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UR plows by Kean en route to UAA competition this week
It was a collective effort that propelled the UR men's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over the Kean University Cougars this past Sunday.Junior forward J.J. Dennstedt led the charge for the 'Jackets on offense, setting up one goal and scoring another.Defensively, the UR team as a whole stymied the Kean offense.'Kean had some very […]
?Jackets regroup to beat regional foes
The 'Jackets split at Saturday's Dig Pink volleyball event. The day featured three matches between UR, the SUNY Geneseo Knights and the SUNY Potsdam Bears, each team playing another one time.The 'Jackets started off strong in a 3-1 victory over Geneseo but later came up short against Potsdam in a 0-3 loss.In the spirit of […]
Women see mixed results in LL play
This weekend, the UR field hockey team hosted both Hamilton College and St. Lawrence University in Fauver Stadium. The 'Jackets were strong in both games and came out 1-1 for the weekend.UR played Hamilton on Saturday, and it was an explosive start to the weekend. UR fought hard to beat 6-6 Hamilton by a score […]
Gurnett defines model of success
Walking up the stairs to women's soccer head coach Terry Gurnett's office, I still wasn't sure what question I should ask first. In his 32nd season as UR's head coach, Gurnett is the winningest coach in Division III women's soccer history.He has won two national championships and was named the NCAA Division III Coach of […]
View from a Starr
I love baseball as much as anyone. The playoffs? Of course, that's the most exhilarating stage of them all. But this year, something went wrong and it's not just that the Red Sox lost to the Rays in the A.L.C.S.Once upon a time, when a baseball game in October took more than three hours to […]
Football falls one score short
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 […]
Athlete of the Week: Maura Hamilton
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 […]
From the Pressbox
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 […]
View From a Starr
'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 […]
Athlete of the Week: J.J. Dennstedt
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 […]