The Cardinals Hit the Road for a Weekend of Competition

The St. John Fisher College athletic teams all hit the road this weekend for various contests. Fans can still tune in for most of the action from the comfort of their own home.

Football makes the trip to Maryland this weekend to play the Salisbury University Sea Gulls on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. The game can be listened to live on http://www.sportsradio950espn.com with commentary from Rochester’s own Gene Battaglia and Peter Montemurno, or followed live on the game tracker.

Also, be sure to check out Keith McMillan's headline story on www.d3football.com, highlighting last week's Courage Bowl V.

Men’s soccer (3-3-1) heads to Elmira to look to improve their conference record with a game beginning at 1 p.m.

Women’s soccer (2-5-1) travels to Oneonta to take on conference rival Hartwick at 2:30 p.m.

Women’s tennis (4-3) sends top performers Laura Hale and Elena Vahl to the ITA’s, an individual tournament played in Geneva this weekend.

Volleyball (6-8) heads to Oneonta for their first round of conference matches in the E8 Crossover. The Cardinals take on Utica and Ithaca Colleges on Saturday, and follow with matches against Nazareth and Stevens on Sunday.

Finally, men and women’s golf each hit the road this weekend. The women’s golf team will compete in the William Smith Tournament beginning at 12 p.m. on Saturday, while the men will head to the Elmira Invitational on Sunday to look for another first place finish following last week’s.

For updates on all contests not being webcast, check back on the website often, or sign up for Fisher's text messaging service for frequent updates.

Go Cardinals!

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Athletes of the Week

Sarah Stefanon

Women's Basketball

St. John Fisher College’s Sarah Stefanon (Perry/Perry) of the women’s basketball team has been named as the College’s Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending February 5, 2012.

In Friday’s 66-55 victory over the Utica Pioneers, Stefanon hit back-to-back shots

to spark a 13-4 run by the Cardinals, pushing them to their largest lead of 12 points. At the 9:36 mark of the contest, Stefanon hit a three pointer, which was followed by a jumper from the corner, giving the home team a seven-point advantage midway through the second half. The first-year player finished with 10 points in the contest, after shooting 4-for-5 from the field and 100% from behind the arc. She also came down with six rebounds and dished out two assists in the game.

On Saturday, the Cardinals lost to Empire 8 leader Ithaca College (18-4, 10-1 E8) by just nine points (75-66), a vast improvement from the season’s earlier 32-point defeat to the Bombers. In that contest, the guard finished with five points and two rebounds, as she helped Fisher put up a strong fight against the visiting team.

Fisher (11-11, 7-4), who currently sits in third place of the Empire 8 Conference, will return to action at 6 p.m. on Friday night, as it welcomes the Stevens Ducks to Bobby Wanzer Court.

Brandon McCoy

Men's Track and Field

St. John Fisher College’s Brandon McCoy (Milton Hershey, PA/Fairport) of the men’s track and field team has been named as the College’s Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending February 5, 2012.

On Saturday, McCoy and the Cardinals traveled to Hamilton College to compete in the Hamilton Invitational. There, McCoy saw his best finish of the season, as he placed fourth in the long jump. In an event with 29 participants, the freshman also recorded his furthest distance, leaping 6.45 meters for the Top 5 finish.

McCoy also participated in the high jump, as he finished 12^th with a height of 1.65 meters.

Fisher will compete again on Saturday, as the travel to Ithaca for the Robert Kane Invitational.

On This Day...

February 7, 1977

The men's basketball team erupts for 101 points and wins 101-65 over visiting SUNY Oswego. The Cardinals led 47-26 at the half and 10 different players scored in the win with Rudy Rivera's 25 points leading the way.

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