Sports

  • Women’s volleyball falls twice in Landmark opener, steals one set in loss to Neumann

    Women’s volleyball falls twice in Landmark opener, steals one set in loss to Neumann

    Elizabethtown College’s women’s volleyball team traveled to Moravian College this Saturday to take on opponents Goucher College and Catholic University, both in the Landmark Conference. Etown’s first match of the day was against Goucher at 1:30 p.m. Sophomore Mackenzie Garner led the Blue Jays with 14 kills and .583 hitting percentage. Despite Garner’s strong stats,

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  • Women’s volleyball defeats Rowan in Days Inn Classic

    Women’s volleyball defeats Rowan in Days Inn Classic

    The Blue Jays were on home turf this weekend as the women’s volleyball team hosted the Days Inn Blue Jays Classic at Elizabethtown College’s Thompson Gymnasium. The team’s first match of the tournament was Friday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. against Rochester University. Rochester took the first two sets, winning by six and nine points,

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  • Women’s soccer shut out again, lose for sixth time in seven games

    Women’s soccer shut out again, lose for sixth time in seven games

    Putting the ball into the back of the net has been the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team’s biggest challenge during the early part of the 2016 season. Despite a six-goal victory over Rosemont College on Sept. 8, the Blue Jays have scored just one goal in their other five games. With Saturday’s 1-0 loss to

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  • Field hockey takes down Gwynedd Mercy in double overtime

    Field hockey takes down Gwynedd Mercy in double overtime

    It was a nail-biter at Gwynedd Mercy University on Saturday, Sept. 17, but the Blue Jays prevailed to clinch a 2-1 victory over the Griffins. Key players of the game included junior Emma Christman and sophomores Margo Donlin and Hannah Mack. It was anyone’s game in the beginning, but the Griffins were stopped by the

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  • Conference makes ‘Landmark’ decision to add men’s, women’s golf in 2017

    Conference makes ‘Landmark’ decision to add men’s, women’s golf in 2017

    The Elizabethtown College men’s golf team has not been a part of a conference championship tournament since the 2013-14 season. That year’s Commonwealth Conference Championships was the last tournament the Blue Jays participated in as members of the Middle Atlantic Conference, or any conference for that matter. However, starting in 2017-18, that will all change.

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  • Women’s basketball wins third straight, defeats Merchant Marine

    Women’s basketball wins third straight, defeats Merchant Marine

    Heading into Monday’s Martin Luther King Day matchup at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team was right in the thick of the Landmark Conference playoff race. Sitting in the fourth and final playoff spot, one game ahead of fifth-seeded Drew University, the Blue Jays squared off with the Mariners

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  • Deam places fifth in pole vault as track competes at Collegeville

    Deam places fifth in pole vault as track competes at Collegeville

    The men’s and women’s track and field teams had their meet moved up a day in an attempt to avoid Winter Storm Jonas this past weekend. The Collegeville Classic took place Friday, Jan. 22 at Goucher College, as opposed to Saturday. The men’s team scored a total of seven points and placed 13th in the

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  • Men’s swim team defeats Frostburg State, women drop close meet

    Before the storm postponed the men’s and women’s swim teams’ meets against McDaniel College , the teams each faced Frostburg State University at home on Jan. 18, 2016. The men clinched a win for the final meet at home, while the women were defeated by just three points. The men won 111-87 against Frostburg. First-years

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  • Men’s basketball loses two legends

    Men’s basketball loses two legends

    Earlier this month, the Elizabethtown College community lost two icons when Frank Keath ’49 and Bill Foster ’54 passed away. Both men made their mark on the men’s basketball program at Etown and their impact is still felt today. Keath and Foster were charter inductees into the Ira R. Herr Athlete Hall of Fame in

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