Sports

  • Coaches offer insight into upcoming winter athletic season

    Coaches offer insight into upcoming winter athletic season

    Elizabethtown College’s winter athletes are preparing for their upcoming season. The swim team and basketball team coaches gave insight on their goals and expectations for their athletes. Head swim coach Mark Wilson has been coaching at Etown for six years. The swim team performed well in their 2015-2016 season, finishing sixth overall in the Landmark

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  • The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1990s

    The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1990s

    The 1990s started off well for the Elizabethtown College athletic program, with the men’s soccer team winning the MAC championship. The team came back to win the title five more times throughout the decade and was runner up twice. Etown soccer players were named All-Americans eight times throughout the decade. Also in 1990, Bob Schlosser

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  • Etown basketball player Britt Moore returns as head coach

    Etown basketball player Britt Moore returns as head coach

    Coach by day, dad by night, Elizabethtown College’s head basketball coach Britt Moore has a full plate. This is Moore’s first season coaching here at Etown, and he’s excited to be on campus. Moore was named the 12th coach in the College’s history at the beginning of May, after coach Bob Schlosser retired as head

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  • Men’s soccer team defeated by Drew University in Landmark Championship

    Men’s soccer team defeated by Drew University in Landmark Championship

    In a Landmark Conference Championship game Saturday, Nov. 4, Elizabethtown College’s men’s soccer team fell to Drew University, currently ranked 10th. Drew extended their win streak to 16, finishing their season 19-0-1, claiming their first conference title since 2007. Throughout the game, the Blue and Gray had only 10 shots compared to Drew’s 15, with

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  • Men’s and women’s cross country win fourth consecutive Landmark Championship titles

    Men’s and women’s cross country win fourth consecutive Landmark Championship titles

    The women’s team earned their 11th championship title in a row this Saturday, Oct. 28. The women scored a meet-low of 23 points, only three runners in the race finished under 24 minutes, two of them for Etown. Three Etown runners finished in the top-five and six made the top-ten. Senior Kelsey Brady led the

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  • Swim team edges out Goucher in first meet of the season

    Swim team edges out Goucher in first meet of the season

    Saturday, Oct. 28, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams took on Landmark Conference opponent Goucher College at the Alumni Pool in the Jays’ first dual meet of the season. The Gophers took nine of 14 events on the women’s side, but the women placed high enough in the other events to defeat Goucher 133.5-128.5.

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  • The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1980s

    The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1980s

    The 1980s started off strong for Elizabethtown College athletics. The men’s soccer team made it to the Division III tournament under the direction of Coach Owen Wright from 1980-1982. In 1983, current coach Skip Roderick, ’74, became head coach and led the team to two MAC championships throughout the decade. The team earned a record

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  • Men’s and women’s soccer shut out Juniata to end regular season

    Saturday, Oct. 28, Elizabethtown College’s men’s soccer team confirmed there will be a home semi-final game in the near future while sweeping Juniata College out of the way with overwhelming power. The men led with 17 total shots, along with astounding possession throughout the entire length of the match. Junior goalkeeper Brian Gately only had

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  • Field hockey team falls 3-4 to Juniata College in a shootout on senior day

    Field hockey team falls 3-4 to Juniata College in a shootout on senior day

    Saturday, Oct. 28 on Elizabethtown College’s Wolf Field, the Juniata College Eagles outscored the Blue Jays field hockey team in a shootout. Etown’s senior day was tarnished by the 4-3 loss, bringing their record to 8-9. The Landmark Conference game began in favor of the Blue Jays, with seniors Emma Christman and Megan Eppley taking

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