12/21/2025
COLLEGE SPORTS WRAP
By John Addyman
For Dec 21 25
Our pre-Christmas column is a brief one, mentioning just three athletes – two of whom played in basketball tournaments, and a third who was recognized for a fantastic first volleyball season.
We’re in an unusual spot where very little college sports competition is scheduled. Next week will likely see an even shorter column (December 28) because of the holidays. The following week, January 4, is pretty much the same because kids are just getting back to campus and classes start again. Many sports get active on January 5.
So here are a few tidbits from the last week.
We hope you have a great holiday. I’ve got a rugby-playing granddaughter who comes back from the fall semester in Spain this week. May your Christmas or Hannukah or Kwanzaa be as warm and wonderful as our festivities plans to be.
BASKETBALL
Alfred University’s basketball women picked a good week to visit Puerto Rico and compete in a Classic tournament, losing to Johnson & Wales on Tuesday, 39-87, but coming back for a getaway 60-50 win over Mount Saint Mary College on Thursday.
Sophomore forward Madison Dohse (Gananda) scored one point in the J&W loss. The Saxons are 6-4 (0-1 E-8).
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Montgomery Community College women’s basketball lost two games in the SUNY Niagara Thunderwolves Holiday Classic last weekend – 58-79 to eighth-ranked Schoolcraft College on Saturday, and 46-60 to Mod-Michigan College Last Sunday. Freshman starting guard Taryn Goodness (Pal-Mac) scored six points and collected four rebounds against Schoolcraft; in the Mid-Michigan game, she scored two points and grabbed two rebounds. The Tribunes are 15-3.
HONORS (PHOTO)
After the Roberts Wesleyan volleyball season ended, freshman Sierra George (Newark) found out she had been named to the East Coast Conference Weekly Honor Roll. In the final two matches of the season, she had 40 assists and 10 digs, finishing her season with a cumulative 600 assists, including 22 against Daemen and 18 versus D’Youville. The Redhawks were 4-24 on the season (4-8 ECC).
