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4 Spring Sports Wrap-Up
Men’s Baseball (25-16, 16-8 Liberty League, 2-6 UAA) Liberty League Championships and finished fourth in the 1st Varsity
8 event at the New York State Championships, third Division III crew.
Team Highlights: The team finished fourth in the UAA in Florida The women finished the season at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia,
and second in the Liberty League regular season.They advanced to earning silver with the 2nd Varsity 8 finishing in fifth place. Individual
the Liberty League Tournament Championships, finishing second to Highlights: Monika Cepulis ’14 and Emily Widra ’15 were named to
Union and ended the season with seven players hitting over .300.The the All-Liberty League Team after the season. Widra was named as a
Jackets snapped the College at Brockport’s six-game winning streak second team All-American by the CRCA. Emily is Rochester’s first All-
on April 22, when Lance Hamilton ’16 hit a three-run, walk-off home American in the sport of rowing. Fourteen athletes earned All-Liberty
run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game. Individual League Academic honors and four earned CRCA Academic team
Highlights: Dan Warren ’16 was named to the UAA All-Tournament honors.
team following the competition in Florida.Three Yellowjackets were
named to the All-UAA Team: Ethan Sander ’14, First Team and Warren Women’s Softball (32-14, 2-6 UAA, 10-2 Liberty League)
and Lance Hamilton ’16, Second Team. Evan Janifer ’16 was named
to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week the week of April 15. Six Team Highlights: The team clinched the Liberty League title after
Yellowjackets were awarded All-Liberty League status following the entering the tournament as the top-ranked team in the Northeast
season: Janifer and Nolan Schultz ’16 were named to the First Team and Region of the NCAA and advanced to the NCAA tournament.The
Warren, Sander, Hamilton, and Tyler DeClerck ’14 were named to the Jackets won the NCAA Regional by winning three elimination games.
Second Team. Janifer and Schultz were honored by D3baseball.com by They defeated 15th-ranked Rowan University twice to win the Super
being named All-New York Region First and Second Team. Sander and Regionals and advance to the NCAA Championships in Tyler, Tex., for
Janifer were named 2014 All-New York Regional Second Team by the the first time in school history.The team’s incredible run ended in
ABCA, and Hamilton was a Third Team pick. David Strandberg ’17 threw Texas after losses to #20 Wisconsin–Whitewater and #13 St.Thomas.
the second recorded no-hitter in University baseball history against Individual Highlights: Brittany Grage ’15 threw the first perfect game
Bard College on April 13. in Rochester’s softball history during the Liberty League tournament.
Nina Korn ’14 was named Liberty League Player of the Year for the
Women’s Crew second year in a row; Grage was named Pitcher of the Year; and Eleni
Wechsler ’17 was named Rookie of the Year. Seven Yellowjackets
Team Highlights: The women entered the season with the Varsity 8 were honored by the Liberty League: Korn, Grage, Wechsler, and
ranked 12th in the preseason Division III Women’s Rowing Rankings Tayler Fravel ’14 were named First Team; Tiffany White ’17 was named
and defeated St. Lawrence by slightly over four seconds in the season Second Team; and Meghan Hennessy ’14 and Lauren Muni ’16 were
opener 1st Varsity 8 race.They moved up to a ranking of #11 the week awarded Honorable Mention status. Four Yellowjackets were honored
of April 2, as voted by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association by the UAA: Korn and Fravel were named First Team and Grage and
(CRCA). In Ithaca under windy conditions, they split races against #7 Wechsler were named Second Team. In the NCAA Regionals, Wechsler
Ithaca and #16 RIT. In week three of the season, women’s crew finished was named Most Outstanding Player and All-Regional Team, along
strong against eventual NCAA Champions Trinity and runners-up with Grage, Korn, and Fravel.The Super Regional All-Tournament
Bates and Wellesley.The team tied for second place in their first ever Team included Fravel, Hennessy, Wechsler, Muni, and Grage, and Korn
Men’s Baseball (25-16, 16-8 Liberty League, 2-6 UAA) Liberty League Championships and finished fourth in the 1st Varsity
8 event at the New York State Championships, third Division III crew.
Team Highlights: The team finished fourth in the UAA in Florida The women finished the season at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia,
and second in the Liberty League regular season.They advanced to earning silver with the 2nd Varsity 8 finishing in fifth place. Individual
the Liberty League Tournament Championships, finishing second to Highlights: Monika Cepulis ’14 and Emily Widra ’15 were named to
Union and ended the season with seven players hitting over .300.The the All-Liberty League Team after the season. Widra was named as a
Jackets snapped the College at Brockport’s six-game winning streak second team All-American by the CRCA. Emily is Rochester’s first All-
on April 22, when Lance Hamilton ’16 hit a three-run, walk-off home American in the sport of rowing. Fourteen athletes earned All-Liberty
run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game. Individual League Academic honors and four earned CRCA Academic team
Highlights: Dan Warren ’16 was named to the UAA All-Tournament honors.
team following the competition in Florida.Three Yellowjackets were
named to the All-UAA Team: Ethan Sander ’14, First Team and Warren Women’s Softball (32-14, 2-6 UAA, 10-2 Liberty League)
and Lance Hamilton ’16, Second Team. Evan Janifer ’16 was named
to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week the week of April 15. Six Team Highlights: The team clinched the Liberty League title after
Yellowjackets were awarded All-Liberty League status following the entering the tournament as the top-ranked team in the Northeast
season: Janifer and Nolan Schultz ’16 were named to the First Team and Region of the NCAA and advanced to the NCAA tournament.The
Warren, Sander, Hamilton, and Tyler DeClerck ’14 were named to the Jackets won the NCAA Regional by winning three elimination games.
Second Team. Janifer and Schultz were honored by D3baseball.com by They defeated 15th-ranked Rowan University twice to win the Super
being named All-New York Region First and Second Team. Sander and Regionals and advance to the NCAA Championships in Tyler, Tex., for
Janifer were named 2014 All-New York Regional Second Team by the the first time in school history.The team’s incredible run ended in
ABCA, and Hamilton was a Third Team pick. David Strandberg ’17 threw Texas after losses to #20 Wisconsin–Whitewater and #13 St.Thomas.
the second recorded no-hitter in University baseball history against Individual Highlights: Brittany Grage ’15 threw the first perfect game
Bard College on April 13. in Rochester’s softball history during the Liberty League tournament.
Nina Korn ’14 was named Liberty League Player of the Year for the
Women’s Crew second year in a row; Grage was named Pitcher of the Year; and Eleni
Wechsler ’17 was named Rookie of the Year. Seven Yellowjackets
Team Highlights: The women entered the season with the Varsity 8 were honored by the Liberty League: Korn, Grage, Wechsler, and
ranked 12th in the preseason Division III Women’s Rowing Rankings Tayler Fravel ’14 were named First Team; Tiffany White ’17 was named
and defeated St. Lawrence by slightly over four seconds in the season Second Team; and Meghan Hennessy ’14 and Lauren Muni ’16 were
opener 1st Varsity 8 race.They moved up to a ranking of #11 the week awarded Honorable Mention status. Four Yellowjackets were honored
of April 2, as voted by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association by the UAA: Korn and Fravel were named First Team and Grage and
(CRCA). In Ithaca under windy conditions, they split races against #7 Wechsler were named Second Team. In the NCAA Regionals, Wechsler
Ithaca and #16 RIT. In week three of the season, women’s crew finished was named Most Outstanding Player and All-Regional Team, along
strong against eventual NCAA Champions Trinity and runners-up with Grage, Korn, and Fravel.The Super Regional All-Tournament
Bates and Wellesley.The team tied for second place in their first ever Team included Fravel, Hennessy, Wechsler, Muni, and Grage, and Korn
