Senior Chelsea Socha will again lead the Storm in 2010.

The Keuka College cross country teams will compete in six invitationals as well as the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) championships this fall.

The Storm will get started at the SUNYIT Invite on Sept. 4.  Keuka will also run in the SUNY Oswego, Hobart College, SUNY Geneseo, Nazareth College, and University of Rochester Invitationals.  The NEAC meet will be held on Oct. 30.

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Senior Jack Reece, a 3-time All-NEAC performer, will guide the Storm in 2010.

The 2010 Keuka College men’s soccer team will play 15 games, including nine NEAC contests.  The Storm will open with an away game against the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford on Sept. 4.  Keuka will kick off its home schedule with a conference match-up against Penn State-Abington on Sept. 10

A trip to Washington, D.C. to play new NEAC member Gallaudet University is set for Sept. 26.  Along with Pitt-Bradford, the Storm will play non-conference games against Utica College, Hilbert College, Elmira College, Alfred University, and D’Youville College.

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Thad Phillips

Keuka College has selected Thad Phillips, assistant coach at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., to be its new head men’s basketball coach.

Phillips replaces Tom Flood, who announced his retirement in March.

“We felt Thad was a perfect fit for Keuka College,” said Athletic Director Dave Sweet. “As a successful NCAA Division III student-athlete and coach, he knows the dedication and work ethic it takes to compete on this level and understands the role that the term ‘student’ means in student-athlete.”

Phillips has served as assistant men’s basketball coach and associate coordinator of recreation services at Rhodes since 2007. He was an assistant basketball and women’s golf coach at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Ga., in 2006-07 and a graduate assistant at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisc., from 2004-06. From 2001-04 he served as assistant coach/head freshman coach at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon.

Phillips earned a master’s degree in health education from Carroll College and a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Concordia University Wisconsin. He was a three-year letter winner on the Concordia hoop squad and served as co-captain of the conference championship team as a senior. Phillips earned all-conference honorable mention honors as a junior.

“I am grateful to President [Joseph] Burke and Dave Sweet for giving me the opportunity to be a head coach on the Division III level,” said Phillips. “I am excited to become a part of the Keuka College family and tradition.”

Phillips came away from his interview impressed by the College’s location on the shore of Keuka Lake and the College’s commitment to experiential learning.

“The campus is beautiful, which helps in recruiting,” he explained. “From an academic perspective, I believe that experiential learning and the real-world experience our players receive are keys to their growth and future success. My program will focus on academics; our players will do the right things, get good grades and graduate in four years.”

On the court, Phillips said his team will be known for defense.

“We will stop people; we will get after it and our teams will not be outworked,” he said. “It will be organized chaos; we will get teams to play at a different speed than they are used to playing. We will attack on both ends of the court.”

Phillips’ inaugural Keuka edition will be coming off a 9-16 mark in 2009-10, but will return two second team All-North Eastern Athletic Conference performers in Calvin Logins and Diamond Booker. Logins, 6-4 guard/forward, led the Storm in scoring (16.7) and rebounding (9.8) while Booker, a 6-7 center, averaged 11.4 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks an outing.

Rhodes College—like Keuka—is an NCAA Division III school. The Lynx compete in the Southern College Athletic Conference.

Sophomore Ben Ternosky led the team with 19 caused turnovers.

The Keuka College men’s lacrosse team, who went 5-9 overall and 4-2 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), had four players recognized by the conference on its All-Conference teams.

All four players were named to the All-NEAC second team.  Leading the list were rookie attack-men Chris Redington (Tully, N.Y./Tully) and Mark Butto (Rochester, N.Y./Schroeder).  Sophomore defender Ben Ternosky (LaFayette, N.Y./LaFayette) and junior goalie Brett Leonard (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) were also selected.

Redington led the Storm in scoring with 31 goals and 44 points.  He was also second on the team in assists with 13.  He added 22 ground balls on the season.

Butto was second on the team in scoring with 28 goals and 36 points.  He was third in assists with eight while tallying one game-winning goal.  Butto also grabbed 18 ground balls.

Ternosky led the team in caused turnovers with 19 while finishing third on the team with 33 ground balls.  He helped the Keuka defense limit opponents to 11.30 goals a game.

Leonard, last season’s Goalie of the Year, finished the season with a 4-7 record in goal while stopping 166 shots.  He posted a 12.46 goals against average and a .585 save percentage.

Senior Ted Black led the Storm in most offensive categories.

The Keuka College baseball team had two players recognized by the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) by being selected to the All-NEAC second team.  Senior first basemen Ted Black (Turin, N.Y./South Lewis) and sophomore second basemen Nick Ventura (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn) helped lead the Storm to a 7-18 overall record and a 4-8 conference mark.

Black, who was a third team selection last season, led the Storm with a .365 batting average, 25 RBIs, a .568 slugging percentage, a .520 on-base percentage, and 24 walks.  He was second on the team with 27 hits and 18 runs scored.  Black also led the Storm with eight doubles and two triples while belting one home run.  He finished with a .980 fielding percentage.

Ventura led the Storm with 30 hits while playing in just 24 games.  He was second on the team with a .353 batting average, 18 runs, seven doubles, and a .459 slugging percentage.  Ventura was third on the team with 14 RBIs and led the Storm with 62 assists.

Freshman Anthony Jones had two goals and two assists.

The Keuka men’s lacrosse team lost its North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) semifinal game against the No. 2 seeded Mavericks of Medaille College on Saturday.  The No. 3 Storm fell 12-10. Keuka defeated Medaille 17-4 in last season’s Tournament championship.  The Storm finish with a 5-9 overall record while Medaille improves to 8-6.

The Mavericks put the pressure on the Storm right away by scoring four of the game’s first five goals.  Keuka answered by tallying four of the next six goals to get back within one (6-5) at the half.  The Mavericks added three goals in the third while holding the Storm to just one.  Keuka netted four fourth period goals but the Mavericks stayed consistent with three more goals to win by two.

Keuka had three more shots (41-38) but Medaille dominated the face-offs (18-8).  The Mavericks had 44 ground balls while the Storm picked up 37.

The Storm were led by its freshmen class as Chris Redington (Tully, N.Y./Tully) and Mark Butto (Rochester, N.Y./Schroeder) each tallied three goals a piece.  Fellow rookie Anthony Jones (Syracuse, N.Y./Corcoran) had two goals and two assists.

Junior David Miller (East Syracuse, N.Y./ESM) and sophomore Gino Marcello (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) each had a goal.

Junior Brett Leonard (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) stopped 14 shots in goal while Medaille’s Jordan Ellis had 16 saves.

Sophomore Ben Przepiora batted 3-for-4 with three RBIs.

The Keuka College baseball team split with the visiting Lakers of SUNY Oswego in its last two games of the 2010 season on Thursday.  The Storm won game one 8-6 and lost the second game 14-7.  Keuka finishes with a 7-18 overall record while Oswego improves to 17-13.

In the first game, Keuka scored seven runs, all with two outs.  Up 7-4 entering the bottom of the sixth, senior Ted Black (Turin, N.Y./South Lewis) belted a solo home run to make it 8-4.  The Lakers scored two in the top of the seventh but the damage was done. 

Junior Jason Kirkum (Bason, N.Y./Oakfield-Alabama) tossed his fifth complete game while picking up his second win of the season.  He allowed just four earned and struck out seven.

Sophomore Mike Hutchings (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn) batted 2-for-4 while junior Matt Dunn (Walden, N.Y./Chapel Field) was 1-for-2 with two RBIs.  Black was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and two runs scored.

In the second game, Keuka was done in by poor defense as they committed six errors while letting eight unearned runs score.  Senior Kyle Sherin (Walworth, N.Y./Gananda) was the tough luck loser as he didn’t allow a single earned run to score.  Sophomore Ben Przepiora (Syracuse, N.Y./Solvay) batted 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored while Black was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Dunn stayed hot at the plate with two more hits as rookie Keith Prestano (Astoria, N.Y./Xaverian) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Senior Kyle Phelan shot a 95 in the final round of his collegiate career.

The Keuka College golf team finished up its 2009-10 season with a fifth place finish at the Elmira College Spring Invitational on Monday.  The Storm posted a score of 390.

Elmira won the invite with a score of 328 while SUNY Oswegoplaced second with a 338.  Hobart College (353) and Baptist Bible College (364) rounded out the scoring in third and fourth place, respectively.

Freshman Tyler Hoosier (Saratoga, N.Y./Saratoga) shot an 89 to finish in 16th place on the par 72 course.  Seniors Kyle Phelan (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena) and Mike Meskill (Trumansburg, N.Y./Trumansburg) each shot a 95 to tie for 22nd overall.

Juniors Jack Reece (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) and Darron Hall (Owego, N.Y./Owego) rounded out the scoring for the Storm with a 11 and 118.

Junior Casey Dahlstrom won his doubles match against Abington.

The Keuka College men’s tennis team lost both of its matches at the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championships over the weekend.  The No. 4 Storm fell to top seeded SUNY Oneonta by a score of 6-0 and then fell to No. 3 Penn State-Abington by a score of 5-1.  Keuka now stands at 1-8 on the season.

Against SUNY Oneonta, who went on to win the NEAC Championship for the second straight year, the Storm were swept in all three doubles matches and the top three flights of singles.

Against Abington, Keuka dropped two of the three doubles matches with junior Casey Dahlstrom (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) and sophomore Kyle Stephens (Odessa, N.Y./Odessa-Montour) winning the third flight by a score of 9-8.  The Storm then dropped the first three flights of singles.

In the individual part of the NEAC Championships, sophomore Brian Oberg (Lino Lakes, MN/Centennial) was the #3 seed and after dropping the first match to his #2 seeded SUNY Cobleskill opponent (1-6, 4-6), he defeated the #4 seed from Penn State-Abington (8-5).  The win earned Oberg a spot on the All-NEAC third team in flight No. 2 of singles.

Dahlstrom and Stephens then teamed up as the #4 seed in doubles and fell 8-0 to the top seed from SUNY Oneonta and 8-0 to the #2 seed from Penn State-Berks.

The Storm will finish its 2010 season with a match at Roberts Wesleyan College this Tuesday, April 27 beginning at 4 pm.

Freshman Mark Butto netted two goals.

The Keuka men’s lacrosse team won a very important conference game against the Fighting Tigers of SUNY Cobleskill by a score of 10-7 on the road Saturday.  The Storm improve to 5-8 overall and 4-2 in the NEAC while Cobleskill slips to 6-10 overall and 3-3 in the conference.

The Storm held a 4-3 lead at the break but scored the game’s first six goals of the second half to go up 10-3.  Cobleskill answered with four straight goals in the fourth period but it was too late.  The Storm had 36 shots while allowing 30.  Cobleskill had 57 ground balls to Keuka’s 25 while the Fighting Tigers won 12 of the 21 face-offs.

Junior goalie Brett Leonard (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill)collected 11 saves in goal while allowing the seven goals.  Cobleskill stopped 10 shots in goal.

Rookies Chris Redington (Tully, N.Y./Tully) and Mark Butto (Rochester, N.Y./Schroeder) each had two goals as did junior Peter Hart (Webster, N.Y./Thomas).  Sophomore Gino Marcello (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) and junior David Miller (East Syracuse, N.Y./ESM) each had a goal and an assist while freshman Anthony Jones (Syracuse, N.Y./Corcoran) had two assists.

Keuka will next play in the NEAC Tournament beginning April 30.