At least the crowd was big; your Friday Amerks 6-pack
Grab the bottle opener; here’s your Amerks six-pack from Friday night…
Brown and Valenzuela hit 100-point milestone as RIT men’s hockey defeats AIC
Seniors Erik Brown (Keene, Ontario/Kemptville 73’s) and Gabe Valenzuela (Brampton, Ontario/North York Rangers) became the 11th and 12th players in RIT’s Division I history to reach the 100-point milestone for their collegiate careers, leading the men’s hockey team (8-8-2, 6-6-2 AHA) to a 6-3 win over American International College (9-9-1, 9-5-1 AHA) from the MassMutual Center Friday afternoon…
Bonnies humiliate Hawks: Takeaways from SBU’s first A-10 win
Bonaventure led wire-to-wire, asserting its dominance early with a 17-1 start. The Hawks didn’t make a field goal for the first seven minutes and didn’t score their 10th point until over 15 minutes had been played…
Dillard sets school record as Buffalo takes down Eastern Michigan 91-84 in overtime
Dillard set a school record with 43 points, besting the previous mark of 39 by Brittany Hedderson in 2011, while also pulling down five rebounds and dishing out five assists on the night…
Twins sign Álvarez, Telis to Minor League deals
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com ROCHESTER, NY – The Minnesota Twins have signed left-handed pitcher Dario Alvarez and catcher Tomas Telis to minor league contracts, Twins Director of Minor League Operations Jeremy Zoll announced. Álvarez, 29, spent part of 2018 spring training with the Chicago Cubs before being claimed off waivers by Seattle on March 21. […]
UB dominates Toledo in 110-80 victory
The No. 19 University at Buffalo men’s basketball team scored 65 points in the second half on Tuesday night, shooting 62.2 percent from the field in a dominating 110-80 win over Toledo in what was a rematch of the 2018 MAC Championship game. The Bulls are now 14-1 on the year and 2-0 to begin MAC play…
Canisius rally falls short in overtime loss to Brown
Brown shot 80 percent from the field and made five free-throws in overtime, while Canisius shot just 25 percent from the floor in the extra session, as the visiting Bears knocked off the Golden Griffins 97-90 in overtime Tuesday night in non-conference action in the Koessler Athletic Center. The win, Brown’s fifth straight, moved to team to 11-4 on the season, while the Griffs, who saw their two-game win streak end with the loss, fell to 5-9…
Pickett garners second straight MAAC Rookie of the Week honors
Averaging nearly a double-double in two games last week, Jalen Pickett (Aquinas) earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Rookie of the Week for the second straight week and fourth time this season…
Lamb named America East Co-Player of the Week
Lamb averaged 18.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks in a pair of University of Vermont wins last week. The junior forward recorded his second double-double (21 points/14 rebounds) in the Catamounts win over Dartmouth – a game in which he scored career 1,000th point. The 6-foot-6 forward blocked six shots in the game. He followed that with a 16-point, four-rebound performance in an 80-51 blasting of Albany…
RIT’s Abbott Girduckis named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week
Senior forward Abbott Girduckis (Belleville, Ontario/Wellington Dukes) of the RIT men’s hockey team was named the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week on Tuesday, for the week ending Jan. 6, 2019. It is Girduckis’ first Atlantic Hockey weekly honor of his collegiate career…