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The Yellowjacket football squad suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the Worchester Polytechnic Institute Engineers in Worcester, Mass. this past weekend and dropped to 2-5 on the season. The game was a defensive battle, with neither team being able to produce much offensively. UR struggled to move the ball, posting only 227 yards […]

Sophomore defensive specialist and setter Maura Hamilton, a health and society major from St. Paul, Minn., led the women's volleyball team to two consecutive home wins this past week.Although she generally plays as a defensive specialist, Hamilton was forced into the setter role Thursday against Keuka College after injuries sidelined the first- and second-string setters.Hamilton […]

Growing up in Maryland provided me with many different opportunities to play sports as a kid. Football, lacrosse and baseball were all popular, of course. Given the small chance that I could withstand being tackled by kids roughly twice my weight or being hit by a lacrosse ball, as well as my general lack of […]

'Around the clock? Sports all the time?" Will Ferrell's 'Anchorman" character Ron Burgundy said amidst laughter. 'That's never going to work...."Well we all know how successful ESPN has been; yet to some people, the idea of watching an hour of exclusively sports news seems ludicrous. Forget about watching SportsCenter back-to-back (to-back-to-back). On the contrary, even […]

Ever since junior forward J.J. Dennstedt joined a recreational soccer team at age five, he's been a scoring threat to his opponents and an admirable leader to his teammates.Dennstedt, a mechanical engineering major from Rochester, N.Y., banked 34 goals and 22 assists in his four years at Victor Senior High School. He was an All-State […]

On Sunday night, my dreams were crushed. I had truly begun to believe that my beloved Red Sox were invincible. No matter what deficit they were forced to come back from, the team from Boston could surely handle it... that is, until the Rays finally came through and proved me wrong.After a solid two hours […]

After taking a hard blow in the first University Athletic Association Round Robin Tournament, UR's volleyball team returned to the court with two more weeks of practice under its belt and hoped that the second round robin would be different. Unfortunately, the Yellowjackets came out unsuccessful, going 0-4 over the weekend.'We had a tough weekend, […]

The women's tennis team traveled in two different directions to finish off its fall season last weekend. Sophomore Lia Weiner who won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional tournament earlier this fall headed to Mobile, Ala. to play in the ITA National Championships, while the rest of the team went to Ithaca, N.Y. to play in […]

Overtime has not fared well thus far this season for the UR women's soccer team. After winning at Carnegie Mellon University, 1-0, on Friday, the Yellowjackets traveled to Atlanta, Ga. to take on the Emory University Eagles. The Eagles managed to get the better of the 'Jackets after over 100 minutes of work, notching a […]

The UR men's golf team headed to Hampstead, Md. over the weekend to participate in the McDaniel College Fall Invitational. The Invitational was hosted on the Piney Branch Golf Club, and the par for the course was a 71.The course seemed to be a tough one, as the winning team of the Invitational shot a […]