Sports

  • Fernandez takes home title at 198 pounds, leads wrestling to strong finish at Ursinus

    Fernandez takes home title at 198 pounds, leads wrestling to strong finish at Ursinus

    The Elizabethtown College men’s wrestling team competed in the Ursinus Fall Brawl this past Saturday, Nov. 12. Senior Luke Fernandez, ranked seventh in the country in the 197-pound weight class, dominated his competition on the way to his second career tournament victory. Fernandez began his run to a title by blanking The College of New

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  • Men’s, women’s swim teams drop Landmark meets to Catholic

    Men’s, women’s swim teams drop Landmark meets to Catholic

    Though not without valiant effort, both Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams lost to Catholic University on Saturday, Nov. 12. The women’s team had a score of 65 to Catholic’s 195. Starting the meet off well, first-year Sara Lingo won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:17.46 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:36.97. Lingo achieved personal

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  • Light lifts men’s soccer to NCAA win, Blue Jays fall in second round, 2-0

    Light lifts men’s soccer to NCAA win, Blue Jays fall in second round, 2-0

    Every NCAA team has a defining moment during their run toward a championship. Saturday night, senior Jeff Light provided the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team with one. In the 95th minute, Light scored to lift the Blue Jays to a first round victory over Vassar College, 1-0. Light’s golden goal advanced Etown into the second

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  • Women’s cross country earns bid to NCAA championships

    Women’s cross country earns bid to NCAA championships

    One week after they took third at the Landmark Conference Championships, the men’s cross country team went on to place ninth at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional. The Blue Jays competed against 51 other teams at DeSales University Saturday, Nov. 12. The top performer of the Blue Jays was first-year Samuel Gerstenbacher. He had

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  • Field hockey defeats Susquehanna, captures Landmark title

    Field hockey defeats Susquehanna, captures Landmark title

    Elizabethtown College’s field hockey team played a close game against the Goucher College Gophers Wednesday, Nov. 2. After a long struggle in the second half, a last-minute goal saved Etown and earned them the second seed in the Saturday, Nov. 5 playoff game. Saturday, the Etown ladies played and won their championship game against Susquehanna

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  • Men’s soccer grabs at-large bid to NCAA Championships

    Looking for a spot in the Landmark conference championship game, the Blue Jays came out ready to attack the Susquehanna University River Hawks on Saturday, Nov. 5. The top-seeded Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team was paired up against the number four seed in this semifinal match. Susquehanna had not made a conference appearance since they

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  • Wrestling places four at Messiah Invitational, Pflanz takes home first

    Wrestling places four at Messiah Invitational, Pflanz takes home first

    The Elizabethtown College wrestling team competed at the Messiah Invitational this past weekend. The Blue Jays were led by four individual wrestlers that placed at the event. Fifth-year senior Bryan Pflanz took home the 133-pound title by defeating Ursinus’ Trey Harkness, 1-0. Pflanz earned a berth in the 133-pound final at the Messiah Invitational last

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  • Men’s, women’s swim teams take down Gallaudet University

    Men’s, women’s swim teams take down Gallaudet University

    On Saturday, Nov. 5, Elizabethtown’s women’s and men’s swim teams took on Gallaudet University on the road in and out-of-conference meet. Led by first-years Sara Lingo and Sadie Hawkins, the female Blue Jays took an early lead, dominating the Bison with a final score of 198-50. Lingo took first in all three of her individual

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  • Field hockey continues dominance of Landmark Conference

    Field hockey continues dominance of Landmark Conference

    The Blue Jays continued their success this weekend with a win against Juniata College. This is a huge win for head coach Brandy Michael, who in her first year, has gotten the team perfect through their conference schedule. In their 3-1 win, a goal was scored by three individual players. The Blue Jays now find

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