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.
Roanoke College Track and Field has had an excellent start to their season, having a relay based meet last weekend in Williamsburg at William and Mary. Competing against primarily division one schools, Roanoke athletes put on an admirable performance. In the 800-meter dash, Junior Allie Gallaher placed 24th with a time of 2:24 setting a…
Men’s volleyball has been on a winning streak recently as their regular season comes to an end. The team’s overall record comes to 21 wins and 7 losses with a win percentage of 75%. Most of the losses have come from top 25 opponents who have multiple stats in the top 10, but Roanoke College…
Two weekends ago, the Roanoke College softball team hosted two of the best teams in the nation to play double headers against both squads. Those two teams were Virginia Wesleyan and Randolph-Macon. Virginia Wesleyan is undefeated, listed at the top of the rankings for most of the season. Randolph-Macon at the time of the games…
Roanoke College Baseball has gotten off to an incredible 13 win 3 loss start this season, and they have even received some top 25 buzz. In their conference, they have put up a respectable 4.3 record in the gritty, difficult ODAC conference. Recently ‘Noke has been lighting up the scoreboard with runs, averaging nine in…
Salem is known as the “Championship City” in many Division III athletics events. As such, Salem hosted one of many of those championship events in the Cregger Center. The Division III women’s basketball national semifinals and finals were held on March 19 and 21 respectively. The four teams playing in the tournament were New York…
Men’s Volleyball portrayed a fierce display this past Tuesday in the Cregger Center, demolishing Averett University in all three sets. Although Averett began to pick up steam as each set progressed, the formidable Maroons respectively ended each in victory; the first being 25-14, second 25-19, and third 25-22. The Cougars pushed for a fourth set…
Since our last article, the Maroons Men’s Basketball team has played in both the ODAC tournament and the DIII “March Madness” NCAA tournament. Through some hard-fought games in the regular and post-season this year, ‘Noke have certainly made a name for themselves once again. The team made it to the “Sweet 16” last year in…
Roanoke college softball has had a solid start to their season, and seems to be on the rise. After a few tough matchups in the first few rounds, they have bounced back and put together some excellent performances. ‘Noke has won three of their last four matchups, including two victories against Southern Virginia University and…
The Winter Olympics have officially begun in Milano Cortina. This has not been major news as compared to recent years in my opinion. Maybe it’s because I am in college, or perhaps the event takes place during the school year as opposed to the Summer Olympics where there’s a smaller amount of classes offered. The…
Roanoke College men’s wrestling has been extremely dominant the entire season, winning meets against Division III’s toughest competition. They have compiled a perfect 15-0 win-loss record before ODAC championships. Roanoke’s team has only been getting hotter as well, recently coming in first at the Pete Wilson-Wheaton 30-team invitational in Illinois. This weekend they continued their…