Sports

  • Women’s soccer playoff run ends in NCAA First Round

    Women’s soccer playoff run ends in NCAA First Round

    It was not the storybook ending the Elizabethtown College’s women’s soccer team had in mind, but looking back on the season, they have a lot to be proud of. The 2013 team’s 12 wins, which included a 1-0 victory over then-seventh ranked Misericordia University, were the most they had since 2008. The Blue Jays finished

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  • Men’s basketball season begins with win over Gettysburg

    Men’s basketball season begins with win over Gettysburg

    The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team started its season with an 82-55 victory over Gettysburg College on Friday in the Gettysburg Tip-Off Tournament. The Blue Jays were able to defeat the Bullets thanks to a strong performance from their front line. Senior Andrew Mantz led all Etown scorers with 15 points. The Blue Jays dominated

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  • Women’s basketball wins big in first game of season, to face Lycoming

    Women’s basketball wins big in first game of season, to face Lycoming

    The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team started off its season with a 88-41 victory over Rutgers University-Camden on Saturday night in the first round of the Terry Greene Memorial Tournament at Franklin & Marshall College. Senior captain Taylor Kreider began the season with a strong performance, posting her first double-double of the season with 17

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  • Swim teams record first victories of season with win over FDU-Florham

    Swim teams record first victories of season with win over FDU-Florham

    Both of Elizabethtown College’s swimming teams were victorious over Fairleigh Dickinson University at Florham this past weekend, giving the programs their second wins on the young season. The men and women’s teams now have overall records of 1-5 and 2-4 respectively. The men’s swim team was able to win all 11 races they competed in,

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  • NFL Divisional races give fans exciting end to already stirring regular season

    NFL Divisional races give fans exciting end to already stirring regular season

    The NFL is heading into its final stretch of the season and divisional races in both conferences are heating up. In the AFC West, the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs top the division, both with a record of 9-1. The Chiefs have come off a 2-14 season that allowed them to receive the draft’s

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  • Women’s soccer receives at-large bid to face Trinity College

    Women’s soccer receives at-large bid to face Trinity College

    Last Thursday’s women’s soccer Commonwealth Conference semi-final game between Elizabethtown College and Stevenson University marked the second year in a row that the two teams competed for a spot in the Conference championship. Unfortunately the Blue Jays were defeated by Stevenson, who later clinched a spot in the Commonwealth Conference Championship game against Messiah on

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  • Women’s basketball seeks to improve on last season’s accomplishments

    Women’s basketball seeks to improve on last season’s accomplishments

    The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team is looking to improve beyond its 2012-2013 record as it enters its second season under the direction of Head Coach Sherri Gorman. Last season, the Jays finished with a 15-11 overall record and were 11-7 in the Commonwealth Conference before being knocked out of the Commonwealth Conference semifinals by

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  • Sixers’ surprise start stuns sports world

    Sixers’ surprise start stuns sports world

    The NBA season is only a few weeks old, but there are already many surprise performances by teams and players around the league. Arguably, the league’s biggest surprise is the play of the new-look Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers traded their all-star point guard, Jrue Holiday, to the New Orleans Pelicans for a first-round pick and

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  • Men’s soccer suffers devastating loss in championship

    Men’s soccer suffers devastating loss in championship

    The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team watched their season and postseason run end in a 0-0 (5-3 PK) MAC Commonwealth Conference Championship loss to the Lycoming College Warriors on Saturday. In the middle of last week, the Blue Jays received the good news that senior defender Kyle Volk was named to First Team All-Conference, and

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