Sports Highlights
Gryphons Drop Home Opener
Gryphons Basketball fell to Landmark College 74-50 at the Campbell Sports Center on Sunday. Despite strong play throughout, Sarah Lawrence trailed by eight points going into the half and couldn't close the gap for the rest of the game.
While Sarah Lawrence senior Max Mallory, drained six three-pointers and had a total of 21 points for the day, it wasn't enough to save the day. Landmark's high scorer, David Brandolph, put 34 points on the board, about a third in free throws.
Gryphons put forth solid effort at Met Champs
On the heels of strong performances at the Dowling Alumni Cup Regatta, two Gryphons’ boats took to the waters of Glen Island, NY, to race in the Fall Metropolitan Championships on Sunday, November 7.
While the Gryphons took no first place finishes—the Women’s Varsity Four took fifth of five boats in their heat (the fastest heat of the day) and the Men’s Novice Four, fourth of five boats in theirs—the Gryphons exhibited tireless effort in the water and made Head Coach Patricia Patterson, and themselves, proud.
“Everyone was freezing and still exhausted from the previous day’s regatta,” Patterson said, “but they rallied and had a solid day.”
Novice Four's Finishes First at Dowling
The Women’s Novice Four took first place for the Gryphons on Saturday, November 6, at the Dowling Alumni Cup Regatta held in Oakdale, NY.
The Novice Four beat out five other colleges—Iona, Dowling, Maritime, Stony Brook, and Manhattan—to take the top spot. Although the victory is celebrated by the entire team, Head Coach Patricia Patterson highlighted the outstanding performance of rower Claire Firestone, who competed through an injury.
Also placing were the Women’s Varsity Four in third place in their race against six other boats, and the Men’s Novice Four, taking fifth of seven boats in their race.
Gryphon Blast Past Webb
Sarah Lawrence had a strong showing Sunday night, defeating Webb Institute 12-2 in the Gryphons' last home game of the season.
Seven of the Gryphons goals were netted in the first half with Midfielder Harper Hunt the first to score in the seventh minute of play. By the end of the first half, Hunt netted two more goals and an assist on Midfielder Phillip Naess' goal in the 23rd minute of play. Naess would also score three goals in the first half, including netting an impressive rainbow over Webb Goalkeeper Tyler Totten's reach.
A goal by Gryphons' Midfielder Rodrigo Cuenca, who netted two goals and one assist for the night, rounded out the 7-0 lead at the half.
The additional four Gryphon goals were netted between the 59th and 80th minute of play by Nick Doolan (assisted by Bobby Phillips), Codey Foster, Aman Banerji and Matt Elmquist (assisted by Cuenca). Additionally, Trevor Wallace was credited with an assist on Hunt's second goal.
Webb struck back late as Midfielder Sean Doran scored in the 82nd minute of play, followed by a goal from Schuyler Needham (assist by Lidia Mouravieff) in the 86th minute of play.
Following the half, the Gryphons moved Starting Goalkeeper Codey Foster to the field, subbing in Trevor Wallace who put up five saves for the night to add to Foster's four. Webb's Totten tallied 17 saves on the night.
Gryphons Playoff hopes crushed by Culinary
On Saturday, October 23, the Sarah Lawrence Gryphons went scoreless against the Culinary Steels in a 2-0 loss at home.
With the winner advancing to the Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference Playoffs as the fourth and final seed, emotions were running high in the match, fueling some of the best soccer either team has played thus far.
Culinary pulled ahead early in the match when Midfielder Davis Hood smashed a header past SLC Goalkeeper Codey Foster in the ninth minute of play. With the Gryphons pushing forward to even the tilt, Culinary Striker Pierre Muissen headed in a second unanswered goal in the 49th minute on the feed by Hood only minutes into the second half.
Although Foster had six saves for the night holding the Steels to 2, the Gryphons were unable to convert on their four shots on goal.
Gryphons Lose Heartbreaker in Overtime
The Gryphons Men's Soccer team lost tonight in overtime to Yeshiva University, 2-1, following a back and forth battle between SLC Goalkeeper Codey Foster and Yeshiva Forward Zachary Stern.
Stern was the first to strike in the 11th minute of the game, putting Yeshiva up one with an unassisted goal against Foster. Following an SLC foul in the 40th minute of the game, Stern got an opportunity for another stab at Foster with a free kick that bend expertly around a wall of Gryphon defenders and headed for the left side of the Gryphons' goal. Foster laid himself out for a beautiful save that kept the Yeshiva Maccabees down to just 1-0 going into the half.
Just three minutes into the second half, SLC Midfielder Matt Nestor tied up the game 1-1 with quick shot close to goal off of a cross-box assist by Nick Doolan.
In the 72nd minute of play, Stern and Foster again faced off with Foster laying out for another impressive diving save.
With the game tied 1-1 at the end of regular play, 10 minutes went up on the clock and sudden death overtime began.
Four minutes into overtime, a penalty was called on Sarah Lawrence in the box, giving Stern a penalty kick. As the whistle blew, Foster dove left as Stern cooly put the ball down the middle and the game winning shot rolled in.
Final score: 2-1 Maccabees.
Gryphons Grab Second HVMAC Win
With a storm expected and winds high, the Sarah Lawrence Men's Soccer team defeated Vaughn College, 3-1 at home on Thursday night, September 30.
Following a loss to Mount St. Vincent in their home opener, the Gryphons took the field looking for revenge, and found it at the foot of Matt Nester, who scored the Gryphons' first goal against Vaughn in the 41st minute of play in a one-on-one battle against the Vaughn keeper, Jorge Sanchez.
18 minutes later, Rodrigo Cuenca scored the Gryphons' second goal of the night, with an assist by Phillip Ness.
Vaughn answered in the 69th minute, when out of a jumble of players, midfielder Sebastion Tamayo snuck one past Gryphon keeper Codey Foster to bring the game to 2-1.
In the last minutes of play however, Gryphon Phillip Naess put the final nail in Vaughn's coffin with a far post finish on a beautiful feed from Aman Banerji that brought the score to 3-1 in the 87th minute of play.
SLC electrifies Lehman Lightning
SLC v. Lehman
9/29/10
The Sarah Lawrence Gryphons extinguished the Lehman Lightning at home on Wednesday, September 29, winning all but one singles match-up and going 7-2 on the day.
Although Lehman took the first seeded doubles match, SLC’s second seeded Antonia Verde and Gwen Adorno defeated Kristina Nguyen and Alexandra Reel 8-3. The top five seeded singles players also won for the Gryphons, including a strong performance by first seed Megan Santarsieno who defeated her Lightning counterpart Rav Bhatla, 10-1.
Women's Tennis Rolls Past Medgar Evers
SLC v. Medgar Evers
9/26/10
On the heels of a flawless performance against the College of New Rochelle, Sarah Lawrence kept up its winning streak against Medgar Evers at home on Sunday, September 26.
The competition went scoreless on the day as the Gryphons brought down a 9-0 hammer on the Cougars, winning all but one singles match 10-0 (SLC first seed Antonia Aglialoro defeated Medgar Evers’ Roneke Brown 10-2). Gryphons doubles held their competition down to similarly low scores, going down the line 8-1, 8-1, 8-0 for the three seeded matches.
Gryphons Soar past Blue Angels
SLC at College of New Rochelle
9/24/10
The Gryphons swept the Blue Angels on Friday, September 24, as Sarah Lawrence traveled to the College of New Rochelle to hand them a 9-0 defeat.
SLC first doubles Antonia Aglialoro and Antonia Verdi beat their Blue Angel counterparts, Christina Locke and Delinsha Baher, 8-1, while Gryphons second and third doubles teams, Gwen Cartaneo-Adorno/Mandy Dessanti and Mary Kim/Beatia Harju, took down their competition in similar fashion, going 8-0, 8-1 respectively.
Along with winning the top three singles seeds, Sarah Lawrence’ fourth, fifth and sixth singles seeds, Verdi, Ali Berman, and Kim held their competitors to scoreless sets, each winning their matches 10-0.
Gryphons Downed in Season Opener
Despite the best efforts of the Gryphons, Mount St. Vincent swept Sarah Lawrence in a 5-0 win at the Gryphons’ home opener on Tuesday, September 14.
Mount St. Vincent pulled ahead in the 25th minute, sinking the first of four unanswered goals in the first half. The Gryphons were not able to rally from the deficit and suffered a final goal at the foot of Mount St. Vincent J.R. Downey his second for the night, in the game’s 66th minute.
Head Coach Mike Butler said post-game he knew Mount Saint Vincent would be tough competition and saw the game as a way to gauge what his team has to work on for the coming season. He noted improvements made between the first and second half on defense and took them as a sign of a team willing to work and one that will look forward to a number of victories as the season progresses.
