By the 1920s, a thriving culture of highly competitive intramural competition had developed on campus, much to the chagrin of some and much to the delight of others. In Owen Wright's final season as the head coach in 1983, the team made its first trip to the NCAA Division III tournament and produced a 22-16 record, the most wins in a season ever for the team at the time. While the men's basketball team continued to play throughout the war, it did so in seriously diminished capacity, going 9-8 immediately before the war in 1940-41 and going 2-14 the following season. The women's basketball team finished as the NCAA Division III national runner-up in both 1982-83 and 1983-84, going 23-5 in 1982-83 and finishing 29-2 and winning a third MAC Championship in 1983-84. The official 2022-2023 Women's Basketball schedule for the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays. Elizabethtown field hockey players earned All-America honors six times throughout the decade. Results. The 1995-96 team tore through its dual meet season, going 13-3, while the 1996-97 team went 11-6. The basketball program has won seven Prep B state championships. Indiana's Grace Berger (34) is fouled by Purdue's Jayla Smith (3) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Bloomington, Ind. Bryan Hoy '01 and Brad Confer 03 were named the men's soccer program's most recent All-Americans in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and Dina Jingoli '02 was named the most recent women's soccer All-American in 2001.
However, it was the last year for coach Ira Herr, who retired after leading the baseball team to a 12-6 finish in the spring of 1961. . The 1997 team finished 22-11 and reached the NCAA tournament for the fourth time of the decade and the sixth time in the history of the program. Official Website Of Elms College Athletics. In 1998, MAC individual singles champion Wieger Moen went 29-1 overall and was 20-0 in singles competition. The next intercollegiate varsity sport to be added was baseball in the spring of 1930. Box Score; Recap; Game Program; Nerney Field House . A perennial national power throughout the 1980s, the men's soccer program capped off the decade by winning the NCAA Division III national championship in 1989. MAXPREPS; CBSSPORTS.COM; 247SPORTS; B. Bill Helm returned as head coach in 1994 and led the team to one of the biggest one-season turnarounds in college history, going 21-13 in 1994 after winning three matches the previous season. Over the course of the years from 1980-81 to 1988-89, the Elizabethtown women's basketball team played in five national championship games, won two national titles, took part in seven NCAA tournaments and one AIAW tournament, won five conference championships, went 225-33 overall, and posted a 40-11 record in the postseason. Lauren China scored a game high five goals including Albright's . Bryan Zeamer finished the season with a 40-7 record, while Justin Barbush completed the season with a 41-3 mark. Walter B. Shaw took over as the head coach of the swimming teams in 1979-80 and led the programs until 1983-84. The 2003 team took things a step further, finishing as the Commonwealth Conference runner-up rather than just a semifinalist. Owen Wright took over the men's soccer and baseball programs in the 1961-62 academic year. Amazingly, Herr was the sole head coach of all of these sports at the time. His 93 strikeouts, accomplished in just 56-2/3 innings in 1962, remains tied as the single-season Etown record. The wrestling team began the 1980s by winning the MAC championship, and the team finished the decade with back-to-back 16-win seasons, program records at the time, in 1987-88 and 1988-89. Heidi Balmer '96 became an All-American in 1995, and Maggie Nelis '97 set a program record for most assists in a career with 38 from 1993 to 1996. The team went 42-54 during the decade of the 1950s. John Gergic took over as the head coach in 1988 and led the team to a breakthrough 31-7 season where the Blue Jays captured the MAC title and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the second time. By the time Ira Herr took over the program once again in 1958, Etown soccer was a force to be reckoned with. Amazingly, he compiled that total in just 172-2/3 innings of work. On 12/8, the Elizabethtown varsity basketball team lost their home non-conference game against Manheim Township (Lancaster, PA) by a score of 72-53. Jinxes involving lights aside, success continued to mount for the Etown men's soccer program in the 1950s.
The 22-23 Elizabethtown varsity basketball team roster. One can be certain that a program has reached an elite level when it goes 17-7 and is regarded as having an off year, which is exactly what happened in 1984-85. By 1977-78, the team played 25 games in a season, a total comparable to what men's basketball teams had been playing for years. The 1984 men's cross country team won seven dual meets, its highest win total since 1973. Unfortunately, despite the success, some socially backward attitudes prevailed at Elizabethtown. The women's swimming team went 36-14 in dual meets from 1969-70 to 1974-75, and the team's record of 9-4 in 1974-75 under coach Janet Harringer stood as the program's record-high win total until 1988-89. This, of course, means that there are now also Blue Jay lacrosse teams to play on the aforementioned field. The team went 9-3 in 1972-73 as well. The Blue Jay men's soccer team competed in the NCAA Atlantic Coast Regional Championship in 1962, 1963, and every year from 1966 to 1971. In the past couple of seasons, three players: Bob Porambo '02, Brian Loftus '03 and Jon English '03, all became 1,000 career point-scorers. Sr. Elizabethtown, Pa. Elizabethtown. Following that experience in futility, officially sanctioned college sports took hold to stay later in 1928 when Coach Herr led the fledgling men's basketball team to a 27-22 victory over Millersville December 8 en route to a 5-12 season. Volleyball began as a varsity sport in the fall of 1978 under the direction of Jack Snader, who led the team to a 6-9 mark in 1979. Ricardo Bailey also earned All-American honors in 1975, and Etown wrestlers earned individual MAC Championships 15 times between 1970 and 1979. 2022-23 Elizabethtown Women's Basketball Schedule (22-4) Print; Subscribe With. 15 in WBCA Div. The 1980s have thus far proven to be the greatest of the women's basketball program's many heydays. III Coaches Top 25 (1/24)
In just three seasons, Ray Diener '65 struck out 264 batters to set a program career record that still stands today. Varsity golf was reinstated and began its first season in the spring of 1988 under head coach Royal Snavely. Today, Elizabethtown remains the all-time win leader in Division III. vs. Elizabethtown College. 20 in WBCA Div. Men's Basketball Lead Assistant Coach. Donecker became a three-time All-American in 1982 when she capped her career by winning the first NCAA Division III national singles championship. Construction continues on Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium, which will become the new home of the Blue Jay baseball team this spring. Box Score; Recap; Gallery; Clarks . Risser also took over the women's basketball team from Jane Ulmer, who took over from Herr in 1954, and guided the team to an 8-2 finish in 1956-57.
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In the fall of 1998, Jen Olmstead '99 became the fourth Etown women's cross country runner to earn a spot on the All-MAC team, and Maggie Martin '03 followed in 1999. From 1972 to 1975, the team rattled off a 29-match winning streak, and the team posted four undefeated seasons in the decade, going 8-0 in 1973, 6-0 in 1974, 9-0 in 1975 and 10-0 in 1977. At the conclusion of that season, four Blue Jay swimmers David Anstine, James Gingerich, Robert Sahms and Donald Schaeberle earned All-America honors, the most ever from one team in a single season in school history. The men's and women's swimming teams have seen quite a bit of success as well, most notably as Casey Moore '04 became the men's program's latest All-American at the conclusion of the 2000-01 season. That year, the men's swimming team went 6-6 for its best dual meet finish since 1972-73, and the women's swimming team posted an 11-2 dual record, its best ever to that point. He led the men's soccer team to a 79-15-3 record from 1961-67, and the team rattled off a school-record six straight MAC titles from 1962 to 1967. at. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster. The wrestling team began the decade by completing the 1989-90 season with a 21-5 overall record, the most wins in dual matches in a single season in the history of the program. Pam Drazkowski took over as the head coach in 1988 and led the team to a 33-13 record that year.
Although the men's tennis team struggled throughout the 1960s, Robert Garrett took over the program in 1968 and began to build it back into the powerhouse it was in its early days. Barry Dohner '83 took over as the head coach of the women's soccer program in 1994, and by 1996 he had led the team to its first MAC championship and an 18-2-2 record. The Shoremen scored five of the games last seven goals to secure a 14-11 win. The men's and women's swimming teams made their debut in the 1964-65 season under the direction of John Tulley and Ruth Nearing, respectively. 79. Alumni Game at 11 a.m. -- 3/4 Canes at Halftime . Elizabethtown College basketball, scores, news, schedule, roster, players, stats, rumors, details and more on usbasket.com In 1997-98, the team again went 13-3 in its dual meet season, and at the end of the season it captured its first MAC championship ever. 21 Stevens will head to Newport News, Virginia to take on No. Basketball Home; Teams; States; Scores; Rankings; Stat leaders . It is the most wins for the program since the 2013-14 season and their 12th Landmark win marks a program best . The men's track & field team won the 2003 MAC indoor championship in just its fourth year of varsity competition the least amount of time any program at Elizabethtown has taken to win a conference title since its inception. The dawn of the 1980s ushered in an unprecedented era of national success for Blue Jay athletics. The track & field team saw its final season in the spring of 1981, but not before enough women were competing in the sport to score as a separate squad from the men in a pair of dual meets that year. Damian Burnside '85 set program records for most steals in a career (235) and most assists in a career (521) that remain intact today. Owen Wright led the baseball team to its first MAC title in 1964 as it went 13-5. The original ten inductees were A. Warren Angstadt '30 for men's basketball and men's tennis; Guy Buch '45 for men's basketball and men's soccer; Joel Chase '67 for men's soccer; Warner Cheeks '61 for men's soccer and men's basketball; Ray Diener '65 for baseball, men's soccer and men's basketball; William Foster '54 for men's basketball and men's soccer, Alvin Hershey '64 for men's soccer and baseball; Linda Eshleman '63 for field hockey and women's tennis; Frank Keath '49 for men's basketball and men's soccer; and Sal Paone '57 for men's basketball. 8. The 2000-01 team went 20-6 and finished as the Commonwealth Conference runner-up. This commitment applies but is not limited to decisions made with respect to hiring and promotion, the administration educational programs and policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other College administered programs. Varsity softball began in the spring of 1979, and the team finished 4-4 in its first season, also under Snader. The team also won the Penn-Mar Conference championship that year and set a new program record for wins, going 14-2-1. Among the standout players from the time period, Lori Lobb '89 set the program record for highest career batting average, hitting .431 from 1986 to 1989. Originally, Etown teams were referred to alternately as both the Gray Ghosts and the Phantoms. It's not the opposition they're worried about.". Several women's teams from NJ are in the tournament, including Rowan and Stevens, and other teams, including NYU, feature players who hail from NJ. During the same time period, Gene Maderness struck out 259 batters from 1961 to 1964, the second-highest career total at Elizabethtown. Name. In the spring of 1980, the women's tennis team set a program record for wins by going 13-1, Beckie Donecker became Etown's first All-American in tennis, and javelin thrower Mike Bomberger became the first All-American from Elizabethtown in track & field.
Landmark Conference. Women's sports gained the opportunity to compete for conference championships for the first time, and owing to the NCAA's glaring lack of recognition of women's athletics that persisted through the decade, an organization called the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was formed in 1971 and began to conduct regional and national championships. Elizabethtown's teams improved significantly in the 1930s. Learn About Our Signature Learning Experiences, 717.361.1000 | One Alpha Drive | Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298 | Copyright 2023 Elizabethtown College. Ken Ober retired as athletic director in 1995 and died November 13, 1996. However, as in cross country, by the end of the decade, dual matches became less frequent and less important in golf than the end-of-season MAC championships and large tournaments throughout the season. Field hockey was added in 1952 under Evelyn Heath, and the team had its first winning season in 1955 under the direction of Julia Risser, beginning a streak of ten seasons with winning records. Live Scoreboard . During his tenure, he coached 28 MAC champions, 11 All-Americans, and the College's only individual NCAA champion, Eric Mast '77. Baseball Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News JV Baseball JV Baseball: Schedule JV Baseball: Roster JV Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News JV Basketball JV Basketball: Schedule JV Basketball: Roster JV Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country . Full Bio. The team continued to get better, going 36-12 in 1985 and posting a program-best 45-10 mark in 1986. Since 2000, the members of the men's track & field team have brought home 22 MAC gold medals, and the members of the women's track & field team have won 15 MAC gold medals. The women's swimming team repeated as MAC champion in 1998-99, and it went 15-2 in its dual meet season, its best record ever. MADISON, N.J. - The Drew University men's basketball team built a nine-point halftime lead, then held off a second-half comeback as the Rangers defeated Elizabethtown College 82-71 in a Landmark Conference affair Wednesday evening in Baldwin Gym. The Blue Jays had back-to-back 25 win seasons in 1986-87 and 1987-88, reached the NCAA tournament both years, and won the MAC championship again in the latter year. Main Navigation Menu. Throughout the 1980s, Etown volleyball went 231-129. Main Navigation Menu. Bob Schott guided the women's tennis team to a 31-13 record from 1990 to the spring of 1993. Instead, the softball team put together one of the most surprising seasons by any team in school history, shattering the program record for wins by going 30-12 and reaching the post-season for the first time since 1994. Dan Reitmeyer '65 set the program record for most career rebounds of 1,219 that remains intact today. III Coaches Top 25 (2/7)
The men's basketball program advanced to a higher level than it had ever been before as the 21st century began. B. The wrestling team set another program record in 1979-80 as four wrestlers became MAC individual champions. Jennifer Lynn '96 became Etown's second All-MAC runner in 1993, and Mindy Enterline '96 became the fourth in 1994. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Instagram Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: Twitter Cross . The team won its second MAC championship in 1995, going 13-4 overall.
Men's Basketball Head Coach. Throughout the 1980s, the field hockey team compiled a 146-46-13 overall record, and the 1986 team set the program record for most wins in a season by going 20-4-1. . Our go-getter grads become the exceptional communicators, peacemakers, and cause organizers the world needs more of. Washington College 14 Elizabethtown 11. Lobb also scored 96 runs and drove in 76 runs, both program career records. The South Florida Bulls (21-4, 10-0 AAC) are trying to build on an 11-game win streak when they visit the SMU Mustangs (14-6, 5-3 AAC) on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at Moody Coliseum. Hyde finished her career with 63 goals, 30 assists and 156 points. Beginning in the 2000-01 academic year, most team sports in the MAC that receive automatic conference qualifier NCAA tournament bids stopped competing for a MAC championship; instead most Etown team sports now compete for a Commonwealth Conference championship and the automatic NCAA tournament bid that goes with it. Jodi Kuehn batted .341 from 1994 to 1996, and Monica Lehman batted .349 over 1992 and 1993. February 18, 2023 Women's Basketball. That season, the first year that NCAA championships were contested in women's basketball, Etown made the first-ever NCAA Division III tournament field, and the Blue Jays advanced to the Final Four. The 1996 team finished seventh at the MAC championship, its highest finish since 1972. The women's soccer team spent the decade developing into one of the nation's best. Intercollegiate basketball did survive during the war years, as the women's basketball team, which by this time had already developed its fearsome reputation among opponents, finished .500 or better every season during the 1940s and went 9-3 in 1943-44 and 9-5 in 1944-45. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball schedule for Landmark Conference. The men's soccer program began its rise to national dominance under Dodd, who led the program from 1949 to 1952, and the team continued to build under D. Paul Greene, who coached the team from 1953 to 1957. In men's cross country, Etown finished its dual meet season 9-7 in 1990 and 8-6-1 in 1991. Basketball Home; Teams; States; Scores; Rankings; Stat leaders; . The baseball team earned a pair of NAIA District 30 championships in the span of three years from 1957 to 1959, going 14-6 in 1957 and 14-4 in 1959. The field hockey program also wasted no time in taking full advantage of the new post-season opportunities afforded it, winning the first MAC title contested in 1975. Donald Smith arrived as the head men's basketball coach in 1954-55, and he promptly guided the team to another 14-9 finish. In a rather bizarre move, the school also dropped men's cross country from its slate of varsity sports following the fall 1977 season, thereby short-circuiting Etown's chances of overall competitiveness on the oval. The volleyball program outgrew its infancy in the early 1980s and became one of the top teams in the region for the rest of the decade. 1992-93 proved to be a record-setting season for the men's swimming squad, as it posted a 17-0 dual meet record, and it placed fourth at the MAC championships, it's best finish there since 1972-73. E-town is 15-1, after Saturday's 84-55 win over Goucher, with several all-state players on its roster this season. ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - The Albright women's lacrosse team (2-2) was in action for their first night game of the season and held off a late comeback attempt by Elizabethtown (3-1) downing the Blue Jays by a final score of 9-8.Tonight's win is the second road win of the season and also the Lions fifth straight win over the Blue Jays. While one could imagine that a mascot costume for a team with such a name would be far less bulky and easier on its wearer than most, Herr apparently never liked those monikers, and he eventually established the Blue Jay as the official mascot due to its possession of the school colors and its reputation as fighting, scrappy bird. View the 22-23 Elizabethtown varsity basketball team schedule. The 54 base hits by shortstop Emily Morris '04 in 2002 set a new Etown single-season record as well. Throughout the period from 1970 to 1979, the field hockey team compiled a 86-35-16 record. Box Score; Recap; Annville, Pa. Sorrentino Gymnasium. It is interesting to note that Elizabethtown College's athletic teams were not, as many believe, always known as the Blue Jays. forward Marquis Ratcliff from the Moravian University basketball teams have been selected to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Team of the Year by the LVSCB Organization at its final luncheon . As the 1980s began, the women's tennis team saw its first player earn All-America status when Beckie Donecker received the honor in 1980. 18t in WBCA Div. Although the 21st century is still very young, it has been packed with standout Blue Jay athletic performances. The team won MAC championships in 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1999, and it finished as the MAC runner-up in 1995 and 1997. 2020-21 Elms Men's Basketball Roster. Larry Bullock '00 finished as the MAC individual runner-up in men's cross country 1999, spearheading a group of seven Etown runners who finished in the top twenty. The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball schedule for the Lebanon Valley College Dutchmen. List View Headshot View.
The pitcher tied the record for most strikeouts in a season in 1995 with 93, and in just two seasons at Etown, he recorded 20 victories. vs. Brooklyn College. Also in 2003, Jason Patterson '06 became the program's first two-time All-American, as he earned the honor in both the indoor and outdoor triple jump. Yvonne Kauffman became the head field hockey coach in 1967. Print. Goucher College W 80-67 Box Score: 1/25/2023 . The team also played in the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament in 1975 and 1976. -- Bridgewater State University sophomore guard Alex Gonzalez has been selected to the 2022-2023 Academic All-District. - Luke Brennan got things started for the Shoremen after Luke Temple found him with a pass across goal. From 1990 to 1997, the Blue Jay women's cross country program compiled a dual meet record of 55-28. In women's tennis, Kauffman took over as the head coach in 1970 and guided the team to a 72-11 record from 1970 to 1979. Bryan Pittinger '01 became the first true closer in Etown history and racked up 19 career saves, a program record, as well as one of the highest totals in NCAA Division III history. Filter By Team: Main Navigation Menu. Ending a 20-year string of losing seasons in 1972, the men's tennis team went 9-4 and ushered in a new golden era. There were some bright spots during this period for men's basketball, however, most notably that of Guy Buch '45, who led the country in points per game in 1945 with 23.7. In 1986, Dale Luy took the reins of both the men's and women's cross country programs, and before long had both teams consistently competing at higher level than any point since the early 1970s. Matt Jones took over as the team's head coach in 2000 and led the Blue Jays to back-to-back Commonwealth titles and NCAA tournament appearances in 2000 and 2001. BOX SCORE HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. - Junior Adam Brazil (Mooresville, NC) scored 18 points, including the go-ahead three-point field goal with 2:55 remaining, to lead Hampden-Sydney College to a 63-59 home win past Emory (GA) University in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament on Friday night in S. Douglas Fleet Gymnasium at Kirby Field House.
The distance element of the men's track & field program wound up being built very quickly, and in 1999, the men's cross country team won its first MAC title since 1965, and the team qualified as a unit to compete in the NCAA Division III championship for the first time, where it placed 24th in the nation. According to. Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: . Both will play tomorrow in the second round. Entering the 2002 season, the softball team, which was coming off the heels of an 11-19 season the previous year and had a new coaching staff with head coach Diane Lokey and assistant Kathy Staib, was picked to finish last in the conference pre-season coaches' poll. The 1951 men's soccer team finished 3-4-1, and it was the last time the men's soccer program had ever completed a season with a record below .500. Baseball Schedule Roster News Basketball Schedule . Etown reached the NCAA tournament every year from 1981 to 1988, won the 1987 MAC championship, and finished as the MAC runner-up in 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1989. Matt Helsel took over as the head coach of the women's tennis team in 2002, and it is currently undergoing a renaissance begun at the beginning of the decade. A private college with a beautiful treelined campus and a motto we live by Educate for ServiceEtown is a place for people who feel the pull to contribute to the world. (2) Fax your registration form and payment information to 717-361-1443. A telling example of how geopolitical problems wreaked havoc with Etown athletics is demonstrated by the record of the baseball team during the early 1940s, as the 1941 team set a record for wins by going 10-4 and did not play again until the spring of 1945, when the team went 3-7. MACC * vs. Albright College. The Official Website of Lancaster Bible College Athletics. Bob Schlosser became the head men's basketball coach in 1990-91 and guided the team to the NCAA tournament in 1992-93, as the team that year compiled a 19-7 record. In 1943-44, Annette Mumma averaged 23.8 points per game for Etown, the fourth-highest single season average at Etown ever. That's not how it was five years ago. Men's Basketball | Feb 08. The men's basketball program struggled at the start of the 1970s, but after Donald Smith returned as the head coach in 1972-73, the team began to build its way back success, punctuating the end of the decade with its second MAC Championship and an NCAA Division III tournament berth while going 17-9 in 1978-79.
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