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Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Fredonia held on to a first-half lead before a thunderstorm intervened Saturday afternoon, The Blue Devils emerged with a 2-1 lightning-shortened win over the Geneva Golden Tornadoes.
Members of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) All-Academic Team and Commissioner List have been announced for the 2016 spring semester, including 101 Fredonia Blue Devils.
Fredonia team captains for the 2016-17 seasons are senior Hunter Long (Lebanon, Tenn./Lebanon) and junior Jamie Young (Russell, Ohio/Gilmour Academy), it was announced by Head Coach Jeff Meredith.
Distance runners Collin Mulcahy and Kyle Collins each won a SUNYAC Championship on Saturday. Running in the 2016 SUNYAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Mulcahy was first to win his event in the 1,500-meter run (3:50.80), finishing just two seconds shy of breaking Nick Guarino's 2010 school record of 3:48.74. Collins then won the 5,000-meter run, crossing the finish line in 14:44.56.
Season-ending awards and presentations were made Sunday at the Fredonia Athletics Awards Gala in the Rosch Recital Hall. Athlete of the Year recipients were junior Meghan Bartlett (Johnstown, N.Y./Johnstown) of women's swimming and diving and junior Arron Carlson (LeRoy/Notre Dame) of men's swimming and diving. Rookie of the Year honors went to freshmen Jenna Einink (Mayville/Chautauqua Lake) of women's basketball and Bobby Polachek (Kingston, Pa.) of men's ice hockey.
Fredonia seniors Kyle Sherman (North Collins / North Collins) and Quinn Danahy (Buffalo/Bishop Timon) were named to the All-SUNYAC baseball team the conference office announced on Monday. Sherman was named First Team at shortstop and Danahy was named Second Team as an outfielder.
For the third time in her career, Laura Morrison has broken Fredonia's outdoor 800-meter run record, this time by more than a second. Her second-place finish of 2:11.05 at the State University of New York Athletic Conference championships was faster than her previous school record of 2:12.34. Oneonta's Rachel Shine finished just .05 seconds faster at 2:11.00.
The Fredonia baseball team clinched a SUNYAC playoff berth on Saturday winning 7-3 and 15-5 over Plattsburgh. The Devils qualified for the tournament for the third time in four years.
In their final meet before SUNYAC Championships in Oneonta next weekend, Fredonia's track and field teams competed at St. John Fisher College on Saturday.
Fredonia women's lacrosse got the win it needed Saturday at Potsdam, just not by as large as score they needed to make the SUNYAC Tournament. The Blue Devils emerged with a 9-8 victory over the Bears, yet needed to win by two or more goals to make the six-team SUNYAC Tournament.