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2016 Fall Season Wrap-Up Continued

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Team Highlights
SAYAKA ABE ’17 • The Yellowjackets finished 2nd of 22 teams at the Roberts Wesleyan College
Harry Anderson Invitational
• The University of Rochester finished in the top half at the Lehigh University
Paul Short Run, one of the biggest meets in the country
• Seven Yellowjackets finished in the top half of the field at the NCAA Atlantic
Regional Championships
Individual Highlights
• Eric Franklin ’17 earned First Team All-UAA honors after finishing 6th overall
at the UAA Championships in Atlanta
• Franklin was also honored as a Garnish Scholar
• Eleven Yellowjackets earned UAA All-Academic awards

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Team Highlights
• The Yellowjackets finished 4th of 21 teams at the Roberts Wesleyan Harry
Anderson Invitational in September
• Rochester finished 5th at the UAA Championships in Atlanta
• The women closed the season with a 7th place finish at the NCAA Atlantic
Regional in New Jersey
Individual Highlights
• Anne Peterson ’17 was selected to compete at the NCAA Division III
Championship meet in Kentucky, where she finished 36th overall and
narrowly missed All-America honors
• Peterson and Samantha Kitchen ’17 both earned All-Region honors by
finishing 10th and 19th respectively at the NCAA Atlantic Regional
FIELD HOCKEY (18-5, 4-2 LIBERTY LEAGUE) • Peterson was also a First Team All-UAA honoree after earning a career-best

Team Highlights 5th place finish at the UAA Championships
• The Yellowjackets started the season with 10 consecutive wins • Kitchen received the Garnish Scholar award, and earned Second Team
• The University of Rochester made it to the Liberty League Championship All-UAA honors with her 13th place finish at the UAA Championships
defeating William Smith College 2-1 in the semifinals and also outscoring • Ten Yellowjackets earned UAA All-Academic recognition
them during the regular season 3-0
• Rochester advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III MEN’S GOLF
Championships defeating Shenandoah University 2-0
• The women finished with 17.3 shots per game and outscored their Team Highlights
opponents 53-23 overall • The University of Rochester finished 2nd of 6 teams at the St. John Fisher

Individual Highlights Invitational and 4th of 18 teams at the Middlebury Invitational
• Sayaka Abe ’17 was honored as a Garnish Scholar and was selected as the • The team finished in first place at the Liberty League Fall Championship
North Atlantic Regional Player of the Year, as well as Liberty League Defensive • The Yellowjackets ended the season with a great performance at the
Player of the Year Oglethorpe University Royal Lakes Invitational finishing 8th of 18 teams
• Maya Haigis ’20 was selected as the Liberty League Rookie of the Year Individual Highlights
• Alexis Wood ’17 was named Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Week after • Jack Mulligan ’20 was honored as Liberty League’s Men’s Golf Rookie of the
her performances against SUNY New Paltz and Nazareth Week and as UAA Athlete of the Week for his third place finish at the St. John
• Twelve Yellowjackets were named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team Fisher Invitational
• Three players were honored with All-Region awards by the National Field
Hockey Coaches Association: seniors Abe and Callie Fisher were selected
as First Team All-North Atlantic Region and Haigis was selected as a Second
Team honoree
• Abe was a First Team selection for All-American and Fisher was selected as a
Third Team All-American