TYLER PACOS
Sports Editor
Alexis Lindamer is striking towards the end of her collegiate sports career.
With the 2022 women’s soccer season just passing the halfway point and coming towards the end of SUNYAC play, seniors, including Lindamer, start to slowly reflect on their athletic journey and take in every final moment of their final season.
Lindamer is a senior exercise science major with minor concentrations in sport management, public health and athletic coaching. This will be her third year at SUNY Fredonia, as she transferred from Mercyhurst at the beginning of her sophomore year. Lindamer is a outside midfielder/forward, who sees a hefty amount of playing time during matches for Fredonia. She is a well-rounded student athlete who loves not just the sport of soccer, but everything that comes along with it as well. “Playing soccer at the collegiate level has forced me to stay on top of my school work in these past four years and has also taught me several life lessons.”
Lindamer has been involved in numerous sports growing up including basketball and track & field, however soccer stuck with her more than anything else she has ever done. She started playing when she was only three years old in a league near her hometown of Lewiston, NY called Niagara Pioneer Soccer League (NPSL). From there Lindamer continued with NPSL until she was eligible to play at the premier level with Global Premier Soccer (GPS) which is now known as Rush.
Along with her travel league experience, she also played at the varsity level at her high school, Lewiston-Porter High School. Playing both travel and high school has helped bring Lindamer to the NCAA level of soccer.
Her journey to Fredonia, however, seems to have acquainted her back with some old friends.
During her time with Rush and Lewiston-Porter Varsity Soccer, she played with current Blue Devils Jordan Barret and Gracie Auer. She also played with her current teammate and roommate Talia deFay at Mercyhurst before they both transferred to Fredonia.
As many players have had past experiences with one another, the level of trust and companionship runs high throughout the roster. A successful sports team starts with trust and communication, and Lindamer lacks nothing of the sort.
“My teammates are my best friends,” Lindamer said. “The dynamic of our team is unlike any other team I have been on. Our locker room talks, bus rides, team bonding and the time that we spend together on and off the field is always full of laughs and jokes. From time to time we run into some bumps in the road just as any other team, but we are always able to talk it out and show up for each other on [and off] the field.”
The Blue Devils are 2-6-2 overall at this point in the season, sitting last in the SUNYAC conference with a 0-4 conference record. With few games remaining in the season, the Blue Devils will look to make one more final push in hopes to qualify for the SUNYAC championship.
When asked about the team’s standing thus-far, Lindamer believes there is a way to capitalize on opportunities they are receiving. With most of their matches finishing with a one to two goal differential, minor changes could help bring Fredonia back into the winning column.
“Although we have had a bit of a rough start to conference play, I would say that our defensive line has done a great job thus far keeping us organized and composed,” Lindamer said. “Their grit when defending in the final third has saved us on multiple occasions [and] if we continue to work as a unit and finish our opportunities in the final third, I think that we will get some wins under our belt in the SUNYAC.”