Osprey News
Osprey News
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Esports Team Wins ECAC Fortnite Championship
The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ esports team of Austin Van Zant, Damian Majewski and Parker
Teliszewski won the Eastern College Athletic Conference Fortnite Championship held during the Hudson Valley Gamer Con at the Albany New York Capital Center on
March 30-31.
Four Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ students were named season MVPs. Van Zant and Majewski got the awards for Fortnite and Brandon Yip and Joseph Difilippo got the awards for League of Legends. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ teams also placed second in the League of Legends Championship and made the quarterfinals in Overwatch.
Ibarra, Qadiri, Murzello Recognized as Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
Three Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ student-athletes were recognized as 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars by the publication Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Women’s tennis player Maria Ibarra received the accolade for the second straight year. Ibarra, a senior, was joined by first-time honorees Meg Murzello and Qudratullah Qadiri, both juniors, as Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars in softball and men’s track & field respectively.
Men's Lacrosse Wins CSAC Championship
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's men's lacrosse team (17-2) rallied from a four-goal deficit in the second half and captured the Colonial State Athletic Conference (CSAC) with a 14-11 victory over Montclair State (10-7) on May 4. The win gave Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ its first conference title and NCAA Tournament berth in school history. In March, the Ospreys celebrated head coach Kevin Zulauf's when the team beat Misericordia 18-12.
