Antoine St. Onge scored once and added two assists as the Fredonia State hockey team claimed a 4-2 win over Morrisville on Saturday.

The two teams traded goals in the first period. Matt Mueller scored at 10:57 for the Mustangs. Ryan Bailey evened the game a 1-1 when he scored on a power play with 1:22 left on the clock. St. Onge and Luke Morris assisted.

The only goal of the second period came when Alexis Gonzalez-Lambert scored his first career goal for the Blue Devils with an assist from Jack Schlifke.

Morrisville tied the game 11:53 into the third on a power play when Zach Nichols scored.

Just over two minutes later, the Devils got a power play goal from Xavier Fortin to go up 3-2. St. Onge collected the assist.

St. Onge sealed the game with 14 seconds left on an empty-netter. He now leads the SUNYAC with nine points and is second with five goals.

Fredonia State goalie Jameson Kaine made 26 saves to improve his record to 2-0-0. Morrisville’s Will Goumas made 44 saves and gave up three scores.

CROSS COUNTRY

Two weekends ago at the SUNYAC championship meet, Sembel Koshi finished fifth overall and had his name added to the conference men’s cross country Hall of Fame.

The Fredonia State senior, who’ll graduate in December, added another honor Saturday: NCAA all-region. He did so by finishing 30th at the Division III Niagara Region meet, held on campus, with a final time of 26:24.9. He covered his final collegiate 1,000 meters in 3:11.6, his fastest split of the 8,000-meter race.

The top 35 finishers in the race earn all-region honors.

The other six Fredonia State runners in the race give head coach Tom Wilson reason for optimism for the future. They, in order of finish, are sophomore Kevin Moser, freshman Edward Jourdan, freshman Lucas Peterson-Volz and sophomore Quillan Shimp, followed by displacement finishers freshman Stephen Hallberg and sophomore Aiden VanAmburg.

Fredonia State finished 13th overall in the regional, won by New York University, which defeated runner-up Geneseo by one point. Brockport finished third. There were 22 full teams in the race and 170 total starters.

Calie Hudson was the top runner for the Fredonia State women.

Hudson, a freshman, covered the 6,000-meter layout in 24:45.3 to finish 75th in a field of 156 women. Her 4:00.1 first 1,000 meters and her 4:05.0 final 1,000 were her two fastest splits.

Fredonia State had four other women compete on the home course. Holly Rohrbach was 103rd, Amilcar Centeno 107th, Vanessa Ryhal 120th and Elizabeth Wagner 131st.

New York University edged Geneseo for the team championship. NYU runners accumulated 32 points while Geneseo had 36. The University of Rochester was a distant third with 107 points.

Fredonia State finished 17th.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Fredonia State’s started quickly for the second straight game before falling 74-70 to Grove City in nonconference men’s basketball Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Devils (0-2) led by as many as 14 points in the first half before Grove City rallied. The Wolverines (2-2) are members of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

The Blue Devils built a 37-30 halftime lead on the solid shooting — 14 of 27 (51.9%) from the field, including 6 of 13 from beyond the three-point arc.

Brandon Kulakowski finished with 20 points and five assists and Martin Garza added 16 points for the Blue Devils, including nine straight during one stretch in the second half.

Grove City opened the second half with a 10-3 run to forge a 40-40 tie, the first of four ties in a back-and-forth second half. The final tie came with 51 seconds left when a free throw by Garza pulled the Blue Devils even at 70-70.

Grove City regained the lead for good on a turnaround jumper by Mike Christenson with 28 seconds to go. Chase Yarberough finished with 23 points, eight rebounds, and five assists to lead the Wolverines.

Fredonia State’s string of six straight nonconference games to open the season resumes Wednesday at Hartwick, followed by the home opener Friday night against Pitt-Bradford.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The SUNYAC named Fredonia’s Allie Wandell its Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week.

Wandell, a senior forward, led her team with a double-double, 23 points and 12 rebounds, as Fredonia beat William Smith 78-66 last week. She shot 10 of 16 (63%) from the floor, and 2-3 from the line, while adding two assists.

The Devils are now 3-0 on the season.

Photo courtesy of Fredonia State Athletics

Fredonia State’s Austin St. Onge fires a shot in a game earlier this season.