It’s an exciting time in the world of Hopkins sports. The fall season is climbing to an exciting culmination and the winter season is slowly heating up. Now is an amazing time for everyone to go and catch a game, either outside if you can brave the chill or inside at the gym or pool. As the winter athletes show off how hard they have been training for the season and the fall athletes demonstrate the elevated levels of play they developed over the past few months, go support and cheer on the Jays.
Cross Country
This weekend was the Centennial Conference Cross Country Championships at Gettysburg College for both the men’s and women’s teams. The course winds around the college with two different finish lines for an 8,000-meter men’s race and a 6,000-meter women’s race.
The 8000 race was absolutely dominated by Blue Jay speed. Senior Emmanual Leblond finished first and was joined on the podium by freshman Anthony Clark and junior Kenny Wanlass. This marked a new PR for Wanlass. Only two schools made the top ten, and eight of those spots were taken by Hopkins athletes. This awarded the team a score of 19, where the next best team had 66 points.
The 6000 race was equally impressive. Same as the men, eight of the top ten finishers were from Hopkins, and the team ended with 15 points. The host team Gettysburg ended in second. Sophomore Carter Brotherton scored gold, sophomore Storrie Kulynych-Irvin scored silver and a new PR, and senior Adriana Catalano was the last to join them on the podium.
Women’s Volleyball: W (3, 0), L (1, 3)
The women’s volleyball team knows how to clean the slate. They swept their match Wednesday against Washington College at home in the Goldfarb gym. The Blue Jays kept their record undefeated in the Centennial Conference and advanced their national DIII ranking to seventh. In both sets one and three, Hopkins defeated the Shorewomen by exactly or more than eight points, with only the second set coming down to a three point difference. Senior Simone Adam, senior Alice Yu and freshman Jocelyn Pye all tied for the greatest number of kills this match (six). Sophomore Annika Anderson led the team in assists (17), and sophomore Nicole Tuszynski led the Jays in digs (12).
The Jays then traveled to Haverford to take on the Fords on Saturday. Set one was easily won by the Jays while two was much closer, with the Fords winning by only two points. The third set was also taken by the Fords, but this time by a larger deficit. The Jays put up a fight but fell in the fourth set to lose the match and experience their first conference loss of the season.
Women’s Soccer: W (2, 0), W (2, 0)
Entering Wednesday’s game against Dickinson, the two teams had a similar record. However, the Blue Jays showed up strong and made their evenly matched opponent look like amateurs. With this win, they gained a spot in the conference rankings. Hopkins outshot the Red Devils 14-4, 10 of which were on goal. The Jays got on the board early with a goal by sophomore Carolyn Johnson. Johnson also kicked a staggering seven shots during the game. Dickinson’s goalie didn’t let up easily, she saved eight of these shots on goal, but an error in the eighth minute of play allowed sophomore Irene Sanchez Burgueño to slip the ball easily past and into the net. The rest of the game was cemented by three good stops by freshman goalie Ella Kruntchev.
They then traveled north to face Ursinus College on Saturday. Like on Wednesday, the Blue Jays dominated game play at the net, outshooting their opponent by over 10 shots. Playing eight more corners than Ursinus no doubt added to the opportunities. Burgueño scored her second goal of the week after junior Caroline Marcus knocked one into the goal around twenty minutes earlier.
Football: W (47, 26)
Football joined many of the other sports on a trip up to Pennsylvania this weekend. They faced #13 Muhlenberg and managed to stay undefeated. Not only did the offense show up for seven touchdowns, the defense held their ground to keep both the first and fourth quarters scoreless. Standouts were sophomore DB Spencer Kramer who had one interception and junior DL Will Seibert who ended with nine total tackles. Muhlenberg had 307 total yards to Hopkins’ 476, but the defense managed to hold off opposing touchdowns and force punts. Turning back to our points scorers, senior RB Geoff Schroeder rushed a career high 232 yards which is also the most rushing yards by any Hopkins player since 2012.
