SPORTS MILESTONE MOMENT Historic No-Hitters Two freshman pitchers, two sports, and two no-hitters against St. Bonaventure University. Stan- dera won the Louis Alexander Award as a make for a historic day in Yellowjacket athletics. senior and was inducted into the Univer- sity’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. By Dennis O’Donnell third woman to throw a no-hitter in softball With Strandberg on the mound, the Yel- for Rochester. Kathy Gagne ’02 threw the lowjackets defeated Bard 11–2 in the open- One student is majoring in biology, the inaugural one in 2002 against D’Youville er of a two-game stand. Rochester took the other in business. They don’t have any College. Brittany Grage ’16 pitched a no- nightcap 18–0. classes together. But freshmen Eleni hitter against RIT in 2013. Pitching seven innings of hitless ball, Wechsler and David Strandberg are linked Pitching in the second game of a dou- Strandberg allowed two runs in the fifth in Rochester athletic history for their roles bleheader against Skidmore, Wechsler off three walks and a wild pitch. He ended in a historic accomplishment. blanked the Thoroughbreds with a 12–0 the day with six walks and four strikeouts, On a mid-April afternoon, both pitched win that ended in five innings by the mercy earning his first collegiate victory. no-hitters—Wechsler in softball and rule. She walked three and struck out four. The performances came with suitable Strandberg in baseball—as Rochester swept Rochester won the opener 11–3. awards. Strandberg was named the Liberty doubleheaders from Skidmore College and At the plate, Wechsler hit an RBI dou- League Rookie of the Week. Wechsler was Bard College. ble in a four-run third inning that pushed named the Pitcher of the Week by the Uni- Wechsler, from Warwick, N.Y., is the Rochester up 7–0 in the first game. In game versity Athletic Association, the Liberty two, she singled home a run in a seven-run League, and the Eastern College Athletic u FRESHMAN PHENOMS: David Strandberg second inning that put the Yellowjackets Conference’s Upstate New York region.r ’17 and Eleni Wechsler ’17 each pitched a ahead 8–0. no-hitter on the same day in April during Strandberg, from Weehawken, N.J., joins Dennis O’Donnell is director of athletic separate doubleheaders, one in baseball a legacy of no-hitters in baseball, includ- communication for the Department of and one in softball. ing one thrown by Bill Standera ’71 in 1971 Athletics and Recreation. 24 ROCHESTER REVIEW May–June 2014 ADAM FENSTER 3_RochRev_May2014_Review.indd 24 4/25/14 3:08 PM.