MATT VOLZ
Assistant Sports Editor
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Fredonia State’s men’s basketball concluded their season this past weekend with two home games.
On Friday, Feb. 17, the Blue Devils hosted the SUNY Geneseo Knights and held a one-point lead at halftime before ultimately falling 80-64.
Junior guard My’Kell Kaigler led the team in scoring with 13 points, as AJ Knight and Malik Jemison also found themselves in double digits with 11 points each.
Knight led the team in rebounds with seven, while Jacob Hougan and Elian Dominguez each added five. Knight also recorded a team high in assists with six while he and Aaron Collins each recorded two steals.
Hougan led the way in blocks with two, but found himself in a somewhat limited role after picking up four fouls in the game.
On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Blue Devils hosted the SUNY Oswego Lakers, and after trailing by just four at the half, the Lakers pulled away and won 85-70.
Collins starred offensively for Fredonia State, leading the team with 23 points. Knight also added 14 points and came away with two steals.
Matt Aebersold recorded the only blocked shot for the Blue Devils in the game, while Hougan led the team with six total rebounds. Malik Jemison was the team’s assists leader with five.
The Blue Devils finish their season with a record of 2-23 overall and 2-16 in conference play, with both wins coming over the Buffalo State Bengals.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Fredonia State’s women’s basketball team also capped off their season this past weekend.
On Friday, Feb. 17, the Blue Devils hosted the SUNY Geneseo Knights and fell by a score of 77-47.
Leading the way in scoring for Fredonia State was Laurell Brown with 14 points, while Mary Culeton and Caitlin Snyder each added four rebounds and Culeton and Brown each blocked a shot.
Kyla Smith and Allie Wandell each recorded three assists, while five Blue Devils came away with one steal each.
On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Blue Devils concluded their season with a 65-51 loss to the SUNY Oswego Lakers in a game that was tied at the end of the first quarter.
Brown again led the way in scoring for Fredonia State with 14 points, while Wandell recorded eight rebounds and Alena Wright blocked two shots.
Culeton, Amber Louis, and Sarah Seaman each recorded two assists in the game while Culeton, Brown, and Renee Park each had two steals.
The Blue Devils finish their season with a record of 5-18 overall and 2-16 in conference play, with four of their five wins coming at home.
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Fredonia State’s men’s swimming and diving team concluded its season this past week with the SUNYAC Championships at Erie Community College in Buffalo.
The championships started on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and the Blue Devils competed in two relays that night. In the 200 medley relay, a team of Patrick McCrone, Tyler Conti, Noah Wisniewski and Aaron Burkett came in seventh with a time of 1:41.05.
In the 800 medley relay that night, the same relay team again finished seventh, recording a time of 7:27.45.
The Blue Devils earned 24 points for each seventh-place finish.
On Thursday, Feb. 16, Conti competed in the 500 freestyle, finishing in 11th with a time of 4:54.41 and picking up six points.
In the overall standings, SUNY Geneseo captured their ninth straight conference title with a total of 1,058 points, beating out SUNY Cortland (691 points) and SUNY New Paltz (455 points). Fredonia State came in eighth place with 170 points, ahead of Buffalo State who had 33.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Fredonia State’s women’s swimming and diving team finished its season this past week at the SUNYAC Championships at Erie Community College in Buffalo.
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Blue Devils relay team of Rachael Mayou, Kaylee Constantino, Mindy Doktor and Megan Orrange competed in the 200 medley relay and finished in sixth place with a time of 1:53.25.
Mayou, Orrange, Lilly Baer and Cleo McDermott also competed in the 800 freestyle relay, finishing in seventh place with a time of 8:40.90.
On Thursday, Feb. 16, Mayou competed in the 500 freestyle, coming in seventh with a time of 5:26.60 and picking up 12 points.
Kayla Hagen qualified for the A final in the 50 freestyle, finishing sixth in that final with a time of 24.93. Doktor competed in the B final and finished fourth (12th overall) with a time of 25.56.
Overall, SUNY Geneseo took home the championship with 1,017 points, marking fifteen consecutive conference titles for the Knights. SUNY Cortland came in second with 573 points while SUNY Brockport placed third with 457 points.
Fredonia State finished sixth out of nine teams with 237 points.
HOCKEY
The team clinched the sixth-and-final SUNYAC playoff spot.
From left to right: Craig McCabe, Bryce Whitman, Anders Johnson, Dalton Jerzak, Antonio Demacopoulos, Ethan Kirbis and Gregg Lee. Photo by KAYLA WELSH | Staff Photographer.
The Blue Devils hockey team wrapped up its regular season this past weekend with two road matchups.
On Friday, Feb. 17, Fredonia State traveled to SUNY Cortland and fell to the Red Dragons by a final score of 8-1.
Junior forward David Sudbrink scored the only goal of the game for the Blue Devils. Defenseman Johnny Aonso recorded the lone assist.
Fredonia State goalie Logan Dyck was pulled midway through the second period after surrendering five goals on 20 shots. Senior Dalton Jerzak played the rest of the game, stopping 14 of 17 shots.
Red Dragons goalie Luca Durante stopped 21 of 22 shots in the win.
On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Blue Devils finished their regular season with a 9-0 loss to the SUNY Oswego Lakers in Oswego, a game that saw three different Fredonia State goalies.
Dyck was pulled at the end of the first period after allowing four goals on 17 shots. Freshman Charles-Anthony Barbeau stopped 17 of 20 shots in the second period before being lifted. Jerzak played the third period, making 16 saves on 18 shots.
Lakers goalie Cal Schell stopped all 20 Fredonia State shots for the shutout win.
The Blue Devils finish their regular season with an overall record of 7-17 and a 5-11 conference record.
Fredonia State enters the SUNYAC playoffs as the sixth seed, and they will travel to SUNY Geneseo to play the third-seeded Knights in their first round matchup.
Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22.