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By Mike Cutillo, staff writer
Daily Messenger
Posted Nov 20, 2009 @ 10:56 AM
Canandaigua, N.Y. — His nickname — Champ — might be
a play on his last name, but Drew Champney certainly has
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earned it with his play on the football field at Susquehanna
University.
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The senior offensive lineman from Victor earned first-team
all-Liberty League honors this fall, which is nothing new, and
helped the Crusaders earn their first Liberty League
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Susquehanna players took three of the league’s four top
individual awards. Nine players were first-team all-Liberty
and coach Steve Briggs and his staff were named Coaching
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The 6-foot-3, 280-pound Champney plays left tackle and is
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a team captain. He helped the Susquehanna offense rank
second in the league in both points per game (25.4) and
rushing yards per game (168.1). He has protected the blind
side of all three of the Crusaders’ right-handed quarterbacks
in 2009 and helped clear a path for a record-setting running
back. This is his third straight all-Liberty League award and
second straight first-team honor. D3football.com named him
an all-East Region player last year.
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14 with a 28-17 victory at Union. Susquehanna (8-2) will
travel to No. 17-ranked Delaware Valley College on
Saturday for a first-round game. It’s the first NCAA berth SU
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has received since 1991 when the team reached the
national semifinals. The eight wins this year also mark the
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most since 1992.
Serafine, Siena close season
Canandaigua Academy grad Maren Serafine led the Siena Saints women’s soccer team to a second-place finish in the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference this season.
A sophomore center back, she started all 17 games for the Saints and recently was named to the MAAC all-conference
team. Siena finished 12-5 and led the conference in goals against average. Incredibly, all five losses were by 1-0
scores. The Saints allowed only 16 goals in 17 games (0.93 goals against average).
Serafine also scored the game-winning goal against Rider College.
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Favot was in on all five Tigers goals as they swept two one-goal decisions from Mercyhurst, 2-1 and 3-2. He assisted
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Young qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships with a Geneseo-record 267.60 points on the 1-meter board.
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Hobart freshman forward Chris Cannizzaro was named the ECAC West Rookie of the Week, after leading the
Statesmen hockey team in two league games over the weekend, while junior forward Christopher Bower and freshman
goalie Martin Ausserhofer were both named to the ECAC West’s Weekly Honor Roll. ... The Hobart football team
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Marlier, senior offensive lineman Brian Monaco, senior linebacker Ryan Robinson and sophomore cornerback Drake
Woodard were named to the first team. Junior offensive lineman Kelvin Cruz (Geneva) received honorable mention.
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Sports Editor Mike Cutillo’s “College Notes” run on Fridays in the Daily Messenger. Contact him at
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