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March Matchness— Homecoming 2019—

A Smashing Success Saturday, September 21, 2019

For four days in March, alumni, family, and Homecoming 2019 has been moved to
friends came together to make our March Saturday, September 21, when Rochester
Matchness Challenge the most successful hosts Alfred State in Fauver Stadium at
one in history! With a mantra of “Get into noon. Meliora Weekend, when Homecom-
the Game,” teams raised a record of nearly ing usually takes place, has been scheduled
$95,000. Teams vied for bonus prizes for for the first weekend in October, and this
both alumni and parent participation. Win- year the football team is scheduled for an
ners for alumni participation were Women’s away game. All Homecoming traditions of
Soccer, Field Hockey, and Softball respec- a pregame All-Varsity Tailgate as well as a
tively. For parent participation, it was Men’s postgame reception for football alumni with
Soccer. The prize money was made possible current team members will continue.
by a gift from alumna Louise Stapleton ’89.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
10:30 a.m.–noon All-Varsity Fauver Meeting
DID YOU KNOW Tailgate Room
Rochester had 11 teams Hannah Leahy ’21 Noon–3 p.m. Rochester vs. Fauver Stadium
represented at the NCAA Alfred St.
Championships this year
3:30–5 p.m. Football Fauver Meeting
• Field Hockey (Elite 8) Alumni Room
Reception
• Women’s Soccer
• Men’s Soccer (Final Four)

• Women’s Cross University of Rochester
Country
• Men’s Cross Country Fitness Science
• Men’s Basketball Rochester Athletics is excited to announce a
collaborative endeavor with the University of
• Men’s Indoor Track
and Field Rochester Medical Center’s Fitness Science
team. The UR Medicine team will provide
• Women’s Indoor
Track and Field our students with access to industry-leading
• Squash (Collegiate wellness and peak performance experts dur-
Squash Association ing the academic year. Our coaches will work
Championships) with the Fitness Science team to schedule
• Baseball weekly sessions with consultant strength and
• Women’s Outdoor conditioning coaches, performance psychol-
Track and Field ogists, and a dietitian nutritionist. Rochester

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