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April 3, 201212:08 am

Women’s Rugby Having a Good Season

SMCM Women’s Rugby Player is tackled by a member of the opposing team while trying to score. (Photo by Justin Foreman)

By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer

The St. Mary’s women’s rugby team, coached by Dustin Allan, has been doing well this semester. They have won and lost games, and they practice in all weather, rain or shine. Their captains, seniors Diana Roman and Sarah Brown, are graduating, and there is a lot of hope  being held out for the team’s current [...]

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April 3, 201212:07 am

Baseball Coach Reaches 300 Career Wins for Second Time in Baseball

Baseball Coach Lew Jenkins recently reached 300 career wins with the Baseball team. Jenkins has been with the team for 19 seasons. (Photo by Kristin Seymour)

By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor

Entering his nineteenth season with St. Mary’s Baseball and eighteenth as head coach, Lew Jenkins, #25, reached his 300th collegiate baseball win in the College’s first of two games against Albertus Magnus College on March 13, marking the second time Jenkins has achieved 300 wins (the first being at the high school level at Surrattsville [...]

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March 21, 201210:17 pm

Season Recap: SMCM Men’s Lacrosse

Matt Tarrant ‘15 is shown playing for the St. Mary’s Men’s Lacrosse Team. The team has had a mix of wins and losses throughout the season. (Photo by Kristin Seymour)

By Evan Kelley, Sports Editor

Men’s lacrosse started the season with three losses and two wins. In their first game, the team played against Roanoke College. Team member Patrick Mull ‘13 commented on the fist game, saying, “First up was Roanoke, and we played well considering the weather conditions we were playing in.  We were literally playing in the middle [...]

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May 1, 201212:04 am

Equestrian’s Knott to go to Nationals

By Amanda Zelaya, Former Editor-in-Chief

Senior member of the St. Mary’s Equestrian Team, Mallory Knott, will be competing in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Competition on May 3 to 6. Knott is only the second rider in the history of the team to compete at the National competition. “I am very excited to be going to Nationals to [...]

May 1, 201212:03 am

Soccer Coach Alumnus Leaves After Sixth Season

By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor

After six years as both the St. Mary’s women’s head soccer coach and the Athletic Department’s Senior Woman Administrator, Brianne Weaver, ’00, will step down and pursue a head coaching position at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. During her time as head coach, Weaver led the team to three Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Championship Finals [...]

April 17, 201212:04 am

St. Mary’s Crew Team Begins Its Spring Season

By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor

For St. Mary’s Crew, just beginning its spring season with three competitions since February, there is much love and dedication to the team among novice, senior, and in-the-middle rowers. “The team has definitely evolved since I was a first-year novice,” said senior and club president Andy VanDeusen. “We’ve been gaining boats, coaches, and many new [...]

April 17, 201212:03 am

Fencers Fight for Fleche and Blood

By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor

On the morning of Sunday, April 15, the St. Mary’s Fencing Club hosted the annual spring Fleche and Blood Tournament at the Michael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recreation Center. Along with students from the St. Mary’s Club, fencers from Goucher College, St. John’s College, and Temple University visited to compete in the tournament. The students [...]

March 21, 201210:01 pm

Baseball: Promising at Mid-Season

By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief

Members of the St. Mary’s baseball team congratulated Head Coach Lew Jenkins on his 300th career win. (Photo Courtesy of St. Mary's Athletic Website)

With the regular season about halfway over, the St. Mary’s baseball team has had a solid first half and is gearing up for an equally successful second half. With a current record of 12 wins and six losses,  and a 5-4 conference record, the Seahawks are pleased with how their season has progressed. Captain and [...]

March 21, 201210:00 pm

Seahawks Spring Break Sports Recap 2012

By Evan Kelley, Sports Editor

Over spring break, March 10-18, baseball, men’s tennis, and men and women’s lacrosse all played games while other students went home or on vacation for their breaks. Baseball started spring break’s string of games on the tenth with a game against York College of Pennsylvania. Seahawks won the first game 15-3,  but lost the second [...]

February 28, 201212:28 am

Men’s and Women’s Swimming Place 2nd In CAC Championships

By Evan Kelley, Sports Editor

Joanna Purich ‘13 swam in the CAC Championships. SMCM came in second behind Mary Washington. (Photo by Kevin Baier)

From Feb. 17 to 19, men’s and women’s swimming competed in the Capital Athletic Conference Championships. Both teams won second place. Team member Claire Huckenpohler ’14 described the format of the events as follows: “It started on Friday and it went to Sunday. Each morning there was a preliminary competition to see who can come [...]

February 28, 201212:05 am

Pink Out With Women’s Basketball at the ARC

By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor

Women’s Basketball hosted a “Play 4 Kay” at the MPOARC. (Photo by Casey Dong)

On Saturday, Feb. 18, on top of an 85-60 win over Frostburg State University, the St. Mary’s women’s basketball team hosted a “Play 4 Kay” event at the Michael P. O’Brien Athletic and Recreation Center (MPOARC) to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer fund. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is a women’s cancer fund that raises [...]

February 28, 201212:04 am

Senior Day for Men’s Basketball: Win 95-81

By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer

Senior Mike Fitzpatrick shoots a free-throw in the CAC Playoffs. (Photo by Morgan Young)

On Saturday, Feb. 18, the St. Mary’s men’s basketball team played against Frostburg State in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), winning 95-81. Starting lineup for St. Mary’s consisted of sophomore Christian MacAuley, junior Devin Spencer, junior Chris Hutchinson, Mike Fitzpatrick (the only senior in the lineup), and sophomore Brendan McFall. From the beginning of the [...]

February 14, 20121:03 am

Season Preview: Men And Women’s Tennis

By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor

Coming off a 2-2 fall session, the women’s tennis team starts up their spring season on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Bowie State University. Beating the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and Chowan Universtiy, but falling to Catholic University and Susquehanna University in the fall, the women Seahawks are preparing to begin play again in [...]