Four NFL teams may surprise in 2016 season

September has always been my favorite month of the year, especially as I have grown older and the meaning of “summer vacation” has begun to lose its luster. September brings with it all the delights of fall — the changing colors of the leaves, lessening humidity and cooling temperatures that make it ideal hoodie weather. My birthday also falls in September. Therefore, the arrival of the NFL season each year will forever be one of my favorite presents.

Tournament kicks off W. Soccer’s hopeful season

Expectations are high for the Hopkins Women’s Soccer team entering the 2016 season after coming off a Centennial Conference Championship. The Blue Jays enter the season projected second in the preseason coaches poll and should remain a strong contender. The team has made the past 11 NCAA Tournaments, a streak they are expected to continue in 2016.

Men’s Soccer shoots for Centennial crown

The Hopkins’ Men’s Soccer team opens the year ranked fourth in the Centennial Conference following a heartbreaking end to the 2015 season, when they suffered a loss to Haverford College in the Conference semifinals.

Field Hockey opens strong against Generals

Last Friday night, the Blue Jays won an exciting season opener against the Washington & Lee Generals. Junior defensive player Francesca Cali had a particularly notable performance to help the Jays solidify their win.

AL East gears up for the home stretch

It is hard to believe that summer is coming to a close and with it baseball’s regular season. There has already been a lot to remember from this 2016 season: Giancarlo Stanton’s total annihilation of his opponents in the Home Run Derby, the Chicago Cubs’ complete destruction of every other team in the standings, David Ortiz’s extraordinary and MVP-caliber final season and Alex Rodriguez’s underwhelming and not so MVP-caliber final season.

Football makes early statement in opener

The first day of class always brings with it certain levels of electricity, jitters and excitement for the start of a new semester. It was fitting that the Homewood Campus would play host to a tough matchup on the gridiron.

The allegorical nature of athletics

W. Track sets records at Widener Invitational

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.

Hopkins tennis dominates over the weekend

This past weekend, the men’s tennis team lit up the courts on the Homewood campus, easily besting the 40th-ranked N.C. Weslyan Battling Bishops by a 9-1 margin. The other portion of the Jays squad travelled to Allentown, Pa. to take on the Muhlenburg College Mules in a pivotal Centennial Conference bout.

The art and science of sports scheduling

Creating the schedule of a professional baseball league is an extraordinary challenge. In theory, there are more possible schedules than atoms in the universe.

Trumbo, O’s right on the mark in 2016

We are just about three weeks into the 2016 Major League Baseball season, and teams are starting to establish early leads in their respective divisions. One of the surprises of this season so far has been the Baltimore Orioles’ hot start to open the Spring.

Baseball’s winning streak reaches 12 games

The Hopkins Blue Jays continued their winning ways this week, besting the Gettysburg College Bullets on Thursday and the Ursinus College Bears twice in a double-header over the weekend. The last time that the Jays lost a game was at the beginning of April, in the opening series of their Centennial Conference play against the Haverford Fords. The Jays have won 12 games with one tie since then, and they appear to be firing on all cylinders as they approach postseason competition.

Second-half rally by W. Lax defeats BC Eagles

The Hopkins Women’s Lacrosse team came away this past weekend with an impressive win against the 16th-ranked Boston College (BC) Eagles.

M. Lax secures place in Big Ten tournament

The Hopkins Men’s Lacrosse team travelled up to The Big House in Ann Arbor, Mich. to face off against their Conference rivals the University of Michigan Wolverines last Saturday.

MLB’s young stars on display early on

After a long, grueling winter, spring has finally arrived and brought the baseball season with it. Veteran players will continue to leave an impact on the game while the youngsters try to make a name for themselves.

W. Lax falls to No. 8 Stony Brook Seawolves

The No. 20 women’s lacrosse team fell this past Sunday to the No. 8 Stony Brook Seawolves on the road in Long Island. The loss drops them to 9-7 entering the season finale, while Stony Brook improves to 11-3.

Offense powers Jays against Swarthmore

This past weekend, the Hopkins baseball team headed into their Saturday evening with a celebratory attitude following a pair of dominant victories over visiting the Swarthmore College Garnet.

Track excels in the steeplechase at home

This past weekend the Hopkins men’s and women’s track and field teams witnessed outstanding performances at their only home meet of the year. Before hosting Saturday’s competition, the teams’ field athletes traveled to Emmitsburg, Md. to compete in the Mount Multi Meet hosted by Mount St. Mary’s University.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Zach Jaffe — Baseball

Last Saturday, the Hopkins baseball team added to the excitement of Spring Fair with a doubleheader sweep of Swarthmore College, with final scores of 10-3 and 12-0, respectively.