Fredonia Women's Basketball Beach Sweep

2014

    The Fredonia Women's basketball team participated in the 2014 Great Lakes Beach sweep on Saturday, September 20th. It was a beautiful fall day and was attended by the players and coaching staff. The sweep was organized by the Fredonia Biology department. The data collected will be posted on the Biology site and will be used to further the education about pollution and how to combat it in the future throughout the Entire Great Lakes Region

   The Material collected was sorted and counted and weighed to give exact data for closer examination. The team collected over 8 and one half pounds of unique material to add to the study.

    The team feels that community service projects are an important part of being a student-athlete at Fredonia. Junior captain Katie Devine said, "...it was interesting to see how much trash there was and how such little pieces could really damage the wildlife." 

How SWEEP it is!

The women's basketball team completed a SWEEP this weekend to move themselves into serious contention for a SUNYAC playoff berth. The women defeated Cortland on Friday night and Oswego on Saturday afternoon. With 6 games remaining, the Blue Devils are holding onto the 5th spot. With 4 of the next 6 games on the road, they have a difficult task ahead of them! They travel to Oneonta and New Paltz this upcoming weekend as they look to continue their winning ways!

National Women's in Sports Day

The women's basketball team participated in National Women in Sports Day on Saturday, February 1st. As part of the festivities, after completing a sweep by defeating Oswego, the women hosted a shoot-around with an AAU team from the Dunkirk Middle School. In addition to playing a little basketball, the two groups had some pizza and shared a some stories of basketball together in Dods Hall. The picture above shows smiles and new friendships being created!

Women's Hoops Splits in Allegheny Tourney, Hebert tabbed to all-tourney team

Players getting ready for pre-game meal before defeating Marietta in opening game

      The Women's basketball team split a pair of games this weekend at Allegheny college's  Greg Richards Memorial Tip-Off Tournament. On Friday they defeated Marietta College from Ohio 60-58 in a thrilling last second win. Becky Hebert followed up a missed shot with 6 seconds remaining to give the Blue Devils their first victory of the season. On Saturday, the Blue Devils fell behind early and made a couple of second  half runs before finally falling to a very talented Allegheny team. senior Becky Hebert from Hilton NY was named to the All-Tournament team. The Blue Devils are on the road Tuesday at Nazareth College in Rochester before returning home for Saturday's home opener. 

Basket-O-Lanterns

The Women's basketball team had a team-building night together after their first full week of practice. The first order of the evening was to have a meal together in the Bob Steele Room. Stories about family and good food were the order of the first half of the night.

 

The evening was capped off by a pumpkin carving event that was designed to have each team member carving a pumpkin to best represent her personality. The team had a great time getting to know each other on a different level and some even ended the evening with a pumpkin seed bake off. What a great way to finish a weeks of hard work! New head Coach Linda Hill-MacDonald was very impressed at her team's creativity. Micky Mouse as well as Myley Cyrus were represented among other interesting characters.

Alumni Game On Homecoming weekend!

This year's women's basketball alumni game will be played at Steele Hall on Saturday October 12, 2013 at NOON. Refreshments to follow. If you are planning on attending, please contact assistant coach Rich Norton at norton@fredonia.edu ASAP! We are looking forward to seeing you there! 

All SUNYAC TEAM

Congratulations to Becky Hebert and Jaimie Warren for their post-season awards! Both Juniors were honored by the SUNYAC conference with awards. Hebert (Hilton) was tabbed to the second team ALL-SUNYAC team while Warren (Lakeview) was named as third team ALL-SUNYAC. A job well done!