Lady Barons volleyball wins in comeback against Waynesburg
Photo by Elizabeth Wagner Teresa Dulac Sports Editor The Franciscan University of Steubenville women’s volleyball team came back from two lost matches to win the next three against the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets Friday, March 5, at 6 p.m. The game started with the Lady Barons dropping the first set 20-25, but they got their heads […]
The last game: A word to seniors
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor I remember my last sports game of high school. I was playing volleyball at the time, and my team was in the silver medal championship game of the National Homeschool Volleyball Tournament. I remember feeling nostalgic the whole game, thinking about how it was the last time I was going to […]
Athlete Spotlight: Mercedes Murray
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor Being goalkeeper for a soccer team can be rough, as soccer balls are constantly flying at your face. But broken noses and concussions didn’t keep one goalkeeper from playing the sport she loves. Junior marketing major Mercedes Murray is from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and is the sixth child of eight. Murray, […]
Grad Student Spotlight: From the Air Force to Franciscan
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor Franciscan University attracts students of all kinds, and it’s worth taking a closer look at some of the faces and names that walk campus. Franciscan’s graduate program holds students of all ages, interests and backgrounds, yet they’re not as well-known as the typical undergraduate. Second-year graduate student Reba Good, 36, came […]
Finding the sport you love
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor Most athletes don’t just play one sport in their lives. If you’re an athlete, you’ve most likely played more than one sport. From middle school to college, interests change constantly, and this includes sports. The sport you started out with would have gotten you interested in the world of games, teams […]
No time to reLAX: Maria Yanke
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor Being a nursing senior, married and a lacrosse captain isn’t for everybody. But one student athlete loves every minute of it. Senior nursing major Maria Yanke came to Franciscan University of Steubenville from Danville, Pennsylvania, which she said is “kind of the middle of nowhere.” Yanke is the second oldest of […]
Applause for our new student athletes
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor Students who come to play sports in college love their sport. In high school, most athletes come to love or are introduced to their sport, but by college, athletes are dedicated to continue playing that sport. Freshman who went to college in these years of COVID-19 have had to deal with […]
From zero to 100: sports next spring
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor COVID-19 took over the semester of Fall 2020. Many changes were made to campus life, the biggest change being the absence of competition in sports. As the semester winds down and a new one is about to begin, students can look forward to the return of sports this coming spring semester. […]
Sports Column: Get hype
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor The fall 2020 semester is almost over, people. We did it, mask mandates and all. We were deprived of sports competitions this fall, smelling the sweat-stained athletes as they walked through the J.C. Williams Center, and going crazy in the student section at basketball games. But listen, don’t fall asleep yet. […]
60 years of intramurals
Teresa Dulac Sports Editor Varsity athletics have only been at Franciscan University of Steubenville since 2001, but that’s not where on-campus sports started. Franciscan Intramurals have kept competition strong on campus since 1960. Intramurals celebrated its 60th anniversary last weekend on Oct. 31. Kelly Herrmann, intramural and club sport coordinator, has been an advocate for […]