FALL

Men’s Cross Country: Six veterans will be on the circuit for the Yellowjackets in 2018. Seniors Hunter Phinney and Andrew Faulstich ran consistently last year along with Dan Allara ’21. Their top times came at the NCAA Atlantic Regional in November. Ivan Frantz ’20 was 34th of 209 at the UR Invitational. He ran second to Phinney.

Women’s Cross Country: Rachel Bargabos ’19 will lead the Rochester pack after earning All-UAA and All-Region honors last season. At the NCAA Championships, she finished 81st in a field of 279 runners. Classmate Samantha Tetef finished 22nd or better in three races with more than 100 runners. Danielle Bartolotta ’21 and Eileen Bequette ’21 had strong seasons as first- year students.

Home Opener (Men and Women): UR Invitational, Saturday, September 15, 11 a.m., Genesee Valley Park

Field Hockey: The Yellowjackets were 18–4 overall in 2017, a perfect 7–0 in the Liberty League. They won the LL postseason tournament and earned a bye in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. Rochester defeated Husson College of Maine, 2–1, in round two before losing to eventual national champion Middlebury in the Elite 8. Defender Courtney Dunham ’19 was an All-American last year and Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year. She and Colleen Maillie ’20 were First Team All-Region honorees. Maya Haigis ’20 was named to the Second Team.

Home Opener: Sunday, September 9, 2 p.m., Utica College, Fauver Stadium.

Football: Chad Martinovich debuts at Rochester after achieving success at MIT in the last nine years. He guided the Engineers into the second round of the NCAA playoffs during his time in Cambridge. The Rochester roster includes 47 letter winners and 16 players returning with starting experience. Ricky Simcic ’19 and Matt Capovani ’19 are returning All-Liberty League players.

Home Opener: Saturday, September 8, noon, Carnegie Mellon, Fauver Stadium

Men’s Soccer: Defense has been the hallmark of Rochester’s men over the years. Last season, that defense, coupled with clutch scoring, carried the Yellowjackets to the Elite 8 round of the NCAA playoffs. It matched the highest finish in program history. Eight starters return, sparked by Bryce Ikeda ’19 and Lucas Loecher ’19. Both men earned All-Region honors as well as All-UAA honors. Rochester held 17 of 21 opponents to a goal or less and posted nine shutouts.

Home Opener: Friday, August 31, 7 p.m., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fauver Stadium

Women’s Soccer: Six starters—three whom earned All- UAA honors in 2018— are back for the Yellowjackets along with two experienced goalies. Jorie Freitag ’20 earned UAA plaudits at forward while Liz Mastoloni ’20 worked on defense and Margaret Lee ’19 operated in midfield. In goal, Emma Campbell ’21 had 49 saves and two shutouts in 10 games. Samantha Hlavac had 13 saves in three matches. The Rochester women traditionally play one of the nation’s toughest schedules and 2018 will be no different.

Home Opener: Saturday, September 8, 4 p.m., Geneseo, Fauver Stadium

Women’s Volleyball: A 19–13 overall record last season included a sixth-place finish in the UAA Championships. Rochester will host the UAA tournament this season from November 2 to 3. The Yellowjackets
will build on last year’s late season finish (winning 7 of the last 10). The list of returnees includes Clara Martinez ’19 (All-UAA honors for two straight years), Alara Kocak ’19 (All-UAA in 2017), and Beth Ghyzel ’20 (5th in the UAA in aces and 12th in assists).

Home Opener: September 7 and 8, UR Invitational, Palestra (5 p.m. on September 7 and 11 a.m. on September 8)

WINTER AND SPRING

• Men’s basketball has all five starters back from a team that finished 16–9 last year and 24–5 two years ago.
• Women’s basketball has three straight NCAA playoff appearances (24–5 last year) but has to replace four starters.
• Both swimming and diving teams finished seventh at UAAs last year; 6–5 overall. The women broke three school records. For the men, Stephen Savchik ’20 was eighth on the one-meter board at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships.
• Squash was sixth nationally in 2018. All-American Ashley Davies will lead Rochester into a home schedule filled with powerhouses.
• Track and field: The men finished fifth at the Liberty League indoor and outdoor championships. The women sent people to the indoor and outdoor NCAA Championships (Kylee Bartlett ’19 earned two All- America honors and won the heptathlon championship). Rochester was second in the Liberty League championships in both seasons.
• Baseball will build on its success after earning the top seed in the Liberty playoffs last year
• Softball played 11 of its first 12 vs. Top 25 teams last year. Eight starters are back.
• Women’s lacrosse earned its 200th all-time victory last year.
• Golf shoots for another Liberty League title after winning in 2017 and finishing third in 2018.
• Women’s rowing won the New York State Championship in the Varsity 4s.
• Men’s tennis defeated New York University to finish seventh at the UAA Championships.
• Women’s tennis wants to build on its post-Florida run last spring when Rochester won six of eight matches.

Pacheck has been elected to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team for Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field in Division III. Voting for the honor was conducted by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

CoSIDA chooses individual Academic All-America teams in 10 sports, five apiece for men and women. The organization also selects an At-Large team, which includes those sports that do not have their own individual teams.

To qualify for the team, athletes must be of sophomore standing or higher and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher on a 4.00 scale.

Pacheck earned a total of 12 varsity letters in his undergraduate career – four apiece for cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track. He was a three-time NYSCTC Champion – winning the 10,000 meter run twice and the 5,000 meter run once. He finished second in the 5,000 meter run at the NYSCTC outdoor championships this season. He ran in four straight NCAA Cross Country Championships, becoming the first Rochester male cross country runner to do that in 15 years.  At season’s end, he was ranked 25^th in Division III in the 10,000 meter run for outdoor track.

He completed his academic career with a cumulative grade point average of 3.92 in a double major of Biomedical Engineering and Physics. He was selected as Rochester’s Senior Male Scholar-Athlete in May, 2014.

Away from the running circuit, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the internationally-renowned honor society. He was a member of Rochester’s Provost’s Circle in 2013 which recognizes the top junior student-athletes. In September, 2014, he was recognized with a Garnish Scholar Award, presented to the top senior student-athletes. Pacheck was a multiple All-Academic honoree by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. He worked as a tutoring chair for two mechanical engineering courses and one course in mathematics.

He is the 10^th male cross country/track and field athlete at Rochester to earn Academic All-America honors at Rochester since Glenn Lamb was honored in 1983. Those 10 men combined for 11 Academic All-America honors. (Andrew Evans was elected in 1997 and 1998.) The honorees from 1983 (Lamb) through 1998 (Evans) were part of an At-Large team.

Pacheck is Rochester’s third Academic All-American this year, joining Alex Swanger for men’s soccer and women’s swimmer Lauren Bailey who was named to the At-Large Team. Since the inaugural Academic All-America honor in 1976 (to Michael Corp of football), Rochester has accumulated 86 Academic All-America honors.