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  • Tennis victorious over Messiah on senior day

    Tennis victorious over Messiah on senior day

    aining momentum is essential to the end of the regular season in order to make a postseason run.  The men’s and women’s tennis teams played rival Messiah College on Senior Day at Elizabethtown College where they showed the conference why they are the teams to beat heading into the conference tournament. The men and women

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  • Playoff hopes still alive after Jays’ series win over Widener

    Playoff hopes still alive after Jays’ series win over Widener

    he Elizabethtown College baseball team faced off against Widener University in a three-game series that took place this weekend. The Blue Jays won two out of three games against the Widener Pride, losing game one of a doubleheader with a score of 5-2, but then winning game two of the doubleheader with a score of

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  • Blue Jays take away six podium finishes at Widener Invitational

    Blue Jays take away six podium finishes at Widener Invitational

    he Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s outdoor track and field team had a strong showing at the Widener Invitational in Chester, Pa. this past weekend. Both teams came away with a number of podium finishes. The women finished the day with four team members landing top-three performances. Junior Megan Tursi grabbed the third podium spot

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  • Men’s lax close to clinching playoff spot

    Men’s lax close to clinching playoff spot

    he Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team seems to have hit a rough patch in their schedule as they have lost three straight games, including their loss on Saturday, April 20 to the number two seed, the Albright College Lions. The Jays have only won one game in the month of April, and are struggling to

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  • Women’s lacrosse secures spot in playoffs

    Women’s lacrosse secures spot in playoffs

    he Elizabethtown College Blue Jays held out against Albright College this past Saturday on Wolf Field. The final score was 19-15, which was helped by sophomore Leigh Anne Flounlacker who set a career high by scoring eight goals in one game. Flounlacker now holds the first and second records for the most goals scored in

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  • ‘Lax bros’: Debunking the stereotype

    ‘Lax bros’: Debunking the stereotype

    lizabethtown College, like most college campuses, has seen its fair share of “lax bros”: men’s lacrosse players. You’ll see them coming into the Marketplace after a quick shooting session and leaving their sticks among the other backpacks and jackets. Lax bros are usually clad in their lax pinnies, hats, pastel colored shorts and high white

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  • Softball sweeps Lycoming in extra innings, plays for five hours

    he Elizabethtown College softball team, recently coming off a defeat by the Susquehanna Crusaders, came back from behind to triumph against the Commonwealth Conference adversary Lycoming College Warriors. Etown, knowing how important the final conference games are in ensuring a place in playoffs, beat the Warriors 5-4 and 8-2 in a marathon doubleheader that lasted

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  • Softball takes down Ursinus in DH

    Softball takes down Ursinus in DH

    he Elizabethtown College softball team recently fell to the Messiah College Falcons, but the Jays were able to pick up a sweep against the Ursinus College Bears. On April 13, the Falcons won 7-6 and 7-5. The next day, tough defense by Etown kept Ursinus’ offense stifled, and the Jays swept the doubleheader 1-0, 2-0.

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  • Falcons squeak by Blue Jays in overtime

    Falcons squeak by Blue Jays in overtime

    he Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team fought to the last second against the nationally ranked (No. 14) Messiah Falcons April 13 on Wolf Field. Senior Becky Porter found the net to tie the game with 24 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime. The Blue Jays could not find the net in

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