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RPI baseball continued to perform well in the Liberty League after taking three of four games against Union College. However, the week did not start well for the team with a non-league contest against Montclair State University. The Engineers traveled … Continue reading
FRESHMAN PITCHER KRISTINA WELTZIN HURLS the ball toward the plate in the Engineers’ doubleheader sweep of Union College this weekend. Weltzin threw two complete games, striking out eight Dutchwomen batters.RPI’s first set of games was against non-league opponent Oneonta State. The first game was a battle between the pitchers as neither team could score runs. Freshman Kristina Weltzin shut down Oneonta for six-straight innings and put the Engineers in … Continue reading
SOPHOMORE MEG COLITZ DEFENDS herself as she runs with the ball in Rensselaer’s 19-9 victory over William Smith College on Saturday. Colitz scored five goals for the Engineers this weekend.It was a tough weekend for both the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams at Rensselaer as the squads tackled some of their toughest challenges yet. The men’s team, which was ranked No. 20 heading into the weekend but fell out … Continue reading
RPI had its three-game winning streak come to an end at the hands of St. Lawrence University as the Engineers could only manage to win one game out of four this weekend. The first game on Friday did not start … Continue reading
JUNIOR ANDREW JANUCIK LEAPS in the air to snag the disc during RPI’s match against Connecticut College on Sunday. Rensselaer’s victory in that match earned it a bid to the Metro East Division-III Regionals later this month.This past weekend, RPI men’s Ultimate competed in the Hudson Valley Division-III Conference Championships in Middletown, Conn. Organized with help from Wesleyan University, the tournament featured 11 teams from the Hudson Valley conference competing for bids to the D-III regionals … Continue reading
SOPHOMORE LIZ POWELL FIGHTS off a St. Lawrence University Saints player in the Engineers’ 12-10 victory on Saturday afternoon.RPI women’s lacrosse remains perfect on its season after earning a come-from-behind victory over Clarkson University on Friday, and a narrow 12-10 win over the St. Lawrence University Saints on Saturday. The two triumphs put the Engineers 9-0 overall on … Continue reading
After falling in both its contests last week, the men’s lacrosse team came back to sweep both Skidmore College and the nationally-ranked Rochester Institute of Technology. The No. 20 Engineers defeated the Skidmore Thoroughbreds by a 11-8 margin on Wednesday, … Continue reading
FRESHMAN KATRINA BOHNHORST TOSSES the ball in the air in preparation to serve it during one of RPI’s matches this weekend. The Engineers bounced back from a 8-1 loss to No. 25 Vassar College on Friday to defeat Mount Holyoke College on Saturday in a 6-3 contest. Rensselaer’s only win on Friday came from a third-doubles victory by junior Brianna Dickie and freshman Katrina Bohnhorst. The duo was victorious the next day as well, which also saw a doubles win from freshman Lexi Rindone and sophomore Christina Ciamarra. In singles, freshmen Casey Olsen, Amanda Alexander, and Ciamarra all won against Mount Holyoke.
JUNIOR CHUCK ERICKSON REPRESENTS Rensselaer at the plate during the Engineers’ doubleheaders against the University of Rochester at Robison Field this weekend.RPI split and swept consecutive doubleheaders against the University of Rochester over the weekend as it improved its record above .500. However, the weekend did not start well with the Engineers’ first game against the Yellowjackets. The Engineers started off … Continue reading
RPI opened its Liberty League campaign with four straight wins in a pair of doubleheaders against St. Lawrence University and Skidmore College. Throughout both games, the Engineers showed their ability to pitch effectively and get runs often—either early or at … Continue reading