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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
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Stroke of hope arrives
The men’s golf team tackled some of the stiffest competition in the nation when they hosted the Mid-Atlantic Region Invitational this past weekend. Facing No. 13 St. John Fisher College and an array of other on-the-cusp powerhouses including Franklin and Marshall College and Allegheny College, the Yellowjackets fell into a hole on Sunday, April 8, […]
Athlete of the Week
Athlete of the Week: Nick Carlson
Sophomore first baseman Nick Carlson hit two home runs and recorded four RBIs in four trips to the plate this past weekend against Liberty League rival Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to help secure a 10-5 victory on day one. A native of Canandaigua, N.Y., Carlson began his baseball career in second grade. By high school, he […]
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Baseball shows signs of life
This past weekend featured a pair of away doubleheaders against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). UR won the first game 10-5 on Saturday, April 7, before losing the second 4-2 on day one. Day two had two losses of 2-7 and 7-10 for the Yellowjackets. The ten runs scored in the series opener represented a season […]
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UR runners place high at invitational
UR’s track and field team collectively put up a solid performance at the Rochester Spring Invitational this past Saturday, April 7. The women’s team had two ECAC qualifiers while the men won several events in their first home meet of the season. Beginning with the women, freshman Yvette Igbok took second place in the 100-meter […]
