Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill women's basketball team opened their season on Saturday afternoon at the Iorio Gymnasium in impressive fashion defeating the visiting Saxons of Alfred University by a 70-63 margin. With the win the Fighting Tigers open the year 1-0 overall while the Saxons open with a 0-1 mark.

A stingy Fighting Tiger defense played havoc with the Saxon offensive efforts holding the visitors to only 21-for-73, 28.8%, from the field including only 6-for-28, 21.4%, from three-point range while forcing the Empire 8 conference member program into 23 turnovers on the afternoon.

Junior guard Nylasia Sutton, Queens, N.Y., Lansingburgh High School/Herkimer Community College, led a balanced Cobleskill attack with 19 points to go with three rebounds and two assists while freshman forward Jordan Finch, East Meredith, N.Y., South Kortright High School, posted a double/double in her first collegiate start with 12 points and 12 rebounds along with five blocked shots.

The Fighting Tigers also received strong outings from: senior Liyah Graham, Bronx, N.Y., Martin Luther King Jr. High School, with 12 points and four rebounds, freshman forward Anna Post, Bovina Center, N.Y., Delaware Academy, with 11 points and five rebounds, freshman guard/forward Megan Hughes, Warrensburg, N.Y., Warrensburg High School, with eight points and nine rebounds and from senior guard Erica Cabrera, Middletown, N.Y., Burke Catholic High School, with 11 rebounds, three points, six assists and four steals.
 
Cobleskill will next be in action on Wednesday November 13^th when they travel to North Adams, Mass. for a non-league meeting with the Trailblazers of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) beginning at 6:00 p.m.