Barons
Fall season recap: Barons finish strong
MAGGIE PAWSEY ASSISTANT EDITOR Men’s Cross Country Baron runners took the top three individual finishes in the AMCC Championship Nov. 2, and the team took the number one spot overall to win the championship for the second year in a row. At the NCAA III Mid-East Regional meet Nov. 16, the Barons placed 13th overall, with junior […]
Track team sees all-around success at Capital Invitational
SYDNEY LORENTZ STAFF WRITER The Franciscan University of Steubenville track and field team was back in action at the Jessica Starks Invitational held at Capital University on Jan. 26. Both the men’s and women’s teams hit the ground running in their first meet of the semester, with record-setting events. On the women’s side, freshman Brigid […]
Talk for student athletes reveals value of integrity
TERESA GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER Students from Franciscan University of Steubenville were challenged to live with integrity at a presentation given Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Finnegan Fieldhouse aerobics room at 7 p.m. Guest speaker Alex Demczak, a University of Missouri alumnus who was a quarterback for the university’s football team, spoke to those gathered about […]
Franciscan rugby leaves Grove City scoreless on rainy Saturday
DREW DOUGHERTY STAFF WRITER The Franciscan University of Steubenville rugby team is starting off strong with their second win of the season, despite unfortunate weather conditions. In their first conference game, the Barons stifled the Grove City Wolverines on Saturday, Sept. 1 as they played through yet another rainy match, ending 43-0. Both teams consistently […]
Late-game deficit too much for Barons in loss
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR The Franciscan men’s basketball team couldn’t complete the comeback late against visiting Penn State-Behrend, falling 61-49 to its conference opponent in a 2 p.m. Saturday Finnegan Fieldhouse matchup. The Barons led for the vast majority of the first half, bolstered by solid interior defense, forcing Behrend into long-range threes from well […]
Barons start strong, finish slow against La Roche
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR A close game in the first half became an increasingly formidable second half deficit, one too much for the Franciscan University men’s basketball team to overcome in its 78-49 loss to conference opponent La Roche College on Wednesday evening. Game play commenced just after 6 p.m., when the La Roche Redhawks jumped […]
Athlete Spotlight: The middle of a team is the place to be
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR Nothing against the defense and forwards on the Franciscan University men’s soccer team, but midfielder Mark Fioramonti is simply satisfied with where he’s been assigned: right in the middle. The two-year Baron midfielder has only played center midfield since he first fell in love with soccer at age 10, and he’s […]
Men’s Cross Country ends season making program history
MARK BOREK SPORTS WRITER Last Saturday, the men’s cross country team travelled to Newvillle, Pennsylvania, for the NCAA DIII Cross Country Mid-East Regional Championship. In a field of over 50 teams, the Barons proved they belonged with a 14th place finish, their highest in program history. With temperatures hovering around freezing and a course littered […]
Ruggers claim second-straight 3RRC title
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR The Franciscan University rugby squad closed the door on any potential upsets, defeating Robert Morris by a dominant 42-5 victory on Saturday for its second-straight 3RRC title. The Barons waited a short four minutes before taking a lead they would never relinquish. Junior prop Matthew Hostutler began the Barons’ conquest for […]
Men’s soccer defeats Altoona 4-0 for first time since 2009
LIAM GALLIGAN SPORTS WRITER On Wednesday afternoon, the Baron men’s soccer team welcomed a conference rival, the Penn-State Altoona Lions, to the Upper Memorial Field. Franciscan was looking to record a win against the Lions for the first time since 2009. The last time the Baron men had won a match against the Lions, now […]