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In Review

NATIONAL HONORSFinal Four Finish Men’s soccer has best finish in program history; several Yellowjackets earn national recognition.
finalfourRECORD YEAR: Men’s soccer finished with a trip to the NCAA Final Four and national honors for seniors Bryce Ikeda (above) and Nik Angyal. (Photo: Brian Blanco/AP Images for Rochester Review)

The men’s soccer team advanced to the national semifinals late last fall, finishing in the NCAA Division III Final Four for the first time in program history. The Yellowjackets lost to eventual national champion Tufts, ending the season with a 16–3–2 mark, tying the school record for wins in a season.

The program’s banner year also included national honors for Nikolas Angyal ’19 and Bryce Ikeda ’19.

Angyal, a chemical engineering major from Stormville, New York, was named the Google Cloud Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for Division III, an award administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He also was the winner of the men’s Elite 90 Award by the NCAA, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average among all of the athletes at the Division III Final Four. Angyal was also named a first team Academic All-American by CoSIDA.

Ikeda, an electrical and computer engineering major from Tacoma, Washington, was named a first team All-American, the first men’s soccer player selected to the first team in 13 seasons.

Also earning All-America honors was Nancy Bansbach ’19, who helped lead the field hockey team to its best season in history. She was one of 16 players selected as a Longstreth/NFHCA Division III All-American as a first team honoree. Bansbach, a biomedical engineering major from Fayetteville, New York, led the team with 21 goals, one shy of the program’s single-season record.

The Yellowjackets advanced to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals, finishing the year with a 19–3 record. That set new school records for wins in a season, a campaign that began with the best start in program history, a 14-game winning streak. The Yellowjackets reached the NCAA playoffs for the fourth straight season, a first for the program.

And Rochester’s squash team was off to a strong start to the 2018–19 season, defeating legendary powerhouse Trinity College for the third time in four meetings. The win catapulted Rochester into the No. 2 position in the squash poll as January ended.

—Dennis O’Donnell and Scott Sabocheck