The blue Devils celebrate the first goal scored by Marissa Cussins in Friday’s game against Geneseo.
Photo courtesy of fredoniabluedevils.com
CHRISTINA CONCEICAO
Sports Editor
This past weekend in Cortland, the Fredonia Blue Devils women’s lacrosse team faced off against the Geneseo Knights in the SUNYAC semifinals. The Blue Devils lost to the Knights 12-9 dropping them to a record of 11-6. Despite their loss in the semifinals, they were selected to compete in the NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament.
During the first half of the game, the Blue Devils held leads of 1-0 and 2-1 from goals by junior midfielder Marissa Cussins. After scoring two more goals, the Knights would take 3-2 lead. They did not hold it for very long, as Cussins scored again for the Blue Devils to tie the game. By the end of the first half, however, Geneseo had a 6-4 lead over Fredonia.
Despite the Blue Devil’s efforts, they were unable to rally together in the second half to beat Geneseo. Geneseo beat Fredonia 12-9. They outshot Fredonia 33-18. Fredonia’s goalkeeper, freshman Jessica Zagari, was credited with 14 saves.
Cussins led the Blue Devils in scoring with a total of four goals during the game. Other Blue Devils who were also credited with one goal apiece were freshman attack Emily Polizzi, junior attack Katie Glagolev, freshman attack Sam Owen, and freshman midfielder Kristie Kleine. Kleine also had three assists during the game.
This Saturday, as part of the NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament, the Blue Devils will be hosting the Liberty League champions, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at University Stadium. This is Fredonia’s second time participating in the tournament. They last participated in 2012 when they hosted St. John Fisher.