AIDAN POLLARD
Sports Editor
Last week saw Blue Devils tennis, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and cross country compete in SUNYAC competitions across the state.
Fredonia tennis bested both Oswego and Cortland, continuing their incredible season and making their SUNYAC record 2-1. Their full season record is 11-1, only falling to Geneseo.
Moving forward, the Blue Devils will face Oneonta, New Paltz and Plattsburgh on Oct. 5, Oct. 6 and Oct. 7 respectively.
On Friday, Fredonia men’s soccer fell to Brockport before defeating Geneseo in a double overtime decision on Saturday.
The game was decided with a goal scored 104 minutes into the game by Freshman Matt Cullen.
This weekend brought Fredonia soccer to a 3-6-1 record as they move forward to face Alfred, Buffalo State and Cortland on Oct. 2, Oct. 6 and Oct. 12, respectively.
Women’s soccer faced off against Brockport and Geneseo in two SUNYAC matches this weekend. The Blue Devils bested Brockport 3-0 and suffered their first SUNYAC loss against Geneseo in a 4-0 shutout.
The Geneseo game brought Fredonia’s SUNYAC record to 3-1. Moving forward, Fredonia will face Elmira, Buffalo State and ST. John Fisher College on Oct. 2, Oct. 6 and Oct. 9 respectively.
Fredonia cross country raced at the Geneseo Mike Woods invitational on Saturday, placing 13th as a team on the men’s side with the women placing 7th as a team.
The women were led by Hannah Kurbs in 23:44 over 6,000 meters.
“We need to forget this race ever happened,” said men’s captain and senior Ethan Francis. “We need to move forward and just focus on racing next week.”
Francis led the men’s team with a time of 26:24 over 8,000 meters.
Both the men and women will be competing at Houghton this Saturday.
Fredonia volleyball went up against Capital, Ithaca and Allegheny last week.
The Blue Devils only fell to Ithaca across the three matches.
The weekend saw Fredonia’s record increase to 11-5 moving into SUNYAC matches this week.
The Blue Devils will face Oswego on Oct. 5 and Potsdam and Oneonta on Oct. 6.
Strong performances came through in all of the Fredonia teams last week.
Some teams will have to continue to find their groove throughout the fall season but highlights like the men’s soccer win against Geneseo will propel Fredonia into the next week, filled with SUNYAC matchups.
Home games and matchups include the Buff State men’s soccer match and women’s soccer against St. John Fisher.