Student Spotlight: Emily Hecht
By: Ian Gillen Staff Reporter Any student at Roanoke College lives a busy, complicated, and hardworking life. Student athletes at RC live with these same challenges and take them one step further,...
View ArticleClub Sports Spotlight: Dance Team!
By Kimberlie Willard Guest Writer Pop and lock, jam and break! These are just a few things the dance team is accustomed to hearing. The Roanoke College Dance Team was initially formed in order to...
View ArticleCregger Center: Reason for Increase in Student Athletes?
By Jessica Shelburne Staff Writer Here at Roanoke College, we are fortunate to receive a brand new, state of-the-art athletics facility, better known as the Cregger Center. Among other things, the...
View ArticleWomen’s Rugby Arrives at RC
Written by Kimberlie Willard In the early fall of 2017, Olivia Karkenny, senior, successfully formed Roanoke College’s first women’s rugby team. The team is currently comprised of seventeen...
View ArticleXC Team Runs On
Written by Ian Gillen The cross country season may be coming to an end, but the spirit of the team is still going strong. The season begins in May, as the runners work out all summer in preparation...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer Finishes Their Season with Crushing Loss to Lynchburg
Written by Caleb Childress A suspenseful season has come to an end. This past week, the Women’s soccer team competed in the ODAC quarterfinals, starting with a game against Randolph-Macon College. At...
View ArticleDeck the Halls with Basketball
Written by Emma Grosskopf The beginning of the winter sports cycle means the kickoff of the RC basketball seasons. The RC men’s and women’s teams have played their first games and are getting into the...
View ArticleRoanoke Track and Field Opens their Season at the Bast-Cregger Invitational
Written by Caleb Childress: The Roanoke men’s and women’s track and field team began their five-month long competitive season last Friday, December 1st, at the Bast-Cregger Center. The Bast-Cregger...
View ArticleHolla If You Hear Me: Courtside Manners
Written by Emma Grosskopf Basketball season would be nothing without a crowd, and most of the crowd in Cregger is made up of procrastinating students who should be studying for finals or preparing...
View ArticleRC Spotlight: Eli Sumpter
Written by Shamira James: There’s one thing we can all agree on as Roanoke College students – we’re all busy as heck. Whether it’s social clubs, on campus jobs or just simply trying to keep our grades...
View ArticleLooking Ahead to Women’s Lax
Written by Ian Gillen It is almost time for our women’s lacrosse team season to begin, and the athletes are hoping to start the year out right with strong victories. Recently, teammates Jenn...
View ArticleRC Ballers: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Written by Aeryn McMurtry While the rest of the student body might have gotten a month off from school for winter break, the Roanoke men’s and women’s basketball teams were still working hard on the...
View ArticleHardworking Athletes See Lack of Support from Fans
Written by Garrett Ruggieri After rescheduling due to inclement weather, Thursday, January 25th the Roanoke College men’s basketball team was set to take on last year’s reigning ODAC champions,...
View ArticleRC Trackletes Break Three School Records
Written by Garrett Ruggieri Traveling to the Virginia Military Institute last weekend for the Keydet Invitational, the Roanoke men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams competed in high class....
View ArticleMaroon Madness: RC Hoopin’ and Hollerin’
Maroon Madness took place this past Saturday, and anyone who went saw two great basketball games, collected free stuff, and saw several more opportunities to win big prizes. The event opened with the...
View ArticleRC Football Fans React to Super Bowl LII
Written by Garrett Ruggieri Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles featured some of the world’s finest talents on Sunday, February 4. The ageless Patriots quarterback,...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day From the Field: Jillian and Marshall
Written by Aeryn McMurtry Junior Jillian Barnard and senior Marshall Hodge make up one of RC’s most friendly and sporty couples. They met two and a half years ago during soccer preseason before regular...
View ArticlePlayer Profile: Diego Meneses
Written by Aeryn McMurtry Diego Meneses is a 21 year old senior from Guatemala City, Guatemala. He pitches for the RC Baseball team, and has every year since he was a freshman. He says that he is...
View ArticleMaroons to Crash the ‘Burg in ODAC Tourney
Written by Garrett Ruggieri Coming off an incredible nine-game win streak to end the regular season, the RC Maroons men’s basketball team (18-7, 11-5 ODAC) enter the ODAC tournament as the number two...
View ArticleLacrosse Teams Start Their Seasons Off with a Bang
Written by Aeryn McMurtry RC Women’s Lacrosse had a major 22-7 win on Feb. 10, and the season opened with a pretty even score pattern over nine different players. High scorers include junior Katie...
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