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Women’s Volleyball Falls To Geneseo in SUNYAC Semis

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN-CHRISTOPHER PURVIS Staff Writer   The fourth-seeded Fredonia women’s volleyball team season came to an end Friday night against Geneseo. Despite a hard-fought battle against arguably one of the best teams in the SUNYAC conference, the women’s volleyball team came up just short of taking down the first-seeded Knights. The......
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Jerry Fisk: Changing the culture

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor   Fredonia’s new athletic director, Jerry Fisk, is a big man with big ideas. Fisk took over the position in the Spring semester of last year, and already the changes he’s made can be seen all over campus. Since the winter, the Blue Devils athletics department......
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“As long as you know and believe in what you want to accomplish, nothing should get in the way of that”: Justyn Haines becomes conference champion, wraps up his senior season

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader   This past weekend, SUNYAC hosted their two-day men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championships event in Geneseo, N.Y. Last season, the Cortland men’s track and field team won their league title after winning the 2017 championship with 191.5 points. However, Geneseo took......
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‘It’s very disappointing to lose a game like that’: Blue Devils take Plattsburgh series, eliminated from playoff contention

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor   Coming into the weekend, the men’s baseball team was trying to catch Brockport for the fourth and final spot in the playoffs. The Blue Devils had to win the remainder of their games and get help to get in. That quest started with......
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“I was actually pretty shocked . . .”: Nicole Burrows finishes senior lacrosse season, leaves Fredonia with three school records

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor   The Fredonia women’s lacrosse team saw two victories in their last few games, prior to closing out their regular season. And after a long and difficult season, they were certainly met with a large amount of excitement. However, there were......
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‘. . . she was pretty much unstoppable’: Jenna Einink, junior basketball player, reaches 1,000 points

Reading Time: 5 minutesCHELSEA BARON Special to The Leader   2,000 may not be a high score in a video game, but it is in basketball. Jenna Einink has celebrated reaching 1,000 points in both her high school and college careers. Ken Ricker, Einink’s basketball coach from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), was......
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A lifetime of achievement: Former athletic director to receive Damore Award

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCOLIN HART Special to The Leader   “I thought I could do a decent job given the opportunity.” These are the words of former SUNY Fredonia Athletic Director Greg Prechtl, who is set to receive the Dr. Patrick R. Damore Distinguished Service Award this May in recognition of his lifetime......

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