Seniors Ryan Sullivan and Paul Toland earned All-New York Region honors for the 2009 season after voting conducted by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association.[read more]

Top-seeded Rensselaer scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth and went on to an 8-6 victory over the University of Rochester in the Liberty League baseball championships.[read more]

Austin Pitkin threw a complete-game five hitter with three walks and nine strikeouts to lead third-seeded Clarkson past Rochester, 6-0, in the opening round of the Liberty League baseball playoffs. [read more]

Dan Brien

Both league announced their all-association selections this week. For the UAA, this is a first. The UAA has traditionally named a team in March, upon conclusion of its championship tournament. After the 2008 season, the UAA baseball and softball coaches voted to select two teams – an all-tournament team in March to celebrate accomplishments during play, and an All-Association team to be determined at the end of the regular season.

Nine Yellowjackets earned a total of 10 Liberty League honors. Ryan Sullivan was recognized as both a catcher and a relief pitcher. Three athletes were named First Team All-Liberty League: Dan Brien at first base, Andy Cannon in the outfield, and Mike Park on the mound.

The Second Team All-Liberty League honorees were Nate Stein at short, Jay Jay Vanderstyne as the designated hitter, Paul Toland as a starting pitcher, and Sullivan in dual roles of catcher and reliever.

Outfielders Alex Caghan and Matt Francis were accorded Honorable Mention All-Liberty League status.

In the UAA balloting, Stein, Sullivan (as a catcher), Vanderstyne (as an infielder), and Park were First Team honorees. Brien and Toland were honored on the Second Team. Caghan was selected as the UAA Rookie of the Year.

Park has a 6-1 record with a 2.82 ERA. In 11 appearances (nine starts), he has pitched 51.0 innings, allowed 38 hits, 21 runs, 16 earned runs, walked 27, and struck out 65. Opponents are hitting .207 against him. He has two saves and has shared two shutouts.

Toland has a 6-1 record as well. In 11 appearances (seven starts), he has pitched 59.2 innings, allowed 63 hits, 22 runs (17 earned), walked 12, and struck out 50. Opponents are batting .269. He has one save.

Brien wields a .336 stick with 13 doubles, two triples, and three home runs. He has 23 RBIs. Stein is hitting .359 with 27 runs scored, 10 doubles, three triples, two HRs, and 36 RBIs.

Sullivan is hitting .348 with six doubles and two triples. He has 20 RBIs. On the mound, he has a 1.45 ERA with a 1-1 record in 18.2 innings. He has allowed 16 hits, five runs (three earned), walked three, and struck out seven.

Vanderstyne has a .348 average as well. He has scored 27 runs and driven in 25. He has seven doubles, four triples, and one HR. Cannon as scored a team-high 39 runs. He is batting .324 with eight doubles, two triples, and 24 RBIs. He leads Rochester in steals with 31.

Caghan is second in steals with 22. He is hitting .307 with 32 runs scored and 18 RBIs. He has also pitched 7.1 innings in relief. Francis is the team’s RBI leader with 38. He is hitting .305 and has scored 35 runs.

Rochester will host St. John Fisher at 7:30 pm Friday at Frontier Field. The game comes two days after the Yellowjackets edged the Cardinals, 5-4, at Dugan Yard.

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Blair Veenema pitched three hit ball over 7.1 innings and Mike Park saved it as the University of Rochester defeated St. John Fisher, 2-0, at Frontier Field Friday night.[read more]

Ryan Sullivan got five outs to earn his fourth save of the season as the University of Rochester edged St. John Fisher College, 5-4.[read more]

Three members of the University of Rochester baseball team have been recognized for their accomplishments last weekend by a variety of conferences.[read more]

Rochester's pitching staff again proved formidable, holding Vassar College to one total run in a doubleheader sweep at Prentiss Field on Sunday. The Yellowjackets won, 8-1 and 8-0.[read more]

Rochester's bats broke out in a big way as the Yellowjackets defeated Vassar College, 16-2, and 13-2 in a Liberty Legaue doubleheader.[read more]

Twelfth-ranked Ithaca College scored seven runs in the eighth inning and went on to a 15-9 victory over the University of Rochester at Towers Field.[read more]

The Tuesday afternoon baseball game between Rochester and Ithaca has been postponed in anticipation of inclement weather.[read more]

Visiting Clarkson found a way to tame the Yellowjacket bats on Sunday as the Golden Knights posted two 2-0 Liberty League victories.[read more]

Ryan Sullivan knocked in two runs in game one, then saved game two as Rochester swept Clarkson in a Liberty League twinbill, 9-4 and 5-2.[read more]

The University of Rochester took a doubleheader from Keuka College on Wednesday in varying formats.[read more]

The University of Rochester scored seven runs in the late innings to break open a close game and went on to a 14-8 victory over RIT.

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The guy who said lightning never strikes the same place twice is wrong. Ask the baseball teams at the University of Rochester and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[read more]

The top two teams in the Liberty League baseball race settled very little as they split a doubleheader at Rochester’s Towers Field on Saturday.[read more]

Moments after being held to just one hit in a loss, the University of Rochester broke out the bats in a big way to defeat Union, 12-3.[read more]

The University of Rochester swept a Liberty League doubleheader at Union College, 9-4 and 10-3, on Saturday.[read more]

The College of Brockport scored four runs in the top of the 11th to upend the University of Rochetser, 12-8, at Towers Field in a non-league game on Thursday.[read more]

Wednesday's scheduled home baseball game between Rochester and The College at Brockport has been postponed until Thursday.[read more]

Six members of the University of Rochester baseball team have received 2009 Spring Sport All Academic Recognition from the UAA.[read more]

Rochester jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the nitecap enroute to a 10-3 win after taking game one of the twinbill, 4-3, over St. Lawrence.[read more]

Rochester rallied for three in the seventh to beat St. Lawrence, 4-2, but the Saints took the nitecap, 5-4.[read more]

Rochester produced two big plays in the late innings and went on to a 5-2 victory over defending Division III baseball champion SUNY Cortland at Wallace Field on Tuesday afternoon. [read more]

Tuesday's baseball game will be broadcast live by SUNY Cortland Sports over the internet. [read more]

Rochester's baseball battery of senior lefty Michael Park and freshman catcher Casey Storme combined for three honors this week.[read more]

Four men combined on a four hitter as the University of Rochester shut out SUNY Cobleskill, 11-0, at Towers Field on Sunday.[read more]

Mike Park struck out 13 in the opener and the bats provided plenty of run support in a sweep of Cobleskill in baseball Saturday.[read more]

The University of Rochester had five baseball players – including the MVP - named to the University Athletic Association All-Tournament Team.

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Saturday's baseball game against SUNY Cobleskill will start at 1 pm, rather than 2 pm.[read more]

Rochester won the UAA baseball championship by defeating Brandeis, 9-8, and seeing Washington upend co-leader Case on Saturday.[read more]

Washington University rallied for nine runs late and squeezed out a 13-11 victory over Rochester in the University Athletic Association championships.[read more]

Emory's pitching staff cooled off the Rochester bats on Thursday and the Eagles went on to an 8-3 victory in the UAA Baseball Championships.[read more]

J.J. Vanderstyne hit a grand slam home run and Blair Veenema threw four hit ball over six innings as the baseball team defeated Brandeis, 7-2.[read more]

Rochester totaled 26 runs to sweep Emory (10-7) and Case (16-2) in the University Athletic Association championships at Sanford, Fla.[read more]

Rochester opened the Liberty League season by sweeping doubleheaders from Skidmore College while both teams were in Florida.[read more]

After coming within two victories of an NCAA playoff berth last season, the University of Rochester baseball team has a strong enough cast returning to keep itself in the thick of the playoff hunt in 2009.[read more]