An offensive charge spearheaded by junior attack Jenna Reifler took Hopkins to a 15-5 victory over visiting UC Davis in their first-ever matchup. Reifler had a career day with four goals and two assists to lead the 20th-ranked Lady Jays to their sixth straight win and eighth on the season.
After numerous postponed games early this season, the Hopkins baseball team took the field in Haverford, Pa. to face a double-header against the Haverford Fords.
Even after a turbulent start, a sense of normalcy has descended upon the NCAA Tournament as top seeds Kentucky, Duke, and Wisconsin earned Final Four berths.
This weekend, the No. 2 Hopkins women’s tennis team was slated to compete in two matches against Dickenson College and Bryn Mawr College. Although the Bryn Mawr match had to be postponed, the Lady Jays still managed to have a solid weekend, defeating Dickinson Friday afternoon. In a match featuring considerable young talent for Hopkins, the team shutout Dickinson 9-0. With the win, the team improved to 6-1 on the season and is undefeated in the Centennial Conference.
The Hopkins women’s track team rode some very strong individual performances at the Raleigh Relays and Maryland invitational while competing against a field of mostly D-I competition.
The 10th-ranked Hopkins men’s tennis team split its matches this weekend, defeating Dickinson College’s Red Devils 6-3, but falling to D-I Georgetown 5-2.
The No. 19 Hopkins Lady Jays extended their win streak by two games over the past two weekends with victories against Furman University and Georgetown University. The wins put the women’s lax team at 6-2 to start the season.
This week’s Athlete of the Week is senior Ana Bogdanovski, who capped her Hopkins women’s swimming career by winning the title in the 100 Free in her final swim at the 2015 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship on March 21. The win brought her title count to three in this year’s competition and 10 overall in her collegiate career. The News-Letter asked her about her swimming career at Hopkins and the meaning of this title compared to her numerous others.
Over spring break, the Hopkins men’s lacrosse team dropped two games against two highly touted opponents. The first match took place in Syracuse, N.Y., where the Jays faced off against the top-ranked Orange and lost with a score of 13-10.
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.
