Feb 19, 2011
CORTLAND, N.Y. – Junior Molly Byrne (Syracuse/Bishop Ludden) scored 22 points as Cortland completed its regular-season schedule with a 67-57 victory over Brockport. The Red Dragons (18-6, 13-5 SUNYAC) finish in a three-way tie for second in the SUNYAC standings with Oneonta and New Paltz, but due to league tiebreaker rules will be the fourth seed in next week's conference tournament. Cortland will host fifth-seeded Buffalo State in the quarterfinals Tuesday at 7 p.m., with that winner advancing to the semifinals Friday at the highest remaining seed.
Byrne made 4-of-9 three-pointers and all eight of her free throws. She also totaled four rebounds and three assists. Junior Brittany Cohen (Fayetteville/Jamesville-DeWitt) connected on 3-of-7 three-pointers and finished with 12 points and three assists.
Junior Micki Volpini (Newfield) and senior Jennifer Patten (Bainbridge/Bainbridge-Guilford) each scored eight points and junior Megan Maycumber (Syracuse/Jamesville-DeWitt) added seven points, five rebounds and two blocks. Freshman Rosie McKee (Bethlehem) finished with five points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals in 21 minutes off the bench.
Brockport (6-19, 4-14 SUNYAC) will be the eighth seed in the SUNYAC tournament and will travel to top-seeded Geneseo on Tuesday. Sarah Alwardt (Rochester/Greece Athena) led the Golden Eagles with 14 points and grabbed six rebounds. Desiree Fauvelle (Newport/West Canada Valley) recorded 10 points, five rebounds and four steals, and Alex Leung (Merrick/W.C. Mepham) added eight points and four assists.
Cortland led 30-19 after a Byrne three-pointer with 3:23 left in the first half and was up 34-25 at halftime. The Red Dragons' lead grew to 16 points at 52-36 on McKee's three-point play with 12:45 left, but Brockport mounted a 13-2 run and was within 54-49 with 5:06 left.
Maycumber and Cohen each hit two foul shots over the next 1:12 to put Cortland up by nine. Brockport was able to get no closer than seven from that point.