In Review

The women’s swimming and diving team produced six NCAA provisional qualifying times and three school records at the UAA championships at Emory. Rochester finished sixth out of eight teams.

Men’s swimming and diving rewrote some records as well. The Yellowjackets had six NCAA provisional qualifying results and broke five school records at UAAs. UR finished seventh out of eight teams.

Women’s basketball produced one of its biggest wins of the season, a 76–75 decision over Washington University in the Palestra. The Bears were ranked No. 7 nationally entering the game and were tied for first place in the UAA. The win assured Rochester of a winning season (13–9 with three games left). Two freshmen combined for 42 points and 26 rebounds to lead the way.

Over a three-week stretch in mid-winter, the men’s basketball team won five of six games to climb within one game of first place in the UAA standings. With two weeks left in the season, Rochester was the only UAA men’s team to sweep both games in a UAA road trip.

In the Boston area, the men’s indoor track & field team’s distance medley relay broke a 36-year-old record running at the Boston University Valentine Invitational.

The women’s track and field team broke four school records. Between them, the men and women had more than eight ECAC qualifying performances. Becky Galasso ’15 (T5) finished 12th among collegians in the 500-meter run at Boston. Her time was the fastest in all of Division III when the meet ended.

Squash finished 12–5 and fifth overall at the College Squash Association championships. The Yellowjackets lost an opening match to Harvard, 5–4, but bounced back to defeat Franklin & Marshall and Yale, both of whom defeated Rochester in the regular season. The Yellowjackets defeated two top-ranked teams during the season—Harvard and Trinity—both by scores of 5–4.

. . . and a Spring Preview

The spring holds promise for a number of athletic teams. Softball is ranked No. 10 in a preseason poll by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association . . . The baseball team is touted by D3baseball.com as a strong contender for the Liberty League title and an NCAA bid . . . Lacrosse has a strong cast of veterans returning from a team that was ranked highly in Division III in turnovers caused and fewest goals allowed per game . . . The golf team has a chance to secure its second straight NCAA bid when the Yellowjackets host the Liberty League championships at Locust Hill Country Club . . . Rowing will compete in the Liberty League championships as part of an ambitious spring schedule . . . Men’s and women’s tennis will each play four UAA opponents before competing in the UAA championships in Florida in late April . . . The men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams will look to carry over success from the winter season, hosting the Alumni Invitational on April 4 and the New York State Collegiate Track Conference’s multi-event championship, April 26–27.r

—Dennis O’Donnell