ANTHONY GETTINO
Special to The Leader
Over this past week, there were many games played by the Blue Devils, including some conference matches for the soccer teams.
One of the teams that didn’t have any conference games this week, however, was the women’s volleyball team. They had three matches with an end result of 1-2.
The first match was a Tuesday road trip to Houghton that resulted in a 1-3 loss. Over the weekend at their home tri-meet, the Blue Devils split even, losing the first match against Susquehanna 0-3 before an important 3-0 win against Rochester. This upcoming week is very important for the team, as the two games for this week are both against SUNYAC opponents, as are the games the following week. They play Cortland on Friday and Oswego on Saturday.
As for a team that had SUNYAC opponents last week, the men’s soccer team had a solid week, going 1-0-2. The only win happened to not come against a conference opponent, a 2-0 win against Alfred at home, but the two ties were on the road Friday at Geneseo with no scores through two overtimes and Saturday in Brockport in a 1-1 final score.
The Blue Devils face SUNYAC rival, Buffalo State, this Saturday. They close out their season at home the following weekend against conference opponents Oswego and Cortland.
The women’s soccer team also faced off against Geneseo and Brockport this past weekend, with Geneseo coming first in a 1-2 loss before a 2-3 loss to Brockport the day after. Both of these games were competitive and interesting all the way to the very end of regulation, as Fredonia was tied in both of these games with under 15 minutes left.
The Blue Devils have two games this week, first an out-of-conference tilt against St. John Fisher on the road before a rivalry game against Buffalo State on campus Saturday afternoon.
The men’s and women’s cross country teams did not have a formal meet this past weekend, but instead ran the school’s road 5k. This weekend, they will go to the Inter-Regional Rumble in Oberlin, O.H. for their first meet in three weeks. This is their last meet before the SUNYAC championships in New Paltz on Nov. 2.