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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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  • Field hockey falls to Messiah in championship for second straight year

    Field hockey falls to Messiah in championship for second straight year

    The Elizabethtown College field hockey team was attempting to win their first ever conference title this past Saturday when they took on Messiah College in the Commonwealth Conference championship game. The Blue Jays were trying to deny No. 15 Messiah of their stranglehold on the Commonwealth in which the Falcons had won six straight conference

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  • Swimming teams break personal bests in losing effort to Lycoming

    Swimming teams break personal bests in losing effort to Lycoming

    lizabethtown College’s men and women’s swim teams both fell this past Saturday against Middle Atlantic Conference opponent Lycoming College, falling 128-67 and 114-91 respectively. The men’s team, led by senior Andrew Malik and junior Frank Capria, are still in search of their first win of the season (0-4) while the women’s team, led by seniors

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