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CT Sports guide to finals procrastination
Finals week. What a time to be at the University of Rochester: trying to figure out the partial fraction of an integral as summer plans fall into place and the temperature starts to approach 60 degrees. We delve deep into the intricacies of gendered language by late Victorian novelists right as the question of “socks […]
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Softball clinches Liberty League title
This weekend, the regular season wrapped up for UR softball, but given the team’s strong performance of late, there are still plenty of games left to be played. After three more wins on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, the ‘Jackets stand at 24-11, with a 10-2 record within the Liberty League, which is […]
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Victory sends Women’s Lacrosse to Liberty League Playoffs
After a critical win against RIT this Saturday in their annual Senior Game, the UR Women’s Lacrosse team will advance to the Liberty League playoffs for the first time since 2002. Seniors Lauren Basil, Maddie Elia, Megan Arnold and Emily Hogan were all recognized for their contributions to the program over the course of the […]
From the Athlete's Perspective
Track and Field puts up impressive performance
This past weekend, the UR Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams made their way to St. John Fisher College to compete in the Cardinal Classic. The men’s team captured first place and scored 103.5 points to top the 15-team field. These points came from a variety of events, with numerous athletes claiming first place. […]
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UR Rowing places third in Liberty League
On Friday, April 24, the University of Rochester’s Women’s Rowing Team headed east across New York State to compete in the Liberty League Championships on Saratoga Lake. The Yellowackets put out an impressive performance and placed third overall. The team’s strongest showing came from the first Varsity 8+. This boat consisted of seniors Juliana Orlov, […]
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Chip Kelly’s latest project: Tim Tebow
As we near the end of April, all NFL fans have their eyes on the 2015 draft. Avid NFL junkies are reading every Mel Kiper Jr. report to see whom their team should pick for the upcoming event airing in Chicago on April 30. But, what we didn’t anticipate was former Heisman winner Tim Tebow […]
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Women’s Tennis shuts out RIT
The University of Rochester Women’s Tennis team defeated the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Tigers this past Friday at the Lyman Tennis Center with a score of 9-0. The ‘Jackets end their season with an overall record of 8-7. Seniors Cara Genbauffe and Emily DePerrior were both honored during their last match as Yellowjackets. Genbauffe […]
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UR Softball shows doubleheader dominance
It has been a busy week for UR Softball which has competed in doubleheaders on almost a daily basis. They recently faced Liberty League rivals Clarkson and Skidmore over the weekend and played Ithaca College at home on Tuesday, April 21. Against Clarkson, whose team is only in their second year of existence, the ‘Jackets […]
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Golf takes fifth place in Kravetz Invitational
This past weekend, the University of Rochester Men’s Golf team entered the Fred Kravetz Invitational at Oak Hill Country Club. The team finished fifth place out of the field of six teams, and had a cumulative team score of 627 over 36 holes of play. RPI was able to defend its title and capture its […]
Athlete of the Week
Boubacar Diallo – Men’s Track and Field
1. How did you first get involved with track and field? And, specifically, with jumping? I was 11 years old when I started track and field with the track club “Espoirs de Bignona” back in Senegal. I joined because, as a kid, I liked the idea of racing against my friends to see who was […]
