Skidmore vs. Oneonta Box
St. John Fisher vs. Cortland Box

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- The Skidmore College women's basketball team lost 57-50 to SUNY Oneonta in the first round of the 33rd Annual Skidmore Invitational, Friday night at Williamson Sports Center.

SUNY Cortland posted a 67-56 win over St. John Fisher in the other first round game.

The 1-1 Thoroughbreds will play Cortland(2-0) at 4 p.m. in a predetermined match-up. St. John Fisher (0-1) and Oneonta (1-0) will play at 2 p.m.

Skidmore struggled from the floor against the Red Dragons, hitting 13 of 66 attempts for 19.7 percent. Solid defense kept the Thoroughbreds in the game with 18 points coming off 22 Oneonta turnovers.

Trailing all but the game's first two minutes, Skidmore battled back to tie it 45-45 on a Christine Gargiso field goal with 6:07 to play. Oneonta went on a 6-0 run on a pair of baskets by Mary Kate O'Connell and a single field goal by Gabi Regan to open a 51-45 lead with 2:59 to play. The Thoroughbreds were unable to get closer than four the rest of the way.

Megan Gaugler led Skidmore in scoring with 12 points, all from beyond the arc. She also had three assists, two blocks and five steals. Cyrida Felton added nine points and Jessie Kavana contributed eight points three assists off the bench.

Samantha Szkotak had a double/double for the Red Dragons with 14 points and 10 rebounds. O'Connell and Madison Slagle scored 10 each for Oneonta.

Cortland used a balanced offense to knock off St. John Fisher. Brittany Cohen led four Red Dragon players in double figures with 13 points. She also had five assists and three steals. Molly Byrne had 12 points and five assists, Micki Volpini scored 10 points, and Jen Polan added 12 points off the bench.

Colleen Maloney led Fisher with a game-high 20 points to go along with seven rebounds, three blocks, three assists.

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Newspaper Box Score
Oneonta vs Skidmore College
11/19/10 6 pm at Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
ONEONTA 57, SKIDMORE COLLEGE 50
ONEONTA (1-0)
SZKOTAK, Samantha 5-12 4-4 14; O'CONNELL, Mary Kate 4-10 2-4 10; SLAGLE,
Madison 4-9 0-2 10; REGAN, Gabi 2-8 4-4 8; BUCCI, Rebecca 2-5 4-4 8;
PAPPALARDO, Kristin 1-2 0-1 3; WILVERDING, Kate 1-2 0-0 2; SCHILLING, Grace
1-3 0-0 2; WELYTOK, Ashley 0-0 0-0 0; RUFER, Lisa 0-3 0-0 0; MULLIGAN, Kelly
0-3 0-2 0. Totals 20-57 14-21 57.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (1-1)
Megan Gaugler 4-17 0-0 12; Cyrida Felton 1-5 6-8 9; Jessie Kavana 3-9 0-1 8;
Chrstine Gargiso 2-17 3-5 7; Jordyn Wartts 1-4 3-4 6; Logan Frederick 2-5
0-0 4; Michela Ottati 0-8 4-4 4; Ismatu Alison-Konteh 0-1 0-0 0; Lauren
Conway 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-66 16-22 50.
Oneonta....................... 28 29 - 57
Skidmore College.............. 24 26 - 50
3-point goals--Oneonta 3-19 (SLAGLE, Madison 2-5; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 1-2;
REGAN, Gabi 0-1; BUCCI, Rebecca 0-3; WILVERDING, Kate 0-1; SCHILLING, Grace
0-1; RUFER, Lisa 0-2; MULLIGAN, Kelly 0-1; SZKOTAK, Samantha 0-3), Skidmore
College 8-39 (Megan Gaugler 4-13; Jessie Kavana 2-6; Cyrida Felton 1-3;
Jordyn Wartts 1-2; Ismatu Alison-Konteh 0-1; Michela Ottati 0-8; Chrstine
Gargiso 0-6). Fouled out--Oneonta-SZKOTAK, Samantha, Skidmore College-None.
Rebounds--Oneonta 55 (BUCCI, Rebecca 12), Skidmore College 44 (Logan
Frederick 8; Ismatu Alison-Konteh 8). Assists--Oneonta 11 (BUCCI, Rebecca
5), Skidmore College 9 (Jessie Kavana 3; Megan Gaugler 3). Total
fouls--Oneonta 19, Skidmore College 16. Technical fouls--Oneonta-None,
Skidmore College-None. A-215

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Newspaper Box Score
Cortland vs St. John Fisher
11/19/10 8pm at Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
CORTLAND 67, ST. JOHN FISHER 56
CORTLAND (2-0)
COHEN, Brittany 3-10 4-5 13; BYRNE, Molly 4-9 3-4 12; POLAN, Jen 5-11 0-0
12; VOLPINI, Micki 3-12 4-6 10; MAYCUMBER, Megan 2-7 4-5 8; PATTEN, Jennifer
2-5 2-2 7; BRUNS, Mary 2-6 0-0 4; CRARY, Caryn 0-1 1-2 1; COLLIS, Jen 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 21-61 18-24 67.
ST. JOHN FISHER (0-1)
Colleen Maloney 9-15 0-0 20; Meghan Soja 3-8 2-2 8; Kristi Jeffres 4-6 0-0
8; Amanda Lax 2-8 0-0 6; Stephanie Sweeney 2-6 1-5 5; Camaryn Buckner 1-11
2-2 5; Bonny Gardner 1-2 0-0 2; Jessica Krzemien 0-3 2-2 2; Lauren Gustin
0-1 0-0 0; Kristine Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-60 7-11 56.
Cortland...................... 31 36 - 67
St. John Fisher............... 31 25 - 56
3-point goals--Cortland 7-17 (COHEN, Brittany 3-5; POLAN, Jen 2-5; BYRNE,
Molly 1-2; PATTEN, Jennifer 1-3; VOLPINI, Micki 0-2), St. John Fisher 5-18
(Colleen Maloney 2-5; Amanda Lax 2-4; Camaryn Buckner 1-5; Jessica Krzemien
0-2; Lauren Gustin 0-1; Meghan Soja 0-1). Fouled out--Cortland-None, St.
John Fisher-Kristi Jeffres. Rebounds--Cortland 42 (MAYCUMBER, Megan 8), St.
John Fisher 44 (Kristi Jeffres 7; Meghan Soja 7; Colleen Maloney 7).
Assists--Cortland 16 (COHEN, Brittany 6), St. John Fisher 15 (Amanda Lax 4).
Total fouls--Cortland 15, St. John Fisher 22. Technical
fouls--Cortland-None, St. John Fisher-None. A-145
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