3. That would be the rest of the scoring in the game as both teams were held scoreless over the final four innings of action.
Keuka's Jen Shaughnessy (LeRoy, N.Y./LeRoy) picked up her twelfth
win of the year
The offense was guided by rookie left fielder Denise Bilbow (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) who batted 3-for-3 with two RBIs, a run scored, and two stolen bases. Bilbow batted almost .800 in the Tournament while going 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts. Fellow freshman Sarah Fredricks (Milton, Ontario/E.C. Drury) added two RBIs with one hit in three at bats. Freshmen Liz Ripp (Glens Falls, N.Y./South Lewis) and Morgan Engelbert (Elmira Heights, N.Y./Thomas Edison) each drove in a run. The Storm will find out its seeding and schedule for the Big Dance this Monday, May 5. _______________
Storm Season Ends with One-Run Loss
Keuka's 2008 season came to end on Friday as they lost its second game of
the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Tournament to Penn
State-Berks by a score of 11-10. The Keuka started off on fire, plating four runs in the top of the first. Berks would strike back with three in the bottom of the second and six in the third. The Nittany Lions would go up by seven (11-4) after two more runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Keuka kept fighting as they scored the game's final six runs. Three in the sixth, one in the eighth, and two in the ninth. Keuka couldn't complete the comeback as the tying run was left stranded in scoring position.
Sophomore Kyle Sherin (Walworth, N.Y./Gananda) suffered the loss
while freshman Bobby
Senior Matt Schaffer (North Tonawanda, N.Y./Niagara Wheatfield) led the sticks going 3-for-5 with three runs scored while also throwing out two would be base stealers. Freshman Mike Marsh (Elmira, N.Y./Southside) batted 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, and three runs scored. Junior Ed Schoeneck (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) knocked in four runs while also scoring once as junior Alex Paquette (Clinton, N.Y./Clinton) and senior Collin Mullins (Conklin, N.Y./Susquehanna Valley) each finished with two hits a piece. Junior Craig Pittinger (Moravia, N.Y./Moravia) chipped in with a pair of RBIs. |
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named
to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Second Team.
Shaughnessy was chosen in the fall for Volleyball and now in the spring
for softball.
Slugger/NFCA Division III All-Region third team. 
national championship five times, improves to 27-13 and will face the
winner of the Montclair State vs. Springfield game at 4 pm today.
against
the centerfield fence ended that rally and preserved Keuka's 2-1 lead.
Witter (Hornell, N.Y./Hornell) led off with a single and was followed
by a infield bunt single from rookie Denise Bilbow (Baldwinsville,
N.Y./C.W. Baker). After the next two batters got out, Keuka
senior Jen Shaughnessy (LeRoy, N.Y./LeRoy) delivered an RBI single
over the first basemen's head.
were
able to get out of the inning. The Storm went 1-2-3 in the top of
the seventh to end the game.
the
NCAA Tournament. With the seeding comes a first round match up
against the No. 2 seed Endicott College (Mass.) this Thursday, May 8 at 2
pm. 
Biblical University 6-3 on Saturday.
while
going the distance. Shaughnessy struck out three and allowed
just one earned run and five singles. She was named the NEAC
Tournament MVP after going 3-0 and allowing just one earned run (0.56 ERA)
in 16 innings while striking out 13 and holding batters to a .153 batting
average.
Storm end the season with a 9-28 record while Berks improves to 15-23 and
will now take on Cazenovia College in tomorrow 9 am game.
Potter
(Montour Falls, N.Y./Odessa-Montour) pitched five and 1/3 stellar
innings of relief, allowing just two runs.