Fredonia State Athletes of the Week
Week ending Sept. 19
Nick Guarino
Senior/Bergen, N.Y.
Men's cross country
Guarino ran his fastest-ever 8,000 meters at the Airfield Invititational Sept. 17. Over the same course the NCAA Atlantic Regional will be run in November, Guarino crossed the line in 24:57 -- his first-ever clocking below 25 minutes. He finished second of 288 men in the race and led the Blue Devils, ranked No. 8 in the Atlantic Region, to a fourth-place finish.
Ryan O'Donnell
Senior/Orchard Park, N.Y.
Men's Soccer
Ryan O’Donnell had eight points in a pair of wins last week, seven in one game. First, he assisted on the game-winning goal Sept. 21 at Nazareth College with a corner kick to teammate Eli Lubberts. O'Donnell erupted for two goals and three assists in a 6-3 home win Sept. 18 vs. Buffalo State. He leads the Blue Devils with four goals and four assists in seven games.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Katie Kleine, women’s soccer; Becca List, women’s cross country; Eli Lubberts, men’s soccer; Jenna Tatu, women’s volleyball; Sarah Zureck, women’s volleyball
Previous weeks
Week ending Sept. 5, 2010
Alison Phillips -- Freshman/Orchard Park, N.Y./Women's Tennis
Competing for the first time on the collegiate level, Phillips won her No. 4 singles match Sept. 8 at Penn State Behrend to account for one of the Blue Devils' two team points. She followed that with No. 5 and No. 3 doubles wins Sept. 10 vs. Oswego, and a No. 5 singles win Sept. 12 vs. Brockport, to earn at least one win in three of the four matches the Blue Devils played during the week.
Chelsea Senn -- Junior/Hamburg, N.Y./Women's Volleyball
Senn began her week with a team-high nine kills Sept. 7 vs. Alfred, a match the Blue Devils won 3-0. That was followed with a solid weekend at the Nazareth Golden Flyer Tournament. She was named to the all-tournament team after She collected 29 kills in three matches, including 12 against nationally ranked New York University, a 3-1 Fredonia State win. She also had seven blocks against Hiram.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Lyz Dembrow, women's soccer; John Grabowski, men's soccer; Nick Guarino, men's cross country; Julie LaPolla, women's soccer; Becca List, women's cross country; David Thoin, men's soccer.
Week ending Sept. 5, 2010
Brittany Lis -- Junior/Lancaster, N.Y./Women's Volleyball
The Blue Devils' setter, Lis was selected to the all-tournament team after leading the Blue Devils to second place, their best-ever finish in the Cortland Red Dragon Classic, a tournament the Blue Devils have competed in since 1997. She averaged 7.3 assists and 3.7 digs per set as the Blue Devils defeated Montclair State, St. Lawrence, and SUNY Cortland before falling to Lebanon Valley.
Nick Guarino -- Senior/Bergen, N.Y./Men's Cross Country
Guarino finished second in 25:16 for 8,000 meters at the Dan Walker Invitational, hosted by Buffalo State, held Sat., Sept. 4, at Beaver Island State Park. His finishing kick took him past two other runners in the final 100 yards. The Blue Devils were second in the team standings, behind only NCAA Division II Edinboro. The only runner Guarino finished behind was also an Edinboro student-athlete.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Becca List, women's cross country; Taylor Wingerden, women's soccer.