Sports

  • 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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  • A tough loss ends the regular season for men’s basketball

    A tough loss ends the regular season for men’s basketball

    Wednesday, Feb. 14 in the Raymond DuFour Center at The Catholic University of America, the Cardinals barely managed to beat out the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays 74-72. The men’s basketball game, which was part of the Landmark Conference, was either in favor of the Blue Jays or a close match for a majority of the

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  • Men’s and women’s track and field headed off to Landmark Conference

    Men’s and women’s track and field headed off to Landmark Conference

    “I prepared for the meet like any other meet,” Mann said. “I went to practice and did the workouts Coach gave me. Also our running workouts and I put time in the weight room.” This helps Mann improve his times and pace going into the next race. “It felt great to win my events,” he

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  • Men’s swimming wins by two, women’s record drops to 4-8

    Men’s swimming wins by two, women’s record drops to 4-8

    Friday, Feb. 2, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams took on Frostburg State University at home. Seniors Megan Anderson, David Foery, Dru Schneider, Molly Templin and Morgan Taylor were honored as part of the teams’ senior night, as the five Blue Jays swam in their last home meet of their Etown swimming careers. The

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