SLU outlasts RIT for tourney crown

ROCHESTER — Abby Stanton tallied 11 points and 11 rebounds as the St. Lawrence University women's basketball team topped Rochester Institute of Technology, 51-46, in the RIT Tournament final Sunday.

Casey Capello scored 15 points, and Iris Santoni added 12 for the Saints (3-0).

Senior Brittany Parham was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, while Capello earned a spot on the all-tournament team.

Sharon Dennis led RIT (2-1) with 10 points, 16 rebounds, and six blocked shots.

JEFFERSON CC 49,

FULTON-MONTGOMERY CC 40

Tara Gervera collected a double-double of 10 points and 16 rebounds as the Cannoneers finished in third place at the Alfred State Tournament with a victory over the Raiders.

Gervera was selected to the all-tournament team. Alicia Uhlein tallied 10 points and seven rebounds for JCC (3-5). Alicia Bradberry and Dana Stenhouse also supplied 10 points apiece. Jenny Jones added seven rebounds and four steals.

Christine Cornell paced Fulton-Montgomery with 11 points.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

JEFFERSON CC 75,

FULTON-MONTGOMERY CC 67

Terence Henderson recorded 23 points, 14 rebounds and three steals as the Cannoneers cruised to a win in the consolation game of the Alfred State Tournament in Alfred.

Henderson's performance earned him a spot on the all-tournament team.

James Biggs supplied 15 rebounds, five steals and four assists for JCC (4-5).

Anthony Harris and Ashton Pascall each had 11 points for Fulton-Montgomery (4-7)

JCC lost Saturday's first round game to Rockland Community College (9-0), the No. 4 ranked team in the country, 89-67.

MENS HOCKEY

SUNY CANTON 8, NORWICH 1

Dan Cibelli scored a pair of goals and Mike Pearman dished out three assists as the Kangaroos crushed the Cadets in the consolation game of the Terry Martin/SUNY Canton Pride's Corner Tournament at the Canton Pavilion.

John Payne, Pat Otwell, Cory Bercume and Eric Cook each supplied a goal and an assist for SUNY Canton (9-8).

Canton native Rob Liggio was named to the all-tournament team.

Stefan Wuorinen stopped 23 shots for Norwich (3-5).

John Carroll University, which beat SUNY Canton in overtime in the first round, defeated Cornell in the championship game.

WRESTLING

LISTER WINS TITLE AT CORNELL

Justin Lister, a former South Jefferson wrestler and current sophomore at Binghamton University, won the 157-pound title at the Cornell Body Bar Invitational this weekend.

Lister defeated the No. 1 seed Mallie Schuster of Kent State, 7-0, and pinned Drexel's Joe Booth in 2 minutes on Saturday. On Sunday, Lister beat Michigan State's Anthony Jones, 3-2, and pinned Davidson's Joe McGinley in 1 minute, 36 seconds.

Lister is the regular 157-pound starter for Binghamton and has a 10-1 record to start this season.