GENESEO, N.Y. - The Empire 8 and UCHC announced their weekly honors on Monday afternoon, and SUNY Geneseo had seven student-athletes earn honors.
Collin Brown and
Ari Reback brought home the cross country honors after winning the individual titles at the Empire 8 Championships,
Danny Bagnole was named the Empire 8 and UCHC Player of the Week,
Jacob Torgner and earned Goaltender of the Week for the Empire 8 and UCHC,
Brian Pabisch and
Alex Sotek earned Swimmer of the Week recognition, while
Morgan Davey rounded out the honors as the Women's Diver of the Week.
Brown was the individual race winner and Most Outstanding Runner of the Empire 8 Men's Cross Country Championship, host by SUNY Poly on Saturday, Oct. 31. Brown finished five seconds ahead of the field, defeating 104 runners and completing the 8,000-meter course in a time of 25:10.1.
Reback was the individual race winner and Most Outstanding Runner of the Empire 8 Women's Cross Country Championship, host by SUNY Poly on Saturday, Oct. 31. Reback finished just over five seconds ahead of the field, defeating 101 runners and completing the 6,000-meter course in a time of 21:50.1.
Bagnole tallied four points on a goal and three assists to help lead the Knights to the Buffalo State Tournament Championship over the weekend. He began the weekend by dishing out two assists in a 5-1 win over No. 5 Wisconsin-Stout and added a goal and an assist in a 5-2 win over host Buffalo State on Saturday night.
Torgner stopped 50-of-53 shots in helping lead SUNY Geneseo to the Buffalo State Tournament Championship. He made 28 saves in a 5-1 win over No. 5 Wisconsin-Stout and made 22 more in a 5-2 win over the hosts. He recorded a 1.50 goals against average and a .943 save percentage.
Pabisch led Geneseo to a dominant win over Brockport, placing first in four events for the Knights. Pabisch won the 100-yard breaststroke and the 50-yard breaststroke with times of 51.47 and 22.74, respectively. In the 200-yard medley relay, Pabisch and the Knights won with a time of 1:37.34 and then followed it up in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a first-place finish at 1:24.37.
Sotek led Geneseo to a dominant win over SUNY Brockport, as she took first in the 50-yard backstroke (27.28), 50-yard freestyle (24.47), 100-yard backstroke (1:00.73) and was a member of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay.
Davey won the one-meter competition with 273.50 points and the three-meter event as well, scoring 294.15 points, as Geneseo cruised to a dual meet win over SUNY Brockport.
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