GENESEO, N.Y. – The Hartwick Hawks Field Hockey team saw their 2024 campaign come to a close on Sunday afternoon, falling 4-0 to the SUNY Geneseo Knights in the Empire 8 Championship game.
 
THE BASICS
 

• Final Score:  Hartwick 0, Geneseo 4
• Location:  Geneseo, N.Y.
• Records:  Hartwick (11-8 Overall, 7-2 Empire 8), Geneseo (18-2 Overall, 9-0 Empire 8)

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

• The Hawks returned to their third-straight Empire 8 Championship contest on Sunday afternoon, traveling to new conference foe, SUNY Geneseo.
• The Knights forced the Hawks to play in their defensive zone for most of the majority of the 1^st quarter, while putting four of their seven shots on goal.
• Hartwick's defense would bend but not break for all but three seconds in the 1^st as Geneseo found the back of the cage to take a 1-0 lead.
• The nationally ranked Knights continued to attack Hartwick's defense early in the 2^nd quarter, causing chaos in front of the cage, forcing a penalty stroke at the 16:42 mark.
• Geneseo's Shannon Cunningham put the opportunity away with a shot that barely got by the outstretched stick of Hartwick's keeper, Ashley Luppens (Wading River, N.Y.).
• Nearly two minutes later, the Hawks gained some momentum as they tried to capitalize while Geneseo was playing down a player due to a yellow card.
• Makayla Bales (Sidney, N.Y.) got off Hartwick's first shot of the contest mid-way through the 21^st minute of play, but was turned away by the Knights' keeper.
• Geneseo tacked on one more tally in the 2^nd quarter to take a 3-0 lead into halftime.
• The Knights jumped on the Hawks early in the 3^rd quarter, picking up their fourth goal of the contest.
• However, Hartwick battled back immediately, earning their first penalty corner of the game at the 33:07 mark.
• Jessica Betts (South Glens Falls, N.Y.) took the insert and ripped a shot towards the goal but was blocked by a Geneseo defender.
• Emily Holladay (Hancocks Bridge, N.J.) took the rebound fired off a shot of her own, but hers was blocked as well.
• Hartwick weathered a few more chances by the Knights to hold the score at 4-0 in favor of SUNY Geneseo.
• The Hawks nearly cut into the Knights' lead in the first third of the 4^th quarter as Betts had shot denied in the 55^th minute.
• Makenzie Kensel (San Diego, Calif.) put a shot on cage as well for the Hawks with just under 10 minutes remaining, but her shot was turned away as well.
• Unfortunately that was all the Hartwick offense could muster down the stretch, ultimately falling 4-0.

 
HARTWICK COLLEGE
 
One of the oldest colleges in the country, Hartwick has continually evolved for 225 years. The College's exciting new chapter is called FlightPath, a future-focused approach to education. Offering a distinctive blend of curricular, co-curricular and real-world work experiences, FlightPath builds on Hartwick's long history of integrating broad-based studies with experiential learning.
 
Hartwick College is a nationally ranked independent college of the arts and sciences located in picturesque Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The College offers 35 courses of study leading to a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, two master's degrees in the sciences, and a graduate certificate in nursing education. For more information, visit www.Hartwick.edu.