Forty-four . Fresh off a career-high 34-point performance on Saturday, senior forward Howard McBurnie, Jr. posted another big game, finishing with 27 points to . (3) Mail your registration form and payment to Amish Conference 2022, Young Center, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298. In 1926, a student organization called the Athletic Association was formed for the express purpose of promoting the acceptance of sports at Elizabethtown. Manheim Township 72. The 1987 team won 11 dual meets, tying the program record set in 1965, and the men's team continued to finish in the middle of the MAC pack for the rest of the decade. In 1987, Swope became the program's first All-American. 2023-23 Team. In 2003, the Blue Jays had their best season since 1996, posting a 9-4 overall record and missing a post-season appearance by the margin of a single match. The Blue Jays went on to win the first NCAA Division III national championship in women's basketball ever contested, and they did it right here in their own gym. The field hockey team that year, under the direction of first-year head coach Jean Ann Rogers Finkbiner, went 8-0 and never allowed a goal. Main Navigation Menu. The team repeated as MAC champion in 1988 and advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time ever en route to finishing 25-5. MAXPREPS; CBSSPORTS.COM; 247SPORTS; B. Men's Basketball Lead Assistant Coach. Print. A telling example of how geopolitical problems wreaked havoc with Etown athletics is demonstrated by the record of the baseball team during the early 1940s, as the 1941 team set a record for wins by going 10-4 and did not play again until the spring of 1945, when the team went 3-7. In 2001-02, the Blue Jays shattered almost every team season record in existence en route to capturing the Commonwealth title, advancing all the way to the NCAA Division III national championship game, and concluding the season 29-3 overall as the national runner-up. He also coached the men's cross country team from 1964-77, leading the 1965 squad to a MAC title. Construction continues on Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium, which will become the new home of the Blue Jay baseball team this spring. The softball team finished as the MAC runner-up in 1992 with a 24-9 record, and the 1994 team, under first year head coach Wendy Snyder, went 22-10 and returned to the MAC playoffs. Throughout the 1980s, Etown volleyball went 231-129. Elizabethtown's teams improved significantly in the 1930s. To this day, she is the only Elizabethtown College athlete to accomplish the feat. Box Score; Recap; Game Program; Nerney Field House . The men's tennis team posted 6-2 and 7-1 seasons in 1952 and 1953, respectively, and Donald Smith took over the head coaching duties from Herr in 1955. Bob Schlosser became the head men's basketball coach in 1990-91 and guided the team to the NCAA tournament in 1992-93, as the team that year compiled a 19-7 record. Dave Chute won back-to-back MAC individual championships in 1982 and 1983, and Dino Delviscio captured a MAC title in 1986. MACC * vs. Albright College. E-town is 15-1, after Saturday's 84-55 win over Goucher, with several all-state players on its roster this season. In the late 1940s, Etown athletics resumed its upward mobility. One of the gyms in which the basketball teams played in the early years is today's Tempest Theater. The College of New Jersey leads the standings with 80 points, followed by Ithaca (78.5), RIT (70), Elizabethtown (59) and Centenary (57.5) in the top five. Varsity men's tennis was launched with Herr at the helm in the spring of 1947, and the team went 24-2 in the course of its first three seasons, including a 9-0 record in 1949. R. Herr Athletic Hall of Fame. Lauren China scored a game high five goals including Albright's . . Elizabethtown College does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, possession of a general education development certificate as compared to a high school diploma, or any other legally protected status. B. Mike Dager, who was the assistant coach for both the women's and men's cross country programs from 1998 to 2001, became the head women's cross country coach in 2002. Ober was one of the most influential figures in the history of Blue Jay athletics. Keith Marks took over as the program's head coach in 1995, and that year Ben Smith '98 became the College's first MAC individual champion in golf. It's no wonder that the Jays have been turning in some fine times in practice Now you know what they're looking for when they finish a race glancing anxiously over their shoulders. SE Missouri St beats Tennessee St 91-83 n OVC quarterfinals Basketball. Although the value of physical education alongside academic endeavors was emphasized early in the history of the College and participation in it was a requirement for students, actual competition was frowned upon by the College's Church of the Brethren-run administration, which viewed highly competitive, forceful contests as being out of tune with its peace-oriented values. One of its players, Liz Fretz '05, hit the 100 career goal plateau before the conclusion of her sophomore year in 2003. 1200 Main Street.Bethlehem, PA 18018 PH: (610) 861-1534 . The women's basketball team played an 11 game schedule in 1970-71. 2/19/23 | Women's Basketball. The women's soccer team spent the decade developing into one of the nation's best. In 1935, Harold Newman '38 of the men's tennis team advanced to the Middle Atlantic Tournament in White Sulphur Springs, WV, where he reached the semi-finals and defeated players from Penn State, Pitt, and the University of Virginia in the process. Bob Schott took over as head coach of the women's tennis program in 1984 and immediately led the team to a 10-2 record that spring. 23 in WBCA Div. February 25, 2023 Men's Basketball. February 19, 2022 Elizabethtown soars into postseason with regular season finale win at Susquehanna The Elizabethtown College women's basketball team shot a season-best from the floor on Saturday at Susquehanna as they beat the River Hawks 79-71 to earn their 20th win of the season. February 21, 2023 Men's Basketball. His assistant, Bill Helm, took over as the head coach in 1984 and led the team to a 26-15 finish that season. Dave Lebo took over later in 1989 and guided the team through the 1989-90 season. From 1990-91 to 1998-99, the wrestling team went 104-80-3. Lutz set the program record for most career points with 1,757, and Meyer set the record for most points in a year with 683. 24 in D3Hoops.com Top 25 (1/30), Landmark Conference Women's Basketball Championship, NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship. The Blue Jay men's soccer team competed in the NCAA Atlantic Coast Regional Championship in 1962, 1963, and every year from 1966 to 1971. Cardenas, ranked 11th nationally and first in the Mideast Region, advanced to the semifinals with a 15-0 technical fall over Shkeb Nadir of Scranton and a 9-7 sudden victory versus Kyle Nase . He led the Blue Jay wrestlers to a 54-14-1 record in dual meets between then and the 1968-69 season. The 1974 team went 11-1 to set a new program victory record, and the Blue Jays posted a 9-1 record in 1975. The field hockey team followed that performance with a 10-1 season in 1956, setting a record for wins that would not be broken until 1975. In 1998, MAC individual singles champion Wieger Moen went 29-1 overall and was 20-0 in singles competition. Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown College: 2013 - 2017: 2: 2-0: 100%: 153-118: The field hockey program also wasted no time in taking full advantage of the new post-season opportunities afforded it, winning the first MAC title contested in 1975. The 1984 men's cross country team won seven dual meets, its highest win total since 1973. Due to the fact that special soccer balls had to be purchased for night games (most soccer balls at the time were brown, and the white balls which were necessary for play at night were not cheap commodities then), the experiment was quickly ended. The 1963-64 team won the program's first conference title, reached the NCAA College Division tournament for the first time ever, and went 20-5, setting a team record for wins that stood for nearly four decades. 89. 20 in WBCA Div. The men's basketball program struggled at the start of the 1970s, but after Donald Smith returned as the head coach in 1972-73, the team began to build its way back success, punctuating the end of the decade with its second MAC Championship and an NCAA Division III tournament berth while going 17-9 in 1978-79. Linda Eshleman '63 became the field hockey program's first All-American in 1962. That season, the first year that NCAA championships were contested in women's basketball, Etown made the first-ever NCAA Division III tournament field, and the Blue Jays advanced to the Final Four. Ranked No. The team posted a 95-70-2 record during the 1950s, with players such as Nelson Chittum '55, Bruce Wohnsiedler '58, Glenn Crum '59, Gene Wise '59, and Gene Bucher '58 starring for the Blue Jays during that time. The Official Website of Bluefield University Athletics. Baseball Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Schedule Cross Country: Roster Cross Country: News Football Football: Twitter Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Golf Golf: Twitter Golf . The baseball team continued its long run of success. Eight members of the 1961 team were named All-State honorees. In 2000, the field hockey team, en route to a 15-5 season and its first postseason appearance in nearly a decade, handed head coach Yvonne Kauffman her 1,000th career victory combined among field hockey, women's basketball, and women's tennis. Robert Garrett retired at the conclusion of the 1988 season, and Bob Schott began doing double duty as the head coach of both the men's and women's tennis teams in 1989. Ranked No. 2022-23 Elizabethtown Men's Basketball Schedule (10-14) Print; Subscribe With. In 1997-98, the team again went 13-3 in its dual meet season, and at the end of the season it captured its first MAC championship ever. At the conclusion of that season, four Blue Jay swimmers David Anstine, James Gingerich, Robert Sahms and Donald Schaeberle earned All-America honors, the most ever from one team in a single season in school history. Go To Coaching Staff. Both will play tomorrow in the second round. Attitudes at Elizabethtown gradually changed, and much of the impetus for this change came from the students themselves. RedHawks Play at Western Michigan Tuesday Evening. Over the course of the years from 1980-81 to 1988-89, the Elizabethtown women's basketball team played in five national championship games, won two national titles, took part in seven NCAA tournaments and one AIAW tournament, won five conference championships, went 225-33 overall, and posted a 40-11 record in the postseason. Joe Kramer '83 ran up a 68-34 overall mark in both singles and doubles play at the beginning of the decade, and Mike Bailey '89 dominated the end of the decade for Etown, posting a 70-34 overall record. The men's soccer program began its rise to national dominance under Dodd, who led the program from 1949 to 1952, and the team continued to build under D. Paul Greene, who coached the team from 1953 to 1957. Dave Parry '86 became Elizabethtown's only All-American in diving in 1986 for the men's swimming team. From the 1949-50 season to the 1958-59 campaign, the women's basketball program posted a 61-49-2 record. 9. Moravian University. The baseball team continued its run of success as the 1991 team went 26-9-1 and reached the NCAA tournament for the third time in its history. Alumni Game at 11 a.m. -- 3/4 Canes at Halftime . Official recognition of intercollegiate athletics finally came in 1928 with the hiring of Ira R. Herr as the school's first coach and athletic director, although he faced an uphill struggle in the early years to get funding and administrative support. . His 11 wins in 1995 remains a program record, as does his 11 complete games that season. 18 Elizabethtown College Friday . The fall of 1961 witnessed the play of possibly the greatest team ever assembled in college history. The wrestling team began the 1980s by winning the MAC championship, and the team finished the decade with back-to-back 16-win seasons, program records at the time, in 1987-88 and 1988-89. In 1923, the College purchased land upon which to create what is now Lake Placida as well as several athletic fields and facilities. The 1996 team finished seventh at the MAC championship, its highest finish since 1972. The 1968 team set a new program record for wins, going 16-6 overall. Chris Grubb '93 set an Etown record for most career hits with 164 between 1990 and 1993, and Ian Smeltz '96 recorded 161 hits in his career and set the Etown career stolen base record with 59. When it comes to track and field at Elizabethtown, the old saying, "the third time's a charm" has certainly proven true. The women's swimming team built a bit more slowly than the men, but by 1993-94 and 1994-95, it was finishing fourth at the MAC championships. Mindy Nace '03 was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and became the field hockey program's second Academic All-American in the span of three years. 20 in WBCA Div. Pennington basketball continues to add to the longstanding tradition of highly competitive basketball teams that have donned the black and red on the courts. The official 2022-2023 Women's Basketball Roster for the Kutztown . Although the team did not repeat as MAC champion, the Blue Jays did make the NAIA playoffs again, and they advanced all the way to the national championship game, where they battled Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology) to a 2-2 tie to share the national title and finish the season with a 10-1-1 overall record. Pam Drazkowski took over as the head coach in 1988 and led the team to a 33-13 record that year. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball schedule for Landmark Conference. In 1991-92, the men's swimming team finished 8-6, its best record since 1972-73, and it placed seventh at the MAC championships, its best finish since 1976-77. 51. ); : . Joe Shull '93 finished third at the 1992 MAC championship. Women's Basketball Places Three on College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team. The Official Site of Elizabethtown College Athletics. forward Marquis Ratcliff from the Moravian University basketball teams have been selected to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Team of the Year by the LVSCB Organization at its final luncheon . The official 2022-23 Basketball (Men) schedule for the Cabrini University Cavaliers . Etown men's soccer players earned All-America honors eight times between 1960 and 1969. The pitcher tied the record for most strikeouts in a season in 1995 with 93, and in just two seasons at Etown, he recorded 20 victories. In Greene's final season, 1957, the Blue Jays went 8-2 to set a program mark for wins, and Etown equaled that feat the next season, Herr's first back at the helm. Men's Basketball Head Coach. Jinxes involving lights aside, success continued to mount for the Etown men's soccer program in the 1950s. Royals Pull Away in Fourth From Eagles. Latimore has overseen the expansion of Blue Jay varsity and intramural athletic programs, including the re-introduction of men's and women's track & field and men's and women's lacrosse. Although the two newest programs men's and women's lacrosse only got underway in the spring of 2002, they have likewise wasted no time in carving out a prominent place for themselves in the history of Etown athletics. By the time Ira Herr took over the program once again in 1958, Etown soccer was a force to be reckoned with. The team repeated as MAC and Penn-Mar champion in 1978, going 13-3 and making its first AIAW tournament appearance. The 1951 men's soccer team finished 3-4-1, and it was the last time the men's soccer program had ever completed a season with a record below .500. Men's Basketball / February 27, 2023. Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: . Making halting starts in the spring of the 1928-29 academic year were intercollegiate men's tennis, which competed for several seasons before folding, as well as the first incarnation of intercollegiate men's track and field, which promptly disappeared after a few meets in the spring of 1929. In women's cross country, Melissa St. Clair '05 became Etown's first All-American in the sport just a few weeks ago, and the team placed eighth at the Mideast Regional in 2003 for its highest regional finish ever. Unfortunately, there was no post-season structure in place for women's sports during that era, so it is impossible to know just how far the 1961 team's considerable talents could have taken it. Main Navigation Menu. Discrimination or harassment of any kind is strictly forbidden. Pam Drazkowski took over as the head coach in 1989. However, it was the last year for coach Ira Herr, who retired after leading the baseball team to a 12-6 finish in the spring of 1961. Ranked No. As soon as the war was over, the team rebounded to 6-5 in 1945-46. The 1997-98 wrestling team went 18-7 in dual matches and had three Blue Jays earn individual MAC titles. The Blue Jays finished the season with a 26-1 overall record, setting a new program record for best winning percentage in a season at .962. The 1934-35 women's basketball team posted a 9-3 record, and the 1935-36 team went 11-0-1, setting a record for winning percentage (.958) that stood as the program's high-water mark until 1982. Ranked No. The official 2022-23 Basketball (Men) Roster for the Cabrini University Cavaliers. Box Score; Recap; Gallery; Clarks . Eric Mast took over as the head coach of the wrestling team in 1993-94 and 1994-95, and Steve Capoferri became the head wrestling coach in 1995-96. Among the standout players from the time period, Lori Lobb '89 set the program record for highest career batting average, hitting .431 from 1986 to 1989. Elizabethtown quickly moved to the forefront of the new competitive opportunities offered in women's athletics. Jennifer Lynn '96 became Etown's second All-MAC runner in 1993, and Mindy Enterline '96 became the fourth in 1994. (); : Matt Helsel took over as the head coach of the women's tennis team in 2002, and it is currently undergoing a renaissance begun at the beginning of the decade. There were some bright spots during this period for men's basketball, however, most notably that of Guy Buch '45, who led the country in points per game in 1945 with 23.7. Basketball Home; Teams; States; Scores; Rankings; Stat leaders; . Dave Cressman '86 was one of the top players in the mid-80s, going 59-33 overall. Also, a watershed event for Elizabethtown athletics occurred in 1954 when the College joined the NCAA. The team went 128-101 from 1990-91 to 1998-99. In 1966, Ted Bond '67 finished second overall at the MAC Championships, and he along with Bill Doherty '67 competed as individuals at the NCAA College Division championship meet again, this time held in Wheaton, IL. The team played half of its games against present-day NCAA Division II teams, and the Blue Jays out-scored their opponents 41-0 over the course of the season. at. A playing field near the Elizabethtown College campus recently had lights installed, and Elizabethtown scheduled a home game on it against Wilkes in either 1955 or 1956, which the Blue Jays lost. . The Official Website of Lancaster Bible College Athletics. The women's basketball team was so successful in the 1930s that Elizabethtown quickly became an anomaly for the times, with the women typically outdrawing the men in attendance. Full Story. In the final season of the decade, 1988-89, Etown won its second NCAA Division III national women's basketball championship, becoming the first team ever to do so, won its sixth MAC championship, and finished 29-2 for the second time in its history. The 1997 team finished 22-11 and reached the NCAA tournament for the fourth time of the decade and the sixth time in the history of the program. Elizabethtown's golf program developed into a consistent winner in the 1990s, compiling a 53-22 record in dual matches. Bridgewater St. (18-8) 25. Basketball Home; Teams; States; Scores; Rankings; Stat leaders . The softball field now overlooks the soccer stadium, which now has lights, and the new artificial turf field hockey and lacrosse field, which also has lights, occupies the space of a former parking lot. The volleyball team entered the 1990s by going 25-17 in the first year. Ruth Nearing took over the field hockey program in 1963 and led it to a 5-2-1 finish that year, as well as a 6-4 mark in her final season of 1966. Risser also took over the women's basketball team from Jane Ulmer, who took over from Herr in 1954, and guided the team to an 8-2 finish in 1956-57. III Coaches Top 25 (1/10) Athletics Logos School Colors NCAA Division II Tool kit Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete Initial Eligibility Pamphlet 2-Year Transfer Guide 4-Year Transfer Guide Acrobatics & Tumbling Baseball Men's Basketball Women's . The dawn of the 1980s ushered in an unprecedented era of national success for Blue Jay athletics. vs. Elizabethtown College. B. The men's basketball program got its first taste of glory as the 1940s wound down, going 13-11 in 1947-48 and 17-7 in 1948-49. The team finished 19-4-3 overall, and defender Amy Bender '98 became the program's second All-American. His 93 strikeouts, accomplished in just 56-2/3 innings in 1962, remains tied as the single-season Etown record. The women's soccer team has had a player named an Academic All-American for each of the last three consecutive years, the most recent being defender Megan Halladay '04 in back-to-back seasons in 2002 and 2003. The wrestling team continued its string of outstanding seasons in the 1970s, as James Maack '71 and Mike Helm '71 became the program's first individual MAC champions at the close of the 1969-70 season. Von Nieda led the team to 14-9 and 13-9 finishes in 1950-51 and 1951-52, respectively. The NCAA split into three divisions, with Etown joining Division III, a move that brought an end to athletic scholarships. February 27, 2023 Men's Basketball. Box Score; Recap; Game Program (PDF) . A perennial national power throughout the 1980s, the men's soccer program capped off the decade by winning the NCAA Division III national championship in 1989.