Records broken
By Holly Fox Despite a rough start to their meet against Ferrum College in which the Bridgewater College Eagles swim team had their top relay team disqualified and the fact that the meet was originally supposed to be hosted by Ferrum, the lady Eagles broke through the waves and defeated Ferrum 128-40. Ferrum [...]
Women’s soccer making history
By Micheal Clopper Coming into the 2012 season, the Bridgewater College women’s soccer team had one goal, winning the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. “We had a talented group of girls coming back this season so I thought our chances of winning the ODAC were pretty high”, said senior midfielder Brittney Harris. The Eagles [...]
A shot to win it
By Lacey Naff The Bridgewater women’s basketball team has been working really hard for a season predicted to be a successful one. “I think we’re really excited. We have our two seniors, Katie Hottinger and Jess Mullen. Jess is back, getting back into shape which is good. They are the captains this year [...]
Leaders on and off the gridiron
By Andrew Palmer Leadership is something that is very important and often unwanted by many people. Being a leader constantly puts you in the spotlight and can bring unwanted attention from other people. But for junior quarterback Willie Logan, leadership is something that comes natural. “I love being looked up to by my [...]
Intramural’s crowns 2012 football champions
By Dustyn Miller Intramurals’ Crowns 2012 Football Champions Men’s Summary #1 Seed Peyton Man Things defended their men’s flag football championship by defeating #2 Seed Swangas 33-18. The PMT’s overcame a short-lived first half deficit with their stellar defense, led by Chris Baird’s three interceptions and some timely offensive production from their quarterback, Christian Armstrong. [...]
A proud season
By Lacey Naff Bridgewater’s field hockey team ended their season when they fell 2-1 to Randolph Macon in overtime in the ODAC semi-final round. It was a season to be proud of, though, as they ended with an 11-8 overall winning record, which is also the highest total wins for the program since the [...]
Comradery between generations
By Katie Robinson, Elizabeth Ashworth and Jordan Mitchell As Bridgewater’s fall sports come to a close, the anticipation for success turns to our winter athletes. The basketball team is happy to fulfill BCs sports fan’s needs for a stellar and exciting season. After last year’s season of only six wins, the boys are [...]
My teammates are my sisters
By Holly Fox As regular season play for the Bridgewater College women’s soccer team winds down, the lady Eagles reminisce on their biggest accomplishments of the season. As a team, the ladies seem to agree on one thing: they say that their biggest accomplishment so far this season was beating Roanoke College. [...]
Eagles volleyball wins invitational
By Emily Higgins This past weekend, October 5 and 6, the Bridgewater Eagles volleyball team traveled to Goucher College in Towson, Maryland to play in the Goucher Invitational. The tournament involved four games–two on Friday and two on Saturday. Friday the Eagles played Goucher College and The City College of New York finishing the day [...]
Defense struggles
By Jason Manago At Jopson Field on Homecoming weekend, the Bridgewater Eagles took their first loss of the season to the Hampden-Sydney Tigers. After starting the season on a four-game winning streak, the Eagles wanted nothing more than to beat their conference rivals on Homecoming Saturday. The Eagles defense that had been stellar all season [...]
BC Spirit
By Lacey Naff The Bridgewater cheer squad started the season off strong despite not having men to help with stunts for the first time in several years and also with many of the girls being brand new. If you’ve been to any football games in the past several years you’ve noticed at least two [...]
A new routine
By Gina Gibson The Bridgewater College dance team of 2012-2013 has started of the season with a new approach. This year marks the first of many to come where the team has a coach specifically for the dance team. Amanda Miller, former Bridgewater student and former member of the Bridgewater dance team, was [...]
Women’s golf
By Holly Fox For the first time in school history, Bridgewater College has a women’s golf team. For the two members of the first team, it is a very exciting opportunity. “It’s awesome being part of the inaugural team,” freshman golfer Andrea Walker said. “We are guaranteed to be record-holders during our first season, which [...]
New strength and conditioning coach
Changing the program into one of his own By Anna Theisen “Be athletic,” “Be an athlete,” and “To achieve 100%, you must reach beyond that level,” are some of the famous quotes that you will hear from our new strength and conditioning coach, Adam Craft. A former Bridgewater College student himself, Coach Craft has returned [...]
New football coaches
By Jeffery Mathews The Bridgewater College football team led by head coach Michael Clarke, has had a successful 3-0 start for the 2012 football season. With the brand new uniforms, and most importantly the new coaches, Bridgewater College football is striving for success. The new offense coach, JD Shaw, has 18 years of experience being [...]
Baseball field vandalized
By Lacy Naff The surprising destruction of the baseball field on the night of September 8 by a few Bridgewater athletes left the Bridgewater Community disappointed, but it’s an incident that will be handled and moved on from without intentions of bringing any added attention to it. “It’s always frustrating when someone tears up [...]
Huge wins boost confidence
By Emily Higgins This week the Bridgewater Eagles men’s soccer team continued their current winning streak of five games. They first beat Salisbury, the twelfth team in the nation, by a score of 2-1 with goals from Kevin Gorman and Zach Hosler. This game was a definite confidence booster for the team who [...]
First impression, lasting intentions
By Jason Manago-Graves After starting the season with a win over St. Vincent, the Eagles showed no signs of letting off the gas as they took on Greensboro in the home opener on Sept. 8. Allowing only one score against St. Vincent, the defense kept the same approach in their 33-7 victory over the Pride. [...]
Cross country due for an ODAC title
By Holly Fox Though the Cross Country season just started, the Bridgewater College men’s team is off to a great start. On Aug. 31, the men traveled to Eastern Mennonite University where they faced a tough field of opposition with nine of the 10 teams in attendance being ODAC teams. Despite the competition, the [...]
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 [...]
