The Rensselaer Polytechnic October 5, 2016
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Volume CXXXVII, No. 6 • poly.rpi.edu NEWS Page 8FEATURES Page 12EDITORIAL Page 4 David What it’s like to work Raab in the Union Michael Learning valuable Baird lessons at scout’s camp Staff How to improve the Preferred names rolling out Years & Years album review Editorial Career Fair MEN’S HOCKEY McGill crumbles to Engineers’ pressure Jack Wellhofer/The Polytechnic RPI SWEPT McGill University 3-0 during their exhibition opener. The season opener will be October 7 at the University of Maine. Michael Baird University in the season exhibition goal of the game at 6:43 into the come until the end of the second Senior Reporter opener with a 3-0 clean sweep. first period. Bell passed to junior period with only two minutes One minute after a faceoff won Viktor Liljegren, who fed the to spare. At 1:17 remaining of UPROAR BURST FORTH FROM THE FANS by RPI, following two blocked puck to Bourbonnais down the play, Liljegren and junior Mike in the Houston Field House Sunday shots from junior Bradley Bell by left side for a clear shot. Prapavessis assisted freshman evening, as the Rensselaer men’s Jacob Gervais-Chouinard, senior The play that led to the sec- ice hockey team devastated McGill Riley Bourbonnais scored the first ond goal of the night did not See HOCKEY, Page 2 TENNIS Men sweep 9-0, women crush SUNY 7-2 Maria Espinoza 7–2, which brought the team a 2–0 winning 8–5, further broadening RPI’s lead. Finally, Staff Reporter record. Geneseo had been undefeated before in No. 2 doubles, the duo of freshman Tess facing RPI. In No. 3 doubles, the doubles Lubin and sophomore Mailani Neal won their IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND OF TENNIS FOR team of sophomores Erica Frommer and match 8–6, giving the Engineers a 3–0 lead. In Serving the Rensselaer. The women’s team travelled to Andrea Valencia gave the Engineers the lead singles, Kallish, Frommer, Valencia and Neal State University of New York Geneseo to after winning their match 8–1. Later, in No. 1 all won their matches in straight sets: 6–1, 6–1; Rensselaer play their second dual match of the season on doubles, the team of freshman Allie Kallish 6–4, 6–1; 6–3, 6–0; and 6–0, 6–0, respectively. community Saturday. The Engineers beat the home team and junior Melanie Frank won their match The Knights of SUNY Geneseo defeated the Engineers in No. 2 and No. 3 singles; Lubin since 1885 fell to Pornpitaksuk 6–7 (3), 2–6, while Frank, fell to Susko 2–6, 0–6. Despite those defeats, RPI came out on top with an overall 7–2 score. Next weekend, the lady Engineers will travel to play at the Connecticut College Tournament. Inside Once again, after a successful day on the court, Kallish was honored by the Liberty Comics . 6 League. She was named the Singles Performer Editorial/Opinion . 4 of the Week in women’s tennis. Last week she Events . 10 was named Rookie of the Week. The men’s team competed at the Features . 12 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional News . 8 Tournament this past weekend at Hobart College. The Engineers had a perfect 9-0 record in the first round of the tournament. Junior Tristan Wise made his way to the tournament’s singles quarterfinals while Connect freshman Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez made Visit us online at: his way to the semifinals. Castillo-Sanchez poly.rpi.edu reached the finals in doubles along with Like us on Facebook: partner freshman Zack Ebenfeld. In singles, facebook.com/thepolytechnic Castillo-Sanchez and senior Stephen Baxter Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: won their opening matches in love sets. @RPIPoly Wise won his opening match 8-2 and Xavier Sidney Kochman/The Polytechnic THE MEN WERE at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament. (file photo) See TENNIS, Page 2 2 • Sports Wednesday, October 5, 2016 poly.rpi.edu CROSS COUNTRY Hockey: Hayhurst fi nds Fazio, Lord triumph net for fi rst career goal in individual events Michael Baird Senior Reporter HONORED AS THE LIBERTY LEAGUE MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY PERFORMER OF THE WEEK following his first place victory at the Saratoga Invitational on Saturday, senior Ben Fazio finished the men’s 8000 meter race ahead of 171 competitors in a time of 25:11.3, averaging 5:05 per mile. This is the fifth time in his collegiate career Fazio has been awarded the title. Hosting the meet were the No. 12 nationally ranked men’s team and the No. 11 na- tionally ranked women’s team from RPI, both boasting first place team trophies from their performances in the 6000 meter and 8000 meter races respectively at Saratoga Spa State Park. Like Fazio, junior Jaime Lord was also as an individual winner, com- pleting the course in 17:30.7. Rensselaer alumna Shannon Trant finished runner-up to former teammate Lord in the 157-person field with a time of 17:52.4. Alumnus Jacob Andrews crossed in third with a time of 25:32.5. Seven other alumni returned for the women’s race, while 14 Sidney Kochman/The Polytechnic competed in the men’s race. The women’s alumni team placed eighth out of 13 com- THE ENGINEERS HOPE to continue their success through the regular season. plete teams, and the men took seventh out of 14. From Page 1 Gervais-Chouinard, on the other hand, All five scoring members of the men’s team finished in the top 10, boosting the Jacob Hayhurst to his first collegiate made 40 saves but, unfortunately for the Engineers to a 70-point lead over the State University of New York Delhi in second. The goal after Hayhurst won the faceoff only Redmen, not 43. athletes responsible for earning 23 points compared to Delhi’s 93 included runner-up seconds before. RPI will return home in two weeks sophomore Grant O’Connor, fourth place sophomore Sean O’Connor, seventh place At 2:03 into the third period, the for their Family Weekend games against senior Brian Crowley, and ninth place senior Matthew Cicciu. Though not included Engineers earned their third and final Niagara University and Rochester in score, senior Garrett Davis’ tenth place finish made for a solid six-man advantage goal of the day. Sophomore Jesper Institute of Technology on Friday, on the course. Ohrvall fired the puck to classmate October 21, and Saturday, October 22, Five RPI women secured a position in the top 10 of the 6000 meter race to help Evan Tironese, who had skated into respectively. Their next match will be the Engineers rank high in both races. Sophomore Karina Bolton placed fifth, senior the opposing defense. Tironese ush- away in Orono, Maine on Friday when Maddie Dery sixth, senior Mary West eighth, and freshman Maddie Sturm tenth. Their ered it through an opening in Gervais- they face the University of Maine Black combined effort resulted in a 37-point lead over the runner-up State University of Chouinard’s defense right into the net. Bears. On Saturday, they will compete New York Plattsburgh with 67. Freshman Chase Perry, a rookie against the Black Bears again to com- Rensselaer’s next meet will be on Saturday, October 15, at Rowan University, where goalie, impressed by halting every at- plete the two-day tournament. both teams will race in the Inter-Regional Border Battle. tempt on his goal for a total of 26 saves. WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Tennis: First RPI RPI drops two to Buckeyes team wins ITA title Elisabeth Ryan Into the third period of the game, Ohio scored Senior Reporter their fourth goal in a one-on-one scuffle between Selander and an Ohio State forward. At this point, THE RENSSELAER WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY TEAM FACED it seemed the Engineers would be shut out. That OFF against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, is, until Repaci sunk a goal with four seconds on September 30 and Saturday, October 1. The the clock to spare. Throughout the game, Repaci Engineers lost 4–1 and 2–0, respectively. demonstrated a high-charged energy which re- On Friday, within the first few minutes of the sulted in her first collegiate goal. game, Ohio scored two goals on sophomore goal- With the loss on Saturday, the Engineers drop to a tender Lovisa Selander. Faced with multiple shots 1–3 record. Repaci once again lead the scoring-on- on goal, Selander managed to defend the RPI goal goal with six shots, and Selander with 21 saves. The for the most part, saving 18 in total. A third goal first of the two Ohio State scores made on RPI’s goal was made at minute 11:51 of the first period by were made within the first few seconds of the first Ohio State. period. The second was scored in the second period. The Engineers upped their tenacity in the second The Engineers will take on Robert Morris period of the game. During this period, RPI made University Friday at 7 pm, then again on Saturday 11 shots on goal lead by freshman forward Sabrina at 3 pm. Games are free to attend, and the girls and Repaci who made six of the shots. the RPI Pep Band could use your support! Ana Wishnoff /The Polytechnic RPI WON against the State University of New York Geneseo. (file photo) From Page 1 Oshinowo ’20 won his 8-3. Oshinowo teamed up with Sundar Devakottai ’18 in doubles, they won their first-round match 8-1, while Castillo-Sanchez and Ebenfeld won theirs 8-2, advancing to the second round of competition, where they defeated the team from the University of Rochester 8-4.