Elonthon, Elon's largest philanthropic event, took place over April 4 and 5 in Alumni Gym.
The Elon University men’s tennis team clinched at least a share of the Southern Conference regular season title with wins over Wofford College and Furman University this weekend. On Sunday, April 6, the Phoenix battled past Wofford by a score of 5-2.
After a brief two-game win streak, the Elon University women’s tennis team found itself on the losing end of two weekend matches against Samford University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga April 5-6. Elon entered the weekend as one of three Southern Conference teams with one conference loss, trailing undefeated Furman University. Samford was one of the other teams with one SoCon loss, and entered the match against Elon riding an 11-match home winning streak. The Phoenix faced an early 1-0 deficit after dropping doubles matches on courts No.
The Elon University softball team was pounded 12-2 by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the rubber game of the two teams’ three game set at Frost Park Stadium on April 6.
On April 4, Elon's Society of Professional Journalists, the School of Communications, and the Truitt Center hosted Nicole Winfield, Vatican correspondent for the Associated Press.
Despite fruitful comebacks in each game, the Elon University baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader on the road at Samford University.
Members of the Elon University women’s track and field team competed in a pair of meets during the weekend of April 4-5.
The Elon University softball team split the first two of a three game road series with Southern Conference foe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, dropping the first game 3-0 before salvaging the second game 5-4 in extra innings. In the first game, neither team was able to break the stalemate until the bottom of the third, when Mocs junior third baseman Sarah Beth Roberts hit a two-out single to right with a runner on second to give her team a 1-0 lead. An inning later, Chattanooga would add another on a one-out groundout to second from freshman first baseman Jesslyn Stockard to stretch its lead to 2-0. In the bottom of the sixth, the Mocs added an extra insurance run on a single from sophomore second baseman Criket Blanco to go up 3-0, which held up after Chattanooga held the Phoenix scoreless in the top of the seventh. Mocs sophomore starter Katie Henderson was superb, shutting out the Phoenix in a complete game four-hitter for her twelfth win of the season. Phoenix junior starter Caitlin O’Shea was saddled with her ninth loss of the season after lasting six innings, giving up three runs on four hits and walking two. In the second game of the day, the Phoenix used a two out home run from junior first baseman Grace Eng in the top of the eighth to give Elon a hard-earned 5-4 win. The Mocs broke through first in the bottom of the third on singles from sophomore shortstop Alyssa Taylor and Bianco to put Chattanooga up 2-0. But the Phoenix answered in the top of the fourth on a double to center from junior third baseman Aly Quintana, which knotted the game at 2-2. An inning later, the Phoenix took a 4-2 lead on a single to center from senior shortstop Ali Ford and an error from Mocs pitcher Taylor Deason. The Mocs cut the Phoenix lead to one, 4-3, in the bottom of the fifth on sophomore catcher Anyssa Robles foul out to left field and later knotted the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh on an error from Phoenix senior second baseman Lauren Oldham. The Phoenix couldn’t walk off with the win in the last of the seventh, setting up Eng’s heroics in the first extra inning. Elon junior reliever Chelsea White was given the win after relieving freshman starter Alli Burdette.
After a lengthy layoff of nearly a month, the Elon University men’s club lacrosse team returned to action April 5 and pulled out a 10-7 victory over the visiting 49ers of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Senior Day at Rhodes Stadium. The Phoenix last played on the weekend of March 8-9 in Palm Gardens, Fla., where it split a pair of games against Grove City College and Emmanuel College. Following these games, Elon climbed to as high as No.
Even at the climax of the NCAA Tournament, women’s college basketball isn’t usually the topic of conversation on SportsCenter or the market that’s producing the biggest headlines. It’s often looked over and certainly finds itself taking the back seat to the highly touted NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Nicole Winfield spoke to Elon students, faculty and community members Friday night about her experience as a Rome-based Vatican correspondent for The Associated Press. During the past 13 years as Vatican correspondent, Winfield has covered three popes - John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. Winfield, originally from New York City, says that she has the opportunity to see the Pope in a "vastly different light" than the general population does.
Highlighted by a sixth inning grand slam by junior Chris King, the Elon University baseball team overcame multiple deficits in picking up a 7-5 road win at Samford University April 5. Trailing 3-0 in the sixth, the Phoenix loaded the bases with nobody out on singles by juniors Ryan Cooper and Casey Jones and a walk by senior Sebastian Gomez.
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A touch of Tibet came to Elon University April 3 when Buddhist teacher and expert-meditator Geshe Gelek visited campus to promote strategies for positive thinking. “In my time in the United States, one thing I’ve learned here is that people are very hard on themselves,” Gelek said. Gelek, the resident teacher of Buddhism at the Kadampa Center in Raleigh, led a meditation and spoke at the Numen Lumen Pavilion in a visit sponsored by the Truitt Cente, Elon’s Asian Studies department and Iron Tree Blooming, Elon’s meditation society. Much of Gelek’s talk, filled with laughter and direct interactions with audience members, focused on Buddhist teachings and scholarship from the eighth century and the importance of using control of the mind to control the difficulties people face. “We cannot fix everything,” he said.
Spring Convocation honored one of Elon University's most beloved figures. At “A Conversation With President Emeritus J.
This weekend hundreds of Elon University students will be participating in ElonTHON, a 24-hour dance marathon committed to raising money and awareness for Duke Children’s Hospital. One of the many dedicated participants involved with the event is junior Tessa Kroninger.
The Elon University head men's soccer coach Darren Powell resigned Thursday afternoon to take on a coaching position with the Orlando City Soccer Club. His position will be with the Orlando City Youth Soccer (OCYS) U.S.
After three consecutive Southern Conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances, Elon University head men's soccer coach Darren Powell is moving on. Powell resigned Thursday after nine years at the helm in which he amassed 94 wins, the most in program history, to accept a position with the Orlando City Soccer Club.
To the chagrin of many baseball die-hards, Major League Baseball instituted an expanded instant replay system for the 2014 season. This seemed inevitable, as all three of the other major sports leagues in the United States have had extensive replay systems in place for years. But just days into this season, the flaws of baseball’s new system have been exploited. One issue that has plagued all leagues that use instant replay is a lack of quality camera angles. When reviewing a play, umpires are at the mercy of the camera crews that broadcast the game for each team. Many times, these angles don’t provide the necessary conclusive evidence that umpires need to overturn a call. During the April 2 game between the Miami Marlins and the Colorado Rockies, this exact predicament played out. During the fourth inning, Marlins second baseman Derek Dietrich fielded a ground ball and proceeded to throw it to shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria in an attempt to force the runner out. But Hechavarria was forced to stretch away from the second base bag to make the catch, while still attempting to keep his foot on the base. Umpire Jerry Layne ruled the runner safe on the play, leading to Marlins manager Mike Redmond to challenge the play. After review, the call on the field was upheld, and the game was resumed. The Rockies would go on to score three runs in the inning and win the game, 6-5. In the end, the play reviewed in the fourth inning was very important in determining the outcome of the game. Redmond said after the game that he thought there was evidence in the replay to overturn the call. The question to be asked is this: Why can’t major sports leagues get more reliable camera angles? Major League Baseball surely invested millions of dollars into the new replay system, so why not have a separate set of league-mandated cameras that provide a better angle of the plays? Unfortunately, this is a problem that will never be solved in major sports. In many cases, the required camera angle is just not there to overturn a call. It is still astounding, though, that the league could go through so much to institute instant replay and then get the calls wrong even after reviewing the play. The new system gives managers one challenge in the first six innings of the game, unless a challenge is used and the play is overturned. In this case, the manager would be given a second challenge to use. After the beginning of the seventh inning, all reviews must be initiated by an umpire. San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy found himself on the wrong side of this rule during his team’s April 1 game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain attempted to pick off Arizona’s A.J.
