Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Sports

Leopards lick Lions

December 31, 2012

The first game in the history of Emerson's new gym was about to begin.,Emerson College President Jackie Liebergott was smiling ear to ear. She had just been presented with a ball signed by the entire...

Fresh kicks

December 31, 2012

The team was prepared to open its season at Clark University Sept. 3 but was forced to wait until Sept. 6 to begin play."[The first game] will most likely not be made up.,While wet weather cancelled its...

Down to the wire

December 31, 2012

The dog days of summer are over and the regular season is coming to an end. The season could not have ended soon enough for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs, who are dusting...

BEACON PICK OF THE PRIDE

December 31, 2012

As the coaches shout instructions and the players feverishly rotate and switch sides, senior co-captain Kelly Gloor is parked right in front of the net-home sweet home for a setter.,In the depths of Piano...

Lions are losers no more

December 31, 2012

Luckily for its players, it didn't take long for the team to get back on the right track.The Lions went on the road and made a statement that they are far from the team that won only three games last season,...

Athlete of the week

December 31, 2012

On the court, Dawkins is a fierce competitor who will do anything to win.,Will Dawkins is having a standout sophomore season on the men's basketball team, averaging 18.4 points and 4.7 assists per game....

With soccer season done, a time for healing

December 31, 2012

The team wrapped up the season with the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship Tournament on Oct.,Although numerous players spent time sidelined with injuries, the Emerson women's soccer...

Buy your tickets to the gunshow in the gym

December 31, 2012

While this typical image is often associated with the gym, the weight room is really not that frightening.,When thinking about weightlifting, sweat-drenched macho men may pop into mind. One can almost...

Winning streaks snapped

December 31, 2012

In a double-header match-up between the top predators of the GNAC, the first game found the Lions being hunted.,Both the Emerson and Western New England College (WNEC) softball squads saw their winning...

Common running in Boston

December 31, 2012

Granted, downtown Boston is not the most natural setting with the freshest air supply, but exercising outside can provide an interesting alternative to the gym.,Now that spring is in the air, why not get...

The high price of being great

December 31, 2012

Boston is a sports town and the Red Sox are the number one team, but a couple of things kept going through my head.,I was listening to WEEI sports talk radio after Boston's 3-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners...

Sox to beat teams this year

December 31, 2012

These are the words of character Tyler Durden in the book and movie Fight Club. In that story, there exists an underground venue for men who want to fight.,"The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not...

Baseball has 99 problems but a pitch ain#039;t one

December 31, 2012

Junior baseball co-captain Lucas Einstein and his teammates could have given up after a forgettable year as a 1-28 squad. It lost varsity status and has been a club level sport for two years until recently...

Injury bug attacks Lax

December 31, 2012

The Duke University men's lacrosse scandal took another turn earlier this week when two players were indicted on charges they sexually assaulted an exotic dancer at a team party. On the home front, the...

Lions purr-fect in conference

December 31, 2012

In the process, the team outscored its GNAC counterparts 66-9 over the four games.,Last week, the Lions' softball team dismantled Southern Vermont College and Johnson and Wales University to jump out to...

Lions conquer Mountaineers

December 31, 2012

Unforgiving temperatures, a 15-mile-per-hour wind and fans bundled in winter garb are hardly reminiscent of spring softball, yet the Lions were subject to these elements in their Great Northeast Athletic...

Lions edge WIT

December 31, 2012

Looking at last Thursday night's final match score of 5-4, one might figure Emerson men's tennis barely pulled out a win. But whether or not Emerson would defeat Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT)...

Size doesn#039;t matter

December 31, 2012

Some of the players did not have all their paperwork cleared for eligibility to compete in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) match.,Emerson's women's lacrosse team used a short-handed lineup...

Skill goes up as numbers fall

December 31, 2012

Last season, most of the team had not laced-up pads in their lives. It was the first year for many of the current players on the roster. The team's 1-7 record reflected that.,The Emerson women's lacrosse...