ANTHONY GETTINO
Special to The Leader
This past weekend, there were a handful of games, with two teams ending their seasons, one of them the beginning their season and one still in the middle of
the season.
One of the teams that is still playing after this weekend is the women’s volleyball team. The Blue Devils went 1-1 after a Friday loss to Potsdam in a score of 1-3 on the road and a 3-0 win against Plattsburgh Saturday as the visiting team. This was the end of their SUNYAC schedule, as they face Medaille on Tuesday in Dods Hall before ending the year in the RIT Tournament against New York University, Nazareth, University of Rochester and Montclair State.
The team starting their season is men’s hockey. This past Saturday, they had a scrimmage against Buffalo State.
When asked about any challenges the team may face this year, Head Coach Jeff Meredith said, “We graduated nine seniors last year, so that’s a big amount of leadership coming out of your roster, so somebody has to replace that. We’re working to get there and we have some good leadership things in place, but most like any team, you need more, and I think we need that sooner rather than later.”
With the team’s goal a top four finish in arguably the nation’s best Division III conference and at least one home SUNYAC playoff game by doing so, they must start with a two-game set against Morrisville this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
One of the teams that had their seasons come to a close was women’s soccer. Fredonia split their final road series with a win at Oswego Oct. 25 in a score of 2-1 before dropping their final game against Cortland Oct. 26 in an overtime finish of 1-2.
The team finished seventh overall in the conference by a single point, ending their season as only the top six teams qualify for the conference tournament.
The final team to have action this past weekend was the men’s soccer team. They too came up just short of a postseason bid, but they were not in control of their destiny at all. They wish they were, as they won their final two games, both at home, in overtime. The first was a 1-0 overtime win against Oswego, before finishing out a 2-1 overtime win Saturday against Cortland. They too finished seventh in the SUNYAC, one spot out of the conference tournament.
Both men’s and women’s cross country did not have a meet this past weekend, but will travel to New Paltz to compete in the SUNYAC Championships.