Hawks' Hurley grabs 1,000th rebound

Tiffany Hurley became Hartwick's second 1,000-1,000 player Saturday night during the Hawks' 52-41 women's basketball victory over Nazareth at Binder Gymnasium.

Oneonta High graduate Hurley, playing with an injured foot, had 12 points and eight rebounds in the Empire 8 victory, which helped Hartwick qualify for the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.

Hurley has 1,308 points and 1,006 rebounds all-time at Hartwick heading into the NYSWCAA Tournament, which opens for the fourth-seeded Hawks (13-11, 9-5) at 8 p.m. Friday at No. 1 Ithaca College.

No. 2 Mount St. Mary plays No. 3 Nazareth in a 6 p.m. semifinal. The NYSWCAA championship is slated for 4 p.m. Saturday.

Hartwick Athletic Hall of Famer Sally Gangell is the only other Hawks player to break 1,000 in both categories. She finished with 1,921 points and 1,145 rebounds.

Hurley, the Empire 8 Player of the Year last season, is sixth all-time in scoring, second in rebounding, seventh in blocks (75) and sixth in steals (148).

Hurley was 6-for-8 from the field, but aggravated her foot injury in the first half and played sparingly in the second.

Stephanie Clough contributed 12 points and a game-high seven assists for Hartwick. Sara Lambert was 7-for-9 from the foul line and finished with 11 points.

HARTWICK 52, NAZARETH 41

NAZARETH (14-10, 9-5): Amanda Eichas 0-2 1-2 1; Kadi Burgess 1-9 0-0 2; Amy Kierst 2-6 2-2 6; Erin Michaels 3-14 0-1 7; Sarah Russ 1-2 0-0 2; Beth Hickey 1-4 2-2 4; Courtney Ayers 0-2 0-0 0; Jaimee McGivern 2-7 0-0 5; Sara Shipley 6-12 2-2 14. TOTALS: 16-58 7-9 41.

HARTWICK (13-11, 8-6): Tiffany Hurley 6-8 0-0 12; Aubrey Hoover 1-4 0-0 2; Katie McGraw 2-6 0-0 4; Jessica Dakin 3-4 2-4 8; Stephanie Clough 5-14 2-3 12; Sara Lambert 2-6 7-9 11; Jess Skrocki 0-0 0-0 0; Maria Fernandez 0-0 1-2 1; Emily Cushing 1-4 0-0 2; Heather McGuerty 0-2 0-0 0; Amanda Ray 0-1 0-0 0; Laura Shockro 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 20-50 12-18 52.

Halftime: Hartwick 25, Nazareth 17. 3-point goals: 2-18 (McGivern 1-4, Michaels 1-7, Burgess 0-2, Kierst 0-2, Eichas 0-1, Hickey 0-1, Ayers 0-1), Hartwick 0-4 (McGraw 0-2, Lambert 0-1, Ray 0-1). Rebounds: Nazareth 40 (Michaels 7), Hartwick 35 (Hurley 8). Assists: Nazareth 11 (McGivern, Kierst 3), Hartwick 12 (Clough 7). Total fouls: Nazareth 16, Hartwick 13. Fouled out: none.

Men's Basketball

Nazareth 74, Hartwick 71

Jimmy Evans finished with 21 points as Nazareth (15-9, 9-4) held on for an Empire Eight victory Saturday at Binder Gymnasium.

Hartwick finished the season at 4-21.

Junior Joel Blackwell led all scorers with 25 points on 11-for-19 shooting, and also had 11 rebounds. Nate Cramer contributed 18 points on 9-for-10 shooting. Delhi graduate Mike Shultis had seven points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

In their final games, seniors James Altman and Brian Huber combined for 16 points and 13 assists. Altman moved past his head coach, Tim McGraw, for eighth on the all-time assist list at Hartwick with 334 assists.

NAZARETH 74, HARTWICK 71

NAZARETH (15-9, 9-4): Kearney 2-7 0-0 4; Orlicz 4-8 1-2 9; Evans 7-15 4-5 21; Zablocki 6-14 3-4 15; Lisiecka 4-10 4-8 12; Steck 5-9 0-0 13; Gary 0-3 0-0 0. TOTALS: 28-66 12-19 74.

HARTWICK (4-21, 1-13): Huber 3-5 0-0 8; Altman 3-10 0-0 8; Blackwell 11-19 0-0 25; Shultis 3-13 0-0 7; Wiley 0-1 0-0 0; Leighton 0-2 2-2 2; Wawrzonek 1-2 0-0 3; Huffaker 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 30-63 2-3 71.

Halftime: Nazareth 41, Hartwick 34. 3-point goals: Nazareth 6-18 (Steck 3-4, Evans 3-9, Kearney 0-2, Orlicz 0-3), Hartwick 9-27 (Blackwell 3-7, Huber 2-2, Altman 2-7, Wawrzonek 1-2, Shultis 1-7, Wiley 0-1, Leighton 0-1). Rebounds: Nazareth 38 (Zablocki, Lisiecka 11), Hartwick 39 (Shultis 14). Assists: Nazareth 11 (four with 2), Hartwick 19 (Altman 9).

Water Polo

Princeton Invitational

All-American Megan Thomson finished with eight goals in three games as the Hartwick women went 2-1 at the Princeton Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.

The 14th-ranked Hawks took a 12-2 victory over Slippery Rock on Sunday. On Saturday, Hartwick earned an 11-10 overtime defeat of No. 19 Brown and fell to 15th-ranked Michigan, 6-5.

On Sunday, Courtney Hennessy finished with three goals, one assist and a steal against Slippery Rock. Thomson also had three goals, and Sheri Johnson scored twice. Nikki Baggetta got her first goal of the season and freshman Maureen Wertz scored her first collegiate goal.

Thomson had the big goal in the third sudden-death overtime period against Brown, where Johnson and Kate Chambers had three goals apiece.

Thomson, who has 22 goals in 2002, after scoring 88 last season, scored three times against Michigan.

Sara Daseler made 35 saves in the three games, including a varsity-high 18 against Brown.

Hartwick (4-5) heads back to California this weekend for the UC-Santa Barbara Gaucho Invite. The Hawks will play fifth-ranked Loyola Marymount at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Hartwick will also play either USC or Michigan on Saturday.

HARTWICK 12, SLIPPERY ROCK 2

Hartwick 3 2 4 3 — 12

Slippery Rock 1 0 0 1 — 2

Goals-Assists: Courtney Hennessy 3-1, Megan Thomson 3-0, Sheri Johnson 2-1, Lauren Scott 1-1, Maureen Wertz 1-0, Nikki Baggetta 1-0, Kristin Hardman 1-0, Ashleigh Jacobs 0-1, Colleen Santos 0-1, Kate Chambers 0-1. Saves: Sara Daseler 7.

HARTWICK 11, BROWN 10, OT

Hartwick 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 — 11

Brown 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 — 10

Goals (Hartwick only): Sheri Johnson 3, Kate Chambers 3, Megan Thomson 2, Colleen Santos 1, Vanessa Malik 1, Kristin Hardman 1. Saves: Sara Daseler 18.

MICHIGAN 6, HARTWICK 5

Hartwick 1 2 2 0 — 5

Michigan 2 0 3 1 — 6

Goals: Megan Thomson 3, Alison Loveless 1, Kristin Hardman 1. Saves: Sara Daseler 10.

Indoor Track

at Cornell

Freshman Renata Williams, the indoor shot put record-holder at Hartwick, earned the school's 20-pound weight throw record at Cornell on Saturday.

Williams had a toss of 42 feet, 6 1/4 inches to break the 1999 school record of 42-1 1/2 set by Jen Martin. The throw also qualified Williams for the Eastern College Athletic Conference meet.

Unadilla Valley graduate Sheri Kelleher won the 400 meters in a NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 59.17 seconds. She was also the anchor leg on the winning 1,600 relay team (4:07.60), which beat Division I Cornell and Division II Lock Haven. The team of Shala Wilson, Stephanie Moreau, Amy Luoma and Kelleher had the third-best time in school history. Luoma qualified for the ECAC meet and took seventh in the 800 in 2:23.30.

For the men, Steve Vasina qualified for the ECAC meet in the 500, at 1:08.76. Vasina, Bryce Pollock, Kevin Howard and Andrew Klausner placed sixth in the 1,600 relay in 3:33.06, the best time of the season for the team.

Ryan Soule had the top time of the season for Hartwick in the 200 (23.78) and Matt Willis had his best leap of the season in the long jump (20-10 3/4).

Equestrian

at Skidmore

Emily Martin qualified for the regional meet in intermediate fences and Lucy Desmond did the same in novice fences for Hartwick at a competition in Saratoga Springs on Saturday.

Martin, who finished third in intermediate fences, has accumulated enough points to move up to open riding. Desmond, who already is in the intermediate class for flat riding, will be in the same class for fences as well after taking a first.

In novice, Alison Dodge took second in fences and third in flat. Anna Freedman was third in flat. Arielle Sager was second in beginner walk-trot-canter. Jill Fisher was second in walk-trot for the Hawks. Hartwick graduate Lindsay Ward competed in the alumni class and was first in flat and third in fences.