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HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Senior Mike Smith drove in his 100th career RBI against McDaniel.

Baseball splits Conference doubleheader against Swarthmore

By DANIEL LANDY | April 5, 2018

Conference play is officially underway for the Hopkins baseball team. On Saturday, March 31 the Jays took on the Swarthmore College Garnet in a doubleheader. They then returned to Babb Field on Tuesday for the first of what will be a two-game home-and-home series with the McDaniel College Green Terror.

Baseball goes 6-4 in 10-day Florida tournament

By DIVA PAREKH | March 28, 2018

Over spring break, the Hopkins baseball team headed down to Fort Myers, Fla. to compete in the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic. With 10 games in 10 days, including one doubleheader, almost all of the Blue Jays saw time on the field. The Jays won six games and lost four in Florida, which brings them to 10-8 on the season. 

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM The baseball team goes 6-4 during their spring break trip down to Florida.
COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM The men's lacrosse team takes home their second straight Doyle Smith Cup after a comeback victory against the University of Virginia.

M. Lacrosse comes back to beat UVA Cavs

By DANIEL LANDY | March 29, 2018

Don’t look now, but the Hopkins men’s lacrosse team is scorching hot. The team finished off its non-Conference schedule in style, defeating the University of Delaware Blue Hens and the University of Virginia Cavaliers on its way to capping off a perfect 5-0 month of March.

March Madness upsets distract from scandals

By BRANDON WOLFE | March 28, 2018

For UVA, everything was in place going into the tournament, as No. 1 seeds have been 135-0 in first round games, until now. Unless you’re a UVA fan, it is hard to not get behind a team like our Baltimore County brethren from UMBC. 

Public Domain The Loyola-Chicago basketball team has gone on a magical run in the NCAA tournament.
COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM The men's swim team took fourth at the NCAA National Championships, while the women took fifth.

M. and W. Swimming finish in top five at NCAAs

By ESTHER HONG | March 28, 2018

While many students sought warmth during spring break, the men’s and women’s swim teams looked to compete at their last meet of the year at the 2018 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Gritting through the four-day long competition, both teams displayed impressive performances throughout the week. 

Why 2012 was the best year in sports history

By GREGORY MELICK | March 28, 2018

Nowadays in sports, the term GOAT — “greatest of all time” — is thrown around all the time. We are in a unique moment in sports history, where there may be GOATs from three different sports playing at the same time.

Keith Allison/CC BY-SA 2.0 2012 was Kobe Bryant's last strong year, but stars like John Wall replaced him.
COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Sophomore Brandon Fabian has become a national champion in the 200 Free.

Athlete of the Week, Brandon Fabian

By COURTNEY COLWELL | March 29, 2018

Over spring break, the Hopkins men’s swimming team sent 13 swimmers to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, IN. Throughout four days of competition, the men’s team saw an array of strong performances, resulting in an impressive fourth-place team finish.  

M. and W. Tennis win Conference season openers

By EMILIE HOFFER | March 28, 2018

While many Hopkins students enjoyed a restful week away from Homewood, the men’s and women’s tennis teams were hard at work hosting their Centennial Conference season openers this past Saturday against the Dickinson College Red Devils. Both teams walked away with a victory to start their season with a perfect 1-0 record in Conference play.

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Junior Chrissy Simon helped earn the women's tennis team's victory over the Dickinson Red Devils with her impressive doubles performance.
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Freshman Therese Olshanski placed seventh in the mile run at Nationals.

Track and Field compete in NCAA championships

By DAVID GLASS | March 15, 2018

One week after their strong performances at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships (ECACs), the Hopkins men’s and women’s track and field teams sent 10 athletes to Birmingham, Ala. to compete in the D-III Indoor Track and Field Championships.

DARZ MOL/CC BY-SA 2.5 ES The VAR technology is supposed to help referees with calls such as offsides.

Despite faults, VAR will be used in 2018 World Cup

By JOHN ABILI | March 15, 2018

In recent months, discussions about video technology have come to the forefront in the soccer community. In 2016, we saw the first soccer competition use video assistant referee (VAR). VAR is made up of a team of three people, including at least one current or retired referee, that watches replays of important plays and decisions. 

W. Lacrosse outplays both Boston and Hofstra

By MATTHEW RITCHIE | March 15, 2018

The women’s lacrosse team took care of business this past week with two strong showings on Homewood Field. The friendly confines of the home field proved to be too much for visiting programs, as the Jays were able to beat the Boston University Terriers 18-11 last Wednesday and the Hofstra University Pride 15-6 last Saturday afternoon.

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Senior attacker Emily Kenul notches in her 100th career goal, being only the 24th Blue Jay to reach this accomplishment.
COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM The Blue Jays took home an impressive win against the sixth-ranked Syracuse Orange.

M. Lacrosse defeats the sixth-ranked Syracuse Orange

By HALEY CROSSON | March 15, 2018

In front of a crowd of over 5,000 people, the Blue Jays came up with the upset over the No. 6 Syracuse University Orange. Sophomore attacker Cole Williams led the Blue Jays with four goals and one assist in an 18-7 rout of Syracuse in New York’s Carrier Dome. 

Athlete of the Week: Eric Yoo - Men's Tennis

By GREGORY MELICK | March 15, 2018

This past weekend, the men’s tennis team traveled to Swarthmore, Pa. to take on the Generals of Washington and Lee University. The Blue Jays entered the matchup ranked 18th in the country and the Generals ranked 31st.

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Freshman tennis player Eric Yoo.

The NCAA does not live up to what it stands for

By MATTHEW RITCHIE | March 8, 2018

Within the past couple of weeks, another scandal that the NCAA is all too familiar with reared its head again. A recent FBI investigation into the NCAA and its basketball coaches produced alleged evidence of Arizona University Wildcats coach Sean Miller discussing payment for star freshman forward DeAndre Ayton to land at the school. 

TonyTheTiger/CC BY-SA 4.0 Deandre Ayton was reportedly paid $100,000 to commit to Arizona.
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Felicia Koerner wins the 3k at the Tufts Last Chance Meet to qualify for NCAAs.

Ten Track & Field athletes qualify for NCAAs

By EMILIE HOFFER | March 8, 2018

This past weekend, the Hopkins track and field team capitalized on their last opportunity of the season to qualify for the NCAAs. A total of 10 individuals will head down to Birmingham, Ala. this Friday to compete in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships.

Athlete of the Week: Dillon Bowman

By COURTNEY COLWELL | March 8, 2018

This past weekend, the Hopkins baseball team took on Rutgers-Camden and Cortland State in the Baltimore Invitational. Despite a tough 11-2 loss to Rutgers-Camden on Saturday, the Jays triumphed the following day against the No. 1 team in the country, the Cortland State Red Dragons. 

COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COM Sophomore shortstop Dillon Bowman hits a walk-off home run against the first-ranked Cortland State Red Dragons.