In just three seasons, Ray Diener '65 struck out 264 batters to set a program career record that still stands today. Diane Hiestand took over the team for the 1981 season, and Barb Reuter became the head coach in 1982 and set the program on a path to success. The women's soccer team has had a player named an Academic All-American for each of the last three consecutive years, the most recent being defender Megan Halladay '04 in back-to-back seasons in 2002 and 2003. He also coached the men's cross country team from 1964-77, leading the 1965 squad to a MAC title. In just four short years of varsity competition, the men's and women's track & field programs have developed into two of the most successful programs at Etown today. The decade also saw the passing of a very significant torch. The 1996 team finished seventh at the MAC championship, its highest finish since 1972. - Luke Brennan got things started for the Shoremen after Luke Temple found him with a pass across goal. 89. B. The head coaches through the early, reformative years of the cross country programs were John Schwanger in 1981, Joe Torchia in 1982, and Suzette Desjardin from 1983 to 1985. Anne Sharpe '64 and Susan Kerchner '68 emerged as two of the team's top players during that period, with Sharpe scoring 24.0 points per game in 1962-63. Also, after a pair of home night losses, some began to believe that the lights simply were, to borrow a word frequently used by generations of Etown soccer players, "unlucky.". The 1980s proved to be very good to the men's tennis program as well, going 65-59 from 1980 to 1989 and posting a 10-3 record in 1981. vs. Clarks Summit University. 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 . Chris Cook. Men's Basketball History Rowan University Athletics. In 1987, the team went 24-17. In 1935, Harold Newman '38 of the men's tennis team advanced to the Middle Atlantic Tournament in White Sulphur Springs, WV, where he reached the semi-finals and defeated players from Penn State, Pitt, and the University of Virginia in the process. Ryan Billet '98 was the top scorer for Etown in the 1990s, compiling 1,657 points, the fourth-best total in program history. Elizabethtown quickly moved to the forefront of the new competitive opportunities offered in women's athletics. This, of course, means that there are now also Blue Jay lacrosse teams to play on the aforementioned field. The team compiled a 106-66-2 mark in dual matches between 1969-70 and 1978-79. The official 2022-23 Basketball (Men) schedule for the Cabrini University Cavaliers. at Juniata College Huntingdon, PA W 78-51 . (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Elizabethtown took its second stab at competing in men's track & field in 1975 with the launch of a new program. 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. Allegra Hess took the reins of the program in 1962 and led it to another 5-2 finish, and she guided the team throughout the 1960s. Attitudes at Elizabethtown gradually changed, and much of the impetus for this change came from the students themselves. Box Score; Recap; Swarthmore, PA. L, 65-84. Since 2000, a full outdoor track and field facility has been constructed where the softball and field hockey fields once stood. 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. The 1981-82 season forever etched Elizabethtown College into a prominent place in the history of women's collegiate athletics. Results. The men's basketball team had its first winning season in 1937-38, going 10-8. Basketball Home; Teams; States; Scores; Rankings; Stat leaders . Disability Grievance; Non-Discrimination Policy; Title IX; Moravian University is committed to making its website accessible to all users. The role of athletic director was assumed upon Ober's retirement by Nancy Latimore, the first woman to hold this position in the College's history. 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. Frank Keath '49 became the first 1,000 career point-scorer in College history, leading the nation in scoring at one point and finishing his career with 1,873 career points, a record that would remain intact until 1987. The Official Site of Elizabethtown College Athletics. Nazareth College Athletics. However, Etown was also able to be a member of the NAIA at the same time during the period. 27. 18t in WBCA Div. 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. Ober also took over the men's cross country program in 1964 and led it to an 8-4 finish that year. In the 1988-89 season, Gerber posted a 40-5-1 record, the most wins ever for an Etown wrestler in a single season at the time. The 2003 team took things a step further, finishing as the Commonwealth Conference runner-up rather than just a semifinalist. Eric Walker became the program's head coach in the summer of 2003. Ranked No. MACC * vs. Albright College. From 1990-91 to 1998-99, the wrestling team went 104-80-3. In the fall of 1980, the field hockey team advanced all the way to the AIAW Final Four, and the men's soccer team reached the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in two years and began a run of 17 straight seasons of NCAA playoff competition. E-town is 15-1, after Saturday's 84-55 win over Goucher, with several all-state players on its roster this season. Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: . The team went 9-3 in 1972-73 as well. Widener University. Also, the number of opportunities for women to compete in athletics at Etown were expanded with the addition of volleyball and softball as varsity sports. ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The 1974 team went 11-1 to set a new program victory record, and the Blue Jays posted a 9-1 record in 1975. The 1997-98 wrestling team went 18-7 in dual matches and had three Blue Jays earn individual MAC titles. Hide/Show Additional Information For York College of Pennsylvania - November 30, 2022 Dec 3 (Sat) 3:00 PM .
The Etown men's swimming team finished second at the MAC championships in both 1995-96 and 1996-97. The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball schedule for the Lebanon Valley College Dutchmen. Eventually, a roving position was added as well, including a player who could roam the whole length of the court. Amazingly, he compiled that total in just 172-2/3 innings of work. Pam Drazkowski took over as the head coach in 1989. 0 Chris Grubb '93 set an Etown record for most career hits with 164 between 1990 and 1993, and Ian Smeltz '96 recorded 161 hits in his career and set the Etown career stolen base record with 59. Lebanon Valley Women's Basketball Places Three on 2022-23 Academic All-District Team. The 1984 men's cross country team won seven dual meets, its highest win total since 1973. The 1952 team began the now 52 season long streak of .500 or better seasons with a 6-2 finish. To this day, she is the only Elizabethtown College athlete to accomplish the feat. The women's soccer team spent the decade developing into one of the nation's best.
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. February 21, 2023 Women's Basketball. The 1968 team set a new program record for wins, going 16-6 overall. The men's basketball program advanced to a higher level than it had ever been before as the 21st century began. The women's cross country team hit the 11-win mark in 1988, and the team finished eighth out of approximately 17 teams in the MAC in both 1988 and 1989. 2020-21 Elms Men's Basketball Roster. The women's basketball team played an 11 game schedule in 1970-71. 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. SE Missouri St beats Tennessee St 91-83 n OVC quarterfinals According to. In 1965, the men's cross country team went 11-1, won its first-ever MAC title, and finished 26th in the nation out of 56 teams at the NCAA College Division national championship meet in Chicago, IL. Women's Basketball Ready to Play for Conference Championship This Week. (17-11) 31. Men's . . The softball team finished as the MAC runner-up in 1992 with a 24-9 record, and the 1994 team, under first year head coach Wendy Snyder, went 22-10 and returned to the MAC playoffs. 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. 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. Joe Shull '93 finished third at the 1992 MAC championship. RV Swarthmore College.
During the decade, Etown baseball ran up a 238-120 record. The men's lacrosse team, under head coach Chuck Maloy, finished 7-7 overall in just its second season of existence in 2003. 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.
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. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the Wilson College Phoenix. Etown athletes were named All-Americans four times in the 1970s, with James O'Donnell earning the honor twice in 1975 and 1977. From there, he advanced to the 1935 National Intercollegiate Tennis Tournaments, held at Northwestern University, and he made it to the third round. Clarks Summit University. The men's swimming team began the 1970s as possibly the College's most dominant program, going 11-1 and winning the MAC Championship in 1969-70. From the 1949-50 season to the 1958-59 campaign, the women's basketball program posted a 61-49-2 record. Students soldiered on independently as well, most famously forming an unofficial Elizabethtown College football team in the fall of 1928, playing a full slate of intercollegiate games, losing all of them, and quickly folding due to lack of official recognition and financial support. Top competitors for Etown in the 1970s included sprinter Jim Yeingst '80, mid-distance runners Tim Moyer and Wade Pratt '80, distance runner Bob Berlin, hurdler Don Tyrie '80, jumpers Gary Fowler and Rob Wardius '76, throwers John Luzik '77 and Scott Sweitzer, and pole vaulter Tim Seager '81. Juniata. Matt Helsel took over the program in 2002, and guided the 2003 team to a 12-4 overall mark, one of the best seasons in the history of Etown men's tennis. 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. An interesting side note from the mid-1950s is that it witnessed the men's soccer team's first experiment with hosting a night game under the lights. In 1994, the baseball team went 33-11 and made it to the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row. Barb Shenk returned as the head coach in 1997 and led the team to a 18-15 finish that year. Basketball. 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. Elizabethtown field hockey players earned All-America honors six times throughout the decade. Bob Schott took over as head coach of the women's tennis program in 1984 and immediately led the team to a 10-2 record that spring. INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2023 championship. From 1950-51 to 1958-59, the men's basketball program registered a 115-85 record. Main Navigation Menu.
Jennifer Lynn '96 became Etown's second All-MAC runner in 1993, and Mindy Enterline '96 became the fourth in 1994. In 1987, Swope became the program's first All-American. The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball schedule for Landmark Conference. The wrestling program was added in 1954 under the direction of Robert Byerly, and Richard Hershey took over in 1957-58. In the circle, Linda Milnes '99 struck out 113 batters in 1999, setting a program record at the time, and Sallie Mohr won 31 games from 1994 to 1997. Ranked No. Discrimination or harassment of any kind is strictly forbidden. In 1984, the team had its first season with a record above .500, going 11-8-1 and making the MAC playoffs for the first time. Choose A Season: Schedule/Results . Baseball Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Schedule Cross Country: Roster Cross Country: News Football Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Golf Golf: Schedule Golf: Roster Golf: News Ice . He finally got some help in 1949, when J.H. Owen Wright led the baseball team to its first MAC title in 1964 as it went 13-5. Construction continues on Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium, which will become the new home of the Blue Jay baseball team this spring. 15 in WBCA Div. In 1991-92, the men's swimming team finished 8-6, its best record since 1972-73, and it placed seventh at the MAC championships, its best finish since 1976-77. List View Headshot View. The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster for the Alvernia University Golden Wolves