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Women’s volleyball falls to defending champs: A tough game wraps up a positive weekend

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

DYLAN WEBB Special to the Leader Despite a hard fought battle against one of the best teams in the SUNYAC conference, the women’s volleyball team came up just short of taking down the defending conference champion Brockport Golden Eagles this past weekend. Having dispatched Buffalo State three sets to zero......

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Men’s Club Hockey: Optimistic despite a shoestring budget

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

TRAVIS LEFEVRE Lampoon Editor Last year, the Men’s Club Hockey team made it to the regional championship and outscored its opponents by a margin of +48 during the team’s 17 games. Despite this, the team is continuously underfunded. “It’s honestly been amazing. We’re one of the last student run......

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Taylor Marelli: Down, but not out

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager It was a great day for softball. Taylor Marelli, then a senior in high school, was in the outfield. It was a normal March day. Turning and running to retrieve a ball, Marelli heard a telltale pop in her knee and fell to the ground.......

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Blue Devils cross country races at Williams College

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

AIDAN POLLARD Special to the Leader The Fredonia cross country program traveled with its top eight performers from both the men’s and women’s teams to Williams College in Massachusetts. The women competed in their first 6,000-meter race of the season and the men competed in their second 8,000-meter race. In......

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Blue Devils win two out of three: SUNYAC season is here

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Coming into the game against St. John Fisher College, the Fredonia women’s soccer team was sitting at 2-4 and were looking for a spark to get their season going. After a 2-0 loss to RIT in their previous game, the women Blue Devils had one more......

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Fredonia dominates at home versus Medaille Mavericks

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017

September 20, 2017

ANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader Only two games removed from the the 1-0 victory against D’Youville, the Fredonia women’s soccer team had a good amount of momentum going into the night of Sept. 12. “We needed that first win to get our confidence up. It was awesome to......

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Will new management and fresh faces put the Sabres over the top?

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017

September 20, 2017

DYLAN WEBB Special to the Leader As they have time and time again, Sabres fans are hoping that this will be the year it all comes together. Last year ended in a disappointing last place finish when many expected the season to be a step in the right direction.......

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Kaepernick on no Week 1 rosters? Interesting

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017

September 20, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Week One of the NFL came and went. A lot of things happened in the league but one thing was evident: the quarterback play was horrible and mediocre at best for a few teams. For the past few years, the NFL has made the league more......

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Coach Gondek: A story of soccer and misaligned Gatorade bottles

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017

September 20, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager Brandon Butts, assistant coach for the Fredonia men’s soccer team, was loading the team’s refrigerator. Focused only on getting the task done as quickly as possible, he fit the bottles of Gatorade into whatever space he could find “with no such order,” and then......

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Blue Devils cross country is coming together: Good performances from top runners bring good placement for both men and women

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017

September 20, 2017

AIDAN POLLARD Special to the Leader The Blue Devils cross country program continued their season this weekend with the second 5,000 meter race for the women and the first 8,000 meter race for the men at Penn State Behrend. In collegiate cross country points are scored by the top......

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Taylor Marelli: Down, but not out

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Blue Devils cross country is coming together: Good performances from top runners bring good placement for both men and women