tennis
Barons Tennis Blow Past Tornadoes
By Grace Murphy Web Editor On April 24, the Franciscan men’s tennis team defeated the Geneva College Tornados at a home game at the Belleview courts. Freshmen Benjamin and Samuel Sabol started off the day, playing as the number two doubles team. They defeated their Geneva College counterparts, 8-4. The Sabols were followed by the […]
Baron tennis triumphs over Thiel
By Grace Murphy Web Editor The Franciscan men’s tennis team defeated Thiel College 9-0 in a match at Belleview Courts this past Sunday. Junior James Scanlon and sophomore Travis Mistry played as the number one doubles team for the Barons. Scanlon and Mistry handedly took down their opponent 8-2. Freshmen Benjamin Sabol and Samuel Sabol […]
Athlete Spotlight: Joseph Suess – Enjoying, but never falling into love, with tennis
TERESA DULAC SPORTS EDITOR “At first, I was watching tennis on the TV at Grandma’s house,” said junior Joseph Suess, “and I knew I wanted to play.” Suess, an accounting major from New Milford, Connecticut, plays for Franciscan’s men’s tennis team and has been playing tennis for 11 years. “From (ages) 9 to 14 it was very recreational,” said Suess. “Then I started to get […]
Lady Barons tennis team drops close contest to visiting Titans in first match
MADELYN CONRAD STAFF WRITER Franciscan University of Steubenville’s women’s tennis team opened its 2019 season with a 5-4 loss in a hard-fought, competitive match against the Westminster Titans on Friday, Aug. 30. Senior Madelyn Conrad and junior Ana Victoria Haddad Garcia began with an offensive start at No. 1 doubles. The duo set the tone of the match with aggressive net play and […]
Luke Conrad: The new kid on the block
NICK MERSCH SPORTS EDITOR Luke Conrad, 2018 recipient of the AMCC men’s tennis Newcomer of the Year award, did not always have tennis on the brain. His favorite sports memory actually came from baseball. “I had gone the entire season without a hit batting right handed,” said Conrad, “so for the last game of the […]
Lady Barons tennis team takes another championship to cap off undefeated season
S. MICHAEL HUTCHESON STAFF WRITER The Lady Barons tennis team recently won its championship game against Mount Aloysius College, giving the team an 8-0 season record for its conference games and an impressive 14-1 record overall. The ladies had a phenomenal season, demonstrating their growth both on and off the court. “This is probably one […]
Lady Barons tennis falls to Indiana-East, continues to improve skill
S. MICHAEL HUTCHESON STAFF WRITER The Lady Barons tennis team fell to Indiana-East last Friday in an action-packed 5-0 match. Close to a hundred people gathered in the brisk autumn air to watch the teams face off. The doubles games got off to a roaring start, and the ringing crack of the rackets could be […]
Playing for a cause: Franciscan’s unstoppable team
NICK MERSCH SPORTS EDITOR Franciscan University of Steubenville is not best known for sports. The motto at this university is “academically excellent, passionately Catholic,” and they stick by that. The school focuses its funding on academics and faith. The third pillar that often seems to fall by the wayside is sports. However, lately one sport […]
Student Athlete Spotlight: Freshman balances athletics, academics
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR When he’s not solving the university’s technological problems behind the Information Technology Services desk in the library, freshman engineering major Stephen Bolster can be found alongside the Franciscan men’s tennis team. Though Bolster said he received personal instruction as a youth, his tennis career truly began during his sophomore year of […]
Women’s tennis claims second consecutive AMCC championship
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR For the first time in program history, the Franciscan University women’s tennis team is back-to-back AMCC champions, after they defeated Penn St.-Altoona in the finals on Sunday’s postseason play. The women began their run toward their third program title in four years with a solid doubles showing at Erie’s Westwood Racquet […]