Sports

  • Field Hockey: a universal sport

    Field Hockey: a universal sport

    The Hockey World Cup is the biggest competition for field hockey outside of the Olympics, where it is also an active sport. Field hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by moving a ball with a hockey stick. Field hockey also happens to be the national sport of both Pakistan

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  • Etown’s baseball team comes back for a win in a doubleheader

    Etown’s baseball team comes back for a win in a doubleheader

    Photo courtesy of Etown Athletics @ etownbluejays.com Thursday, April 5, Elizabethtown College’s baseball team took on Immaculata University for a win with a final score of 9-7. First-year pitcher Tyler Dunbar helped the team take down Immaculata with four runs in the fourth inning. During the last five innings, the Blue Jays took the lead

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  • Softball gains a strong season start during spring break games

    Softball gains a strong season start during spring break games

    Sunday, March 4 through Saturday, March 10, Elizabethtown College’s softball team played in the Spring Games presented by PFX Athletics in Florida. The Jays won eight of their 10 games against opponents from all over the country, giving them a strong 8-2 start to the season. Saturday, March 4, Etown had back-to-back games at the

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  • Table tennis is considered a hobby

    Table tennis is considered a hobby

    Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is considered by most Americans to be more of a hobby than a sport. According to sporteology.com, table tennis is a sport “in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth using table tennis rackets.” The game is played on a small, hard table

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  • Women’s and men’s lacrosse walked away with a victory

    Women’s and men’s lacrosse walked away with a victory

    Saturday, March 3 on Wolf Field at Elizabethtown College, the women’s lacrosse team beat Penn State Abington 17-3. First-year Kate Ziegler, junior Madelyn Baker and seniors Carly and Katie Thompson each scored a hat trick for the Blue Jays. The Nittany Lions put the first point on the board three minutes into the match, but

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  • Baseball takes a 3-3 record during spring break in Florida

    Baseball takes a 3-3 record during spring break in Florida

    Over spring break, the Elizabethtown College baseball team went to Fort Pierce, Florida for training. Overall, the team finished 3-4 against six different teams they played from around the country. In a game against Muskingum University, the Blue Jays took a win with a score of 20-11. This was a big turn around after the

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  • 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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