Sports

  • Men, women cross country runners set new personal records

    Men, women cross country runners set new personal records

    Saturday, Oct. 13, the Elizabethtown College cross country teams competed in the Inter-Regional Border Battle Championship and Open hosted by Rowan University. The men’s team took 12th place in the open and 15th in the Championship. Junior Samuel Gerstenbacher was Etown’s top finisher. In the open, first-year Blake Samsel and senior Darren Labenberg were the

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  • Men’s soccer dominates in senior night, moves up in Landmark

    Men’s soccer dominates in senior night, moves up in Landmark

    Photo: Megan White The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team faced Penn State Berks Oct. 10 for their senior night match and stole the win 5-1. Senior Gilbert Waso is the first player to mention in this game, as he earned his 100th career goal on his senior night, making it that much more special. First-year

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  • Women’s soccer suffers loss against Landmark opponents in tough week

    Women’s soccer suffers loss against Landmark opponents in tough week

    The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team had a hard week as they suffered losses to both Moravian College Wednesday, Oct. 10 and the University of Scranton Saturday, Oct. 13. The Blue Jays lost to Moravian 2-1, fighting hard until the last minute. Moravian scored both its goals in the first half of the game, first

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  • Men’s, women’s soccer teams win against Drew University

    Men’s, women’s soccer teams win against Drew University

    Photo: Jocelyn Kline The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team faced Penn State Berks Tuesday, Oct. 2 at home on Ira R. Herr field. Junior Lydia Lawson had a total of four shots in this match along with her teammate senior Shannon Conlon, who had two shots. Sophomores Alli Lasky and Janelle Barna both had a

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  • Women’s volleyball come off a busy weekend with three wins

    Women’s volleyball come off a busy weekend with three wins

    The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team had a very busy weekend, going 4-1 while playing Penn State Harrisburg (PSH), Lycoming College, Medaille College, Rochester University and Penn State Behrend. Their week started with a win against Penn State Harrisburg, playing a total of three sets and scoring a total of 48 points. Leading in number

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  • Field hockey goes on a win streak, continues to the Landmark

    Field hockey goes on a win streak, continues to the Landmark

    Photo: Jocelyn Kline Elizabethtown College’s field hockey team earned back-to-back wins last week, first at home against Wilkes University Wednesday, Oct. 3, and then another on the road against Landmark Conference opponent Drew University Saturday, Oct. 6. The Jays took control of the game against Wilkes right away with a goal from senior Maggie Fees

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  • 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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