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(05/03/12 6:56pm)
As Hopkins athletes--one current (Ryan) one prior (Nicole), The News-Letter sports writers, and all-around sports enthusiasts, we have chosen to dedicate our last column to two Top 10 Sports Moments lists: one list for the past four years--our college years--and one for the next four years--your college years.
(04/19/12 8:51pm)
For The News-Letter Athlete of the Week, sophomore Alex Jebb has found quick success in all facets of the Hopkins experience. As a triple-jump participant and Biomedical Engineering major, Jebb has challenged himself to the fullest ever since stepping onto campus two Fall seasons ago. This past weekend, the sophomore from Cornwall, NY had perhaps one of his most rewarding days on the track at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational.
(03/15/12 5:00am)
With resounding victories this week over Ursinus and Franklin & Marshall, the Lady Blue Jays basketball team clinched the top spot in the Centennial Conference for the regular season. Hopkins defeated the Ursinus Bears 67-46 on Saturday and stormed past Franklin and Marshall 68- 40 on Tuesday. As the conference's regular season champion, Hopkins (21-3, 16-3 CC) will host the Centennial Conference post-season tournament as the number one seed. "I'm so excited they're hosting," said Athletic Communications Intern Mary Raskob, the team's statitician. "They worked really hard this season and played well. They deserved it." The Lady Blue Jays honored their seniors before the Ursinus game. Prior to tip-off, a small ceremony was held for Chantel Mattiola, Kathryn Fox and Stephanie Fong in honor of their commitment and dedication to the Blue Jays' basketball community. The Lady Bears (13- 10, 12-6 CC) held tight for the first half and were even able to gain the lead twice in the first five minutes of the game. However, a jumper by junior Kara- Lea Follmer with 13:42 left in the first half pulled Hopkins ahead 11-9, and the Lady Blue Jays never looked back. When sophomore Katie Brooks hit a jumper to close out the first half of the game, Hopkins had a solid 31-26 lead. However, Ursinus came out fighting in the second half and jumped out with a 4-1 run to bring the teams close at 32-30. Hopkins responded with a dominating run of their own, pulling ahead 41-31 on the next drives and widening their lead to 10 points. The Lady Bears and Lady Blue Jays battled back and forth for some time, but in the final 2:54 Hopkins went on an 11-0 spree to bring the final score to 67-46. Sophomore Fatu Conteh closed out all scoring for the evening when she swiped the ball from an Ursinus player and scored a layup off the resulting fastbreak. Junior Alex Vassila led the Blue Jays in scoring with 16 points and boasted a career-high 16 rebounds, making this her eighth double-double of the season. In addition, Vassila also had five blocks. Mattiola and Fong had 11 and 8 points, respectively, to round out the Lady Blue Jays' leading scorers. Hopkins shot 45.3 percent from the field and outrebounded the Lady Bears, 47-28. "It was a great win on senior night," said Fox. "It meant a lot." Hopkins had equally as impressive numbers versus Franklin and Marshall. The match-up was highly anticipated. It was a battle for first place in the conference as well as the right to host the post-season tournament. But Hopkins shut down the second place team in the conference with force. The Lady Blue Jays shot 45.6 percent from the field and out-rebounded the Lady Diplomats 48-37. In addition, Hopkins' bench contributed 27 points in the win. It took just over two minutes for either team to score, but once Fox hit a free throw for the first basket of the night the Lady Blue Jays went on a 12-4 run to start off the game. At halftime, Hopkins was leading at 33-17, and, with 6:29 remaining, Hopkins had gained a menacing 60-33 lead. The Lady Blue Jays went 4-for-4 from the field to close out the night. The Hopkins defense dominated the game, holding Franklin & Marshall to a season-low 40 points and 20 percent shooting from the field. Franklin and Marshall also went 0-for-8 on three pointers. It was the first time the Lady Diplomats had not made a three-pointer in a game all season. Mattiola lead all scoring with 16 points and Vassila and Fong scored 12 and 10, respectively. "We played great tonight," said Vassila, "we were all proud and really excited." The Lady Blue Jays host the Bryn Mawr Owls to close out their regular season. The game will be at home at Goldfarb gymnasium, with tip-off at 7p.m.
(03/15/12 5:00am)
The men's and women's swimming teams had a prolific four days at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference (BMC) Championships held last weekend at Wingate College in Charlotte, N.C. The men's team placed third overall with 520.5 points. The team was behind host Wingate (714 points) and Queen's University-Charlotte (565 points). On the women's side, the team claimed the top spot and their second consecutive BMC Championship with 818 points. It is the women's fifth firstplace finish in the BMC Championships. Sophomore Taylor Kitayama was named BMC Swimmer of the Year, as well as The News-Letter's Athlete of the Week, and Head coach George Kennedy was named Coach of the Year. In addition, the women's team collectively earned 10 conference titles and broke eight school records. The men's team finished day one of the Championships in sixth-place after a third-place, 6:46.97 finish in the 800 Free Relay by junior Nick Schmidt, sophomore Will Kimball, freshman Ryan Cunningham and junior Dylan Coggin. On day two, though, the men's team moved into third-place and stayed there, finishing up days three and four in third place as well to earn the bronze. On day two juniors Carter Grisriel, Tyler Woods and Coggin, along with sophomore Anthony Lordi, swam the 200 Free Relay in 1:21.75, a school record and NCAA B qualifying time. The men had continued success in Championship relays the following day, when sophomore Joe Acquavia, senior Tim Nam, Grisriel and Woods finished second in the 200 Medley Relay. Woods and Schmidt also clocked in NCAA Provisional times in the 100 Fly. The men's team followed this accomplishment up with more NCAA Provisional times from freshman Dylan Davis in the 100 Back (50.83) and Cunningham in the 400 individual medley (4:06.23). Cunningham took home the bronze medal in his event. Sophomore Alex Polyak placed second in the 200 Breast with an NCAA Provisional time of 2:04.81. He was closely followed by his teammate Nam, who finished third with an NCAA Provisional time of 2:06.54 The men's team closed out its Championship meet with one last NCAA Provisional time, a 3:02.6 in the 400 Free Relay set by Woods, Kimball, senior Eddy Zandee and Grisriel. It is the fifth fastest 400 Free Relay time in school history. The women's team had similar success to the men's, especially in the relays where the team swept all five relay titles. The women opened up their Championships by breaking two school records, one in the 1000 Free and another in the 800 Free Relay. Junior Cathy Howard finished third in the 1000 Free with a time of 10:25.73 to set a new school record, while senior Elizabeth Rogers, sophomore Alex Ladd, sophomore Sarah Rinsma and freshman Ana Bogdanovski claimed first in the 800 Free Relay to set theirs. Sophomore Kylie Ternes, Bogdanovski, Kitayama and Rogers swam the 200 Free Relay in 1:34.97, a school and meet record time. Rinsma swam the 500 Free in 4:56.81 and took first place. Rogers set another school record in the 50 Free, placing third with a time of 23.07. The 400 Medley Relay team of Kitayama, freshman Sammi Fox, freshman Kylie Holden and Rinsma then swam for the second fastest time in school history with a meet record of 3:49.68. Soon after, Kitayama paired up with sophomore Cristina Cusumano, Holden and Rogers to defend the 200 Medley Relay title, swimming a school-record time of 1:43.93. Kitayama also won the 100 Fly with a time of 56.03 and the 100 Back with a time of 55.09. Her 100 Back time is an NCAA automatic qualifier time. School records continued to fall, as Rinsma swam the 200 Free in 1:50.60, finishing second. Bogdanovski and Ladd finished third and fourth, respectively, in the same event. Freshman Maggie Storm took home her first individual title with a 1:04.67 first place finish in the 100 Breast. It is the second fastest time in school history. Bogdanovski swam an NCAA Provisional time of 51.24 in the 100 Free and finished second. She was followed by Rogers, who finished third. Storm finished fourth in the 200 Breast with another NCAA Provisional time of 2:23.07. The women's team concluded their Championships with a first place finish in the 400 Free. Ternes, Rogers, Rinsma and Bogdanovski swam a 3:27.50 race, an NCAA Provisional time and the third fastest time in school history. Junior Casey Navin was very impressed with the way the team performed and the amount of girls who contributed. "I think the girls showed how versatile, talented and deep our team is by winning the meet by more than 200 points," Navin said. "Everyone worked so hard this past year and winning the conference title was definitely the cherry on top of a great season." Both teams will compete in the NCAA Championships, Mar. 21-24 in Indianapolis.
(03/15/12 5:00am)
The Hopkins women's basketball team hosted the Centennial Conference tournament last weekend for the second consecutive year. The Lady Jays, who were regular season conference champions, finished as tournament runners- up in 2011 after falling to rival Muhlenberg in the championship match. History was doomed to repeat itself this year, as Hopkins beat Haverford, 55-47, in the semi-finals but ultimately fell in the finals once again to Muhlenberg, 74-53. The Lady Jays concluded the weekend with a 22-4 record but discovered Monday they would not be concluding the season. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and will travel to Medford, MA to play the University of New England this Friday in the first round of the tournament held at Tufts University. The Conference Championships posed two large challenges to the Lady Jays in the form of the Haverford Fords and the Muhlenberg Mules. Haverford, at 18-9 overall, was responsible for two of Hopkins' three regular season losses and had previously held the team to a seasonlow 37 points. Hopkins came out strong and led 11-4 within four minutes of the start of the game with points from junior forward Alex Vassila, junior forward Sarah Higbee and senior guard Stephanie Fong. The Fords then fought back and tied the game at 11, but Vassila scored two points off of a layup to put the Lady Jays back in the lead, 13-11. The team never looked back from there, as Hopkins did not give up the lead for the remainder of the game. Vassila led the Lady Jays to victory by making two free-throws early in the second half to extend Hopkins' lead to 29-24 and spur a 10-2 run that would pull the team away from Haverford for good. The junior ended up scoring a game-high of 18 points and pulling down a careerhigh of 17 rebounds. She also c o n t r i b - uted four b l o c k e d shots, including an impressive series in the second half that consisted of Vassila bl o c k i n g a Haverford layup a t t e m p t and subsequently r u n n i n g up the court to score a layup of her own off of a pass from senior cocaptain Chantel Mattiola. Mattiola had eight points, eight rebounds and three assists in the game versus Haverford. Senior co-captain Stephanie Fong joined Mattiola and Vassila among the leaders of the game with 13 points and nine assists. The Lady Jays then turned their attention to Muhlenberg (22-5), a team seeking revenge of their own, as Hopkins had beat the Mules twice in the regular season. The teams had vied for conference and national rankings all season, as both schools had been ranked in national D-III polls during the year. Muhlenberg came out strong, and, while the Lady Jays made a valiant effort, Hopkins could not bounce back from an early deficit. At halftime, the game was close at 30-23, with freshman Jessica Brown sinking a jumper, as time expired to pull Hopkins within seven. Vassilla and Mattiola hit a jumper and a three-pointer, respectively, early in the second half to close the gap to four points. However, the Mules surged back and jumped out to a 15 point lead with 9:08 play. With just two minutes remaining in the game, Muhlenberg was ahead 63-45 and had ensured victory. Fong and freshman Haley Bush scored 10 points each, while Fong also handed out nine assists. Vassila had three blocks and grabbed a game-high of 15 rebounds. Even with the loss, good news was in the Lady Jays' future. "It definitely hurt to lose to Muhlenburg. They are a really talented team, and we simply didn't play our signature game that day," Kat Fox, senior co-captain, said. "It is important for us to use that game as a learning experience and motivation to improve in practice this week. We are all thankful for the opportunity to continue our season, and we are really looking forward to playing in [Medford] this Friday." The team will depart on Thursday for Massachusetts. Tip-off Friday is scheduled for 6 PM with a potential second round match-up ready for 7 PM on Saturday.
(03/15/12 5:00am)
The Hopkins' baseball team went 1-1 at home versus Messiah and Rutgers- Newark this weekend before kicking off three weeks on the road. The team will play five away games on the East Coast before heading to Phoenix, AZ for their spring trip. The Blue Jays went 1-1 away as well, falling to 13th-ranked Rowan in Glassboro, NJ on Tuesday before defeating York College in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Hopkins baseball was ranked #22 in the country in the p r e s e a s o n and opened their season in a chall e n g i n g fashion. " [ W e are] playing against tough competition in our first 10 games of the year," said junior first baseman Jeff Lynch. "All [the teams] except Rutgers-Newark played in the NCAA tournament in the last three seasons. It will prepare us well for conference play and hopefully the NCAA tournament." The Blue Jays were looking for a win in their second game against the Falcons of Messiah following an exciting game versus10th-ranked Alvernia College that was cut short at a 7-7 tie due to darkness to begin the year. Hopkins came out strong, jumping out to a 2-0 lead only two batters into the game as junior second baseman Mike Kanen hit a two- run home run in the bottom of the first. Junior shortstop Kyle Neverman brought the Blue Jays' total number of runs up to three when he scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the third. However, Messiah battled back with two runs of their own and only trailed 3-2 entering the fourth inning. The Falcons then went on to score three runs in the top of the fourth and clinch the lead for good. Junior third baseman Chris Wilhelm hit a solo home run in response to Messiah's comeback during the bottom of the fourth and narrowed the gap to 5-4, but Messiah scored another run in the top of the eighth to solidify a 6-4 win. It was Messiah's first win of the season and the Falcons improved to 1-3. Senior co-captain and right-handed pitcher SamEagleson took the loss for the Blue Jays. After a loss and a tie, the team was more than ready for a win at home. That 'W' would come two days after the Messiah game, as Hopkins defeated Rutgers- Newark 5-4 for their first win. Another senior co -captai n and righth a n d e d pitcher, AlexEliopoulous, pitched seven innings, giving up just a twoout two-run double in the fourth before getting all but two batters out the remainder of the time. However, it was yet another senior co-captain and right-handed pitcher Blake Platt, who came on in the eighth to earn the win, and senior closer Aaron Schwartz, who came in to shut the door in the ninth inning to close out the game for Hopkins and secure the Jays' first win. Trailing 2-0, Neverman sent a ball soaring over theright-centerfield fence in the bottom of the eighth to kick off the scoring for the Blue Jays. The men kept the runs coming throughout the half-inning withKanen, Wilhelm, junior catcher Ryan Zakszezki, junior pinch-runner Adam Weiner, junior outfielder Matt Ricci, senior outfielder Mike Musary and junior outfielder Chris Vonderschmidt all contributing to a five-run inning. "This team has a ton of potential," said senior cocaptain and catcher AaronBorenstein. "We are starting to live up to it and are making strides toward becoming the team we all expect to be." The team was looking to build off their win when they travelled to New Jersey to take on the Profs of Rowan College. Hopkins had defeated Rowan in the 2010 NCAA Regional Tournament to advance to the World Series. Rowan was eager to avenge the loss. Unfortunately for Hopkins, the Profs came out determined and scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh to break a 3-3 tie and win 9-3. Eagleson pitched six strong innings and gave up three runs on five hits to take the nodecision, while sophomore right-hander Tyler Goldstein took the loss after giving up four runs on some tough-luck, bleeder hits. In the top of the third, senior outfielder Scott Barrett scored off of a single byBorenstein to tie the game at one. The Jays would later gain a 3-2 lead on a Barrett double to the right-centerfield gap, but Hopkins remained scoreless in the final five frames. Hopkins baseball rebounded from the loss with an 8-5 win over York on Wednesday evening. The team opened up scoring in the first inning to pull ahead 2-0 after Lynch fired off a single to bring in Kanen and then scored off of a Musary hit. Lynch and Kanen both had big days for the Blue Jays, with Lynch driving in four runs and Kanen scoring three times. The duo, along with Neverman, combined for nine of the team's 12 hits. Senior righthanded pitcher Luke Henneman took the win for the Blue Jays after he pitched 3.1 innings out of the bullpen and allowed just three hits. Henneman struck out two in the process. "It was a big team effort today," Henneman said after the game, "The hitters hit and fielded. It's easy to pitch when I know all the plays will be made behind me. [Our other pitchers] Kevin [Gillen] and Aaron {Schwartz} were dominant too." Hopkins baseball takes the field next Friday when the team faces Stevenson College at Stevenson. Game time is set for 3 PM, and the probable starter for the Jays is Eliopolous. The six-foot-six ace has 16 strikeouts in 12.1 innings this year, but he will be searching for his first win of the 2012 season in the game. They will then travel to Catholic University and Randolph-Macon College next week before departing for the desert.
(03/15/12 5:00am)
Two members of the Hopkins women's indoor track and field team, sophomore Holly Clarke and freshman Hannah Eckstein traveled to Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa this weekend to compete in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Both women were selected to run in the 5,000 meter event last Saturday night.Eckstein finished fifth and earned All-American honors with a time of 17:18.72. Clarke placed eleventh with a time of 17:50.05. Prior to the race, Eckstein was ranked third in the country and Clarke was ranked twelfth. Clarke had qualified just this past weekend in an exciting win at theECAC Regional Championships. The sophomore won the race with a time of 17:15.06, a personal best by 37 seconds. She was ranked tenth in the ECAC field prior to taking the event by storm a week ago. "It is an amazing experience to be able to race alongside your teammate and the other top girls in the country," said Clarke. "I was hoping to make All- American honors, but my race did not go as well as I had hoped. We went out pretty slow in the first mile then two of the Wartburg girls started hammering the last two miles. [The two girls from Wartburg] ended up going one and two in the race. Hannah represented Hopkins well. . .Hopefully she and I will be able to come back even stronger in the 10k and 5k at Outdoor Nationals in California!" The NCAA Championships marks the conclusion of a prolific indoor track and field season. The women's team won the Centennial Conference Championships while the men's team placed second. In addition, Head Coach Bobby Van Allen was named Mideast Region US Track and Field Coach of the Year for the women's side by the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) after leading Hopkins to a 25th place national ranking in the USTFCCA Poll. Despite the success achieved in the winter, the men's and women's teams have already gone back to work as the spring outdoor track and field season gets underway very soon. Both teams will compete in multiple meets during March and April, beginning on Mar. 30th with the Raleigh Relays.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The women's soccer team fell to Amherst College, 2-0, in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament on Nov. 19th to conclude their season. The Lord Jeffs advanced to the quarterfinals to play regional site host Messiah, where they lost, 3-1.
(11/17/11 5:00am)
Senior day does not usually define an athlete's collegiate career. In fact, many times the game is irrelevant; by the time the day of honor occurs, playoff chances have been solidified or extinguished, winning and losing records have been established, and the tone of the season has been set.
(11/03/11 5:00am)
The Hopkins field hockey team defeated Gettysburg, 5-2 on a cold, wintry day at Homewood Field to advance to the Centennial Conference tournament as the number three-seed.
(10/19/11 5:00am)
The men's and women's tennis teams concluded a strong fall season this week, as players from both teams were finalists at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships. The fall season follows a fantastic 2011 spring season, where the men's and women's teams ranked 13th and 11th nationally in the final ITA poll.
(10/12/11 5:00am)
The Hopkins field hockey team had a challenging week, facing two teams ranked in the top ten nationally. This came immediately on the heels of their 2-1 loss to third-ranked Franklin & Marshall last Wednesday, Oct. 5th.
(09/21/11 5:00am)
The Hopkins field hockey team won their first Centennial Conference game and lone match of the week with a 1-0 win over Washington College on Saturday afternoon. The win makes Hopkins 4-2 on the season and 1-0 in conference play.
(09/07/11 5:00am)
What a difference 12 months makes. At this time last year, the Hopkins field hockey team was headed home empty-handed with a 1-2 record after dropping a 5-0 decision to Lebanon Valley.
(12/03/10 12:32am)
Senior forward Lyndsay Burton scored her 1000th career point in a 75-50 win over Wesley College. Burton made the memorable layup with 4:56 left in the second half on the opening day of the sixth annual Mike Durgala Memorial Women’s Basketball tournament.
(11/19/10 1:21am)
“He became a man that night,” senior co-captain Evan Kleinberg declared proudly as he reminisced about his fellow senior, teammate, and captain Kevin Hueber. “Once I got fouled, I saw him walk up to the ball with this crazy look in his eyes. I just knew he was going to [score].”
(11/11/10 11:12pm)
The Johns Hopkins field hockey team lost their conference semi-final match to Haverford College 6-2 on Saturday at Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnae Field in Collegeville, PA. The defeat concluded the 2010 season for the Blue Jays, who finished with an 11-7 record.
(11/04/10 10:20pm)
At the conclusion of regular season play, the Hopkins field hockey team finished second in the Centennial Conference out of nine teams. The top five teams qualify for the post-season Centennial Conference tournament, and with their second place finish, the Blue Jays receive a first-round bye and automatically qualify for the semi-finals.
(10/14/10 7:16pm)
The Johns Hopkins field hockey team handed Washington College their first conference loss last Friday, defeating the Shorewomen 3-1 at Homewood field.