The Edge


SPORTS 9/4/16 10:02am

Football gets run over by Gardner-Webb 31-6

After weeks of promise and hope that a new year would bring a strong start, the Elon University football team’s season started with a reality check as Gardner-Webb University trounced Elon 31-6 Saturday afternoon at Rhodes Stadium. “It hurts.


SPORTS 9/3/16 5:04pm

High Point closes out Elon's offense

The Elon University volleyball team's offense operated efficiently once again and junior setter Sydel Curry set another career high, but High Point University closed out the Phoenix at the end of sets for a 3-1 (26-24, 28-26, 20-25, 25-21) victory Saturday in nonconference action at Alumni Gym.


SPORTS 9/3/16 11:43am

Ciolkowski wins Elon Opener to start cross country season

The Elon University cross country teams officially kicked off their seasons Thursday night by hosting the Elon Opener. In the men’s 6-kilometer race, sophomore Nick Ciolkowski burst ahead of the pack around with 2,000 kilometers to take the lead for good, winning the race by 24 seconds with a time of 18 minutes and 32 seconds. “He’s on another level,” said head coach Nick Polk.


NEWS 9/2/16 7:08pm

McCrory warns NC to prepare for Tropical Storm Hermine

North Carolina Public Safety Secretary Frank L. Perry urged residents and visitors to the state to “Turn around, don’t drown,” warning them of the potential flooding, power outages and damage Tropical Storm Hermine threatens as the system approaches North Carolina Friday afternoon. Perry and Governor Pat McCrory met at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh on Friday morning to provide updates on the storm, safety tips and the government’s preparations in response to the high winds and heavy rain the storm is expected to bring.


NEWS 9/2/16 2:07pm

Discussion, reflection are key in understanding a ‘tumultuous summer’

In front of an audience of around 20 students, faculty and staff, Ray Lin, Assistant Director of the Center for Race, Ethnicity & Diversity Education, sighed into his microphone. Reflecting on the shootings of black men by law enforcement officers over the summer of 2016 — including that of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man who was shot and killed during a confrontation with two police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Lin urged the audience took look at the bigger picture. “These events are nothing new — they are symptoms of much larger, systemic problems,” he said.


SPORTS 9/2/16 12:00pm

Preview: Moore to start at corner in first collegiate game

Saying that it was an eventful Tuesday for freshman defensive back Khalil Moore would be a colossal understatement. Not only did Moore take his first college class, he found out he would be starting in his first collegiate game tomorrow for the Elon University football team as the Phoenix takes on Gardner-Webb University at 3:30 p.m. “I didn’t really know until after class today,” Moore said.


SPORTS 9/1/16 9:02pm

Women's soccer hopes depth, athleticism help turn corner in CAA

As the Elon University women’s soccer team enters its third season in the Colonial Athletic Association, head coach Chris Neal has seen what it takes to win in this conference. Neal spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, working under head coach Paul Cairney as the Seahawks improved its CAA record from 0-4-1 in 2001 to 8-3 in 2006.



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