Bulletin News
05/17/2021
Danielle Bambola ’20, competing as a graduate student, finished No. 17 overall at the NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championship in East Lansing, Mich. on Friday, May 14.
One of 131 golfers from around the country to qualify for the national championship, and one of six to qualify individually, Bambola recorded a four-day score of 315.
In 2020, Bambola received the Division III Women’s Golf Coaches Association Kim Moore Spirit Award. During her freshman year, Bambola was diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic following a bout of mononucleosis that left her in a coma for two days.
Bambola’s performance capped a busy weekend for SUNY Cortland athletics.
In other sports:
The Red Dragons swept both games of a SUNYAC semifinal doubleheader against SUNY Brockport on Saturday, May 15, winning the best-of-three series. The team will host SUNY Oswego in the SUNYAC finals, a best-of-three series to be held at Cortland on Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22.
SUNY Cortland’s men’s lacrosse team opened play in the NCAA Division III tournament with a 24-6 victory over UMass Boston in the opening round on Saturday, May 15. In a second-round game on Sunday against No. 3 Rochester Institute of Technology, the Red Dragons were eliminated, 25-6.
Hosting SUNY Geneseo in a best-of-three SUNYAC championship series on Saturday, May 15, Cortland won the first game but lost each of the next two as Geneseo captured the league title. Kelly O’Gorman, Alyssa Finno and Cailey Cuttita were named to the all-tournament team.
Aubrianna Lantrip moved into a tie for sixth place nationally in Division III in the high jump at the Roberts Wesleyan RedHawks Capstone Meet on Friday.
Dane Sorensen was second overall and the top collegiate finisher in the pole vault at the meet. He currently is tied for 10th place in Division III.
The team will next compete in the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Outdoor Championships at St. John Fisher College on May 19 and 20.
Coming off a pair of NCAA Division III tournament wins on May 8 and 9, Cortland faced No. 10 Messiah in the third round of the tournament at Colby College on Saturday, May 15. Messiah improved to 18-0 with a 16-12 victory over the Red Dragons. Cortland, ranked No. 13 in the latest national poll, finished the season with a 14-2 record.