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Three Earn Season Honors from Liberty League

11/13/2009

Three University of Rochester field hockey players have earned All-Liberty League honors. [read more]



Field Hockey Blanks Brockport in Finale

10/28/2009

Rochester capped off its field hockey season by shutting out the University at Brockport, 5-0, at Fauver Stadium on Tuesday evening.[read more]



Late Skidmore Goal Edges Field Hockey, 4-3

10/25/2009

Beardsley tied the score with less than 17 minutes to play.
Beardsley tied the score with less than 17 minutes to play.
Christine Kemp scored with 2:25 to play to snap a 3-3 tie and carry 11th-ranked Skidmore College to a 4-3 victory over the University of Rochester in field hockey at Edwin Fauver Stadium.

Brittany O’Brien finished with two goals and two assists for the Thoroughbreds. Kemp had one goal and one assist. Elise Britt scored one goal. Casey Tang, and Lauren McCarthy) also had assists.

Amanda Case, Christi Bottcher , and Allison Beardsley scored the Rochester goals. Anna Dobrzynski and Bottcher had an assist each.

Liz Catinella made one save and allowed three goals for Skidmore. Danielle Pearson made seven saves for Rochester. Skidmore held a 13-4 advantage in shots and a 19-5 edge in penalty corners.

Skidmore is 12-3 overall, 6-1 in the Liberty League. The Thoroughbreds are tied for first place in the league standings with St. Lawrence and Hamilton. Each team finished 6-1 in league play. Rochester is 10-7 overall, 3-4 in the Liberty League. The Yellowjackets finished in fifth place in the league standings.

Rochester took a 1-0 lead just 71 seconds into the match. Case took a penalty corner out of the left side. She played it to Bottcher had the top of the circle. The return pass came back from the right side of the arc and Case tipped it home.

Skidmore evened it at 17:02. Tang played a penalty corner to O’Brien at the top of the arc. Her pass from there was stuffed inside the right post by Britt. The Thoroughbreds moved in front, 2-1, at 43:20. McCarthy collected a penalty corner on right wing and moved around before she passed to O’Brien who scored into the lower left hand corner.

Rochester equalized at 46:02, only to see the Thoroughbreds tie it 20 seconds later. Rochester broke into a counterattack with Dobrynzski feeding Bottcher just inside the circle and she wristed a low shot beyond the reach of Catinella. On Skidmore’s ensuing possession, O’Brien tipped in a pass from Kemp at 46:22.

The Yellowjackets got even one more time – at 53:51. Beardsley was falling down in the circle when she managed to sweep the ball under Catinella and into the back of the net from eight yards away.

Kemp’s gamewinner came on a penalty corner that she inserted. She played the ball to O’Brien who simply returned the pass to the endline and Kemp slotted it past Pearson.



Field Hockey Falls in OT to Union

10/24/2009

Visiting Union College scored 4:38 into sudden death overtime on Saturday afternoon to defeat the University of Rochester, 3-2, in field hockey at Fauver Stadium.[read more]



Field Hockey Wins Seventh Straight

10/21/2009

Rochester ran its field hockey winning streak to seven matches with a 2-0 victory at Utica College on Wednesday evening.[read more]



Field Hockey Earns Two Weekly Honors

10/20/2009

The Liberty League has selected Anna Dobrzynski as Offensive Performer of the Week and Danielle Pearson as Defensive Performer of the Week for the week ending October 19. [read more]



Dobrzynski's Hat Trick Propels Yellowjackets to Sixth Straight

10/18/2009

Anna Dobrzynski scored all three Yellowjacket goals as the University of Rochester won their sixth consecutive game by defeating Washington and Jefferson 3-0 on Sunday afternoon. [read more]



Field Hockey Rallies Past Ithaca

10/14/2009

Shelby Hall scored on a rebound of her own shot just 2:21 into overtime as the University of Rochester rallied to defeat Ithaca College, 3-2, in field hockey.[read more]



Liberty League Selects Bottcher As AOW

10/12/2009

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Field Hockey Stays Hot Behind Bottchers Hat Trick

10/10/2009

Senior Forward Christi Bottcher scored three goals, including the game winner, to give the University of Rochester a 7-5 win over visiting RPI in Liberty League field hockey action.[read more]



Field Hockey Downs Vassar, Wins Third Straight

10/9/2009

Shayna McKie and Anna Dobrzynski each scored one goal as the University of Rochester defeated Vassar College to win their third straight game.[read more]



Pearson Selected as Defensive Performer of the Week

10/6/2009

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Field Hockey Rolls Past Elmira

10/6/2009

The University of Rochester evened its field hockey record at 5-5 with a 5-1 victory over winless Elmira College at Edwin Fauver Stadium Tuesday afternoon.[read more]



Case Goal at 0:00 Beats 18th-Ranked Herons

9/30/2009

Amanda Case scored in a flurry after a penalty corner with all zeros on the clock and Rochester defeated 18th-ranked William Smith, 2-1, in field hockey at Edwin Fauver Stadium.[read more]



Field Hockey Blanked at Hamilton

9/26/2009

Host Hamilton scored twice in the second half and went on to a 2-0 field hockey victory over the University of Rochester.[read more]



Saints Defeat Field Hockey

9/25/2009

Host St. Lawrence scored two goals in the first 11 minutes and went on to a 7-1 field hockey victory over the University of Rochester on Friday.[read more]



Field Hockey Edges Hartwick on Road

9/18/2009

Anna Dobrzynski scored one goal in each half as the University of Rochester defeated Hartwick, 2-1 in field hockey.[read more]



Scranton Edges Rochester Field Hockey

9/12/2009

The Yellowjackets put on tremendous second half pressure, but couldn't get the equalizer in a 2-1 loss at the Univerity of Scranton.[read more]



Field Hockey Falls to Geneseo

9/11/2009

The University of Rochester field hockey team fell to visiting Geneseo 2-1 on Friday.[read more]



Second Half Spurt Carries UR Past Nazareth

9/9/2009

Anna Dobrzynski scored two goals and Amanda Case had one as Rochester defeated Nazareth, 3-0, in field hockey at Fauver Stadium.[read more]



Field Hockey's Burst Tops OWU

9/5/2009

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#9 Cortland Tops Field Hockey

9/3/2009

Ninth-ranked SUNY Cortland scored two goals in each half and posted a 4-1 victory over the University of Rochester in field hockey.[read more]



Field Hockey Ready for the Challenge of 2009

9/2/2009

With seven seniors leading the way, the 2009 University of Rochester field hockey team is poised for a breakthrough season.[read more]



Fourteen Honored as NFHCA Scholars

3/25/2009

Fourteen women have been honored by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and Rochester is a repeat recipient of the organization's Team Academic Honor.[read more]



Ten Named Liberty League All-Academic

1/8/2009

Ten University of Rochester field hockey players have made the Liberty League All-Academic Team.[read more]