Morgan Minyard

Staff writer

On February 11th the Men’s Basketball team travelled for Ashland, Virginia to take on the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets.

During the first half of the game the Yellow Jackets were dominating the game. They were up by 30 points. The Maroons would struggle for the rest of the game, despite great effort [...]

Maggie Christ

Staff writer

Roanoke College Men’s and Women’s track and field team took on over 20 teams in the JDL Fast Track Invitation hosted by Winston-Salem State this weekend.

In a long meet with over 1,000 athletes competing, RC made some personal strides.  The Maroons were up against mostly Division I and Division II [...]

Cathy Fountain

Sports editor

Practices began as soon as winter break was over for both baseball and lacrosse teams. With the first games of the season this weekend for both teams, the players have been focusing on the goals of the season in front of them. Conditioning new and returning players has been key in [...]

Morgan Minyard

Staff writer

Friday night, the women’s basketball team was able to clench a win against their rival Hollins Univeristy. The victory over Hollins gave the team a second straight win.

The win gave the team an extra confidence boost and good rhythm leading into the next few games. The Maroons move to 3-10, [...]

Cara Cooper

Editor in chief

Wednesday night, the men’s basketball team won a nail biter, as they defeated Randolph College 62-59 for their first conference win of the season.

The Maroons had a 13 point lead midway through the second half, but saw it dwindle away as the night went on. After several lead changes [...]

Morgan Minyard

Staff writer

The Washington Redskins rallied to beat the Seahawks 23-17 on November 27, finally ending their six game losing streak. The Redskins were desperate for a win entering into Sunday night’s game with a 3-7 record.

“It’s been awhile since we’ve had this feeling. The last couple weeks, we’ve shown signs of [...]

Maggie Christ

Cross Country Runners Tim Smith ’12 and Grace England ’15 qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championship and will compete on Saturday in Wisconsin.

Six men’s soccer players receive All-ODAC honors. They are:

First Team All-ODAC:
Brian White ’14 – ranked 4th in ODAC in scoring
Patrick Bain ’14 – [...]

Scott Munley

Staff writer

Roanoke College is well known for its academic quality, but the school is also widely known for its consistently outstanding Men’s Lacrosse program. Headed by Coach Bill Pilat, the team enters the fall ranked #3 in the country according to a preseason coach’s poll in Lacrosse Magazine.

To maintain this [...]

Maggie Christ

Sports editor

RC’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams finished 5th in the ODAC Championships last Saturday in Bedford.  Tim Smith ’12 took 1st place over-all and Grace England ’15 finished in 4th for the women’s race.

The men earned 115 points, which is their best score since 2007.  Smith took home the [...]

Cara Cooper

Editor-in-chief

Roanoke College’s girls soccer team finished off their 2011 regular season Tuesday with a non-conference win over Mary Washington.

It took 49 minutes for the women to find the back of the net, as Carmen Graves ’13 headed her team leading 8th goal of the season past Mary Washington’s goalie. Graves’s goal [...]