FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Three Fredonia State Blue Devils have earned weekly award from the State University of New York Athletic Conference.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Mark Friesen (Calgary, Alberta) was chosen SUNYAC Goaltender of the Week, while junior
Ryan Fuller (Endicott) and sophomore
Ashley Keller (Lockport) were chosen SUNYAC Divers of the Week in their genders.
Friesen made 56 saves in two games against two nationally ranked opponents as the Blue Devils finished 1-1. Friesen stopped 19 shots in the 2-1 loss to No. 13 Elmira Tuesday night. Saturday afternoon, Friesen made 37 saves, including two key stops during a 5-on-3 advantage in the second period, as the Blue Devils completed a dramatic 3-2 overtime win against No. 6 Neumann. The Blue Devils improved to 7-6-3 and snapped Neumann's eight-game winning streak. On the season, Friesen's save percentage is 92.1 with a 2.62 goals against average.
Fuller won both boards in Blue Devils' 211-78 win over Nazareth. He attained NCAA provisional qualifying status with 287.15 points in the 3-meter event and his winning 1-meter score was 271.25 points. It was the third time this season he has received the SUNYAC award, and the fourth time it has gone to a Blue Devil men's diver.
Winning the award for the first time, Keller turned in a career-best performance and provisionally qualified for the NCAA meet with a 273.15 off the 1-meter board for a first-place finish, placing ahead of All-American teammate
Sarah Ficarro. Keller took second on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 254.25. Ficarro has won the award three times this year.
