Archive: Feb 2008
Coach's Corner: Heath's professional career translates into coaching success
Eleven years on a professional tour, six consecutive years ranked in the world's top-10 squash players and a place in the encyclopedia files of Wikipedia render UR squash head coach Martin Heath a little bit different from the rest of UR's athletic faculty. Before coming to UR in 2005, Heath obtained a substantial amount of […]
From the Pressbox
In the past few years, boxing has seen a significant decline in its American fan base. Judging solely by the state of the heavyweight division, boxing is dead in the U.S. Obviously, Americans are only interested in the things they dominate, and since a majority of the current top heavyweights are from Russia, Ukraine, Germany, […]
UR shines at Pentathlon
After a rough meet at Cornell University on Saturday, Feb. 16, the track and field teams came back at full force this weekend, producing impressive performances across the board.While most of the team traveled back to Cornell for the Deneault Invitational, the most notable performance came from junior Jamie Landry, who took the crown in […]
Tennis falls to Colgate
UR men's and women's tennis teams attempted to step up their game against the Division I Colgate University Raiders on Sunday but lost each of their matches, 1-6 and 0-7, respectively, on the road at Colgate's Sanford Fieldhouse. The UR men's loss set their record 3-3 for the season and gave the Colgate men its […]
Life, Love… Sport
Well hello there. Welcome back to Life, Love... Sport (Commitmentphobic Edition). If any of you managed to catch the Memphis-Tennessee tilt over the weekend, it was truly a classic. And not only for the game - the characters involved really spiced up the proceedings for me. For example, the halftime interview with Bruce Pearl and […]
Women drop out of top 25 with loss
After an impressive offensive showing in a 92-71 win against Case Western Reserve University Friday night at the Palestra, the UR women's basketball team suffered a setback on Sunday when they dropped a 59-56 decision to Emory University, snapping an eight-game home winning streak. This weekend's two-game split left the 'Jackets - who currently hold […]
Swimming takes seventh at UAAs
Both the men's and the women's swim teams finished up their seasons at the University Athletic Association Championships this past weekend at the Webster Athletic Center. The championships ran from Feb. 20-22 and started on Wednesday with diving preliminaries. Thursday was the first full day of competition for the 'Jackets, and competition continued until Saturday. […]
Men dominate final regular season home games
With 26 seconds left on the clock and the UR men's basketball team holding a 14-point lead over the Emory University Eagles, head coach Mike Neer called a timeout and put all five of his seniors on the floor for the final seconds of their last regular-season home game. This group has been a reason […]
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