ANTHONY GETTINO
Sports Editor
This past week featured a slew of Blue Devils from all different sports, including baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis and men’s and women’s track and field.
For baseball, the week started out with a bang as the Blue Devils pounded Penn State Behrend in 13-4 fashion en route to the I-90 Cup. April 4’s win came from the help of a Ryan Gennau homer in the first and a Tyler Phillips home run in the eighth.
Saturday’s double header against Brockport didn’t go quite as well for the team, as they lost both games 8-1. Luke Kenyon scored the only run for the Blue Devils in the first game and had two of the three hits in the game. Ryan Hann homered in the seventh inning of the second game.
Coming up, the team has a double header against Oswego State on April 20 before another double header against Alfred State on April 25.
As for the softball team, they went 3-1 on the week, dropping both games of their double header against the University of Rochester before splitting their two-game set against Brockport.
In the first game, the Blue Devils pulled out the victory in 7-6 fashion. Amber Piniewski was the hero of the game, driving in the game-winning run on a single to right field. This came after a sacrifice fly that scored Amanda Eastman off of the bat of Nicole Kumro.
Fredonia lost the second game 15-4, with the Blue Devils’ four runs coming from two Eva Fitzsimmons hits and a Nicole Kumro two RBI single.
The women’s lacrosse team had a solid week, starting with a 18-0 stomping of Wells College on Monday and a 14-8 victory over Buffalo State. The Blue Devils also played Geneseo to a 15-4 score on April 17.
The win over Wells College had some history to it, as it was the first shutout in the team’s history dating back to 1996. As well as this, with her six goals in the contest, senior Allison Coon became the 21st person to record 100 points for the Blue Devils’ lacrosse program.
The 22nd player to reach this feat came the next game against Buff State, when senior Madeline Haney scored six total points (two assists and four goals) to get to the century mark as well.
In the game against 12th ranked Geneseo, Coon scored a hat trick, Haney posted a goal and Erin Woods added a goal as well.
For Fredonia tennis, the team took the victory over Brockport 6-3.
In the two doubles that were played, the teams split as Jane Chiacchia and Taylor Marelli won their set 8-6. Princess Unita Obi and Dominique Martello were on the other end of a 8-6 score, however.
In the singles matches, Fredonia came out on top two of the four possible times, with the final two matches being won on account of no competitor to go against. Jane Chiacchia and Sarah O’Leary won their matches while Taylor Marelli and Princess Unita Obi couldn’t quite pull out the wins in their matches.
The team travels to face Oswego Monday before home matches against Penn State Behrend Wednesday and Geneseo Thursday.
Last but not least, the men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled out to Buffalo to compete at the University at Buffalo Home Meet.
Some quality times from the men’s side included Collin Barmore in the 800 meter race in a time of 1:57.31, Anthony Ruiz in the 5k at 15:54.06 and Aaron Cember in the shot put with a 12.38 meter throw.
On the women’s side, MaryClaire Haseley ran a 20 second personal