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Sports

Men’s basketball stung by voluntary exodus

Mens basketball stung by voluntary exodus
November 7, 2013

Junior two-sport athlete Patrick Lowndes has been one of Emerson’s most noticeable players the past few years as a top contributor to two of the school’s highest-profile teams — the...

Emerson sports roundup: Oct. 30-Nov.6

November 7, 2013

MEN’S SOCCER Record: 7-10, 0-7 NEWMAC Nov. 2: Babson 6, Emerson 0 Player of the Match: Adam Halliday In the team’s last match of the season, sophomore forward Adam Halliday earned three...

Looking back at the fall sports season

Looking back at the fall sports season
November 7, 2013

Women's Volleyball Player of the Year: Alyssa Thorne, senior, outside hitter Season in review: Thorne led Emerson in kills with 258 over the course of the 2013 season, reaching double digits 14 times,...

Emerson sports roundup: Oct. 24-30

October 31, 2013

MEN’S SOCCER Record: 7-9, 0-6 NEWMAC Oct 26: Clark 4, Emerson 0 Player of the Match: Patrick Kudej  Freshman midfielder Patrick Kudej led the Lions with three shots in their road loss to...

Cross-country: NEWMAC Championship meet preview

Cross-country: NEWMAC Championship meet preview
October 31, 2013

The Emerson men’s and women’s cross-country teams will face their toughest competition of the year on Sunday, Nov. 3 as the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Championships...

DeStefano joins athletic department staff

October 31, 2013

The Emerson athletic department announced the addition of former two-sport star Lindsay DeStefano on Oct. 15 to its staff. The college’s newest athletic administrator will perform a jack-of-all-trades...

Righini ends winless stretch for women’s soccer

Righini ends winless stretch for womens soccer
October 31, 2013

Sophomore midfielder Tayllar Righini leads the Emerson women’s soccer team in goals this season, and no goal was more important than her most recent one. Emerson had gone winless in six matches...

Lions King: Bowers ain’t no passing craze

Lions King: Bowers aint no passing craze
October 24, 2013

On game days, while most of his teammates are listening to pump-up music, Carter Bowers can be found listening to the Disney station on Pandora radio. “I play better when I listen to that,”...

Emerson sports roundup: Oct. 17-23

Emerson sports roundup: Oct. 17-23
October 24, 2013

MEN’S SOCCER Record: 6-8, 0-5 NEWMAC   Oct. 19: Wheaton 4, Emerson 3 Player of the Match: Adam Halliday  Sophomore forward Adam Halliday notched two goals for the Lions in their loss...

Midnight Madness returns after one-year hiatus

Midnight Madness returns after one-year hiatus
October 17, 2013

As Columbus Day came to a close, Midnight Madness returned to Emerson College, kicking off the 2013-14 men’s and women’s basketball seasons.  Midnight Madness events are common to open...

Women’s volleyball win’s five-set thriller

Womens volleyball wins five-set thriller
October 17, 2013

It was a fitting conclusion to what had been a rollercoaster night for the Emerson women’s volleyball team. Sophomore outside hitter Giuli Frendak stepped up to serve with the Lions ahead, 14-13,...

WPI engineers late goals to oust visiting Lions

October 10, 2013

WORCESTER – After securing the program’s first ever New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference win two Saturdays ago, the Emerson women’s soccer team was in the mix...

Emerson sports roundup: Oct. 3-9

Emerson sports roundup: Oct. 3-9
October 10, 2013

Welcome to the first installment of the Emerson sports roundup, a weekly feature recapping every game from the previous week. Men’s soccer Record: 6-6, 0-3 NEWMAC   Oct 7: Emerson: 3,...

Men’s soccer takes step forward vs. WPI

Mens soccer takes step forward vs. WPI
October 10, 2013

WORCESTER – Emerson’s men’s soccer team lost by large margins in its first two New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference matches, but the Lions took a step forward...

Women’s tennis still shrouded in secrecy

Womens tennis still shrouded in secrecy
October 10, 2013

There has been no announcement from the Emerson College Athletic Department regarding a recent major hire.  There were no press releases or emails and the athletic department’s official website...

Women’s volleyball falls to Wheaton in five sets

Womens volleyball falls to Wheaton in five sets
October 10, 2013

Emerson’s women’s volleyball team played Wheaton College for the first time as a member of the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference and hosted the Lyons for the first...

Dokus emerges as Lions’ frontrunner

Dokus emerges as Lions frontrunner
October 3, 2013

Running too fast may not seem like an obstacle for a cross-country athlete, but for junior Ali Dokus, this problem has already cost her a victory this season. Dokus took an early lead at Emerson’s...

Women’s soccer pockets first NEWMAC victory

Womens soccer pockets first NEWMAC victory
October 3, 2013

Emerson College left back Riana Odin was fouled 10 yards to the right of the 18-yard box early on in the Lions’ match against Mount Holyoke Saturday afternoon at Rotch Field, earning Emerson the...

Thorne leads Lions in loss versus Springfield

Thorne leads Lions in loss versus Springfield
October 3, 2013

Springfield College went to the NCAA Division 3 Tournament last year and was ranked number one in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference preseason coaches’ poll, so Saturday,...

With a Lion’s heart, Keeling sought challenges

With a Lions heart, Keeling sought challenges
September 26, 2013

His laundry list of accomplishments mark former Emerson Athletic Director Rudy Keeling as a pivotal figure in changing Emerson sports from an arts school afterthought to a rising Division 3 program, but...