This is Hartwick College
This is Hartwick College
This is Hartwick College
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2 0 0 8 H A R T W I C K S O C C E R<br />
52 Years Y<br />
and Kicking<br />
Steve Long’s goal in the 65th minute sealed the<br />
deal for <strong>Hartwick</strong> in the 1977 NCAA Div<strong>is</strong>ion I<br />
title finale against San Franc<strong>is</strong>co.<br />
American and<br />
Hermann Trophy<br />
winner Billy<br />
Gazonas scored<br />
the game-winner<br />
in the 55th<br />
minute.<br />
T h e<br />
1977 national<br />
championship<br />
game pitted<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> against<br />
two-time defending<br />
champion San<br />
Franc<strong>is</strong>co. The<br />
match was scoreless<br />
until<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong>’s Art<br />
Napolitano<br />
headed in a free<br />
kick by Duncan<br />
MacDonald in the<br />
48th minute.<br />
Steve<br />
Long tallied on a<br />
breakaway in the<br />
65th minute to<br />
give the ’Wick a<br />
2-0 lead. San<br />
Franc<strong>is</strong>co’s only<br />
goal came with<br />
four minutes remaining.<br />
The Dons outshot the ’Wick 24-10, but <strong>Hartwick</strong> goalkeeper<br />
Aly Anderson made nine saves to preserve the win.<br />
Upon their return to the <strong>Hartwick</strong> campus, the team was congratulated<br />
by an overflow crowd at the Binder Physical Education<br />
Center.<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> has advanced<br />
to the national<br />
semifinals on seven occasions.<br />
In 1970 (St.<br />
Lou<strong>is</strong>) and 1974<br />
(Howard), the ’Wick<br />
fell to the eventual national<br />
champion. Five of<br />
the six semifinal losses<br />
were by one goal.<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> reached<br />
the NCAA Tournament<br />
13 times during the<br />
Lennox era, and he<br />
guided the program to<br />
the semifinal round of<br />
the playoffs five times.<br />
In addition to 1976 and<br />
1977, <strong>Hartwick</strong> reached<br />
the Final Four in 1980,<br />
1984, and 1985. During<br />
the 1984 and 1985 seasons,<br />
the ’Wick was<br />
Jim Lennox led <strong>Hartwick</strong> to a 318-163-<br />
43 record from 1976-2002, including<br />
the 1977 NCAA Div<strong>is</strong>ion I title.<br />
defeated by a single goal for a berth in the championship game.<br />
In the Lennox era, <strong>Hartwick</strong> was 21-13 in NCAA playoff contests.<br />
Seven of the defeats were by one goal and only four losses<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> All-American Ian McIntyre ’96, a Jim Lennox d<strong>is</strong>ciple,<br />
took over contol of h<strong>is</strong> alma mater prior to the 2002 campaign.<br />
He has posted a 54-27-14 mark with the Hawks, including leading<br />
the program to an NCAA play-off berth in 2005.<br />
came in the first round.<br />
At the time of h<strong>is</strong> retirement, Lennox was ranked ninth alltime<br />
among the winningest NCAA Div<strong>is</strong>ion I coaches with 318<br />
victories.<br />
MAC’S BACK<br />
Former <strong>Hartwick</strong> All-American Ian McIntyre ’96 replaced<br />
Lennox after the 2002 season. McIntyre, who became the program’s<br />
25th All-American in 1995, guided the ’Wick to a 15-2-1 record in<br />
h<strong>is</strong> first season at the helm. H<strong>is</strong> team followed that performance<br />
with a 13-3-3 record in 2004, and in 2005 <strong>Hartwick</strong> returned to the<br />
NCAA Tournament after posting a 13-6-1 record and winning the<br />
Atlantic Soccer Conference regular-season and tournament titles,<br />
defeating crosstown rival Oneonta State, 2-0, in the ASC Championship<br />
match. <strong>Hartwick</strong> played Seton Hall in the first-round matchup<br />
and fell to the Pirates 2-1.<br />
MEMBERSHIP TO THE MAC<br />
In 2006, <strong>Hartwick</strong>, which posted an 8-10-2 overall mark, competed<br />
in the Atlantic Soccer Conference for the last time. In May of<br />
2007, the Hawks moved to the Mid-American Conference, where<br />
it immediately became eligible to compete for the league’s automatic<br />
NCAA berth in 2007. <strong>Hartwick</strong> fin<strong>is</strong>hed with the third seed<br />
in the tournament and defeated Western Michigan on penalty kicks<br />
to advance to the MAC semifinals, where it lost a last minute 1-0<br />
dec<strong>is</strong>ion to Buffalo.<br />
LOCATION<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong>’s soccer team <strong>is</strong> a key feature of <strong>Hartwick</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
and the City of Oneonta.<br />
The ’Wick has establ<strong>is</strong>hed a winning tradition and the team <strong>is</strong><br />
the focus of local attention during the fall. Oneonta became known<br />
as “Soccertown, U.S.A.” after a 1972 NCAA playoff match between<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> and Oneonta State was witnessed by more than 8,000<br />
fans.<br />
The National Soccer Hall of Fame <strong>is</strong> also located in Oneonta,<br />
largely spurred by the success of <strong>Hartwick</strong> soccer. James “Bernie”<br />
Ross, who captained <strong>Hartwick</strong>’s inaugural men’s soccer team in<br />
1956, served as the first chairman of the board of the Hall of Fame,<br />
which was founded in 1982.<br />
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