Ithaca College Athletics

Enfield, Conn.  -- Phil Langan, who spent six years as sports information director at Ithaca, passed away Monday.

Langan worked as Ithaca's sports information director from 1966 to 1973. He was the first person inducted into Ithaca's Hall of Fame who was not an athlete or a coach; Langan was the Hall of Fame's only inductee in 1974. During his tenure at Ithaca, Langan won 15 awards for his publications earning top honors for his baseball, basketball, football and soccer brochures.

He went on to serve as SID at Princeton, Cornell and Brown and was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) Veterans Hall of Fame at last summer's CoSIDA workshop. He was part of the inaugural class of inductees.

Obituary

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Visiting Oneonta (3-0) scored the game-winning basket with just four seconds left in regulation to beat Ithaca (2-2) Tuesday. The Bombers host Cortland next Tuesday at 8 p.m.
 
Box score

- The Ithaca women's basketball team (3-2) never trailed in the second half and went on to a 66-50 win over Oneonta (0-3) Tuesday night at Ben Light Gymnasium. Junior guard Jordan Confessore

recorded her second double-double in three games to lead the Bombers.

ITHACA, N.Y. - Junior Sheila Rhoades (Dryden/Dryden) of the Ithaca women's swimming & diving team was named Empire 8 Women's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week for the week endingNov. 22.

ITHACA, N.Y.--Sophomore Jordan Marcus (Solomon Schecter/West Orange, N.J.) and freshman Sean Rossi (Sparta/Sparta, N.J.) of the men's basketball team were honored by the Empire 8 Monday. They were named conference Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively. The duo helped the Bombers to a 2-1 record in their first week of competition this season.