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.
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.
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.
Fresh off a victory against the Ohio State Buckeyes last Saturday, the Blue Jays men’s lacrosse team was put to the test yet again this week against the Penn State Nittany Lions in a foreign state college environment. Four quarters were not enough to determine a winner this time. The game was sent into overtime, after which the Jays finally emerged victorious.
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.
This past Saturday, the men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled down to Fairfax, Va. to race in the 2016 Mason Spring Invitational. At the meet, hosted by George Mason University, Hopkins faced a competitive field consisting of mostly D-I teams.
Wow. Was this NBA regular season one to remember or what? From Steph Curry and Golden State making history to Kobe Bryant walking off the floor for the final time, there have been a number of moments, records and plays that will be remembered as some of basketball’s greatest highlights.
After failing to reach the postseason and an overall disappointing campaign last year, reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper is excited about the new season and is looking forward to leading the Nationals to a playoff berth this year.
Neither the spring snowfall nor unseasonably cold weather could stop large numbers of alumni, students, parents and lacrosse fans from packing The Nest for this year’s edition of the Hopkins Homecoming game.
This past Homecoming weekend featured not only a double-header sweep for baseball and an exciting win for men’s lacrosse but also a victory for a great cause.
This past weekend, the women’s tennis team faced a doubleheader against two quality opponents. Facing a home and road tilt against the Ursinus College Bears and the 11th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University Tartans, the 12th-ranked Jays beat the former while falling to the latter in a narrow defeat.
On Saturday, March 26, junior Tom Boucher broke the program record for the javelin throw. His 59.79-meter toss surpassed his own previous record from last year by five full meters.
The No. 19-ranked Hopkins Women’s Lacrosse team fell 9-4 to No. 17 Towson University this past Saturday at Homewood Field. The loss dropped the Lady Jays to 8-5 on the season, while bringing the Tigers up to 8-2.
With the 2015-2016 NBA Regular Season coming to an end, much of the sports talk around the country has been predominantly centered on the Golden State Warriors, and the attention is well-deserved. Reigning MVP Stephen Curry has captivated the league with his stellar three-point shooting and improbable half-court, buzzer-beater shots as he leads his team to one of the most successful NBA seasons of all time.
The Hopkins men’s lacrosse team faltered in its first Conference matchup of the season this past Saturday, losing 16-9 to a tough Rutgers University team.
When I first walked into the room, I realized that this would be an experience unlike anything I had ever encountered. All around me, figures covered in protective bogu and wielding long staffs (known as shinai) were descending upon each other in rapid, momentary bursts.
This past weekend, Hopkins took on the University of Virginia Cavaliers in their seventh game of the season. For the third consecutive year, the Hopkins-Virginia matchup went into overtime, and for the third consecutive year, Hopkins walked away without a win. Coming off an overtime win against Syracuse, Hopkins went into the overtime period with confidence, knowing they had the ability to dominate, but fell short.
