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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

Bottcher scored one goal and set up two others.
Bottcher scored one goal and set up two others.
Rochester capped off its field hockey season by shutting out the University at Brockport, 5-0, at Fauver Stadium on Tuesday evening.

Christi Bottcher scored the first goal, then set up two more to lead the Yellowjackets. Amanda Case had two assists. Kyra Pinsky, Tara Gelb, Shayna McKie, and Anna Dobrzynski scored the other Yellowjacket goals.

Rochester finished its season at 11-7. Brockport is 2-14.

For Brockport, Kasey Schreiner made six first half saves and allowed three goals. Jen Allen took over in goal at halftime. She stopped seven shots and allowed two goals. For Rochester, Danielle Pearson earned her fourth shutout this season. She was not required to make a save.

The Yellowjackets had a 25-1 advantage in shots and a 15-0 edge in penalty corners.

In the opening minute of the game, Case played a penalty corner to Bottcher at the right side of the arc. She whistled a shot into the lower left hand corner for her seventh goal of the year.

Pinsky made it 2-0 at 14:39. Case took the penalty corner, got it to Bottcher, and her pass found Pinsky deep in the circle for the goal. Gelb's goal came with 2:37 left in the first half. Bottcher's shot off another penalty corner was saved by Schreiner ahd Gelb steered home the rebound.

Bottcher's pass found McKie on the doorstep at 50:38 for a 4-0 lead. Dobrzynski scored from six yards away on left wing five seconds before the match ended.

Case, Dobrzynski, and Bottcher were formidable scorers during the year. Case scored nine goals, had eight assists for a team-best 26 points. Dobrzynski and Bottcher both finished with 25 points; Dobrzynsk with a team-best 12 goals and one assist while Bottcher scored seven goals and had a team-best 11 assists.

In goal, Pearson played 1139:12. She made 84 saves, had a save pct. of 72.4% and a 1.97 goals-against average.



Late Skidmore Goal Edges Field Hockey, 4-3

10/25/2009

Rochester battled gallantly against 11th-ranked Skidmore and tied the score twice before the Thoroughbreds emerged with a 4-3 win at Fauver Stadium.[read more]



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]