sports

  • 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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  • 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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  • Women’s basketball advances to third place in Landmark Conference

    Women’s basketball advances to third place in Landmark Conference

    Wednesday, Jan. 31 Elizabethtown College’s women’s basketball team came out with a win against Drew University 73-68. Sophomores Mikayla Ruth and Marissa Emlet both reached new career highs in points when the team beat the Landmark Conference opponent. Etown trailed by nine points at the half. Ruth shined in the second half, overall, making 26

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  • Groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate new Bowers Center

    Groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate new Bowers Center

    • News
    • February 1, 2018

    Friday, Feb. 2, Elizabethtown College will have a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of building the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being. The Bowers Center will be 78,000 square feet upon completion and is the largest building to be built on campus in 20 years. The Bowers Center will be built behind Wolf

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  • Golf appeals to older audience

    Golf appeals to older audience

    Golf landed at number ten on the list of Top Ten Sports around the world. The viewership surrounding golf is found more with people who are aged 35 years or above. The younger generation is not as into this sport. Golf is also known to be an upper class sport, viewed most in the houses

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  • Swim teams fall to McDaniel in last away meet of the season

    Swim teams fall to McDaniel in last away meet of the season

    Saturday, Jan. 27, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams competed in their last away meet of the season against McDaniel College. McDaniel defeated both Etown teams, defeating the women 58-24 and the men 46-45. McDaniel won the first event of the afternoon, finishing 11 seconds ahead of Etown’s 400-yard medley A relay team. Sophomore

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  • Men’s and women’s swimming take a hit against Albright

    Men’s and women’s swimming take a hit against Albright

    Saturday, Jan. 20, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams competed on the road against Albright College. Albright took the win over the women’s team 144-104. The Lions won women’s 200-yard medley relay to start off the afternoon. Senior Dru Schneider, juniors Erika Cole and Cheryl Errichetti and sophomore Sadie Hawkins finished in second place,

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