Canton, NY – A season where Sierra Pabo eclipsed 1000 points, where Kat McRobbie-Taru set the single season record in blocked shots, and where the Roos had the most conference wins in D-III history has come to an end in the SUNYAC First Round in front of a crowd of over 500 against the Oneonta Red Dragons as the Roos fell 67-55 Tuesday night.

THE BASICS

• Result: Oneonta 67, SUNY Canton 55
• Location: Stan Cohen Court – Canton, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (19-7, 12-6 SUNYAC) | Oneonta (15-11, 9-9 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• McRobbie-Taru opened the scoring with a layup 14 seconds in, but then Lidia Boucher, who was injured in the last matchup between these two teams, had the first six Oneonta points. Two more unanswered buckets by the Red Dragons put them ahead 11-4 around four minutes in.
• Following this, Kate Grainger and Hope Aniceto had threes, then immediately it was followed by a layup by McRobbie-Taru as the Roos regained the lead 14-13 with 2:20 left to play in the first quarter.
• Marijke Kroon knocked down a pair from the free throw line late in the opening period, and the Roos trailed 17-16 after 10 minutes.
• The second quarter remained within five points for the entire time, but SUNY Canton never grasped a lead. With two minutes remaining, Emma Perez put one in around the hoop, but the Roos trailed 35-30 at the break with McRobbie-Taru scoring eight in the first half.
• Both sides matched each other in the beginning of the third quarter, but SUNY Canton ran into trouble after a 7-0 run by the visiting side put Oneonta in front 46-36 around five minutes into the second half.
• The Roos did a bit of damage to chip into the lead, and after a free throw by Alyvia Roberts, SUNY Canton trailed 47-41 heading into the final quarter.
• At the start of fourth quarter, the Red Dragons responded with threes every time the Roos scored. The deficit was never below two possessions for SUNY Canton, and after a 9-2 run from Oneonta, the score was at 62-49 with 4:41 left to play.
• In the closing minutes, the Roos had some scoring difficulties, even with Oneonta cooling off a bit late as well. Grainger scored the last bucket of the 2025-26 season, a put-back layup with 2:02 left in the fourth quarter, as the Roos fell 67-55 in the SUNYAC First Round to conclude their spectacular season.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• McRobbie-Taru finished her season with a 19-point eight-rebound performance to pace the Roos in each category.Pabo had 13 points, three assists, and three steals.
• Boucher and Carlie Young scored 18 points for Oneonta and Addy Eckert had 13.
• Shooting was the key to victory for the Red Dragons, making 44% (25-57) of their shots while holding the Roos to 33% (23-69). SUNY Canton struggled from the arc, connecting on only three shots from three on 19 attempts while Oneonta was 6-for-13.
• Kroon ends her career with 87 games played, joining a list of only nine players to eclipse 80 career games since SUNY Canton became a full-time D-III member.
• Perez wraps up her four-year career with the Roos with the second most games played in the D-III era with 105, only behind Aniceto and dished out 184 assists (6^th-all time), and has a career field goal percentage of 39% (9^th-all time).
• No other player in the last ten seasons has scored more efficiently than Jayda Pina with the senior finishing her career with the highest field goal percentage of 48.5% (minimum 300 attempts), over five percentage points higher than the second-highest. Pina is also currently third all-time in blocks with 46.
• Aniceto finished her career with an eight-point performance against the Red Dragons, also scoring her 400^th field goal in the loss. The Naperville, Illinois native leaves quite a legacy at SUNY Canton, leading D-III era players in points (1268), three-pointers made (291), three-point field goal percentage (33.4%), and 106 games played, starting in all 106.

 
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
This concludes the 2025-26 season.
   

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