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MORGAN MARSHALL
Special to The Leader
Last Saturday the women’s lacrosse team dropped another loss against Oneonta in its SUNYAC game.
Before the game started the Blue Devils honored their seniors, number 23 defender Juliana Kotas, number six defender Jessica Tuttle and number 18 defender Lauren Metz.
Along with honoring the seniors, Fredonia women’s lacrosse recognized Autism Awareness month by wearing special uniforms to dedicate their game to not only the seniors, but also those affected by autism.
The game began with the Blue Devils falling behind 5-0 in the beginning of the first half. Fredonia caught up by half time leaving it only two goals behind with a score of 7-5. By the middle of the second half Fredonia was leading the game 8-7.
“Saturday’s loss was tough one on this team,” said senior defender Lauren Metz. “It was senior day and our final home game but we worked hard in the game until the end entirely as a team. We’re gonna work hard during our final practices and hopefully come out this week and grab two SUNYAC wins to end the season and prove to everyone what a solid team we can be.”
Fredonia’s goals were scored by junior attack Katie Miller, Kotas, sophomore midfielder Audrey Yokopovich, and freshman midfielder Jade Williams. Miller led the Blue Devils with three goals, Kotas was right behind her with two, Yokopovich also had two and Williams finished with one.
The game finished with Fredonia rallying short against Oneonta 12-9.
“It was a tough game for us to lose,” said Tuttle. “We are all pretty upset over this loss but we are going to come out hard next week and hopefully finish up the season with the last two as wins. It has been an adjustment this season, but hopefully we can be the underdogs in this case and come back during SUNYACS to show everyone what we are capable of.”
Being the final home game for the Blue Devils, they have two more SUNYAC games to fight for a playoff position.
“It’s upsetting that we lost the game,” said senior defender Julianna Kotas, “but the underclassmen did a great job at making the day special for myself and our two other seniors. They put in a lot of effort and it truly meant a lot. We just have to focus on the games we have ahead of us in this upcoming week and finish this season with two more wins.”
The Blue Devils will travel to Potsdam this Saturday for one of their final SUNYAC games.