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Weekly Recap

Joseph Burlison (second from left) broke one of three records today for NYU. (via NYU Athletics)

Men’s Golf Puts up Back-to-Back First-Place Finishes, Historic Performance on Sunday

Women’s golf finished their season on a high note, women’s soccer split their matches, men’s soccer and women’s volleyball continued to win and men’s cross country ran in the Metropolitan Championships.
Benjamin Michael Davis, Deputy Sports Editor October 15, 2019

Men’s Golf The Violets finished their fall season strong, with two straight first place finishes this week, the latter breaking school records. Last Sunday, NYU closed out...

The NYU Men’s soccer team warming up at a practice on Randall’s Island. (Staff Photo by Marva Shi)

Men’s Soccer Wins Fourth Straight, Moves Back to .500

Men’s golf tied for second on day one of their tournament this weekend. Women’s volleyball went 2-1. Both cross country teams ran in the Paul Short Invitational, and both soccer teams beat Case Western Reserve.
Benjamin Michael Davis, Deputy Sports Editor October 7, 2019

Men’s Golf After one day of the Liberty League Fall preview this weekend the Violets sat in second place. Their combined score of 302 on the par-72 course was second to the...

CAS junior Coco Kulle returns a shot at a Sept. 22 tournament. (via NYU Athletics)

Three Women’s Tennis Players Advance to Nationals

Women’s tennis and men’s and women’s soccer were very successful this week, while men’s and women’s golf, men’s tennis, men’s cross country and women’s volleyball had average performances.
Benjamin Michael Davis, Deputy Sports Editor September 30, 2019

Men’s Golf The Violets finished up the Williams College Fall Invitational last Sunday, ending up in fourth place of 25 teams. NYU shot 301 on the second day to bring their...

NYU Men's Varsity Soccer competes at an NYU-NJCU match. (via NYU Athletics)

Men’s Soccer on a Winning Streak After Slow Start

This past weekend, the men's soccer team snapped its five game winless streak and women's volleyball recorded its first UAA win of the season. See how the rest of the Violets did in our weekly sports update.
Benjamin Michael Davis, Deputy Sports Editor September 23, 2019

Men’s Golf The Violets finished off the Duke Nelson Invitational on Sunday, Sept. 15, shooting 288 on the day and 579 for the tournament. This was more than enough to win the...

Sophomore Oliver Kleban takes a shot in a September 2018 game against John Jay. (Photo by Sam Klein)

Women’s Soccer Takes Home Opener by a Wide Margin

This weekend, the women’s volleyball and soccer teams picked up big wins, while the golf and tennis teams did well in multi-day tournaments, and men’s soccer ended its losing streak.
Benjamin Michael Davis, Deputy Sports Editor September 16, 2019

Women’s Volleyball  The women’s volleyball team continued its winning ways this weekend, sweeping every match that they played in the Kean Invite. The team is now 10-1...

Nazzarine Waldon of NYU Women’s Volleyball spikes the ball against Hunter College. (Staff Photo by Sam Klein)

Women’s Volleyball Picks up Three Wins, Now 6-1 on the Season

Over the weekend, women's volleyball and women's soccer pulled out wins to continue their impressive starts to the season. Meanwhile, the men's soccer team has yet to win a game this season.
Benjamin Michael Davis, Deputy Sports Editor September 9, 2019

Women’s Volleyball The now 6-1 Violets easily picked up three wins before narrowly falling to Springfield College on Saturday. NYU started the week with a win against Arcadia...

Stern junior Jack Walter in a game against RPI on April 8.

Women’s Golf Captures Fifth Straight Liberty League Title

A recap of everything NYU athletics from April 29 to May 5.
Brendan Duggan, Sports Editor May 6, 2019

Baseball After a dominant 16-1 victory over Baruch College on Tuesday, the NYU baseball team faced off against Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey City University and...

Women's tennis claimed multiple victories at the UAA championships in Florida. (Courtesy of NYU Athletics)

Women’s Tennis Shines at UAA Championships

A recap of all things NYU athletics from April 7 to 13.
Brendan Duggan, Sports Editor April 29, 2019

Baseball The Violets played in a doubleheader against Emory University on both Saturday and Sunday at MCU Park. In the first game on Saturday, the Violets secured a 7-4 win,...

Senior Ben Haderle competes at the NCAA National Championships in Oshkosh, WI in November 2018. Haderle finished fourth in the 1500m run at the Greyhound Invitational this past Saturday. (Photo by Sam Klein)

NYU Baseball Winning Streak Extends to Five

Zach Han, Sports Editor April 22, 2019

Men’s Tennis The men’s tennis team split its games this week 1-1, defeating the University of Rochester earlier in the week and falling to Stevens Institute of Technology...

First-year John Gassler pitches in a game against SUNY Canton on March 11. (Photo by Sam Klein)

NYU Baseball and Softball Split Games Against UAA Rivals

A recap of all things NYU athletics from April 7 to 13.
Zach Han, Sports Edtior April 15, 2019

Men’s Golf The men’s golf team competed at the Hershey Invitational from April 7-8, finishing the competition fourth out of 15 teams. After day one saw them finish in sixth...

First-year Owen Mountford competes in the shotput in a meet on March 24. Mountford won the discus at the TCNJ Invitational Saturday with a mark of 41.32m. (Photo by Sam Klein)

NYU Track and Field Shine in New Jersey

Catch up on NYU Athletics games, matches and meets from the past week.
Brendan Duggan, Sports Editor April 7, 2019

Softball After defeating Hunter College twice this past Thursday, the NYU softball team lost four straight games to Brandeis University and are now 13-9 on the season. In the...

First-year James Haag (8) goes for a kill in a game against St. Joseph’s College (L.I.) on Saturday. NYU won the game in four sets, moving their record to 12-8 overall. (Photo by Sam Klein)

Softball Takes Care of Business in a Busy Week

A recap of NYU Athletics from March 25 to 30.
Zach Han, Sports Editor March 31, 2019

Softball The softball team had a busy week, playing in three doubleheaders and going 4-2 over that stretch of games. The week started off with a home doubleheader sweep of...