ANTHONY GETTINO
Sports Editor
This past week, Fredonia had five teams in action. Both men’s and women’s soccer teams, men’s and women’s cross country teams, and women’s volleyball.
Men’s soccer was unable to claim a victory in their two matches over the weekend. The first game was a 0-1 loss to New Paltz. In the final minute of play, the team had a chance to tie the game, but the ball hit the top bar of the goal post.
In the team’s last home match of the 2021 season, the Blue Devils faced nationally ranked Oneonta. They lost by a score of 0-3. This match was considered to be the senior night for the 10 seniors on the squad.
The team will go on the road to close out their season, first facing Brockport on Friday before traveling to Geneseo Saturday.
The women’s soccer team won one, lost one and tied one in their three games.
The first game was a 0-2 loss to Penn State Behrend on the road. This was an out of conference match.
The Friday afternoon game resulted in a 1-1 tie after 2OT against New Paltz on the road. Sophie Richiusa scored Fredonia’s lone goal of the match in the 8th minute of the match.
Saturday resulted in a road victory against SUNYAC squad Oneonta. The final score was 1-0.
Katie Sellers was the Blue Devil to score in this match.
With this win, the team was able to clinch a spot in the SUNYAC playoffs. They currently are the fourth seed.
The regular season will finish with home games against Brockport Friday and Geneseo Saturday.
Women’s volleyball was unable to continue the great momentum they had from the weekend before, losing in straight sets to both Geneseo and Brockport last weekend.
Against Geneseo, the team was unable to find rhythm until the third set, where they took the hosts to the final point before coming up just short.
The match against Brockport also saw the Blue Devils unable to get much going offensively, with all three sets lost by double digits. The great news to come from the weekend was that the team will be in the SUNYAC playoffs.
This weekend, Fredonia will host the Fredonia State Tri-Match and will face Hilbert on Friday and Case Western Saturday.
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Oberlin for the Inter-Regional Rumble Saturday. The women’s team did not place as they didn’t send a complete team, although those who did attend ran well. Ally Battaglia was the first Blue Devil to cross the finish line in the 6,000 meter race, coming in at a time of 25:25.5. Elizabeth Gloss, Vanessa Ryhal and Kristin Kelemen were the other runners from Fredonia to race.
The men’s team placed 21st of 35 teams. Kyle Campbell finished the 8,000 meter race in 27:38.1 to lead Fredonia. Other scorers for the team were Josh Walters, Anthony Ruiz, Ethan Pocock and Vincent Mendez.
Both teams have this weekend off before traveling to Cortland for the SUNYAC Championships.