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2 0 0 8 H A R T W I C K S O C C E R 52 Years Y and Kicking Hal Greig coached Hartwick to a 2-3 mark in its first-ever competitive season in 1956. A WINNING TRADITION Hartwick College has fielded one of the nation’s most successful college soccer programs over its 51 seasons of competition. The ’Wick began playing intercollegiate soccer in 1956, and posted its first winning record in 1958. Since then, Hartwick has recorded 44 winning seasons in the last 48 years. The ’Wick won the NCAA Division I National Championship in 1977 and have been national contenders since the early 1960s. Hartwick has made 23 appearances in the NCAA Division I Playoffs, including 21 tournament berths in the past 37 seasons. The Hawks’ last trip to the postseason happened in 2005 as the squad won the Atlantic Soccer Conference’s automatic bid and advanced to play Seton Hall in the first-round match-up. The program qualified for 13 consecutive NCAA Tournaments between 1968 and 1980. Hartwick has reached the Final Four on seven occasions, including three times since 1980. Hartwick claimed undefeated regular-season records in 1967, 1970, 1976, and 1977. Eight other regular seasons have ended with only one loss. Including postseason play, Hartwick has won 13 or more games 14 times, including a school-record 17 wins during the 1985 season. THE PLAYERS Since 1959, Hartwick has produced 26 All-Americans, with the most recent coming in 2004 as Edwin Ruiz was bestowed with the honor. Eleven of those players were multi-year All-Americans, and one, Alec Papadakis, was a three-time honoree in 1968, 1969, and 1970. The program also has produced two Hermann Trophy recipients, which is awarded to the top player in the NCAA Division I ranks. In 1976, former standout Glenn Myernick won the honor as he paced the then Warriors to a 16-1-1 overall mark and a spot in the national semifinals. The following year, Billy Gazonas was named the recipient after he led Hartwick to the national title with an undefeated 16-0-2 mark, including a 2-1 victory over San Franciso in the title game. THE COACHES Six men have held the title of head coach since the inaugural 1956 campaign. Each has left a winning record behind that has fueled the tradition of Hartwick soccer. Hal Greig, Hartwick’s first coach, guided the team to a 7-2 victory over LeMoyne in the ‘Wick’s first-ever soccer game. Hartwick’s initial season ended with a 2-3 record, but Greig remained three more years, culminating his stay with an 8-1 mark in 1959. Greig also owns the distinction of coaching the first of Hartwick’s 25 All-American players. Larry Serfis earned All-American honors following the 1959 campaign. David Haase followed Greig as head coach. He led the ’Wick for seven seasons and produced a 55-15-3 record. Haase guided Hartwick to its first NCAA playoff berth in 1962 and led the team to the tournament again in 1964. Two-time All-American Nick Papadakis was a star on those Hartwick teams. Papadakis is the College’s all-time leading scorer. In 1963, Papadakis was joined by Tony Martelli and Walter Piepke on the national All-America team. Haase left Hartwick to become the Director of Youth Development for the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League. The Hartwick success story continued with the hiring of Al Miller prior to the 1967 season. He won his first 11 games as head coach. The team eventually split a pair of Atlantic Coast Tournament games in the postseason. During Miller’s six-year stay, Hartwick qualified for postseason play every season and reached the NCAA Division I Final Four in 1970. His teams posted an impressive 7-3 mark in NCAA playoff contests. Miller was hired as the first head coach of the NASL’s Philadelphia Atoms in 1973. He directed the expansion franchise to the NASL Championship in his first season. Miller went on to serve as president of the Cleveland Crunch of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Miller’s successor was Timo Liekoski, an All-American player under Miller and a 1971 graduate of Hartwick. Liekoski guided the ’Wick through three successful seasons. The team made three NCAA Tournament appearances and claimed third place in 1974. Following the 1975 campaign, Liekoski became Miller’s assistant with the Dallas Tornado of the NASL. Liekoski eventually became one of the most successful coaches in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He led the Cleveland Force for six seasons and was the second coach in league history to win over 200 games. Liekoski also coached the Canton Invaders of the American Indoor Soccer Association, where he won two league championships. Liekoski later served as an assistant coach on the 1994 U.S. World Cup team, head coach of the U.S. Under-23 team, and was the first head coach of the Columbus Crew of Major Legue Soccer. He is currently the Finland Youth National Team coach. THE LENNOX ERA Liekoski’s departure led to the arrival of Jim Lennox. In his 27 years as head coach from 1976-2002, Lennox enabled Hartwick to remain one of the top programs in collegiate soccer. His first team went 16-1-1 and finished third in the NCAA Tournament. In 1977, the ’Wick again posted an undefeated regular season. In the NCAA playoffs, Hartwick defeated St. Francis, Cornell and Philadelphia Textile to reach the Final Four held at Berkeley, California. In the semifinals against Brown, Hartwick fell behind 1-0 after four minutes of play but tied the game on a long shot by John Young just three minutes later. The ’Wick tallied three times in a 13- minute span in the second half on the way to a 4-1 victory. All- 22
2 0 0 8 H A R T W I C K S O C C E R 52 Years Y and Kicking Steve Long’s goal in the 65th minute sealed the deal for Hartwick in the 1977 NCAA Division I title finale against San Francisco. American and Hermann Trophy winner Billy Gazonas scored the game-winner in the 55th minute. T h e 1977 national championship game pitted Hartwick against two-time defending champion San Francisco. The match was scoreless until Hartwick’s Art Napolitano headed in a free kick by Duncan MacDonald in the 48th minute. Steve Long tallied on a breakaway in the 65th minute to give the ’Wick a 2-0 lead. San Francisco’s only goal came with four minutes remaining. The Dons outshot the ’Wick 24-10, but Hartwick goalkeeper Aly Anderson made nine saves to preserve the win. Upon their return to the Hartwick campus, the team was congratulated by an overflow crowd at the Binder Physical Education Center. Hartwick has advanced to the national semifinals on seven occasions. In 1970 (St. Louis) and 1974 (Howard), the ’Wick fell to the eventual national champion. Five of the six semifinal losses were by one goal. Hartwick reached the NCAA Tournament 13 times during the Lennox era, and he guided the program to the semifinal round of the playoffs five times. In addition to 1976 and 1977, Hartwick reached the Final Four in 1980, 1984, and 1985. During the 1984 and 1985 seasons, the ’Wick was Jim Lennox led Hartwick to a 318-163- 43 record from 1976-2002, including the 1977 NCAA Division I title. defeated by a single goal for a berth in the championship game. In the Lennox era, Hartwick was 21-13 in NCAA playoff contests. Seven of the defeats were by one goal and only four losses Hartwick All-American Ian McIntyre ’96, a Jim Lennox disciple, took over contol of his alma mater prior to the 2002 campaign. He has posted a 54-27-14 mark with the Hawks, including leading the program to an NCAA play-off berth in 2005. came in the first round. At the time of his retirement, Lennox was ranked ninth alltime among the winningest NCAA Division I coaches with 318 victories. MAC’S BACK Former Hartwick All-American Ian McIntyre ’96 replaced Lennox after the 2002 season. McIntyre, who became the program’s 25th All-American in 1995, guided the ’Wick to a 15-2-1 record in his first season at the helm. His team followed that performance with a 13-3-3 record in 2004, and in 2005 Hartwick returned to the NCAA Tournament after posting a 13-6-1 record and winning the Atlantic Soccer Conference regular-season and tournament titles, defeating crosstown rival Oneonta State, 2-0, in the ASC Championship match. Hartwick played Seton Hall in the first-round matchup and fell to the Pirates 2-1. MEMBERSHIP TO THE MAC In 2006, Hartwick, which posted an 8-10-2 overall mark, competed in the Atlantic Soccer Conference for the last time. In May of 2007, the Hawks moved to the Mid-American Conference, where it immediately became eligible to compete for the league’s automatic NCAA berth in 2007. Hartwick finished with the third seed in the tournament and defeated Western Michigan on penalty kicks to advance to the MAC semifinals, where it lost a last minute 1-0 decision to Buffalo. LOCATION Hartwick’s soccer team is a key feature of Hartwick College and the City of Oneonta. The ’Wick has established a winning tradition and the team is the focus of local attention during the fall. Oneonta became known as “Soccertown, U.S.A.” after a 1972 NCAA playoff match between Hartwick and Oneonta State was witnessed by more than 8,000 fans. The National Soccer Hall of Fame is also located in Oneonta, largely spurred by the success of Hartwick soccer. James “Bernie” Ross, who captained Hartwick’s inaugural men’s soccer team in 1956, served as the first chairman of the board of the Hall of Fame, which was founded in 1982. 23
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