Playing with Confidence
Holly Fox The men’s tennis team has had their share of hard matches this season. On February 26, the men traveled to Newport News to face ITA fifth ranked team Christopher Newport University where they fell to CNU 1-8 in a hard fought match. On March 17 the men hosted the nationally ranked Case [...]
Let the Madness Ensue
Jeremy Batka Well it’s that time of year again, the time of year to call in sick, put off your responsibilities and obligations and watch some college basketball. Tweet
New Faces and High Hopes
By Lacey Naff The sport of lacrosse is a combination of basketball, soccer and hockey. It can be played by anyone, big or small, but the game requires a lot of coordination, agility, and speed. Trying to build up a strong team takes a lot of practice and understanding of the game, which is what [...]
2012 Basketball intramural championships
By Dustyn Miller “A” League Championship The number four seed “Just the tip see how it feels” made a surprising run through the A-league tournament by trouncing defending champion #2 seed “Snap Back Crew” in the A-league championship game 70-53. There was a lot of buzz in the building for this game as the bleachers [...]
BC Eagles land short
By Jason Manago-Graves The Eagles took on the Eastern Mennonite Royals in the opening round of the ODAC (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) tournament on Tuesday, February 21. It was a hard fought game on both ends. After the Eagles won the last game both of these teams faced off with a walk-off 3-pointer by [...]
Hoping to go the distance
By Holly Fox Things are quiet on the track now, but within the next few weeks it will be occupied by the talented men and women of the Bridgewater College track and field teams. Whether a sprinter, a distance runner, a pole vaulter, a hurdler, or a thrower doesn’t matter; the bug of excitement [...]
Pinning down BC’s wrestling club
By Will Browning and Erin Pampe For twenty years, both faculty and staff at Bridgewater have been pushing for a wrestling club. Now, thanks to two students, Scott Fike and Drew Painter, a wrestling club has been added to the school extracurricular list. This is a significant feat, for the fledging wrestling club [...]
Fundraiser game paints court pink
By Lacy Naff Walking into Nininger gym Tuesday night, I couldn’t help but notice the overwhelming amount of pink flooding the building. It did happen to be Valentine’s Day but that’s not the reason why everyone was wearing the color of love. People were wearing pink in honor of the Play 4Kay game to [...]
The Disney-fication of Sportscenter
By Jeremy Batka Before school everyday growing up, I used to watch my favorite TV show, Sportscenter. The show was simple and a.m.azing, it showed highlights of nearly every single sporting event that occurred the day before,and it even included multiple hockey and soccer highlights. However, nowadays, Sportscenter is to sport highlights as MTV [...]
Do Something Crazy
By Holly Fox The waves have subsided and the towels have been hung up to dry as another season of Eagles’ swimming has ended. The ladies finished fourth at the ODAC Championship meet this past weekend and finished off the season with an impressive 8-1 regular season meet record. The river leading to success [...]
Bataka’s take: Super Bowl XLVI
By Jeremy Bataka They say those who seek revenge should dig two graves. This holds true for the New England Patriots as they fell to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI just like they did in Super Bowl XLII in the 2007-2008 season. Of course, in 2008, the Patriots were headed towards [...]
Tight win
By Jason Manago-Graves Although the men’s basketball team has had more downs then ups this season, the young, scrappy team has been putting up some pretty good numbers thus far. After 21 games they’ve averaged 38.2 rebounds and 12.3 assists, and shot over 67 percent from the floor. Their 5-16 overall record might not [...]
X-Games
By Jeremy Batka Sports Editor Who are the best athletes in the world? The basketball players who can do windmill dunks while breaking the laws of gravity, or the baseball players who defy logic by crushing a ball 450 feet with nothing more than a piece of wood and a fundamental swing? What about the [...]
Chick-fil-A Bowl
By Holly Fox Despite the love and pride I feel toward BC, I have always considered the University of Virginia to be my second college home. Between the months of September and November my wardrobe consists of a lot of navy and orange and a white v-saber baseball cap, I know the Good Old Song [...]
Intramurals’ Crowns 2011 Flag Football Champions
By Dustyn Miller Men’s Summary The #4 Seed Peyton Man-Things captured the men’s flag football championship by shutting down #6 SeedRawDawgs by the score of 14-0. Both teams pulled upsets in reaching the finals. Notably, the Peyton’s whipped #1 undefeated Oldheads by a score of 32-12 in the semifinals. RawDawgs took care of business by [...]
Cross country ahead of the pack
By: Jennifer Jewell Though the 2011 season for Bridgewater’s Cross Country team is wrapping up, it is still far from over. This year has been a productive one for the men’s team. Cross Country Head Coach Brian Flynn said, “Many people thought we’d be in a rebuilding year but we were able to come in [...]
Swimmers succeed at tri-meet
By Holly Fox Photo courtesy of BC Sports Information The Bridgewater swim team was hot in the water this past weekend at a tri-meet in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Eagles glided past both Guilford College and host Greensboro College to earn first place in nine of the eleven events they competed in,despite being down two [...]
Let’s Get Rowdy
By Jeremy Batka Sports Editor Last Saturday the 2011 Football Eagles battled to within just three points of the Randolph-Macon in the fourth quarter. Unfortunately the comeback came up just short as the Eagles suffered their first home loss of the season at the hands of the Yellow Jackets. The story of the day was [...]
Slow start costs BC the game
By Ari Christopher This week for the Lady Eagles has been bitter-sweet. On October 25th, women’s soccer ended their regular season with a tie with the Stevenson Mustangs. The first goal was scored by Melanie Waters in the twenty-first minute with assistance from Sarah Conner. “In the first half we started strong and kept the [...]
Intramural football: “Just win”
By Will Browning The champions of the intramural co-rec flag football league are Two Mannings, One Cup. The Two Mannings defeated What’s Football in a high scoring affair that ended 43-30. Two Mannings, One Cup took the lead halfway through the first half and held on for the rest of the way. What’s [...]
Men’s soccer steadily improves
By Jennifer Jewell The productive journey for the 2011 season of the men’s soccer team ended on Sunday during tournament play. The Eagles made it to the first round of the ODACs, falling to Eastern Mennonite University 2 – 0. EMU’s Adam Moyer started the game off with a goal around the ten minute [...]
Field hockey ends with a winning season
By Lacey Naff The Bridgewater field hockey team played Eastern Mennonite’s team in the ODAC quarter finals this past Sunday at 4pm. The Eagles started off strong with scores made by juniors Joan Burleson and Jennifer Bateman in the regulated time. EMU also scored twice, sending the game into overtime with a tie of 2-2. [...]
Middle Win for Volleyball
By Holly Fox After a disappointing first day of tournament play at the St. Mary’s Invitational this past weekend, the lady Eagles’ volleyball team rallied together to win both of their Saturday matches and finish the tournament 2-2. The Eagles finished their regular season with an overall .500 record of 15-15. In their first [...]
Eagles fall just short at W&L
By Jeremy Batka A game that involved two dynamic and talented offenses, and 94 points total scored, unfortunately did not end successfully for the Eagles this Saturday, Oct. 22. It was a must win game for the Eagles if they had any hopes of making the playoffs as they ended up falling just short from [...]
