Union’s Ciresi hired as Hartwick hoops coach
Nick Ciresi was named the new head men’s basketball coach at Hartwick College.
Ciresi becomes the 20th head coach in the program’s 93-year history.
Ciresi has spent the past seven seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater Union College, with the last two spent as associate head coach.
He played on the men’s basketball team at Union from 2005-2009 and was a captain his senior year.
Hockey: Several familiar faces are on the 2021 protected list released by the Adirondack Thunder. The list includes the Thunder’s top three scorers from when they last played in 2019-20 - Matt Salhany (26 goals, 25 assists, 51 points), Mike Szmatula (20-29-49) and John Edwardh (17-26-43). Charlie Curti (11-20-31) is among the defensemen. The goaltender on the Thunder’s list is Alex Sakellaropoulos, a former Union College goalie who played with the Thunder in 2018-19. Other forwards on the team’s protected list are Peter Macarthur, Ryan Smith, Ryan Walker, Nick Hutchison, Alex Carrier, Josh French and Nick Rivera. The defensemen include Alex Jaeckle, Tommy Parren, Steven Ruggiero and Blake Thompson. The protected list is the first step ECHL teams take in putting together their roster for the following season. Players who had signed for 2020-21 with the Thunder remain on their list for next season even if they chose to play for an active club this season. The Thunder, as well as most of the league’s teams in the Northeast, were shut down because of the pandemic.
Cycling: World champion Anna van der Breggen rode away from the rest of the field in the Giro d’italia Donne, winning the first summit finish of the marquee women’s stage race to take the overall lead.
Olympics: Defending champion Brazil named striker Richarlison to its Olympic soccer team. The 24-year-old is currently playing at Copa America with the senior team.