Team |
2004 Highlights |
2005 Scouting
Report |
MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY |
The
team finished seventh at the NCAA regionals and fifth at the New York State
championships. Dan Duett ’05 was named All Region, and the Yellowjackets
won the team academic award from the Division III Cross Country Coaches
Association. |
A
strong nucleus returns under coach John Izzo. Rochester hosts the NCAA regionals
on November 10. |
WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY |
The Yellowjackets
took ninth at the NCAA regionals, seventh at the New York State championships,
and fifth at UAAs. Like the men, the women also won the team national academic
award. |
Coach Barbara
Hartwig has a veteran team, led by Kellie Hasselwander ’08, who was
named All- Region last year. Rochester hosts the NCAA regionals on November
10. |
FIELD HOCKEY |
With
a record of 10–9 overall and 3–4 in the Liberty League, the
Yellowjackets won the national academic team award and 10 players were named
to the national scholar-athlete team. Erin Charnow ’05 was named All-Region. |
Ten
starters return for coach Michelle Andre, including goalie Rachel Cahan
’08 who was the Liberty League Rookie of the Year last year. Also
expected back are Heidi Davies ’07, named All-Region last year, and
six of 2004’s top seven scorers. |
FOOTBALL |
The Yellowjackets
tied for fourth place in the Liberty League (3–4) and finished at
4–6 overall. Nate Gibbons ’05, who tied an NCAA Division III
record by returning two kickoffs for touchdowns in one game, was named All-ECAC,
joining Michael Dermody ’05 for that honor. |
Coach Mark
Kreydt fields a team with sixteen returning starters and hopes to build
on an offense that last year averaged nearly 30 points a game, but that
loses tackle Justin Galloway ’05, who was named First Team Academic
All-American by ESPN The Magazine. |
MEN’S SOCCER |
The
team won its fifth straight ECAC Upstate New York championship and finished
14–2–4 overall and 5–0–2 in the UAA. Seven Yellowjackets
were named All–UAA and four were named All-Region. The team also won
the national team academic award. |
Led
by Second Team All-American and UAA Player of the Year Nate Micklos ’06,
a forward who broke single-season and career goal scoring records as a junior,
the team includes seven returning starters for coach Chris Apple ’92. |
WOMEN’S SOCCER |
The Yellowjackets
reached the semifinals of the ECAC Upstate New York championship and ended
the 2004 season with an overall record of 11–6–3 (3–4
in the UAA). For the fourth straight year, the team earned a national All-Academic
citation. Four players were named All–UAA; two were All–New
York State; one All-Region. |
Coach Terry
Gurnett ’77, whose 329 career victories are the most wins of any women’s
soccer coach in Division III, has seven starters returning in a program
that has advanced to postseason play for 18 straight seasons and been ranked
in the NCAA Division III’s top 25 for 23 straight years. |
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL |
The
team finished as ECAC Upstate New York runner-up and fifth in the New York
State championship for second straight year, ending the season with a 25–13
record. Setter Liz Loveless ’05, named a Second Team Academic All-American
by ESPN The Magazine, finished her Rochester career with more than 5,000
assists. Only 17 Division III players had reached that figure entering the
2004 season. |
Coach
Linda Downey, who begins the season with 175 career victories, has three
of the top four leaders in kills returning for a team whose strong play
at the net has made them exciting to watch. Expected back is outside hitter
Susan Johnson ’07, who was named All-New York State and All-UAA. |