Allegra Hess took the reins of the program in 1962 and led it to another 5-2 finish, and she guided the team throughout the 1960s. Ober also took over the men's cross country program in 1964 and led it to an 8-4 finish that year. This, of course, means that there are now also Blue Jay lacrosse teams to play on the aforementioned field. All but Sheib went on to become All-Americans in 1980. Disability Grievance; Non-Discrimination Policy; Title IX; Moravian University is committed to making its website accessible to all users. As the 1980s began, the women's tennis team saw its first player earn All-America status when Beckie Donecker received the honor in 1980. 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. How It Happened. It is the most wins for the program since the 2013-14 season and their 12th Landmark win marks a program best . 1200 Main Street.Bethlehem, PA 18018 PH: (610) 861-1534 . Forty-four . 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. 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. Men's Basketball Assistant Coach. He led the men's soccer team to a 79-15-3 record from 1961-67, and the team rattled off a school-record six straight MAC titles from 1962 to 1967. The Elizabethtown athletic program expanded again near the close of the decade. From the 1949-50 season to the 1958-59 campaign, the women's basketball program posted a 61-49-2 record. The women's basketball team also got its start in the 1928-29 academic year under the direction of head coach Harry Bower. Schedule. View the 22-23 Elizabethtown varsity basketball team schedule. From there, he advanced to the 1935 National Intercollegiate Tennis Tournaments, held at Northwestern University, and he made it to the third round. The wrestling team set another program record in 1979-80 as four wrestlers became MAC individual champions. For the fourth year in a row, the women's basketball team had competed in a national championship game. 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. 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. Falcons Struggle from Beyond the Arc, Drop Conference Tilt Even with Strong Second Half. 20 in WBCA Div. The volleyball team entered the 1990s by going 25-17 in the first year. Varsity softball began in the spring of 1979, and the team finished 4-4 in its first season, also under Snader. Damian Burnside '85 set program records for most steals in a career (235) and most assists in a career (521) that remain intact today. The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball schedule for the King's College Monarchs . In 1995-96 and 1996-97, the team moved up to second in the MAC championship standings. Gary Pritchard took over as the head baseball coach at Etown in 1997 and led the team through the 1999 season. Bryan Zeamer finished the season with a 40-7 record, while Justin Barbush completed the season with a 41-3 mark. That year witnessed a two pronged assault on the Etown record for most wins in a season, which stood at 40 since 1989. The official 2022-23 Basketball (Men) schedule for the Cabrini University Cavaliers. Chris Cook. The 1996 team finished seventh at the MAC championship, its highest finish since 1972. The wrestling team began the decade by completing the 1989-90 season with a 21-5 overall record, the most wins in dual matches in a single season in the history of the program. The men's swimming team began the 1970s as possibly the College's most dominant program, going 11-1 and winning the MAC Championship in 1969-70. The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster for the Alvernia University Golden Wolves The team also made the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time that year. Owen Wright led the baseball team to its first MAC title in 1964 as it went 13-5. The 1959 men's soccer team also finished as the NAIA national runner-up, marking the first time an Etown sports team advanced to a national championship contest. 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. The field hockey program had an equally astonishing run of success in the 1980s. Etown athletes were named All-Americans four times in the 1970s, with James O'Donnell earning the honor twice in 1975 and 1977. III Coaches Top 25 (1/17) The wrestling program was added in 1954 under the direction of Robert Byerly, and Richard Hershey took over in 1957-58. Kara Metzger '96 ran up a 79-14 record, the highest win total in program history , from the spring of 1993 to the fall of 1995, and Michelle Artz '94 posted a 70-17 overall record from the spring of 1991 to the fall of 1993. (); : . The team went 27-16 in 1995 and 24-11 in 1996. L, 75-69. Frank Keath '49 became the first 1,000 career point-scorer in College history, leading the nation in scoring at one point and finishing his career with 1,873 career points, a record that would remain intact until 1987. Choose A Season: Schedule/Results . 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. In 1994, the baseball team went 33-11 and made it to the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row. The decade also saw the passing of a very significant torch. The women's basketball team played an 11 game schedule in 1970-71. The team went 27-3, captured its second MAC title, and finished as the AIAW national runner-up in 1980-81. In all, the field hockey program went 36-20-8 during its first eight seasons of existence in the 1950s. Cross country was reinstated as a varsity sport that same fall. 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. DIII women's basketball: 2023 selection show. 24 in D3Hoops.com Top 25 (1/30), Landmark Conference Women's Basketball Championship, NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship. By the 1920s, a thriving culture of highly competitive intramural competition had developed on campus, much to the chagrin of some and much to the delight of others. (); : The 1955-56 team set a new program record for wins, going 18-6 overall, and the team went 15-7 in 1956-57. He finally got some help in 1949, when J.H. As a result, fewer races were contested, and by the end of the decade, the focus of the cross country season had shifted to the very end, at the conference and regional championship meets, with only one or two dual meets being held each year. B. 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. The 1974 team went 11-1 to set a new program victory record, and the Blue Jays posted a 9-1 record in 1975. Recent alumnae like Brooke Knepper '01, Lindsay Texter '01, and Sarah Bradley '02 posted some of the top times in Etown history in their events. Jennifer Lynn '96 became Etown's second All-MAC runner in 1993, and Mindy Enterline '96 became the fourth in 1994. Liz Bishard '98 set program records for most kills in a career with 1,295 and most digs in a career with 1,440. vs. Brooklyn College. Ranked No. Linda Eshleman '63 became the field hockey program's first All-American in 1962. In 1993, Etown won the MAC championship, went 26-7 overall and made its fourth trip to the NCAA tournament. The Captain men held off Farmingdale State with a late shot from Trey Barber, while the CNU women cruised to an 89-52 win over Brooklyn College. : Also in 2001, Scott became Etown's first men's cross country All-American ever. Elizabethtown Blue Jays Schedule 2022-23 . 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. At the start of the decade, the field hockey team was usually playing only 10 or 11 games in a season, but by the end of the 1970s, the average total of games in a season was 16. Elizabethtown took its second stab at competing in men's track & field in 1975 with the launch of a new program. 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. 54. Members of Plain communities may register at the student rate. 19. Washington College 14 Elizabethtown 11. Both will play tomorrow in the second round. From 1990-91 to 1998-99, the women's basketball team compiled a 173-78 record. Box Score; Recap; Swarthmore, PA. L, 65-84. 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. Title. at Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, Pa. L 44-86 . Several women's teams from NJ are in the tournament, including Rowan and Stevens, and other teams, including NYU, feature players who hail from NJ. The 2000-01 team went 20-6 and finished as the Commonwealth Conference runner-up. 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. Al Hershey '64, a two-time All-American in men's soccer at Etown in the early sixties, came back to coach the team in 1968 and led it to an 11-2 record, and Wright came back in 1969 and guided the team to a 10-2-3 mark. In 1987, the team won its first MAC championship and went 25-3. According to. In Reuter's final season, 1985, the team went 13-11. View the 22-23 Elizabethtown varsity basketball team schedule. 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. ); : 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 1960s opened with a bang for Elizabethtown athletics, as the men's soccer team captured the first national championship in College history in the fall of 1960. OVERALL 14-5 0.74 Win % DISTRICT 5-1 1stDistrict 17. The team improved to second in the MAC in 1993-94 while going 9-4 in dual meets, and the 1994-95 men's swimming team won its first MAC title since 1969-70 while compiling a 9-5 record. 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. After having three wrestlers earn All-America honors in 1980, the next Etown wrestler to accomplish the feat was Tim Gerber in 1989. Ranked No. Geri Bradley '81 scored 682 points in the 1977-78 season. The Blue Jays returned to the AIAW tournament in 1979 with a 9-5-1 record. Ranked No. The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball schedule for the Messiah University Falcons . 2/18/23 | Women's Basketball. By the time Ira Herr took over the program once again in 1958, Etown soccer was a force to be reckoned with. The 1947-48 women's basketball team went 12-2-1, setting a program record for wins that would not be broken until 1977-78. 2/19/23 | Women's Basketball. III Coaches Top 25 (1/3) The 54 base hits by shortstop Emily Morris '04 in 2002 set a new Etown single-season record as well. Under her leadership, in NCAA circles the name of Elizabethtown College has become synonymous with success. The 2002-03 team finished 18-9, won the Commonwealth championship and reached the NCAA tournament for the second straight year, both of which were previously unaccomplished feats in the history of the men's basketball program. An interesting side note from the mid-1950s is that it witnessed the men's soccer team's first experiment with hosting a night game under the lights. Earl Brinser '69 became the first Etown All-American wrestler in 1968. Froujke Taconis became the first Etown women's tennis player to win the MAC individual singles championship in 1995. The volleyball program outgrew its infancy in the early 1980s and became one of the top teams in the region for the rest of the decade. 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. 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. 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 team also played in the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament in 1975 and 1976. Elizabethtown High School Basketball; Basketball Schedule; Elizabethtown Basketball Schedule. Etown men's soccer players were named All-Americans eight times throughout the decade. The team remained in the race for a post-season bid until the very last day of the season, and the team, which has quickly established a reputation for its stifling defense, achieved a rare shutout in 2003. Fresh off a career-high 34-point performance on Saturday, senior forward Howard McBurnie, Jr. posted another big game, finishing with 27 points to . Jon Mack. The women's swimming team repeated as MAC champion in 1998-99, and it went 15-2 in its dual meet season, its best record ever. 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. At Elizabethtown, unlike many other institutions, intercollegiate athletics was not simply assumed to be an essential part of the life of a college. Top competitors for Etown in the 1970s included sprinter Jim Yeingst '80, mid-distance runners Tim Moyer and Wade Pratt '80, distance runner Bob Berlin, hurdler Don Tyrie '80, jumpers Gary Fowler and Rob Wardius '76, throwers John Luzik '77 and Scott Sweitzer, and pole vaulter Tim Seager '81. The official Men's Basketball page for the Drew University Rangers He was one of only 13 NCAA wrestling coaches to register 300 dual match victories. 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. His 11 wins in 1995 remains a program record, as does his 11 complete games that season. 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 2002, Bill Miller '02 finished as the MAC individual runner-up in singles competition, and in 2000, Scott Czerwonka '00 and Tom Height finished as the MAC individual runner-up team in doubles. John Gergic took over as the head coach in 1988 and led the team to a breakthrough 31-7 season where the Blue Jays captured the MAC title and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the second time. 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. 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. MADISON, N.J. - The Drew University men's basketball team built a nine-point halftime lead, then held off a second-half comeback as the Rangers defeated Elizabethtown College 82-71 in a Landmark Conference affair Wednesday evening in Baldwin Gym. In just three seasons, Ray Diener '65 struck out 264 batters to set a program career record that still stands today. Students soldiered on independently as well, most famously forming an unofficial Elizabethtown College football team in the fall of 1928, playing a full slate of intercollegiate games, losing all of them, and quickly folding due to lack of official recognition and financial support. . . No. Eventually, Thompson Gym will be renovated, and a field house with much-needed indoor practice facilities and storage and office space will be added. Since 2000, the men's tennis team has posted a 37-21 overall record. Philadelphia, PA Girard College. The next intercollegiate varsity sport to be added was baseball in the spring of 1930. Throughout the 1970s, the men's tennis team compiled a 72-32-2 record. Learn About Our Signature Learning Experiences, 717.361.1000 | One Alpha Drive | Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298 | Copyright 2023 Elizabethtown College. 15. (17-11) 31. NCAA Announcement; HOBOKEN, N.J. (February 27, 2023) - For the second time in program history, the Stevens Institute of Technology women's basketball team earned a Pool 'C at-large berth to the NCAA Division III National Championship, the NCAA announced Monday in its selection show. The men's and women's swimming teams have seen quite a bit of success as well, most notably as Casey Moore '04 became the men's program's latest All-American at the conclusion of the 2000-01 season. 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 . February 21, 2023 Men's Basketball. The spring of 1961 was also the first season of existence for the women's tennis program, which got off to a 5-2 start in its first season under Julia Risser. 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. In the fall of 1980, the field hockey team advanced all the way to the AIAW Final Four, and the men's soccer team reached the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in two years and began a run of 17 straight seasons of NCAA playoff competition. Field hockey was added in 1952 under Evelyn Heath, and the team had its first winning season in 1955 under the direction of Julia Risser, beginning a streak of ten seasons with winning records. 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. 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. Choose A Season: Schedule/Results . The team went 10-9 in the NCAA Division III tournament during the 1980s. 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. Dave Berdan '04 became Etown's first MAC individual cross country champion in 2001, and Dustin Scott '03 duplicated the feat in 2002. In 1998, MAC individual singles champion Wieger Moen went 29-1 overall and was 20-0 in singles competition. 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. Pennington basketball continues to add to the longstanding tradition of highly competitive basketball teams that have donned the black and red on the courts. Jon Flood '98 coached the team in 2000 and 2001 and led it to a combined 15-8 record in those two years. When it comes to track and field at Elizabethtown, the old saying, "the third time's a charm" has certainly proven true. Following the season, Warner Cheeks '61 and Carroll Hershey '61 became the first Elizabethtown athletes to be honored as All-Americans. The golf team has gradually improved its positioning in the MAC championship in recent years, most recently finishing fourth in 2003. 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. Miami Game Notes. Hess also took over the women's basketball program in 1961-62 and led it to a 60-35 record through the 1968-69 season. The team won MAC championships in 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1999, and it finished as the MAC runner-up in 1995 and 1997. Live Scoreboard . 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. Some outstanding players came through the Etown program during those years, including Steve Swope '87, who broke the program record for most points in a career that had stood since 1949, and he concluded his career with 1,926 points. 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. Elizabethtown quickly moved to the forefront of the new competitive opportunities offered in women's athletics. 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. Box Score; Recap; Chester, PA. L . Hunter Gerber. From 1990 to 1997, the Blue Jay women's cross country program compiled a dual meet record of 55-28. Joe Shull '93 finished third at the 1992 MAC championship. Unfortunately, despite the success, some socially backward attitudes prevailed at Elizabethtown. Ted Roscher took over the team from Donald Smith in 1964-65, and he led the team to a 19-3 mark. The basketball program has won seven Prep B state championships. Dan Reitmeyer '65 set the program record for most career rebounds of 1,219 that remains intact today. Warren L. Hayman and Rusty Owens succeeded him as head coaches for successive two-year stints, and Mike Guinivan took over as head swimming coach in 1988-89. 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. Barb Shenk took the reins of the team in 1986 and led it to an 18-6 finish with another MAC playoff appearance. Originally, Etown teams were referred to alternately as both the Gray Ghosts and the Phantoms. Skip to navigation for this area of our website, Skip to utility navigation for things like apply and social media accounts. The official 2022-23 Basketball (Men) schedule for the Cabrini University Cavaliers . The original ten inductees were A. Warren Angstadt '30 for men's basketball and men's tennis; Guy Buch '45 for men's basketball and men's soccer; Joel Chase '67 for men's soccer; Warner Cheeks '61 for men's soccer and men's basketball; Ray Diener '65 for baseball, men's soccer and men's basketball; William Foster '54 for men's basketball and men's soccer, Alvin Hershey '64 for men's soccer and baseball; Linda Eshleman '63 for field hockey and women's tennis; Frank Keath '49 for men's basketball and men's soccer; and Sal Paone '57 for men's basketball. vs. Elizabethtown College. The official 2021-22 Men's Basketball schedule for the King's College Monarchs .