HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 5, 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 5-11
Oct. 5, 2019 – Eddie Sot Shoots Program Record 68 at Montgomery Cup
Just one year ago, then-sophomore Eddie Sot set a new program single-round low score with a two-under-par 68 to lead the men's golf team to first place after the first day of competition at the 2019 Montgomery Cup.

Prior to the event, Sot was already in possession of the second-lowest single-round score in program history, but bested his efforts when he carded four birdies in route to become the first golfer in program history with two sub-70 rounds in his short career. The Berkeley Heights, New Jersey native finished sixth for sixth and his 147 matched the second-lowest 36-hole total in program history.

Oct. 5, 2017 – Softball Posts No. 2 Team GPA in NCAA DIII
The Stevens softball program showed off on the field and the classroom in the 2017 season and was rewarded for their efforts in October of 2017 when it was announced they posted the second-highest grade-point average among all 412 NCAA Division III teams with a 3.675 GPA.

After climbing into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top-25 and winning an Empire 8 Tournament game for the first time in program history during the season, the Ducks finished behind only Newberry College, which earned a GPA of 3.695, and placed fifth among teams across all three NCAA divisions.

Oct. 7, 2006 – Micki Biltz Becomes Women's Volleyball's All-Time Career Leader in Service Aces
Halfway through her senior campaign, setter Micki Biltz made history for the women's volleyball program as she recorded a pair of service aces in a sweep of the City College of New York to become the program's all-time career leader in service aces. The Lakewood, Ohio, native followed up that performance on the same day with seven aces in a sweep of St. John Fisher to give her 260 total.

In her career, Biltz finished with 293 service aces which is still the top mark all-time, 40 more than Dawn Herring (2004-07) who sits in second place with 253. That season, Biltz recorded 93 total service aces which is the second-most in a single season in program history, only behind her first-year campaign when she totaled 103.

Oct. 8, 2015 – Stevens Wins Fifth Straight CAANJ DIII Cup; Regan and Evans Named DIII Student-Athletes of the Year
After a stellar year in the classroom and on the playing surfaces in 2014-15, Stevens Athletics was awarded Collegiate Athletics Administrators of New Jersey (CAANJ) Division III Cup for the fifth consecutive year, given to the top performing NCAA DIII university in the state based on program-wide success.

In addition, Amy Regan of women's track and field and cross country and David Evans of men's volleyball were named the CAANJ DIII Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, respectively.

Regan became the first collegiate runner in the state of New Jersey to win a cross country championship. During the indoor track and field season, she took home two All-American honors by finishing second in the 5,000-meter and fourth in the 3,000-meter run. The Green Brook, N.J. was also named USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete of the Year, a DIII Honda Award nominee and was a CoSIDA Academic All-American.

Evans was the catalyst to guiding the men's volleyball team to the school's first NCAA team championship, leading the unit to a 31-4 overall record. In the NCAA championship match, he tallied nine kills to help knock off three-time defending champion Springfield College in straight sets to clinch the title. The Penfield, N.Y. native was named AVCA Player of the Year and UVC Player of the Year in addition to claiming First-Team honors for the ECAC, UVC and AVCA. He also was one of two men's volleyball players named CoSIDA Academic All-American.

Oct. 9, 2011 – Women's Tennis Snaps Ithaca's 57-Match Win Streak to Earn First Empire 8 Regular Season Title
The Stevens women's tennis program topped Ithaca College 6-3 to finish the regular season 7-0 in Empire 8 competition and win the E8 regular season crown for the first time in program history. The win snapped the Bombers 57-match win streak and gave the Ducks the first win over Ithaca since joining the conference for the 2007-08 academic year.

Jessica Bourque (6-2, 6-0), Mine Bese (6-3, 6-0), Danielle Stewart (6-1, 6-3) and Lisa Tessitore (3-6, 6-3 (10-7)) grabbed singles victories while Bourque and Tessitore (8-4) and Morgan Scalzi and Stewart (9-8) won doubles to knock off the five-time defending conference champions. The win was also a part of a 10-match winning streak to start the 2011-12 season for the Ducks.

Oct. 10, 2015 – Dailyn Brook Becomes Field Hockey's All-Time Leading Scorer in 5-0 Win Over Ithaca
Field Hockey senior Dailyn Brook made history in a 5-0 victory over Ithaca when she found the back of the net in the 16th minute for the 54th time in her career to become the program's all-time leader in career goals, topping the previous mark of 53 set by Marguerite Chavez.

Brook added six more goals in her career and still sits atop the all-time program leaderboard with 60 career goals. Brook also holds the program record with 0.692 goals per game in her career. In the 2015 season, the Ducks won the Empire 8 Conference Tournament title and won their first NCAA Tournament game since 2010.

Oct. 11, 2000 – Women's Soccer Tops Mount St. Vincent to Start Conference Unbeaten Streak of 50 Consecutive Matches
Women's soccer head coach Jeff Parker started an impressive streak in his first season on Castle Point as the Ducks topped Mount St. Vincent 10-0 in their first Skyline Conference match. The win started a streak of 50 consecutive conference matches without a loss for the women's soccer program from 2000-07.

In seven years in the Skyline, Stevens did not lose a single regular season or conference tournament match en route to seven consecutive conference titles. The 50-match conference unbeaten streak is the longest in program history and lasted until Sept. 15, 2007 when the Ducks finally fell to Ithaca 4-1 in their second match in the Empire 8. It was the lone conference loss for the Ducks that season.

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.

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Sept. 21-27
Sept. 28-Oct. 4

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