The Hopkins women’s volleyball team has been on a roll in recent weeks. The Jays have won six out of seven games since the start of the month and showed no signs of slowing down.
The Hopkins women’s soccer team is off to a hot 9-0 start, earning themselves the honor of 2nd overall in the nation for Division III soccer. They have already taken down the No, 1 team, Messiah, in a 2-1 victory and have collected two Centennial Conference victories. A big part of these wins has been senior Pamela Vranis, who scored three goals this past week, including two against Muhlenberg. After coming back from a season-ending injury last year, Vranis was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Week and The News-Letter Athlete of the Week.
The Hopkins Football team traveled up North for a Saturday afternoon meeting with the Moravian Greyhounds, hoping that their first trip to Pennsylvania would be successful. Their main job was to keep focused on the task at hand, rather than letting their trip to Moravian make them arrogant and overly confident heading into the important conference game. The Jays put any thought of a trap game away as quickly as possible, racking up a total of 391 offensive yards and a 38-0 lead at the half. The Jays continued to dominate in the second half, sending a big message to all competitors in the Centennial as they dismantled Moravian 52-14, bringing their season record to 3-0.
As September comes to an end, the fall season approaches. With tinges of burnt orange and fiery red scattered throughout the country’s treetops, my favorite time of year begins. For a sports fan, there is nothing better than the next couple of months. Both NCAA and NFL football seasons are well underway. NHL and NBA teams prepare for another long season. But best of all is the start of the MLB playoffs. Even though my beloved Yankees will not be competing in late October this year, the excitement of playoff baseball is incomparable. With the end of the regular season approaching, The News-Letter thought it would be a good time to take a look at the pennant race. Though several teams have locked up spots for the postseason, there are still exciting games to be played in the final weeks. We will start by looking at the American League.
As the summer faded away and the average Hopkins student started saying their goodbyes to hometown friends, the women’s soccer team was hard at work preparing for what they hope to be a dominant season. After just three weeks, the Lady Jays have won five straight games and propelled themselves to become the number two ranked team in the country.
After earning the unanimous preseason No. 1 spot in the Centennial Conference, Hopkins women's volleyball eyed their 2013 season with high expectations.
Winning is nothing new for the Hopkins Blue Jays football team, who posted a 10-2 record last season; and this season was nothing new as the Blue Jays won their 11th season-opening game in the last 15 years. After a preseason of beating up on each other, the Jays finally were able to take out their aggression on an opponent, and did so in a big way. Hopkins took on Randolph-Macon in Ashland, VA. In the past Randolph-Macon has provided an equal matchup against Hopkins, as the Jays have actually fallen behind early in both their 2006 and 2008 matchups, only to come back and win the game. However, that was not the story in this meeting as the Blue Jays controlled the tempo for much of the game.
The Hopkins water polo team took to the water in Annapolis, MD at the scenic United States Naval Academy to begin their 2013 campaign, and did so by getting off on the right foot. At the site of the nation’s finest aquatic warriors, the Jays went 4-0 against stiff competition from across the country.
Ten days deep into the season, the Hopkins field hockey team is already putting up promising numbers Having lost six of their eleven starting players from last season, there were major doubts lingering over the team for the 2013 season.
The Hopkins men’s soccer enters the 2013 season with something to prove. The Blue Jays were picked to finish fourth in the Centennial Conference this year, unfamiliar territory for the eight-time Centennial Conference champions. Regardless, last year’s 8-8-2 squad holds high expectations for the year. Even with the preseason ranking, head coach Craig Appleby is confident in his team.
The Hopkins men’s and women’s Cross Country teams returned after a long summer to the Sea Gull Opener on Aug. 31. Both teams did exceptionally well, with the Women’s team claiming the title and the Men’s team placing second.
After the first week of regular season football, here are our takes on the top eight teams in the league:
The Navy Midshipmen arrived at Homewood Field Friday afternoon on two large buses in preparation for the following day’s matchup. While the men from Annapolis became accustomed to the Hopkins field, it seemed as if the Midshipmen weren’t 100 percent focused, as some of the players were seen chasing each other around as the team boarded the bus. Roughly 24 hours later Navy stepped back on their bus with a sure sense of disappointment.
In another dominating performance, the Hopkins women’s tennis team swept the Muhlenberg College Mules 9-0 on Saturday after making the drive up to Allentown, Pa. The sixth-ranked Lady Jays have continued on their impressive tear, bringing their overall season record to 14-2 while remaining undefeated in the Centennial Conference, 8-0. The win was the ninth in a row for Hopkins, an impressive stretch through the heart of their demanding schedule.
Hopkins had many shining moments in the three meets they competed in this weekend. But the team particularly excelled in the Widener Invitational.
The Hopkins Baseball team reached the 30 win mark this weekend and did so in only 35 games. With an overall 30-5 record the Blue Jays are currently ranked third in the nation behind Linfield and Kean.
The women’s track team had an action-packed weekend, participating in three separate meets around the Northeast. These events included the Widener Invitational, the Mount Multis Meet and the Larry Ellis Invitational.
The men’s track team most recently competed against talented schools in various meets including the two-day Widener Invitational, the Larry Ellis Invitational and the Mount Mullis Meet.
The Hopkins men’s tennis team earned the top seed in the Centennial Conference this past weekend, as the men notched victories against both Muhlenberg (9-0) and Mary Washington (9-0). The men subsequently improved their overall 15-2 record and their Centennial Conference undefeated record to 8-0. With only one regular season match remaining, the men hope to maintain their top seed.
Some late game heroics from Nittany Lion Mackenzie Cyr pushed sixth-ranked Penn State past the Blue Jays by a score of 15-14 on Sunday. In a back and forth nail-biter that kept the fans on the edge of their seats the whole way through, it was no surprise that the deciding goal came with just 31 seconds to go.
