Sports

  • Men’s and women’s tennis takes a start in Florida during spring break

    Men’s and women’s tennis takes a start in Florida during spring break

    Clark University took a 6-3 victory in single play over the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays in Orlando, Florida at the USTA National Campus during spring break. Etown also trailed 2-1 by the end of doubles play in which sophomores Michael Ryzuk and Alec Schneider earned Etown’s only point. They won their first match 8-1, giving

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  • Track and field takes second in the Landmark Conference

    Track and field takes second in the Landmark Conference

    Susquehanna University hosted the Landmark Conference Championship for track and field in which the men’s and women’s teams both took second place overall while Moravian College took first. The Blue Jays earned 13 medals total, with three athletes now holding gold. Senior Kelsey Brady earned first place in the mile with a time of 5:16.20.

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  • Winter Olympics come to an end

    Winter Olympics come to an end

    As the 2018 Winter Olympics finished up this past weekend with a total of 92 countries participating in the events, PyeongChang has awarded many great athletes with medals. The total number of medals received is 307. Coming in first with the most medals of the Olympics was Norway with a total of 39 medals. This

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  • Lacrosse season starts off on a good note for the Blue Jays

    Lacrosse season starts off on a good note for the Blue Jays

    Wednesday, Feb. 21, Elizabethtown College’s women’s lacrosse team defeated Hood College on 16-7 Wolf Field, earning the Jays their first win of the season. First-year Lexie Sharp kicked off the game for Etown, scoring the first goal of the game and her first career goal under five minutes into the first half. Senior Katie Thompson

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  • A great season leads one senior off to the Championships for a final match

    A great season leads one senior off to the Championships for a final match

    Saturday, Feb. 24, Elizabethtown College’s men’s wrestling team competed in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals. Senior Joe Ghione was ranked fifth in the country after continuing a great personal season as he took a win to the semifinals. Senior Chris Kummerer was also almost put in the same position, but was on a setback

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  • Etown gets the lower hand in the baseball regular season opener

    Etown gets the lower hand in the baseball regular season opener

    The Elizabethtown College baseball team left 14 runners on base Monday, Feb. 26, in a 9-5 season-opening loss to non-conference opponent Arcadia University. The game was played at DeVincent Field at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. The Blue Jays pressured Arcadia early when back-to-back singles from juniors Anthony Knight and James Kantner had them in business

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  • Etown swim teams finish seventh in Landmark Conference

    Etown swim teams finish seventh in Landmark Conference

    Friday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, Feb. 18, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams competed in the Landmark Conference Swimming and Diving Championships in Boyds, Maryland at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Susquehanna University defended their place at the top of the conference for the eighth year in a row. Etown finished seventh out of

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  • Sports of the 2018 Winter Olympics

    Sports of the 2018 Winter Olympics

    In the 2018 Winter Olympics, there are a total of 15 sports. These include variations of skiing, skating, snowboarding, curling, hockey, luge, bobsled and skeleton. Although a lot of these sports have been seen before, there are a few that are not as well known. Skiing is a common winter sport in the Olympics. There

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  • Finishing great season women’s basketball is off to playoffs

    Finishing great season women’s basketball is off to playoffs

    Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team received an overtime win against the Catholic University of America. Sophomore Lydia Lawson was back in the starting line after a two-game absence and was a leading lady in the game, making 20 of Etown’s 66 points. She made 13 of her points in the first

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