ANTHONY GETTINO
Sports Editor
This past winter season went well for Fredonia. Of the seven teams competing in this period, six teams were able to make their postseason competition.
Women’s basketball and men’s hockey were able to play their way into their SUNYAC tournaments. The men’s and women’s track and field teams, and the swimming and diving teams sent individuals to their SUNYAC Championships to compete.
Women’s basketball finished their season with a 12–14 record overall and a 7–11 record in the SUNYAC. They were able to qualify for the playoffs as the sixth seed. The Blue Devils were unable to advance in the tournament after losing 40–44 to Geneseo on the road.Senior Katie Pitcher was selected for the All-SUNYAC second team for her play during the season. She averaged 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in the regular season.
Men’s hockey finished their season with a 10–11–1 record overall and an 8–8 record in SUNYAC. Fredonia made their way into the SUNYAC tournament as the fifth seed. The team lost in the first round to Cortland on the road 1–5. Sophomore Logan Dyke was named to the All-SUNYAC second team for his performance as goalie this season. He had a .926% save percentage and averaged 2.80 goals allowed per game during the season.
Men’s swimming and diving team ended their season placing ninth at the SUNYAC Championships. The Blue Devils scored 121 points overall at the meet. They were led by Ian Hilldale, Samuel Cottrell, Tyler Conti and Riker Smith in scoring.
The women’s swimming and diving team finished seventh at the SUNYAC Championships with 244.5 points overall. McKayla Polowy was able to medal twice, while Rachel Mayou, Mindy Doktor and Kayla Hagen scored points for the Blue Devils as well.
Men’s track and field finished fifth overall at the SUNYAC Championships with 30 total points. Nick Abdo, Toby Onuoha, Griffin Dombroske and Josh Walters led the team in scoring individually, while the distance medley relay of Sembel Koshi, Dombroske, Patrick Klinger and Jared Hecht were able to medal by placing third.
Women’s track and field placed sixth at the SUNYAC Championships with 17 points. Haley Lerner placed second overall in the pole vault and Sydney Preston placed seventh in the 60 meter hurdles. The distance medley relay team of Kristin Kelemen, Evelyn Smith, Vanessa Ryhal and Ally Battaglia placed fifth. Kelemen also earned the ELITE 20 award for having the highest GPA of any female athlete competing at the conference championships.
Men’s basketball was unable to qualify for the SUNYAC tournament. The team finished the season 3–22 overall and 3–15 in the SUNYAC. The team did not have any players named to All-SUNYAC teams this season.