Battle of Brooklyn (college rivalry)

Battle of Brooklyn

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers

LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds

Sport

Basketball

First meeting

February 25, 1976
St. Francis 83, Long Island 79

Latest meeting

January 23, 2016
St. Francis 64, Long Island 49

Next meeting

TBD

Trophy

Lai-Lynch MVP Trophy

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Long Island leads, 23–18

Largest victory

Long Island 105–77 (February 16, 1996)

Longest streak

St. Francis, 5 (1999–2003)

Current streak

St. Francis, 2 (2015–present)

The Battle of Brooklyn rivalry refers to the rivalry between the Long Island University Blackbirds and St. Francis College Terriers. The Battle of Brooklyn is a fierce rivalry, particularly in men's college basketball, between the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers athletic teams. The intensity of the rivalry is augmented by the proximity of the two universities, located only one mile apart in Downtown Brooklyn. The name of the rivalry is in reference to the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Brooklyn.^[1]

Men's basketball

The Battle of Brooklyn started as an annual basketball game played between the basketball programs of Long Island University Brooklyn and St. Francis College.^[2] The rivalry between the Terriers and the Blackbirds dates back to the 1928 season, when they first played one another, but the tradition began in the 1975–76 season predating when both teams joined the Northeast Conference in the 1981-82 season. At the conclusion of each game an MVP is announced and the winning team receives the Lai-Lynch Trophy, which honors William Lai and Daniel Lynch, the former Athletic Directors of Long Island and St. Francis, respectively.^[3] ^[1]

Both the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers and the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds compete in the Division I Northeast Conference. Although the two schools regularly play twice each regular season, only one of the games, usually the last, is officially designated as a Battle of Brooklyn game. The host of the designated Battle of Brooklyn alternates annually and is held at campus sites. The Blackbirds host their games at the Steinberg Wellness Center and the Barclays Center and the Terriers host their home contests at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The 39th installment of the Battle of Brooklyn was held at the Barclays Center, the largest venue so far for the annual contest, with LIU Brooklyn as the hosts.^[4] The Blackbirds lead the overall series 63–41 and the Battle of Brooklyn series 23–18.

Notable games

On February 22, 2003, the Terriers hosted the Blackbirds at The Pope and both teams set a NEC record for points in a game. The match-up went into double overtime and featured 282 points, with St. Francis winning 142-140.

The Blackbirds first game at the Steinberg Wellness Center was on January 26, 2006 against Sacred Heart. Yet the grand opening of the Steinberg Wellness Center was for the Long Island vs. St. Francis men's basketball game on February 27, 2006.^[5] The wait until the Battle of Brooklyn game for the grand opening of the Wellness Center is a testament to the rivalry's importance to both Schools. The Blackbirds previously held their home games at the Schwartz Athletic Center.^[6]

On February 6, 2010, the Blackbirds and Terriers went into triple overtime in the annual Battle of Brooklyn game. The Terriers were eventually able to beat the Blackbirds. After the game former LIU head coach Jim Ferry had this to say: "A 10-point lead in a Battle of Brooklyn game is never safe. I’ve been through this before, I think this is my third overtime game in this series..."^[7]

Men's game results

SFC

LIU

Locations of the campuses in New York City

The Battle of Brooklyn plaque listing the past men's basketball winners since 1976

Long Island victories shaded ██ black.^[8] St. Francis victories are shaded ██ red.^[9]

#	Date	Site	Winner	Score	MVP	Series
1	February 25, 1976	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	83–79	Jerome Williams (SFC)	SFC 1–0
2	1976–77	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	114–92	Gerard Trapp (SFC)	Tied 1–1
3	1977–78	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	64–61	John N. Bailer (LIU)	LIU 2–1
4	1978–79	Neutral Location	St. Francis	82–72	Manny Figueroa (SFC)	Tied 2–2
5	December 3, 1979	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	91–69	Robert Cole (LIU)	LIU 3–2
6	January 14, 1981	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	85–67	Rudy Johnson (LIU)	LIU 4–2
7	January 18, 1982	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	98–82	Riley Clarida (LIU)	LIU 5–2
8	January 5, 1983	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	81–72	Kevin Henry (SFC)	LIU 5–3
9	February 4, 1984	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	88–81	Carey Scurry (LIU)	LIU 6–3
10	December 7, 1984	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	68–63	Walter Jordan (LIU)	LIU 7–3
11	January 4, 1986	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	76–66	Andre Evan (LIU)	LIU 8–3
12	January 3, 1987	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	94–91^OT	Darrwin Purdie (SFC)	LIU 8–4
13	December 12, 1987	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	66–63	Glenn Daniels (LIU)	LIU 9–4
14	February 20, 1989	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	79–77^OT	Freddie Burton (LIU)	LIU 10–4
15	January 6, 1990	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	74–63	John Arnold (SFC)	LIU 10–5
16	February 9, 1991	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	117-115^2OT	Brent McCollin (LIU)	LIU 11–5
17	February 8, 1992	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	97–94	Lynn Smith (SFC)	LIU 11–6
18	January 28, 1993	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	107–98	Lou Meyers (SFC)	LIU 11–7
19	January 4, 1994	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	78–67	Bryan Willcox (SFC)	LIU 11–8
20	January 5, 1995	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	74–61	Joe Griffin (LIU)	LIU 12–8
21	February 19, 1996	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	105–77	Dave Masciate (LIU)	LIU 13–8
22	January 25, 1997	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	68–64	Mike Campbell (LIU)	LIU 14–8
23	February 18, 1998	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	86–71	Mike Campbell (LIU)	LIU 15–8
24	January 11, 1999	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	74–68	Ray Mineland (SFC)	LIU 15–9
25	January 19, 2000	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	66–63	Herberth Reyes (SFC)	LIU 15–10
26	January 13, 2001	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	81–63	Steven Howard (SFC)	LIU 15–11
27	February 25, 2002	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	108–94^OT	Jason Morgan (SFC)	LIU 15–12
28	February 22, 2003	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	142–140^2OT	Cliff Strong (SFC)	LIU 15–13
29	February 21, 2004	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	78–75	Brandon Thomas (LIU)	LIU 16–13
30	February 10, 2005	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	77–68	Allan Sheppard (SFC)	LIU 16–14
31	February 27, 2006	Steinberg Wellness Center	Long Island	67–64	James Williams (LIU)	LIU 17–14
32	February 11, 2007	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	82–79^OT	James Williams (LIU)	LIU 18–14
33	February 21, 2008	Steinberg Wellness Center	St. Francis	67–64	Kayode Ayeni (SFC)	LIU 18–15
34	February 28, 2009	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	66–54	Ron Manigault (LIU)	LIU 19–15
35	February 6, 2010	Steinberg Wellness Center	St. Francis	88–84^3OT	Ricky Cadell (SFC)	LIU 19–16
36	February 12, 2011	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	82–80	C. J. Garner (LIU)	LIU 20–16
37	February 12, 2012	Steinberg Wellness Center	Long Island	81–78	Jamal Olasewere (LIU)	LIU 21–16
38	January 24, 2013	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	78–68	C. J. Garner (LIU)	LIU 22–16
39	February 16, 2014	Barclays Center	Long Island	69–68	Jason Brickman (LIU)	LIU 23–16
40	January 31, 2015	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	81–64	Brent Jones (SFC)	LIU 23–17
41	January 23, 2016	Steinberg Wellness Center	St. Francis	64–49	Chris Hooper (SFC)	LIU 23–18

Women's basketball

Battle of Brooklyn

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers

LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds

Sport

Basketball

First meeting

February 26, 1994
Long Island 76, St. Francis 63

Latest meeting

March 2, 2015
St. Francis 73, Long Island 49

Next meeting

TBD

Trophy

MVP Trophy

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Long Island leads, 12–10

Largest victory

Long Island 66–39 (February 4, 2010)

Longest streak

Long Island, 4 (2000–2003)

Current streak

St. Francis, 3 (2013–present)

During the 1993–94 season the women's basketball programs of St. Francis College and Long Island University contested their first official Battle of Brooklyn. Since February 21, 1975 when the two teams first met, LIU leads the overall series 47–23 and the Battle of Brooklyn series 12–10.^[10]

Women's game results

Long Island victories shaded ██ black. St. Francis victories are shaded ██ red.^[11]

#	Date	Site	Winner	Score	MVP	Series
1	February 26, 1994	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	76–63	Nicole Thomas (LIU)	LIU 1–0
2	February 25, 1995	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	90–76	Christine Cunningham (SFC)	Tied 1–1
3	January 18, 1996	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	75–53	Dot Guerriero (SFC)	SFC 2–1
4	February 22, 1997	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	81–68	Danielle Florello (LIU)	Tied 2–2
5	January 17, 1998	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	90–80	Christine Taps (SFC)	SFC 3–2
6	January 7, 1999	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	71–50	Carolyn Harvey (SFC)	SFC 4–2
7	February 9, 2000	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	68–46	Kim MacMillian (LIU)	SFC 4–3
8	January 31, 2001	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	80–72	Tamika Dudley (LIU)	Tied 4–4
9	January 7, 2002	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	70–57	Tamika Dudley (LIU)	LIU 5–4
10	February 27, 2003	Schwartz Athletic Center	Long Island	73–55	Tamika Dudley (LIU)	LIU 6–4
11	March 1, 2004	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	58–57^OT	Britiny Porter (SFC)	LIU 6–5
12	February 21, 2005	Schwartz Athletic Center	St. Francis	62–57	Kim Bennett (SFC)	Tied 6–6
13	January 23, 2006	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	64–52	Amber Wirth (LIU)	LIU 7–6
14	December 7, 2006	Steinberg Wellness Center	Long Island	59–54	Valerie Nainima (LIU)	LIU 8–6
15	March 3, 2008	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	62–49	Valerie Nainima (LIU)	LIU 9–6
16	January 17, 2009	Steinberg Wellness Center	St. Francis	49–48	Kara Ayers (SFC)	LIU 9–7
17	February 4, 2010	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	66–39	Chelsi Johnson (LIU)	LIU 10–7
18	February 14, 2011	Steinberg Wellness Center	Long Island	64–41	Ashley Palmer (LIU)	LIU 11–7
19	February 15, 2012	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	Long Island	60–53	Ashley Palmer (LIU)	LIU 12–7
20	January 28, 2013	Steinberg Wellness Center	St. Francis	69–58	Leah Fechko (SFC)	LIU 12–8
21	March 3, 2014	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	St. Francis	66–50	Sarah Benedetti (SFC)	LIU 12–9
22	March 2, 2015	Steinberg Wellness Center	St. Francis	73–49	Sarah Benedetti (SFC)	LIU 12–10
23	January 23, 2016	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex		–

Men's soccer

Battle of Brooklyn

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers

LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds

Sport

Soccer

First meeting

November 10, 2013
St. Francis 4, Long Island 0

Latest meeting

November 9, 2015
Long Island 1, St. Francis 0

Next meeting

TBD

Trophy

Ramirez-Tramontozzi Trophy

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

St. Francis leads, 2–1

Largest victory

St. Francis 4–0 (November 10, 2013)

Longest streak

St. Francis, 2 (2013–2014)

Current streak

Long Island, 1 (2015–present)

Starting in 2013, the men's soccer programs for LIU and St. Francis College formalized their rivalry by naming their annual match a Battle of Brooklyn and awarding a trophy. The trophy is called the Ramirez-Tramontozzi trophy and recognizes former men's soccer coaches Arnie Ramirez and Carlos Tramontozzi, from LIU and St. Francis respectively. Both coaches were life-long friends and greatly influenced their respective programs.^[12] St. Francis Brooklyn captured the inaugural trophy on LIU's field on November 10, 2013, behind a 4–0 performance. Since the 1970 season, when the two programs first met LIU leads the overall series 22–20–3.

Men's game results

Long Island victories shaded ██ black. St. Francis victories are shaded ██ red.

#	Date	Site	Winner	Score	Series
1	November 10, 2013	LIU Soccer Field	St. Francis	4–0	SFC 1–0–0
2	November 9, 2014	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5	St. Francis	2–0	SFC 2–0–0
3	November 8, 2015	LIU Soccer Field	Long Island	1–0	SFC 2–1–0
4	TBD	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5		–	–

References

1 2 "Rivalry's all good in the neighborhood". espn.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
↑ "Battle of Brooklyn has a little extra on the line this week". usatoday.com. February 7, 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
↑ "2010-11 Men's Basketball Media Guide". SFC Athletics. p. 39. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
↑ "LIU Brooklyn vs St. Francis Brooklyn". barclayscenter.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
↑ "Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center". liuathletics.com. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
↑ "The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Center". liuathletics.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "2009-2010 Men's Basketball News and Notes" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "2012-2013 LIU Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). liuathletics.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "St. Francis (NY) Terriers". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
↑ "LIU WBB Record Book" (PDF). LIUAthletics.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
↑ "2009-2010 St. Francis (NY) Terriers women's basketball Media Guide". SFCAthletics.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
↑ "St. Francis Brooklyn & LIU Brooklyn Play For More Than Bragging Rights This Sunday". SFCAthletics.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

External links

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball

Venues	II Corps Artillery Armory 69th Regiment Armory Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (1971–present)

Rivalries	LIU Brooklyn

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1901–02 Incomplete records 1902–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball

Venues	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (1973–present)

Rivalries	LIU Brooklyn

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer

Venues	Aviator Sports & Events Center (2007–2012) Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 (2013–present)

Culture & lore	History

Seasons	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball

Venues	Schwartz Athletic Center (1962–2005) Steinberg Wellness Center (2006–present) Barclays Center (2012–present; alternate)

Rivalries	St. Francis Brooklyn

Culture & lore	Point shaving scandal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

Northeast Conference

Northeast Conference men's basketball

Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks

Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"

Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Northeast Conference women's basketball

Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks

Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"

Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Northeast Conference men's soccer

Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash

Championships & awards	Regular season champions Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Coach of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"

Seasons	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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Battle of Brooklyn (college rivalry)

Men's basketball

Notable games

Men's game results

Women's basketball

Women's game results

Men's soccer

Men's game results

See also

References

External links