Volleyball
On Nov. 1, the women’s volleyball team played against Eastern University in St. Davids, PA.
Despite Eastern scoring the first six points of the match, first-year Chloe Hynes and sophomore Chloe Lemons led the Violets to win the first set 25-21 with four and three kills, respectively.
The two teams went back and forth during the second set, but the Violets came out on top 26-24. NYU fell short in the third set, losing 27-29, but came back in the fourth and final set, winning 25-20.
Senior Taylor Odum led the Violets in blocks with six, while sophomore Grace Nelson recorded 15 kills. Graduate student Yooni Park recorded 30 digs and Lemons reached her season high of eight digs in a match.
The Violets are currently 18-10 overall and 3-4 with UAA conference play. The team will go up against Hunter College on Nov. 6.
Soccer
The women’s soccer team drew 0-0 with Carnegie Mellon on Sunday. Graduate student and goalkeeper Riley Felsher had a stellar performance on the pitch with three saves — her 10th clean sheet of the season.
Graduate student Kelli Keady and first-year Julia Spang each had a shot on goal, but Carnegie Mellon goalkeepers Maddie Kellogg and Kate Bergan saved both.
Despite an early goal from senior Bryce Lexow in the 29th minute, the men’s soccer team lost to Carnegie Mellon on Sunday 1-2. With the defeat, the Violets now have six wins, five losses and three draws for the season.
The referees let their discontentment with the physicality of the game known as they handed out a total of nine yellow cards — only two to NYU players. Two players on Carnegie Mellon were booked after the team scored their go-ahead goal in the 90th minute.
Both the men and women play their last UAA matchup of the season on Nov. 9 in Waltham, MA against Brandeis University.
Swimming & Diving
On Nov. 1-2, NYU hosted the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams’ fall invitational against Stevens Institute of Technology and Drew University.
The women’s swim team, ranked third in the Division III College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America, won the invitational with a score of 565, earning 603.2 points. Meanwhile, Stevens followed in second-place with a score of 234 and Drew placed last with 205.
The Violets won 22 gold medals, with two swimmers winning seven each.
Last season’s NCAA Division III Swimmer of the Year junior Kaley McIntyre placed first in three events –– finishing the 50-yard free in 23.97, the 100-yard free in 51.80 and the 200-yard free in 1:54.06. CSCAA Scholar All-American junior Nicole Ranile won the 500-yard free in 5:03.09, the 100-yard back in 57.36 and the 200-yard fly in 2:03.13.
Two other key players in the women’s team’s success include sophomores Daria Chtokolov and Calista Lynch. Chtokolov placed first in the 1650-yard freestyle, swimming in 17:24.59, and Lynch won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:08.08 and the 400-yard individual medley in 4:33.23.
The men’s swim team is ranked fifth in the CSCAA Top 25 and had similar success — dominating with a score of 567 and 591.4 points, while Stevens earned 237 and Drew placed last with a score of 219.
During the 50-yard freestyle, sophomores Stone Miller and Pierce Downs fought closely for first place — Miller finished the freestyle with a time of 21.21, and Downs was right behind him at 21.41, only 0.20 seconds behind.
On the 1-meter board, CSCAA Scholar All-American sophomore Maya Williams led the divers and earned second place with a score of 264.40.
For the men, senior William Hopkins placed second with a score of 446.10, with junior Makai Harder scoring 437.40 for third place and Nolan Jennings finishing in fourth-place with a score of 372.45.
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will compete next in the Phoenix Invitational in Chicago, IL from Nov. 22-24.
Wrestling
The wrestling team traveled to Wilkes-Barre, PA on Nov. 2 to compete at the Ned McGinley Invitational — its first competition of the season.
The Violets placed first out of 15 teams, earning 175.5 points. Junior Harrison Gordon, sophomore Jacob Venezia, first-year Tyler Kadish, senior Cooper Pontelandolfo and graduate student Trent Furman placed first in their respective weight classes.
In his first invitational as a Violet, Venezia defeated Rochester Institute of Technology’s Lee Rubin, an NWCA D-III Scholar All-American, in the 125 finals 15-4.
NCAA All-American Pontelandolfo shut out four opponents. In his final match, he won by forcing a medical forfeit, recording his 101st win for the Violets.
The team will travel to Collegeville, PA for the Racich Rumble Invitational on Nov. 9.
Cross country
The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the 2024 UAA Cross Country Championships in Attleboro, MA on Nov. 2.
The NCAA D-III’s fourth-ranked women’s team placed second at the championships, just under the University of Chicago.
Junior Janie Cooper finished first for the Violets, placing third overall with a time of 21:21.6 — 14 seconds behind Emory University’s first-place runner, Brigid Hanley.
In total, the Violets scored 60 points for the final, while UChicago scored 38.
The men’s team, currently ranked eighth, won the title at the championship.
Only four seconds behind first place, senior Ryan Tobin was the top-finishing Violet at the competition, with a time of 24:24.8. Closely behind him were graduate student Evan Sherman and sophomore Liam Hagerty, completing the race in fifth and sixth place.
The Violets earned 34 points during the eight-kilometer final, with Carnegie Mellon University finishing second with 50 points.
The men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Fredonia, NY on Nov. 16 to compete in the NCAA Niagara Region Championship.
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