ANTHONY GETTINO
Sports Editor
Written Sept. 19, 2021.
This past week was jam packed with Fredonia sports, as almost all our fall teams were in action.
Women’s tennis had their only scheduled match of the week against Alfred cancelled Tuesday. This week the team is on the road against Penn State Behrend on Tuesday and Brockport on Saturday.
Women’s volleyball traveled to Rochester for the Nazareth Golden Flyer Invitational, where they won one of three matches they played.
In the two losses, the team dropped all three sets. In the win against Morrisville, the Blue Devils won a tough contest three sets to two. Leading the team in the win was Emily Jones with 15 kills and Christie Ackendorf with 10 of her own.
The team goes on the road to face Penn State Behrend on Tuesday before hosting SUNYAC competitors Oswego and Cortland in Dods Hall Friday and Saturday.
The men’s soccer team had a great week, winning both of their games. The team has been all about close games as both matches were one score differences.
Against Medaille, the Blue Devils won 4-3. Kaleb Stewart had two goals in the match, while Matt Cullen and Kevin Loftus each added a goal of their own.
The second game of the week was once again a 1-0 victory for Fredonia. Matt Cullen scored the lone goal of the game.
The team will be on the road for both games this week. First against Alfred on Tuesday before facing off against Buffalo State on Saturday.
As for the women’s soccer team, they split their two matches, first with a win against Medaille before falling to St. John Fisher for their first loss of the season.
Against Medaille, the Blue Devils put up seven goals.
Bri Grazen and Maddy Payne each scored two goals, while Gabby Alston, Sophia Alesi and Jessica Caracciola scored one apiece.
In the second game of the week, the team lost in a 0-1 shutout.
This week, the soccer team will first travel to Allegheny on Tuesday before coming back home to face Buffalo State at University Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Both the men and women’s cross country teams traveled to the Yellow Jacket Invitational at the University of Rochester this weekend. For the women, Netasha McIntosh was the first Blue Devil across the line in 26:14 for 6K, good for 115th place. Other scorers included Ally Battaglia, Vanessa Ryhal, Morgan Russell and Colleen Tytler.
This was the first time any of the team had run this event collegiately. The team placed 18th.
On the men’s side Anthony Ruiz ran the 8k in 26:12 to place 16th overall. Kyle Campbell, Josh Walters, Ethan Pocock and Aaron Mendez rounded out the scoring group for the Blue Devils as they placed 10th overall as a team.
Both the men and women have this weekend off before they travel to Geneseo for the Mike Woods Invitational.