It is interesting to note that Elizabethtown College's athletic teams were not, as many believe, always known as the Blue Jays. Another feature that has defined the past few years at Etown has been change. One of its players, Liz Fretz '05, hit the 100 career goal plateau before the conclusion of her sophomore year in 2003. The decade immediately got off to a strong start as the women's basketball team broke the 20-win plateau for the first time in 1979-80, finished 22-6 and reached the AIAW tournament for the second straight year at the same time that the wrestling team won its first MAC team championship and had a program record three wrestlers earn All-America honors at once. Since 2000, the men's tennis team has posted a 37-21 overall record. 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. ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. - The Elmira College men's wrestling program completed its first trip to the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships on Saturday as the tournament was hosted by Elizabethtown College. The 1970s brought great changes to Elizabethtown College athletics. 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. Froujke Taconis became the first Etown women's tennis player to win the MAC individual singles championship in 1995. The team advanced to the NCAA Division II tournament the only time and Elizabethtown team has ever competed in the Division II championships in 1973, and competed in the Division III championships every year from 1975 to 1978. Bryan Hoy '01 and Brad Confer 03 were named the men's soccer program's most recent All-Americans in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and Dina Jingoli '02 was named the most recent women's soccer All-American in 2001. His 93 strikeouts, accomplished in just 56-2/3 innings in 1962, remains tied as the single-season Etown record. From 1990-91 to 1998-99, the wrestling team went 104-80-3. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. She was previously signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Ruby Riott . In the circle, Linda Milnes '99 struck out 113 batters in 1999, setting a program record at the time, and Sallie Mohr won 31 games from 1994 to 1997. Schneider, Braden 2013-2014 SCRANTON, Pa. - Junior outfielder Corey Zientek (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area) matched a pair of single-season program records and The University of Scranton baseball team (23-13, 11-6 Landmark) swept a doubleheader from the first place Elizabethtown Blue Jays (28-9, 14-2 Landmark) on Senior Day on Saturday at Volpe Field in Scranton. His assistant, Bill Helm, took over as the head coach in 1984 and led the team to a 26-15 finish that season. Elizabethtown Bears Wrestling: Schedule; Roster; Statistics; District 3; Lancaster-Lebanon; 2022-2023 Varsity Schedule. 1998-1999 Geri Bradley '81 scored 682 points in the 1977-78 season. Yvonne Kauffman became the head field hockey coach in 1967. 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. Jennifer Lynn '96 became Etown's second All-MAC runner in 1993, and Mindy Enterline '96 became the fourth in 1994. NCAA Champions. In the 1988-89 season, Gerber posted a 40-5-1 record, the most wins ever for an Etown wrestler in a single season at the time. Dori Elizabeth Prange (/ p r e n / prayn; born January 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where she performs under the ring name Ruby Soho.She is also known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Ruby Riott. The next intercollegiate varsity sport to be added was baseball in the spring of 1930. Parking for Events in Templeton. ELIZABETHTOWN, PA - The Wilkes University wrestling team dropped a tight dual match 24-22 to host Elizabethtown College Friday night at Thompson Gymnasium. The men's soccer team has advanced to the Commonwealth Conference championship game three times in the last four years, and the women's soccer team competed in the 2001 NCAA tournament. 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. One can be certain that a program has reached an elite level when it goes 17-7 and is regarded as having an off year, which is exactly what happened in 1984-85. This time around, both men and women competed in the sport, although there were not enough women to field a full team to score in meets until 1983. Photo Galleries. 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. One of the things that made Elizabethtown College unique was its support, sometimes whole- or sometimes halfheartedly, of women's intercollegiate athletics alongside men's athletics right from the start. The old Ira R. Herr baseball field will be converted to practice fields in the near future. 2007: Section II Champions (15-7 ), Lancaster Lebanon League Quarter Finalist, District Qualifer. 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. From 1983 to 1989 under head coach Skip Roderick '74, Etown went 121-28-16, won two MAC championships in 1986 and 1987, finished as the MAC runner-up in 1988 and 1989, advanced to the NCAA tournament every year, and won the 1989 national title. Under her leadership, in NCAA circles the name of Elizabethtown College has become synonymous with success. 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 1968 team set a new program record for wins, going 16-6 overall. PH: 570-941-7440 FAX: 570-941-4223 The team's 24 wins in 1989 still stands as the program record. 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 team went 27-3, captured its second MAC title, and finished as the AIAW national runner-up in 1980-81. Eight members of the 1961 team were named All-State honorees. 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. John Tulley took over as the head coach in 1970, and Etown had its first winning season in dual matches in 1974 when it went 7-4, and the team posted an 8-4 mark in 1975. From 1990 to 1997, the Blue Jay women's cross country program compiled a dual meet record of 55-28. 102 talking about this. Although the men's tennis team struggled throughout the 1960s, Robert Garrett took over the program in 1968 and began to build it back into the powerhouse it was in its early days. Ober also took over the men's cross country program in 1964 and led it to an 8-4 finish that year. 2022-23 Men's Wrestling Roster - Elmira College Athletics mwrestling Nov 2 Final Elmira 6 vs East Stroudsburg 46 vs mwrestling Nov 6 Elmira at Lycoming Invite 9:30 AM mwrestling Nov 9 Elmira 6 vs Alfred State 40 vs mwrestling Dec 3 Elmira Blue Jay Classic mwrestling Dec 11 Elmira Ursinus 1:00 PM mwrestling Elmira at St. John Fisher 2:00 PM 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. Etown athletes were named All-Americans four times in the 1970s, with James O'Donnell earning the honor twice in 1975 and 1977. Roland, Zach 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. The 1986 men's cross country squad finished 13th out of 24 teams at the MAC championships, its best performance there since 1974. 2015-2016 According to. Corporate Partnership Opportunities. The accomplishments of the last few years have been impressive: the men's cross country team is currently riding a streak of five straight conference titles; it finished 14th in the nation in 2001 and 15th in the nation at the NCAA championships in 2002, and won its first regional title ever in 2002. The team went 10-9 in the NCAA Division III tournament during the 1980s. Women's sports gained the opportunity to compete for conference championships for the first time, and owing to the NCAA's glaring lack of recognition of women's athletics that persisted through the decade, an organization called the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was formed in 1971 and began to conduct regional and national championships. Athletic Department Phone: 717-560-3098. Dan Reitmeyer '65 set the program record for most career rebounds of 1,219 that remains intact today. Dave Cressman '86 was one of the top players in the mid-80s, going 59-33 overall. GREENVILLE, Pa. - The Behrend baseball team defeated Thiel 20-2 in a non-conference single game on Thursday afternoon. 1994 team captain John Leaman '95 became Elizabethtown College's first Rhodes Scholar. Although the track & field teams would not compete at the varsity level until January 2000, Chris Straub was hired as the new men's and women's track & field and men's and women's cross country coach in the summer of 1998 to begin building the programs. Outstanding baseball players from the era included Will Nicolls '89, who hit .494 in 1987 and posted a .385 career average, Andy Barrick, who hit .504, drove in 62 runs and hit 13 home runs in 1988, Darrell Justh '89, who drove in 109 runs from 1986-89 and owns the program record for most career home runs with 16, and Brad Hassinger '90, who struck out 217 batters and won 21 games on the mound from 1987 to 1990. The 1980s proved to be very good to the men's tennis program as well, going 65-59 from 1980 to 1989 and posting a 10-3 record in 1981. 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. 39,827 / yr. Responsable dveloppement de nouveaux marchs et veille technologique salaries - 1 salaries reported. 1977-1978 Lobb also scored 96 runs and drove in 76 runs, both program career records. The women's basketball team also got its start in the 1928-29 academic year under the direction of head coach Harry Bower. Throughout the 1980s, Etown volleyball went 231-129. Key players in the early days of the Blue Jays' soccer dynasty included the likes of John Dean '53, George Heisey '55, Harvey Jacobs '55, John Ferich '56, Dick Stine '56, and Bob Wert '57, among others. Gonzalez, Owen The team repeated as MAC and Penn-Mar champion in 1978, going 13-3 and making its first AIAW tournament appearance. Schuyler, Braden The 1952 team began the now 52 season long streak of .500 or better seasons with a 6-2 finish. 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. In just three seasons, Ray Diener '65 struck out 264 batters to set a program career record that still stands today. That year, the men's swimming team went 6-6 for its best dual meet finish since 1972-73, and the women's swimming team posted an 11-2 dual record, its best ever to that point. From 1970-71, when Yvonne Kauffman took over as the team's head coach from Cathy Clemens, who led the team for one year in 1969-70, to 1978-79, the women's basketball team compiled a 99-50 record. Also competing until being dropped from the slate of varsity sports following the 1978 season was the golf team. 2015-2016: finished first in the 1000 free and second in the 500 free, third in the 200 free relay against Elizabethtown finished second in the 800 free and third in the 400 free at Salisbury finished in third in the 1000 free in the quad meet finished third in 1650 free against Messiah finished third in the 1000 free . 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. He led the Blue Jay wrestlers to a 54-14-1 record in dual meets between then and the 1968-69 season. Etown made it to the NCAA tournament every year from 1997 to 1999, and the team won its second MAC championship in 1998. While one could imagine that a mascot costume for a team with such a name would be far less bulky and easier on its wearer than most, Herr apparently never liked those monikers, and he eventually established the Blue Jay as the official mascot due to its possession of the school colors and its reputation as fighting, scrappy bird. It is one of the great ironies in the history of Elizabethtown College that the inception of a program which has brought such recognition and respect to the institution was resisted so successfully for so long. In 1965, the men's cross country team went 11-1, won its first-ever MAC title, and finished 26th in the nation out of 56 teams at the NCAA College Division national championship meet in Chicago, IL. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Coblentz, Matt Thompson Gymnasium was dedicated in 1970. The official 2022-23 Wrestling schedule for the Davis and Elkins College Senators. The fall of 1961 witnessed the play of possibly the greatest team ever assembled in college history. All but Sheib went on to become All-Americans in 1980. 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. One of the gyms in which the basketball teams played in the early years is today's Tempest Theater. 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. Throughout the period from 1970 to 1979, the field hockey team compiled a 86-35-16 record. Varsity softball began in the spring of 1979, and the team finished 4-4 in its first season, also under Snader. The baseball team earned a pair of NAIA District 30 championships in the span of three years from 1957 to 1959, going 14-6 in 1957 and 14-4 in 1959. Paris, le-de-France, France. Scranton took game one by a score of 9-6 and completed . 2011-2012 The women's swimming team went 36-14 in dual meets from 1969-70 to 1974-75, and the team's record of 9-4 in 1974-75 under coach Janet Harringer stood as the program's record-high win total until 1988-89. Bill Foster '54 finished his career with 1,148 points, and Bill Pensyl '60 totaled 1,372 points in his career. SCOTSMAN CLUB. Also, after a pair of home night losses, some began to believe that the lights simply were, to borrow a word frequently used by generations of Etown soccer players, "unlucky.". Athletic Department Fax: 717-735-1750. Records: Penn State Behrend (17-15), Thiel (11-24) Game One: * The win marks the second time this season the Lions have registered 20 or more runs. 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. From there, he advanced to the 1935 National Intercollegiate Tennis Tournaments, held at Northwestern University, and he made it to the third round. The women's lacrosse team, under head coach Aimee Seward, won the NCAA Division III national statistical title for most draw controls in 2003, also just the team's second season of existence. The Etown women's swimming team had its first winning season in 1966-67, going 3-2, and the men's swimming team posted its first winning record in 1967-68, going 7-3 and quickly becoming one of the best teams in the MAC by the end of the decade. The 1984 men's cross country team won seven dual meets, its highest win total since 1973. Jim Hepfer '90 became the men's basketball program's second All-American three years later, and he finished his career with 1,867 points. 2016-2017 Today, Elizabethtown remains the all-time win leader in Division III. Entering the 2002 season, the softball team, which was coming off the heels of an 11-19 season the previous year and had a new coaching staff with head coach Diane Lokey and assistant Kathy Staib, was picked to finish last in the conference pre-season coaches' poll. Eventually, Thompson Gym will be renovated, and a field house with much-needed indoor practice facilities and storage and office space will be added. 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. 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 1959 team did even better, finishing 9-1-2 overall and winning the College its first conference title, taking the Middle Atlantic Conference crown. The Elizabethtown athletic program expanded again near the close of the decade. Earl Brinser '69 became the first Etown All-American wrestler in 1968. Davis, Kolin While the men's basketball team continued to play throughout the war, it did so in seriously diminished capacity, going 9-8 immediately before the war in 1940-41 and going 2-14 the following season. 2019-2020 Coordination between Gucci stores to maintain stocks in order. . Jim Sarbaugh posted a career batting average of .402 between 1955 and 1958, setting a program record that remains intact to this day. Recap; Von Nieda led the team to 14-9 and 13-9 finishes in 1950-51 and 1951-52, respectively. phone: 717-477-1699 Seaber Raiders Academic Center for Student-Athletes Check out the RAC! Sports Information. By 1977-78, the team played 25 games in a season, a total comparable to what men's basketball teams had been playing for years. Elizabethtown field hockey players earned All-America honors six times throughout the decade. 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. Etown men's soccer players earned All-America honors eight times between 1960 and 1969. Support. Franklin & Marshall crowned co-champions in the 5,000 meter race as . 20232 mois. The 1997-98 wrestling team went 18-7 in dual matches and had three Blue Jays earn individual MAC titles. Barry Dohner '83 took over as the head coach of the women's soccer program in 1994, and by 1996 he had led the team to its first MAC championship and an 18-2-2 record. Yeingst, Eric Kim Hampson '94 scored 96 runs, tying the program record, drove in 74 runs, hit a record 16 triples, and stole a program record 52 bases while batting .333 from 1991 to 1994. Hyde finished her career with 63 goals, 30 assists and 156 points. Learn About Our Signature Learning Experiences, 717.361.1000 | One Alpha Drive | Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298 | Copyright 2023 Elizabethtown College. There is no additional information to display. The Colonels held a 22-13 lead with two matches remaining but the Blue Jays were able to win the final three bouts to overtake Wilkes. Junior Alexis Michon secured the 16th no-hitter in program history and freshman Debbie Hill hit for the cycle to lead the way for the Thunder. The men's and women's swimming teams made their debut in the 1964-65 season under the direction of John Tulley and Ruth Nearing, respectively. 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. Directions. That first year was a memorable one, as Greg Millen '88 finished second at the MAC championships and went on to compete at the NCAA Division III championships, where placed 25th in the nation. 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. In the past couple of seasons, three players: Bob Porambo '02, Brian Loftus '03 and Jon English '03, all became 1,000 career point-scorers. She has also been instrumental in the construction of a new championship-quality track, an artificial turf surface that accommodates lacrosse, field hockey, and intramurals, and the construction of new ballparks for softball and baseball. Gary Pritchard took over as the head baseball coach at Etown in 1997 and led the team through the 1999 season. 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. The Blue Jays had back-to-back 25 win seasons in 1986-87 and 1987-88, reached the NCAA tournament both years, and won the MAC championship again in the latter year. Donald Smith retired in 1988 with a 331-275 record as head coach of the men's basketball team in 26 seasons, and he was succeeded by Donald Marsh in the 1988-89 season. 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. Create a Job Alert for Similar Jobs. Attitudes at Elizabethtown gradually changed, and much of the impetus for this change came from the students themselves. Ending a 20-year string of losing seasons in 1972, the men's tennis team went 9-4 and ushered in a new golden era. Shippensburg University Athletics 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg PA 17257 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. 1974-1975 The baseball team continued its long run of success. Barb Shenk returned as the head coach in 1997 and led the team to a 18-15 finish that year. Leroy Heckman took over the team in 1966-67 and guided the team to a 14-8 record, and Robert Garrett became the head coach in 1967-68, taking the Blue Jays to a 12-10 record. Anne Sharpe '64 and Susan Kerchner '68 emerged as two of the team's top players during that period, with Sharpe scoring 24.0 points per game in 1962-63. 800 Linden St Scranton, PA 18510 . Under head coach Stacy Rucci in 2001, the team came one overtime goal shy of a conference championship, finishing as the runner-up with an 11-9 mark. 2010-2011 Matt Jones took over as the team's head coach in 2000 and led the Blue Jays to back-to-back Commonwealth titles and NCAA tournament appearances in 2000 and 2001. New York University. This site will be used as a way to communicate with the players and fans throughout the season. Discrimination or harassment of any kind is strictly forbidden. As the 1980s progressed, the softball team evolved from a new program to a regional power. Gettysburg, PA Bream Gym. It also won the Eastern AIAW regional tournament championship in 1978. Volleyball began as a varsity sport in the fall of 1978 under the direction of Jack Snader, who led the team to a 6-9 mark in 1979. He finished his career in 1977 with a 115-10-1 record. The 1980s have thus far proven to be the greatest of the women's basketball program's many heydays. Facilities. 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. Dave Parry '86 became Elizabethtown's only All-American in diving in 1986 for the men's swimming team. TCNJ Athletics Golf Outing. The men's track & field team won the 2003 MAC indoor championship in just its fourth year of varsity competition the least amount of time any program at Elizabethtown has taken to win a conference title since its inception. R. Herr Athletic Hall of Fame. Driscoll, Kurt Pam Drazkowski took over as the head coach in 1989. Also in 2003, Jason Patterson '06 became the program's first two-time All-American, as he earned the honor in both the indoor and outdoor triple jump. John Tulley guided the team for a season in Wright's stead in 1969 and led it to a 13-7 mark. In only its second season, the women's soccer team posted its first winning record, going 8-6-1 overall.

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