The Hopkins men’s track team members Andrew Bartnett and Andrew Carey competed in the NCAA Championships on March 13 and 14 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
As a month most popularly known for its college basketball “madness,” March has provided the National Football League (NFL) the opportunity to stage a little craziness of its own: free agency. America’s most popular professional sport, with annual revenues of around $10 billion (and the explicit goal of raising that number to $25 billion by 2027) has continued its quest to make the league a true year-round experience for fans.
The Hopkins baseball team returns from a week-long trip to Florida having secured eight wins and a significant amount of momentum before beginning conference play. The Blue Jays showed off their deep pitching staff and explosive offense with one of the most complete rosters in recent years for storied head coach Bob Babb. Their early success can be attributed to a long-standing work ethic and mental preparedness that has the entire team determined and already in mid-season form.
While the majority of the Hopkins student body was enjoying the relaxation of spring break, the men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled to Shenandoah, Texas to compete in the NCAA National Championships from March 18-21. The men’s team finished eighth overall in the championship, picking up several honors along the way, while the Lady Jays were even more impressive, finishing fifth overall and bringing home some hardware of their own.
The Athlete of the Week is standout senior wrestler Paul Bewak, who earned the number six seed in the NCAA Men’s D-III Wrestling Championship in the 125-pound weight class. The News-Letter asked him a number of questions about his career at Hopkins and the ways in which he has trained and prepared for his final championship quest.
This past weekend was huge for the Hopkins men’s basketball team when they earned two victories sending them to the third round of the NCAA playoffs for the first time since 1990. A high scoring 95-87 win against Keene State on Friday night set the stage for Saturday’s theatrics in which Hopkins rallied past Skidmore late in the game, edging a 61-58 comeback to extend their playoff run.
acked their bags and traveled down to Chapel Hill for the weekend as Duke University hosted the 2015 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. With the majority of the athletes being D-I caliber, the field was stacked against the Blue Jays.
As I gaze around my room during a much-needed snow day, my mind wanders and I dream of warmer days. While relaxing I stare at my poster of Michael Jordan throwing down a slam dunk in 1988, and I dissect the picture and all of its elements.
The Hopkins women’s track and field team finished the regular season with a powerful performance at the Tufts Last Chance Meet.
On March 1, the Hopkins men’s track and field team won its third straight Centennial Conference Championship. Coming out of the tournament, 14 Blue Jays were named to All-Centennial Conference teams.
This past Saturday, the Hopkins men’s lacrosse team played its second game in two weeks in front of the home crowd at Homewood Field. In a decidedly different turn of events from the nail-biter of a loss to Princeton the previous week, the Jays breezed by the Naval Academy in a 13-8 victory. Head Coach Dave Pietramala’s squad never trailed once during the contest, and battled its way back to a .500 record on the season at 3-3.
This past weekend the Hopkins men’s basketball team took to the court to put an exclamation point on a very successful regular season.
In a headliner matchup of elite men’s lacrosse teams, the No. 5 University of North Carolina (UNC) Tarheels rode an early lead past the No. 9 Hopkins Blue Jays despite several late comeback attempts and a myriad of scoring sprees.
Senior attacker Jen Cook notched a hat trick in the women’s lacrosse team’s dominant 16-3 win against George Washington this past Wednesday. With the victory, the Lady Jays improved to 2-1 on the young season and are set to see a bump in their national ranking, which sat at 17 going into the contest.
This past Sunday marks the 35th anniversary of what many call the “Miracle on Ice.” The name was attributed to the defeat of the powerful Soviet Union hockey team by the United States in the 1980 Olympic games.
The Hopkins women’s basketball team entered Saturday’s home contest against the Washington College Shorewomen with a guaranteed spot in the Centennial Conference tournament.
The Hopkins men’s basketball team capped a record-setting regular season with a dominating 87-58 win over Washington College on Senior Day. The Goldfarb crowd stayed after the game for the presentation honoring the four Blue Jay seniors: Omar Randall, Luke Chambers, George Bugarinovic and Jimmy Hammer.
The Hopkins men’s tennis team took fourth place at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship this past weekend in St. Peter, Minn. The No. 7 Blue Jays lost to the second-seeded No. 5 Washington University Bears, 6-3.
This weekend the Hopkins women’s track and field team traveled up to Boston University to compete in the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
