The Barons
Student Athlete Spotlight: Joe Duran
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR Baron of the Week and AMCC assists leader Joseph Duran could not be more excited about the potential of this year’s men’s soccer team. By his own admission, “This has been the most excit-ing year to play Franciscan soccer. The team has the most talent we’ve ever had.” Duran, this year’s […]
New rugby coach sets high standards for players
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR From the sidelines last year, Assistant Coach Dan Kramer watched the Franciscan men’s rugby team, plagued by injury, finish the season with a loss to Robert Morris University in the confer-ence championship. A year later, now promoted to head coach, Kramer intends to allow for a new season to allow for […]
Baron’s soccer team grows under new coach toward success
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR 44 seconds into the fifth game of the promising Franciscan University men’s soccer team’s sea-son, senior captain Joseph Duran lofted the ball near the goal from well beyond the goalie box, and junior Leo Hermann sent the ball into the net. Twenty-one minutes later, the pair again connected, Duran with the […]