The work ethic of RIT men’s basketball team member Jameel Balenton, a fourth year Electrical Engineering major from Syracuse, N.Y., is not up for debate

"He’s one of our hardest workers: day in and day out,” said Coach Bob McVean...

Fourth year Industrial Engineering major Katie Baldwin has always loved to swim, being in the water and messing around in the pool. Originally from Phelps, N.Y., Baldwin was in eighth grade when the school chartered its first swim team...

"When you're swimming, you can hear a muffled cheer once in awhile, when you turn your head [out of the water],” [J1] recalled second year Management Information Systems major Eric Lizotte. This cheerful spirit is his favorite part of volunteering for Try a Tri.

This Sunday, March 16, RIT will host its 10th Annual Try a Tri  in the Gordon Field House from 7:30 a.m. to noon...

RIT’s conversion to semesters has affected more than just academics; athletic teams have felt this shift as well. All RIT sports teams were represented by the Athletic Administration and considered when the change was voted on. However, not all teams are feeling the same effects. Some teams are experiencing little change, some are encountering challenges and some are benefitting from the conversion.

For a few sports, semesters helped scheduling efforts. Bill Garno, head men’s soccer coach, and Mike Cahill, head men’s and women’s swim coach both said that the change to semesters is a positive move for RIT and their athletes...

Jimmy Forbes is a fourth year Mechanical Engineering major, student in the Honors Program and three-year captain of the RIT Men’s Soccer team...

Twins Alexa and Jamie Martinez made their debut at RIT four years ago on an accepted students day where they impressed the upperclassmen with their vigor and endurance on the soccer field...

"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.

The lacrosse that is played across the world today originated with the Iroquois, also known as the Haudenosaunee, who inhabited much of the Northeast, including most of New York State...

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...

"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.

Every year for 44 years, RIT Athletics has inducted a handful of players into its Hall of Fame. This October, six former college athletes will be recognized. The 2013 inductees vary in age and sport, but they have their athletic excellence in common.

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.”  

The Liberty League is a member of the NCAA’s Division III. The league includes ten schools and hosts championships in 26 different sports, including volleyball...

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.

On Friday September 27, The RIT Women's Hockey team played their season opener against a team they had never before faced: the Toronto Junior Aeros. The Tigers won the non-conference matchup handily (5-2)...

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. RIT first year Biomedical Sciences major Sarah Szybist was named tournament MVP.

Both teams wanted the first set badly. The tigers scored first, but the Keuka College Storm quickly tied the set 3-3...

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.

On the rainy and wet Saturday night, the Men’s Soccer teams of RIT and U of R squared off in the Battle of Rochester. The matchup was not only intended to continue the rivalry, but also to help a charitable cause. The game was the closer for the second annual Hillside Community Shield, a fundraiser directed at supporting at-risk youth and families in the Rochester area...

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.

The game began with each team looking refreshed and focused. The ball was not dominated by either side and switched up and down the field often. RIT outshot Geneseo 7-2, with plenty of amazing saves by the Knights goalie, fourth year Julia Sanger...

Photo by Josh Barber and Max Hautaneimi

“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.

Brazee has been playing baseball since the age of eight. When he joined the RIT team as a freshman, only about 10 players showed up to off-season practices. However, the team has made great strides from that point...

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.