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This page consists of coverage of everyone’s favorite sports team – the Maroons! Check here for athlete spotlights and updates on how our teams are doing over the course of the season.

Wrestling Victories

Maroons Break Century Mark

Three-Set Takedown

Swing of Victory

Rally Time!

Field Hockey Claims Ferrum Fields as Their Own

Written by Garrett Ruggieri Following a heartbreaking overtime loss against Shenandoah, Roanoke responded by dropping a goose-egg against rival, Ferrum. The team traveled to Ferrum...

Volleyball Vaults a Team Effort in Rallying Season

Written by Alexis Barton The women’s volleyball team (8-8, 2-3 ODAC) has been a staple of the fall sports culture here on campus. With games...

Taking a Shot at a Perfect Record

Written by Chamberlain Zulauf For the first ODAC game of the men’s soccer season, they took on Lynchburg. Both teams were held scoreless through double...

RC Recap

Written by Garrett Ruggieri Cross Country: This weekend the men’s and women’s cross country teams will take off to compete in the Louisville Cross Country...

RC Recap

Written by Garrett Ruggieri Cross Country: The 2019 Roanoke Invitational/ODAC Preview took place last weekend. Emma Maras and Chamberlain Zulauf both finished 17th, the highest...

Cross Country Roads Rollin’ Through Roanoke

Written by Chamerlain Zulauf Coming into the ODAC preview last Saturday, the men’s and women’s cross-country teams were hopeful, both placing first at the Golden...

Dominating the Field

Written by Alexis Barton This Saturday, the field hockey team took their first loss of the season while visiting St. Mary’s College of Maryland. In...

Keeping a Clean Sheet

Written by Alexis Barton The men’s soccer team (5-0-1, 1-0 ODAC) has been on an absolute ride so far this season. Since their first game,...

Rooney’s Freshman Feature

Written by Garrett Ruggieri All freshman students who come to Roanoke begin their college career with expectations, uncertainty and hope for what lies ahead. It...

RC Recap

Written by Alexis Barton Cross Country: The Cross Country will soon be in action on September 6th as they travel to West Virginia Tech for...

Welcome Back Maroon Athletes and Fans!

Written by Garrett Ruggieri Welcome back Maroons! It is time to flood the stands with maroon and grey, our RC athletics are back in action....

Women’s Soccer Roundup

Written by Alexis Barton The women’s soccer team kicked off the season with a weekend of back to back games at home. The Maroons (1-1)...

RC Recap

Written by Aeryn McMurtry Baseball: The baseball team (15-15, 12-5 ODAC), played a double header at Virginia Wesleyan and came out victorious for both games,...

It All Begins With LOVE: RC’s Tennis Teams

Written by Garrett Ruggieri Roanoke College offers many intercollegiate sport programs for student-athletes to get involved in. Most notably here on campus being, lacrosse, basketball,...

Our Senior Sports Writer Send Off

Written by Ian Gillen Well, here they are, my final few hundred words in the Brackety-Ack.  First and foremost, I want to thank my fans....

Rooney’s Season Roundup

Written by Kaelyn Spickler Though our spring athletes are still practicing hard in preparation for their final games and ODAC tournament runs, the Brackety-Ack would...

Introducing: The Baseball Team’s Walk-Up Songs

Written by Kaelyn Spickler Do you like what you hear at baseball games when our guys walk up to the plate or mound? Here’s the...

Rooney’s Senior Roundup

Written by Kaelyn Spickler Jessica Calascione Track and Field Thrower Senior Jessica Calascione is the perfect role model for any athlete who suffers a tragic injury but hopes...

RC Women’s Lacrosse Shatters Records

Written by Ian Gillen Our women’s lacrosse team fought hard Wednesday night, but Lynchburg took the win home due to two goals the Hornets scored...

RC Recap

Written by Garrett Ruggieri Baseball: The baseball team(12-12, 9-2 ODAC) started off the week strong with a 9-7 win over Ferrum on Wednesday night. In...