This past Tuesday marked the beginning of the new NFL year, and with it, the start of free agency.
This past Friday, the George Kennedy Aquatic Center held its last home meet of the season, hosting the Eagles of Mary Washington. The fourth-ranked Hopkins women’s swim team cruised right past the Eagles with a dominating 135-57 win.
On Jan. 7, the men’s basketball team went on the road to square off against Centennial Conference foe Haverford. In that contest, the Blue Jays raced off to an early 25 point lead thanks to some lights-out shooting performances and attacking perimeter defense. In a similar fashion, the 17-2 Jays erupted out of the gate on a 20-5 run against the same Haverford squad at home on Saturday, led primarily by the scoring efforts of standout sophomore forward Ryan Curran.
One foot in front of the other. Every time I would try to justify running track in high school, I would tell myself that it was just one foot in front of the other. For a long, long time, I would try to justify becoming a sprinter.
ll team entered Saturday’s contest in dire need of a win. After suffering two disappointing losses against conference foes McDaniel College and Muhlenberg College, the Lady Jays needed to secure a victory in order to maintain their position in the conference standings with the conference tournament quickly approaching.
Senior Frances Loeb has been a staple on the Hopkins women’s cross country and track teams since she arrived to campus in 2011. For the cross country team, she was selected to be on the Centennial Conference’s second team in 2011 and first team in 2013, and she made the conference’s Academic Honor Roll in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, Loeb was the number seven runner on the National Championship team, and in 2013 she was its number three runner. At this year’s National Championship, Loeb was the number four runner and earned her second straight All-American honor as the team took home its third straight National Championship.
The No. 6 Blue Jays closed out the dual meet portion of the season in dominating fashion, securing a 130-65 rout against Mary Washington in Baltimore this past weekend. The win brought them to 6-4 heading into championship season. It also broke a two-game losing streak after consecutive losses to Towson and Navy on the road.
This past weekend, the Hopkins men’s track team divided and conquered across three separate invitationals in the midst of their indoor season. A contingent of the team went north to State College, Pa. for the Penn State Invitational, while another group continued on an hour further north to participate in the 17th Annual Bison Open. Finally, a third group of athletes headed south to Fairfax, Va. to participate in the Patriot Games at George Mason.
The Hopkins wrestling team traveled to New York City on Jan. 31 to take on a pair of conference foes in a dual meet. This Centennial Conference matchup featured two of the conference heavyweights in New York University (NYU) and the Stevens Institute.
The Lady Jays basketball team saw a season-high four-game win streak snapped on Saturday night in its bout with Muhlenberg College, falling 50-31. Hopkins trailed the entire game and could not find an offensive rhythm while playing from behind all night.
The Hopkins men’s swim team was in action this past Saturday, Jan. 24 at Towson University. Sophomores Andrew Greenhalgh and Evan Holder both won a pair of events at the meet, though the overall result was a loss for the Blue Jays away from home.
The 18th ranked Blue Jays continued their fantastic season last weekend as they faced off against Centennial Conference challenger Muhlenberg College. The game was a close matchup as the Mules kept within striking distance of the Jays at all times. In the end, Hopkins pulled through with an 80-75 win. Although the victory was a total team effort, the contributions of one player stood out among the rest. Ryan Curran, a sophomore New Jersey native, posted a career-high 19 points as well nine rebounds to lead the Jays to victory. The News-Letter got a chance to sit down with Curran and ask him a few questions about himself and this year’s team.
The Hopkins women’s swim team faced its toughest test of the young season this past Saturday as it faced off against undefeated D-I foe Towson. While the Lady Jays were able to fight valiantly and post a number of impressive times, they were not able to vanquish their tough opponent and ultimately fell by a final mark of 193-91.
With 44 national titles, nine NCAA D-I championships and a tradition of winning, the Hopkins lacrosse team always brings a certain fanfare to the beginning of every season. The school’s most prominent sports team is a perennial contender on the largest scale and started off its newest chapter of history with a bang when it edged the No. 1 ranked Denver 14-8 this past Saturday in a pre-season scrimmage.
The Hopkins men’s and women’s fencing teams traveled to the “City of Brotherly Love” to compete in the Philadelphia Invite. The event featured some of the top competitors across the country.
The men’s basketball team won two games on Saturday and Tuesday to continue their winning streak of 13 games, tying the program record. After coming through in a close game in Allentown, Pa. against Muhlenberg, the Blue Jays hosted McDaniel and once again picked up another win. The pair of victories brings the team’s season record to 16-2 and 10-1 in the Centennial Conference.
The Hopkins wrestling team won one of two matches during the Centennial Conference dual match that occurred on Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Goldfarb Gymnasium. The Blue Jays defeated Washington and Lee University, 30-16, before falling to the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), 21-16.
Resilience. Determination. Grit. Courage. Overwhelming joy.
The chilly breeze made us shiver while we made our way to the stadium. We passed by waves of people in orange and white with black and gold people hovering in between. We had landed in Nashville, Tenn. the day before, and my family waited with excitement for our first Southeastern Conference (SEC) football game together.
For the second round of the NCAA D-III football playoffs Saturday afternoon, the Hopkins football team took its perfect season to New York to face the also undefeated Statesmen of Hobart College. A 14-yard touchdown pass with under two minutes remaining was the deciding factor as Hobart quarterback Patrick Conlan led his team to a victory and a shot at Wesley in the third round next week.
