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(04/28/16 7:19pm)
Both the Men’s and Women’s track teams competed at the Widener University Invitational in Chester, Pa. last weekend, which ultimately served as pivotal preparation for the Centennial Championships, which will be held in two weeks.
(04/21/16 6:28pm)
Professional baseball and even D-I college managers have become obsessed with advanced metrics that tell them where individual players on opposing squads tend to hit the ball.
(03/31/16 5:57pm)
When the news media first started to report heavily on the standoff between the FBI and Apple over unlocking the San Bernardino shooter’s phone, my first impulse was to think, “Why the hell wouldn’t Apple unlock this scumbag’s phone for a pressing terrorism investigation?” Now, after the government announced on Tuesday that an unnamed third party showed them a back door into the iPhone and they dropped their lawsuit against Apple, my original thought was vindicated — but with a host of new questions to answer.
(01/29/16 12:28am)
For years, LeBron James has largely been put on a pedestal by the media as an athlete who is team-first and humble in the face of his enormous success. I would argue that his tenure so far in the NBA indicates exactly the opposite.
(04/16/15 3:51pm)
The rapidly approaching National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs and LeBron James’s Cleveland Cavaliers poised for a run deep into the postseason mean ESPN and our other national media outlets will begin to once again fawn after “The King” as he seeks his third NBA title. Nothing makes my blood boil quite like people comparing James with the greatest who ever lived, Michael Jordan, as ESPN and many causal fans will be prone to do when LeBron carves up lesser talents this postseason.
(02/20/15 1:27am)
The Blue Jay baseball team will be playing on a field befitting of its storied history for the first time this upcoming season since the construction of Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium was completed this summer. Bob Babb’s squad is looking to turn out a season that lives up to its beautiful new digs.
(02/12/15 8:10pm)
The Hopkins women’s basketball team held Swarthmore without a bucket for the game’s first seven minutes and kept up a stellar defensive effort all day Saturday en route to a convincing 67-49 win.
(01/29/15 8:02pm)
The Lady Jays basketball team saw a season-high four-game win streak snapped on Saturday night in its bout with Muhlenberg College, falling 50-31. Hopkins trailed the entire game and could not find an offensive rhythm while playing from behind all night.
(12/04/14 8:58pm)
The Hopkins women’s basketball team could not overcome a slow start Tuesday against the Gettysburg Bullets, and they fell 63-54 on the road for just their second loss of the season.
(11/13/14 8:11pm)
Few Hopkins athletes have ever earned the accolades or garnered the respect from teammates and opponents alike that senior Hannah Kronick, a star forward on the women's soccer team, has. As the all-time Lady Jay and Centennial Conference record-holder by a wide margin in both points and goals, Kronick is one of the best players the conference has ever seen. Kronick’s consistent excellence in her four years here has led opposing defenses to pay fastidious attention to her. And yet, Kronick has still managed to rack up 37 points this year in 20 games for the Lady Jays. Even more impressive, Kronick has shined brightest in the biggest moments for the Lady Jays throughout the season. Though Hopkins fell on penalty kicks to Swarthmore in the Centennial Conference Championship on Sunday, Kronick scored both goals and kept Hopkins in the game until the very end, displaying the flair for the dramatic that has characterized her Hopkins soccer career. Despite the loss on Sunday and the failure to earn an automatic bid, the Lady Jays’ 16-3-1 record for the season was good enough to earn them an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament, keeping Kronick’s legendary career alive. The All-American was gracious enough to answer a few questions for The News-Letter as this edition’s Athlete of the Week.
(10/30/14 6:59pm)
The Hopkins men's soccer team dropped a conference match to Muhlenberg on Saturday night, falling 2-1 in a game that did not see any Blue Jay scoring until the 84th minute. The loss dropped the Jays to 8-5-2 overall and 2-4-1 in the Centennial Conference, while Muhlenberg's win boosted the Mules into third place in the conference at 10-1-2 overall and 5-1-1 in the conference. The crowd at Homewood Field saw a chippy, physical conference match featuring five yellow cards, including four in the second half. Muhlenberg's defense was stingy, allowing just four shots on goal, all of which were heavily defended and able to be turned away by Mule goalie Danny Pinto. Just two minutes into the match, Muhlenberg was awarded a free kick and elected to have sophomore midfielder Jack Dusing take it. Dusing sent a precise pass into the box to teammate Lance Dotzman, who corralled it before scorching it past Jay senior goalkeeper Nick Cerrone. That early goal set the tone for a game that the Mules would be in control of all evening long. Muhlenberg scored again in the 25th minute as senior midfielder Travis Wantchekon beat his defender with a nifty move from the left side and rifled a shot past Cerrone into the far corner to extend the Mules’ lead to 2-0. The physicality of the match increased after the second Muhlenberg goal, with Hopkins desperate to mount a comeback and the Mules determined to preserve their lead. Three yellow cards were issued in just a nine-minute span, with the Mules collecting four for the game, while the Jays had one. Physical tackling and intense defense negated any scoring chances on both sides. In the 84th minute, the Jays got their first legitimate opportunity to score when the Mules were whistled for a handball inside the box, resulting in a free kick that would ruin the shutout. The Jays picked the right man for the job, electing to have senior striker Kotaro Mitsuhashi, the team's leader in points and goals scored, take the kick. Mitsuhashi chose the right spot for his kick, putting it just by the diving goalie for his seventh goal of the season. Despite a furious effort by the Jays to score again before time expired, they were unable to get another good opportunity before the final buzzer sounded. The Jays, since Saturday's defeat, have been preparing for a weekend tilt to close out the season with Washington College on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
(10/09/14 7:52pm)
The Blue Jay football team kept its regular season success rolling on Saturday, as they steamrolled Juniata 56-14, scoring touchdowns on six of its first seven possessions. Saturday’s game marked the 39th time Hopkins has emerged victorious in its last 40 regular season games.
(09/25/14 8:01pm)
The Hopkins water polo team made history on Saturday when it beat eighth-ranked Princeton 10-9. Never before has a D-III team defeated a top 10 CWPA school. Princeton suffered its first loss of the season, moving to 6-1.
(09/18/14 9:59pm)
The men’s cross country team finished in fourth place at the Navy Invitational. The Jays finished behind three D-I Mid-Atlantic region teams, Navy, American and UMBC, respectively, turning in 107 points. The Jays were able to outrun the fifth place finishing team of Richmond by 13 points while crushing respectable D-I running programs such as George Washington, Loyola, Howard and Bowie State.
(09/04/14 2:37pm)
The men's soccer team opened its 2014 campaign with a successful trip to a tournament in Maryville, Tenn., tying Randolph 1-1 in its season opener on Saturday and defeating Maryville 3-0 the next day.
(05/01/14 2:05pm)
Freshman shortstop Conor Reynolds is The News-Letter’s Athlete of the Week. He carried a 12-game hit streak into this week, including two three-hit games in the crucial final weekend of the regular season for the Blue Jays that vaulted them into the conference tournament.
(04/24/14 6:34pm)
Seventh-ranked Hopkins women’s lacrosse fell 12-10 to 12th-ranked Penn State on the road on Friday night. The Jays were outscored 8-3 in the second half by the Nittany Lions, who moved to 9-6 on the season and 3-3 in American Lacrosse Conference Action. The Jays fell to 12-3 on the season and 2-3 in the ALC. Seniors Taylor D’Amore and Sammy Cermack collectively totaled 10 points in the losing effort.
(04/17/14 7:29pm)
On a day that saw a staggering 17 men’s facility records fall, the Blue Jays’ men’s track and field team placed second at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational. The Blue Jays scored 86 points at the Hopkins/Loyola Track and Field Complex on Saturday. For the second consecutive year, Salisbury won the event with 114 points. Buffalo State finished third with 80 points.
(04/10/14 7:16pm)
The Hopkins women’s tennis team took home a win and a loss in their split-squad matches on Saturday. Half of the top-ranked team traveled to Atlanta to take on third-ranked Emory, where they suffered their first defeat of the season, losing 7-2. However, in a home conference bout with Ursinus, Hopkins shut out the Bears 9-0 to remain undefeated in the Centennial Conference. Their record moved to 12-1 on the season and 4-0 in conference.
(04/03/14 7:14pm)
The Hopkins’ women’s lacrosse team did something this past weekend that hasn’t happened all season: They lost. The Lady Jays dropped their first game of the season in Nashville on Saturday, losing 12-11 to the Vanderbilt Commodores. A 6-0 run that bridged the first and second halves was the key to Vandy’s victory. The ninth-ranked Blue Jays had previously won a DI program best 10 straight to start the season, before losing to the Commodoreds, bringing their American Lacrosse Conference record to 1-1 on the season.