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Shelby Vakiener

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/2/2012
  • Sport
    Women's Lacrosse
  • Bio
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Vakiener had a record-setting performance on Friday as she became the all-time leader in points at RIT, while tying her own record for points in a game with 11. Her seven goals and four assists helped the Tigers to a 20-14 win over Skidmore College on Friday. The 11 points ties her own record for points in a game. Vakiener now has 184 career points (130-54-184) in just 39 career games. Her second goal of the game 6:37 into the contest gave RIT a 4-1 lead and shattered the career mark of 168 points, held by Eileen Hennigan, who played at RIT from 2007-2010. She followed that up with five goals and an assist in a 13-12 loss to Rensselaer on Saturday. Vakiener now has 42 points on 28 goals and 14 assists in just six games this season.


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Date Athlete Sport
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10/24/2016 Colleen Albert Women's Rowing
10/17/2016 Terra Lanteigne Women's Hockey
10/17/2016 James Bailey Men's Cross Country
10/10/2016 James Martin Men's Rowing
10/10/2016 Taylor Blackwell Women's Rowing
10/3/2016 Emma Jones Women's Cross Country
10/3/2016 Jon Pelzar Men's Cross Country
9/26/2016 Peter Cinibulk Men's Soccer
9/26/2016 Erin Parkinson Women's Volleyball
9/19/2016 Brianna Dimisko Women's Tennis
9/19/2016 James Bailey Men's Cross Country
9/12/2016 Sarah Szybist Women's Volleyball
9/12/2016 Cam Shipley Men's Soccer
9/6/2016 Emma Jones Women's Cross Country
9/6/2016 James Bailey Men's Cross Country
5/23/2016 Kendra Bush Women's Track & Field
5/23/2016 Jon Pelzar Men's Track & Field
5/16/2016 Will Gorman Baseball
5/16/2016 Kyle Sterzin Men's Lacrosse
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