Iona Bests CCSU in a 7-3 Victory

On Sunday, March 4, the Iona Gaels took on the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils on Mazzella Field at 1 p.m. The Gaels emerged with the victory, pushing their record 3-2 (the best start in the school's history).
Junior attacker Kylie Gregory led the Gaels, netting three goals and adding on two assists. Sophomore midfielder Nina Veneziale and sophomore attacker Brenna Lade each scored two goals. Iona outshot the Blue Devils 28-13 in yesterday's game.
Sophomore goalie Maria Ortiz, this being her first full game back since being sick, made seven saves for the Gaels. When asked what it felt like to be back, all the sophomore could say was, "amazing."
The Gaels will travel down to Mount St. Mary’s next Saturday for a 4 p.m. start.

Iona Falls 10-7 to LaSalle but Makes It Up Against L.I.U. 17-7

On Saturday, the Iona College Gaels fell to the LaSalle Explorers 10-7. Sophomore attacker, Brenna Lade led the Gaels with three goals on the afternoon. Coming in next with two goals was junior attacker Kylie Gregory while Senior attacker Emily Taddei and sophomore midfielder Nina Veneziale scored one a piece.

Junior Nancy Ibrahim made 13 saves in the loss.
On Wednesday, The Gaels took on Long Island University at 3 p.m. on Mazzella Field. In the pouring rain, Iona surpassed L.I.U. 17-7.
Sophomore midfielder Nina Veneziale led the Gaels on the day with six points (3 goals; 3 assists). Junior attacker Kylie Gregory followed with five points (4 goals; 2 assist). Senior midfielder Casey Scully had three goals while fellow senior attacker Emily Taddei and sophomore attacker Brenna Lade added another two each. Junior attacker Brittney Mabus, sophomore attacker Nicole Brancaccio and freshman midfielder Meghan Testoni scored one goal a piece.
Right before the half, L.I.U. (0-2) almost caught up, the score being 6-5, but Iona (2-2) took control of the game once again in the second half, only allowing two goals.
Iona outshot Long Island 35-17.
Junior goalie Nancy Ibrahim made three saves while sophomore goalie Maria Ortiz (this was her first game back after having mono) made four saves.
This Saturday, Iona will once again be on Mazzella field hosting Central Connecticut State at 1 p.m.

Home and Five-Overtimes Later...

On February 22 at 3:30 p.m. on Mazzella field, the Iona Women's Lacrosse team took on the Sacred Heart Pioneers in a game for the history books. In a surprising 5OT game, the gaels took the win 11-10.
Senior captain and midfielder, Casey Scully scored with 2:04 left in the 5th overtime.
Scully led Iona with three goals while junior attacker Brittney Mabus and sophomore attacker Brenna Lade tied each other with three points a piece (1 goal, 2 assists). Sophomore midfielder Nina Veneziale scored twice. Freshman midfielder Meghan Testoni had a goal and an assist. Senior attacker Emily Taddei scored twice after having to of her goals taken away.
Iona took the lead early on 3-0, utilizing the free position to score two of their three goals. Sacred Heart came back with four goals before junior attacker Kylie Gregory tied the game with 1:33 remaining in the first half. The pioneers didn't like that and scored once more, leading 5-4 at the half.
To open the second half, Testoni got another free position goal to tie the game at 5-5. Sacred Heart soon got a two goal lead to push them once into the lead. Iona countered with three goals to take the reigns but Sacred Heart scored with 4:20 remaining in the half.
In the first overtime, Scully scored with just three seconds left but because the first overtime isn't sudden death, Sacred Heart countered with another goal to once again tie up the game. The gaels pretty much held the ball from that point on and on a beautiful feed from Mabus, Scully found the back of the net with 2:04 left in sudden death. "I just didn't see us losing," said Freshman defender Bernadette Gennaro.

Junior goalie, Nancy Ibrahim made seven saves in her first debut for the Gaels. 

Iona will once again be home on Mazzella Field Saturday, February 25, to take on the LaSalle Explorers.

IWL Season Opener

From Left to Right:
Senior Attacker, Emily Taddei (6)
Senior Midfielder, Casey Scully (10)
Sophomore Attacker, Brenna Lade (13)
Junior Attacker, Kylie Gregory (15)
Sophomore Midfielder, Nina Veneziale (16)
Senior Defender, Kelsey Sickles (22)

In the season opener this past Saturday, February 18, the Iona College Gaels took on the University of Connecticut Huskies. The Huskies ended up on top, leading the Gaels 10-7. 

Junior Attacker, Kylie Gregory led the Gaels with 5 points for the afternoon (2 goals, 3 assists). Other contributors included Senior Midfielder Casey Scully (two goals, 1 assist), Sophomore Midfielder Nina Veneziale (2 goals), Freshman Midfielder Meghan Testoni (1 goal), Junior Attacker Brittney Mabus ( 1 assist) and Sophomore Attacker Brenna Lade (1 assist). Starting in goal was Freshman Blaire Nathanson, having six saves (three for each half).
The Gaels started off slow in the first half, trailing early and down by four at the half (6-2). In the second half, the Gaels picked up their momentum. By the game's end, the Gaels ended up outshooting the huskies 26-23 and beating them on ground-balls 10-5.
Despite the Huskies' win, Head Coach Michelle Mason, couldn't have been more proud. "You know, it's just our first game. We had to get some jitters out and when we did, we looked awesome. in the second half, we beat UConn and now we just have to work on coming out strong in the first half."
The Gaels will take on Sacred Heart this Wednesday, February 22 at 3 p.m. on Mazzella Field for a Northeast Conference game.

Top Best and Worst 2012 SuperBowl Commercials

Every year, during the SuperBowl, there are three things that everyone looks forward to. The first, and most obvious, is football. The second: the half time show and the third: the commercials.

Companies use the SuperBowl as a liftoff for their new ideas, to get their ideas on the map, and to reinforce former ideas. Take GoDaddy for example. I had no idea who or what they were until I saw one of their commercials about four SuperBowls ago.
Some say that the commercials each year get worse and worse so I've taken the liberty to list, in my opinion, the best and the worst commercials for SuperBowl 46.

The Best:
m&m: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33drZUXSzY
Oikos yogurt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y59VUQxX3Dk
Bud Light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT7o590nE6k


The Worst:
Honda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhkDdayA4iA
Volkswagen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-9EYFJ4Clo
GoDaddy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phF1ibedivw

2012 Captains Named

This past fall, head coach Michelle Mason named Seniors Casey Scully, Kelsey Sickles, and Amber Zimmerlink to be the 2012 Spring Captains.

Senior midfielder, Casey Scully (#10)
http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=64224&SPID=7080&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=1593101&Q_SEASON=2011

Senior Defender, Kelsey Sickles (#22)
http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=64224&SPID=7080&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=1593792&Q_SEASON=2011

Senior Defender, Amber Zimmerlink (#25)
http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=64224&SPID=7080&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=1593788&Q_SEASON=2011

The two defenders (Zimmerlink and Sickles) and the midfielder (Scully) were picked by their teammates because they were the ones who best displayed what it meant to be a hard-working student-athlete. Coach Mason added to the number of compliments by agreeing that, "Amber, Scully, and Sickles are a major factor as to why the gaels have made such strides over the past 3 years and their experiences for what lies ahead for this program will be the driving force that carries us to a successful future."

All three girls come back after being starters last year (while Sickles and Scully add another year of captainship under their belts).

With their leadership, the Gaels will take on the Uconn Huskies February 18 at 1 p.m. at Uconn. The lady gaels are getting ready to go, already tweeting their little hearts out. Freshman Midfielder, Meghan Testoni, recently tweeted "uconn in a few weeks! Get some gaels!!!!!!!!#leeego"