HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 26, 2020) – Under the leadership of current Director of Athletics Russell Rogers, who just completed his 20th year in the position, the Stevens Institute of Technology Department of Athletics has risen to unprecedented levels of success.

Under Rogers' leadership, Stevens has finished inside the top 45 in the DIII College Directors' Cup standings 11 consecutive years including a program-best 13th-place finish in both 2010-11 and 2015-16. The Ducks also won the Jostens Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Institution of the Year Award in both 2007-08 and 2012-13, while also finishing as the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey DIII Cup Winner in seven of the last 10 years.

The Department of Athletics will look back into the archives to reflect on the development's evolution under Rogers. Each week, key moments will be highlighted that happened "This Week in Stevens History."

The week of October 26-November 1
Oct. 26, 2016 – Men's Soccer Sets School Record with 16 Goals in Win over Berkeley
Daniel Aversano and Chris Cesario both produced hat tricks while Danny Nasti and Jacob Ulasevich added two goals apiece to help the men's soccer team set a program record with 16 goals in a dominant 16-1 victory over Berkeley College.

The Ducks only netted four goals in the first half and went into the locker room with only a three-goal lead. Stevens erupted for 12 goals in the second half, however, as Jay Mikula, Patrick Masur, Jimmy Doran, Nick DeFelice, Matt Perkins and David Valain all found the back of the net.

The 16-goal effort shattered the previous record of 12 goals set in both 1976 in a match against NY Poly and in 1993 against Mount St. Vincent.

Oct. 26, 2013 – Sienna Batzli Becomes Only Division III Fencer to Reach Finals at Temple Open
As a junior, Stevens women's fencer Sienna Batzli was the only NCAA Division III fencer to reach the finals at the 2013 Temple Open. 

Batzli tallied a record of 10-3, advancing to the single elimination rounds via a 7-2 pool record and placed eighth overall amongst 92 competitors in the weapon. She closed her career with 216 total wins to rank fifth all-time in program history in epee victories.

Oct. 27, 2003 – Men's and Women's Cross Country Capture Skyline Conference Titles
The men's and women's cross country teams swept the Skyline Conference Championships in 2003 for the first time in program history.

The men's side was led by junior Nick Dunford who captured the Skyline Conference individual title for the second time in three years with a final five-mile time of 29:59. The Ducks narrowly edged out King's Point 31-32 as they placed five student-athletes inside the top-10 overall.

On the women's side, Stevens finished with four top-10 finishers and a final team score of 36 points, 21 more than St. Joseph's-Patchogue who finished in second place. Karen O'Shea was the top Ducks' finisher as she grabbed the bronze medal with a final 5K time of 22:09.

Oct. 28, 2018 – Faubert Wins Gold at Epee at Temple Open
Andy Faubert started his already illustrious Stevens career in style in 2018 when he won the epee title at the Temple Open in his first collegiate competition.

Faubert finished pool play with an 8-1 overall record and a +10 touch score to earn the No. 12 seed in the single elimination pool play. He then went on to defeat four Division III fencers in the first four rounds to advance to the semifinals where he knocked off Ben Uebele of Cornell 15-14 to advance to the weapon championship.

In the title bout, Faubert defeated Cedric Mecke, fencing for 2018 NCAA Runner-Up Columbia University, 15-12 in the title bout.

Oct. 29, 2016 – Regan Becomes First Empire 8 Student-Athlete to Win Four Empire 8 XC Titles
Amy Regan closed out her historic Empire 8 cross country career in style as she became the only student-athlete in the history of the conference to capture four cross country individual titles in a career after she won the 2016 E8 crown.

Regan turned in a time of 17:17.4, which was 5.3 seconds better than Taryn Cordani of Ithaca. Cordani won the event in 2015 when Regan did not compete, but the previous three years had been Regan. No runner in E8 history had won the event more than twice prior to the Green Brook, N.J. native. She remains the only student-athlete in the history of the conference to accomplish the feat.

Oct. 29, 2018 – Men's Golf Wins Back-to-Back Tournaments for First Time in Program History
For the first time in program history, the men's golf program won back-to-back tournaments in 2018 when they took home the title at the Knights Invitational just nine days after winning the Stevenson Invitational.

Senior Jack Doherty carded a 77 to finish second out of 59 golfers to lead the golf team to victory. The Ducks placed four golfers among the top-10 finishers as Stevens totaled a 316 to finish first out of 12 competing teams. Ursinus College finished 15 shots behind Stevens to take second, while New Jersey City University totaled a 339 to take third.

Oct. 31, 2015 – Nassif Scores Four Goals to Become Second Student-Athlete in Program History with 100 Career Points in Win over Nazareth
Just three years into her career, Raba Nassif became the second student-athlete in program history to notch 100 career points as she found the back of the net four times in a 5-2 victory over Nazareth College.

Nassif produced four goals in the contest for the second time in her career (she would do it two more times in her senior campaign) to join Stevens Hall of Famer Valarie Barnhart as the only two players in program history with 100 career points (Julia Panko joined the group in the 2019 season as well). Nassif closed her career second all-time with 175 career points, just 32 points shy of Barnhart's record of 207.

Nov. 1, 2008 – Field Hockey Defeats Washington & Jefferson 2-1 to Capture First-Ever Empire 8 Conference Regular Season Title
In just their fourth year as a varsity program, the Stevens field hockey team clinched the 2008 Empire 8 Conference Regular Season title as they knocked off Washington & Jefferson 2-1 to finish the regular season unbeaten in conference play.

Lauren Griggs netted both of the goals in the contest for the Ducks in the first half and Ellyn Griggs made a season-high nine saves in goal to preserve the victory. The win allowed Stevens to host the 2008 E8 Conference Tournament where they defeated both Ithaca and W&J en route to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and victory.

The games/events noted above are not meant to be a complete listing of Stevens' events on these dates, but a sampling of great moments as determined by the Stevens Department of Athletic Communications.

"This Week from the Pond" Archives:
Sept. 14-20
Sept. 21-27
Sept. 28-Oct. 4
Oct. 5-11
Oct. 12-18
Oct. 19-25

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