{"id":103102,"date":"2019-05-02T21:09:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T01:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103102"},"modified":"2019-05-02T12:13:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:13:46","slug":"suny-morrisville-athletic-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103102","title":{"rendered":"SUNY Morrisville athletics news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Longo named NEAC Coach of the Year for fifth time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The North Eastern Athletic Conference office announced its\nmajor award winners in the sport of men\u2019s lacrosse Wednesday, naming\nMorrisville State head coach Jason Longo, the 2019 NEAC Coach of the Year as\nvoted by his peers across the conference for a fifth time in his coaching\ncareer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longo guided the Mustangs to a fifth straight regular season\nconference crown with a undefeated league mark in 2019 (7-0), its fourth in the\nlast five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within conference play, Longo\u2019s squad tops the conference in\nsix different categories, including goals scored (130), extra man scores (15),\nground balls (334), caused turnovers (121) and goals per game (18.57). The\nMustangs also lead the league in the fewest goals allowed (53).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under his leadership, the Mustangs had seven selected to the\nAll-Conference teams this season, while having two earn the top honor of\nOffensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside his coaching staff of Tim Barth, Tyler Gale and\nJim Longo, the 10<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;year head coach for the Mustangs earned his\n100<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;career victory on Wednesday, March 27<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;as\nthey defeated Mount St. Vincent 23-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His team also ranks sixth overall in the NCAA, Division III\nin caused turnovers per game (out of 240 ranked) with 14.71 per game, and is 36<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in\nscoring offensive, averaging 14.71 goals per game. They also rank 52<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;in\npoints per game (22.29) and are 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in ground ball pickups per\ngame (39.36).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longo has guided the Mustangs to four appearances in the\nNCAA Division III Championship Tournament throughout his career, coaching the\nsquad to their first post-season victory a year ago as they topped Eastern in\novertime to advance to the second round. Across 10 seasons, his Morrisville\nState team has amassed an overall record of 108 wins and 56 losses (65.8\nwinning percentage), with a NEAC record of 69 wins and just five losses (93.2\nwinning percentage).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morrisville State will have the opportunity to defend their\ntournament title on Saturday and potentially reach the NCAA tournament for a\nfifth straight season. They take on SUNY Poly in the championship final at 5\np.m. on Drake Field in Morrisville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boles named 2019 NEAC Defensive Player of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BolesB19.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"103104\" data-link=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=103104\" class=\"wp-image-103104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BolesB19.jpg 375w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BolesB19-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BolesB19-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSCF4539.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"103105\" data-link=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=103105\" class=\"wp-image-103105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSCF4539.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSCF4539-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSCF4539-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSCF4539-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSCF4539-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>NEAC also announced its major award winners for 2019 in the\nsport of men\u2019s lacrosse Wednesday afternoon, naming Morrisville State senior\ndefender, Brendan Boles (Goshen, N.Y.) the Defensive Player of the Year, as voted\nby conference coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boles is one of the top defenders for the Mustangs on the\nyear and across the conference, collecting 22 ground balls and causing 27\nopponent turnovers during the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He posted a single game high four caused turnovers in a\ncritical regular season matchup against Keuka College, where the Mustangs\nsecured their fifth straight regular season championship title with an\nundefeated 7-0 record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The senior ranks seventh overall in the NEAC in caused\nturnovers and was a main component of the defensive unit that limited\nconference opponents to a 7.57 goals against average in conference play. Across\nthe NCAA, Division III, Boles also ranks 93<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;in caused\nturnovers per game (1.93), with the defensive unit ranking sixth overall in the\nnation in caused turnovers per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boles was a second team All-Conference honoree as a junior,\nand repeated honors this season, but as a first team selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across his four-year career with the Mustangs, he has\nappeared in 57 games, and earned the starting role his sophomore year.\nThroughout his time in the Mustang uniform he has posted one goal, collected 64\nground balls and caused 52 turnovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He currently ranks fifth in the Mustang record books in\nall-time caused turnovers in a single season (29), and is also fifth in the\ncareer record books in the same category (52).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A seven-time Dean\u2019s List honoree, Boles was also named to\nthe NEAC Scholar-Athlete team as a sophomore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The graduate of Goshen High is majoring in business\nadministration at SUNY Morrisville. He is the son of Trish and Eddie Boles of\nGoshen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longo named NEAC Coach of the Year for fifth time The North Eastern Athletic Conference office announced its major award winners in the sport of men\u2019s lacrosse Wednesday, naming Morrisville State head coach Jason Longo, the 2019 NEAC Coach of the Year as voted by his peers across the conference for a fifth time in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}