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The Genesee Community College women’s volleyball team dropped their opening round match of the 2011 NJCAA Division II National Tournament to Cowley College (KS) in three sets on Thursday afternoon. The 16th seeded Lady Cougars went up against the overall number one seed in Cowley, a team that increased their win streak to 20 games with the win on Thursday.

Behind strong serving and size up front, Cowley built a 5-0 lead to begin the match and did not trail in the opening set, winning 25-12. GCC started strong in the second set, taking a 5-2 lead before the Lady Tigers came back to regain momentum and win the second set 25-12. Genesee stayed with Cowley to start the third set, trailing 8-11 at one point, before the Lady Tigers won the next six points and eventually went on to win the third set 25-10.

Genesee (22-20) will play in a consolation match tomorrow at 12pm. They will take on Iowa Central who lost their opening round match to Central Community College on Thursday afternoon.

The Genesee Community College men’s basketball team came back from a two-loss weekend by dominating the Houghton College JV team 84-35.

After back-to-back losses to Monroe College and Harcum College this weekend, the Cougars (2-2) came out shooting better than 55% from the floor in the first half, and took a 46-14 lead into the break.

The second half was more of the same as Genesee kept an above 50% shooting mark, and cruised to the 49 point victory.

Michael Glenn (Fairport, NY) finished with a game-high 24 points on a 10 of 15 shooting night. Kenton Chan-Man (Brooklyn, NY) added 10 points and Dijon Wright (Philadelphia, PA) finished the night with 7 points and 7 rebounds.

Genesee improves to .500 on the season and will travel to Lakeland Community College for their next game on November, 12th at 3pm.

The Genesee Community College women’s basketball team cruised past the Houghton College JV team on Tuesday night, by a final score of 70-42.

The Lady Cougars began the night on an 8-0 run and did not trail in the game. GCC controlled the tempo by out-rebounding the Lady Highlanders 50-43 in the game, with Carrie Blunt (Syracuse, NY) and Erica McDaniel (Buffalo, NY) combining for 15 of them.

Genesee was led in scoring by Kayla Golden (Lackawanna, NY) who finished the night with 14 points. Blunt had a strong night netting 10 points and Jasmine Armstead (Rochester, NY) also added 10 points.

(Kayla Golden leads the Lady Cougars with 14 points in win over Houghton JV)

The Lady Cougars improve to 3-1 and will play again tomorrow night at 6pm when they host Onondaga Community College for their first conference game of the season.

The Genesee Community College women’s volleyball team has qualified for the NJCAA National Tournament after winning the District L Tournament this weekend in Randolph, New Jersey.

Genesee began the tournament playing the Community College of Rhode Island and defeated the Lady Knights in three sets, 25-14, 25-7, 25-18. In the opening round win, Carrie Blunt recorded 12 kills and Deliane Lessard added 7. Sabrina Wilhoite led the team with 17 assists while Paige Tilert tallied 39 digs.

The Lady Cougars next took on Monroe College and recorded another three set victory, 25-16, 25-17, 25-16. Strong serving was key in the win as Maria Antsupova and Lessard each had five aces. Blunt had another strong match with 13 kills and Karin Davis chipped in with 18 assists. Tilert also had a strong match with 52 digs. With the win, GCC advanced to the District Championship match.

In the Sunday final, Genesee squared off with Monroe College once again after the Lady Mustangs defeated the County College of Morris to compete for the title. The match went four sets with Genesee coming out on top 25-19, 17-25, 25-21, 25-11. Antuspova had 45 digs in the win, Blunt tallied 13 kills and Wilhoite added 20 assits.

Genesee will move on to the NJCAA National Tournament which will take place in Perrysburg, Ohio. The three-day tournament will begin on November 17th with the National Championship match taking place on the 19th.

The Genesee Community College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams combined for a first place finish on Saturday afternoon at the GCC Harvest Invitational.

Six teams participated in the event which included Genesee, Jamestown Community College, Herkimer County Community College, SUNY Delhi, Alfred State College and Erie Community College.

GCC combined for a first place team total of 487.50 points. Jamestown Community College (420) finished 2nd, Alfred State College (352.50) finished 3rd, SUNY Delhi (310) finished 4th, Herkimer County Community College (292) finished 5th and Erie Community College (60) finished 6th.

The GCC men’s team took first place with a team total of 302.50 total points. Alfred State College finished in 2nd with 290.50, SUNY Delhi finished in 3rd with 199, Jamestown finished in 4th with 184 and Herkimer finished in 5th with 88.

The men’s 200 yard medley relay team which included Dustin Pratt, Yusuke Inami, John Hickey and Brandon Schwab had a strong first place showing with a total time of 1:50.34. Inami also finished in first place and set school records in the 200 yard IM (2:03.12) and 100 yard butterfly (52.49). He also topped the 500 yard freestyle race with a finishing time of 5:03.83. Hickey earned a first place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke with a final time of 1:10.28, edging out second place by 0.41 seconds.

(Yusuke Inami sets two school records at the GCC Harvest Invitational on Saturday afternoon)

The GCC women’s team finished the day in third place with a total of 185 points. The Jamestown women took first place with a total of 236 points, followed by Herkimer in 2nd with 204. SUNY Delhi (111), Alfred State (62) and Erie (60) rounded out the bottom three.

The Lady Cougars 200 yard medley relay team of Alysha Phillips, Emily Mott, Taylor Henry and Kylie Bank took first place with a finishing time of 2:10.97. Phillips topped the 200 yard IM with a total time of 2:38.54 and Henry had second place finishes in the 100 yard freestyle (1:03.59) and the 100 yard breaststroke (1:19.43).

From noon until 2 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 3, there will be the annual Fall Nursing Job Fair at Genesee Community College. It will be held in the Forum, 1 College Road, Batavia.

More than 30 of the area's top health-care employers and four-year universities will attend to help people explore educational and career opportunities. This event is designed to introduce potential new employees to employers, and also provides health-care businesses an opportunity to present their trade and services to the local community. This event is free and open to all community members.

Participants include:

•    Catholic Health System, Buffalo

•    NYS Veterans Home at Batavia, Batavia

•    Daemen College, Amherst

•    PSA Health Care, Williamsville

•    Eastern Niagara Health System, Lockport

•    Roberts Wesleyan College, School of Nursing, Rochester

•    Erie County Medical Center Corp, Buffalo

•    Rochester General Health System, Rochester

•    HCR Home Care, Rochester

•    St. Ann's Community, Rochester

•    Highland Hospital, Rochester -- *unable to attend but information available

•    St. John Fisher College – Wegman's School of Nursing, Rochester

•    HomeCare & Hospice – Warsaw

•    SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs

•    Hurlbut Care Communities, various locations in Western New York

•    The College at Brockport (SUNY) – Army ROTC – Nursing Program

•    Jewish Home of Rochester, Rochester

•    Trocaire College, Buffalo

•    Kaleida Health – Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Williamsville

•    United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia

•    Keuka College - Accelerated Studies for Adults Program, Penn Yan

•    Unity Health System, Rochester

•    Lakeside Health System, Brockport

•    University of Rochester, School of Nursing, Rochester

•    Lifetime Care, Rochester

•    UPMC Hamot (Hamot Medical Center), Erie, PA- *unable to attend but information available

•    Med-Scribe, Inc., Fairport

•    Visiting Nursing Service of Rochester & Monroe County

•    Monroe Community Hospital, Rochester

•    Wyoming County Community Health System- *unable to attend but information available

•    NY Army National Guard, Geneseo

Any organization interested in attending the Job Fair should call (585) 345-6888 to register immediately.

The only two teams in Division II Region III volleyball squared off for the title on Tuesday night at Genesee Community College, with GCC and Mercyhurst North East meeting for the fourth time this season. The Lady Cougars were 3-0 on the season against the Lady Saints and come away victorious once again Tuesday in three sets (25-15, 25-12, 25-17).

Genesee came from behind early in the first set thanks in part to strong serving from Deliane Lessard who served to six straight points. The Lady Cougars did not trail in the second and third sets.

Carrie Blunt lead GCC with 13 kills and Lessard chipped in with 9. Kristie Barger tallied 27 digs and Karin Davis recorded a team high 12 assists.

With the win, Genesee head coach Jim Mercer earns the Division II Region III Coach of the Year. Named to the All-Region team for GCC was Deliane Lessard, Karin Davis and Carrie Blunt. Paige Tilert was named the Region’s Most Valuable Player.

Genesee will now move on to the NJCAA District Tournament beginning on Saturday, November 5th.

The top seed Genesee Community College men’s soccer team hosted Erie Community College in the quarterfinals of the Region III playoffs on Tuesday afternoon, and cruised past the #8 seeded Kats 8-1.

In a rematch of last year’s opening round regional playoff game, a game in which Erie upset Genesee 3-2, the Cougars controlled the match from start to finish. Jonny Bonner (Donegal, Ireland) gave GCC a 1-0 lead just four minutes into the game. Ten minutes later, Dom Francis (Huddersfield, England) upped the lead to 2-0. The scored remained 2-0 at the half.

(Members of the Genesee CC men's Soccer team celebrate Jonny Bonner's first half goal in an 8-1 win over Erie CC on Tuesday afternoon)

In the second half, Brady Smith (Brisbane, Australia) gave Genesee a 3-0 lead when he scored in the 12th minute. Erie scored their lone goal in the 16th minute before Smith scored again off of a nice cross from Brandon Reiner (Attica, NY) to give GCC a 4-1 lead. The Cougars added another goal from Bonner, two goals from Sean Brettel (Welwyn Garden City, England) and a late goal from Theo Stamatopolous (Norwich, England) to win in convincing fashion.

Genesee improves to 13-1-2 on the season. They will move on in the Region III playoffs to face Tompkins Cortland Community College, who defeated Onondaga Community College 2-0 on Tuesday, at TCCC in the semi finals on Saturday afternoon.

The Genesee Community College Women’s Volleyball team finished in 2nd place at the 2011 Western New York Athletic Conference Tournament, losing only to Niagara County Community College in the finals on Saturday afternoon.

After a double bye to start the tournament, the Lady Cougars knocked off Erie Community College in four sets, 25-20, 15-25, 25-23, 25-22, in the semi finals and moved on to the championship.

The final match was a rematch from October 18th against Niagara County Community College. NCCC handed Genesee their first conference loss of the season in four sets earlier in the week. The Lady Thunderwolves came out on top once again, downing GCC in three sets (10-25, 16-25, 17-25) to claim the WNYAC Tournament title.

“We were flat. We just never got on track in the finals,” said head coach Jim Mercer.

Tournament totals:

Paige Tilert: 81 digs, 11 kills

Deliane Lessard: 35 digs and 20 kills

Sabrina Wilhoite: 25 assists and 5 aces

Maria Antsupova: 74 digs and 5 aces

Carrie Blunt: 23 kills

Kristie Barger: 94 digs

Paige Tilert (Derby, NY) was named to the WNYAC Tournament first team and Carrie Blunt was named to the third team. The Lady Cougars will now shift focus to the Regional Tournament. They will host an opening round game on Tuesday, October 25th at Genesee Community College at 6pm.

The 10th seeded Genesee Community College Women's Soccer team lost to #7 Onondaga Community College 1-0 in the first round of the Region III Playoffs on Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Cougars gave up the game's only goal halfway through the first 45 minutes of play.

"From then on we kept pressing but we weren't able to connect with a goal to tie," said head coach Charlie Woods. "It just wasn't meant to be. We played great as a team and left it all out on the field."

Genesee finished the regular season on a four game winning streak but finishes 9-10 with the loss.

It was Sophomore Night at Genesee Community College and the Women’s Soccer team continued their hot streak to end the regular season by beating Bryant and Stratton College 5-1.

Cady Hume (Batavia, NY) scored her second goal in three games in the 15th minute to give GCC the early 1-0 lead. Bryant and Stratton answered just seven minutes later to tie the game at one, but the Lady Cougars regained the lead in the 27th minute when Katie Smith (Akron, NY) put away a nice cross from Carly Shaw (Kendall, NY).

(Marissa Pecora #9 and Katie Smith #10 both score a goal in GCC's 5-1 win)

Genesee held the 2-1 advantage at the break and added to their lead early in the second half. Summer Bliss (Bethany, NY) scored her first goal of the season in the 4th minute, and assisted on a Marissa Pecora (Rochester, NY) goal in 42nd minute. Bliss added another goal with about 45 seconds to play, and Genesee earned their fourth straight win.

The Lady Cougars improve to 9-9 on the season and will move on to the Region III playoffs. Genesee is seeded 10th and will travel to #7 Onondaga on Saturday afternoon.

For the first time in the regular season, the Genesee Community College Men’s Soccer team came out on the losing end. Their unbeaten streak was snapped on Thursday night after they were beaten by Bryant and Stratton College (Syracuse) 4-2.

Coming off of their win over the number one team in the country at Herkimer County Community College on Tuesday night, the Cougars scored the first goal of the game. Jonny Bonner (Donegal, Ireland) scored his fourth goal of the season in the 22nd minute to put GCC out in front 1-0. The Genesee defense kept the Bryant and Stratton offense in check for the majority of the first half, until the Bobcats were able to get the equalizer with seven minutes remaining.

Bryant and Stratton gained the momentum in the second half by scoring goals in the 13th and 18th minutes, holding a 3-1 lead with 27 minutes to play. A slick pitch due to rain made it difficult for the Genesee offense to form any type of rhythm. The Cougars were able to draw within one when Josh Gray (Norwich, England) scored on a penalty kick in the 32nd minute. The PK was set up by a hand ball in the box.

Playing with a sense of urgency, the Cougars were unable to create another scoring opportunity. The Bobcats added a goal with 8 minutes to play, preserving the win and ending the Genesee unbeaten streak.

The Cougars fall to 12-1-2 on the season and will now move on to the Region III playoffs. GCC has already earned the #1 seed in the playoffs and will have a first round bye. They will host a second round game at GCC on Tuesday afternoon, the opponent and time to be determined.

Press release:

The Genesee County Community College and the Genesee County Bar Association have partnered together to offer the community the “Citizen’s Law Series,” a legal educational series designed to educate residents with practical legal information on a number of common legal actions. 

“The legal series is designed to increase public awareness and knowledge of the legal system and how it works.  Each two hour seminar will give the attendees practical information about timely legal issues including topics such as criminal law, wills and estates and small claims and civil actions.  We are hoping that we can continue this series in the future on different topics as well,” noted Durin B. Rogers, Esq, President of the Genesee County Bar Association (GCBA). 

Raymon Chaya, GCC’s Director of the BEST Center, approached the GCBA with the collaborative idea earlier this year after hearing about the great success the Jamestown community had with its program. 

“Big decisions require first knowing what information you need to know and what questions you need to ask.  Making a decision to take legal action is serious and knowing basic information about a specific area of law and the legal process involved can save time and money in addition to minimizing personal, emotional, and social difficulties,” said Chaya. 

This valuable educational outreach opportunity will be presented by experienced practicing attorneys who can describe in common terms what an appropriate action is, what the law covers as well what you are likely to experience during the process.   

GCBA’s Citizen’s Law Series Committee Chairperson, Lisa M. Kroemer, Esq. noted why she became involved in the program. 

“I feel very strongly that as attorneys we should spend some of our time educating the public . . .”    Formed in 1912 for the purposes of promoting reform in the law, facilitating the administration of justice, and elevating the standards of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession , the GCBA today boasts a membership of approximately 100 attorney members.

The first of three seminars will occur on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 from 7-9pm at GCC and will take up the topic of Criminal Law, moderated by local Criminal Defense Attorney, Frederick M. Rarick, Esq. 

The second series titled “Putting Your House in Order-Wills, Estates, and other things you should know” will occur on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 and the third series, “Small Claims, Big Claims and other Civil Matters” will take place on Tuesday, December 13, 2011. 

All times will be 7pm-9pm at GCC and cost $10 for each 2 hour course attended.  Those interested in attending may register by contacting the BEST Center at 585-345-6868.