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Fredonia Sports Update

Contributor to The LeaderApril 10, 2019August 31, 2019

April 10, 2019August 31, 2019

Dante Lasting Special to The Leader The first full week of April is in the books, and it’s starting to feel a little more like spring. Teams are catching up with games that were postponed and field conditions are slowly getting better. Ludwig Field is about halfway there with......

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Getting ready to move on: Jen Kershner and Sam Spiess

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2019August 31, 2019

March 27, 2019August 31, 2019

KATIE MILLER Special to The Leader It’s safe to say the Fredonia women’s lacrosse team is extremely comfortable with one another. The sole seniors on the team, Jen Kershner and Sam Spiess, discussed moving on from Fredonia last Friday morning inside of Starbucks on campus. A few minutes into the......

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Fredonia sports update

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2019August 31, 2019

March 27, 2019August 31, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor The Blue Devils athletics spring season is now well underway. Baseball, softball and women’s lacrosse have all had games this season, with men’s and women’s track and field competing in their first meet this weekend. The Fredonia baseball team stood 9-9 overall and 6-0 in......

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Fredonia Athletics’ growing pains

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 20, 2019August 25, 2019

February 20, 2019August 25, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Fredonia Athletics is growing. And with that comes a little bit of hurt. Alongside the renovation of facilities, developing drug testing policies and increased academic expectations of athletes, Fredonia’s athletics department has gone through a number of coaching changes. Since last Fall, the track and......

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Is drug testing Division III athletes worth it?

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 8, 2019September 2, 2019

February 8, 2019September 2, 2019

Every athlete has to agree to random drug testing to be in compliance with NCAA regulation. There’s no changing that. But how worth it is it to drug test Division III athletes? It makes sense at Division I and Division II schools to test for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) like......

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Can Fredonia ever become a sports school?

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 28, 2018September 2, 2019

November 28, 2018September 2, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Maybe. But it would take a lot. Fredonia isn’t a Division I school, so we’re not really in the running to be the next Syracuse, or even compete with UB for that matter. But a better question to ask would be what will it take......

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Impact of intramurals on college students

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2018

September 20, 2018

Jordan-Christopher Purvis Special to The Leader Growing up, I loved every sport that was introduced to me. I always dreamt of playing in Yankee Stadium alongside Derek Jeter, hearing the “Bleacher Creatures” chanting my name throughout the stands and competing for the World Series title each year. However, even......

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Fredonia Lacrosse is ready to face-off season with new coach

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 12, 2018September 2, 2019

September 12, 2018September 2, 2019

CASSIDY HERMAN Special to The Leader The new head coach of Fredonia Blue Devil women’s lacrosse, Marykate Edmunds, is ready to start her season and has been since July of 2018. Edmunds sees great things in Fredonia’s future. Not only is she excited to work with the women on......

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“I was actually pretty shocked . . .”: Nicole Burrows finishes senior lacrosse season, leaves Fredonia with three school records

Contributor to The LeaderMay 2, 2018August 15, 2019

May 2, 2018August 15, 2019

AVRIL 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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‘I expect that none of the lacrosse team members have spoken, as they [were] instructed not to discuss’: Coaching change for women’s lacrosse

Contributor to The LeaderApril 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor Last month, the Fredonia lacrosse team went to Florida for the tournament “Spring Fling.” When the team left for Florida, their head coach was Amy Simon, who was in her third year in the position. Simon, after graduating from Fredonia in 2012, was hired......

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Fredonia Sports Update

Getting ready to move on: Jen Kershner and Sam Spiess

Fredonia sports update

Fredonia Athletics’ growing pains

Is drug testing Division III athletes worth it?

Can Fredonia ever become a sports school?

Impact of intramurals on college students

Fredonia Lacrosse is ready to face-off season with new coach

“I was actually pretty shocked . . .”: Nicole Burrows finishes senior lacrosse season, leaves Fredonia with three school records

‘I expect that none of the lacrosse team members have spoken, as they [were] instructed not to discuss’: Coaching change for women’s lacrosse