10 | THELAKER Men’s volleyball: Champions again The men’s volleyball team claimed their second consecutive championship at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Invitational in April. And this is only the second year of the team’s existence. The Lakers went to their first invitational in 2023, the team’s first year of competitive play, and defeated Monroe College of New Rochelle, 3-1. This past spring, the men defeated Monroe again, also 3-1. State Sen. Pam Helming invited the team to Albany to be recognized on the Senate chamber floor. Nick Ferris of Canandaigua was named most valuable player, ending the championship match with 11 kills and a total of 14.5 points. He had 47 kills over the two days of the tournament at the College of DuPage in Illinois. Coach Steven Verbridge was named NJCAA Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year. PHOTO COURTESY OF NJCAA Six lumberjills take top honors e women’s logging sports team won the Northeast Women’s Division title in April at the spring meet at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks. e six-woman team competed against opponents from 12 four-year colleges, including Colby College, Dartmouth and the University of Connecticut. ey posted rst-place nishes in nine out of the 19 events. Mackenzie Ferris of Spencerport and Rachel Joseph ’24 of Cohocton won the standing block chop, in which competitors stand on a block of wood and chop it in half from both sides. Nita Schumacher ’24 of Cli on Springs won the super bow saw event. Lydia Culbert of Rochester and Naomi Weed of Shortsville won the doubles scoot load – rolling logs with poles and stacking them on a platform. Morgan Cheney, who also competed in track and eld, rounded out this year’s stellar team. e team also won the portage canoe event, which involves paddling and carrying a canoe. Logging sports consists of four divisions: women, men, jack and jill (mixed team of men and women) and open. Ryan Staychock ’96 serves as head coach with the assistance of Brandon Graves ’15, Hanna Quigley, and Blaise Cox ’19. is year’s win in the women’s division marks the 39th championship for the Lakers. e College celebrated the 50th anniversary of the team earlier this year (See the Class Notes section.) campus happenings The champion women’s logging sports team, standing, from left, Morgan Cheney, Mackenzie Ferris, Naomi Weed, and Rachel Joseph ’24. Kneeling, left to right: Lydia Culbert and Nita Schumacher ’24.
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