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"When the Jesuits came into the country of the Iroquois, they saw these sticks that they were using. They thought that the looked like the sticks that the bishops were using, 'la crosier.' There it is," said Alfred Jacques, the Onondaga lacrosse stick maker, as he demonstrated the shape of la crosier with his handmade lacrosse stick. "Lacrosse. But we [Onondaga] never call it lacrosse." They call it the Creator’s Game.
Imagine you’ve played a sport for ten or more years and you’ve been told by many – and personally feel – that you are athletic enough to compete at a higher level. You now receive the opportunity to go to college to pursue a degree. However, an immense decision awaits you: Should you continue your sport? This is a difficult decision to make whether you have been recruited or will be a ‘walk on’ trying out for the team.
"We were the only undefeated team in the history of RIT," said 1955 alumnus Ross DiBiase. In the final three years that RIT athletes called themselves Techmen, DiBiase captained the RIT Wrestling squad. Several members of that team have already made it into the RIT Athletics Hall of Fame; now it's DiBiase's turn, along with five other athletes.
Sarah Szybist, a first year Biomedical Sciences major, has all the makings to be a great volleyball player, according to her head coach Jim Lodes. Her height (she's 6'1") and quick movements allow her to excel as a blocker and an attacker. The Liberty League seems to agree, having recently recognized Szybist for five consecutive weeks, a feat that Szybist described as “shocking.”
With two simultaneous games of volleyball, the cheering never stops. Eight teams competed in the Clark Gym and the Student Life Center during the 25th annual RIT Invitational on Friday, September 13 and Saturday, September 14. RIT Women's Volleyball completed the tournament winning three out of four matches with a set score of 7-5. The Tigers took down Brockport in three sets, Keuka in five, Potsdam in four, but lost in four sets to Medaille College.
The fans expressed their disappointment as the Tigers' goalie stopped the spinning cupholder that the fans were watching on the ice. A high shot on RIT's net had knocked off the water bottle holder above the net, and it looked like it would keep spinning indefinitely on the nearly frictionless ice. The fans were not disappointed for too long though, because they had really come to see the hockey game – and it was a good game to watch.
University of Rochester has won thirteen straight games against RIT since 2000, according to WHEC-TV. Going into the game, RIT was only 16-25-1 all-time against U of R, according to RIT Athletics. On Saturday, September 21, the cross-town teams faced each other again in a tenacious double overtime effort.
If you walked by the Gordon Field House on September 28, you might have heard a few screams, plenty of cheers, a lot of whistle blowing and quite a bit of commotion. The women's soccer game between the RIT Tigers and the SUNY Genesseo Knights ultimately ended in a scoreless tie that was only achieved through each team fighting valiantly and aggressively.
Photo by Josh Barber and Max Hautaneimi Brian Brazee “If I can be the leader that brings us all together, that’s going to go way further than what my batting average is or how many hits I have,” said Brian Brazee, fourth year Finance major and captain of the Men’s Baseball team.
The Decision to Transition This past hockey season, the RIT Women’s Hockey team transitioned from playing in Division III, a less competitive group of schools, to Division I, made up of the top college teams in the nation.
He bets his mortgage on it.