Despite an incredibly cold and snowy beginning to the Spring semester, Hopkins sports got off to a characteristically hot start, registering several key wins!
Women’s Basketball: W (72–36), W (60–40)
The women’s basketball team continued their dominant campaign through the Centennial Conference, notching their 16th and 17th wins in what has been, so far, an undefeated season.
Their first game of the week came at home against the Muhlenberg Mules. Despite being the fifth ranked team in the nation, Hopkins didn’t burst out of the gate in the first half. It was a tightly contested match for the most part, as the Mules were able to stay within a single digit score of the Blue Jays by the end of the second quarter. After a tight first three minutes of the third, in which Muhlenberg was able to close the lead to four, Hopkins pounced and took control over the game. A 21–0 run by the Blue Jays effectively ended it in the third, highlighting a comprehensive team effort on both sides of the ball.
With a win over Muhlenberg in the books, Hopkins then turned their attention to Conference rival Dickinson. Once again, the Blue Jays took some time to assert their will on the game, but inevitably it arrived, and there was not much that Dickinson could do to stop it. A relatively close three quarters of play was blown wide open in the fourth as Hopkins would win by 20. Junior guard Lauren Knudson was the top scorer with 11 points, while senior guard Macie Feldman held the boards down with 14 rebounds!
Men’s Basketball: W (83–43), W (80–53)
The Hopkins Men’s Basketball team had two matches this past week, with their first away from home against McDaniel College. It is difficult to find another word to describe the matchup other than completely dominant. A strong first half in which the Blue Jays outscored McDaniel 33–19 was one-upped in the second as they mounted 50 points on the Green Terror. Senior guard Charlie Jackson led the way with an uber efficient 18 points as Hopkins would finish the match with an eye-watering 58% FG.
After dismantling McDaniel, the Blue Jays moved onto Muhlenberg in a contest at home. Hopkins didn’t start off nearly as dominant, as they finished the first half down by two points, but this did not faze them. Once again, Jackson was outstanding as he led the way with 31 points as the Blue Jays outscored the Mules 51–22 in the second half, capping off a good week of competition.
The team will travel to Pennsylvania this Saturday to take on Haverford College away from home in what should be a good test of their ability to go on the road!
Track and Field: Dr Sander Scorcher
Over the weekend, both the Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams travelled to Columbia University to take part in the Dr Sander Scorcher athletics meet. At the meet, both teams competed up against a strong field, including Division I programs.
Senior distance runner Emmanuel Leblond headlined the men’s Hopkins athletes as he broke the school record in the mile run, notching a time of 4:05.36 as he finished ninth overall. Sophomore Brady Ott also did very well in the same event, finishing with a personal best of 4:09.99 that would place him sixth of all time at Hopkins as he finished in 21st place.
Freshman mid-distance runner Caleb Tenney also recorded the second-fastest time in Hopkins history in the 3,000 meters event with a time of 8:08.04. With this time, he finished fifth overall and was awarded the Centennial Conference Athlete of the Week!
On the women’s side of the competition, Hopkins had two more Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week in senior distance runner Adriana Catalano and senior thrower Erika Ezumba!
Catalano competed in the mile run and recorded a personal best figure of 4:49.58 which is the second fastest time in Hopkins history. She would also sit as the 20th fastest mile in DIII history, an incredibly impressive achievement.
Ezumba would finish her second consecutive week as the CC Athlete of the Week as she recorded a PB throw of 19.17 meters in the weight throw, securing a victory for Hopkins. Ezumba would also place 12th in the shotput with a throw of 12.26 meters!
After an incredibly successful two days of athletic competition for the Blue Jays against some of the best competition in the nation, they returned to the field on Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Patriot Games.
