Blue Devils take off at Mike Woods XC Invitational at Geneseo
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[10.05.2022] Blue Devil Sports Roundup
MATT VOLZ Special to The Leader WOMEN’S TENNIS SHOWING IMPROVEMENT In their most recent contest, a Sept. 23 matchup against Penn State Behrend, the Blue Devils fell by a final mark of 6-3. While the team dropped to 0-6 on the season, they showed improvement from some of their first......
Former NBA player visits campus to talk about addiction
WILL KARRStaff Writer Growing up, former NCAA and NBA basketball player Chris Herren would attend school assemblies where guest speakers would talk about drug addiction. At the time, he never thought he would one day be talking to auditoriums of students about his own battle with addiction. “I remember some......
[09.21.22] Blue Devils sports roundup
MATT VOLZ Special to The Leader RUNNIN’ WITH THE DEVILS Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams were in action this past Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Rochester Yellowjacket XC Invitational, hosted by the University of Rochester at Genesee Valley Park. The men’s team finished 12th out of 25......
Spotlight event: Women’s soccer wins in final minutes
NATHAN SWANSON Special to The Leader The Fredonia women’s soccer team pulled off an extraordinary triumph Sept. 9 against Utica University, winning, 3-2, in the opening game of the Blue Devil Classic. This game was intense and physical. The game came down to a free kick In the last two......
Featured Fredonia hires two head coaches for baseball, lacrosse
TYLER PACOSSports Editor Although students have had the past couple of months off for summer vacation, the Fredonia Blue Devils Athletic Department has been working diligently to fill two vacant head coaching positions over the course of the off-season.At the end of the Spring 2022 semester, the search began for......
New Blue Devil Den and Blue Lounge attract students to William’s Center
WILL KARRSpecial to The Leader After receiving news last spring of Tim Horton’s upcoming closure in the Williams Center, Khristian King, executive director of Student Engagement and Inclusion, came up with a plan to reinvent the space. Now, she is working to help make the Williams Center the epicenter of......
Athlete profile: Meet Amanda Eastman
TYLER PACOS Sports Editor Amanda Eastman is heading into her senior year and senior season as a Blue Devil at SUNY Fredonia. Eastman is a finance major, but she’s more commonly known as number 17, an outfielder for the Fredonia State University softball team. Eastman grew up in Macungie, Pa.,......
SUNY Fredonia track and field sprinting toward SUNYAC meet
TYLER PACOS Assistant Sports Editor Both the men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams finished their regular seasons this week at the University of Buffalo team invitational on April 23 and the University of Rochester alumni invitational on April 30. At the University of Rochester meet, the women’s top......
Team in review: Fredonia Women’s Lacrosse
ANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor One of Fredonia’s teams currently in action this season is the women’s lacrosse team. The team is currently 1–11 overall and 0–5 in SUNYAC competition. This season has come with unexpected twists and turns, but the team has grown and is beginning to show signs of......