The 2010-11 BG sports is shaping up to be a good one. Below is a slideshow. As with any sport, there is always returning impact players to watch out for, and this year is no exception. Willie Geter, Tracy Pontius, Scott Thomas, Paige Berger, Matthew Pitzulo, Lauren Prochaska, Ben Bojicic, David Solway, Jon Berti and Jordan Samuels-Thomas all had great seasons last year in their respective sports. Look for each of them to have another great season this year as they are the top BG athletes to keep an eye on.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Martin introduced as new BG swim coach
BG Director of Athletics Greg Christopher announced last week that Petra Martin will be the new head coach of the BG swimming team.
Martin becomes the seventh coach in program history after Keri Buff stepped down from the same position in mid-August.
Martin comes to BG with a lot of experience as both a swimmer and coach, spending eight years competing on the Czech National Swim Team and four years as a collegiate assistant coach.
Most recently, she spent three seasons as an assistant coach at George Mason University. While at George Mason, the 32-year old coached several World Championship trials qualifiers and worked directly with swimmers who finished as high as second at the NCAA National Championships.
Prior to George Mason, Martin was the assistant swimming coach at the University of Maryland from 2003-04, after graduating from the University in 2003.
Martin's all-around experience as a swimmer and a coach will be very beneficial for the Falcons as they have struggled in years past.
Martin's time spent as a coach and as a swimmer on competitive teams will have a positive impact on a team that is looking to put its one-win season a year ago behind it.
And despite BG losing its lone senior, Meg Richardson, who was named to the 2010 All Mid-American Conference First Team, the Falcons have a talented core of swimmers - including junior Vicky Yu.
Martin will make her debut as coach of the Falcons Oct. 30, when BG opens the season at home against Akron.
Martin becomes the seventh coach in program history after Keri Buff stepped down from the same position in mid-August.Martin comes to BG with a lot of experience as both a swimmer and coach, spending eight years competing on the Czech National Swim Team and four years as a collegiate assistant coach.
Most recently, she spent three seasons as an assistant coach at George Mason University. While at George Mason, the 32-year old coached several World Championship trials qualifiers and worked directly with swimmers who finished as high as second at the NCAA National Championships.
Prior to George Mason, Martin was the assistant swimming coach at the University of Maryland from 2003-04, after graduating from the University in 2003.
Martin's all-around experience as a swimmer and a coach will be very beneficial for the Falcons as they have struggled in years past.
Martin's time spent as a coach and as a swimmer on competitive teams will have a positive impact on a team that is looking to put its one-win season a year ago behind it.
And despite BG losing its lone senior, Meg Richardson, who was named to the 2010 All Mid-American Conference First Team, the Falcons have a talented core of swimmers - including junior Vicky Yu.
Martin will make her debut as coach of the Falcons Oct. 30, when BG opens the season at home against Akron.
Homecoming
Last week I got to cover my first, and last homecoming football game at BG. But it was anything but a homecoming for the Falcons.
Playing just their second game at home in five games, the Falcons lost 28-26, and in the process, got beat in almost every aspect of the game.
The game came down to the right foot of BG kicker Bryan Wright, who missed the game-winning field goal from 40 yards out.
Aside special teams, which missed an extra point, booted a kickoff out of bounds, averaged just 38 yards on eight punts and missed the game-winner, the offense was just as bad.
Yes, BG doesn't have the likes of quarterback Tyler Sheehan and wide receiver Freddie Barnes to rely on anymore, but it's sad that it just goes to show how important those two were to the Falcon offense last season.
Against Buffalo Saturday, BG could only muster 176 offensive yards. What? Really? For and offense that entered the game averaging 327 yards of total offense, Saturday's performance against the Bulls was pitiful.
Let's be real, nine rushing yards and 10 first downs for the game; when have you seen that?
Despite having a chance to win the game at the end, the score is misleading, plain and simple. BG got handled pretty well in front of its home crowd, a crowd packed full of alumni who came back on homecoming to see its football team.
The Falcons need their quarterback back. Not Sheehan, although that would be nice, but redshirt freshman Matt Schilz.
Backup quarterback Aaron Pankratz completed a measly 12 passes out of the 37 attempts he threw. He was intercepted three times.
Pankratz has been picked off four times in the last two games and has shown he can't put the ball on the money.
Below is a link to a story I wrote following the Buffalo game.
BG vs. Buffalo recap
Playing just their second game at home in five games, the Falcons lost 28-26, and in the process, got beat in almost every aspect of the game.
The game came down to the right foot of BG kicker Bryan Wright, who missed the game-winning field goal from 40 yards out.
Aside special teams, which missed an extra point, booted a kickoff out of bounds, averaged just 38 yards on eight punts and missed the game-winner, the offense was just as bad.
Yes, BG doesn't have the likes of quarterback Tyler Sheehan and wide receiver Freddie Barnes to rely on anymore, but it's sad that it just goes to show how important those two were to the Falcon offense last season.
Against Buffalo Saturday, BG could only muster 176 offensive yards. What? Really? For and offense that entered the game averaging 327 yards of total offense, Saturday's performance against the Bulls was pitiful.
Let's be real, nine rushing yards and 10 first downs for the game; when have you seen that?
Despite having a chance to win the game at the end, the score is misleading, plain and simple. BG got handled pretty well in front of its home crowd, a crowd packed full of alumni who came back on homecoming to see its football team.
The Falcons need their quarterback back. Not Sheehan, although that would be nice, but redshirt freshman Matt Schilz.
Backup quarterback Aaron Pankratz completed a measly 12 passes out of the 37 attempts he threw. He was intercepted three times.
Pankratz has been picked off four times in the last two games and has shown he can't put the ball on the money.
Below is a link to a story I wrote following the Buffalo game.
BG vs. Buffalo recap
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