Sports

  • Swim team welcomes new coach

    Swim team welcomes new coach

    Photo: Megan White Melissa Gates was named the new Elizabethtown College head swim coach and aquatics director in August 2018. Before getting her new position, Gates was the assistant coach for the swim team at Franklin & Marshall College for two years. According to etownbluejays.com, Gates is a former “three-time NCAA Division II national champion

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  • Cross Country take on alumni

    Cross Country take on alumni

    Due to all the rain that has been happening the last couple of weeks, the Elizabethtown College cross country teams had to wait a few weeks before they could compete in their first meet. Both teams took on the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge Saturday, Sept. 15. For the men’s team, junior Samuel Gerstenbacher and senior

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  • Women’s soccer walks away with two tied games and two OT

    Women’s soccer walks away with two tied games and two OT

    Elizabethtown College’s men’s soccer team traveled to Franklin & Marshall College Wednesday, Sept. 12 for a match that was supposed to be played at home but was moved last minute due to the rain. About 10 minutes in, junior Cameron Sheva received a fantastic pass from senior Alex Musgnug and finished, scoring the first goal

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  • Volleyball team continue to grow their winning streak at home

    Volleyball team continue to grow their winning streak at home

    The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team went undefeated at their tournament over the weekend, beating Misericordia University, Eastern Mennonite University, Alfred University and Rowan University. These are just the latest victories in he Jays’ winning streak, after beating Gallaudet University and Dickinson College just one week earlier. The team defeated both Misericordia and Eastern Mennonite

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  • Etown makes new partnership to help students attend college

    Etown makes new partnership to help students attend college

    Photo by Cheyenne Lawyer Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 12 p.m., various Elizabethtown College administrators and members of the Snider Youth Hockey Foundation, along with former Flyers goalie Bernie Parent, came together in the Susquehanna room in Myer Residence Hall to recognize the recent partnership announced between the College and the “Goals and Assists” organization. This

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  • Field Hockey takes a loss after a tough game against Ursinus College

    Field Hockey takes a loss after a tough game against Ursinus College

    Photo by Megan White Elizabethtown College’s field hockey team was back on Wolf Field this week for games Wednesday, Sept. 12 against Ursinus College and Saturday, Sept. 15 against Washington and Lee University. The Jays fought through a tough game against Ursinus Wednesday, falling 0–3 to the Bears. The first period almost went scoreless, with

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