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Union College: Making Our Mark

Union College: Making Our Mark

As Union College celebrates 50 years of coeducation, the Union Department of Athletics will be celebrating some of the many female student-athletes who have made their mark on the fields of play, in the classroom, and throughout the community during their time in Schenectady.

We want to hear from you! Please email sportsinfo@union.edu to share your experience at Union or to let us know about a worthy female student-athlete that we should feature over the course of the year.

Union Student-Athlete Profiles
Timeline of Women's Athletics at Union

For more information on this celebration, including a timeline of historic events from around the college, visit https://www.union.edu/making-our-mark.

Union Student-Athlete Profiles
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Timeline of Women's Athletics at Union
April 4, 1974 Tennis plays first varsity match in Union women's athletics history
April 21, 1975 Softball wins first-ever game at Siena
May 1, 1975 Lacrosse plays first game against Russell Sage
October 8, 1975 Field Hockey plays first game at Castleton
October 22, 1975 Volleyball wins its first-ever game vs. Schenectady County CC
January 24, 1976 Basketball plays first game at Williams
September 21, 1981 Cross Country competes in first varsity race at Williams Invitational
November 21, 1981 Cross Country places sixth at inaugural NCAA D-III Championships
April 17, 1982 Outdoor Track competes in first varsity meet at Albany
May 24-25, 1982 Janice Glidden (Outdoor Track) is Union's first female individual representative at an NCAA Championship, placing ninth (3585 points) in heptathlon
September 28, 1982 Soccer plays first game at Siena
January 15, 1983 Indoor Track competes in first varsity meet at Dartmouth
October 22, 1983 Julie Miller (Tennis) wins NYSWCAA first-singles championship
November 21, 1983 Swimming wins first dual meet at St. Rose
December 1, 1987 Carolyn Zutell (Field Hockey) named an NFHCA All-American, the first female honoree in Union history
March 10, 1988 Swimming sends multiple qualifiers to the NCAA Championships for the first time
November 6, 1988 Field Hockey wins ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship to cap 17-1 season
March 13, 1993 Julie Benker (Swimming) wins national championship in 100-meter backstroke, the first-ever for a Union student-athlete
Spring 1993 Susan Bassett (Swimming) named NCAA Div. III National Coach of the Year
October 4, 1997 Crew wins inaugural varsity 8 race at Head of the Mohawk Regatta
December 5, 1997 Swimming captures Union's first UCAA Championship
May 5, 1999 Lacrosse appears in NCAA Tournament for the first time
November 3, 1999 Soccer wins first NCAA Tournament game, the first NCAA win for any Union female team
November 27, 1999 Hockey plays first varsity game at Colgate
January 3, 2001 Missy Matusewicz (Soccer) name the program's first NSCAA All-American
October 12, 2002 Robin Romer (Basketball/Softball) is inducted as part of the inaugural class of the Union Athletics Hall of Fame
May 9, 2003 Softball makes first NCAA Tournament appearance, winning three games to reach the Cortland Regional final
October 11, 2003 Hockey plays first Division I game vs. Quinnipiac
October 29, 2003 Lauren Stellato (Tennis) wins a second straight NYSWCAA first-singles title
February 28, 2004 Basketball wins first UCAA Tournament championship to earn first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history
May 19, 2005 Julie Gawronski (Softball) named program's first NFCA first-team All-American
March 17, 2006 Erika Eisenhut (Basketball) named program's first WBCA first-team All-American
May 31, 2006 Erika Eisenhut named a CoSIDA Academic All-American in softball, making her one of two known NCAA student-athletes to earn three AAA honors (soccer, basketball) in the same season
March 10, 2007 Allie Cuozzo earns Indoor Track's first All-America honor in 800 meters
November 13, 2008 Volleyball wins its first NCAA Tournament game to earn its 36th victory, the most wins in a season in any sport in Union Athletics history
September 15, 2012 Golf plays first varsity event at NYU Fall Invitational
February 11, 2014 Amy Loya (Basketball) named to the WBCA Good Works Team
September 6, 2015 Caroline Roberto (Golf) shoots a program-record 78 at the St. Lawrence Invitational
April 28, 2017 Union wins the Novice 4 race at Liberty League Championships for first time
April 1, 2019 Jennifer Nutter (Swimming) awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study biomechanics in Germany