Six SUNY Geneseo athletic teams will compete in the NCAA postseason during the next two weekends: women’s basketball, men’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s track and field, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving.
“I am so proud of our teams, competing and excelling on the biggest stages,” says Dani Drews, director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation. “It was gratifying and humbling to watch the hard work of our student-athletes pay off. I can’t wait to see them in action again.”
The women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 with upset victories over #15 Catholic University and Montclair State University. Geneseo will travel to Gettysburg, PA, this week to take on #1 NYU on Friday, March 14, at 4:30 p.m. The Knights clinched an automatic berth to the postseason tournament by winning the Empire 8 Championship over Brockport. Watch the team on NCAA.com or purchase a ticket to Friday’s game.
The men’s ice hockey team earned the right to host the first round of the NCAA Tournament after winning the UCHC Championship game and will face Stevenson University on Saturday, March 15, at 7 p.m. in the Ira S. Wilson Arena. Geneseo enters the postseason tournament as the #6 ranked team in the country, with a record of 22–4–1. Purchase a ticket for Saturday’s game or watch the Ice Knights from home.
Men’s and women’s track and field teams travel to Nazareth University on Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, for NCAA Division III competition. The women’s team will compete in nine different events with 11 student-athletes. The men’s team will take on the 400m and 4x400 relay events. Earlier this season, both programs claimed their first Empire 8 titles. This past weekend, the women's team won the ARTFC Championship meet, while the men’s team took second in their final competition before the NCAAs. Watch the meet from home.
Men’s and women’s swimming and diving round out the NCAA competition in Greensboro, NC, next Wednesday–Saturday, March 19–22. Both teams recently earned their first Empire 8 titles, making it 11 straight conference titles for the men and 16 straight for the women. The women’s team qualified five swimmers in six different events; the men’s team qualified four swimmers in two. Graduate diver Trent Makowiec also qualified; he was the national runner-up in both the one- and three-meter dive events last year. Watch the meet from home.
“We’re excited for the opportunity to continue cheering on our Knights in postseason competition,” says SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles. “As students at New York’s public honors college, they succeed in the classroom and on the court, rink, pool, and field!”