SUNY Chancellor King Celebrates Spring Sports with Visit to Cortland vs Potsdam Lacrosse Game
March 26, 2026
Invites New Yorkers to Attend Athletic Competitions on SUNY Campuses Across New York State
Cortland, NY — State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today highlighted the numerous opportunities to watch SUNY's athletic teams compete in games across New York State. Last evening, Chancellor King attended the women's lacrosse game between SUNY Cortland and SUNY Potsdam. At the game everyone from fans to friends and family came out to cheer on the two teams.
SUNY offers athletic opportunities for students at all levels of competition from intramural and club sports to nationally ranked National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), or United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) sports teams. With this, SUNY ensures that students and community members have access to high-quality and engaging competitions.
"SUNY has exciting sporting events happening all over New York State," said SUNY Chancellor King. "Our passionate and hardworking student-athletes demonstrate excellence on and off the field whether it is at a lacrosse game, basketball court, or even the Olympics. We are proud to not only offer exceptional academic opportunities, but also athletic programs that help young athletes excel; all while creating a vibrant community that cheers them on."
The SUNY Board of Trustees said, "SUNY is proud to create an environment where student athletes can enjoy friendly competition between campuses while celebrating the talent of our student athletes across the state. SUNY is proud to celebrate both SUNY Cortland and Potsdam's women's lacrosse teams last night as they showed their athletic talents and team spirits."
SUNY has over 85 NCAA Division I, 290 NCAA Division III, and 385 NJCAA athletic teams, and hundreds of non-competitive athletic clubs. SUNY also has one of the oldest small college athletic conferences in the United States, the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC), consisting of 10 full members and 10 associate members competing in the conference. In January, Chancellor King attended a men's basketball game between the State University of New York at Albany and State University of New York at Binghamton as part of his ongoing efforts to celebrate and highlight SUNY sports programs around the state. Additionally, Chancellor King and the SUNY System cheered SUNY athletes who competed in the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralymics including Katie Kranze Million, SUNY Oswego '91; Nick Jensen, SUNY Plattsburgh '14; and Kelsey O'Driscoll, SUNY Adirondack '19.
To learn more about SUNY athletics and find a sporting event near you, visit: https://www.suny.edu/attend/athletics/.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state's only college of optometry, 12 Educational Opportunity Centers, over 30 ATTAIN digital literacy labs, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.7 million students across its portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2025, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and annually one in three New Yorkers who earn a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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