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Clarkson's Llanos Sets Two School Records, Earns Liberty League Player of the Week |
LLANOS AND COLEMAN EARN WEEKLY AWARDS IN LIBERTY LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Llanos, selected as one of four Liberty League Performers of the Week, was in a record-setting mood on Saturday against Keuka College as the senior guard tossed in 46 points, besting the previous mark by one point. He shot 14-for-17 from the floor overall and 10-for-11 from beyond the 3-point arc, topping another single-game mark for long distance shots. For the week, Llanos averaged 29.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.7 steals to go along with his 52.8 percent shooting. He easily leads the conference in the early going in scoring and also ranks first in 3-point field goals made (17) and is fourth in steals.
Coleman, named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week, posted back-to-back double-doubles for Clarkson in his first two games and then scored 23 points in the victory over Keuka on Saturday. Against Paul Smith's, Coleman came within two assists of posting a triple-double with 12 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 assists, and then backed that up with 11 points and 12 rebounds, as well as four steals, against Utica College. Versus Keuka, he scored 23 points and added three rebounds. For the week, Coleman averaged 15.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game and shot 71.0 percent from the field. He ranks first in rebounds in the conference, first in offensive rebounds, and seventh in assists. He is also third in field goal percentage, though he has taken four times as many shots as the two players ahead of him.
PLACE AND COPE EARN SUNYAC WEEKLY AWARDS IN MEN'S HOCKEY
SUNY Potsdam hockey players Adam Place and Trevor Cope were recognized by the State University of New York Athletic Conference for their play during the week ending Nov. 20. Place was named the conference’s Player of the Week and Cope was named the Rookie of the Week.
Place had seven points in the Bears’ sweep of Geneseo and Brockport over the weekend. Against the Ice Knights, the sophomore forward had two goals, including one on the power play, and an assist. The following night against the Golden Eagles, Place scored two goals in a span of 1:35, including the game-winner, and contributed two assists. He is currently Potsdam’s second-leading scorer with five goals and six assists for 11 points.
Cope had a six-point weekend for the Bears. He had a goal and an assist in the 7-3 win over Geneseo and a goal and three assists in Potsdam’s 5-3 victory against Brockport. The freshman forward has three goals and seven assists in seven games for Potsdam. Cope is the Bears’ fourth-leading scorer and leads all SUNYAC freshmen with 1.43 points-per-game.
Potsdam (4-3, 3-3 SUNYAC) is currently fourth in the SUNYAC standings after notching it’s first league weekend sweep and victory over Geneseo in nearly three years. The Bears are back in action Dec. 2-3 when they host SUNY Cortland and Oswego State. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.
ECAC WEST HONORS SALVARINAS AND FAYERMAN WITH WEEKLY HONORS
SUNY Potsdam hockey players Dawna Salvarinas and Izzy Fayerman earned ECAC West recognition for their play during the week ending Nov. 20. Salvarinas was named the conference’s Goalie of the Week and Fayerman the ECAC West Rookie of the Week.
Salvarinas made 33 saves in the Bears’ 3-2 victory over Oswego on Nov. 20, to end a four-game winless streak. The sophomore goaltender has a record of 1-2 in three starts with a goals-against-average of 3.67 and save percentage of .896.
Fayerman scored the first two goals of her career to help Potsdam erase a 4-1 deficit in the third period of the Bears’ 5-5 tie with Oswego on Nov. 19. The freshman forward has played in all seven of Potsdam’s contests this season and has totaled two goals and one assist for three points.
The Bears (2-4-1, 2-4-1 ECAC West) are back in action on Dec. 3-4, when they host Elmira College. Faceoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
EMPIRE STATE GAMES STRIKE BACK, MAYBE IN ROCHESTER IN 2013
According to a report form the Buffalo News, a Rochester-based organization is planning to revive the summer Empire State Games in 2013 under an agreement with the state's Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation that will allow the Empire State Sports Foundation to use the Empire State Games name and state equipment that had been dedicated to the event.
Scott Bell, who will be leaving his role at the Monroe County Sports Commission at the end of the year to run the foundation, said the plan is to relaunch the Games in Rochester in 2013. As was the case for Buffalo in 2009, the 2011 Games scheduled for Rochester had to be canceled over budget issues in state government. The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation staff that ran the games was dismantled in late 2010, though the winter ESGs in Lake Placid have continued to operate with the help of strong local support.
Locally, the most success from the Games came from the Girls Ice Hockey evetn where Team Adirondack won several Gold Medals with talent that went on to D-I and D-III colligiate careers.
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