RYAN DUNNING
Special to The Leader
Another week down, another week closer to championship season for Fredonia athletics.
This past week saw a lot of exciting action across Fredonia sports.
Men’s basketball finished up their season with a tough loss at Buffalo State, falling 92-95 to the Bengals.
This drops them to 2-23 on the season (1-17 in the SUNYAC), a disappointing season.
Women’s basketball came closer in their matchup against Buff State, pulling it into overtime before falling 76-71. The Devils finished with four scorers in double digits, led by Katie Pitcher and Jenna Einink with 15 each.
Finishing 8-10 in the conference brings them to the sixth seed in the SUNYAC tournament, with a matchup against Oneonta on 2/19. Check the Fredonia sports website for results of the game.
Also finishing up their regular season this past weekend were the men and women’s track teams.
Both teams competed at RIT for their final meet before championships.
The men’s 4x400m relay proved their strength before SUNYACs, finishing first in the meet. The relay consisted of Ivan Torres, Mike DeLand, Mike Salvati and Alec Wright. The relay is currently ranked fourth in the SUNYAC.
Also finishing first in her event was Ayana Bursie, who won the 200m. Bursie also finished the 60m dash with a personal best. She is ranked third and seventh respectively in the SUNYAC for those events.
Other high ranking Blue Devils include Emily Maguire in the 800m, Cassie Serafin in high jump and triple jump and Kayla Murray in pole vault.
On the men’s side, Nick Serafin in high jump, Gus Alvarez and Jonah McGrath in pole vault, Dan Sudyn in triple jump and Matt McCarthy in shot put and weight throw all crack the top ten.
Both teams will compete in the SUNYAC championship meet this coming weekend at Houghton College.
The hockey team finished the weekend with a pair of 3-2 wins at SUNY Morrisville.
In the second game, Tommy Martyn and Tanner Kahlau each scored their first collegiate goals to propel the Devils to victory.
The Devils will finish 14-7-4 (8-6-2 in the SUNYAC) in a regular season that saw them in the national rankings on multiple occasions.
These late season wins kept them as the fifth seed in the SUNYAC tournament, setting them up to take on Buff State tonight at 7 p.m.
Although the swim teams did not compete this past week, their SUNYAC championship meet begins tonight in Buffalo.