Photos from Cumby game

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Touchdown or Blocked Punt?

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It’s fall. Football season is here. But if you want to watch a collegiate game in Atlantic County, you’re out of luck. Atlantic Cape Community College (ACCC) doesn’t have a school team to root for.

The closest community college to ACCC with a football program is Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY. That football team goes back to 1968 and is one of the largest athletic programs in the Northeast, said Michael Pelliccia, director of athletics at Nassau Community College.

“Colleges today use athletics to increase their enrollments without additional costs to the college per se,” Pellicia said “Most colleges support their programs through a faculty student association, and student fees.”

Should ACCC have a football program? According to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), not one community college in New Jersey has a football program. Only four schools in neighboring states have one, including Garden City. The others are in Scranton, PA, Brooklyn, NY, and New York City.

Would a football program benefit ACCC? Cameron Hunter, a marketing major, is all for it. “It would bring more students to the college and help a lot of troubled athletes become professionals.”

Although a football program may be popular among students, funding is a concern. “Money is one issue why we do not have football,” said Michael Rennick, athletics director at ACCC, “very few 2-years colleges in the East have football as most of the high school players go to 4-years colleges.” Running a college football program can run up to $1 million per year, whereas other athletic teams cost between $25,000 and $50,000.

“Football is a very expensive sport to maintain. To start a program from ‘scratch’ is prohibitive.”

North Iowa Area Community College cut its football program last year because of money. “Starting a football team is not easy and it also is not easy to maintain one,” Mark Krug, assistant executive director at NJCAA said. “The equipment, facilities travel, and the fact that you need around 60 to 100 players to adequately compete the price tag quickly goes north.”

According to NJCAA, in order to have a football program, a college that is already a member of the association has to fill out the proper paperwork and pay a $10 sports fee. But it isn’t as simple as that, Krug said.

Harford sweeps doubleheader from Bucs

Harford Community College visited the fabled Jonathan Pitney Arena on Saturday and left with a doubleheader sweep of both the men's and women's games. The Harford women won 58-48. Tiff Smith scored 19 for Harford, while Shelia Cruz had 17 points and 8 rebounds for the Bucs. Harford's men defeated the Bucs 88-66. Lionel Perkins had 25 points for Harford. Ronnie Gillespie had 14 for Atlantic Cape. Rashawn Parks and Andrew Matthews each had 13 points.

Full box score here http://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/article_15dccce5-b2e5-55ec-b91c-c618283412b2.html

More pictures here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_rennick/sets/72157625275534515/

Volleyball Finishes as Region 19 Runner-Up

Atlantic Cape's volleyball team finished the season as the Region 19 runner-up at region tournament played at Bergen Community College on Saturday. Playing as the third seed, the Buccaneers advanced to the final game by defeating Northampton. The Bucs' Ashley Gonza'lez (pictured above) was named to the All Tournament Team.

Union defeats Bucs 5-0

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Bucs' Women Among National Leaders in Volleyball

Several Bucs' volleyball players are among the national leaders in Kills, Blocks, Assists, and Hitting Efficiency. Marissa Kozlowski leads the nation in Hitting Efficiency (76%), with Anouka Gedoeon 3rd (68%) and Ashley Gonza'lez 4th (68%). Kozlowski is also 16th nationally in Blocks Per Set and 5th nationally in Kills per Set. Ashely Delon is 40th nationally in Assists Per Set. The Bucs are now 4-1 and in second place in Region 19.

Gloucester 5, Atlantic Cape 4 OT

Gloucester CC beat the Bucs 5-4 in overtime yesterday. Photos are here.

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RV 2 Atlantic Cape 0

The Bucs lost to Raritan Valley 2-0.

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Soccer Photos

Since I can't get my flickr photostream to show up on this page, here's the link to the photos from the Salem game.

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Bucs Soccer

After beating Salem on Friday, the Bucs are off to #13 Ocean CC this Thursday. Ocean CC is one of four New Jersey colleges in the NJCAA Top 15. Coach Les hopes that a nicer field will suit the team's attacking style. Lots of nice passes failed to connect on Friday, with the timing off just a bit. Salem's keeper did a nice job and disrupted a lot of through balls.

Fall Soccer Preview

Outlook: With only 5 players returning from last season’s 0-13 team, the Bucs’ goal is to make the Region 19 playoffs. Les Lunsford is the new Head Coach.

New faces: Cape-Atlantic League All-stars D-John Petridis (Holy Spirit), F-Austin Lemma (Mainland), Scott Johnson (Wildwood) join the squad along with M-Luis Maldonado (Hammonton), F-Alex St John (Ocean City), GK-Giovanni Paz (Oakcrest), D-Aaron Cowan (Wildwood Catholic).

Returning players: M-Luis Gomez (Pleasantville), D-Gianni Guadino, GK-John Benigno

Key losses: Last year’s MVP Ben Gery has transferred to Stockton, and top scorer Mike Hickman transferred to Florida Southern.

Schedule: The Bucs will play four teams in the NJCAA Preseason Top 15, including defending National Champion Union County College. Other top 15 schools are Ocean CC, Brookdale and the County College of Morris. (see poll at www.njcaa.org)

Atlantic Cape’s final roster will be released later today.

NJCAA | Sports | Men's Soccer | polls

NJCAA | Sports | Men's Soccer | polls

Atlantic Cape set to play four teams in the top 15 in men's soccer.

Volleyball Starts August 16th

Women's Volleyball practice begins this Monday, August 16th, 1 PM in the Mays Landing Gymnasium (E Building). Bring your completed paperwork with you. Interested players contact Mike Rennick 609-343-5043 or stop by my office in E Building.

2009-10 NJCAA Academic Awards Announced - NJCAA | News | National

2009-10 NJCAA Academic Awards Announced - NJCAA | News | National

Atlantic Cape softball and basketball star Justina Mishkovsky was named as an NJCAA Academic All American.

Atlantic Cape Community College hires basketball, baseball coaches - pressofAtlanticCity.com

Atlantic Cape Community College hires basketball, baseball coaches - pressofAtlanticCity.com

From the Press of Atlantic City, Saturday June 26th, 2010.

Soccer Schedule Released

The Region 19 soccer scheduled for Atlantic Cape has been finalized. The Bucs will play no less than four teams that made last year's NJCAA Top 15. And we will host NJCAA National Champs Union County College on October 16th. The Bucs will also play Brookdale, Ocean and Morris from last year's national rankings. The full 2011 schedule is here.

Will Wareham Named New Men's Basketball Coach

Atlantic Cape has hired Villas resident Will Wareham as new Head Coach of Men's Basketball. Will joins the Bucs from the staff of Cape May Tech. Will replaces Harold Warner, who coached the Bucs for the 2009-10 season. Leroy Rose will be back as Wareham's assistant.

Tyler Morganweck, Andre Morton, Chris Tran, and Dan Spadaro are expected to return from last year's team. Bill Dugan will join the team as well.

Velardi Named New Head Baseball Coach

Rodney Velardi was named the new Head Coach of Baseball at Atlantic Cape. The Bucs will join Region 19 for the Spring 2011 season. The team will also played a fall schedule beginning this fall.

More Awards For Justina M.

ACCC's (oops), Atlantic Cape's Justina Mishkovsky was named as the NJCAA Student-Athlete Award for the Week of May 5th, 2010. Justina was honored for her athletic, academic and community excellence. In January, she was honored by the Council of Women in Sports as a Women of the Year. And in April, she was named to the Garden State Athletic Conference's All League, 2nd Team for softball.

Read more here.

Softball Field Nearly Complete

The softball field on the Mays Landing campus recently received a new infield to go along with the dugouts that were renovated in March. Fencing is scheduled to be completed in May.

The top photo is the new infield, and the bottom photo is the "before" picture.

Atlantic Cape Athletic Award Banquet 2010

Atlantic Cape Athletic Award Banquet 2010, originally uploaded by atlanticcape.

The ACCC athletic awards banquet was held on April 23rd, 2010 at the Mays Landing Country Club.

UMass In The House

The UMass Minutemen, fresh from their A-10 upsets, prepped for their game versus Richmond in the A-10 tourney, practiced at the Pitney Gym on Thursday and Friday. The UMass coaching staff were unanimous in their praise for the facility and the hospitality provided by ACCC staff.

All Region Teams Announced

Atlantic Cape's Kevin Davis and Tomisha Smith made all GSAC teams in results announced yesterday. The results are:

First Team
Roger Loatman Cumberland
Wil Flenory Passaic
Elgin Brown Bergen
David West Bergen
Billy McDonough Brookdale
Kevin Davis Atlantic Cape

Tomisha Smith made 3rd-team all GSAC.

Fitness Center Equipment Arrives

The equipment for Atlantic Cape's new fitness center has arrived. Details on hours of operation will be forthcoming.

Coach Les

Here's ACCC's Coach Les Lunsford on YouTube.

ACCC's Kevin Davis Named Player of the Week

National scoring leader Kevin Davis was just named NJCAA D3 Player of The Week. Davis scored 55 as the Bucs opened the newly renovated gym in style on Saturday.

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