In Review

SPRING SPORTS Baseball Repeats as UAA Champion

Finishing the season with a 29–14 overall record, the Yellowjackets baseball team claimed its second straight University Athletic Association title and won the Liberty League regular season crown.

Rochester was led by senior shortstop and second team Academic All-American Nate Stein ’10, who hit a team-best .413 and led the Yellowjackets in RBIs (52), total bases (96), slugging percentage (.600), and on-base percentage (.495). Starting all 41 games, the financial economics major from Rochester also was named MVP for the season by both the UAA and the Liberty League.

Softball: Rochester was third in the Liberty League, went 4–4 at the UAA championships, and posted an overall record of 22–19 behind outfielder Kim Grimes ’12. The psychology major from Oak Park, Ill., led the team in batting average (.348) doubles (10), home runs (10), RBIs (34), total bases (82), and slugging percentage (.713).

Golf: The Yellowjackets were paced by Ryan Williams ’11, who took third individually at the UAA championships, where the squad finished third overall. Also at UAAs Michael Chudacoff ’12 came in eighth individually. The team finished third at both the Kravetz Invitational and the MacDaniel Invitational.

Lacrosse: Midfielder Amanda Case ’10 finished the 2010 season with a handful of honors, including second-team all–Liberty League accolades after leading Rochester in scoring and ground balls. Case also earned all-Liberty League honors in field hockey in the fall and received the Merle Spurrier Award for her outstanding contributions to Rochester women’s sports.

Rowing: The Yellowjackets finished their first varsity year with an excellent showing at the prestigious Dad Vail Championships. On the way, the team won the University Rowing Association crown in both the Varsity 8 and Novice 8 races. Rochester also made its mark in the polls, ascending to third in the NCAA Division III East Region.

Men’s Track & Field: Rochester’s distance corps ran away with the spring season: Brian Lang ’11 placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA championships, picking up all-America honors. Lang also won the ECAC steeplechase with a conference record of 9:05.24.

Women’s Track & Field: Hammer thrower Yaneve Fonge ’11 earned a trip to the NCAA championships, where she placed 15th, after a season in which she also was second in the hammer at both the ECAC and state meets. As a team, the Yellowjackets placed third at the state championships and 14th at ECACs. Hurdler Jacqueline Cinella ’11 was named Track Athlete of the Meet at the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championships.

Men’s Tennis: The team took seventh at the UAAs and finished the year with a dual-match record of 11–11. Brian Bowman ’10 played at first doubles for four years and first singles for three years, captained the squad for two years, and earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Scholar-Athlete Award for two straight years.

Women’s Tennis: Rochester finished the season ranked 20th in the country, after posting an overall dual-match mark of 12–6 and earning fourth place at UAAs. The Yellowjackets were paced by Lia Weiner ’11, who earned all-America honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, and Frances Tseng ’13, who received all–UAA accolades and UAA Rookie of the Year honors.

–Ryan Whirty

University of Rochester

In Review