By Alex Kurtz, Sports Editor “He’s representing 1.62 billion people. He’s one of them, 1.62 billion,” Pirates infielder Jordy Mercer said. Holding back tears, Gift Ngoepe, an infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, quietly…
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SU’s Golf year closes with bouts
By Akshay Kripalani, Staff writer Both Men’s and Women’s golf ended the 2016-2017 sea- son on Saturday, April 22. The Men’s Golf team competed at the National Invitational Tournament at the Glenmaura National…
River Hawks beat foe Elizabethtown
By Andrew Porzio, Staff writer The Susquehanna softball team pushed their record to 8-2 in conference play after they swept Elizabethtown College in a two game series on Saturday in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The…
SU Ultimate team gets first-ever regional bid
By Alex Kurtz, Sports editor On April 15 and April 16, Susquehanna’s men’s ultimate frisbee team competed in the Conference tournament, earn- ing the No.3 seed as well as a bid to the…
Luckenbill wins weekend series on go-ahead RBI-single
By Kirsten Hatton, Staff writer The Susquehanna Baseball team took two of three games in a weekend series against Elizabethtown on April 22-23. Senior second baseman Danny Gordon was the hero for the…
Susquehanna track and field take on Bucknell
By Akshay Kripalani, Staff writer The Susquehanna men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the Bison Invitational at Bucknell on April 14 and 15 and both turned in good results. On…
Is NFL treating Colin Kaepernick unfairly?
By Justus Sturtevant, Staff writer Last year, I wrote a sports shot about the role sports can take as a platform for social change. The piece came in response to the uproar over…
Softball sweeps weekend series versus Juniata
By Kirsten Hatton, Staff writer The Susquehanna softball team’s bats were able to combine for a total of sixteen runs in a doubleheader sweep against Juniata on Saturday April 15, in Huntington, Pennsylvania….
SU golf teams perform well over the weekend
By Andrew Porzio, Staff writer The Susquehanna men’s golf team took fifth overall at this past weekend’s Empire 8 Championship tournament at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Susquehanna finished with a…
Libby Dex earns Player of the Week
By Pat Delp, Staff writer While senior midfielder Shannon Kinney lead the high- octane offense, freshman goalie Libby Dex held down the defense for Susquehanna’s rout of conference rival Goucher, 19-3, on Saturday…