Sports

UR golfers face tough competition

The men’s golf team hosted the Fred Kravetz Invitational from Friday, April 20 to Saturday, April 21, placing 5th out of 6th after ending the tournament with a 643. Read More

Softball stomps on away rivals

The softball team secured second place in the Liberty League after progressing to 24-11, which was made possible by its sweep of Union College on Sunday, April 22. Read More

Teams may be NCAA contenders

Track and field teams aim to be real contenders in the NYSCTC Championship in two weeks, getting high marks at this past week's Cortland Classic. Read More

Collins is Coach Clutch

With the NBA regular season coming to an end, the Coach of the Year Award will be handed out soon. Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doug Collins is a proven candidate. Read More

NFL Draft Tracker 2012 – Are wideouts out, tight ends in?

Staff writer Tommy McAndrew discusses the dynamics of taking a tight end in the first round of the draft. Read More

Track and field obtains 18 qualifiers for ECACs

The men’s and women’s track and field teams defeated fifteen other teams and earned 18 berths to the ECAC Championships at the UR Alumni Invitational on Saturday, April 14. Read More

UR wins with top-notch pitching: Baseball earns split with Clarkson

UR left Potsdam, N.Y. as winners in two of four games in a weekend series on Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 against Clarkson University’s Golden Knights. The Liberty League match-up saw three tightly contested games and one big win by UR, behind a gem of a performance by junior pitcher Jon Menke. Menke […]

Softball swings three of four games against opponents

After finding themselves unlucky in a pair of down-to-the-wire losses against the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons last Friday, April 13, the women’s softball team bounced back in style this week, going 3-1 in a four-game home stand over the weekend. The Yellowjackets swept the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds (15-3, 2-0) on Saturday, April 14 before earning […]

Tennis takes down Saints without a sweat

UR tennis exemplified the Yellowjacket spirit of winning on Saturday, April 14 against St. Lawrence University with dominating victories on both the men’s (8-1) and women’s (5-4) sides. The men’s team won all but one of their singles matches. Despite a great effort put forth during a tiebreaker in the second set, senior Brian Rice […]

NFL Draft Tracker 2012: Tackling the tough questions

There are two teams in the NFL desperately in need of a new defensive tackle. The Seattle Seahawks, who have the 12th pick in this year’s NFL draft, and the Dallas Cowboys with the 14th pick. There are two prospects that teams have shown interest in: University of Memphis’s Dontari Poe and Mississippi State University’s […]