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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

Emerson baseball pitch perfect in Norwich sweep

December 31, 2012

The Lions routed the Norwich University Cadets in a 12-6 victory on March 28, blowing open in the late innings what was a tight pitcher's match early on. Emerson beat down the Cadets again in the nightcap...

Women#039;s lacrosse team drops Lasell in comeback

December 31, 2012

After giving up four unanswered goals to Lasell College and with about 20 minutes left in the game, the women's lacrosse team needed to collect themselves. The Lions called a timeout near the end of the...

Women#039;s lacrosse pummels first-year Anna Maria

December 31, 2012

The Emerson College women's lacrosse team is striving to finish off what they started last year."We are looking forward to the GNAC championship," said Co-Head Coach Gail Decker-Wittman. "We are going...

Emerson baseball prepared for spring training

December 31, 2012

After posting an embarrassing 1-28 season in 2004, the Lion's baseball team was reduced to club sport status in 2005, but when Emerson gave the team a second chance at varsity last season, the men posted...

Women#039;s basketball turns page on successful #039;08

December 31, 2012

After years of praying to simply make it to the GNAC playoffs, let alone to the finals, this season the women's basketball team proved that they are no pushovers, compiling a program best 21-9 record.The...

Women#039;s lax looks to take another step forward

December 31, 2012

Last year the Emerson women's lacrosse team finished first place in the GNAC during the regular season, but fell to second-seeded Norwich in the conference championship. Coming off the best season in...

Baseball improves over break

December 31, 2012

For the Emerson men's baseball team, spring break meant hardly that, as they spent their week off at the Russ Matt Invitational in Winter Haven, Fla. Now, with a week of games and a trip to Disney World...

Men#039;s lacrosse looks to rebound from tough 2008

December 31, 2012

The Emerson men's lacrosse team is confident it will turn itself around after an abysmal 2008 season in which they posted a 4-12 record and lost many of their players near the end of the season due to...

Saints break Lions#039; streak in sloppy GNAC final

December 31, 2012

The Emerson women's basketball team's hot streak came to an end on Feb. 28 when they lost in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship game by a margin of 51-40.At the teams' other meeting this...

Liebergott christens Brown-Plofker

December 31, 2012

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Lions look for secret to GNAC success in Florida

December 31, 2012

Redemption is in the air for the women's softball team after last season ended with tears and disappointment.The Lions lost their second game in the GNAC tournament, 6-5 to Pine Manor College and could...

Tennis team hopes to regain GNAC dominance

December 31, 2012

In the five years prior to last seasons, the historically successful Emerson men's tennis team never failed to make a drive to the GNAC tournament final. However, last year they suffered a misstep when...

Men#039;s basketball stunned by first round blowout

December 31, 2012

As the last few minutes ticked off the scoreboard, the Lions' bench was eerily silent. At this point in the game, the looming end result was hard to ignore. Players consoled each other, tears in their...

Lions overpower Suffolk in tournament opener

December 31, 2012

On Feb. 4, the Emerson women's basketball team defeated the Suffolk Rams by a single-point in overtime at Suffolk's home court, kicking off a string of five wins to end their regular season. Twenty days...

Men#039;s baseball hopes to repeat 2008 playoff run

December 31, 2012

Baseball is on its way back to Boston. Emerson's men's baseball team is ready to get back to the diamond and improve on last year's run to the playoffs."I'll be disappointed if we don't break the school...

Lady Lions do their part on Valentine#039;s Day

December 31, 2012

On Valentine's Day, amid all the cards, flowers, and candy boxes, Emerson's women's basketball players joined other female hoopsters across the country in donning pink and raising funds to fight breast...

Freshman captain leads volleyball team on court

December 31, 2012

During the men's volleyball team's first match last month, the team looked to an unlikely source for leadership in the clutch: freshman Steve Selnick. Despite his short collegiate career, the mix of talent...

Lions women streak toward basketball playoffs

December 31, 2012

bEmerson 80, St. Joseph's 56/bConfidence is in no short supply when the women's basketball team steps onto the court, but it wasn't always so for the Lions."It is nice to have this feeling," said center...

Lions dominant in rematch against Norwich

December 31, 2012

Earlier this season, the Emerson men's basketball team lost in an upset to the Norwich Cadets. On Feb. 7, they refused to let history repeat itself. Led by senior co-captain Anthony Remias and sophomore...

Alex Rodriguez#039;s doping admission rocks baseball

December 31, 2012

So Alex Rodriguez is an admitted user of performance-enhancing drugs.It's a dream come true for Boston Red Sox fans. Still seething about losing out to the New York Yankees in the bid for the three-time...